Obituaries
Nicholas Schmit
Dec 7, 2013
Nick was born January 15, 1972. He moved to Davis is 1974 with his parents and sisters. He lived here for the remainder of his life, except for a five year adventure to Brazil. He died in the arms of God, surrounded by the love and prayers of his family and the exceptional staff at Sutter Davis Hospital. Nick was...
Adam Gunther
Dec 2, 2013
Adam died Dec. 2, 2013 in a car accident in Sacramento. He was 29. Adam lived in Davis most of his life. He graduated from Davis High School and earned an associate of arts degree from Sacramento City College. At the time of his death, he was enrolled in a business program at Sacramento State University and working in the...
Anna Limerinos
Nov 30, 2013
Anna Maria "Rose" Limerinos passed away in her home with her family by her side on November 30, 2013. Born in Paris, France January 30, 1928 to Italian parents, Scipione and Antonietta Massari, Rose grew up with four brothers in Naples, Italy. She and her family survived World War II as civilians caught between German occupation and bombing by the...
Leslie Pinkston
Nov 18, 2013
Leslie was known and loved by many. To some she was family, to some she was a friend and to some an acquaintance. No matter what your relationship was with Leslie, she greeted you with her big smile and a warm hello. She will be greatly missed by all. Previous Events Funeral Tuesday, November 26, 2013 St. Anthony...
Ralph Haley
Nov 17, 2013
Ralph William Haley, 85, of Woodland, CA , died Sunday, Nov 17, 2013. Son of Loyd W. and Alta Fern (Beierschmitt) Haley, he was born Oct 27, 1928, in Oklahoma City, OK. He spent most of life in the Fresno, CA area. Ralph and Fern moved to Woodland 8 years ago. Ralph was a bus driver for the City of...
Elmer Scott
Nov 13, 2013
Elmer "Toby" Leroy Scott died on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, after a brief illness. He was 89 years old. He was born in Winters on April 10, 1924, to George Winfield Scott and Ruby O'Dell McKay Scott. Toby was the youngest and last survivor of seven children. His six siblings were: brothers, George, Jay, Lester; and sisters, Lois, Lena and...
Robert Pisani
Oct 22, 2013
Obituary - Robert "Bob" Angelo Pisani November 2, 1936 - October 22, 2013 Robert Angelo Pisani passed away in his home on October 22, 2013 at the age of 76. He was born in Woodland to Angelo and Angelena Pisani of Esparto and was married to Joan Pisani in 1959 for 40 years; all three preceded him in death. Bob...
Mary French
Sep 13, 2013
Mary French passed away on Friday, September 13, 2013 at her home in Davis. She was 85. She was born Manya Loscutoff in a small village near Rostov-on-Don, Russia on November 21, 1927, in a Russian Molokan religious community. As tensions grew for Molokans under the Stalin regime, her parents immigrated to San Francisco where her grandfather had earlier been...
Connie Bofinger
Sep 6, 2013
Connie Bofinger passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 6, 2013 after a courageous battle with leukemia and congestive heart failure. She was 89. She was survived by her husband Ted, son Bob, granddaughter Bridget, grandson Brett, sister Ena Ennis, three nephews, one niece and their respective families. She was preceded in death by her brother, Col. Robert Work....
Walter Schlabes
Aug 30, 2013
Whitey, 86, was born on February 9, 1927 to Andro and Leondina Friederich Schlabs in Kulm, North Dakota, growing up in Merricourt on the family farm. The family moved to Lodi, California in 1936. He served in the United States Navy from 1945-1946 during World War II where he was a Fireman First Class on the USS Begor APT-127 where...
Dolores Sigmon
Aug 24, 2013
DOLORES ELENOR "DEE" SIGMON, passed away peacefully at her home in Winters on Saturday, August 24, 2013, she was 84 years old. She was born to Chester R. Bagg and Thelma E. (Ramge) Bagg Couch on March 7, 1929 in Omaha, Nebraska and spent her early childhood in York, Nebraska before the family moved to Vallejo, California in 1941. After...
Benjamin French
Aug 23, 2013
Ben French passed away on Friday, August 23, 2013 at his home in Davis. He was born in Hanford, California on May 30, 1923, the descendant of early California pioneers. His paternal grandfather was part owner, along with J.B. Anderson, of the Davisville Cash Store, the predecessor to Davis Lumber and Hardware, and his father attended Davis schools during the...
Adeline Ramey
Aug 16, 2013
RAMEY, Adeline Alameda Santos, passed away August 16, 2013. She was born October 3, 1917 in Martinez, CA . Adeline is the sixth child of Mabel and Anthony Alameda who lived in Grizzle Island, CA, and moved to Woodland, CA in 1937. Adeline married Charles Santos from Benicia. They had a dairy farm in Fairfield and later one in Sacramento....
Raymond Stein
Jul 31, 2013
Raymond (Ray) Stein, former resident of El Macero/Davis, CA passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at age 92, on July 31, 2013 at his home in Sparks, NV where he had been living with his daughter and son in law, Virginia and David Simi. He was a resident of the Davis area until 2010. He moved to Sparks in 2010 after...
Sandra Fenocchio
Jul 31, 2013
Sandra "Sandy" Fenocchio passed peacefully at Sutter General Hospital on July 31, 2013, at the age of 75, with her husband of 53 years by her side. Her children, grandchildren, and sisters were ever present in body and spirit throughout her short, but brave battle with cancer. In passing, Sandy was filled with the love, support, and caring of her...
Samantha Young
Jul 25, 2013
SAMANTHA ELIZABETH YOUNG Born: June 22, 1988 Died: July 25, 2013 Samantha Elizabeth Young, "Sammie Bee", died suddenly on the morning of Thursday, July 25th in Santa Rosa, California. Her family and her loving friends surrounded her both physically and spiritually as she made her final journey through life. She will be loved, cherished and remembered forever. A Celebration of...
David Bressler
Jun 14, 2013
David Wilson Bressler was born in San Francisco on 7 Sept. 1923, the 1st of 3 children born to David and Marguerite Bressler. He attended Polytechnic High School, graduating in 1940, and then hopped a freighter to China. He enlisted in the Coast Guard immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, operating a landing craft on the troop carrier USS...
Nina Dollarhide
May 15, 2013
Nina Juaquina Dollarhide passed away on May 15, 2013 at home in Davis, CA. Born July 7, 1963 in Fresno, CA, she came to Davis 5 yrs ago with her husband, Terry, to begin a new life together. Nina was a graduate of Roosevelt High School and played on the varsity volleyball team. She loved music and gardening but what...
Roger Turner
Apr 15, 2013
Art, social justice, and family were the mainstays of Terry Turner's life, which was brought to an end by complications resulting from pancreatic cancer on April 15, 2013. Active, positive and brave through his illness, he continued painting and enjoying his friends and family in spite of the disease. Terry was born in Springfield, Ohio, and grew up in Cincinnati....