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Robert “Bob” Black passed away on Feb. 12, 2020 with his wife of 65 years, Mary Ann and daughters by his side at his home in Danville, CA. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 15, 1935 to Grace A. Black and DeLoy K. Black. He graduated from West High School in 1953. He worked as a heating and cooling asbestos engineer on numerous jobs throughout the Western States. In 1969, he joined Harman Management Corporation (Kentucky Fried Chicken) and relocated, moving his family...

In February 2020, Chih Liu (劉志強) sadly passed away at the age of 75, after a long battle with kidney failure and heart disease.  Chih was born on January 1945 in China before moving to Taiwan in 1947, where he lived with his parents and two younger sisters Jean and Lin.  From an early age Chih was dedicated to education and working hard, core principles he instilled with his own family.  Chih graduated from Cheng Kung University, Taiwan with a Mechanical...

Connie Marie Lopes age 79 passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 surrounded by her husband and daughters at John Muir hospital in Walnut Creek, CA.  She was born and raised in San Francisco, CA on June 8, 1940. Parents Tony and Mary Cefalu moved the family from North Beach area (Little Italy) to the Silver Terrace area of San Francisco when Connie was entering into her teenage years.  It was there that she met her future husband John at the age of 14.  Connie went...

Craig Whitney Brandt March 21, 1931 – January 13, 2020 Craig lived his 88 years with honor and integrity. A kind and generous man, he was married to Betty, the love of his life, for 62 years. He was the father of daughter Leslie Blake (Brad), son David and daughter Valerie Matlock Struck (David), grandfather of Christopher, Brittany, Hayley, Jessica and Jordan, great grandfather of Wesley. He was the son of Edgar and Katharine Brandt of Los Angeles and the brother of Edgar...

 On Sunday, January 12, 2020, William Michael Bodnar, a loving husband and father passed away suddenly at the age of 64. Bill was born on July 26, 1955 in South Bend, IN to William A. and M. Jane (McNeil) Bodnar. He graduated from Purdue University in 1977 with a chemical engineering degree. On Sept. 1, 1984 he married Linda Ellen Gould. They raised a son Eric and a daughter Lora. Bill was the family's “sunshine.” He was always available to reach the stuff on the top...

Charlotte Speck was born on November 18, 1931 in Heber Springs, AR, the third child of Cyrus Stark and Musetta Dunn Stark. Charlotte was the middle child of five siblings. The family moved from Arkansas to California in the early forties settling in Napa. Charlotte remembered traveling from Arkansas to California with her mother and her four siblings, on what she described as a troop train, to join her father who had previously come to California to find work. Charlotte graduated from Napa...

Melody Castaneda Johnson March 02, 1972 - January 04, 2020 Danville Melody Johnson, 47, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, after battling an aggressive form of lung cancer. Melody was born in Davao City, Philippines. She attained a B.S. in Psychology from Cor Jesu College in Digos, Davao del Sur and she earned a Certificate in Montessori Training from CSU, Hayward. Melody devoted her life to her family, both here and in the Philippines. She was a child of God, always wanting...