Obituaries

Edward G. Comingore, Jr.

Edward G. Comingore, Jr.

Nov 11, 2024

Edward Gillette Comingore, Jr., a World War II Veteran, passed away peacefully on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2024. He was surrounded by his five daughters and 3 of his 9 grandchildren in Fruit Heights, Utah.

Ed was born in 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He joined the Navy in 1943 after Pearl Harbor. He was trained and became a Naval Officer and...

Jan Jursnich

Jan Jursnich

Nov 8, 2024

Jan Jursnich, died on November 8, 2024. This obituary was written by Jan because she was best at describing her life.

An avowed people-keeper and reunion junky, high school, family, and college reunions were highlights of her later years. She attended eight reunions in 2002. She was amazed and thrilled to have lived long enough to attend her 50th and 60th...

Anna-Mae "Toots" Stapley

Anna-Mae "Toots" Stapley

Oct 23, 2024

My mom, Anna-Mae Stapley, known her whole life as Toots, moved on to the next part of her journey on Oct. 23, 2024. Toots was born in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada, on Feb. 6, 1934.

Her parents, Jenny and Stan Vennes, were tough square-shaped Scandinavians who made a living the old fashioned way, with hard work.

Stan worked for Canadian Pacific Railroad...

Lois Helen Jones

Lois Helen Jones

Oct 22, 2024

Lois Helen Jones, age 82, of Woodland, died Oct. 22 at her home in Woodland from advanced Alzheimer’s. She was born in Utica, New York, to Frank and Maie Kriegel. She met her future husband, Earl, in high school when she was 14 and he was 16, and they married when she was 19.

After they married, they moved to Schenectady,...

Dottie McCoey

Dottie McCoey

Oct 10, 2024

Dorothy Anne “Dottie” McCoey, age 82, of Winters, passed away on October 10, 2024 in Vacaville from advanced Alzheimer’s. Dottie was born on March 9, 1942, in Woodland, California. She was the daughter of James J. and Mary Loretta McCoey and the sister of John McCoey, Mary Liz Graf, and James D. McCoey (Janet Martin McCoey). Dottie is survived by...

Arnulfo “Noodles” Mendoza

Arnulfo “Noodles” Mendoza

Oct 9, 2024

Arunulfo “Noodles” Mendoza 65 of Winters, CA passed away on October 9th 2024, Born in Mexico City on September 8th 1959 his family moved to California in 1960, He lived in Winters for most of his life went to Winters High School graduated and started working as a machinist which ended up a career till he retired. He loved the...

Carlene Harriett Cobb

Carlene Harriett Cobb

Oct 9, 2024

Carlene Harriett Cobb of Davis, CA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, just shy of her 91st birthday. Born in Waterbury, CT, to Bessie (Myngheer) Bird and Carlton (“Bill”) Bird, Carlene dedicated many years of her life to work as a bookkeeper and accountant for the United Auto Workers (UAW).

Known for her intelligence and thoughtful demeanor, Carlene was a wellspring...

John Mason Duniway

John Mason Duniway

Oct 7, 2024

With great sadness, we said goodbye to Dr. John Mason Duniway--husband, father, grandad, great grandad, little brother, uncle, colleague, cousin, and classmate--the afternoon of October 7th, 2024 in Davis, CA. 

Our dad was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and if there’s one way to describe him, it’s that he was a California boy. He loved this state: its mountains,...

Teresa Mairead Jamison

Teresa Mairead Jamison

Oct 5, 2024

Teresa Mairead (Laverty) Jamison passed away at home on October 5, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. She leaves behind a large, loving family including three daughters and their partners (Denneal and Steven, Nicole and Beau, Shannon and Jason), four grandchildren (Madeline, Robert, Alexander, and Jenna), six sisters (Kathleen, Mary, Pauline, Roisin, Annie, and Sharon) and their families, as...

Richard George Wilson

Richard George Wilson

Sep 25, 2024

Richard George Wilson was born on February 22, 1935 in Salem, Oregon, to Ford W. Wilson, Sr. and Evelyn Leota Hale. Richard passed away on September 25, 2024 from congestive heart failure at the age of 89. 

