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     Evelina Vella was born on 30 March 1917 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA.¹

     Clara Mae George was born on 1 May 1903 in San Mateo Co., CA, USA. She married William Paul Vella, son of Gaeteno Vella and Mary Anne McTernan. Clara Mae George died on 25 January 1993 at Reno, NV, USA, at age 89. She was buried on 1 February 1993 at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo Co., CA, USA.
     Her married name was Vella. She and William Paul Vella were listed in the 1940 US Census age 37, farmer in Senal, Mendocino Co., CA, USA. Clara Mae George and William Paul Vella were listed in the 1950 US Census age 47, dairy, loader of milk trucks in San Francisco, CA, USA.
Clara Mae George Parents: Antone F George
1865–1949
and
Mary Jane Martin George
1871–1954.

     Claire Beatrice Vella was born on 22 June 1926 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA.¹ She died on 1 September 1943 at San Francisco, CA, USA, at age 17. She was buried on 3 September 1943 at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo Co., CA, USA.
     She was listed in the 1940 US Census of William Paul Vella and Clara Mae George in 1940 at Senal, Mendocino Co., CA, USA; age 37, farmer.
Obituary: on 3 September 1943: Vella—In this city, Sept. 1, 1943. Clair Beatrice Vella, beloved daughter of William and Claire May Vella: a native of San Francisco. aged 17 years.

     Mary Adeline Maloney was born on 9 August 1903 in CA, USA.² She married Francis Hugh Vella, son of Gaeteno Vella and Mary Anne McTernan, circa 1927 at San Francisco, CA, USA.² Mary Adeline Maloney and Francis Hugh Vella were divorced in June 1966 at San Francisco, CA, USA. Mary Adeline Maloney died on 1 March 1974 at San Francisco, CA, USA, at age 70. She was buried on 4 March 1974 at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo Co., CA, USA.
     Her married name was Vella.² She and Francis Hugh Vella were listed in the 1930 US Census age 29, wholesale store clerk in San Francisco, CA, USA. Mary Adeline Maloney and Francis Hugh Vella were listed in the 1940 US Census age 39, butcher; next door to Mary E. Mahoney, 64 in San Francisco, CA, USA. Mary Adeline Maloney and Francis Hugh Vella were listed in the 1950 US Census age 49, janitor; and brother in law Peter Malone, 50 in San Francisco, CA, USA.
Obituary: on 2 March 1974: VELLA, Mary A. In S.F., March 1, 1974, Mary A. Vella, loving wife of Francis Vella; dear mother of Betty Garvey: grandmother of Judith, Mark, Claudia, Paul and John Garvey; sister of Peter Maloney and the late Elizabeth Lawler; a native of San Francisco, Calif; aged 70 years; a member of St. James Ladies Sodality.
Mary Adeline Maloney Parents: Joseph and Mary E. Maloney.

