Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Gilroy and Morgan Hill, CA

Irma Mendoza

Irma Mendoza

Jul 24, 2023

Irma Mendoza, who loved to be called "Mom" by her boys, departed her loving family and friends on July 24th, 2023, peacefully in her sleep to join her son, Robert Sanchez, her parents, brothers and sisters in heaven.

Irma Mendoza was known to many as La TexMex, she was born in Edinburg, Texas, on October 22, 1950...

Deanna Havens

Deanna Havens

Jul 23, 2023

Gone to soon, Deanna passed away peacefully  surrounded by her loved ones on July 23, 2023. She had been working as a Behavioral Health Coordinator at Gardner Health Services. Deanna worked very hard to get her Bachelor's Degree in Adult Development, Bachelor's Degree in Applied Behavior and Masters in Criminal Justice. Her family and friends enjoyed gathering at her...

Ikelike Egbuonye

Ikelike Egbuonye

Jul 21, 2023

Ugochukwu Ikelike Obiajulu Rupert Egbuonye, 76 years old, of Obinagu village, Ire, Obosi, Nigeria, passed away July 21st, 2023, from complications of pneumonia and leukemia. He has been fighting leukemia for over 10 years.

Ikelike was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, on August 30th, 1946, the third of seven children born to Ogbueshi Victor Chukwuemeka Maduegbunam and Mrs....

Ovidio Casas Jr.

Ovidio Casas Jr.

Jul 21, 2023

J.R. as we lovingly called him was born and raised in Gilroy, CA.  He passed at Good Samaritan Hospital after a long illness.  He graduated from Gilroy High School where he excelled in football and wrestling, He also loved bowling, playing the drums, listening to music and sitting on the porch talking and reminiscing with friends and family.

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Susan Carolyn Frantzich

Susan Carolyn Frantzich

Jul 18, 2023

Susan Carolyn Frantzich (Valentine), 65, passed away in Gilroy, CA, on July 18, 2023. She was out on her bike, and as an avid bicyclist and hiker, her family and friends take comfort in knowing she left this world doing something she loved.

A 45-year resident of Gilroy, Susan was born in Cambridge, England and grew up...

David Brian Wynne

David Brian Wynne

Jul 15, 2023

David Brian Wynne was born in San Jose, CA. David always had a smile on his face and loved to talk to everyone and make new friends.

He was caring, loving, and kind. He passed away in Oakland, CA on July 15, 2023. David is survived by his daughter Sue-Vonn Quezada,

grandchildren Johnna, Jaylynn, and...

Donald James Triolo

Donald James Triolo

Jul 13, 2023

Longtime Gilroy resident, Donald James Triolo, passed away peacefully in his Hecker Pass Highway home on July 13, 2023.  He was 86 years old.  Services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 27, 2023 at St. Mary's Parish, 11 1st St., Gilroy, CA.  Don will be interned at St. Mary Cemetery.

Don was born in Stockton,...

Marina Gonzalez

Marina Gonzalez

Jul 12, 2023

OUR MAMA

Marina Gonzalez was born in Nicaragua, Central America to Lorenzo Aburto and

Josefa Gregoria Ruiz Mena on July 19th 1941. She passed on into eternity at 6:15am on July 12, 2023 at home with loved ones present in Morgan Hill California . She almost made it to her 82nd birthday.  She did not...

Victor Angel Marquez

Victor Angel Marquez

Jul 12, 2023

Victor Angel Marquez was a long-time resident of San Martin, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy. He was born in Lima, Peru on February 24,1921. He moved to the United States in the late 1940s and settled in San Francisco where he met his wife, Celia. They were married until her death in 2019. They started their family in San Francisco...

Ida E. Velasquez

Ida E. Velasquez

Jul 11, 2023

Ida E. Velasquez, a long-time resident of Gilroy, Monterey and Missoula, Montana was born in Madera, California and grew up in Madera and Gilroy.   Ida met her future husband, Jesse Velasquez at an USO dance.  They married in Texas just before Jesse shipped out to participate in the war effort.  Ida then participated in the war effort as a...

Shirley Lucchesi Bradford

Shirley Lucchesi Bradford

Jul 9, 2023

Shirley was born and raised in the Willow Glen area of San Jose, CA and moved to Gilroy 18 yrs. ago.

Shirley entered joyfully into the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sunday, July 9, 2023 after a brief illness.

Shirley will be remembered as a loving, kind and faithful wife, mother,...

Juan Negrete Lopez

Juan Negrete Lopez

Jul 7, 2023

On July 7, 2023, Juan Lopez, 76, passed away peacefully with his loving family at his side. Juan, one of the youngest of twelve, was born on August 3, 1946, to Marcos and Julia Lopez in Penjamo, Guanajuato, where he later met and married his wife of 58 years, Teresa Magana Lopez.

At the age of 24,...

Joaquin Hernandez

Joaquin Hernandez

Jul 5, 2023

At the age of 69, Joaquin Hernandez passed away in his sleep on July 05, 2023, in Gilroy, California.  Joaquin was a quiet unassuming gentleman who emigrated from Oaxaca Mexico He lived simply working long hours every day as an employed gardener and landscaper for most of his life. A hard worker, diligent, and showed up even when he...

Gloria C. Coronel

Gloria C. Coronel

Jul 1, 2023

Gloria loved her family as well as her extended family in California. She was fond of gardening, cooking, decorating, and helping the disadvantaged "compesinos. She was active in bringing farm workers to unite and join the UFW union. A quiet and tiredness job to bring compesinos equality. She loved all types of music especially her Vincenti Fernández and all...

Crystal "Chris" M. Stoykovich

Crystal "Chris" M. Stoykovich

Jul 1, 2023

Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and Friend

Service will be held at St Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church in Morgan Hill on Thursday July 20th, 2023. Service will start with the rosary at 10 o'clock in the morning, followed by a memorial mass.

A burial service will be held at San Joaquin Valley...

Esperanza R. Martinez

Esperanza R. Martinez

Jun 29, 2023

Hermana Esperanza Martinez passed away peacefully at the Gilroy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on June 29, 2023, in Gilroy, CA at the age 81.

Esperanza Martinez was born in FRESNILLO, ZACATECAS, Mexico on August 3, 1941, to Pastor Jose Eliserio Martinez and Hermana Consuelo Rodriquez Martinez. She is preceded in death by her father Jose Martinez, mother...

Betty Jean Reeves

Betty Jean Reeves

Jun 25, 2023

Betty Jean Reeves passed from this life on June 25th, 2023.  She was born on December 14th, 1930 in Oklahoma.

Betty led a life of love and giving to others throughout her time here on this earth.  Whether family, church family, friends or even strangers that she encountered, she constantly revealed the Love of God to them...

Frank Charles Bonura

Frank Charles Bonura

Jun 23, 2023

It is with a heavy heart, that we announce the passing of Frank. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on June 23, 2023. Frank was born in Niagara Falls, New York and moved to California after serving in the Navy from 1963 – 1967. Frank was preceded in death by his own parents Gaetano "Charles" Bonura and...

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