Franz Lotz 1928 - 2021 Franz Lotz passed away on February 16th due to complications from Covid. He was 92 years old, and lived a full life, filled with love and laughter. He will be missed by all who knew him. Franz was born December 6th, 1928 in Yugoslavia (now Croatia) to a German family. His father was a tailor and a sharecropper, and though it was a struggle for his parents to raise 9 children, Franz always remembered the happy times. His family left Croatia in 1944 to return to...

Vicki Kroplin Rawlins 1942 - 2021 Vicki Kroplin Rawlins passed away peacefully at home on February 9, 2021 surrounded by her family and her precious pups, Daisy and Lily. Born in Napa on May 20, 1942 to William and Alta Kroplin, Vicki was a fourth generation Napa native. She married John Rawlins on July 2, 1961 and they would have celebrated 60 years of marriage this year. John and Vicki raised their three daughters in Napa and ran their business, Napa Septic Tank Service, until their...

Share Karen (Kay) Byassee 1943 - 2021 Karen (Kay) Byassee passed away peacefully at home on Sunday Feb 7th in Napa, CA at the age of 77. Kay was born on May 2, 1943 in Long Beach, CA to Margaret and Virgil Chapman. She graduated from Napa High School in 1961 and moved to San Francisco the next day. After returning to Napa, she married her pen pal Jerry Byassee, a native of Kentucky serving in the US Navy. Kay drove a school bus for many years before retiring from Napa State Hospital as...

Marion Rose Quiett 1938 - 2021 Marion Rose Quiett, age 82, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 4, 2021 in Napa California where she raised her family since 1969. Marion was born on December 28,1938 to James and Julia Kennedy in Sacramento Ca. Raised by her mom she grew up with her 3 brothers; Jack Parker, Robert Parker (Carrie), Richard Kennedy (Stella) and her sister Dorothy Becker (Edward). She was married for 49 years to the love of her life Donald Quiett on March 9, 1958 and...

James Donald Engstrom 1951 – 2021 James Donald Engstrom, of Napa, died February 4th of cancer and kidney disease. Jim was born in Indianapolis, IN on 12/23/1951 to Don and Joan (Stapleton) Lofgran. After his parents divorced, Jim and his two sisters returned to Wyoming where his mother remarried in 1957 to Harold (Hal) Engstrom, who adopted the three siblings and added three more children to their family – twin brothers Hardy and Kevin, and sister Lael. Always a natural with...

Waverly Ina Moorman 1932 - 2021 Waverly Ina Moorman died peacefully in her home in Napa, CA on February 4, 2021 at the age of 88. Waverly is survived by her husband Jere, her daughter Jody Tucker, her son Jeff Shulman and wife Wendi, her son T. Ne and his wife Ning, and her granddaughter Mira Flo Shulman. Waverly was born on October 4, 1932 in Chicago, Ill. She was an officer of the Welcome Club of Napa and a volunteer in battered women projects in Napa. Waverly was also an avid mahjong...

Patricia Rae Klew 1939 - 2021 Patricia Rae Klew (Wallis) passed away at the age of 81 at Queen of the Valley Hospital on February 3, 2021. Patrica was born in Santa Cruz, CA and moved to Napa when she was three years old. Patricia graduated from Napa High School and worked for Safeco Title Company for eight years where she met her lifelong best friend Aileen Bowen of Napa, CA. Patricia also worked for Pacific Bell as a telephone operator for seven years. In 1962, she married William J....

Norma Jean Gunby 1929 - 2021 Norma Jean Harden Gunby was born November 30, 1929 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Velma Cunliffe (Kemp) and Arthur Richard Harden. When Norma was eleven years old, the family (including her older sister LaVon) moved to Vallejo, California, where Arthur found work in the foundry at Mare Island. Norma met the love of her life, Robert Gunby, at a high school football game and they were married in December of 1947. They were happily married for sixty-one years, until...

Daniel G. Andrews 1947 - 2021 Daniel G. Andrews, 73, passed away in the early morning hours on Sunday, January 24, in his hometown of Napa. Born at Parks Victory Hospital on December 10, 1947, he was the only son of William G. Andrews and Betty J. Brown, both deceased. Dan had two siblings, his older sister, Joanna Mills, and younger brother, Jeffrey Brown. A graduate of Napa High School, Dan served 2 years in the Army and was a Vietnam Veteran, prior to beginning his 30+ year career at...

Patti Potts, a longtime Napa resident, lost her fight with Stage 4 Brain Cancer on Sunday, 01.24.2021. Patti was surrounded by her family in her home. She was 74 and will always be fondly remembered for her love of the Valley, a great glass of Sauvignon Blanc, her calling as an RN and bringing people together to celebrate.  Patti was born in 1946 and grew up in Cambridge, Ohio. She attended Mt. Carmel and graduated from the College of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio. This is the city where...