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John Ray Lynch

1947 - 2025

BORN

1947

DIED

2025

John 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.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Healdsburg Tribune from Apr. 22 to May 9, 2025.

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