Archived Obituaries

Oscar W. Strong passed away Last Saturday at the age of 93 in Daly City. He was born in Newell, South Dakota, coming to Hollister in the early 1970s. Oscar, along with many years in carpentry work, went to work with Bechtel Construction in Saudia Arabia building oil installations, then later, went to work with the Federal Government at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey,CA. He later had worked at the Hunter's Point shipyard in San Francisco, where he worked on refurbishing many US Navy vessels. Oscar was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge in Hollister and the Hollister Elks Lodge, BPOE 1436.

Beloved son of Jennifer Cole and Byron Barahona of Hollister passed away suddenly October 19th. He is survived by his great-grandmother, Marjorie Zuck, of Ashland, Oregon; his grand-parent, Juan Pablo Barahona and Vilma Morales Barahona of Guatemala; Dean and Marianne Cole of Tustin, CA; and Annette Zuck and Eric Sjoberg of San Martin; and many loving aunts, uncles, and cousins. The family will receive their friends between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. Thursday evening at the Grunnagle Ament Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Friends are invited to attend the funeral service on Friday at l:00 P.M. at the funeral home, followed by entombment at Calvary Mausoleum. Contributions are preferred to the Jean Paul Cole Barahona Memorial Fund, c/o San Benito Bank, 530 San Benito St., Hollister or may be made to the memorial fund, c/o the mortuary chapel.

Jesus Gonzalez Vasquez, age 84, a resident of Merced, passed away Monday, September 25, 2006.

Rosary: 01/20 7:00 PM. Services: 1/21 10:00 AM Funeral Home.

Janet A. Kelly, born October 16, 1956 in Hollister, passed away suddenly on April 12, 2009 following a short illness. Janet was a native of San Benito County, attended Southside Elementary School and graduated from San Benito High School with the class of 1973.

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Maria Guadalupe Sanchez passed away at the age of 63 in Hollister. Maria was born in Mexico and came to Hollister last year.