LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A former Clearlake mayor who also served as a deputy sheriff and county planning commissioner has died and will be remembered in a service in June.

Robert Charles “Bob” Malley Sr., 74, died at his home in Carter County, Tennessee, on May 10.

Malley was remembered with a moment of silence at the Clearlake City Council meeting on May 16.

He spent much of his childhood in San Francisco before his family moved to Lake County when he was 16 in 1966. He graduated from Lower Lake High School, where he played baseball and football.

Malley went on to work for many years as a Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputy, which he said was the job he enjoyed the most but which he had to leave early after being injured.

“We found other ways to help out,” he said.

Indeed, he went on to be a business owner and served on the Clearlake City Council for eight years, holding the mayor’s role for four of those years. He left the council at the end of 2006.

In February 2010, he was confirmed as then-Supervisor Jeff Smith’s pick for planning commissioner, a role he held until his retirement in September 2020.

His family said he always believed his greatest achievement was the years he spent in public service.

He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Debi Malley, four children, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service for Malley will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at the Clearlake Senior Center, 3245 Bowers Ave.

Malley’s obituary can be found here.

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