Archived Obituaries

Dennis Orland Dillehay was born in Gilroy, CA and graduated from Gilroy Union High School in 1964.

Jovita Marie Amado passed away November 6, 2009. She is survived by her husband Alejandro Amado; children Teresa (Eldridge) Culpepper, James (Janet) Amaral, Richard Domain, Marilyn (James) Branham, and Humberto (Graciela) Amado; grandmother of Gladys, Johanna and Krystal Amado, Rosemarie Martinez, Lori and Daniel Anaya, James and Matthew Amaral, and Nicole Culpepper; as well as six great grandchildren.

Judi passed from this life into eternal life with Jesus Christ her Lord and Savior on January 7, 2010 at the age of 74.

June 26, 2018

Estela Ortiz, age 83, of Morgan Hill, passed away February 19, 2007.

Thurs. 10:00 A.M. Viewing, 1:00 P.M. Funeral Habing Family.

Former Hollister resident Donald Louis "Don" Gabriel of Eugene, OR, died Sunday, July 24,2011, following a short illness. He was 91.

Daniel Valdez passed from this life on October 16, 2006. He was the adored son of Victor and Anna Valdez, beloved brother of Victor Valdez, Jr. (JoAnn), Joyce Ybarra (Raymond), Eugene Valdez (Lisa), and Anthony Valdez (Gayle). He was the caring uncle of Jesse, Briana, and Eli Sanchez; Amy and Jessica Sharp; Melanie and Grace Valdez; Jeremy Dirks, Josh Zimmerman, and Anthony Valdez. He was friend and confidante to an untold number of Gilroyans from the downtown area he frequented, to Gavilan College, where he was a student, and also on the editorial staff of the Gavilan Press.

Jeanne went to be with her Lord and Savior at the age of 83 in Hollister at Mabie Northside Convalescent with her husband and family at her bedside, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Born in Lynn Massachusetts, she has been a Hollister resident for the past eight years.