Obituaries

May 13, 2014

Rose Marie (Cahalan) Stephens passed away peacefully in her Davis, CA home on May 13th, 2014. She is survived by Jim, her husband of 62 years, and six of her children: Eileen (Peter) McSherry, Bill Stephens, Joe (Mary) Stephens, Susie (Norman) Finke, Mary (Dave) Rosenthal and Peggy Stephens, 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her...

May 12, 2014

Yvonne passed away peacefully on Monday May 12, 2014 at the age of 82. Yvonne was born on January 24, 1932, in Hollywood to Guy and Valerie Chalfant. She was raised in Beverly Hills and later moved to Fair Oaks before settling in Davis with her family for the past 44 years. She was a member of the University Covenant...

May 3, 2014

Freda Lucille Flenniken Stohrer passed away peacefully on May 3, 2014 with both of her daughters at her side. Freda was born in Denver, Colorado to Fred and Lucille Flenniken on December 10, 1931. After a traveling childhood during the Great Depression she was raised in the Panama Canal Zone. She attended Jacksonville State University, then returned to the Zone...

Apr 22, 2014

A 39 year resident of Davis, Marjorie Prout passed away peacefully at her home on April 22, 2014 after a short illness. She was 87. Marjorie was born Marjorie Doris Lester in Orwell, New York to Harry Emerson Lester and Florence Martin Lester on May 5, 1926 and grew up in Leonia, New Jersey. During the Second World War, she...

Feb 21, 2014

Frank "Paco" Cintas, 51, of Winters, passed away February 21, 2014 at home. He had been an area resident for 43 years. Paco was born February 8, 1963 in El Chive, Spain to Isabelita Molina and Javier Cintas. Known as the "class clown", he graduated from Winters High School in 1981. Paco was a teamster, working as a warehouseman for...

Feb 11, 2014

Rosemary Schroeder Adamski finished her earthly journey on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. She was born in Emmetsburg, Iowa, on Dec. 28, 1930 to Bernard and Margery Schroeder, a local farming family. She became a registered nurse in 1951 after graduating from Sioux Valley Nursing School in South Dakota. Rosemary worked at the VA hospital located on Ft. Meade in Sturgis,...

Feb 11, 2014

Virginia M. Gaylord, from Sacramento, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014. She was born August 23, 1919 in Greenville, Michigan to the late Edwin and Bessie Butts. She grew up with her only sibling the late Herschell Butts. She loved music and dance. As a small girl, she would travel to different towns in Michigan to perform the Charleston. After high...

Feb 9, 2014

Our loving mother, grandmother and aunt, Birgit Marie Hempel peacefully passed away at home on February 9, 2014. The best Mom ever! Birgit was born on May 4, 1922 in Skaelskor, Denmark, the daughter of Pastor Einar Thygesen Kragh and Mrs. Elise Magdalene Kragh and sister to Thyge and Eigil Kragh, all of whom predeceased her. As a young girl,...

Dec 22, 2013

George Louis Kresa died of a vascular ailment Sunday, December 22, 2013 in Port Townsend, WA while visiting family members for the holidays. He was 90 years old. Born February 23, 1923 in Chicago, Il., George lived a long and full life. He was an Army Air Corps Pilot during WWII, assigned to the 375th Bombardment Squadron and made numerous...

Dec 22, 2013

Sheila Ann Parks of Winters passed away Dec. 22. She was 80. Born Oct. 2, 1933 in England, she attended nursing school and became a psychiatric nurse. She moved to Winters from Belmont in 2005. She was an avid Scrabble player and loved to gamble in Las Vegas with her sister-in-law Harriet. She also enjoyed weekend estate and garage sales....

Dec 14, 2013

Eddy was born April 21, 1922. He moved from his birth home of Fertile, Minnesota in 1945 after serving Army in WWII as a medic and married Nellie Ford. Eddy built his home for his family of three in 1951. Nellie passed away in 1980. Eddy found love again and married Virginia M. Clark where they have lived in the...

Dec 7, 2013

Nick was born January 15, 1972. He moved to Davis is 1974 with his parents and sisters. He lived here for the remainder of his life, except for a five year adventure to Brazil. He died in the arms of God, surrounded by the love and prayers of his family and the exceptional staff at Sutter Davis Hospital. Nick was...

Dec 2, 2013

Adam died Dec. 2, 2013 in a car accident in Sacramento. He was 29. Adam lived in Davis most of his life. He graduated from Davis High School and earned an associate of arts degree from Sacramento City College. At the time of his death, he was enrolled in a business program at Sacramento State University and working in the...

Nov 30, 2013

Anna Maria "Rose" Limerinos passed away in her home with her family by her side on November 30, 2013. Born in Paris, France January 30, 1928 to Italian parents, Scipione and Antonietta Massari, Rose grew up with four brothers in Naples, Italy. She and her family survived World War II as civilians caught between German occupation and bombing by the...

Nov 18, 2013

Leslie was known and loved by many. To some she was family, to some she was a friend and to some an acquaintance. No matter what your relationship was with Leslie, she greeted you with her big smile and a warm hello. She will be greatly missed by all. Previous Events Funeral Tuesday, November 26, 2013 St. Anthony...

Nov 17, 2013

Ralph William Haley, 85, of Woodland, CA , died Sunday, Nov 17, 2013. Son of Loyd W. and Alta Fern (Beierschmitt) Haley, he was born Oct 27, 1928, in Oklahoma City, OK. He spent most of life in the Fresno, CA area. Ralph and Fern moved to Woodland 8 years ago. Ralph was a bus driver for the City of...

Nov 13, 2013

Elmer "Toby" Leroy Scott died on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, after a brief illness. He was 89 years old. He was born in Winters on April 10, 1924, to George Winfield Scott and Ruby O'Dell McKay Scott. Toby was the youngest and last survivor of seven children. His six siblings were: brothers, George, Jay, Lester; and sisters, Lois, Lena and...

Oct 22, 2013

Obituary - Robert "Bob" Angelo Pisani November 2, 1936 - October 22, 2013 Robert Angelo Pisani passed away in his home on October 22, 2013 at the age of 76. He was born in Woodland to Angelo and Angelena Pisani of Esparto and was married to Joan Pisani in 1959 for 40 years; all three preceded him in death. Bob...

Oct 22, 2013

Sep 13, 2013

Mary French passed away on Friday, September 13, 2013 at her home in Davis. She was 85. She was born Manya Loscutoff in a small village near Rostov-on-Don, Russia on November 21, 1927, in a Russian Molokan religious community. As tensions grew for Molokans under the Stalin regime, her parents immigrated to San Francisco where her grandfather had earlier been...