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John Frederick Becksted
A graveside service for John Frederick Becksted, 60, of Fairfield will be 10 a.m. Friday at Suisun-Fairfield Cemetery. Stan Sanderson will officiate. Burial will follow.
Mr. Becksted died Sept. 10, 2000, in Fairfield after a brief illness.
Born April 5, 1940, in Ft. Erie, Canada, he lived in Fairfield for the past 35 years. He worked in civil service at Travis Air Force Base as a mechanic and retired after 20 years. He was most recently employed at Clorox in Fairfield. He enjoyed gardening and especially enjoyed working on cars.
Mr. Becksted is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Louise and Robert Cloonan of Oswego, N.Y.; sister, Elise of Supperhills, Fla.; and brothers, George, Harold and Karl, all of Oswego.
Arrangements are being handled by Bryan-Braker Funeral Home.
Michael 'KI' John Stipic
A service of remembrance for Michael "KI" John Stipic, 52, of Vacaville will be 1 p.m. Friday at Nadeau Family Funeral Home. The Rev. Vincent O'Reilly will officiate. Interment will be private.
Mr. Stipic died Sept. 11, 2000, at his home in Vacaville after a long illness.
Born Dec. 15, 1947, in Oakland, he lived in Vacaville for the past 10 years. He had been in restaurant management for 25 years, most recently at Travis Air Force Base. He also worked with the family-owned Oakland Seafood Grotto for 15 years and the Presidio Yacht Club in Sausalito. He loved the mountains and the ocean. He was an automotive enthusiast with his children and enjoyed auctions.
Mr. Stipic is survived by his wife, Denise of Vacaville; sons, Stephen and Bradley, both of Vacaville; sisters, Susan of Texas and Nancy Hazelitt of Alameda; brother, Michael of Castro Valley; mother-in-law, Sally Capoferri of Oakland; stepmother, Shelley Albar of San Ramon; mother, Patti of Texas;cousin, Chris Francovich of Concord and aunt, Helen Peterson of San Francisco. He also has numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to NorthBay Hospice, 1300 Oliver Road, Fairfield, 94533.
Matilda S. Herrick
Services for Matilda S. Herrick, 77, of Fairfield will be private. Entombment will be private at Fairmont Memorial Park.
Mrs. Herrick died Sept. 7, 2000, in San Mateo.
Born March 31, 1923, in Long Island, N.Y., she lived in Fairfield for the past 43 years. She was a homemaker for 59 years.
Mrs. Herrick is survived by her daughter, Barbara Hower of Burlingame; son, Ernest of Vacaville; sisters, Pauline Pokara and Pat Murray, both of Long Island; four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are by Bryan-Braker Funeral Home.
Alden F. Munter
A memorial service for Alden F. Munter, 96, of Vallejo will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Paradise Valley Estates in Fairfield. Inurnment will be at Mt. Olivet Memorial Park in Colma.
Mr. Munter died Sept. 6, 2000, at Laurel Creek Health Center in Fairfield.
Born May 28, 1904, in Hillsboro, N.D., he lived in Vallejo for the past 20 years. He was self employed in entertainment services for 50 years before retiring in 1972. He arrived in the Bay Area in 1924 and had lived in Daly City and Vallejo. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 468 in Vallejo and was active in Duplicate Bridge, bowling and golf.
Mr. Munter is survived by his wife, Bernice of Fairfield; stepdaughters, Larry Jones of Winton and Rod Jones of Kalispell, Mont.; niece, Susan Moss of Los Altos; and nephews, Don Wall of San Rafael. He also has 10 step-grandchildren and seven step-great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Children of Mooseheart, Moose Inc., Finance Dept., Mooseheart, IL 60539-1173.
Gordon P. Pugh
No service will be held for Gordon P. Pugh, 79, of Fairfield. Disposition will be private.
Mr. Pugh died Sept. 3, 2000 in Fairfield after a long illness.
Born Sept. 3, 1921 in Napa, he lived in Fairfield for the past 50 years. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a gunner on a B-17 'Flying Fortress.' He also served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War as a crew chief in aircraft maintenance. He later served in civil service at Travis Air Force Base from 1952 to 1977 and did a variety of jobs following retirement from the service.
