Obituaries

Dwain Zahn

Dwain Zahn

Feb 12, 2011

Dwain W Zahn On February 12, 2011 Dwain passed away peacefully at home. He was born in Nebraska in 1922 and moved to California as a young man. He had lived in Davis for 44 years. He is survived by his wife Barbara, sisters Bonnie Husman and Elaine Dillard, daughters Kathi Gray(Herb) Louain Brinkman and Christy Ansbro, stepsons Tim Hooper(Susan)...

Valda Shows

Valda Shows

Feb 6, 2011

Valda Rhea Shows, 84, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2011. She had been an area resident for 54 years. Valda was born July 5, 1926 in Mississippi to Crista and William Thompson. She was a homemaker, who then, after raising her two sons, Glenn and Eric, went back to college. She taught for the Sacramento Unified School District for 20...

Thomas Venard

Thomas Venard

Dec 15, 2010

Thomas William Venard passed away surrounded by his loving family on December 15, 2010, succumbing to complications due to pneumonia. Born December 28, 1924 in Ness City, Kansas, he was 85 years old. Tom grew up in Chehalis, Washington and enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 where he became a member of Battery D of the 800th Artillery....

Martha Johnson

Martha Johnson

Dec 10, 2010

Martha Mary Johnson passed away December 10, 2010 at the age of 87. Martha was born and raised in Winters, where she met and married her husband of 65 years, Herbert Johnson, and where together they raised their family. Over the years Martha was employed as a bookkeeper for various Winters based businesses, the last of which was Valley Almond...

Henry Long

Henry Long

Nov 29, 2010

Henry Long, a 50-year resident of Yolo County, died on Nov. 29, 2010. He was 95. Born on July 10, 1915, in Suisun, he was the 13th of 16 children born to Go and Shee Long. He graduated from Winters High School, where he was a star all-around athlete. Drafted into the U.S. Army, he served with distinction in thin...

Nancy Hartsough

Nancy Hartsough

Nov 14, 2010

Nancy Jean Hartsough passed away peacefully at home on November 14, from the effects of cancer. She was surrounded by an outpouring of love and care from all of her friends and family. She was born to John (Jack) and Gloria Nelson in Sacramento and, with the exception of a short time in Edgewood, California, lived there until beginning her...

Betty Wentz

Betty Wentz

Nov 10, 2010

Betty June Wentz, age 70, passed away Wednesday November 10, 2010 at Alderson Convalescent Hospital of complications from pneumonia. The daughter of Pauline and Alvin H. Lucas, she was an Oklahoma native and longtime Davis resident. Betty graduated from Davis High School and was a founding member of Pole Line Road Baptist Church. In her younger years she enjoyed riding...

Herbert Johnson

Herbert Johnson

Nov 10, 2010

Herbert Lonnie Johnson, of Winters, passed away November 10, 2010 at the age of 86. The son of a Baptist Minister, Herbert was born and raised in Moody Springs, Oklahoma. As a young man he traveled to California and settled in Winters where he met his wife of 65 years, Martha (Pezzatti) Johnson. In 1981, after 30 years of service,...

Webb Sisemore

Webb Sisemore

Nov 6, 2010

Webb A. Sisemore, age 89, of Davis, California, passed away on November 6, 2010 at Woodland Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 26, 1921 in Claremore, Oklahoma to John C. and Milley Coker Sisemore. Webb moved from Oklahoma to San Jose, California where he met and married Dorothy Miller and they have enjoyed a wonderful 62 years of marriage....

Robert Berges

Robert Berges

Nov 5, 2010

Robert Bob John Berges, 78, of Davis, formerly of Napa, passed away Friday, November 5, 2010. He had been an area resident for 39 years. Robert was born March 14, 1932 in Vallejo, California to Palmeta Tost and John R. Berges. Bob worked for Bank of America for 38 years and received many awards, including Manager of the Year. He...

