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Gregory Dean Clark

Gregory Dean Clark

Jan 7, 2017

Forever In Our Hearts Greg was born in Yokosuka, Japan on June 1, 1949. He was a dependent of a Navy family, so he traveled frequently. He spent most of his early life in San Diego, graduating from Point Loma High School and attending San Diego State. He had many different occupations during his lifetime. He owned and operated a...

Marion H. Jones

Marion H. Jones

Jan 7, 2017

Marion H. Jones passed away on January 7, 2017, at the age of 86. She was surrounded by her three children – Brian, Mark and Karen – who were at her bedside. Marion was born in Bronx, NY, to Alfred and Frieda Hotzinger, who had emigrated together from Germany and raised their family on Long Island. Her parents and younger...

Gerald Jerome Spath

Gerald Jerome Spath

Jan 6, 2017

Family was most important in his life. Gerald Spath was born in Alice, North Dakota on April 14, 1921 to Albert and Clara Spath. His childhood was full of sadness and adventure. When his mother died during childbirth when he was about 5, he returned to live with his grandmother and his siblings, Ervin, Ben and Florence. They had many...

Antal F. Tolgyesi

Antal F. Tolgyesi

Jan 6, 2017

Antal Tolgyesi, 74, died January 6, 2017, in Julian California. Antal was born in Hungary where he served in the Hungarian Army. Antal later moved to the U.S. where he became a longtime resident of Illinois, and he later retired in Julian California. Antal was a machinist for 36 years in Elk Grove, Illinois. Antal enjoyed gardening, and watching Benny...

Harold Daniel Dandridge

Harold Daniel Dandridge

Jan 5, 2017

Harold Daniel Dandridge, 43 years old, Santee, California, went to be with the Lord Thursday January 5, 2017. He is survived by his loving wife Brenda (Trelikes) Dandridge of 8 years. They were married July 8, 2008 in San Diego, California. Danny is survived by his 3 sons Gavin 13 yrs, Braeden 7 yrs, Hailen 5 yrs, parents Harold and...

William Joseph Glanz

William Joseph Glanz

Jan 3, 2017

William Joseph Glanz, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed peacefully at home on January 3, 2017. Bill was a charmer who loved to make others smile. He was a talented artist and was delighted by movies, mystery, and flying. He liked watching and playing golf. He enjoyed playing poker with his kids. He loved his family and adored his...

Barbara Ann Killian

Barbara Ann Killian

Jan 3, 2017

Barbara A. Killian, 72, of Rancho Bernardo, passed away January 3, 2017 in her home in San Diego, CA, surrounded by her family. A family service and burial will be held at El Camino Memorial Park at the Mausoleum of the Bells, Garden of Memories, on January 10, 2017 at 1:00 pm. Legacy Funeral and Cremation Care is handling the...

Richard Alfred Church

Richard Alfred Church

Jan 1, 2017

A Great Life, Well Lived The world is a little more empty with the passing of Richard Alfred Church. He was a great, yet humble man. Loved by all, and he loved all. Born July 17, 1924 to Robert and Virginia Church at the Presidio in San Francisco California, he was one of three brothers and a sister. Richard moved...

James William Barnes

James William Barnes

Jan 1, 2017

Jim was born in Long Beach, CA on February 22, 1939. His dad, James (Jack) Wood Barnes was in the Navy and his mother, Dorothy Ruby Barnes, was busy at home taking care of Jim and his younger brother Ronnie who was born 4 years after Jim. After moving every 2 years for the Navy, the Barnes family finally settled...

Samuel Alfred Boykin

Samuel Alfred Boykin

Dec 26, 2016

Samuel entered this life on September 21, 1945 in San Diego, California and entered into rest on December 26, 2016 in La Mesa, California at the age of 71 years, 3 months, and 5 days. He was born and raised and has resided in the San Diego, California area all of his life years, Samuel proudly served his country in...