     Elizabeth Theresa Vella M.S.W. was born on 7 March 1928 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA; age 12 in 1940 census.¹ She married Francis Robert Garvey on 22 August 1953 at San Francisco, CA, USA. Elizabeth Theresa Vella M.S.W. died on 13 March 2003 at San Francisco, CA, USA, at age 75; of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA, USA.
     She was listed in the 1930 US Census of Francis Hugh Vella and Mary Adeline Maloney in 1930 at San Francisco, CA, USA; age 29, wholesale store clerk. Elizabeth Theresa Vella M.S.W. was listed in the 1940 US Census of Francis Hugh Vella and Mary Adeline Maloney in 1940 at San Francisco, CA, USA; age 39, butcher; next door to Mary E. Mahoney, 64. As of 1940, Elizabeth Theresa Vella M.S.W. was also known as Betty T. Vella.² She was listed in the 1940 US Census of Francis Hugh Vella and Mary Adeline Maloney in 1950 at San Francisco, CA, USA; age 49, janitor; and brother in law Peter Malone, 50. As of 1953,her married name was Garvey. Elizabeth Theresa Vella M.S.W. was a Diamond St. Senior Center was a multipurpose senior center, offering outreach services, education and recreational programs, health screenings, counseling, tax and renter assistance. Provided low cost hot nutritious lunches daily. Birthday party second Monday of each month. in 1975.
Obituary: on 16 March 2003: Garvey, Betty Vella in San Francisco March 13, 2003; aged 75; born on March 7, 1928; Beloved widow of the late Korean War Veteran, Frank R. Garvey of Richmond. CA. Cherished mother of Judith. Mark. Claudia (LTC Charles, USAF, Ret.) Curran, Paul (Rosemary) and John (Kyoko); loving grandma of John, Patrick and
aitlm Curran and Luke. Shannon, Christopher Masato and Sean Yuki Garvey: only child of the late Francis Hugh (Luke) and Mary Vella of 2lst St in San Francisco’s Mission District. Loved her first cousin, Joe W. Maloney as a brother, as well as a life time friend of Betty D. Maloney; cousin of Walter (Agnes) Kolling and Dean (Lorelie) Fuiwider; sister-in-law of Patricia and Irene Garvey and the late John Garvey Jr. and Edward Garvey, MD. Lifelong friend to classmate, Virginia Mehegan
and .close friend to the late Marlene Soalano.
Granddaughter and niece of the infamous Maloney police brothers, who concurrently served as four members of the SFPD and one in the Denver PD.
Founder and Director of the Diamond Senior Center in San Francisco's Castro District; which she led for 23 years. Earlier she served as former Director of the Saint Philip’s and Corpus Christi’s Senior Citizen weekly programs as a respected instructor on aging for the San Francisco Community College District. On January 31, 2003, the Golden Gate Senior Services, which oversees the Diamond Senior Center, honored Betty by renaming the Diamond Senior Center as the Betty Garvey Diamond Senior Center. She was presented a proclamation signed by the Secretary of State, Kevin Shelley. She was also honored by Mayor Willie Brown. Jr declaring January 31st as. Betty Garvey Day in San Francisco, as well as a declaration presented by Carole Migden. from the Board of Equalization declaring January 31st as Betty Garvey Day in the State of California.
The Betty Garvey Diamond Senior Center is a living testament to Betty as it’s a thriving multipurpose senior center that offers outreach services, educational and recreational programs; health screening, counseling, tax and renter assistance, low-cost, hot nutritious lunches are available daily. There is a birthday party on the second Monday of each month as well as live music for dancing. The center is a great community resource for the aged in the beautiful Castro District. The center encourages local seniors into an active life through various fun activities. Some of the things it exposes seniors to include yoga, tal chi. computers, origami, several foreign languages (Chinese. Spanish. French, Italian, Russian and Japanese), has its own library, conducts oral history, intergenerational programs with Live Oak. San Francisco Friends, and Harvey Milk Schools, music, spectator sports like the San Francisco Giants Games, mini flea market, tap dancing, country western dance, arts and crafts, focus groups, current affairs, discussion groups, guest speakers, blood pressure screening, podiatry climes, book mobile, bridge, walking groups, holiday events, Bay Area theater, ballet, opera, symphony. circus, Yountviile Veterans Home, Camp Mather, Yosemite and other National and State Parks, and fun filled trips to Reno and Las Vegas. Betty’s last group outings she led were to the Charles Shultz’s Peanuts Museum in Santa Rosa and to Reno. NV. She even exposed her seniors to many cultures and peoples through extensive national and global travel on cruises and land trips to Europe. Asia, the Americas. Africa and Australia.
Winner of ”Pie-in-the Sky", newspaper contest in the l970's where her seniors were provided a modernized Cable Car to ride in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, based on her suggestion to contest officials. Betty competed in the first National Senior Olympics in Saint Louis in 1987 where she competed in the race walk and was acknowledged by comedian. Bob Hope. Later, she competed in the discus in her 60s. She Icved walking with her seniors every Monday morning, the Bay Bandits Volksmarching Club and the Dolphin South End Club on the weekends with devoted walking partner Jean Doyle.Graduate of Saint James Girls Grammar School, 1941, Immaculate Conception Academy 1945, Holy Names College 1949 and received her Masters of Social Welfare (MSW1) at UC Berkeley 1952.
Member of the Metropolitan Club, Ecole de Notre Dame des Victories, and Saint Ignatius College Preparatory and Convent of the Sacred Heart Mother's Clubs; lifetime member of Berkeley Sorority Kappa Gamma Pi, Mechanics Institute and Commonwealth Club membership; was an active member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Past Community member of Saint Mary's Hospital and the Board of Directors, Foster Grand-gparent's. Until recently, was a City
Guides docent volunteer with the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) Museum and the Sheraton Palace Hotel, where she provided tours. Tourists would often write to the City Guides Main Library office after their trip and state one of the highlights of their visit to the City was Betty's tour. Several of these letters were published in the City Guides Guidelines newsletter. She loved a good mystery book and was part of the AAUW Mystery Book Group as well as the Metropolitan Book Club. Betty was a yearly volunteer at the Bay to Breakers race as well as the San Francisco Marathon. Betty and her husband Frank thought it was important to expose their five
children to various cultures at an early age. Not only did they educate them at a bilingual school but also entertained various dignitaries worldwide through an international Exchange program with the US State Department. Betty entertained the former Vice President of Burundi, and French. Irish and other countries dignitaries at her table.
Anyone that knew Betty was aware of her love of ducks. Her favorite pet was a duck "Duckie Dabbles" that her father brought to her from his poultry business. Santa Rosa Poultry Co. Betty was very proud of her Maltese Heritage. Her grandfather was Gaetano (Gaet) Vella. one of the first Maltese immigrants to San Francisco and one of three men that helped process all other Maltese immigrants to the City. Betty continued to work at the Betty Garvey Diamond Senior Center during her long, painful cancer treatments combating Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, as she loved not only her job, but she loved her seniors. This would not have been possible without the aid of Mary Rowe, devoted friend, who drove Betty to and from the center. Betty was a lifetime member of the Third Order of St Dominic's. She was professed as Sr. Mary Jude on October 23 1955 and promised to be buried in full Dominican habit. Betty Garvey will be dearly missed. She had a significant positive impact on many people...Prayers for her beatification and canonization, please report any favors or miracles received through the intercession of Betty Garvey to the Archbishop of San Francisco. #9 Peter Ycrke Way, SF. Ca 94109.

