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Pius John Kamber, Sr.
Jul 16, 2024
We said goodbye to our beloved patriarch Pius John Kamber Sr., born Aug. 14, 1924, passed July 16, 2024, in his home of 65 years in Davis. We celebrate his very nearly 100 years of life remembering him and his legacy with love and many fond memories.
Pius was born to Herman and Marie Kamber in Solothurn, Switzerland, and was the...
Mary Martha Hewes Tupper
Jul 14, 2024
Mary Martha Hewes born October 30th, 1921; died peacefully July 14th, 2024. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she grew up there, and in San Diego and Colorado. She attended San Diego State, joined the Alpha Phi Sorority and met the love of her life, C. John Tupper. She worked at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation for money for school, supporting the WWar II...
Peter Linz
Jul 11, 2024
Peter Linz, emeritus professor of math and computer science at UC Davis, and founder of Logos Books in Davis, passed away at his home there on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
He was born in Apatin, Yugoslavia (Serbia), a city founded by Austrian immigrants, on July 19, 1936. Peter immigrated with his family in 1952 to Montréal, Canada, where he finished high...
Robin Affrim
Jul 7, 2024
Robin Affrime, age 72, passed away on July 7th, 2024. Robin was a loving Wife, Sister, Mother and Grandmother, who in her professional career was extremely devoted to service and activism. Robin traveled the world and was a better person for it, she loved sharing in great meals, laughter and storytelling with her friends and family. Robin was full of...
Bridget Murray Taylor Huntington
Jul 2, 2024
Bridget was born on 20 September 1924 to Pauline S. and Frank H. Taylor of Kemmerer, Wyoming. After growing up in that small ranching and mining town, she graduated from UC Berkeley in 1946 with a degree in English. Bridget then taught briefly at a one-room school back in Wyoming, returned to California, married her husband Gordon L. Huntington in...
Charlotte J. Lucero
Jul 1, 2024
Charlotte Joyce Apodaca Lucero passed on to higher ground on July 1, 2024. The fifth of eight children, she was born to Joe and Charlotte Apodaca on March 3, 1943, in Woodland California. She moved to Davis, CA in 1966, where she lived for almost 60 years. She and her husband Rudy, who passed in March of 1993, raised four...
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...
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