John Olney was born in Berkeley California on September 21, 1942 and he passed away on August 30, 2016 at the Veterans hospital in Palo Alto, Ca.

Bud “Swordfish” Evers died August 30, 2016 in Napa. He was born March 27, 1920 in Oakland to Albert and Ida Evers. After attending Oakland schools, he served as an Army Air Corps flight instructor. He then went on to own a machinist shop where he worked on cars, boats, submarines and planes.…

Life-long Napa resident Sandra Martin, 73, died peacefully August 29, 2016. She was born in Napa June 16, 1943 to Scotty and Cecil Stott. She graduated from Napa High School and then worked as a bookkeeper at the Napa County Office of Education for 32 years. In her spare time Sandra loved to…

George Eugene Brister, 72 of Lake Havasu, AZ passed away at his home on Monday, August 1, 2016. George was born in Vallejo, CA on September 17, 1943. He formerly lived in Napa, CA.

James Foster Pritchett was born on November 16, 1927 in Napa, Calif. at Francis Hospital. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on August 28th in Santa Rosa, Calif. His parents were James Addison Pritchett and Daisy May Pritchett. “Foster” had one brother, Robert “Bob” Pr…

Stephen Clyde Stansberry of Bay St. Louis, MS, passed away peacefully on August 27th 2016. Steve was born in St. Helena Ca. on August 13th 1954, son of the late Daphne Stansberry Chaix, and Bill Stansberry. Steve is survived by his wife Jackie of 35 years, Brother Keith Stansberry (Sandy) of…

David Duncan Fisher died Aug. 25, 2016, in Sacramento at the age of 89. He was born June 14, 1927, in Burdett, Kansas to Clarabel and Vernice Fisher. The sixth of eight children, he grew up in Zook, Kansas, until the family moved to Napa, California, in May 1940. In the Napa area, he worked …

Sam Lee passed away peacefully surrounded by family and members of his hospice-care team in Menlo Park on July 13. He was a long-time resident of Napa, having moved there with his wife in 1980.

Our loving husband, father, brother, uncle and friend, John Charles Church passed away August 20, 2016 from heart disease at the age of 81. He was born January 19, 1935 at Vallejo General Hospital, to Erna(Coffey) and John Charles Church Sr. He graduated from Vallejo Senior High in 1954 wher…

Retired United States Air Force Reserve Colonel James “Jim” Duncan Rendleman, attorney, beloved husband, devoted father, and loyal friend, passed peacefully on August 26, 2016, as Almighty God in His wisdom and mercy called unto Himself our brother in Christ. He had suffered from an aggressi…

Peri Karen Payne was born in San Francisco in 1953 and passed away on July 16, 2016. Peri grew up in San Jose. She was at the top of her high school class and attended UC Santa Barbara while still in high school. She loved beauty, especially in her home. She was a member of the Napa Orchid S…

Ruth Oviatt Hemming, our beloved mother, died peacefully in Napa on Aug. 25, 2016 of natural causes due to age. She was born September 9, 1917 in Farmington, Utah to Jessie Amelia Abbott Oviatt and Lewis Henry Oviatt. As a young woman she worked at ZCMI’s department store in Salt Lake as a m…

Evelyn J. Hansen peacefully passed away with family by her side on August 23rd. She was a graduate of Vallejo High School, a housewife, mother, and special needs care provider, then worked for the Napa Valley Unified School District as a special needs school bus driver for 25 years, from 1975-2000.

Long time Sacramento resident and Napa native Howard Joseph Momsen passed away on August 24, 2016, in Sacramento.

John ‘Rock’ Perga laid down his arms and passed peacefully into the next life at 12:53 am on Aug 17th after a relentless battle with Cancer. He was loved by many and will be terribly missed by all who knew him.

Charles Henry Meuel passed away peacefully at his home on August 18th. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Nina Meuel and five children. Bradley Gibbs (Kim), Whitney Quin (Mike), Tori Sawyer (Randy), Sean Oill (David), Therese Meuel, fifteen grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Cha…

Funeral services for Dolores Jean Kushman, 84, of Aberdeen, SD, will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, August 26, 2016 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, with Pastor Samuel Bobby officiating. Burial is at St. John’s John’s Lutheran Cemetery, rural Aberdeen. Dolores died Sunday, August 21 at her home in Aberdeen.

Harry Joseph Wojcik October 31, 1927—August 18, 2016.

Timothy Travis Dack, died August 10, 2016 at home surrounded by family and loved ones. Tim was just 40 years old. Tim was born at Kaiser Hospital in Vallejo, CA on July 1, 1976. Tim was a good man. He was kind, empathetic, and caring.

Kathryn Jane Haskins Nord peacefully passed away August 21st, 2016 in Napa, California. Kathy was born in Logan, Utah on December 24, 1929. She was raised by her parents, Clark and Kate Haskins in Logan along with her older brothers George and Richard.

Outgoing and exuberant 87, year old Alice Abruzzini, has gone to the great gardens in the sky. Born in Rutherford, California, she was head cheerleader at St Helena High for three years.

Heidi Emelie Kasten died on August 15, 2016, in Napa, CA after a brief illness. She was 96.

Tom Riley and Mary Lou Newborns were born in Seattle and attended Roosevelt High School. Both served in World War II, with Tom in the Navy and Mary Louise in the Coast Guard. They married in 1946 and were relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area during Tom’s service in the Korean War.

Laura Alice Theis of Napa, CA passed away in the early morning hours of August 19th while in the care of Piner’s Nursing Homes located in Napa. Laura was born on September 27, 1917 to Dr. John and Mrs. Gertrude White in Chicago, IL where she and her older sister Dorothy grew up and attended …

Benny Slusher, 66, died peacefully August 16, 2016. He was born September 25, 1949 in Richmond, California to Vernon and Jeannie Slusher. Benny was a sheet metal worker for 25 years as a member of Local 104.

Funny, supportive, hard working. These are some of the words that come to mind when describing our beloved Father and Grandfather, Lester Joseph “Jocko” Giaccio, who passed away August 18th, 2016.

Irene Berg of Napa died August 11th in Rapid City, South Dakota at the age of 92. After many years in Sonoma and Napa, she had moved to South Dakota in May to be near her son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Harry Douglas Hamilton, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend passed away early Sunday, August 14th, in his home in Browns Valley at the age of 88.