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Marion “Belle” Klebahn Redfield passed away August 27, 2020 at her home in Ross at the age of 83 years.  Born and raised in Honolulu to Frederick and Lois Klebahn.  She attended Punahou School class of 1955, Garland Junior College Class of 1957, and graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in 1959 from San Jose State University. She worked as a school teacher and also for Wells Fargo Bank before getting married. Belle was a member of Daughters of Hawaii, Junior League of...

EMMET JOHN DEVLIN JUNE 11, 1964 — AUGUST 1, 2020 (AGE 56)   Emmet passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on the morning of Aug 1st.  He was born in Englewood, NJ to John James (Jack) Devlin and Marie Elaine Ewing.   Emmet spent his early years in New Jersey and Connecticut before ultimately landing in Arlington, Tx in 1972.   He took pride in his descent as a second-generation Irishman.   Growing up in Arlington with his two sisters, Emmet played many...

Patt Shea (Patricia Ann Shea, nee Funge) born in San Francisco, September 17, 1933 passed July 12, 2020 in Novato. She is survived by her devoted daughter, Daria Foehr Sievers, her loving son-in-law, William Sievers, amazing grandsons, Nicholas Shea, and Beau Sievers, PhD., her step-grandson, Teal Sievers, and step-great- granddaughter, Ohana Sievers, step-daughter, Tana D. Davis (nee Shea) and step-son-in-law Dan Davis. Patt is pre-deceased by her beloved grand-daughter, Kyle Sievers, late...

Ruth Median, a resident of Marin County for almost 40 years, died on Sunday, April 26 at the age of 90. The cause was complications of Covid-19. Born in Vienna, Austria, her family fled to Belgium just before World War II, after the Nazis seized Ruth's father's property. There, she lived out the war in semi-hiding. In 1948, Ruth and her mother emigrated to the United States, where Ruth's gift for foreign languages launched her career at a large shipping company. In 1965, Ruth...

Barbara Jean Lavaroni Barbara, 92, died peacefully on April 21, 2020, five years to the day after her husband, Charles Lavaroni, who also passed away in their San Anselmo home. Raised in San Francisco's Richmond District, the Lake Street "Kick the Can" champion, Girls Club lifeguard and Job's Daughters Queen attended Presidio Middle School and Washington High School. Ushering at the Curran Theater planted in Barbara a lifelong love for the dramatic and musical arts. At San...

Edward Rogers, Jr. passed away peacefully on April 5, 2020, in Corte Madera at age 89.  Ed was a proud native of Oakland.  He was born on August 26, 1930, at Fabiola Hospital in Oakland.  Ed’s parents were Edward Carden Rogers and Augusta Gertrude Carvalho Rogers.  The family lived in West Oakland, downstairs from Ed’s paternal grandparents (Antonio and Maria).  Antonio and Maria had emigrated from the Azores. In 1935, the...

Adeline Catherine DeMartini passed away peacefully at her home of over 60 years in Greenbrae on March 20, 2020.  She was born in San Francisco on June 2, 1919 to Michael and Mary McDonough.  She and her two brothers Robert and Edward grew up in the Glen Park District and she attended St. Paul’s Catholic Convent School before attending and graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Economics.   Adeline was an active member of Delta Zeta Sorority at UCB.   Adeline...

  Lance Sherman Belville, playwright, theatre director, journalist, and teacher died March 14, 2020 in his floating home in Sausalito in the embrace of his wife and artistic partner of 42 years, Lynn Lohr. His more than 50 professionally produced plays have had more than 100 productions in the US, Mexico, Brazil, and most recently, London, including tours to 30 states. Dramatic almost from his birth on June 19, 1935 in Winona, Minnesota to Lloyd and Grace Belville, he didn’t...

Laura Giovannoni died on Feb. 22 at the age of 94 in her home in Larkspur, where she had lived, loved and raised her family since 1956.  She was born Laura Candida Melo in Crows Landing California, to parents, Rosa and Emidio Melo.  The middle child of seven siblings, she grew up on the family farm in the San Joaquin Valley. After graduating High School as Valedictorian, Laura worked the summer for the War effort before moving to San Francisco to continue her education in the...