Obituaries
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...
Gertrude "Trudy" Harriet Walker
Jul 25, 2023
Gertrude Harriet (Trudy) Walker, age 100, died on July 25, 2023 at University Retirement Community in Davis, California. A 62 year resident of Davis, Trudy was born in Monmouth, Illinois on April 8, 1923 to Lily Josephson Peterson and Lester Gerhart Peterson. She attended local schools and began studies at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal in the fall...
Robert Stafford Cooper
Jul 25, 2023
Mr. Robert Stafford Cooper, a longtime resident of Dallas, Texas, passed away peacefully on July 24, 2023. He was born to Viva Louise Stafford and Dale William Cooper on October 20, 1938 in the small town of Green Forest, Arkansas.
He graduated from West Point U.S. Military Academy in 1962, the year that John F. Kennedy was the graduation...
Nelly Chin
Jul 7, 2023
Mrs. Nelly Fee Woon Chin, of Davis, California, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 7, 2023, at the age of 84.
Nelly was born to parents Kow Wong and Thien Lan Chew on August 24, 1938 in Burma. She was the 3rd eldest daughter out of 10 children.
In 1958, she married her sweetheart, George Chin and they had four...
Edward Dean Whisler
Jul 4, 2023
Edward Dean Whisler passed away Tuesday morning, July 4, 2023, at Sutter Hospital in Sacramento, following a brief illness. Ed was born July 7, 1958, in Sacramento, California. He lived his entire life in Davis, attended Davis High School, and graduated from California State University Sacramento with a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife biology.
Ed was one of the...
Essie Mae Chambers Hatcher
Jul 3, 2023
Essie Mae Chambers Hatcher, a longtime resident of Davis, passed away at her home on July 3, 2023, after a short battle with cancer. Her beloved husband of 58 years, Wanless, and family were by her side in her final moments. Despite her condition, her wit and humor never left her.
Born October 27, 1942, in Alabama, Essie was the...
Wendy R. Chason
Jun 2, 2023
Wendy R. Chason, beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away on Friday, June 2nd, 2023, at her home in Davis, California, at age 78. She leaves behind her son and daughter-in-law, Jon and Hilary Chason; daughter and son-in-law, Cait and Chris Lippitt; grandchildren Natalie, Ben, Emily, and Liam; and siblings and sister-in-law, Peter and Aileen Hewitt, and Daria Hewitt.
Wendy...
Philip James Snow
May 31, 2023
Philip James Snow passed away on May 31st, 2023 at his home in the loving care of his four children. He was 92. Phil moved from Calistoga to Winters, Ca as a Sophomore in High School and there he met and married the love of his life, Isabel Martinez. He served in the Navy 2 years as a builder and continued...
Diane Cooley Kessler Cowden
May 29, 2023
Diane Cooley Kessler Cowden died on May 29, 2023, at her home in Davis, California at the age of 87. She passed away peacefully in her sleep with her family at her side.
She leaves her son Stephen and his wife Ann; son Ronald and his wife Sherri, granddaughter Ashlan Falletta-Cowden and her husband Sveinn Sigurdsson, grandsons Neal Falletta-Cowden, Kevin...
Karim Abou Najm
Apr 29, 2023
In the Name of God the Merciful the Compassionate.To God we belong and to Him we return.With submission to God’s will, notwithstanding our sincere sorrow, we announce the passing of Karim Majdi Abou NajmOctober 29, 2002 - April 29th, 2023.
Karim was born to Majdi Abou Najm and Nadine Yehya in Lebanon. Before moving to the US in 2018, he attended...
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