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Raymond Owen

Raymond Owen

Dec 26, 2017

Raymond Owen was born on March 6, 1932 as the youngest of twelve children to Michael and Badhia Owen of Lawrence, MA. Both his father and mother were First Generation immigrants who came to the United States from Lebanon in 1910 through the legendary Ellis Island. Ray's dad was a barber while Ray's mom was busy raising a household full...

Felix G. Carmona

Felix G. Carmona

Dec 26, 2017

Felix G. Carmona, 79, passed in peace on December 26, 2017, with family by his side in San Diego, California. He is preceded in death by his mother, Francisca Gonzalez; father, Jose; brother, Refujio; and son, Carlos. Felix was born in Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico in 1938 and immigrated to the United States in 1966. Felix was granted citizenship in 2009...

Ernest John Terkeurst

Ernest John Terkeurst

Dec 26, 2017

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Ernest John TerKeurst, Jr. John, as he was more commonly known, passed away on December 26, 2017 at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla due to illness associated with his long-term battle with Frontotemporal Dementia. John was 74. Family and friends are invited to gather for a celebration of his...

Jorge Navidad Gaspar

Jorge Navidad Gaspar

Dec 19, 2017

JORGE "GEORGE" AS MANY CALLED HIM WAS BORN IN BORDEAUX, FRANCE, ON FEBRUARY 28, 1928. HE IS THE ONLY SURVIVING CHILD BORN TO PARENTS, FABIAN GASPAR, AND KIERA CRECUM. JORGE HAD A SISTER WHO DIED PRIOR TO HIS BIRTH OF WHICH THERE IS NO KNOWN INFORMATION. HE MOVED FROM BORDEAUX FRANCE AS YOUNG BOY BACK TO HIS MOTHER'S COUNTRY, ROMANIAN....

Robert Dwight Henderson

Robert Dwight Henderson

Dec 18, 2017

Robert Dwight Henderson (Bob) was born August 16, 1942 in McDonald, Pennsylvania. He was the only child of the (late) Theresa Henderson Ellis and the (late) Preston Henderson, Jr. His transition to be with the Lord was December 18, 2017. He was a devoted and loving husband and father. He graduated from Fort Cherry High School in 1960. He joined...

Richard Dick Green

Richard Dick Green

Dec 18, 2017

Richard Green, 70, passed away on December 18, 2017 at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born on Friday, June 13, 1947 in Massachusetts. Richard grew up in Massachusetts and worked as a Machinist while attending the University of Massachusetts (UMASS), Amherst. He graduated from UMASS in 1970. Richard then went on to work in the education...

Jay Arne Haron

Jay Arne Haron

Dec 15, 2017

Jay was born on September 18, 1954 to Herman Haron(sky) an offset printer, and Etta, a homemaker. Jay was proceeded by his brother, Ira, seven years his elder. Jay's grandparents were born in the Ukraine, and came to the states by virtue of a one-way ticket by the Bolsheviks. Herman and Etta met and settled down in Newark, New Jersey...

Clarence Leonard Mcdaniel

Clarence Leonard Mcdaniel

Dec 15, 2017

Clarence L. McDaniel, Captain, United States Navy, Ret. Mac was born on November 26, 1928, in Goodland, Kansas, where he lived until age three. Age 3 to 9: Lived on a farm 17.5 miles NE of Goodland, KS. Farm chores included picking cherries, shelling peas and digging potatoes, and herding milk cows from the pasture. Age 5: Attended 1st grade...

Lyall Grant Young

Lyall Grant Young

Dec 11, 2017

Lyall G., retired from San Diego City Schools as a Crawford HS Guidance Counselor in 1981, passed on peacefully at home of natural causes at 4:30AM on December 11th, 2017. Lyall was born in Renton, Washington, and graduated from the University of Washington in 1952. He and his first wife Alice were married 57 years until her passing, raising two...

Kimberly Ann Abell

Kimberly Ann Abell

Dec 11, 2017

Kimberly Ann Abell August 12, 1954 – December 11, 2017 Kimberly Ann Abell was born on August 12, 1954 in San Diego, CA and raised there by her parents, Herb and Connie Abell. She attended Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary School, Granite Hills High School and San Diego State University where she earned her Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education and...

