The following people with ties to Watsonville died in the last week. Click their names to read full obituaries.
Luis Bonilla: The lifelong farm worker died Sept. 1 at age 63.
Lila Carlon: The longtime Watsonville resident died Aug. 22. She was 87.
Ruth George: She lived to age 92. The Watsonville High graduate died Aug. 26.
Sherry Hix: The Royal Oaks resident died Aug. 25. She was 50.
Mildred Merle Hoffman: The 89-year-old died in August. She had lived in Watsonville for 63 years, where she was a member of the Soroptimist International and worked as a Pink Lady at Watsonville Community Hospital.
John Ivanovich: The 76-year-old died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 26. He graduated from Watsonville High and was a member of the Watsonville Elks Lodge for more than 50 years.
William J Mathis: The 76-year-old lived in Watsonville for six decades. He died Aug. 29.
Esther Lillian Miller: The Connecticut native died in her Watsonville home Aug. 2. She was 92.
Chryl Nott: She died Aug. 23 after battling kidney cancer. The 63-year-old was a 1966 Watsonville High graduate.
Edie Stene: The longtime resident of Watsonville died Aug. 30 at her La Selva Beach home. She had been a member of the Watsonville Women's Club, the La Selva Beach Women's Club and the Watsonville Historical Society. She was 86.
Robert L. Tagami: He died Sept. 4 at the age of 104. An immigrant from the Philippines, Tagami lived in Watsonville for 68 years.
Delia "Dee" Walker: The 81-year-old died Aug. 26 after collapsing at St. Francis Bingo on Friday evening.
Donald L. Woodward: The one-time Watsonville Pajaronian reporter died Aug. 9 in San Francisco at age 84.
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