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Barbara Jean Comstock
May 20, 2017
San Diego – Jean passed away on May 20 from complications related to Parkinson's disease. She was a dedicated and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Her kindness, affection and good humor will be remembered and missed by all who knew her. Jean was born in Blackpool, England, the daughter of Herbert and Catherine Fozard. She attended Elmslie girl's school...
James Joseph Wolf
May 17, 2017
Jim Wolf passed away in San Diego at the age of 59. Jim was a highly skilled handyman for managed properties in El Cajon. He not only was a hard worker, but had exceptional attention to detail and also put artistic creation into his work. Jim had a kind and compassionate heart and suffered with those who were struggling. He...
Joseph Gerard Rhodes
May 16, 2017
Joseph Gerard "Jerry" Rhodes (60) passed away at his home in La Mesa, CA May 16th, 2017. Born in Owensboro, KY on Feb. 1st, 1957 and raised in Evansville, IN, Jerry was a kind, gentle man. He was also a very private person, not widely sharing the news of the cancer that took him. He loved traveling, adventures, joking and...
Anthony Tony Iraci
May 16, 2017
San Diego-Tony was born in Detroit, MI and moved to San Diego with his family when he was 22 months old. He went to be with the Lord on May 16, 2017 with his entire family by his side. He was preceded in death by his father, Frank. Everyone who knew Tony knew he was the life of the party....
Richard Gail Darrah
May 10, 2017
El Cajon, CA – Richard Gail Darrah, 91, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at his home in El Cajon, CA following a brief illiness. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, he leaves his loving wife, Arlene (Joy) Darrah, two children: Vikki Lozano and Jim Darrah, four grandchilden, Zach, Reef, Jocelyn and Richard Brenden, one great grandson, Herman, many close...
James Abner Clark
May 10, 2017
Mr. James Abner Clark, 88, peacefully departed this life on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at his home in San Diego, CA. Born on May 31, 1928 to Thaddeus Clark and Beatrice Jenkins Gray, James spent his childhood and completed his formal education in Greenville, NC. Known as "Jimmie" to his family, James enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and served...
Juan Barrera Vasquez
May 6, 2017
Johnny Vasquez, 86, passed away at home, surrounded by his wife and children at 6:40 am on Saturday May 6 2017. Johnny was born May 13, 1930 in Ruidosa, Texas, to Jesus and Maria Vasquez. He trained in the Army at Fort Bliss in El Paso and was stationed in San Francisco, California, during the Korean War. After leaving the...
Sharon Arlene Reilly
May 1, 2017
A very special person. Raised in Hamilton Township, New Jersey by her parents, Robert and Elizabeth, with her twin brother Michael, older brother Robert (Bob) and younger brother Peter. She received her Bachelor's Degree from Glassboro State College and her Masters from Trenton State College. For the past three years, Sharon lived in San Diego with her husband, close to...
Bernice A. Demers
Apr 28, 2017
Bernice A DeMers (Bea), a resident of La Mesa, CA was 85 years old. She passed away on April 28, 2017 at Sharp Grossmont Hospital due to complications from a heart attack. Bea was born on July 28, 1931 in Hennipen County, MN to Edward Ross and Alice Hutchinson Ross. She was the oldest of five children. She married Oscar...
John Robert Fate
Apr 26, 2017
John Robert Fate, 68, of San Diego, California, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. John or "Jack" as he was known growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was born on February 22, 1949. After completing high school, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy where he served honorably from 1968 – 1972. His service included a tour of duty on...
Karen Larae Baer
Apr 25, 2017
Karen passed away April 25, 2017 surrounded by her loving daughter. She was born in Salt Lake City Utah and her family moved to San Diego when she was three years old. Karen was so loved by her family and was very talented and artistic. She was faithful to her church and loved by so many there. Karen married Scott...
Rosemarie Mordelia Rinaldo
Apr 18, 2017
Rosemarie Mordelia Rinaldo was born in Revere, Massachusetts, on September 25, 1924. She was the daughter of Pietro and Blanche Mordelia. She graduated from Boston City Hospital School of Nursing in 1946 as a Registered Nurse. She was a Cadet Nurse during World War II. The Cadet Nurse program assured the armed forces of nurses as long as the war...
Charles Louis Larocca
Apr 17, 2017
We Loved him a lot but God loved him more…… Charles passed away peacefully on April 17, 2017, at the age of 74. He was a very faithful Catholic and was blessed enough to leave this world with an Apostolic Pardon. Charles was born and raised in Clifton, N.J. He graduated from Clifton High. After graduating, Charles went to Newark...
Jacob Lentz Shough
Apr 14, 2017
Jacob Lentz Shough was born July 19th, 1925, the eldest of 13 siblings. He worked on several farms as a youth, doing manual labor and carpentry with his father, taking care of cows, pigs, and horses, in rural Columbus, Ohio. Jacob enlisted in the Navy two years before the termination of the war. He remained stationed in San Diego after...
Esther Regina Salazar
Apr 12, 2017
Esther was a native San Diegan, born to parents Lupe (Martinez) and Albert Ramirez, at Mercy Hospital on June 22, 1943. She attended St. Jude Academy, Cathedral Girl's High School (1961), Mount St. Mary's College (B.S., Biology 1965), San Diego State University (MSW 1976). She often referred to herself as a "Country Girl" because, when she was a young child,...
Phyllis Jeanne Lowe
Apr 11, 2017
Do not cry that it is over……..Smile because it happened ~ Dr. Suess Phyllis Jeanne Lowe, 82, of Chula Vista passed away April 11, 2017. She was born in Mesa Arizona September 18, 1935 to Albert Lee and Viva Myrtie Young and was the youngest of 4 daughters. Phyllis married Noble Dale Lowe in 1962 and together they raised three...
Duane Everette
Apr 10, 2017
Duane was born to parents, Theodore Everette Sr. and Jessimine Wallace, at Lakeside Hospital in Deer Park, New York on February 8, 1969. Growing up Duane was the youngest of several children. Duane and his family moved from New York to the southern United States, finally settling in sunny San Diego, California as a preteen. In his adolescent years, Duane...
Robert Hayward Cooper
Apr 10, 2017
Robert H. Cooper, of Temecula, California, died peacefully Monday, April 10, 2017 at the Veterans Home of California, Chula Vista. He was one-hundred-and-one years old. "Bob Cooper" was born in Anna, Illinois, to Mr. Purley Pierce Cooper, of Golconda, Illinois, and Miss Jenny Pearl Hock, of Anna. He was called "Hayward" by his family back then, but preferred to be...
John Patrick Johnson
Apr 9, 2017
Treasured brother, uncle and granduncle John Patrick Johnson was carried to Heaven on April 9. After suffering cardiac arrest March 28, John stayed on Earth while family members prayed, played his favorite music, shared stories and rejoiced his life—some at his bedside, some in spirit. He was 61. "He was carried away on the wings of prayer by all who...
Frank Leroy Dillinger
Apr 7, 2017
Beloved son, brother, father, and friend. Native to San Diego, graduating from Granite Hills High School in 1991. Enjoyed family, friends, playing drums, and his career as a 911 dispatcher. Will be missed greatly, and Frank's family thanks everyone for their condolences and support as we mourn his untimely passing.

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