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Joseph Cambra
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
In the early morning hours of March 26, Joseph Cambra, 84, passed away peacefully in his home in Brentwood. Born in Santa Ana to Jordão Cambra and Maria Gloria Toste Cambra on July 31, 1926, Joseph...
Socorro Espindola
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Longtime Oakley and Brentwood resident Socorro Espindola passed away from this life from natural causes, peacefully surrounded by all her loved ones, on March 17, 2011. She was 71. Socorro was born...
Jay Odermann
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood resident Jay Odermann, 69, passed away on March 20 after a nine-month battle with leukemia. II Timothy 4:7: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith....
Leon Felix Stemler
Aug. 11, 1982-March 17, 2011
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Leon Felix Stemler, 28, passed away at his family home in Brentwood from cancer. He graduated from Liberty Union High School in 2000 and attended college in Corvallis, Ore. He last worked as a cust...
Elizabeth “Betty” Ham
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Betty passed peacefully from this life from natural causes on March 16, just a couple of months before her 84th birthday. Betty was born in Leavenworth, Kan. on May 8, 1927 and was chosen by Thomas...
James G. Landry
May 22, 1944-Feb. 9, 2011
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
James was born in New Orleans, La. to Edward and Gladys Landry. He passed away peacefully on Feb. 9, 2011 due to heart-related illness. A retired mechanic, James was an avid fisherman who loved the...
Leon Felix Stemler
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Former Brentwood resident Leon Felix Stemler, 28, passed away on Thursday, March 17 after complications with cancer. Leon attended Liberty High School. He is survived by his mother, Ginny Stemler ...
Barbara Jane McGinnis
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Barbara Jane McGinnis, 88, passed in her sleep from congestive heart failure on Feb. 15 at Sutter Delta Memorial Hospital in Antioch. Barbara was born Oct. 15, 1922 in Richmond to the late Samuel (...
Gene Seanard
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Gene Seanard was born Sept. 18, 1923 in Mangram, Alaska and passed away on March 11, 2011. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Cornelia. Gene’s survivors include his sister: Naoma Wat...
Charlie Ray Jones
June 28, 1923-March 9, 2011
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood resident Charlie Ray Jones went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 due to complications from pneumonia and Lewy body dementia. Charlie was born in Wapanucka, Okla. He se...
Donald Emerson Scheer
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Donald Emerson Scheer, 77, passed away Saturday, Feb. 19 at Sutter Delta Hospital in Antioch and was laid to rest at Fernwood in Mill Valley. Donald was born Sept. 13, 1933 in Elizabeth, N.J. In 19...
Milton Donald Honea
July 27, 1930-Feb. 15, 2011
Mar 10, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood resident Milton “Don” Honea succumbed to lung cancer after a brief illness. Don, one of two children, was born in Tuscon, Ariz.. He attended high school in Eunice, N.M. before serving fou...
Jack H. Smethers
Oct. 26, 1955-Feb. 17, 2011
Feb 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend, Jack passed away with loved ones by his side after a courageous year-long battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by parents Ja...
Donald Raymond Smith
June 24, 1933-Feb. 9, 2011
Feb 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Former Brentwood resident Donald Raymond Smith, 77, succumbed to bile duct and liver cancer after an arduous struggle. He took tremendous comfort in his unshakeable faith during this difficult time...
Walter E. Fitzgerald
May 14, 1940-Feb. 6, 2011
Feb 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Born in Pocahontas, Iowa, Walter passed away peacefully in his Brentwood home as a result of a heart-related illness. He was 70. Walter was a retired Contra Costa County deputy sheriff. He was prec...
Carl Cantwell
Aug. 15, 1935-Jan. 22, 2011
Feb 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood resident Carl Cantwell went home to the Lord after several months of bodily weakness, which he faced with a powerful spirit of love and confidence in his Savior. His testament to the grac...
Charles Richard “Pa” Cudney
Feb 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Charles Richard “Pa” Cudney was born on Sept. 17, 1931 in Flint, Mich. He left us on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. A longtime Oakley resident, Charles retired as a senior building inspector from Contra...
Scott D. Wright
June 16, 1960-Jan. 25, 2011
Feb 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Longtime Antioch resident Scott D. Wright passed away on Jan. 25 after losing his battle with lung cancer. He was born on June 16, 1960 in Portland, Ore. He enjoyed fishing, working on cars and was...
Robert S. Christenson
Dec. 22, 1942-Jan. 21, 2011
Feb 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Robert Christenson of Antioch passed away on Jan. 21. He leaves behind his partner, Mary Castro; son, Robert; daughter, Darla Roth; and sister, Beverly Plummer. Also surviving him are great-grandc...
James “Nick” Nickerson
Aug. 25, 1931-Jan. 27, 2011
Feb 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
James “Nick” Nickerson, former resident of Byron, passed away peacefully on Jan. 27 after a long illness. Nick was born on Aug. 25, 1931. He served in the United States Navy and then worked in fir...