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It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Donald G. Pentacoff announce the passing of their father Donald (Don) Gerald Pentacoff. Don passed peacefully at the age of 90 and is now reunited in heaven with his beloved wife, Joan. Don was born on January 24, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. Don was the son of Charles William Pentacoff and Marie Eugenie Gueziec. While growing up Don would hunt and fish with his father in the Michigan woods and go camping with his family during the...

  Edith (Edie) Mary Morad Ross of Los Gatos, CA passed away peacefully at home under hospice care on November 19, 2020. Edie was born in Camden, New Jersey on August 21, 1941, and named for her paternal grandmother, Edith Morad. Edie was Granny's first-born grandchild. Edie was predeceased by her brother, William Morad and her sister, Jane (Morad) Mower. She is survived by her husband of fifty-seven years, Edward (Ed) Ross, her  brother,  Edward  Morad, and an...

Trent Mitchell Thompson, 79 passed away peacefully at his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Thursday, November 19, 2020 after a courageous battle with ALS. He maintained his kind spirit and sense of humor to the very end. Trent was born February 15, 1941 in Oakland,CA.  He spent his childhood in Yuba City, CA before attending San Jose State University where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s Degree in Art with an emphasis in Ceramics. San Jose...

Mother of four, grandmother of 13, and great grandmother of 14 (and counting), Jacqueline D. Padia passed away peacefully at her home on 11/14/2020. Jacque loved her family and over the years spent many great vacations with her children, cousins, and nieces.  She loved to golf and could be seen at Pruneridge Golf Course with the Tuesday Toppers. Jacque was an avid card player and played competitivley with a number of card clubs.  Jacque also enjoyed “road trips”,...

Rillie Ernestine Cornelius passed away surrounded by family on November 12, 2020.  Youngest of three children, Rillie was born in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Ellen Coe Strong and Ernest Crews.  Her family soon moved to Memphis, Tennessee which she always considered home.  During her years in Memphis, she taught dance, Sunday school and was a member of the Daughters of the Nile. Rillie met her husband, the late Harold "Sparky" Cornelius, USN, at the USO in Memphis, Tennessee during...

Theodora Ivalyn Law was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 3, 1937 to Emma (Marques) and Russell Law. As a young adult Teddy’s mother had moved to Honolulu, Hawaii where she met her future husband, Russell Eugene Law, who was serving in the United States Army and who later earned a silver star for his service during World War II. Theodora, or Teddy, as she was affectionately known, had the vivid memory of being only four years old in Honolulu during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Being a...

Pearl Piilani Bell Apao passed away peacefully on October 30th at the age of 91. Born in Hilo, Hawaii, Pearl and husband Bill, also from Hilo, were high school sweethearts. They moved to the mainland and lived in San Jose for many years. Though having moved to California, they never forgot their Hawaiian roots and maintained close ties with their extended family in the Islands. They found new friends from the Islands in the South Bay area through the Hawaiian Club, Hui I’lima, where they...

(Joseph) Paul Meredith was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 30, 1925. He was educated at Saint Ignatius Jesuit Preparatory High School and graduated in 1944. He attended the University of Missouri and later graduated from Columbia College in New York City in 1948 with an AB degree. While there he was active in campus organizations and wrote and performed in in the 1947 Varsity Show. He was a member of the Delta Psi fraternity. Meredith met his future wife, Carmela Vengoechea, when...

Sherry quietly passed away from breast cancer on October 25th.  She was born in Lima, Peru where her father was stationed in the Air Force.  She spent most of her childhood in Massachusetts, Maine and Nebraska.  She graduated from Massachusetts Bay Community College and worked in the medical field as a stenographer and doing office work.  She met her husband, Greg, in Boston and they moved to California after getting married in Watertown, Mass. in 1971. Sherry passed...