Mark R. Hermanson passed away on Aug. 10 in his sleep in his Carmel home after a long battle with cancer. Mark was born in Oakland, CA, to his parents Sidney & Elsie Hermanson and raised in Pleasanton. Mark played Little League and Soccer. His lifelong love of camping, hiking and backpacking started in Boy Scouts. After graduating from Amador H.S. in 1981, he attended Chico State and started worki...

Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, she always had an interest in the arts. She received her art training at the Art Center College of Design where she majored in commercial art, advertising, and illustration. She met Bob, her husband of 60 years, while attending the Art Center. He was an industrial design major. As her family got older, Carol worked for the Valley Times Newspaper ...

George Michael "Mike" Walsh, Jr., a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, sadly left this world on July 22, 2022 at age 75. Mike was born to George Sr. and Caroline Walsh on March 4, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, and he grew up in Glen Cove on Long Island, NY. After graduating from Glen Cove High School, he joined the Navy, where he served on the maiden voyage of the USS John...

Larry, a 52 year resident of Pleasanton, passed away peacefully on June 29th at home surrounded by his family after a brief battle with Leukemia. He was a beloved husband of 57 years to Carol, loving father to Kerry Miller (Mike) and Eric Shaw (Margaret), an adored Grandpa of Justin Miller, Conner Miller, Alexis Shaw, Sophia Shaw and a newly Great Grandpa to Addison Miller. He was born in Thief...

Catherine Anne Templeman (Allen) peacefully passed away on June 16, 2022 after a brief illness. Cathy was born on October 29, 1953 in Oakland, CA to parents John and Mary. She spent her early years in Oakland and moved to San Leandro where she graduated from Pacific High School in 1971. It was there where she fell in love with Rick and they got married on June 9, 1973. The beginning of their m...

Pleasanton native Rene Martin passed peacefully at home on June 16, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. Rene adored people, making friends everywhere he went. After retiring from Kaiser Sand and Gravel he dedicated his time to making barbecue and flour tortillas for his friends. His greatest joy was to make people laugh with his silly jokes. He was a Giants, Niners and Warriors fan for life. He ...

Carol Mae Zedlitz was called home by our Heavenly Father on Monday after a valiant battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Carol was born in Toledo, Ohio and graduated from Devilbiss High School, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education from the Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Carol was wed to Robert (Bob) Zedlitz on August 24, 1962 in Reno, Nevada while on a trip to California and st...

John Hudson passed away suddenly on Friday, June 3rd in Pleasanton, California. John was born in Dallas, Texas, raised in Oklahoma, and spent the last 38 years in the Bay Area where his helping hands will be missed by his family, friends, and neighbors. John went to Will Rogers High School in Tulsa Oklahoma, earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, and an M.B....

Julie Anne Frick passed away on Wednesday, June 1st, at the age of 60. Although Julie was afflicted with a multitude of health issues stemming from kidney failure brought on by strep throat in 1975, an unrelenting spirit of joy and natural happiness defined her until the very end of her life. Julie was born at Eden Hospital in Castro Valley and grew up in Pleasanton. She attended Valley Vie...

On Monday, May 30, 2022, Ed Burkart, loving husband, father of three children and grandfather of five grandchildren passed away peacefully at age 86 surrounded by family at home. Ed was born on August 4, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois to Fred and Eleanor Burkart. He attended Drake University in Iowa. He met and married his wife, Maureen while in Iowa and their wedding anniversary is 64 years this mont...

Fred Badal was born the third child of Abraham Baba Badal and Johanna Badal of Turlock, where his father was the pastor of the Assyrian church. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from Turlock High in 1956. His love of learning took him onto Modesto Jr. College where he earned an AA Degree. Then to San Jose State with a BS Degree in electrical engineering in 1961. From Santa Clara he r...

George Habib Ayad, 66, resident of Brentwood, CA, passed away on May 19th, 2022, with his wife and family by his side. He was born to Asal Ayad and the late Habib Ayad on Feb. 29th, 1956, in Palestine. George is survived by his eight children: Ryan Rodriguez, Jenniffer Ortiz-Alizieri, Ricky Rodriguez, Vanessa Lammers, Nicolas Ayad, Isabelle Ayad, Emalee Ayad and Kayla Ayad. George was a loving gra...

Dorothy Harriet Smith was born in Oroville, California, the daughter of Bert Laraway Smith, Jr., and Emily Harriet Strother. Dorothy grew up in Berkeley, graduating from Berkeley High School in 1948. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1952, where she was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She married Erik Stenstedt in 1954, and during thei...

Vladislav Ako Bevc passed away on May 16, 2022, in Pleasanton California, after a long battle with cancer. He was born on April 9, 1932 in Ljubljana Slovenia (at that time, part of the former Yugoslavia) to Ladislav and Ivanka Bevc. He often shared fond memories of his early childhood in Slovenia, where he spent time vacationing on the coast and in the mountains, and visiting family in the cou...

Pat Lane, the face of downtown Pleasanton for years, died May 11, 2022 of congestive heart failure. She was 90. Pat was the first Executive Director of the Pleasanton Downtown Association and pioneered programs that continue to this day such as the Saturday Farmers' Market and Friday Concerts in the Park. She served as President of the California Downtown Association. After retiring from the As...

Erin Winter passed away suddenly on May 9 in Livermore, CA of natural causes. Born in Milwaukee WI, Erin grew up in Virginia, North Carolina, St. Louis MO, & Los Angeles CA, before moving to Tiburon CA, where she graduated from Redwood High School in 1992. She found quick success in the real estate industry before joining her mother Lynn and brother Mark in their thriving family business Hired H...

With deep sadness for her Family and many Friends, the bright spirit and gentle kindness of Reneé L. Gielow passed from this world at her home, under Sutter Hospice Care, in Roseville, CA. Reneé's short, but heroic battle with pancreatic cancer, was fought with the same courage, determination and positive attitude which was the hallmark of her life. Reneé was born in St. Paul’s Hospital, ...

Elizabeth was born in Scherzingen Switzerland and was one of six children. She met the love of her life, had her first child and moved to California to pursue the promise of the American dream. She had an amazing life, three children and was a very humble and down to earth person. Her passions were family, gardening, cooking & traveling. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family. ...

Marie Carmella Guydish passed away in her home in Pleasanton, CA with family and friends visiting her at her bedside over the two months she was ill with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by her husband, John and three children, David, Jayne & Jack and her four grandchildren, Jessica, Michael, Andrew & Austin. Her two daughter-in-laws, Debbie and Stacy were also at her bedside during her illness....