Photo courtesy of Pleasant Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary - Sebastopol
Mar 21, 1978 - Feb 27, 2025
My Brother, it is with a heavy heart I must farwell and be at peace. I will always love you my friend and brother in drums,life,and the wild beyond.
Jeremy Bess
April 06, 2025 | Cave Junction, OR | Friend
Loving Light Dishgarden
Sarah Fisher
March 11, 2025
My deepest condolences to the Ogburn family. So many great memories of Wade growing up. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Sarah Fisher
March 12, 2025 | Santa Rosa, CA | Friend
Remembered By
Vonne Marsden
March 11, 2025 | Bodega, CA | Friend
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
Dolores(Doe) Westmoreland
March 09, 2025 | Windsor., CA | Acquaintance
Rest easy little brother love you
Jeremy Ogburn
March 09, 2025 | Sebastopol, CA | Brother
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Lindsey Gregori
March 09, 2025 | Rohnert Park, CA | Sister
Miss you, bro. I hope you are wailing on the biggest drumset they have in heaven.
Carl Carr
March 07, 2025 | Santa Rosa, CA | Friend
It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of our dear Wade on February 27, 2025. He died peacefully, surrounded by family and friends after a month-long struggle to survive liver and kidney failure.
Wade was born March 21, 1978, in Santa Barbara and moved to Sonoma County in 1984. He is survived by his parents, brother, sister-in-law, two nephews, two nieces, grandfather, uncle, son, and numerous cousins living in Michigan.
He graduated from Elsie Allen High School in 1997 where he played football and was Drum Major for their award-winning marching band. He worked at many jobs over the years, mostly in construction. His favorite was always as a heavy equipment operator.
The love of music was always a constant in Wade’s life. He and two friends formed an original rock and roll band about 20 years ago named, “An American Tradition” (formerly called “Soundrift”). He will be remembered for his long drum solos while performing with the band.
Wade will be forever in our hearts, but we can be thankful he is no longer suffering. The outpouring of love and care from the many people his life touched has been such a comfort to his family.
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