Benjamin Borja

April 17, 1945 - October 26, 2022

VISITATION
A visitation will be held from 2:00pm - 7:00pm with a service starting at 2:00pm on Sunday, November 20th, 2022 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

SERVICE
A service will be held at 1:00pm on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

Please leave your condolences below.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Borja family.

Terry Frame

January 22, 1947 - October 22, 2022

Our hearts are heavy at the passing of Terry Frame on  October 22, 2022.  

Terry was born January 22, 1947 in Sioux City, Iowa, to Keith and Doris Frame.

He was the oldest of five children.  His family moved to southern California in the mid ‘50s. They moved to Lodi, C.A in 1963  

Terry met Carolyn Kromann in December 1964 and the weremarried October 17, 1966. He enlisted in the Air Force March 1965and was sent to Vietnam March 1967. While in Vietnam he worked with K-9 units, was exposed to Agent Orange, and was honorably discharged October 1968. 

Terry is preceded in death by his father, Keith; mother, Doris; Brother, Rick and his sister, Linda.

He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, daughters TeriAnn Frame and Tamara Lermo (Cory).   His grandchildren, Kathryn, Levi and Kaia, brothers Dean (Sharon), Dennis (Debbie) and many Nieces and nephews. 

SERVICES:
A graveside service will be held at 11:00am on Friday, November 25th 2022 at Cherokee Memorial Park, located off Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

Following is a celebration of life at the Lodi Moose Lodge, 3824 E. Woodbridge Rd, Acampo 95220. Friends and relatives are welcome.

Please leave your condolences below.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Frame family.

Candida Garcia

March 20, 1929 - October 21, 2022

VISITATION
A visitation will be held from 12:00pm noon - 8:00pm with a rosary starting at 7:00pm on Monday, November 21st, 2022 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

SERVICE
A service will be held at 10:00am on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, located at 3847 N. Sutter Street, Stockton, CA 95204.

Please leave your condolences below.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Garcia family.

Daniel Worland

August 3, 1952 - October 21, 2022

Daniel Lee Worland, 70, beloved husband, father, brother, and friend, passed away October 21st, 2022 due to complications from a planned heart surgery. He was surrounded by close family.

Dan was born August 3rd, 1952 in Oakridge, OR to James and Betty Worland. The oldest of 6 siblings, early life saw him and the family move from Oakridge, to Barstow, CA and later to Clements, CA. Dan attended the Clements Elementary School and graduated from Lodi High School in 1970.

Dan had a passion for fishing, being outdoors, all things firearms, garage sales, prospecting and generally just hunting for “treasures” as he would say. He was always handy, creative, and seemingly able to build anything. He was a skilled fabricator in both metal and woodworking and was an artistic soul in his own way.

In 2004, after a chance meeting, Dan reconnected with an old friend Peggy and two years later they were married. Together they took off on an adventure. In 2013, they moved everything to Alaska and carved out a new life “way up north”. They made new and wonderful friends, shared new experiences together, and lived out their dreams day by day.

Dan was preceded in death by his parents, Betty and James, and his brothers Michael and Douglas. He is survived by his wife Peggy Worland, daughter Candace Heyd (hus. Mike Heyd), siblings Marieta Drumm (hus. Mark Drumm), Shawnee Blackwell (hus. Ken Blackwell), and Clint Worland (wife: Lisa Worland) as well as many nieces and nephews.

SERVICES:
A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 29th, 10 AM at the Vineyard Chapel on the Cherokee Memorial Grounds. He will be laid to rest in Oakridge, OR.
In leu of flowers, please consider a donation to a non-profit focused on heart health or your local Hospice organization. Cards may be sent to 19705 N. Ray Rd., Lodi, CA 95242.

Melvyn Escara

December 16, 1942 - October 19, 2022

SERVICES:

The visitation for Melvyn will be held on Wednesday November 16, 2022 from 2:00pm - 7:00pm in the Vineyard Chapel located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd in Lodi, CA 95240 and Thursday November 17, 2022 from 2:00pm - 7:00pm, with the rosary taking place at 5:00pm, in the Vineyard Chapel 14165 N. Beckman Rd in Lodi, CA 95240.

The Mass for Melvyn will be held on Friday November 18, 2022 at 10:00am at St. Anne’s Catholic Church located at 215 W. Walnut St. in Lodi, California

The Graveside Service for Melvyn will take place Friday November 18, 2022 at Cherokee Memorial Park located at highway 99 and Harney Lane in Lodi, CA 95240.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Escara family.

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Elinore Brecht

April 11, 1932 - October 13, 2022

A life spent confronting sorrow, caring for others in their greatest times of need and creating a faith-filled home ended when Elinore Kasper Brecht joined the many angels of her life on Oct. 13, 2022.

Elinore Kasper was the last of six children born on a farmstead outside Golden Valley, N.D., to Ukrainian immigrants August and Amalia Kasper. She recalled sleeping in the barn loft on warm summer nights, and how a single stove warmed the house during cold prairie winters.

