We are sad to announce that Caleb passed away on January 25, 2023, in Vallejo. We all hope that you are finally at peace, dear grandson, son, brother, uncle, nephew, and cousin.

Caleb was born May 27, 1997, in Victorville. His biological parents Michael and Sarah moved to Eureka when he was a month old. His stepfather Jason entered his life before his first birthday. His eventual foster parents Josh and Amy spent time with him frequently as he was close with their daughters Haley and Sophia. He officially moved into Josh and Amy’s household at the age of seven. Throughout the years Caleb had moved back and forth from the Bay Area to Eureka, and more family members entered his life: stepfather Ken, sister Madison, sister Anna, stepmother Sarah, brother Cyrus and sister Logan.

Caleb was a Lego wizard as a young tike, building life-size replicas of anything that captivated his attention. He was also fascinated by animals, particularly insects and fish. As a child he loved to go fishing with Josh, Grandpa Fred, and Great-grandpa Alvin. Caleb also loved music and became a performing artist, starting with dance at eight years old. He performed in the North Coast Dance Nutcracker production twice. In sixth grade he picked up a trumpet and enjoyed playing his horn in school performances. At the age of fourteen he began playing drums and played in several local bands.

It was evident to anyone who knew Caleb that he was a creative and intelligent man with a unique sense of humor. He was reflective, expressive, quick-witted, sharp-tongued, and amusingly cynical. In fact, Caleb could be quite the conversationalist when he wanted to be. His eclectic sense of fashion was always a comical topic of conversation with his sisters. But Caleb also had more than his fair share of trauma and hardship. While family relationships oscillated through time, Caleb became close with his family again the last few years of his life. He was an especially proud uncle of his niece Riley and nephew Eli.

Caleb was preceded in death by great grandparents Ruth Wingo, Alvin Wingo, Mary Jane Caracetto, and Patricia Wagnon, and grandfather Patrick Cahill. Caleb is survived by grandparents Fred Stark, Karen Cahill, Nicholas Pizzica, and Joanne Pizzica, parents Michael Tyson, Sarah Stark, Jason Pizzica, Josh Cahill, Amy Wingo, Ken Shields, and Sarah McKenna, uncles and aunties Josh Pizzica, Maureen Cahill, Andrew Cahill, Ruthie Wingo, Joleen Wingo, Tanya Wingo, and Ashley Wingo, siblings Anna Pizzica, Haley Hostler, Sophia Cahill-Wingo, Madison Shields, Cyrus McKenna and Logan McKenna, niece and nephew Riley and Eli Hostler. He is also survived by countless friends and cousins.

There will be a private funeral ceremony for immediate family, but a celebration of life will be held on Friday, February 3 at 2 p.m. at the Eureka Women’s Center, welcome to all of Caleb’s family and friends. He will be interred locally.

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