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Services are Saturday for John F. Hood, who died Tuesday in Santa Cruz. He was 84.
Mr. Hood was born in Duluth, Minn. He had lived in Santa Cruz County 18 years, and was an engineer at Lockhead Aerospace Corp. for 30 years.
Mr. Hood was a devout Christian and was a deacon at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Aptos. He was an avid golfer and sports fan.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mozelle Hood of Aptos; son Rod Hood of Chico; daughter Beverly Leeder of Sacramento; sister Marcia Raddatz of La Habra; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A memorial service is 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 9850 Monroe Ave., Aptos. A private Burial was held at Oakwood Memorial Park.
Arrangements are by Norman’s Family Chapel.
April 21, 2002
Marian Magarian Kaplan
Marian Magarian Kaplan died April 7 in Santa Cruz. She was 78.
Mrs. Kaplan was a native of Michigan. She lived in La Jolla for more than 30 years, but moved to Santa Cruz in 1997 to be near her family.
She had a passion for selling real estate and was a member of the Real Estate Brokers Association in San Diego. In her free time, she enjoyed jogging along La Jolla Shores Beach.
She also took great pride in her Armenian and Swedish heritage. Relatives said she made the best pilaf this side of Fresno.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Karena and Michael Pushnik; and grandchildren Mariah and William Pushnik, all of Santa Cruz; a sister, Helen Chodack of Oakland; and a brother, Gerald Magarian of Cypress.
April 25, 2002
John R. Krieg
Services will be Friday for John R. Krieg, who died Tuesday in Visalia. He was 83.
Mr. Krieg was born in Cupertino and lived in Watsonville for many years. He worked for 37 years with Granite Construction Co.
He attended school at Bellermine in San Jose.
Mr. Krieg served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He enjoyed farming.
He is survived by his wife, Alona "Kitty" Krieg of Visalia; a son, Marty Krieg of Watsonville; two daughters, Kathy Krieg and Mary Vasquez, both of Visalia; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Vigil services will be Thursday at 7 p.m. at Davis Memorial Chapel, 609 Main St. in Watsonville.
Services and a Mass will be Friday at 9 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 721 Main St. in Watsonville. Burial will be in Pajaro Valley Memorial Park.
Arrangements are by Davis Memorial Chapel.
April 25, 2002
Daniel ‘Rocky’ Glenn
Services will be Saturday for Daniel "Rocky" Glenn, who died April 18 in Santa Cruz. He was 42.
Mr. Glenn was a lifelong resident of Santa Cruz. He was the owner and vice president of Bayside Oil II Inc.
He enjoyed using his metal detector and fishing.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Kim Glenn; two daughters, Larisha and Monica Glenn; a son, Robert Glenn; his mother, Norma Glenn; and his mother- and father-in-law, Bob and Carrie Hedrick, all of Santa Cruz; several aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces.
His father, Daniel Glenn, died last year.
Memorial services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Santa Cruz Memorial Park Mission Chapel, 1927 Ocean St. in Santa Cruz. A private Burial will be held.
Contributions are preferred to the charity of your choice.
Arrangements are by Santa Cruz Memorial Park and Funeral Home.
April 25, 2002
Brian Williams
Services are pending for Brian Williams, who died from cancer April 15 at his home in Oakland. He was 44.
Mr. Williams was born in Honolulu and grew up in Aptos. He graduated from Aptos High School in 1976 and was a founder of the Santa Cruz Gay and Lesbian Union.
He studied art history, art and Italian at UC Berkeley and earned a bachelor’s degree in Italian Renaissance Iconography in 1981.
While in college, he researched the origins of playing cards and began creating the Renaissance Tarot, published in 1987 by U.S. Games.
Mr. Williams was artist-in-residence at the National Institute of Graphics in Rome. His etchings and drawings were exhibited in Rome, San Francisco and Berkeley.
In 1994, his second tarot deck, with an accompanying book titled ‘‘PoMo Tarot’’ was published. His sister, Genny Obert, calls it "a humorous, postmodern interpretation of the cards."
Images from the book were published on the cover of The New York Times’ Sunday section and in several U.S. and European magazines.
His recent work included original paintings for Harper Collins’ Angel Journey, the Minchiate, a reinterpretation of the 97-card deck of Renaissance Florence, and ‘‘Light and Shadow Tarot’’ (Inner Traditions), which featured his text.
His final work, to be published in September, is ‘‘Book of Fools.’’
Williams was fluent in Italian, French and Spanish, and could converse in Portuguese and German.
He had fought cancer twice in the recent past, his sister said, but learned in March that his cancer was terminal. Knowing he had just weeks to live, Williams planned a memorial to gather friends and colleagues from around the world in celebration of life, art and love.
Williams is survived by his mother, Ann Williams of Aptos; sister Genny Obert of Santa Cruz; brothers, John and Paul Williams of Santa Cruz; his father, John M. Williams of Bethesda, Md.; and partner, Jeff Gillman of Oakland.
Donations are preferred to the Brian Williams Memorial Fund, 301 Encinal St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060. For information, e-mail genobert@aol.com.
April 25, 2002
David Lindstedt
Services will be Saturday for David Lindstedt, who died Sunday in Orange. He was 97.
Mr. Lindstedt lived in Scotts Valley from 1970 to 1996.
He is survived by his wife, Lois Lindstedt of Orange; a son, Paul Lindstedt of Fort Jones; a daughter, Lois Larson of Modesto; a sister, Ruth Schmid of Portland, Ore.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Felton Bible Church on Graham Hill Road.
Mr. Lindstedt will be buried at Skylawn Memorial Park in San Mateo.
Contributions are preferred to Mission Springs Conference Center, 1050 Lockhart Gulch Road, Scotts Valley, CA 95006.
April 25, 2002
Rose Annes Butler
Services will be Saturday for Rose Annes Butler, who died Sunday at Stanford Medical Center. She was 62.
Mrs. Butler was born in Colorado. She lived in Santa Cruz County for many years before moving to Los Banos after her 1999 retirement.
She worked in the cafeteria at Watsonville High School cafeteria for many years.
Mrs. Butler was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, family members say, and worked in the church’s genealogy library, where she also spent many hours researching her own family ancestry.
Mrs. Butler cherished her family and enjoyed gardening, baking, keeping a journal, reading and maintaining an immaculate home, family members say.
She met her husband in 1954, when she was 14, and the couple marriage in 1957.
She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Noel Dean Butler of Los Banos; daughters Charlene Wentworth of Santa Cruz and Deanna Hage of Merced; a sister, Frances Pearl Brown of Fremont; brothers the Rev. Charles Clifford Rush of Oklahoma and Gene Cecil Rush of Colorado; 11 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Her son, Noel Dean Butler Jr., died before her.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 255 Holm Road, Watsonville.
Burial will follow at Pajaro Valley Memorial Park.
Arrangements are by Mehl’s Colonial Chapel.
April 25, 2002
