2013 Obituaries
This list is provided as a record of people who have grown up, lived, worked or were otherwise a part of the Albany community. If you know of someone who should be on this list, please contact us with their information.
Albany High Class of 1958
John Flores Aguilera
Businessman
Chester ( “The Duke”) Anderson
Hotsy Totsy bartender
Donald Armstrong
Albany Unified School District and City of Albany Maintenance
Donna Hildebrand Baker
Albany High Class of 1965
Patricia Nelson Barkas
Artist, Albany High Class of 1967
Frank Besette
Boy Scout volunteer and Southern Pacific Railroad retiree
Virginia Blume
Albany resident for 79 years
Wilfred John Cabral
Master carpenter
Georgia Carlson
Owner, Baubles and Bears
Jerrold (“Jerry” ) Choate
Accordion player, Albany High Class of 1960
Charles Clarke
Retired Albany High history teacher and coach
Marvin Edward Collins
Contractor , arrived in Albany in 1935
Joseph Frank Cravotto
WW II veteran, engineer, and music lover
Norma Borja Cravotto
Mother, school volunteer, and yard monitor
Flora Madrid de la Torre
Albany resident for 58 years
Walter De Maria
Artist, Born in Albany in 1935
Donald A (“Don”) Diani
Coach and Albany High graduate – Class of 1950
Betty Eybel Duer
Teachers’ aide
Catherine Elizabeth (“Cassie”) Borgnino Dusterdick
Gardener traveler, and reader
Judith (“Judi”) Hale Frakes
Former dispatcher, Albany Police Department
Robert (“Bob”) Gribben
Would have graduated from Albany High in 1944, but joined the Navy in 1943
Charles George Haller
Sportsman, fisherman, and World War II veteran
Sean Hogan
Volunteer wrestling coach for APAL and Albany High
Maurice G. (“Frenchy”) Huillade
Born in Albany in 1931
Terrence J (“Terry”) Hurley
Albany High Class of 1967
Joe Jackson
Y Achievers Staff Member
Bernice Johnson
Wife and mother, long time community volunteer
Jerome A. (“Jerry”) Joseph
Born in Albany in 1938
Rachel Karnes
Long-time Albany resident
Albany High Grad and Mechanics’ Bank employee
John Paul ( “JP”) Koehn
Quarterback, Albany High Class of 2003, and loving dad
Lezlie Bettymarie Labadie
Owner, East Bay Chevrolet
Patrick Leach
Died at Albany Bulb October 17th
William A. (“Bill”) Lewis Sr.
Former Mayor and baseball lover, the namesake of the Teen Center
Judy Lieberman
Former Assistant City Manager
Alfred J Madrid
Had one of the most beautifully-kept gardens in town
Patricia Leak Mayeda
Albany High Class of 1976
Jewel Nishi Okawachi
Albany High Class of 1946, Former Mayor, and life-long volunteer
Gary Parsley
Eagles Club, Albany High Class of 1965
Elizabeth Delina Pricco
Moved to Albany in 1970
Donald E Pryde
Born at Humboldt Hospital in Albany in 1933
Lawrence Trumbull Queen
Eagle Scout, race car driver, and Berkeley Police Officer
Marion (“Randy”) Randisi
Remembered from Dagna’s Market and Park & Shop
William C Sadler, Jr.
Resident of Antioch, Albany High Class of 1967
Razia Salehi
Children’s Center Para Educator
Vernon Silva
Eagles Club, coach, avid golfer, and father of graduates
George Michael Souza
Albany native and life-long resident
Juan Antonio Salvador Spampinato
Sailor, mechanic, business owner, and car racer
Bob James Spurgeon
Machinist, mechanic, and car-lover, born in Albany in 1946.
Sharon Nancy Tarpley
Born in Albany in 1944, Lake County resident
Donald (“Don”) Tennenbaum
Rotarian and proud Marine
Lena Thompson
Fratellanza Club
Joe Ryozo Tominaga
“Great fun and a good man ”
Virgil Alvin Vierra
49’er fan, Albany resident since 1947
Mary Wallmann
Albany High Class of 1945, AHS librarian, Former AUSD Board Member
Lloyd Richard Williams
Born in Albany , he was Albany High Class of 1950
Gary Winkler
Worked the polls at every election for years
Wentworth Wong
Played football, served in the military, and graduated from art school
Barbara Worthing-Jones
Parent and Albany Library supporter