San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Tachara, Tom March 10, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K T bluewolf@onemain.com March 23, 2006, 11:36 pm The Tracy Press Tom Tachara Jan. 28, 1961 — March 10, 2006 Services will be Friday for Tom Tachara, 45, of Manteca, who died March 10, 2006 at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto. Born in Stockton, Mr. Tachara lived in Manteca for the majority of his life. He graduated from East Union High School in 1979. He was an employee of Save Mart for 26 years, and he was in the Manteca store 11 years and the Tracy store for more than 15 years. He was a happy person who liked to tease his friends and fellow employees. He enjoyed participating in girls softball programs with his wife and daughter. His pride and joy was his daughter, Brittney. He loved watching her softball games and being her No. 1 catcher. He and his father loved talking about cars together. He was very family oriented and cherished time with his family. He will be remembered as a devoted husband, wonderful father, beloved son and a special brother and uncle. To his wife, he will always be “the last Boy Scout.” Mr. Tachara is survived by his wife of 24 years, Sue Tachara of Manteca; daughter, Brittney Tachara, who is attending Willamette University in Salem, Ore.; parents, Nancy and Jerry Grieve of Manteca, and Don and Jan Tachara of Copperopolis; sister, Cindy Zontek, and her husband, Jim, of Escalon; stepsister, Kim Baker, and her husband, Ron, of Escalon; stepbrothers, Russ Grieve of Las Vegas, and Randy Rowe, and his wife, Lynn, of Madera; parents-in- law Carolyn and Bill Pedretti of Ottis, Ore.; brother-in-law, Scott Brandel, and his wife, Jennifer, of Medford, Ore.; sisters-in-law, Kathy Elkins, and her husband, Mark, of Newark, and Julie Davis, and her husband, Mike, of Willamina, Ore.; nieces and nephews, Katy and Ashley Zontek, Zachary and Brody Baker, all of Escalon, Trisha Archuleta of Manteca, Kayla Brandel and Brandon Coulter of Medford, Jacilyn Ensing of Patterson, Kari Paden of San Jose, Tyler Elkins of Newark, Amber and Chelsea Moser and Tucker Davis, all of Willamina. Friday’s services will begin at 11 a.m. at P.L. Fry & Son Funeral Home, 290 N. Union Road, in Manteca. Visitation will be observed today from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Interment will be in Park View Cemetery in Manteca. Contributions in Mr. Tachara’s name can be sent to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, P.O. Box 6001, Albert Lea, Minn. 56007-9949; or The American Cancer Society, 207 E. Alpine Ave., Stockton 95204. Published on Thursday, March 16, 2006, in the Tracy Press. Additional Comments: Volunteer submission - No relation to the deceased. No other information available from submitter. Posted with permission from The Tracy Press http://www.tracypress.com/obituaries/ File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/t/tachara2336gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb