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Alice Es-haq
Former Turlock resident Alice Es-haq, 83, died Wednesday at Almaden Health and Rehabilitation in San Jose. She was born August 1927, in Iran, to the late Baba and Hili Yeganeh. She was a school teacher in Iran and migrated to Turlock with her husband Rev. Samuel Es-Haq in 1987. In 2003 they lived in San Jose until her passing. Alice was a woman of faith and trusted the Lord all through her life. She also ...
Aurora N. Ferreira
Aurora N. Ferreira, 90, of Madera, died March 24 in Madera. She was born in Santa Luzia, Praia da Vitoria, Ilha, Terceira, Azores in 1920. Aurora was a homemaker for 47 years and a member of Shrine Our Lady of Miracles in Gustine. She is survived by her sons, Francisco Ferreira of Visalia, Antonio Ferreira of Dos Palos and Jorge Ferreira of Tennessee; daughters, Lucilia Amaral of Gustine and Maria Linhares of Orlando; seven grandchildren; and eight ...
Ruth Elaine Nunn
Ruth Elaine Nunn, 63, of Turlock, died March 25 in Turlock. She was born in Portland, Ore. in 1947. Ruth was a homemaker for 35 years. She was legally blind, but she managed to achieve a master's degree in Biblical Theology. She had enough love to extend to a dear friend Tom, who she called her son. She studied Bible and taught Bible studies in her home for the last 15 years. She will be dearly ...
Aurora N. Ferreira
Aurora N. Ferreira, 90, of Madera, died March 24 in Madera. She was born in Santa Luzia, Praia da Vitoria, Ilha, Terceira, Azores in 1920. Aurora was a homemaker for 47 years and a member of Shrine Our Lady of Miracles in Gustine. She is survived by her sons, Francisco Ferreira of Visalia, Antonio Ferreira of Dos Palos and Jorge Ferreira of Tennessee; daughters, Lucilia Amaral of Gustine and Maria Linhares of Orlando; seven grandchildren; and eight ...
Mary Louise Cooper
Mary Cooper, 88, of Oakdale, passed away at Alexander Cohen Hospice House. She was born in Thief River Falls, Minn. to John and Martha Baker, the 12th of their 13 children. She grew up in Minnesota until 1943, when she met and married the love of her life, James M. Cooper in 1946. Mary enjoyed golfing, bowling and traveling. She had many bowling friends at Yosemite and McHenry Lanes. Mary's greatest joy was spending time ...
Juanita Looney
Juanita Looney entered into rest on Wednesday at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock. She was born to wonderful, loving parents, Mr. Orphus James and Myrtle Marie Thomas in McCune, Kansas. She was raised on a farm, as farming was her father's occupation. She attended schools in the Pineville and Anderson, Mo. area. She met the first love of her life, John Sedberry, and through their marriage God blessed them through the Southern Baptist Ministry board ...
Marsha Ann Rine
Marsha was born in Madera in 1948 to Edgar and Betty Williamson; she lived in Stanislaus County for the last 25 years. Marsha was a very hard worker and earned many awards over the 20 years she worked in the banking industry. More recently, Marsha worked as a caregiver where she found great joy in helping others. She was a Christian and spent most of her life serving the community. She is survived by her children, ...
Jon Michael Dimter
Jon Michael Dimter, 52, died of liver cancer on Saturday, March 26. Mr. Dimter grew up in Cupertino. For the past 12 years, he worked at the Fremont Unified School District as the director of finance. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Patterson Ward. Mr. Dimter is survived by his grandparents, Vivian and Clarence Simmons; mother, Karen Bird; wife, Grace Dimter; children, Steven Dimter, Sarah Reeves, Brian Dimter, Rebecca ...
Emily Elizabeth Genzoli
Emily Elizabeth Genzoli died March 23rd at her home in Hughson. She was born Sept. 27, 1977 in Turlock to Charles and Pam Genzoli. She grew up on her family's almond ranch in Hughson. After graduating from Hughson High School in 1995, she went on to graduate from Fresno State University with a degree in graphic design. After college, she remained in Fresno where she worked as an art director at an advertising agency. It ...
Antonio Machado
Antonio Machado, 93, of Capitola passed away in Santa Cruz on March 17. He was born in San Carlos. "Tony," as he was known by his friends and loved ones, was a graduate of Hilmar High School class of 1937. He married his wife Helen on March 30, 1940, and worked as a truck driver for over 40 years. Before retirement he also worked as a salesman for M&M Garage in Newman. A longtime resident of Newman ...
Ruth Elaine Nunn
Ruth Elaine Nunn, 63, of Turlock passed away on March 25 in Turlock.She was born on June 13, 1947 in Portland, Ore. She was a homemaker for 35 years; and although being legally blind, she managed to achieve a master's degree in Biblical theology. She studied the Bible and taught Bible studies in her home for the last 15 years. She will be dearly missed by her best friend Bobbi Kost and all of her ...
Laton Gilbert
Laton Gilbert March 24, 2011. He was born to George and Ellen Gilbert on April 3, 1921, in Buffalo, Minn. Laton was married to Marlys (Blad) Gilbert on Dec. 31, 1942. Five sons were born into their family. Laton and Marlys spent their early years farming in Minnesota. While farming north of Cokato, Minn., Laton also started to drive school buses and later moved to Howard Lake, Minn., where he became a transportation coordinator for ...
