Greater Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo County Obituaries
Boyd Merlin Smith
Sep 7, 2020
Boyd Merlin Smith (Smitty) June 9, 1932 - September 7, 2020 We are sad to announce the passing of a great man.Smitty is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jacque, and his children Cindy Smith-Noyes (Bruce), SandyAllen (Bruce) and Trent Smith (Jane).He waited a long time to be a grandpa and loved Spencer, Paige, Teagan, Kent and Evan very...
Delores Mae Nichols
Sep 6, 2020
Delores Mae Nichols, loving mother, sister, Grandmother and Great Grandmother passed away on September 6, 2020. Delores was born on February 4, 1940 in Wapheton, North Dakota to Olaf and Freda Karlstad. She was the second of six children. The Karlstad family migrated to Vallejo during World War II where Olaf was a welder at the Mare Island Shipyards. In...
Marcella D. Loker
Aug 31, 2020
Marcella D. Loker, 87, passed away on August 31, 2020 at Sutter Health Hospital, Sacramento, CA while visiting sisters, Kathleen Williams Johnson, Ontario, CA; and Koreena C Williams, Carmichael, CA. Marcella, aka “Marcee”, was born March 2, 1933 near Douglas, ND In 1951, Marcee married Duane McClelland and resided in Williston, ND where they had five children. Laurie Warren, Louisburg,...
Irving Eugene Stevenson
Jul 29, 2020
Irving Eugene Stevenson, 71of Carmichael, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on July 29, 2020. He fought a strong 12 month battle with pancreatic cancer, but ultimately the cancer was too much to fight any longer. He was born February 6, 1949 to Merrill and Olga Stevenson, and grew up in Sacramento/Carmichael, CA. Irv was a...
Mary M Campos
Jul 18, 2020
Mary Margaret Campos, beloved mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother passed away peacefully on July 18th. Mary was born on May 10, 1945 to Jose and Sofia Marquez in Fort Collins, Colorado. Mary’s family moved to Sacramento, California when she was nine years old and Mary attended school at Lincoln Elementary and Sacramento High School. As a young person, Mary spent...
Idris Louise Divecchia (Sue)
Jul 15, 2020
Sue DiVecchia was born In Kalamazoo Michigan. Her family later moved to Springfield Missouri, where she was raised with her 5 siblings. Sue was the last surviving sibling. She met her husband, Angelo DiVecchia, at a CCC dance, where they fell in love and married in 1943. They remained married till Angelo’s death in 2000. Together they raised 5 children...
Susan Renee Emerson
Jul 14, 2020
Susan Renee Emerson (nee Whitacre) passed away from ALS on 7/14/2020 in Carmichael CA. Born on 10.7.1966 in Berkeley, CA. She was the daughter of Eleanor Power and Karl Whitacre. She is survived by her husband, Brian, and three children: Seralise, Quinton and Marisol and her mother, Eleanor Whitacre, sisters and brother Kimberly Klein, Anne Power and Steven Whitacre. Susan...
Eric Curtis Gould
Jul 3, 2020
Eric Curtis Gould entered this world on January 28, 1983 in Walnut Creek, California. The sunshine was his friend. He grew with tenderness, compassion, curiosity, and bravery at the core of his heart. He was one of the most loving and generous souls on Earth. He felt privileged and grateful to grow up in Granite Bay, California with his parents,...
Joan P. Bain
Jun 30, 2020
Joan (Sherer) Bain Place of birth:Park Falls WI Religious affiliation:Presbyterian Born in June 1946, was the third child out of four of Harold and Joyce. She leaves behind her husband Michael of 52 years, high school sweethearts, a daughter Jennifer and her husband Joe, son Jason and his wife Kris. She also leaves behind three grandchildren, Riley, Gwendolyn, and Jacoby,...
Patricia May Ramirez
Jun 27, 2020
Patricia May Ramirez January 21, 1941 – June 27, 2020 Patricia “Pat” Ramirez Janke, was born in Los Angeles, CA to Willy Janke and Marion N. Koehler on January 21, 1941 and died peacefully surrounded by family on June 27, 2020, after a very difficult two year battle with Cancer. She grew up in Los Angeles, CA near Culver City...
