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Jose Patrocinio Abundiz III

August27, 1945 -May 13, 2026

Alan

1925

October 2, 1938 -June2,2026

Resident of San Jose

28,

Residence of San Jose
Alan Joseph Armstrong 1964 -2026 Resident of Los Altos
Donald E. Austin November 3, 1931 -December 22, 2025 Resident of San Jose E.
Russell J. Battaglia III & Christian T. Battaglia 1973 -2025 &2006 -2025 Resident of Elk Grove Lima-Campagna-Alameda Mission Chapel
III & Suzanne Bauer 82 Years Resident of San Jose
Vincent N. Baxter 1927 -2026 Resident of Los Gatos ncent
Marjorie Elaine Belfort March 14, 1929 -April 23, 2026 Resident of Sunnyvale Crippen &Flynn
Elaine Belfort
Harold Eugene Berry October 28, 1935 -April5,2026 Resident of Cupertino
Harold Georgina “Georgie” Blair May 4,
-April 29, 2026 Resident of Los Altos Alta Mesa
ina
Joan Odette Blood 91 Years Resident of San Jose
Norma Joyce Borelli 93 Years Resident of San Jose Lima Family Mortuary /Erickson
Norma Borelli
Rosa Blas Borja April 23, 1933 -June 12, 2026 Resident of Milpitas
Rosa Blas
Michael “Mike” Lorin Bowman
October 26, 1940- April 6, 2026 Resident of Saratoga
GaryRussell Boyer 71 Years Resident of San Jose
y Russell Kenneth Bunger
Beddingfield Funeral Service
Richard Ira Butterfield November 4, 1952 -February 12, 2026 Resident of Stockton
hard
Sandy (Rivers) Calgher 1940 -2026 Resident of San Jose
Samuel J. Cannuli 1952 -2025 Resident of San Jose J.
Shirley Rhodes Cantu
November 8, 1944 -April 28,2026 Resident of Los Gatos
Clara Carney August 20, 1934 -June 3, 2026 Resident of San Jose
Clara
Gene Carter May 11, 1934 -April 17, 2026 Resident of Saratoga Beddingfield Funeral Service
Victoria “Vicky” Castello March 19, 1929 -April 14, 2026 Resident of Saratoga Darling Fischer-Los Gatos
ctoria
Joanna Cembellin 88 Years Resident of Monte Sereno
Elaine MaryWink Chapman September 8, 1963 -May 7, 2026 Resident of Belmont Skylawn Memorial Park
Mary Wink
Sada Chidambaram 81 Years Resident of San Francisco
Malcolm Adrian Chisholm December 23,1930 -April
2026 Resident of San Jose Lima Family Mortuary /Erickson
BarryF.Cioffi July 14, 1947 -March 30, 2026 Resident of Santa Cruz
y F Cioffi John Peter Colman,Junior, MD July 9, 1946 -June3,2026 Resident of Saratoga Darling Fischer-Los Gatos
Colman, Junior, Paul Clifford Conard 90 Years Resident of Sunnyvale Lima Campagna Sunnyvale
James Alexander Cooley September 6, 1942 -March 29, 2026 Resident of San Jose Darling Fischer Garden Chapel
Alexander
Brian James Crompton
June 19, 1959 -March 25, 2026 Resident of Pleasant Hill
Sharon D’Agostino 65 Years Resident of San Jose
Douglas Dominic D’Amico
August 15, 1942 -May 23, 2026 Resident of Capitola Lima Family Mortuary/Erickson Dominic Rick Dalton August 26, 1936 -January 30, 2026 Resident of Lake Almanor / El Dorado Hills
Gabriel R. De La Torre 58 Years Resident of San Jose
Consuelo Vallejo DeBueno 88 Years Resident of Reno, NV DeBueno

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Youmay notthink so now, butyourloved oneisa part of history. Andfuturegenerations in your family maywant to know more aboutyourloved oneand theirhistory.Dates,places of birth, year of immigration, maiden names, children,spouses andparents providekey pathsfor genealogyresearchers to traceyourroots throughobituaries.

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Robert M. Del Vecchio

November 23, 1939 -April 28, 2026

David Eakin

October 16,1927 -May 21, 2026

Donald Floyd

February 1, 1940 -June10, 2026

of

June 23,

19,

Thomas Gordon Price Dooley 1928 -2026

of McMinnville, OR

Nellwyn Doornbos 88 Years

yn Doornbos

Daniel Duarte

October 31, 1932 -March 19, 2026

3, 1951 -March 9, 2026

n G. Fonda

1931 -April2026

16, 1943

January 2, 1935 -May 19, 2026

July

1948

September29,

Resident of Santa Clara
Resident
Resident of Los Angeles
Resident of San Jose
Aimee Dugan February 15, 1926 -January 6, 2026 In Loving Memory
Aimee
Dennis Michael Dunning 78 Years Resident of Salem, OR
James
Resident of Portola Valley
Robert “Bob” AnthonyEdgren March
Resident of Capitola Santa Cruz Memorial
Anthony Edgren Robert (Bob) Eppler 1937 -2026 Resident of Woodside
Robert
Rosalie Feece August 26, 1936 -April 28, 2026 Resident of Sachse, TX
Luis “Ricky” Ricardo Flores September,1952 -April, 2026 Resident of Alviso Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary
Rosemarie (Malarik) Flowers October 10 1940 -April 30 2026 Resident of San Jose Willow Glen Funeral Home
Rosemarie Flowers
Resident
Belmont Crippen &Flynn
EdwinG.Fonda September
Resident of Mountain View
Arnold Rodrigues Fontes
Resident of Hollister
old Fontes RoyceFord 98 Years Resident of San Jose Oak Hill Funeral Home
e Ford
Edward Gallagher
January 24, 1941 -April 19, 2026 Resident of Santa Clara
Edward MaryS.Galvan 82 Years Resident of San Jose y S. Galv
Richard Andrew Gamino
1970 -November
2025 Resident of San Jose
Florence Chris Gimenez July
-April11, 2026 Resident of Gilroy
Kim Marie Giordano 70 Years Resident of San Jose
George“Jorge” Glascock
March 8, 1957 -May 9, 2026 Resident of Yountville
e “Jorge”
AnthonyT.Gliozzo November 1, 1933 -April 5, 2026 Resident of San Jose
y T. Gliozzo
Jeffrey Goodwin January 23, 1967 -May 5, 2026 Resident of San Jose Darling Fischer Campbell Goodwin
Margaret Rose Gregg
May 15, 1949-April 17, 2026 ResidentofSan Jose
Rose Guadalupe DoloresGutierrez
September10, 1933 -April 11, 2026 Resident of SanJose Lima FamilyMortuary /Erickson
alupe Dolores Gutierrez
Bertha L. Hamilton
1,
-April 12, 2026 Resident of Vacaville &San Jose
L.
Derrie Murray Harris
1930 -May 14, 2026 ResidentofCampbell
Harris
Ronald L. Hatchett 1960 -2026 Resident of Cathedral City
L. Parker (Rusty) Hathaway Jr 80 Years Resident of Jacksonville, FL Neptune Society rker Jr
Lawrence Drew Hawkinson 101 Years Resident of Saratoga
wrence Lucille Ann Hayes
September 24, 1936 -April 7, 2026 Resident of Campbell Darling Fischer Campbell
MaryEllen Heising 93 Years Resident of Santa Rosa
Mary Ellen
Jean F. Hill
January 12, 1957 -April 20, 2026 Resident of San Jose
F Lily Hioki 100 Years Resident of Mountain View
Hioki
Agnes “Aggie” Hirotsu 94 Years Resident of Mountain VIew

MaryImogene (Given) Hogan 96 Years

y Imogene Helen Holguin

of San Jose

November 9, 1942 -March 25, 2026

of SanJose

HarryF.Holt April 17, 1944 -April 8, 2026

Daniel David Hruby

November 16, 1929 -May 18, 2026

Helen Jean Hult-Grundmeier April 10, 1921 -June 16, 2026

9,

MaryClaire Kearney

y Claire Kearney

January 15, 1941 -March 11, 2026

Beverly C. Keeney

Beverly C.

