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  Marie Donner, devoted wife of Jack and long time companion of Luis Horvath, mother of Michael and Steven, grandmother of Ilana, mother-in-law of Dale and Merry Lynn, and beloved Aunt and friend, died after a brief hospitalization. Marie was born in Linz, Austria, the hometown of Hitler. She watched the rise of Naziism, and saw her family spat upon and humiliated as the community turned on its own. Locked in her synagogue with her family, she narrowly escaped being killed as...

Jean Kvamme passed into the hands of her Savior on September 16 after a battle with cancer. Her immediate family were all at her side. Before passing, she commented on the full life she had lived; in her last days, she met with her grandchildren and encouraged them to follow the Lord of her life, Jesus Christ. Jean was born in Sacramento, CA. She moved to San Francisco at age twelve with her mother, where she lived until her marriage to E. Floyd Kvamme in June, 1959. She graduated from...

  Jack Cushman passed away peacefully at home on September 8, 2020. He touched many lives with his warm and loving heart. Jack grew up in the Los Gatos San Jose area. He met his wife Debbie of 43 years in 1975, and they married July 27, 1977 and had two sons. They raised their family in San Jose where Jack was very active in his boys lives including coaching little league and playing music with them and their friends. The family spent many happy times with friends and family in Lake...

On Monday, September 7, 2020, Mary E. Ventura passed away peacefully at home, at the age of 81. She had a year plus battle with pulmonary disease. A resident of San Jose, Mary was born at San Jose Hospital to Tommie Estair and Virginia Robles on August 15, 1939. She was raised and educated in San Jose, but also lived briefly in Saratoga, Los Gatos, and Campbell. She was the eldest of nine children: five siblings and four step siblings.. She spoke fondly of her brothers and sisters, and of...

  Dolores Fawn Powers was born on July 24, 1935, the first child of Frank and Lillian Freeland, then residing in Thermal, California.  Her first years were lived in the Coachella Valley of Southern California, where her aunt and uncle owned a date farm that was the locus of family gatherings. At that time, her mother’s two sisters, Ruth, and Fawn’s most beloved of all, Sybil, both lived in the area with their respective husbands.  Among Fawn’s early roles...

Mary Kathryn Hogan died peacefully on Sept. 3, 2020 at the age of 90. She was the only daughter of the late Kathryn Kelley and John E. O’Brien Sr. She grew up on her parent’s dairy farm in Slate Hill, NY. Mary was a graduate of Middletown High School and Dayton Business School. She married Frank J. Hogan in 1951. Mary was a member of Mt. Carmel Parish in Middletown for over 50 years. She gave much of her time to a variety of volunteer activities for Mt Carmel Parish and School....

Sheila Stanfield Heid, fourth generation resident of Santa Clara Valley, died on Friday, August 28, 2020, at the age of 95. Born in San Jose to Sara and John Harold Stanfield, Sheila was the youngest of three daughters. A talented pianist, Sheila graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1942. She attended UC Berkeley during World War II, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1945. Sheila was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, where she made many lifelong friends....

Henry Wieking Miller passed away peacefully of natural causes. Henry was born in Saint Louis Missouri and first came to Santa Cruz CA when he was 13. He graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1947 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of California, Berkey in 1952. After graduation he went to work at Westinghouse Electric Corp in Sunnyvale where he worked his entire career until retirement in 1990. During the Korean war he served in the...

Ray Dundon passed away, due to complications from a Hip replacement surgery. He served in the Military as a Paratrooper in the United States Army and continued his 40+ years as a firefighter. He was so proud to be a Paratrooper and Firefighter. He found and married the love of his life (Karen) and had two boys (Rick and Jeff), three Grandchildren, and five Great-Grandchildren. Ray retired from Station 3 in 1994. He went on to travel the world with great friends. Ray is survived by his Loving...

   Frank was born in Chicago and moved to San Jose in 1966. In 1977 he married Jean and together they raised two wonderful sons. He loved helping others and was a talented woodworker and miniaturist.    Two of Frank’s greatest joys in life were playing with his grandchildren and teaching children woodworking skills at summer camp.    Frank is survived by his wife, Jean; two sons, Anthony and Timothy (Jaclyn); two grandchildren; three sisters;...