Obituaries

Madeline Williams

Madeline Williams

Aug 16, 2009

Longtime Davis resident Patricia 'Pat' Williams, a mental health leader in Yolo County who established Pine Tree Gardens residential group home in Davis and Safe Harbor Crisis House in Woodland, and co-founded the Yolo Community Care Continuum, died of pneumonia Aug. 16 at North Sacramento Kaiser Hospital. She was 86. Among many accolades, Williams and her husband, Bill, received the...

Howard Ross

Howard Ross

Aug 12, 2009

Howard I. Ross died on Aug. 12, 2009, of cardiac arrest. He was 97. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edith, who died in 2005. Born in 1911, in Ipswich, Mass., to Herbert and Bessie Ross, he was the oldest of six children. In his teen years he worked at Myopia Hunt Club in Wenham, Mass., training and...

Stacey Hernandez

Stacey Hernandez

Aug 7, 2009

Stacey Marie Speegle-Hernandez died on Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 from the H1N1 "swine flu" virus. She was 30. Ms. Speegle-Hernandez is survived by her daughters Jasmine Hernandez of Madison, and Brianna Hernandez in Winters; son Humberto (Ricky) Hernandez of Madison; parents Tamara and Charles Brooks of Esparto, and Joseph and Beth Speegle of Winters; sister Nichole Cruz and husband Joseph...

Myrtle Kidder

Myrtle Kidder

Aug 2, 2009

Myrtle Oma Kidder, age 95, passed away on August 2, 2009 in Woodland, California. She was born on July 11, 1914 in Suisan, California to Edward and Ruby Hopkins Walther. She married Glenn C. Kidder on July 14, 1935 in Fairfield, California; he preceded her in death on September 18, 1989. Mrs. Kidder moved to Winters in 1941 from Fairfield....

Guillermo Lopez

Guillermo Lopez

Aug 1, 2009

Dr. Guillermo Lpez of El Macero died peacefully in his sleep on August 1, 2009. He was born in Ajo, Arizona, the second of four children. He left home at the age of fourteen and traveled to Los Angeles, California, in search of work. At sixteen, being homeless, he joined the Navy during World War II and became a Medical...

Anthony Hance

Anthony Hance

Jul 31, 2009

Anthony James Hance passed away peacefully on July 31, 2009, in Davis, California. Jim Hance and his family were Davis residents for 41 years, after moving from Mountain View in 1968. Born August 19, 1932, in Bournemouth, England, Jim Hance was a dedicated and gifted scholar, and was the first in his family to attend college. As a schoolboy, he...

Cecilie Taylor

Cecilie Taylor

Jul 31, 2009

CECILIE McLEAN TAYLOR passed away July 31, 2009 at home in Fremont, California of ovarian cancer at age 47. Cecilie was born in Pasadena CA, and grew up in Arcadia and Orinda CA. She worked for 20 years in San Francisco for her fathers company, George Lithograph Printing. Survived by her father J. Curtiss Taylor (T.J.) of San Francisco, formerly...

Ellen Beede

Ellen Beede

Jul 31, 2009

July 23, 1924 - July 31, 2009 | | August 29, 2009 23:30 The long, purposeful and loving earthly life of Ellen Valkyrie Beede has come peacefully to an end in Davis, her home for more than half a century. She was surrounded by the love of her family and closest friends, many of whom visited her in her last...

Robert Wion

Robert Wion

Jul 30, 2009

Robert (Bob) Charles Wion, age 61 passed away on July 30, 2009 due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He was born on November 13, 1947 in Redding, California to Robert D. and Evelyn Lois (Spray) Wion. Robert was an avid hunter and fisherman and was a law enforcement officer for over 20 years, he was retired from...

Merle Nicholson

Merle Nicholson

Jul 28, 2009

Merle Bernice Nicholson, 98, of Davis passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at Sierra Health Care. She had been an area resident for 70 years. She was born August 15, 1910 to Olive and Warren Tarr. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. at Vacaville Elmira Cemetery, 522 Elmira Road.

