1945—2018 Keith Arlow Rush passed away on Thursday, April 5,2018 at the age of 72. Keith was born in Los Angeles on July 28, 1945. He joined the Navy in 1965 and served 4 years during the Vietnam war. He was a proud patriot. He was a police officer with the Torrance PD and retired on a disability. Keith enjoyed watching sports, going to the movies and really loved watching western movies; especially the old ones. He also enjoyed meeting up with his...

1931—2018 Dr. Robert C. Morgart (Bob), passed away Saturday June 9, 2018 following a year’s declining health at his winter home in Palm Desert, California. He was born to Dr. Theodore and Dr. Helen Morgart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Sept.3, 1931. He was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Doctorate’s degree in Dental Surgery on June 15, 1955. He served as a Lt JG. in the United States Navy from July 1955 to December 1957. He practiced...

1951—2018 Our beloved wife, mom, Grammie, sister, Auntie and friend went to be with the Lord June 4, 2018. Christina Marie Meyers was born to Emil and Martha Meyers September 13, 1951 at Parks Victory Hospital. Christina “Chris” grew up in Napa, attending Dee T Davis Elementary, Redwood Middle and Napa High Schools and was an active Rainbow Girl and member of her church. Her Christian faith was the cornerstone in her life and it was at church camp Chris met the...

1937—2018 Paul Raymond Anderson was born in Minnesota on December 5th, 1937 to Albert and Mildred Anderson. Paul passed away suddenly in the early morning of June 7th from natural causes. He was 80 years old. Paul meet his first wife, Wilma Lee, while attending Life Bible College in Los Angeles, Ca. They married on July 13, 1957 and had three children: Jonathan Paul, Peter Jeffrey and Andrea Michelle. They settled in Napa, Ca in 1968, where Paul was the Pastor of the...

1941—2018 John I Bierylo was born in Cranbury, New Jersey on July 6, 1941 to Ignatz Bierylo and Mary Kaptur Bierylo. John passed away peacefully and unexpectedly on May 20, 2018 of natural causes. John graduated from Rutgers University, New Brunswick New Jersey Class of 1967. Upon graduation, he joined the US Air Force where he was assigned to several air bases prior to being transferred to Hamilton Field Air Force Base in California as a Finance Officer. At the time...

1922—2018 Bruce Kennedy Irwin passed peacefully on April 24, one day shy of his 96th birthday. Born in Vallejo in 1922, Bruce married Marjorie Jones in 1945. They resided in Lakeport and Vallejo, and in 1955 built a home in Napa where they raised two children. Bruce worked at Mare Island, starting as an apprentice in 1947 and retiring in 1979 after serving as swing shift leading man in the Electronics Shop. Many of his co-workers became life-long friends, including a...

Teresa Licea, known to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren lovingly as “Ma Tere”, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 15, 2018 in Napa, California. Born on August 14, 1931 in Tlazazalca, Michoacán, Mexico to Aurora Magaña and Jose Villaseñor, Teresa married her true love, Salvador Licea Aguilar, in March of 1955. Married for over 63 years, Teresa took great pride in her ever-growing family. She will always be remembered for not only being...

Betty Lou Dulle passed away peacefully at her home in Napa on June 4, 2018. Betty was born on October 8, 1930 in Kansas to Kenneth Talley and Ruby Critton.  While living in Santa Cruz, she met a wonderful man by the name of Phil Dulle who became her beloved husband of 64 years. Together they moved to Napa and married at the beautiful First Presbyterian Church in Napa where they resided to raise their family in the country with many horses and animals. The couple...

Natalie Agnes Drake, 95, passed away peacefully June 5th at home. Natalie was born on February 23rd, 1923, in Oakland, CA, and was the first child of Mieczyslaw (Milton) Smialkowski and Camille Stokes. Natalie married Emory Lee Drake on May 3rd, 1942. When Lee was deployed overseas during WWII, Natalie enlisted in the US Marine Corps Women Reserves and served two years on active duty. After Motor Transport School at Camp Lejeune, NC, Natalie was assigned to the Marine Detachment...

1934—2018 Much loved Joseph “Joe” Francis McCarthy passed away on June 5, 2018 in Napa, California at the age of 83 with his family by his side. Joe was born on October 4, 1934 in San Francisco; son to the late Claire (Clancy) and Joseph Raphael McCarthy. After graduating from Sacred Heart High School, Joe joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in Vicenza, Italy, where he discovered his love of travel, culture, and adventure and reveled in his weekend trips to...