Obituaries
Alexander George Draffan, Jr.
Mar 24, 2022
Alexander George Draffan , Jr. was born in New Haven, CT and grew up in East Haven, CT with his parents, Grandmother, 3 siblings and a village of aunts, uncles and cousins. In his high school years he attended Notre Dame High, spent a year in a Franciscan seminary and graduated from East Haven High School. Alex then went on...
Mary Clark Schroeder
Mar 23, 2022
Mary was born in Great Bend, Kan., to Johnette Harrold Clark and Warren Williams Clark at a time when her engineer father was working on construction of a pipeline bringing natural gas from Texas to the Midwest.
In 1942, her father began military service at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and then spent the rest of World War II...
Spike Smith
Mar 23, 2022
It is with great sorrow and sadness that Smith Funeral Home announces the passing of our comfort dog, Spike.
Spike was born in June 2012 and came to Vera as a rescue August 27, 2013, although we all know who really rescued who. His amazing personality allowed him to become a comfort dog, where he gave many people a small...
Leon Garoyan
Mar 18, 2022
Leon Garoyan, 96, died peacefully at home on March 26 from cerebral vascular disease. He is survived by his wife, Nina Hendrickx, son Leon Garoian III (Pia Kreutzer) along with grandson Benjamin Garoian, and daughter Elizabeth Garoian, plus many nieces and nephews. Nina’s children Peggy Henson, Tami Gonzales, Julie Hendrickx, Sandy Taysi, and Thomas Hendrickx, their spouses and grandchildren.
Lee...
John Richard "Jack" Graf
Mar 9, 2022
John Richard “Jack” Graf passed away on March 9, 2022 in the comfort of his home, surrounded by his family.
Born in Woodland, CA, on April 30, 1930 to Charles and Hazel Graf. He graduated from Winters High School in 1948, where he was an active student, three-sport letterman. Jack attended Santa Clara University majoring in Political Science. After graduating...
Tony "T.R." Martin
Mar 9, 2022
Tony “T.R.” Martin passed away peacefully on March 9, 2022, in Kaiser Hospital, Vacaville, surrounded by his family. He was a Winters resident for his entire life, having been born at his aunt’s house on Baker Street, August 6, 1934 to Emilio G. Martin and Frances Ramon Martin. He was a descendent of the Spanish Hawaiian immigration to California at...
Isao Fujimoto
Feb 25, 2022
Dr. Isao Fujimoto, PhD, professor and community organizer, died peacefully at his home in Davis, California on February 25, 2022. He was 88 years old.
Isao joined the University of California, Davis in 1967 as a founding member of the Community Development program. Throughout his career, he served as primary instructor for over fifty courses and later founded the Asian American...
Milena Gilbert
Feb 12, 2022
Milena Gilbert, 98, of Davis passed away February 12, 2022 in Woodland. She had been an area resident for over 50 years. Milena was born September 28, 1923 in Yugoslavia to Bela and Emilia Matuska .
A funeral service will be held Friday, February 25, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Smith Funeral Home (116 D Street, Davis, CA). Interment will...
Stephanie Brown Fehm
Jan 26, 2022
Stephanie Brown Fehm, a fifty-year resident of Davis, California died on January 26, 2022 after bravely living with cancer for over two years.
Stephanie was born in October, 1940 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Barbara (Nath) and Chester Brown. She grew up in Kent, Connecticut and spent summers in Campton, New Hampshire at her beloved family home on Mad...
Hilda Kurowski
Jan 18, 2022
Hilda Kurowski, 88, much beloved wife and mother, passed away peacefully in her home in Davis on January 18th, with her husband of 58 years, Gary close by her.Born on July 25, 1933 to Herbert and Anna Matzner in Stickney, SD, Hilda grew up on the family homestead farm and attended nursing school after graduating high school. She worked in...
Michael Lloyd Doneen
Jan 16, 2022
A lifetime resident of Davis California and former chief of the Davis Fire Department, went to meet his Lord and Savior at the age of 87 on Sunday January 16,2022 Michael is survived by his wife of 65 years Sara Doneen and three children Toni Baker (Tony), David Doneen and Ann Riley (Bob). His two sisters Patricia DiGerolamo and Sharon...
Tona Suzanne Wymore
Jan 10, 2022
Tona Suzanne Wymore born on July 20, 1947 passed away at three twenty pm on January 10, 2022 from late alzheimer's disease at the Courtyard Health Center located in Davis CA. Gary Pierce her life partner of twenty years was by her side. Tona was a free spirit who loved life and family to the end. She will be...
Tucker Charles Neithercutt
Jan 3, 2022
Tucker Charles Neithercutt passed away suddenly at the age of 28 on Monday, January 3, 2022. He was a beautiful soul who leaves behind his parents, Julie and Marc, his stepmother, Kathy, and his younger brother, Weston, who love him more than words can express. He also leaves behind a large extended family and many, many friends. He could light...
Eugenia Hackaray
Jan 2, 2022
It is with great sadness; the family announces that Eugenia passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 2nd 2022.
She will be greatly missed by her children, Juan and Francisca, and grandchildren, Tamara, Christopher, Serena, and Alexandra.
Eugenia was born in Punta Arenas, Chile. When she was a young girl, her family moved to Santiago. Then, as an adult, she moved...
Dorothy E. Woolley
Dec 29, 2021
Dorothy E. Woolley died at her home in Davis on December 29, 2021, at the age of 92. Dorothy was born on the family farm on February 2, 1929, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and was the oldest of three children born to Urban Schumann and Esther (Starr) Schumann. Dorothy started first grade in a one room country school which included eight...
Elizabeth E. Bradford
Dec 22, 2021
Elizabeth “Lyss” Engelke Bradford of Davis passed peacefully from this life at age 87 on December 22, 2021 with family at her bedside. Elizabeth was born on May 20, 1934 to Walter and Marion (Withey) Engelke in Madison, Wisconsin. She grew up in a strong, loving family with her parents and two brothers, and a large extended family in Wisconsin....
Robert "Robbie" Peter Robinson
Dec 10, 2021
Robert “Robbie” Peter Robinson died unexpectedly at the age of 62 on Friday December 10, 2021 in his home in Tucson, Arizona. Robert Peter Robinson was born on December 27, 1958, in Newfoundland, Canada to parents Robert Robinson and Marjorie Lilly. He moved around quite a bit in his childhood due to his father being in the United States Air...
Robert Krey Richardson
Nov 27, 2021
November 27, 2021, Davis CA - Native of Brooklyn, New York and California resident for 55 years, Robert (Bob) Richardson passed away peacefully at the age of 83 with wife Vicky and family by his side. A member of the Baldwinsville Chapter of the National Honor Society, Bob's life served as an example of the NHS’s four main qualities: scholarship,...
Stella Sutter
Nov 16, 2021
Stella Frances Deas Pfanner Sutter was born on October 29, 1928 in Yreka, California and was raised on a dairy ranch in Montague, California. Her mother Frieda was a Swiss immigrant, and her father Frank was a Californian of Portuguese-Azorean descent. She had a sister, Vera, who was a year younger.
Raised during the Great Depression, Stella...
John "Jack" Barry
Nov 15, 2021
Our father, GrandJack, Great-GrandJack, John “Jack” Willard Barry, 87, slipped away in the early hours of November 15, 2021, at home in Davis, California. He fought for sixteen-years with Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia-a rare blood disease, which was in remission at the time of his death. However, his body was tired after living a life of extensive interests and a passion...
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