After attending Willamette University in Oregon, Richard embarked on a 35-year career with the California Department of Transportation as a civil engineer. 

Richard was a...

Robert W. Medearis

Robert W. Medearis

Sep 16, 2024

Robert W. (Bob) Medearis, husband, father, real estate developer, and entrepreneur passed away on September 16, 2024.

Bob was born the third of three brothers in Kansas City, Kansas on May 18, 1932, to physician Dr. Donald N. Medearis and Gladys Sandford Medearis. Growing up in Kansas City, Bob was an avid tennis player and basketball player.

Bob headed west to play...

James G. Fadel

James G. Fadel

Sep 11, 2024

James (Jim) G. Fadel passed away on September 11, 2024, after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Jim was born on July 4, 1948, in Wheeling, West Virginia, and grew up in Ohio.

He went on to earn three degrees, with a PhD from Cornell University. After several post-docs, he secured a faculty position at UC Davis Department of Animal Science...

Mike Hoffman

Mike Hoffman

Sep 6, 2024

Myron "Mike" Hoffman was born in Chicago on November 15, 1930, and went to Hyde Park High School on the south side of the city. After high school he went to MIT as a freshman in 1947. He got his BS, MS and PhD at MIT and in 1955 he became an Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at MIT. In...

Audrey Cooley Fowler

Audrey Cooley Fowler

Aug 30, 2024

Audrey Cooley FowlerAugust 24, 1929 - August 30, 2024Audrey Cooley Fowler passed away peacefully on August 30, 2024. Audrey was born on August 24, 1929 at Logan, Cache, Utah. Her parents, Marcus Robert Cooley, Jr. and Marvel Griffin lived in Newton, Utah, a small farming community. Since her older brothers served in the military during World War II, Audrey and...

John Michael Thornton

John Michael Thornton

Aug 25, 2024

John Michael Thornton, age 21, passed away at home in the arms of his loved ones on August 25, 2024 from Sanfilippo Syndrome, also known as MPS IIIA.

 John was born in Livingston, New Jersey on December 9, 2002 and moved to Davis, California in June 2003. John hit the ground running. He attended pre-school in Davis with teacher Deedra Seibert....

Chris Erba

Chris Erba

Aug 8, 2024

Chris Erba, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully in Davis, California on August 8, 2024, at the age of 89. Chris is survived by her three children and five step children, as well as sixteen grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Erba, who passed away in 2013.

Chris was born on March...

Ann Christine Thompson

Ann Christine Thompson

Aug 4, 2024

Ann Christine Thompson, 73, of Davis, California passed away on Sunday August 04, 2024.

She was born January 18, 1951 in Bakersfield, California, the daughter of Anton and Marie (Struempf) Poettgen. She grew up in Wasco, California with her sister and brother. She graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s College with a bachelor’s of science in psychology. While in college she met...

Hanni Zweifel

Hanni Zweifel

Jul 30, 2024

We say goodbye to Hanni Zweifel, a resident of Davis since 1963, who passed away on July 30, 2024 at the age of 94. She was born in Horgen, Switzerland and grew up on a family farm with her four siblings in the German-speaking region of northern Switzerland. After graduating from high school, she spent a year in the French-speaking...

Deborah Lee Mayhew

Deborah Lee Mayhew

Jul 28, 2024

Deborah Lee "Debbie" Mayhew, aged 67, passed away peacefully at her home in Davis, CA, on July 28, 2024, after a courageous 13-year battle with early onset frontotemporal dementia. Born on March 19, 1957, in Hawaii, United States, Debbie was a celebrated musician, educator, and writer.

Debbie's early life was steeped in the arts, surrounded by books and music which fueled...

Albert Lee Allen

Albert Lee Allen

Jul 18, 2024

Albert Lee Allen died of Pancreatic Cancer in his home with his family close by his side on Thursday, July 18, 2024. He had recently moved to Davis, CA, with his wife Sharon (Chambers) Allen to be closer to family, however his home will forever be tied to the Palmyra Iowa area. His life of service to his faith, family,...

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