Obituaries
James A. Willett
Nov 29, 2025
Jim Willett passed away at home on November 29 at the age of 93. A prominent Sacramento attorney, community leader, and Cal Aggie lover, Jim leaves behind his wife of 69 years, Genia, along with many family members and friends who loved him.
Jim was born and raised in Sacramento, graduating from Sacramento High School in 1950 and the University of...
Chi Fu Chen
Nov 26, 2025
In Loving Memory of Chi-Fu Chen (陳啟福)
Chi Fu Chen (陳啟福) honorably served as a high-ranking Commander in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the Republic of China Army, Taiwan (中華民國警備總部檢察官). After retiring from military service in 1980, Mr. Chen immigrated to the United States with his family. In 1984, he founded Penny Rod and Bait to promote outdoor fishing activities...
Karen Tiffany Loveridge
Nov 23, 2025
With deep love and profound sadness, the family of Karen Tiffany Loveridge, née Karen Jane Tiffany, announces her peaceful passing at home on November 23, 2025, at the age of 81. She was born in old Letterman Hospital in San Francisco on December 31, 1943, to parents Willard and Lois. As her father was in the Army, she lived throughout...
Kathleen Mary Rose
Nov 7, 2025
Beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, nurse, officer, educator, and friend.
Kathleen M. “Kathy” Rose, 76, of Davis, California, passed away unexpectedly on November 7th, 2025, in her home.
Kathy was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on April 17, 1949, to the late Manuel and Eleanor (Almeida) Rose. She attended and graduated from Everett High School in the class of 1966.
After high school, Kathy...
Carol Beth Pearcy
Nov 2, 2025
Carol Beth Pearcy, 82, of Darby, Montana and Davis, California, passed away peacefully on November 2, 2024, at Sutter Davis Hospital, surrounded by her two children, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Born on May 28, 1942, in Billings, Montana, to Walter “Tuffy” and Velma Hilliard, Carol grew up in the oil camp of Dry Creek, nestled between Bridger...
Margaret Alice Keasey
Oct 28, 2025
Margaret Alice (Pipoly) Keasey, born December 20, 1933, in Youngstown, Ohio, passed away peacefully on October 28, 2025, in Davis, CA, where she lived the past twenty-two years. In her passing, she has been joyfully reunited with her father, George Pipoly, who passed away suddenly in 1945, her mother, Margaret (Pinter) Pipoly, who passed away just as suddenly in 1968,...
Dottie Paige
Oct 21, 2025
Dorothy “Dottie” Lee Moore Paige, much loved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully at home on October 21st, 2025. She was 86.
Born on June 24, 1939, in Dumas, Arkansas, to Robert S. Moore Sr. and Dorothy Price Moore, Dottie was raised in Arkansas City, alongside her younger brother, Robert Moore Jr. In this tiny town on the...
Mary Jane Webb
Oct 21, 2025
Mary Jane Webb, 79, passed away in the morning of October 21, 2025 in her home in Woodland CA. The daughter of William and Alice Zeiner, Mary was born on November 4, 1945 in Watertown, Wisconsin. She graduated from Waupun High in 1963. She then attended Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh receiving her Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education in 1967...
Donald John Hagerty
Oct 13, 2025
Donald John Hagerty, 90, of Davis, California, passed away peacefully at his home on October 13, 2025. Born on Christmas Eve in 1934 in Ohio, Donald was an Army veteran and skilled marksman. He spent many years as an administrator at the University of California, Davis, where he was instrumental in helping to shape a program for interns working abroad....
Pana Lynn Wilder
Sep 28, 2025
With her family at her side, Pana Wilder died peacefully in her home at the University Retirement Community in Davis, California on September 28, 2025. Pana died of glioblastoma, a terminal brain cancer. She was diagnosed in August, 2024, ten days after returning with her husband Hugh Wilder from a three-week hiking trip to Switzerland. When her hospice chaplain asked...
Russ Lester
Sep 22, 2025
Russ Lester – organic farming pioneer, environmental advocate, school board leader, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and lifelong steward of the land – passed away peacefully at home in Winters, California. He was 71.
Born on January 27, 1954, in San Jose, California – in what was then known as the Valley of the Heart’s Delight – Russ came from...
Joan Ann Griesemer
Sep 20, 2025
Joan Ann Griesemer (nee Reis) was born on September 3rd, 1939 near Freeport, New York, at the start of the second World War. (She would often say she was born on the very first day of World War II when Poland and Germany officially declared war.) Her parents, Francis Reis and Anna Fraas, had moved to the Long Island community...
Lorin R. Gardner
Sep 14, 2025
Major Lorin R Gardner, 50-year resident of Davis, was born on November 12, 1933, in Cornwall, New York, to Raymond Frank Gardner and May Elizabeth (Rogers) Gardner. He was named after his father’s brother, also Lorin Gardner. Lorin grew up in Harriman, New York, then attended Pennsylvania State University, where he majored in Chemical Engineering and was in Air Force...
William Bullock Stewart, III
Sep 12, 2025
William Bullock Stewart III, passed away on September 12, 2025, at the age of 69. Born in New York, NY on November 11, 1955, he was the eldest of seven children of Rosalie Merriman Stewart and William Bullock Stewart Jr., DDS, USN, DC (ret).
Bill grew up in Port Hueneme, California, where his early years were shaped by a love of...
Robert Glenn Holly
Sep 10, 2025
Robert Glenn (Bob) Holly passed away peacefully at home on 9/10/25, surrounded by family. Bob lived a grateful life of love, learning and adventure. It all began on 24 May 1944, in Temple, Texas, where he was born to Lt. James F. (Jim) and Margaret B. (Peg) Holly. Jim was stationed in England at the time and Peg was essentially...
W. Ladson Hinton
Sep 4, 2025
Dr. Ladson Hinton passed away peacefully on September 4, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. As an actively engaged psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Ladson lived, practiced and taught in Seattle, WA. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 59 years, Darlene Hinton, who passed away in 2016. An interview of Ladson, conducted by Hessel Willemsen and published in...
David William Lowe
Sep 1, 2025
David William Lowe lived a life that began modestly, but grew into one that reached across continents, courtrooms, and generations. He died on September 1, 2025, at age 90, leaving behind a legacy of service, storytelling, and deep devotion to his family and community.
David was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on February 15, 1935. During World War II, his father,...
Ted Halling
Aug 30, 2025
Ted Halling was born on November 6, 1939 in Missoula, Montana and passed away on August 30, 2025 in Davis. He moved from Montana to Monterey, CA in 1942 with his mother and sister. He graduated from Monterey Union High School in 1958 and took several classes at Monterey Peninsula College. From 1962 to 1968 he served in the Armor...
Shirley Rae Pound Maus
Aug 19, 2025
Shirley Rae Pound Maus passed away at University Retirement Community in Davis, CA, on the morning of August 19th. She is survived by her sons Robert (Jennifer Mainini) Maus and John (Debbie) Maus. She was preceded in death by her husband Ronald Maus (1994) and daughter Pamela Maus (1982).
Shirley was born in Placerville, CA to Carletta Vennewitz and Benjamin Slaven....
Patti L. Donlon
Aug 17, 2025
Patti L. Donlon passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends on the morning of Sunday August 17th 2025, after a prolonged illness.
Patti was born in the small town of Monona, in Northeast Iowa, on September 23rd, 1939. Patti’s early years were spent in a much smaller town, which she called a village, Froelich Iowa. In Froelich, her...
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