obituaries

Francisco Pereira Luis

July 4, 1931 - March 30, 2026

VISITATION
 A visitation will be held from 10:00am - 1:00pm on Friday, April 17th, 2026 in the Merlot Room in Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

SERVICE
 A graveside service will be held at 1:30pm on Friday, April 17th, 2026 at Cherokee Memorial Park, located off Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

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Pauline R. Castaneda

June 29, 1933 - March 30, 2026

Pauline Rodriguez Castaneda’s, 92, of Lodi, CA, passed away peacefully on March 30, 2026.  Born on June 29, 1933 to Hermelinda Reyes-Rodriguez and Ramon Rodriguez in Harlingen, Texas. Pauline worked for American Standard as an inspector, and after retiring she worked at Heinz (seasonal job). 

Pauline enjoyed listening to her Mexican music on her amplifier speaker while watching her daily wrestling at the same time. This was her daily ritual.  She loved being surrounded by flowers and balloons in her living room.  She loved going to the Casinos every month. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jose G. Castaneda.  Survived by her siblings: Joe Rodriguez, Lupe Roman, Lola Carr (her husband Rudy Carr), Evarista Navarro, and Isabel Branscum, three children: Hope Castaneda, Joe Luis Castaneda(Marilyn Jackson Castaneda), and Leticia Castaneda Hernandez.  She had six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

VISITATION
 A visitation will be held from 12:00pm - 1:00pm on Thursday, April 9th, 2026 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

SERVICE
 A service will be held at 1:00pm on Thursday, April 9th, 2026 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240. A reception will follow at the J Charles Irwin Reception Center, located off Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

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Paul Calderon

July 27, 1984 - March 26, 2026

VISITATION
 A visitation will be held from 9:00am - 1:00pm on Friday, April 10th, 2026 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

SERVICE
 A service will be held at 1:00pm on Friday, April 10th, 2026 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240

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Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Calderon family.

Loris Dawn Enzminger

July 2, 1937 - March 25, 2026

Loris Dawn Enzminger, 88, of Lodi, died March 25, 2026, following a short illness. She was born to Emil and Emma (Broschat) Martin on July 2, 1937, at New Rockford, North Dakota.

At the age of 7 she moved to Lodi with her family. She attended Lincoln and Needham schools, and graduated as valedictorian of the Class of 1954 at Lodi Union High School. She worked as bookkeeper at Goehring Meat for many years, and then at Dole Fresh Fruit in Victor.

Loris married her high school sweetheart, Elden Earl Enzminger, on February 10, 1956. They were married 38 years until he passed away June 16, 1994, and were blessed with 2 children. 

Loris was a member of First Baptist church of Lodi since 1947, where she enjoyed singing in the choir and serving as church clerk, financial secretary, in the Women’s Missionary Fellowship, and volunteering in the church office. She attended all of her high school class reunions, and recently served on the committee. She enjoyed music, reading, working with numbers, and over the years was treasurer of several organizations. 

Loris is survived by her daughter Debbie Sue Williams (and husband Mike) of Galt; son, Darren Todd Enzminger, of Lodi; and Melynda Cadenhead, who was like a daughter to her. Also, 2 grandchildren Curtis Williams and Brooke Hummel (Russel) and 6 great-grandchildren, Zachary, Nicolas, Jackson, and Maximus Williams and Charlee and Jaycee Hummel. 

MEMORIAL SERVICE
A memorial service will be held in the Chapel at First Baptist Church Lodi on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 11am.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to First Baptist Church, 267 N. Mills Ave. Lodi, CA 95242.

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Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Enzminger family.

Lee Roy Herron II

Lee Roy Herron II

May 9, 1972 - March 25, 2026

OBITUARY

Lee was born in Stockton, CA, to his late parents, Lee Sr. and Sharon Herron. He is survived by his three siblings, Susan McCarthy, Michelle Sapata, and John Herron.

Lee was preceded in death by his three beautiful children, Lee III, Kayla, and Kelley, as well as his two grandchildren, Lee IV and Kailee. He was known to others by his nicknames: Spark, Wayward Son, Joe Mama, and "#1.”

Lee served his country in the United States Naval Reserve until 1998. He then continued to serve his community as a part of CDCR, where he eventually retired as a lieutenant in 2022.

