Feb 24, 2022

Sushama (Nirmala Deo) Rangole passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at her home in San Jose, California. She was 78 years old,

Raised in a well-respected family, Sushama spent her youth in Nagpur, India before marrying her husband of 56 years, Shyamkant Rangole.  As a daughter of a prominent physician,  education...

Feb 21, 2022

Lawrence Jess Guy was born on January 29, 1944, in San Francisco and was the first born child of Lawrence Valley Guy and Esther (Velasquez) Guy. He spent his childhood in San Francisco and attended Balboa High School. During his teenage years, he enjoyed visiting his aunt Dorothy during the summers in Russian River. A proud native San Franciscan,...

Feb 17, 2022

Thomas Dale Driggs was born to Henry Harrison Driggs and Florence Barbara Beck Driggs in Sioux City, Iowa on Dec. 12, 1939. He was the eighth child out of eight children, although one of his siblings died in infancy. In 1942, Tom's mother moved to California with her five youngest children at the advice of her brother, Ed Beck,...

Feb 17, 2022

Prabha Khare was born in Pune, India on July 7 th, 1937. She was the eldest of seven children born to Shankar and Shalini Bhogale. She travelled all the way to East Africa by herself to marry our father Narayan yKhare. Our dad fell in love with her while visiting his friend who was mom's uncle.

Prabha...

Feb 15, 2022

Dr. James L. Striebel passed away peacefully on February 15, 2022, surrounded by his beloved family.

James was born on February 18, 1934. He was the third and youngest son of Arthur Striebel and Marguerite (Padberg) Striebel. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and he moved with his family...

Feb 11, 2022

Dorothy Brand Comstock passed away peacefully on February 11, 2022.

Dorothy was born in St Claire Shores, Michigan on June 22, 1931. The oldest of three siblings, she is survived by her bother Richard (Carol Malcolm) Brand of Santa Rose, CA and preceded in death by brother Bill Brand.

Dorothy obtained a B.A. Ed. at...

Feb 10, 2022

Dr. Cheh Pan passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 7:00 AM Pacific standard time in Saratoga, California. He will be remembered for his honesty, determination, integrity, and dedication to science.

Dr. Pan was born in a small mountainous village named Shangtan in eastern Zhejiang province in China. As the youngest son...

Feb 10, 2022

Dick was born on December 28, 1928, in Portland, Oregon. He was the second child of Donald and Helen Irion. His sister, Dorothea, was 6 years older, and he didn't see much of after she was sent to live in Colorado due to asthma issues, so he was like an only child.

He went to school in...

Jan 25, 2022

Anita Maria Aurelia Montgomery, née Francisconi, passed peacefully from this world on January 25, 2022, after blessing it with her presence for over 87 years. She was born March 8, 1934 in a dance hall in Moss Beach, California, to Italian immigrant parents Peter and Lilia Francisconi. She was the youngest of three siblings, a brother named Bruno and...

Jan 25, 2022

Richard (also known as Sonny) peacefully passed away at home surrounded by loved ones, after suffering from Dementia for many years. He was 87 years old. Born on the family farm at San Juan/Hollister Road to Joseph and Rose (Gomes) Furtado, his was a true multigenerational upbringing. Having a father and grandmother who emigrated from the Azores, he was...

Jan 23, 2022

Ellen Marr Schnake McLaughlin, 87, passed away peacefully from old age on January 23, 2022 at her home in Los Gatos, California, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her cherished husband of over 57 years, Glen McLaughlin; her two children, Helen Elizabeth McLaughlin O'Rourke of Boston, Massachusetts and Glen Wallace McLaughlin of San Carlos, California; her...

Jan 20, 2022

David Charles Baker, 60, passed away in San Jose, CA on January 20, 2022, surrounded by his beloved family following heart surgery

He was born in San Jose on September 17, 1961, the only child of Adeline Russo Baker.  He was raised by his loving mother, grandmother and a very large extended family of uncles, aunts and...

Jan 19, 2022

Daniel Murphy passed away peacefully on January 19, 2022 with his loving wife Janet at his side.  He leaves behind his loving wife of 58 years, his sons Daniel and Robert, his grandson Jeremiah, his sister Michael Ann, his sister-in-law Geri, and many nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by his parents and his beloved brother Timothy. Daniel was...

Jan 19, 2022

Loretta M. Lyden passed away on January 19, 2022 in Saratoga, CA, shortly before her 90th birthday. Born April 7, 1932, in San Antonio, TX, she was the youngest child of Mary Catherine and Al H. Lamm, and grew up in San Antonio, TX.

She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1953, majoring in...

Jan 17, 2022

Helen Lero Peters left this world on January 17, 2022, at the age of 93. After a six-month battle with cancer, she passed away peacefully in her home with her daughters by her side. Helen enjoyed traveling the world over – it was one of her greatest passions in life – and she continued to do so after the...

Jan 16, 2022

My name is Smarana Ramaa Gadepally. I was born in Mountain View, California in the same hospital I spent a month battling the monster in my right ovary.

I have the absolute best parents in the world. I'm lucky enough to have an Amma that doubles as my best friend and am my Nanna's special and only...

Jan 11, 2022

David Burnside, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at his home in Milpitas, California.

David was born on June 19, 1943, in Laurens County, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Hurley and Elizabeth Ferguson Burnside. He was preceded in death by three brothers, R.B. Burnside, Johnny Burnside, and Corrie Bell Madden,...

Jan 8, 2022

Professor Gurbaksh Singh Sachdev was born October 3, 1919, and passed away on January 8, 2022, surrounded by loved ones.

He grew up in Amritsar, India, in a large extended family and was the fourth of six children. Professor Sachdev was married for 68 years to his perfect life partner, the late Ranjit Sachdev who shared his...

Jan 7, 2022

Lois Jean Reamey, aged 90, of Saratoga, CA passed away from natural causes in her sleep at home on January 7th 2022. Born in Watsonville, CA on 1 October 1931 to George W. and Ida May Beilby Reed. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 54 years, Elvin D. Reamey and her only daughter Susan J...

Jan 5, 2022

Born April 2, 1940 and passed away January 5, 2022. Born and raised in Calvillo, Aguascalientes, Mexico, J. Guadalupe Francisco "Paco" Chavez came to the US in 1963, initially settling in the Imperial Valley in southern California. There, he worked the fields alongside his older brother, Jose, and was fortunate to have his residency sponsored by his employer. Unsatisfied...