San Joaquin-San Francisco-Sonoma County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....DeCarli, Dean Charles  April 30, 2005
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Lodi News-Sentinel  May 4, 2005
Dean Charles DeCarli

  Dean Charles DeCarli, 97 died at home on April 30th, 2005 surrounded by those 
he loved. He left life as he lived it peacefully, and with a legacy of service 
to others. 
  He was born March 24, 1908 in Ferndale, California to Milo and Nettie 
DeCarli. After his mother's death at age 33, he and his family moved to his 
uncle's dairy ranch on Robert's Island. He attended a one room grammar school 
in Holt and in 1925 graduated from Stockton High. He enrolled in Animal 
Husbandry and Dairy Industry at the University of California, Davis. In 1928 he 
was on the UC boxing team, editor of the Aggie Campus newspaper and 
valedictorian of his class. 
  In 1934, he married Edna Foy of Stockton. Deep into the Depression his jobs 
included: milking cows, loading hay, and operating a dredger. He was hired by 
Happyholme Dairy as a salesman and delivery route driver. In 1940, he became a 
partner in the Happyholme distributing business and opened Stockton's first 
drive-in, the Bobb Inn. In 1952, he was appointed to fill the remaining term of 
a city councilman. In 1955 the city council chose him to serve as Mayor of 
Stockton, and in 1959 he served a second term as Mayor. In 1955 he appointed a 
mayor's committee on Urban Blight, and he became the head of the Redevelopment 
Commission. He was on the committee for nineteen years, and because of this 
dedication in 2001 The DeCarili Waterfront Square was named for him. In 1959 he 
started the Sister City Exchange with Shimizu, Japan to promote unterstanding, 
friendship and to exchange knowledge and culture between the two cities. 
Throughout his life he was an avid explorer and traveler, sharing this passion 
was his wife Edna, together they traveled to over seventy different countries. 
In 1960, he sold his share of Happyholme Dairy and began a new career as a 
Residential Appraiser. Shortly thereafter San Joaquin First Federal Saving and 
Loan hired him as an appraiser and manager.
  Together he and his wife Edna raised three wonderful daughters, Dolores, Joan 
and Gail DeCarli. He is survived by his daughter Dolores DeCarli of San 
Francisco; Joan and husband Dean Cortopassi of Stockton; their children Dr. 
Gino Cortopassi, Davis: Katie Whitlow, Folsom; Becky Carlson, Lodi and David 
Cortopassi, Stockton, daughter and son-in-law Gail and Martin Jacob of Sonoma; 
their children Josh Jacob, San Francisco: Dr. Sargon Jacob, Aptos; Dean Jacob, 
Sonoma. He was also the proud great-grandfather of twelve. 
  In December 1987 Dean's beloved wife of 57 years, Edna, passed away. In 1989, 
he married Erma Boss, a retired school teacher and family friend. Erma has two 
sons from a previous marriage, Dwight and Gordon Rose.
  He was active in many community service organizations: Amblers; Kiwanis Club; 
Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame; Stockton Grandfather's Club: Elks: SIRS #46; 
Stockton Sister City Association; San Joaquin County Historical Society; Corral 
of Far Westerns; UOP Quarter Back Club; Weber Point Coffee Club; and World 
Affairs Council. He was also an active member of the First Christian and 
Central Methodist Churches. He received the Mr. Stockton Award in 1955, was a 
George F. Hixson Fellow and was inducted into the Stockton Athletic Hall of 
Fame in 1978. 
  His love of learning was instilled by his mother, nurtured by his father and 
maintained through his lifelong affiliation with the University of California 
at Davis. He was a member of and served as President to the US Davis Alumni 
Association and was a member of the Sword and Sandal Society. Seventy seven 
years after he graduated from Davis Dean he was Parade Marshall for Picnic Day, 
recieved the Jerry Fielder Award, had a room named in his honor, was the 
recipient of the Award of Distinction from the School of Agriculture and was 
inducted into the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity Hall of Fame. 
  There will be a celebration of his life for family and friends on Thursday, 
May 12, at 3:00 PM at the home of Joan & Dean Cortopassi. Memorial 
contributions may be made to the Stockton Kiwanis Scholarship Fund 2032 Santa 
Rosa Way, Stockton, CA 95209, the Tractor Building Fund of the San Joaquin 
Historican Society PO Box 30, Lodi, CA 95241 or to the charity of your choice.


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