Joan Freitas Favors Joan Freitas Favors died peacefully Feb. 2 in Anacortes, Washington with her daughter by her side.
Joan was born to Albina and Archie Freitas on Aug. 16, 1929 in Oakland, California. ...
Ray Muer Raymond "Ray" Joseph Muer, 83, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., passed away peacefully on Feb. l, with family at his bedside.
Ray Muer was born in Detroit, Mich., on July 11, 1932. He ...
WILLIAM REGINALD SHEPHERD, JR., 83 William (Bill) Reginald Shepherd, Jr. of Lafayette, California passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 17, 2016 after a long and valiant battle against Parkinson's Disease. Bill was born in Fargo, North Dakota to Zoe and William Shepherd, Sr. and spent his ...
John Sherry John Sherman Sherry of Lafayette, Calif., loving husband, father and grandfather passed away on the morning of December 12 at the young age of 77 years.
John was married to his ...
Suzanne and Robert Jones Suzanne and Robert Jones, longtime Lafayette residents, passed away in November. Suzanne and Robert moved to Lafayette in 1969 with their three children. Suzanne was an active volunteer. She started the safety patrol at Lafayette school in the 1970s and then became a ...
John (Jack) Minott Wuerth John (Jack) Minott Wuerth of Moraga slipped peacefully into eternity at the age of precisely 95 and a half on Tuesday evening, Sept. 29, 2015. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on March 29, 1920, to Gustav and Elsie Wuerth.
Charles R. Vierra Former longtime Lamorinda resident Chuck Vierra passed away peacefully surrounded by his family in Asheville, North Carolina, on Sept 26.
Born and raised in Oakland, California, he was ...
Ann Miller Denny Ann Denny passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at her favorite spot on earth, her home on Swans Island, Maine, where she loved watching the sunsets and having her children and grandchildren around her.
Cynthia Anne Landy Cynthia Anne Landy sadly passed away on Monday, July 13 from fatal injuries sustained in a local car accident. She touched us all with her energy and love of life as well as her unconditional devotion to her family and friends.
Lt. Col. Lloyd F. Childers, USMC (ret.) Ph.D. Lt. Col. Lloyd F. Childers, 94, passed away on July 15, 2015 in Moraga, Calif. Lloyd was born on June 4, 1921 in Norman, Okla., to parents Fred and Marie Childers.
Lloyd joined the US ...
ELLY VASAK Eleanor Grove Vasak, passed away, peacefully, on July 9, at Paradise Valley Estates in Fairfield, Calif. She was born and raised in Berwyn, Ill. Elly attended Morton Junior College and studied nursing at Northwestern University before meeting and marrying Otto ...
Captain Ward Hornblower Proescher Captain Ward Hornblower Proescher passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the age of 79.
He was born on Aug. 31, 1935 in Cary, N.C. Following his graduation from the University of ...
Margaret de Vries Margaret was an active member of the Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church where she served on several committees over the years. The ones most dear to her heart were the Stephen's Ministry where she came alongside people to love, listen, pray and support them during ...
Early Old Yellow House Inhabitant Dies Ezra Emanuel Nelson, 91, died at home March 15. Nelson was born Feb. 27, 1924 in Berkeley, the youngest child of Charles and Karen Nelson. He grew up in "The Old Yellow House" on Moraga Way, then completed the bungalow next door and lived there his entire adult life. ...
Robert Edward Merritt, Jr. Robert Edward Merritt Jr. was born on Jan. 31, 1941 in San Francisco, Calif. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family (which he swore would never happen because he thought no one truly died that way), on Feb. 22, 2015.
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Joan was born to Albina and Archie Freitas on Aug. 16, 1929 in Oakland, California. ...
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