All Obituaries

Donald Loren Colbert Sr  age 86, graduated from this life on Palm Sunday the 28th of March 2021, at home with his wife and stepson by his side. His children, were able to see and talk to him by facetime or google before he passed.   Donald was delivered by midwife, 12 September 1934, approximately 10 minutes after the birth of his twin sister Donna Lee Colbert.  His mother and her sisters lived with grandparents James and Althea O’Neil.  His mother was Phyllis...

Ruth Brooks, was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma to Gertie Spencer and John Oliver Brooks. Ruth passed away in Ogden, Utah from congestive heart failure. Ruth is preceded in death by her siblings Frieda Matthews, Jeannette (Susan) Brooks, Donald Brooks, and John Clifford Brooks, as well as her son John Arthur Ladyman. She is survived by her sister Sharon McGovern, her children Skipper Ladyman, Debra Ladyman, Dianne Ladyman, as well as nieces and nephews Steven Mathews, Michael Mathews,...

SHARON BLANCA GALLEGOS ADAMS  April 15, 1981 - April 2, 2021   Sharon Blanca Gallegos Adams, 39, of Roseville, CA passed away peacefully in her home on April 2, 2021, surrounded by loved ones after a brave 10-month battle with stomach cancer.   Sharon was born April 15, 1981, in Guayaquil, Ecuador to Gino Orlando Gallegos Ortega and Lourdes Amparo Gonzabay Solis.  She moved to the United States with her family when she was 18 years old.  In 2004, she started...

Janet I. Slauson (Cunningham) passed away peacefully in her sleep in Citrus Heights, California, on March 13, at the age of 86, one week after the passing of her husband of nearly 67 years, Theodore. Janet was born at home in Verona, Wisconsin, on March 31, 1934, to Alton James and Hazel Margaret Cunningham. Soon after her birth, the family moved to Fitchburg, and Janet spent her formative years on the family farm. In 1954, she married her sweetheart, Theodore Slauson, who had joined the...

Theodore W. Slauson passed away peacefully in his sleep in Citrus Heights California at the age of 87. He was born at home on the family farm in Spring Green, Wisconsin, on November 8, 1933, to Russell and Emily Slauson. He was the eighth of nine children. In 1952, at the age of 17 (with his mother signing for him), Ted began his 20 years of service with the United States Air Force where he ultimately retired at the rank of Major in 1972. In 1954, he married his sweetheart, Janet...

Bertha Jean Cottrell, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, in-law, and friend was born on July 31, 1943 and left us on March 6, 2021 at the age of 77. She was the cherished daughter of Daniel and Marina Martinez and greatly loved by her brother Daniel Martinez, Jr. and her surviving sister Helen Smalley. Bertha Jean grew up in both Watts and Norwalk in Southern California.  While working at Downey Savings Bank, Bertha Jean met the love of her life, Roger Dale...

Penned by Hilma Wolcott Hilma was born on 10 December 1928 to William Martin & Joy Hilma Elsasser on a farm in Trip County, South Dakota, the eldest daughter in a family of 12 children: 7 sons and 5 daughters. When she was 4 ½ the family suffered a loss of their farm in the depression and moved to Nebraska to start over.  She attended many one room schoolhouses around Butte, Nebraska when the family moved to share crop farms in the area.  She graduated from Butte,...

Of Rancho Cordova, California, passed away on March 26, 2021. She was born on January 12, 1942. Services will be private. 

Pat Collier, a long time resident of Fair Oaks, passed away on March 5, 2021 at the age of 75.  She is survived by her three sons, Richard (Judi), Brian, Kevin and three granddaughters, Natalie, Emilee and Kylee.  She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 54 years, Bob, and son David.  Pat's greatest role was that of a wife, mother and grandmother and she was extremely devoted to her family.  She was the heart and soul of the family and was always there to...

Deborah Darlyne Speakman was born on March 29, 1959 in Walnut Creek, California and passed away on February 26th 2021 in Roseville, California.  She is survived by her loving husband Gregg Speakman and son Wyatt Speakman As well as many wonderful Family, Friends and Co-Workers and her very loving Chihuahua :Joey.  A memorial service will be livestreamed on Friday, March 19, 2021 at 1:00pm at Price Funeral Chapel (6335 Sunrise Blvd., Citrus Heights, CA; 916-725-2109).