Arnold L. Santucci

Arnold L. Santucci, former publisher and editor of the Healdsburg Tribune passed away peacefully at the family home on January 19, 2023. He was 103 years old.

Born and raised in San Francisco, he graduated from Saint Ignatius preparatory High School and UC Berkeley. During World War Two he served with the Army Air Corp Chemical Warfare Division in the Aleutian Islands Alaska Theater of War. Following his years of service he returned to San Francisco where he worked for a number of Bay Area newspapers and publishing companies. He came to Healdsburg in 1950 when he bought the Healdsburg Tribune as its publisher and editor for 12 years. Following the sale of the Tribune he established another publishing firm in the Santa Rosa area and later served as advertising manager for California Farm Bureau's weekly statewide newspaper Ag Alert.

A fifty year member of the Kiwanis Healdsburg Kiwanis Club and served as editor of its newsletter. Past president of the Healdsburg Elementary School Board. A leader in the American Field Service Exchange Student Program. Member of the Salvation Army Advisory Council at Lytton Springs. Member of the Friends of Lake Sonoma and Board Member of the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society.

In 1957 he was presented with the Citizen of the Year Award by the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce. He was honored by the Healdsburg Museum with the Langhart Award and the History Lives Pioneer Award for his service as editor of the museum's quarterly magazine the Russian River Recorder. He Is also honored by the Kiwanis Club with its Distinguished Service Award.

He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Vida Santucci and his sisters Leola and Sylvia. He is survived by his son Robert Santucci of Healdsburg, his grandchildren Zachary Santucci of Santa Rosa and Zoe Santucci of Los Angeles, his niece Paula McGrath of Mill Valley, nephews Jay Weaver of Florida and Rick Weaver of San Francisco.

Family graveside services will be Friday, January 27th at 1:00 PM at Oak Mound Cemetery, Healdsburg. Church Services will be held at Saint Paul's Church in Healdsburg on Saturday, February 18th at 2:00 PM followed by a reception at Saint Paul's Parish Hall.

Donations in his honor may be made to the Healdsburg Kiwanis Club Memorial Scholarship Fund at HealdsburgKiwanis.org. or to the Healdsburg Museum at HealdsburgMuseum.org. Both sites have secure donation options. Thank you.

Published in Healdsburg Tribune · January 31, 2023