Cody Jess Smith

Cody Jess Smith, 24, died Friday, Oct. 21. He was born in Susanville and was raised in Oakdale. He attended Oakdale schools since kindergarten and graduated from Oakdale High School in 2005. Mr. Smith joined the Navy after graduation and served on the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Enterprise as an Electrician Mate. While on the Enterprise he was involved in both the Iraqi and Afghanistan wars simultaneously. After the Navy he worked various jobs as ...

Lloyd Arnett

Lloyd Arnett, 93, died Wednesday, Oct. 19. He was born in Harrah, Okla. to Earl and Hope Arnett. Mr. Arnett was a farmer most all his life and lived in Oakdale since 1940. He loved hunting and fishing and was an avid Bible reader. He served his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and attended church faithfully. He is survived by his sons, Bob (Janice) Arnett of Oakdale, Tom Arnett of Grants Pass, Ore.; sisters, Verna ...

Evelyn Newburg

Evelyn Newburg, 90, died Thursday, Oct. 13 in Oakdale. She was born Mary Evelyn Triplett in Harris, Mo. She moved to California as a child and grew up in Turlock, along with her two younger sisters, Marillyn and Betty, and younger brother Andrew. She married Edwin Newburg in 1943 and they had a son, Edwin Jr., the following year. Their only daughter, Mary Ann, was born in 1946, and their third child, Richard, was born ...

Alice Blanch Sherrick

Alice Blanch Sherrick, 97, died peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 13 in Fresno. She was born in Wetumka, Okla. to Lloyd and Annie Alkire. She came to California in the 1920s and resided in Oakdale for over 60 years. She was married to Edward 'Ned' Sherrick for 71 years, prior to his death in 2004. Mrs. Sherrick was a member of the Oakdale Methodist Church since the 1940s. She worked in Oakdale at the Magnolia Avenue ...

Mikayla Gail Zwald

Mikayla Gail Zwald, 17, died Sunday, Oct. 16 at Memorial Medical Center, Modesto. She was born in Oakdale. She lived in the Valley Home area all of her life, attended Valley Home schools and was a senior at Oakdale High School. Miss Zwald was active in the FFA, raised cows, and won three first prize ribbons for her cakes she auctioned off at FFA fundraisers. She was also taking floral classes through FFA. Her photography ...

Teresa Mendes

Teresa Mendes, 53, died Tuesday, Oct. 11. She was born in Quincy. She was raised in Oakdale and graduated from Oakdale High School. Ms. Mendes loved living in the country. She also loved the wilderness, camping and hiking. She is survived by her mother, Helen Koch; brother, William Moss; son, Dustin Brummel; grandchildren, Bailey and Dominic Brummel; nieces Jennifer, Carrie and Augusta; and ...

Mary Hodges

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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 ...

Curtis Lee Jackson, Sr.

Eveline B. Livingston

Eveline B. Livingston, 82, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013.

Ethel L. (Johnson) Ritchey

Ethel L. (Johnson) Ritchey, 77, passed away peacefully in Modesto on Thursday, Jan. 3 after a short illness.

Silvio William ‘Papa’ Rossini, Jr.

Silvio William 'Papa' Rossini, Jr., 70, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 at Memorial Hospital surrounded by family and friends.

Kyle E. Thompson

Kyle E. Thompson, 83, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

Juanita J. Kennedy

Juanita J. Kennedy, 83, died Thursday, Jan. 10.

Delfin Lopez

Delfin Lopez, 80, died Sunday, Jan. 20 of natural causes in his home.

Joaquin D. Pereira

Joaquin D. Pereira, 89, of Escalon died peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 10.

Michael Wayne Thompson

Michael Wayne Thompson, 58, died Friday, Jan. 11 at Memorial Medical Center with family at his bedside.

Refugio E. Valverde

Refugio E. Valverde, 93, died Thursday, Jan. 17 of natural causes at Alexander Cohen Hospice House, Hughson, surrounded by his family.

Anthony Ferreira ‘Tony’ Deniz

Anthony Ferreira 'Tony' Deniz, 64, died peacefully on Friday, Jan. 11 with his family and friends by his side.

Hester Garrison

Hester Garrison, 96, died Sunday, Jan. 6 at her daughter Gail Halstead's home after enjoying a wonderful holiday season with her family.

Charles Douglas Lemmon

Charles Douglas Lemmon, 72, died Tuesday, Jan. 8. He was born in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Lemmon served in the U.S. Navy from 1958 until 1962. He moved to Lodi in 1967, and worked as an Animal Control Officer for the City of Lodi until he retired in 1997. He was a resident of Oakdale for approximately the past six years. He enjoyed reading, listening to ...

Doris ‘Annette’ Olson

Doris 'Annette' Olson, 85, died Wednesday, Jan. 9 at home surrounded by family in Seattle, Wash.

Marion “Jeff” Gonzales

Marion "Jeff" Gonzales, 94, passed away on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at English Oaks Convalescent Hospital in Modesto.