Michael Dillon
Dec 2, 2020
Michael Andrew Dillon - "just mike" to those who knew him - passed away on December 2, 2020 from complications of gastrointestinal surgery.
mike would have hated this obituary, really any obituary. Bully for you, dad. This one is for us.
mike covered a lot of land in his 61 years. As the son of...
Kyle S. Watson
Nov 30, 2020
Kyle blasted into this world in December 1991, and left it on November 30, 2020. Kyle was fun loving and adventurous. He enjoyed his primary school years at Moreland Discovery school and Queen of Apostles, where he enthusiastically experimented with a variety of activities, including all the school sports (baseball, soccer, track, which he loved!), tried out different musical...
Frederick Lawrence Keck
Nov 24, 2020
Into God's and his wife's loving arms, Frederick (Fred) passed away peacefully with family by his side at home. He was a very intelligent man that was dedicated to his family.
Fred was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He enlisted in the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program serving in World War II. After his service,...
John Del Vecchio
Nov 23, 2020
John Del Vecchio passed away peacefully at his home after 85 years of a wonderful, active and happy life.
John was born and grew up in Southbridge, Massachusetts. As a child, his nickname was "Jackie," and was often found hitting balls on the baseball field behind his house. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Engineering...
Larry Giacomo
Nov 23, 2020
Larry passed away on the morning of Monday, November 23rd surrounded by his family. He was a California Native, son to Joe and Marry Giacomo. A husband for 36 years to his loving wife Marcia. Father to four children, Nicholas, Melanie, Marissa and Maddie. Son-in-law to Hugh and Evelyn Gleason. Larry was a creative thinker, a caring...
Edith "Didi" Esty, De Amon, De Marchena
Nov 16, 2020
Born March 24, 1929 on the Island of Curacao, Netherlands Antillies.
Didi lost her mother when she was about 7 or 8 years old, she was brought up by a French aunt and uncle who came from France
before the start of WWII. When Didi came of age she worked in her father's store selling...
Helen Ann Perry
Nov 14, 2020
Helen Ann Perry , age 88, formerly of Saratoga, CA, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2020 at Sunrise of Pleasanton in Pleasanton, CA. Helen was born in St. Cloud, MN on November 24, 1931 to William and Rosemary (Schumacher) Litchy. Helen graduated from St. Cloud Cathedral High School, received a nursing degree (RN) from the College...
Werner Kroeker
Nov 4, 2020
Werner Kroeker was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 24,1927, near Dolton, South Dakota, to refugee parents from Soviet Russia. Here the family farmed. Early in life Werner felt a calling to pastoral ministry, partly as a result of encouragement by his parents who, having lost their infant firstborn son, then having three daughters, had prayed that...
Anne Sanquini
Nov 1, 2020
Anne Sanquini, beloved wife, daughter, sister, aunt, colleague and friend passed away peacefully at her home in Saratoga, California on November 1, 2020 following a two and a half year courageous battle with cancer.
Anne was born on December 11, 1952, in Minnesota, the third child of Herbert (Hippy) and Dolores Wagner. In addition to her mother,...
James Michael Smaha
Oct 21, 2020
Jim passed away peacefully at his home in Saratoga after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
He was born in Lawrence, MA and grew up in Portland, ME, the fourth of 5 children. He is survived by two brothers, Gerald of Portland ME, William of Key West, FL, and his sister-in-law Jean McPherson of Cumberland, ME. ...
Dominic David Miranda
Oct 20, 2020
Dominic David Miranda was born on June 18, 1986 in San Jose, CA to his loving parents David and Deborah Miranda. Dominic died unexpectedly on October 20, 2020 at Valley Medical Center in San Jose.
Dominic leaves behind his only sister, Natalia Vasaudev living in Dubai with her son Anish (nephew) and husband Anup. Loving grandparents Salvador...
Marie Bottarini
Oct 19, 2020
Marie Bottarini, resident of San Jose and an active member of the Church of the Ascension parish for over 45 years, passed away Monday, October 19 th at the age of 94. She is survived by her daughters Diane (Don), Cheryl (David), Linda (Leroy); grandchildren Amy (Phil), Brianna (Ian), Elissa (Ryan), Dominic and Bennett; great grandchildren Kate, Emily, Riley...
Lois Alma Anna Stein
Oct 15, 2020
Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Let us remember with thanksgiving what God has done for and though His servant Lois.
Lois Alma Anna Jud was given life by her Creator and was born on March 26, 1933, in Rochester, New York, the child of Henry...
Patricia "Pat" Ann Schmucker
Oct 11, 2020
On Sunday, October 11, 2020, Pat Schmucker, loving wife and mother of two children, passed away at the age of 82. She was born in Canton, OH to Walt and Lois Sherman and moved to Campbell, CA at the age of 16. That same year, she married her high school sweetheart, Mel Schmucker with whom she was happily married...
Kathleen Mavourneen Compton
Oct 4, 2020
KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN FORD COMPTON
1946-2020
KATHLEEN -a loving wife and mother, elementary teacher, and a friend to many, died October 4th 2020 at her home in San Jose California, surrounded by her loving husband and three devoted daughters.
Born March 26,1946 in Brooklyn New York. She attended the Long Beach Catholic School in...
Charles Edwin Tucker
Sep 25, 2020
Charlie passed away on September 25, 2020 in his home of 34 years in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He was 75 years old.
Charlie was born March 13, 1945 in Oklahoma City, OK. He was the eldest child of T.H. and Lula Maye Tucker. Charlie's early years were spent near Goldsby, OK where his...
Elizabeth Jean Brandow
Sep 21, 2020
Elizabeth "Betty" Jean Brandow, age 92. A long-time resident of Saratoga, CA died quietly and at peace on September 21, 2020 surrounded by loving caregivers. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Dr. Fredrick Milton (Milt) Brandow, her only son Milton Scott Brandow and her only sibling Ruth E. Fagan. She is survived by nieces, nephews, grandnieces...
Sophie - Mayer
Sep 15, 2020
Sophie Mayer was born in the Ukraine on March 10, 1920, to Jakob and Alwine Green. She was the third-born of six siblings - four girls and two boys. They left Russia in 1943 and were refugees in Poland and Germany. The family lived on farms and Sophie worked as a bookkeeper until immigrating to Canada in 1948. The...
Tina Collins Pearson
Sep 10, 2020
Tina Collins Pearson was from Gainesville, Florida, home of the University of Florida. Tina and her younger sister, Virginia, had a wonderful childhood in spite of the Great Depression. Later, her mother owned University Florist, where Tina developed her love of flowers and gardening.
Eventually she got a job at the University, and it was there that...
Richard L. Abbott
Sep 9, 2020
Richard L. Abbott, was born on November 23, 1930 in Iowa Falls, Iowa to Herod and Lucinda Abbott. He was the 7th of eight siblings. Richard came to Woodside, California and attended Sequoia High School where he played varsity football for 3 years. He entered the Army Signal Corp after college and served in Germany. Returning to...
