Search for celebrities on Ancestry.com!Martha Burnside
A memorial celebration will be May 15 for Martha Burnside.
The celebration is planned for 2 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 216 Oakland Ave., Capitola.
Contributions are preferred to St. John’s or to Senior Network Services, 1777 Capitola Road, Capitola.
May 6, 2003
Maria R. Cabral
Services will be Friday for Maria R. Cabral, who died Sunday at her Watsonville home after a long illness. She was 84.
She was born in San Jorge, Azores Islands, Portugal, and came to Watsonville in 1984.
She attended Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Watsonville.
She is survived by daughter Maria Azevedo of Watsonville; brother Jose Bettencourt of Idaho; and two grandsons.
A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady Help of the Christians. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady Help of Christians.
Friends may call 2-5 p.m. Thursday at Mehl’s Colonial Chapel, 222 East Lake Ave., Watsonville.
Mehl’s Colonial Chapel is handling arrangements.
May 8, 2003
Doris Frost Haver
A celebration of life will be Friday for Doris Frost Haver, who died Monday. She was 87.
Before a recent illness, she lived at Oak Tree Villa in Scotts Valley where she met new friends, looked forward to Sunday outings, exercise class and line dancing.
Haver graduated from San Jose Teachers College and taught in the Franklin McKinley School District for 30 years. She enjoyed fishing, camping and boating with her husband, William B. Haver.
She is survived by sons Bill Haver of Scotts Valley, Ron Haver of Sacramento and Bruce Haver of San Jose; daughter Sheryl Haver of Soquel; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Her husband and an infant child, Richard Haver, died before her.
A vigil service will be at 7 p.m. today evening at Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary, 466 N. Winchester Blvd., Santa Clara.
A celebration of her life will be at 9 a.m. Friday at San Agustin Catholic Church, 257 Glenwood Drive, Scotts Valley.
Interment will be at Los Gatos Memorial Park, San Jose.
May 8, 2003
Orville C. Rackley Jr.
Services will be Friday for Orville "Ory" Christian Rackley Jr., who died Tuesday in Watsonville. He was 70.
He was born in Watsonville and attended Watsonville High School.
He was employed by Pajaro Valley Bakery as a route man and also worked for Meadow Gold Dairies as a route supervisor for 25 years. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951-55 on the USS Bellatrix. He was a member of the Las Lomas Full Gospel Church, American Legion Post 121, VFW Post 1716, Watsonville Elks, Seniors in Retirement and was a Watsonville Band Booster.
He is survived by his wife, Dolores Rackley; children Ronald, Rick, Rex and Rachelle; brothers, Howard of Hollister and Earl of Los Banos; sisters, Lucille Cann of Watsonville and Marian Sauls of Ceres; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Davis Memorial Chapel, 609 Main St., Watsonville. Burial will follow at Pajaro Valley Memorial Park.
Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Davis Memorial Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to a favorite charity.
May 8, 2003
Dorothy D. Willson
Services will be Saturday for Dorothy D. Willson, who died Sunday. She was 98.
A Boston native, she moved to Montana with her parents in 1920. She graduated from college in 1927 with a teaching credential. She later earned a master’s degree in history.
She met her husband, George, while vacationing on Catalina Island in 1935.
They marriage in 1938.
She is survived by her nephew, Robert Willson of Montclair and close friends Margaret Corwin and Mary Horner.
Her husband, George Willson, died before her.
A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Live Oak Church, 2091 17th Ave. He ashes will be scattered at sea.
Memorial donations may be made to the Hospice Caring Project of Santa Cruz County, 6851 Soquel Drive, Aptos.
Arrangement are by Oakwood Memorial Chapel.
May 8, 2003
Josephine A. Pacini
Services will be Saturday for Josephine A. Pacini, who died May 2 at her home in Los Gatos. She was 90.
Born in Omaha, Neb., she moved to California as an infant with her parents. She lived in San Jose and Los Gatos for the past 25 years.
She started packing fruit at age 15 and worked assembly-type jobs until she was 65. She was a 25-year member of the women’s auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Merced.
