July 15, 1951-May 29, 2009 Karen Cynthia Smith-Marte, 57, passed away suddenly Friday, May 29, 2009 in Calaveras County while on vacation. Karen was born July 15, 1951, in Oakland, Calif., to Clarence Smith and Ena Whittom Smith. She grew up in the Santa Cruz area and graduated from SFSU. She proudly served 15 years [...]
July 24, 1935 — May 17, 2009 Janice “Jan” Ann Lakin, 73, passed away peacefully on the morning of May 17, 2009. Jan was born in Brainerd, Minn., on July 24, 1935 to Arvid and Jenny Roxberg. They also lived in Minneapolis, and when she was in the seventh grade, she and her family moved [...]
April 12, 1925 — May 16, 2009 Rachel Leu entered into eternal rest on May 16, 2009. Born on April 12, 1925, in Lambertville, N.J., Rachel grew up in Point Pleasant Beach on the Jersey shore. She was one of five children of attorney Charles Ambrose Malloy and the former Ann Eliza Thomas. Like her [...]
Jan. 6, 1930 — May 25, 2009 Stella Natalie Peters, 79, passed away Monday, May 25, 2009, after a long illness Stella was born Jan. 6, 1930 to Manuel and Natalie Peters in Stoughton, Mass. The proud Portuguese family had migrated from Portugal to Massachusetts where Stella was raised until she moved to Crockett, Calif., [...]
Feb.16, 1928 — May 26, 2009 Glenn Cornelius, 81, a pillar in the Vallejo community, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 26, at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek, due to a series of complications following heart surgery in January of this year. Glenn was born in Altus, Okla. to the late Ira and Geneva Cornelius. [...]
March 26, 1957 — May 21, 2009 Rhonda Gail McMillan, 52, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2009, at her sister’s home with her sister, Julie Scott, and family by her side, following a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born March 26, 1957 in Ogden, Utah, the daughter of Ronald Gale and Karen Louise [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — As a sophomore at Fairfield High School, Matthew Swoyer has already had a taste of what it’s like to be a police officer, a paramedic and a firefighter. From fire extinguisher to CPR training, the 15-year-old got hands-on experience with public safety jobs at a summer session of the California Cadet [...]
May 24, 2009 Daniel Kenneth Podger (Dan) 46, died suddenly May 24, 2009. He was born in Syracuse, N.Y., the only son of Kenneth Podger and Clara Downing Podger. Dan and his twin sister were just babies when the family, including his three older sisters, moved to Arizona. While there, he gained another sister before [...]