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1 NAME Claude Clement /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 APR 1896
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1993
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE A man of local prominence.  He was a successful rancher and farmer. Du
2 CONC ring the Great Depression, he took over his father's property when th
2 CONC e bank was threatening to foreclose and take over the family farm. Hi
2 CONC s father had obtained the property from Claude's grandfather, Joseph C
2 CONC rawford Wemple. After taking it over, Claude built this farming busine
2 CONC ss up from about 500 acres of farm land to over 1000 acres of tilled f
2 CONC arm land and another 3900 acres of grazing land.  At the height of hi
2 CONC s operation, he ran about 400 head of cows and another 300 head of hei
2 CONC fers and steers he was readying for market.  His business practices we
2 CONC re beyond reproach his entire life.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Above all, Claude was a horseman.  He loved his horses and  was an act
2 CONC ive rider throughout most of his life.  When he was aged 77, he rod
2 CONC e a ten hour day riding after cattle with the rest of the cowboys.
2 CONC   At this age, his legs began to fail him and riding became too painf
2 CONC ul for him, so he hung up his spurs.   But, he continued actively t
2 CONC o run his ranch for the next several years. His love of horses continu
2 CONC ed for the rest of his life and he would talk horses to any willin
2 CONC g ear until the day he died.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He had artistic skills and during the Depression, he made silver mount
2 CONC ed horse bridles, which he sold for a small profit.  It was during thi
2 CONC s time that he engraved a Thoroughbred horse on a flat piece of Germa
2 CONC n silver. This piece of art was never sold, but was kept as a family t
2 CONC reasure.  It is presently in the possession of his grandson, Daniel C
2 CONC . Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After he retired, at about age 85, he wrote a book about his grandfath
2 CONC er, Joseph Crawford Wemple, which he simple titled Joseph Crawford We
2 CONC mple: A Pioneer of Lassen County, California, 1830-1921.  Then when h
2 CONC e entered his nineties, he wrote a second book, an autobiography title
2 CONC d Memories of a Rancher From the Land of the Never Sweats.  Joseph C
2 CONC rawford Wemple, and other early Lassen County pioneers called the are
2 CONC a they lived in The Land of the Never Sweats because it took littl
2 CONC e labor to live off the land that they had moved onto.
2 CONT 
2 CONT At various times in his lifetime he served on about twelve different a
2 CONC dvisory boards, the most prestigious being the Advisory Board of the B
2 CONC ank of America from 1949-1975 in Susanville, California.  He was a sch
2 CONC ool trustee on the Milford Elementary School, Lassen Union High Schoo
2 CONC l and Lassen Junior College running from 1937-1949, and he was a chart
2 CONC er member and had a thirty year membership in the Lassen County Sherif
2 CONC f's Posse.  He was given recognition by seven different community an
2 CONC d organizational awards, the most notable being recognized as the Far
2 CONC mer of the Year by California Soil Conversation District in 1982.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He died while living on his beloved ranch in 1993 at age 97 in his hom
2 CONC e not far from the house where he was born.  He had spent his entire l
2 CONC ife span in the community in which he was born, save a brief six month
2 CONC s which he spent living with his son, David, in Orland, CA. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following article was sent to the compiler by Lynn Hallowell McDon
2 CONC ald, niece of Claude Wemple, shortly after its publication. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Article from the NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, May 11, 1985:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PLAQUE NOTES HISTORIC PAST OF TINY CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford, California - Motorists along busy Highway 395 between Reno an
2 CONC d Susanville may never have noticed when they passed through the histo
2 CONC ric Lassen County community of Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT But Milford, one of the oldest settlements in the Honey Lake Valley, w
2 CONC ill go unnoticed no longer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Neversweats Chapter of E Clampus Vitus has dedicated a rock plaqu
2 CONC e that recognizes the community at the site of the first important flo
2 CONC ur mill in northeastern California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford, about 25 miles southeast of Susanville, was registered in 197
2 CONC 9 as a state historical point in interest, the first in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Still, the town's historical significance was generally unrecognized u
2 CONC ntil E Clampus Vitus decided to erect the marker.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford got its start in 1856 when Robert T. Scott staked a claim ther
2 CONC e. Joseph Wemple named the town in 1861, taking note of a sawmill an
2 CONC d flour mill there.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude Wemple, 89-year-old patriarch of the Wemple family, was on han
2 CONC d when the marker was dedicated last week.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Honey Lake Valley has seen seven generations of Wemples.  Many sti
2 CONC ll live here.  Claude Wemple has lived in a cluster of homes in the We
2 CONC mple Ranch since 1903.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Records say Robert Scott's first developments - including a cabin, fiv
2 CONC e fenced acres and water for farming - were sold to Peter Lassen, th
2 CONC e county's pioneer settler, in 1859.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Thomas Fairchild of Massachusetts and Frederick Washburne of Pennsylva
2 CONC nia acquired Milford from Lassen's estate.  They built a sawmill alon
2 CONC g Mill Creek in 1860.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A flour mill was constructed a year later by Joseph Wemple and his bro
2 CONC ther-in-law Judson Dakin.  The site of the flour mill is about 200 yar
2 CONC ds from the new historical plaque.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford's business district is limited to a store and post office.  I
2 CONC t once featured a saloon, hotel, blacksmith shop, store, butcher shop
2 CONC , school and several mills.
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to Claude Wemple, it was known for crops of apples that wer
2 CONC e shipped along Honey Lake to the railroad.
2 CONT 
2 CONT McClatchy News Service
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 28 Decembe
2 CONC r 1993, page 1c2-4 & 10c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MILFORD PIONEER DEAD AT 97
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lifelong Milford resident Claude Clement Wemple, 97 died at his home o
2 CONC n Tuesday, December 21.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The first born son of Jay and Libby Wemple, he was born in Milford o
2 CONC n April 3, 1896. A third generation California native, Claude operate
2 CONC d the Wemple Ranch in Milford for 51 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married Henrietta Winchester shortly after graduating from Lassen H
2 CONC igh School in 1916. The couple raised a family of three sons and one d
2 CONC aughter. Henrietta died in 1984.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude worked for his father at farming and ranching from 1915 to 1932
2 CONC . Then, in 1932, he started to realize his lifelong goal of owning an
2 CONC d operating a cattle ranch. It was in this year that he purchased hi
2 CONC s father's ranch, part of which was originally owned by Peter Lassen
2 CONC . At the time he purchased it, the ranch consisted of approximately 50
2 CONC 0 acres.
2 CONT 
2 CONT By the time Claude retired, he had increased the size of his ranch t
2 CONC o more than 4,700 acres. During his active ranching years, Claude prim
2 CONC arily raised beef cattle, but on various occasions he also raised dair
2 CONC y cattle, hogs and Thoroughbred horses, as well as producing grain, ha
2 CONC y and alfalfa seed as cash crops.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude also developed artistic skills, producing over the years severa
2 CONC l paintings, engravings and pen in ink sketches many of them focusin
2 CONC g on life as it was lived on his ranch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Another of Claude's passions was the preservation of history. He wa
2 CONC s a founding member of the Lassen County Historical Society and, follo
2 CONC wing his retirement from active ranching, he devoted his life to recor
2 CONC ding his own experiences of growing up in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The result is a book entitled MEMORIES OF A RANCHER FROM THE LAND OF T
2 CONC HE NEVER SWEATS. Published by Bornet Books in 1992, Claude's book adde
2 CONC d a whole new chapter to local history and has been praised as a dyna
2 CONC mic and entertaining chronicle of the life as it was really lived i
2 CONC n the vast American west.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude was a member of numerous local organizations, including: Lasse
2 CONC n County Cattlemen's Association (charter member and president from 19
2 CONC 49-1955); Lassen County Farm Bureau (charter member and former Chairma
2 CONC n of the Janesville/Milford Center); Lassen County Fair Board, 1952-19
2 CONC 74; Lassen County Historical Society (charter member and president for
2 CONC m 1963-1967); Advisory Board of the Bank of America; Susanville Branch
2 CONC , 1949-1975; School Board Trustee, Milford Elementary, Lassen Union Hi
2 CONC gh School and Junior College, 1937-1954; the Farmers Home Administrati
2 CONC on Advisory Board, late 1940's; Lassen County Sheriff's Posse (charte
2 CONC r member, 30-year member); and the United Methodist Church of Susanvil
2 CONC le.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude is survived by his sons Glenn of Milford and David of Orland; h
2 CONC is brother Neil W. Wemple of Tucson, Arizona; sisters Olga Burroughs o
2 CONC f Sacramento, Marjel Dozier of Anderson, Marguerite Rypkema of Paradis
2 CONC e and Deesse Theodore of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also surviving are eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren
2 CONC , fourteen great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandch
2 CONC ild.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services are scheduled to be held at 11 a.m., December 28, wit
2 CONC h interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Snippites from various newspapers sent to the compiler by Phyllis Met
2 CONC z on May 20, 2000:
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE September 12, 1912:
2 CONT 
2 CONT High School Athletics - Claude Wemple was hit in the eye with a baseba
2 CONC ll while practicing at the grounds Wednesday. He was taken to his hom
2 CONC e in an automobile after the accident. Claude promises to develop int
2 CONC o a good player and it is hoped that his injury will not long keep hi
2 CONC m off the diamond.
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE April 25, 1913:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Doings at the High School:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Tryouts for Reno meet - . . .high hurdles, Wemple.  . . .220 dash, Wem
2 CONC ple.  . . .low hurdles, Wemple
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE April 3, 1914:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lassen High School Notes:
2 CONT 
2 CONT 16 Annual Academic Field Meet at Reno.  . . .Two new records were esta
2 CONC blished, one of them by Claude Wemple of Lassen in the broad jump cove
2 CONC ring a distance of 20'4. Wemple's efforts brings to him a gold metal
2 CONC . In the 120 hurdles 17 2/5 second.  . . .Wemple ran ran a tie for sec
2 CONC ond place and was given the third place award. He also tied in the hig
2 CONC h jump for second place 5'7 1/2.  . . .320 hurdles Wemple 29 1/5 seco
2 CONC nds. . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE February 19, 1915:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Alumni and High School Debate - Resolved that the United States shal
2 CONC l establish a Protectorate over Mexico until a stable government is es
2 CONC tablished. For the negative . . . Claude Wemple . . .
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME Henrietta /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1897
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1984
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE Obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 3 September 1984 page 7c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT HENRIETTA WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Wemple, 87, who died in a local h
2 CONC ospital, will be held at the Susanville United Methodist Church on Tue
2 CONC sday at 2 P.M. with interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.  At h
2 CONC er request there will be no visitation.  Arrangements are under the di
2 CONC rection of the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Standish on Jan. 16, 1897, and had resided i
2 CONC n Lassen County all her life. Her grandfather and great-grandfather Wi
2 CONC nchester settled in Lassen County in 1863 and her great-grandfather fo
2 CONC ught in the Civil War.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Wemple was a member of the United Methodist Church and a charte
2 CONC r member of the Lassen County Cowbells and was selected as Mom of th
2 CONC e Year by the Cowbells.  She was also a member of the Native Daughters
2 CONC .  She was married to her husband, Claude, for 68 years.  For many yea
2 CONC rs they owned and operated the Wemple ranch near Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include her husband, Claude, of Milford; three sons Donal
2 CONC d and Glenn Wemple of Milford and David Wemple of Orland; a daughter
2 CONC , Myra Hunt of Milford, nine children, 16 great-grandchildren and eigh
2 CONC t great-great-grandchildren.
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME Donald Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1917
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 APR 1991
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F10@
1 NOTE Don was a rancher in Milford, CA. He enjoyed chewing tobacco, visiting
2 CONC , riding horses and working cattle, just possibly in that order. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT A story related to the compiler by Murray Wemple , second cousin of Do
2 CONC n, goes as follows: Don was in the first grade in the old Milford on
2 CONC e room school. All grades from first through eight were taught in thi
2 CONC s one room. Murray was in the eight grade. Contrary to school rules, D
2 CONC on bought some candy into the classroom. The teacher caught Don eatin
2 CONC g the candy and informed him that he would have to give her the candy
2 CONC . The teacher started in Don's direction, but before she could reach h
2 CONC im, he announced as he chewed and swallowed the candy, You'll have t
2 CONC o gut me if you want the it!
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 16 April 19
2 CONC 91, page 1c4-6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT AREA RANCHER DIED SUDDENLY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lifelong Milford resident Donald J. Don Wemple died at his home in M
2 CONC ilford April 12. As of press time, no cause of death was immediately k
2 CONC nown.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The death of Wemple came unexpectedly and within weeks of Joe Roberts
2 CONC , another long time Milford resident and neighbor of Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born in Susanville, September 16, 1917, and worked on the famil
2 CONC y ranch for 44 years. The Wemple family settled in the Honey Lake Vall
2 CONC ey in the late 1800's.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Among Wemple's many associations were the Lassen County Cattlemen's As
2 CONC sociation, the Farm Bureau, the Lassen County Sheriff's Posse, and th
2 CONC e Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Board.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, the former Gay Corder, son Ken of Milfor
2 CONC d and daughter Donna McClelland of Standish, his father Claude Wempl
2 CONC e of Milford, brothers Glenn of Milford and David of Orland, four gran
2 CONC dchildren and two great grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were scheduled for April 15 at Lucero Carlson Mortuary Chape
2 CONC l with burial at the Milford Cemetery.
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME Myra Dozier /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1919
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1987
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F2@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 24 March 19
2 CONC 87, page 7c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MYRA WEMPLE HUNT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myra Wemple Hunt, 67 died March 11 at the Lassen Community Hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was born July 20, 1919 in Susanville and had lived in this area un
2 CONC til 1956 when she and her husband moved then returning in 1980 to th
2 CONC e Milford area to retire. She was also a member of the Episcopal Churc
2 CONC h of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myra Hunt was survived by her husband, Leroy Hunt of Milford; son, Sco
2 CONC tt Hunt of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; daughter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka
2 CONC ,  CA, father, Claude C. Wemple and brothers, Donald and Glenn Wempl
2 CONC e of Milford and David of Orland, eight grandchildren and eleven great
2 CONC -grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were held March 14 at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary wi
2 CONC th burial in the Milford Cemetery. Family and friends gathered at th
2 CONC e home of Martha and Ardel Torrey after the service.
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 JAN 1925
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 JAN 1925
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME Glenn Harlen /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 MAY 1926
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F11@
1 NOTE Upon his retirement from the Lassen College board of trustees, he wa
2 CONC s given the honor of having a the main enterence to the college name
2 CONC d Glenn H. Wemple Boulevard.
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME David Raymond /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1931
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F5@
1 NOTE A friend and family member, Robert Preston Wemple of Albuquerque, Ne
2 CONC w Mexico, wrote our father and mentioned that there was no biography o
2 CONC f the man who put in the many hours writing letters, making phone call
2 CONC s and following any lead that might add to our knowledge of our famili
2 CONC es. In addition to making inquiries, hundred of hours were spent in fr
2 CONC ont of a computer screen entering the data.  Thanks to Bob's observati
2 CONC on, this short biography is written by his children, Daniel C. and Deb
2 CONC ra S.
2 CONT 
2 CONT David Raymond Wemple was born in Susanville, California on June 13, 19
2 CONC 31 to Claude and Henrietta Wemple.  He is the youngest of four, two br
2 CONC others and one sister.  He has the distinction of being the first on
2 CONC e in his family born in a hospital and not at the family home, or thei
2 CONC r maternal grandmother's home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married Donna L. Rogers on January 2, 1951.  They lived with David'
2 CONC s parents while a house was being built by David's father, Claude.  Cl
2 CONC aude watched David pace and stake off the rooms for the future home, h
2 CONC e  was heard to say, I knew by the way he paced off those rooms it wa
2 CONC s going to be a big house.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He left the family ranch in January 1957 to join the California Highwa
2 CONC y Patrol.  His first assignment was in Alturas, California as a Traffi
2 CONC c Officer.  He made sergeant in November 1966 and moved the family t
2 CONC o Ukiah, California.  Five years later in 1971, he was transferred t
2 CONC o Culver City, California (Los Angeles area) when he promoted to Lieut
2 CONC enant and requested a transfer back to northern California the same da
2 CONC y he reported to the Culver City office.  He was transferred less tha
2 CONC n a year later to Red Bluff, California and finally in 1976 to Willows
2 CONC , California where he was Officer in Charge of the area office.  He re
2 CONC tired seven years later in 1983 and is still living just north of Will
2 CONC ows in Orland, California with his bride of 45 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Our father is, as other fathers, many things.  As a provider he held t
2 CONC wo jobs on numerous occasions to provide us those extra things like br
2 CONC aces for our teeth, a home and of course Christmas presents.  As a fat
2 CONC her he was strict but fair.  He said on many occasions that the two th
2 CONC ings he couldn't abide were a liar or a sneak thief.  Our father is di
2 CONC rect and honest and if you don't want to hear the truth, don't ask hi
2 CONC m the question.  He said that cops either start drinking, chasing wome
2 CONC n or find a hobby.  Our dad had a lot of hobbies.  When our dad take
2 CONC s up a hobby he throws his whole being into it.  He started findin
2 CONC g a few pennies on the floor of our home that we had neglected to pu
2 CONC t in our piggy banks.  Dad didn't look at the pennies as a problem bu
2 CONC t as a source of entertainment.  He started a penny collection.  He bo
2 CONC ught a book about coins and folders to put the pennies in.  He got s
2 CONC o wrapped up collecting pennies that he would take five dollars to th
2 CONC e bank and get five dollars in pennies, return to the house and go thr
2 CONC ough them.  He would then wrap them and return to the bank for five mo
2 CONC re dollars in pennies.  He planted roses and raised them to glorious b
2 CONC looms.  We believe his favorite is the Peace rose.  There have been ot
2 CONC her hobbies but learning our family ancestry holds a special place i
2 CONC n his heart.  He loves to meet family and visit. The genealogy of th
2 CONC e Wemple family has been a passion of his for over 30 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We know one thing that our dad takes great comfort in is his Christia
2 CONC n belief.  Through all life's struggles our dad has felt like Abraha
2 CONC m Lincoln who said, I've been driven to my knees many times with th
2 CONC e overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go.  During hi
2 CONC s visit to Albuquerque in 1996, Dad told Bob that, I only had to dra
2 CONC w my gun once in a 26 year career with the California Highway Patrol
2 CONC , and I thank the Lord I didn't have to shoot.  Dad also told Bob, W
2 CONC hen I started this genealogy project, I sent out many letters to know
2 CONC n family members but got very little response.  I was downhearted.  Do
2 CONC nna and I prayed about this situation, and shortly new doors opened an
2 CONC d leads started to come to me.  This describes our dad.  A honest, ca
2 CONC ring, Christian man who loves his family and cherishes his wife Donna.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We hope this gives you, the reader, a little insight into the compile
2 CONC r of this latest version of the genealogy of our various lines.   If y
2 CONC ou happen to meet Dad, visit with him and tell him a little about you
2 CONC r family.  He will thoroughly enjoy it.
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Paul Leroy /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1915
2 PLAC Salem, Marion County, Illinois
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 JUL 1990
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1215@
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMS @F4@
1 NOTE Committed suicide by shooting himself due to ill health. He was a part
2 CONC icle board mill superintendent. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 31 July 199
2 CONC 0, page 7Cc3-4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PAUL LEROY HUNT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Paul Leroy Hunt, 75, died July 15, 1990, in Milford. He was born Marc
2 CONC h 18, 1915, in Salem, IL, and lived in Lassen County for 60 years comi
2 CONC ng from southern California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, Vivian Mary Hunt, of Milford; son, Scot
2 CONC t Hunt, of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; daughter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka
2 CONC , sister, Bernice Grismore of San Jose; and eight grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial services were held July 19, 1990, at Lucero-Carlson Colonia
2 CONC l Mortuary Chapel.
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Claudia Wemple /Hunt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAR 1938
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F254@
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME Scott Edwin /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1946
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F255@
1 NOTE Scott's first 10 years were spent in Susanville before the family move
2 CONC d to Eureka due to cutbacks in the lumber industry. In 1963 he graduat
2 CONC ed from Arcata High School. He graduated from the University of Califo
2 CONC rnia at Davis with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1968. He immedi
2 CONC ately went to work in Phoenix, Arizona as an engineer for General Elec
2 CONC tric. In January of 1970 he was transferred by GE to Schenectady, Ne
2 CONC w York. This is where he met his wife-to-be, Carole Clark.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1973 he changed employers and went to work for Saint Regis Paper Co
2 CONC mpany as a process control engineer.  He reentered school and receive
2 CONC d his Master's degree in electrical engineering in 1977.  Saint Regi
2 CONC s was acquired by Champion International in 1984.
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME Raymond Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 OCT 1907
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 APR 1988
2 PLAC Weed, Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F3@
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME Vivian Mary /Preppernau/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1911
2 PLAC Kent, King County, WA
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMS @F4@
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Joan Rae /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JAN 1939
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 AUG 1996
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Weed, Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F206@
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Vivian /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1941
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F207@
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME Donna LaRue /Rogers/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUN 1932
2 PLAC Manassa, Conejos County, CO
1 FAMS @F5@
1 NOTE This family file is dedicated to the compiler's wife, who unselfishl
2 CONC y gave of herself for many years while he confined himself in front o
2 CONC f the computer for hours at a time. Thanks millions, Donna. I love you
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT In November of 1938, when Donna was six, Donna, her sister Betty and h
2 CONC er mother and father moved from Colorado to Westwood, California. Gold
2 CONC ie, Donna's mother, started working at what was called The Club almo
2 CONC st immediately. Heber (also called Ricky) apparently couldn't find emp
2 CONC loyment and even tried finding work in Redding at Shasta Dam, which wa
2 CONC s in its early beginnings of construction. Unable to find employment
2 CONC , and discouraged by summer's end, Ricky returned to Westwood and anno
2 CONC unced to Goldie that he was going back to Colorado. Goldie and Ricky a
2 CONC greed upon an amiable separation. Ricky went his way taking Donna wit
2 CONC h him and they returned to Colorado with the understanding that when s
2 CONC chool took up in the fall, Donna would return to Westwood.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ricky soon took up with a second lady and went to Telluride to work i
2 CONC n the silver mines. Donna was placed with her paternal grandmother an
2 CONC d grandfather Rogers. She began the second grade in Manassa, while sti
2 CONC ll living with her grandparents. Donna had little or no contact with h
2 CONC er father while she was in Colorado, except she did spend one weeken
2 CONC d in Telluride. It was not a pleasant experience and, since she was se
2 CONC nt to bed before the sun was down, she felt that she was more in the w
2 CONC ay than wanted.
2 CONT 
2 CONT When school started, Donna was not returned to Goldie as agreed upon b
2 CONC y everyone. Several times Goldie appealed to have Donna returned to he
2 CONC r. She could see that her daughter was never going to be returned to h
2 CONC er, unless she took matters into her own hands. So Goldie borrowed $50
2 CONC .00 from the local Westwood credit union, $50.00 from her mother, Jose
2 CONC phine Hartley and as Goldie was getting ready to leave Westwood for Co
2 CONC lorado, a friend gave her another $20.00. So with $120.00 at her dispo
2 CONC sal, she headed for Colorado to retrieve her daughter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Before leaving California, Goldie consulted with a Susanville attorney
2 CONC , named Finn Berry. Finn gave Goldie a signed letter explaining the ci
2 CONC rcumstances and explicit instructions on how to handle the situation a
2 CONC nd charged her $10.00 for the legal advise.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A friend drove Goldie to Reno, where she bought train tickets for Alam
2 CONC osa, Colorado. When she arrived at Alamosa, she stayed with her aunt
2 CONC , Nellie Winters. Early the next morning, Goldie sought out a local at
2 CONC torney and pounded on the door of his house until it was finally answe
2 CONC red. After an explanation the attorney signed Finn Berry's letter an
2 CONC d charged her another $5.00 for his signature.
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was early on Sunday morning when Goldie hired a local taxi in Alamo
2 CONC sa to drive her to Manassa, with plans to drive on to Santa Fe, New Me
2 CONC xico. When Goldie arrived in Manassa, she went to the local Morman chu
2 CONC rch with the certainty Donna would be there for Sunday school. Disguis
2 CONC ed with a bandanna and dark glasses, Goldie had the driver pull up t
2 CONC o the front of the church and tipped a child .25c and asked her to tel
2 CONC l Donna Rogers to come to the car that was waiting. Donna's grandparen
2 CONC ts, who she was with at church, were upstairs at service, while Donn
2 CONC a was downstairs attending Sunday school.  Not having the slightest id
2 CONC ea of who wanted her, Donna immediately went out and innocently got in
2 CONC to the taxi with this strange lady in the bandanna and dark glasses. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT When Donna got in the car, Goldie immediately gave the order to driv
2 CONC e away. When they got over the state line into New Mexico, Goldie ha
2 CONC d the taxi driver stop by a phone and called back to Manassa and tol
2 CONC d Ella Haynie, Donna's cousin, that she was taking Donna home with he
2 CONC r to Westwood. The three of them, Donna, Goldie and the taxi driver ar
2 CONC rived in Santa Fe, where Goldie paid the taxi driver $25.00 for the ri
2 CONC de. This was in a day when most men were working for a paltry dolla
2 CONC r a day.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After arriving an Santa Fe, Goldie immediately got Donna out of her M
2 CONC orman clothes which consisted of silk stockings, with the runs sown u
2 CONC p, and a plain, print cotton dress and bought her a pink slack suit fo
2 CONC r the trip home. Now Donna felt all dressed up for the trip home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Donna and Goldie did arrive in Susanville with no further difficulty
2 CONC . Finn Berry was waiting for them. He immediately took Goldie's purs
2 CONC e from her and looked into it. He finally found where the money was ke
2 CONC pt and all that was left was $2.00. Finn commented, Just as I thought
2 CONC .   It's not every child who can say that they were kidnapped by thei
2 CONC r mother.
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel Calvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 AUG 1951
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F5@
1 FAMS @F6@
1 NOTE About Daniel Calvin Wemple
2 CONT 
2 CONT Daniel Calvin Wemple was born to David R. and Donna LaRue Rogers Wempl
2 CONC e on August 2, 1951 in Susanville, Lassen County, California.  He rece
2 CONC ived his first nine years of education in the public schools of Altura
2 CONC s, Modoc County, California. At this time in his life his parents move
2 CONC d to Ukiah, Mendocino County, California, so Daniel finished his publi
2 CONC c education in Ukiah, graduating from Ukiah high school in 1969.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Soon after graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
2 CONT His Naval assignments were:
2 CONT 1969 to 1970 Boot training at Great Lakes, Ill.
2 CONT 1970 Machinist Mate A School at Great Lakes, Ill.
2 CONT 1970 to 1972 the USS Buck DD 761. MMFA TO MM2 (E-2 to E5)
2 CONT 1972 to 1973 the USS Southerland DD 743. MM2 (E5) 
2 CONT 1973 to 1975 USS Berkeley DDG 15.  MM2 to MM1 (E5 to E6)
2 CONT 1975 to 1979 Recruit Training Command, San Diego (MM1 (E6)
2 CONT 1979 to 1982 the USS Marvin Shields FF 1066. MM1 to MMC (E6 to E7)
2 CONT 1982 to 1987 COMNAVSURFPAC Mobile Training Team, San Diego. MMC to MMC
2 CONC S (E7 to E8)
2 CONT 1988 to 1991 Fleet Training Center, San Diego. MMCS to MMCM (E8 to E9)
2 CONT 
2 CONT On February 17, 1971, he married Constance Arlene Hass in Reno, Nevada
2 CONC . After their marriage, their naval assignment was to San Diego, wher
2 CONC e they spent the balance of their career, with Dan's assignments as de
2 CONC scribed above.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dan returned to college by attending Chapman University in San Diego i
2 CONC n the early 1980's. He graduated from Chapman with Magna Cum Laude hon
2 CONC ors in 1991.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dan and Connie have a daughter, Alison Lynne, who was born July 1, 197
2 CONC 6 in a suburb of San Diego. On May 23, 1998, Alison married Michael Jo
2 CONC seph Kelley in Chula Vista. They also live in Chula Vista, right nex
2 CONC t door to Dan and Connie. Michael was in the Marines when he married A
2 CONC lison but is presently working for G. Scott Asphalt, Inc. Michael an
2 CONC d Alison have been blessed with a daughter, Mackenzie Ailis, who was b
2 CONC orn January 13, 2002.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After retiring from the Navy on a Friday, Dan went to work for Gerry S
2 CONC cott, owner/operator of an asphalt paving company on the next Monday
2 CONC . Dan was hired as an estimator for this paving company and worked i
2 CONC n that capacity until March 2, 1998, at which time he and his partner
2 CONC , Lionel Kahn, bought Gerry Scott's company. Dan and Lionel's compan
2 CONC y is known as G. Scott Asphalt, Inc., with Dan acting as CEO and Lione
2 CONC l as CFO. The company has flourished under the leadership of Dan and L
2 CONC ionel and now grosses more than $3,000,000.00 a year.
2 CONT 
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Debra Susan /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JAN 1956
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F5@
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMS @F8@
1 NOTE Debra Susan Blanchette was born to David R. and Donna LaRue Wemple o
2 CONC n January 11, 1956 in Susanville, Lassen County, California. Debra wa
2 CONC s educated in the public schools in Alturas, Ukiah and Red Bluff, Cali
2 CONC fornia. While attending high school in Red Bluff Debra was chosen to r
2 CONC epresent Red Bluff High School as delegate to the State convention i
2 CONC n 1973. She graduated from Red Bluff high school in 1974. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Upon her high school graduation, Debra traveled to England where she w
2 CONC orked for about three months at a hotel in Brighton, which is a resor
2 CONC t town on England's south Atlantic shore. After finishing her work con
2 CONC tract, she and a high school friend traveled by rail throughout Europe
2 CONC , including Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT After about a six-month stay in England and Europe, Debra returned hom
2 CONC e and moved to Napa, California where she attended Napa Community Coll
2 CONC ege training as a psychiatric technician. After graduation from psychi
2 CONC atric technician school and obtaining her California State license, De
2 CONC bra went to work for the state mental hospital in Napa. It was here th
2 CONC at Debra met Daniel James Cox, her first husband. They were married i
2 CONC n Napa's Episcopal church on May 20, 1978. Their daughter, Ashley Chri
2 CONC stine, was born June 10, 1980 in Vallejo's Kaiser Hospital. Debra an
2 CONC d Daniel Cox divorced in September of 1983. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Debra was a single mom for the next twelve years. It was during this t
2 CONC ime that she moved from Napa State Hospital to Sonoma Developmental Ce
2 CONC nter. After working at Sonoma for few years she promoted to shift lead
2 CONC . In a few more years she was promoted to Unit Supervisor and was plac
2 CONC ed in charge of her own unit. A this time she was responsible for abou
2 CONC t 30 clients and 30 support personal. She held this position for the n
2 CONC ext several years and received memos of recognition for her outstandin
2 CONC g service. She also received a Sustained Superior Accomplishment Awar
2 CONC d from the State for her outstanding work for the years of 1994-1995
2 CONC . 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The summer of 1994 Debra was asked by her aunt, Betty Rogers Murphy, t
2 CONC o take Kelly Murphy, her granddaughter in and to give her a home. In D
2 CONC ecember of 1994 out of love Debra reached out and provided Kelly a sec
2 CONC ure home. Kelly was fourteen years old at this time. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On October 7, 1995, Debra and Tom Blanchette were married in Del Mar
2 CONC , California at Tom's mother's home. Debra quit her State job and move
2 CONC d along with Ashley and Kelly to Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii. Tom is employe
2 CONC d by the US Department of Defense as a welder. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Since living in Hawaii, Debra worked in a variety of sales jobs. Thi
2 CONC s is something she has always been interested in. She has discovered s
2 CONC he loves sales and working with people.  Tom and Debra plan on movin
2 CONC g back to the contingent forty-eight when Tom retires from federal emp
2 CONC loyment in 2006. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Shortly before Debra's divorce became final to Daniel Cox, she and Ash
2 CONC ley, who was about two and a half at the time, were driving from Napa
2 CONC , California to Orland, California to visit her parents. Ashley was as
2 CONC leep on the front seat, next to Debra. As they were traveling along th
2 CONC e deserted I-505, an older car passed Debra and Ashley, pulled right i
2 CONC n front of them, and slowed down to about 35 mph. Debra passed this ca
2 CONC r and the older car passed them again and slowed down again, but eve
2 CONC n slower to about 25, then 15 miles an hour. This man did this same th
2 CONC ing several more times, when finally anger weld up inside Debra. She g
2 CONC ot out paper and pen and wrote down everything she could about this ca
2 CONC r traveling so slow in front of her. She then pulled up along side o
2 CONC f this car and looked directly at the driver. Debra saw this man clear
2 CONC ly, with his right eye appearing to droop lower than the left eye an
2 CONC d looking as though he had two different faces put together as one; hi
2 CONC s hair was ugly and graying. By this time, Debra was not only very ang
2 CONC ry, but determined to get this man to stop harassing her and her baby
2 CONC . She looked directly into his eyes and mouthed, Come on you son-of-a
2 CONC -bitch, I'll kill you! With this the guy in the older car backed of
2 CONC f and Debra drove onto her parents house and reported this incident t
2 CONC o them. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Within days of this incident, Debra saw a picture of Henry Lee Lucas a
2 CONC nd positively identified him as the man she had an encounter with. H
2 CONC e was convicted of ten murders in Texas and confessed of murdering ove
2 CONC r 100 women across America. On June 27, 1998 Governor George W. Bush s
2 CONC pared Henry's life by commuting his sentence to life. He is still serv
2 CONC ing his life sentence in Texas. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was in 1959 that Henry Lee Lucas killed his mother and in interview
2 CONC s that followed, he admitted to killing many other women, including hi
2 CONC s former live-in girl friend, Frieda Becky Powell, who was only fiftee
2 CONC n at the time. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He has a glass eye from an injury when he was a child. This caused hi
2 CONC s eye to look as if it is drooping as it appeared to Debra on that day
2 CONC . Later investigations have revealed Lucas may have exaggerated the nu
2 CONC mber of women he killed, but this doesn't change the fact that he trie
2 CONC d to assault Debra on this encounter she had with him.
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Constance Arlene /Hass/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 FEB 1952
2 PLAC Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California
1 FAMC @F1190@
1 FAMS @F6@
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME Alison Lynnč /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JUL 1976
2 PLAC National City, San Diego County, CA
1 FAMC @F6@
1 FAMS @F205@
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel James /Cox/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 NOV 1950
2 PLAC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
1 FAMC @F1010@
1 FAMS @F7@
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME Ashley Christine /Wemple-Cox/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JUN 1980
2 PLAC Vallejo, Solano County, California
1 FAMC @F7@
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Paul /Blanchette/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1949
2 PLAC Eagle Lake, Aroostook County, Maine
1 FAMC @F936@
1 FAMS @F8@
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME J /Wemple/
2 GIVN J.C.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1873
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 APR 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F9@
1 NOTE At his funeral the compiler, aged 9 at the time, heard a community mem
2 CONC ber saying, He never had an enemy in his whole life.  He was loved b
2 CONC y his whole family and his family sadly missed and mourned him when h
2 CONC e died at the young age 67 in 1940.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay was given the name J.C. at birth. After he and Libby were married
2 CONC , Libby had him change his name to Jay C. to end the confusion over th
2 CONC e mail (with Jay's father, Joseph C). Jay was a farmer in Milford, CA
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT A tribute to J.C. & Libby Wemple from DFD
2 CONT by Dave F. Dozier, M.D.:
2 CONT 
2 CONT This tribute is written for the descendants of two of the most wonderf
2 CONC ul parents anyone could ever know of.  Often it is difficult for child
2 CONC ren to write with the freedom which others may use in telling of a pre
2 CONC cious home and the life therein. Having known the family for seventy y
2 CONC ears, I want to tell of the life in this blessed home.  Such was was t
2 CONC he home of Jay and Libby.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay Wemple and Libby Decious both grew up in Milford and attended th
2 CONC e Milford School.  Grandfather Joseph Wemple named the town and in fac
2 CONC t bought the land which became the base of all the Wemple ranches fro
2 CONC m Peter Lassen himself.*  Truly, this is the story of the beautiful lo
2 CONC ve between husband and wife which thrived as long as life permitted
2 CONC .  Every child was wanted, made welcome and secure within the family a
2 CONC nd the older brothers and sisters.  No one knowing the family ever beh
2 CONC eld a more close knit, happy and affectionate family group - all for e
2 CONC ach and each for all!  There were ten children - five boys and five gi
2 CONC rls.  God called one little fellow early in life and one fine son wa
2 CONC s called in the full glow of manhood.  As this is written, in 1984, th
2 CONC e eight surviving are all known to be fine men and gracious ladies who
2 CONC se friendship is cherished by all who know them. In the early years i
2 CONC t was Jay's great joy after chores were done, to come into the house a
2 CONC nd pick up the youngest, bringing coos and laughs from the infant whil
2 CONC e Libby and the daughters, who were learning priceless cooking skills
2 CONC , readied the evening meal.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The home was a large two story ranch home with generous room for all
2 CONC . And what living and what wonderful food, most of which came right fr
2 CONC om the ranch itself, with chickens, eggs and milk; beef, pork, and lam
2 CONC b; hams, bacon, and sausage expertly prepared by Jay and the boys.  Th
2 CONC ere was a large garden behind the house from which came berries an
2 CONC d a large variety of vegetables which were used fresh, put into dozen
2 CONC s of glasses and jars, or in large bins in the basement cellar.  Fro
2 CONC m the orchard came cherries, apricots, peaches, and a variety of apple
2 CONC s all to be handled in a similar manner.  There was always fresh bake
2 CONC d bread, biscuits, hot cakes, cakes, pies, and doughnuts as only Libb
2 CONC y and her daughters could turn out.  Of course jams, jellies and prese
2 CONC rves to match.  Butter churned on the ranch, plenty of cream, plus ic
2 CONC e from Honey Lake** stored and brought out from the icehouse for the m
2 CONC aking of glorious ice cream in the summer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT What a wonderful life replete with so many products of the land and al
2 CONC l under the mantle of parental, filial and sibling love seen but rarel
2 CONC y. In these later years it is truly wonderful to see the genuine affec
2 CONC tion within all members of the families, the happy friendships and lov
2 CONC e, each and every one for the others.  To have been born a child of Ja
2 CONC y and Libby is to have been truly blest.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Compiler's note: * (1) Joseph C. Wemple bought land from Fairfield an
2 CONC d Whiting, not Peter Lassen.
2 CONT ** (2) Ice was not cut off Honey Lake, as the water was always murky
2 CONC . Rather, it was cut off the reservoirs and saved in ice houses insula
2 CONC ted with saw dust. (3)The author of this note, Doctor Dave Dozier, a
2 CONC s a high school boy, spent a summer with Jay and Libby working on th
2 CONC e ranch for Jay. Doctor Dozier later married Jay and Libby's daughter
2 CONC , Marjel in 1981, after both their spouses had died. (4) The garden th
2 CONC at the author noted was raised largely by Jay. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Tuesday, 16 April 1940
2 CONC , page 1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JAY C. WEMPLE PASSES AWAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
2 CONT 
2 CONT At the Riverside Hospital Friday night, Susanville lost another of he
2 CONC r old time residents, Jay C. Wemple, who passed away at about 8 p.m. a
2 CONC t the age of 67 years and 12 days, of a very industrious and eventfu
2 CONC l life.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay C. Wemple was well known about Lassen county, having been born an
2 CONC d raised here. He was born in the home farm, March 31, 1873, and in co
2 CONC mmon with his brothers and sister was educated, principally in the dis
2 CONC trict school. As soon as he was old enough to be of use, he began work
2 CONC ing on the ranch, and has been actively engaged in agricultural labo
2 CONC r since. His farm is northeast of Milford, and shows well how his syst
2 CONC ematic methods and excellent judgement brought satisfactory results.
2 CONT 
2 CONT On February 17, 1894, Mr. Wemple married Elizabeth Decious, a daughte
2 CONC r of Irvin Decious, of Modoc county, and into their home 11 children w
2 CONC ere born. Living are Claude C. Wemple of Milford, Mrs. Olga Burrough
2 CONC s of Sacramento, Miss Narnia Wemple and Joseph Irvin Wemple, both of M
2 CONC ilford, Mrs. Marjel Edwards and Raymond J. Wemple of Westwood, Mrs. Ma
2 CONC rguerite Hallowell of Susanville, Mrs. Deesse Theodore of Litchfield a
2 CONC nd Neil Wemple of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was a member of Honey Lake Parlor No. 198 N.S.G.W. (Native Sons o
2 CONC f the Golden West), of Janesville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife and the above mentioned children and also 1
2 CONC 6 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. One sister, Mrs. Elizabet
2 CONC h Harris of Elko, Nevada and Judge N.V. Wemple and F.O. Wemple, brothe
2 CONC rs, of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Reverand R.G. Green officiated at services in the Methodist churc
2 CONC h at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Martha Torry and Ardith O'Dell sang, while Alfreda Cunningham accompan
2 CONC ied them at the piano.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Members of the Janesville Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member, an
2 CONC d the Susanville Masonic Lodge attended in a body to act as honorary g
2 CONC uests.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pallbearers were all nephews: Lyle Wemple, Fred Wemple, Paul Wemple, O
2 CONC rville Wemple, Lawrence [sic] Wemple, and Guy Wemple.
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth Adelia /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 DEC 1874
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JUN 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F9@
1 NOTE Grandma was a strong Christian who lived her faith. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 8 June 1960
2 CONC , page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT FINAL RITES HELD FOR LIBBY WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Mrs. Libby A. Wemple, 85, of Milford, who died a
2 CONC t a local hospital last Saturday afternoon, were held in the Rogers Fu
2 CONC neral Home on Monday afternoon at two o'clock with the Reverand Russel
2 CONC l Van Alen officiating. Interment was in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Alfreda Cunningham played three organ selections, In the Garden,
2 CONC  Beautiful Garden of Prayer and Open Mine Eyes That I may see.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pallbearers were Don Wemple, Glenn Wemple, David Wemple, David Edward
2 CONC s, Jr., Trent Burroughs and John J. Theordore.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in California on December 7, 1874 and was marrie
2 CONC d at Milford in 1894.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving are three sons, Claude, Milford; Raymond, Dorris; and Col. N
