Obituaries
Oliver Northup, Jr
Apr 14, 2013
Oliver "Chip" Jennings Northup, Jr., 87, of Davis, passed away April 14, 2012 at his home. He was a resident of Woodland, CA from 1953-1976, when he moved to Davis. Chip was born April 26, 1925 in Grand Island, Nebraska to Eleanor and Oliver Northup He served in the Navy during World War II. Chip received his undergraduate degree from...
Claudia Maupin
Apr 14, 2013
Claudia Maureen Maupin, 76, oracle, mother, gracious friend, was taken from us on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Known for her boisterous laughter, her loving spirit and her ability to make every person she encountered feel valued, she was an angel who walked on Earth with us for too brief of a time. Claudia was an amazing hugger. So good, in...
Pearl Bringhurst
Apr 9, 2013
Pearl Davidson Bringhurst was born Jan 6, 1919, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and passed away April 9, 2013, in Davis, California, her residence for the past sixty years. She was the daughter of Daniel and Jane Sutherland Davidson, immigrants from Hopeman, Scotland, and was preceded in death by her four brothers, four sisters, and her husband, Royce S. Bringhurst....
Rosemarie Schnathorst
Feb 24, 2013
ROSMARIE A. SCHNATHORST (April 16, 1930 through February 24, 2013) and WILLIAM C. SCHNATHORST (May 8, 1929 through February 6, 2013) It can happen in a moment for some people and for our parents this was the case. Our father, William Charles Schnathorst, knew the moment he saw our mother, Rosemarie Antoinette Meyer, walk into a business class they were...
George Valente
Feb 14, 2013
George Valente died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at his home in El Macero. Born May 28, 1925, in Worcester, Mass, he married Pasqualena Carelli on Feb. 14, 1948, in Worcester. Together, he and Lee moved to Fresno in 1948, where his daughter Lynn was born. George opened a service station in Fresno which he ran until 1955. In 1955 he...
William Schnathorst
Feb 6, 2013
ROSMARIE A. SCHNATHORST (April 16, 1930 through February 24, 2013) and WILLIAM C. SCHNATHORST (May 8, 1929 through February 6, 2013) It can happen in a moment for some people and for our parents this was the case. Our father, William Charles Schnathorst, knew the moment he saw our mother, Rosemarie Antoinette Meyer, walk into a business class they were...
Raymond Walker
Jan 19, 2013
Raymond F. Walker, a resident of Davis for more than 50 years, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at the age of 99. Born in Toledo, Ohio, his youth mirrored the struggles of a nation experiencing the depression and later the war. He worked several jobs in high school to help support his mother, and left the University of Toledo when...
Bruce Schaffer
Jan 15, 2013
Bruce Arnold Schaffer passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, Jan. 15, 2013. Born and raised in the Noe Valley District of San Francisco, he was the son of Arnold and Irma Schaffer and brother to Linda Irias (Julian), Michael Schaffer (Norma), Donald Schaffer (Claire), Catherine Neff (Michael) and Stephen Schaffer (Anna). He graduated from Mission High School in 1960, where...
Douglas Ryen
Jan 11, 2013
Born and raised in Bozeman, Montana, Doug graduated from UC Davis in 1976, and then worked as a manager at the ASUCD Coffee House and UCD Student Housing until retiring in July 2011. His commitment to pursuing cooperative, sustainable ways of living and working was a focus throughout his career. He is survived by his wife Sally, daughters Emma and...
June Dickens
Dec 28, 2012
June Hansen Dickens, age 93, passed away December 28, 2012. She was born June 16, 1919 in Fielding, Utah, to Ariel and Gertrude Hansen. After graduating from Bear River High School in 1937, June moved to Los Angeles where she met her husband, Alvin T. Dickens. They worked together in real estate, purchasing, building, and operating motels and other properties....
Mary Graf
Nov 25, 2012
Mary Elizabeth McCoey Graf, 87, passed away peacefully, after a brief illness, in Woodland, on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. A native Californian, she was born in Watsonville, and eventually settled with the McCoey family in Winters. She attended Holy Rosary Academy in Woodland. She was a graduate of Winters High School, where she met Charles E. Graf. She married Lt....
Charlotte Burton
Nov 13, 2012
Charlotte "Char" was born in Tillamook, Oregon on November 11, 1925, although her family insisted she was actually born on November 9, 1925! She passed away quite suddenly on November 13, 2012, two days after her 87th birthday. Those left behind to keep her memory alive include her loving husband of 66 years, Vern Burton; daughters Maryn (Bill) Mason and...
Georgiana Doyle
Oct 28, 2012
Georgiana Doyle, long-time resident of Davis, died peacefully on Sunday, October 28th, 2012 at 90 years of age. Born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania on August 5th, 1922, she lived through the depression and went on to lead an adventurous life with her husband Con Doyle which included world travel and living on the Rhine river in Germany and in a small...
Helen Crager
Aug 17, 2012
Helen 'Louise' Cragar, a long-time resident of Northern California, passed away on Friday, August 17th after a very sudden illness. Her cherished family was at her side. She was 67 years old. Louise was born December 2, 1944 in Heber Springs, Arkansas to Imodene Lucile Poyner of Red Bluff, CA and James Melvin Johnson of Grants Pass, OR (deceased). After...
Bill Arnold
Jul 26, 2012
Bill Douglas Arnold, age 89, died peacefully at his home in Davis on July 26, 2012. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Nanele Arnold; his daughter, Pamela Arnold Bair and her husband Steven; and his son, Bill Douglas Arnold Jr. Bill is also survived by his six grandchildren, Tom Muller (his wife, Michelle), Bill Muller (his wife,...
Ming Yang
Jul 21, 2012
Ming Shyong Yang, born in Taiwan on April 21, 1939, passed away on July 21, 2012 in Davis, CA at the age of 73. He studied Agricultural Chemistry at Taiwan National University before coming to the United States in 1963 to study Soil Physics at Utah State University. In 1974, Ming received his PhD in Soil Science from UC Davis,...
C. Birkelo
Jul 7, 2012
C. Walter (Walt) Birkelo passed away on July 7, 2012, at the age of 88 years. He was born and raised in Mayville, ND, and throughout his life was able to raise his family and work and travel in settings as distant as Florida to California to West Africa. Mr. Birkelo's career was devoted to public service and education. He...
Helen Peterson
Jun 26, 2012
Obituary for Helen Peterson Helen Peterson died on June 26th 2012 . She had lived with cancer for the past 3-1/2 years, but never gave up her fierce, fighting spirit or her joie de vivre, enjoying every day to the fullest. Helen grew up in the Bay Area and was an athlete from an early age, with swimming being her...
James Fonseca
Jun 24, 2012
an. 20, 1928 a�" June 24, 2012 James Richard Fonseca, 84, died Sunday, June 24, 2012, in Davis. An area resident for 37 years, Fonseca was born Jan. 20, 1928, in New York, to Marion and Francisco Fonseca. He received his bachelor's degree from Fordham University in 1947, his master's degree from Marquette University in 1949 and attended Colombia University...
Florence Hardy
Jun 22, 2012
Davis resident Florence Hardy, daughter of Carl and Margaret Strengberg, died peacefully on June 22, 2012, following a stroke and further complications. She was born April 4, 1925. She is survived by her husband Donald Grotjahn and his family, her son Roger Hardy, four grandchildren Amanda Sinclair, Matthew Hardy, Carolyn Hardy and Christine Hardy, and six great-grandchildren (Richard, Elizabeth, Archer,...
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