Frances Andrews

Frances Andrews

Oct 16, 2010

Frances Holland Andrews, a Mississippi native and longtime resident of Carlsbad, Calif., died Oct. 16 at St. Johns Retirement Village in Woodland, Calif., of complications from a stroke. A memorial service will be held Oct. 23 at the home of Sheila and Duke Kebow in Carlsbad. Born Frances Louise Holland on Oct.17, 1937, she was the daughter of the late...

Richard Lum

Richard Lum

Sep 26, 2010

Richard Lum, beloved father and husband and long-time resident of Davis, CA, passed away on September 26, 2010. He was 73. Born in Stockton, California to Leon and Su-Ping Lum, Richard was the third of four children two older siblings, Ton and Anna, and younger sister Marilyn. The family soon moved to Portland, Oregon. After graduating from high school, Richard...

Glen Nance

Glen Nance

Sep 18, 2010

William Glen Nance, 84, of Winters, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010 at his home. He had been an area resident for 56 years. Glen was born July 6, 1926 in Jerusalem, Arkansas to Earley and Lila Nance. He quit school in the sixth grade to help support his family by working on farms. In 1943, Glen married Bernice Yaney....

Kenneth Snow

Kenneth Snow

Sep 7, 2010

Kenneth Wayne Snow Long time resident of EI Macero, Ken Snow, passed away Sept. 7, 2010. Born in Rush Springs, Oklahoma June 13, 1927, he was the younger of two sons born to William Franklin Snow and Chloe Holden. During the depression the family moved to Oklahoma City for 8 years before leaving for the California Coast at Santa Monica...

Theodore Puntillo

Theodore Puntillo

Sep 1, 2010

Theodore Frank Puntillo (Ted Sr.), 90 years of age, born in Staten Island, New York on April 8, 1920 to Eugene and Ida Puntillo, had five brothers and three sisters. Ted passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 1, 2010 at Sutter West Hospital in Davis. Ted is survived by his two sons, Ted Puntillo Jr. of Davis and...

Joseph Schrabeck

Joseph Schrabeck

Aug 18, 2010

Joseph H. Schrabeck Joe Daddy, 73, of Davis, California, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2010 at Kaiser Hospital Vacaville. He had been an area resident for over 30 years. Joe was born March 19, 1937 in La Cross, Wisconsin to Edna M. Bahr and Joseph N. Schrabeck. He loved his Classic cars. 57 Chevys were his passion (Red). He attended...

Monsignor Coffey

Monsignor Coffey

Aug 12, 2010

Msgr. Andrew V. Coffey, a long-respected and beloved priest of the diocese who served as pastor of St. James Parish in Davis from 1963 to 1994, died Aug. 12, 2010, at Sutter Hospital in Sacramento following a lengthy illness. He was 89. Msgr. Coffey was pastor emeritus of St. James Parish, and since his retirement in 1994 he continued to...

Frank Ramos

Frank Ramos

Aug 10, 2010

Frank A. Ramos, 86, of Winters passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Woodland Memorial Hospital. Frank was born January 5, 1924 in Madison, California to Isabel Aguilar and Antonio Ramos. He served in the U.S. Marines during WWII in the 6th Division, serving in the Pacific. He farmed apricots, peaches, almonds and walnuts until 1977. Frank then went into...

Evelyn Dewsnup

Evelyn Dewsnup

Aug 5, 2010

Evelyn Redman Dewsnup, aged 86, passed away on Thursday, August 5, 2010. Evelyn had lived at a ranch in Davis for almost 50 years with her husband, Stanley R. Dewsnup, and their five children. Born in Walla Walla, Washington to Wynn Henry Redman and Nettie Thompson Redman, she later spent her childhood in Portland, Oregon with her parents and elder...

John hull

John hull

Aug 4, 2010

John Leroy Roy Hull passed away, peacefully, at home on August 4, 2010. He was 82 years old. Roy was born September 5, 1927 in Eureka, CA to William Shinn Hull and Lurena Margaret Medcalf making him a third generation Californian. He grew up on a dairy in Hydesville, Humboldt County, later moving to Willows CA. where he graduated from...

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