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Vanessa Dawn Morgan
Feb 28, 2018
A personal message from Vanessa's brother, Dennis Morgan My sister, my mother's daughter, her children's mother, my wife's sister in law, our children's aunt and to those of you reading this, your forever friend Vanessa Dawn Morgan has left this world. I say… THIS SUCKS! My sister was everything to me so I would like to share some of my...
James Carl Duncan
Feb 27, 2018
James Carl Duncan Jr (Jimmy) was born and raised in San Diego. During his youth, he enjoyed playing baseball but his true love was music. Jimmy's first electric guitar was a sunburst Gibson Les Paul Copy, he received as a Christmas present. This led to music lessons, amps, fuzz boxes and other items that brought "Music" to the Duncan household...
Barbara Ann Taylor
Feb 25, 2018
Barbara Ann Taylor, 80, of Alpine, CA passed away peacefully in her home on February 25th, 2018. Barbara was born in Cut Bank, Montana to Elrod and Ruby Taylor. She was a wonderful daughter, sister, and mother to her seven children, twelve grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren. She devoted her life to her family and loved them all. She was...
Jose Angel Rubio
Feb 22, 2018
Jose Angel "Pepe" Rubio, at the age 40 left his physical life in his home in Oceanside, CA surrounded by his loving family, after a 4 year battle to cancer. February 22, 2018, marks the re-birth and his journey to our heavenly Father. Pepe as he preferred to be called by his family and friends was born in Mexico City...
Lynne Darlene Ritter
Feb 20, 2018
Some may also know her as Lynne Morante or by her maiden name Lynne Thorpe. Lynne was born on January 21, 1954. She was the youngest of three children: David, Donna and then Lynne. Born into a rather confusing situation her life was challenging from the very start. After nearly three years with her older siblings she became an only...
Robert Taulbee Warren
Feb 20, 2018
Robert ("Bob") Taulbee Warren passed away peacefully on February 20, 2018 at age 91. He was preceded in death by his sister, Elizabeth Rae Warren McDavid, his parents, Anna Isabel Taulbee Warren and Ralph I. Warren and his grandparents, Sophie Wickner Taulbee and James Perry Taulbee of Montgomery Co., Illinois and Elizabeth Kerr Beith Warren and John Parker Warren (a...
Bertha Gloria Oliveira Marcello
Feb 18, 2018
Bertha Marcello was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 27, 1927 and passed away peacefully on February 18, 2018 in La Mesa, CA. While Bertha made her home in San Diego for the past 89 years, her heritage originated in Portugal. Her father, Jose De Oliveira, from Lisbon, Portugal married Maria Gloria Gracsa Terceira, from the Azores, after migrating to...
Bonnie Mae Perry
Feb 16, 2018
Bonnie Mae McGhee Perry passed from this life on February 16, 2018, at her home in El Cajon, California. She was ninety-one. Bonnie was born to Samuel McGhee and Ada Leona Hale on March 27, 1926, at their home in Henley, Missouri. She was the youngest of their four children. Her family moved to Raytown, Missouri, where she spent most...
Margaret Ann Adams
Feb 13, 2018
Margaret Ann Adams (Peggy), 73, of San Diego passed away February 13, 2018. She was born August 30, 1944 to James Franklin Luce and Goldie Olivia Hamilton in Riverside, California. She married Randell Lewis Adams on November 25, 1960 and they had three children. Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, sister Kara Suzanne and her husband, Edward McWest,...
Lory H. Bell
Feb 12, 2018
Beloved Sister, Aunt, and Friend Lory was born on August 6, 1951 in Michigan, and passed away on February 12th, 2018, in San Diego, California, at the age of 66. She is survived and deeply missed by her favorite nephew, Eric Wilson, her niece-in-law, Whitney Wilson, her sister, Patricia Balasco, and her niece, Kimberly Parise. Lory loved music and laughter,...
Elaine Stevenson Sapper
Feb 11, 2018
Born on June 7, 1929, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Elaine "Boots" Stevenson Sapper was destined to stand out. At the time of her birth, Elaine's mother, Leaugeay ("Mimi") Stevenson, instructed all the doctors and nurses to NEVER let her baby's feet be without booties. This directive lead the nurses to call her Baby Bootsie, and the name Boots stuck. The youngest...
Linda Kaye Hodgson
Feb 8, 2018
Linda Kaye Hodgson passed away on February 8, 2018, in San Diego, California, surrounded by her family and friends. She was 74. Linda was born on November 16, 1943, in Summerville, South Carolina, to Nadine and Meadows Bunch. She spent the majority of her life in Allen Park, Michigan, where she and her husband, Ray, raised their sons, Tim and...
Johnnie Mae Billingsley
Feb 7, 2018
Johnnie Mae (Walker) Billingsley was born on August 1, 1937 to Stella and Will John Walker in Rutledge, Alabama and passed away on February 7, 2018 at her home in San Diego. She is survived by 2 sisters Dorothy Hornsby and Ruby Jewel Tolbert in Decatur, Georgia, 6 children, predeceased son George Jr., sons Ronald, Terence and Adrian, daughters Alfreda...
Thomas Robert Kluwin
Feb 4, 2018
Thomas Robert "Tom" Kluwin, age 65, passed away at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center surrounded by his family on Sunday, February 4, 2018. He was born to Robert and Mildred Kluwin on May 27, 1952 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He was raised by both his parents and his Grandparents, Albert Kuphal and wives Alice & Ella, with...
Kenneth Sherlock Maney
Feb 1, 2018
Kenneth entered this life on January 5, 1942 in Pasadena, California and entered into rest on February 1, 2018 at the age of 76 years in San Diego, California. He will be deeply missed by his nieces and nephews in Arizona, sister-in-law, long-time friend and caregiver, Faye Pepper, extended family and friends. Ken was preceded in death by his parents,...
Anthony Francis Baechler
Feb 1, 2018
Anthony "Tony" F. Baechler Jr. passed away on February 1, 2018 after a brief illness. He was born in Portland, Oregon to the late Anthony and Leona Baechler. He lived with his parents and three brothers and two sisters. Tony was an ambitious child and became a paper boy at a young age. He learned much about people and business...
Sarah A. Crawford
Jan 29, 2018
Sarah A (Ponce) Crawford of San Diego, passed away on January 29, 2018 in San Diego, CA. She was born on August 20, 1932 to Martin and Maria Ponce and grew up in Old Town. Sarah met the love of her life, husband Edgar L Crawford who preceded her in death in 2005. Ed was in the U.S Navy, stationed...
Richard Allen Williams
Jan 28, 2018
Richard Allen Williams' 8-year fight with colon cancer ended on Sunday morning, January 28th, 2018, with a peaceful and painless drift into sleep. Rick had just celebrated his 60th birthday with all of his children and grandchildren, achieving a great milestone. He passed on in the comfort of his home holding the hands of his wife of nearly 38 years...

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