Services for Daisy Bell Blackburn Smith Saffeels, 92, of Modesto, have been held. Burial was at Turlock Memorial Park.
Visitation for Carl J. Frunz, 90, of Patterson, will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with the recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m., on Aug. 3 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Patterson. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 4 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Patterson. Interment will follow at Patterson District Cemetery in Patterson. He passed away Tuesday at San Luis Convalescent Home in Newman.
A celebration of life was held for Nancy Phyllis Rickner, 69, of Patterson. She died July 22 at her home.
A rosary will be said for Scott Alves, 46, of Delhi, at 3 p.m. July 30 at Allen Mortuary. Scott died Friday in Delhi.
Services for Edna Louise Waaramaa, 84, will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 15 at Turlock Memorial Park. Edna passed away in Turlock at Bethany Gardens.
Services are pending for Lupe Ramos Vasquez, 58, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Merced. Lupe passed away with his family by his side.
Memorial services for Luana Fiorini, 71, of Turlock have been held. Luana was born and raised in San Diego, Calif. She graduated from Chula Vista High School class of '56 and attended classes at CSU Stanislaus as a music major. Her passion was singing and being a member of the Turlock Community Choir, MJC Masterworks Chorus and the Modesto Symphony Orchestra Choir. Over her lifetime she worked for and/or volunteered at the Turlock Journal, Medic ...
Services for Joe George Jacob, 65, of Modesto, will be held 10 a.m. July 25 at the St. Zaia Assyrian Apostolic Catholic Church of the East in Modesto.
Services for Yakub Nair, 78, of Modesto will be held at 1 p.m. July 25 at Allen Mortuary. Yako passed away in Modesto surrounded by his family.
A memorial service for Patrick "Pat" Carmella Morris, 77, of Turlock, will be held at 10 a.m. July 25 in the chapel of Turlock Funeral Home at Turlock Memorial Park. Pat passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday morning.
Services for Wilson Shimshoun Peera, 79, of Modesto, will be held at 10 a.m. July 28 at St. George Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East in Ceres. Burial will be at Turlock Memorial Park following the funeral service.
Services for Khachick "Mike" Armenak Baghdasarian will be held at 10 a.m. July 29 at the St. Zaia Assyrian Church of the East, with burial to follow at Turlock Memorial Park. Mike passed away at Memorial Medical Center after battling complications from a stroke he had 11 years ago that left him in a wheel chair.
A memorial service for Ronald M. Kessler, 49, of Patterson, will be held at 4 p.m. July 29 at the Family Christian Center in Patterson. Ronald Kessler passed away at home with his family by his side, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Visitation for Paulina P. Inacio, 79, of Hilmar will be held from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 26 at Whitehurst, Norton & Dias Funeral Chapel, 286 W. Main St., Turlock. A rosary and mass combined is scheduled for 10 a.m. July 27 at Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church of Turlock. It will be officiated by Father Manuel Fontes Sousa. Burial will be at Turlock Memorial Park following the funeral mass.
Services for Edward R. Sweeten, 46, of Turlock have been held. Burial will be at the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Gustine.
Mike Trindade passed away peacefully at the age of 71 on June 4 at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.
Mamie C. Carvalho, 79, of Turlock, died Sunday in Turlock. She was born in 1932 in Stevinson. She was a teacher's aide for Turlock Unified School District for 20 years and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Turlock and Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church of Turlock, S.P.R.S.I. Council 151 of Hilmar and Y.L.I. St. Patrick's Institute #223 of Hilmar. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting, spending time with family and watching golf and NASCAR racing.
Jay Ribera, 49, of Hilmar, passed away on Saturday in a tragic auto accident.
Effa May Corker, 76, of Turlock, died June 2 in Turlock. She was born September 1934 in Colorado. She was a secretary for Sharp Army Depot for 14 years and a member of Pentecostal Church of Keyes.
Hussan Williams of Patterson passed away on June 3, 2011. He is survived by his loving mother, Mildred Williams and family. Private funeral services will be held. Please donate to the memorial fund, Citibank acct. # 270941214. Service entrusted to Evins Funeral Home.
Pritam Kaur, 70, passed away at Emanuel Medical Center. She is survived by her husband, Swaran Singh of Turlock and her two children.
Catherine Jean Julien, 61, passed away at Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock, on May 27. The oldest of five children of Dr. Robert and Mrs. Jean Julien, she was born May 19, 1950 at Stanford Medical Hospital. Catherine Julien was a working archaeologist and ethnohistorian.
Tina Marie Adams, 45, of Turlock, died May 30. She was born in July 1965 in Jamestown, N.Y. Tina graduated in 1983 from Monroe High School and was high school valedictorian. She attended Agnes College and graduated from DeKalb College, DeKalb, Ga. in 1985. She was a computer engineer for Pyramid Technology for six years. She moved to California in 1986, and settled in San Francisco for a short time. ...
Michael Joseph Lapineg, 62, of Turlock, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, whom he loved and served. He was a cement mason for the Local Union #300 for 38 years and a member of Enclave Christian Church.
Maria Bitbadal, 91, died May 27 at the Regional Medical Center of San Jose. She was born 1920, in Russia to the late Atanos and Ashley Bitbadal. As a young person she moved to Iran. In 1940, Maria came to America and married her husband, David Mooshabad. They settled in San Francisco 30 years ago and belonged to the Assyrian Church of the East in SF. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, cooking and traveling.
Robert Forrest, 68, of Turlock passed away May 26 at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock. He was born January 1942 in Barnsdall, Okla. to R.D. and Georgia Forrest. After he graduated high school he enlisted in United States Army in 1962 from Fresno and served a four-year term. He worked in agriculture and settled in Turlock 30 years ago.
Gloria Hill-Ward, 41, died May 22, with her family by her side in San Francisco.
Doris Murine Fillman Havens was born in St. Petersburg, Penn. on June 14, 1922. She was named Doris Murine but very few people used her given first name, even her parents. She attended the local schools, and after graduating from high school, she enrolled in nurses training at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburg, Penn.
Gurbax Kaur, 75, of Turlock, passed away May 30 at her residence. She was born May 1936 in India. She settled in Turlock in 1993.
Mehanga Singh Sohal passed away surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Athoula Jalandhar Punjab, India where he served proudly in his country's Army until he immigrated to the United States in 1989.