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Esteban Jesus Vasquez
Aug. 21, 2020
Esteban Jesus Vasquez was born in Baja California Mexico on December 26th, 1972 to his proud parents Rafael Vasquez and Esperanza Gonzalez. Esteban was a successful mechanic and owned his own business while residing in the county of San Diego for 35 years. Esteban is survived by his daughters...
Margaret Henrietta McQueen
Aug. 20, 2020
Margaret Henrietta (Brown) McQueen was born in the World War I era on July 26th, 1922, in the very small town of Linby, Iowa (”corn country”). She was raised on a farm by her parents, Alonzo Verl Brown and Maggie Linder Brown. Margaret lived to the age of 98 and was predeceased by all of her...
Charles Leonard Calabrese
Aug. 20, 2020
Charles (Cal) Leonard Calabrese was called home to Heaven on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at the age of 100. Charles passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on November 30, 1919 to his proud parents, Ignatius and Anna Calabrese, in Pennsylvania. He was the...
Erlinda M. Rogers
Aug. 20, 2020
Margie was born on February 22, 1964 in Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippines to parents Filipina and Frank Martin. She was blessed to grow up with a house full of brothers and sisters and is one out of ten. She graduated from St. James High School and attended college in Manila, prior to moving to...
Rupei Xie
Aug. 20, 2020
Xie Rupei, 83 years of age, passed on Thursday, August 20, 2020 in the comfort of her own home in San Diego next to daughter and grandchildren. Rupei was born December 1, 1937 in Hoiping, China to the late Xie Ruhui and Lao Xianhao. She was the youngest daughter of fourteen children, six preceded...
Norma Jean Ronk
Aug. 19, 2020
Norma Jean Hallowell Ronk February 12, 1930 – August 19, 2020 Mrs. Norma Jean Hallowell Ronk (née Holbrook) of La Mesa, California, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at the age of 90. Norma was born to parents Harvey and Helen Holbrook on February 12, 1930 in Niles, Michigan. She grew up...
Leon Vasquez Ortega
Aug. 19, 2020
León Vásquez Ortega was born on May 26, 1935 in Cerritos, San Luis Potosí, México to parents Ángel Ortega Sánchez and Teodora Vásquez Pérez. He entered rest on August 19, 2020 in San Diego, California. A resident of San Diego for over 52 years. A respected and loving son, brother, friend, uncle,...
Wai Sau Tom
Aug. 19, 2020
Wai Sau Tom (June 24, 1944 - August 19, 2020) Wai Sau Tom, son of Ha Yui Tam and Kwai Ching Lee was born in Canton, China on June 24, 1944. Wai Sau moved to Hong Kong in 1958 where he met his wife Siu Fong. He and Siu Fong married in 1968 and immigrated to San Diego, California in 1969 and have...
Cornelius Stearns
Aug. 18, 2020
Cornelius Raymond Stearns, Jr. (known affectionately to family and friends as “Ray” or “Jr.”) was born on December 6, 1943 in Marshall, Texas to his father, Cornelius Stearns Sr., a Methodist Minister, and mother Marzetta “Mert” Stearns, the Church’s First Lady. After divorcing his cheating...
Maria Rubio Perez
Aug. 18, 2020
Maria Rubio Perez received her angel wings on Thursday, August 18, 2020 at the age of 85. Maria passed away at her home surrounded by her loved ones in San Diego, CA. She was born on Wednesday, November 21, 1934 to her proud parents Jose Rubio and Esther Saldaña in Mexico. Maria spent that last...
Nanci Williams-Newell
Aug. 17, 2020
Nanci Jean Williams Newell was born in Los Angeles California on November 9, 1958 to Dr. Mathew A. Williams and Vira Kennedy Williams. Nanci grew up in San Diego with her sisters, Linda “Michan”and Pamela. She attended schools locally at Horace Mann Middle School and Patrick Henry High school....
Betty Kathleen Shellman
Aug. 17, 2020
Betty Kathleen Shellman born on November 20, 1922 in San Diego, California to parents William Albert Wilson and Frances Elizabeth Ingram Wilson entered into rest on August 17, 2020 in San Diego, California. A true resident of San Diego for 97 years. A respected and Loving daughter, sister,...