Mr. Pugh is survived by his sons, Jim and Larry of Vacaville, Raymond, Phillip and Steve of Fairfield, and Patrick of Gardena; a daughter, Pamala Smith of Dayton, Nev.; and brother, Bob of Placerville. He also has six grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Bryan-Braker Funeral Home.
Alexander R. Willey
Graveside services for Alexander R. Willey, 83, of Union City will be 10 a.m. today at Vacaville Elmira Cemetery.
Mr. Willey died Aug. 26, 2000, at the Masonic Home in Union City.
Born May 30, 1917, in Camden, N.J., he lived at the Masonic Home for the past 10 years.
Mr. Willey is survived by his only child, Edith; grandchildren, Tina Anderson and Edward Voss III; and great-grandson, Hayden Voss.
Maureen R. O'Connor Degen
Maureen R. O'Connor Degen, an Air Force nurse, businesswoman and dedicated advocate of public education, died at her daughter's home in Folsom on Sept. 14, after a long illness. She was 60.
Services and burial will be held in Windam, N.Y. A memorial service will be held in Vacaville at a time yet to be determined.
Born May 31, 1940, in New York City, Mrs. Degen graduated from Lenox Hill Nursing School in New York, and arrived at Travis Air Force in 1965, where she served as a nurse at David Grant Air Force Hospital.
She left the Air Force in 1966 to start her family, and went on to earn her bachelor's degree from the University of the Philippines and Master of Business Administration from the University of Utah.
Mr. Degen returned to California in 1975, and settled in Vacaville, where she became an active real estate agent and broker. She lived in Vacaville for 25 years.
She remained active in the nursing profession while earning her doctorate degree from Golden Gate University, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses at Golden Gate and National universities.
She rose to local prominence in the late 1970s when she helped force the Vacaville Unified School District to put a controversial proposal for year-round education before the voters.
Mrs. Degen believed the district's plan would be disruptive to families, and fought to have the issue placed on the ballot.
'It was a very hot issue ... People with three or four children who were on. different tracks, it was just going to wreak havoc with these households,' recalls, Doris Colledge, a friend and colleague of Mrs. Degen. 'They were trying to ram it down our throats, in my opinion.'
Voters defeated the proposal by a 2-to-1 margin.
Colledge attributes the success of the campaign in large part to the energy and charisma of Mrs. Degen, who even traveled to Colorado to research how school districts that had implemented year-round schools were faring.
Within 10 years, however, the state Legislature mandated that year-round campuses be an alternative offered to parents.
'Anybody who met Maureen couldn't help but like her because she was so bloomin' witty,' Colledge said. 'She was a really great person in my estimation.'
Mrs. Degen is survived my her daughters, Kathleen McFee and Jennifer Degen, of Folsom; son-in-law Douglas McFee and grand-son Andrew McFee, also of Folsom; sister Sheila O'Connor of Albany, N.Y.; twin sister Meghan O'Connor of Albany, N.Y.; sister and brother-in-law Kathleen and Jon Hoekstra of Putnam Valley, N.Y.; brother and sister-in-law William and Dorothy O'Connor of Brewster, N.Y.; sister and brother-in-law Margaret and John Champagne of Bethesda, M.D.; sister and brother-in-law Anne O'Connor and Ray Garrison of Crestwood, N.Y.; and eight nephews and six nieces.
She was preceded in death by her father and mother, William and Marie O'Connor.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Charlotte Dianne Teer
A Catholic Prayer Service for Charlotte Dianne Teer, 56, of Sacramento, will be celebrated Monday at Nadeau Family Funeral Home.
The Rev. William Feeser of St. Mary's Catholic Church will officiate.
Friends are invited for visitation on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Nadeau Family Funeral Home. Interment will be private.
Mrs. Teer died in her Sacramento home on Sept. 12, 2000, after a long illness. She lived in Sacramento for the last three years, but previously lived her entire life in Vacaville.
She was born on July 8, 1944, in Okima, Okla. She had been a waitress at many local restaurants, including Wren's Cafe, Browns Family Restaurant, and Vaca Joe's. She was also the former owner of the Char's Main Street Cafe in Winters for a short time.
