This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barsuglia, Vaz Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADI/1965 Message Board Post: Lifelong and third-generation Half Moon Bay resident Ernest "Ernie" Barsuglia died Oct. 9 at Seton Medical Center, Daly City, at age 79 following a long illness. Mr. Barsuglia attended schools in Half Moon Bay and joined the Navy at age 17. World War II was raging, and he served his Navy term on an aircraft carrier, stationed in the South Pacific. Back home after the war, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service. He was a postal clerk in Half Moon Bay for 35 years. "He was a very outgoing person," said his daughter, Vera Vaz of Half Moon Bay. "He loved people." Mr. Barsuglia is preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Rita, who died in 1992. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Vera and Joe Vaz of Half Moon Bay, grandson and wife Andy and Morgan Vaz of Stockton, and stepgreat-grandchildren Alex and Tanner Vaz, also of Stockton. He is also survived by his brothers Albert and Charles Barsuglia of Half Moon Bay, and brother Julio Barsuglia of El Granada. Visitation and a vigil service were held on Tuesday, Oct. 12. A funeral Mass will be celebrated today, Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Pillar Church in Half Moon Bay. It will be followed by interment at Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery, also in Half Moon Bay Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble