Obituary of Casey Peter Silva

Casey Peter Silva, a long time resident of Capitola passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on July 23, 2010 with his loving family by his side. Casey was born in Sacramento, California on April 9, 1944 to Bert and Lyolla Silva. He graduated from Hiram Johnson High School, later going on to study business at San Jose State University. In 1968, he proudly received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Business from SJSU. Upon his graduation, Casey married his college sweetheart, Kathy Seymour. They joined the Peace Corps and moved to Venezuela. When they returned, they bought a home in Los Gatos and were blessed with a son, Cory. Unfortunately their marriage ended, whereupon Casey moved to the Santa Cruz area making it his home. Casey cherished the time he spent with his son, making it to every baseball and soccer game he played and all of the important events of his son's life. Later in life they frequented Lake Tahoe every chance they had together. They were Best Buds. Casey loved to golf, fish and watch horse races. He worked at the Shadowbrook restaurant for many years and called all of the employees, "His People." He was exceptionally smart and was an extremely generous man who lived his own way and liked things simple. He was great at treating everyone the same. Casey is survived by his son, Cory Silva of Elk Grove, CA; his sister Annie Silva of Santa Cruz, brothers Jerry Silva of New Zealand and Toby Silva of Australia, nephews; Daniel Silva of Colorado and Andy Silva of New Zealand and his former wife, Kathy Silva. He also leaves behind all of his amazing friends he has had over the years. He was preceded in death by his longtime girl friend, Leslie Scurfield and his parents, Bert and Lyolla Silva of Sacramento, California. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, August 4th at 1 PM at the Shadowbrook Restaurant, 1750 Wharf Rd. in Capitola. Please join us in sharing and celebrating the life of Casey Peter Silva.