2 CONC eil, March AFB, and five daughters, Mrs. Olga Burroughs, Sacramento; N
2 CONC arnia Wemple, Milford; Mrs Marjel Edwards, Anderson; Mrs. Marguerite H
2 CONC allowell; Susanville; and Mrs. Deesse Theodore, Wendel.
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1894
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1894
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Olga Adelia /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1897
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUL 2000
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 DATE 05 AUG 2000
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F14@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; Wednesday, July 19, 2000, page B5c2;  obtained at the CA State L
2 CONC ibrary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT Burroughs, Olga Wemple 
2 CONT Passing away quietly on July 17, 2000. She was born September 13, 189
2 CONC 7, at the family ranch in Milford, Lassen County, California, the thir
2 CONC d of eleven children born to early pioneers Jay C. and Libby Decious W
2 CONC emple. Mrs. Burroughs was married for 29 years to Spencer E. Burroughs
2 CONC , a veteran of WW I and the Chief Attorney for the California Departme
2 CONC nt of Water Resource until his death in November 1948. Mrs Burroughs w
2 CONC as predeceased by her son Spencer Burroughs who was killed in action i
2 CONC n the Pacific in WW II. She is survived by two sons: Trent Burroughs a
2 CONC nd Geoffrey Burroughs, both of Sacramento, a daughter: Brooke Van Zand
2 CONC t, of Phoenix, Arizona, and five grandchildren, and nine great-grandch
2 CONC ildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by he
2 CONC r sister: Margarite Rypkema of Reno, Nevada, and a brother: Neil Wempl
2 CONC e of Tucson, Arizona. Mrs. Burroughs attended the University of Califo
2 CONC rnia at Berkeley, and was a well-known Sacramento artist who had exhib
2 CONC ited her award winning oil paintings at the Crocker Art Gallery. She w
2 CONC as President of the Kingsley Art Club from 1937 to 1939, and was found
2 CONC er and Past President of the World Affairs Council of Sacramento, an
2 CONC d active in many other social events. A private memorial service wil
2 CONC l be held later in Susanville. Remembrances may be made to the charit
2 CONC y the doner's choice, or to the Crocker Art Museum, 216 'O' Street, Sa
2 CONC cramento, CA 95814, or to the Kingsley Art Club's Educational Fund, 21
2 CONC 6 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Arrangements by Harry A Nauman an
2 CONC d Son.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; Friday, 21 Jul 2000; page B5c1-4;  obtained at the CA State Libr
2 CONC ary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT (With picture and the following caption)
2 CONT OLGA WEMPLE BURROUGHS
2 CONT She started her own business after her husband died and she had to ra
2 CONC ise three children.
2 CONT AD PIONEER OLGA BURROUGHS
2 CONT HER DISPLAY PANELS FOR CITY TRASH CANS DREW PRAISE NATIONWISE
2 CONT By Steve Gibson
2 CONT Bee Staff Writer
2 CONT Olga Wemple Burroughs, a member of a pioneer Lassen County family wh
2 CONC o later settled in Sacramento, reared a family and operated her own ou
2 CONC tdoor advertising firm, is dead at 102.
2 CONT She died in a nursing home Monday of complications from pneumonia, sa
2 CONC id her son, Geoffrey Burroughs.
2 CONT Her firm, Emerson & Burroughs, had a franchise from the city during t
2 CONC he late 1940s and early 1950s to display advertising panels on trash c
2 CONC ontainers on downtown street corners.
2 CONT Mrs. Burroughs advertising techniques - attaching weatherproof panel
2 CONC s covered with color photos on the containers - were considered so inn
2 CONC ovative that she gained national recognition.
2 CONT In 1951, the Advertising Federation of America presented her with th
2 CONC e Erma Proetz Award for pioneering a new type of outdoor advertising.
2 CONC 
2 CONT Trash cans have long been ugly and dirty, Mrs. Burroughs wrote at th
2 CONC e time. I have designed a waste unit of almost classic dignity (with
2 CONC ) . . . beautiful colored pictures . . . which arouse civic pride an
2 CONC d give people a warm feeling toward the advertiser whose name and cop
2 CONC y is below the picture.
2 CONT But, as Mrs. Burroughs recalled later, to win the franchise she firs
2 CONC t had to overcome strenuous opposition from the City Council and Sac
2 CONC ramento's two daily newspapers, both of which editorialized against th
2 CONC e concept.
2 CONT Most of the criticism was based on the hypothesis that our waste unit
2 CONC s would be unsightly, she said later. But once samples were placed o
2 CONC n sidewalks, opposition waned.
2 CONT Mrs. Burroughs entered the advertising business out of necessity afte
2 CONC r her husband, Spencer E. Burroughs, a lawyer for the state of Califor
2 CONC nia, died in 1948, her son said.
2 CONT Her oldest son, a Navy officer, had been killed in action, in the Pac
2 CONC ific Theater during World War II, but at the time of her husband's dea
2 CONC th, she still had three children at home and little insurance money, a
2 CONC ccording to her son Geoffrey.
2 CONT We went from being real comfortable to being on a real tight budget,
2 CONC  her son said. She had to work to support us.
2 CONT Nonetheless, Mrs. Burroughs found time for other interests.
2 CONT She was a Democrat, a political liberal who was active during the 195
2 CONC 0s and 1960s in the local chapter of the World Affairs Council of Nort
2 CONC hern California, serving as president of the group.
2 CONT In addition, she was an accomplished artist, whose oil paintings wer
2 CONC e displayed in the Crocker Art Gallery. She was a past president of th
2 CONC e Kingsley Art Club.
2 CONT Olga Wemple Burroughs was born September 13, 1897, on the family ranc
2 CONC h in Milford, Lassen County, the third of 11 children of Libby Deciou
2 CONC s Wemple and Jay C. Wemple. Her father was a rancher in Milford.
2 CONT She was a 1915 graduate of Lassen High School in Susanville, and stud
2 CONC ied art for one year at the University of California, Berkeley. She re
2 CONC turned home the next year after her mother gave birth to her 11th chil
2 CONC d and needed help caring for the family.
2 CONT In 1919 she married Spencer E. Burroughs, a Lassen County lawyer wh
2 CONC o served in the Navy during World War I.
2 CONT According to her family, she was 13 when became interested in art an
2 CONC d painting, an interest that continued into her 90s.
2 CONT In addition to her son Geoffrey, who resides in Sacramento, survivor
2 CONC s include a daughter, Brooke Van Zandt of Phoenix; another son, Tren
2 CONC t Burroughs of Sacramento; sister Marguerite Rypkema of Reno; brother
2 CONC , Neil Wemple of Tucson; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildre
2 CONC n and two great-great-grandchildren.
2 CONT The family is planning a memorial service in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following are excerpts from Olga's daughter, Brooke (Olga)'s, lett
2 CONC er which was available at the reception following Olga's memorial serv
2 CONC ice in Susanville:
2 CONT (Elegance) was truly Mother on those evenings when she would descen
2 CONC d the stairs, dressed in brilliance for a party; her eyes shining wit
2 CONC h excitement, her hair and gown lovely, looking like a girl on her fir
2 CONC st date.
2 CONT She entertained often in her home, and had many elegant friends who i
2 CONC nvited her to their homes.
2 CONT Mother understood sophisticated hospitality. She knew what the menu s
2 CONC hould be - and what it should not be - and was never ruffled or ill a
2 CONC t ease.
2 CONT Her parties were lovely; her guests those of the art world and thos
2 CONC e of politics. Her home was charming; her husband, dynamic, and she ha
2 CONC d a gracious manner of enjoying people.
2 CONT For years, no liquor was served at her home, and yet a society, who c
2 CONC ustomarily enjoyed cocktails and wine, appeared and stayed the evening
2 CONC .
2 CONT Even after Dad died, at a much too early age, Mother continued to ent
2 CONC ertain, both the same collection of friends, and new ones she met in o
2 CONC utside activities.
2 CONT Although a widow, Mother never seemed interested in finding a secon
2 CONC d husband. In fact, she discouraged any would-be suitors. Either she f
2 CONC ound Spencer Senior too difficult on act to supplant, or she enjoyed h
2 CONC er personal freedom. Mother was a very independent person.
2 CONT Ten words describe Mother to me: Elegant, Mercurial, Hospitable, Arbi
2 CONC trary, Aspiring, Admiring, Artistic, Undecided, Emotional, Determined.
2 CONT Amidst these ten words are a lot of contradictions!
2 CONT Mother had a wacky sense of humor, yet she was a most prim and tradit
2 CONC ional lady. For example: she thought it VERY FUNNY when a longtime mal
2 CONC e-friend of the family, who lived in the southern part of the State, a
2 CONC rrived, unannounced, in the middle of the night - climbed through an u
2 CONC nlocked downstairs window and went upstairs to an extra bedroom to sle
2 CONC ep - showing up suddenly at the breakfast table the next morning.
2 CONT Mother liked kookie antics in her friends, thus gathering a number o
2 CONC n the 'Avant-Garde' around her, although her own behavior was strictl
2 CONC y conventional, and she preferred that her own children's behavior b
2 CONC e conventional also.
2 CONT As a matter of fact, she had a sense of possession about her own chil
2 CONC dren, and even a sense of possession about their possessions. Mother w
2 CONC as very much a matriarch.
2 CONT Yet, as a mother, she did not enter into her children's activities. S
2 CONC he never looked at a report card, or entered a school a child her her
2 CONC s attended, or sought a teacher's advice, or helped with homework. He
2 CONC r expectations for scholarship and behavior were high, and that was th
2 CONC at.
2 CONT She had many too many outside activities in her life to be bothered w
2 CONC ith such details.
2 CONT She had two main interests in her life: art and politics. Art was a
2 CONC n outstanding talent given her as a gift from Above. Her special talen
2 CONC t was in the oil painting of portraits. With very little training, he
2 CONC r portraits were truly exquisite and exact images of her subject. Sh
2 CONC e spent some years in painting family members and friends, generally
2 CONC , anyone she could get to pose for her. Mother never thought in term
2 CONC s of business or making money.
2 CONT She was really a 'lady' of the old school, and felt that women shoul
2 CONC d be allowed to stay out of the grubby world of making a living.
2 CONT Her other great interest was politics. From the moment she rode all t
2 CONC he way home from Cal, Berkeley, on the train with Spencer Burroughs, w
2 CONC ho was going all the way home from Stanford University, and Spencer as
2 CONC tounded her by talking nothing but politics the whole trip, Mother wa
2 CONC s captivated by politics.
2 CONT She learned all her politics from Spencer, and was a rabid Democrat
2 CONC . I often though that, as he grew older, and the world changed, Dad mi
2 CONC ght have mellowed in his politics. But, not so, for Mother. She stoo
2 CONC d by the 'family' point of view, and only progressed past Dad to becom
2 CONC ing, on many issues, absolutely radical.
2 CONT Her intense interest in art and politics brought her some Awards in b
2 CONC oth fields. Among other things, she was President of the elite 'Kingsl
2 CONC ey Art Club of Sacramento', and Founder and President of the 'World Af
2 CONC fairs Council of Sacramento', which, as I am sure you know, is a Rocke
2 CONC feller gift to the world.
2 CONT In 1945, I recall, she dragged me to the first meeting of the Unite
2 CONC d Nations, which was held in San Francisco. It was a gathering of seve
2 CONC ral days and very potent with power. I recall being quite blase' abou
2 CONC t the event, but now I am quite impressed.
2 CONT Mother also introduced me, at a luncheon, to the Moral ReArmament, Ox
2 CONC ford Group, whom I later visited in Los Angeles, and some of whom I co
2 CONC rresponded with for years.
2 CONT This was the sort of atmosphere in which I grew up, and, of course, w
2 CONC hen Dad was alive, it was multiplied by Dad, who was, indeed, a uniqu
2 CONC e life in himself.
2 CONT But, mother, took a long pause after Spencer Jr.'s death, and three y
2 CONC ears later, after Dad's death, disconnecting the telephone for some ti
2 CONC me. But when she recovered, she took up her activities with even mor
2 CONC e determination.
2 CONT Mother wanted to BE everything, and to KNOW everything, and she did v
2 CONC alue her own acumen.
2 CONT Therefore, not so very long ago, she was disappointed when she receiv
2 CONC ed a form in the mail from 'Who's Who' in America, and discovered tha
2 CONC t she could not fill in a single requirement!
2 CONT Well, what I say is, 'She RECEIVED the FORM, didn't she?' That is bet
2 CONC ter than most of us do.
2 CONT HOWEVER, if 'Who's Who' had a form for Eccentricity in a Restraine
2 CONC d Lady-like Manner' . . . or 'Ratings For The Top Tea-Pourer In Americ
2 CONC a' . . . or 'Ratings For The Woman Who Presented The Same Salad At Din
2 CONC ner For Well Over Umpteen-Years In A Row' . . . or, 'Ratings For Someo
2 CONC ne Who Tried To Be Everything To Everybody And Always, In Her Opinion
2 CONC , Was Right', SURELY, Mother could have filled THAT form to overloadin
2 CONC g and more!
2 CONT I remember Mother mentioning once, in the early days, that 'someone
2 CONC ' should write a book just about the daily life of an ordinary person
2 CONC . I got the impression that the someone she was thinking about was her
2 CONC self.
2 CONT NEVER! NEVER could she have done it!
2 CONT ANYONE  who knew Mother well, knew that she could not have done it! S
2 CONC he could NEVER have become an 'ORDINARY' person.  . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County Times Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 25 Jul 2000; page 8Cc2-3; obtained at the Susanville Li
2 CONC brary, 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT OLGA WEMPLE
2 CONT BURROUGHS
2 CONT Olga Wemple Burroughs, 103, died Monday, July 17, 2000.
2 CONT She was born Sept. 13, 1897 at the family ranch in Milford, Calif., t
2 CONC he third of 11 children born to early pioneers Jay C. and Libby Deciou
2 CONC s Wemple.
2 CONT She was married for 29 years to Spencer E. Burroughs, a veteran of Wo
2 CONC rld War II [sic] and the chief attorney for the California Departmen
2 CONC t of Water Resources until his death in Nov. 1948.
2 CONT She attended the University of California at Berkeley, and was a well
2 CONC -known Sacramento artist who had exhibit4ed her award-winning oil pain
2 CONC tings at the Crocker Art Gallery.  She was president of the Kingsley A
2 CONC rt club from 1937 to 1939, and was founder and past president of the W
2 CONC orld Arffairs Council of Sacramento, and active in many other social e
2 CONC vents.
2 CONT She was preceded in death by her son, Spencer Burroughs, who was kill
2 CONC ed in action in the pacific in World War II.
2 CONT She is survived y two sons, Trent Burroughs and Geoffrey Burroughs, b
2 CONC oth os Sacramento; daughter, Brooke Van Zandt, of Phoenix, Ariz.; sist
2 CONC er, Marguerite Rypkema, of Reno, Nev. and brother, Neil Wemple, of Tuc
2 CONC son, Ariz.  five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, and two grea
2 CONC t-great grandchildren.
2 CONT A private memorial service will be held later in Susanville.  Remembr
2 CONC ances may be made to the charite of the donor's choice, or to the Croc
2 CONC ker Art Museum, 216 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or to Kingsley A
2 CONC rt Club Eeducational Fund 216 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
2 CONT 
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1 NAME Hazel Narnia /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 AUG 1899
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1984
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SACRAMENTO BEE, 8 December 1984, page A19c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT NARNIA HAZEL WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Narnia Hazel Wemple, a descendant of Lassen County settlers, died Thu
2 CONC rsday in Sacramento after a long illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Wemple, 85, moved to Sacramento from Susanville 10  years ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was for many years the post-mistress of her native Milford, Lasse
2 CONC n County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Wemple raised an orphaned nephew and cared for her elderly mothe
2 CONC r.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She is survived by her brothers, Claude Wemple of Milford, retired Ar
2 CONC my Col. Neil Wemple of Tucson, Arizona, and Ray Wemple of Weed, Siskiy
2 CONC ou County; and sisters, Marguerite Rypkema of Paradise, and Deesse The
2 CONC odore of Susanville, and Olga Burroughs and Marjel Dozier, both of Sac
2 CONC ramento.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was the granddaughter of Joseph Wemple, who settled in Lassen Cou
2 CONC nty in 1859.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her ashes will be interred next spring in the family plot in the Milf
2 CONC ord Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family requests that any remembrances be sent to a charity of th
2 CONC e donor's choice.
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1 NAME Joseph Irvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1900
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 DEC 1948
2 PLAC Johnstonville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F15@
1 NOTE Sammy was killed in an automobile accident near Johnstonville, CA. H
2 CONC e was an excellent horseman and truly enjoyed to ride race horses.  I
2 CONC t has been said that he had the skill to ride race horses on any trac
2 CONC k and could have competed with the best of jockeys. He was a conservat
2 CONC ive Christian who loved his Lord. He worked at various times as a mil
2 CONC l worker, farmer, and security guard. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary & article from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 3 Dece
2 CONC mber 1948, page 1c7-8:
2 CONT 
2 CONT WELL-KNOWN LOCAL MAN DIED AS CAR SKIDS INTO BRIDGE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Irvin (Sammy) Wemple Killed As Car Skids Into Bridge Near Johnstonvil
2 CONC le
2 CONT 
2 CONT Irvin (Sammy) Wemple, 48, of Milford, was killed when his car skidde
2 CONC d into the bridge over the Lake Leavitt Slough this side of Johnstonvi
2 CONC lle Wednesday about 7:45 a.m.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Earl Allison of Buntingville, office manager of the Susanville Loggin
2 CONC g company, a passenger in the front seat of the car, is recovering fro
2 CONC m face, head cuts and bruises at Riverside hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Frank Kliewer of Milford, who worked at Lassen Lumber and Box compan
2 CONC y with Wemple, was riding in the back seat of the car, and was not inj
2 CONC ured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services are scheduled Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Methodist c
2 CONC hurch, with the Reverand E.E. Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Mi
2 CONC lford cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ivan Hudson of Janesville, driving a red pickup immediately behind We
2 CONC mple's car, skidded and struck the bridge, missing the other victims
2 CONC , when he tried to stop, according to highway patrolmen. He was not in
2 CONC jured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay Wemple, Irvin's son, was following by about 100 yards of his fath
2 CONC er's car. Seeing the accident, he tried to stop and his car made a sli
2 CONC ding turn through the bridge, striking only a piece of broken guard po
2 CONC st in the road.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The highway was icy when the accident occurred. The victim's car, a 1
2 CONC 946 Dodge sedan, skidded first into the right end of the cement bridge
2 CONC , whirled around and hit the back of the car along the bridge. Wempl
2 CONC e was thrown out of the door which was knocked open and skidded abou
2 CONC t 150 feet on the icy pavement according to the highway patrol. He wa
2 CONC s dead on admittance to the hospital, presumably from skull fractures
2 CONC . The car landed in the ditch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include three sons, Jay, Tremain and Nolan Mark, from abou
2 CONC t 20 to 5; his mother, Mrs. J.C. Wemple of Milford; brothers, Claude o
2 CONC f Milford, Raymond of Redding and Lt. Col. Neil Wemple of Spokane, Was
2 CONC hington; sisters, Mrs. Nolan Hallowell of Susanville, Mrs. Olga Burrou
2 CONC ghs of Sacramento, Miss Narnia Wemple of Milford, Mrs. D.I. Edwards o
2 CONC f Westwood and Mrs. John Theodore of Wendel. His wife, the former Emm
2 CONC a Grayce Tremain, died several years ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lt. Col. Wemple flew in by bomber to Reno Thursday night. Other broth
2 CONC ers and sisters are expected to come to the funeral.
2 CONT 
2 CONT This is the tragedy which has struck the family in a week; the funera
2 CONC l of Spencer Burroughs, who was a brother-in-law of Irvin Wemple, wa
2 CONC s last Saturday.
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1 NAME Marjel May /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1904
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F16@
1 FAMS @F18@
1 FAMS @F19@
1 NOTE Compiler's Note: Marjel was a faithful friend when I needed a friend
2 CONC . I shall ever be grateful to her. DRW
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1 NAME Marguerite /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1909
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 FEB 2005
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery - Section J, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F20@
1 FAMS @F21@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Reno-Gazette-Journal Newspaper, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONC ; Saturday, 26 Feb 2006; page 9Cc4;  obtained at the University of Nev
2 CONC ada, Getchell Library, microfilm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT MARGUERITE WEMPLE
2 CONT HALLOWELL
2 CONT Marguerite Wemple Hallowell passed away on February 4, 2004 [sic] i
2 CONC n Reno, at age 95. She was the last in her generation of a Lassen Coun
2 CONC ty pioneer family. Born on the Wemple Ranch in Milford, CA, she was th
2 CONC e eighth child of Libby A. and Jay C. Wemple.
2 CONT She attended schools in Milford, Susanville, and Sacramento and wa
2 CONC s a graduate of Lassen Union High School in 1930, the year she was mar
2 CONC ried to Nolan Hallowell. In 1936 she became the first woman in Lasse
2 CONC n County to be licenced [sic] as a ham radio operator. In 1946 she an
2 CONC d Nolan purchased a small plane which they flew home to Susanville fro
2 CONC m Youngstown, Ohio with Marguerite navigating. She worked for the Doyl
2 CONC e Motor Company and California Pacific Power Company after her husband
2 CONC 's death in 1958.
2 CONT Marguerite was a gracious woman who enjoyed sharing her home with fri
2 CONC ends and family. She volunteered for the Red Cross and WPA during WWII
2 CONC . She was a member of her high school sorority, Omicron Alpha in Sacra
2 CONC mento, a past president of the Monticola Club and a member of the Pa
2 CONC n Club in Susanville. In Paradise, California, she was a past presiden
2 CONC t of the Agenda Club and the Elks Wives. She was a member of the Daugh
2 CONC ters of the American Revolution.
2 CONT She was preceded in death by her husband Nolan Hallowell; daughter Ly
2 CONC nn Hallowell McDonald; her husband Dick Rypkema; her parents and ten b
2 CONC rothers and sisters.
2 CONT Marguerite is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Bob Mc
2 CONC Donald of Reno; grandchildren, Stephen McDonald of Manhatten Beach, CA
2 CONC , Elizabeth McDonald Delia (Rob) of Sparks, NV, J.R. McDonald of San F
2 CONC rancisco, CA, [sic] Jess Iturri) of Portland, OR; one great grandson a
2 CONC nd many nieces and nephews.
2 CONT Memorial services will be held at a later date in Milford and Susanvi
2 CONC lle. Donations can be made to the Lassen County Historical Society, 7
2 CONC 5 Weatherlow St., Susanville, CA, 96130, or a charity of your choice.
2 CONT 
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1 NAME Deesse Decious /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1911
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 APR 1998
2 PLAC Burney, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F22@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 29 M
2 CONC ay 1931, page 8c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT TWO PROMINENT VALLEY FAMILIES UNITED SUNDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT On Sunday morning, May 24th, Miss Deesse Wemple was married to John T
2 CONC heordore, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Theodore of Litchfield.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The marriage was solemnized at eight o'clock at the home of the bride
2 CONC 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Wemple of Milford, the Reverand Mark P
2 CONC ike of Susanville officiating in the presence of relatives and friends
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT For the wedding music Mrs. J. Irvin Wemple played the favorite select
2 CONC ion from Mendelsohn.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride, the youngest daughter of the family, wore the dress of cre
2 CONC am-white satin and lace worn before her by three of her sisters. Her v
2 CONC eil was of tulle, and short, fastened with tiny clusters of orange blo
2 CONC ssoms, and her bouquet was a shower of cream-white roses and lillies o
2 CONC f the valley. Miss Narnia Wemple, her sister's only attendant, wor
2 CONC e a lavender flowered dress and carried Rose Marie roses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Raymond Wemple acted as best man.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A lovely mass of flowers formed the background for the wedding servic
2 CONC e, and about the house tulips and pastel shades of columbine were used
2 CONC , and spays of hawthorne.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following the ceremony breakfast was served with the wedding party an
2 CONC d near relatives seated at the bride's table.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The young couple are spending their honeymoon at Sacramento, San Fran
2 CONC cisco and cities south.
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1 NAME Lowell Stanford /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 AUG 1913
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1925
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 NOTE Lowell S. Wemple was a very sensitive boy, who became depressed and di
2 CONC scouraged rather easily.  His parents had gone to visit Libbie's broth
2 CONC er, Frank and his wife Blanche in Lemoore, CA and Lowell wanted to g
2 CONC o very much, but was refused.  This refusal started a series of event
2 CONC s which led to tragedy.  Soon thereafter, he got into trouble in schoo
2 CONC l over little or nothing.  Just before this, but after he missed the L
2 CONC emoore trip, he and a friend of his, Claude (Bud) Harwood, were caugh
2 CONC t stealing cigarettes from the local store and Lowell's older brother
2 CONC , Claude had remarked to him, You'd better be careful.  You could en
2 CONC d up in prison.   When Lowell got into trouble at school, he came hom
2 CONC e at noon sobbing his heart out. Some of the family were gathered in t
2 CONC he kitchen.  When they heard Lowell come in the front door sobbing, Ma
2 CONC rjel Wemple, later Marjel Edwards, Lowell's sister, went to see Lowel
2 CONC l and told him that she would get him something to eat.  Fixing someon
2 CONC e something to eat was always the family cure all for depression, sadn
2 CONC ess and sickness.  Marjel probably had said to Lowell, I'll fix yo
2 CONC u a sandwich.  That'll make you feel better.  Lowell went on upstairs
2 CONC .  It wasn't long before Claude, Irvin, Marjel and a family friend wh
2 CONC o were all sitting about the kitchen, heard a report from a .22 rifle
2 CONC .  Irvin (Sammy), Lowell's brother, bounded up the stairs, two at a ti
2 CONC me, followed closely by Claude.  They found Lowell mortally wounded
2 CONC .  Shortly thereafter, a phone call was placed to Lowell's parents. J.
2 CONC C. and Libby in Lemoore and they hurried home to a sadden and broken h
2 CONC earted family. The pain and heartache of this tragedy still haunts thi
2 CONC s family, even after all these seventy-one years. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lowell died in September of 1925 and he wrote a couple of stories in t
2 CONC he spring of that same year that his sister, Deesse Theodore, has kep
2 CONC t and treasured these many years.  The stories are as follows:  A STO
2 CONC RY.  Once Claude, Heavy (Orville Wemple), Guy (Wemple) and Murph (Fre
2 CONC d Wwmple) bilt (sic) a raft and put it on the lake. Then they got on i
2 CONC t and went out on the lake.  When they got out a little way, the win
2 CONC d came up and drifted them on down to that fense (sic) between Harwood
2 CONC s and Humphries.  Guy got sea sick and Heavy was frightened to death
2 CONC .  Claude and Murph got a hold of the fense (sic) and pulled them in t
2 CONC o shore.  When they got in, it was dark.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The second story is titled: TUMMY BUNNY.  Once there was a bunny name
2 CONC d Tummy.  This was a funny name.  The reason why his name was Tummy wa
2 CONC s because he was a funny bunny.  One day Tunny was running down the pa
2 CONC th merrily, when out jumped Rocket the old hound dog.  Rocket jumped r
2 CONC ight on Tummy.  Hey, what's the  big idea? said Tummy.  I'm catchin
2 CONC g rabbits, said Rocket.  Well, said Tummy, you're going the wron
2 CONC g way because I'm a bunny.  What's the difference? said Rocket.  
2 CONC A rabbit has a black tail and a bunny has a white tail, answered Tumm
2 CONC y.  Oh all right, said Rocket, as he walked down the path. Whow (sp
2 CONC ), that was close, said Tummy, because I have a black tail.  THE END
2 CONC 
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME Neil Waldon /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1918
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 OCT 2002
2 PLAC Tucson, AZ
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F23@
1 NOTE Farm raised in California, he joined the Army Air Corps in 1940.  He s
2 CONC erved for the next 36-37 years with the flying arm of the U.S. militar
2 CONC y and he retired with the rank of full colonel. Early on during WW II
2 CONC , Helen met with Neil at Neil's assigned base in Latin America and the
2 CONC y flew to Tapachula, Mexico in a O-47A to get married.  During his ten
2 CONC ure with the air force, he mostly flew bombers and was one of the orig
2 CONC inal pilots for the B-29's that were stationed in India.  He flew ove
2 CONC r the hump on many occasions, flying fuel and bombs from India to Ch
2 CONC ina for their own raids over Japan.  He was promoted to major early o
2 CONC n during the war and was known as the boy major by his men, becaus
2 CONC e of his young appearance.  Before his retirement, he was Commander 39
2 CONC 74th Combat Support Group Zaragoza Air Base, Spain.  They presently re
2 CONC side in Tucson, AZ.  DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Go to website http://40thbombgroup.org to explore some of Neil's explo
2 CONC its during WWII.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Service decorations:
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Distinguished Flying Cross, with one Oak Leaf Cluster
2 CONT 2. Bronze Star Medal
2 CONT 3. Air Metal, with three Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 4. Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 5. Meritious Service Medal
2 CONT 
2 CONT Medals, Citations, and Campaignes
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Distinguished Unit Citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 2. American Defense Campaign Metal with Bronze Star
2 CONT 3. American Campaign Medal with Bronze Star
2 CONT 4. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four Bronze Stars
2 CONT 5. World War II Victory Metal
2 CONT 6. National Defense Service Medal
2 CONT 7. Philippine Liberation Ribbon
2 CONT 9. Phillippine Independence Ribbon
2 CONT 10. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
2 CONT 11. China War Memorial Medal
2 CONT 
2 CONT Total Flying Time 5710:45 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Instructor Pilot     586 hours
2 CONT First Pilot           3852 hours
2 CONT Night                    567 hours
2 CONT Instrument           500 hours
2 CONT Command Pilot    147 hours
2 CONT Co Pilot                878 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Instrument and Night also included in other catagories.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Aircraft in which most flying performed:
2 CONT B29                   1500 hours
2 CONT B-17                    750 hours
2 CONT B-47                    600 hours
2 CONT T-33                    400 hours
2 CONT B-24                   250 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Command Positions
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Aircraft Commander
2 CONT 2. Commander, 44th Bomb Sq.
2 CONT 3. Commander, 327th Bomb Sq.
2 CONT 4. Deputy Commander, 6th Bomb Wing
2 CONT 5. Deputy Commander, 509th Wing
2 CONT 6. Commander, 3974th Combat Support Group
2 CONT 7. Commander, 3973rd Combat Support Group
2 CONT 8. Deputy Commander, 3800th Air Base Wing
2 CONT 9. Commander, 6592nd Support Group
2 CONT 
2 CONT Promotions
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Flying Cadet                25 November 1940
2 CONT 2. Second Lieutenant      12 July 1941
2 CONT 3. First Lieutenant           1 February 1942
2 CONT 3. Captain                        27 July 1942
2 CONT 4. Major                           15 October 1943
2 CONT 5. Lt. Colonel                   18 June 1945
2 CONT 5. Colonel                        19 January 1951
2 CONT 
2 CONT Retired                             01 August 1969
2 CONT 
2 CONT Refer http://classified.tucson.com/index.php?action=view_obit&ticket_i
2 CONC d=0001153499-01802:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Neil Waldon Wemple Colonel USAF Ret.
2 CONT 
2 CONT died October 31, 2002 in Tucson, AZ born February 26, 1918 in Milford
2 CONC , Lassen County, CA, the 11th child of Jay C. Wemple, a cattle ranche
2 CONC r and Libby A. Wemple (both deceased). He attended elementary school i
2 CONC n Milford and graduated from Lassen High School and Junior College i
2 CONC n Susanville, CA. He completed his education at San Jose State Univers
2 CONC ity with a degree in Commerce. His love of airplanes and flying encour
2 CONC aged him to apply for pilot training in the Army Air Corps. On July 11
2 CONC , 1941 he graduated from flying school at Brooks Field, Texas. Neil wa
2 CONC s commissioned a 2nd Lt, leading to a 30 year career in Military Servi
2 CONC ce. During his career he accumulated 7000 hours of flying. Col. Wempl
2 CONC e flew a total of 36 different military aircraft, the last being the B
2 CONC -52. His war years included stations in Puerto Rico and Guatemala, fly
2 CONC ing submarine patrol in B-17-E's and B-240's. He served in the CBI (Ch
2 CONC ina, Burma, India) Theater and on Tinian Island, completing a total o
2 CONC f 42 months overseas duty. His war record included 28 combat mission
2 CONC s against Japan and in the Asiatic Theater. He returned to CA at war'
2 CONC s end, having circled the globe and having visited 60 countries. His a
2 CONC utobiography is chronicled in two volumes, written by him for his chil
2 CONC dren, family and friends. Col. Wemple is survived by his loving wife o
2 CONC f 59 years, Helen; daughter, Forrest W. Levely; sons, Stephen S. (Lind
2 CONC a) Wemple, Neil T. Wemple and grandchildren, Karah L. (Frank) Rinaldi
2 CONC , Thomas Scott Levely and Krystal Carter; great-granddaughters, Alexi
2 CONC s and Kaia Rinaldi. Memorial services with Military Honors will be hel
2 CONC d Monday, November 11, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. in the EAST LAWN PALM MORTUAR
2 CONC Y CHAPEL, 5801 E. Grant Rd. 
2 CONT 
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME Gay Victoria /Corder/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 APR 1918
2 PLAC Snowville, Pulaski County, Virginia
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F1005@
1 FAMS @F10@
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F10@
1 FAMS @F72@
1 NOTE Kenneth Wemple is a rancher and cattleman. He enjoys visiting, ropin
2 CONC g cattle and branding calves. DRW
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME Donna Gay /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1942
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1991
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F10@
1 FAMS @F73@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 1 Se
2 CONC ptember 1961, page 6c4:
2 CONT DONNA GAY WEMPLE IS RECENT BRIDE OF THOMAS McCLELLAND
2 CONT Miss Donna Gay Wemple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wemple of Milf
2 CONC ord, became the bride of Thomas Pierce McClelland, son of Mr. and Mrs
2 CONC . Pierce McClelland of Standish, in a ceremony performed by the Revera
2 CONC nd Ralph H. Carleton at the Park Wedding Chapel in Reno on Sunday, Jul
2 CONC y 30.
2 CONT The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white chiffon gow
2 CONC n and a short circular veil with a fluted head band. She carried a bou
2 CONC quet of white carnations and pink roses.
2 CONT Miss Kathryn French was the bridesmaid and wore an aqua chiffon gow
2 CONC n with a white carnation corsage.
2 CONT Charles Shere was the best man.
2 CONT For her daughter's wedding the bride's mother was dressed in pink an
2 CONC d wore a white carnation corsage. The groom's mother wore blue and als
2 CONC o wore a white carnation corsage.
2 CONT A dinner hosted by the bride's father followed in the Shore Room of t
2 CONC he Holiday Hotel. The table was centered with a tiered wedding cake to
2 CONC pped with a miniature bride and groom and encircled with an arrangemen
2 CONC t of pink roses, stock, fern and corn flowers.
2 CONT Dinner guests included the bride and groom, Mrs. Ester McClelland, Mr
2 CONC s. Edna Johnston, Messrs. and Mesdames Claude Wemple, Pierce McClellan
2 CONC d, Donald Wemple, Elliot Cann, Messrs. Charles Shere, Kenneth Wemple
2 CONC , Ronald Farwell, Rodney Cann, Misses Nancy McClelland, Helen McClella
2 CONC nd, Kathyrn French and Corrine Cann.
2 CONT For her going away outfit the bride wore a navy blue ensemble with wh
2 CONC ite accessories. Following a honeymoon trip through Oregon, the newlyw
2 CONC eds are now at home in Standish.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County Times Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 10 Sep 1991; page 16Cc2-3; obtained at the Susanville L
2 CONC ibrary, 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT DONNA GAY
2 CONT McCLELLAND
2 CONT Donna Gay McClelland, 48 died Aug. 30 at her residence in Standish. 
2 CONC She was born Dec. 15, 1942 in Susanville and had lived in the local ar
2 CONC ea all her life.
2 CONT She was a homemaker and helped on the family ranch.  She was also a m
2 CONC ember of the Lassen County Cow Belles.
2 CONT She is survived by her husband Tom, daughters Rebecka McClelland Reec
2 CONC e and Burna Gay McClelland, all of Standish.  Her mother Gay Wemple an
2 CONC d brother Ken Wemple, both of Milford, also survive. She was precede
2 CONC d in death by her daughter Janice in 1980 and father Don Wemple in Apr
2 CONC il of this year.
2 CONT Visitation was held Sun. Sept. 1 at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortu
2 CONC ary Chapel.
2 CONT Funeral services were held Sept. 2 at the mortuary chapel with interm
2 CONC ent following in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT The family requests that donations be made to the Susanville Future F
2 CONC armers of America, care of Lassen High School in Donna's memory.
2 CONT 
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME Verna Rae /Fraley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1932
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1159@
1 FAMS @F11@
1 NOTE Wedding Announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Thursday, 2
2 CONC 0 September 1951, page 5c2-3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT VERNA FRALEY AND GLENN WEMPLE MARRIED SUNDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT On the lawn at the home ranch home of the Ray Fraleys at Litchfield
2 CONC , their daughter Verna Fraley became the bride of Glenn Wemple, Sunday
2 CONC , September 16, at 3 p.m. The Reverand E.E. Wilson read the double rin
2 CONC g ritual in the presence of immediate members of both families and a f
2 CONC ew close friends.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decorations for the ceremony consisted of white satin streamers conne
2 CONC cting short white poles which formed an aisle leading to the improvise
2 CONC d altar. White circular trellises decorated with Virginia creeper an
2 CONC d white asters, formed the background. At each side of the trellis wer
2 CONC e tall baskets of large white chrysanthemums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Their only attendants, the bride's sister, Mrs. Robert Katen, matro
2 CONC n of honor, and Norman Mosier, best man, walked informally to the alte
2 CONC r and waited as Verna was escorted by her father, who gave her in marr
2 CONC iage.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride was attired in a gray wool suit and gray and white accessor
2 CONC ies. She carried white gladioli and stephanotis.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Katen wore a Maroon colored suit, brown accessories and a corsag
2 CONC e of white mums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The reception was held in the home where the dining table was centere
2 CONC d with a three tiered wedding cake, partly surrounded by small white m
2 CONC ums and fern; tall white tapers stood on each side of the cake, whic
2 CONC h was cut by the bride and bridegroom in the traditional manner. The r
2 CONC oom decor was in white with bouquets of carnations, asters and mums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The couple left for a short motor trip to the coast. They will make t
2 CONC heir home in Milford, where Glenn is engaged in farming.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Invited to the wedding and reception were: Messrs. and Mesdames Claud
2 CONC e Wemple, Don Wemple, Ken and Donna, David Wemple and small son Dannie
2 CONC ; Leroy Hunt, Claudia and Scott; Robert Katen and son Bobby; Robert Pi
2 CONC neo; Mrs. Fannie Winchester, Mrs. Jay Wemple, Norman Mosier and Jim Fr
2 CONC aley.
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME William Neil /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 OCCU ,
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F202@
1 NOTE He owns and operates a beauty parlor, with about a dozen operators i
2 CONC n it, in Susanville, CA. DRW
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME Glenda Fern /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1954
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F203@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 1
2 CONC 4 February 1973, page4c1-3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT GLENDA WEMPLE RECENT BRIDE OF RANDY AZEVEDO
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Glenda Fern Wemple became the bride of Randall Robert Azevedo i
2 CONC n a double ring ceremony performed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Churc
2 CONC h in Susanville by Father John Hannan on Saturday, December 16. Gilber
2 CONC t Azevedo, father of the groom, assisted as commentator.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The theme colors of the wedding were chosen to coordinate with the tra
2 CONC ditional purple of the Advent season. Bouquets of lavender star chrysa
2 CONC nthemums against a background of white flowers, decorated the sanctuar
2 CONC y of the church. The family pews were marked with lavender satin bow
2 CONC s which matched the delicate draperies the nuns had made to cover th
2 CONC e tabernacle doors on each altar.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wemple of Milford, was give
2 CONC n in marriage by her father. She was dressed in modern bridal origina
2 CONC l designed with empire waistline, high collar, and long bouffant sleev
2 CONC es fastened tightly at the wrist. The traditional floor length gown o
2 CONC f satin had scattered bouquets of embroidered appliqued flowers center
2 CONC ed with tiny seed pearls. The skirt ended in a flounce which extende
2 CONC d into a long train. The elbow length illusion veil was held in plac
2 CONC e by a head piece of satin and lace with appliques matching those of h
2 CONC er dress. The bride chose to carry the prayer book she received at th
2 CONC e time of her confirmation. Her prayer book was covered with bridal la
2 CONC ce and a cascade of stephanotis and white roses centered with a cattel
2 CONC eya orchid. For something old she carried a handmade lace handkerchie
2 CONC f made by her great-grandmother. For something borrowed she wore a pai
2 CONC r of opal earrings belonging to her aunt, Mrs. David Wemple. For somet
2 CONC hing blue she wore the traditional blue garter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Debra Wemple, cousin of the bride, served as maid of honor. She w
2 CONC ore a floor length dress of purple velvet and white nylon trimmed wit
2 CONC h tiny pastel flowers. Her head piece was of purple ribbon trimmed wit
2 CONC h flowers, matching those of her dress, secured in place with a whit
2 CONC e velvet ribbon. To complement her gown, the maid of honor carried a c
2 CONC olonial bouquet of azalea and pink feathered carnations with gypsophil
2 CONC ia and daisy chrysanthemums accented with purple satin.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also in the bridal procession were the two demure little flower girls
2 CONC , Kristine Wemple and Rebecca McClelland, cousins of the bride. Thei
2 CONC r gay nosegays of multicolored carnation petals and tiny white daisy c
2 CONC hrysanthemums with baby breath accented their tip-toe length dresses o
2 CONC f purple and white styled exactly like that of the maid of honor's. Th
2 CONC e flower girls' head pieces were styled of lavender ribbon trimmed wit
2 CONC h the pastel flowers matching their dresses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred Wemple served as ring bearer for his sister.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Serving as best man was Fred Mallery. Ushers were Terry Azevedo, broth
2 CONC er of the groom with Bill Wemple, brother of the bride.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride's mother wore a lime green floor length long sleeved dress o
2 CONC f polyester knit. The groom's mother was attired in a blue floor lengt
2 CONC h long sleeved dress also of polyester knit. Both mothers wore cymbidi
2 CONC um orchid corsages.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Each one of the four gracious grandmothers, Mrs. Rose Azevedo, Mrs. Fr
2 CONC ed White, Mrs. Ray Fraley and Mrs. Claude Wemple, were complimented wi
2 CONC th a corsage of white jappette orchids.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. Randy Azevedo were honored at a reception immediately fol
2 CONC lowing the ceremony in the Pyrenees Room at the St. Francis Hotel. Th
2 CONC e luscious wedding cake with each of its four tiers, edged with fres
2 CONC h lavender chrysanthemums and fern, topped with bride and groom, stoo
2 CONC d in all its glory on a crocheted table cloth handmade by the bride'
2 CONC s great-grandmother, Mae Waldorf of Soquel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In charge of the guest book were Mrs. Renelle English and Fred Wemple
2 CONC . Serving the wedding cake were Ginger Pinneo, Debra Azevedo and Rond
2 CONC a Mallery. Those serving punch and hors d'oeuvre were Melanie Brines
2 CONC , Rita Mallery and Cheri Flux.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following a short honeymoon in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area, the bride an
2 CONC d groom are now at home in Milford. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil
2 CONC bert Azevedo of Doyle, is engaged in ranching with his father.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Out of town guests included Mrs. Rose Azevedo, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White
2 CONC , Mr. and Mrs. David Wemple and Debi, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Peacock, Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. Dibbie Azevedo and Debbie, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Settlege, Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Tony Welander, Robert Leavell, Mr. and Mrs. Mike English, Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. David Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Machado.
