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Ernest Leroy Cobb
Dec 23, 2024
Ernest Leroy Cobb, known to all as Ernie, passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 23, 2024, in Davis, California at the age of 89. Born in Connecticut to Bertha (Akley) Cobb and Ernest Samuel Cobb, Ernie was the middle of three brothers. He was predeceased by his older brother Ellsworth “Lee” Cobb and younger brother William "Bill" Cobb.
As...
George Stephan Zweifel
Nov 15, 2024
George Zweifel, a resident of Davis since 1963, passed away on November 15, 2024 at the age of 98. He was born in Rapperswil, Switzerland and grew up in the area surrounding Lake Zurich with his six siblings. Much of his youth was spent working on neighboring family farms; instilling in him a love of the land, animals, gardening, and...
John Calvin Addiego
Nov 14, 2024
John Addiego, aged 99, passed away on Thursday, November 14 after a brief hospital stay. He is survived by his children, Leslie, and Ken. His wife of 62 years, Gloria, passed away in 2018.
Born and raised in San Francisco, he married and raised his family in Millbrae. They relocated to San Jose in the mid-1980s and have lived in Davis...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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