Lee had a quirky personality and loved to crack a joke whenever he could. He enjoyed spending time with his children and family, camping, and taking trips. Lee moved mountains for his children. He was a devoted 49ers fan who loved watching the games with his father and son. He adored his dogs, Vader and Zeus - man's best friends. He will be deeply missed as a father, grandpa, brother, and uncle. Rest in Heavenly Peace, until we meet again.

SERVICE
A graveside service will be held at 11:00am on Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 at Cherokee Memorial Park, located off Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

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Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Herron family.

Tomasa Guzman Mendoza

January 15, 1930 - March 24, 2026

Tomasa “Tommy” Mendoza, 96, of Lathrop CA passed away on March 24th . She was born in Calexico, California on January 15, 1930. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Cruz Mendoza, and her sons, Manuel Guzman and John Guzman. She is survived by her children: David Mendoza, Mary Keathley, Edward Guzman, Joe Chavez, Danny Mendoza, and Donald Mendoza.

Tomasa was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was known for her kindness, generosity, and selflessness. She was always willing to help others whenever possible.

She spent many years volunteering her time in a variety of ways, including at the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop in Stockton, CA. She created lasting and beautiful memories with those she loved. Memories of her detailed sewing projects, the countless meals she made for each of us, and the smile she always had when we walked in the door.

She will be deeply missed and forever loved.

VISITATION
 A visitation will be held from 5:30pm - 8:00pm with a rosary starting at 6:30pm on Monday, April 6th, 2026 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

SERVICE
 A service will be held at 10:00am on Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240. The final committal will follow in the Chapel of Flowers in Cherokee Memorial Park, located off  Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

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Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Guzman Mendoza family.

Harold W. Monroe

October 1, 1929 - March 24, 2026

Harold “Hal” W. Monroe passed away on March 24, 2026, after a short illness. He attended schools in Ottawa Kansas and graduated from Ottawa University in Kansas in 1951 with a BS Degree in Biology and Chemistry. Upon graduation from Ottawa University, he enlisted in the Navy and went through boot camp in San Diego. On completion of boot camp, he attended the Naval Storekeepers School while waiting for appointment to Naval Officers Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated from OCS in March of 1952 and was assigned to the antisubmarine Destroyer USS Renshaw DDE-499 stationed in Pearl Harbor. On his way to Pearl Harbor from Rhode Island he stopped off in Ottawa to marry Mary DeFries, his fiancée and a student at Ottawa University.

Mary later joined him in Hawaii and enjoyed the three years they were there even though Hal was gone half of the time while participating in the Korean conflict and the 1954 Operation Castle H bomb tests in Bikini Atoll.

Hal left the Navy in February of 1955, returned to the west coast and began his 34 year career with the JCPenney Company in the Oakland, California store as a management trainee. In 1961 after a few promotions in the Oakland store, Hal was promoted to assistant store manager in Walnut Creek. In 1964 he was promoted to Men’s Merchandise Manager on the Group Staff in Oakland under Darrell Parkin, District Manager. While on the Group Staff he served as Group Merchandise Manager and Group Sales and Merchandise Manger. In 1968 he was promoted to Girls and Infants Merchandise Manager under Stewart Bates in the New York Corporate Office. In 1973 Hal was promoted to Corporate Custom Decorating Manger replacing Charlie Logan. In 1977 Hal left the New York Office to return to the west coast as manager of Hawthorne, California. He later served as manager of Carson City, Nevada and retired as manager of the Stockton, California store in December 1989.

In retirement Hal enjoyed cycling, skiing, golf and scuba diving (having completed 255 dives) and a second career in property management as software operations manager for ten years.

Hal served on the board of the Greater Chamber of Commerce of Stockton, the board of United Way and was president in 1988, the board of Stockton Symphony Association, the board of Goodwill Industries of San Joaquin, the Measure W Citizens Oversight Committee, an active member of Central United Methodist Church and the Rotary Club of Stockton, a golf coach with First Tee of San Joaquin, Club secretary and HCSC Foundation Representative of the Northern California/Nevada HCSC LMG.

He is survived by Mary, his wife of 74 years and children Linda Monroe, Michael Monroe (Victoria) and his daughters Emily (Miles) and Molly, Mark “Doug” Monroe (Leslie) and their children Katherine, her daughter Adaline and son Atticus; and Victoria, her sons Nathan and Dylan; sister-in-law Cleo of Phoenix, Arizona; sister-in-law Alice Jo De Fries of Lawrence, his brother Gene Monroe and brother-in-law Stanley De Fries preceded him in death, many nephews and nieces.

