San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Kellar, John W. February 20, 2005 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com February 28, 2005, 6:58 pm The Record February 23, 2005 Galt, CA John W. Kellar Sept 13, 1925 - Feb. 20, 2005 John W. Kellar, MD, 79 years of age passed away in Lodi, CA on Sunday, February 20, 2005. He was a resident of Galt and former resident of Stockton, CA. He graduated from Pacific Union College in 1951 and from Loma Linda University in 1957 with his medical degree. His internship was at San Bernardino County Hospital from 1957 to 1958. Dr. Kellar was in general practice from 1958 to 1989 in Stockton. He was previously with the San Joaquin Foundation for Medical Care and PSRO. At the time of his death he was Medical Director of Health Care Evaluation, Inc. and a board member of Healthcare Foundation, Inc. Since June of 2001 he was the Medical Director for Arbor Convalescent Hospital in Lodi and, since 1993 was the Regional Medical Director of Good Samaritan Convalescent in Stockton. He is survived by his loving wife, Joan Kellar of Galt; his son, John and his wife Karen Kellar; daughter, Nancy and her husband Bob Wageman; Stepchildren: Kathy Cabanya, Susan and her husband Paul Bergna, Karen and her husband Mark Miller, Jeanne and her husband Gary Coffey, Gilbert and his wife Karen Downer; Grandchildren: Jeremy & Heidi, Wagemen, Jessie & Kelsey Kellar, Jenna & Kristie Bergna, Marilyn Carlos, Mark & Michael Miller, Gilbert & Bryan Downer; Great- grandchil- dren: Danika & Ava Miller, Elaina Downer; Sister: Virginia Cooper and many nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to attend Memorial Services on Sunday, March 6, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at the Stockton Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Committal will be private at Cherokee Memorial Park in Lodi. Arrangements by Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home. Donations may be made in his name to Lodi Memorial Hospital Salvation Army Clinic Attn: Donna Shaw PO Box 3004 Lodi, CA 95241 or Stockton Central SDA Church, 1314 N. Madison St., Stockton, CA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/gob5908kellar.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb