Douglas Ernst

Douglas passed away in December 2018. Douglas was a resident of Napa, California at the time of passing. In 2011 Ernst founded a Napa public relations consulting business, Doug Ernst & Associates, and in 2016 he went to work for Napa Valley College as public information officer. Willi Ernst was imprisoned for two years in concentration camps at Dachau and Buchenwald, escaped to America, joined the U.S. Army and returned to Germany to help free his fellow prisoners. A service in his memory will be held at Hillside Christian Church, Napa on Friday, Dec. 21, at 1 p.m. All are welcome. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to the ALS Association's Golden West Chapter, NEWS, Napa Valley College Foundation or Mentor, Discover and Inspire.