Parkash Kaur
Parkash Kaur, 79, passed away on Monday, March 28 at Emanuel Medical Center. She was born in Punjab, India to Daulat Singh and Santa Kaur in 1931. Parkash immigrated to Livingston in 1989. She was a member of the Livingston Sikh Temple. God and family were her life.Parkash is survived by her husband, Sadhu Singh; children, Balbir K. Billing, Balbir S. Tawana, Amrik K. Birk, Mohinder K. Bath and Jasbir S. Tawana; two siblings; 15 ...
Bertha Lilia Melchor
Bertha Lilia Melchor, 36, of Turlock, passed away on March 24 in Turlock.She was born on May 12, 1974 in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. She was a cashier for Dolex Money Transfer for 10 years and attended Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church of Turlock.She is survived by husband of 10 years, Rogelio Melchor of Turlock; parents, Salvador Ruiz Farfan and Ma Bertha Cordoba of Mexico; son, Rogelio Melchor, Jr. of Turlock; daughter, Jessica Melchor of ...
Lucille Marian MacDougall
Lucille Marian (Whited) MacDougall unexpectedly passed away on March 1, 2011, at Emanuel Medical Center at the age of 91. Lucy, as most people knew her, was born in Minneapolis, Minn. in 1919, and was the fourth born in a family of six children. She lived in the Minneapolis area until she moved to California in 1948 with her husband Berne and two daughters, Shari and Ginger.In 1950 they purchased a home in San Mateo, ...
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Eunice L. Wiggs
Eunice L. Wiggs, born in Ashley, North Dakota went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 17th after a long illness at Brandel Manor in Turlock, CA. She was 90 years old.
James H. Tate
Jim passed away peacefully Monday night with his family by his side. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Judy Tate of Turlock, and 3 daughters; Debra Downing of Turlock, Susanne Salyer of Turlock, and Maureen Goldsmith of Atwater. He has 6 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, and a brother, Jerry Tate, of Macon, MO.
John Nathan Lindskoog
Turlock native and veteran missionary John Nathan Lindskoog passed away on March 11 in Modesto. John was born on November 9, 1926 to Florence and Enoch Lindskoog at the Lindskoog dairy on the corner of Faith Home and West Main in Turlock.
Rosemary Fetherston
Rosemary Fetherston, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend passed away peacefully at home on March 6, 2013. She was 96 and had lived in Modesto, California for more than 85 years.
Johnny C. White
Johnny White, 63, of Turlock, passed away at Emanuel Medical Center after a short illness. Johnny was born in Steele, Missouri to Randle and Mary (Needham) White. The family moved to California when Johnny was 10 and he graduated from Merced High School. He was well known in this area as a cook at Blueberry Hill Restaurant. For the past 35 years he has been a truck driver. After high school he married Mary Joanne ...
Marcia Arlene Hartman
Long time Turlock resident, Marcia Hartman, passed away Sunday at Memorial Hospital in Modesto. Marcia was born in Dallas Texas. She attended Central College in Kansas where she met her college sweetheart David Hartman, Sr. and they married in 1952. After pastoring several churches in both Texas and California they moved to Turlock in 1973. Marcia was employed with the Turlock School District as a secretary for nearly 30 years including 21 years at Osborn ...
William “Bill” Dove
William (Bill) Dove, 72, born on November 26, 1940 passed away on March 10, 2013 in his Turlock home with his family at his side.
Nirmala Chandrakant Patel
Mrs. Nirmala Chandrakant Patel, age 69 passed away peacefully on March 7, 2013 after her battle with cancer.
Mary McDonald
Mary was born the third of eight Lull children in her beloved Rogue Valley and graduated from Central Point High School in 1947. Married to Robert McDonald of Eagle Point, she lived in Pullman, Puyallup and Turlock before they established the family farm in Hughson; where she died after living there for forty-four years.
Joe Eliecer Alcala
Joe Eliecer Alcala passed away Friday morning, March 1, 2013, in Turlock, CA. He was 77 years old. Joe was born in Chino, California on August 8, 1935, to Jose and Maria Alcala and was the oldest of three siblings, sister Maria Eugenia and brother Raymond.
Lucille Lorene Nelson
Lucille Lorene Nelson was born on her mother's birthday at home near Dudley, Missouri, the youngest daughter of Clarence G. and Cecil Wright Teulker. She enjoyed her early childhood years playing on her grandparents' ranch near Dudley, climbing trees, running to the woods, following her pet "watch goose," and spending time in the kitchen with the cook.
Lois Lilybelle Johnson
Sublimity, OR- Lois Lilybelle Johnson, longest, living native of Turlock, recognized during Turlock's 2008 Centennial, passed away on February 23, 2013 at the home of Janet, her daughter and Ralph Todd.
Lillian Fay Harlow
She is survived by her two sons William Airo of Turlock and Lawrence Airo of Colorado, and three grandchildren.
Kathleen Blevins Trujillo
She didn't go down without a fight, but lost a 2 year battle to cancer. She passed away at home with her caregiver husband by her side.
Alex S. Moreno II
Alexander Santos Moreno II, 33 of Turlock, passed away unexpectedly at home last Friday. Alex was born in Hayward, CA on November 16, 1979 to Alexander Moreno, Sr. and Oralia Vasquez. Alex graduated from Job Corps in Nevada, worked locally as a forklift operator for several years and has lived in the Turlock area more than 20 years.
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