Dec 7, 2018

Gwendolyn Marie Schmitt

June 29, 1931 – December 7, 2018

Gwen Schmitt passed away on December 7 th , 2018 in San Jose at the age of 87.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald E. Schmitt.  She is survived by her son, Gary and his wife Gretchen and Gwen's three grandchildren, Nicole,...

Dec 4, 2018

On Tuesday, December 4, 2018, Reverend Li-Ping Thomas Wang, beloved husband of late wife Nancy Wang and father of three children, entered heaven at the age of 71. Pastor Wang was born on September 23, 1947 in Nanjing, China, to Henry Hian-Yao Ong and Grace Shu-Mei Ong. On December 31, 1977, he married Nancy Song-Nan Wang in Pasadena, California....

Dec 2, 2018

A Saratoga native, Amy June Currier Jorgensen passed away at her home on Saratoga Avenue. It was on this same property, which had been in her pioneer family since 1878. She was born on June 11, 1920, to Jean B. and Frederick J. Currier. She attended Saratoga Grammar School, Los Gatos High School and San Jose State College, where...

Nov 23, 2018

The youngest child of Italian immigrants Anthony Perfetto and Mathilda Perfetto (née Cervone), she was born Charlotte Ann Perfetto on February 18, 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Perfetto family – father, mother, and brothers Bob, Henry, and Bernie – lived in Pittsburgh all of Charlotte's young life.

After high school Charlotte attended the nursing program at Duquesne...

Nov 7, 2018

Erich Gustav Beyer was born on  August 2, 1963 in San Jose, CA to Duke and Penny Beyer. He lived in Oregon and New Mexico for a short period as a child and settled as an adult in San Jose. He played baseball  from age 8 to 15 and then in his late 20's for the company softball team as...

Nov 5, 2018

Eileen Hunton, loving mother of four children, passed away peacefully at age 93 on Monday, November 5 th , 2018. Eileen was born May 30 th , 1925 in Auckland, New Zealand and grew up on the idyllic island of Apia, Samoa (Western Samoa at the time). After high school, Eileen worked as secretary to the Governor of American...

Nov 3, 2018

Kou-Ping (KP) Cheng, native of Sichuan Province in China, was born in his father's hometown of Longchang on July 23, 1940 in the year of the Dragon. Son of Yu-Chiu Cheng and Yieh-Kwan Ma, KP was the second of four brothers and an older sister who passed during childhood, all born behind battlefields. Their father, a commanding general in...

Oct 20, 2018

Frances L Spades 10/23/1923 - 10/20/2018. Loving and loyal Mother of Judith Ann Collin (Barry), Gregory Joseph, and Geoffrey Francis (Mary). Preceded in death by husband Joseph and sister Agnes Dobbratz. Loving Grandmother of Sarah Collin, Ryan, Nick and Joe Spades. Loving and loyal sister of Col. Joseph Dobbratz and Trudy Dobbratz.  A native of Brighton, Massachusetts who along...

Oct 18, 2018

Emil, 94, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2018. Emil was sustained by the love of his family and attentive caregivers at the end of his life.

Emil was the devoted and loving husband of 56 years to his late wife Mary; beloved father to Jim and Richard; treasured Grandpop to Jim, Alisa, Andrea, Theresa, Michael and...

Oct 14, 2018

Born on December 14, 1934, in Niagara Falls, NY, to Cecil and Maybelle Snyder, Doug was the youngest of four children, including two brothers, Duane and Ronald (both deceased), and sister, Joan Cussen. There were hard times in his childhood after his mother died when he was just 4 years old. He always said, though, that he grew up...

Oct 12, 2018

John Emewulu Nicholas Okonkwo, 76, from Umudim, Nnewi, Anambra, passed away on October 12, 2018 at home.

"Prof." or Emy, as he was fondly known, was a darling husband to his loving wife; wonderful father to nine children, fantastic grandpa to seven grandchildren and a no-nonsense father-in-law to five sons-in-law. As cliché as it might sound, every...

Oct 10, 2018

Tony Wood, born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1966. He grew up in a big family; has great-grandmothers, grandparents, parents, 3 uncles, 5 aunts, and an older brother. His hobbies are painting, music, models, billiards, and bowling. He was a student of Tsai-Hsing from kindergarten, primary school, then to Junior high. He went to the Sihai Institute of Technology and the...

Oct 9, 2018

Joy Weiss entered into rest on October 9, 2018 in her Saratoga home while surrounded by her family.  Joy was born in Guiderock, Nebraska on November 29, 1934.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Orville and Berniece Mitchell of Oakland, California, husband Robert (Bob) P. Weiss of Saratoga, CA, and her brother Kenny Mitchell, of Santa Clara,...

Oct 6, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Dorothy Korhonen Matthews announces her passing after a brief illness on Saturday, October 6, 2018, at the age of 88 years.  Dorothy will be lovingly remembered by her children:  twin sons Dean (Patricia) and Mark (Vonnie), daughter Nadie Lee Matthews Koerber (Jim), son Scott, daughter Adrienne Matthews Gemberling (Ronald, MD)...

Oct 6, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Dorothy Korhonen Matthews announces her passing after a brief illness on Saturday, October 6, 2018, at the age of 88 years. Dorothy will be lovingly remembered by her children:  twin sons Dean (Patricia) and Mark (Vonnie), daughter Nadie Lee Matthews Koerber (Jim), son Scott, daughter Adrienne Matthews Gemberling (Ronald, MD)...

Sep 26, 2018

Emelita Aguinaldo Spindler was granted her angel wings on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 in San Jose, California at the age of 63. Her final days were spent surrounded by her family and friends. Emelita was known to her family and friends as Emie or Amy. She was born in Kawit Cavite, Philippines to Jose and Wendelina Aguinaldo. Emie received an...

Sep 19, 2018

Mrs. Yuan Rui Tong passed away 09/19/2018 in San Jose, CA. She was a resident of Santa Clara County for 15 years. Family and friends are invited to attend funeral services for Yuan Rui at Alameda Family Funeral Home, 12341 Saratoga Sunnyvale Rd., Saratoga at 1:00 PM Saturday, September 22, 2018.

Sep 19, 2018

Long time resident of Saratoga, and 58 year resident of Santa Clara County, Doris Phifer passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2018 in San Jose where she was a resident for a few years. She was 90 years old. Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service for Doris at 2:00 PM Sunday, September 23rd at Alameda Family Funeral...

Sep 13, 2018

After a very long, happy, and healthy life, Sophia Skandale Spirakis passed away at her home in Saratoga on September 13, 2018.

Sophia's parents were Greek immigrants who came to the U.S. in the early 1900's and settled in Dawson, NM, a coal mining town owned by the Phelps Dodge Company. In the late 1940's, Sophia's father...

Sep 4, 2018

Ave Maria Meehan passed away on September 4th a week shy of her 99th Birthday. She was born in Philadelphia, PA to her parents Thomas and Catherine McLoughery. Ave met her husband William Joseph Meehan III at the Jersey Shore and after being pursued by him for her beauty and brains she consented to  marry him and became a navy...