All Obituaries

Terpsi Varanis passed peacefully to Heaven on January 15, 2021 with her beloved son and daughter by her side. The family was united in prayer by their priest Rev. Father Stephen on the phone.  Terpsi Nicolozakis Varanis was born on February 18, 1932 in Crete, Greece. She immigrated to the United States in 1951 and married her husband Nickolas Varanis in 1952. They lovingly raised two children, Nick and Maria. Included in her family are her daughter-in-law Ludy, her son-in-law James,...

Born in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Gerald leaves behind two brothers, two sons, grandkids and grandkids.

Maxwell Claude Gillette, last of the 12 children of Charles and Emma Gillette, died at California Pacific Medical Center Dec.10, 2020, a victim of lung cancer. Recent sibling departures include in 2019 brothers Harold and Roscoe; and on Nov. 7, 2020, sister Geraldine Earp. The entire crew (parents Charles and Emma and siblings Lynwood, Charles Jr., William, Auverege, Annie, Idell, Gladys, and Edythe) is together again. Born in Des Ark, Arkansas March 2, 1928, "Max", as he was...

A Nicaraguan by blood and a San Franciscan at heart, our Dad, Anthony Silva, also known as Silvio, was like no other person we knew in our lifetime. He was born in Managua, Nicaragua to Pablo and Margarita Silva-Re and was the youngest son of seven children. He began his childhood at La Quinta, the family estate where he spent his days swinging from the mango trees.  When Dad was seven years old, his family immigrated to San Francisco and he LOVED growing up in the Mission district....

William J. Moriarty died on September 29 in San Francisco of a sudden heart attack.  He was born in Butte, Montana, on December 23, 1949, the son of Frederic B. Moriarty and Elizabeth Carman Moriarty Hauck.  Bill graduated from Butte High School, where he was a stellar athlete and student.  He attended Stanford University, earning a degree in history, and Georgetown Law School.  He began his legal career with a Wall Street law firm in New York City,...

Annie W. Harris was born in Marshallville, GA on May 17, 1919, to the late Gertrude Jones-Lane and David McNeal. She moved from Marshallville, Georgia, at an early age to Akron, Ohio, where she lived with her Uncle Emmitt and Aunt Lessie. There she met the love of her life Royce Harris (who preceded her in death). In, 1941 she joined Royce in San Francisco, California, where they married. Together they raised one child, a daughter Olivia. Royce and Annie were married for 50 years until his...