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Joseph A.. Sawyer, Jr.
Feb. 08, 2016
Joseph Alvin Sawyer, Jr., the son of Joseph Alvin Sr. and A. Omega Sawyer, was born on April 17, 1953, at Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond, Indiana. He was the second oldest of three children. Joe was raised in Liberty, Indiana, where he received his early education. He graduated from Short...
Laverne A. Gelo
Feb. 08, 2016
Laverne, aged 77, passed away peacefully at her home on February 8th surrounded by her family. LaVerne was born in San Mateo as the eldest child of Anne (O’Connor) and Stan Isaacs. She was sister to Loretta, wife of Al Russell, of El Granada, CA and Laurene “Dolly” Drivon , of Brentwood, CA....
Luis Salazar
Feb. 07, 2016
Luis Salazar Zamora passed away on February 7, 2016 in Millbrae, CA at the age of 89. He was born to Mauro Salazar and Jesus Zamora on August 25, 1926 in Aguililla, Michoacan Mexico. He was the oldest of 5 children.He married Isabel Baez in 1956 in their home town of Aguililla, Michoacan. They...
Marylouise Atkinson
Feb. 05, 2016
Marylouise passed away on Friday, February 5th at Stanford Hospital. She will be greatly missed by her children and grandchildren.Marylouise was born to Joseph and Emilie D’Amico. She was the first of three children born to this union. She began a career as a Dental Assistant after High School...
Thomas Michael O'Rourke
Feb. 02, 2016
Thomas Michael O’Rourke, 75 Thomas “Tom” Michael O’Rourke, 75, of San Mateo California, peacefully passed away on Tuesday February 2, 2016 after a long battle with prostate cancer. A celebration of life service will be this Saturday February 6th and will commence with a viewing from 11:30am-1pm,...
Dora Lorene Dickinson
Feb. 01, 2016
Dora Lorene Dickinson née Nelson died peacefully at Stanford Hospital on February 1, 2016, in Palo Alto, California, at the age of 96 years, 8 months, and 24 days.Dora is survived by her two children, Barbara (Ronald) Green of Lincoln, California, and Frank (Paula) Dickinson of Redwood City,...
Tsybulevska Emiliya
Jan. 30, 2016
Emiliya Tsybulevksa, age 76, passed away at home in Foster City, CA on January 30th 2016 at ten o’clock in the evening due to age related health problems.She was born on February 5th 1940 in the town of Balashikha in the Moscow District of Russia, to father and mother Mihael and Anastasiya...
Miriam Brigida Vagt
Jan. 30, 2016
Miriam “Briggy” Vagt, died the morning of Jan. 30, 2016 after a lengthy illness. She was a resident of San Mateo, CA for over 53 years. Her parents Maria Therese and Alfredo lived in Central America. Miriam moved to the U.S. as a young girl, learning English in San Francisco. She met and married...
Arcadia Q. Dimacali
Jan. 29, 2016
Arcadia Q. DimacaliSurrounded by her daughters, Arcadia Dimacali, 87, passed away peacefully on January 29, 2016. Arcadia is survived by five children; Catherine Cashin, Anja Dimacali, Robert Dimacali, Becky Poe, and Merly Lopez as well as 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Arcadia was...
Jacqueline L. Beck
Jan. 29, 2016
Jackie passed peacefully from this life the morning of January 29, 2016, after a gradual decline in health. She was surrounded and supported by her loving family, friends and caregivers during the last days of her life. Jackie was born and raised in San Francisco with her younger brother Larry....
Rigmor Dreher
Jan. 29, 2016
Rigmor Dreher (Riggie) 87, passed away peacefully on January 29, 2016 just eight days shy of her 88th birthday.Born in Stavanger, Norway, Rigmor immigrated to California at the young age of 19. True to her Norwegian roots she often participated in events at the San Francisco’s Norwegian club with...