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME Frederick Paul /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F204@
1 NOTE The following article came from the CHESTER PROGRESSIVE, WESTWOOD PIN
2 CONC E PRESS dated September 11, 1996.
2 CONT 
2 CONT THE WEMPLE RANCH
2 CONT by Joseph Kriss, Staff Writer
2 CONT 
2 CONT What's kept the Wemple family in business was their willingness to ch
2 CONC ange, explains Fred Wemple as he and his wife, Lena (actually Dena DR
2 CONC W), bounce around in the cab of their old pickup truck while crossin
2 CONC g a field of alfalfa.
2 CONT 
2 CONT With a tank trailer of diesel fuel in tow, the couple heads out to a f
2 CONC ar corner of their 1,000-acre Milford ranch to gas-up a large green an
2 CONC d yellow tractor operated by Fred's dad, Glenn.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The senior Wemple, now 70, is the last of the family actually born o
2 CONC n the ranch.  He's supposed to be retired, says Lena.  It's hard t
2 CONC o keep him off a tractor.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Wemple Ranch, located in Milford along Highway 395, is a househol
2 CONC d name in south Lassen County.  Most school-age children know about th
2 CONC e ranch, having had the opportunity to get pumpkins during October fie
2 CONC ld trips to the well known pumpkin patch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT There have been many changes and many memories made on this sandy, alk
2 CONC aline patch of dirt over the past 100 years.  Originally, the Wemple
2 CONC s used the property as a dairy farm and horse ranch.  Then they went i
2 CONC nto the cattle business.  The cattle operation lasted until the proper
2 CONC ty was split (abt. 1989 DRW).  The Wemples still run cattle but now le
2 CONC ase about 3,000 acres for grazing in the desert near Herlong.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We had to diversify, Fred said, when asked how the ranch stays solve
2 CONC nt during these hard economic times for agriculture.  We're always lo
2 CONC oking for new ideas, and we're willing to accept change.  We might no
2 CONC t like it, but we have to be more business minded.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1998, the ranch will celebrate its 100 year anniversary.  The prop
2 CONC erty has changed hands many times, Fred said, but it's always been (
2 CONC sold) to a Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT J.C. Wemple (Sr. DRW), Glenn's great-grandfather, originally bought th
2 CONC e property back in 1859.  He came to California from Michigan where h
2 CONC e had operated a grist mill.  (This is an error.  He operated the gris
2 CONC tmill in Milford.  It was his first business venture after moving to C
2 CONC alifornia and highly successful.) He had to give up the gristmill beca
2 CONC use of failing lungs and he went into farming, mostly  raising vegetab
2 CONC les, and then branched off into other farming as time passed.  DRW)
2 CONC .  When the pioneering Wemple ended up in northern California, he boug
2 CONC ht a parcel of land from Peter Lassen.  On closer inspection of the de
2 CONC ed, Wemple found the purchased property, supposed to be in Susanville
2 CONC , ended up actually being in Milford where the ranch is today.  The or
2 CONC iginal ranch stretched from Highway 395 to the shores of Honey Lake.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The ranch is now split in two with Fred's cousin, Kyle Wemple, an ex-p
2 CONC ro rodeo saddle bronc rider, now working the land adjacent to his. (Ac
2 CONC tually Kyle's father, Kenneth is the owner of this part of the ranch
2 CONC .  DRW).
2 CONT 
2 CONT The elder Wemple's memories of the place he has called home for 70 yea
2 CONC rs are many.  Most are good, some bring back times that were not so pl
2 CONC easant, like the big fire that raced through Milford.  September 2, 1
2 CONC 950, Glenn says, recalling the date like it was last week.  I rememb
2 CONC er we were gathering cattle off (the) summer range when the fire start
2 CONC ed. It was real close to where we were.  The fire started on the sout
2 CONC hwest side of the mountain and quickly burned over the ridge (and int
2 CONC o the valley). Wemple motions across the valley towards the mountains
2 CONC , still showing the scars of wildfire.  Once it hit the top of the hi
2 CONC ll, it took only 20 minutes to burn all the way down to the lake.
2 CONT 
2 CONT All the barns and out buildings on the ranch were destroyed. Miraculou
2 CONC sly, the old farm house(s) was saved from the flames.  It just abou
2 CONC t wiped us out completely, added Fred.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemples were grazing cattle in the valley long before the Forest Servi
2 CONC ce and grazing allotments were in existence, according to Glenn.  The
2 CONC y used to run horses in the valley, too.  Old Tom Doyle ran hogs ove
2 CONC r the hill at one time, Wemple recalls.  But he had a heck of a tim
2 CONC e getting them back home.  Cattle - they'll find their way back, but n
2 CONC ot hogs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The most significant change he has seen over the years is the switch f
2 CONC rom horse power to tractor power.  I saw it change from horse to al
2 CONC l tractors, said Glenn.  It used to take seven men to put up the hay
2 CONC , and we only we only put up a third of what we do now.  Generally, w
2 CONC e use just three men now, he said.  One tractor is equal to four tea
2 CONC ms of horses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Making the slow transition to mechanized farming, Glenn's father, Clau
2 CONC de Wemple, bought a Fordson tractor back in 1930.  He had quite a tim
2 CONC e keeping the tractor running, he remembers.  My most vivid memory i
2 CONC s seeing that tractor tipped over on its side in the field with him ge
2 CONC tting a team of horses to pull it upright again, he said with a chuck
2 CONC le.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Another big change in farming is the high cost of the equipment.  Th
2 CONC e cost of machinery now - it'll take your breath away, says Glenn.  
2 CONC We bought a John Deere tractor in 1936 with a plow and mower for $1,20
2 CONC 0. Now a small garden tractor can cost $6,000 and a large farming trac
2 CONC tor can cost up to $100,000 or more.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Wemples buy used equipment and make repairs at the ranch.  Repairi
2 CONC ng farm equipment is a constant, on-going project.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Even back in the days of horse-drawn plows and mowers, repairs were al
2 CONC ways cause of tearing out one's hair.  Glenn remembers how a team o
2 CONC f horses got spooked in the field one day and ran off.  There was mow
2 CONC ing machine parts scattered from here to the barn, 'cause that's wher
2 CONC e the team always ended up.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred now collects the old Poppin' Johnny style tractors.  One of th
2 CONC e restored old timers is used to pull school children around the far
2 CONC m when the pumpkin patch is open.
2 CONT 
2 CONT To help keep the earth producing high quality alfalfa - there's a bi
2 CONC g difference in dollar value between the quality levels of hay - the W
2 CONC emples use wheat and carrot seed as rotation crops.  It's pretty inte
2 CONC resting to try different crops, said Glenn.  Sometimes you make mone
2 CONC y, sometimes you don't.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Rotating crops in between a six-year cycle of alfalfa planting help
2 CONC s get the ground broken up and cleaned of weeds and unwanted pests, s
2 CONC ays Fred.  The rotation is usually planted for two years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Carrot seeds are harvested from carrot plants that are left to flowe
2 CONC r and seed.  This crop accounts for 15 acres on the ranch right now
2 CONC .  The seed is shipped to a seed company in Woodland, Calif.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The farming seems to agree with the Wemples.  I'd have a hard time i
2 CONC f I had to get up to go to work everyday, Fred states.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Born in Susanville, he attended Janesville School and Lassen High Scho
2 CONC ol.  My college education consisted of horse shoeing and rodeo, he s
2 CONC ays.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lena, also a Susanville native, now works on the ranch full-time wit
2 CONC h her husband.  Her main passion this time of year is readying the man
2 CONC y varieties of pumpkins for their annual pumpkin patch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred, 35, says he never thought about doing anything else but ranchin
2 CONC g and farming.  This is all I could think about since I was old enoug
2 CONC h to walk.  Fred and Lena have been married for 10 years and have a s
2 CONC ix-year-old son, Matt.
2 CONT 
2 CONT They enjoy the farming lifestyle.  We're always busy, but it's a rela
2 CONC xed pace, Lena says.  Sometimes, we can take for granted the lifesty
2 CONC le we enjoy, she said.
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME N /Wemple/
2 GIVN N.V.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 MAY 1871
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JAN 1942
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F24@
1 NOTE Yes, his name was simply N.V. It is said that when N attended college
2 CONC , he had quite a time with a professor convincing him that N.V. was hi
2 CONC s only and correct name. Claude C. Wemple always referred to him simpl
2 CONC y as Uncle N. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V. Wemple  was judge of the Justice Court in Susanville from 1933 un
2 CONC til the time of his death.  He represented the Second District in th
2 CONC e California State Assembly from 1924-1928 and he was Lassen County As
2 CONC sessor for several years before that.   He graduated from San Jose Sta
2 CONC te Normal College about 1875. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V. hired his brother-in-law, Will Bronson in 1905 to build him a hou
2 CONC se in Milford.  Nearby, N also had Will build a small single room hom
2 CONC e for his father, Joseph Crawford Wemple. Joseph died in this small ho
2 CONC me. For several years about 1940-1955, Hazel Wemple, niece of N, use
2 CONC d this building for the Milford Post Office. Donald Jay Wemple, grand-
2 CONC nephew of N. lived in N's big house until his death in 1995. As of thi
2 CONC s writing his widow, Gay is living in this house. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT An article from the special edition of the LASSEN ADVOCATE CENTENNIA
2 CONC L EDITION, July 9, 1965:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple, N.V. (1871-1942) Engaged in farming in Honey Lake Valley. Asse
2 CONC ssor of Lassen County 1906-1914, judge of the Honey Lake judicial Dist
2 CONC rict 1934-1942, member of the State Assembly from the Second Distric
2 CONC t 1924-1928.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, January 20, 1942:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH TAKES LASSEN PIONEER - JUDGE N. WEMPLE Dies Monday; Brief Illnes
2 CONC s - Life is Paralleled to History of County. N.V. Wemple, member o
2 CONC f a pioneer family of Lassen County which is closely connected with th
2 CONC e very growth of this section of California, died at the Riverside Hos
2 CONC pital last night near 10:30 o'clock. leaving the community saddened wi
2 CONC th the knowledge that it had lost one of its best known and useful cit
2 CONC izens. Wemple, who was nearing his seventy-first birthday, was born i
2 CONC n Milford, Lassen County on May 7, 1871, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Josep
2 CONC h Crawford Wemple. Joseph was one of the sturdy pioneers who came to L
2 CONC assen County and aided in developing his adapted town and county.
2 CONT 
2 CONT EDUCATION 
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V., as he was know to so many, received his elementary education i
2 CONC n the public schools of Milford and graduated from San Jose State Norm
2 CONC al College. On August 14, 1892, he and Pearl Bronson were united in ma
2 CONC rriage. To this happy union were born the following children: Orvill
2 CONC e E., Guy B., Fred, Lyle E. Maude, Percy N. and Bernice M. Wemple. Wem
2 CONC ple was engaged in farming and livestock business until 1903. At tha
2 CONC t time he was elected to the Assessor's office of Lassen County in whi
2 CONC ch capacity he served for two four-year terms. He retired from publi
2 CONC c life at the end of the second term and took up ranching at Milford
2 CONC . In 1920 Wemple started the Wemple Lumber and Warehouse Company at Li
2 CONC tchfield. It was while in this business that he was elected to the Ass
2 CONC embly of the California State Legislature in 1925, serving his count
2 CONC y well for two terms. Always active in civic and lodge circles, he wa
2 CONC s a past master of Janesville Lodge No. 232 of the F. and A. M. (Fre
2 CONC e and Accepted Masons) and a member of the Knights of Templar. Followi
2 CONC ng his service in the Legislature, he returned to Lassen County and wa
2 CONC s appointed to the office of Justice of the Peace of Honey Lake Townsh
2 CONC ip in 1933. Wemple was still faithfully carrying on his duties in thi
2 CONC s capacity at the time of his death.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SURVIVORS
2 CONT 
2 CONT He leaves, of his immediate family, his wife, Pearl, one daughter Bern
2 CONC ice, who is now employed in Sacramento, three sons, Guy of Fallon, Fre
2 CONC d of Milford and Lyle of Susanville, one brother, Frank O. Wemple, wh
2 CONC o is now Lassen County Assessor and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Ha
2 CONC rris of Elko, Nevada. He is also survived by six grandchildren: Naom
2 CONC i and Nadene Wemple, Gynith, Phyllis,  Frank and Dana Wemple. Funera
2 CONC l services will be conducted from the Methodist Church by the local lo
2 CONC dge of Masons Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Internment will be in t
2 CONC he family plot at the Milford Cemetery. Morrill Mortuary is in charg
2 CONC e of the funeral arrangements.
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME William Irvin /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAR 1849
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 NOV 1929
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 NOTE Grandpa Decious was a man who never quite got his life on a successfu
2 CONC l path as far as having plenty was concerned.  He owned a place in Mod
2 CONC oc County, in Surprise Valley, which was given to him by his father-in
2 CONC -law, Joel Dickinson.  While only about 100 acres, it was prime meado
2 CONC w land and he was able to make a successful living milking cows.  In 1
2 CONC 883, he sold this piece of land and moved his family to Honey Lake Val
2 CONC ley in a covered wagon.  My Grandmother, Libbie Decious Wemple, ofte
2 CONC n told me the story of moving from Surprise Valley to Honey Lake Valle
2 CONC y when she was only nine years old.  Once in Honey Lake Valley, Great-
2 CONC grandpa bought a piece of land on which is was very difficult to rais
2 CONC e any crop, let alone feed his growing family. The only advantage thi
2 CONC s piece of land provided Grandpa Decious, was that it was next door t
2 CONC o his brother, Joe.
2 CONT 
2 CONT However, Grandpa worked hard, but had an occasional bout with alcoho
2 CONC l to relieve his stress.  He once told a neighbor, Why should I be po
2 CONC or? For two-bits I can be wealthy. And his alcoholic benders proved h
2 CONC is point. He would often leave his wife and family for weeks at a tim
2 CONC e to have his parties.  For a living, he milked cows for the Wales ran
2 CONC ch, which was next to his brother's ranch. He also cut and sold wood
2 CONC , moved freight by wagon, tried to farm his small place and mostly di
2 CONC d without. He hauled freight between Fort Bidwell and Reno, NV. He als
2 CONC o supplied wood for locomotives on the Nevada-California-Oregon railro
2 CONC ad.
2 CONT 
2 CONT His house was made of double board walls without two by fours, on a fe
2 CONC w rocks that acted as a minimal foundation.  After my parents married
2 CONC , Mother used to cut his hair.  She just loved him and had nothing bu
2 CONC t good to say about him.  He was a well known fiddle player in the th
2 CONC e Honey Lake area and he and his orchestra played for many a dance i
2 CONC n more than one community. According to his grandson, Warren Davis Dec
2 CONC ious, he used the hair off horses' tails for his fiddle bow.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Grandma Decious was a immaculate house keeper and faithful wife, who w
2 CONC as instrumental in the successful raising of their nine children.  Sh
2 CONC e kept her home, while her wandering husband was off doing his thing
2 CONC ; her house, with rough board floors, and wall paper covering the roug
2 CONC h board wall, was clean beyond reproach.  She spoiled her children an
2 CONC d they often took advantage of her love for them.  But she never los
2 CONC t her loyalty or love for her children and always made a home for them
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From an article from SAGEBRUSH REFLECTIONS, Tim Purdy, author:
2 CONT 
2 CONT . . . In 1895 Jake Yanner and George Carpenter Clark built a boat fo
2 CONC r transporting lumber and freight across Honey Lake. They based thei
2 CONC r operations at the Joseph W. Decious ranch near Milford. The boat wa
2 CONC s first built with a propeller, but did not function properly. They mo
2 CONC dified it into a side wheeler. The boat was 60 feet in length and ha
2 CONC d a load capacity of 30,000 pounds.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Milford correspondent to the Lassen Advocate of April 29, 1897, w
2 CONC rote and included this bit of news about the boat: 'The steamship, BLO
2 CONC OMER, Captain Yanner, which has been undergoing extensive repairs at J
2 CONC oe Decious' dry dock for the past six months left this port Sunday eve
2 CONC ning on schedule time with a cargo of wood consigned the N-C-O [Nevada
2 CONC -California-Oregon] Railroad Company at Amedee. Captain Yanner receive
2 CONC d a telegram from 'Red' Clark, the consignee of the R.R. company, to s
2 CONC ail immediately, and he lost no time in getting up steam. There wa
2 CONC s a large list of cabin passengers, indeed all the state rooms were oc
2 CONC cupied, so that Miss Hattie Dickinson had to go by stage to the statio
2 CONC n as she was in a hurry to get to Reno. Following is a full list of th
2 CONC e passengers: Gus Greehn, Joe Decious, Oscar Ridenour, Frank and Fre
2 CONC d Cornelison, Irvin Decious, George Decious and Issiah Hallet. The woo
2 CONC d was not insured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The boat remained in operation during the late 1890's making regula
2 CONC r trips to Amede. By 1902, the lake was too shallow for boating and i
2 CONC n 1903 it went dry. The vessel remained docked at the Decious place fo
2 CONC r many years, receiving no use. During the winter of 1937-1938, the hi
2 CONC gh waters of Honey Lake washed it away from its moorings. The boat dri
2 CONC fted down the shore for about 175 yards where it fell apart.  . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Friday, 22 Nov 1929; page 1c6
2 CONT FUNERAL SERVICES HELD AT MILFORD FOR W. I. DECIOUS
2 CONT Funeral services for W. I. Decious, 80, pioneer resident of Milford w
2 CONC ere held yesterday in the school house at Milford, and Rev. Mark Pik
2 CONC e officiated.
2 CONT Decious died last Tuesday.  He is survived by his widow, Mary Decious
2 CONC , three sons and two daughters.  They include, Frank, Charles and Orvi
2 CONC lle Decious, Mrs. Fred Brunhouse and Mrs. J. C. Wemple.
2 CONT The funeral services were held at 2 o'clock and interment took plac
2 CONC e in the Milford Cemetery.
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Jane /Dickinson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1854
2 PLAC Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1932
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1019@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 30 Dec 1932; page 6c5
2 CONT FORMER LASSEN RESIDENT PASSES AT FORT BIDWELL
2 CONT Funeral services were held in the Milford school Tuesday for Mrs. Mar
2 CONC y Decious, former Lassen county resident, who passed away at the hom
2 CONC e of her son at Fort Bidwell, Modoc county, aged 78 years, 2 days.
2 CONT Mary Jane Dickinson was born in Cottage Grove, Calif., December 21, 1
2 CONC 854.  She married William Irwin Decious in October, 1878 in Modoc coun
2 CONC ty, and moved to Milford shortly afterward where she lived until the d
2 CONC eath of her husband in 1929.  Since that time she has made her home wi
2 CONC th her son at Fort Bidwell.
2 CONT Rev. Glenn W. Butcher of the Methodist church, Susanville, conducte
2 CONC d the funeral service.  Mrs. O. S. O'Dell and Mrs. La Marr Porter san
2 CONC d `Abide With Me,' and `Lead Kindly Light.'  Interment was in Milfor
2 CONC d Cemetery.
2 CONT Left to mourn her loss are two daughters:  Mrs. J. C. Wemple of Milfo
2 CONC rd and Mrs. Myrtle Brunhouse of San Jose; three sons: Chas. Decious o
2 CONC f Fort Bidwell, Frank of San Jose and Orvis of Oakland; two nephews
2 CONC :  J. I. and J. B. Christie of Susanville; 23 great children and 10 gr
2 CONC eat-grandchildren.
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Walter /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1873
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 APR 1896
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F118@
1 NOTE From the Adin ARGUS NEWSPAPER, May 7, 1896:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Suicide at Fort Bidwell. The CEDARVILLE RECORD of the 29th says: Las
2 CONC t Friday morning news was received here that Walter Decious, of Fort B
2 CONC idwell, aged about 22 years, had committed suicide by shooting himsel
2 CONC f through the heart with a rifle. It seems he was staying with his unc
2 CONC le, E.P. Sessions, and about 10 o'clock left the house and went down t
2 CONC o the slaughter house, where the deed was committed. About 2 o'clock i
2 CONC n the afternoon one of Mr. Baty's little girls happened along and disc
2 CONC overed the body and gave the alarm. In inquest was held over the remai
2 CONC ns, and on Saturday morning the body was taken care of by Rufus Ward a
2 CONC nd C.D. Kafader who took it to his parents home near Milford, in Lasse
2 CONC n County, for interment. The unfortunate young man left a note statin
2 CONC g that before it was read his sorrows would all be over, but gave no r
2 CONC eason for committing the deed. The sad affair is made doubly sad by th
2 CONC e fact that he had only been married twelve days to a young lady of Fo
2 CONC rt Bidwell, who he now leaves a widow after a few days of happiness. W
2 CONC alter Decious was a young man well liked by all, a firm friend and gen
2 CONC ial companion, whose many friends deeply deplore the rash act and word
2 CONC s fail to express to the relatives and to the widowed bride the sympat
2 CONC hy felt by them for their sad bereavement.
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME Effie Viola /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 APR 1876
2 PLAC Surprise Valley, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1902
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F119@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 20 February 1902, page 3
2 CONC c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DIED - BRUNHOUSE - Near Standish, February 18, 1902, Mrs. Effie Brunh
2 CONC ouse, wife of Fred Brunhouse, aged about 25 years. The funeral took pl
2 CONC ace at Milford Wednesday afternoon, and was largely attended.
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME Myrtle May /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 FEB 1878
2 PLAC Surprise Valley, Modoc County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 DEC 1962
2 PLAC Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F120@
1 NOTE Obituary from the PALO ALTO TIMES, 11 December 1962, page 4c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MRS. BRUNHOUSE OF MENLO PARK PASSES AT 84
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myrtle Brunhouse, 84, a resident of Menlo Park for the past five year
2 CONC s, died Wednesday after a three month illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She had lived at 1130 Laurel Avenue, with her daughters, Mary and Pau
2 CONC line Brunhouse.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Brunhouse was a native of California. She was born and reared i
2 CONC n Modoc County on a cattle ranch. She attended the University of Nevad
2 CONC a and married the late Frederick Brunhouse, who was a teacher and scho
2 CONC ol administrator in California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1922 she made her home in San Jose and during the following 35 yea
2 CONC rs she had lived in several Santa Clara County cities.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also surviving is a son, Dr. C. Edward Brunhouse of San Jose, a broth
2 CONC er Frank Decious of San Jose, and two grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Oak Hill Mortua
2 CONC ry, 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jose.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Entombment will be private.
2 CONT 
2 CONT And from page 4c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT  BRUNHOUSE
2 CONT 
2 CONT In Menlo Park, California, Monday, December 10 1962, Mrs. Myrtle Brun
2 CONC house, beloved wife of the late Frederick Brunhouse, loving mother o
2 CONC f Miss Mary Brunhouse and Miss Pauline Brunhouse of Menlo Park and Dr
2 CONC . C. Edward Brunhouse of San Jose, loving sister of Mr. Frank Deciou
2 CONC s of San Jose; loving grandmother of two; a native of California, age
2 CONC d 84 years. Funeral services Wednesday, December 12, at 11 a.m. from O
2 CONC ak Hill Mortuary, 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jose. Private entombment Oa
2 CONC k Hill Memorial Park.
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Richard /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JAN 1879
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 SEP 1961
2 PLAC Cedarville, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F121@
1 NOTE When Uncle Charles got to be about 80 years old, he had a family membe
2 CONC r take him to the county seat, Alturas, and he marched in and he volun
2 CONC tarily surrendered his driver's license to the Department of Motor Veh
2 CONC icles. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 14 September 1961, pag
2 CONC e 1c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT C.R. DECIOUS, 81 PASSES SEPTEMBER 8
2 CONT 
2 CONT Charles Richard Decious, 81, a carpenter and retired mercantile cler
2 CONC k of Fort Bidwell, died at Modoc Medical Center in Cedarville on Sunda
2 CONC y afternoon.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decious was a son of Mary Jane Dickinson and Irvin Decious, Californi
2 CONC a pioneers who were residing in Modoc county at his birth on October 1
2 CONC 2, 1879.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife Marguerite, of Fort Bidwell; sons, Stanley
2 CONC , of Alturas; Tike Decious, Chico; daughters, Mrs. Granville Peterson
2 CONC , Fort Bidwell, and Mrs. Audrey McCandless of Chico; eight grandchildr
2 CONC en and five great-grandchildren.
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME Francis Albert /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 DEC 1885
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 JAN 1978
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F127@
1 NOTE Obituary from the SAN JOSE MERCURY, 9 January 1978, page 34c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DECIOUS, FRANK A.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In San Jose January 7, 1978 Mr. Frank A. Decious, beloved husband o
2 CONC f Mrs. Blanche Decious of San Jose. Loving father of Mrs. Effie Davi
2 CONC s of Visalia and Mr. Warren Decious of Fairfield. Devoted grandfathe
2 CONC r of James Decious of Palo Alto, Donald Decious of Huntington Beach, a
2 CONC nd Jefferson Davis of Visalia. A native of Milford, California. Aged 9
2 CONC 2 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial services Tuesday January 10, 1978 at 2 p.m. from Foothill Pr
2 CONC esbyterian Church, 5301 McKee Road, San Jose. Arrangements under the d
2 CONC irection of Oak Hill Funeral Home. Contributions to Foothill Presbyter
2 CONC ian Church of favorite charity. Private internment, Oak Hill Memoria
2 CONC l Park.
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1891
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1891
2 PLAC California
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME Orvis Raymond /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUN 1955
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F129@
1 FAMS @F130@
1 NOTE After their youngest child reached 18 they divorced. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Oakland Tribune Newspaper, Oakland, Alameda CA; Sund
2 CONC ay, 19 June 1955; page 60Ac8
2 CONT DEATHS
2 CONT DECIOUS--In Oakland, June 17, 1955, Orvis R., beloved husband of Nor
2 CONC a Decious; loving father of Mrs. Ruth Callo [sic], Mrs. Thelma Greenwo
2 CONC od, Mrs. Hazel Sherman, Don and Raymond Decious, loving brother of Mrs
2 CONC . Libby Wimple [sic], Mrs. Myrtle Brumhouse [sic], Charles and Frank D
2 CONC ecious; a native of California.
2 CONT Friends are invited to attend the funeral Tuesday, June 21, at 2 p.m
2 CONC . from the Chapel of the Oaks, Oakland Mortuary, 3007 Telegraph Avenue
2 CONC , Modoc County Record please copy.
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME Orris Irvin /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 NOV 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME Ephraim Spencer /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JUN 1894
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 NOV 1948
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery - Section B, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1275@
1 FAMS @F14@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; 26 Nov 1948; page 1c2;  obtained at the Sacramento Public Librar
2 CONC y, Central, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT HEART ATTACK IS FATAL TO STATE WATER ATTORNEY
2 CONT Spencer E. Burroughs, 54, Principal Attorney for the State Division o
2 CONC f Water Resources and recognized authority on water law in California
2 CONC , died early today in Susanville, Lassen County, after a heart attack.
2 CONT He died in the home of his mother, Mrs. Gladys Burroughs. He and hi
2 CONC s family had gone to Susanville for a Thanksgiving Day reunion with hi
2 CONC s wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wemple, who reside near Susanville.
2 CONT DOCTOR WAS CALLED
2 CONT With his wife, Olga, and their children, Trent, Jeffrey and Olga, h
2 CONC e had returned to the home of his mother shortly after midnight when h
2 CONC e complained of feeling ill and lay down on a bed. His wife summone
2 CONC d a doctor but Burroughs was dead when the physician arrived.
2 CONT Mrs. Gladys Burroughs had resided in Sacramento until recently when s
2 CONC he moved to Susanville. She was in Sacramento at the time of her son'
2 CONC s death.
2 CONT Burroughs was the son of the late Superior Court Judge H.D. Burrough
2 CONC s of Lassen County. His mother succeeded her husband as Superior Cour
2 CONC t Judge upon the his death and later served as a Deputy Attorney Gener
2 CONC al (of California). She lives in Susanville.
2 CONT STANFORD GRADUATE
2 CONT A native of Chico, Butte County, Spencer Burroughs was educated in th
2 CONC e public schools of Susanville and studied law at the University of Ca
2 CONC lifornia and Stanford University. He was a graduate of the Stanford La
2 CONC w School.
2 CONT In 1920 he entered the private practice of law and in 1922 was name
2 CONC d Attorney for the Division of Water Rights, predecessor to the Divisi
2 CONC on of Water Resources. He had been in state service every since and ha
2 CONC d offices in the Public Works Building at Eleventh and N Streets.
2 CONT He was active during recent sessions of the Legislature in drafting a
2 CONC nd interpreting the law creating the State Water Resources Board.
2 CONT Only 10 days ago he appeared at a budget hearing in the State Departm
2 CONC ent of Finance offices to appeal for more legal help, emphasizing tha
2 CONC t water problems have increased tremendously in recent years, principa
2 CONC lly because of the Central Valley Project.
2 CONT ENSIGN IN NAVY
2 CONT Burroughs was an ensign in the Navy in World War I. During World Wa
2 CONC r II his son, Spencer, Jr. also an ensign, was killed at Okinawa.
2 CONT Funeral services will be held Monday in the White Mortuary* in Susanv
2 CONC ille. The Burroughs residence in Sacramento is at 2748 Curtis Way.
2 CONT 
2 CONT *I can clearly remember that Spencer's funeral was held at his brother
2 CONC -in-law, Albert G. Breitweiser, home. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 26 Nov 1948; page 1c1;  obtained at the CA State Library, CA Histor
2 CONC y Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT SPENCER BURROUGHS DIES SUDDENLY EARLY THIS A.M.
2 CONT Spencer Burroughs, well-known in Susanville and attorney for the stat
2 CONC e division of water resources, died suddenly early this morning at th
2 CONC e apartment here of his mother Judge Gladys S. Burroughs.
2 CONT Funeral arrangements had not been completed by this afternoon.
2 CONT He, his wife, daughter Olga and son Jeffry were here from Sacrament
2 CONC o for a family Thanksgiving dinner at the Nolan Hallowell family.
2 CONT Leaving the Hallowell's at about 1 a.m., Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs and J
2 CONC effry returned to his mother's apartment, Lassen and Cottage sts.  Hi
2 CONC s mother and Mrs. Iva Raker were in Sacramento for Thanksgiving.
2 CONT He put the car away, went in and lay down.  Apparently in the best o
2 CONC f health, he died almost instantly, before a doctor could arrive.
2 CONT A native of Chico, where he was born June 27, 1894, Mr. Burroughs mov
2 CONC ed here when a child.  He graduated from local schools and studied a
2 CONC t the University of California for two years, finishing law studies a
2 CONC t Stanford university.
2 CONT He served as a lieutenant j.g. in naval intelligence in World War I.
2 CONT For about three years Mr. Burroughs was head of the government land o
2 CONC ffice in Susanville.  He was then appointed by Gov. Stephens as attorn
2 CONC ey for the state division of water resources in Sacramento, where he s
2 CONC erved until the time of his death.
2 CONT He is survived by his wife, Olga; daughter Olga, student in San Franc
2 CONC isco; sons, Trent, in Sacramento State college and Jeffry, 12 years ol
2 CONC d; mother, Judge Gladys S. Burroughs of Susanville, who moved here rec
2 CONC ently from Sacramento where she was deputy attorney general until resi
2 CONC gning last year, two sisters, Mrs. A. G. Breitwieser and Miss Jean Bur
2 CONC roughs, both of Susanville.
2 CONT The Burroughs' oldest child, Spencer, Jr., an ensign in the Navy, wa
2 CONC s killed while in service at Okinawa in 1945 during World War II.
2 CONT Mr. Burroughs was married to Miss Olga Wemple of Susanville in 1919.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 30 Nov 1948; page 1c1; obtained at the CA State Library, CA Histor
2 CONC y Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT BURROUGHS FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY HERE
2 CONT Funeral services for Spencer Burroughs were held at the old Burroughs
2 CONC ' home, 500 Mill st., present home of the A. G. Bretwieser's, Sunday a
2 CONC t 3 p.m., under the direction of White Mortuary.
2 CONT Rev. E. E. Wilson of the Methodist church officiated.
2 CONT More than 20 friends from Sacramento attended the funeral, 10 of who
2 CONC m were state employees from the state capital.  Mr. Burroughs was atto
2 CONC rney for the state division of water resources for many years.
2 CONT Pallbearers were Claude Wemple, Irvin Wemple, Ray Wemple, Nolan Hallo
2 CONC well, John Theodore, A. G. Breitwieser and Dr. Dave Edwards.
2 CONT Interment was in the family plot of the Susanville cemetery, next t
2 CONC o his father, the late Judge H. D. Burroughs.
2 CONT 
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME Spencer Ephraim /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1920
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1945
2 PLAC near Okinawa, Japan
1 BURI
2 PLAC Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F84@
1 NOTE From the LASSEN ADVOCATE 14 June 1945 page 1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT ENSIGN BURROUGHS IS KILLED IN ACTION
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Navy Department has officially notified Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Burro
2 CONC ughs of Sacramento that their son Ensign Spencer Burroughs, Jr., had b
2 CONC een killed in action in the vicinity of Okinawa.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A native of Susanville, Ensign Burroughs graduated from Sacramento Hig
2 CONC h School, attended Stanford University, following which he enlisted i
2 CONC n the Navy V12 training program at the University of California and re
2 CONC ceived his commission at Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.  He was 24 year
2 CONC s old.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Besides his parents, Attorney and Mrs. Spencer Burroughs, he leave
2 CONC s a wife Elaine, a sister Miss Olga Burroughs, brothers, Trent and Geo
2 CONC ffrey Burroughs all of Sacramento.  Also surviving are grandmothers Mr
2 CONC s. J.C. Wemple of Milford and Judge Gladys S. Burroughs of Sacramento
2 CONC ; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins in Lassen County and Sacramento.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Note from the compilers: Spencer is buried at Arlington National Cemet
2 CONC ery, Arlington, VA.
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME Olga Brooke /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 NOV 1925
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 AUG 2008
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F81@
1 FAMS @F82@
1 FAMS @F83@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Sacramento Bee dated August 19, 2008. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (This obiturary was written by her brother, Geofrey.) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nov 15, 1925 - Aug 4, 2008 Brooke was an eclectic. There were few thin
2 CONC gs in life she chose not to explore and, as she would have said, thos
2 CONC e left unturned were not important. As a young woman she rode horses a
2 CONC t a stable in East Sacramento and later during her days at McClatchy H
2 CONC igh School challenged the august Principal, Sam Pepper, to allow stude
2 CONC nts to enter the high school through the front doors; a battle she los
2 CONC t but a war she won. While she could be an iconoclast, she was als
2 CONC o a traditionalist, belonged to Manana, a high school sorority, was ed
2 CONC itor of the school year book, and took high school sartorial eleganc
2 CONC e to a new level. She attended UCLA, and worked as a page on the MGM l
2 CONC ot (the high point she once said was a kiss on the cheek from Frank Si
2 CONC natra after delivering a message). She traveled alone whenever possibl
2 CONC e, observing that it's the only way to meet people. She lived in Sacra
2 CONC mento; Palm Springs; Montana; New York; New Jersey; Guadalajara, Mexic
2 CONC o; Honolulu; Arizona and Colorado. She was an accomplished photographe
2 CONC r and social entertainer of the first magnitude. She did a lot in he
2 CONC r life, had fun and left nothing on the table. Brooke passed away whil
2 CONC e under the care of some wonderful people at the Julia Temple facilit
2 CONC y in Englewood, Colo. A memorial service will be held in Hawaii in Jun
2 CONC e of 2009. She was predeceased by her parents Olga and Spencer Burroug
2 CONC hs, her loving husband Robert Van Zandt, son Burne Dougherty, stepso
2 CONC n Keith Van Zandt, brothers Spencer Burroughs Jr. and Trent Burrough
2 CONC s (Maria Luisa). She is survived by daughter Erin O'Brien (Michael), s
2 CONC tepson Mark Van Zandt, granddaughters Caitlin O'Brien, Emerald O'Brien
2 CONC , Karen Dougherty (Todd), grandson Patrick Moore, (Michele), two great
2 CONC -grandchildren, brother Geoffrey Burroughs (Mollie). nieces Francesca
2 CONC , Lisa, Megan, nephew Spencer and numerous cousins.
0 @I57@ INDI
1 NAME Trent /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 APR 1930
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JAN 2008
2 PLAC Sacramento, CA
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F85@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Sacramento Bee, January 10, 2008 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Trent Burroughs 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A native Sacramentan, Trent was born on April 11, 1930. He passed peac
2 CONC efully into God's care on January 4, 2008. A loving husband and father
2 CONC , he is survived by MarlaLuisa, his wife of 43 year, his daughter Fran
2 CONC cesca and son-in-law Robert Pearson of Livermore; his sister Brooke Va
2 CONC nZandt of Colorado, his brother Geoffrey and sister-in-law Mollie Burr
2 CONC oughs of Sacramento, and many nieces and nephews and dear cousins. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Trent's parents, Olga and Spencer Burroughs moved to Sacramento from S
2 CONC usanville in 1922 to the Curtis Park area. Trent graduated from C. K
2 CONC . McClatchy High School and California State University, Sacramento. <
2 CONC br
2 CONT After serving in the U.S. Army as an artillery fire control coordinato
2 CONC r, he worked for the U.S. Post Office for 32 years. Trent was a gifte
2 CONC d Chess player; so much so that a disgruntled neighbor, having found n
2 CONC o one to better him in Sacramento, went to San Francisco and brought b
2 CONC ack a highly rated chess player to challenge him -- after an ardious b
2 CONC attle on the chess board they drew. Trent also had an interest in high
2 CONC er mathematics taking such abstruse courses as non-Euclidian geometr
2 CONC y and abstract algrebra. As an athlete he was a superlative tennis pla
2 CONC yer and in his younger days an ace receiver for once famous Curtis Par
2 CONC k Clippers football team. In his later years he became an accomplishe
2 CONC d bowler winning a number of local tournaments. He often bowled a 60
2 CONC 0 series and once was eleven strikes toward the perfect 300 game whe
2 CONC n he got a nasty split. His only comment was, Mmmm, a high on that on
2 CONC e, I think. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A mass of Christian buriai will be held at Immaculate Conception Paris
2 CONC h, 3263 First Avenue, Sacramento at 10:00am on Monday, Januray 14, 200
2 CONC 8. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the charity of your choice.
0 @I58@ INDI
1 NAME Geoffrey /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1936
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F86@
0 @I59@ INDI
1 NAME Emma Grayce /Tremain/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 MAR 1910
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JAN 1945
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F15@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Thursday, 25 January 194
2 CONC 5, page 1c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT EMMA GRAYCE WEMPLE, AGE 34, DIES
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, January 22, for Mrs. Emm
2 CONC a Grayce Wemple, age 34, well known local matron, who died Friday morn
2 CONC ing at the Riverside Hospital, following a short illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Wemple, born March 10, 1910, was the former Emma Grayce Tremain
2 CONC . She married Irvin Wemple in November, 1926.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Besides her husband, she leaves three son, Joseph Jay, 16, Tremain, 6
2 CONC , and Nolan Mark, 1 year; two sisters, Mrs. H.R. Swain, Lancaster, Cal
2 CONC ifornia; Mrs. Carl Adrian, San Jose and a brother, S.A. Tremain of Lo
2 CONC s Angeles, California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The funeral services were held in the Methodist Church, with Dr. H.D
2 CONC . Helwig of Herlong, the Reverand P.C. Knudson and the Reverand G.J.E
2 CONC . Keetch of Susanville officiating.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Interment was in the Milford Cemetery under the direction of the Whit
2 CONC e Memorial Chapel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following birth notice from the LASSEN ADVOCATE dated 4 March 191
2 CONC 0 was sent to the compiler on 29 May 2000 by Susan L. Decious:
2 CONT 
2 CONT BORN.
2 CONT 
2 CONT TREMAIN.--In Susanville, Cal., Mar, 4, 1910, to the wife of R. J. Trem
2 CONC ain, a daughter.
0 @I60@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 AUG 1928
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F15@
1 FAMS @F94@
1 FAMS @F95@
1 NOTE He worked for Santa Clara County, first in the survey crew and then a
2 CONC s a traffic accident analyzer, for many years. Retired and moved to La
2 CONC keport, CA. DRW
0 @I61@ INDI
1 NAME Tremain Wemple /Adrian/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 FEB 1940
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1959
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F15@
1 NOTE After the death of Tremain's father, which left him an orphan, he wa
2 CONC s adopted by his aunt and uncle, Carl and Theo Adrian. He changed hi
2 CONC s last name to Adrian after the adoption. He died at age 19 from polio
2 CONC , after he had spent five or so years in an Iron Lung. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the SAN JOSE MERCURY, Friday, 16 January 1959, page 4c4-
2 CONC 5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT ADRIAN - In San Jose January 14. Tremain Adrian, devoted son of Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. Carl Adrian; dear brother of Joseph Jay Wemple of San Jose an
2 CONC d Mark Wemple of Milford, California; loving grandson of Mrs. Libbie W
2 CONC emple of Milford, California. A native of Westwood, California. Age 1
2 CONC 9 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services Saturday, January 17, at 11 a.m. at the Darling-Fischer Gard
2 CONC en Chapel, 471 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose.
0 @I62@ INDI
1 NAME Nolan Mark /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 NOV 1943
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F15@
1 FAMS @F96@
1 NOTE He first worked for the USFS and then switched and worked as a logge
2 CONC r for many years. He moved from Milford, CA to Moscow, ID about 1970
2 CONC . It was in Idaho that he became a logger, rather than working for th
2 CONC e USFS. DRW
0 @I63@ INDI
1 NAME Harold /Woods/
2 GIVN Harold C.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1900
2 PLAC Probably Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1990
1 FAMS @F16@
0 @I64@ INDI
1 NAME David F. /Dozier/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1899
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1986
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 TITL M.D.