August passed in 1938 followed by Amelia in 1941, leaving 9-year-old Elinore in the care of relatives in Bismarck. She learned the pain of loss but also the strength of faith and how to rely on herself.

She attended a boarding school in Dickinson, where she completed a year of college and was assigned to teach younger students. But Elinore made frequent visits to Golden Valley, where she often encountered Keith Cornelius “KC” Brecht, who had been born on a farm 7 miles from the Kasper farm.

By 1951, she was working as a switchboard operator in Tacoma, Wash. That’s where Keith’s frequent letters, mailed from Korea where he served in the Navy, found her. Upon his discharge, Keith joined his mother in Lodi and the correspondence continued. Soon, Elinore arrived in Lodi on a bus from Tacoma, moving in with Keith’s Aunt Norene. Soon enough, Elinore and KC were married.

While Elinore worked in banking, Keith found his calling with the Stockton Fire Department. They moved to a home east of the University of the Pacific, where KC’s brother Jim was a frequent guest.

Tammy, Elinore and KC’s only child, arrived in 1961. She was Elinore’s everlasting project. She never missed one of Tammy’s St. Mary’s performances (under the inspired direction of Joan Topp), and every Sunday she and KC would accompany Tammy to St. Luke’s, where she played the organ. Their lives revolved around church, school and the fire department.

Each summer, KC, Elinore and Tammy drove to North Dakota to spend weeks working on family farms, fishing, celebrating and renewing family bonds. They often stayed with Deen and Leona Brecht, and later at the home of Deen and Darlene Brecht and their children David, Dawn and Dustin. Sometimes they would help make repairs on the old Brecht farm with help from nieces and nephews Deen, Danny, Bonnie and Lee John.

Throughout her life, Elinore responded when others were in need. When refugees began to arrive from Vietnam, she worked with a church group to ensure they were fed, clothed and had clean lodging.

When niece Bonnie Stern contracted breast cancer, Elinore flew to North Dakota to care for Bonnie’s sons Casey and John and her husband Myron.

It was through Bonnie, Elinore often said, that she learned to believe in angels. When John was married, it was his Aunt Elinore he asked to accompany him down the aisle.

Luann Hyde helped Tammy find a job at the Stockton Record where she met reporter Mike Dunbar. They were married in 1985, and Elinore’s first grandchild – Maggie Amalia – was born in 1989. William Shelby Brecht Dunbar followed in 1991, providing Elinore two new projects.

KC and Elinore were season-ticket holders for UOP basketball, often attending with John and Debbie Agello – who continued to take Elinore to games after KC’s death in 2014. During that time, Elinore got a call almost every day from Elouise Schneider – “just to check in” on her close friend.

Years ago, she chose her pall bearers – all women, because she knew the strength of women. Most are gone now, but she wanted Elouise, Darlene and Debbie to help carry her into the next life.

Elinore was preceded in death by her parents, husband Keith, and brothers Jake and Tony and sisters Frieda, Erna, June and Billie. She will be buried, with the remains of Keith wrapped in her arms, at Cherokee Memorial Park in Lodi. A service will be conducted Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Cherokee Park’s Vineyard chapel.

Elinore Kasper Brecht withstood enormous hardships but emerged with an everlasting faith in God and a devotion to helping others. She expressed that love through unflinching and clear-eyed service and devotion. She loved deeply and was deeply loved.

Norma Clay

February 23, 1927 - October 12, 2022

Norma Clay was born February 1927 in East Long Meadow, Massachusetts. She was the fourth of five children and grew up during the Great Depression, which had a lasting impact on her throughout her life.

In May of 1944, Norma attended nursing school for the US Army in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated in 1948 and continued her education to earn her bachelor's degree in Nursing, graduating alongside her oldest daughter, Donna, in the 1990’s.

With the war over and no available nursing jobs on the East Coast, she and four of her fellow graduates rode the California Zephyr to San Joaquin County. They not only began their new nursing careers but also enjoyed many adventures together.

While working at San Joaquin General Hospital, she met and married Doyle Clay and together they had four children. David (Dorothy), twins Doyle (Shelley) and Donna (Rocky), and Diane (Mario). They were blessed with many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

During her long nursing career, she worked for more than twenty years at Dameron Hospital where she served as Head Nurse of the Burn Unit, a job she took great pride in. She then semi-retired and worked in home health care while helping to raise four of her rambunctious grandsons.

Norma took great pleasure traveling across the world, often sharing those experiences with family and friends, particularly her sister Jean. She especially enjoyed time at the beach and would often be found silently orchestrating the waves from the shore.

A two-time breast cancer survivor-once in her forties and again in her eighties-Norma was a symbol of strength, courage, and determination to all around her. She also served as an example of great love and support to her family, friends, patients, and strangers alike.

Norma passed away peacefully in her home on October 12, 2022. It has been said she lived and died on her own terms.

SERVICES:

We will be honoring this spectacular woman on Friday December 2, 2022, at 1:00 pm. Services will be held at Cherokee Memorial Park (Highway 99 and Harney Lane) in the Evergreen Chapel. She will be laid to rest with her beloved grandson, Adam Beck, by her side.

