Archived Obituaries

Rosary: Tues. 8/30/2011 7:00 P.M. at funeral home. Mass the next day.

Services: Mon. 08/29/11 11:00 A.M. funeral home.

Gilbert S. "Papa" Chacon passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family in Hollister at the age of 74.

Former Congressman Charles S. Gubser, of Gilroy passed away peacefully at age 95 in Fresno, CA. Gubser was born in Gilroy, CA to Charles H. and Ella Gubser. He attended local schools, graduated from San Jose State Junior College in 1934 and UC Berkeley in 1937 earning a degree in Economics. He continued on with two years of post-graduate work, taught at Gilroy HS for four years and also began farming following the death of his father in 1940. He was elected to the Calif. State Legislature in 1951, serving 1 term. He was then elected to the US House of Representatives as a Republican in 1953, re-elected for 10 more terms, serving a total of 22 years. He retired to Colorado in 1974. In 2005, he moved to Fresno to be closer to his family.

Clarence Joseph Hesse died in Salinas, CA, Monday, August 22, 2011.

Tom S. Obata, age 93, passed away peacefully at his home in Gilroy, with his family at his side, on August 22, 2011.

Grace Vivian Weller went home to The Lord on Friday, August 19, 2011.

Coach Ben Parks, longtime football and wresting coach at Menlo-Atherton High School, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday night, August 19, 2011.

Wife of Jose A. Martinez. Service is pending

Coach Ami Leso passed away on Thursday August 18, 2011. He was 90 years old.