Obituaries

Isaac (Ike) Dixon Smith

Isaac (Ike) Dixon Smith

Nov 25, 2023

ISAAC DIXON SMITH 

In His Own Words

I was born the 2nd of May 1932 in Wakefield, Louisiana, the oldest boy of twelve children. My parents, Nathanial and Sallie Smith were sharecroppers on the Barrows Plantation.  As a boy, I worked alongside my parents and siblings, first on the plantation, then later our own farm right along US Highway 61, just south...

Joe J Lopez

Joe J Lopez

Nov 25, 2023

Joe was born and raised in San Diego, He served in the National Guard and the US Army. He loved sports. He played softball, basketball and was a CIF wrestling champion.

Joe owned Fifth Avenue Boxing Club in San Diego for 43 years. He managed, trained and was a corner man for many professional fighters. Boxing and dancing was his...

Kristofer Richard Hoffman

Kristofer Richard Hoffman

Nov 23, 2023

Kris was born December  3, 1992 in La Mesa, California, and he passed away on November 23, 2023, in Clairemont, California. Kris leaves behind a very large family of parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents , a great grandmother, aunts and uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins, of whom all love him deeply. Kris also leaves behind friends who were as close...

Charles Willard Robbins

Charles Willard Robbins

Nov 21, 2023

 

Our Father entered heaven on November 21st, 2023.  During his life he donated  

 service to community and country. A survivor of Iwo Jima during WW2, he was given

a citation of valor for saving a comrades life.  After WW2 he married Cora L. Robbins

and remained together for 54 years.  He was a Loan manager for Beneficial Finance

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Richard Allen Doll

Richard Allen Doll

Nov 13, 2023

 

Richard (Dick) was born July 10, 1930 in San Diego, California to Edward and Evelyn Doll. 

  Shortly after his birth his family moved to Palm City (San Diego South Bay) where he was raised with his four brothers and sister. He attended school in Chula Vista and graduated from Chula Vista High School in 1948. During his time...

Floyd Eugene Corbin

Floyd Eugene Corbin

Nov 12, 2023

Floyd Eugene Corbin, fondly known as Gene, passed away on Sunday, November 12th, with his family by his side.  He was 92 years old.  He was born on September 17, 1931 in the small town of LeRoy, Kansas, where he spent his youth and met the love of his life, Shirley. 

Gene was an extraordinarily intelligent man who attended the...

Thomas Joseph Phillipp

Thomas Joseph Phillipp

Nov 8, 2023

Tom was born on May 24, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio to William & Helen Phillipp. (His maternal grandfather was a contractor who built Gothic-style Catholic churches and his paternal grandfather and father owned Phillipp’s Church Goods stores in the Midwest). The youngest of three children, life changed dramatically for Tom at age 8 when his father died and the family...

Marjoree Maree Howard Hartman

Marjoree Maree Howard Hartman

Nov 7, 2023

Marjoree Maree Howard-Hartman, 89, a longtime resident of El Cajon, CA passed away peacefully on November 7, 2023 . Margie was born in Lafayette, IN on September 5, 1934.  She was the only child of Mabel Loreene Goss and Howard Rittenhouse Moore and spent most of her growing up years in Rossville IN.  Margie earned her BS in Elementary Education...