Uriah Zachary

A 1979 GRADUATE OF MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, ZACH ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY ON HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY AND SERVED HONORABLY FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, INCLUDING OPERATION DESERT STORM AND RETIRED AFTER A DISTINGUISHED NAVAL CAREER.

WHILE STATIONED IN VENTURA COUNTY CALIFORNIA, HE MET KAREN ELIZABETH HARPER AND THEY MARRIED IN 1991. TOGETHER, THEY RAISED TWO SONS, JARED AND JACOB, BUILDING A HOME FILLED WITH LOVE, LEARNING, AND LAUGHTER.

ZACH PURSUED HIS PASSION FOR ROBOTICS AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. HE HELD SENIOR ROLES AT CSC AND GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, CONTRIBUTING TO GROUNDBREAKING INNOVATION. HE EARNED THREE MASTER’S DEGREES — IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

ZACH WAS KNOWN FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS COMMUNITY, HIS FAMILY AND HIS FIERCE ENCOURAGEMENT OF OTHERS. HIS WIT AND WARMTH, LIT UP EVERY ROOM—ALWAYS SMILING, WHISTLING, AND SNAPPING HIS FINGERS. HE WAS THE LIFE OF OUR PARTIES!

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SONS, SISTERS: VALERIE, SIMONA, AND CAROL, UNCLE JR.; NEPHEWS BJ AND JULIAN; HAJA; AND GRAND-NIECE ABRY. HE REUNITES IN PEACE WITH HIS PARENTS, SIBLINGS RODNEY, PAM, AND GARY, SHIRLEY, NIECE JENNIFER HYMAN AND NEPHEW “MANMAN.”

THE FAMILY THANKS THEIR CALIFORNIA VILLAGE FOR THEIR UNWAVERING LOVE AND CARE OF ZACH!

ZACH’S LEGACY OF SERVICE, LEARNING AND FAMILY LIVES ON IN ALL WHO KNEW HIM.

MAY HE REST IN LOVE AND PEACE