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Elizabeth Theresa Vella M.S.W. was mentioned in the San Francisco Chronicle on 18 March 2003: Betty Garvey -- force behind senior center by Julian Guthrie
Services will be held in San Francisco this morning for Betty Garvey, known as a saint to the city's senior citizens because of her work at the Diamond Senior Center in San Francisco. Mrs. Garvey died March 13. She was 75 and had worked at the center until the week before she died. Mrs. Garvey, who disdained the idea that seniors should be passive and sedentary, made the Castro District center active and vibrant, with classes in everything from foreign languages and computers to tai chi and tap dancing. She arranged several trips abroad for the seniors. On Jan. 31, the Golden Gate Senior Services, which oversees the Diamond Senior Center, honored Mrs. Garvey by renaming the Diamond Senior Center as the Betty Garvey Diamond Senior Center. Paul Garvey said his mother loved helping others.
"This became her life," Garvey said of his mother's work at the center. "My father passed away 20 years ago, when we (my siblings and I) were coming out of college. My mom was 54, and she was just beginning to work with seniors." She continued to go to work at the center even after she'd been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. "She was always taking care of others," Garvey said. Her 75th birthday party on March 7 drew hundreds of people to the center. "The party was wonderful, and Betty was happy," said Nick Lederer, executive director of Golden Gate Senior Services. "Betty was a saint. She was amazing. She had a real knack for working with older people. She ran the best senior center in the city. I called it our drinking and dancing group. It is very active. And it was all Betty's work. She created it." Charlie Spiegel, a parent whose daughter attends a school in the same building as the senior center, said, "She was just a very sweet and very competent presence. The center's welcoming nature really reflected Betty." She practiced what she preached, remaining active into her late 60s. She competed in the race walking division of the first National Senior Olympics in St. Louis in 1987. Later, she competed in the discus competition in the senior Olympics. She graduated from St. James Girls Grammar School in 1941, Immaculate Conception Academy in 1945, both in San Francisco, and Oakland's Holy Names College in 1949. She earned her master's degree from UC Berkeley in 1952. In her spare time, she loved to read mystery novels and was a part of the American Association of University Women's Mystery Book Group. She volunteered each year at the Bay to Breakers race and the San Francisco Marathon. She is survived by two daughters, Judith Garvey of San Francisco and Claudia Curran of Pleasanton; and three sons, Mark Garvey of San Francisco, Paul Garvey of Orinda and John Garvey of Moraga.

Elizabeth Theresa Vella M.S.W. was mentioned in the San Francisco Chronicle in April 2003: This 'n' That By Laura McHale Holland
...One star who brightly glowed was former Noe Valley resident Betty Garvey. She was featured in this column last month because the senior center on Diamond Street that she founded in 1980 was renamed in her honor. Sadly, she died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on March 13. Garvey was 75 years old. Amazingly, she worked at the Betty Garvey Diamond Street Senior Center until a week before her death.