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Magdalene Schmidt

Magdalene M. Schmidt
March 5, 1930 - March 18, 2026

Magdalene Schmidt was born March 5, 1930 in Muden-Dieckhorst Germany, and passed away in her sleep at her home in Lodi California on March 18, 2026 at 96 years of age. She immigrated here in 1953 to marry her sweetheart, Dagobert Schmidt, only to find he had been drafted into the US Army. After securing a three-day pass, they were married on Christmas Day. They soon left family in California to relocate across the country when stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. After an honorable discharge they began the long drive across the United States back to Lodi where they soon built their home where Magdalene lived for nearly 70 years.

In addition to raising their two children and home-making, Magdalene worked briefly as care-giver and at Diamond Foods before taking over the office and bookkeeping duties at their family machine shop & foundry. Always a hard- worker, she kept a spotless home and garden while managing the office. She finally retired in her seventies to enjoy her garden and spend more time with her loving family.

Magdalene was a 70 year member of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Lodi, serving in various capacities including as greeter & on altar guild for many years. She loved her large garden with many varied flowers, as well as good music & classic movies. She enjoyed cooking & baking for her family, with her Rouladen, Streuselkuchen & other special recipes all memories we still enjoy & cherish. Brisk walking five miles around northwest Lodi every morning at 5:30am was a healthy habit she maintained into her eighties; greeting her many morning-walk friends with her bright smile and bidding a cheery good-morning as she “zoomed-by”.

She was a loving and supportive mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who was always positive with a Christian attitude towards life and all that she met. Through a life with more than its share of difficulties, she kept true to her motto of “making the best of it” until the day she died. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Dagobert Schmidt, and survived by her sister Elfriede Reunig, children Susanne Schmidt and Dr. Norman (Lesa) Schmidt; her grandchildren Alexander (Kelly) Schmidt and Dr. Amanda (Kevin) Keller and four great-grandchildren (Charles, Liam, Elizabeth & Alayna).

CELEBRATION OF LIFE
A Celebration of Life service will be held on Tuesday, March 31 st at 10:00 am at Cherokee Memorial, Evergreen Chapel, followed immediately by a private graveside service.

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Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Schmidt family.

Joan Matsune

Joan Hiro Matsune
February 20, 1938 - March 15, 2026

Joan Hiro Matsune passed away on March 15, 2026 at her home in Stockton, California. Born on February 20, 1938 to John Masao and Ruth Toshiye Nakawatase, Joan lived her entire life in Stockton with detours at the Rohwer, Arkansas Relocation Center from 1942 to 1945 and San Jose State University from 1955 to 1959.

A good student from an early age, she graduated from Stockton College in 1955 and San Jose State University in 1959 where she prepared for a career in education. She went on to teach first or second grade for 35 years in the Stockton Unified School District, always striving to have an impact on her students.  

She was a lifetime devoted member of Calvary Church where she taught Sunday school, helped run the Sunday school program and later served as an elder. 

In 1961, she married her beloved husband Lester Matsune and they shared a 40 year marriage until his passing in 2001. 

Joan was known for her diligence, patience, perseverance and kindness. She was always there to provide company and comfort to her family and friends. But her greatest joy was being a grandmother to her three grandchildren, who were truly the light of her life.

She leaves behind her sons Lance Matsune (Karol) and Jon Matsune, grandchildren Kara Matsune, Kelsey Matsune (Preston), Matthew Matsune, and sisters Marsha Sayo Nakawatase and Kimi Diane Oliveira (Ed). Joan was proceeded in death by her husband Lester Matsune and her brother Wayne Susumu Nakawatase. 

MEMORIAL SERVICE
A memorial service to celebrate her life is scheduled for 11:00 AM, Saturday, May 16, 2026 at Calvary Church, 2343 Country Club Blvd., Stockton, CA 95204.

Donations may be made in Joan’s name to the Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA., 95204.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Matsune family.

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Eloisa Velasquez-Barajas

January 10, 1939 - March 13, 2026

VISITATION
 A visitation will be held from 4:00pm - 8:00pm with a rosary starting at 6:00pm on Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

MASS
 Mass will be held at 10:00am on Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 at St. Joachim’s Catholic Church, located at 13392 E Lockeford Ranch Rd, Lockeford, CA 95237

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Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Velasquez-Barajas family.

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