1 FAMC @F1040@
1 FAMS @F17@
1 FAMS @F19@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Sacramento Bee Newspaper;  Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA;  17 Sep 1986; page C2c1
2 CONT DOZIER, DR DAVID F. SR.  In Sacramento.  September 16, 1986.  Husban
2 CONC d of Marjel Wemple Dozier of Sacramento and the late Dorothy Jean Dozi
2 CONC er,  Father of Dr. David F. Dozier Jr of Sacramento,  Mrs. Jeanne W. C
2 CONC ave of Colusa,  Mrs Dorothy Dixon of Susanville,  and the late Dr Will
2 CONC iam E. Dozier (died in 1982),  Brother of the late Nina Dozier Hoar
2 CONC d  and  Leonard Franklin Dozier.  Leaves 9 grandchildren and 1 great-g
2 CONC randchild.  A native of Susanville, Calif.  Aged 87 years.  Friends ar
2 CONC e respectfully invited to attend Memorial Services, Saturday, Septembe
2 CONC r 20, 1986  at 11AM in the First United Methodist Church, 2100 J St
2 CONC . Cremation private.  Memorial contributions may be sent to the Dr. Da
2 CONC ve F. Dozier, Sr. Memorial Fund, Sutter Hospitals of Sacramento 2820 
2 CONC L St., Sac 95816 or a charity of your choice.  Harry A. Nauman & So
2 CONC n funeral directors.
0 @I65@ INDI
1 NAME Dorothy Jean /Wanzer/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1903
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1980
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMS @F17@
0 @I66@ INDI
1 NAME David Irvin /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAR 1891
2 PLAC Los  Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1968
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 OCCU ,
1 TITL D.D.S.
1 FAMC @F1138@
1 FAMS @F18@
1 NOTE Obituary from the REDDING SEARCHLIGHT, Monday, 16 December 1968, pag
2 CONC e 17c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DR. DAVID EDWARDS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Anderson dentist David Irvin Edwards, Sr., 77, died Sunday in Mercy H
2 CONC ospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT An Anderson resident since 1950, Dr. Edwards was born March 20, 189
2 CONC 1 in Los Angeles. He was a graduate of the College of the Pacific an
2 CONC d the University of California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He served as a captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps during World Wa
2 CONC r I and remained in the service for three years following the end of t
2 CONC he war.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dr. Edwards was a member of the Anderson Rotary Club, the Methodist C
2 CONC hurch and a 50-year member of the Westwood Masonic Lodge 501.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He leaves his widow, Marjel of Anderson; two daughters, Betty Frankli
2 CONC n of Fairfax and Jane Koffard of Red Bluff; a son, David Jr. of Oaklan
2 CONC d; and four grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Trinity Metho
2 CONC dist Church in Anderson. The Reverand Grant Allen will officiate and b
2 CONC urial will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Milford Cemetery in Milford under th
2 CONC e direction of McDonald's Anderson Chapel.
0 @I67@ INDI
1 NAME David Irvin /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUN 1932
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, California
1 TITL Jr.
1 FAMC @F18@
1 FAMS @F25@
0 @I68@ INDI
1 NAME Marjel Jane /Edwards/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUL 1939
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F18@
1 FAMS @F100@
1 FAMS @F101@
0 @I69@ INDI
1 NAME Nolan /Hallowell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JUN 1909
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 FEB 1958
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery - Section J, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1181@
1 FAMS @F20@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 12 February 1
2 CONC 958, page 1c5, obtained at the CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacr
2 CONC amento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT FINAL SERVICES HELD MONDAY FOR NOLAN HALLOWELL
2 CONT Funeral services for Nolan Hallowell, 48, who died suddenly of a hear
2 CONC t attack at his Susanville home at about 6:30 Saturday morning, were h
2 CONC eld in the Susanville Methodist Church Monday afternoon at two o'cloc
2 CONC k with the B.P.O.E (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) officiati
2 CONC ng, assisted by the Reverand Russell Van Alen. Lassen Lodge 149, F
2 CONC . & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons), conducted services at the grave s
2 CONC ide in the Susanville Cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of the Kno
2 CONC bel Funeral Home.
2 CONT Pallbearers were Dale Soule, Ardel Torrey, W.L. Andrews, Merlyn Mulro
2 CONC ney, all of Susanville, Milton Zimmerman, Reno, and Lindley McClure, S
2 CONC acramento.
2 CONT The deceased was born in Susanville June 26, 1909, attended the loca
2 CONC l schools and the University of Oregon, where he was affiliated with P
2 CONC hi Kappa Psi fraternity. He had been in the appliance business since 1
2 CONC 936 and a partner with James E. Mc Kahan since 1945. In 1948 the two p
2 CONC artners established radio station KSUE.
2 CONT The deceased was active in many community affairs and organizations
2 CONC . He was a member of the Rotary Club of Susanville, of which he wa
2 CONC s a past president, Masonic and Shrine organizations and the Elks Lodg
2 CONC e. He was an outstanding sportsman with interests in every sporting fi
2 CONC eld and his greatest relaxation was a weekend spent on some near or fa
2 CONC r fishing stream.
2 CONT He is survived by his wife Marguerite Hallowell, Susanville, two daug
2 CONC hters, Mrs. Edward Thomas McDonald, now in Germany, where her husban
2 CONC d is stationed with the U.S. Army,and Miss Kay Hallowell, a sophomor
2 CONC e at Stanford University; two sisters, Mrs. Harold Bausch of San Loui
2 CONC s Obispo and Mrs. C.L. Wemple of Millbrea, his grandmother, Mrs. Ralp
2 CONC h Strong, Susanville and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
2 CONT 
0 @I70@ INDI
1 NAME Lynn /Hallowell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1931
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 OCT 1985
2 PLAC Paradise, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F20@
1 FAMS @F106@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Chico ENTERPRISE-RECORD, Tuesday, 8 October 1985, pa
2 CONC ge 4Ac1-2,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacrame
2 CONC nto, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT PARADISE - A grave side service for Lynn H. McDonald, 54, of Paradis
2 CONC e will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Susanville Cemetery in Susan
2 CONC ville. She died Friday in her home of natural causes.
2 CONT Born August 15, 1931, in Susanville, she was a homemaker.
2 CONT Survivors include two sons, Stephen J. of Palo Alto and Jon R. of Sa
2 CONC n Francisco; a sister, Kay McDonald of Reno, Nevada; and her mother, M
2 CONC arguerite Rypkema of Paradise
2 CONT Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Hospice o
2 CONC f the Ridge.
2 CONT Local arrangement are being handled by Rose Chapel.
0 @I71@ INDI
1 NAME Kay /Hallowell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1938
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F20@
1 FAMS @F109@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, L
2 CONC assen Co, CA; Wednesday, 26 Aug 1959; page 10c5-7,  obtained from th
2 CONC e CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT KAY HALLOWELL BECOMES BRIDE OF ROBERT T. McDONALD
2 CONT KAY HALLOWELL AND ROBERT T. MCDONALD MARRIED ON AUG. 15
2 CONT Miss Kay Hallowell and Robert Taylor McDonald were married at home Sa
2 CONC turday, Aug. 15, at 8 p. m. by Rev. Donald Conklin of the First Baptis
2 CONC t of Susanville. The bride was given away by her uncle, Kenneth Clar
2 CONC k Ables of Modesto, Calif.
2 CONT The candlelight ceremony was held at an altar improvised at the firep
2 CONC lace which was banked with white gladiolas and snapdragons.  Above th
2 CONC e mantle hung an oval, antique, gold framed mirror.  Antique, brass ca
2 CONC ndelabra were placed on either side of the mirror.
2 CONT The wedding march was played by Mrs. Albert Gustav Breitweiser of Sus
2 CONC anville,
2 CONT The bride was proceeded down the aisle by her sister, Mrs. Edward Tho
2 CONC mas McDonald, of Lakeview, Ore.  The matron of honor wore a gold, sil
2 CONC k taffeta gown with a full skirt, fitted bodice, and the new bouffan
2 CONC t sleeves -- with headpiece and shoes matching the gold gown.  She car
2 CONC ried a French bouquet
2 CONT of yellow rosebuds.
2 CONT The bride wore an ivory-white, Italian silk gown with a chapel train
2 CONC , featuring a dropped waistline and trimmed only at the neck with reem
2 CONC broidered chantilly lace.  A chantilly lace crown embroidered with
2 CONT pearls held in place her fingertip length, illusion silk veil.  She ca
2 CONC rried stephanotis centered with a single, white orchid and a lace bord
2 CONC ered handkerchief of her father's grandmother.  She wore pearl earring
2 CONC s, a gift from the bridegroom.
2 CONT The best man was the bridegroom's brother, Edward Thomas McDonald, o
2 CONC f Lakeview, Ore.
2 CONT The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Paul Wemple of Susanville and the l
2 CONC ate James Robert McDonald of Chester.
2 CONT The bride's mother wore a Dior blue, silk, sheath dress with a contra
2 CONC sting blue, chiffon cumberbund.
2 CONT The bridegroom's mother wore an embroidered, tailored, white-blue sil
2 CONC k dress.
2 CONT After the marriage ceremony, the couple received their guests -- abou
2 CONC t 100 relatives and close friends -- in the yard.
2 CONT The bride's table, set with an old, hand embroidered, linen tableclot
2 CONC h, was decorated with white carnations wreathing the bride's cake.
2 CONT The bride's going-away outfit was a black, silk suit with a black, ve
2 CONC lvet, cloche hat and patent leather accessories.
2 CONT The couple planned to go directly to San Francisco, where the bridegr
2 CONC oom is presently attending Golden Gate College and reviewing for the C
2 CONC ertified Public Accountant examination.
2 CONT The bride attended local schools, Stanford University and graduated f
2 CONC rom Reno Business College.
2 CONT The bridegroom, after graduating from high school in Chester, attende
2 CONC d Oregon State College, where he was affiliated with Delta Upsilon fra
2 CONC ternity, and graduated in accounting from Golden Gate College in San F
2 CONC ransicso.
2 CONT 
0 @I72@ INDI
1 NAME Peter Dick /Rypkema/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAR 1909
2 PLAC Long Island, KS
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 MAR 2000
2 PLAC Magalia, Butte County, CA
1 FAMS @F21@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Chico ENTERPRISE-RECORD/MERCURY-REGISTER, Saturday
2 CONC , 1 April 2000, page 2Dc3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MAGALIA -  A memorial service for Dick Rypkema, 91, of Magalia will b
2 CONC e 2 p.m. Monday April 3 at the Paradise Elks Lodge. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He died Thursday March 30, 2000 at home. He was born March 5, 1909 t
2 CONC o Henry and Antonia Rypkema in Long Island, Kansas, where he was raise
2 CONC d until moving to California in 1935.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1940, Rypkema received his contractor's license. He owned and opera
2 CONC ted a machine shop during World War II that manufactured parts for th
2 CONC e military. He moved to Paradise in 1955 and became a real estate agen
2 CONC t.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Rypkema was the general contractor for the building for the Paradise E
2 CONC lks Lodge 2026, of which he was a charter member and the first exalte
2 CONC d ruler. In 1961, he was appointed to the Butte County Planning Commis
2 CONC sion, where he served until 1973. He was also a member of SIRS.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He enjoyed hunting, fishing and woodworking.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Along with his wife, Marguerite of Reno, survivors include a daughter
2 CONC , Mary Mays of Magalia; and three grandchildren, seven great-grandchil
2 CONC dren and two great-great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial contributions may be made to Paradise Hospice in care of Bidw
2 CONC ell Chapel, which is handling the arrangements.
0 @I73@ INDI
1 NAME John Hartson /Theodore/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1908
2 PLAC Monterey, Monterey County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 NOV 2004
2 PLAC Mayers Memorial Hospital Burney Annex, Burney, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F1274@
1 FAMS @F22@
1 NOTE John was a farmer and drag line owner/operator and served on the Lasse
2 CONC n County Board of Supervisors for a number of years. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Redding Record Searchlight, dated 23 November 2004
2 CONC : John Theodore
2 CONT BURNEY -- Services for John Hartson Theodore, 96, of Burney will be a
2 CONC t 11 a.m. Saturday at Walton's Colonial Mortuary in Susanville.
2 CONT The Rev. Tony Loubet of Standish Bible Church in Standish will officia
2 CONC te.
2 CONT Mr. Theodore died Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, at Mayers Memorial Hospital'
2 CONC s Burney Annex.
2 CONT Born in Oct. 27, 1908, he moved to Shasta County in 1994 from Susanvil
2 CONC le.
2 CONT He was a rancher for 60 years.
2 CONT Survivors include daughters Mary Tashiro of Burney and Ann Weir of Pla
2 CONC cerville; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
2 CONT Memorial contributions can be made to Standish Bible Church, P.O. Bo
2 CONC x 267, Standish, CA 96128, or to a favorite charity.
2 CONT Arrangements are being handled by McDonald's Burney Chapel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County News, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA; Tuesd
2 CONC ay, 30 November 2004;  obtained on the Internet; www.lassennews.com
2 CONT JOHN THEODORE
2 CONT John Theodore died on Nov. 19, in Burney. John was born Oct. 27, 1908
2 CONC , and lived most of his life in Lassen County.
2 CONT He is survived by his daughter Ann Weir and husband John, of Placervi
2 CONC lle and Mary Tashiro and husband Brian, of Burney.
2 CONT In lieu of flowers, you may donate to the Standish Bible Church o
2 CONC r a charity of your own choice.
2 CONT Services were held at the Colonial Mortuary Chapel on Saturday, Nov
2 CONC . 27. Internment will follow at the Janesville Cemetery.
2 CONT 
0 @I74@ INDI
1 NAME Ann /Theodore/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 NOV 1933
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F22@
1 FAMS @F69@
1 NOTE Article from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Monday, 24 Nov 1952; page 3c1-2; obtained at the CA State Library, C
2 CONC A History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT EXCHANGE MARRIAGE VOWS ANN THEODORE, JOHN WEIR
2 CONT Ann Theodore and John Graham Weir, Saturday afternoon November the fi
2 CONC fteenth, at three, were married at the Theodore home at Wendel.  The l
2 CONC ong living room was warm with candle light, and just at the pause befo
2 CONC re the processional music, the bride's young brother, John Jay Theodor
2 CONC e lighted the tall white floor tapers at either side of the mantle.  M
2 CONC antle-high baskets of giant white mums crossed between the candles.
2 CONT During the ceremony the wedding party stood all gravely unaware tha
2 CONC t grandmother, grandfather, uncle, cousin, friend, at the farther en
2 CONC d of the room, were enjoying a perfect front view reflection in the br
2 CONC oad mirror above the fireplace.
2 CONT Ann was given in marriage by her father, John Hartson Theodore.  Th
2 CONC e beautiful double-ring ceremony was performed by the Reverend Carl H
2 CONC . Sisson, and Mrs. Sisson was at the piano.
2 CONT At the close of the ritual, Sargent Harry Weir on leave to act as bes
2 CONC t man for his brother, proposed a toast to the happy pair, and since t
2 CONC heir plans were for an early leave-taking, attention was directed to t
2 CONC he tea table and collation centered by the sparkling bell capped weddi
2 CONC ng cake.
2 CONT Kay Hallowell looked after the punch bowl; Jackie Weir, the guest boo
2 CONC k.
2 CONT Guests noted the bride's pearl ear rings, a gift from the groom, whic
2 CONC h were the something new.  For the something old, she had the lace han
2 CONC dkerchief handed down from her great-grandmother, Sarah Hartson.  Th
2 CONC e thing borrowed was a coin lent by her mother, to be worn in the shoe
2 CONC .  The Wedding Shop gave the garter for the blue.
2 CONT The wedding gown was white; the skirt ballerina length and full, shee
2 CONC r net over heavy satin, the bodice, chiffon velvet, long, pointed slee
2 CONC ves, the neck high; the tiny Peter Pan collar, and the tiny pearl stud
2 CONC ded bit of a Juliet cap with fingertip veil.  the [sic] only concessio
2 CONC ns to the bride's youth.
2 CONT With her white prayer book she held her bouquet of three white orchid
2 CONC s and cascade of phalanopsis orchids.
2 CONT To complete the wedding party, Margaret Bailey, bridesmaid, wore emer
2 CONC ald green velvet with satin, patterned after the bride's gown, and fo
2 CONC r her hands, green net mitts, and she held a bouquet of yellow mumelli
2 CONC as with streamers of green and gold and Mary Elizabeth Theodore, as fl
2 CONC ower girl for her sister, wore a little ruby-red velvet dress and carr
2 CONC ied a French bouquet, a miniature white orchid framed in pink baby ros
2 CONC es.
2 CONT For her young daughter's wedding, Mrs. Theodore wore champagne lace
2 CONC ; her flower, a bronze orchid.
2 CONT Mrs. John Weir, the groom's mother chose a fine black lace, a mauve o
2 CONC rchid was her flower.
2 CONT For her going away outfit Ann changed to a red knit suit, with shoe
2 CONC s and bag of flecked white cobra.  Her beret was white.
2 CONT The Just-Marrieds both were graduated from Lassen Union high school i
2 CONC n Susanville, and both went to Junior college.  Ann is now enjoying he
2 CONC r job as chief deputy in the office of the county treasurer, John is f
2 CONC inishing his special course in forestry.  Their new home has a west vi
2 CONC ew in the Bangham apartments in Susanville.
2 CONT The Weir parents are Mr. and Mrs. John G. Weir of Susanville, and o
2 CONC n the bride's side, Mr. and Mrs. John Hartson Theodore.
2 CONT 
0 @I75@ INDI
1 NAME John Jay /Theodore/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 OCT 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 OCT 1986
2 PLAC Emeryville, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F22@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE,  Wednesday, 5 November 1
2 CONC 986, page 3Ac4-5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN THEODORE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial services for John J. Theodore, 46, who died in Oakland, Cali
2 CONC fornia on Wednesday, October 29, will be held at the Lucero-Carlson Co
2 CONC lonial Mortuary on Saturday at 1 p.m.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Susanville on October 15, 1940, and went t
2 CONC o work at the United California Bank at the age of 19. For the past 1
2 CONC 8 years he had been employed as a bank examiner for the Federal Reserv
2 CONC e Bank.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his parents, John and Deesse Theodore of Susanville
2 CONC , two sisters, Ann Weir of Placerville and Mary Fletcher of Burney, an
2 CONC d two nieces and two nephews.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family requests that memorial donations be made to a favorite cha
2 CONC rity.
0 @I76@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Elizabeth /Theodore/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 DEC 1944
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F22@
1 FAMS @F70@
1 FAMS @F71@
0 @I77@ INDI
1 NAME Helen Jane /Hidden/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1921
2 PLAC Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 SEP 2004
2 PLAC Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
1 FAMC @F1196@
1 FAMS @F23@
1 NOTE Sent to the compiler by his cousin, Beth Bornet, of Ashland, OR:
2 CONT Obituary from the Oregonian, September 26, 2004:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Helen Hidden Wemple 
2 CONT 
2 CONT February 9, 1921 - September 17; 2004 
2 CONT Helen Hidden Wemple, born February 9, 1921 in Portland. OR to Charle
2 CONC s E. and Evan U. Hidden (deceased) who resided in Tucson, AZ for sever
2 CONC al years. Mrs. Wemple died September 17, 2004. After attending school
2 CONC s in Oregon, Nevada, and Lassen College in Northern California (wher
2 CONC e Mrs. Wemple met her future husband) she moved to Southern Californi
2 CONC a with her family. Marrying Capt. Neil W. Wemple in 1943 led to an int
2 CONC eresting and eventful life. After thirty years in the Air Force, Colon
2 CONC el and Mrs. Wemple retired to Tucson in 1969. Mrs. Wemple is survive
2 CONC d by her daughter Forrest W. Levely; sons Stephen S. Wemple (Linda) an
2 CONC d Neil T. Wemple; grandchildren Karah L. Rinaldi (Frank), Thomas Scot
2 CONC t Levely; and great-grandchildren Alexis, Kaia and Carter Rinaldi. A m
2 CONC emorial service will be held 3:00 PM Saturday, October 16 at East Law
2 CONC n Palms Mortuary, 5801 E. Grant Rd., Tucson AZ.
0 @I78@ INDI
1 NAME Forrest Leigh /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 SEP 1944
2 PLAC Torrance, Los Angeles County, CA
1 FAMC @F23@
1 FAMS @F115@
0 @I79@ INDI
1 NAME Stephen Scott /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAY 1947
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMC @F23@
1 FAMS @F116@
1 FAMS @F117@
0 @I80@ INDI
1 NAME Neil Todd /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAY 1962
2 PLAC Wiesbaden, Germany
1 FAMC @F23@
0 @I81@ INDI
1 NAME Martha Pearl /Bronson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 APR 1874
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 MAY 1968
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F29@
1 FAMS @F24@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, May 22, 1968:
2 CONT 
2 CONT SERVICES HELD FOR PEARL M. WEMPLE 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl M. Wemple, 94, who died in the Sutte
2 CONC r General Hospital in Sacramento on Thursday of last week were held a
2 CONC t the United Methodist Church on Monday afternoon at two o'clock wit
2 CONC h (the) Reverand Stanley Read officiating. Interment was in the Milfor
2 CONC d Cemetery. The organist for the services was Mrs. Alfreda Cunningham
2 CONC . Pall bearers were Marlyn (sic) Mulroney, Don Wemple, Glenn Wemple, F
2 CONC red Bangham, John Theodore, and Don Conrad. The deceased was born in M
2 CONC ilford on April 19, 1874, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hose (sic) A. B
2 CONC ronson, Lassen County pioneers. She was married on August 14, 1892, t
2 CONC o N.V. Wemple, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crawford Wemple, also pionee
2 CONC rs of Lassen County. Her husband, who died in 1942, served as Lassen C
2 CONC ounty assessor, justice of peace, and two terms as state assemblyman
2 CONC . To the couple were born seven children, Orville E., Guy B., Fred, Ly
2 CONC le E., Maude, Percy N. and Bernice, three of whom survive. They are Be
2 CONC rnice Ohnimus, Sacramento, Guy Wemple, Fallon, and Lyle E. Wemple, Sus
2 CONC anville. Also surviving are a brother, Benton Sifford, Oakland, an
2 CONC d a sister, Mrs. Grace Raker, Chico, six grandchildren, 18 great-grand
2 CONC children and two great-great-grandchildren. Two of the grandchildren
2 CONC , Mrs. Naomi Netzorg of Charlotte, N.C. and Mrs. Nadene Kayser of Alam
2 CONC eda are identical twins whom Pearl Wemple raised from infancy. Other g
2 CONC randchildren are Mrs. Gunth (sic) Cersola (sic) of Wadsworth, Nevada
2 CONC , Mrs. Phyllis Metz, Susanville, Dr. Dana Wemple, Burlingame and Fran
2 CONC k Wemple, Red Bluff.
0 @I82@ INDI
1 NAME Orville Earl /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1893
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 NOV 1940
2 PLAC Fallon, Churchill County, NV
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F33@
1 FAMS @F34@
1 NOTE From the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 5 November 1940:
2 CONT 
2 CONT ORVILLE E. WEMPLE DIES OF INJURIES
2 CONT BRIDE BADLY HURT
2 CONT CAR DRIVEN BY MRS. WEMPLE ON HONEYMOON HITS STALLED TRUCK
2 CONT 
2 CONT Susanville was shocked early this morning with the news of the tragi
2 CONC c death of Orville E. Wemple, 47, state sales tax collector here, an
2 CONC d the very serious injury of his bride of two days, the former Miss Ma
2 CONC ry Vail Cook of Alturas; when the car she was driving, sideswiped a st
2 CONC alled truck, 12 miles south of Fallon, Nevada, last night.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple was killed instantly, according to United Press dispatches to t
2 CONC he Advocate, while Mrs. Wemple suffered a broken leg, serious body cut
2 CONC s and bruises and possible internal injuries.  She was moved to the Ha
2 CONC ndley Hospital in Fernley, Nevada, where late this afternoon it was le
2 CONC arned her condition was grave.
2 CONT 
2 CONT MARRIED LAST SUNDAY NIGHT
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to the message to the Advocate Wemple and his bride were mar
2 CONC ried in Reno Sunday evening at 9 o'clock, leaving later for Fallon t
2 CONC o visit Guy Wemple, brother of the deceased.
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was learned after a pleasant visit in Fallon they left for a honeym
2 CONC oon trip which was to have taken them to Boulder Dam and on to Arizona
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT TRUCK MAN SENSED ACCIDENT
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was while bound south that the car driven by Mrs. Wemple encountere
2 CONC d a truck, which had pulled to the side of the highway, where the driv
2 CONC er and assistant were changing tires.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lights were burning on the truck, and the press dispatch states that t
2 CONC he driver of the truck frantically waved a flashlight to attract atten
2 CONC tion.
2 CONT 
2 CONT AUTOMOBILE IS DEMOLISHED
2 CONT 
2 CONT As Mrs. Wemple came within range of the truck she is reported to hav
2 CONC e swerved her car, but too late.  Her automobile was completely demoli
2 CONC shed.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Whether or not Wemple was thrown from the car was not indicated, but i
2 CONC t was learned that his death was instantaneous.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The body of the respected Susanville resident and Lassen County native
2 CONC , was being moved to this city for funeral services which will be cond
2 CONC ucted under the auspices of the Susanville Lodge of Elks Thursday afte
2 CONC rnoon from the Methodist church.  Interment will be made in the famil
2 CONC y plot in Milford cemetery with C.W. Morrill in charge of the arrangem
2 CONC ents.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BORN IN MILFORD, EDUCATED HERE
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Milford, this county, September 28, 1893, an
2 CONC d attended the elementary schools there, later attending Lassen high s
2 CONC chool where he was prominent and active in all student body affairs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following his schooling he went to San Francisco to round out his busi
2 CONC ness education, obtaining employment there.  Later he migrated to Reno
2 CONC , Nevada to enter the employ of his cousin, Paul T. Wemple, who conduc
2 CONC ted a haberdashery in the Nevada metropolis.  When Paul Wemple establi
2 CONC shed a a store in Susanville, the deceased returned to this center an
2 CONC d became identified with him in its management.
2 CONT 
2 CONT When the state legislature directed the levying of sales tax to equali
2 CONC ze the burden of state expenditures, creating a Sales Tax Division o
2 CONC f the State Board of Equalization, Orville was given the appointment o
2 CONC f auditor and collector for the organization in Lassen county area
2 CONC , a position he held with credit to the time of his tragic and untimel
2 CONC y death.
2 CONT 
2 CONT LEAVES MANY PROMINENT KIN
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased, who had scores of friends and great influence in this lo
2 CONC cality, is survived by his shocked parents, Justice and Mrs. N.V. Wemp
2 CONC le, very esteemed and widely known residents of Susanville, three brot
2 CONC hers - Guy Wemple of Fallon, Nevada, Fred Wemple of Wendel and Lyle We
2 CONC mple, young business man of Susanville and one sister, Miss Burnice We
2 CONC mple of Sacramento.
2 CONT 
2 CONT There are also surviving, four nieces - Gynith Wemple of Fallon, Naom
2 CONC i and Nadene of Susanville, Phyllis Wemple of Wendel, two nephews - Fr
2 CONC ank Wemple of Wendel and Dana Wemple of Susanville; Frank O. Wemple, L
2 CONC assen County Assessor, an uncle of, and William Benson (sic) of Reno a
2 CONC nd Benton A. Sifford of Oakland, also surviving uncles.  There are als
2 CONC o four surviving aunts - Mrs. Libby Harris of Elko, Nev., Mrs. Zebno
2 CONC r Johnson of Wendel; Mrs. Drew Raker of Chico and Mrs. Lottie Byer o
2 CONC f Fallon.  There are also surviving 32 cousins.
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 8 November 1940:
2 CONT 
2 CONT O. WEMPLE TO REWARD
2 CONT 
2 CONT One of the largest and most solemn funerals in the history of Susanvil
2 CONC le Orville E. Wemple, son of Justice and Mrs. N.V. Wemple, esteemed pi
2 CONC oneer residents of Lassen County, was placed to rest in the family plo
2 CONC t beside two other children of the Wemples, in Milford cemetery, Thurs
2 CONC day afternoon following services at the Methodist church in this city.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The rites were largely attended by friends of the family and the decea
2 CONC sed from all sections of Northern California and the Sacramento Valle
2 CONC y where he was widely known and respected.  The untimely and tragic de
2 CONC ath of the deceased was in an automobile accident near Fallon, Nevada
2 CONC , last Monday evening shocked  friends and business acquaintances alik
2 CONC e.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The services were most impressive, being under the direction of the of
2 CONC ficers of Susanville lodge of Elks of which the deceased was an honore
2 CONC d member.  The Elks, headed by Exalted Ruler A.G. Breitweiser were ass
2 CONC isted in the ritual by Rev. E.D. Spaulding, with Mrs. Morrill renderin
2 CONC g sacred music, accompanied by Mrs Ben Cunningham of the console.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Elks and the local post of the American Legion attended the rite
2 CONC s in a body, forming an honorary escort.  The Elks ritual was employe
2 CONC d in the dismissal services at the grave side.  Legionnaires made a pr
2 CONC esentation of Arms while Taps were sounded as all that was mortal of t
2 CONC he young resident went to his final reward.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The pall bearers were all close associates of the deceased, being conn
2 CONC ected with the State Board Equalization with which he had been connect
2 CONC ed as Lassen county sales tax collector, since the organization of th
2 CONC e division.  They were Senator Harold J. Powers, Clarence Shearin, Dew
2 CONC ey Eagan, Clarence E. Lowe, W.A. McIntosh and Peter Donnelly.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The floral offerings were beyond compare and so many that the last res
2 CONC ting place was a great bank of the season's most gorgeous blooms.  Th
2 CONC e C.W. Morrill service had charge of the arrangements.
0 @I83@ INDI
1 NAME Guy Bronson /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 OCT 1895
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1982
2 PLAC Hospital, Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F35@
1 FAMS @F36@
1 NOTE Guy resided in Fallon, NV and managed Consolidated Warehouse for man
2 CONC y years. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wedding announcement from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 24 May 1918:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Well Known Susanville Couple Married. Miss Dorothy Carman and Guy Wem
2 CONC ple, a well known young couple of Susanville were married last Saturda
2 CONC y in Reno at the Baptist Church, the Reverand Brewster Adams officiati
2 CONC ng. The ceremony was performed at noon and several Susanville people w
2 CONC ere among the guests, including Mr. and Mrs. Wes Emerson, Mr. and Mrs
2 CONC . William Long, Miss May McShane and Mr. Arthur Barrett. The bride i
2 CONC s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Carman of Susanville and is popul
2 CONC ar among the younger set. Young Wemple holds a position in a local ban
2 CONC k and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N.V. Wemple of Milford. They will mak
2 CONC e their home in Susanville. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the EAGLE STANDARD, Fallon, NV Sunday 12 December 1982
2 CONC , page 4c2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT GUY B. WEMPLE, 87-years-old, died Wednesday at a Reno hospital. He wa
2 CONC s born October 7, 1895, in Milford, California, and had resided in Chu
2 CONC rchill County for the past 51 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was a retired manager for the Consolidated Feed and Lumber Compan
2 CONC y of Fallon and was a member of the Elks Club of Fallon. Mr. Wemple wa
2 CONC s a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during WW i>
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife, Josephine of Fallon, daughter Gynith Spoo
2 CONC n of Wadsworth, sister Bernice Crutcher of Applegate, California; gran
2 CONC dsons, Mitchell Ceresola of Reno, and Tracy Ceresola of Sparks; grandd
2 CONC aughter Dana Maher of Winnemucca; seven great grandchildren; and numer
2 CONC ous nephews, nieces and cousins.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Visitation is scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Austin, Matso
2 CONC n and Smith Funeral Home. A funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.
2 CONC m. Monday at the funeral home with members of the Church of Jesus Chri
2 CONC st of Latter Day Saints officiating. Graveside services will be conduc
2 CONC ted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Milford Cemetery in Milford. Pallbearers w
2 CONC ill be Dana, Don, Glenn, David, Fred and Frank Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT All arrangements are under the direction of the Austin, Matson and Sm
2 CONC ith Funeral Home.
0 @I84@ INDI
1 NAME Fred /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1898
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1956
2 PLAC Janesville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F37@
1 FAMS @F38@
1 FAMS @F39@
1 NOTE Murph was first and foremost a cowboy and horseman. His most favorit
2 CONC e thing to do was run wild horses, where several cowboys would run w
2 CONC ild mustangs and capture them in corrals. He ranched and farmed fo
2 CONC r a period and he worked for the county road crew for a short time.  H
2 CONC e resided in Milford, Spoonville and Janesville. At the of his death h
2 CONC e was managing a warehouse for Bronson and Doyle in Litchfield. Bronso
2 CONC n and Doyle's main business was in Susanville. They primarily farm equ
2 CONC ipment dealers, but also dealt in buying and selling grain and sellin
2 CONC g cattle feed. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 9 May 1956, page 1c7:
2 CONT 
2 CONT SERVICES ARE HELD HERE YESTERDAY FOR FRED WEMPLE, 58
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred Wemple, 58, a native of Lassen County, died at his home in Janes
2 CONC ville on Saturday, May 5 at 9:30 p.m. Funeral services were held at th
2 CONC e Susanville Methodist Church yesterday afternoon at two o'clock wit
2 CONC h members of the Susanville Elks Lodge officiating. Glenn Long acted a
2 CONC s exalted ruler. Elk members assisting Long were Frank Corson, Carl Co
2 CONC bel, Murray Doyle, Lester Coffin, Ben Cunningham, Frank Maurina and Iv
2 CONC or Lanigar. Interment was in the family plot in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. J.C. McQueen sang 'End of a Perfect Day' with Mrs. Alfreda Cunni
2 CONC ngham accompanying at the organ.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The pallbearers were Kenneth Barham, H.T. French, Edmund Dunn, Jack W
2 CONC . Humphrey, Eddie Ferris and Tiffin Cannon.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was engaged in farming. He was a member of the Susanvill
2 CONC e B.P.O. (Benevolent and Protective Order) of Elks 1487.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, Edna M., Janesville; a son Frank N., Re
2 CONC d Bluff; three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy Kayser, Alameda, Mrs. Gordon Netz
2 CONC org, Alma, Michigan, and Mrs. Fred Metz, Susanville; His mother, Mrs
2 CONC . Pearl Wemple, Susanville, two brothers, Lyle E., Susanville, and Gu
2 CONC y B., Fallon, Nevada, and a sister, Mrs. Arthur A. Ohnimus, Sacramento
2 CONC . Also surviving are 11 grandchildren.
0 @I85@ INDI
1 NAME Lyle Elmer /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 AUG 1900
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1980
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F40@
1 NOTE Dan sold cars for Barron Chevrolet for many years. He was well respect
2 CONC ed by the community. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 27 October 1980, page 3c
2 CONC 3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT LYLE E. WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Lyle E. Wemple, 80, who died in Reno on Saturday
2 CONC , will be held at the Lucero-Carlson Mortuary on Tuesday at 1 p.m. wit
2 CONC h interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Milford on August 4, 1900, the son of N.V. a
2 CONC nd Pearl Bronson Wemple and had resided in Lassen County all of his li
2 CONC fe. He was employed as an automobile salesman for Barron Chevrolet fo
2 CONC r 37 years. He was a 54 year member of Susanville Elks Lodge 1487 an
2 CONC d a member of the Lassen County Sheriff's Posse and Lassen Lodge 147
2 CONC , F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons).
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, Nadene of Susanville, a son, Dana Wemple
2 CONC , Burlingame; a brother, Guy Wemple, Fallon, Nevada; a sister Bernic
2 CONC e Crutcher, Applegate, California, and three grandchildren, Timothy, L
2 CONC ynn and Beth Wemple of Burlingame.
0 @I86@ INDI
1 NAME Maude /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1907
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1919
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F24@
1 NOTE An obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, dated 5 December 1919:
2 CONT 
2 CONT LOSE LITTLE DAUGHTER
2 CONT 
2 CONT The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. N.V. Wemple of Milford are sympathiz
2 CONC ing with them over the rather sudden and unexpected death of the eldes
2 CONC t daughter, Maud, which occurred last Saturday night.  The little girl
2 CONC , a bright and lovable child, suffered during the influenza epidemic o
2 CONC f last year, and has not been in very good health since that time.  He
2 CONC r death is thought to have been brought about as an after result or co
2 CONC mplications resulting from the influenza.  The funeral took place Mond
2 CONC ay and was largely attended by friends and others who knew and loved t
2 CONC he little girl.
0 @I87@ INDI
1 NAME Percy Nolan /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 SEP 1910
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 JAN 1922
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F24@
1 NOTE Article and obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, dated 27 January 1922:
2 CONT 
2 CONT BOY DROWNED AT FRUIT GROWERS' POND
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V. WEMPLE'S SON SKATES IN OPEN WATER-LOCAL MAN'S HEROIC ACTION FUTI
2 CONC LE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Percy N. Wemple, eleven-year-old son of N.V. was drowned Monday nigh
2 CONC t while skating at the Fruit Growers' pond.
2 CONT 
2 CONT About 8:30 on Monday night while a crowd of about twenty-five peopl
2 CONC e were scattered around the pond he skated into open water. O.O. Winn
2 CONC , without a moment's hesitation, jumped in after him and succeeded i
2 CONC n getting hold of the boy, but had great trouble getting out himself
2 CONC .  F.L. Shanklin, employment agent for the Fruit Growers' Supply Compa
2 CONC ny, who was about 100 feet from the hole saw what had happened and thr
2 CONC ew a wooden spool to Winn.  He then ran for a pike pole, but gave ou
2 CONC t before he could reach the scene of the accident and the pole was tak
2 CONC en to Winn by another skater.  By this time Winn had become so cold an
2 CONC d numb that he had been unable to any longer hold young Wemple and ha
2 CONC d him securely held between his legs.  Shanklin started to work over y
2 CONC oung Wemple, but stated at the coroner's inquest that there was no sig
2 CONC n of life.  Winn was in a very serious condition and both he and the b
2 CONC oy were rushed to the Riverside hospital where the doctors worked ove
2 CONC r young Wemple for an hour, but without success.
2 CONT 
2 CONT There was no water in the boy's lungs and it was the doctor's opinio
2 CONC n that he died from drowning in cold.  The shock of the cold water wa
2 CONC s severe and it is believed he was dead before Winn reached him.  Mr
2 CONC . Winn was in very serious condition for several days at the hospital
2 CONC , but is now on the rapid road to recovery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Too much cannot be said of the heroism of Winn, who at the risk of hi
2 CONC s life and without a moment's hesitation jumped to the rescue of the d
2 CONC rowning boy.  Winn is the father of three little children.  His wife d
2 CONC ied a year ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The funeral of young Wemple took place yesterday from the Methodist C
2 CONC hurch of Susanville, the Rev. Ira E. Price officiating.  The student
2 CONC s of the lower grades of the grammer school turned out en masse.  Mast
2 CONC er Wemple was beloved by all and his loss is keenly felt.  Many were t
2 CONC he people who came in from the surrounding country to pay their last r
2 CONC espects. Interment was in the Milford Cemetery.
0 @I88@ INDI
1 NAME Bernice Marguerite /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1913
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 SEP 2007
2 PLAC Apple Gate, CA
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F41@
1 FAMS @F44@
0 @I89@ INDI
1 NAME Beverly D. /Speer/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUN 1932
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMS @F25@
0 @I90@ INDI
1 NAME Gregory Speer /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1956
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I91@ INDI
1 NAME Curtis Jay /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 OCT 1957
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F25@
1 FAMS @F102@
0 @I92@ INDI
1 NAME John /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE OCT 1810
2 PLAC Luray, Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 MAR 1867
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F26@
1 NOTE Tischler is a German word meaning carpenter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT John Decious was a carpenter and cabinet maker and made a bedroom se
2 CONC t for Joseph and Jane Wemple.  Members of the family often wondered al
2 CONC oud, I wonder what ever happened to the bedroom set that John Deciou
2 CONC s made for Joe and Jane Wemple? DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to Claude C. Wemple, John Decious bought property on Parke
2 CONC r Creek, about three miles south of Janesville.  This property is adja
2 CONC cent to present day U.S. 395. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to the History of the State of California and Biographical R
2 CONC ecord of the Sierras, by Prof. James Miller Guinn, 1902: At an early a
2 CONC ge he became a proprietor of a cabinet and furniture shop in Urbana, O
2 CONC H, where he built up a growing trade. About 1854 he took his family t
2 CONC o Jones County, Iowa. Then in 1863 he crossed the plains and came to L
2 CONC assen County, California and settled there. He died a few years afte
2 CONC r arriving in California in 1867.  DRW/SLD
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the work of Ann Winder http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~annieron/pe
2 CONC digrees/1650.htm:
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1840 Federal Census, Champaign Co, OH, Mad River Twp. Pg 342
2 CONT 1 male < 5 (1835-1840) Amos
2 CONT 1 male 15-20 (1820-1825) ?
2 CONT 1 male 30-40 (1800-1810) John Tischler
2 CONT 1 female < 5 (1835-1840) Julia Ann
2 CONT 1 female 5-10 (1830-1835) Martha Anne
2 CONT 1 female 20-30 (1810-1820) Mary Stevens
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1850 Census, Champaign Co, Ohio. Mad River Twp. Age 39, cabinet maker
2 CONC , worth $700. Born VA. Mary A. 36, Martha A 14, OH; Amos 17 OH; Juli A
2 CONC nn 10, OH; Jane 9 OH; Amanda 6 OH; Joseph W. 4 OH, William J, 1, OH. A
2 CONC lso in household: Erasmus Bowes, 19, cabinet maker, born Ohio.
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to Clarence William Decius: John made it to Janesville Cali
2 CONC f, he lies at rest in Susanville Calif, he was a Mason and he lies und
2 CONC er a Mason tombstone, City of Susanville, Calif...
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to Floyd Decious: All of the children went to Susanville, Ca
2 CONC lif. in 1856, with their father and mother, by ox train and covered wa
2 CONC gon, except Amos, who stayed in Iowa. They met no hostile Indians, an
2 CONC d their mother baked bread at night and the Indians would trade bead
2 CONC s for bread.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Historical and Biographical Record collected by Clarence Decious: .
