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Victor William Simmons
Mar 17, 2016
Celebrating the Life of Victor William Simmons, Jr. August 22, 1947 to March 17, 2016 Victor William Simmons, Jr., 68, passed away peacefully at home in his wife's arms on March 17, 2016 after a short illness. God needed him in heaven. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Gail, his father Victor William, his mother Ivy, his...
Josette Ortoleva
Mar 11, 2016
Josette entered this life on September 26, 1956 in Buffalo, New York and entered into rest on March 11, 2016 in San Diego, California at the young age of 59 years. She will be deeply missed by her longtime companion Linda D. Buchleitner, mother Ann Baratta, sisters Rosanne Bost, Geri Lyn Loback, and Rebecca Neal, extended family and friends. Josette...
Joseph Dean Harris
Mar 10, 2016
Joseph (Joe D.) Dean Harris, 68, died peacefully on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2016 of natural causes at his home in San Diego. He will be deeply missed by his wife of 38 years Cynthia (Cindy) Harris (Mikols); daughters Julie Harris of Anchorage, AK, Lori (Alex) Esparza of Indianapolis, IN, and April Parras of Menifee; grandchildren Nathan, Evan, Noah, Matthew, Brynne...
Linda Dolores Clark
Mar 10, 2016
At the young age of 67 Linda Dolores Clark passed away on March 10th 2016 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Diego. In 1949 Linda was born to Joseph and Marie Whitfield in St. Louis Missouri. As a young woman, Linda married Karl D. Clark and moved to California. This is where she would call home for the duration of...
Capt. Gregory Maurice Gullahorn
Mar 9, 2016
Gregory entered this life on November 21, 1960 in Lansing Michigan and entered into rest on March 9, 2016 in San Diego, California at the young age of 55 years. He will be deeply missed by wife Kathleen L. Gullahorn, family and friends. Gregory enjoyed his career as a physician and for the past 30 years proudly served his country...
Donna Lee Ramirez
Mar 8, 2016
Donna entered this life on February 10, 1962 in Long Beach, California and entered into rest on March 8, 2016 in Santee, California at the age of 54 years. She will be deeply missed by her, sons Christian McCrea and Jared Polk, sister Martha Mills, extended family and friends. Donna has resided in Santee and San Diego, California area for...
Henry Fred Menard
Mar 8, 2016
Henry entered this life on October 9th 1922 in Thompsonville, Connecticut and entered into rest on March 8th 2016 at the age of 93 years in La Mesa, California. He will be deeply missed by his sons Stephen Louis Menard, Robert Alan Menard and William Grant Menard, nephew Ray Darwell, eight grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, extended family and friends. Henry was...
James Forrest Schmidt
Mar 2, 2016
James was born in 1926 in San Jose, California and was a 1949 graduate of West Point Military Academy. He married Joan Marie Gillette and was a loving father to his children Jim and Sally and had 3 grandchildren. He started his career with Dean Witter Company and progressed through management and was Vice President until his retirement in 1987....
Joseph Eugene Mccafferty
Mar 2, 2016
Joseph (Joe) Eugene McCafferty, 81, died Tuesday, March 2, 2016 from complications of lung cancer, at the Parkview Hospice Home in San Diego. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mildred (Millie) S. (Setter) McCafferty; his sister, Mary Maegerle (Delaware), his daughters, Kathleen Van Buren and Barbara Mencer, his sons, Joseph McCafferty and William McCafferty; 12 grandchildren and...
Brenda Elizabeth Rader-Nieves
Feb 28, 2016
Brenda Elizabeth Rader was born on January 13th, 1977 at Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, CA. She is the 3rd child to Bernard and Kathryn Rader. Brenda's mother and father knew immediately that she was a precocious and yet unique child, and was a faithful sibling and playmate to her brother and sister. Brenda put her faith and trust in...
Velda Lucille Louder
Feb 27, 2016
Velda Lucille Louder, age 95, joined the Lord on February 27, 2016 at her assisted living residence, Monte Vista Village, Lemon Grove, CA. Velda was born February 10, 1921 in the farming community of Kingston, Missouri to parents, Charles E Yoakum and Lola Susan Yoakum. She was one of 9 children and early on demonstrated her grit and determination as...
Pauline Stogsdill
Feb 15, 2016
Pauline entered this life on April 8, 1932 in Lahaina, Hawaii and entered into rest on February 15, 2016 in Lakeside, California at the age of 83 years. Pauline has resided in the San Diego & Lakeside area for the past 41 years. She always considered her main career as a dedicated homemaker. Pauline proudly served her country and retired...
Joel Stephen Whitman
Feb 12, 2016
Joel Stephen Whitman Jr., 73, returned to our Eternal Father in Heaven on Friday, February 12th, 2016 at Promise Hospital in La Mesa, CA. He is preceded by his mother Frances, father Joel, brother Matthew, and son Troy. He is survived by his two sisters Martha and Elizabeth, daughters April and Heathyr, grandchildren Ian, Jimmy, and David, stepmother Magdalena and...
Howard C. Hobson
Feb 5, 2016
Howard C. Hobson Jr. passed away Friday February 5th, 2016. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. To Evelyn (Wicker, Hobson) Billings and Howard C. Hobson Sr.,and had only one sister, Evelyn Joyce (Hobson) Skiff, who all preceded him in death. Raised in Pinehurst, NC, he loved loved animals, worked with horses and joined the navy at 18 years of age....
Patricia Ann Laughlin
Feb 2, 2016
Patricia Laughlin 83, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family. Patty is survived by her six children Kelly (Esperanza) Laughlin,Terri Laughlin, Mark (Shari) Laughlin, Pat Laughlin, Mary (Michael) Martinez, John (Bonnie) Laughlin, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She was a devoted mom, grandma/Gigi, aunt and friend and will be missed more than words can say. Beloved by all,...
John Alexander Johnstone
Jan 28, 2016
John "Jack" Johnstone was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from Germantown High School, and then attended Germantown Academy for a year on a swimming scholarship. He graduated from Westchester State University in 1958, where he was an All American swimmer. Jack then joined the Navy where he spent 4 years as a naval aviator, attached to the...
Michael Kent Davison
Jan 25, 2016
Our beloved Mike Davison of San Diego, CA was carried peacefully to heaven by angels on Monday January 25th, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. The funeral service will be held at Vista La Mesa Church on February 1, 2016 at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow the funeral at El Cajon Cemetery in El Cajon, CA. Mike was born...
William Roy Gills
Jan 23, 2016
Much loved husband, father, grandpa, and great-grandpa, William (Bill) Gills passed away January 23, 2016. He is survived by his beloved wife, Connie Gills of 57 years, his son, Thomas Gills, his granddaughters, Jennifer and Jessica, and his great-grandson, Landon. He enjoyed spending time with his wife, playing and watching tennis, playing bridge and reading his treasured Barron's. He will...
Cyndee Jo Huss
Jan 22, 2016
Cyndee Huss died of pancreatic cancer on January 22, 2016. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she moved to San Diego early in life with her parents John and Helen Anderson. Family was an integral part of Cyndee's life, and she was the genealogist of her family. She had a way of remembering small details about people that brought them to life....
James Marion Miller
Jan 14, 2016
James Marion Miller was born in Toledo, Ohio to Burl Forrest Miller (born December 27, 1907) and Frances Mildred Shoults (1908), both deceased, James known by biological family as "Jimmy" and espoused family and friends as "Jim" had a brother who died in childhood from fever, Jerry (born January 3, 1934), and another brother Larry (who died as a middle-aged...

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