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Betty Ann Moore, 83, peacefully passed away on December 24, 2021 from Alzheimer’s. Betty was a graduate from St. Vincent’s and went on to have a long and successful career with Kaiser Permanente. Betty was a devout Catholic, avid reader and a loyal friend. She will be forever remembered and loved by her sister, Carol (Hank) Howard; her nieces, Renee (James) Kale, Kimberly Spears; and her grandnieces, Taylor Spears and Veronica Kale.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life."

LaVerne (Bert) H. Rond, Jr., aka Bert Rond, passed away on May 24 at The Lodge at Glen Cove in Vallejo with his family by his side.

Services will be held on Friday, June 10 at 10 AM with Military honors to immediately follow the service at Twin Chapels Mortuary, 1100 Tennessee St., Vallejo. As a 5+ year reservist, Bert will have a private burial at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, CA.

The family requests those who wish to express sympathy to consider making a donation to the Alzheimer's Association, 225 N. Michigan Avenue, Fl.17, Chicago, IL 60601.

Margaret Dolores Springer Jones Hillious was a very special person. Born March 1939, she lived to be 83. She had her daughter at her side when she passed on May 26th 2022. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, a talented and beloved educator.

Marge was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she lived until she was 2 years old and orphaned. She then was adopted by her great-aunt Mary Jones of Vallejo, California and grew up alongside her nephews. After high school she became a Catholic Nun named “Sister Paul” and devoted her life to God. It was at this time that she went to college and received a degree in teaching. Marge had taught in Southern California for 11 years when she felt the Lord calling her elsewhere. She moved to Calaveras County where she taught 25 years before she retired. Marge was introduced to Robert Hillious, thanks to her soon to be sister-in-law Eileen Hillious, in 1976 and they married almost right away. They lived a very happy life until he passed in 2002.

Marge would often share memories of her teaching days with her grandchildren; reminiscing on the joy it brought her. She had befriended many of her past students on Facebook and enjoyed seeing their lives now and the adults they had become. To her students she was known as Ms. Jones or Mrs. Hillious. Marge was only 4’9 and a 1/2”’s small but mighty. A loving and supportive teacher to her “kids”, her students. Some would say, the best teacher they ever had and a gift from God. Marge played the guitar in her younger years. One student said God needed another guitar player in Heaven.

She and Robert loved to gamble and watch football together. She enjoyed playing video games with her grandkids. Gma Marge was known as the “Donkey Kong Champ!”

In 2012 Marge was reunited with her long lost brothers Robert and Charles Springer. They had been separated as children when they went into the orphanage. She looked for her brothers for years without any luck. They had been looking for her as well. It was her niece, Rusty Springer Rodriguez of Southern California, who reunited all of them. This was a wish she always had as a child and she was blessed to see it come true in her lifetime thanks to her niece Rusty.

Marge was preceded in death by her Mother and Father, Barbara and Robert Springer of Tennessee, her husband Robert Hillious of Lodi, California, her brothers, Robert Springer of California and Charles Springer of North Carolina, her children Elizabeth Hillious and Larry Hillious.

Marge will be remembered and is survived by many including: her daughter Cheryl Hillious Ellison and son-in-law Brian Ellison. Grandchildren: Magenta McNabb, Connie & Konrad Schwartz, Jesse and Mackenzie Ellison, Sabrina and Micheal Jeffcoat, and Becky Hillious. Great Grandchildren: Coral and Lauren Ellison, Wyatt and Westin Schwartz, Karin Jeffcoat, Alex Hillious and a few more. Hillious Family: Eileen Hillious, Stacy and Bill Huneke and the Springer Family nieces and nephews. Life long friends and so many students!