December 17, 1933 -July 9, 2025

Richard Owen Kelson

September 20,1931 -April 12, 2026

-2026

John E. Kolski 80 Years Resident of Cupertino Lima-Campagna-Johnson

Resident
Resident
Resident of San Jose
y F. Holt
Resident of San LuisObispo
Resident of Los Gatos
Karl F. Humowiecki April
1940 -May 5, 2026 Resident of Saratoga Alameda Family Funeral &Cremation
Gail Elynore Doll Iannucci 1940 -2026 Resident of San Jose
Gail Kay Janice Germain Ingalls August 19, 1938 -June 17, 2026 Resident ofSunnyvale
Janice Germain Wilfred R. (Bill) Jansen July 25, 1944 -April 8, 2026 Resident of San Jose
Jansen Virginia “Ginny”Johnson November 26, 1927 -March 10, 2026 Resident of Roseville
rginia “Ginny” Johnson Roberta “Bobby” Irene Johnson March 30, 1925 -March 6, 2026 Resident of Saginaw Township, MI
Patricia (Pat) Jones 90 Years Resident of Los Gatos Darling Fischer Garden Chapel cia
Resident of San Jose NeptuneSociety
Former Resident of Saratoga
Resident of LosAltos
Kelson
Hon. Gerard J. Kettmann 1926 -2026 Lifelong Resident of San Jose
J.
Edie Dorosin Kirkwood 1935 -2026 Resident of Palo Alto
Lorraine “Lorrie” Hisako Kitasoe December 13, 1953 -May 26, 2026 Resident of Sunnyvale Lima Campagna Sunnyvale
Michael Kenneth Kiya 79 Years In Loving Memory
Kenneth Joanne Hisako Kobori 1935
Resident ofSan Jose Willow Glen FuneralHome
Roger Charles Kuha October 20, 1943 -May 2, 2026 Resident of Morgan Hill
Charles Denis Laroche 74 Years Resident of San Jose
William Lawrie, MD &Beverly Lawrie (1928-2026) &(1930-2026) ResidentsofSanta Cruz Santa Cruz Memorial
H. Michael Layman, Sr 1950 -2026 Resident of San Jose
Michael Bernard Febine LeRoy April 24, 1932 -April 11, 2026 Resident ofSan Jose
Jerome (Jerry) Carter Lewis May 10, 1935 -April 18, 2026 Resident of Mountain View
Jerome Carter Lewis Lillie Torigoe 97 Years Resident of Campbell
Patricia Lohoff 86 Years Resident of San Jose
tricia
Genevieve B. (Silva) Maciel 98 Years Resident of Pocatello, ID B (Silv
Richard Eric Maestas 84 Years Resident of Los Altos
Louis Marcolina July 23, 1930 -June 7, 2026 Resident ofCampbell
Gilbert Marichalar
December 9, 1933 -May 25, 2026 Resident of San Jose
Dalton Wayne Martin May 12, 1928 -April 29, 2026 Resident of Burlingame
Martin James M. Masuda 83 Years Resident of Los Gatos Oak Hill Funeral Home
May Matsuzaki May 16, 1939 -May 17, 2026 Resident of San Jose
Matsuzaki

Christine Mauro 1945 -2026 Resident of San Jose Willow Glen FuneralHome

April 9, 1931 -September 13, 2004

Dr.Michael M. May

. Michael

December 23, 1925 -May 17, 2026

Francisco

Glen McLaughlin

December 21, 1934 -May 2, 2026

John Ross Millie “Ross”

April 27, 1946- April 10,2026

Joseph A. McCarthy March 11, 1948 -April 18, 2026

John Ross Kathleen (Kappy) Monahan

June 30, 1930 -May 21, 2026

Lynn Louise Murtha

nn

July 25, 1961 -March 22,2026 Resident of San Jose

December 7, 1942 -February23, 2026

John Donald Muzzio

March 24, 1945 -March 22, 2026

of San Jose

LorraineBernice Nunziata

December 21,1926 -April 17, 2026 Resident of SanJose Lima-Campagna-AlamedaMission Chapel

