John Ray Lynch
Obituary
John Ray Lynch was born in Banning, California in 1947 and died on Easter Sunday 2025. He is survived by his sons: Riley Glen Lynch and Garth Allen Lynch and their mother Judith Barnes Gilliland, as well as daughter Morgan Rae Barb and her mother Linda A. Lynch. He had four beautiful grandchildren: Zach, Ariel, Elliot and Evie.
John graduated from UC Davis in viticulture and was a successful Sonoma County grape grower for many years. He retired in Grand Junction, Colorado. John was an accomplished musician and an author of several novels.
In recent months, he made the move back to his beloved California desert and was surrounded by loving family including sisters Susan Lynch Watkins and Lorna Lynch Willard.
Published in Healdsburg Tribune · April 22, 2025