2 CONC ..John was born in VIrginia and at an early age became proprietor o
2 CONC f a cabinet and furniture shop at Urbana, Ohio, where he built up a gr
2 CONC owing trade. About 1854 he took his family to Iowa and settled in Jone
2 CONC s County. From there is 1863 he crossed the plains to California wit
2 CONC h teams, being a member of an expedition that at one point of the rout
2 CONC e numbered forty wagons in the trail. Settling at Susanville he secure
2 CONC d employment as a carpenter...
2 CONT 
2 CONT IGI does not include Martha. Birthdates differ: Amos C. 1836, Julia An
2 CONC n 1839, Amanda 1844, Joseph Warren 1847, William Irvin 1849, Mary Fran
2 CONC ces 1855, Susan E. 1859. All born in Ohio except Mary Frances and Susa
2 CONC n E, who are born in IA.
2 CONT 
2 CONT IGI births, Mary Frances, b. 7 Jan 1855 in Jones Co, Iowa. f. John, m
2 CONC . Mary A. Stevens.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mother's dad, John Decious, owned property near the Lake View schoolh
2 CONC ouse (in Milford, CA). I am of the opinion he took up the land and die
2 CONC d there of an early age He was buried in Susanville by the Masons. Re
2 CONC miniscences of Pearl Martha Bronson Wemple
0 @I93@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ann /Stevens/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1814
2 PLAC Mad River Township, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 APR 1887
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1069@
1 FAMS @F26@
1 NOTE LASSEN ADVOCATE, dated 7 April 1887, page 3c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. William Raker (Nee Mary Ann Stevens), for many years a residen
2 CONC t of Milford, died at her home last Monday Morning, after an illness o
2 CONC f several years at the ripe age of 74 years. She was a lady highly res
2 CONC pected by all who knew her and her death is mourned by many friends. S
2 CONC he leaves a large number of relatives in this and Long Valley.
0 @I94@ INDI
1 NAME Martha Anne /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1834
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 MAY 1913
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Masonic Memorial Gardens, Plot: 357-10, 437 Stoker Ave, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F136@
1 NOTE Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, 1 May 1913, page 3c3; obtaine
2 CONC d at the University of Nevada, Getchell Library, microfilm area, Reno
2 CONC , Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT PIONEER OF WEST DIES
2 CONT MRS. MARTHA STEINBERGER, WHO CROSSED PLAINS IN 1865, SUCCUMBS NEAR RE
2 CONC NO
2 CONT Mrs. Martha Steinberger, 78 years old and a pioneer of the western co
2 CONC untry, died early this morning at her home on the Steinberger ranch, n
2 CONC ear Glendale. The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 o'clock from th
2 CONC e Episcopal church, the Reverand Samuel Unsworth officiating.
2 CONT In 1864 the Steinbergers were prosperous farmers in Iowa. Then cam
2 CONC e a disastrous flood and they lost all their belongings, with the exce
2 CONC ption of two oxen. Obtaining a prairie schooner, they used the oxen t
2 CONC o draw the vehicle and crossed the plains in 1865, settling in Susanvi
2 CONC lle, California. After two years they moved to Milford, California, wh
2 CONC ere Mr. Steinberger conducted a flour mill, the principal market for t
2 CONC his output being Virginia City. In those days flour brought fabulous p
2 CONC rices.
2 CONT Fourteen years later the family moved to the Willow ranch in Long Val
2 CONC ley, and after 20 years went to the Steinberger ranch near Glendale, w
2 CONC here the family home has since been located.
2 CONT A daughter and a son, both living in Los Angeles survive her. In addi
2 CONC tion she leaves 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
0 @I95@ INDI
1 NAME Amos Cornelius /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 NOV 1836
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 DEC 1921
2 PLAC Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Hill Cemetery, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F27@
1 NOTE From information sent by Claudia Oliver March 12, 1997: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Amos bought 60 acres of land near Morley, Iowa, farmed it and celebra
2 CONC ted 63 years of marriage life.  Amos and Rosanna are buried in the For
2 CONC est Hill Cemetery, Southeast of Anamosa, Iowa. This information was g
2 CONC athered by Floyd Decious in 1963 and updated in March 1985.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The ANAMOSA JOURNAL Newspaper, Anamosa, Jones Co, IA; Thursday, Decemb
2 CONC er 6, 1921;    Amos Cornelius Decious' obituary;  Claudia Ann Sisk Mil
2 CONC ler Jenkins, Chico, Butte Co, CA. 19 March 1999
2 CONT 
2 CONT AMOS C. DECIOUS passed away at his home in Anamosa, December 1, 1921
2 CONC . He was born at Urbana, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1836, thus having reached th
2 CONC e age of 85 years.  Mr. Decious came to Iowa in 1854.  It was in the y
2 CONC ear 1858 he was united in marriage to Miss Rosanna Gilkinson of Jone
2 CONC s County, Iowa and the family home was in Fairview township until a co
2 CONC uple of years ago when they moved to Anamosa.  To Mr. and Mrs. Deciou
2 CONC s were born six children. Of these, two died in infancy.  Cora Deciou
2 CONC s Mersbon died in 1890.  Flora Decious Young passed away in 1907 and J
2 CONC ohn B. departed this life in 1918 [sic 1917].  The faithful wife and o
2 CONC ne daughter, Mrs Dora McConaughy, survive; also nine grandchildren an
2 CONC d seven great-grandchildren  . . . these with a host of friends remai
2 CONC n to mourn the loss of this good man. One of the outstanding character
2 CONC istics of Mr. Decious was his unswerving honesty, as would be declare
2 CONC d by all his neighbors who have known him in all the 60 years which h
2 CONC e spent in their midst, since as a young man he settled with his youn
2 CONC g bride in the neighborhood of Forest, where he lived on the same far
2 CONC m until moving to Anamosa.
2 CONT 
2 CONT  'He who from zone to zone
2 CONT Guides through the boundless sky
2 CONT thy certain flight
2 CONT In the long way I must tread alone
2 CONT Will lead my steps aright'
2 CONT 
2 CONT The funeral took place Sunday afternoon from the residence in Anamos
2 CONC a to Forest Chapel.  Rev. A.A. Wright of Mattelle officiated.  First s
2 CONC ervices were held at the home and the final ceremonies at the chapel
2 CONC .  Burial was in Forest Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Amos Cornelius Decious' children (according to his obituary)
2 CONT 1.  Flora I Decious
2 CONT 2.  (child) Decious     b:  ??   d:  in infancy
2 CONT 3.  John Benjamin Decious
2 CONT 4.  Dora A Decious
2 CONT 5.  Cora A Decious
2 CONT 6. (child) Decious     b:  ??   d:  in infancy
0 @I96@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1835-1840)
2 PLAC Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1850
2 PLAC Ohio
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I97@ INDI
1 NAME Julia Anne /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JAN 1839
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1928
2 PLAC Grand Dalles, Klinkitat County, Washington
1 BURI
2 PLAC Grange Cemetery, Centerville, Klickitat County, Washington
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F137@
1 FAMS @F138@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Dalles WEEKLY CHRONICLE, Thursday 18 October 1928, p
2 CONC age 2c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. JULIA CRAWFORD
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Julia Crawford, a pioneer of the Washington county adjacent to Th
2 CONC e Dalles, was buried at Centerville yesterday afternoon, following fun
2 CONC eral services at that city. She died Friday at the home of her daughte
2 CONC r, Mrs. Frank Saxton, at Granddalles.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Crawford came to Granddalles in 1877 and lived practically the ne
2 CONC xt half century in that community. One of her sons, J.C. Crawford, bec
2 CONC ame a member of the Washington legislature. Her husband died in 1907
2 CONC .  Other surviving relatives are a son, William Crawford, and a daught
2 CONC er, Minnie Saxton, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Fu
2 CONC neral services were attended by scores of Klikitat county residents wh
2 CONC o had known Mrs. Crawford for 40 to 50 years.
0 @I98@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth Jane /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAR 1841
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 OCT 1921
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F139@
1 FAMS @F140@
1 NOTE The Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, dated 7 October 1921
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pioneer Resident Passed Away at Her Standish Home
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Christie, an old time resident of Lassen county
2 CONC , who passed away at Standish on Sunday at the age of 82 years, was bu
2 CONC ried Tuesday, October 4, at Milford. Mrs. Christie was born in Ohio Ma
2 CONC rch 30, 1839. At an early date her family moved to Iowa, from which st
2 CONC ate she came to California in 1863, crossing the plains by ox team, en
2 CONC during many hardships. Upon their arrival in California they located i
2 CONC n Surprise Valley, and practically the rest of her life was spent in t
2 CONC hat section, where Mrs. Christie was well known, highly esteemed and g
2 CONC reatly beloved by all. And there are none but mourn her passing. Mrs
2 CONC . Christie was married to Mr. James Christie of Milford in 1867. She i
2 CONC s survived by two sons, Mr. J.B. Christie of Eagle Lake, Mr. J.I. Chri
2 CONC stie of Susanville, a daughter Mrs. J.E. Doyle of Standish, six gran
2 CONC d children, and six great grand-children. Friends from all parts of Ca
2 CONC lifornia were in attendance at the funeral. The Solomn and impressiv
2 CONC e services being conducted by Reverand Ira E. Prince. The pall bearer
2 CONC s were Jesse Doyle, Fred Elledge, Leland Bronson, Lyle Wemple and Clau
2 CONC de Wemple.
0 @I99@ INDI
1 NAME Amanda M. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JAN 1844
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 SEP 1850
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 BURI
2 PLAC Stevens Cemetery, Mad River Township, north of US Route 36, Champaign County, Ohio
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I100@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Warren /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 SEP 1847
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1919
2 PLAC Stockton, San Joaquin County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F141@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Chico Record Newspaper, Chico, Butte Co, CA; 14 Oc
2 CONC t 1919; page 8c4
2 CONT FORMER CHICO RESIDENT DIES IN STOCKTON
2 CONT J. W. Decius [sic], former resident of Chico, passed away Sunday afte
2 CONC rnoon at a Stockton sanitarium.  He is survived by his wife and one da
2 CONC ughter, Mrs. Albert Fish.
2 CONT The remains will arrive here-today.  The funeral services will be hel
2 CONC d tomorrow at the Bicknell & Moore Chapel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE SIERRAS, Professo
2 CONC r J.M. Guinn, A.M., copyright 1902, page 657:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Joseph W. Decious. Identified closely with the agricultural developme
2 CONC nt of Honey Lake is the name of Mr. Decious, who since 1875 has owne
2 CONC d and occupied a ranch of two hundred and thirteen acres lying in th
2 CONC e vicinity of Milford.  When he purchased the property only a very sma
2 CONC ll acreage had been placed under cultivation and the only building o
2 CONC n the farm was one of logs.  Under his supervision a neat house has be
2 CONC en erected, barns have been built and fences put up, so that the lan
2 CONC d has been transformed from a barren waste into a desirable homestead
2 CONC .  In raising of produce he makes a specialty of grain and hay and ha
2 CONC s a few acres of alfalfa, all of which yield bountiful crops for the c
2 CONC are bestowed upon the land. Visitors to the ranch notice with interes
2 CONC t on the shore of Honey Lake the only steamer* that ever sailed upon i
2 CONC ts waters, a small craft built in 1895, capacity thirty thousand pound
2 CONC s, which had been used principally for the bringing of freight to th
2 CONC e residents of the valley.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Champaign county, Ohio, is the native place of Mr. Decious and Septem
2 CONC ber 6, 1847, the date of his birth. His father, John, was born in Virg
2 CONC inia and at an early age became proprietor of a cabinet and furnitur
2 CONC e shop at Urbana, Ohio, where he built up a growing trade. About 1854
2 CONC , he took his family to Iowa and settled in Jones county. From there i
2 CONC n 1863 he crossed the plains to California with teams, being a membe
2 CONC r of an expedition that at one point of the route numbered forty wagon
2 CONC s in the train. Settling at Susanville, he secured employment as a car
2 CONC penter. One of his earliest contracts, which he took with another carp
2 CONC enter, was for the erection of a porch around the old Stewart hotel. I
2 CONC n 1865 he purchased a tract known now as the Winchell ranch, directl
2 CONC y west of the Lakeview schoolhouse, and comprising of one hundred an
2 CONC d sixty acres of land, then wholly unimproved. Before he had been abl
2 CONC e to improve the property and while he was yet following his trade wit
2 CONC h the hope of securing the funds necessary for the development of th
2 CONC e property, his death occurred in 1867. The Masonic lodge at Susanvill
2 CONC e, of which he had been worthy master and a leading member, conducte
2 CONC d his funeral services at Susanville with appropriate and beautiful ce
2 CONC remony of the order.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Before leaving the east, John Decious married Mary Stevens, who was b
2 CONC orn in Champaign county, Ohio, and who after his demise became the wif
2 CONC e of William Raker. Of her first marriage, there are eleven children
2 CONC , of whom the following attained maturity: Amos, who remained in Iow
2 CONC a and still resides in that state; Martha, widow of Milton Steinberger
2 CONC , and living near Reno, Nevada; Julia, Mrs. William Crawford, of Orego
2 CONC n (Washington); Jane, who is the widow of James Christie and resides a
2 CONC t Janesville; Joseph W. of Lassen county; Irvin, who lives in Lassen c
2 CONC ounty; and Mary, Mrs. Sifford, deceased. When the family moved from Oh
2 CONC io to Iowa, Joseph W. Decious was a boy of seven years, hence his prim
2 CONC ary education was obtained principally in Jones county. Being needed a
2 CONC t home, it was impossible for him to complete a grammer-school educati
2 CONC on, but by observation and reading he was atoned for the disadvantag
2 CONC e under which he labored at youth. At the age of sixteen he accompanie
2 CONC d his parents to California, where he began to work for wages and lat
2 CONC e rented a ranch until he was in a position to acquire the title to la
2 CONC nd of his own. Stock-raising and dairying have been his principal inte
2 CONC rests in life and through them he has gained a competence as gratifyin
2 CONC g as it is deserved.
2 CONT 
2 CONT December 9, 1868, occurred the marriage of Mr. Decious to Miss Elizab
2 CONC eth, daughter of Philip Wales, a native of Illinois, but a resident o
2 CONC f California from the age of six years. Of their union six children we
2 CONC re born. The oldest, Alice, married Michael Phillips, and it her deat
2 CONC h left a son, Charles, who now makes his home with his grandparents, M
2 CONC r. and Mrs. Decious, her other child, Ilda, is deceased. the second da
2 CONC ughter, Maude, married Eldon Ridenour, and has four children, Jessie
2 CONC , Ivan, Geneva and Irene. The third child, George, is deceased. The fo
2 CONC urth, Cora, Mrs. Richard Stubbs, makes her home with her parents, as d
2 CONC oes also her daughter, Beryl. The two remaining members of the famil
2 CONC y are Joseph and Elizabeth; the son is a lineman for the Northern Elec
2 CONC tric Company, and the daughter is a telephone operator.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Though deprived of educational advantages himself, Mr. Decious has al
2 CONC ways been a friend of the public-school system, has served efficientl
2 CONC y as a school trustee, and has labored to secure for his children th
2 CONC e school advantages which he lacked. In politics he favors Democrati
2 CONC c principles. His fraternal relations are numerous and important, an
2 CONC d include membership in Janesville Lodge, F & A.M. (Free and Accepte
2 CONC d Masons); Honey Lake Lodge No. 223, I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Od
2 CONC d Fellows), in which he is past noble grand and which in 1889 he repre
2 CONC sented in the grand lodge at San Francisco; the Order of the Eastern S
2 CONC tar at Janesville, in which his wife is past matron and an influentia
2 CONC l worker; and Court No. 1 at Susanville, which was the first to organi
2 CONC zed in California and numbered himself and wife as charter members, th
2 CONC e original location of the court being Janesville, whence it was remov
2 CONC ed to Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Since writing the above, Mr. Decious had rented his ranch and now mak
2 CONC es his home Chico, Butte county, where his sons-in-laws, Richard Stubb
2 CONC s and Elden Ridenour, are employed. Well pleased with the climate an
2 CONC d general surroundings, they have made investments in valuable propert
2 CONC y here.
2 CONT 
2 CONT *Actually two steamers sailed on Honey Lake at various times.  One hul
2 CONC k ended up at the Joe Decious place as indicated here and another hul
2 CONC k ended up at the end of the lake nearest to Susanville. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT As stated in the last paragraph of the profile above, Joseph W. Deciou
2 CONC s left Honey Lake Valley shortly after this writing and moved to the S
2 CONC acramento Valley near Chico where he was a resident until his death i
2 CONC n 1919. He sold his farm in the Honey Lake Valley to a man named Fisch
2 CONC er. Joseph bought land in the Chico area and raised almonds for a numb
2 CONC er of years. While living in Honey Lake Valley, he married a girl fro
2 CONC m the next door farm, the Wales ranch.  Even though the records show h
2 CONC e died in the Dewitt State hospital, they are sealed for review, excep
2 CONC t for descendants with a need to know.  Therefore the reasons for hi
2 CONC m being in a state hospital will remain unknown. DRW
0 @I101@ INDI
1 NAME M M /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1850-1851)
2 PLAC Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 12 JUN 1860
2 PLAC Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I102@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Frances /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 JAN 1855
2 PLAC Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 SEP 1897
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, Calfornia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F29@
1 FAMS @F30@
1 NOTE 
2 CONT [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 9 September 1897:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Yesterday, September 3rd (1897), we committed to the tomb the remain
2 CONC s of Mrs. Mary Frances Sifford, wife of our brother, William Sifford
2 CONC , of Milford, there to await the Resurrection when our Lord shall com
2 CONC e to claim His own. She died at Susanville, at the home of her husband
2 CONC 's parents (Henry E. and Martha Sifford) on September 2nd, where she h
2 CONC ad been taken some time previous for treatment, as there was no physic
2 CONC ian at Milford. She was 42 years, 7 months and 23 days old, having bee
2 CONC n born January 7th, 1855. She was a native of Iowa, but came to this v
2 CONC alley in 1863, and has ever since resided here. Her maiden name was De
2 CONC cious; a sister of Joseph and Irv Decious of this valley; also a siste
2 CONC r of Mrs. Steinberger, of Long Valley; and Mrs. James Christie of thi
2 CONC s valley. She has been married twice, first to Mr. Bronson, by whom sh
2 CONC e had three children, all of whom are living. She and Mr. Sifford hav
2 CONC e had six children, the oldest of whom is dead. She has been sick al
2 CONC l summer, but worse for the last three months. She was converted and j
2 CONC oined the M. E. Church a year ago last winter, and had lived a consist
2 CONC ent Christian since, being especially active in teaching her children
2 CONC , and trying to raise them in the admonition of the Lord. A very larg
2 CONC e concourse of people were at the funeral, which was at the Milford sc
2 CONC hool house, and a profusion of flowers testified to the high esteem an
2 CONC d love in which she is held by all. It is indeed a sad bereavement t
2 CONC o the husband and children. God alone knows the intense agony of the h
2 CONC usband and may it please the blessed Master to give him comfort and re
2 CONC st in this, the saddest of trial of his life. Yes, the Master knows ev
2 CONC ery pang, and no doubt is saying, 'My child, I love you. Believe, trus
2 CONC t in Me. You cannot understand it now, but it is best, in the sweet by
2 CONC e and bye all will be revealed. In the meantime trust in Me. Whoeve
2 CONC r I love I chasten. It is a mark of My love.' 'Wherefore lift up the h
2 CONC ands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths fo
2 CONC r the feet, lest that which is lame shall be turned out of the way.' R
2 CONC omans 12, 5-14.
2 CONT 
2 CONT My God and Father while I stray
2 CONT Far from my home on Life's rough way
2 CONT O, teach me from my heart to say
2 CONT Thy will be done.
0 @I103@ INDI
1 NAME Susan E. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE OCT 1859
2 PLAC Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE (probably before 1870)
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I104@ INDI
1 NAME Rosanna /Gilkinson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 AUG 1842
2 PLAC Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 APR 1928
2 PLAC Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Hill Cemetery, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F1072@
1 FAMS @F27@
0 @I105@ INDI
1 NAME Flora I. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 AUG 1860
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 MAY 1907
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Chapel Cemetery, SE of Anamosa, Jones Co, Iowa
1 FAMC @F27@
1 FAMS @F188@
0 @I106@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Decious/
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1863
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE (in infancy)
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F27@
0 @I107@ INDI
1 NAME John Benjamin /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1865
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 DEC 1917
2 PLAC Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Hill Cemetery, SE of Anamosa, Jones Co, Iowa
1 FAMC @F27@
1 FAMS @F187@
0 @I108@ INDI
1 NAME Dora A. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 FEB 1868
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County,  Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1953
2 PLAC Marion, Linn County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F27@
1 FAMS @F189@
0 @I109@ INDI
1 NAME Cora A. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1869
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1890
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County,  Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Forest Hill Cemetery - Lot Old 51, SE of Anamosa, Fairview, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F27@
1 FAMS @F190@
0 @I110@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Decious/
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1870
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE (in infancy)
2 PLAC Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F27@
0 @I111@ INDI
1 NAME David Drew /Raker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1897
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUL 1974
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMS @F28@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Chico Enterprise-Record, 1974:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DAVID DREW RAKER, 76, of 482 E. Sacramento Avenue, a 54-year residen
2 CONC t of Chico, died Friday at a local convalescent hospital. Born Decembe
2 CONC r 18, 1897, in Milford, Lassen County, Raker was educated in the Orlan
2 CONC d area and come to Chico in 1920. He went to work for the DeSabla Divi
2 CONC sion of Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 1922 and retired in 1963
2 CONC . He was a member of The Ben Ali Temple of the Shrine, the Elks Lodg
2 CONC e and a past master of the Chico Masonic Lodge. Raker and his widow, t
2 CONC he former Grace Sifford, celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary i
2 CONC n June. In addition to his widow, he is survived by three daughters, M
2 CONC arja Miller and Betty Lou Raker, both of Chico, and LeClaire Meyer o
2 CONC f Ukiah; a brother, Royce Raker of Susanville, a sister, Pearl Ross, a
2 CONC lso of Susanville; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren
2 CONC . A son, Lester, died in 1939. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monda
2 CONC y at Brusie Funeral Home with Masonic officials officiating. Intermen
2 CONC t will follow at the Masonic Section of Chico Cemetery. 
0 @I112@ INDI
1 NAME Grace Alberta /Sifford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 OCT 1895
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 FEB 1989
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F30@
1 FAMS @F28@
1 NOTE [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Chico ENTERPRISE-RECORD, 10 February 1989, page 3Bc4
2 CONC :
2 CONT 
2 CONT GRACE RAKER
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services for longtime Chico resident, Grace A. Raker, 93, will be con
2 CONC ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Brusie Funeral Home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She died Wednesday in a local convalescent hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Raker was born on October 18, 1895, to William and Mary Deciou
2 CONC s Sifford in Milford, Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT As a child, she lived on a farm in Nevada and then moved to Monterey
2 CONC , where her family owned a hotel. After finishing her schooling at Ber
2 CONC keley and Woodland schools, she passed the teacher's examination and t
2 CONC aught in Milford in a one-room school housing all eight grades.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She met and married her husband, Drew Raker, in Milford. They lived i
2 CONC n Hamilton City for a short time before moving to Chico in 1921.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Raker was a member of the Josephine Chapter of Order of Easter
2 CONC n Star, Chico Nile Club and Menzaleh Temple No. 16, Daughters of the N
2 CONC ile.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include three daughters, Marja Sisk Miller and Betty Lou Ra
2 CONC ker, both of Chico, and LeClaire Meyer of Ukiah; and 10 grandchildren
2 CONC , 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her husband died in 1974 and a son, Lester D. Raker, died in 1939.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Burial will be in Chico Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
0 @I113@ INDI
1 NAME Marja Marilynn /Raker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 DEC 1917
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F28@
1 FAMS @F134@
1 FAMS @F135@
1 NOTE [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I114@ INDI
1 NAME Lester David /Raker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 OCT 1919
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1939
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F28@
1 NOTE Obituray from a Chico newspaper:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services Held for Lester Raker. With an abundance of floral pieces an
2 CONC d many friends in attendance, last rites were held this morning at 1
2 CONC 1 o'clock from the chapel of the Black and Johnson Funeral home for Le
2 CONC ster Raker, who died Sunday from gunshot wounds, allegedly inflected b
2 CONC y E.J. Lurati Sunday morning. Reverand Harris Pillsbury of the Bidwel
2 CONC l Memorial Presbyterian church officiated and Roy Jefferies sang 'Beau
2 CONC tiful Ilse of Somewhere' and 'The Old Rugged Cross.' The funeral proce
2 CONC ssion was led by a motorcycle escort, deceased having been a member o
2 CONC f the local fire department. Interment was in the Masonic plot in th
2 CONC e Chico cemetery. Pallbearers were all school chums of the deceased, i
2 CONC ncluding Richard Jones, Aubrey LaFoon, Dale LaFoon, Edwin Daniels, Rob
2 CONC ert Anderson and Charles P. Waller.
0 @I115@ INDI
1 NAME LeClaire /Raker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 SEP 1921
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F28@
1 FAMS @F208@
0 @I116@ INDI
1 NAME Betty Lou /Raker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 SEP 1929
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 FEB 2007
1 FAMC @F28@
1 NOTE BETTY LOU RAKER 
2 CONT 
2 CONT After an extended illness, Chico native Betty Lou Raker passed away pe
2 CONC acefully on Feb. 23, 2007. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family and friends of Betty Lou are very appreciative to the staff
2 CONC s of Sunbridge of Paradise, Prestige Assisted Living, Feather River Ho
2 CONC spital and Enloe Hospital and doctors Joseph Chiapella and Jason Vanc
2 CONC e for care during her illness. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Betty Lou was born to Grace and Drew Raker in Chico on Sept. 29, 1929
2 CONC . Her lifelong passion for learning and education was instilled at a
2 CONC n early age by her mother. She attended Chico city schools and obtaine
2 CONC d a Master's Degree from Chico State. Her quest for knowledge continue
2 CONC d as she enrolled at UC Berkeley and earned a doctoral degree in educa
2 CONC tion. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her first teaching assignment was at Tahoe Truckee High School from 19
2 CONC 53-1957. After teaching one year at Mira Costa High School in Souther
2 CONC n California, she returned to Chico and joined the Chico State Faculty
2 CONC . Betty Lou continued at CSU, Chico until her retirement, serving th
2 CONC e University as a faculty member, Head of Women's Physical Education D
2 CONC ept., Dean of Students, and Vice President of Student Affairs. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In her role as teacher, administrator, mentor, and coach she inspire
2 CONC d colleagues and students to think innovatively, value diversity and c
2 CONC hange, and maintain high ethical standards. Numerous honors and award
2 CONC s were bestowed on Betty Lou during her professional career, each a ch
2 CONC erished memory to her. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Betty Lou was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Lester R
2 CONC aker. She is survived by sisters: Marja Miller of Chico and LeClaire M
2 CONC eyer of Ukiah; daughter Judy O'Neill of Chico; nieces: Claudia Jenkin
2 CONC s of Chico; Marilyn Tyler of Toledo, Ore.; Kathleen Shestakoff of Sant
2 CONC a Rosa; Elizabeth Cooper of Ukiah; nephews: Mark Sisk of Bethesda, Md.
2 CONC ; Jerry Meyer of Ukiah; David Sisk of Chico; George Sisk of Gallatin
2 CONC , Tenn.; wonderful great nieces and nephews; and extended family membe
2 CONC rs; Shirley Smith, Sally Pearson, Dorna Andersen and Marge Scott. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A celebration of her life will be held Friday, March 2, 2007, at 1 p
2 CONC m at the Masonic Family Center. A celebration of Rakerisms (stories
2 CONC , anecdotes, how she challenged you to think) is being compiled. You c
2 CONC an help by mailing or emailing your thoughts or loving memories to Jud
2 CONC y O'Neill in care of brusie@pacbell.net or to Brusie Funeral Home 62
2 CONC 6 Broadway, Chico, CA 95928. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In lieu of flowers, contributions in her name may be made to Butte Cou
2 CONC nty Humane Society or a CSUC scholarship of your choice in care of th
2 CONC e funeral home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Published in the Chico Enterprise-Record from 2/27/2007 - 2/28/2007.
0 @I117@ INDI
1 NAME Hosea Aboin /Bronson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JAN 1845
2 PLAC Jackson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1879
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1053@
1 FAMS @F29@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Saturday, 1 Nov 1879; page 2c4; obtained at the Susanville Library
2 CONC , 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT FUNERAL.-The funeral of Hosea A. Bronson at Janesville on Sunday wa
2 CONC s largely attended.  He as a member of the I.O.O.F., I.O.G.T., and A.O
2 CONC .U.W., all of which orders were represented on the occasion, the cerem
2 CONC onies being conducted by the Odd Fellows.  He leaves a wife and thre
2 CONC e children.
2 CONT 
0 @I118@ INDI
1 NAME Ida Matilda /Bronson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1876
2 PLAC Summit, Plumas County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 FEB 1967
2 PLAC Grass Valley, Nevada County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F29@
1 FAMS @F31@
1 FAMS @F32@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 10 February 1967, page 1
2 CONC c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT SERVICES TODAY FOR IDA M. JOHNSON, 81
2 CONT 
2 CONT Grave side services for Mrs. Ida Mitilda Johnson, 81, who died in Gra
2 CONC ss Valley on Wednesday, will be held at the Milford Cemetery this afte
2 CONC rnoon at 1:30 p.m. with The Reverand Neville Arroues of the First Bapt
2 CONC ist Church officiating. Arrangements were in charge of the Hooper an
2 CONC d Weaver Mortuary of Grass Valley with local arrangements in charge o
2 CONC f the Lucero Funeral Chapel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Vinton, California, January 21, 1876, and ha
2 CONC d lived in that area all of her life until moving 12 years ago to Sacr
2 CONC amento to be with her daughter. She had lived in Grass Valley only sin
2 CONC ce February 1 of this year. She was a member of the NDGW (Native Daugh
2 CONC ters of the Golden West) and Rebekahs in Susanville. Her husband, Samu
2 CONC el T., died in 1925.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving are two daughters, Katherine Greer, Sacramento, and Mary C
2 CONC . Price, Grass Valley; two sisters, Pearl Wemple, Sacramento, and Grac
2 CONC e Raker, Chico; one brother, Benton Sifford, and seven grandchildren a
2 CONC nd eight great-grandchildren. A son, Fred B. died in 1936.
0 @I119@ INDI
1 NAME William Marshal /Bronson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 SEP 1878
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1956
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F29@
1 FAMS @F179@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE,  31 October 1956, page 1
2 CONC c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT FINAL SERVICES HELD YESTERDAY FOR Wm. BRONSON
2 CONT 
2 CONT Final services were held in the Lucero Funeral Chapel yesterday after
2 CONC noon at two o'clock for William M. Bronson, 78, who died at St. Mary'
2 CONC s Hospital in Reno on October 26. The service was in charge of the mas
2 CONC ter of the Janesville Masonic Lodge. Interment was in the Milford Ceme
2 CONC tery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The pallbearers were James McQueen, C.C. Doyle, Will Bailey, Claude W
2 CONC emple, Frank Flux and Phillip Hall. Honorary pallbearers were Roy Harw
2 CONC ood and Ben Beard.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Milford and spent the greater part of his li
2 CONC fe in livestock raising and farming in the Milford area. About 28 year
2 CONC s ago he moved to Reno, where he was associated in a builders' suppl
2 CONC y business. For the past 12 years he served as Reno Township constable
2 CONC , an office to which he had been elected to numerous times.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was a member of the Peace Officers Association in Reno and a 48-ye
2 CONC ar member of the Masonic Lodge at Janesville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, Maude, Reno; four sons, Jim E., Susanvill
2 CONC e, Myron T., Stockton, Bernard W., San Francisco, Leland B., Wahoo, Ne
2 CONC braska; a brother, Benton A. Sifford, Oakland; four sisters, Mrs. Pear
2 CONC l Wemple, Alameda, Mrs. Ida Johnson, Sacramento, Mrs. Lottie Byer, Oak
2 CONC land, and Mrs. Drew Raker, Chico.
0 @I120@ INDI
1 NAME William Hezekiah /Sifford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JAN 1859
2 PLAC Bloomfield, Stoddard County,  Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 MAY 1951
2 PLAC Lodi, San Joaquin County, California
1 FAMS @F30@
1 NOTE William Hezekiah Sifford was an infant when his family moved to Gras
2 CONC s Valley. SLD
2 CONT 
2 CONT From LASSEN LEGER, Vol. 3, No. 2 May 1983: This structure (Milford Sc
2 CONC hool) was built in 1888 and is one of a handful of the 19th century sc
2 CONC hool houses remaining in Lassen County. The Milford schoolhouse sinc
2 CONC e it was constructed in 1888 by Will Sifford for $900.00 has undergon
2 CONC e some changes over the years. The belfry was removed while the schoo
2 CONC l was still in active operation, Since its closure, the building was r
2 CONC enovated into a private residence, with the most significant alteratio
2 CONC n occurring when the front porch was enclosed.
2 CONT 
2 CONT THE FALLON EAGLE, Saturday, July 18, 1936: The Headline read A TRUE P
2 CONC IONEER WAS MR. SIFFORD
2 CONT Subject of Last Week's Picture Came West by Ox Team 77 Years Ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Although he thought little of it at the time, W.H. Sifford, whose pic
2 CONC ture was reproduced in this column last week, was a true pioneer of th
2 CONC e great west, having crossed the plains from Missouri with his parents
2 CONC , by ox team, in the spring of 1859, at the age of three months. Thu
2 CONC s the experience of this man in Churchill county, where he later ha
2 CONC d a prominent part in community development, dates back 77 years, fo
2 CONC r the wagon train in which his father's party emigrated to California
2 CONC , crossed Nevada here. Driving 40 head of loose Durham cattle and trav
2 CONC eling about 10 miles a day, the party came down the Humboldt river an
2 CONC d across the desert. About ten miles east of Ragtown, now Leeteville
2 CONC , eight miles west of Fallon, the Sifford cattle gave out and were una
2 CONC ble to to pull the wagon.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Siffords had previously abandoned one wagon, and now, with anothe
2 CONC r yoke of oxen weakened by the difficult trail, W.H.'s father did th
2 CONC e only thing left to do - he left his wife and small children out on t
2 CONC he desert north of where Fallon is now located, where they spent the d
2 CONC ay without water while he pushed on, driving the stock, to Ragtown. Th
2 CONC ere he paid Ace Kenyon, keeper of the station, $10.00 to go back the t
2 CONC en miles and bring in his wagon and family.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SETTLED IN CALIFORNIA. The long trek over the desert safely accomplis
2 CONC hed, the Siffords went on to California where in September, 1859, fiv
2 CONC e months after leaving home, they settled in Grass Valley, Nevada Coun
2 CONC ty. There they lived until 1873 when they moved to Lassen county, an
2 CONC d it was from there Mr. Sifford came to Churchill county in the fall o
2 CONC f 1900. Meanwhile, on October 31, 1880, he had been united in marriage
2 CONC , in Lassen county, to Mary Decious Bronson. To this union six childre
2 CONC n were born, of whom five survive. The eldest died in infancy and on
2 CONC e son drowned in the Carson river (Stillwater Slough) here at age 16
2 CONC . The others are Mrs. Tom Byer of Fallon, Mrs R.F. Conrad of Susanvill
2 CONC e, Mrs. Grace Raker of Chico and Benton Sifford of Oakland, vice presi
2 CONC dent and general manager of Security Fire Insurance Company.
2 CONT 
2 CONT ENTERS RANCHING. On September 2, 1897 Mr. Sifford's wife died in Cali
2 CONC fornia, and, three years later, broken in fortune after spending all h
2 CONC e had and all he could borrow trying to restore Mrs. Sifford's health
2 CONC , but still possessed of the determination which had characterized hi
2 CONC s parents in their hazardous journey across the continent, he set ou
2 CONC t with his children for Nevada.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Here he bought a ranch at Stillwater from John Snyder and then, in 19
2 CONC 01, added to his holdings by purchase of the old Harriman ranch, now k
2 CONC nown as the Sifford ranch, 2 1/2 miles west of Stillwater. This ranch
2 CONC , now operated by Dodge Bros. & Shoffner, was purchased by Mr. Siffor
2 CONC d from G. Budd Williams.
2 CONT 
2 CONT ORGANIZED MASONIC LODGE. Deeply interested in Masonry, Mr. Sifford or
2 CONC ganized Churchill Lodge No. 26, F. & A. M., here in 1901, and for fou
2 CONC r years was its worshipful master, diving the twelve miles regularly t
2 CONC o attend meetings in the New River hall, Fallon's first real building
2 CONC , which was just completed when he arrived here. He had long been a Ma
2 CONC son in Lassen county, where he was also a member of the Eastern Star.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Stillwater was still the county seat at the time of Mr. Sifford's arr
2 CONC ival in this county, but about that time Jim Richards, under whom Mr
2 CONC . Sifford served for a time as deputy county clerk, moved his store he
2 CONC re form Stillwater. With the removal of the county seat to Fallon, a n
2 CONC umber of buildings sprang up, among them a bank building, the W.W. Wil
2 CONC liams store building and the I.H. Kent Co. Store building. A short tim
2 CONC e later the first schoolhouse was built.
2 CONT 
2 CONT FATHER OF THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY. Mr. Sifford was the father of th
2 CONC e sugar beet industry which for a time promised great things for thi
2 CONC s valley. It was he who grew the first beets and sent them over the co
2 CONC unty for tests, learning that sugar beets grown here tested the highes
2 CONC t of sugar content of any in the country.
2 CONT 
2 CONT What he did not realize at the time, Mr. Sifford says in reminiscing
2 CONC , was that the sugar beet area here was not large enough to suppor
2 CONC t a factory. Encouraged by the reports of the tests of his beet sample
2 CONC s, however, he resolved to try to promote the industry here by interes
2 CONC ting someone in erecting a factory. This was finally accomplished wit
2 CONC h the cooperation of the late Dr. Hascall, who, like Mr. Sifford, ha
2 CONC d faith in the future of sugar beets, and had contact with interests w
2 CONC hich he thought might finance a plant.
2 CONT 
2 CONT INVESTS IN SUIT OF CLOTHES. Times were not yet so prosperous for th
2 CONC e physician, who later became a heavy property owner and taxpayer here
2 CONC , and one day Mr. Sifford, wondering at Dr. Hascall's delay in gettin
2 CONC g in touch with capital, asked him if he had made any headway. The doc
2 CONC tor replied that he had and that Heinze Bros., his prospects, where th
2 CONC en in Santa Anna, but that he had no suitable clothing to which to vis
2 CONC it them. This lack was soon remedied by Mr. Sifford, who used his cred
2 CONC it at the I.H. Kent Co. store for 'the best suit of clothes in the hou
2 CONC se,' and sent Dr. Hascall to Santa Anna clad in a $40 outfit, which ap
2 CONC parently, was adequate for the purpose, since he came back with Heinz
2 CONC e Bros.' promise to look over the field, and ultimately, the plant whi
2 CONC ch still stands east of Fallon, was the result. Eventually the projec
2 CONC t failed and later was taken over by local men who still own the build
2 CONC ing and equipment, or such of the latter as has not been sold.
2 CONT 
2 CONT RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA.  In 1909 Mr. Sifford sold his ranch to the lat
2 CONC e Scott Harmon, who died only a few months ago in California, and retu
2 CONC rned to the sunshine state, settling first in Berkeley, where he live
2 CONC d for a number of years, later moving to Lodi where for the past ten y
2 CONC ears he has had ranching interests.
2 CONT 
2 CONT With one or more of his children always here, he has never missed com
2 CONC ing back to Fallon at some time every year, and is now here at the hom
2 CONC e of his grandson, W.L. Winder, where he is enjoying a visit with Mr
2 CONC . Winder and with Mr. Winder's mother, Mrs. Tom Byer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT On his frequent trips here he has had an opportunity to note the sple
2 CONC ndid growth and development of both project and town, and will never
2 CONC , he says, lose interest in this county nor forget the many years he s
2 CONC pent here as a resident.
0 @I121@ INDI
1 NAME Elmar /Sifford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 OCT 1881
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 APR 1882
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I122@ INDI
1 NAME Edna Edith /Sifford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 MAY 1883
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1938
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F30@
1 FAMS @F183@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 26 October 1938, page 1c
2 CONC 2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MRS. EDNA CONRAD DIES FOLLOWING LINGERING ILLNESS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Edna E. Conrad, a native of Lassen County and resident of Susanvill
2 CONC e for many years, passed away at her home this morning following a lon
2 CONC g illness. She was 55 years of age.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Deceased was born in Milford, and lived in Susanville all her life wi
2 CONC th the exception of 18 years spent in Nevada.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She is survived by her husband, Ralph, of Susanville, two sons, Dery
2 CONC l of Westwood and Donald of Susanville; one daughter, Carol Conrad o
2 CONC f Susanville; and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Lottie Byer
2 CONC , Fallon; Mrs. Grace Raker, Chico; Mrs. N.V. Wemple, Susanville; Mrs
2 CONC . Zebnor Johnson, Janesville, Benton Sifford, Oakland; Will Bronson, R
2 CONC eno.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She died at 10:30 at her home on Nevada street and had been bedridde
2 CONC n since February. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Edenho
2 CONC lm-Morill Funeral Home.
0 @I123@ INDI
1 NAME Benton Alexander /Sifford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUL 1886
2 PLAC Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 OCT 1968
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F30@
1 FAMS @F181@
1 FAMS @F182@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, October 18, 1968:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Insurance Broker Sifford is Dead. Benton Alexander Sifford, prominen
2 CONC t Oakland insurance broker and scion of pioneer families on both coast
2 CONC s died yesterday. He was 82. Mr. Sifford traced his family to Charlott
2 CONC e, North Carolina, where his ancestors settled after leaving Holland i
2 CONC n 1740. Members of his family were related to George Washington's brot
2 CONC her, Lawrence, and helped build the venerated Old Organ Church, so cal
2 CONC led because it was the first church in the colonies to have an organ
2 CONC . The family trekked to California in 1850, and settled on one of th
2 CONC e largest ranches in Lassen County. Mr. Sifford was born there in 1886
2 CONC . In 1905 he settled in San Francisco and entered the fire insurance b
2 CONC usiness. For many years he was vice president and Pacific Coast manage
2 CONC r of the Security Insurance Company of New Haven. Later he became pres
2 CONC ident of the California Union Insurance Company and at his death he wa
2 CONC s still active in the field, operating his own brokerage in San Franci
2 CONC sco. Mr. Sifford married Mabel Inez Brown in 1911 and they moved to Oa
2 CONC kland, making their home in the Claremont Pines district for many year
2 CONC s. She died in 1957. He was an early member of the Diablo and Castlewo
2 CONC od country clubs and the San Francisco Commercial Club and was activ
2 CONC e in the Athenian Nile Club, Plymouth Lodge No. 560, F. & A. M. (Fre
2 CONC e and Accepted Masons), Oakland Scottish Rite Bodies and the Aahmes Te
2 CONC mple, Mystic Shrine. Throughout his life Mr. Sifford maintained in int
2 CONC erest in history and writing. He had several poems published. In 195
2 CONC 8 he married Millie Horton, member of a pioneer Seattle family, and th
2 CONC ey made their home 245 Lee Street. Besides his widow he leaves a daugh
2 CONC ter, Mrs. Ralph J. Roesling of Oakland, a son Benton Jr., of Larkspur
2 CONC , a sister, Mrs. Drew Raker of Chico and six grandchildren. Services w
2 CONC ill be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Mon
2 CONC tecito Street and Bay Place. Albert-Brown Mortuary is directing arrang
2 CONC ements. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Bent
2 CONC on A. Sifford Memorial Fund. 
0 @I124@ INDI
1 NAME Charlotte Elizabeth /Sifford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 DEC 1888
2 PLAC Johnstonville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 APR 1962
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F30@
1 FAMS @F185@
1 FAMS @F186@
1 NOTE In a letter to her sister Grace who was 16:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Stillwater, August 20, 1911.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dear Sister and all: Sent Papa a postal after I got home, did you ge
