All Obituaries

Myron was born May 30th 1929 at home in Le Grand CA to RC and Marie Brandon. He graduated from Le Grand High School and attend San Jose State College in 1948 – 1949. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals Farm Team and loved playing and watching Baseball. In 1950 he married Shirley Peak and they were married for 68 years. In 1951 He went into the Army and served for 21 months in Korea in the combat engineer building roads on the front line and was awarded the Bronze Star. He worked for...

The stars aligned, the flowers bloomed, the angels sang, and on May 23, 1927, something miraculous happened; Marquita Ann Face came into this world. She is the second child of seven born to Olyn and Collette Face, during a time when the world was very different than now. The family began in the cold state of Michigan, and when Marquita was seven years old, her parents packed all they owned, their four children and three Great Dane’s and set out for sunny Southern California. Her father...

In loving Memory The family of Lois Jimenez (nee Haywood) compassionately share the sad news of her passing. She left this world peacefully, surrounded by her family September 9th in Merced California. Lois was a committed Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother ( and Great Great Grandmother.) Lois was passionate about her community and genealogy work.  As a dedicated volunteer she impacted numerous organizations. Including; Merced County Genealogical society, Los Califonianos, Merced...

Anna Marie Gonzales was born May 26, 1967 to the late Frankie Nettles and Victoria Keefover in Woodland, California. Anna passed away on September 6, 2018 in her home in Atwater, CA, where she was a 41 year resident. Anna is  survived by her four children; Matthew Gonzales, Denise McGrew, Randi Gonzales and Rachel Gonzales; her two grandchildren, Cruz Gonzales and Harper Rae McGrew; her brother, Ronald Nettles and her two sisters, Michelle Draper and Karen Ellis. Anna...

It is with great sadness that the family of James Herrera announces that he lost his battle with glioblastoma (brain cancer) on Friday, September 7, at the age of 71. James was born in Merced, California, on March 24, 1947, to James B. and Helen Herrera. He came into this world with his partner in crime, his twin, Marie. Their parents would often lament that what one didn’t think of the other one did. James attended Merced elementary schools and graduated from Merced High School in...

Alonzo R. Rodriguez - Passed away on August 31,2018 of natural causes. Loving Husband, Father and Grandfather.  Rosary at 7pm on Friday the 7th, of September with the funeral service to follow on the 8th at 10:00am. All services will be held at Ivers Alcorn in Merced. Donations to Hinds Hospice in lieu of flowers in memory of Alonzo Rodriguez, Jennifer Soria and Idalia Aguire 

On August 29, 2018, Michael M. Dixon beloved father and brother died at his residence in Tyler, Texas at the age of 72.  He was born in Merced, California on October 18, 1945.  Michael is preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. He is survived by 2 sisters, 1 brother, and his 3 children. He was a loving and caring father, as well as brother, and will be missed greatly by his family. He had many close friends and will missed by them as well. Michael attended Atwater High...

Born to Murrel and Hilma Haas of Oberlin Kansas, Rodney, and his older brother Larry spent their youth in Hollister, Ca. Rod graduated in 1953 from San Benito County High School where he excelled as an athlete. He briefly attended San Jose State University before enlisting in the Air Force in 1955. Rod married Verna Lee Winkle on January 1, 1956. He was stationed at Tyndall AFB and served out his enlistment in Panama City Florida, where daughter Cheryl was born. Rod was a celebrated Left...

Ramona Chealander, 95, died Saturday, August 25, 2018 after a brief stay at Mercy Medical Center in Merced.  She was predeceased by her husband of 71 years, Jerry, and is survived by her five children, Joanne Swiderski (Frank), Jeanne Chealander, Jan Morrison, Mark Chealander (Sue), Marianne Hunter; her 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren and her brother Merril Thiel (Ruth), her sisters Shirley Froseth (Jerry), Jean Ryan, Janet Galvin and her sister-in-law Nancy Thiel. Ramona...