A graduate of St. James Girls Grammar School and of Immaculate Conception Academy, Garvey earned a bachelor's degree from Oakland's Holy Names College in 1949 and a master's degree in social welfare from U.C. Berkeley in 1952. In addition to a career devoted to bettering the lives of senior citizens, she and her husband Frank (also deceased) raised five children, all of whom survive her: two daughters, Judith Garvey of San Francisco and Claudia Curran of Pleasanton, and three sons, Mark Garvey of San Francisco, Paul Garvey of Orinda, and John Garvey of Moraga. Betty Garvey was a member of numerous clubs and civic organizations. She also competed in the race walk in the first National Senior Olympics in St. Louis in 1987. Subsequently, while in her 60s, she competed in the discus throw competition. Garvey established a list of activities at the senior center that was long enough to exhaust a college student. The roster includes yoga; tai chi; origami; lessons in Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Japanese; tap dancing; country-western dance; walking groups; current affairs discussions; and outings to the theater, ballet, opera, symphony, and circus. Indeed, she left a bold mark on this world, and will be missed. May we all be so inspired in this time of war, with all the heartbreaking repercussions it engenders.

     Alice Vella was born on 6 June 1932 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA.¹

     Mildred Evelyn Woodworth was born on 26 September 1910 in CA, USA. She married Bernard Richard Vella, son of Gaeteno Vella and Mary Anne McTernan, on 19 September 1929 at Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
     As of 1929,her married name was Vella. Mildred Evelyn Woodworth and Bernard Richard Vella were listed in the 1930 US Census age 21, poultry market salesman in San Francisco, CA, USA. Mildred Evelyn Woodworth and Bernard Richard Vella were listed in the 1940 US Census age 30, salesman; and mother in law Lola Woodworth in San Francisco, CA, USA. Mildred Evelyn Woodworth and Bernard Richard Vella were listed in the 1950 US Census age 41, dairy salesman; and mother in law Lola Woodworth, 73, widow in San Francisco, CA, USA.

     Joan Englen Vella was born on 7 March 1932 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA.¹ She married John W Rowland on 3 August 1951 at San Francisco, CA, USA.
     Joan Englen Vella was listed in the 1940 US Census of Bernard Richard Vella and Mildred Evelyn Woodworth in 1940 at San Francisco, CA, USA; age 30, salesman; and mother in law Lola Woodworth. Joan Englen Vella was listed in the 1940 US Census of Bernard Richard Vella and Mildred Evelyn Woodworth in 1950 at San Francisco, CA, USA; age 41, dairy salesman; and mother in law Lola Woodworth, 73, widow. As of 3 August 1951,her married name was Rowland.

     Peggy M. Xenos was born on 21 April 1906 in Athens, Greece. She married James C. Vella. Peggy M. Xenos died on 8 July 1990 at San Francisco, CA, USA, at age 84. She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo Co., CA, USA.
     Her married name was Vella.
Obituary: on 9 July 1990: VELL A, Peggy M. In San Francisco. July S, 1990; dearly beloved wife of the late James Vella; beloved mother of Florence Broussal Tula Mondragon, the late Stanley Radlotes and Meilta Vella; loving sister of Sophia Fernandas, James Zenos, the late William Xenos and Angelina Slerck; also turvlved by five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews; native of Athens Greece; age 84 years.
Peggy M. Xenos Parents: Stamatios Demitrios Xenos
1870–1945
and
Mary Marcos Xenos
1886–1934.

     Melita Carmella Vella was born on 19 November 1938 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA.¹ She died on 28 April 2008 at South San Francisco, San Mateo Co., CA, USA, at age 69. She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo Co., CA, USA.
     She was listed in the 1950 US Census age 11 in San Francisco, CA, USA. Melita Carmella Vella was also known as Lita Vella.

     Richard C. Basinger was born on 29 October 1938 in Livermore, CA, USA. He married Marie Stella Fenech, daughter of John Fenech and Alice Adele Cailteux.

     John David Beals was born on 6 April 1966 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA.

     John David Beals Jr was born on 8 March 2001.

     Harold Frank Reyes was born on 12 June 1966 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA.
     Harold Frank Reyes was also known as Frank Reyes.