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]]> Albert Bianchi, a prominent attorney who specialized in real estate law, died Tuesday in Santa Rosa. He was 80 and had lived in Santa Rosa since 2001. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:03:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091119/articles/911199890 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091118/obits/911189911
]]> Eileen Resnikoff served as principal of Santa Rosa's Doyle Park Elementary School for a decade before cancer forced her to take a medical leave in 2004. Resnikoff, 58, died Saturday in a local hospital. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:02:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091118/obits/911189911 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091118/community/911189955
]]> Friends and family are invited to attend a funeral service for Desiree Lowe-Johnson at noon on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Parent-Sorensen Mortuary & Crematory, 850 Keokuk St., Petaluma. Ms. Johnson died in Clovis on Nov. 14, 2009. She was 32. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:47:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091118/community/911189955 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091117/articles/911179947
]]> Joe Belluzzo an Italian-born immigrant credited with popularizing youth soccer in Sonoma County, has died at age 90. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:52:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091117/articles/911179947 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/articles/911169888
]]> Dr. Theodore Stanley Stashak, a longtime Santa Rosa obstetrician-gynecologist, cowboy, game hunter and conservative political activist, died Nov. 8. Over his 49-year career, he delivered more than 10,000 babies. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:13:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/articles/911169888 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/community/911169923
]]> Memorial services were held last week for Julie D. Mini, who died on Nov. 11, 2009. She was 85. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:19:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/community/911169923 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/community/911169926
]]> Anneliese Riedel, a violinist who played for the Santa Rosa Junior College Baroque Symphonia for many years, died at her Petaluma home on Nov. 14, 2009 at the age of 87. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:10:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/community/911169926 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/community/911169928
]]> A funeral service for Ted V. Kennedy will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 at Parent-Sorensen Mortuary & Crematory, 850 Keokuk St. Mr. Kennedy died at his Petaluma home on Nov. 15, 2009. He was 75. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/community/911169928 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/community/911169976
]]> Friends and family are invited to attend a funeral mass for Juan P. Villanueva at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 at Parent-Sorensen Mortuary & Crematory, 850 Keokuk St., Petaluma. Mr. Villanueva died on Nov. 14, 2009. He was 80. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:02:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/community/911169976 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091114/obits/911149969
]]> Dr. Jim West died Nov. 11 at his home near Penngrove of Alzheimer's disease at age 85. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:35:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091114/obits/911149969 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091113/community/911139967
]]> A funeral mass for Edith M. Ernst will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16 at St. James Catholic Church, 125 Sonoma Mountain Parkway. Mrs. Ernst died at her Petaluma home on Nov. 11, 2009. She was 94. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:24:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091113/community/911139967 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091113/community/911139969
]]> Valley Ford native Bianca Sala Jones died on Nov. 9, 2009 at the age of 89. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:15:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091113/community/911139969 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091113/community/911139971
]]> Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service for Alfred Joseph Billing at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 at Petaluma Christian Church, 1160 Schuman Lane. Mr. Billing died on Nov. 8, 2009 at the age of 89. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091113/community/911139971 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091110/articles/911109947
]]> Eddie Sierens survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and went on to sell cars for 42 years in Ukiah and Santa Rosa. Sierens died Nov. 1 at an assisted care facility in Mill Creek, Wash., where he had moved less than two years ago. He was 88. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:24:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091110/articles/911109947 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091110/community/911109961
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]]> Native Petaluman Cathleen Evans died on Oct. 30, 2009 at her home in Marshall. She was 88. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:09:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091110/community/911109963 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091109/articles/911099951
]]> Longtime Sonoma County resident Mabel Rose Gorce died Saturday at Healdsburg Hospital of complications related to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, which she had fought for four years. She was 81. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:02:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091109/articles/911099951 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091108/articles/911089986
]]> Donald R. Brewer, a Petaluma electrical engineer with a lifelong love of the locomotive, has died. He was 84. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:10:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091108/articles/911089986 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091107/articles/911079964
]]> Cathleen Evans loved the ocean, whether it was a day on Tomales Bay or on a grand high seas adventure with her husband along the western coast of the United States. Evans, who was born and raised in Petaluma, died Oct. 30 at her home in Marshall after suffering a series of strokes. She was 88. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:57:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091107/articles/911079964 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091106/articles/911069880
]]> Michael R. Hale, a multi-talented craftsman with a great voice and an enduring love of Santa Rosa's theatrical community, died Nov. 1 from sudden heart failure. He was 48. Family members said Friday that Hale had no prior history of a heart condition. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:11:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091106/articles/911069880 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091106/community/911069939
]]> Former Argus-Courier publisher Ross Game died Oct. 18 in Napa, succumbing to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 80. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:23:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091106/community/911069939 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091104/articles/911049932
]]> Richard Rossi spent much of his time in Asti, where his grandfather once served as first president of Italian Swiss Colony Wines. He loved spending time with four generations of family at their ancestral home. He died Friday of congestive heart failure Friday, a week before his 87th birthday. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:20:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091104/articles/911049932 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091104/community/911049958
]]> Don Brewer, an electrical engineer who had a lifelong love of trains, died in Petaluma on Oct. 1, 2009. He was 84. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:32:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091104/community/911049958 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091104/community/911049982
]]> William (Bill) Merry, a resident of Petaluma since 1958, died peacefully at his home on Oct. 27, 2009. He was 87. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:55:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091104/community/911049982 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091103/articles/911039960
]]> Gloria McKusick, a long-time Santa Rosa resident who worked for 25 years at Montgomery High School, died at a local hospital on Sept. 30 of heart failure after a long illness. She was 87. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:48:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091103/articles/911039960 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091102/articles/911029961
]]> Warren Jay Kreml wanted to be a scientist until as a young Navy man, he had a liberty day in Nagasaki, Japan, and saw the devastation of the atomic bombing. On that day he decided to become a minister, according to his daughter, Marilee Kreml of Santa Rosa. “He heard God say, ‘Your ways are not my ways,'” she said. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:42:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091102/articles/911029961 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091101/entertainment/911019986
]]> “He was really a master of the harmonica,” said Bill Bowker on Sunday. “For years he was a mainstay of Sonoma County music scene here. We all had hopes that he could beat it.” Buffalo, 58, learned in September he had cancer. Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:41:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091101/entertainment/911019986 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091031/articles/910319946
]]> She looked like a pretty pixie, down to the rosy cheeks and twinkle in her eyes. She was everybody's friend or favorite auntie, prodigiously passing out hugs and kisses and “Honey's” that invited instant intimacy. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:56:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091031/articles/910319946 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091030/obits/910309933
]]> John de J. Pemberton Jr., a Harvard-trained lawyer who headed the American Civil Liberties Union during the turbulent 1960s, was also a Russian River weekend visitor and resident for more than 30 years. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:19:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091030/obits/910309933 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091030/obits/910309959
]]> Lorna Grace Freitas, a third-generation Santa Rosan who sprang from the Gaddis nursery and Wright soda-fountain families, died Sunday at age 65. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:32:00 -0500 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091030/obits/910309959