2 CONC t it? Baby (Claude Winder) stood the trip fine and we are getting ove
2 CONC r our colds now. N.V. took me to Reno and I took the motor car at 1 o'
2 CONC clock p.m. Got into Fallon at four o'clock. Came home, that is to Fall
2 CONC on, in one day, wasn't that fine? What kind of trip did you have goin
2 CONC g back? Haven't heard from you only that Little Lizzie Decious was no
2 CONC t expected to live, she had her baby and we herd both of them were no
2 CONC t expected to live, but later heard that she was better. We were wonde
2 CONC ring if you stopped there and is she was sick when you were there. Di
2 CONC d you have a good time at Uncle Tom's? and did you stop at Uncle Alex'
2 CONC s? Is Benton there now? Guess that's all. I got a letter from him whe
2 CONC n I was in Milford but haven't answered it yet, I didn't know where t
2 CONC o address him as he said he would leave in a few days for S.F. Claud
2 CONC e is so cute now. He talks all the time about Aunt 'Bace' and says eve
2 CONC rything. He say 'Bampo (grandpa) go auto.' Walter brought Clinton's li
2 CONC ttle buggy down and Marny drove old Bob and took Claude over to Edna'
2 CONC s and he called it 'auto Bob.' When we call him, he says, 'Olwight
2 CONC , I tumin' (all right I'm coming). I haven't seen Edna yet but they ar
2 CONC e all right. Saw little Deryl at Fallon. Mrs. Conrad had him up there
2 CONC . Well, I suppose you are busy at school again. How was Aunt Dade? Hav
2 CONC e you a house yet? Will Bronson was sick when I left Milford. The doct
2 CONC or says he is threatened with appendicitis. He looked awfully bad. I h
2 CONC ope Papa is all right now and that he will get him money out of Eakle
2 CONC . Haven't been anywhere since I got home so don't know anything new. G
2 CONC uess Edna writes you the news don't she? I will copy those quotation
2 CONC s after supper. Have to go now. I hope you are all well. Lots of lov
2 CONC e from all, Lottie. P.S. Grace, I just took those quotations out of th
2 CONC e book. You can take care of them and sometime we can put them back. 
0 @I125@ INDI
1 NAME Deryl Vayne /Sifford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1892
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 JAN 1908
2 PLAC Stillwater, Churchill County, NV
1 FAMC @F30@
1 NOTE According to Aunt Pearl Bronson Wemple, Deryl drowned in the Truckee R
2 CONC iver at Stillwater, NV. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fallon, Nevada, CHURCHILL COUNTY EAGLE, Thursday, July 2, 1908:
2 CONT 
2 CONT A YOUNG MAN DROWNED. Deryl Sifford met death while bathing in Stillwa
2 CONC ter Sough last Friday. Father overcome with grief - The community wa
2 CONC s greatly shocked last Friday to hear of the drowning of Deryl Sifford
2 CONC , the 15 year old son of W.H. Sifford of Stillwater. The young man ha
2 CONC d gone with several of the hired men to bathe in Stillwater Slough abo
2 CONC ut two miles from the home. He got into a washout and the swift curren
2 CONC t took him down. One of the men jumped in and got hold of him and bot
2 CONC h went down. The man lost his hold and went to shore, but Deryl neve
2 CONC r came to the surface. One of the men went to the house and told Mr. S
2 CONC ifford that Deryl was dead. The father was struck dumb at the terribl
2 CONC e news, but soon recovered control of himself. He sprang upon a hors
2 CONC e and ran it at full speed to the scene, hoping that he might still sa
2 CONC ve his son. The boy was, of course, beyond all human aid. It was abou
2 CONC t three hours before the body was recovered and it had been carried ab
2 CONC out 100 feet by the current. The drowning occurred in 10 feet of wate
2 CONC r and as Deryl was not a good swimmer he, of course, stood little sho
2 CONC w in the swift whirling current of cold water. As soon as the news wa
2 CONC s phoned to Fallon, Mrs. Jennie Winder, Grandma Sanford, and others we
2 CONC nt to the Sifford ranch and did all they could to comfort the grief st
2 CONC ricken father. The body was brought to the home of Mrs. Winder, in Fal
2 CONC lon. Mrs. Sifford, step-mother of the unfortunate boy, was in San Fran
2 CONC cisco, but was immediately summoned by wire, as was the brother, Bento
2 CONC n Sifford, who was attending school at the Bay. They arrived on Saturd
2 CONC ay's train. Mrs. Lee Winder, sister of Deryl, was also called from Rou
2 CONC nd Mountain and arrived with her husband Saturday evening. The two oth
2 CONC er sisters were at home when the accident occurred. An inquest was hel
2 CONC d before Justice Black Sunday, the verdict being to the effect that th
2 CONC e deceased met death by accidental drowning. C.E. Hughes, the undertak
2 CONC er, went at dawn and brought the body to Fallon and embalmed it and pr
2 CONC epared it for burial. The sudden and untimely death of this excellen
2 CONC t young man came as a terrible shock to the many friends of the family
2 CONC . But it was a hard blow to the father, and he has been prostrated wit
2 CONC h grief. However, there is much consolation in the thought that Dery
2 CONC l was a beautiful son, a young man of excellent habits, trust-worthy i
2 CONC n all respects. When left in charge of the ranch while his father wa
2 CONC s in California, he managed everything as usual. The deceased was bor
2 CONC n in Lassen County, California October 27, 1892, and was 15 years an
2 CONC d 8 months of age at the time of his death. The funeral took place fro
2 CONC m the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon, Reverand J.F. Price conductin
2 CONC g the ceremonies. There was a large attendance both from here and Stil
2 CONC lwater. The body was laid to rest in the Fallon cemetery. The bereave
2 CONC d family have the deepest sympathy of their numerous friends throughou
2 CONC t this part of the country. It seems sad indeed that a young life so f
2 CONC ull of promise should be so suddenly cut off at the very threshold o
2 CONC f its usefulness. It is not for us to understand the ways of Providenc
2 CONC e.
0 @I126@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel Thomas /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 OCT 1868
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 APR 1925
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F490@
1 FAMS @F31@
1 NOTE Sam owned and operated a sawmill in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, not f
2 CONC ar from Milford, CA. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 10 April 1925, page 12c2
2 CONC :
2 CONT 
2 CONT MILFORD MAN DIES SUDDENLY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Samuel T. Johnson who has been a resident of Lassen county for the pa
2 CONC st fifty years died suddenly at his home in Milford yesterday afternoo
2 CONC n of heart trouble. The deceased leaves a widow, two married daughter
2 CONC s and a son.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born in Red Bluff, October 5, 1869 [sic]. For some time past M
2 CONC r. Johnson has owned and operated a sawmill near Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The funeral will take place at the school house in Milford Sunday aft
2 CONC ernoon at 2 o'clock.
0 @I127@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Calphursie /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUN 1898
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 JUL 1990
2 PLAC Montana
1 FAMC @F31@
1 FAMS @F491@
0 @I128@ INDI
1 NAME Katherine Stover /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1900
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 JUN 1984
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC City Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F31@
1 FAMS @F492@
0 @I129@ INDI
1 NAME Fred Bronson /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JUN 1902
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1934
2 PLAC Altamont Pass, Alameda County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F31@
1 FAMS @F493@
0 @I130@ INDI
1 NAME Zebnor /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 FEB 1871
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 AUG 1956
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F490@
1 FAMS @F32@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 8 August 1956, page 1c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT ZEBNOR JOHNSON SERVICES ARE HELD
2 CONT 
2 CONT Final services for Zebnor Johnson, 85, who died at a local hospital l
2 CONC ast Friday, were held from the Lucero Funeral Chapel on Monday at 2 p.
2 CONC m. with the Reverand F.E. Lewis of the First Baptist Church officiatin
2 CONC g. Interment was in the Janesville Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Glen Long sang two solos, 'Jesus Lover of My Soul' and 'Rock of Ages,
2 CONC ' accompanied by Mrs. Carla Winget at the organ.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The pallbearers were Merlyn Mulroney, Ray Winchell, Edmund Dunn, Marv
2 CONC in Sherman, Neil Winchell and Lawrence Wemple [sic].
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was a native of Red Bluff but had resided in Lassen Coun
2 CONC ty for the past 82 years, farming for many years in the Spoonville are
2 CONC a.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife, Ida, and two step-daughters, Mrs. Fern Pr
2 CONC ice and Mrs. Katherine Greer, both of Sacramento, and two half-brother
2 CONC s, Lenus and Bert Hostetter, and a half-sister, Mrs. Leila Galeppi o
2 CONC f Standish.
0 @I131@ INDI
1 NAME Alma Marie /Dotson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1900-1901)
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1990
1 FAMS @F33@
0 @I132@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Vail /Cook/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1900
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1995
1 FAMS @F34@
0 @I133@ INDI
1 NAME Dorothy H. /Carman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1899
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 FEB 1970
2 PLAC Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F959@
1 FAMS @F35@
1 NOTE Obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, February 11, 1970, page 1c2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services Today for Dorothy Wemple. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Grave side services for Mrs. Dorothy H. Wemple, 70, who died in Fallo
2 CONC n, Nevada, on Monday, will be held in the Susanville Cemetery this aft
2 CONC ernoon at two o'clock. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born July 28, 1899 in Susanville, and had been a res
2 CONC ident of Fallon since 1931. She is survived by her husband, Guy B. Wem
2 CONC ple, owner of Consolidated Feeder and Lumber Company in Fallon, a daug
2 CONC hter, Mrs. Leslie Ceresola of Wadsworth, three grandchildren and one g
2 CONC reat-grandchild.
0 @I134@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1919
2 PLAC Died in infancy.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 APR 1919
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F35@
0 @I135@ INDI
1 NAME Gynith Gwen /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JUL 1922
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F35@
1 FAMS @F45@
1 FAMS @F46@
0 @I136@ INDI
1 NAME Hazel Josephine /Sedgwick/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1920
2 PLAC Beaver, Beaver County, UT
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F36@
0 @I137@ INDI
1 NAME Carrie Ellen /Houghton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 MAY 1896
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1920
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen Co, California   with child
1 FAMC @F1209@
1 FAMS @F37@
1 NOTE THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, 28 May 1920, page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT YOUNG MOTHER AND CHILD SUCCUMB
2 CONT 
2 CONT A most deplorable termination to the hopeful anticipations of a youn
2 CONC g couple came last Sunday morning when Mrs. Fred Wemple and her chil
2 CONC d both responded to the imperative summons of Death.  Mrs. Wemple wa
2 CONC s a native of California, aged 24 years and 9 days, and was the daught
2 CONC er of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Houghton of Westwood.  She had been marrie
2 CONC d about two years. The funeral took place at Milford Tuesday, May 25th
2 CONC , and the mother and the little one for whom she gave her life were la
2 CONC id together in the same coffin.  The services were conducted by Rev. R
2 CONC owe of Susanville, and the obsequies were under the direction of Under
2 CONC taker Philbrook of Susanville.
0 @I138@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAY 1920
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1920
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California   with mother
1 FAMC @F37@
0 @I139@ INDI
1 NAME Grace /Durfee/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JUN 1900
2 PLAC Bieber, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 JUN 1923
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen Co, California
1 FAMC @F1042@
1 FAMS @F38@
1 NOTE Obituary from the BIG VALLEY GAZETTE, Bieber, Lassen County, CA, 14 Ju
2 CONC ne 1923, page 1c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH OF MRS. WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Grace Durfee-Wemple of Milford, died at the Riverside Hospital
2 CONC , in Susanville last Monday June 11th, from the result of child birth
2 CONC .  Mrs. Wemple was the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Durfee of B
2 CONC ieber, a sister of Mrs. B.G. Gassaway, and Mrs. Kelly Crews of Fall Ri
2 CONC ver, and Miss Dorothy Durfee of this place.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Not only Bieber and Honey Lake Valley but the whole County of Lassen
2 CONC , has suffered a severe loss in the death of Mrs. Wemple.  Her fine ch
2 CONC aracter, clear, logical mind, great learning and above all, the lovabl
2 CONC e nature of the woman, made her not only a strong personality whereve
2 CONC r known, but has been a benefit to the whole county, through her clear
2 CONC , and just interpretations of the school room. She was aged 22 years
2 CONC , 11 months, and 26 days.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral was held in Susanville, on Wednesday, June 13th.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Parents of Mrs. Wemple, and two sisters, Mrs. Gassaway and Mrs. Crews
2 CONC , were at her bedside at the time of her passing, Miss Dorothy being o
2 CONC bliged to remain in the post office.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Remaining relatives of the deceased have the sympathy of the entire c
2 CONC ommunity.
0 @I140@ INDI
1 NAME Nadene /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JUN 1923
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 SEP 1999
2 PLAC Alameda, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F38@
1 FAMS @F47@
1 NOTE Article from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, Susanville, California, Thursday, Au
2 CONC gust 20, 1942 page 7c1-2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nadene Wemple Becomes Bride of Leroy Kayser in Reno Ceremony. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Nadene Wemple, 19, and Leroy Kayser, 22, were married in Reno, Ne
2 CONC vada, Thursday, August 18, at 8 o'clock p.m. at the home of the Revera
2 CONC nd Brewster Adams. The ceremony was preformed by the Reverand Willia
2 CONC m K. Sempey in the presence of a few close friends and relatives of th
2 CONC e couple. Miss Naomi Wemple, twin sister of the bride and Eugene Kayse
2 CONC r, brother of the bridegroom, were their only attendants. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT This lovely and attractive bride chose to be married in a navy blue su
2 CONC it with matching accessories, and an orchid corsage, while her siste
2 CONC r wore a brown outfit.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Immediately following the ceremony a wedding supper was served at th
2 CONC e Colombo Cafe to the entire wedding part which included: Mr and Mrs
2 CONC . Leroy Kayser, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wemple, Phyllis and Frank Wemple o
2 CONC f Wendel, Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Kayser and Eugene Kayser of Stockton, Mrs
2 CONC . N.V. Wemple and Mrs. Naomi Wemple of Sacramento, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle W
2 CONC emple and Dana, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Davis, Fred Deal, Marion Larrea an
2 CONC d Jack Marden, all of Susanville, Mr. and Mrs E.H. Shoupe, Mr. and Mrs
2 CONC . William Bronson and Mrs. Myron Bronson, all of Reno, Mr. and Mrs Har
2 CONC ry Maritzen of San Francisco. 
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. Kayser are graduates of the Lassen Union High School an
2 CONC d were among the most popular members of Susanville's younger set. Th
2 CONC e new Mrs. Kayser has been employed by the Board of Equalization in Sa
2 CONC cramento, but has now accepted a government position. The bridegroom e
2 CONC nlisted in the Maritime Service and will return to his duties on Septe
2 CONC mber the first, his bride will remain in Sacramento. The couple are ho
2 CONC neymooning at Lake Tahoe.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the ALAMEDA TIMES/OAKLAND TRIBUNE, Oakland, California
2 CONC , 29 September 1999, page 6c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT KAYSER
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nadene W. Kayser, a longtime resident of Alameda and member of a pione
2 CONC er Northern California family passed away on September 26, 1999.  Sh
2 CONC e was born in Susanville, California.  She is survived by her husban
2 CONC d of 57 years, Leroy Kayser and her two children, Lindsay and Steven
2 CONC , six grandsons and
2 CONT many loving family members.  She was preceded in death by her identica
2 CONC l
2 CONT twin, Naomi.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Friends are invited to attend memorial to celebrate her life on Friday
2 CONC , October 1st, at the Bay Fairway Hall, 300 Island Drive, Alameda fro
2 CONC m 2 - 4 PM.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the char
2 CONC ity of your choice.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Refer to web site http://www.plumasnews.com/obit/obits/obit/578.html
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nadene Wemple Kayser, 76, a member of a prominent Susanville Calif., p
2 CONC ioneer family, died in Alameda, Calif. on Sept. 26, 1999. She is survi
2 CONC ved by her husband of 57 years, Leroy Kayser, her two children, Lindsa
2 CONC y Hendricks and Steven Kayser; sister Phyllis Metz; brother Frank Wemp
2 CONC le; brother-in-law Fred Metz, sister-in-law Nancy Wemple, son-in-law P
2 CONC eter Hendricks, grandsons Louks and Kyle, daughter-in-law Terri Kayser
2 CONC , grandsons Andrew, Beau, Christian and Daniel, and many loving famil
2 CONC y members. She was preceded in death by her identical twin, Naomi Netz
2 CONC org in October 1978. A memorial to celebrate her life will be at 11 a.
2 CONC m., Saturday, Oct. 9 at Walton's Colonial Mortuary, 15 South Lassen St
2 CONC . in Susanville. A reception follows at the St. Francis Hotel on Mai
2 CONC n Street. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charit
2 CONC y of your choice. Burial services will be private.
0 @I141@ INDI
1 NAME Naomi /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JUN 1923
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 OCT 1978
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Riverside Cemetery, Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan
1 FAMC @F38@
1 FAMS @F48@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, L
2 CONC assen Co, CA; Thursday, 26 Aug 1943; page 5c3;  obtained at the CA Sta
2 CONC te Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT NAOMI WEMPLE BRIDE 
2 CONT The Sacramento Bee of August 23, carries the following news item of m
2 CONC uch interest in Susanville, where the bride was a popular member of th
2 CONC e younger set.
2 CONT After the wedding in Reno, August 14th, Lieutenant and Mrs. Gordon M
2 CONC . Netzorg have returned to Sacramento and will make their home here. T
2 CONC he bride was Miss Naomi Wemple and is the daughter of Mrs. N.V. Wemple
2 CONC , 1500 Fifteenth street and the late Judge N.V. Wemple. For the weddi
2 CONC ng, she wore a beige gabardine tailored suit with chocolate brown acce
2 CONC ssories and a corsage of gardenias. A small brown hat, veil trimmed, c
2 CONC ompleted her costume. She is the graduate of Lassen Union High School
2 CONC , Lassen County, and is employed by the Sacramento Air Depot.
2 CONT Lieutenant Netzorg, whose home is in Alma, Michigan, is a graduate o
2 CONC f the University of Michigan, where he received his bachelor of scienc
2 CONC e degree, and studied law at the University of Wisconsin. He is statio
2 CONC ned at Mather Field with the Army Air Forces.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Morning Sun Newspaper, Alma, Gratiot Co, MI; Friday
2 CONC , 6 Oct 1978; page 2c1-2;  obtained at the MI State Library, 702 W Kal
2 CONC amazoo St, Lansing, Ingham Co, MI
2 CONT Naomi W. Netzorg
2 CONT Naomi W. Netzorg, 56, Houston, Texas, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, at he
2 CONC r house in Houston.
2 CONT Funeral services will be at noon Thursday at the Setingast-Kepfchape
2 CONC l in Houston.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Alma, with the Mo
2 CONC ody-Wolfel Funeral Home in charge of Alma arrangements.
2 CONT Mrs. Netzorg is a past president of the Alma Woman's Club and helpe
2 CONC d organize Gratiot Community Hospital.  She was a resident of Alma fro
2 CONC m 1946 until 19[?69?].
2 CONT Surviving are her husband, Gordon M.; two daughters, Mrs. Kamela Dora
2 CONC n, Ariz. and Mrs. Nancy Henderson, Texas; two sons, Gordon W., Colorad
2 CONC o and John M, New York; two sisters, Mrs. Nadene Kayser, Calif., Mrs
2 CONC . Phyllis Metz, Calif, a brother, Frank Wemple, Calif; and five grandc
2 CONC hildren.
2 CONT Contributions may be sent to the Gratiot Community Hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I142@ INDI
1 NAME Edna Mary /Prothero/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUN 1890
2 PLAC Douglas Flat, Calvareras County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 FEB 1978
2 PLAC U.S. 395 about 3 miles west Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 FAMS @F39@
1 NOTE From the Susanville  LASSEN ADVOCATE, 27 February 1978, page bc6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT EDNA MARY WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Final services for Mrs. Edna Mary Wemple, 87, who was killed in the s
2 CONC eniors bus-pickup truck collision on Highway 395 near Standish on Thur
2 CONC sday, were held at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary this morning a
2 CONC t 11 o'clock with Rev. James Profitt officiating.  Internment was in t
2 CONC he Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ivor French was the organist and played 'The Old Rugged Cross' and 'R
2 CONC ock of Ages.'
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Douglas Flats, Calif., June 9, 1890, the dau
2 CONC ghter of Frank and Martha Prothero.  She had resided in this county fo
2 CONC r 56 years and in California all her life.  Prior to retirement she wa
2 CONC s a school teacher in Lassen County for 24 years.  She was a member o
2 CONC f the Susanville Senior Citizens Club, the Janesville Grange, Social R
2 CONC ebekah Lodge 101 of Susanville, the National Retired Teachers' Associa
2 CONC tion and the California Retired Teachers' Association.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving are a son, Frank of Reno, three daughters, Phyllis Metz, Su
2 CONC sanville, Nadene Kayser, Alameda, and Naomi Netzorg, Huston, Tex., tw
2 CONC o sisters Lola M. Prothero, Oakland, and Eva Cunn, Castro Valley and 1
2 CONC 1 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
0 @I143@ INDI
1 NAME Phyllis Fred /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 OCT 1926
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 OCT 2005
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Millford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F39@
1 FAMS @F61@
1 NOTE The compilers hereby acknowledges the valuable assistance that Cuzzin
2 CONC  Phyllis provided in  compiling this genealogical record. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Tuesday
2 CONC , 8 June 1948, page 3c4-6:
2 CONT PHYLLIS WEMPLE WED TO FREDDY G. METZ AT CHURCH NUPTIALS
2 CONT In a setting of white calla lilies and palms at the Methodist Churc
2 CONC h in Susanville, Saturday, June 5, at 4 o'clock p.m. 100 guests witnes
2 CONC sed the wedding of Phyllis Fred Wemple and Freddy G. Metz.
2 CONT The bride, given in marriage by her father Fred Wemple, wore an attra
2 CONC ctive gown of white lace over taffeta, fashioned with a tight bodice a
2 CONC nd full skirt. A coronet of orange blossoms held the fingertip lengt
2 CONC h veil, and her carry bouquet was of white stephanotis and white gladi
2 CONC oli tied with moline.
2 CONT The maid of honor, Marilyn MacDonald of San Francisco, wore a gown o
2 CONC f pink organdy made with a tight bodice and full draped skirt. She wor
2 CONC e pink carnations in her hair, and carried white gladioli and pink car
2 CONC nations tied with white moline.
2 CONT Dale Porter was best man and ushers were Bill McIntosh and Jim Uptegr
2 CONC ove.
2 CONT A reception followed in the social hall of the church. When the newl
2 CONC y wedded pair left for a month's honeymoon in Niagra Falls, the brid
2 CONC e wore a white gaberdine suit with gold accessories.
2 CONT The new Mrs. Metz is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wemple of Jane
2 CONC sville. She graduated from Lassen Union High School and attended the U
2 CONC niversity of California for a year. She has been teaching for the pas
2 CONC t three years, two at Bridgeport school and one year at Willow Creek s
2 CONC chool.
2 CONT The benedict, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Metz of Susanville, also gradu
2 CONC ated from the local high school after which he enlisted in the Navy. h
2 CONC e spent three years in the South Pacific where he saw active duty. Lat
2 CONC er he attended Chico State University for a year.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County Times Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 25 Oct 2005; page 13Cc1; obtained at the Susanville Lib
2 CONC rary, 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT PHYLLIS
2 CONT WEMPLE METZ
2 CONT Phyllis Wemple Metz, 78, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, in Susanville
2 CONC .  She was born Oct. 29, 1926, in Oakland, Calif.
2 CONT Metz is survived by her husband, Fred Metz, of Susanville; four grand
2 CONC children and two great-grandchildren.
2 CONT A viewing will be held at 4-8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005, at Walto
2 CONC n s Chapel in Susanville.  A chapel service is planned at 11 a.m. on W
2 CONC ednesday, Oct. 26 at the United Methodist Church, with burial to follo
2 CONC w at Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
0 @I144@ INDI
1 NAME Frank N. /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 AUG 1929
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 FEB 2004
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe Co, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F39@
1 FAMS @F62@
1 NOTE He was a butcher and resided in Susanville, Red Bluff, and Yreka, Cali
2 CONC fornia and Reno, Nevada. As a young man he rode bucking horses in loca
2 CONC l rodeos. With his grace as an athletic, it was a thing of beauty to w
2 CONC atch him ride these wild horses. DRW/SLD
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Red Bluff Daily News, Red Bluff, Tehama Co, Californ
2 CONC ia, February 26, 2004:
2 CONT FRANK N. WEMPLE
2 CONT August 9, 1929-February 19, 2004. Frank N. Wemple, 74 years old of Ren
2 CONC o, Nevada, passed away at his home on Thursday, February 19, 2004.
2 CONT He is survived by his wife of fifty-four years, Nancy French Wemple an
2 CONC d four daughters, Cindy Heffren of Chico, CA., Frankie and Larry Mullo
2 CONC y of Yreka, CA., Susan and Rich Colwell of Manteca, CA., Nancy and Joh
2 CONC n Foster of Yreka, CA., nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren
2 CONC , and a sister and brother-in-law, Phyllis and Fred Metz of Susanville
2 CONC .
2 CONT Graveside services will be held at 1100, on Saturday, February 28 2004
2 CONC , at the Milford Cemetery in Milford, California conducted by the Elk
2 CONC s of Susanville with a gathering of friends at the Milford Community C
2 CONC enter to follow.
2 CONT Reno Memorial is in charge.
0 @I145@ INDI
1 NAME Nadene Frances /Tombs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JUN 1901
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 JAN 1992
2 PLAC Burlingame, San Mateo County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F40@
0 @I146@ INDI
1 NAME Dana Lyle /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1930
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F40@
1 FAMS @F66@
1 NOTE He practiced dentristry in San Francisco for many years and resides i
2 CONC n Burlingame, CA. DRW
0 @I147@ INDI
1 NAME Arthur Allen /Ohnimus/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUN 1895
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 MAR 1965
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMS @F41@
0 @I148@ INDI
1 NAME Anson H. /Crutcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1913
2 PLAC Williams, Colusa County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1970
2 PLAC Elko, Elko County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F1014@
1 FAMS @F42@
1 FAMS @F43@
1 FAMS @F44@
1 NOTE Obituary from Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONC ; 12 Oct 1970; page B5c5
2 CONT CRUTCHER -- In Elko, Nevada.  October 10, 1970.  Anson H. Crutcher be
2 CONC loved husband of Berniece [sic] Crutcher of Applegate, father of Anso
2 CONC n Crutcher, Jr. of Santa Rosa and Karen Fisher of San Francisco.  So
2 CONC n of Harry Crutcher of Williams.  Brother of Hazel Crutcher of William
2 CONC s.  Also survived by 1 grandchild.  A native of Williams, Calif. Age
2 CONC d 57 years.  Funeral services will be conducted in THE CHAPEL OF THE H
2 CONC ILLS, Auburn, Tuesday at 2 p.m. Cremation will follow.
0 @I149@ INDI
1 NAME Billie /Evans/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1918
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F42@
0 @I150@ INDI
1 NAME Cecelia Reine /Richter/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 SEP 1915
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 AUG 1966
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMS @F43@
0 @I151@ INDI
1 NAME Karen Elizabeth /Crutcher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 APR 1939
2 PLAC Colusa, Colusa County, California
1 FAMC @F43@
0 @I152@ INDI
1 NAME Anson H /Crutcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 AUG 1947
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F43@
0 @I153@ INDI
1 NAME Leslie /Ceresola/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1920
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F45@
0 @I154@ INDI
1 NAME Mitchell Leslie /Ceresola/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1947
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F45@
1 FAMS @F219@
1 FAMS @F220@
1 FAMS @F221@
0 @I155@ INDI
1 NAME Dana /Ceresola/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 DEC 1950
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F45@
1 FAMS @F223@
1 FAMS @F224@
0 @I156@ INDI
1 NAME Tracy Darrell /Ceresola/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F45@
1 FAMS @F225@
1 FAMS @F226@
0 @I157@ INDI
1 NAME Allen W. /Spoon/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JUN 1920
2 PLAC Telluride, San Miguel County, CO
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F46@
0 @I158@ INDI
1 NAME Leroy Francis /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 MAY 1920
2 PLAC Fresno, Fresno County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 DEC 2005
2 PLAC Alemeda, Alemeda County, CA
1 FAMS @F47@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Lassen County News, 24 January 2005: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT LEROY R. KAYSER 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Leroy F. Kayser died on Dec. 24, 2005, in Alameda at the age of 85. Bo
2 CONC rn in Fresno, Calif., he is survived by his two children, Lindsay Kays
2 CONC er Hendricks and Steven Kayser; daughter-in-law Terri Kayser; six gran
2 CONC dsons, Andy (Mary), Beau (Satu), Chris (Linsey), Dan (Oana), Louks, an
2 CONC d Kyle; and three great-granddaughters, Naomi, Dylan and Saana. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Nadene (nee Wemple)
2 CONC . 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A graduate of Lassen High School in 1938, he attended the University o
2 CONC f California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University. He was a re
2 CONC sident of Alameda, Calif., for 60 years where he was an elementary sch
2 CONC ool teacher and principal in the Alameda Unified School District. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Many summers were spent in Mineral, Lassen County, working for the U.S
2 CONC . Forest Service. He served in the United States Maritime Service duri
2 CONC ng World War II and taught at the Alameda Maritime Academy prior to te
2 CONC aching in the school district. He was a long-time member of the Islan
2 CONC d City Lodge of the Masons of California. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Untied Shoel
2 CONC aces, Box 3322, Yountville, CA 94599, or a favorite charity. A privat
2 CONC e burial service at Milford Cemetery will be scheduled.
0 @I159@ INDI
1 NAME Steven Roy /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 FEB 1946
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F47@
1 FAMS @F59@
0 @I160@ INDI
1 NAME Lindsay Bernice /Kayser/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 SEP 1957
2 PLAC Alameda, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F47@
1 FAMS @F60@
0 @I161@ INDI
1 NAME Gordon Messinger /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1918
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, MI
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 NOV 1992
2 PLAC Great Falls, Cascade County, MT
1 FAMS @F48@
0 @I162@ INDI
1 NAME Suzanne Marie /Netzorg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1944
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 FEB 1953
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan
1 BURI
2 PLAC Riverside Cemetery, Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan
1 FAMC @F48@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Alma Record Newspaper, Alma, Gratiot Co, MI; Thursda
2 CONC y, 12 Feb 1953; page 1c4;  obtained at the MI State Library, 702 W Kal
2 CONC amazoo St, Lansing, Ingham Co, MI
2 CONT HOLD LAST RITES FOR
2 CONT SUZANNE NETZORG
2 CONT Funeral services for Suzanne Marie Netzorg, eight-year-old-daughter o
2 CONC f Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Netzorg, of 424 West Center Street, Alma, were h
2 CONC eld Saturday afternoon at First Presbyterian church.
2 CONT Suzanne, a third grade pupil at Wright avenue school, died last Wedne
2 CONC sday morning at R. B. Smith Memorial hospital.  She had been ill for t
2 CONC wo years.
2 CONT Oldest of the Netzorg's five children, Suzanne was born in Houston, T
2 CONC exas, May 20, 1944, coming to Alma with her parents in June, 1948.  I
2 CONC n addition to the parents, the two sisters and two brothers survivin
2 CONC g are:  Kamela, Gordon W., Nancy and John Netzorg.  The grandparents a
2 CONC re Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Netzorg, of Alma, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wemp
2 CONC le, of Litchfield, Calif.  She also leaves a great grandmother, Mrs. P
2 CONC earl Wemple, of Susanville, Calif.
2 CONT The Rev. Clyde F. Vance of First Presbyterian church officiated for t
2 CONC he funeral and burial was in Riverside cemetery.  Moody furneral hom
2 CONC e had charge of arrangements.  Pallbearers were Kenneth Plaxton, Rober
2 CONC t Hicks, Dr. C. L. Hoogerland and Ben Simon.
2 CONT The Netzorg family has the sympathy of their many friends in the comm
2 CONC unity in the loss of their daughter, who was loved by all who knew her
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I163@ INDI
1 NAME Kamela Jean /Netzorg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1945
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F48@
1 FAMS @F49@
1 FAMS @F50@
0 @I164@ INDI
1 NAME Gordon Wemple /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1949
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, MI
1 FAMC @F48@
1 FAMS @F51@
1 FAMS @F53@
1 NOTE The compiler wishes to thank Skep Netzorg for his help. DRW
0 @I165@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Ellen /Netzorg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1950
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, Micigan
1 FAMC @F48@
1 FAMS @F54@
1 FAMS @F55@
0 @I166@ INDI
1 NAME John Messinger /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 FEB 1952
2 PLAC Alma, Gratiot County, MI
1 FAMC @F48@
1 FAMS @F56@
1 FAMS @F57@
1 FAMS @F58@
1 NOTE The compiler wishes to thank John Netzorg for his help. DRW
0 @I167@ INDI
1 NAME Donald Douglas /Doran/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1942
2 PLAC Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1993
2 PLAC Tucson, Pina County, Arizona
1 FAMC @F1030@
1 FAMS @F49@
0 @I168@ INDI
1 NAME Brett Messinger /Doran/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1967
2 PLAC Tucson, Pina County, Arizona
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I169@ INDI
1 NAME Kristin Jane /Doran/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 DEC 1969
2 PLAC Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I170@ INDI
1 NAME Murray /Sargeant/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1945
1 FAMS @F50@
0 @I171@ INDI
1 NAME Beverly /Buck/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1954
1 FAMS @F51@
0 @I172@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Bach/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1945
1 FAMS @F52@
0 @I173@ INDI
1 NAME Jane Marjone /Watson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 JAN 1947
2 PLAC Shangai, China
1 FAMS @F52@
1 FAMS @F53@
0 @I174@ INDI
1 NAME Allyson Jane /Bach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1974
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I175@ INDI
1 NAME Grant Watson /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 SEP 1985
2 PLAC Denver, CO
1 FAMC @F53@
0 @I176@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel John /Henderson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 APR 1948
2 PLAC Morehead, Clay County, Minnesota
1 FAMS @F54@
0 @I177@ INDI
1 NAME Jason Aaron /Henderson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1972
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 FAMC @F54@
0 @I178@ INDI
1 NAME Tracy Marie /Henderson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 MAR 1975
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 FAMC @F54@
0 @I179@ INDI
1 NAME Justin Daniel /Henderson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAY 1977
2 PLAC Houston, Harris County, Texas
1 FAMC @F54@
0 @I180@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth Albert /Caschette/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 NOV 1951
2 PLAC Buffalo, Erie County, New York
1 FAMC @F962@
1 FAMS @F55@
0 @I181@ INDI
1 NAME Kamela Ann /Caschette/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1990
2 PLAC Rochester, Monroe County, New York
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I182@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara Lee /Bachus/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1950
1 FAMS @F56@
0 @I183@ INDI
1 NAME Paula Sue /Bell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1955
1 FAMS @F57@
0 @I184@ INDI
1 NAME Kinsey Carole /Netzorg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JAN 1990
2 PLAC Las Vegas, Clark County, NV
1 FAMC @F57@
0 @I185@ INDI
1 NAME Kate /Pleninger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAR 1955
2 PLAC Buffalo, NY
1 FAMS @F58@
0 @I186@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Gordon /Netzorg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 AUG 1997
2 PLAC Las Vegas, NV
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I187@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Teresa /Skrondal/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1947
2 PLAC Seattle, King County, Washington
1 FAMC @F1231@
1 FAMS @F59@
0 @I188@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew Stewart /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1970
2 PLAC San  Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I189@ INDI
1 NAME Beau Justin /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 MAR 1973
2 PLAC San  Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I190@ INDI
1 NAME Christian Michael /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JUL 1975
2 PLAC San  Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I191@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel Jordan /Kayser/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1977
2 PLAC San  Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I192@ INDI
1 NAME Peter Martin /Hendricks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAY 1955
2 PLAC Saint Louis, St Louis County, Missouri
1 FAMC @F1195@
1 FAMS @F60@
0 @I193@ INDI
1 NAME Louks Steven /Hendricks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 SEP 1991
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I194@ INDI
1 NAME Kyle Taylor /Hendricks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 APR 1993
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I195@ INDI
1 NAME Freddy Gerald /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 MAR 1924
2 PLAC Forrest, Livingston County, Illinois
1 TITL Sr.
1 FAMS @F61@
0 @I196@ INDI
1 NAME Freddy Gerald /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 MAY 1949
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 JUN 2000
2 PLAC , Plumas County, California
1 TITL II
1 FAMC @F61@
1 FAMS @F63@
1 FAMS @F64@
0 @I197@ INDI
1 NAME Betty Luanne /Metz/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 NOV 1950
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 APR 1976
2 PLAC Riverside Hospital, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F61@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 21 Apr 1976; page 3c4,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA Histor
2 CONC y Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA.
2 CONT BETTY LUANNE METZ
2 CONT Funeral services for Miss Betty Luanne Metz, 25, who died in a loca
2 CONC l hospital on Sunday, will be held at the Susanville United Methodis
2 CONC t Church this afternoon at two o'clock with interment following in th
2 CONC e family plot in Milford Cemetery.  Arrangements are under the directi
2 CONC on of the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary.
2 CONT The deceased was born in Susanville on November 4, 1950 and had resid
2 CONC ed here all her life.  She had been employed at the Lassen County Hist
2 CONC orical Society Museum.  She was a member of the Lassen County Historic
2 CONC al Society, Job's Daughters, Camp Fire Girls and Susanville Art League
2 CONC .
2 CONT Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Metz, a brother, Fredd
2 CONC y Metz, Jr. and a nephew Freddy Metz, III, all of Susanville, and he
2 CONC r grandmother, Mrs. Edna Wemple.
2 CONT 
0 @I198@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Lee /French/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JUL 1931
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1162@
1 FAMS @F62@
0 @I199@ INDI
1 NAME Cynthia Lee /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 FEB 1950
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F62@
1 FAMS @F215@
0 @I200@ INDI
1 NAME Frankie Jane /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 AUG 1951
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F62@
1 FAMS @F216@
0 @I201@ INDI
1 NAME Susan Mary /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F62@
1 FAMS @F217@
0 @I202@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Ann /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAR 1954
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F62@
1 FAMS @F218@
0 @I203@ INDI
1 NAME Diane Elise /Crosby/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1949
2 PLAC Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F1012@
1 FAMS @F63@
0 @I204@ INDI
1 NAME Freddy Gerald /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1975
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 TITL III
1 FAMC @F63@
0 @I205@ INDI
1 NAME Amy Lu /Metz/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 OCT 1979
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F63@
1 FAMS @F65@
0 @I206@ INDI
1 NAME Murph Henry /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 SEP 1981
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F63@
0 @I207@ INDI
1 NAME Alan G /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 AUG 1983
2 PLAC Greenville, Plumas County, California
1 FAMC @F63@
0 @I208@ INDI
1 NAME Donna Lee /Blazeck/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 MAR 1958
2 PLAC Riverside, Riverside County, California
1 FAMC @F938@
1 FAMS @F64@
0 @I209@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /LNUK/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1977
1 FAMS @F65@
0 @I210@ INDI
1 NAME Dane Alan /Metz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1995
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F65@
0 @I211@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret Mary /von Gebover-Fulnegg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1933
1 FAMS @F66@
0 @I212@ INDI
1 NAME Timothy Dana /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1958
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
1 FAMC @F66@
1 FAMS @F68@
0 @I213@ INDI
1 NAME Lynn Augusta /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1961
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
1 FAMC @F66@
1 FAMS @F67@
0 @I214@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth Ann /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1963
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
1 FAMC @F66@
0 @I215@ INDI
1 NAME Michael /Pierce/
2 GIVN Michael D.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JUN 1960
2 PLAC West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN
1 FAMS @F67@
0 @I216@ INDI
1 NAME Abigail Quinn /Pierce/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JUL 1990
2 PLAC San Mateo, San Mateo County, CA
1 FAMC @F67@
0 @I217@ INDI
1 NAME Emily Lynn /Pierce/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 NOV 1991
2 PLAC San Mateo, San Mateo County, CA
1 FAMC @F67@
0 @I218@ INDI
1 NAME Lisa Nicole /DeSanto/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1960
1 FAMS @F68@
0 @I219@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel Timothy /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1987
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F68@
0 @I220@ INDI
1 NAME Lauren Elizabeth /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 NOV 1990
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F68@
0 @I221@ INDI
1 NAME Stephen Thomas /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 OCT 1993
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F68@
0 @I222@ INDI
1 NAME John Graham /Weir/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 OCT 1932
2 PLAC Riverside Hospital, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1270@
1 FAMS @F69@
0 @I223@ INDI
1 NAME Melissa /Weir/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 SEP 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F69@
1 FAMS @F111@
0 @I224@ INDI
1 NAME Jack Graham /Weir/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1966
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F69@
0 @I225@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth Orlo /Fletcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1938
2 PLAC Lodi, San Jauquin County, California
1 FAMC @F1152@
1 FAMS @F70@
0 @I226@ INDI
1 NAME Kevin Kenneth /Fletcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1961
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F70@
1 FAMS @F112@
1 FAMS @F113@
0 @I227@ INDI
1 NAME Heidi Ann /Fletcher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 APR 1966
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F70@
1 FAMS @F114@
0 @I228@ INDI
1 NAME Brian /Tashiro/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1945
1 FAMS @F71@
0 @I229@ INDI
1 NAME Kathryn /French/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 MAR 1942
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F1161@
1 FAMS @F72@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 11 A
2 CONC ugust, 1961, page 2c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Kathryn French and Kenny Wemple will be united in marriage Saturday, A
2 CONC ugust 12, at Park Chapel in Reno.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Invited guests are parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh French of L
2 CONC itchfield, the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wemple, and grandpare
2 CONC nts, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wemple of Milford, Miss Vickie Johnson of Lit
2 CONC chfield, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Cann and children, Corine and Rod of Reno
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT A bridal shower announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 29 S
2 CONC eptember 1961, page 2c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT A bridal shower honoring Kathryn Wemple nee Kathryn French was given b
2 CONC y Donna McClelland, Elburna McClelland and Vickie Johnson in the McCle
2 CONC lland home Friday evening, September 22.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Making the evening a gala event were Dilys Doyle, Patty Mulroney, Sher
2 CONC ri Johnson, Nancy Amesbury, Janet Beard, Karyn Alway, Anna Winchell, H
2 CONC enriette Hardy, Caroley Powell, Eaelene and Karen Johnson, Sandra Hans
2 CONC en, Dianna Chappuis, Janet Naye, Helen and Nancy McClelland, Lucille F
2 CONC rench, Gay Wemple, Ester McClelland, Sheila Creyer, Lynn Wilton, Ann
2 CONC a Rae Arjo, Norma Cordoba, Barbara Ott, Inesse, Ethel, and Harriet Mar
2 CONC r, Donna Nicholas, and Joyce Sutherlin.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Games played during the evening were won by Helen McClelland, Karen Jo
2 CONC hnson and the honoree.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Refreshments topped off the evening.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Bridal shower announcement from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 29 September 1961
2 CONC , page 2c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT A bridal shower honoring Kathryn Wemple nee Katheryn French was give
2 CONC n by Donna McClelland, Elburna McClelland and Vickie Johnson in the Mc
2 CONC Clelland home Friday evening, September 22.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Making the evening a gala event were Dilys Doyle, Patty Mulroney, Sher
2 CONC ri Johnson, Nancy Amesbury, Janet Beard, Karyn Alway, Anna Winchell, H
2 CONC enriette Hardy, Caroley Powell, Eaelene and Karen Johnson, Sandra Hans
2 CONC en, Dianna Chappuis, Janet Naye, Helen and Nancy McClelland, Lucille F
2 CONC rench, Gay Wemple, Ester McClelland, Sheila Creyer, Lynn Wilton, Ann
2 CONC a Rae Arjo, Norma Cordoba, Barbara Ott, Inesse, Ethel and Harriet Marr
2 CONC , Donna Nicholas, and Joyce Sutherlin.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Games were played during the evening were won by Helen McClelland, Kar
2 CONC en Johnson and the honoree.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Refreshments topped of the evening.
