2019 Obituaries
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Born in Albany in 1942
James T ( “Jim”) Bill
Moved to Albany to retire
Carolyn Ortegren Carlson
Albany High Class of 1959
Mary C Ormerod Schaefer Cedarholm
Moved to Albany as a teenager
Dorothy McNamee Collins
Resident of Albany, mother of 3 AHS graduates
Hilda J Dewey
Worked at USDA Regional Research Center for 34 years
Rita Elegant
Elementary teacher for 33 years
Melvin J (“Mel”) Ferreira
Resident for over 70 years
Bettie Ann Garrett
Long time resident of Cornell Ave
Lou George
Co-Owner Albany TV, AHS Class of 1959, Former City Councilman
Earl Meyer Goldman
Albany High Class of 1947
David (“Dave” ) Greer
Active in civic affairs, wrote the “Man About Town” column for the Journal
Joan Strohmeier Held
Born in Albany, Albany High Class of 1956
Genevieve R Howe
X Ray technician @ Albany Hospital
Lorraine J Kavanaugh
Kains Ave resident for over 50 years
Sheila Geering Keppel
Grew up in Albany Albany High Class of 1953
Alberta ( “Bertie”) Lesko
Former resident, Former Director of Berkeley Hills Cooperative Nursery School
Mildred ( “Millie’ ) Loeser
Co-owner, Albany Coin Exchange 1973 – 2004
Alice Sue Leong Lum
Long – time resident of Peralta Ave
Matthew Madrid
Age 45 Killed by a train
Attended Cornell Elementary Albany High Class of 1959
Raymond Miles
Retired Dean UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Judey Kay Miller
Singer and Kaiser Peer Support Volunteer
Kenneth R Nabeta
Born in Albany in 1939 His wife Reiko Yamashita was a 1963 AHS grad
Roger Nottingham
AHS Class of 1959, Former 6th grade teacher @ Cornell
Jerry Giacomo Olivero
Born in Albany in 1940
Gordon Edward Piepho
Former resident, husband of Mary Oliverio, AHS Class of 1952
Sheila Reid
Lived most of her life in Albany
Gerald David Rendahl ( “Jerry “)
Born in Albany, AHS Class of 1951, avid mountaineer
Tony Rowell
Author, mountaineer, and photographer
Gail Shea
Mother of 3, quilter, technical writer
Linda Joan Smith
Cheerleader, Albany High Class of 1980
Helen Sommers
Resident of Albany
Shawn Spikes
Golden Gate Fields jockey
Ellen Carol Thulin Stubbs
Born in Albany in 1935
Judith Willis Querin
Cheerleader, Albany High Class of 1951
Robel Tadesse
Albany High Class of 2015
Murder victim
Mary Tchang
Albany resident, aged 101
Jose Elias Valdivia
Long-time resident of Talbot Ave
Kevin Allan Young
Born in Albany in 1950