Obituaries
James Vernon Carroll
Feb 17, 2025
James Vernon Carroll, best known as Jim, died on Monday February 17, 2025 at Atria Covell Gardens, in Davis, CA, his home for the last 7 years.
Jim was born in Sacramento, CA on June 23, 1941, the only son of Gladys and Vern Carroll. He spent his early years in San Francisco and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in...
John Andrew D'Elia
Feb 15, 2025
John Andrew D’Elia, 70, of Sacramento, CA passed away on February 15, 2025. John was born on March 12, 1954 to the late Peter D’Elia and Signa (Siggi) Dayson. John grew up in Woodside, CA, graduating from Woodside High School. He then went on to UC Berkeley where he earned a B.S. in Business Administration. John was a long-time resident...
Gerald David Scott
Feb 14, 2025
Gerald David Scott passed away peacefully at home on Hospice Care in Woodland, CA on February 14, 2025 at age 91. “Jerry” was born on January 1, 1934 in Los Angeles, CA.
He attended Lynwood Adventist Academy in Lynwood, California, graduating in 1952. There he sang in the choir, played the tuba and one time marched in the
Pasadena Rose Parade as...
James Gordon "Jim" Wright
Feb 14, 2025
James Gordon "Jim" Wright, JD, passed away peacefully at home on February 14, 2025, in Davis, California.
Born in 1947 to Gordon and Anne, Jim's love of nature developed early while adventuring in the Oakland hills. Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California, Davis, in 1968. He then attended the UC Davis King...
Beverly Lee Haertle
Feb 11, 2025
Beverly Lee Haertle died peacefully on February 11, 2025, at Woodland Memorial Hospital. She was born at home on December 14, 1935, in the Western Yolo County town of Esparto.
Beverly’s parents were Carroll and Helen (Russell) Ender. Her mother was from Capay Valley pioneering families (Russell, Armstrong, and Taber) who settled in the area beginning in the mid-1800s. She was...
Donald L. Turcotte
Feb 4, 2025
Donald Lawson Turcotte, 92, of Davis, California passed away peacefully at the Sutter Davis Hospital on February 4, 2025. He was born on April 22, 1932 in Bellingham, Washington to Lawson P. Turcotte and Eva A. Pearson, and grew up in Bellingham. He received his Bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. from Caltech in Pasadena, California. At Caltech, he met his wife,...
Colette N. Verstraete
Jan 31, 2025
Colette Verstraete was born in Pretoria, South Africa, on April 11th, 1985, to her parents Frank and Martine Verstraete, who emigrated from Belgium a few years before. The family moved to Davis in the fall of 1994, when Colette was 9 years of age. After attending Patwin Elementary, Emerson Junior High, and Davis Senior High Schools, she obtained a degree...
Robert Christopher Henderson
Jan 31, 2025
We are mourning the sudden and tragic loss of a wonderful human, Rob Henderson, who passed away unexpectedly at age 61.
Born in Sacramento and a resident of Davis, Rob is survived by his wife, Kristin Mick; sons, Alex and Colin Henderson; sister, Lisa Henderson; stepsons, Gavin and Colin Mick; his boys’ mother, Lori Henderson; and his 17-year-old pug, Rocket.
Rob’s profound...
Maynard Loren Finley
Jan 16, 2025
Maynard Loren Finley passed away at home in Kelseyville, CA on January 16, 2025, at the age of eighty-six after a brief battle with Pneumonia. He was born into the farming community of Spokane Washington on June 9, 1938. He excelled in several sports including baseball, football, basketball and Track and Field. He married the love of his life, Barbara...
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...
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