Retha Anita Caldwell, 83, went to be with our Lord on Feb. 13, 2013.  

A longtime resident of Kelseyville, Calif., she had been in a care home in San Jose for the last two and a half years.

Retha survived her husband Grady Kendall Caldwell, who passed in September 2008.  

Retha was born and grew up in Tulare, Calif., where she married and had her family. They moved to Palo Alto in 1952 and lived in Los Altos until 1990. She was retired after 33 years at Hewlett Packard in Palo Alto.

She leaves three children: sons, Gregory Caldwell of Gold Beach, Ore., and Jerald (Patricia) Caldwell of Los Banos; and daughter, Cheryl (Jim) Stockhaus of San Jose.  She also is survived by eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.  

Retha will be interred at Kelseyville Cemetery alongside her husband.

Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, Lakeport, Calif.