Obituaries
Herbert Wong
Jul 25, 2016
Herbert Vernon Wong, 93, died peacefully at home with family at bedside on July 25, 2016, due to complications from end-stage kidney failure. An extraordinary father and husband, he was an exceptionally loving man, kind and gentle with those close to him, but able to draw on steely strength and determination when called for, in a life filled with adventure,...
Dolores Chakerian
Jul 24, 2016
Dolores Marianne Chakerian of Davis passed away at age 85 on the morning of Sunday, July 24, 2016, as a consequence of complications from a stroke suffered last March. Dolores was born Oct. 5, 1930, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was the oldest of three daughters of Abram and Martha Ediger. She earned college degrees from Fresno Pacific University and...
Katherine Reinwand
Jul 17, 2016
Katherine "Katie" Reinwand, age 95, passed peacefully on Sunday, July 17, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Folsom, CA. From her birth in New York on June 1, 1921 to her death on Sunday she dedicated her life to family and friends, education, and volunteer work as a docent for the Sacramento Zoo. Katie was born in New York to William...
Charles Lewis
Jul 2, 2016
Longtime Davis resident Charles (Chuck) Hyde Lewis, 91, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2016, due to complications resulting from a fall. Chuck was born Nov. 6, 1924, to Charles Hyde and Dorothy Mae (Hess) Lewis in Warren, Ariz. His early years were spent at the Idria mine, which provided him with many childhood adventures. He went to high school in...
Robert Daubenmire
Jul 1, 2016
Robert Clarence Daubenmire, age 93, passed away peacefully in a private care home in Davis, California on July 1, 2016 at 2:35 am. Robert was known as Bob to his family and friends. He was born in Lancaster, Ohio on March 14, 1923 to Clarence D. Daubenmire of Rushcreek Township, Ohio and Alice M. Darfus of Pleasant Township, Ohio. He...
Quin Denvir
Jun 4, 2016
Quin Denvir died on June 4, 2016, with his wife and children at his side. He was diagnosed four years ago with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable lung disease. He was hospitalized late last month and died at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento. He was 76 years old. Born on the South Side of Chicago on May 27, 1940, to...
H. Smith
May 29, 2016
Harriet Grace Jennings Smith passed away quietly in the early morning hours of May 29, 2016. Grace was born April 29, 1918 in Provo, Utah to Harriet "Retta" Zipporah Webb and David Stout Jennings. Born Grace Jennings, she legally added her mothers name later in life. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Logan, where her father had obtained...
Gordon Green
May 17, 2016
Gordon Green died at age 92 on May 17, 2016, in Davis, California. He was born Gordon Harold Green on February 1, 1924, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to parents Dwight Philemon Green and Ruth Edna (Davis) Green. He grew up in Battle Lake, Minnesota. He joined the U.S Army and served in the Philippines following World War II. After the...
Antonette French
Apr 22, 2016
On April 22, 2016, the Lord brought his loving daughter, Antonette "Toni" home to be with him in paradise. Our loving mother, sister, auntie, and Grandy was taken from us too early, and we are heartbroken at our sudden loss. Toni was born in Oakland, California, on December 1, 1950 to Ernest and Joan Suico. She married her high school...
Timothy Long
Apr 21, 2016
TIMOTHY LONG June 2, 1948 to April 21, 2016 Timothy Long, born June 2, 1948 in Woodland, CA to Henry and Annie Long, died Thursday, April 21, 2016 of complications of colon cancer. A cornerstone trait of Tim's is resilience! Our warrior Tim was strong and courageous and fought a valiant fight over a ten-month period in the hospital, physical...
Kevin Dougherty
Apr 21, 2016
Kevin R. Dougherty, Davis, CA, 64, passed away April 21, 2016 in California. Kevin was born in Frankfort, MI to Robert and Bonnie Dougherty growing up in an Army family; he spent his childhood traveling the world. He lived in Greece, Turkey, Italy, and France. Upon returning to the U.S. he spent a couple of years in Washington DC. Upon...
Walton Duhe, Jr
Apr 11, 2016
Walton Percy Joseph Duhe, Jr. was born on June 15, 1949 in Oakland California. He attended St Augustine elementary school, Claremont Junior High and Oakland Tech High School. He loved music, playing the saxophone in the school orchestra, marching band, and with his brothers at family functions. After graduating from Oakland Tech High he attended Laney College and was drafted...
Barbara Boerger
Mar 31, 2016
Barbara Shippey Boerger April 19, 1923-March 31, 2016 Barbara Shippey Boerger of Davis, California, 92, passed away peacefully on March 31, 2016. She will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by her loving family. Barbara made a lasting impression on everyone she met. She was friendly, fun, bright, compassionate and always looking for ways to help others. She maintained great...
Douglas Richter
Mar 23, 2016
Douglas Lee Richter, 61, Carmichael, CA, passed away on March 23, 2016. Doug was born in Peoria, IL on October 25, 1954 to Howard Alan Richter and Pauline Joyce (Stambach) Richter. The Richters lived in Hopkins, MN when he was young and moved to Mt. Prospect IL during his early high school years. In high school there, Doug was active...
Charles Beadle
Mar 7, 2016
Charles Wilson Beadle, age 86, died on Monday, March 7th, at his home in Davis, California. Charles Beadle was born on January 24, 1930 in Beverly, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas Beadle and Jean Wilson Beadle. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Tufts College in 1951, followed by a master's degree from the University of Michigan in...
Harold Spencer
Mar 5, 2016
HAROLD SPENCER Harold Spencer passed away peacefully March 5, 2016 in Davis, California. He was born October 1, 1920 in Corning, N.Y. An artist, art historian, and educator, "Spence" was predeceased by his beloved wife of 63 years, a painter and printmaker, the former Editha Hayes of Oakland, California, whom he met while serving as a merchant marine navigation officer...
Cynthia Jonasen
Feb 24, 2016
Cynthia Ann Jonasen was born on March 4. 1944 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William J. and Marion Yacos Anderson. Her life ended abruptly in a tragic car accident in Davis, just a few minutes from her home. A graduate of the University of Puget Sound, she worked as a social worker in Seattle, and as a juvenile probation...
Ralph Sorensen, Jr
Jan 27, 2016
Ralph Milton Sorensen, Jr., age 76, of Fortuna, CA passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at a hospital in Folsom, CA. On January 21, 1940, Ralph was born in Berkeley, California to the late Ralph M. Sorensen and Alexena B. Sorensen. He was a graduate of Pleasant Hills High School in the Class of 1957; Naval Submarine School...
Robert Elliott
Jan 20, 2016
"He's the strongest man I ever met," was the recommendation for Bob Elliott made by his friend Scotty McLean when Scotty suggested that Bob and Katherine (Kathie) Harriman should meet. The testimony was right on. Without ever lifting weights in a gym to practice, Bob had the strength to lift industrial batteries where he worked and load them on trucks...
Harold Kannarr
Jan 17, 2016
Harold Eugene "Hal" Kannarr, 83, of Davis died at home on January 17, 2016. The oldest child of Harold S. and G. Grace (Brown) Kannarr, he was born on Mother's Day, May 8, 1932, in Topeka, Kansas. "Gene," as his family called him, put himself through Kansas State University, earning a Bachelor's degree in Technical Journalism. Hal served in the...
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