All Obituaries

Linda Hopkins, a Ramona resident since 1992, passed away comfortably in her home on August 20, 2021, surrounded by loved ones.  Linda was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and daughter.  Born in London England on May 10, 1950, Linda would spend the first 28 years of her life in England where she met her husband Roy and together had 3 beautiful daughters, Marie, Sharon, and Susanne. In July of 1978, Linda, Roy, and their 3 children made a monumental life change...

Apolinaria Lomeli Brockman 07/23/1925 – 0829/2021 Poli or Señora Poli, as she was known by friends, was the most generous person in this world. She helped, sheltered, and fed many people and animals in her life. All her life she worked at manual jobs because she did not have a formal education but was incredibly wise. Poli loved new experiences. She was in Israel visiting friends during the Seven Day War and visited a variety of regions in Mexico and the United Stated. She took...

Pamela K. Pollard, 62, of Santa Ysabel passed peacefully, surrounded by family, on July 29, 2021.  She is a member of the Santa Ysabel Tribe and lived on the reservation for the past 40 years. She will be remembered as a kind woman and always opened her door for anyone who needed help.  She was a wonderful mother and grandmother and they will remember her as an awesome individual. She is survived by her husband and BFF, Jack Byers, and her two children Thomas Osuna and his...

Judson Jay Fulk was born on July 28, 1943 and passed away on May 30th, 2021 at his home in Escondido CA.  He was born in Canton Ohio and graduated from Glenwood High School.  After graduation, he moved to San Diego CA to be with family.  He worked at the famous Jergunson's in La Jolla for many years.  Later on, he moved his family to Ramona CA and as a business owner, delivered wholesale produce to several local businesses.  He was best known as the...

Carl A. Masch passed away suddenly at home in Ramona, California on the evening of April 20, 2021.  He was 73 years old. Carl was born November 6, 1947 to Robert and Harriett Masch at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego where his father was serving in the Navy.  He spent most of his younger years in La Mesa, California.  In 1962, when Carl was a sophomore in high school, his family moved to Julian, California where his father was employed after his discharge from the...

Ruth Caroline Riley Gantt went to her rest on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.  She was a wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend who was born in New Jersey and joined the Navy as a WAVE after graduating from high school.  She met her husband of 74 years at a USO gathering in New York.  They married after the war and eventually settled in Richardson, Texas, where they lived until 2017. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband Clinton...

Stephen Peter Donnellan passed away on February 19, 2021 surrounded by family.  He was 65 years old. Steve was born in San Diego, the son of Edward and Inez Donnellan.  He was raised in Smithtown, New York.   Steve joined the United States Air Force in 1975 and served for four years.  Afterwards he spent a brief time as a carpenter working for his brother-in-law and then his career path led him into the computer industry where he worked as a field engineer for 30...

Maria Alice Benevides passed away on 03/15/2021 at the age of 87. Our loving mother was born on April 12th, 1933 in the Azores Portugal and came to this country in July 1966 with her husband Edgardo Benevides and five children.  They settled in Massachusetts and then came to Ramona Ca, in 1977. They have called Ramona home for the last 44 years.   Our mom Maria Alice was a loving, kind devoted wife and mother.  She was a seamstress and loved to cook as well as garden &...

It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of Shirley Beyer on March 13, 2021. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Marv Beyer, daughters Tracy and Tammy, their husbands Mike and Steve, sister Carole Wilson, and grandchildren Nicholas and Brigette. Shirley was born in Mott, North Dakota to Henry and Helen Roemmich on April 17, 1941. As a teenager she moved to San Diego. She graduated from Crawford High School in 1959 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from San Diego...

Charles W. "Chuck" Apgar 1923-2021 RAMONA - Chuck passed away peacefully of natural causes on February 15, 2021, in his assisted living residence in Poway, CA. He was a resident of Ramona since 1958.   Chuck was the last of the six siblings born at home to Margaret (Boland) and William Apgar in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 10, 1923. All of his young years were spent in Lincoln, Neb., where his father was a railroad employee during the great depression. Chuck graduated...