Parent-Sorensen Mortuary and Crematory Obituaries
Local obituaries for families Sonoma and Marin Counties
Katherine Ann Klarkowski
Sep 14, 2022
Katherine Ann Klarkowski had the spirit, the hands, and the eye of an artist. Whether she was gathering bouquets from her garden, painting, embroidering a gift for a granddaughter, working with clay, finding overlooked treasures at garage sales, or tending sacred altars, Kate manifested beauty in this troubled world.
It is often said that to pass away...
Anita Flores
Sep 11, 2022
Surrounded by her beloved family, Anita (Annie) Ermalinda Flores, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, ended her journey and passed peacefully at her home on September 11, 2022, at the age of 65.
Anita was born in Salinas, California, on August 24, 1957, to Francisco Rodriguez and Sara Gamez. She met the love of her life, Manuel Flores,...
Janet Louise Nielsen
Sep 8, 2022
Janet passed away on Thursday September 8, 2022 after experiencing an intracranial hematoma, and a valiant post-operative battle.
Born in Evergreen Park, IL. Janet finished high school while simultaneously traveling with Up With People; an international organization that reaches communities and people across the globe through music, messaging and volunteer service. The Up With People organization and...
Joyce M. Furlong
Sep 7, 2022
On the morning of September 7, 2022, our loving mom, Joyce Marie Furlong, passed away at the age of 85. She was the daughter of Arvie Laituri and Gladys Olesen (Hack), sister of Gloria Strong, Margaret Snodgrass, Leslie Olesen, Jane Daniel, and John Olesen. She was also the loving aunt to numerous nieces and nephews.
Joyce was...
Vernon Silvio Debernardi
Sep 5, 2022
Passed away at home in Petaluma, September 5,2022 at the age of 86. He was the husband of the late Kathleen D. DeBernardi. Loving father of Dino DeBernardi (Carolyn) and Dario DeBernardi (Gina). Cherished grandfather of Katie, Devin, Daniel and Drew DeBernardi. Son of the late Marino and Irene DeBernardi. Beloved brother of Don DeBernardi (Bonnie) and the late...
Thomas Richard Kelly
Sep 5, 2022
Thomas Richard Kelly of Petaluma, CA passed away on Monday, September 5, 2022, at the age of 74. After several months of declining health, Tom died peacefully with his beloved wife Alanna and their children by his side. The world has lost a great husband, father, grandfather, and brother.
Tom was born in San Francisco, CA in...
Rory Francis Burke
Sep 4, 2022
Rory F. Burke, age 73, passed away on September 4, 2022 surrounded by his loved ones in Petaluma, CA. He is survived by his children, Shona Burke and Shay Burke, their spouses Christopher Palbicki and Lauren Burke, respectively, and grandchildren, Joelle, Cole and Shrishti. Rory was born and raised in California but his heart was always in Alaska where...
Gloria May Bello
Sep 3, 2022
Gloria passed away peacefully at home with her children by her side. She was raised in Petaluma on her parent’s dairy farm. She married Manuel and they ran their own diary farm in Petaluma and Dixon for 45 years until they retired in 2009. The most important things in her life were her children and her cows. She worked...
Irene Marie Teixeira
Aug 30, 2022
Irene was born March 28,1926 in Bolinas on the Strain/Teixeira Ranch, the 5th child out of 6. She attended the Bolinas Grammar School and then worked on the ranch with her parents and siblings until she started her own house cleaning business in the Bolinas, Stinson Beach area.
She loved gardening, hiking, traveling, animals, children and oil...
Daniel Joseph Lanahan
Aug 26, 2022
Dan’s 82 years of life were filled with an array of diverse interests, pursuits, and passions. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Dan had grit, street smarts and an entrepreneurial spirit. Raised in a large Irish Catholic family in Park Slope, he was the youngest of seven children and the only son of Daniel and Mary (McGuire) Lanahan. His family...
Karen Miriam Chambliss-Abraham
Aug 25, 2022
Passed away in Santa Rosa, CA, August 25, 2022 at the age of 80, Karen was born in Cooper, Texas, the daughter of the late H.T. and Julia Chambliss. She is the mother of Michael Donovan Aparicio and the late Patrick Thomas Donovan. Grandmother of Mateo Donovan Aparicio. Sister of Tom Chambliss, John Chambliss, Margaret Chambliss Carroll and the...
Sue Ellen Achilles
Aug 22, 2022
On August 22, 2022, Sue E. Achilles, loving wife, and mother of two, passed away at age 81. She grew up in Great Falls, Montana and was the oldest of five children. After graduating from Montana State University, she married her beloved husband, Charles “Chuck” Achilles, and they moved to San Francisco, CA to pursue their careers. They finally...
Mary Loretta Knight
Aug 21, 2022
Mary Loretta Hogan was born to Estella and John J. Hogan September 11, 1921, in Waukegan, IL. Mary’s sister Kathryn was born three years later on April 3. After their mother died from the flu in 1928, the girls and their father moved back into the Hogan family home so that Grandma Hogan, Aunt Mary (Nanny), Uncle Tom and...
Catherine (Cathy) Cerrone
Aug 20, 2022
Catherine (Cathy) Cerrone filled her 91 years on this earth with love, dedication to family, and being the best Grammie and Mother that she could be.
Cathy couldn’t finish a sentence without interjecting a laugh, perfecting a unique way of laughing while talking. If it was possible for her to love something more than her family, it...
Charles And Maxine Casarotti
Aug 20, 2022
Maxine Casarotti – August 13, 1928 to March 16, 2022 Charles Casarotti – August 16, 1924 to August 20, 2022
Charles William (98) & Maxine Cecilia Casarotti (93) were called home within six months of each other surrounded by their loved ones.
Maxine, the daughter of Max and Ella Herrerias, was born on August 13,...
Marilyn Prud'Homme-Williams
Aug 16, 2022
Marilyn was born in McCune, Kansas to Wharton and Mildred Miller. Marilyn’s siblings: she was preceded in death by Robert Miller, and Patrick Miller. Marilyn was survived by her sister Pat Kvalheim (husband Irwin Kvalheim), and Barbara Franklin. Marilyn’s children: preceded by Dennis R. Slaydon in death, her surviving children are: James Douglas Slaydon (wife: Ann), Julia Slaydon Helm...
Richard John Murphy
Aug 14, 2022
Richard “Dick” John Murphy passed away on August 14, 2022, near his beloved home in Sebastopol and new home in Penngrove, California.
Dick was born on November 11, 1935, in Evanston, Illinois and moved with his parents to California as a young man. Dick had a love of flowers and plants and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona...
Kenneth Daniel Joseph
Aug 7, 2022
A resident of Petaluma, CA, Kenneth (Kenny) Joseph passed away at the age of 95 in his home. He was admired by those lives he touched along the way.
Kenneth served in WWII in the Army. He was a retired firefighter, helping to save many homes and buildings in his own backyard, during a fire that swept...
Mervin Albert Mcdonald
Aug 6, 2022
Passed away peacefully at his ranch, August 6, 2022 at the age of 98. Merv was born in Petaluma to William Marshall McDonald and Stella Inez Alice Moretti. He was a natural cowboy and spent most of his life ranching in Marin County. He cherished his friends and family, his horses, his hounds, hunting, shearing sheep and a good...
Dorothy M. Blomquist
Aug 2, 2022
Longtime Petaluma resident, late of Fresno, Dorothy Blomquist passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold Blomquist.
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. she also dearly loved her don, Max. After Harold's death Max was her companion for 14 years.
Dorothy is survived...
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