Harold Arthur Oliveira passed away peacefully on January 21st, 2017 in the comfort of his home in Hydesville. In his final days he was surrounded by family and friends. His courageous battle with cancer is now over, and God has him in His arms.

Harold lived a life filled with more than 68 years of love, honor, integrity and hard work. Harold was born on September 2, 1948 in Scotia and was raised in Fortuna. He attended local schools and was a Mill Wright at PALCO for nearly 40 years. He was married to Corinne Oliveira for 28 years. They had a wonderful marriage and raised three children together. After his wife’s passing, Harold was blessed to find love again and his world lit up when he got to know JoAnne Frick. Harold married JoAnne when he realized he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her by his side.

Harold lived a life full of love, courage, compassion, and faith. He loved going on long walks with JoAnne, spending time with family, spending time on his ranch, making people laugh with his great sense of humor and having weekly outings with his brothers and their wives. He was a devoted and loving husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather.

Harold is survived by his wife JoAnne Oliveira; two daughters Sara (Andrew) Newville and Katie (Ian) Gustafson; and son Matt (Tina) Oliveira; three brothers Fred (Raemel) Oliveira, John (Vivian) Oliveira and Clarence (JoyDel) Oliveira; sisters-in-law Carolyn Eldridge (Ron) and Marilyn Lewis (Dennis), seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren as well as numerous other relatives. He is also survived and cherished by JoAnne’s family.

Harold was preceded in death by his wife Corinne Oliveira, his parents Joe and Ruby Oliveira, nephew Brian Oliveira, and mother-in-law and father in-law Gwen and Chuck McLin.

Harold will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him and his memory will forever live on in our hearts. A celebration of life and memorial will be held on Saturday, February 25th at 11 a.m. at Hydesville Community Church, located on the corner of Highway 36 and Rohnerville Road. All are invited to the Fellowship Hall following the service to gather and rejoice in the life of Harold Oliveira remembering how he touched our lives and to share the many wonderful memories that we cherish of him.

The family wishes to acknowledge all the compassion extended to all of us by Hospice of Humboldt and Hydesville Community Church. We would also like to thank all those who have offered their expressions of condolence, offered prayers and support at this time for our family. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made in Harold’s memory to Hospice of Humboldt, Hydesville Community Church or a charity of your choice.

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