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Empty Saddles - Obituaries



May 9, 1939 – March 4, 2019

Jan M. Yates, 79, born on May 9, 1939, in Enid, Okla. and passed away unexpectedly on March 4, 2019.

Shane Dunning of Gerber, Calif. passed away on December 19, 2018 at the Mercy Medical Center in Redding after a courageous battle with cancer.

DENVER, CO – Mason L. Lowe, 25, of Rocheport, Missouri, passed away after succumbing to injuries he sustained January 15, 2019 in Denver at the National Western Stock Show during the PBR Chute Out.


May 6, 1939 – February 14, 2019


The horse world has lost a true champion. Suzanne Mary Koch passed away in her sleep on Feb. 14.


Tony Maddalena

Tony Maddalena was born on February 20, 1954 in Marysville, Calif., to Louie and Hazel (Adams) Maddalena. In 1971, he graduated from Marysville High School. A few years later, he met the love of his life, Cindy York, who he married in Yuba City on January 10, 1976.