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Obituary : Fr. George T. Dennis Print E-mail
Fr. George T. Dennis, S.J. Resident of Los Gatos Father George Thomas Dennis, S.J., 86, died on Sunday, March 8, 2010 at Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose. He had been a Jesuit for 68 years and a priest for 55. After his ordination to the priesthood Fr. Dennis studied in Rome where he received his doctorate in Byzantine Church History in 1960. Most of his teaching and scholarly work took place at Catholic University in Washington D.C. He was on the faculty there from 1966 until he retired in 2000. Upon returning to California in 2001, Fr. Dennis joined the faculty at Loyola Marymount University as an adjunct professor of History. In 2005 health issues made it necessary for him to retire to Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos where he continued his scholarly work in Byzantine history until his death. Fr. Dennis' funeral Mass will take place at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos on Monday, March 15 at 10:00 AM. Committal of his ashes will take place immediately following the Mass at Santa Clara Mission Cemetery in Santa Clara. Donations in memory of Fr. George Dennis can be made to the California Province of the Society of Jesus at P.O. Box 68, Los Gatos, CA 95031. Arrangements by Darling-Fischer Chapel of the Hills, Los Gatos, CA.
 
Obituary : Roe Baker Print E-mail
PhotoRoe Hugh BAKER Passed away in Los Gatos on Wednesday afternoon, February 3, 2010, at the age of 94. He lived a long and rich life. Born in San Francisco on January 15, 1916 the son of Roe and Mary Dorothy Baker. Roe was the first of four "Baker boys". He was a track star, a football player, and a cheer leader at "Poly" High where he was a classmate and friend of Casper Weinberger President Reagan's Secretary of War. He then attended the College of Marin and ultimately the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated in 1939. Roe met his future wife, Edna Baker (nee Morgan), at the old Brockway resort on Lake Tahoe the summer before he enrolled at Berkeley. They married in 1942. During the War, Roe worked first as a hull foreman at the Kaiser Shipyard up in Richmond where, as a War Bond stunt, he and his crew famously assembled a "Victory Ship" from keel-to-truck in just 4-days. He subsequently attended Officer Candidate School at Princeton, won a commission in the U.S. Navy, and ended up serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters and was discharged as a lieutenant commander. After the War, Roe and Edna settled in San Francisco where Roe went to work for the Gellert family as a junior executive at Standard Building, the company which spearheaded the post-war housing boom in the Sunset and Lakeside districts and eventually developed Serramonte and the East Bay city of Hercules. Roe worked at Standard for over thirty years, ascended to its board of directors, and retired as one of its principal owners. Away from work, Roe was a man of peripatetic interests and countless hobbies. He was an avid runner, a tireless hiker, an adventuresome horseback rider, an accomplished photographer, a voracious reader, an inspired painter, an erstwhile sculptor, a fearless sailor, an energetic rower, a gifted gardener, a skilled wood-worker, and a perennial volunteer at the San Francisco Children's Zoo. Roe's and Edna's storied marriage lasted 67 years until Edna's death last June at the age of 91. They sailed the Caribbean together, climbed the Jungfrau, snorkeled the South Pacific, hiked the Sierra Nevada, plumbed the Grand Canyon, photographed the Mojave, shopped the Ginza, and trekked the Outback. Although they had no children, they gave unstinting love and enduring life lessons to more than a dozen adoring nieces and nephews. In 1993, Roe and Edna moved to "The Terraces" in Los Gatos where they took charge of the library, planted a bountiful-balcony-based garden, and became esteemed community members. Roe is survived by his younger brothers Dan and George and a host of admiring nieces, nephews, neighbors, and friends. A younger brother Jon died in 1992 who will be remembered as an All-American football player at UC Berkeley 1948-1950 and an All-Pro and the first middle linebacker in National Football League history when he played for the NY Giants. Roe was a gifted and generous man who took himself lightly and possessed an incomparably blithe and inspiring spirit. Although he will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him, it is comforting to know that after soldiering on for 7 months without her, he has been reunited with Edna. The family will hold a memorial celebration at The Terraces, 800 Blossom Hill Road, in Los Gatos on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 1:00 pm. Friends and family wishing to honor his memory are invited to make contributions to University of California Berkeley.
 
Obituary : Judy Pettey Print E-mail
Judy Pettey San Jose, CA. passed away on February 7, 2010 with her family by her side. She was the beloved wife of Roger Pettey. Loving mother to Christy and Steve, loving mother-in-law to Dawn, loving grandmother to Rachel and Josh, dear sister to Dave. She will be missed dearly, always remembered and forever loved. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service on February 15th at 1:00PM in the Large Chapel at Calvary Church in Los Gatos.
 
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