Angelina Beutner Joseph

Angelina Beutner Joseph died on Nov. 20, 2010 at the age of 87 years.

Anglelina was born and raised in Scranton, Pa., and attended Marywood College in Scranton and Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. She received her R.N. degree from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in 1944. Her second year of nurses training was spent at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. She received an AA degree from Solano Community College in 1976.

Angelina worked at Kaiser Hospital Clinic in Vallejo and was chief nurse at the Solano County Mental Health Day Treatment Clinic in 1966. She was supervisor of the Psychiatric Unit at Kaiser Hospital in Richmond and nurse for the Navy Relief on Mare Island. She also worked for

four years in a local nursing home and finally as a psychiatric nurse for Solano County Mental Health Clinic at The Horizon House Day Treatment Program.

Angelina was vice-president of the McKinley School P.T.A., den mother for the Cub Scouts, leader in Campfire Girls' Blue Birds, past member of the California Nurses Association, past president of the Solano County Medical Auxiliary and a 1991 member of the grand jury of Solano County.

Her interests included music (played the piano and tenor recorder), hiking, gardening, reading, birding, volunteering at local grammar schools, and sometime fisher-person, but most important, spending time with grandchildren.

Her former husband, Karl R. Beutner, M.D., a psychiatrist, predeceased her in 1968. Her second husband, Herbert L. Joseph, predeceased her in March 2000. She was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Barbara, and infant son, Ernst. Her brothers and Emile deAntonio and Dr. Carlo deAntonio preceded her in death.

She is survived by a son, Karl (Mary) R. Beutner M.D.; daughter, Angela (Bill) Mink of Napa; a stepson, Mark (Nancy) Joseph of El Cerrito; a stepdaughter, Sue Plummer of Bodega Bay; a twin sister, Ursula Bowring of Philadelphia; three other sisters, Sister Marie Louise of Chicago, Ill., Eleanora West of Wayland, Mass., and Josephine Bichler of

Chinchilla, Pa.; grandchildren, Erica and Stefany Plummer, Carla (Austin) Bowker, Jesse Joseph, and Karl, Kate and Matt Beutner of Suisun; and her first great-granddaughter, Malena Angelina Bowker.

Angelina (Mamo) will always be remembered for her irreverent humor, her concern for the underdog, a twinkle in her eye, and a liberal outlook. She will be missed by so many.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite high school college scholarship fund.

A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, at St. John's Catholic Church, 924 Napa St., Napa.

At Angelina's request we will gather for some pizza and remembrance after the Mass at a location to be announced at the Mass.

Services are in the care of Claffey & Rota Funeral Home in Napa. Condolences to the family may be sent to claffeyandrota.com.