▰ Rose Anne Siatt Died July 14, … More Information |
Rose Anne Siatt, of California, born in Chicago, Illinois, left earthly home and passed through the Veil to her Eternal Home July 14, 2001. Rose was 87. Obituary published: July 15, 2001 in "The Daily Review" |
▰ Rose Anne Siatt Died July 16, … More Information |
Rose Anne Siatt, age 87 of California, born in Illinois, went into the presence of the Lord on July 16, 2001. Obituary published: July 17, 2001 in "Times-Star" |
▰ Rose Anne Siatt Died July 15, … More Information |
Rose Anne Siatt, age 87 of California, born in Chicago, Illinois, went to be with the Lord on July 15, 2001. Obituary published: July 16, 2001 in "Times-Star" |
▰ Kaleope Siatos Died August 10, … More Information |
Kaleope Siatos, age 97 of Downey, California, went into the presence of the Lord on August 10, 1997. Obituary published: August 11, 1997 in "Los Angeles T" |
▰ Dennis Edward Siatka Died February 21, … More Information |
Dennis Edward Siatka, age 53 of California, born in Illinois, passed from this world into the next February 21, 2004. Obituary published: February 22, 2004 in "Contra Costa" |
▰ Pacita C Siat Died October 26, … More Information |
Pacita C Siat, age 81 of California, went into the presence of the Lord on October 26, 2000. Obituary published: October 27, 2000 in "Vallejo T-H" |
▰ Michael A "Mike" Siason Died April 22, … More Information |
Michael A "Mike" Siason died unexpectedly on April 22, 2012 at the age of 55 in San Jose, California. Obituary published: April 23, 2012 in "The Calif" |
▰ Michael Anthony Siason Died April 14, … More Information |
Michael Anthony Siason, born November 4, 1956 passed from this world into the next April 14, 2012 in San Jose, California. Michael was 55.
Family members and close friends: , Keta Ventura-asmus, Sheryl & Bill Haufler, Joan Mocettini Shimamoto, Michael Romero, Ronald Maratas, Clare Miller, Liz Benjamin, Linda Guzman, Linda Robinson, Jane Cervantes-medina |
▰ Frances Lozada Siason Died August 01, … More Information |
Frances Lozada Siason, age 84 of California, passed away peacefully August 1, 1998. Obituary published: August 02, 1998 in "SF Examiner" |
▰ Eleanor Theresa Miss Siason Died November 06, … More Information |
Eleanor Theresa Miss Siason, age 61 of Salinas, California, left herearthly home and passed through the Veil to her Eternal Home November 6, 2009. Obituary published: November 07, 2009 in "The Calif" |
▰ Eleanor T Siason Died October 26, … More Information |
Eleanor T Siason died unexpectedly on October 26, 2009 at the age of 61 in Salinas, California. Obituary published: October 27, 2009 in "The Calif" |
▰ Honorata N Siasat Died January 25, … More Information |
Honorata N Siasat, 76, of California departed this life January 25, 2007. Obituary published: January 26, 2007 in "Desert Sun" |
▰ Vincent F Sias Died December 14, … More Information |
Vincent F Sias, age 78 of California, born in Arizona, passed from this world into the next December 14, 2011. Obituary published: December 15, 2011 in "The Calif" |
▰ Velva May Sias Died July 02, … More Information | Velva May Sias, born May 13, 1937 entered Heaven's gates on July 2, 2019 in Newhall, California. Velva was 82. |
▰ Theodore Sias Sr Died May 18, … More Information | Theodore Sias Sr , born January 24, 1908 left earthly home and passed through the Veil to his Eternal Home May 18, 1979 in Whittier, California. THEODORE was 71. |
▰ Stephen Steve" Sias Died January 19, … More Information |
Stephen Steve" Sias, of Yreka, California, entered Heaven's gates on January 19, 2010. Stephen was 53. Obituary published: January 20, 2010 in "Mt Shasta Herald" |
▰ Stephen Steve" Sias Died January 12, … More Information |
Stephen Steve" Sias, of Yreka, California, passed from this life on January 12, 2010. Stephen was 53. Obituary published: January 13, 2010 in "Mt Shasta Herald" |
▰ Stephen "Steve" Sias Died January 19, … More Information |
Stephen "Steve" Sias, age 53 of Yreka, California, passed from this world into the next January 19, 2010. Obituary published: January 20, 2010 in "Mt Shasta Herald" |
▰ Stephen "Steve" Sias Died January 12, … More Information |
Stephen "Steve" Sias died unexpectedly on January 12, 2010 at the age of 53 in Yreka, California. Obituary published: January 13, 2010 in "Mt Shasta Herald" |
▰ Simon Lardizabal Jr Sias Died July 14, … More Information |
