Obituaries
Nancy Richter Brzeski
Dec 17, 2023
Nancy Richter Brzeski was born in New York City in 1925. The only child of pioneering lawyer Ella Graubart and Henry Richter, an engineer on the World Trade Towers, Nancy grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, where she attended her beloved Falk Laboratory School, a defining experience of her childhood. Some of her happiest memories were of trips to New York...
Juan Moreno
Dec 12, 2023
Our father, Retired Master Sergeant Juan Moreno, left this world on 12 December 2023 at the age of 80. He was surrounded by his wife and daughters at the time of his passing. Juan was born in Mexico on 4 March 1943. He and his family immigrated to La Villa, TX where he grew up. He then joined the United...
Peter Alfred Goldberg
Dec 2, 2023
Peter Alfred Goldberg was born on December 29th, 1928, in Braunsberg, East Prussia (now Braniewo, Poland). He passed into the arms of God peacefully on December 2, 2023, after a decline in his health. Peter was 94 years of age.
Peter was the first child of Alfred and Irmgard Goldberg. As the eldest of five children with four younger sisters,...
Charles "Chuck" Floyd Pope
Nov 28, 2023
Charles “Chuck” Floyd Pope, born to William and Elizabeth Pope in Missoula, Montana on January 14, 1943, passed away, surrounded by family, on November 28, 2023. Chuck was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 34 years, Catherine Pope, with whom he had four children Jerry Pope, Sheri Boone, Susan Cristler, and Gary Pope. After the passing of Catherine,...
Harold Rex Honeyfield
Nov 24, 2023
Harold Rex Honeyfield passed away on November 24 at: Sutter Hospital in Sacramento. He was born December 28, 1930 in the same house that his father was, on Johnson Mesa,19 miles east of Raton, N Mex. the son of Ed and Elizabeth (Black) Honeyfield. He spent most of his youth hard at work on the family homestead located on the...
Karen Koenig Siegler
Nov 18, 2023
Karen Koenig Siegler passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2023 in Davis, California, due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 83 years old.Karen was born on April 3, 1940 in Carroll, Iowa, to parents Vincent Koenig and Dorothy Schenkelberg Koenig. She enjoyed an idyllic childhood, surrounded by her sisters Vicki and Jaynee, a large extended family, and wonderful friends....
Wanda M. Watson
Nov 10, 2023
Wanda M. Watson, 86, of Davis passed away Friday, November 10, 2023 at her home. She had been an area resident for 60 years. A viewing will be held Wednesday, November 15, 2023 from 9:30 to 10:30 AM at Smith Funeral Home, 116 D Street, Davis, CA 95616. A private family graveside service will be held a late time.
Karen Castanon
Nov 7, 2023
Karen Castanon passed November 7th, 2023 at the age of 60 surrounded by family. She is survived by her husband Troy, son Taylor and daughter Demitria. Karen arrived on the Central Coast following her graduation from Davis Senior High School in 1981, where she married her husband, Troy. She cherished her life as a devoted mother, traveling to every cross...
Robert Samson Bloch
Nov 4, 2023
Beloved violinist, teacher, father, grandfather, and friend to many, Robert Samson Bloch died peacefully in Davis, CA, on November 4 at the age of 89.
Born in Chicago, Bob received his master’s degree in composition from the University of Chicago and a Diploma from the Conservatoire de Musique in Brussels. He was a member of the San Francisco Symphony and...
Vernalee Parfitt
Nov 3, 2023
After a well lived life of 96 years, our beloved Vernalee Parfitt passed away on Friday morning, November 3, 2023 of natural causes. She leaves behind her legacy of love, joy, self-lessness and sincerity, topped off with a subtle but gracious sense of humor and many sporting events unattended.
Vernalee was born on February 25, 1927, in Champaign, Illinois, to...
