Obituaries
Heather Ann Schweder
Oct 30, 2024
Heather Ann Schweder, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, died peacefully on October 30, 2024. She was born on July 8, 1946, in Ames, Iowa, to Charles and Martha Neidt. Most of her early years were spent in Lincoln, NE, and later in Fort Collins, CO. As a young girl, Heather delighted in visits to Winterset, Iowa to spend time...
Anna-Mae "Toots" Stapley
Oct 23, 2024
My mom, Anna-Mae Stapley, known her whole life as Toots, moved on to the next part of her journey on Oct. 23, 2024. Toots was born in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada, on Feb. 6, 1934.
Her parents, Jenny and Stan Vennes, were tough square-shaped Scandinavians who made a living the old fashioned way, with hard work.
Stan worked for Canadian Pacific Railroad...
Lois Helen Jones
Oct 22, 2024
Lois Helen Jones, age 82, of Woodland, died Oct. 22 at her home in Woodland from advanced Alzheimer’s. She was born in Utica, New York, to Frank and Maie Kriegel. She met her future husband, Earl, in high school when she was 14 and he was 16, and they married when she was 19.
After they married, they moved to Schenectady,...
Dottie McCoey
Oct 10, 2024
Dorothy Anne “Dottie” McCoey, age 82, of Winters, passed away on October 10, 2024 in Vacaville from advanced Alzheimer’s. Dottie was born on March 9, 1942, in Woodland, California. She was the daughter of James J. and Mary Loretta McCoey and the sister of John McCoey, Mary Liz Graf, and James D. McCoey (Janet Martin McCoey). Dottie is survived by...
Arnulfo “Noodles” Mendoza
Oct 9, 2024
Arunulfo “Noodles” Mendoza 65 of Winters, CA passed away on October 9th 2024, Born in Mexico City on September 8th 1959 his family moved to California in 1960, He lived in Winters for most of his life went to Winters High School graduated and started working as a machinist which ended up a career till he retired. He loved the...
Carlene Harriett Cobb
Oct 9, 2024
Carlene Harriett Cobb of Davis, CA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, just shy of her 91st birthday. Born in Waterbury, CT, to Bessie (Myngheer) Bird and Carlton (“Bill”) Bird, Carlene dedicated many years of her life to work as a bookkeeper and accountant for the United Auto Workers (UAW).
Known for her intelligence and thoughtful demeanor, Carlene was a wellspring...
John Mason Duniway
Oct 7, 2024
With great sadness, we said goodbye to Dr. John Mason Duniway--husband, father, grandad, great grandad, little brother, uncle, colleague, cousin, and classmate--the afternoon of October 7th, 2024 in Davis, CA.
Our dad was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and if there’s one way to describe him, it’s that he was a California boy. He loved this state: its mountains,...
Teresa Mairead Jamison
Oct 5, 2024
Teresa Mairead (Laverty) Jamison passed away at home on October 5, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. She leaves behind a large, loving family including three daughters and their partners (Denneal and Steven, Nicole and Beau, Shannon and Jason), four grandchildren (Madeline, Robert, Alexander, and Jenna), six sisters (Kathleen, Mary, Pauline, Roisin, Annie, and Sharon) and their families, as...
Richard George Wilson
Sep 25, 2024
Richard George Wilson was born on February 22, 1935 in Salem, Oregon, to Ford W. Wilson, Sr. and Evelyn Leota Hale. Richard passed away on September 25, 2024 from congestive heart failure at the age of 89.
After attending Willamette University in Oregon, Richard embarked on a 35-year career with the California Department of Transportation as a civil engineer.
Richard was a...
Robert W. Medearis
Sep 16, 2024
Robert W. (Bob) Medearis, husband, father, real estate developer, and entrepreneur passed away on September 16, 2024.
Bob was born the third of three brothers in Kansas City, Kansas on May 18, 1932, to physician Dr. Donald N. Medearis and Gladys Sandford Medearis. Growing up in Kansas City, Bob was an avid tennis player and basketball player.
Bob headed west to play...
James G. Fadel
Sep 11, 2024
James (Jim) G. Fadel passed away on September 11, 2024, after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Jim was born on July 4, 1948, in Wheeling, West Virginia, and grew up in Ohio.
He went on to earn three degrees, with a PhD from Cornell University. After several post-docs, he secured a faculty position at UC Davis Department of Animal Science...
Mike Hoffman
Sep 6, 2024
Myron "Mike" Hoffman was born in Chicago on November 15, 1930, and went to Hyde Park High School on the south side of the city. After high school he went to MIT as a freshman in 1947. He got his BS, MS and PhD at MIT and in 1955 he became an Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at MIT. In...
Audrey Cooley Fowler
Aug 30, 2024
Audrey Cooley FowlerAugust 24, 1929 - August 30, 2024Audrey Cooley Fowler passed away peacefully on August 30, 2024. Audrey was born on August 24, 1929 at Logan, Cache, Utah. Her parents, Marcus Robert Cooley, Jr. and Marvel Griffin lived in Newton, Utah, a small farming community. Since her older brothers served in the military during World War II, Audrey and...
John Michael Thornton
Aug 25, 2024
John Michael Thornton, age 21, passed away at home in the arms of his loved ones on August 25, 2024 from Sanfilippo Syndrome, also known as MPS IIIA.
John was born in Livingston, New Jersey on December 9, 2002 and moved to Davis, California in June 2003. John hit the ground running. He attended pre-school in Davis with teacher Deedra Seibert....
Chris Erba
Aug 8, 2024
Chris Erba, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully in Davis, California on August 8, 2024, at the age of 89. Chris is survived by her three children and five step children, as well as sixteen grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Erba, who passed away in 2013.
Chris was born on March...
Ann Christine Thompson
Aug 4, 2024
Ann Christine Thompson, 73, of Davis, California passed away on Sunday August 04, 2024.
She was born January 18, 1951 in Bakersfield, California, the daughter of Anton and Marie (Struempf) Poettgen. She grew up in Wasco, California with her sister and brother. She graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s College with a bachelor’s of science in psychology. While in college she met...
Hanni Zweifel
Jul 30, 2024
We say goodbye to Hanni Zweifel, a resident of Davis since 1963, who passed away on July 30, 2024 at the age of 94. She was born in Horgen, Switzerland and grew up on a family farm with her four siblings in the German-speaking region of northern Switzerland. After graduating from high school, she spent a year in the French-speaking...
Deborah Lee Mayhew
Jul 28, 2024
Deborah Lee "Debbie" Mayhew, aged 67, passed away peacefully at her home in Davis, CA, on July 28, 2024, after a courageous 13-year battle with early onset frontotemporal dementia. Born on March 19, 1957, in Hawaii, United States, Debbie was a celebrated musician, educator, and writer.
Debbie's early life was steeped in the arts, surrounded by books and music which fueled...
Albert Lee Allen
Jul 18, 2024
Albert Lee Allen died of Pancreatic Cancer in his home with his family close by his side on Thursday, July 18, 2024. He had recently moved to Davis, CA, with his wife Sharon (Chambers) Allen to be closer to family, however his home will forever be tied to the Palmyra Iowa area. His life of service to his faith, family,...
Pius John Kamber, Sr.
Jul 16, 2024
We said goodbye to our beloved patriarch Pius John Kamber Sr., born Aug. 14, 1924, passed July 16, 2024, in his home of 65 years in Davis. We celebrate his very nearly 100 years of life remembering him and his legacy with love and many fond memories.
Pius was born to Herman and Marie Kamber in Solothurn, Switzerland, and was the...
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