Simon Lardizabal Jr Sias, age 84 of California, born in New Mexico, entered into eternal rest July 14, 2008. Obituary published: July 15, 2008 in "San Jose M-N" |
▰ Simon Lardizabal Jr Sias Died July 16, … More Information |
Simon Lardizabal Jr Sias, of California, born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, gained his wings on July 16, 2008. Simon was 84. Obituary published: July 17, 2008 in "San Jose M-N" |
▰ Simon Lardizabal Jr Sias Died July 15, … More Information |
Simon Lardizabal Jr Sias, age 84 of California, born in New Mexico, entered the Kingdom of Heaven July 15, 2008. Obituary published: July 16, 2008 in "San Jose M-N" |
▰ Roane Thorpe Sias Died May 12, … More Information |
Roane Thorpe Sias, born August 28, 1922 passed from this life on May 12, 2015 in Greenbrae, California. Roane was 92.
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Obituary: Bay Area war hero who escaped Nazi captors twice, dies at 92 By Nels Johnson The Marin Independent Journal On Aug. 20, 1943, three years after graduating from Tamalpais High School, Army Air Corps Lt. Roane Thorpe Sias was flying a P-38 Lightning fighter providing cover for B-26 bombers near Naples, Italy, when a Messerschmitt 109 swooped in with machine guns blazing. The 20-year-old Sias, flying in a back position called "Tail-End Charlie" in a formation of four, drew fire almost immediately and bailed out after flames roared through the cockpit floorboards. Bloody and badly burned, he was barely able to pull the ripcord. As an epic air battle raged above, claiming four more P-38s, the wounded 94th Fighter Squadron flyer landed in an orchard where he was tended by peasants, taken by Italian soldiers to a prisoner of war hospital and later turned over to German troops. It was the beginning of a harrowing seven-month ordeal in which he escaped from Nazi captors twice before making it back to Allied lines. Mr. Sias, a lifelong Marin resident who earned a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and acclaim as a hero during World War II, died at home in Greenbrae May 12. He was 92. Two weeks after his plane went down, his father, Donald, who later served on the Mill Valley City Council, got a dreaded Western Union telegram from the War Department: "I regret to inform you, your son ... is missing in action." The next year, after he emerged alive, Mr. Sias was hailed as a Marin war hero, becoming a celebrity who was enlisted to sell war bonds to audiences at local forums. "Mill Valley 'Fox' Escapes," the San Francisco Call Bulletin reported on 30, 1944. "Roane Sias Escapes German Prison Camp," the San Rafael Independent said. "Outwits Hitler's Men," a caption noted. Marin 's hero, a rebellious prankster as a teenager, was "Mill Valley's 'Wild Kid' of Yesterday," the San Francisco Chronicle observed. "It wasn't a jinx," Mr. Sias told reporters about being shot down on his 13th mission for the 94th Fighter Squadron, famed as the "Hat in the Ring Gang" of World War I. "It was just too many Jerris." In later life, Mr. Sias rarely talked about the war, although he sat down with a military historian for detailed interviews that resulted in a riveting 2007 account of his exploits called "Double Escape." His first escape came shortly after Italy capitulated on Sept. 8, 1943. He and other prisoners were transferred by German troops to a cargo train and crammed into freight cars destined for POW camps in Germany. Mr. Sias and a medic were able to remove barbed wire binding a door shut and jumped from the train in a downpour at night. He was on the run for almost two months, helped by farmers and linking up with other escapees, before getting recaptured by German soldiers south of Avezzano. Four or five days later, while standing at the end of a line of prisoners waiting at a Nazi transient camp to be deloused, he stepped behind a pillar as the line advanced. A door slammed shut and he was left behind. He grabbed a long pole from a scrap pile and pretended to be part of a work crew, then used the pole to scale a wall. He walked slowly into a vineyard, where he stopped from vine to vine as if caring for the plants, then broke into a run when he reached a nearby forest. For the next three months, he was sheltered by families including the clan of a village mayor, and lived for a while in a cave and a parish rectory before making it to safety at a British 8th Army outpost. the