John Edwin Van Fleet, 77, passed away on Wednesday, March 25th after a lenghty battle with Aizheimer's. John was born in Greenville, Ca. and moved to Napa Ca. as a teenager where he attended Napa Senior High School and met his life long wife Christina McCall. After graduating High School in 1960 John joined the Air Force and was stationed on the East Coast. When he returned from the military John and Christina were married in 1965 and enjoyed 55 years of happiness together.

John started a long time career as an electrician where he was a Superintendent for Steiny Electric for 25 years. He then worked for Heaps Electric and finally for Mike Brown Electric where he ended his career in retirement in 2004. After his retirement John and Chris moved back to Taylorsville to enjoy the mountains, fresh air and family.

John was an outdoors-man at heart from an early age. What he loved most was to be hunting, fishing or just going for a ride in his jeep. His family would remember him as always being there with a big smile and open arms to lend a helping hand. His favorite time of the year was opening day of trout season where he and his brothers would try to catch the biggest fish in order to obtain the perpetual trophy.

John is survived by his wife Christina Van Fleet, his children John A. Van Fleet (Renee), Cindy Lewis (Steve), Cheryl Riedel (Rich) and his adopted son Ronnie Sefried (Ann). John was also a very proud grandfather to his 7 grandchildren, Mackayla, Wyatt, Jena, Tyler, Trevor, Hailey, Lindsay and little Cody. John is also survived by his many nieces and nephews that were very close to his heart. The memories of target shooting, fishing, feed cows, jeep rides and long walks will always be with us.

John was the youngest son of Viola and Hammond Van Fleet. John was predeceased by his parents and his siblings Haymond Van Fleet, Robert Van Fleet, Margret Kampschmidt and Mary Lou Ebersole.

A celebration of Life will take place in Taylorsville, Ca. later this year.

We would like to give special thanks to the Napa Senior Living for taking such great care of John, we are grateful for your care and compassion.