Obituaries

Stanley LeRoy Maynes passed away January 5, 2007. Stan was born to Richard John and Emma Drennan Maynes on March 26, 1924. He had two older sisters, Pauline (deceased) and Louise. Stan graduated from South High in Salt Lake City and went on to attend Utah State University until he moved to California to pursue further studies in engineering. He there enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Army Air Corp as a Navigator.

Thomas J. Ghirlanda was born in Gilroy, CA, to Angelo and Margaret Ghirlanda, who has preceded him in death. He is survived by a sister, Jeane Ghirlanda Kludt, husband Max, niece Stacy Zeller, and nephew Greg Zeller.

Lawrence Joseph Gersdorf of Morgan Hill passed away on Saturday evening, December 30, 2006 at St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy. He was 59. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne, his sister, Donna La Rae and two children, Derek and Stacey. He was a Sr. Quality Inspector at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale. He was involved with the Titan Launch Vehicle at Lockheed Martin in Vandenberg Air Force Base before transferring to Sunnyvale. He had a long career in aerospace. He was a talented artist and musician playing drums and bass guitar in churches on the central coast for many years. He also played drums professionally in the L.A. area backing artists such as Sonny & Cher and Carl Weathers. He was born in Long Beach. He succumbed to a massive heart attack after a long battle with lung cancer and heart disease. He will be greatly missed.

Robert (Bob) Schwatka, Vancouver, WA, former Gilroy resident for 22 years, died peacefully on December 15th, 2006, of Leukemia/Blood Disorder.

Julia Rockwell passed away December 29, 2006, in Austin, Texas. She was 86 years old.

Lenore L. Perrett died in Hollister. She is survived locally by her sister, Phyllis Tzanavaras of Hollister. Private cremation services will be followed by interment in Woodville, CA. Arrangements and cremation through Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home and Gavilan Hills Crematory.

Daniel Anthony Fernandez passed away suddenly on December 30, 2007, at the age of 42.

Diana Woollons died on Christmas Eve morning. Diana was born Diana Jozef Theresia Maria Wauters in Courtrai, Belgium, and lived as a teenager under Nazi occupation, while several of her family members were sent to work camps in Germany. In 1947, she married Sidney L. Woollons, who had already embarked on a career in the United States Foreign Service, eventually rising to the level of Consul General. While ably serving her husband as "Konsulina", Diana lived in Belgium, Austria, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Washington D.C., and the island of Barbados.