Obituaries
Kathy T. Robertson
Jun 24, 2024
Katherine Taylor Robertson, 73, passed away on June 24, 2024, in Davis, California from complications arising from a pulmonary infection.
Kathy was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico on November 15, 1950, to Ted and Caro Taylor.
She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Scripps College in Claremont, California where she met David Robertson. They married on June 5, 1972, one...
Maria Adelaida Montenegro
Jun 18, 2024
Maria Adelaida Montenegro, 83, affectionately known as “La Weda” passed away on June 18, 2024 in Sacramento, California.
Maria was born to Julio and Pillar Pena on December 15, 1940, in Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico. Maria immigrated to Winters with her former husband, Jesus and their two oldest children in the early 1960’s. She was preceded in death by her parents, four...
Richard A. Cooper
Jun 16, 2024
Richard Alexander Cooper, a Davis resident since 1982, died Sunday, June 16, 2024 after a brief illness. Born January 27, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, he was the son of Richard Nathan and Sarah Spivey Cooper. He is survived by his wife Janice, his son Justin, grandchildren Ian and Helen, and sister Carol. Richard was a graduate of Duke University and...
Henry G. Timm
Jun 12, 2024
Henry Timm passed away peacefully at the age of 73 on June 12, 2024. Born to Herman and Eileen Timm, Henry was the eldest of 7 children. When Henry was 4 years old his family moved from Ithaca, NY, to Davis, CA. His family’s New York roots sparked his love for the NY Yankees. In 1967, between his junior and...
Colonel Catherine Elizabeth DeVera
Jun 4, 2024
Colonel Catherine Elizabeth (Higley) DeVera peacefully passed on to eternal life on June 4, 2024, at her home surrounded by loved ones. She was 62. Cathy was a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She was also a decorated Air Force veteran. Born on November 3, 1961, to George Higley and Joan (Lucie) Higley, she grew up in...
Imelda Villalpando
May 5, 2024
Imelda Villalpando, beloved mother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully in her home in Davis, California on May 5, 2024. She was born on June 12, 1930, in Santa Barbara, California, the third daughter of Pastor and Isabel (Meras) Hernandez.Imelda is survived by her devoted daughter, Beverly Brown of Davis, California, and her siblings: Josephine Velez of Goleta, CA; Zenny...
Richard "Dick" Leon Lander
Apr 19, 2024
Richard (“Dick”) Lander, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, was born at home on Outlook Avenue in Oakland to Mabel (Morton) and Erik Lander, the third of 5 children. He passed away at his home west of Davis (4 days shy of his 96th birthday) from complications of dementia and a recent hospitalization. Dick was fascinated by the physical world even as a...
Kerstin Bengtsson Renner
Mar 31, 2024
Kerstin Bengtsson Renner, most recently of Woodland, Calif., left us on March 31, 2024, following a short illness. A celebration of life was held on Sunday, April 7.Kerstin was born in Lund, Sweden Aug. 30, 1939. She was raised and attended school in Skanör. She attended Uppsala University and graduated with degrees in computer science and mathematics.Kerstin came to the...
Bruce Robert Dewey
Mar 20, 2024
Bruce Robert Dewey was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1937 to Harlow and Elizabeth Dewey, who instilled in him the value of education and hard work rooted in their Danish & German heritage. He and his younger brother, Bill, along with their father, spent vacations hunting and fishing with Bruce’s mind instead often wandering to literature and music. Bruce...
Bruce Shaull
Feb 16, 2024
Kenneth “Bruce” Shaull, 78, of Woodland, CA passed away on February 16, 2024, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.Bruce was born on November 5, 1945, to Verl and Georgia Shaull in Cushing Oklahoma. In 1950, the Shaull family relocated to Oregon. Bruce graduated from Gresham High school in 1963, he then went on to study Business Administration and Technology...
Ronald C. Jensen
Feb 12, 2024
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of Dr. Ronald C. Jensen, DVM. Ron, or “Swede” as many knew him, passed away at home unexpectedly from a sudden heart attack on February 12th, 2024 after returning home from a pleasurable holiday weekend with his family.Ron touched so many people’s lives with his generosity, kindness,...
Maria Alexander
Feb 3, 2024
Maria Grazia Perrino Alexander died at her residence in Davis, California on February 3, 2024 following a stroke at the age of 100 and nine months. Maria was born and grew up in Italy, the youngest and last survivor of seven siblings. She lived in Rome during the Second World War and met Robert Alexander, an American military glider pilot,...
Gary "Corky" Brown
Jan 24, 2024
Gary “Corky” Brown died peacefully in his sleep on January 24, 2024, at the age of 75. He grew up in Oakland, California, attended Chico State, graduated from the University of California, Davis, and lived nearly all of his adult life in Davis. He worked with the UCD Police Department where he was known as “Peace Officer Corky.” As a...
Donald Arthur Harting
Dec 30, 2023
Longtime Davis resident Donald “Don” Harting, 90, passed away quietly at home in the early hours of December 30th, 2023. He was born in Lakewood, Ohio to Frank and Julitta Harting.
Don graduated with a BA in business from Kent State University, then enlisted in the US Navy at NAS Oceana Virginia Beach, VA. There he worked in...
Michael Wayne Bowlin
Dec 23, 2023
Michael Wayne Bowlin of Winters, CA, is now resting in eternal peace, joining his parents, Jeanne Lassus Marden of Napa, CA, and David Q. Bowlin of Van Buren, AR, and his grandparents Philip W. and Esther Z. Cornelius of Napa, CA. Mick was born at Hamilton AFB, CA, and moved several times before settling in Napa, where he graduated from Napa...
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...
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