She enjoyed flower arranging, crafts, bargain shopping, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren.
Mrs. Teer is survived by her husband, Tom of Sacramento; daughters Tabatha Martinez and Shawna Teer, both of Vacaville; sisters Georgia Eubanks of San Marcos, Wanda Marfil of Vacaville, Vanara Riley of Kentucky, Janet Zimmerman of Idaho, and Peggy Perkins of Idaho; brothers Clois Dunham and Tom Dunham of Vacaville, Bob Dunham of Redding, Arliss Dunham of Nevada, Rodney Dunham of Sacramento, and numerous nieces and nephews.
George Vinton 'Vint' Ellis
A memorial service for George Vinton 'Vint' Ellis, 77, of Vacaville will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Community Presbyterian Church, 425 Hemlock St., in Vacaville.
The Rev. Thomas Michael Smith will preside. Inurnment will be private in the Bayview Cemetery
family plot in Ketchikan, Ala.
Mr. Ellis died Sept. 12, 2000, in his home.
Born Dec. 25, 1922, in Juneau, Ala., he lived in Vacaville for 28 years. He was a retired lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Air Force who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was raised in Ketchikan and graduated from Willamette University in Salem, Ore.
Mr. Ellis is survived by his wife, Ruthanne of Vacaville; a son, Vinton of Vacaville; son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan and Judy of California; and a brother, Robert of Springfield, Ore.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to NorthBay Hospice, 1300 Oliver Road, Suite 210, Fairfield, 94533.
Dorothy Harriet Selzer
Memorial services for Dorothy Harriet Selzer, 81, of Vacaville, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Vaca Hills Chapel.
Inurnment will be private in Sunset View Cemetery
in Berkeley.
Mrs. Selzer died Sept. 14, 2000, at the Vacaville Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center after a short illness.
Born March 24, 1919, in Richmond, Mrs. Selzer was raised in Richmond and moved to Vacaville 23 years ago. She was a homemaker for 60 years.
A long-time resident of the Lemon Tree Mobile Home Park in Vacaville, Mrs. Selzer enjoyed arts and crafts, travel, fishing and the outdoors.
She is survived my her daughter, Roberta Abbot of Virginia; a son, William Selzer of Graegle, Calif.; and seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, in 1992.
Memorial donations can be made to a favorite charity.
Charlotte Dianne Teer
A Catholic Prayer Service for Charlotte Dianne Teer, 56, of Sacramento, will be celebrated today at 1 p.m. at Nadeau Family Funeral Home.
The Rev. William Feeser of St. Mary's Catholic Church will officiate.
Friends are invited for visitation today from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Nadeau Family Funeral Home. Interment will be private.
Mrs. Teer died in her Sacramento home on Sept. 12. 2000, after a long illness. She lived the last three years in Sacramento, but previously lived most of her life in Vacaville.
Born Charlotte Dianne Dunham on July 8, 1944, in Okima, Okla., she had been a waitress at many local restaurants including Wren's Cafe, Brown's Family Restaurant and Vaca Joe's. She also fulfilled her lifelong dream of owning her own restaurant, Char's Main Street Cafe in Winters. Patrons knew her for her big red hair and great service.
She enjoyed flower arranging, crafts, bargain shopping, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren.
Mrs. Teer is survived by her husband, Tom, of Sacramento; daughter, Shawna Teer, of Vacaville; daughter and son-in-law, Tabatha and Juan Martinez, of Vacaville; granddaughters, Jessica and Jacklyn Martinez; sisters and brothers-in-law, Georgia and Marion Eubanks, of San Marcos; Wanda and Herman Marfil, of Vacaville; Vanara and Cordell Riley, of Kentucky; Janet and Howard Zimmerman, of Idaho; and Peggy and Cecil Perkins, of Idaho; brothers and sisters-in-law, Clois and Lourdes Dunham, of Vacaville; Tom and Garland Dunham, of Vacaville; Arliss and Eileen Dunham, of Nevada; brothers Bob Dunham, of Redding; and Rodney Dunham, of Sacramento; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Teer was preceded in death by her parents, Ethel and Owen Dunham, and brother, Vince Dunham.