After her retirement and until the age of 80, she enjoyed ballroom dancing, competing throughout the state and winning many awards in her division.
She is survived by daughter Marlene Takle of Los Gatos; sister Lena Napolitano, Antoinette Monte Fusie of Auburn; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
Her husband, Moreno Pacini, brothers Sam Boscarino, Conrad Boscarino, Frank Boscarino, and sister Julie Britton died before her.
Services will be at noon Saturday at Oakwood Memorial Park Crystal Chapel, 3301 Paul Sweet Road, Santa Cruz. Interment will be 1 p.m. Monday at Evergreen Memorial Park Mausoleum in Merced.
Memorial donations may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1611 W. County Road B, Suite 221, St. Paul, MN 55113.
May 8, 2003
Bruno C. Polo
Private services were held for Bruno C. Polo, who died May 1 in Santa Cruz. He was 80.
Mr. Polo was a native of Dunsmuir. He was an avid hunter and fishermen and held a private pilot’s license. He was a lifetime member of Elks Lodge No. 824.
He is survived by wife Mary, son Bruce of Santa Cruz and one cousin.
Santa Cruz Memorial Park and Funeral Home handled arrangements.
May 8, 2003
Thomas L. Prosser
A May 18 reception is planned in memory of Thomas Lovett Prosser, who died Feb. 7. He was 66.
Mr. Prosser was born in Minneapolis and lived there until age 12, when the family moved to Berkeley. He attended Willard Junior High in Berkeley and graduated from Berkeley High in 1953. He graduated from Harvard College in 1957, where he played trumpet in the band.
After graduating, he and his father took a canoe trip on European rivers.
He served in the U.S. Army in Fort Belvoir, Va., where he was a member of the Army Band. In later years, he enjoyed playing the trumpet, primarily classical music and also jazz.
In 1959, he returned to Berkeley and enrolled in law school at Boalt Hall. He graduated in 1962.
Mr. Prosser’s first job after law school was in Bakersfield, but he soon moved to Santa Cruz County and took a job in the District Attorney’s Office under then District Attorney Dick Pease.
After several years in the office, Prosser practiced law with the firm of Lucas, Wyckoff, Miller, Stanley and Scott.
In 1968 the firm dissolved, and Mr. Prosser became a partner in Stanley, Scott, Coolidge and Prosser. Later he worked in a variety of offices, including the Public Defender’s Office, the County Counsel’s Office, Superior Court and the 6th District Court of Appeal.
At the time of his death, he was living and working in San Jose, doing legal research and writing for the firm of Johnson and Kim, where he often brainstormed issues and could find obscure and ancient cases on any point of law.
Mr. Prosser was marriage briefly to the former Charlotte Montgomery of Santa Cruz.
Mr. Prosser had a wry, droll sense of humor and was known for his limericks and cartoons about legal and judicial subjects. He smoked a pipe and dressed in Brooks Brothers button-downs and tweed, adorned with thin ties.
As a take-off on his famous father’s book, "Prosser on Torts," Mr. Prosser jokingly created the volume titled "Prosser on Gronks," based on his experiences as a criminal defense attorney.
Retired Appellate Court Justice Harry F. Brauer said of Mr. Prosser: "... He was a first-rate lawyer, an encomium I do no lightly bestow. His jury arguments ... were terse, well organized, brainy. But it was as a lawyer’s lawyer that he shone. He possessed the quality, which only good lawyers do, of anticipating problems in his cases and guarding against them. With his passing, the Bar lost a fine and ethical lawyer and I a gentle friend."
He is survived by brother Richard Prosser of Berkeley, niece Elisabeth Bellows of Palo Alto, a nephew and two grandnephews.
Prosser’s parents, William and Eleanor Prosser, brother Reese Prosser and nephew David Prosser died before him.
A reception in Mr. Prosser’s memory will be 3-5 p.m. May 18 at Michael’s on Main, 2591 Main St., Soquel. Reservations are requested by May 9, by calling 457-2525 on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
May 8, 2003
