Greater Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo County Obituaries
Lee Russell Keaton
Aug 28, 2024
Lee Russell Keaton was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Herbert and Alice Keaton on 7/22/1958. He was a resident of California and Washington state, served in the Navy, and was a Chef for more than thirty years. He was an outdoors lover of fishing, hiking, gardening, and homesteading. He passed away on August 28, 2024 at his home on...
James Bradford Ruben
Aug 27, 2024
James Bradford Ruben, a pediatric ophthalmologist who spent 28 years treating children at the Permanente Medical Group, died on August 27 after a long journey with thyroid cancer. He was 65 years old.
Ruben joined Permanente in 1990 and was one of the Sacramento area’s first fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologists and specialists in the treatment of adults with...
Jolene Carol Ellis
Aug 26, 2024
Jolene Carol Ellis, 62, passed away on August 26, 2024. She died peacefully at her home in Roseville, with her beloved dog Hugo by her side. Hugo, her faithful and constant companion, now lives with Conrad, an old friend.
Jolene was born to Alyce Johanne Sorensen Ellis on November 16, 1961, in San Jose, California. Jolene was raised by her single...
Frances Rose Lidster
Aug 23, 2024
Frances Rose Lidster, passed away peacefully on August 23rd, 2024, surrounded by her loving family at the age of 77. Rose was an avid Sacramento Kings and Monarchs fan and even awarded Kings “Sixth Man” in 2001. She had a deep passion and love for family and her cherished dogs, Sherrie and Ariel. She will be remembered for her...
Coreen Avila Seeley
Aug 22, 2024
Coreen Avila Seeley
Apr. 4th, 1948 - Aug. 22nd, 2024
Coreen Avila Seeley, age 76, passed away on Aug. 22nd at Kaiser Hospital in Roseville, CA. She was born in Pacific Grove, CA to Vera Bell & John Avila as the youngest of 6. She later met her husband, Grant Vernon Seeley, in Hayward and...
Lourdes Imperial Viaje
Aug 21, 2024
In Loving Memory of Lourdes Imperial Viaje
January 20, 1944 – August 21, 2024
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Lourdes Imperial Viaje, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, who departed this life on August 21, 2024, at the age of 80, due to cardiac arrest.
Lourdes was born on January 20, 1944, in Metro Manila, Philippines,...
Carolyn Jean Tobias
Aug 21, 2024
Carolyn Jean Tobias, 86, of San Jose, passed away Thursday, Aug. 21, 2024, at Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael. She was a resourceful, independent woman who raised two sons who loved her a lot.
Carolyn was born September 28, 1937, in Orange County, CA , one of four daughters of the late Albert and Dorothy (Hampsch) Kay.
As a girl she...
Juanita Marie Daniel
Aug 19, 2024
Juanita Marie Daniel Born April 6th, 1944 Passed away surrounded by her daughters and son in law on August 19th, 2024.
Born Juanita Marie Coffey in San Francisco, California. She was the middle child in a family of five kids. Her family moved around from the Bay Area to Missouri, Arkansas, back to Northern CA ..Half Moon...
Edith Q. Tanguilig
Aug 14, 2024
Edita “Edith” Marquez Quitain Tanguilig, 62, passed into eternal rest on August 14, 2024. A native of Batangas, Philippines, Edith was born on September 25, 1961, to the late Valentin and Luisa Quitain. She graduated high school from Canossa Academy before pursuing a nursing degree at the University of Santo Tomas, graduating in 1982. Edith devoted her career to...
Reiko Walston
Aug 13, 2024
Reiko Walston of Elk Grove California passed away surrounded by family on 8/13/2024 at Kaiser Hospital South Sacramento, the victim of a tragic car accident.
Reiko was born in Bunkyo city Tokyo 01/29/1932 to Yoshio and Ena Koyama and moved to Odawara during World War II to avoid the allied bombing campaigns. Her family eventually settled in...
Dorothy Louise Backhus
Aug 12, 2024
Backhus, Dorothy L. passed away in Roseville, CA. on August 12, 2024. Loving daughter of Franklin M. Pryer and Hazel Armstrong Pryer. Dearly beloved wife to Charles H. Backhus of Santa Clara, CA. Loving Mother to Sheryl (Backhus) Beckett of Auburn, CA. and David Backhus, of Sacramento, CA. She is preceded in death by Paul Backhus of San Jose,...
