2016 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.
Meals on Wheels and Albany Senior Center volunteer
Adele Jungnickel Bachman
Albany High Class of 1944, pilot, volunteer for Boy and Girl Scouts
Lola Bennett
Beauty Salon owner, resident of Peralta Avenue since 1966
Muriel Tansley Blank
Ramona Avenue resident, Camp Fire and political volunteer
Lucia Staib Brockhoff
Aged 101, Former elementary teacher and Albany resident until 1975
Wallace “Bruce” Burns
Resident since 1976, father of a 1984 graduate
David Jack Capeluto
Albany High Class of 1952, owned American Florist for 57 years
Phyllis Prindle Barlow Carvalho
Former resident
Gary ( “Sir Garry” ) Christophe
Albany High Class of 1974 and creative free spirit
Alice Clutts
Born in Albany in 1945
Alice Furth
Resident
Berenice Oliver Gray
Former resident
Judy D Holmes
Born in Albany in 1936 Albany High grad Class of 1954
Joyce C Jacobsen ( Krasovich )
Albany High Class of 1962
Jan Phillips Kidd
Born in Albany on 1938
Barbara Anne Runnion Kirkman
Albany High class of 1953
William Elmer (“Bill”) Lanctot
Retired Captain, Albany Fire Department
Barbara Jean ( Stilwell ) Laplante
Albany High Class of 1944
James J. Lassen
Orientation and Mobility Specialist @ Orientation Center for the Blind
Fern V. Luoma
Newspaper photographer, Chamber of Commerce, and Little League volunteer
Josephine (“Jo”) Marini
Talbot Avenue resident since 1936, retired Cornell School teacher , aged 103
Born in Albany in 1940
Alice G Minellone
Long time resident of Cornell Avenue, aged 101
John Edward Mullarkey
70 year resident of Albany, father of nine
Charles Ralph Pagter, Jr.
59 year resident and former Albany letter carrier for US Postal Service
Mildred Borba Palfini
Born in Albany, Albany High Class of 1947
Pamela Muir Patterson
Albany High Class of 1975 Marin Elementary Crossing Guard
Donald Pearman III
Attended Albany High during 1980s, Pittsburg police officer
Thelma Klein Peck
Washington Avenue resident
Kathleen Marie ( “Kathy” ) Accornero Peterson
Born in Albany 1939
Marsden Price
Resident of 555 Pierce Street
Abe Quint
Santa Fe Avenue resident and construction company owner
Maurice ( “Maury”) Segerberg
Volunteer for Little League, Camp Fire, Elks Jaycees, and Athletic Boosters. Albany High Class of 1943
Anthony ( “Jerome Griot” ) Smith
Musician, Jackson St resident
Dorothy A. Spicer
Former resident and mother of a 1965 Albany High graduate
Catherine Sutton
Dance instructor and Transition Albany Leader
Toshie Suzukawa
Gardener, seamstress, and resident for 50 years
Farnaz Taheri – Stosik
Programmer Analyst @ UC Berkeley
Elizabeth ( “Betty”) Tscharner
Mother of AHS graduates, operated Arrow Glass for many years
Moises Vargas
Long-time Gateview resident
Yoshiye Yamashiro
Former resident