Obituaries
Ann Rebecca (Taylor) Birkelo
Jan 14, 2025
Ann Birkelo died peacefully on Tuesday, January 14, at the age of 98 years in Davis after several weeks on hospice. She was born in Clifford, North Dakota, growing up on a farm with dreams of becoming a nurse. She achieved that goal and after serving with the Nurse Cadet Corps in WWII was able to work as a college...
Eva Prokopiv
Jan 10, 2025
Eva Prokopiv, 98, of Davis passed away January 10, 2025 in Woodland. She was born August 16, 1926 in New Jersey to Harry and Anna Prokopiv. She had been an area resident for over 45 years.
Eva was one of a very few chosen from a group of graduates to work in a plastic laboratory in New Jersey where she did...
Jessica Ruth Gaines
Jan 6, 2025
Jessica Ruth Gaines AKA Amarok Gaines died peacefully at UC Davis Medical Center on January 6, 2025 after a 2 year battle with cancer. They were surrounded by family.
Jessica was born in Vallejo, Ca on May 19,1988 and spent her early years in Napa. When the family moved to Davis in 1992, the warm summers meant time at Davis swimming...
Cherry Y. Leung
Jan 6, 2025
Cherry Y Leung, of Davis, CA died peacefully at home at the age of 88 on January 6, 2025.
She was born in Japan in 1936, the oldest child of Kam and Dorothy Yan, but she and her family moved back to China before the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war. She grew up during war time in Guangdong, China before moving...
Helen G. McMahon
Dec 27, 2024
Helen G McMahon passed away on December 27, 2024 in Las Vegas at the age of 81. She is survived by her daughter Shauna Caserta, son-in-law Craig Caserta and her grandson Michael. She is also survived by her sister Janet, brother-in-law Clell, nephews Derek and Craig. Helen was predeceased by her husband James of 42 years.
She was born August 12,...
Ernest Leroy Cobb
Dec 23, 2024
Ernest Leroy Cobb, known to all as Ernie, passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 23, 2024, in Davis, California at the age of 89. Born in Connecticut to Bertha (Akley) Cobb and Ernest Samuel Cobb, Ernie was the middle of three brothers. He was predeceased by his older brother Ellsworth “Lee” Cobb and younger brother William "Bill" Cobb.
As...
Corrinne Francies Roosman Bressler
Dec 15, 2024
Corrinne Francies Bressler has died at her home in Davis, CA, with her family at her side, She was born in Kingsburg, CA on June 21, 1925, to Francies (nee Linman) and Walter Roosman. After moving to San Francisco with her family in the 30s, she graduated high school and worked for the phone company. She and David Wilson Bressler...
George Stephan Zweifel
Nov 15, 2024
George Zweifel, a resident of Davis since 1963, passed away on November 15, 2024 at the age of 98. He was born in Rapperswil, Switzerland and grew up in the area surrounding Lake Zurich with his six siblings. Much of his youth was spent working on neighboring family farms; instilling in him a love of the land, animals, gardening, and...
John Calvin Addiego
Nov 14, 2024
John Addiego, aged 99, passed away on Thursday, November 14 after a brief hospital stay. He is survived by his children, Leslie, and Ken. His wife of 62 years, Gloria, passed away in 2018.
Born and raised in San Francisco, he married and raised his family in Millbrae. They relocated to San Jose in the mid-1980s and have lived in Davis...
Edward G. Comingore, Jr.
Nov 11, 2024
Edward Gillette Comingore, Jr., a World War II Veteran, passed away peacefully on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2024. He was surrounded by his five daughters and 3 of his 9 grandchildren in Fruit Heights, Utah.
Ed was born in 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He joined the Navy in 1943 after Pearl Harbor. He was trained and became a Naval Officer and...
Jan Jursnich
Nov 8, 2024
Jan Jursnich, died on November 8, 2024. This obituary was written by Jan because she was best at describing her life.
An avowed people-keeper and reunion junky, high school, family, and college reunions were highlights of her later years. She attended eight reunions in 2002. She was amazed and thrilled to have lived long enough to attend her 50th and 60th...
Heather Ann Schweder
Oct 30, 2024
Heather Ann Schweder, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, died peacefully on October 30, 2024. She was born on July 8, 1946, in Ames, Iowa, to Charles and Martha Neidt. Most of her early years were spent in Lincoln, NE, and later in Fort Collins, CO. As a young girl, Heather delighted in visits to Winterset, Iowa to spend time...
Anna-Mae "Toots" Stapley
Oct 23, 2024
My mom, Anna-Mae Stapley, known her whole life as Toots, moved on to the next part of her journey on Oct. 23, 2024. Toots was born in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada, on Feb. 6, 1934.
Her parents, Jenny and Stan Vennes, were tough square-shaped Scandinavians who made a living the old fashioned way, with hard work.
Stan worked for Canadian Pacific Railroad...
Lois Helen Jones
Oct 22, 2024
Lois Helen Jones, age 82, of Woodland, died Oct. 22 at her home in Woodland from advanced Alzheimer’s. She was born in Utica, New York, to Frank and Maie Kriegel. She met her future husband, Earl, in high school when she was 14 and he was 16, and they married when she was 19.
After they married, they moved to Schenectady,...
Dottie McCoey
Oct 10, 2024
Dorothy Anne “Dottie” McCoey, age 82, of Winters, passed away on October 10, 2024 in Vacaville from advanced Alzheimer’s. Dottie was born on March 9, 1942, in Woodland, California. She was the daughter of James J. and Mary Loretta McCoey and the sister of John McCoey, Mary Liz Graf, and James D. McCoey (Janet Martin McCoey). Dottie is survived by...
Arnulfo “Noodles” Mendoza
Oct 9, 2024
Arunulfo “Noodles” Mendoza 65 of Winters, CA passed away on October 9th 2024, Born in Mexico City on September 8th 1959 his family moved to California in 1960, He lived in Winters for most of his life went to Winters High School graduated and started working as a machinist which ended up a career till he retired. He loved the...
Carlene Harriett Cobb
Oct 9, 2024
Carlene Harriett Cobb of Davis, CA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, just shy of her 91st birthday. Born in Waterbury, CT, to Bessie (Myngheer) Bird and Carlton (“Bill”) Bird, Carlene dedicated many years of her life to work as a bookkeeper and accountant for the United Auto Workers (UAW).
Known for her intelligence and thoughtful demeanor, Carlene was a wellspring...
John Mason Duniway
Oct 7, 2024
With great sadness, we said goodbye to Dr. John Mason Duniway--husband, father, grandad, great grandad, little brother, uncle, colleague, cousin, and classmate--the afternoon of October 7th, 2024 in Davis, CA.
Our dad was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and if there’s one way to describe him, it’s that he was a California boy. He loved this state: its mountains,...
Teresa Mairead Jamison
Oct 5, 2024
Teresa Mairead (Laverty) Jamison passed away at home on October 5, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. She leaves behind a large, loving family including three daughters and their partners (Denneal and Steven, Nicole and Beau, Shannon and Jason), four grandchildren (Madeline, Robert, Alexander, and Jenna), six sisters (Kathleen, Mary, Pauline, Roisin, Annie, and Sharon) and their families, as...
Richard George Wilson
Sep 25, 2024
Richard George Wilson was born on February 22, 1935 in Salem, Oregon, to Ford W. Wilson, Sr. and Evelyn Leota Hale. Richard passed away on September 25, 2024 from congestive heart failure at the age of 89.
After attending Willamette University in Oregon, Richard embarked on a 35-year career with the California Department of Transportation as a civil engineer.
Richard was a...
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