Monday, May 7, 2012
A viewing is scheduled for Thursday and a memorial service is planned for Friday for Osana Futi, a Newark student who was stabbed and killed in late April.
Funeral services for a slain Newark student have been finalized for this week. The community is invited to both the viewing and memorial service for Newark Memorial High School senior Osana Futi, who died April 29 after succumbing to injuries he sustained from a stabbing the night before. He was 18. A viewing will be held Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Memorial Chapel, 3723 Peralta Blvd. in Fremont. A memorial service will be held Friday starting at 6 p.m. at the Newark Memorial High School Event Center, 39375 Cedar Blvd. in Newark. Those close to the Futi family are continuing to hold fundraisers to help the Futi family pay for memorial services. Relatives intend to transport Futi’s body to Samoa for a burial ceremony in his homeland …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Newark Memorial High school senior and football player Osana Futi was remembered in a candlelight vigil Monday night that drew in a crowd of hundreds. Family, coaches, friends and others remembered the slain 18-year-old as loving relative and friend who will be missed by many. Watch the full video above. For more on Monday's vigil, click here. Check back on Newark Patch for more on Futi and updates about future memorial services for him. Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Get Free Newsletters.
Family and friends remember the life of an 18-year-old Newark student who was fatally stabbed late Saturday night.
Hanging inside Osana Futi’s room is a cap and gown. A cap and gown that signals a graduation that is 40 days away. A cap and gown that will never be worn. The Newark Memorial High School senior’s life was cut short by violence Saturday night after he succumbed to injuries early Sunday that he sustained during a fight that turned into a reported stabbing outside of a house party in Fremont’s Blacow District on Saturday. Hundreds gathered on Newark Memorial’s football field Monday night for a vigil to remember the high school student who turned 18 on March 27 and embraced one another while candles were lit, songs were sung and memories were shared. He Was My Son Futi was looking forward to June 9, relatives and friends said. It would be the …
Saturday, April 7, 2012
ABC 7 Bay Area reports on a memorial service held Friday in memory of one of the victims killed in the Oikos University mass shooting.
Union City resident Grace Eunhae Kim was remembered Friday as thousands gathered at a church in Fremont for a memorial service in her name. Family and friends grieved the passing of the 23-year-old, whose life was cut short with a suspected gunman entered Oikos University in Oakland on April 2 and began shooting, killing seven. Loved ones have talked about her infectious laugh and charismatic personality. In the video above, Kim's brother, Paul Kim, remembers his sister as a sibling who was always there for him and spoke about her dreams of providing for her family. Kim was known for working hard while attending Oikos to study nursing. The Foothill High School graduate worked both at Union City's Chaplin's restaurant and Newark's BJ's …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
More than 100 people attended a service at the Hayward Korean Baptist Church Wednesday night for 21-year-old Lydia Sim, one of seven victims of the Oikos University shooting.
The life of 21-year-old Lydia H. Sim was commemorated at the Hayward Korean Baptist Church where more than 100 gathered Wednesday night. Sim, a former Union City resident, was one of the seven people killed in the Oikos University shooting on Monday. Happy memories of Sim was the main topic at her memorial service. Friends say they remember her as the girl with a big smile, a ray of sunshine that also brought out smiles from others. Sim's young life was unexpectedly taken when she was caught in the middle of a shooting rampage at Oikos University on Monday. Aside from Sim, six others, including Union City resident Grace Eunhae Kim, were killed and three injured. Suspect One L. Goh, a former Oikos student, has been arrested and could face …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Grace Eunhea Kim, 23, of Union City and Lydia H. Sim, 21, of Hayward were among the seven people killed in a violent rampage Monday.
Grace Eunhae Kim was supposed to clock in for work Monday afternoon at Chaplin’s Sports Bistro in Union City. While Kim, who also worked at Newark’s BJs Restaurant, was never late for work, her friends and co-workers prayed for the best as news surfaced of a mass shooting at Oikos University in Oakland. The 23-year-old Union City resident was a nursing student attending class at the university when a gunman went on a rampage throughout the small campus Monday morning. Seven people died and three were injured. Among the victims was Lydia H. Sim, 21, of Hayward who had lived in Union City for 11 years and worked at Nijo Castle in Newark. The other victims were identified as Doris Chibuko, 40, of San Leandro; Sonam Choedon, 33, of El Cerrito…
Monday, April 2, 2012
One woman was a Fremont resident who worked at BJ's Restaurant and Brewery in Newark, the other grew up in Union City and was a Class of 2009 James Logan High School graduate who also worked in Newark.
Editor's note: This report was updated at 12:53 p.m. Tuesday Newark, Calif. — While officials have yet to release the identities of the seven people killed in a mass shooting in Oakland Monday, two of them are believed to have ties to the Tri-City area. Close friends have told Newark Patch that Grace Eunhae Kim, 23, lived in Fremont and Lydia Sim, 21, of Hayward, had attended high school in Union City. Officials from the Alameda County coroner's office said they expect to release the victims' identities by the end of Tuesday. Kim was also an employee at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewery in Newark. A manager at the restaurant on Mowry Avenue had no comment Monday night. Sim was a 2009 graduate of James Logan High School in Union City, New Haven …
Friday, March 2, 2012
Antonio Zendejas, 106, passed away Feb. 29.
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Friday, March 2
Antonio Zendejas, who at 106 was Union City's oldest living resident, passed away the morning of Feb. 29. "He lived a good, full, and rich life," one of Zendejas' great granddaugthers told Union City Patch contributor Richgail Enriquez. "How many people are fortunate to live so long and be in good health?" According to an online obituary, Zendejas was born in 1905 in Michoacán, Mexico. He married Otilia Tapia Luna in 1925 and moved to Texas shortly after. He bounced around the U.S. before settling in Union City in 1945. He lived in the same house up until his passing. Zendejas is survived by six children, 21 grandchildren, 43 great grandchildren and 14 great great grandchildren. Union City Patch was fortunate enough to catch up with …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Friends remember Henry Rodriguez, 40, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident Sunday morning.
Henry Rodriguez, Jr. usually didn’t go to work on Sunday mornings until 8 or 9 a.m. On Jan. 22, he left his brother’s Union City home near Mann Avenue early. His niece’s first birthday celebration was that day, so was the 49ers NFC Conference Championship match. The warm-hearted 40-year-old sports fan didn’t want to miss either event, friends said. But in the short amount of time it takes for Rodriguez, who was mentally disabled, to walk to the nearby Bakery La Mejor in the Safeway shopping center, something tragic happened. According to police, Rodriguez was struck by a car near the intersection of Alvarado-Niles Road and Union Square Drive shortly after 6 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver fled the area and has not been…
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The service will begin at 4 p.m. at Harbor Lights Church in Fremont.
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