Archived Obituaries

Memorial services: Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Services: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at Lighthouse Apostolic Church, 1515 Santa Ana Rd. in Hollister. Committal services will be on January 17, 2017 at 1:00 P.M. at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella.

On January 3, 2017 Bertha M. Ortez passed peacefully in her sleep after suffering from Alzheimers for several years. Bertha is survived by four daughters, step children, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Joan Elizabeth Lombardi, 77, passed away peacefully surrounded by her children, their spouses and her grandchildren on January 6, 2017 in Salinas, CA. Joan was born on February 1, 1939 in Kingston, PA to the late John and Kathryn Koprevich. She was the youngest of three children.

Ron Montarbo passed away on January 5, 2017 at age 84, in his home, Augusta, Georgia, surrounded by family. Ronald Leon Montarbo was born in San Jose, California to Emma and William Montarbo. He was raised in Morgan Hill, California with his sisters Beverly and Maxine and brothers Gilbert, Vernon and Billy.

Darlene J. Fortine passed away in Morgan Hill at the age of 77. She was born in Ft. Collins, CO and lived in Hollister for the past 14 years. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Adelaide Tiedman, brother, Ernest Tiedman, sisters Alice Crabtree, Marie Frank, Anna Creary and Florence Heimbickner. She is survived by her brothers, Bobby, Jimmy and Harvey Tiedman and sister Patty McCann, her children, Barbara Hooker (Kenny) of Sacramento, Mike Scott (Donna) of Bend, OR, Mark Scott of Kalispell, MT, Tracy Sullivan of Salinas and Dean Scott (Lisa) of Boise, ID. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Born Edna Mable Ganim, but known to all who loved her as Bonnie Camisa died peacefully at home with family at her side on 11/04/16. Bonnie survived metastatic breast cancer in 1995, but sadly developed late complications related to total brain radiation which contributed to her death.

Howard Kenneth Schipper, 95, died Saturday, December 31, 2016 at home surrounded by his children. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Nora Schipper, and by brothers, Henry, George, Warren, Ted and Lester Schipper and sisters Geraldine Pollock and Lois Leibrandt.

James Robert Brodie passed away September 18, 2016 at his home in Culdesac, ID from Glioblastoma Multi-Form Brain Cancer. He was 75. Jim was born April 23, 1941 in Palo Alto, CA, to John David Brodie and Jean (Schombery) Arney.

Sharon Lane Waters (Read); beloved daughter, sister, mother and grandmother, gently passed into God’s hands at peace in her home on Friday December 30, 2016 at the age of 73. She is survived by her daughters Kimberlie van Dam, Tammy and Lisa, her granddaughter Haley, son-in-law Brad, niece Heather Read and nephew Jeremy Read.