Lisa Anne (Yappert) Garcia
Obituary
Lisa Anne Garcia passed away peacefully at her home on March 21st. She was 62. Lisa was a life-long resident of Watsonville, graduated from Watsonville High School in 1976, and worked at Home Depot for many years until her retirement in 2019.
Lisa and her late husband, Richard, who passed away in 2014. owned a restored 1932 Ford, and enjoyed spending their weekends at classic car shows. Lisa was an accomplished needlepoint artist, an avid reader and a woodcrafter. She loved old movies, country music and animals. Wayward dogs and stray cats always seemed to find her, and she never turned one away. Most recently, she doted on her rescued dog, Marx, as well as several cats.
Lisa is survived by her father, Emil Yappert, brothers Emil Yappert Jr. (Lisa Carp) and Craig Yappert (Zahra Afrookhteh) and sister Heidi (Mike Saso) as well as many nieces and nephews.
A joint memorial celebration for Lisa and her late mother, Helen Nethercutt, who passed away last year, will be held in Santa Cruz at 11:00 am on Friday, May 21. If you would like to attend this informal outdoor (socially distanced) gathering, please contact eayappert@gmail.com for the location.
Published in The Pajaronian · May 21, 2021