Obituaries
Mary Lee
Sep 19, 2008
Longtime Davis resident Mary N. Lee died Friday, Sept. 19, after a nearly three-year-long battle with cancer. She was 76. Born on Jan. 8, 1932 in Oakland, she was the sixth of 11 children in the Moun Ock and Me Shee Ng family. After attending Oakland Technical High School, Mary was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UC Berkeley. She...
Wanda Hahn
Sep 17, 2008
Wanda Elizabeth Hahn, 94, of Winters, California, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at her home. She had been an area resident for 34 years. Wanda was born October 25, 1913 in Ozark, Arkansas to Forrest and Lucinda Williams. She worked as a ship welder during WWII. Wanda enjoyed quilting. She was an organist for church, president of The California...
Mary Clark
Sep 11, 2008
Mary Kristine "Kris" Clark died at home on Thursday, Sept. 11, after a long battle with melanoma, trusting in Jesus Christ and surrounded by her loving family. Mary Kristine Bauer was born June 23, 1952 in San Francisco, the third child of seven to Dr. Edward and Mary Bauer of Fremont. Kris met Richard "Dick" Clark in 1971 and they...
Steven Lederer
Aug 31, 2008
Steven Henry Lederer, 48, of Sacramento, California, formerly of Davis, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Sutter General Hospital. Steven was born September 19, 1959 in Sacramento to Albert and Mildred Lederer. He attended Chico State, earning a Bachelors degree in Agriculture Engineering. Steven worked for Walgreen Distribution Warehouse in Woodland for 7 years, where he made a large...
Harvey Long
Aug 30, 2008
Harvey Alfred Long, 80, of Davis, California, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2008. He had been an area resident for the past 15 years. Harvey was born November 12, 1927 in Sacramento, California to James and Margaret (Blanche) Long. Harvey was preceded in death by his parents and eight siblings. Harvey is survived by his children: Harvey Long, Jr., Phyllis...
Mary Hernandez
Aug 20, 2008
Mary Lou Hernandez, 75, of Davis, passed away peacefully August 20, 2008, with her family by her side, after several years of struggling with cancer. Mary Lou was born March 13, 1933 in Davis, California to Eleuterio & Emeteria Garcia. She married Ernest Hernandez November 1, 1952 in Reno, Nevada. Mary Lou was voted Director Emeritus of the Yolo County...
Catherine Finlay
Aug 16, 2008
Catherine Stella McArthur Finlay, age 86, passed away on August 16, 2008 at her residence where she had been under the loving care of her family and Yolo hospice. Catherine was born on October 23, 1921 in Inglewood, California to John and Annie McArthur. At the age of four, Catherine suffered injuries from a fall that resulted in the loss...
Beverly Whisler
Aug 11, 2008
Beverly Jean Whisler died at Courtyard Health Care Center in Davis at the age of 85 on August 11, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband John E. Whisler in March 2001, her parents, Richard and Nettie Kevern, and her brother Glenn Kevern. Born on April 9, 1923, Beverly was a long-time resident of Davis. Born in Bremerton,...
Paul Narr
Aug 10, 2008
Born September 20, 1965 and took his own life August 10, 2008. Paul arrived in this world with an identical twin brother in North Sacramento, California. His family moved to Davis soon after. Paul graduated Davis High School in 1984. Following high school he worked for Goodyear Vanderhamm Tire Center for a few years. In 1992 Paul graduated from the...
Annie Dumes
Aug 5, 2008
Annie Teresa Dumes passed on August 5, 2008, a Winters resident for 35 years. She was 84 years old. "Auntie" was born on March 24, 1924 in Albany, California and grew up on Minnesota Street in San Francisco. She was preceded in death by her husband Marcus Dumes, her father Anthony Ramirez, and her beloved sister, Dolores Martinez. Auntie Annie...
Eloise DeVoe
Aug 4, 2008
Long-time Davis resident, Eloise L. DeVoe, died on Monday, August 4, 2008 at the age of 89. Eloise was born on February 12, 1919 on a small family farm near Haxtun, Colorado. Eloise and her parents stayed on their beloved farm as long as they could, but the dust bowl era forced the family to relocate to a new small...
Joanne Bertero
Aug 1, 2008
Joanne Lee Bertero, 74, of El Macero, passed away Friday, August 1, 2008 at Sutter Davis Hospital. She had been an area resident for almost 45 years. Joanne was born August 12, 1933 in Oakland, California to John and Dorothy Ortzow. She and her husband, Fred, moved from the Bay Area, where they met, to Davis in 1964, where they...
Ursula Kobos
Jul 24, 2008
"Toni" Kobos passed away peacefully on July 24, 2008 in Davis, California, at the age of 86. She was born Ursula Mildred Royston on April 25, 1922 in Jonesboro, Tennessee to Felix Garland Royston and Mary Etta Copas. She graduated From Our Lady of the Woods School in Carthage, Ohio in 1940. Toni was a WAVE in the US NAVY...
Sherry Cermak
Jul 20, 2008
Sherry was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, grew up in Illinois, and made Davis, California her home for the past 28 years. She died of a sudden heart attack on July 20, 2008. Sherry graduated with high honors from UC Davis in 1985, and from UCD's School of Law in 1988. After a brief career as an attorney, Sherry found her...
Lawrence Wold
Jul 16, 2008
Lawrence Eugene Wold was born February 24, 1939 to Lawrence Inman and Genevieve Rose Ray Wold in Chico, California. He was raised in the Sutter California community and graduated from Sutter High School and attended Yuba College, Sacramento State and the University of San Francisco. He was in the Marine Corps Reserve. Lawrence died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 surrounded by...
Harry Bunfill
Jul 11, 2008
HARRY ALLEN BUNFILL, 79, of Sacramento, passed away Friday, July 11, 2008 at his home. He had been an area resident for the past 25 years. Harry was born April 9, 1929 in Watsonville, California to Harry and Mary Bunfill. He had a love of horse racing and golf. He also enjoyed good food and drink! He greatly loved his...
Stanley Walton
Jul 11, 2008
STANLEY V. WALTON Stanley Victor Walton, died peacefully at home with his family at his side on July 11, 2008. He was 98 years old and preceded in death by his wife of 71 years, Madelyn. A remarkable man, loved by all that knew him, he will be missed. He also will be remembered for his gentlemanly kindness and considerate...
Leroy Quaas
Jul 9, 2008
Leroy (Lee) M. Quaas, 66, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully, surrounded by his family, on July 9, 2008, in Sacramento, California. Lee was born to Charles and Dorothy Quaas in Maple Plain, Minnesota. Raised as a Minnesota Farm Boy, Lee combined his natural acumen with his cultivated work ethic to win a scholarship to Valparaiso University. Graduating with honors, Lee...
Katherine Wooden
Jul 8, 2008
Katherine Lilienthal Wooden died at Davis, the 8th day of July 2008 at age ninety She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly sixty years, Wesley R. Wooden, in 2005. Born on February 2, 1918, in San Francisco, California, Kay was a 1940 graduate of U.C. Davis, and a long time resident of Davis. Kay attended Pomona College...
Don Bennett
Jul 1, 2008
Don Charles Bennett entered into this world April 17, 1935 in San Francisco, CA and departed July 1, 2008 in Davis, CA of a sudden heart failure. Don was the beloved husband of Nemia Ocampo Bennett for 16 years. They were married August 18, 1992 in San Fernando, Philippines and first resided in Stockton, CA. They later moved to Davis...
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