0 @I230@ INDI
1 NAME Keith Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 APR 1962
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F72@
1 FAMS @F74@
1 NOTE Keith is a cattle rancher. For a few years he sold automobiles in Susa
2 CONC nville, CA. DRW/SLD
0 @I231@ INDI
1 NAME Kristine Ellen /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 DEC 1964
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1976
2 PLAC Reno, NV
1 FAMC @F72@
1 NOTE Kristine died from a brain tumor. DRW  Rest in peace, sweet Niece.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 29 October 1976
2 CONC , page 7c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT KRISTINE ELLEN WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Grave side services for Kristine Ellen Wemple, 11, who died in a Ren
2 CONC o hospital on Tuesday, will be held in the Milford Cemetery today at 1
2 CONC 1 a.m. under the direction of the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Susanville on December 1, 1964, and is survi
2 CONC ved by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wemple, and two brothers, Kei
2 CONC th and Kyle all of Milford, her grandmother, Lucille French, Litchfiel
2 CONC d, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wemple, and great-grandparents, Mr
2 CONC . and Mrs. Claude Wemple, all of Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family requests that memorial donations be made to St. Jude's Res
2 CONC earch Foundation for Children, Memphis, Tennessee, the Shriner Crippl
2 CONC e Children's Hospital, San Francisco, or the Lassen County 4-H Youth C
2 CONC ouncil.
0 @I232@ INDI
1 NAME Kyle Theodore /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JUN 1967
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F72@
1 FAMS @F75@
1 FAMS @F76@
1 NOTE From the LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, December 1, 1987
2 CONT 
2 CONT MILFORD COWBOY PICKED AS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
2 CONT 
2 CONT by Curt Asher, City Editor
2 CONT 
2 CONT Rank broncs are nothing new to Kyle Wemple.  He grew up on a cattle r
2 CONC anch and he's been a rodeo hand for as long as he can remember.
2 CONT 
2 CONT But the rank broncs he faced this year were something a little specia
2 CONC l; they were the toughest in the nation.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Kyle Wemple turned pro this past year and not, at 20, the Milford cow
2 CONC boy is professional rodeo's top rookie saddle bronc rider and will b
2 CONC e competing in the National Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada this week.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association's Rookie of the Year, Wempl
2 CONC e said he isn't particularly concerned about competing in the finals a
2 CONC nd riding against some of the world's best cowboys.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 'It'll be the same guys I've been competing against all year long,' h
2 CONC e said.  'I think I'm probably the youngest one in the bronc riding i
2 CONC n the finals.'
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple, a Lassen High graduate, competed in the National High Schoo
2 CONC l Rodeo finals in his senior year.  Riding for the Lassen College rode
2 CONC o team, he went to the national collegiate rodeo finals twice and in 1
2 CONC 986 was second in the nation at the college finals in Bozeman, Montana
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple started his rodeo career competing in area junior rodeos, a
2 CONC s a roper as well as a rider of rough stock.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 'I pretty much been doing it (rodeoing) all my life, he said.  'Ridi
2 CONC ng broncs was something that I always really liked.  It came pretty na
2 CONC tural for me.'
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple, who claims that growing up on a ranch helped his career, trai
2 CONC ns when he can on a neighbor's broncs with his father riding the pick-
2 CONC up horse.  He said the training helped him a lot.
2 CONT 
2 CONT That training, combined with his natural ability and the experience h
2 CONC e's received from regular competition, has made him the leading rooki
2 CONC e money winner in saddle bronc riding.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple won $29,185 this year, putting him at 13th in the world standi
2 CONC ngs in saddle bronc competition, said spokesman for the PRCA in Colora
2 CONC do Springs, Colorado.  The 1987 rodeo season ended November 1.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The fifteen top money winners in each event qualify for the nationa
2 CONC l finals which run December 4-12.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The national finals is by far the richest rodeo, offering over $2 mil
2 CONC lion in total prize money.  This year's leading saddle bronc rider i
2 CONC s Clint Johnson of Spearfish, S.D.
0 @I233@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Pierce /McClelland/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 NOV 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1271@
1 FAMS @F73@
1 NOTE Thomas is a cattle rancher and lives winters in Payne Creek and summer
2 CONC s in Eagle Lake, CA. SLD/DRW
0 @I234@ INDI
1 NAME Janice Marie /McClelland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1962
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 MAY 1980
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F73@
1 NOTE Died in a farm tractor accident.  It turned over on her and pinned he
2 CONC r under it in an irrigation cannel causing her to drown. DRW  Rest i
2 CONC n peace, sweet Neice.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 9 May 1980, pag
2 CONC e 1c1-2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JANICE McCLELLAND KILLED IN ACCIDENT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Janice McClelland, a 17-year-old Lassen High School Senior, was kille
2 CONC d Wednesday evening when a tractor she was driving fell into an irriga
2 CONC tion ditch on a Standish ranch, pinning her under water.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The accident occurred at about 7 p.m., according to the Lassen Count
2 CONC y Coroner's Office. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses sa
2 CONC id the tractor rolled over into the water when the ground near the ban
2 CONC k collapsed. Bystanders were reportedly unable to push the machine of
2 CONC f the girl.
2 CONT 
2 CONT McClelland was active in 4-H projects and was a member of the Future F
2 CONC armers of America at the Lassen High School. She was also a member o
2 CONC f the Honey Lake Valley Riders group and served last year as queen o
2 CONC f the Lassen County Junior Rodeo. She was a lifelong resident of Stand
2 CONC ish.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She is survived by her parents, Tom and Donna McClelland and two siste
2 CONC rs, all of Standish and grandparents,  also of the area.
0 @I235@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca Susan /McClelland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1965
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F73@
1 FAMS @F77@
1 FAMS @F78@
0 @I236@ INDI
1 NAME Burna Gay /McClelland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 FEB 1968
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F73@
1 FAMS @F79@
1 FAMS @F80@
0 @I237@ INDI
1 NAME Diana Elizabeth /Wood/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1959
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F74@
0 @I238@ INDI
1 NAME Ryan Chase /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1987
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I239@ INDI
1 NAME Reg Winchester /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1990
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMC @F74@
1 NOTE The following was received from Reg's father on July 27, 2000:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Hello everyone
2 CONT 
2 CONT We just finished up with the  Lassen County Fair and as usual it was l
2 CONC ong, hot and dry. Both Ryan and Reggie had market steers in 4-H this y
2 CONC ear - each showing 2 steers apiece. It was Ryan's 3rd year and Reggie'
2 CONC s 1rst year and both boys did real well. But this year Reggie was th
2 CONC e bread winner. He took top honors with his steer Slap-Jack (GRAND CHA
2 CONC MPION). I believe this is a first for the Wemple family here in Lasse
2 CONC n County. His steer weighed 1190 lbs and the Mallery family from the n
2 CONC ew ST Francis Champion Steak House bought his steer for $8.00/lb. We w
2 CONC ere all very excited about his beginners luck ( Reg worked real hard w
2 CONC ith his steer all winter long). So next time your in town give the ste
2 CONC ak house a try. Talk to you all later.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Keith
0 @I240@ INDI
1 NAME Kattie Marie /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1994
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, NV
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I241@ INDI
1 NAME Jonette Michelle /Sneed/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 AUG 1970
2 PLAC Solvang, Santa Barbara County, CA
1 FAMS @F75@
0 @I242@ INDI
1 NAME Cash Leo /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1993
1 FAMC @F75@
0 @I243@ INDI
1 NAME Diana C /Bailey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1975
2 PLAC , Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F934@
1 FAMS @F76@
0 @I244@ INDI
1 NAME James /Reece/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1965
1 FAMS @F77@
0 @I245@ INDI
1 NAME Matthew /Verdun/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1964
1 FAMS @F78@
0 @I246@ INDI
1 NAME Brandon Lee /Bagshaw/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1970
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 FAMC @F925@
1 FAMS @F79@
0 @I247@ INDI
1 NAME Pierce McClelland /Bagshaw/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1993
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 FAMC @F79@
0 @I248@ INDI
1 NAME John Thomas /Jones/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 NOV 1968
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California
1 TITL IV
1 FAMC @F1230@
1 FAMS @F80@
0 @I249@ INDI
1 NAME James R. /Dougherty/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUL 1922
2 PLAC Hubtigton, Indiana
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F81@
0 @I250@ INDI
1 NAME Burne /Dougherty/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JAN 1953
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1993
2 PLAC Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
1 FAMC @F81@
1 FAMS @F87@
0 @I251@ INDI
1 NAME Erin /Dougherty/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUL 1959
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F81@
1 FAMS @F88@
1 FAMS @F89@
1 FAMS @F90@
0 @I252@ INDI
1 NAME Juan Jose /Herrera/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1925
1 FAMS @F82@
0 @I253@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Van Zandt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1925
1 FAMS @F83@
0 @I254@ INDI
1 NAME Elaine E /Baker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAR 1923
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F926@
1 FAMS @F84@
0 @I255@ INDI
1 NAME Marialuisa Sanabria /Ortega/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAY 1940
2 PLAC Chatala, Jalisco, Mexico
1 FAMS @F85@
0 @I256@ INDI
1 NAME Francesca Sanabria /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 AUG 1966
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calaifornia
1 FAMC @F85@
0 @I257@ INDI
1 NAME Mollie Edna /Arnold/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUL 1937
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F924@
1 FAMS @F86@
0 @I258@ INDI
1 NAME Lisa Catherine /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 MAR 1957
2 PLAC Augsburg, Germany
1 FAMC @F86@
1 FAMS @F91@
0 @I259@ INDI
1 NAME Spencer Eric /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 DEC 1961
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F86@
1 FAMS @F93@
0 @I260@ INDI
1 NAME Megan Christine /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JUN 1965
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F86@
1 FAMS @F92@
0 @I261@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Clement/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 APR 1951
2 PLAC Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
1 FAMS @F87@
0 @I262@ INDI
1 NAME Patrick Nion /Moore/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1973
2 PLAC New York City, New York County, New York
1 FAMC @F87@
1 FAMS @F916@
0 @I263@ INDI
1 NAME Karen Michele /Dougherty/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 AUG 1975
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F87@
0 @I264@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel Earl /Lackey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1957-1958)
1 FAMS @F88@
0 @I265@ INDI
1 NAME David Jon /Golz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1955
1 FAMS @F89@
0 @I266@ INDI
1 NAME Michael Joesph /O'Brien/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 OCT 1956
2 PLAC Baltimore, MD
1 FAMS @F90@
0 @I267@ INDI
1 NAME Caitlin Richael /O'Brien/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JUL 1990
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F90@
0 @I268@ INDI
1 NAME Emerald Taryn /O'Brien/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1993
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F90@
0 @I269@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /Wagner/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 NOV 1958
1 FAMS @F91@
0 @I270@ INDI
1 NAME John Keith /Rainey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JUL 1964
2 PLAC Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
1 FAMS @F92@
0 @I271@ INDI
1 NAME Brienna Faith /Rainey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 JAN 1994
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F92@
0 @I272@ INDI
1 NAME Keeley Catherine /Rainey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F92@
0 @I273@ INDI
1 NAME Ann Marie /Rainey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F92@
0 @I274@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Jacquelyn /Smith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 APR 1958
2 PLAC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK
1 FAMS @F93@
0 @I275@ INDI
1 NAME Sara Jacquelyn /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAR 1990
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F93@
0 @I276@ INDI
1 NAME Jesse Clare /Burroughs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1992
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F93@
0 @I277@ INDI
1 NAME June Hazel /McClellan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JUN 1926
2 PLAC Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 JUL 1997
2 PLAC Lakeport, Lake County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1371@
1 FAMS @F94@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Lakeport LAKE COUNTY RECORD-BEE, Saturday, 12 July 1
2 CONC 997, page A2c4,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA History Room, Sa
2 CONC cramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT JUNE WEMPLE
2 CONT June H. Wemple, 71, of Lakeport, died July 9, 1997 at Sutter Lakesid
2 CONC e Hospital.
2 CONT A native of Anniston, Alabama, she was born June 22, 1926. She wa
2 CONC s a homemaker for 45 years, who had lived in Santa Clara and in Lakepo
2 CONC rt for the past eight years. She was a member of St. John's Episcopa
2 CONC l Church.
2 CONT Survivors include her husband, Joseph J. Wemple of Lakeport; her so
2 CONC n and daughter-in-law, Alan and Elaine Wemple of Phoenix, Oregon; he
2 CONC r daughter and son-in-law, Cristine and Paul Giannetto of San Jose; he
2 CONC r grandson, John Wemple of Phoenix, Oregon; her sister, Helen Leonar
2 CONC d of Los Angeles and several nephews.
2 CONT Memorial services, officiated by Father Harry Allagree, will be 1 p.m
2 CONC . Saturday at St. John's Episcopal Church, 1190 N. Forbes Street, Lake
2 CONC port. Cremation will be preformed by the Lake County Memorial Cremator
2 CONC ium, Lakeport, followed by burial at the Milford Cemetery in Milford
2 CONC , at a later date.
2 CONT Donations can be sent to the National Kidney Foundation of Northern C
2 CONC alifornia, 553 Pilgrim Drive, Suite C, Foster City, California 94404.
2 CONT 
0 @I278@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 AUG 1954
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 AUG 1954
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMC @F94@
0 @I279@ INDI
1 NAME Alan Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1955
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMC @F94@
1 FAMS @F98@
0 @I280@ INDI
1 NAME Cristine Ann /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1958
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMC @F94@
1 FAMS @F99@
0 @I281@ INDI
1 NAME Susan Mozelle McCamish /Reesor/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 APR 1929
2 PLAC Lafaette, IN
1 FAMS @F95@
0 @I282@ INDI
1 NAME Carolyn Louise /Brooks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1945
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F944@
1 FAMS @F96@
0 @I283@ INDI
1 NAME Michael Tremain /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 APR 1970
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F96@
0 @I284@ INDI
1 NAME Shawn Irvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 NOV 1971
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F96@
1 FAMS @F97@
0 @I285@ INDI
1 NAME Gabrielle Marie /Schilling/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JAN 1976
2 PLAC Lewiston, Nezperce County, ID
1 FAMS @F97@
0 @I286@ INDI
1 NAME Louis Wolfgang Schilling /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1994
2 PLAC Moscow, Latah County, ID
1 FAMC @F97@
0 @I287@ INDI
1 NAME Jasper Killian Schilling /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 OCT 1995
2 PLAC Moscow, Latah County, ID
1 FAMC @F97@
0 @I288@ INDI
1 NAME Samwyse Emrys Schilling /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 FEB 2002
2 PLAC Olympia, WA
1 FAMC @F97@
0 @I289@ INDI
1 NAME Elaine Ann /Silva/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JUL 1951
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
1 FAMS @F98@
0 @I290@ INDI
1 NAME John Josuha /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1989
2 PLAC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, CA
1 FAMC @F98@
0 @I291@ INDI
1 NAME Paul /Giannetto/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 OCT 1956
2 PLAC Fulton, Oswego County, New York
1 FAMC @F1166@
1 FAMS @F99@
0 @I292@ INDI
1 NAME William Lowell /Kofford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 AUG 1939
2 PLAC Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 JUL 1973
2 PLAC Yreka, Siskiyou County, California
1 FAMC @F1235@
1 FAMS @F100@
0 @I293@ INDI
1 NAME Jeffery David /Kofford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1958
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F100@
1 FAMS @F103@
1 FAMS @F104@
0 @I294@ INDI
1 NAME Kristen Rene' /Kofford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 FEB 1961
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 FAMC @F100@
1 FAMS @F105@
0 @I295@ INDI
1 NAME Jimmie Ted /Murray/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1937
2 PLAC Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F101@
0 @I296@ INDI
1 NAME Ann /Grodberg/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1963
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F1179@
1 FAMS @F102@
0 @I297@ INDI
1 NAME Amanda Rose /Edwards/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 SEP 1992
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I298@ INDI
1 NAME Garrett Jakob /Edwards/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 AUG 1995
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I299@ INDI
1 NAME Cynthia /LNUK/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1960
1 FAMS @F103@
0 @I300@ INDI
1 NAME Dixie L. /Shaffer/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Yreka, Siskiyou County, California
1 FAMS @F104@
0 @I301@ INDI
1 NAME Sara Jane /Kofford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JAN 1983
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F104@
0 @I302@ INDI
1 NAME Zackary David /Kofford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1985
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F104@
0 @I303@ INDI
1 NAME Grayson Max /Wilder/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1959
2 PLAC KS
1 FAMS @F105@
0 @I304@ INDI
1 NAME William Lowell /Wilder/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 AUG 1980
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I305@ INDI
1 NAME Taylor Nichole /Wilder/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1986
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I306@ INDI
1 NAME Edward Thomas /McDonald/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 APR 1933
1 FAMC @F107@
1 FAMS @F106@
0 @I307@ INDI
1 NAME Stephen J /McDonald/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 NOV 1958
2 PLAC Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F106@
0 @I308@ INDI
1 NAME Jon Rowland /McDonald/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 NOV 1960
2 PLAC Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F106@
0 @I309@ INDI
1 NAME James /McDonald/
1 NAME James Robert
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 MAR 1909
2 PLAC , , Alabama
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 JAN 1949
2 PLAC Chester, Plumas County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Lassen Cemetery - Division K, Susanville, Lassen Co, California
1 FAMS @F107@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Portola Reporter Newspaper, Portola, Plumas Co, CA
2 CONC ; Thursday, 3 Feb 1949; page 5c3; obtained at the CA State Library, C
2 CONC A History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT MC DONALD DIES
2 CONT J. R. McDonald of Chester, superintendent of the Collins Pine lumbe
2 CONC r company, recently elected member of the unified school board, died M
2 CONC onday, according to word received by Harold Doig, board member.
2 CONT Mr. McDonald had been suffering for some time with a heart ailment.
2 CONT 
0 @I310@ INDI
1 NAME Wilma /Taylor/
1 NAME Wilma Ruth
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1909
2 PLAC Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1978
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Masonic Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMS @F107@
1 FAMS @F108@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Reno Gazette Journal Newspaper, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONC ; Friday, 29 Dec 1978; page 25c1;  obtained at the University of Nevad
2 CONC a, Getchell Library, microfilm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT WILMA WEMPLE
2 CONT A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Ross, Burk
2 CONC e & Knoble Mortuary for Wilma Ruth Wemple.
2 CONT Mrs. Wemple, 69, of 2796 Plumas St., died in a Reno hospital Thursday
2 CONC .
2 CONT A native of Marion County, Ala., was born May 14, 1909, and had live
2 CONC d in Reno for three years.
2 CONT Surviving are sons, Robert T. McDonald of Reno and Edward T. McDonal
2 CONC d of Klamath Falls, Ore.; brothers, Murray Taylor of Lexington, Ky., a
2 CONC nd Choyce Taylor of Yucca Valley, Calif.; sister, Mona Carpenter of Wi
2 CONC nfield, Ala.; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
2 CONT Inurnment will be at the Masonic Memorial Gardens Cemetery
2 CONT 
2 CONT Article from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Thursday, 28 Aug 1952; page 10c3; obtained at the CA State Library
2 CONC , CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT PAUL WEMPLE-WILMA McDONALD MARRY
2 CONT Married at Chester in the McDonald home Tuesday evening, August 26, w
2 CONC ere Paul T. Wemple and Wilma McDonald, Mr. Paul White of Chester perfo
2 CONC rmed the service.
2 CONT Present were: Mr. J. T. McDonald, Mrs. Caroline Raymond and Charles H
2 CONC olcomb of Redding; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cathcart (Sally Wemple), Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. F. O. Wemple, Robert McDonald, Tom McDonald, Richard Libell an
2 CONC d Charles Wagner.
2 CONT 
0 @I311@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Taylor /McDonald/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 NOV 1934
2 PLAC Baker City, Baker County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F107@
1 FAMS @F109@
0 @I312@ INDI
1 NAME Paul /Wemple/
1 NAME Paul Theodore
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAR 1902
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 DEC 1972
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Lassen County - Division K, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMS @F108@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Wednesday, 20 Dec 1972; page 9c2-3;  obtained at the CA State Librar
2 CONC y, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT Obituaries
2 CONT PAUL T. WEMPLE
2 CONT Final services for Paul T. Wemple, 70, who died at a Reno hospital o
2 CONC n Saturday, were held at the United Methodist Church yesterday afterno
2 CONC on at two o'clock with past exalted rulers of the Susanville Elks Lodg
2 CONC e officiating.  The eulogy was given by Horace Wiseley of Salinas, a p
2 CONC ast grand exalted ruler of the Elks.  Interment was in Lassen Cemeter
2 CONC y under the direction of the Colonial Mortuary. Mrs. Donna Dandois wa
2 CONC s the organist.
2 CONT The pallbearers were Glenn Long, Don Cady, Stanley Arnold, Elton Mill
2 CONC ar, Ivor Lanigar and Carlos Lucero.
2 CONT The deceased, a native of Lassen County, was engaged in the haberdash
2 CONC ery business in Susanville for about 25 years prior to his retirement
2 CONC .  He had been a member of the Susanville Elks Lodge since 1926 and th
2 CONC rough the years took an active part in local, state and national activ
2 CONC ites [sic] of the Elks Lodge.  In addition to serving an exalted rule
2 CONC r of the local lodge he served as District Deputy Grand Exalted Rule
2 CONC r of the Northern California District, as a chairman of the State Boar
2 CONC d of Trustees, as a president of the California-Hawaii Elks Associatio
2 CONC n, as president of the Elks State Major Project and as Grand Esteeme
2 CONC d Leading Knight in the national organization, the second highest rank
2 CONC ing post in Elkdom. Wemple was also a past president of the Susanvill
2 CONC e Rotary Club, served as a member of the Susanville City Council and w
2 CONC as active in community and civic organizations.
2 CONT The deceased is survived by his wife, Wilma, and mother, Mrs. Bessi
2 CONC e Wemple, both of Susanville, a daughter, Mrs. Sally Duval, of Orinda
2 CONC , and two stepsons, Robert McDonald, Reno, and Thomas McDonald, Klamat
2 CONC h Falls.  Also surviving are 10 grandchildren.
2 CONT 
0 @I313@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /McDonald/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1960
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F109@
1 FAMS @F110@
0 @I314@ INDI
1 NAME Jill Emerson /McDonald/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 APR 1963
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F109@
1 FAMS @F1241@
0 @I315@ INDI
1 NAME Robert James /Delia/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 SEP 1956
2 PLAC Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
1 FAMS @F110@
0 @I316@ INDI
1 NAME Michael Charles /Hill/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JUN 1952
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F1207@
1 FAMS @F111@
0 @I317@ INDI
1 NAME Samatha Ann /Hill/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JUL 1984
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F111@
0 @I318@ INDI
1 NAME Jordan Charles Theodore /Hill/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1989
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F111@
0 @I319@ INDI
1 NAME Angela Ann /Abarr/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAY 1964
2 PLAC , Trinity County, California
1 FAMC @F921@
1 FAMS @F112@
0 @I320@ INDI
1 NAME Michelle /Fletcher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAR 1981
2 PLAC Shasta County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 DEC 1988
2 PLAC Glenburn, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F112@
1 NOTE Death Notice in The Record Searchlight Newspaper, Redding, Shasta Co
2 CONC , CA; Monday, 26 Dec 1988; page A15c2
2 CONT DEATHS
2 CONT FLETCHER -- Michelle Fletcher, 7, of Burney died Sunday in Glenburn
2 CONC .  Arrangements are pending at McDonald's Burney Chapel.
0 @I321@ INDI
1 NAME Mary G. /Meador/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1967
1 FAMS @F113@
0 @I322@ INDI
1 NAME Jonathon Keith /Fletcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 SEP 1987
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F113@
0 @I323@ INDI
1 NAME Kendra Joanne /Fletcher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 MAR 1989
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 FAMC @F113@
0 @I324@ INDI
1 NAME Philip James /Beaudet/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JUN 1948
2 PLAC , Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F929@
1 FAMS @F114@
0 @I325@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Floyd /Levely/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUL 1941
2 PLAC Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan
1 FAMC @F1344@
1 FAMS @F115@
0 @I326@ INDI
1 NAME Karah Forrest /Levely/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 AUG 1973
2 PLAC Burke, VA
1 FAMC @F115@
1 FAMS @F227@
0 @I327@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Scott /Levely/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1978
1 FAMC @F115@
0 @I328@ INDI
1 NAME Susan /Day/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1945
1 FAMS @F116@
0 @I329@ INDI
1 NAME Linda /Duffy/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1950
1 FAMS @F117@
0 @I330@ INDI
1 NAME Martha Ellen /Conlan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1873
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1970
1 FAMC @F1000@
1 FAMS @F118@
0 @I331@ INDI
1 NAME Fredrick George /Brunhouse/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 NOV 1868
2 PLAC near Coulterville, Mariposa County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 MAR 1918
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara Co, California
1 OCCU ,
1 FAMC @F945@
1 FAMS @F119@
1 FAMS @F120@
1 NOTE When Fred's baby and first wife died in 1902 of TB, he married her sis
2 CONC ter, Myrtle May Decious. Fred was a graduate of San Jose Normal School
2 CONC . He was a schoolteacher, bookkeeper, and later Superintendent of Scho
2 CONC ols in Susanville, CA for four years. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT The LASSEN ADVOCATE Newspaper; Susanville, Lassen Co, CA; Friday, 22 M
2 CONC arch 1918; page 1c2,    Fredrick George Brunhouse's obituary;    CA St
2 CONC ate Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT BRUNHOUSE FUNERAL ATTENDED BY CROWDS
2 CONT The funeral of School Superintendent Fred Brunhouse last Saturday a
2 CONC t 11a.m. was one of the largest that has been held in Susanville.  Th
2 CONC e services, which were conducted by Rev. R. N. Rowe of the Baptist chu
2 CONC rch were held in the Methodist church and the room was filled almost t
2 CONC o capacity.  Both the Odd Fellows and Native Sons' lodges were largel
2 CONC y represented.  A large attendance was present from various parts of t
2 CONC he valley and the county officials closed their offices at the court h
2 CONC ouse that morning.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The floral pieces were numerous and of great beauty, among them being
2 CONT elaborate offerings from the lodges of which the deceased had been a m
2 CONC ember
2 CONT and from the county officers.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I332@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Brunhouse/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE FEB 1902
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE FEB 1902
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I333@ INDI
1 NAME Mary J. /Brunhouse/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1904
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, County
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1999
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F120@
1 NOTE Mary was a schoolteacher. She never married and lived in San Jose an
2 CONC d Menlo Park, California.
2 CONT <b>Social Security Death Index 1999 Edition</b>
0 @I334@ INDI
1 NAME Pauline R. /Brunhouse/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JAN 1908
2 PLAC Spoonville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 JAN 1989
2 PLAC Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F120@
1 NOTE Pauline was a schoolteacher.  She never married and lived in San Jos
2 CONC e and Menlo Park, California.
0 @I335@ INDI
1 NAME Clarence Edward /Brunhouse/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1917
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 MAY 2004
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 TITL D.D.S
1 FAMC @F120@
1 FAMS @F126@
1 NOTE Ed practiced orthodontics in San Francisco. DRW.  
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Mercury News; San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA; 15 May 2
2 CONC 004
2 CONT Clarence Edward Brunhouse
2 CONT Native California and long-time San Jose resident.  Dr. C. Edward Bru
2 CONC nhouse, many of whose ancestors were California pioneers, passed awa
2 CONC y Wednesday, May 12, 2004 after a brief battle with cancer.
2 CONT Dr. Brunhouse was born December 9, 1917 in Susanville, Calif.  His fa
2 CONC ther, Frederick, was a school teacher and superintendent.  His mother
2 CONC , Myrtle Decious was from a cattle ranching family that had come to th
2 CONC e west via The Oregon Trail.  In order that his older sisters, Mary an
2 CONC d Pauline Brunhouse, could pursue a higher education, his family reloc
2 CONC ated to Santa Clara Valley when he was five years old.  His father ha
2 CONC d lived in and was educated in San Jose.
2 CONT Dr. Brunhouse faithfully attend his favorite alumni reunions with Sa
2 CONC n Jose High School Class of 1935.  He was a graduate of San Jose Stat
2 CONC e College, Stanford University Graduate School of Eduation, and the Un
2 CONC iversity of California, San Francisco Dental School.  Dr. Brunhouse wa
2 CONC s both a World War II Verteran and a Korean War Army Veteran.
2 CONT In 1947, he and his wife Margaret Simmons, settled in San Jose wher
2 CONC e he established a dental practice.  He later trained and specialize
2 CONC d in orthodontics.  In addition to his wife of 59 years, he is survive
2 CONC d by his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Robert and Judith Brunhouse of C
2 CONC arlsbad, California; his daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Thomas Him
2 CONC melright, and his grandchildren, Robert and Margaret Himmelright, al
2 CONC l of Ridgefield, Connectict; and his caregiver, Teleisia (Sia).
2 CONT At his request, there will be no services.  Memorial donations may b
2 CONC e made to your favorite charity.
2 CONT 
0 @I336@ INDI
1 NAME Marguerite J. /Delmas/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 FEB 1878
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1967
2 PLAC Cedarville, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell Cemetery, Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F1017@
1 FAMS @F121@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 21 September 1967, pag
2 CONC e 2c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MARGUERITE DECIOUS PASSES AT AGE 89
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services for Mrs. Marguerite Decious, 89, were held in the Fort Bidwe
2 CONC ll church and interment in the Fort Bidwell cemetery Tuesday morning
2 CONC . She passed away in the Cedarville hospital September 16.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Marguerite J. Delmas was born in San Francisco, February 21, 1878. He
2 CONC r parents moved to Surprise Valley when she was a young child. She att
2 CONC ended school in Cedarville. October 14, 1903, she was married to Charl
2 CONC es R. Decious and they made their home in Fort Bidwell. To them were b
2 CONC orn five children. The youngest son, Clarence, and her husband precede
2 CONC d her in death, both passing away in 1961. Surviving children are Stan
2 CONC ley Decious of Alturas, Charles Decious and Audrey McCandless both o
2 CONC f Chico, and Mary Peterson of Fort Bidwell. There are 8 grandchildre
2 CONC n and eight great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Decious took an active part in her community and served as postm
2 CONC istress in Fort Bidwell for 38 years.
0 @I337@ INDI
1 NAME Audrey Marie /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1905
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 NOV 1992
2 PLAC Carson City,  Ormsby County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F121@
1 FAMS @F372@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the ALTURAS PLAINDEALER, Wednesday, 17 Octob
2 CONC er 1934, page 1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT FORT BIDWELL GIRL IN MARRIED IN BAY CITY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Audrey Decious, was married Friday, October 12, 1934 to Mr. Howa
2 CONC rd F. McCandless of San Francisco. The bride is the daughter of Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Charles Decious of Bidwell and is a sister of Stanley Decious o
2 CONC f Alturas. She is a graduate of the University of California and late
2 CONC r taught in the Surprise Valley Union High school.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. McCandless will make their home in San Francisco where t
2 CONC he former is in business.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 10 December 1992, pag
2 CONC e 9c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT AUDREY McCANDLESS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Audrey D. McCandless, 87, past resident of Alturas, died November 2
2 CONC 4 at her resident in Carson City. There were no services held. Inurnme
2 CONC nt will be held at a later date in Modoc County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was born in Fort Bidwell, California, January 16, 1905 to Charle
2 CONC s Decious and Marguerite Delmas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT McCandless retired from Chico State University in 1971 after 12 year
2 CONC s of service as a librarian.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was past member of the Episcopal Church in Alturas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving McCandless are her son, Howard McCandless of Zephyr Cove, N
2 CONC evada and her brother Stanley Decious of Alturas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Preceding her in death are her husband, three brothers and one sister
2 CONC .
0 @I338@ INDI
1 NAME Delmas Stanley /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 AUG 1907
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JUN 1994
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Alturas Cemetery, Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F121@
1 FAMS @F124@
1 NOTE Stan worked in garages as a parts man, car salesman, and shop foreman
2 CONC . For a short time he owned his own business. He was a fine man and ho
2 CONC nest to a fault. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 9 June 1994, page 23c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT STAN DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Graveside services were held Tuesday, June 7, for Stan Decious, 87, w
2 CONC ho died June 4, 1994 at the Modoc Medical Center in Alturas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A long-time and well known resident of Modoc, Decious was born in For
2 CONC t Bidwell, August 8, 1907. He graduated from Cedarville High School i
2 CONC n 1924 and in 1928 received his degree in economics from the Universit
2 CONC y of California, Berkeley. He married Doris Gibbons in 1932 and the co
2 CONC uple had two children, Gay and Danny.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decious made his home in Alturas and was a well-known car salesman fo
2 CONC r over 50 years. He was a contributing member of Modoc for over 80 yea
2 CONC rs, as an Alturas Tigers baseball player, sports coach, businessman, o
2 CONC r simply the man who always had something kind to say about everyone.
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to those who knew him, he was considered a gentleman, who w
2 CONC as the first to be called on when help was needed.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decious held a lifelong passion for sports. He remained a loyal fan o
2 CONC f the Cal Bears, San Francisco Giants and Seals throughout his life. D
2 CONC ecious was also an avid bridge player and attended a weekly bridge clu
2 CONC b right up until the time of his death.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decious enjoyed playing cards while listening to a ball game. Accordi
2 CONC ngly, at his son's request, Decious' cremains were buried beside his d
2 CONC eck of cards and transistor radio, tuned to the Giants station.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving Decious are his daughter and son-in-law, Gay and Fred Boehm
2 CONC e of San Francisco, son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Mary Decious of S
2 CONC acramento; grandchildren Cindy Davis of La Jolla and Chuck Davis of Mo
2 CONC raga. Also surviving is his son-at-heart, Jerry Gloster of Salem, Oreg
2 CONC on.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Preceding him in death were his wife, Doris, who died in 1975; sister
2 CONC s, Mary Peterson and Audrey McCandless; and brothers, Tyke and Clarenc
2 CONC e Decious, all of Modoc.
0 @I339@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Richard /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1909
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 AUG 1978
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F121@
1 FAMS @F123@
1 NOTE Obituary from the CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD, 9 August 1978, page 2Ac4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT TIKE DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Bidwell Memo
2 CONC rial Presbyterian Church for Charles Richard 'Tike' Decious, prominen
2 CONC t Chico businessman who died Monday at a local hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was 68, and had been in ill health for only a few weeks.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decious had owned and operated Tike Decious Ford, 1108 Park Avenue, f
2 CONC or 27 years. The firm will be closed Friday.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Born November 12, 1909 in Fort Bidwell to Charles and Marguerite Deci
2 CONC ous, he attended elementary school there. He received his high schoo
2 CONC l education in Cedarville and attended Armstrong College in Berkeley a
2 CONC nd Oregon State University.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decious worked in Lakeview and Roseburg, Oregon prior to joining th
2 CONC e U.S. Army, where he served for five years. He was discharged as a ca
2 CONC ptain in 1946 after duty in England, France and Germany.
2 CONT 
2 CONT During his years as owner of the auto firm, Decious received industr
2 CONC y awards, including the Ford Division Gold Car Leadership Award and th
2 CONC e Distinguished Achievement Award. He also served as president of th
2 CONC e Chico Auto Dealers Association and on the board of directors of th
2 CONC e San Jose District Ford Dealers Association and Northern California A
2 CONC dvertising Association.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In addition to his community involvement, Decious was an ardent golfe
2 CONC r and a member of Butte Creek Country Club.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, Bea of Chico; three daughters, Diane Bal
2 CONC l of Evanston, Illinois, Karen Lowe and Sandra Semas, both of Auburn
2 CONC ; a son, Gary Younie of Chico; a brother, Stanley of Alturas; two sist
2 CONC ers, Audrey McCandless of Alturas and Mary Peterson of Fort Bidwell; a
2 CONC nd ten grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dr. Robert Scot of Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church will officiat
2 CONC e at the service.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society in Care of Brusi
2 CONC e Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements.
0 @I340@ INDI
1 NAME Mary F. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1911
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 NOV 1989
2 PLAC Cedarville, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F121@
1 FAMS @F125@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 30 November 1989, pag
2 CONC e 9c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MARY D. PETERSON
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lifetime Modoc resident Mary D. Peterson, 77, died November 22 at Sur
2 CONC prise Valley Community Hospital, Cedarville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Fort Bidwell native was born December 6, 1911 to Charles and Marg
2 CONC uerite (Delmas) Decious.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Peterson was a homemaker and housewife for 60 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She is survived by her husband, Granville Peterson, of Fort Bidwell
2 CONC ; a daughter, Nancy Ann Bicondoa, of Chico; a sister, Audrey McCandles
2 CONC s of Alturas; a brother, Stan Decious also of Alturas; three grandchil
2 CONC dren and four great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT No services are to be held.
0 @I341@ INDI
1 NAME Clarence Edward /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JAN 1914
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 APR 1961
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Glen Oaks Memorial Park, Chico, Butte Co, California
1 FAMC @F121@
1 FAMS @F375@
1 NOTE Committed suicide with a .22 pistol to the head due to depression. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD, 4 April 1961, page 3Ac1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT CLARENCE E. DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services will be held in the Brusie Funeral Home chapel a
2 CONC t 2 p.m. Wednesdy for Clarence Edward Decious, a resident of Chico fo
2 CONC r the past three years who died at his home on Highway 32 yesterday mo
2 CONC rning.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Burial will follow in the Glen Oaks Memorial Park with the Chico Lodg
2 CONC e No. 111 F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons) and the Reverand Harol
2 CONC d Caton, minister of the Aldergate Methodist Church, officiating.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decious was born on January 5, 1914 in Fort Bidwell and for the pas
2 CONC t 22 years, prior to his move to Chico, had resided in Tulelake wher
2 CONC e he was employed by the Floyd A. Boyd Company.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A veteran of World War II, Decious was a member of the Canby Cross Lo
2 CONC dge No. 679 F. & A.M. and also the Elks Lodge of Klamath Falls, Oregon
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Darlene Decious of Chico, a daughte
2 CONC r, Darla Lusk also of Chico; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Decious o
2 CONC f Fort Bidwell; and three brothers and sisters, Tike Decious, Mrs. How
2 CONC ard McCandless, both of Chico; Stanley Decious of Alturas and Mrs. Gra
2 CONC nville Peterson of Fort Bidwell.
0 @I342@ INDI
1 NAME Wayne /Younie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 APR 1909
2 PLAC Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 APR 1944
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Lassen Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMS @F122@
0 @I343@ INDI
1 NAME Bernice /Hartley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 FEB 1912
2 PLAC Etna, Siskiyou County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1996
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F1189@
1 FAMS @F122@
1 FAMS @F123@
0 @I344@ INDI
1 NAME Diane /Younie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1933
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F122@
1 FAMS @F1111@
1 FAMS @F1112@
0 @I345@ INDI
1 NAME Gary Wayne /Younie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 NOV 1937
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F122@
1 FAMS @F615@
1 FAMS @F616@
0 @I346@ INDI
1 NAME Sandra /Younie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1943
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F122@
1 FAMS @F1113@
0 @I347@ INDI
1 NAME Karen /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JAN 1949
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F123@
1 FAMS @F373@
1 NOTE Birth announcement in the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Tuesday, 8 Febru
2 CONC ary 1949, page 8c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DAUGHTER FOR THE FORMER BEA YOUNIE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Announcement of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Decio
2 CONC us in Chico January 25, 1949, were received by Susanville friends. Mrs
2 CONC . Decious is the former Bea Younie of Susanville. Little Karen tips th
2 CONC e scales at 8 pounds 10 ozs.
0 @I348@ INDI
1 NAME Doris H /Gibbons/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 APR 1911
2 PLAC San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 AUG 1975
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Alturas Cemetery, Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F1110@
1 FAMS @F124@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 28 August 1975, page 11
2 CONC c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT LAST RITES FOR DORIS DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were conducted from Kerr Chapel Tuesday for Doris Gibbons De
2 CONC cious, who expired in Alturas Saturday at the age of 64. Death was att
2 CONC ributed to a self-inflected gunshot wound.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceases had been a resident of Alturas since 1916, She was bor
2 CONC n April 5, 1911, in San Luis Obispo, the youngest of two children of t
2 CONC he late Oscar and Flora Gibbons. Her father moved here to establis
2 CONC h a law practice of many years including a term as Modoc District Atto
2 CONC rney.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was a graduate of local schools and an honor student at graduatio
2 CONC n from Modoc High School with the class of 1929.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After high school she attended the University of California at  Berke
2 CONC ley and was enrolled in the Oakland School of Law when she met Stanle
2 CONC y Decious. They were married September 18, 1932 in Reno, Nevada.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Two children were born to this union: Gay Herbert of San Francisco an
2 CONC d Danny, an Associate Professor at California State University, Sacram
2 CONC ento. Two grandchildren survive.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A brother, Jack, preceded her in death in 1960.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In earlier years she had been very active in community and school act
2 CONC ivities.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Reverand Robert Ropp officiated at services at Kerr Chapel and a
2 CONC t graveside in the Alturas cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pallbearers included Dr. Ed Conwell, Herman Weber, Davis Wellman, Lor
2 CONC ing White, R.M. Sloss and Delbert Fitzpatrick.
0 @I349@ INDI
1 NAME Gay Beverly /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1933
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAY 2003
2 PLAC Antioch, Contra Costa County, California
1 FAMC @F124@
1 FAMS @F282@
1 FAMS @F283@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Modoc Record via the internet, dated May 29, 2003:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituaries: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay Decious Boehme
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay Boehme passed away May 23, 2003, in Antioch, California after a le
2 CONC ngthy illness. Born in Alturas, CA., to Doris and Stan Decious, Gay gr
2 CONC aduated from Modoc Union High School in 1951 and Oregon State Universi
2 CONC ty in 1955, with a Bachelor of Arts in Education. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT She taught elementary school students in the California communities o
2 CONC f Bieber, Roseville, and Oakland and volunteered with the Quaker Proje
2 CONC ct in Berkeley, and in schools in San Francisco.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay was an accomplished pianist and together with her husband of twent
2 CONC y-one years, Fred, appreciated a broad range of music styles and artis
2 CONC ts. She enjoyed her continuing friendship with Modoc Union High Schoo
2 CONC l classmates and Oregon State University Alpha Gamma Delta sorority si
2 CONC sters.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay will be fondly remembered by her step children in the Boehme famil
2 CONC y, especially Theresa Alley with whom she maintained a close relations
2 CONC hip. She will be missed by many caring neighbors at Somerset Fellowshi
2 CONC p Church, and the David Kazakevich family, all of Antioch. Gay was a d
2 CONC evoted wife, mother, sister and friend who was cherished for her gentl
2 CONC e loving nature and kind-heartedness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was preceded in death by her parents and by her loving husbands, C
2 CONC harles Herbert and Fred Boehme. Gay is survived by daughter Cindy Exli
2 CONC ne, son-in-law Alex Exline, and granddaughter Chloe Exline of San Brun
2 CONC o, son Chuck Davis and close companion Carrie Kiskila of Oakland, brot
2 CONC her Dan and sister-in-law Mary Decious of Sacramento.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Gay's family welcomes her friends to gather at Traditional Care Funera
2 CONC l Services, 1205 A Street, Antioch, at 12 noon, May 30. In lieu of flo
2 CONC wers, the family suggests donations to the Modoc High School Scholarsh
2 CONC ip Fund, c/o Modoc High School, 900 North Main Street, Alturas, CA., 9
2 CONC 6101 or to a charity of your choice. 
2 CONT 
0 @I350@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel Russell /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1938
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F124@
1 FAMS @F279@
1 FAMS @F280@
1 FAMS @F281@
1 NOTE Notes from the work of Clarence W. Decious - from the book WHO'S WHO I
2 CONC N CHEMISTRY.*
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decious, Daniel, born Alturas, Califorina July 12, 1938.  Married 196
2 CONC 3. Physical Chemistry, B.S. California Berkeley, 1960.  Ph.D (physica
2 CONC l chemistry), University of Washington 1965.  Resident Associate, Chem
2 CONC istry, Hopkins, 1965-67. Assistant Professor in Chemistry, Sacrament
2 CONC o State College, 1967.  Theoretical determination of electronic proper
2 CONC ties of small molecules.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Published three papers Journal of Chemical Physics, 1966-68.  Outstand