Jolyn Curtola, 79, passed away peacefully on Valentine’s Day with her husband and children at her side finding peace after 25 years of major back problems. She was born in Vallejo to Helen Sousa and Linzie Kramer on April 2, 1942. Jolyn graduated from St. Vincent’s Ferrer High School in 1959 and attended San Jose State University. She met her husband Terry Curtola as a freshman in high school and they dated for 9 years before getting married on April 18, 1964. They would have been married 58 years this April 18th. She is survived by her husband Terry and her children Cori (Jeff) Gormley, Trey (Keri) Curtola; Kim Curtola and Chris (Leslee) Curtola, along with her beloved ex-son-in-law John Matson. She also leaves behind her grandchildren, Aaron Walmsley, Jordan (Adrianne) Walmsley, C.J. (Ryan) Gormley, Jared Gormley, Jenna Curtola, Gabby Curtola, Lauren Ashley (dec), Ryann Matson, Alyssa Curtola, Cade Curtola, and Cecilia Curtola, and her two adorable great grandsons, Mason, and Milo Walmsley.

Jolyn is also survived by her brothers, Mike (Patty) Kramer; Fred (Rhonda) Warnshuis; Chris (Lesley) Warnshuis, her sister-in-law Rhonda Kramer, her cousin Kathy McBride, and numerous other nieces, nephews, cousins, and in-laws whom she loved very much. Jolyn was predeceased by her mother Helen, her father, Linzie, her brother Linzie, and her niece Christi.

During Jolyn’s time in San Jose she was a buyer for Jay Vee Women’s Apparel, a national known chain. After she and Terry were married, she worked for Babbitt Photography in downtown Vallejo and then in the office at Terry’s Restaurants. She was very active in charities including the Lilac Branch of the Children’s Hospital and local groups such as the Vallejo Campfire Girls and the St. Vincent’s High School and the St. Patrick’s High School Parent Groups while her children were in school.

Jolyn was known to her friends as a gourmet cook and pastry chef. She created wonderful desserts for City Lights Restaurant in Vallejo and was solicited to do pastries at the Blue Fox Restaurant in San Francisco.

Jolyn was known for her class and style while serving as the First Lady of Vallejo from 1978-1987. She represented Vallejo in Akashi, Japan and La Spezia, Italy on behalf of the Sister City Commission and maintained friendships there until her death. As her children grew, she was able to travel with her husband and her beloved friends in The Vista Bridge Group. They visited Cabo San Lucas, Maui, the big island of Hawaii, Malaga, Spain and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. She also traveled to Washington, DC, attending the Inauguration of Ronald Reagan. She visited Prague, with her mother, Helen and brother and sister-in-law Linzie and Rhonda, as well as a trip to Italy for her nieces wedding, where she met the Pope. Her favorite summers were spent enjoying the family cabin in Pine Grove, Lake County, surrounded by people she loved.

She adored loving her grandkids and great grands, which gave her the joy she needed these past few years, as they all visited her constantly and exchanged wonderful memories. All 12 of them loved their Nana with all their hearts.

The family would like to thank Lina Fojas of C and F Care Home and her caregivers for the loving care and support they have given Jolyn these past 4 years. They were the best. The family would request that those inclined to do so make a donation in Jolyn’s memory to the Tim and Jeannie Hamann Foundation, 213 First St, Benicia, CA 94510 (www.hamannfoundation.org) or the Dominican Mission Foundation, PO Box 15367, San Francisco, CA 94115.

A rosary will be held at 7 pm Thursday, February 24th at Skyview Memorial Lawn 200 Rollingwood Drive, Vallejo and a mass in her honor, officiated by long time family friend Father Martin de Porres Walsh O.P. will be at 11 am Friday, February 25th at St. Basils Catholic Church at 1225 Tuolumne St, Vallejo.

Sister Constance Fitzgerald, C.S.J., age 107, passed away on Monday December 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Born November 13, 1913 in Spokane, WA, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet since March 19, 1931. Sister Constance spent 52 years in education, primarily teaching English and writing. Sister’s life was always about service and making a difference. In her later years, when many retire, Constance started a creative writing program for the sisters in Holy Family Community called Write-O. She is survived by her sister, Sr. Anne Gertrude Fitzgerald, many nieces, nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.

Donations in memory of Sister Constance Fitzgerald may be sent to: Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, 11999 Chalon Road, Los Angeles, CA 90049.

A summary of Sister Constance’s life, prepared in 2017, is available here.