y Theresa Fr.Peter G. Pabst, SJ June 22, 1954 -May 2, 2026

(Brouette) Muzzio

April 20, 1933 -April 19, 2026

March 30, 1928

28,

August

November

ResidentofSan
Resident of San Jose
John C. McCluggage 66 Years Resident of Monterey
Lynn M. McComas 1956 -2026 Resident of Sunnyvale
nn
Carol McDowell
December 7, 1948 -March 30, 2026 Resident of Frisco, Texas
Jim McEntee
In LovingMemory
ResidentofPalo Alto Alameda Family Funeral &Cremation
Steven Patrick McPherson December 4, 1948 -June11, 2026 Resident of Brentwood / Formerly from Los Altos
Bette Clarice Mendizabal June 30 -May 21 Resident of San Jose Chapel of Flowers
Mark Menicucci 71 Years Resident of San Jose
William Hector Migneault June 21, 1943 -April 10, 2026 Resident of San Jose
William Hector
Resident of SanRafael
Resident of San Jose
Kathleen Monahan Luisito “Joey” Manley Montes 66 Years Resident of Sunnyvale Montes
Dennis RaymondMueller 78 Years Resident of Sunnyvale
Raymond Mueller
Ann Marie Murphy 72 Years Resident of San Jose
Ann Marie Murphy Kathy Marie Murtha October 8, 1962 -February 2, 2026 Resident of San Jose
Marie Murtha
Resident
Adele
Resident of San Jose
Adele Muzzio
Morgan Frank Myers
4, 1936 -April 3, 2026 Resident of Sunnyvale
Mitchel Neufeld 76 Years Resident of San Jose
Daniel Neumann 62 Years Resident of San Jose
Cheryl Bonham Greger North 88 Years Resident of San Francisco
yl Bonham North
e Bernice
Donald O. Nymoen
-May
2026 Resident of Saratoga Darling Fischer Garden Chapel
O Michael O’Rourke
December 13, 1949 -March 23, 2026 Resident of Pleasanton
Barbara Anne Murphy Oaks
28, 1934 -February 4, 2026 Resident of SanJose
Barbara Anne Oaks Patricia (“Pat”) Jean Olson
March 23, 1938 -April 10, 2026 Resident of San Jose
tricia Jean Olson
MaryTheresa “Teri” Ortega
ResidentofMorgan Hill
Resident of Los Gatos Darling Fischer-Los Gatos
Peter G
John Edward Pastier 86 Years Resident of San Jose
John Michael “Mike” Patterson 80 Years Resident of San Francisco &Rocklin
Dorothy Tyson Patty 91 Years Resident of Morgan Hill
Sandra Ruth Paulson November 21, 1946 -June 12, 2026 Resident of San Jose

Sheryl Anne Pelzel

January 4, 1944 -March 26, 2026

yl Anne Walter Perez Jr. 89 Years

of Los Gatos

of San Diego er

Gail

Loretta Gail Phelp

February 28, 1939 -May 22, 2026

of Atascadero

Kaaren Dale Powers

August 10, 1942 -June2,2026

Carol Shaw Prodis December 12, 1930 -May 14, 2026

of San Jose

Robert “Bob” Rhodes 1938 -2026

of San Jose

Charles A. Ross 8, 1936 -June3,2026 Resident of San Jose

Ruth Richards

Jean Ruth Spinner Richards April 25, 1944 -December 2, 2025 Resident of Los Gatos

