Obituaries
Dean Cliver
May 16, 2011
Dr. Dean Otis Cliver, born March 2, 1935, died Monday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Davis. A graduate of Purdue University with bachelors and masters degrees, Dean completed his Ph.D. at Ohio State University in the spring of 1959. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in the Food Research Institute from 1962 to...
Mary Baldwin
Apr 29, 2011
Mary Ellen Baldwin passed away on Friday evening April 29, 2011. Mary Ellen was born in Meriden, Connecticut on August 28, 1935 daughter of Margaret and Walter Burns. Mary Ellen is survived by her brother Robert Burns of Melbourne, Florida, her three children Cheryl Choate of Sacramento, Ransom Baldwin of Finksburg, Maryland and Robert Baldwin of Placerville, as well as...
Tony Cortez
Apr 26, 2011
Tony Cortez, 87, of Winters, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011 in Davis. He had been an area resident for 61 years. Tony was born May 27, 1923 in Vacaville, CA to Isabel and Antonio Cortez. When he was a child, his family relocated to Spain and in 1947 Tony moved back to California, settling in Winters. He enjoyed fishing,...
Lee Chen
Apr 1, 2011
Lee Jing Chen, 72, of El Macero, passed away at home Friday, April 1, 2011. He had been an area resident for 42 years. Lee was born April 1, 1939 in Taiwan to I-Wah Lee and Hwa-Si Chen. He was a researcher and professor. Lee enjoyed teaching and watching his grandchildren grow. Lee is survived by his loving wife, Grace...
Frank Pearce
Mar 27, 2011
Frank G. Pearce passed away on March 27, 2011, at the age of 92 years. Frank was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on September 17, 1918. He attended Rose Hulman for undergraduate work and received his doctorate from MIT. Frank worked as a chemical engineer and information systems executive for Amoco Oil Company for 35 years. He was married to...
Wil Leverett
Mar 5, 2011
Wilmer Wil Leverett passed away unexpectedly on March 5, 2011. He was born in Lincolnton, GA on May 3, 1951. Wil grew up in Lincolnton and joined the Air Force at the age of nineteen, serving from 1970-1975. He resigned from the Air Force and obtained his Associates Degree in Criminal Justice. Wil worked as a Civil Engineer at Travis...
Jack Forbes
Feb 23, 2011
A Tribute to Professor Jack D. Forbes Powhatan-Renape, Delaware-Lenape) A husband, father, family member, friend, colleague, mentor, and professor Jack D. Forbes (UCD Professor Emeritus), moved on to the Spirit World on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Survived by his wife Carolyn, his daughter Nancy OHearn, his son Kenneth Forbes, son-in-law Bill OHearn and grandson Jack OHearn. Born January 7, 1934,...
Dwain Zahn
Feb 12, 2011
Dwain W Zahn On February 12, 2011 Dwain passed away peacefully at home. He was born in Nebraska in 1922 and moved to California as a young man. He had lived in Davis for 44 years. He is survived by his wife Barbara, sisters Bonnie Husman and Elaine Dillard, daughters Kathi Gray(Herb) Louain Brinkman and Christy Ansbro, stepsons Tim Hooper(Susan)...
Valda Shows
Feb 6, 2011
Valda Rhea Shows, 84, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2011. She had been an area resident for 54 years. Valda was born July 5, 1926 in Mississippi to Crista and William Thompson. She was a homemaker, who then, after raising her two sons, Glenn and Eric, went back to college. She taught for the Sacramento Unified School District for 20...
Thomas Venard
Dec 15, 2010
Thomas William Venard passed away surrounded by his loving family on December 15, 2010, succumbing to complications due to pneumonia. Born December 28, 1924 in Ness City, Kansas, he was 85 years old. Tom grew up in Chehalis, Washington and enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 where he became a member of Battery D of the 800th Artillery....
Martha Johnson
Dec 10, 2010
Martha Mary Johnson passed away December 10, 2010 at the age of 87. Martha was born and raised in Winters, where she met and married her husband of 65 years, Herbert Johnson, and where together they raised their family. Over the years Martha was employed as a bookkeeper for various Winters based businesses, the last of which was Valley Almond...
Henry Long
Nov 29, 2010
Henry Long, a 50-year resident of Yolo County, died on Nov. 29, 2010. He was 95. Born on July 10, 1915, in Suisun, he was the 13th of 16 children born to Go and Shee Long. He graduated from Winters High School, where he was a star all-around athlete. Drafted into the U.S. Army, he served with distinction in thin...
Nancy Hartsough
Nov 14, 2010
Nancy Jean Hartsough passed away peacefully at home on November 14, from the effects of cancer. She was surrounded by an outpouring of love and care from all of her friends and family. She was born to John (Jack) and Gloria Nelson in Sacramento and, with the exception of a short time in Edgewood, California, lived there until beginning her...
Herbert Johnson
Nov 10, 2010
Herbert Lonnie Johnson, of Winters, passed away November 10, 2010 at the age of 86. The son of a Baptist Minister, Herbert was born and raised in Moody Springs, Oklahoma. As a young man he traveled to California and settled in Winters where he met his wife of 65 years, Martha (Pezzatti) Johnson. In 1981, after 30 years of service,...
Betty Wentz
Nov 10, 2010
Betty June Wentz, age 70, passed away Wednesday November 10, 2010 at Alderson Convalescent Hospital of complications from pneumonia. The daughter of Pauline and Alvin H. Lucas, she was an Oklahoma native and longtime Davis resident. Betty graduated from Davis High School and was a founding member of Pole Line Road Baptist Church. In her younger years she enjoyed riding...
Webb Sisemore
Nov 6, 2010
Webb A. Sisemore, age 89, of Davis, California, passed away on November 6, 2010 at Woodland Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 26, 1921 in Claremore, Oklahoma to John C. and Milley Coker Sisemore. Webb moved from Oklahoma to San Jose, California where he met and married Dorothy Miller and they have enjoyed a wonderful 62 years of marriage....
Robert Berges
Nov 5, 2010
Robert Bob John Berges, 78, of Davis, formerly of Napa, passed away Friday, November 5, 2010. He had been an area resident for 39 years. Robert was born March 14, 1932 in Vallejo, California to Palmeta Tost and John R. Berges. Bob worked for Bank of America for 38 years and received many awards, including Manager of the Year. He...
Frances Andrews
Oct 16, 2010
Frances Holland Andrews, a Mississippi native and longtime resident of Carlsbad, Calif., died Oct. 16 at St. Johns Retirement Village in Woodland, Calif., of complications from a stroke. A memorial service will be held Oct. 23 at the home of Sheila and Duke Kebow in Carlsbad. Born Frances Louise Holland on Oct.17, 1937, she was the daughter of the late...
Richard Lum
Sep 26, 2010
Richard Lum, beloved father and husband and long-time resident of Davis, CA, passed away on September 26, 2010. He was 73. Born in Stockton, California to Leon and Su-Ping Lum, Richard was the third of four children two older siblings, Ton and Anna, and younger sister Marilyn. The family soon moved to Portland, Oregon. After graduating from high school, Richard...
Glen Nance
Sep 18, 2010
William Glen Nance, 84, of Winters, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010 at his home. He had been an area resident for 56 years. Glen was born July 6, 1926 in Jerusalem, Arkansas to Earley and Lila Nance. He quit school in the sixth grade to help support his family by working on farms. In 1943, Glen married Bernice Yaney....
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