Nora Dietz

Nora A. Dietz passed away peacefully at her home on June 22, 2021 at the age of 101.

She was born in Watsonville to Maria Giuseppina Crosetti and Marcello Bertone, who had emigrated from Genoa, Italy. She graduated from Watsonville High School and worked as a secretary for S. Martinelli & Co. for over 30 years, which was a job she loved. She met her husband of 52 years, Vernon, while he was stationed in Watsonville at the Naval Auxiliary Airfield during World War II. In her retirement years, she enjoyed volunteering with The Service League at Watsonville Community Hospital and taking trips with her husband and family. She was an avid baseball fan, and while she rooted for the Dodgers, she did not overly mind that the rest of her family were Giants fans. She also never missed a Warriors game on TV.

She was preceded in death by her husband Vernon, her brothers Louis, Anthony & Roy Bertone, William Crosetti, sister Grace Chapin and son-in-law Jeffery Daughenbaugh.

She is survived by her daughters Cheryl Daughenbaugh, Joan (Gary) Grant, grandchildren Kristina (Gavin) Owen, Sean Grant, great-grandson Duncan Owen, sister Marie Ray and numerous nieces and nephews.

Many thanks to Martha Patty Guzman and Jenny Roberts for their exceptional care.

Private graveside services are to be held. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Santa Cruz County Hospice or Moreland Notre Dame. Mehl's Colonial Chapel has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

Published in The Pajaronian · July 2, 2021