Obituaries
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,...
John Mureness
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...
John Mureness
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...
Kenneth Sloan
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...
Carolyn Simmons
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...
Eleanor Mackey
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...
Virginia Avery
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...
Dr. James Ransdell
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...
Vernon Bruhn
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...
Renne Morrow
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...
James Biggar
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,...
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