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Leroy Brodie

Leroy Brodie

Sep 28, 2017

Leroy (Roy) Brodie, 84, of Valley Center, died September 28, 2017. A Celebration of Life will be held on November 11, at 11 a.m. at Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church, 2610 Galveston St., San Diego, CA 92110. Roy passed away surrounded by his family at the Veterans Home of California, Chula Vista. Roy enlisted into the U.S. Navy in 1951 as...

Jan O'Brien

Jan O'Brien

Sep 23, 2017

Jan was born on February 20, in 1935 to her parents Lawrence & Pearl Kilmer. She had 2 siblings Jackie & Lawrence (Chip). She was called home to heaven on September 23, 2017. Jan was married for 60 years to her loving husband Larry O'Brien, and they had eight children: Dave O'Brien, Mike O'Brien, Debbie Myers, Kathy O'Brien, Sherri Scire,...

Michael Paul Hynes

Michael Paul Hynes

Sep 22, 2017

Michael Paul Hynes of El Cajon, California, passed away after a short battle with cancer on September 22, 2017. Michael passed peacefully while surrounded by his family. Mike was born to Mary Kathryn Hynes and Franklin Paul Hynes on October 21, 1961, in Long Beach California. Mike is preceded in death by his mother, Kay, and is survived by his...

Donald Ewart Holcomb

Donald Ewart Holcomb

Sep 21, 2017

Donald Ewart Holcomb Jr., son of Donald Ewart Holcomb and Louise Pfister Holcomb, was born October 28, 1925 in Berkeley, California. He passed away peacefully at home on September 21, 2017. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII in the European Theater from 1943-1945. He graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1950 in Engineering. He later received master's...

Lewis Edward Jones

Lewis Edward Jones

Sep 21, 2017

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Our Lady of Light Church in Descanso for Lewis Edward Jones, 81, who passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Alvarado Hospital after a short illness. Calling hours will be Friday, October 6, 2017 at Legacy Funeral & Cremation Care, 7043 University Avenue,...

Meredith Ann Hoagland

Meredith Ann Hoagland

Sep 18, 2017

On Monday, September 18th, Meredith (Williams) Hoagland peacefully passed away surrounded by her family. Meredith graduated from La Jolla High School in 1951. She met the love of her life, her "sailor boy" George Hoagland. After a brief courtship, they were married in 1952. The couple moved to Texas where George had a football scholarship at North Texas State University....

Blaine Bobo Nicholson

Blaine Bobo Nicholson

Sep 17, 2017

Rancho Bernardo- Blaine Bobo Nicholson, a WWII veteran, a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather, born October 1st, 1924, passed away in his home on September 17th, 2017, living a full and happy 92 years. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, his father Frank worked as a machinist for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and his mother Consuelo...

Theresa Ann Araujo

Theresa Ann Araujo

Sep 14, 2017

Theresa Ann Araujo was born in Oakland, California on August 6, 1958 to Howard and Gertrude Stevens. Theresa married David Araujo in 1979 and became a widow in 1996. She is survived by her 3 children, Damon(Amanda), Danielle, and Sarah; 5 grandchildren, Corinne, Marianna, Jocelyn, Samuel, and Benjamin; and Theresa's 7 Brothers and Sisters Lark, Tommy(Carolyn), Robert Charles(Linda), Howard(Dolores), Sabrina(Jim),...

Vera Katherine Boomer

Vera Katherine Boomer

Sep 13, 2017

Vera Katherine Boomer, daughter of Ben Bryan Davis and Ida LaVerne Bourland Davis, was born July 21, 1942 at Fort Smith, Arkansas, Sebastian County. She departed this life at The Lakeview Home, La Mesa, California, on Wednesday September 13, passing quietly in her sleep at around 11:20 P.M., attaining the age of 75 years, 1 month and 23 days. Kathy...

Phillip Jefferson

Phillip Jefferson

Sep 12, 2017

Phillip "Jeff" Jefferson, 81, was born August 29, 1936 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the 14th of 17 children born to Benjamin and Gertrude (Finch) Jefferson. In 1954 he graduated from Connelley Vocational High School and briefly attended University of Pittsburgh before joining the U.S. Marine Corp. Jeff served his country for over 22 years. He fought in the Korean...

