Obituaries

Donald L. Turcotte

Donald L. Turcotte

Feb 4, 2025

Donald Lawson Turcotte, 92, of Davis, California passed away peacefully at the Sutter Davis Hospital on February 4, 2025. He was born on April 22, 1932 in Bellingham, Washington to Lawson P. Turcotte and Eva A. Pearson, and grew up in Bellingham. He received his Bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. from Caltech in Pasadena, California. At Caltech, he met his wife,...

Robert Christopher Henderson

Robert Christopher Henderson

Jan 31, 2025

We are mourning the sudden and tragic loss of a wonderful human, Rob Henderson, who passed away unexpectedly at age 61.

Born in Sacramento and a resident of Davis, Rob is survived by his wife, Kristin Mick; sons, Alex and Colin Henderson; sister, Lisa Henderson; stepsons, Gavin and Colin Mick; his boys’ mother, Lori Henderson; and his 17-year-old pug, Rocket.

Rob’s profound...

Maynard Loren Finley

Maynard Loren Finley

Jan 16, 2025

Maynard Loren Finley passed away at home in Kelseyville, CA on January 16, 2025, at the age of eighty-six after a brief battle with Pneumonia. He was born into the farming community of Spokane Washington on June 9, 1938. He excelled in several sports including baseball, football, basketball and Track and Field. He married the love of his life, Barbara...

Ann Rebecca (Taylor) Birkelo

Ann Rebecca (Taylor) Birkelo

Jan 14, 2025

Ann Birkelo died peacefully on Tuesday, January 14, at the age of 98 years in Davis after several weeks on hospice. She was born in Clifford, North Dakota, growing up on a farm with dreams of becoming a nurse. She achieved that goal and after serving with the Nurse Cadet Corps in WWII was able to work as a college...

Eva Prokopiv

Eva Prokopiv

Jan 10, 2025

Eva Prokopiv, 98, of Davis passed away January 10, 2025 in Woodland.  She was born August 16, 1926 in New Jersey to Harry and Anna Prokopiv.  She had been an area resident for over 45 years. 

Eva was one of a very few chosen from a group of graduates to work in a plastic laboratory in New Jersey where she did...

Jessica Ruth Gaines

Jessica Ruth Gaines

Jan 6, 2025

Jessica Ruth Gaines AKA Amarok Gaines died peacefully at UC Davis Medical Center on January 6, 2025 after a 2 year battle with cancer. They were surrounded by family.

Jessica was born in Vallejo, Ca on May 19,1988 and spent her early years in Napa. When the family moved to Davis in 1992, the warm summers meant time at Davis swimming...

Cherry Y. Leung

Cherry Y. Leung

Jan 6, 2025

Cherry Y Leung, of Davis, CA died peacefully at home at the age of 88 on January 6, 2025.

She was born in Japan in 1936, the oldest child of Kam and Dorothy Yan, but she and her family moved back to China before the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war. She grew up during war time in Guangdong, China before moving...

Helen G. McMahon

Helen G. McMahon

Dec 27, 2024

Helen G McMahon passed away on December 27, 2024 in Las Vegas at the age of 81. She is survived by her daughter Shauna Caserta, son-in-law Craig Caserta and her grandson Michael. She is also survived by her sister Janet, brother-in-law Clell, nephews Derek and Craig. Helen was predeceased by her husband James of 42 years. 

She was born August 12,...

Ernest Leroy Cobb

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

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

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.

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...

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