Anthony McKinney

Anthony McKinney

Jul 13, 2009

Beloved son, brother and uncle, Tony passed away at age 50. He was born in Marysville, CA and was a resident of Davis for many years. Tony was preceded in death by his father, Tomie A. McKinney. He is survived by his mother, Myrna McKinney and sisters Gina (Jim) Towne and Suzanne (Jack) Lutchansky. Also survived by loving nieces Holly...

Barbara Lindholtz

Barbara Lindholtz

Jul 7, 2009

Barbara L. Lindholtz died Tuesday evening, July 7, one month and two days before her eighty-fifth birthday. She was born at home on August 9, 1924 to Ethan and Adele Wilson, just a block off San Fernando Road in Los Angeles. She graduated from Eagle Rock High School in February, 1942. She was active in the Girls Athletic Association in...

Antoinette Dietrich

Antoinette Dietrich

Jun 27, 2009

Antoinette Lee L. Dietrich, 99, of Davis, passed away June 27, 2009 at her home. She had been an area resident for over 55 years. Lee was born February 12, 1910 in Penryn, California to Matilda and John Lalla. Lee was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Dietrich in August 2008. Graveside services will be held Monday, July 6,...

Tommy Flynn

Tommy Flynn

Jun 25, 2009

Tommy Flynn died of heart failure in Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento after a brief illness. He was born in the Great Lakes Naval Hospital in Illinois to Ann Cameron and Richard Thomas Flynn and spent his early, pre-high school years in Augsburg, Germany, and in Allen Park, Detroit. His father, until he retired, was a full-time U.S. Army Command sergeant...

Kevin Whitehead

Kevin Whitehead

Jun 24, 2009

Kevin Scott Whitehead of Dixon passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2009. He was born April 1, 1961 in Omaha , Nebraska, but was raised in Davis . Kevin is survived by his best friend & wife, Pamela, his daughter, Kaley, his parents Ron and Jean Whitehead, his sister Rhonda Webber, brother-in-law Michael and nephew Matthew, his aunt, Rita Mt. Joy,...

Mozelle Nance

Mozelle Nance

Jun 16, 2009

Nettie Mozelle (Estes) Nance passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at her Winters residence. She was 86. Born on August 13, 1922 in Hughes, Oklahoma, to Jesse and Minnie Davidson, she grew up in eastern Oklahoma. In 1940, she married Edward Estes, and they moved to Winters and pastored the Assembly of God church for 16 years where...

George Sawai

George Sawai

May 23, 2009

George Atsushi Sawai, 87, passed away peacefully on May 23, 2009 in Davis, CA after a brief illness. He was born on August 4, 1921, in Oakland, CA. George worked as a sales representative for 25 years for the Nichimen Corporation until his retirement in 1989. George was interned at the Topaz Relocation Camp in Utah during World War II....

Graciela Rosas

Graciela Rosas

May 22, 2009

Graciela Sevilla Rosas, 79, also known as Chela, passed away at her home in Winters on Friday, May 22, 2009. Her daughters Angelina and Yolanda were at her side when she passed away. She was born on February 6, 1930, in San Martin Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico. She and her husband Rafael Vivanco Rosas married in Mexico in 1947 and had...

Phyllis Haig

Phyllis Haig

May 15, 2009

Phyllis Anne Wilber Haig, 80, a native of Yolo County, passed away at Courtyard Health Care Center on the morning of May 15, 2009. Phyllis was born in Woodland, CA on September 25, 1928, to Harrison Marden Wilber and Eloise Hare Wilber. A graduate of UCLA, she opened her own business, Haig Interiors, and decorated homes for local residents for...

Clayton DunHam

Clayton DunHam

Apr 24, 2009

Clayton DunHam of Winters, passed away Friday, April 24, 2009 at his home. He had been an area resident for 60 years. Clayton was born in Salina, Oklahoma, Mayes County in Indian Territory to Muggie Mae Vann and William Colombus DunHam. Clayton was the last surviving member of 12 children and was honored to be the last to carry on...

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