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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Terry Neil Carlton
Dec 8, 2016
Terry Carlton, loving family man, our "energizer bunny," passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 8th, after a day spent with his wife and family. Already missed by all who knew him for his great sense of humor and love for people in general, characterized by integrity, generosity, loyalty and service to others, he made friends with everyone he...
Janet Irene Snyder
Dec 7, 2016
Jan was born Janet Irene Garnett on her father's birthday, January 22, 1936, in South Sioux City, Nebraska. A snowstorm raged outside, so she was born at home and the doctor couldn't get therein time. Not long after that storm, her Dad headed to sunny California to look for work – it was the Great Depression, you know. A few...
Dwight Verne Miller
Dec 5, 2016
Dad was a natural-born storyteller—one of the best I've ever known. Whether his audience was family, friends, or a Sunday school class, he made them feel like they were right there with him when it happened, whether it was how, as a teenager, he and his friends managed to put a car on the roof of the school house, or...
Rosa Margarita Diaz Cauchi
Dec 3, 2016
Rosa Margarita Diaz Cauchi was born on December 20, 1952, in Huacho, Peru. Her legal name in Peru reflects the surnames of both of her parents, her father being Simon Diaz, and her mother Pelaya Cauchi. In Peru Rosa favored her second name, Margarita, but after she immigrated to the United States she began introducing herself as Rosa. She died...
Katherine Juanita Powell
Dec 2, 2016
In Celebration of the Life of Katherine Juanita "Mother" Powell 1922-2016 Mother was born Katherine Juanita Catiller on December 21, 1922, to John and Katherine Susan (Effinger) Catiller in Evansville, IN. She was called Juanita, then became known lovingly as Mother when she started her family. She then was known as Mother to most everyone – especially Kim and Pam's...
John Leo Carr
Dec 1, 2016
John Leo Carr passed away in San Diego, Calif. on Thursday, December 1, 2016. He was 84 years old, born on February 22, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois to Gladys Heimbaugh and Leo Carr. In 1946, John's family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles. He graduated Loyola High school in 1949 and Loyola University in 1954. During the Korean War, he...
Robert Lewis Erb
Nov 29, 2016
Robert, better known as Bob to friends and family, was born on January 26, 1952, in Hastings, Michigan and died peacefully in his Santee, California home surrounded by family on November 29, 2016. He lived a full, colorful and meaningful life. Bob is survived by his wife, 5 children and their spouses, 8 grandchildren, a loving sister and countless friends....
Gemma Maria Van Joolen Lyons
Nov 29, 2016
Gemma Maria van Joolen Lyons (December 27, 1954 to November 29, 2016). Gemma left our world peacefully after a long and brave battle with cancer. Daughter of the late Theodore van Joolen and Catherine Bouman van Joolen, Gemma was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She voyaged to the United States at age six, settling with her family in the university...
