Obituaries

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,...

Jun 21, 2012

John Howard Mureness passed away on June 21, 2012 in Davis, California, at the age of 71 years after a brief battle with cancer. He was born on June 20, 1941 in Little Falls, New York and grew up in Fort Plain, New York, graduating from Fort Plain High School in 1959. He joined the Army shortly afterwards and trained...

Jun 21, 2012

John Howard Mureness passed away on June 21, 2012 in Davis, California, at the age of 71 years after a brief battle with cancer. He was born on June 20, 1941 in Little Falls, New York and grew up in Fort Plain, New York, graduating from Fort Plain High School in 1959. He joined the Army shortly afterwards and trained...

Jun 20, 2012

Kenneth Dale Sloan, 68, of Foresthill and Davis, CA. passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento. He was born July 26, 1943 in Vernon, Texas but grew up and went to school in Roseville, CA. He received an AA Degree from Columbia Community College, worked for UC Davis and the California State Correctional Facilities in...

May 30, 2012

Carolyn Sue Simmons died May 30, 2012. Born July 15, 1934, in Alameda, she was 77 years old. She moved from Oakland to Davis with her family when she was 16 years old. She was an administrative assistant with the UC Davis geography department for 21 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Gladys White. She...

May 22, 2012

Eleanor Mackey, age 83, of Vacaville, CA, died Tuesday, May 22 of pneumonia after a decade long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. Eleanor was born on August 27, 1928, in Visalia, CA, to the late Harold and Margaret Buchter. She was reared in Watsonville, CA where she graduated from high school in 1946. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating...

May 5, 2012

Born April 10, 1933, Virginia Joyce McCullough was one of four children raised on a farm in Auburn, New York. She met her future husband Ernest in Andover, Massachusetts in the summer of 1948 and they were married September 21, 1952. The young couple moved to Davis, California, in 1962 where they raised two children, Scott and Beth. Virginia was...

Apr 20, 2012

Dr. James F. Ransdell, 85, passed away in the morning, after breakfast, on Friday, April 20, 2012, at Courtyard HealthCare Center in Davis. He was born in Paris, Mo., in Monroe County, the youngest of three boys. His mother, Mary Ione Ransdell, was a school teacher, and his father, Thomas Mackin Ransdell, was a farmer. He was married to Wanda...

Feb 23, 2012

Vernon Charles Bruhn passed away on Feb. 23, 2012. He was born Feb. 17, 1925 in Winters, where he lived all his life. He began his career in the fire service as a cadet in high school and was a volunteer firefighter at the Winters Fire Department from 1945-63. In 1963, he accepted a paid position with the fire dept...

Feb 7, 2012

Renne Lyra Morrow followed in the footsteps of her two older brothers when she enrolled at UC Davis and joined the Cal Aggie Marching Band-uh. "In the process, she found out she had this calling toward music," said the band's director, Tom Slabaugh, who agreed to help when Morrow wanted to change her major to music from biochemistry. "She was...

Jan 30, 2012

After a short illness, with family present, Jim passed away peacefully to the Lord. He is preceded in death by his daughter Marnie Jane and brothers Bruce (Shirley), Ralph (Faith) and sister Vivian McAdam (Tom). He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Beverley; his son Tim (Marcia) Biggar; daughters Laura Biggar and Robin (Brad) Smith; grandchildren Kalyn, Melanie,...

Jan 29, 2012

Clara Sue Chiles Gyorke, the sole surviving child of the Davis pioneer family of William Earl and Olga Kettelsen Chiles, passed peacefully on Sunday, January 29, 2012 surrounded by her loving children. Clara Sue was a fourth generation Davisite; the granddaughter of William Dee and Clara Callaway Chiles and great-granddaughter of Isaac Skinner and Bridget Dee Chiles. Sue was born...

Jan 29, 2012

Stanley Harris Wells passed away peacefully at his home in Davis on Sunday, Jan. 29. Stan, a longtime resident of Davis, was born in Lincoln, Neb., on Sept. 19, 1931. In his 80 years, Stan led an amazingly diverse and interesting life. He moved to Davis in 1968, following his first career as a fighter pilot in the Air Force....

Jan 28, 2012

Marilyn Slater McCapes, 78, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, January 28, 2012, in her home of 40 years in Davis, CA with her family. She had been a Yolo County resident for 66 years. She was born in Sacramento, CA on October 27, 1933, the only child of her parents Virginia C. and Colby E. "Babe" Slater, grew up...

Jan 20, 2012

Nola Alene (Bradley) Haggerty died Jan. 19, 2012, in Davis. She was 68. Born March 26, 1943, in Klamath Falls, Ore., Nola was the second child of Don T. Bradley and Eva B. (Kesterson) Bradley. Together with her beloved older brother, Michael D. Bradley, the whole Bradley family moved from Oregon to Davis in 1946, where Nola attended Davis schools;...

Jan 20, 2012

Jan 8, 2012

Beverly Jean Hardwicke, 84, of Davis, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Sutter Davis Hospital. She has been an area resident for her entire life. Beverly was born July 25, 1927 in Davis, CA to Harriet Fitzgerald and Edmund L. Forgus. She retired from the University of California Davis after holding many positions including secretary. Beverly loved her family...

Jan 8, 2012

Dec 29, 2011

Dorothy De Maria March 16, 1910a�"December 29, 2011 Dorothy De Maria, one of Woodland's treasures, passed away on December 29, 2011. She died from the complications of longevity. She was 101. Dorothy, born on March 16, 1910, was the eldest child of Dennis and Clora De Maria. Her mother, born in Capay, was the former Clora Giovannetti. Her father was...

Dec 21, 2011

Paul Taloff, husband, father, grandfather and deacon, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011, in Woodland, California. Born on February 16, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois, to Meyer Taloff and Fannie Fox Taloff, he was 91 years old. Paul was raised in Chicago, graduating from Sullivan High School. He was attending Northwestern University in 1941, and after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he...