They will be missed, always loved and never forgotten.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to the Hospice of San Joaquin, the Butterfly Auxiliary-Hospice of San Joaquin, or to your preferred charity.

Linda L. Jones

June 20, 1945 – October 10, 2022

Linda Louise Jones, 77, of Stockton, California passed away on October 10, 2022 in Carlsbad, California. She was born on June 20, 1945 to Frank and Marie (Wingate) Spiekermann in Tilden, Nebraska.  She grew up in that area, attending Bunker Hill Elementary, a one room K-8 school house in the country, and Tilden High School ’63.

She then went on to the University of Nebraska and became the first in her family to graduate from college, earning a bachelor’s degree in Spanish with a minor in history. This is also where she met her future husband of 54 years, Corwin. After graduating from UNL, they were married and moved to southern California, where she became an elementary school teacher and a few years later welcomed their first child, Sharon. She helped support the family while her husband went back to school to transition from electrical engineering to dentistry. In 1976, they moved to Stockton, California to start Corwin’s dental practice, and a month later welcomed their second child, Bryan. Stockton was their home for the next 45 years, having one more child, Melinda. 

Linda took a break from teaching, shifting her focus to raising her family, with many years also helping in Corwin’s dental practice. Linda rarely missed a game, performance or awards ceremony and often volunteered in her children's classrooms. After her children graduated high school, she went back to teaching, this time teaching first grade at Colonial Heights, until she retired in 2010.  In 2005, she was awarded one of the highest honors, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National PTA, a first for any teacher at her school. She had a tremendous impact on so many lives. Linda was described by a principal she worked with as a model of motherhood, teaching, and matrimonial devotion. 

Although many knew her as their teacher, she was also a talented piano player since her youth. Her children always knew she was in a good mood when she sat at the piano and started to play. She shared her love of music and passed it on to her children with piano lessons and choir at school and church. All three of her children sang in the Chamber Ensemble in high school, and she was at all of the performances, helping with extra practice, if needed. She also loved holidays, sharing traditions, decorating and creating magical moments for her children.

Linda was preceded in death by her husband, Corwin Jones (passed November 7, 2021) and parents Frank and Marie Spiekermann of Tilden, Nebraska; and survived by her children, Sharon Hughes (Chris) of Fremont, California, Bryan Jones (Shari) of Fallbrook, California, Melinda Decker (Bill Sunick) of Malvern, Pennsylvania; her grandchildren, Lauren and Jared Hughes, who are both in college; her brothers, Rich Spiekermann (Carol) of Peoria, Illinois, and  Charles Spiekermann (Linda) of Redondo Beach, California and many special extended family members.

SERVICES:

Her service will be held on Monday November 7, 2022 at 1:00pm in the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park in Lodi, California.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or Hospice of San Joaquin.

Donald Simmons, Jr.

February 26, 1972 - October 10, 2022

SERVICES:

The service for Donald will be held on Tuesday November 8, 2022 at 11:00am at the Stockton Central SDA church located at 1314 North Madison St. in Stockton, CA 95202.

Burial will follow at Cherokee Memorial Park in the Garden of Angels located at Highway 99 and Harney Lane in Lodi, Ca 95240.

A reception will follow the burial at Lodi Fairmont SDA Church located at 730 South Fairmont Ave. in Lodi, CA 95240 around 2:00pm.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Simmons family.

Please leave your condolences below.

Aurora Gutierrez

October 28, 1930 - October 5, 2022

SERVICE

 A service will be held at 2:00pm on Friday, October 14th, 2022 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240. A graveside service will be held at a later date at 2:00pm on Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 at Cherokee Memorial Park, located off Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

Please leave your condolences below.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Gutierrez family.

Molly Stiles

October 5, 1938 - October 4, 2022

Molly Lou Stiles of Galt, CA passed away on October 4th 2022. She was born on October 5th 1938 in Santa Monica, CA to Leonard and Edith Peterson Stiles. She was 83 years old and one day short of her 84th birthday.

Molly graduated from Venice High School in Venice, CA in 1957 and retired from Papermate/Gillette Company in Santa Monica, CA after 35 years of service.

She is survived by her sister And brother in law Adena and Ed Hauschildt of Galt, CA and brother L.B. Stiles of Erie, PA.

Mollys nieces that she loved and treated as her own daughters. Tammy VanBrunt and husband Darrell and great niece Kylee. Christy Meadors and great nephew Cody Swafford of Hindsville, AR

A sister in law Carolyn Wall of Fayetteville, AR and a beloved 4 legged friend Susie.

Molly loved to travel and spend time with family and friends. Molly always loved her trips to Arkansas in October to celebrate her birthday.

SERVICES:

The family will receive friends and family on October 7, 2022 at 10:00am to noon at Cherokee Memorial Park in The Vineyard Chapel, 14165 N. Beckman Rd, in Lodi, CA.

A Celebration of Life will be held afterwards at 1:00 pm at her home in Galt, CA

Interment will be held at the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, CA

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