Julian Joseph Irias

On March 27, 2026, Julian Joseph Anthony Irías died at the age of 90, surrounded by family. Dr. Irías was born November 17, 1935, in Managua, Nicaragua, to Dr. Julian and Elsa Irías. 

Dr. Irías attended Mission Dolores then St. Ignatius College Preparatory before completing a bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of San Francisco and graduating from the University of California School of Medicine. He met his wife of 65 years, Linda, while he was a medical student and she was a nursing student. They married at St. Philip’s in San Francisco in 1960 and raised five children. 

Dr. Irías served in the U.S. Army as a physician, became board certified as a pediatric endocrinologist, and taught at U.C. Davis School of Medicine for several years. In 1976 the family moved from Davis to San Francisco, and Dr. Irías practiced at Children’s Hospital in Oakland until he retired. After retirement from Children’s, Dr. Irías obtained California teaching credentials and taught in Bay Area schools including at Town School for Boys, where he taught junior high school Latin. Dr. Irías loved language, literature, history, music, gardening, and books. 

He is survived by his wife, Linda, his sister Sally (Manny), his five children (Xavier (Barbara), Caedmon (Alejandra), Nicholas, Merswind (Eric), and Sigrid), and by eleven grandchildren, seven greatgrandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He will be greatly missed by family and friends. 

There will be a funeral Mass on April 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM at St. James Catholic Church (1275 B Street, Davis, CA).