Obituaries

Eudora Lea Finch

Eudora Lea Finch  Born December 27, 1936 in Arkansas in the Township of Oliver Springs.  Passed on January 26, 2017.  She is survived by her daughter, Melinda Brown and two grandchildren, Jenna Steel and Chris Hutchison.  She lived in Alameda CA for many years and graduated from Alameda High School. She was extremely talented and had many hobbies including stained glass, scrapbooking, stitchery, gardening and so much more.  She lived in Galt for 10 years before living with her daughter and son-in-law in Lodi for the last few months of her life.  She will be greatly missed.

Sherri Wilbur

Sherri Lynn Wilbur passed away on January 23, 2017, in Lodi at the age of 54. She was born in Berkeley, CA on September 4, 1962, to Thomas and Margaret McDonough. Sherri worked for many years as a Special Education teacher, most recently at Millswood Middle School. She loved her students and took great joy in serving as the advisor for the school’s Christian Club. Sherri also enjoyed hiking and canoeing, and especially loved the beach, and was a faculty sponsor for Millswood at the yearly student trip to Catalina Island. Sherri was active at Temple Baptist Church, serving on the Member Involvement Committee. Sherri is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her beloved husband Mark Wilbur; children: Jackson Wilbur, Michelle Wilbur, and Jerry Wilbur; a grandson Alessandro; and siblings Linda Webb. Thomas McDonough Jr., Timothy McDonough, and Susan Shaw.

SERVICES

A memorial Service to celebrate Sherri’s life will take place at Temple Baptist Church on Friday, February 3 at 3:00 pm.

Donations may be made to Temple Baptist Church or the One-Eighty Teen Center Youth Programs.

William (Bill) R. Burnett

DOB: August 12 1935                      DOD: January 11 2017 Bill was born in Hillsdale, Michigan to Melvin and Aileen Burnett. He married Darlene Burnett who passed in Aug 2015.

The love of his life was his wife Darlene and second love was Jazz. He was part of the Professor Plump Jazz Band for many years.  Retiring from 40 years of service as part of the Ford Motor Company Family and Employee out of the Bay Area and moving to Stockton Ca. where he retired a second time from the Ford family out of Elk Grove Ca.  He loved to travel his second home would have been Hawaii. Darlene and William travel once a year to the Midwest and Hawaii regularly. They loved their cat Haley and Misty.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Melvin Burnett and Aileen Burnett; and wife Darlene Burnett.

He is survived by younger brother: Doug (Sandra) Burnett; children: Debbie (Kevin) Freeman, Dale (Connie) McKenna; grandchildren: Anthony McKenna, Christina McKenna, Isabella Garcia, Marie Garcia, Alec Mays, Holly Mays, Devon Mays, Brian Freeman, Mathew Freeman, and Reese Freeman; nephew Tom (Maria) Rowe, Travis Rowe, and Jason Rowe; close friends: Martha, Elaine, Gerry, John, and Opal; and his cat/daughter: Haley Burnett.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

Service will be held Wednesday January 25 at 7:30 P.M. at the Holy Cross United Methodist Church 1200 W Hammer Ln Stockton Ca. 95209.

Ashes will be laid in Half Moon Bay in March with close family and friends.

Barbara Joan Yates

Barbara Joan Yates, 79, a longtime resident of Stockton, passed away quietly at home on the morning of January 22, 2017. Barbara was born in the city of Stockton. She was the oldest daughter of four children born to Viola and Reinholt "Mike" Nessler. She graduated from Stockton High School and attended Delta College. She worked for several years at the Red Cherry Bakery and Lincoln Village Bakery. She married Eldon Yates on September 21, 1955. The couple lovingly raised two children in the city of Stockton. Barbara also acted as a surrogate mother to several children over the years.

Barbara is preceded in death by her beloved father Mike Nessler, sister Janet Bryan, and brother Michael Nessler. She is survived by her husband of 61 years Eldon Yates, her mother Viola Nessler, sister Eleanor Adamson, daughter Eileen Yates, son Bruce Yates, daughter-in-law Carol Yates, grandson Justin Dillard, grandson Kenneth Yates, granddaughter Jessica Yates, grandson Richard Williams, grandson Aaron Williams and numerous great-grandchildren.

Barbara was at ease in the outdoors and found great enjoyment in gardening, fishing, and hunting. She loved archery and held office on the board of Lodi Bowmen for ten years. She was also a very talented self-taught painter and created scores of beautiful paintings over the course of her lifetime, but she will be most remembered for her kind spirit and dedication to family.

VISITATION

Visitation will be Thursday, January 26, 2017, from 4-8 PM at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial Way in Lodi.

SERVICES

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 27, 2017, at 1 PM at Cherokee Memorial Park in the Evergreen Chapel. A luncheon will follow the services at Casa Flores in Lodi located at 400 East Kettleman Lane Suite #5.

Aiko Mikami

Aiko Mikami, 87, of Lodi, died on January 18.  She was born in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 27, 1929.  A devoted student of Japanese arts, Mrs. Mikami received at the age of 28 the highest tea ceremony certificate, Midare, from the School of Omotesenke and was the only person in the U.S. to hold such a distinctive certificate.  1958, she immigrated to the US, marrying Matsuto Jim Mikami of Lodi.  During her time in California, she was an ambassador of Japanese culture.  In 1969, she became a founder of the Omotesenke Domonkai, Northern California chapter, an organization focused on the study of the art of tea ceremony; it has over 250 members today.  In addition to teaching tea ceremony, Mrs. Mikami taught koto and shamisen, two classical Japanese instruments, for over 50 years to more than 100 students.  Additionally, over her lifetime she performed countless demonstrations of Japanese culture including music, tea ceremonies, origami crafts, and flower arrangements at venues from San Francisco to Micke Grove to nearly all local elementary schools. Lastly, Mrs. Mikami was a dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother.  She helped grow grapes on the family vineyard and successfully raised two children through college.

She is survived by her daughter, Eileen Takeda, of Clovis; son, Jason, of Oakland; and three granddaughters.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Matsuto Jim Mikami, and brother Masanori Ninomiya.

 SERVICES

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lodi Buddhist Church, 23 N. Stockton St., Lodi.  Inurnment will be private at Cherokee Memorial Park.

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