Arthur Lavern Coombes

Arthur Lavern Coombes

Dec 25, 2016

Arthur (Art) Coombes passed away on December 25, 2016, at his home in Paradise Village located in National City, California. He was born in Joplin, Missouri on August 21, 1934 to Doyle Coombes and Edith Call. Ten years ago he was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma cancer, and fought a long battle with the disease. During his childhood he lived in...

Elva Mae Koorey

Elva Mae Koorey

Dec 23, 2016

CORONADO – Elva Koorey died peacefully at her home in Coronado under the care of hospice after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. A bona fide California Girl, she was born Elva Mae Cookson in San Luis Obispo and spent her youth in her home town of Arroyo Grande, the youngest of three siblings. Daughter to Dr. Howard Cookson (who...

John S. Odell

John S. Odell

Dec 23, 2016

The long and happy life of John Odell peacefully ended on December 23, 2016. John was 93 years young. John was born in Alliance Nebraska on May 29, 1923 and was the 2nd child and only son of John Henry and Sophia (Matson) Odell. John was preceded in death by his older sister, Nadine (Odell) Keating in 1999. John enlisted...

Ann Marie Rehling

Ann Marie Rehling

Dec 22, 2016

Ann Marie Rehling was born in Detroit on October 6, 1920 and died peacefully and naturally in San Diego on December 22, 2016. The causes of death were pneumonia and complications of dementia. Ann was born to German immigrant parents, Elizabeth and Joseph Hinding. She met her future husband, Anthony (Tony) Rehling, when they were children, and they married on...

Durrell Emerson Conner

Durrell Emerson Conner

Dec 22, 2016

Durrell E. Conner, 98, passed away December 22 at his home in Carlsbad. He was born Sept. 12, 1918 on a claim in Quay, New Mexico, 20 miles south of Tucumcari, to Joel and Julia Conner. At the age of 4, Durrell moved to the Long Beach area. Several years later, he would move to the Leucadia/Encinitas location where he...

Joseph Harold Senne

Joseph Harold Senne

Dec 20, 2016

Joseph Harold Senne Jr., 97, of San Diego passed away on December 20, 2016 under the wonderful care of Sharp Hospice. Joe, born in St. Louis on November 9, 1919 to Joseph H. Senne Sr. and Lillian Pearl Bock Senne was the third child of total of four. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, John Edmund,...

Susan Kathleen Tatro

Susan Kathleen Tatro

Dec 17, 2016

I am deeply saddened to announce the untimely passing of my beautiful wife, Susan Kathleen Tatro. Sue died of complications following a stroke on December 17, 2016, but she lives on in her children, family, and friends. There will be a memorial service at 1PM on Saturday, December 31st, 2016 (New Year's Eve) at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3902 Kenwood Drive,...

Donald Carter Prim

Donald Carter Prim

Dec 13, 2016

Donald Carter Prim Jr. was born on October 1, 1946 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away December 13, 2016 in San Diego, California. Donald moved to San Diego, California with his parents Donald and Marion Prim when he was about 5 years old. San Diego became home for Donald, affectionately known as "Donnie". He attended Herbert Hoover High School and...

Robert Joseph Engel

Robert Joseph Engel

Dec 11, 2016

Robert Engel was born, to Gerald and Josefa Engel, December 2, 1946 in the Panama Canal Zone and resided in San Diego, CA. He is survived by his mother, Josefa Engel of Olympia, WA; his brothers, Tom Engel and Tony Engel of Olympia, WA; and his two sisters, Maria Jamison of Lacey, WA and Elena Pratt of McMinnville, OR; and...

Steven Paul Frazier

Steven Paul Frazier

Dec 9, 2016

Steven Paul Frazier, beloved husband, father and son, passed away on December 9, 2016 at the age of 58. He was born in Newport Beach, California but traveled the world, last living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Steve fought a brave battle against pulmonary fibrosis disease and was waiting for a lung transplant. Sadly, due to many complications, he passed away...

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