Jay Roger Hanson

Jay Roger Hanson

Dec 9, 2017

Jay was born in Coronado, California, the youngest of three children to Capt. Kenneth Earl Hanson (US Navy) and Olive Rebecca "Stevie" Steeves. He passed away at his home in San Diego, California. Jay graduated from Point Loma High School in 1966 and then earned his Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from UC Berkeley in 1971. Jay was known for his...

Charles Everett Southwick

Charles Everett Southwick

Dec 9, 2017

SAN DIEGO Charles Southwick passed away on December 9th, 2017 from complications resulting from cancer. He passed quietly and peacefully in his sleep. He was born in Fairbanks Alaska and settled in Seattle Washington in 1944 where he attended Renton Junior-Senior High School and then the University of Washington where he lettered in track. He completed the National Aviation Cadet...

George Neal Brown

George Neal Brown

Dec 8, 2017

George Neal Brown was the only son of George Brown and Emma Brown of San Diego, CA and was born July 16, 1932. His father was the first African American to become a member of the Electrician's Union in San Diego and his mother was a teacher who prided herself on her amazing rose garden. George Neal Brown graduated from...

Pauline May Silver

Pauline May Silver

Dec 7, 2017

Pauline Silver was born Pauline May Meade on November 19, 1920 in Wilmette, Ill. to Moses Meade and Martha Susanna (Ott) Meade. Pauline began working at age 12 as a mother's helper and housekeeper for a doctor's family in Mansfield, Ohio. She put herself through Business College and went to work in the office of a tire company before meeting...

John Owen Cloughley

John Owen Cloughley

Dec 6, 2017

John Cloughley, 64, a long time resident of San Diego, California, passed away December 6, 2017, after a short battle with esophageal cancer. When John came home after long day from fishing I will ask him how many fishes did he catch. He always answered: "I have good news and bad news, the good news, we caught many fishes, the...

Delbert Arnold Workman

Delbert Arnold Workman

Dec 3, 2017

Delbert Arnold Workman, age 78, died at home in San Diego, CA, on Sunday, December 3, 2017. He was born on May 27, 1939 in Chehalis, Washington and grew up in a small logging town in Riffe, WA. He had a simple upbringing with a strict religious beginning, but was very proud of the way he was raised and stayed...

Frank Martin Jodzio

Frank Martin Jodzio

Dec 2, 2017

Frank M. Jodzio entered life on December 20, 1943 in Dearborn, Michigan to his parents Theodore Joseph Jodzio and Helen Mary Jodzio. He passed away peacefully on December 2, 2017 surrounded by his wife and children. Frank is survived by his wife of 27 years, Victoria; his sons Scott (Rebecca) and their two children Jeremiah and Savannah; Derek (Irina); and...

Peter Nicholas Kamaris

Peter Nicholas Kamaris

Nov 30, 2017

Peter Nicholas Kamaris, 66, was born June 20, 1951 in Chicago and passed on November 30, 2017 at his daughter's home in San Diego. He is survived by his son, Keith (Jenn), daughter, Kristin (Yiga) Miyashiro, loving twin brother, Perry (Amelia); mother of his children, Joyce (Jerry); five grandchildren; Aidan, Landon, Sophia, Kaito, and Takashi; his beloved golden retriever, Gia;...

Mary Perry Crist

Mary Perry Crist

Nov 25, 2017

Born as Mary Lilly Perry to Hugh Bennett Perry and Genevieve Horrell in Longmont, Colorado. Mary grew up on a farm with one brother William Perry till the farm was lost in the great depression. They moved to the city where she finished her high school education. She came to San Diego before the war started in 1941. She worked...

Marjorie Ann Ferrante

Marjorie Ann Ferrante

Nov 19, 2017

Daughter of Theresa and Ralph Nixon. Marjorie Ann Nixon was born in Oregon, Missouri on November 16, 1926. She had an older sister, Betty Jane (Nixon) Hudson and brother, Nelson Nixon. Her father called her "Mugs" and she was a "Marjorette" in high school. During WWII, she and Betty lived together and worked at the Quaker Oats plant in St....

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