David “Dash” Charles Hammer, 66, passed away, June 14, of complications from a stroke. He was born in 1950 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, the first son of Gilmore and Neva (Eckmann) Hammer. The family moved around Minnesota and South Dakota and finally settled in the small town of Olivia, Minnesota when he entered the third grade. There he met Jeff Vadheim,with whom he became a lifelong friend through a shared passion for stamp collecting. He graduated from high school in Mason City, Iowa. The family moved yet again to Garland, Texas, where Hammer entered Texas A&M Commerce, graduating with a degree in music education. From 1974-1979, Hammer completed his master’s in music history while simultaneously building a brand-new band program in Paris, Texas. 

Robert George Sorensen, father, teacher, friend and, until recently, director of studies at Vancouver Language Centre in Guadalajara, died in Texas, May 25, of liver and kidney failure.

Carolina Genoveva Teresita Escobar Tabera Carillo died in Guadalajara, April 16, Easter Sunday, in the arms of her husband Dan Turnquist.

Robert R. Brennan

Lakeside resident Bob Brennan passed away Friday, May 12 of complications from lung cancer at the age of 65.  

Stacey Hewitt 

Lakeside resident Stacey Hewitt died of a heart attack April 26 while pet sitting in Ajijic.

Antoinette Gilbert

Antoinette (Joyal) Gilbert passed away at Mi Casita Assisted Living Home in Ajijic on February 11.