All Obituaries

John “Mark Montobbio” passed away peacefully at home on Thursday November 4, 2022.  He was 81. A native San Franciscan, Mark was the Son of Italian immigrants John Louis Montobbio and Gene Caporaletti and brother to Richard (deceased).   He attended Catholic school at St. John’s, Riordan High, the University of San Francisco (USF) and USF law school.      While working as a beer truck driver, in 1966, Mark got married, bought a house, had his...

Peter Harold Fleig, a resident of San Rafael, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2022 surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren after suffering a cardiac arrest at home. He was born in Queens, New York on July 13, 1938 to William and Mary Fleig. His father was a Captain in the New York City Police Department and his mother was a homemaker in New York whose parents emigrated from County Leitrim in Ireland.He leaves behind his wife Jeanette and daughters Emilie (Bryce Fisher-Fleig)...

  Alicia Rhina Colombard   Alicia Rhina Colombard passed on at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco surrounded by her loving family with her beloved husband at her side on August 5, 2022.  She fought bravely for her life but left peacefully without pain or suffering.  She was 77 years old.   Alicia, also lovingly called by her middle name Rhina by her close friends and family, was born on February 19, 1945, in El Salvador and was a...

Sarah Shaw McKee Sarah Louise (Sally) Shaw McKee died at home with family at her side on June 14th.   She was 95. Born on March 18, 1927, she grew up in San Francisco and was a life-long resident of Northern California.  Her father was Edward Byer Shaw, MD, a prominent San Francisco pediatrician, communicable disease expert, UC professor, and internationally acclaimed authority on poliomyelitis.  Her mother, Johnsie Rowland of San Francisco and Olney, Ill., died when Sally...

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Tom was brought to the small town of Stinson Beach at age four, where he was raised with his eight siblings. After serving in the US Airforce, Tom returned to San Francisco, where he met Ann, his wife of 61 years. Together, they had four children, seven grandchildren, and four, soon to be five, great grandchildren. Tom worked 41 years for Mosler, overseeing the installation of bank vaults up and down the state. Tom’s favorite things in life were, first...

John Lewis Heilmann passed away peacefully at home on May 5th surrounded by his loving family just three weeks shy of his 81st birthday. He was born to John Sherman and Florence Heilmann on May 23rd, 1941, in San Francisco, CA. He spent most of his childhood in San Francisco and a few years in El Segundo, CA. He was a graduate of St. Agnes Grammar School, St. Ignatius High School (after spending three years at St Joseph’s Seminary), and Golden Gate University. He met his wife...

August (Gus) Manza, a life-long resident of Berkeley, died peacefully on May 2, 2022, at Aegis Living in Corte Madera. He was 90 years old. He was the child of Italian immigrant parents; his father was a tailor who ran a tailor shop in San Francisco for many decades. Educated at Berkeley High School and the University of California (class of 1952), Gus was a member of ROTC at Cal, and served in the U.S. Army for three years following his graduation. He would later join the Army Reserves,...

Jane Ellen Stewart, a long-time resident of San Rafael and Fairfax and devoted parishioner of both St. Raphael’s and St.Rita’s parishes, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2022. She was born in Crested Butte, CO on September 9, 1933 to her parents, Anton Matkovich and Lena Shinnick. She and her family later moved to Northern California ultimately settling in San Rafael. After graduating from Marin Catholic High School, Jane pursued a career in Nursing, first graduating from Saint...

Stephanie Eileen Thompson passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 18, 2022. She was 70 years old. Stephanie was born June 21, 1951, at Ross Hospital to her loving parents, Erin and Jerry Thompson.  Stephanie had a large extended family and network of friends who cherished and understood her. According to our mother, when she learned to walk, she did not stop; it was go, go, go, and she was fast! She loved a good laugh; she especially loved to be teased by her brothers, sisters,...