Richard Franklin Turner

Richard Franklin Turner

Sep 6, 2017

Richard was born at home in Courtenay, North Dakota, on December 15, 1931, to Robert and Esther Turner. His family was descended from Scottish homesteaders and Swedish immigrants. Richard is survived by his wife of 57 years, Joanne; daughter Kathryn, son-in-law Ron, granddaughter Sierra; son John, daughter-in-law to be Mary Magdalini, granddaughters Brinsley and Brooke Lynne and their mother Heather....

Timothy Paul Caffarella

Timothy Paul Caffarella

Sep 6, 2017

Timothy Paul Caffarella was born to LeRoy Edward Caffarella and Thelma Vida White Caffarella on October 20, 1949 in Malden, Massachusetts. Tim was the second child and one of two boys born to Roy and Thelma, in a family that would eventually include five more siblings, all girls. The Caffarella family moved from the Boston area suburbs to Tucson, Arizona...

Nancy Lee Ribas

Nancy Lee Ribas

Sep 6, 2017

Nancy Lee Ribas was born on July 1, 1931 to Thomas and Naomi Brooks in Kansas City, Missouri. Her younger sister Carol completed the family in 1933. Thomas and Naomi divorced when Nancy and Carol were young, and the girls were raised by their mother and step-father Don Knouse. The family moved around the country going to Florida and then...

Robert John Smith

Robert John Smith

Aug 20, 2017

Robert John Smith (71), passed away on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at Kaiser "Zion" Hospital in San Diego, with his wife and children by his side. Robert "Pops" was born on August 9, 1946, in Bronx, New York to Benjamin and Ethel Smith. Robert enlisted in the U.S. Navy in April of 1967 and served on the USS Bridget and...

Joseph Norton

Joseph Norton

Aug 17, 2017

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, to Ida and Thomas Norton, he lived on his aunt and uncle's farm in rural Pa until his teen years. He then moved to Philadelphia to live with his Aunt Bess and Uncle Pete. At 17, he joined the Navy and was assigned to his first ship a destroyer as a sonarman. He made several "Med"...

Robert A. Tylicki, Captain, Usn (Retired)

Robert A. Tylicki, Captain, Usn (Retired)

Aug 15, 2017

Robert (Bob) Arthur Tylicki of Valley Center (San Diego), CA was born in Garfield Heights, OH to the late Arthur and Nora Tylicki. He was formally of Upper Marlboro, MD, Amherst, NH, North Andover, MA, Lynnfield, MA, Virginia Beach, VA and Pensacola, FL. Bob graduated from Garfield Heights High School where he was a top scholar. He had perfect attendance...

Patricia Ann Clarke

Patricia Ann Clarke

Aug 15, 2017

Patricia Ann Clarke, aged 78, died peacefully on August 15th, 2017 at home in La Mesa, California. Pattie was born October 5th, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Ovid Alvah Bridgewater and Nettie Mae Montgomery. Pattie thoroughly enjoyed karaoke, traveling, visiting with her children, grand children & great-grand children. She won numerous awards as a karaoke singer and was...

Yvonne Pasternak

Yvonne Pasternak

Aug 12, 2017

YVONNE PASTERNAK – LIFE STORY —————————————————————————- In memory of our loving, and well-loved, Yvonne… wife and mother… Born August 1929 to Eli and Eva Pearson, her early years were a life of privilege, living with her parents and three sisters outside the city of Coventry, England. She would tell stories of a life with nannies and governesses, lavish parties with...

Kenneth Carl Johnson

Kenneth Carl Johnson

Aug 11, 2017

Ken was the BEST Son, Brother, Dad, Uncle and friend to many. He had the kindest, gentle spirit with a very funny sense of humor and was loved by all who met him!! He was taken from us by the disease of Pulmonary Fibrosis, but is home with his Lord and Savior, and although he is greatly missed here, we...

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