Noel La Roque

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Stanley Segale

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Paul Peter Buerer

Paul Peter Buerer, 65, died Friday, Sept. 23 in Tacoma, Wash. He was born in Oakdale to Albert and Mary Buerer. He was a graduate of Oakdale High School's class of 1964. He majored in Business Administration and minored in Accounting at CSU Stanislaus. He was the winner of the Wall Street Journal award, and graduated in 1968. He was married to Gayle (Yowell) Buerer from 1968 to 1978. They had one daughter, Jennifer. Mr. ...

Henry ‘Hank’ Amaral

Henry 'Hank' Amaral, 83, died Friday, Sept. 23. He was a resident of Mountain View and Oakdale. During World War II, he left school to help his parents work on their dairy, as all of the employees had left the dairy to work in the shipyards. After the war, the dairy was sold, and he, still working for his parents, moved to their Oakdale property to take care of the beef cattle. His family thanks ...

Walter Raymond “Ray” Byrd

Walter Raymond "Ray" Byrd, 79, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 25 in Grants Pass, Oregon.

Nancy Helen Amerine

Nancy Helen Amerine, 84, died Sunday, Sept. 18. She was born and raised in Detroit, Mich. While working at an insurance company in Detroit, she met and quickly fell in love with Mervin Amerine in 1946. Mervin was passing through Detroit on a Friday when he met Nancy. It was love at first sight. They began a whirlwind romance, which ended that Sunday with an accepted marriage proposal. Six months later they were husband and ...

Evon Delois Jackson

Evon Delois Jackson, 83, died Thursday, Sept. 22 in Riverbank. She was born in Whitefield, Oklahoma on Aug. 31, 1928. She married Lester Jackson and moved to Riverbank in 1949. Together they had two children, Donna Norton and Farrell Jackson.Mrs. Jackson was a homemaker most of her life but at the age of 45 went back to school and earned her Licensed Vocational Nursing degree. She worked in that vocation until she retired. She was ...

Leora A. (Seeman) McDowell

Leora A. (Seeman) McDowell, 86, died peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 3. She was born to Ruby and William Seeman in San Luis Obispo. She married William J. McDowell on Oct. 30, 1944 and they raised their children in Oakdale. Mrs. McDowell worked for Bank of America and was active in the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, and PTA when her children were young. She and her husband operated a land leveling business for many ...

Zachary Joaquin Mendonsa

Zachary Joaquin Mendonsa, 23, died Saturday, Sept. 10. He was a lifelong resident of Oakdale, born Jan. 29, 1988. He attended Oakdale schools, including Oakdale High School, and graduated from Valley Oak High School in 2006. He loved skateboarding, riding quads, and spending time with his family and friends. He was a young man full of hope and dreams for the future and had a big heart. He will be missed. He is survived by ...

Richard David ‘Red’ Schafer

Richard David 'Red' Schafer, 68, died Saturday, Sept. 3. He was born in Pleasanton to Eula and Fred Schafer, Sr. He attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Mr. Schafer served in the U.S. Navy as a gunner on a ship in Vietnam. He raised cattle in Oakdale where he resided. He was a truck driver for 40 years. He also rode broncs and bulls in rodeos. He will be missed by many. He is survived ...

Jesse L. Stanley

Jesse L. Stanley, 77, died Thursday, Aug. 11 in his wife's arms after a lengthy illness.

Epiphany Orellian Raagas

Epiphany Orellian Raagas, 86, died Sunday, June 12 after a long and hard fought battle with cancer at the JJ Palms private home in Chatsworth.

Emma Josephine Cotton

Emma Josephine Cotton, one-day-old infant, died Saturday, Sept. 3 at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto.

Paul Francis Newey

Paul Francis Newey, 88, died Sunday, Sept. 4 at Acacia Park Nursing and Rehab, Modesto. He was born in Newton, Mass. to the late Arthur and Minnie Newey. Mr. Newey served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. He came to Oakdale in 1950 and returned to Massachusetts after three years to work on the chicken farm and for the family businesses as a mechanic. He settled in Modesto in 1987 and volunteered ...

Boyd P. Peters

Boyd P. Peters, 82, died peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 4, surrounded by loved ones. He was born in South Dakota. He moved to Oakdale at the age of five. Mr. Peters started his long career as a butcher, prior to graduating from Oakdale High School. He served in the U.S. Navy and married his sweetheart, Vanessa, in 1953. He was a loving, kind and honorable man who never met a stranger. He will be deeply ...

Kathy Lieb

Kathleen Ann (Cole) Lieb, 49, died Wednesday, April 10 in Los Banos surrounded by family and many close, dedicated friends who took care of her every need during her three-and-a-half year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Charlie Morisoli

Charlie W. Morisoli, 82, died Tuesday, April 9.

Allen Silveira

Allen Anthony 'Tony' Silveira, 69, died on Tuesday, April 9 in Merced, passing due to Alzheimers.

Michael Grohl

Chandler Groves

Chandler Wallace Groves, a fourth generation Farmington area resident, passed away Thursday, April 4 after a brief battle with cancer. He farmed the family farm for many years before becoming the owner of McDillards Feed and NAPA auto parts, both in Copperopolis. He was outgoing and always ready to help others. He will be truly missed by his family, friends and the communities of Farmington and Copperopolis. Mr. Groves ...

Elizabeth Rutherford Piscitello

Elizabeth 'Liz' Rutherford Piscitello, 89, died in Modesto after many months of failing health.

Virginia Myers

Virginia A. Myers, 90, died Thursday, March 28 in Ripon.

George Morrison, Jr.

George T. Morrison, Jr., 89, died Monday, March 18 in Missouri.

Michael Grohl

Michael E. Grohl died Wednesday, April 3.

Wanda Duke

Wanda Sue Duke, 76, of Oakdale, died Friday, March 29 at Oak Valley Hospital.

Theodora Cayton

Anna Clark

Della Dolling

Della Delfinia Dolling, 90, of Knights Ferry died Wednesday, March 20.

Julie Van Hoy

Julie Van Hoy, 49, of Oakdale died Sunday, Feb. 24.

Sarah Jean Tanis

Sarah Jean Tanis, 78, died Wednesday, March 13.