Kathleen Rubino 1934 -2026

Fresno

Walter AnthonyPhillips, Jr. 1932 -2026

lter Anthony Phillips, Margaret Pinelli

of San Jose

November 13, 1960 -May 19, 2026

of

19,

Barney Julius Randolph September 17,1939 -April 28, 2026

Bernard J. Ritter

January 8, 1949 -March 23, 2026 Resident of Santa Rosa

Years

22,

-June

Donald Mack Roberts

October 7, 1944 -May 7, 2026

of Santa Clara

Dobbie Lee Barth Roisen

August 1, 1938 -February 25, 2026

Resident
Resident
Resident
Resident
Resident
Saratoga Alameda Family Funeral &Cremation
Pinelli Sally Ann Portman February
1956 -May 3, 2026 Resident of Burlingame
Ann Portman
Resident of San Jose
Resident
Resident of San Jose
Julius
Sitara Meenakshi Ranganathan November
1987
8, 2026 Resident of Saratoga AlamedaFamily Funeral &Cremation
Sitara Meenakshi
Robert Edward Reed May 17, 1935 -April 18, 2026 Resident of Los Altos
Janet Gibb Reynolds May 22, 2026 Resident of Los Altos
Janet Gibb
Resident
Resident
Resident of Sunnyvale
Cecile A. Roshon
July 24, 1946 -May 7, 2026 Resident of Saratoga Oak Hill Funeral Home
A.
ng Fischer-Los Gatos
Resident of
Neptune Society
Mark Sajjadi, MD 100
Resident of San Jose Mark
Courtland W. Saunders June 27, 1947 -June13, 2025 Resident of San Jose
Carmine Scelzi 72 Years Resident of Morgan Hill
MaryL.Schaich 73 Years Resident of San Jose
y L. Schaich
David Arnold Schick 2, 1941-May 8, 2026 Resident of Milpitas
Margaret K. Schieck August 28, 1945 -April28, 2026 Resident of Campbell Darling Fischer Campbell
JudithValentine Schneider November 7, 1941 -May 25, 2026 Resident of San Jose Darling Fischer Garden Chapel
h Valentine Charlott Shapiro 97 Years Resident of Los Gatos Neptune Society
Charlott
Robert James Smethurst October 26, 1935 -March 29, 2026 Resident of Campbell Darling Fischer-Los Gatos
Jimmie Smith July 20, 1929 -March 24, 2026 Resident of San Jose
Thomas Allen Smith June 17, 1931 -March 16, 2026 Resident of Los Gatos
as Raymond Smith 1975 -2026 Resident of Sunnyvale Smith Fe Salamanca Sonico 86 Years Resident of Mountain View LimaFamily Mortuary /Erickson
Martin “Marty”Hideo Soyama January 25, 1969 -April 20, 2026 Resident of Sacramento Willow Glen Funeral Home
“Marty” Hideo Guy Spalding May 29, 1965 -February 20, 2026 Resident of San Jose
Marty Spangler February 25, 1934 -May 25,2026 Resident of Los Altos Spangler Mortuaries

EveryLifeHas aStory

Honoryourloved onebysharing theiruniquestory... theirjourney,accomplishments, passionsand wisdom... andprovide informationabout theircommemoration with an obituary or memoriam in The MercuryNews.

Enduring Remembrance

ChristineMarie Spielberger

e Marie PatrickSpooner

March7,1948 -April 15,2026

Resident of SanJose

trick Spooner

December 10, 1931 -May 21, 2026

Resident of SanJose

Hamilton Stewart 74 Years In LovingMemory

Takeshi Takemoto

Eric TakeshiTakemoto

April20, 1992 -May 1, 2026

Resident of SanJose WillowGlenFuneral Home

FrankG.Vasquez

February 20, 1935 -May 18, 2026

Resident of SantaClara

e Kiyoye Tanaka

AliceKiyoyeTanaka

September 30, 1938 -May 5, 2026

Resident of SanJose Habing Family FuneralHome

k G. Vasquez Kathleen “Kathy CarolVogel (Wareham) 79 Years Resident of Modesto

Calvin Chew Wong

September 19, 1929- May 4, 2026

Resident of Sunnyvale

Michael“Mike”Zahares July 5, 1948 -March 30,2026 Resident of Willow Glen

Charlotte Elaine Thompson 75 Years

Resident of SanJose

n Stokes

KarenStokes

December 30, 1952 -March 23, 2026

Resident of LosGatos

Eleanor Swent

June 4, 1924 -May 24, 2026

Resident of Palo Alto

GilbertTaber 91 Years

Resident of SanJose Neptune Society

Thom Joan M. (SueSue) Tunstall 97 Years

Resident of SanJose

Rose Vojvodich

“Kathy” HelenRoseVojvodich

June 22, 1936 -April 17, 2026 Resident of SanJose

ael “Mike” Zahares Margaret ShermanZukin

March23, 1929 -April 3, 2026 Resident of Los Gatos DarlingFischer-Los Gatos

Charles“Chuck” Tsuneo Uyeda

s “Chuck”

February 20, 1929 -March 27, 2026

Resident of Sunnyvale

June 11, 1946 -April 17, 2026 Resident of Sunnyvale WillowGlenFuneralHome un Suzanne Williams

July10, 1944 -May 29, 2026 Resident of SanJose

DavidD.Vasquez 73 Years

HeidiKaye Woeller April12, 1960 -April 12, 2026 Resident of Chicago, IL / Native

t Taber
Resident of Morgan Hill d D. V
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