war, he returned to the air as a jet pilot instructor, flying out of Hamilton Air Force Base for a time, then launched a career in sales. He became a trust officer for the Bank of California as well as Whittier Trust in San Francisco. Mr. Sias was an Eagle Scout and an athlete who set a Northern California backstroke record at Tamalpais High that stood for decades. He earned a business degree at University of Washington. He married Charlotte Sherman of Mill Valley, a union that lasted 49 years until her death in 1996, and then married Clare Wheeler. To help put his three children through college, Mr. Sias started a Christmas tree farm, partnering with pal Tony Brazil to plant seedlings on the ridge west of Muir Woods, then part of the Brazil dairy ranch. But they never harvested a tree after the ranch was sold to the state, and years later, the towering stands of trees that had become a scenic spot for hikers were cut down to rid the area of a non-native species. Mr. Sias was an unabashed patriot whose devotion to the red, white and blue knew few bounds, especially on the Fourth of , when he celebrated by firing his .45 service revolver into the air, shouting, "Strike a blow for liberty!" Mrs. Sias, who lived in San Anselmo for many years, served as a board member of Sunny Hills as well as the San Francisco Botanical Gardens, and was a big supporter of the Ecumenical Association for Housing in the Ross Valley, and the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, according to his son, Spencer. He is survived by his wife, Clare Wheeler of Greenbrae; a daughter, Corrie Sias of San Rafael; two sons, Spencer of San Anselmo and Ben of Portland, Oregon, and his brother, John, of Houston, former publisher and CEO of the San Francisco Chronicle. He also leaves seven grandchildren and 11 step-grandchildren. A celebration of his life will be at 2 p.m. 27 at the Meadow Club in Fairfax. Donations in his memory are welcome at the continued... |
▰ Roane Thorpe Sias Died May 12, … More Information | Roane Thorpe Sias, born August 28, 1922 departed this life Sunday May 12, 2015 in San Rafael, California. Roane was 92. |
▰ Ralph Sias Died June 10, … More Information |
Ralph Sias left this earth on June 10, 2003 to meet with Jesus, his Lord and Savior in San Pedro, California. Obituary published: June 11, 2003 in "SO BAY D-B" |
▰ Paula Mary (Salvatierra) Sias Died September 07, … More Information |
Paula Mary (Salvatierra) Sias, age 71 of California, ascended to heaven into the loving arms of all whom have gone before she September 7, 1999. Obituary published: September 08, 1999 in "San Jose M-N" |
▰ Patsy Lee Pilcher Sias Died January 13, … More Information |
Patsy Lee Pilcher Sias left this earth on January 13, 2010 to meet with Jesus, her Lord and Savior in California. Obituary published: January 14, 2010 in "SO BAY D-B" |
▰ Mr Maurice Clint Sias Died December 30, … More Information | Mr Maurice Clint Sias, born April 28, 1963 passed from this world into the next December 30, 2014 in Victorville, California. Mr was 51. |
▰ Montagu H Sias Died August 15, … More Information | Montagu H Sias, born May 12, 1970 departed this life Sunday August 15, 2013 in Long Beach, California. Montagu was 43. |
▰ Montagu H Sias Died August 15, … More Information | Montagu H Sias, born May 12, 1970 peacefully entered eternal life with our Lord August 15, 2013 in Long Beach, California. Montagu was 43. |
▰ Maurice Clint Sias Died December 30, … More Information | Maurice Clint Sias, born April 28, 1963 departed this life Sunday December 30, 2014 in Phelan, California. Maurice was 51. |
▰ Matthew Olivas Sias Died January 23, … More Information |
Matthew Olivas Sias went into the presence of the Lord on January 23, 2011 in Lynwood, California. Obituary published: January 24, 2011 in "SO BAY D-B" |
▰ Matthew Olivas Sias Died January 21, … More Information |
Matthew Olivas Sias went into the presence of the Lord on January 21, 2011 in Lynwood, California. Obituary published: January 22, 2011 in "SO BAY D-B" |
▰ Martin Sias Died January 16, … More Information | Martin Sias, born December 10, 1926 peacefully entered eternal life with our Lord January 16, 2016 in Bakersfield, California. Martin was 89. |
▰ Martin Sias Died January 16, … More Information |
Martin Sias, born December 10, 1926 entered eternal life January 16, 2016 in Bakersfield, California. Martin was 89.