James Leroy Moline
Jun 27, 2020
James (Jim) Moline was born February 16, 1944 in Crookston, Minnesota and passed away peacefully on June 27, 2020. He graduated from Marysville High School in 1962. He served in the U S Army for 20 years He then worked for the IRS in a forms distribution center in Sacramento. He is survived by his wife of 53 years Lynne,...
Timothy Edward Head
Jun 25, 2020
Timothy Head SR passed on June 25th, 2020. He was a beloved husband and father and friend. He was also a lover of cats, comic books, music, planes, trains, and automobiles. He was a Navy Veteran. He was the owner of Fact Fiction and Fantasy - a comic book store in Livermore in the80's and 90's. He grew up in...
Ronald Lynn Jenkins
Jun 10, 2020
Ronald Lynn Jenkins, age 64 , passed away peacefully June 10, 2020 in Folsom California He was born January 3, 1956 in Avenal, California He was preceded in death by his parents Frank Dean Jenkins and Mildred Ann Jenkin,his brother Donnie Glenn Jenkins. He married his wife Lela Marie Jenkins August 24,1974. He leaves behind his surviving sonJamie Lynn Jenkins,...
John Young Findleton
Jun 8, 2020
John “Jack” Young Findleton, 1948 – 2020 , age 71 Jack, a native New Yorker, was raised on Long Island Sound, Jack entered the military and served in Viet Nam with the 101st Airborne Division in 1967-68. After college and as a businessman, his company relocated him to California. After doing his time as one of those suit kind of...
James Lewis Junkins
Jun 5, 2020
James l. Junkins 10-13-1931 06-05-2020 James “Jim” Lewis Junkins was born on October13, 1931, in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Father, James Nathan Junkins and Mother, Reba Audrie Sanders. He died peacefully in his home in Carmichael, CA at the age of 88 after a decade plus long battle with cancer. Jim grew up living a simple but hard life on his...
David Edward Baca Jr.
Jun 4, 2020
David Edward Baca Jr. 08/17/1982 - 06/04/2020 In the afternoon on June 4, 2020 we received devastating an unexpected news that David Baca Jr. passed away in his sleep at his home in Elk Grove, CA. He was a loving son too David Sr. and Yolonda Baca and brother to Michael, Lupe and Craig, father to Elena Baca and uncle...
Aimee Lynne Johnstone
May 19, 2020
Aimee Lynee Johnstone 06/10/1969 - 05/19/2020 In the early morning hours of the Tuesday, May19th 2020, Aimee Lynne Johnstone passed away in her sleep at home surrounded by the comfort of her family. This devastating news came just as quickly as you are reading this today. Our DEAR, REMARKABLE, and uncompromisingly HEADSTRONG Sister, Mother, and Friend wished to spend her...
Kendra Michelle French
May 15, 2020
Kendra Michelle French Born: April 4, 1969 Passed Away: May 15, 2020 Kendra Michelle French of Fair Oaks, CA died in her home, her beloved boyfriend by her side, on May 16, 2020. She is survived by her father, Tom French (wife, Annie French), mother, Marianne Cooke (husband, Roger Cook), brother, Jim French (Stacy), sister, Kristy Caughey (husband, Reed Caughey),...
Thomas A Nohrden
May 9, 2020
Thomas A. Nohrden passed quietly in his sleep Saturday, May 9, 2020, following a short illness. An avid cribbage player, he earned the rank of Grand Master with the American Cribbage Conference and was an active member of the River City Peggers grassroots cribbage club. He retired from the Sacramento County Welfare Department after working as a deputy sheriff with...
Burel Alonzo Hopper
May 5, 2020
Burel A. Hopper was born on November 28, 1933 to the late Clinton Hopper and Hazel Riggs in Gerard, Illinois. He had three brothers and one sister. Burel went to high school in Virden, Illinois and graduated in 1953. Shortly after graduation he enlisted in the US Navy and entered boot camp training at the Great Lake Base in Illinois....
