NAPA - Sharon Jeanette Pyle died peacefully at home on Aug. 22, 2008, while surrounded by her family. She was 65.

AMERICAN CANYON - Elmer Jerl (Bud) Wheeler passed away Aug. 18, 2008. He was born Aug. 24, 1919, in Major County, Oklahoma, to Lester and Minerva Wheeler.

NAPA - Karen Louise Balatti, 49, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2008. She was born on Oct. 20, 1958, in San Rafael.

NAPA - Albert P. (Al) Dwyer, 79, passed away Aug. 21, 2008, at his home in Napa, of cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born Oct. 11, 1928, to Albert and Veronica Dwyer in Westbrooke, Maine.

HUNTINGTON BEACH - William Keith “Bill” Cappelle was born July 24, 1958, in San Pedro. He and his family moved to Orange County where Bill lived for most of his life. After graduating from Fountain Valley High School, Bill worked for many years in the restaurant business and most recently in the printing industry.

NAPA - William Grifton Carden, 75, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, at Queen of the Valley Medical Center. Bill was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 10, 1933.

DIXON - Delmer Seelye, 58, passed away Aug. 23, 2008, in Dixon. He was born Aug. 14, 1950, in Napa.

NAPA - Wayne Palmer Nicholes passed away Aug. 24, 2008, in Napa.

TODAY

NAPA - Jose Yokoi, 86, passed away peacefully on Aug. 24, 2008. He was born in Guam on Sept. 1, 1922, to Jose and Maria Yokoi. He became an accomplished carpenter and general contractor for many years and finished his working years as a supervisor for the Guam Port Authority.