All Obituaries

SACRAMENTO - Martha Mae Jeppson Abell, 68, graduated this life experience Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at home of natural causes. She was born December 16th, 1953 in Coalville, Utah, daughter of Morris Leon and Ella Mae Lemon Jeppson. She married Dana Roberts in 1971 in Logan, UT. They were later divorced. Several years later she  moved to Arizona had a meaningful relationship with Richard Villa.  Martha graduated from Skyview High School and later went on to obtain her Nursing...

Richard Alden Bell of Lone Tree, Colorado passed away on June 13th,2022 at the age of 83.  Richard was Born in Ventura, California to Dave and Bernice Bell on June 4, 1939.  He was the youngest of three children.  In July 1957 he married Mattie Kay Straughan and together they raised three children, Melinda, Lisa and Randy. Richard worked for Pacific Telephone in Southern California until 1971 when they decided to move their family out of Los Angeles, and he accepted a...

Evelyn Rocconi passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at home in Roseville, California. At the time of her passing she was one month shy of her 89th birthday.  Evelyn was born July 18, 1933, in Brawley, CA, the second child of Robert and Helen Stephens. She spent most of her life in California with some short stints in Arizona and Florida. Evelyn had four siblings - Anne Castillo, Barbara Crouch, Roberta Quartararo, and Robert Stephens. With Evelyn’s passing, she has one...

Nothing was more important to Janie Taylor than her family, and she stood as the matriarch, though she wouldn’t call herself that. She was struck by Cupid’s arrow, smitten with Odell Taylor for most of her life. It was the kind of love that Janie wouldn’t let the U.S. military get in the way of, and she didn’t. It also wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows – there were tough times for sure – but Odell was her rock and helped her overcome extraordinary...

Evelyn Rocconi passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at home in Roseville, California. At the time of her passing she was one month shy of her 89th birthday.  Evelyn was born July 18, 1933, in Brawley, CA, the second child of Robert and Helen Stephens. She spent most of her life in California with some short stints in Arizona and Florida. Evelyn had four siblings - Anne Castillo, Barbara Crouch, Roberta Quartararo, and Robert Stephens. With...

Ina Mae Vinyard Day died on June 18, 2022, at 93 years old. She was married for 55 years to her loving husband, Thurman Vinyard, who passed away in 2002. She enjoyed a long and full life as the mother to son, Michael Vinyard (Olga), who preceded her in death, and two daughters, Constance Mateo (Lonnie) and Kimberly Schutz (Larry), and nine grandchildren, Calista Peck (Morgan), Chris Vinyard, Stacy Vinyard (Mike Chandler), Dimitri Rudnev (Samantha), Brooke McGilray, David Schmitt...

At the age of 80 years old lost his battle with Alzheimer's at his home of over 50 years  in Granite Bay, CA. Born in Cleveland, Ohio he was the son of Stephen A. and Leona M. Pastor. He was number 5 of 7 children. Spending his younger years in Southern CA then moving to NorCal in his teens he attended San Juan High and then he was employed as an auto mechanic for most of his career. He was raised Lutheran and has been a lifelong born again Christian. He enjoyed cars,...

Thomas Edward Gonsalves went home to see his "POPS" and Pauline on June 16,2022.  He lost his 5 + years battle with Sarcoma cancer after turning 58 years old in May. He was born May 21,1964 in Sacramento, California to Joseph and Judith Gonsalves.  From the time he was about 12 years old he was fostered by Marvin W. ( POPS) and Pauline Denna. He is survived by his brother Joe Gonsalves and his best friends Renee and Scott Carlin. His Aunt Marva and Uncle David Horn...

Of Fair Oaks, California, passed away peacefully at home on May 29, 2022. Sara was born the year 1964 in San Francisco to Vincenzo and Ilda Pasquinelli.  She was the first of her Italian family to be born in the United States.  Sara’s first language was Italian, and she learned English when she started attending school, which helped her greatly to translate the American soap operas for her Nonna. She completed High School in Millbrae, CA., and earned her...

Of Sacramento, California passed away peacefully on Wednesday June 8, 2022 at 6:01 am.  Steven was born July 22,1952 in Flint, Michigan. Steven was a highly skilled carpenter for over 40+ years primarily building custom kitchens for those in the Sacramento area. He was a man of many talents,he valued education and was always learning. Other careers of Steve’s were an Optician, AutoCad Designer, and after retiring in 2015 he provided computer repair services.  Steven was...