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A family is mourning the loss of a Redwood City couple who were among eight people who drowned when their boat capsized in Lake Tahoe over the weekend.
Paula Bozinovich, 71, was celebrating her birthday alongside her husband Terry Pickles, 73, family, including their son, 37-year-old DoorDash executive Josh Pickles, and friends, when an unexpected thunderstorm hit South Lake Tahoe on Saturday afternoon, June 21.
Six people were found dead that day, while two survived and two others were missing. The bodies of the two missing people were recovered later, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.
Josh Pickles’ wife, Jordan Sugar-Carlsgaard, had stayed at home taking care of their 7-month-old daughter during the excursion, according to the family’s representative, Sam Singer.
“No words can express the pain and anguish we feel knowing their lives were lost during what was meant to be a joyful time on the lake,” Sugar-Carlsgaard said in a Tuesday, June 24, statement. “Our hearts go out to those who tragically lost their lives and the two survivors of this unexpected and deadly storm on Lake Tahoe.” She added that the family wanted to thank the first responders who assisted in the search and rescue mission.
Authorities responded around 3 p.m. Saturday to reports of a capsized 27-foot-long boat on the southwest edge of the lake, near D.L. Bliss State Park, as a storm whipped up high waves.
Peter Bayes, 72, of Lincoln, California; Timothy O’Leary, 71, of Auburn, California; Theresa Giullari, 66, and James Guck, 69, of Honeoye, New York; and Stephen Lindsay, 63, of Springwater, New York, were also killed in the accident, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.
“The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office extends its deepest heartfelt condolences to the families of those who were lost and all those who have been affected by this tragic event,” it wrote in a Facebook post.
On Tuesday, El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Kyle Parker told this news organization that he could not provide the names or conditions of the two survivors.
PBS Antiques Roadshow interviewed Bozinovich during its 2022 visit to Filoli Estate in Woodside. She brought a 1976 Apple 1 Operation Manual, which show experts appraised for $15,000. She said that she rescued the manual from the trash while working as an employee at Apple, where she spent 33 years, in the late 1980s.
Bay City News Service and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