Shihui S. Fan
Oct 16, 2023
Born in China on February 18 1931, Shihui Fan embarked on an extraordinary journey in 1994 when she made the life-altering decision to move to the United States. She started on a journey that took her through the joys and challenges of nearly a century.
Shihui Fan lived a long and fulfilling 92 years, leaving behind a legacy that will...
Toshiko "Cindy" Nishimoto
Sep 26, 2023
Cindy Nishimoto was born in Walnut Grove to Teruichi and Teruko Iwamiya on December 19, 1924, and passed away peacefully at the age of 98 on September 26, 2023, at the University Retirement Community in Davis. She was the eldest of 7 children.
Cindy’s family moved from Walnut Grove to Acampo when she was six years old. During World War...
Donald Motoomi Tsubaki
Sep 26, 2023
Donald Motoomi Tsubaki, 91, passed away on September 26, 2023. Donald was a resident of Davis for 48 years, settling in Davis with his family when he retired after a career in the Air Force in 1975. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 11, 1932, to Kiyoto and Hamako Tsubaki (Morioka), and was raised in Wailuku, Maui. He...
Dolores DuMont
Sep 22, 2023
Dolores DuMont passed away Friday, Sept. 22, at the age of 85.She is survived by her daughters, Patricia DuMont of Sacramento and Katherine Luther of New York; grandsons Justin Luther of New York and Kyle Luther of San Francisco; brother Tom Martinez (Juanita) of Woodland; sister-in-law Phylis Martinez (Anthony); and numerous nieces, nephews, and grand-nieces and -nephews.Dolores is preceded in...
Nicholas A. Fittingoff, Jr.
Sep 8, 2023
Nicholas A. Fittinghoff, Jr., age 88, of Davis, CA, died peacefully at home on Friday, September 8th, 2023, surrounded by family. Nick was born December 12, 1934 in Baguio, Philippines. His father, Nicholas A. Fittinghoff, Sr. was a Russian nobleman who, after his family fled revolutionary Russia, had earned a degree in engineering and metallurgy from UC Berkeley and, at...
Herb
Sep 7, 2023
Herb Isaac Kutchins, 88, a native of Chicago, Illinois, resident of West Marin for over four decades, died at home on Thursday, September 7th, from complications related to Parkinson’s Disease and sepsis. In his final hours he recited from one of his favorite Wallace Stevens’ poems and then declared, “I am the Emperor of Ice Cream!”Herb spent his childhood and adolescence...
Tina Ann Montijo
Sep 3, 2023
Tina Ann Montijo, age 88, passed away on September 3, 2023. As a resident of Davis for 68 years, Tina was number seven of twelve siblings, and born in Santa Paula, California on March 21, 1935 to Mercedes and Joseph Ramirez.
Tina completed cosmetology school in her twenties and opened her first business called the Mona Lisa Beauty Salon in...
Monique Heusner
Sep 1, 2023
Monique Heusner was born in Strasbourg, France, on January 25, 1935, and died shortly after midnight, September 1, 2023. She was the youngest of three sisters and the last to leave this world.
She enjoyed a long, rich life, spanning two continents: she spent her first three decades in France and the remaining years in Davis. She raised three children,...
Jeremy Ryan Brooks
Aug 7, 2023
Jeremy Ryan Brooks, age 50, died at home surrounded by his family in Davis, CA, on August 7, 2023, after a hard-fought battle with cancer.
Jeremy was born in Fresno, CA, on August 30, 1972. He was raised by loving parents, David and Donna (Rutan) Brooks. He attended Kingsburg High School and later graduated from UC Davis with a B.A....
Dr. Fred Edward Langhorst
Jul 31, 2023
Fred Edward Langhorst, 77, of Woodland, CA, passed away on July 31, 2023. He was born on February 14, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the late Fred August Langhorst and Evelyn Deerwester Langhorst.
Fred, was the beloved husband of Julia Klasson Langhorst, Judy Arpin Oswald and Dr. Beth Calame. He is survived by his children, David Arpin and Lisa (Arpin...
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