Family members and close friends: , José Sias, Manuel Jr. Garcia, Carlos & Angie Canez, Angela And Isabella, Mary Deanna Marquez, Reynaldo Sias, Hilda Jordan, Rubi Alonso, Vanessa Maldonado |
▰ Marsaun Sias Died February 20, … More Information |
Marsaun Sias, of San Pedro, California, ascended to heaven into the loving arms of all whom have gone before Marsaun February 20, 1996. Marsaun was 41. Obituary published: February 21, 1996 in "News Pilot/Breeze" |
▰ Margaret Mary Sias Died June 02, … More Information |
Margaret Mary Sias, age 81 of California, born in Winslow, Arizona, was anxious to meet her Maker and Master June 2, 2000. Obituary published: June 03, 2000 in "Contra Costa" |
▰ Linda Sue (Burnside) Sias Died November 28, … More Information |
Linda Sue (Burnside) Sias, of California, left earthly home and passed through the Veil to her Eternal Home November 28, 2016. Linda was 65. Obituary published: November 29, 2016 in "Daily Press" |
▰ Lillian Minnie Sias Died July 27, … More Information | Lillian Minnie Sias, born October 28, 1924 left earthly home and passed through the Veil to her Eternal Home July 27, 1949 in Whittier, California. Lillian was 24. |
▰ Lahoma Gail Sias Died February 09, … More Information |
Lahoma Gail Sias, born April 3, 1964 entered into eternal rest February 9, 2014 in Colton, California. Lahoma was 49.
Family members and close friends: , Jacob Childress, Ray And Tati Leyva, Becky, Cathy Keenan, Becky Childress, Your Daughter |
▰ Jim Sias Died September 28, … More Information | Jim Sias, born January 15, 1942 was anxious to meet his Maker and Master September 28, 1984 in Whittier, California. JIM was 42. |
▰ Irene Marie Sias Died March 16, … More Information |
Irene Marie Sias, age 60 of Chula Vista, California, gained her wings on March 16, 2009. Obituary published: March 17, 2009 in "SO BAY D-B" |
▰ Henry Sias Died December 09, … More Information | Henry Sias, born December 31, 1935 departed this life Sunday December 9, 2020 in Santa Cruz, California. Henry was 84. |
▰ Glenna Opal Sias Died July 19, … More Information |
Glenna Opal Sias passed away July 19, 2001 in San Pedro, California. Obituary published: July 20, 2001 in "SO BAY D-B" |
▰ Gilbert Sias Died January 30, … More Information | Gilbert Sias, born December 6, 1949 entered the Kingdom of Heaven January 30, 2021 in San Jose, California. Gilbert was 71. |
▰ Eduardo Sias Died March 30, … More Information | Eduardo Sias went into the presence of the Lord on March 30, 1988 in Whittier, California. |
▰ Charlotte Sherman Sias Died March 20, … More Information |
Charlotte Sherman Sias, 71, of Mill Valley, California, entered the Kingdom of Heaven March 20, 1996. Obituary published: March 21, 1996 in "Independent Journal" |
▰ Charlotte (Sherman) Sias Died March 19, … More Information |
Charlotte (Sherman) Sias, of San Anselmo, California, entered the Kingdom of Heaven March 19, 1996. Charlotte was 71. Obituary published: March 20, 1996 in "SF Chronicle" |
▰ Brenda Sias Died January 10, … More Information | Brenda Sias, born August 23, 1960 entered into eternal rest January 10, 2015 in Newhall, California. Brenda was 54. |
▰ Betty Jean Sias Died May 04, … More Information | Betty Jean Sias, born May 4, 1964 passed from this life on May 4, 1964 in Whittier, California. Betty was 0. |
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