Charles R. Vierra Former longtime Lamorinda resident Chuck Vierra passed away peacefully surrounded by his family in Asheville, North Carolina, on Sept 26.
Born and raised in Oakland, California, he was ...
Ann Miller Denny Ann Denny passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at her favorite spot on earth, her home on Swans Island, Maine, where she loved watching the sunsets and having her children and grandchildren around her.
Cynthia Anne Landy Cynthia Anne Landy sadly passed away on Monday, July 13 from fatal injuries sustained in a local car accident. She touched us all with her energy and love of life as well as her unconditional devotion to her family and friends.
Lt. Col. Lloyd F. Childers, USMC (ret.) Ph.D. Lt. Col. Lloyd F. Childers, 94, passed away on July 15, 2015 in Moraga, Calif. Lloyd was born on June 4, 1921 in Norman, Okla., to parents Fred and Marie Childers.
Lloyd joined the US ...
ELLY VASAK Eleanor Grove Vasak, passed away, peacefully, on July 9, at Paradise Valley Estates in Fairfield, Calif. She was born and raised in Berwyn, Ill. Elly attended Morton Junior College and studied nursing at Northwestern University before meeting and marrying Otto ...
Captain Ward Hornblower Proescher Captain Ward Hornblower Proescher passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the age of 79.
He was born on Aug. 31, 1935 in Cary, N.C. Following his graduation from the University of ...
Margaret de Vries Margaret was an active member of the Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church where she served on several committees over the years. The ones most dear to her heart were the Stephen's Ministry where she came alongside people to love, listen, pray and support them during ...
Early Old Yellow House Inhabitant Dies Ezra Emanuel Nelson, 91, died at home March 15. Nelson was born Feb. 27, 1924 in Berkeley, the youngest child of Charles and Karen Nelson. He grew up in "The Old Yellow House" on Moraga Way, then completed the bungalow next door and lived there his entire adult life. ...
Robert Edward Merritt, Jr. Robert Edward Merritt Jr. was born on Jan. 31, 1941 in San Francisco, Calif. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family (which he swore would never happen because he thought no one truly died that way), on Feb. 22, 2015.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Jean Denoyer Jean Denoyer, (Margaret Jean Cavanaugh), who resided in Tahoe Pines, Calif., and who was a former resident of Moraga, Calif., passed away on Feb. 10, 2015.
Jean was born in Ottawa, Ill., ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Ethel Wentworth Lazaroff Ethel Wentworth Lazaroff, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, died peacefully on Dec. 25, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz.
Ethel was born in Gardiner, Maine, on May 15, ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Mark Quinn Mark Quinn passed away at his home on Wednesday Jan. 7 at age 56.
Mark was born in Fort Lee, Virginia as the only child of Lew and Char Quinn. He is survived by his son, Brady, his ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Shirley Price Callister Shirley Price Callister, our mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Jan. 18, 2015. Shirley was born at home on July 2, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the youngest of five children of Julia Blanche Lauritzen and Thomas ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 George Wilson Hall II George Wilson Hall II, 70, of Moraga, passed away peacefully at home Jan. 21, 2015 with his family by his side. George was born on Nov. 25, 1944 in Malone, New York, and was a computer consultant before retiring and later becoming an esteemed office manager for his ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Kazie Afsari, 67, Lafayette Kazie Afsari, 67, of Lafayette, California passed away January 11, 2015, with his two daughters by his side. His death was sudden and unexpected. Kazie was born on June 26, 1947. He practiced real estate, was a notary public, and wedding photographer in the Lamorinda ...
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