Sutter Creek, CA…Mr. John Charles Raine December 10, 1939 ~ June 4, 2026 (age 86). Sutter Creek resident John C. Raine passed away Thursday, June 4th, 2026 in Modesto Memorial Hospital at the age of 86 after a short battle with cancer.

John was born December 10th, 1939, in Burbank, California and raised in Stockton, California. He attended Linden Union High School and San Joaquin Delta College. He served four years in the Marine Corps PFC.

He and his late wife Alice moved to Valley Springs in 1980 where they volunteered with the California Striped Bass
Association, American Legion (Valley Springs), CSA-1 Rancho Road Committee, the Calaveras Humane Society and the Good Samaritan Community Covenant Church. John worked as a forklift driver for several canneries until retiring in 2010.

John is survived by: sisters Kathi Hammett of Carson City NV, Barbara Nuckols of Woodland CA, and brother Michael Sudderth of Fiddletown CA; also stepdaughter Wendy Hausotter of Depoe Bay, OR and granddaughter Kate Hausotter of Cottonwood AZ; Nieces Andrea Erickson Carson City NV, Ehren Martorella Portsmouth VA, Veronika Wright San Diego CA, Monique Smith of San Jose CA; and nephews Jeffrey Hammett Aptos, CA, Anthony and Barron Sudderth Lodi CA; and Domenique Martorella of Portsmouth VA.

A private memorial service is planned for late September. Memorial donations may be made in Alice and John Raine’s name to the Calaveras Humane Society or your local no-kill animal shelter.

John’s last request is that friends and family pause in prayer and say, “Thank you Lord, John and Alice are now together again”.