Travis Credit Union continues holiday giving programs amid pandemic
VACAVILLE Although the novel coronavirus pandemic has changed how Travis Credit Union gives back to the community this holiday season, it hasn’t affected the level of support and commitment to ensure programs partnered with for years are still provided for and championed.
The credit union reached out to the community through many different programs, including participation in the Children’s Miracle Network Holiday Stocking Campaign, the Travis Air Force Base Festival of Trees Auction and Christmas Wish 2020, among others.
“Financial wellness is at the heart of everything we do,” said Barry Nelson, president and CEO of Travis Credit Union, in a press release. “We are proud to participate in giving back through these programs to help our members, neighbors and community make the most of the holiday season.”
Teruo Ted Miyagishima
Teruo Ted Miyagishima, retired Major in the U.S. Army, passed away peacefully Dec. 13, 2020. Ted was born April 10, 1919, in Roy, Utah.
He served in France and Italy with the 442nd “Go for Broke” Infantry Regiment during WWII. As a career military serviceman in Army Intelligence, he served in various posts in New York, Virginia, Maryland and Georgia, as well as in Korea and Japan.
He married Tsuyako Grace Miyagishima of Lompoc, California, on July 10, 1949. Their son James was born in 1953.
During his time in the military, he received two degrees from the University of Maryland, a BS in Military Science and a BA in History. Retiring from the military after 21 years of service in 1965, he went into teaching fifth grade at Allen School in San Jose, California. He retired from his second career in 1984. He spent his retirement years enjoying gardening, Utah family reunions and traveling. In 1997, he moved into the Paradise Valley Retirement Community in Fai
Venerable Mare Island cemetery sees 1st holiday wreath-laying ceremony
James Cooney, a Medal of Honor recipient, is one of the soldiers interred at Mare Island Naval Cemetery. Volunteers placed wreaths on some 1,000 graves of soldiers and their family members as part of the Wreaths Across America program, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (Susan Hiland/Daily Republic)
MARE ISLAND The Mare Island Naval Cemetery – the oldest naval cemetery on the West Coast – for the first time Saturday was part of the nationwide Wreaths Across America program.
About 50 people came out to place wreaths on the graves of some 1,000 soldiers buried at the cemetery, the recipient of a recent cleanup campaign that many hope will lead to better oversight in the future.
Marguerite C. Kucala
Stop the car! Marguerite C. Kucala passed at home with family by her side. Maggie, as she was known here in the states and Margie to all the Cunuck family.
She was born in Meadow Lake Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Her family moving to the Big City of Calgary, Alberta, when she was a child. Where she wrote in her diary she wanted to go to Hawaii and live in California when she grew up.
After high school, her best friend Joyce and she decided to broaden their horizons and moved to Great Falls, Montana, United States, where on a blind date she met and fell in love with Al. Not sure Al knew what he was getting into.
Wreath Project remembers veterans as holidays near
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Sivilay Thiphakhinkeo lays a wreath on the grave of her mother, who was the wife of a veteran. The family came out on Dec. 12 for the annual Wreath Project event at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. Susan Hiland/McNaughton Newspapers photo
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DIXON A global pandemic could not keep people from honoring their loved ones Saturday as the holidays approach. They just had to do things differently.
The Sacramento Valley National Cemetery each year has hundreds of visitors who come at Christmastime to lay wreaths on the graves of those who served their country.