CAPITOLA — Joseph Ralph Baxter died peacefully with loved ones all around on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017.
Mr. Baxter graduated from Camden High School in San Jose in 1962. After high school, he worked as a carpenter during the day and as a tow truck driver at night. He married his high school sweetheart, Sunny Clair Thornagle in 1964. He built a custom home in Boulder Creek in 1975 so that his family could move away from the city.
He often took the Baxter family camping in Oregon and California. His favorite spots were Fort Bragg, Martin’s Beach and Pismo Beach. He loved being around his grandkids and making them laugh. He had a passion for fishing and he fished the entire west coast from Alaska to Baja. He owned the commercial fishing vessel the “Sunny Sea.”
He was preceded in death by his brother, Jim Baxter. He is survived by his wife, Sunny Baxter; and children, Joe Jr., Dawn and Michael Baxter; and five grandchildren.
Services will be on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. at the clubhouse in Brookvale Terrace, 300 Plum St., Capitola.
Arrangements have been entrusted in the care of The Carroll Family of Ave Maria Memorial Chapel, www.avemariamemorialchapel.com.
Posted by the Register-Pajaronian Feb 3rd, 2017
Mr. Baxter graduated from Camden High School in San Jose in 1962. After high school, he worked as a carpenter during the day and as a tow truck driver at night. He married his high school sweetheart, Sunny Clair Thornagle in 1964. He built a custom home in Boulder Creek in 1975 so that his family could move away from the city.
He often took the Baxter family camping in Oregon and California. His favorite spots were Fort Bragg, Martin’s Beach and Pismo Beach. He loved being around his grandkids and making them laugh. He had a passion for fishing and he fished the entire west coast from Alaska to Baja. He owned the commercial fishing vessel the “Sunny Sea.”
He was preceded in death by his brother, Jim Baxter. He is survived by his wife, Sunny Baxter; and children, Joe Jr., Dawn and Michael Baxter; and five grandchildren.
Services will be on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. at the clubhouse in Brookvale Terrace, 300 Plum St., Capitola.
Arrangements have been entrusted in the care of The Carroll Family of Ave Maria Memorial Chapel, www.avemariamemorialchapel.com.
Posted by the Register-Pajaronian Feb 3rd, 2017
CAPITOLA — Joseph Ralph Baxter died peacefully with loved ones all around on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017.
Mr. Baxter graduated from Camden High School in San Jose in 1962. After high school, he worked as a carpenter during the day and as a tow truck driver at night. He married his high school sweetheart, Sunny Clair Thornagle in 1964. He built a custom home in Boulder Creek in 1975 so that his family could move away from the city.
He often took the Baxter family camping in Oregon and California. His favorite spots were Fort Bragg, Martin’s Beach and Pismo Beach. He loved being around his grandkids and making them laugh. He had a passion for fishing and he fished the entire west coast from Alaska to Baja. He owned the commercial fishing vessel the “Sunny Sea.”
He was preceded in death by his brother, Jim Baxter. He is survived by his wife, Sunny Baxter; and children, Joe Jr., Dawn and Michael Baxter; and five grandchildren.
Services will be on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. at the clubhouse in Brookvale Terrace, 300 Plum St., Capitola.
Arrangements have been entrusted in the care of The Carroll Family of Ave Maria Memorial Chapel, www.avemariamemorialchapel.com.
Posted by the Register-Pajaronian Feb 3rd, 2017
Mr. Baxter graduated from Camden High School in San Jose in 1962. After high school, he worked as a carpenter during the day and as a tow truck driver at night. He married his high school sweetheart, Sunny Clair Thornagle in 1964. He built a custom home in Boulder Creek in 1975 so that his family could move away from the city.
He often took the Baxter family camping in Oregon and California. His favorite spots were Fort Bragg, Martin’s Beach and Pismo Beach. He loved being around his grandkids and making them laugh. He had a passion for fishing and he fished the entire west coast from Alaska to Baja. He owned the commercial fishing vessel the “Sunny Sea.”
He was preceded in death by his brother, Jim Baxter. He is survived by his wife, Sunny Baxter; and children, Joe Jr., Dawn and Michael Baxter; and five grandchildren.
Services will be on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. at the clubhouse in Brookvale Terrace, 300 Plum St., Capitola.
Arrangements have been entrusted in the care of The Carroll Family of Ave Maria Memorial Chapel, www.avemariamemorialchapel.com.
Posted by the Register-Pajaronian Feb 3rd, 2017
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