2 CONC ing teacher awards from Sacramento State, 1976, 1982, 1994.
2 CONT 
2 CONT *Year of publication was not included in Clarence's work. DRW
0 @I351@ INDI
1 NAME Granville Thomas /Peterson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1906
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1994
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 FAMS @F125@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 15 September 1994, pag
2 CONC e 15c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT GRANVILLE THOMAS PETERSON
2 CONT 
2 CONT Longtime Fort Bidwell resident Granville Thomas Peterson died in Ft
2 CONC . Bidwell, California on September 12, 1994, at age 87.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Peterson was born in Ft. Bidwell on December 20, 1906, and had at
2 CONC tended Modoc schools through his high school years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He made Modoc his home for 87 years and his occupation was ranching
2 CONC , which he loved. He also enjoyed people and loved animals. Mr. Peters
2 CONC on was married to Mary Decious, who preceded him in death in 1989.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by a daughter Nancy Bicondoa of Cedarville; a brother
2 CONC , Elbert Peterson of Klamath  Falls, Oregon; sisters, Bernice Winshop
2 CONC , Yuba City, Ester Johnson, Marysville, and Betty Bernes, Livermore. M
2 CONC r. Peterson was very close to his grandchildren, Joe, Jeffy and Greg B
2 CONC icondoa and five great-grandchildren..
2 CONT 
2 CONT No services are scheduled at this time.
0 @I352@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Ann /Peterson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 OCT 1944
2 PLAC Alturas, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F125@
1 FAMS @F307@
1 NOTE Thanks are extended to Nancy Peterson Bicondoa for providing help to t
2 CONC he compilers. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wedding announcement from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 9 Februar
2 CONC y 1961, page 4c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PETERSON-BICONDOA WEDDING JANUARY 28TH
2 CONT 
2 CONT Two prominent families of Surprise Valley were united January 28th wh
2 CONC en Nancy Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Peterson of For
2 CONC t Bidwell became the bride of Joe Bicondoa, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jo
2 CONC e Bicondoa of Eagleville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The 2 o'clock ceremony was performed in the Sacred Heart church of Al
2 CONC turas by Father Ignatius Estes in the presence of immediate relative
2 CONC s and personal friends of the young couple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride was accompanied to the altar by her father who gave her han
2 CONC d in marriage. Attending her as maid of honor was Carmen Bicondoa, sis
2 CONC ter of the groom and Marcel Maria attended the groom as best man.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nancy was a lovely bride in her waltz length gown of white alencon ty
2 CONC pe lace over net with wrist length sleeves and round neck line. Her sh
2 CONC ouder length veil was attached to a coronet of seed pearls and she car
2 CONC ried a bouquet of white orchids in ivory rose buds.
2 CONT 
2 CONT At the end of the marriage ritual Father Estes handed the couple on h
2 CONC eirloom coin which he had blessed for the occasion. The quaint custo
2 CONC m originated in France and this coin was given to Nancy's great-grandm
2 CONC other Delmas at her marriage in France in 1872. In turn it was given t
2 CONC o Nancy's grandmother Mrs. Charles Decious by her husband in 1903 an
2 CONC d to Nancy's mother Mrs. Granville Peterson at her wedding in 1929. Th
2 CONC e coin is blessed by the attending priest who hands it to the groom th
2 CONC en he hands it in turn to his bride, as a token of prosperous and goo
2 CONC d life together.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following the service the bridal party accepted congratulations a
2 CONC t a reception in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Decious of Alturas.
2 CONT 
2 CONT For her going away costume the bride wore a strawberry pink suit wit
2 CONC h matching feather hat and black patent accessories. The honeymoon wa
2 CONC s spent at Lake Tahoe, Squaw Valley and Reno. They will make their hom
2 CONC e in Eagleville where Joe is employed on his father's ranch.
0 @I353@ INDI
1 NAME Susan /Peterson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1946
2 PLAC Fresno, Fresno County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE ABT 1946
2 PLAC Fresno, Fresno County, California
1 FAMC @F125@
0 @I354@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret A. /Simmons/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 APR 1925
2 PLAC Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F947@
1 FAMS @F126@
0 @I355@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Frederick /Brunhouse/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 MAY 1949
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F126@
1 FAMS @F542@
0 @I356@ INDI
1 NAME Janet Barbara /Brunhouse/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 AUG 1953
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F126@
1 FAMS @F543@
0 @I357@ INDI
1 NAME Lulu Blanche /Davis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUL 1887
2 PLAC Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1983
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F1114@
1 FAMS @F127@
0 @I358@ INDI
1 NAME Effie Irene /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1907
2 PLAC Sage Brush Ranch, Doyle, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 MAR 1985
2 PLAC Visalia, Tulare County, California
1 FAMC @F127@
1 FAMS @F376@
1 NOTE Obituary from the VISALIA TIMES-DELTA, 2 March 1985, page 2Bc3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT EFFIE DAVIS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Effie Davis, 78, of Visalia died Friday at her home
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was a native of Susanville. The former Effie Decious married Jose
2 CONC ph Davis in 1922 in Nevada. she was a member of Saint Paul's Episcopa
2 CONC l Church and the Las Medranes of Valley Children's Hospital Guild.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include her husband, Joseph of Visalia; one son, Jeff Davi
2 CONC s of Visalia; one brother Warren Decious of Fairfield; and two grandch
2 CONC ildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday in Saint Paul's Epi
2 CONC scopal Church with the Reverands David Cole and George Turney officiat
2 CONC ing. Cremation was held at Miller Memorial Chapel.
0 @I359@ INDI
1 NAME Warren Davis /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1908
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 OCT 2005
2 PLAC Eskaton Care Center, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F127@
1 FAMS @F128@
0 @I360@ INDI
1 NAME Florence Martha /Pickerill/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 AUG 1908
2 PLAC Hanford, Kings County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 AUG 1973
2 PLAC Vallejo, Solano County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Hanford Cemetery, Hanford, Kings Co, California
1 FAMC @F1127@
1 FAMS @F128@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Vallejo Times-Herald Newspaper, Vallejo, Solano Co
2 CONC , CA; Wednesday, 22 Aug 1973; page 4c5
2 CONT FLORENCE DECIOUS
2 CONT Mrs. Florence M. Decious, 65, of 615 Russell St., died Monday in a lo
2 CONC cal hospital after a long illness.
2 CONT A native of Hanford, she had lived here 22 years.  She was a register
2 CONC ed nurse with 42 years' experience.  She was a member of the Californi
2 CONC a State Nurses Association.
2 CONT She is survived by her widower, Warren of Vallejo; two sons, Donald
2 CONC , Huntington Beach, and James, Palo Alto; sister, Mrs. Marjorie Neal
2 CONC , Hanford; brother, Ernest Pickerill, Santa Cruz, and three grandchild
2 CONC ren.
2 CONT A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Church o
2 CONC f the Ascension, with interment at Hanford.  There will be no visitati
2 CONC on at the funeral home.
2 CONT The family request donations to favorite charities.
2 CONT Wiggins Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
0 @I361@ INDI
1 NAME Donald Davis /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F128@
1 FAMS @F379@
0 @I362@ INDI
1 NAME James Albert /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 AUG 1941
2 PLAC Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 FEB 2003
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 FAMC @F128@
1 FAMS @F381@
1 FAMS @F383@
1 FAMS @F384@
1 NOTE Obituary from the San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA
2 CONC ; 22 Feb 2003
2 CONT DECIOUS, James Albert -- age 61 years, died February 17, 2003 at hom
2 CONC e in San Jose, CA. after a battle with cancer. Mr. Decious is survive
2 CONC d by his wife, Randi; father, Warren; brother and sister-in-law Donal
2 CONC d and Sue; son and daughter-in-law, Christopher and Jeannine; son, Don
2 CONC ovan; step-children, Dawn, Glenn, and Kevin Schiavo; grandchildren, Vi
2 CONC rginia, Austin, Cria, Fallon, and Quincy; and niece, Kendra. Born Augu
2 CONC st 16, 1941 in Norfolk, VA, James served in the United States Army an
2 CONC d as a Police Officer in Palo Alto. Most recently he worked in a Silic
2 CONC on Valley corporation. He will be remembered for his humor and love fo
2 CONC r family and friends. He will be dearly missed. Friends are invited t
2 CONC o attend a memorial service Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 11:00 A.M. i
2 CONC n OAK HILL FUNERAL HOME'S CHAPEL OF ROSES, 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jos
2 CONC e. In lieu of flowers the family prefers that donations be made to th
2 CONC e charity of your choice. Arrangements under the direction of OAK HIL
2 CONC L FUNERAL HOME, San Jose.
0 @I363@ INDI
1 NAME Hazel Eliza /Drobney/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 JUN 1899
2 PLAC Oregon
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 FEB 1972
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMS @F129@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Oakland Tribune Newspaper, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
2 CONC ; Thursday, 17 Feb 1972; page 22c2
2 CONT EASTBAY FUNERAL NOTICES
2 CONT DECIOUS, Hazel E., In Oakland, February 15, 1972, loving mother of Ra
2 CONC ymond Decious, Mrs. Ruth Callow, Mrs. Thelma Greenwood, Mrs. Sue Sherm
2 CONC an and the late Donald Decious; loving grandmother of 12 grandchildre
2 CONC n and eight great grandchildren; loving sister of Ernest Drobny [sic]
2 CONC , Mrs. Mamie Bennett and Mrs. Bessie Cannon.  A native of Oregon; age
2 CONC d 72 years.
2 CONT Friends are invited to attend services Friday, February 18 at 2 p.m
2 CONC . at the CHAPEL OF THE OAKS, Oakland Mortuary, 3007 Telegraph Ave., Dr
2 CONC . Joyce Farr officiating.
0 @I364@ INDI
1 NAME Ruth Evelyn /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1917
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 AUG 1991
2 PLAC possibly in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington
1 FAMC @F129@
1 FAMS @F387@
0 @I365@ INDI
1 NAME Thelma Deesse /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 DEC 1919
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 AUG 2000
2 PLAC Contra Costa County, California
1 FAMC @F129@
1 FAMS @F388@
0 @I366@ INDI
1 NAME Raymond Glenn /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 DEC 1920
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 OCT 1988
2 PLAC Contra Costa County, California
1 FAMC @F129@
1 FAMS @F304@
0 @I367@ INDI
1 NAME Donald Orvis /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JUN 1922
2 PLAC Oregon
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 JAN 1967
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo Co, California
1 FAMC @F129@
1 FAMS @F389@
0 @I368@ INDI
1 NAME Hazel Irene /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 MAY 1924
2 PLAC Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1985
2 PLAC Mendocino County, California
1 FAMC @F129@
1 FAMS @F390@
0 @I369@ INDI
1 NAME Nora A. /Renli/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 SEP 1900
2 PLAC South Dakota
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 APR 1990
2 PLAC El Dorado County, California
1 FAMC @F1087@
1 FAMS @F130@
1 FAMS @F131@
0 @I370@ INDI
1 NAME Lyle /Gibson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1895
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1995
1 FAMS @F131@
0 @I371@ INDI
1 NAME Wayne /Gibson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1925
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I372@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Gibson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1930
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I373@ INDI
1 NAME Frederick /Tisius/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1760
2 PLAC Ashersleben, Hannover, Germany
1 DEAT
2 DATE SEP 1826
2 PLAC Luray, Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 FAMS @F132@
1 FAMS @F133@
1 NOTE Clarence W. Decius gathered material about the Decius/Decious family a
2 CONC nd sent the compilers copies about 1983. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Ame
2 CONC rican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  A copy of Claudia Ann Sisk's appl
2 CONC ication for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of th
2 CONC e American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392 c
2 CONC an be reviewed under 'Claudia Ann Sisk'.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT From HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA IN THE REVOLUTION From 177
2 CONC 4 to 1783 by Morton L. Montgomery:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Captain (later Major) Bartholomew Von Heer's Troop (Dragoons) was org
2 CONC anized under a resolution of Congress of May 27, 1778, establishin
2 CONC g a Provost to consist of a captain, four lieutenants, one clerk, quar
2 CONC termaster sergeant, two trumpeters, two sergeants, five corporals, for
2 CONC ty-three provosts or privates, and four ex-carboniers.  They were moun
2 CONC ted and accoutred as light dragoons, and were to apprehend deserters
2 CONC , rioters, and stragglers.  Their duties were those of a provost guard
2 CONC .  . . .  The men were all recruited in Pennsylvania, and the followin
2 CONC g were from Reading:   .  .  .  (Frederick Tecius [Tissus] was liste
2 CONC d among this group.)
2 CONT 
2 CONT In letters from Mark A. Schwalm, of the Johannes Schwalm Historical As
2 CONC sociation, Inc. of Lyndhurst, OH (now located in Pennsauken, NJ), to C
2 CONC larence W. Decious, it is stated that this group of Continental soldie
2 CONC rs still under the leadership of, then Major, Von Heer, later became G
2 CONC eneral George Washington's personal body guards, much like the Secre
2 CONC t Service provides security for the president today.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In a letter dated August 17,1983, Mark A. Schwalm states, It is possi
2 CONC ble though that he (Tissus) may have deserted (from the British Army
2 CONC ) around York-Lancaster on the march south to Charlottesville in Decem
2 CONC ber of 1779 and found his way to Reading.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also, it was thought by Mark Schwalm that Frederick Decious was conscr
2 CONC ipted by King George III out of Hannover, Germany for duty in his arm
2 CONC y to fight the colonists in America.  King George III was the Protecto
2 CONC rate of Hannover at this time. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT After the war he took up a section of land in the Shenandoah Valley o
2 CONC f Virginia where he died. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT In a letter from the work of Clarence W. Decius from Anne L. Gwynn, As
2 CONC sistant Researcher for the City of Charlottesville, VA, she states i
2 CONC n part:   . . . I contacted the Luray Chamber of Commerce, and was to
2 CONC ld that Decius in not a very common name in the Luray area, however th
2 CONC e Clerk of the Court did find a Dr. Frederick Decius in his records
2 CONC .  Dr. Decius apparently had two daughters and a son: Ann married Henr
2 CONC y Prince, June 19, 1820; Barbara married David Prince in 1829; Abraha
2 CONC m married Kathryn in 1811.  . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT This is the first use of doctor as a title by Frederick.  Possibly h
2 CONC e took up medicine after the Revolutionary War. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT A letter to Marguerite Wemple Rypkema, from Clarence W. Decius dated D
2 CONC ecember 17, 1985 is in part as follows:  . . . Now as to our Frederic
2 CONC k Tisius' military history, it starts in Hannover, Germany in the yea
2 CONC r of 1776.  (On) August 25 (of that year), he was recruited into the B
2 CONC ritish Army, not the Hessian as the family story goes.  He was taken i
2 CONC nto England, trained and sent to the States with the Forth Regiment.
2 CONC * His army serial number was WO 12/2194; he was under the command of C
2 CONC aptain John Webster and later under Captain John Bawden.  Frederick Ti
2 CONC sius fought for the British in these battles: April 21, 1777,(then) th
2 CONC e Regiment embarked with five others for an attack on Danbury, CT.  O
2 CONC n July 18, 1777 they embarked for the Head of Elk, CT; on September 11
2 CONC , 1777 they took part in the battle of Germantown.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Frederick Tisius deserted the British in June 18, 1778 as the Britis
2 CONC h were withdrawing from Philadelphia.  Frederick Tisius joined the (Ca
2 CONC ptain) Bartholmew Von Heer's Mounted Dragoons in the town of Reading
2 CONC , Pennsylvania March 15,1780.  Frederick Tisius' enlistment was up i
2 CONC n January 13, 1783, when he left Von Heer's Dragoons.  He went with th
2 CONC ree Army friends, Sergeant I. Effinger, and two brothers named Fouch (
2 CONC Fox). All of them went into the area of Woodstock, Virginia.  They al
2 CONC l married and settled down.  Frederick bought land in a place called D
2 CONC ry Run, 21 miles southeast of Woodstock.  I believe that a part of hi
2 CONC s land was given to him as a bounty for his service with the America
2 CONC n Army.  . . .
2 CONT DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT *From the years 1751 to 1867, this regiment was called, The 4th or th
2 CONC e King's Own Regiment. This regiment fought in four battles before Fre
2 CONC derick Tisius deserted. These battles are: 1. Lexington 1775, 2. Bunke
2 CONC rs Hill 1775, 3. Brooklyn 1776 and 4. Germantown 1777. It was abou
2 CONC t a year after this Battle of Germantown that Frederick Tissus deserte
2 CONC d. He resurfaced over two years later when he joined Van Heer's Dragoo
2 CONC ns.
0 @I374@ INDI
1 NAME Magdalene /Hiestand/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUN 1768
2 PLAC Orange Co (to Shenandoah County, now  Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1818
2 PLAC Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 FAMC @F1197@
1 FAMS @F132@
0 @I375@ INDI
1 NAME Abraham /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1789
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1879
2 PLAC Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois
1 BURI
2 PLAC Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F191@
0 @I376@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1792
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BET. 1880-1900)
2 PLAC , Page County, Virginia
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F192@
1 FAMS @F193@
1 NOTE [Fourth Census of United States:   1820 - Population, Department of Co
2 CONC mmerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Shenandoa
2 CONC h Co;    Town/Township:   Isabella Furnace;    Census date:   7 Aug 18
2 CONC 20-Feb 1821;    page:   159;    Elizabeth Mussleman;    Internet; www.
2 CONC ancestry.com
2 CONT {Elizabeth Musselman not indexed but listed on census right above he
2 CONC r father, Frederick Decious}
2 CONT MALES-free white: 
2 CONT ..2 - <10  [1811-1820]:    Joseph Mussleman (b: 1814)   +      (male
2 CONC ) Mussleman  (b:  1811-1820)
2 CONT FEMALES-white:   
2 CONT ..1 - <10  [1811-1820]:    Margaret Mussleman (b:  1811-1820)
2 CONT ..1 - 26y-44 [1776-1794]:   Elizabeth Decious Mussleman (b: 1792) ]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Seventh Census of United States:   1850 - Population, Department of C
2 CONC ommerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Page Co
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   District 49th;    Enumeration date:   23 Sept 18
2 CONC 50;    page:   331;    family #:   871;    line #:   19-21;    Elizabe
2 CONC th Nunn;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT line #   19;    Elizabeth Nunn;    age:   50y;    female;    born
2 CONC :   VA
2 CONT line #   20;    Sopharina Nunn;    age:   18y;    female;    born
2 CONC :   VA
2 CONT line #   21;    Mary Nunn;    age:   19y;    female;    born:  VA]
2 CONT 
2 CONT [Eighth Census of United States:   1860 - Population, Department of Co
2 CONC mmerce - Bureau of the Census;    State:   VA;    County:   Page Co
2 CONC ;    Town/Township:   District 4;    P.O.:   Luray;    Enumeration dat
2 CONC e:   11 Sep 1860;    sheet #:   ;    page:   148;    family #:   954
2 CONC ;    line #:   2;    Elizabeth Nunn;    Internet; www.ancestry.com
2 CONT line #   2;    Elizabeth Nunn;    age:   69y;    female;    born:   V
2 CONC A
2 CONT line #   3;    Mary Nunn;    age:   24y;    female;    born:   VA
2 CONT line #   4;    Sophorina Nunn;    age:   22y;    female;    born:   V
2 CONC A
2 CONT line #   5;    William S Nunn;    age:   1y;    male;    born:   VA
2 CONC ] 
2 CONT 
2 CONT US Federal Census information:
2 CONT ...1870 July 11  -  Lurary, Page Co, VA  -  Elizabeth Nunn  -  78, F
2 CONC , W, keeping house, VA
2 CONT ...1880 June 23  -  Lurary, Page Co, VA  -  Elisabeth Nunn  -  W, F, 8
2 CONC 8, Wd, head, VA, VA, VA
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I377@ INDI
1 NAME Anna /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 FEB 1796
2 PLAC Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 MAR 1882
2 PLAC Champaign County, Ohio
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F198@
0 @I378@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Margaret /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1799 - 1800)
2 PLAC Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BET. 1860-1890)
2 PLAC Virginia
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F194@
0 @I379@ INDI
1 NAME Polly /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1801-1802)
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1898
2 PLAC Virginia
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F195@
0 @I380@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1806 - 1807)
2 PLAC Shenandoah Co (now Page Co), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1860
2 PLAC Indiana
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F196@
0 @I381@ INDI
1 NAME Susanna /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1809 - 1810)
2 PLAC Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1904
2 PLAC Ohio
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F199@
0 @I382@ INDI
1 NAME Magdaline /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1805
2 PLAC , Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1876
2 PLAC , Bureau County, Illinois
1 BURI
2 PLAC Mt. Bloom Cemetery, Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F351@
0 @I383@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel Cornelius /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1812
2 PLAC Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1902
2 PLAC Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois
1 BURI
2 PLAC Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F200@
0 @I384@ INDI
1 NAME Cornelius /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 JUL 1813
2 PLAC Luray, Shenandoah County (now Page County), Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1908
2 PLAC York, York County, Nebraska
1 BURI
2 PLAC York, York County, Nebraska
1 FAMC @F132@
1 FAMS @F201@
1 NOTE Cornelius was made a ward to his oldest brother, Abraham, upon the dea
2 CONC th of his father in 1827. Their mother died in 1817. He was a shoemake
2 CONC r by trade.
0 @I385@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /Hunt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1780
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1876
1 FAMS @F133@
0 @I386@ INDI
1 NAME Marcus William /Sisk/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 MAR 1915
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 MAR 1968
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory - Garden 4, Section A, Lot 36, Space 11, 881 Mangrove Ave, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMS @F134@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Chico Enterprise-Record Newspaper, Chico, Butte Co
2 CONC , CA; 26 Mar 1968; page 2Ac3,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA Hi
2 CONC story Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA MARCUS W. SISK
2 CONT Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Brusie Funera
2 CONC l Home at 2 p.m. Thursday for Marcus William Sisk, 53, lifelong reside
2 CONC nt of Chico who died unexpectedly last night apparently as a result o
2 CONC f a heart attack.
2 CONT Sisk of Burnap Avenue was born in Chico on March 12, 1915 to Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. George Sisk, who were natives of Stonyford and Chico respective
2 CONC ly.
2 CONT He attended the local schools, and after graduating from high schoo
2 CONC l went to work for the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.  During World Wa
2 CONC r II he enlisted in the U. S. Army Engineers Corps and served in Franc
2 CONC e, the Philippines and Japan.
2 CONT In 1944 he returned to Chico and again went to work for PG&E [Pacifi
2 CONC c Gas and Electric Company] where he advanced to the post of senior en
2 CONC gineering estimator for the DeSabla Division.
2 CONT Survivors include his widow, Marja; a daughter, Mrs. Jack Miller of C
2 CONC oncord; three sons, Marcus Jr. of American Samoa and David and George
2 CONC , both of Chico; two grandsons; his mother, Mrs. Eunice Sisk of Chico
2 CONC ; and three sisters, Mrs. Robert Norlie of Chico, Mrs. John Milne of M
2 CONC arysville and Mrs. Ray Sims of San Diego.
2 CONT Burial rites are pending.
2 CONT 
0 @I387@ INDI
1 NAME Marcus William /Sisk/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 AUG 1940
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F134@
1 FAMS @F209@
0 @I388@ INDI
1 NAME Claudia Ann /Sisk/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1942
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F134@
1 FAMS @F210@
1 FAMS @F211@
1 NOTE The compilers wish to thank Claudia Ann Sisk Miller Jenkins for the ge
2 CONC nerous assistance she gave in providing information for this genealogi
2 CONC cal report. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT [DAR LINAGE:   ...Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins,   ...Marja Ma
2 CONC rilyn (nee Raker) Sisk,   ...Grace Alberta (nee) Sifford) Raker,   ...
2 CONC Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson Sifford,   ...John Decious (Tisius)
2 CONC ,  ...Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins joined the Daughters of the Amer
2 CONC ican Revolution on 17 April 1999, her national DAR # is 790801.  Marj
2 CONC a Marilynn (nee Raker) Sisk Miller also joined the DAR on 17 April 199
2 CONC 9 and her national DAR # is 790800.  The following is from Claudia An
2 CONC n (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins' application for membership to the Nationa
2 CONC l Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1776 D Street
2 CONC , NW, Washington, DC  20006-5392.
2 CONT 
2 CONT LINEAGE:
2 CONT 1. Claudia Ann Sisk Jenkins
2 CONT ........[joined the Daughters of the American Revolution on 17 April 1
2 CONC 999, DAR # is 790801 - SLD]
2 CONT ....b:  30 Oct 1942  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT .......m-1: 6 Dec 1962  Reno, Washoe Co, Nevada
2 CONT .......Jackie Doyle Miller
2 CONT ..........b: 7 Sep 1935  Columbia, , Missouri
2 CONT ..........Div: 17 Nov 1976  Boise, Ada Co, Idaho
2 CONT .......m-2 1 Feb 1992  Reno, Washoe Co, Nevada
2 CONT .......Harry George Jenkins
2 CONT ..........b: 25 May 1925  Willows, Glenn Co, California
2 CONT 
2 CONT 2. Marcus William Sisk
2 CONT ....b: 2 Mar 1915  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT ....d: 25 Mar 1968  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT .......m 10 Jul 1936  Medford, Jackson Co, Oregon
2 CONT .......Marja Marilynn Raker 
2 CONT ..............[joined the Daughters of the American Revolution on 17 A
2 CONC pril 1999, DAR # is 790800 - SLD]
2 CONT ..........b: 29 Dec 1917  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT 
2 CONT 3. David Drew Raker
2 CONT ....b: 18 Dec 1897  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT ....d: 23 Jul 1974  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT .......m 11 June 1916  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT .......Grace Alberta Sifford
2 CONT ..........b: 18 Oct 1895  Milford, Lassen Co, California 
2 CONT ..........d: 11 Feb 1989  Chico, Butte Co, California
2 CONT 
2 CONT 4. William Hezekiah Sifford
2 CONT ....b: 1857  Bloomfield, Stoddard Co, Missouri
2 CONT ....d: 4 May 1951  Lodi, San Joaquin Co, California
2 CONT .......m-1 31 Oct 1880  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT .......Mary Francis (nee Decious) Bronson
2 CONT ..........b: 9 Jan 1854  , Jones Co, Iowa
2 CONT ..........d: 2 Sep 1897  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT 
2 CONT 5. John Tischler** Decious (Tisius)
2 CONT ....b: Oct 1910  Luray, Page Co, Virginia
2 CONT ....d: 15 Mar 1867  Susanville, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT .......m 8 May 1833  Urbana, Champaign Co, Ohio
2 CONT .......Mary A Stevens
2 CONT ..........b: 26 Feb 1814  Mad River, Champaign Co, Ohio
2 CONT ..........d: 4 Apr 1887  Milford, Lassen Co, California
2 CONT [** Tischler is the German word for John Decious'  occupation - John w
2 CONC as a carpenter - SLD]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 6. Frederick Tisius/Decious
2 CONT ....b: ca 1760  Hannover, Germany
2 CONT ....d: Sep 1826 or Feb 1827  Luray, Shenandoah Co (now  Page Co), Virg
2 CONC inia
2 CONT .......m-1: 30 May 1788  , Shenandoah Co (now  Page Co), Virginia
2 CONT .......Magadelene Hiestand
2 CONT ..........b: 1768  , Shenandoah Co (now  Page Co), Virginia
2 CONT ..........d: 1817/1818  , Shenandoah Co (now  Page Co), Virginia
2 CONT .......m-2 20 Jan 1818  Madison Co, Virginia
2 CONT .......Sarah Hunt
2 CONT ..........b:   Abt. 1780
2 CONT 
2 CONT REFERENCES FOR LINEAGE:
2 CONT 1st GENERATION: ...Birth certificate   CAS; ...marriage certificat
2 CONC e   CAS & DJM; ...divorce papers   CAS & DJM; ...marriage certificat
2 CONC e   CASM & HGJ
2 CONT 2nd GENERATION: ...Birth certificate   MMR; ...birth certificate & dea
2 CONC th certificate   MWS; ...marriage certificate   MMR & MWS
2 CONT 3rd GENERATION: ...Birth & death certificates   DDR; ...death certific
2 CONC ate   GAS; ...marriage certificate   DDR & GAS;
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 1870 c. Lassen Co, CA p3]
2 CONT 4th GENERATION: ...Death certificate   WHS; ...marriage certificat
2 CONC e   WHS & MFDB; ...1st Marriage Certificate   MFD & HAB; ...obituar
2 CONC y   The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA   MFDBS
2 CONC ; ...Picture of tombstone   MFDBS; ...1870 census of Milford Twp., Las
2 CONC sen Co, CA   MFD
2 CONT 5th GENERATION: ...Journal of Johannes Schwalm Historical Assoc., Inc,
2 CONC -Vol. 3, No. 2, 1986   birth   JD and marriage   JD & MAS; ...pictur
2 CONC e of tombstone   JD; ...Urbana, OH Marriage Records, 1829-1840   J
2 CONC D & MAS; ...Urbana, Champaign Co, OH newspaper public notice   JD & MA
2 CONC S; ...Chancery Record of Christian Stevens showing MASD & JD;   Champa
2 CONC ign County, OH 1991, Champaign County Genealogical Society   MAS & JD
2 CONC ; ...History of the State of California and Biographical Record of th
2 CONC e Sierras by Prof. James Miller Gunn   JD & MAS; ...2nd Marriage Certi
2 CONC ficate   MASD & WR; ...picture of Tomstone   MASDR; ...1870 census (w/
2 CONC 4th Gen.)   MASDR
2 CONT 6th GENERATION: ...Journal of Johannes Schwalm Historical Assoc   birt
2 CONC h, marriage and death   FT/D & MH (w/5th Gen.); ...Marriage Record   F
2 CONC T/D & MH; ...Madison County, VA Marriages, 1792-1850 by John Vogt & T
2 CONC . William Kethely, Jr. p. 23   2nd marriage FT/D & SH; ...DAR #071525
2 CONC 0   Virginia Jean Brenner Dake verifying Jacob Hiestand s daughter Mag
2 CONC dalene Hiestand as wife of Frederick Dissius (Tisius/Decious).
2 CONT ...[handwritten: ??? of Hawkabell chuven, Wust page 21 DAR Let]
2 CONT 
2 CONT ...[handwritten: Analysis of Data:]
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 1) Only one man of surname in VA 1810]
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 2) Migration to Ohio & California followed known chil
2 CONC dren * siblings]
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 3) Schwalm Hist. Assn letter believe relationship i
2 CONC s correct]
2 CONT ...[handwritten: 4) Family & County Histories support evidence]
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHILDREN OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTOR:
2 CONT Journal of Johannes Schwalm Historical Assoc., Inc.   Vol. 3, Nov. 2
2 CONC , 1986
2 CONT Shenandoah County, VA Marriages Bonds 1772-1850 by John Vogt & T. Wm
2 CONC . Kethley, Jr  pages 80, 271
2 CONT ......Abraham b:  1789  VA m:  Catharine Ailhite
2 CONT ......Elizabeth b:  ca 1794  VA m:  Joseph Musselman
2 CONT ......Anne b:  ca  1800  VA m:  Henry Printz
2 CONT ......Margaret b:  ca  1805  VA m:  Howard Jenkins
2 CONT ......Polly b:  ca  1806  VA m:  Christian Huffman
2 CONT ......Barbara b:  ca  1807  VA m:  W. M. Christe, David Printz
2 CONT ......Molly b:  ca  1809  VA m:  George W. Neff
2 CONT ......Susannah b:  ca  1810  VA m:  Daniel Neff
2 CONT ......John* Tichler** b:  ca  1810  VA m:  Mary A Stevens
2 CONT ......Daniel* b:  ca  1812  VA m:  Rachel
2 CONT ......Cornelius* b:  ca  1813  VA m:  Catherine Davis
2 CONT [*not listed in Shenandoah County, VA Marriages Bonds 1772-1850 as no
2 CONC t married in Virginia - SLD]
2 CONT [** Tischler is the German word for John Decious'  occupation   he wa
2 CONC s a carpenter - SLD]
2 CONT 
2 CONT ANCESTOR'S SERVICES:
2 CONT Frederick Tisius/Decious who resided during the American Revolution a
2 CONC t Pennsylvania assisted in established American Independence, while ac
2 CONC ting in the capacity of Private in Von Heer s Indpt. Troop Light Drago
2 CONC ons, Continental Troops, PA  
2 CONT ...[handwritten:  Reading, Berks Co, PA   Capt. Bartholomew]
2 CONT Frederick Tisius/Decious deserted the British Army on 18 June 1778 dur
2 CONC ing the evaculation of Philadelphia, PA.  He enlisted in the Von Hee
2 CONC r s Corps of Light Dragoons at Reading, PA on 15 March 1779 for a ter
2 CONC m of 3 years.  The Von Heer s Corps participated in the Battles of Spr
2 CONC ingfield and Yorktown.  He continued to service until June 1783.
2 CONT ...[handwritten:  Residenc:  ??? Reading, Berks Co, PA]
2 CONT ...[handwritten:  Penn Archives  5th Ser V 3 p 925] 
2 CONT ...[handwritten:  Penn Archives  3rd Ser V 18 p 697 (1785)]
2 CONT Von Heer s Indpt. Troop Light Dragoons, Continental Troops   Muster Ro
2 CONC lls 
2 CONT Journal of Johnnes Schwalm Historical Assoc. Inc., Vol 3, No. 2, 198
2 CONC 6   pgs 22, 23
2 CONT ...[hand written:  Compiled military service    Penn Archives 5th se
2 CONC r V3 p 925]
2 CONT 
2 CONT EXHIBITS:
2 CONT #1   Land deeds showing Frederick Decious owned land in Shenandoah Cou
2 CONC nty, VA dated Mary 10, 1810; December 30, 1815; and July 1, 1815.  The
2 CONC se establish Frederick in Shenandoah County at the time of John Deciou
2 CONC s  birth in 1810
2 CONT #2   Letter from City of Charlottesville, VA, noting the uncommon nam
2 CONC e of Decius.  In Fact there was no other Decious then Frederick unti
2 CONC l his children.  The letter gives Frederick the title of Doctor. Thi
2 CONC s is addressed in:
2 CONT #3   Letter from Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Inc. notin
2 CONC g that there is not record of Frederick have been a doctor.  The possi
2 CONC ble confusion with the family named Doctor is noted.  (The children an
2 CONC d court suit mentioned in the letter ere associated with Magdalene Hie
2 CONC stand s family)
2 CONT #4   Pages from the Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-185
2 CONC 0 complied by Bernice M. Ashby 1967.  These pages record the marriage
2 CONC s of Frederick and six of his oldest children, beginning with Abraha
2 CONC m s marriage in 1811.
2 CONT #5   Page 667 of History of Coshocton County, Ohio, A. A. Graham & Co
2 CONC . Publishers, 1881, listing Cornelius Decious as a son of Frederick an
2 CONC d Magdaline Decious, born in Page (now Shenandoah) Co, VA.
2 CONT #6   Pages 228-229 of Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Ill
2 CONC inois, F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, listing Lewis Decius, son of Cornelius
2 CONC , as grandson of Frederic Decius who was from Hanover, Germany.
2 CONT #7   Letter from Charles P. Cella, Jr to Clarence Decius reporting o
2 CONC n Results of searchs of records in Virginia courts for information o
2 CONC n Frederick and his family.  Establishes the unavailability of court r
2 CONC ecords, the second marriage of Frederick to Sarah Hunt, and the absenc
2 CONC e of records of Sarah s parents in Madison Co, VA.
2 CONT #8   Ohio 1820 Census Index with Abraham Decious in Fairfield County
2 CONC , OH in 1820.
2 CONT #9   Fairfield Co, Ohio, Record of Indentures 1824-1830 show Corneliu
2 CONC s as a ward of his oldest brother Abraham.  Establishes that Frederic
2 CONC k died before February 1827 when Abraham claimed expense of moving Cor
2 CONC nelius from Shenandoah Co, VA to Fairfield Co, OH.
2 CONT #10   Compilation of Champaign County, Ohio 1840 Census records from m
2 CONC icrofilm #020160 at the LDS Family History Center in Sacramento, CA sh
2 CONC owing John Decious a few doors away from his sister Susanna Neff (Dani
2 CONC el), his sister Molly Neff (George W.) and his sister Anna Prince (Hen
2 CONC ry).  In 1840 their brother Cornelius Decious was in Fairfield County
2 CONC , Ohio.
2 CONT #11   Page 657 of History of the State of California and Biographica
2 CONC l Record of the Sierras by Prof. James Miller Guinn, 1902, records tha
2 CONC t John Was born in Virginia and at an early age moved to Urbana, Ohio
2 CONC .  From there he moved to Iowa, where his daughter Mary was born, an
2 CONC d then to California, settling in Susanville, Lassen County.  He die
2 CONC d there in 1867 and was buried in Section D of the Susanville Cemetery
2 CONC .
2 CONT #12   is a timeline of the Decious siblings who moved to Ohio and the
2 CONC n to Iowa, Illinois and California.  The spouses are highlighted wit
2 CONC h corresponding colors.
2 CONT #13   A family group sheet of the Frederick Tissius/Decious family a
2 CONC s we have found it to be.
2 CONT 
2 CONT This ends Claudia Ann (nee Sisk) Miller Jenkins' application for membe
2 CONC rship in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolut
2 CONC ion]
2 CONT 
0 @I389@ INDI
1 NAME David Michael /Sisk/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 OCT 1945
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F134@
1 FAMS @F212@
1 FAMS @F213@
0 @I390@ INDI
1 NAME George Grafton /Sisk/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 OCT 1951
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, CA
1 FAMC @F134@
1 FAMS @F214@
0 @I391@ INDI
1 NAME Donald Leland /Miller/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUL 1916
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 JUL 1991
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory - Garden 4, Section A, Lot 36, Space 12, 881 Mangrove Ave, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMS @F135@
0 @I392@ INDI
1 NAME James Milton /Steinberger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 SEP 1829
2 PLAC Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 JAN 1902
2 PLAC Truckee Meadows, Washoe County,  Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Masonic Memorial Gardens, Plot: 357-10, 437 Stoker Ave, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F1071@
1 FAMS @F136@
1 NOTE 1875-1878 - Owned grist mill with Joseph Crawford Wemple, Milford, C
2 CONC A SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the HISTORY OF PLUMAS, LASSEN AND SIERRA COUNTIES, 1882 by Faris
2 CONC s and Smith:
2 CONT This gentleman was born in Champaign county, Ohio, September 15, 1829
2 CONC . In the spring of 1852, he moved to Jones county, Iowa and engaged i
2 CONC n farming and milling for eleven years. In 1863 he came overland to Ca
2 CONC lifornia, arriving in Honey Lake valley in August. For two years he en
2 CONC gaged in farming, and then for fourteen years he owned and operated th
2 CONC e Milford Flour Mills. In the spring of 1879 he bought the Willow Ranc
2 CONC h property of 400 acres, eighteen miles south of Milford, which is no
2 CONC w his home. He is engaged in raising stock, hay, grain, and fruit. H
2 CONC e belongs to the Janesville Masonic lodge. In politics he is a Democra
2 CONC t. March 25, 1852, he married Miss Martha M. Decious of Westville, Ohi
2 CONC o. Their children are Alice I., born February 26, 1855, L.E., Januar
2 CONC y 13, 1856, Charles A., July 7, 1860, died February 25, 1861, Mary E.
2 CONC , June 4, 1862, Effie M., December 14, 1867, died October 14, 1870, Ja
2 CONC mes M. August 27, 1871, Martha A., May 8, 1876. The first four were bo
2 CONC rn in Iowa and the others in this county.
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN LEDGER:
2 CONT Willow Ranch was a popular stage stop of the 19th century. The ranc
2 CONC h is located at the present day town of Doyle and the following articl
2 CONC e is a reprint from the Lassen Advocate of 17 October 1889. The Steinb
2 CONC ergers mentioned as owners operated the Willow Ranch from 1879 when th
2 CONC ey traded the Milford Flour Mill for this property, until they sold ou
2 CONC t in 1898 and moved to Reno. For the many years that the traveling pub
2 CONC lic were wont to go between Susanville and Reno by stage, the foregoin
2 CONC g title was a talisman to them for they knew, by experience or repor
2 CONC t - that a good meal and entertaining host and hostess, would make the
2 CONC ir stay there one to be remembered with pleasure. Mr. and Mrs. Steinbe
2 CONC rger did not, originally, perhaps expect to combine a wayside inn wit
2 CONC h their farming enterprise, but as people who know of the pleasure o
2 CONC f stopping with them insisted on being entertained whether or not, the
2 CONC y finally decided to do their best to entertain all who came, and wel
2 CONC l have they succeeded. Of course, since the N.C.O.R.R. [Nevada-Califor
2 CONC nia-Oregon Railroad] has been completed northward from their place whe
2 CONC re has not been so much travel by teams but still there is some. It'
2 CONC s not many years since their house stood by the roadside without folia
2 CONC ge or green shrub to cheer and enliven the weary traveler, but now th
2 CONC e dwelling lot is graced by a front line of cork elm, maple and a vari
2 CONC ety of shade trees that lend an air of neatness and comfort the whol
2 CONC e place. This season, they have with the  profits from their house an
2 CONC d farm, built and added to their former house on such an extensive an
2 CONC d substantial scale that they may enjoy a comfortable and convenien
2 CONC t a home as anyone in the county.  . . . This is  valuable ranch, a pl
2 CONC easant and accessible home with postal, school and railroad facilities
2 CONC , all within a mile and when we consider that at the time when the pre
2 CONC sent owners first took possession it was nothing more that a sage brus
2 CONC h waste.  . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The LASSEN ADVOCATE January 30, 1902, page 3c4-5:
2 CONT STEINBERGER - at his home on the Truckee Meadows, near Reno, Nevada
2 CONC , January 24th 1902, J.M. Steinberger, a native of Ohio, aged 74 year
2 CONC s and four months. In memory. Again the Lord has seen fit to call fro
2 CONC m a love end-kindled fireside, the kind husband and loving father, Jam
2 CONC es Milton Steinberger. Friday morning at 8 o'clock his restless soul t
2 CONC ook its flight and 'heaven opened wide her ever-enduring gates.' Sinc
2 CONC e last June, he has been a patient sufferer, first being taken with ty
2 CONC phoid fever and this was followed by a sever attack of la grippe. No o
2 CONC ne can tell what he has suffered in those eight months of sickness, ea
2 CONC ch day he lost strength, each day brought him nearer to his Father's h
2 CONC ome. He was willing to go an prayed for the hour to come when he woul
2 CONC d leave all suffering for the Eternal City. Some time ago he asked, '
2 CONC O when shall I see Jesus?' At last the longed for time came, he close
2 CONC d his eyes and without a struggle his soul sought rescue on a fairer s
2 CONC hore.  . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Friday 24 January 1902, page 4
2 CONC c1:
2 CONT J.M. STEINBERGER DEAD
2 CONT A Pioneer of California and Nevada Solves the Dark Problem.
2 CONT J.M. Steinberger, who for years conducted a ranch and dairy in Long V
2 CONC alley, and who later removed to Reno, died a 7:10 this morning at hi
2 CONC s farm about two and a half miles below town.
2 CONT Mr. Steinberger has been sick for sometime and his demise has been ex
2 CONC pected at any time for the past three weeks.
2 CONT For nearly thirty years Mr. Steinberger has been identified with th
2 CONC e farming industry on Long Valley and was perhaps one of the best know
2 CONC n men in that section of the country. He purchased the property of Tho
2 CONC mas Dougherty, just this side of the Steele ranch some years ago, an
2 CONC d has ever since made that place his home. He was about seventy-thre
2 CONC e years of age, and a native of Ohio.
2 CONT Mr. Steinberger was a suffer from Bright's disease of the kidneys.
2 CONT Mr. Steinberger came to California in 1864, settling on Honey Lake Va
2 CONC lley from which he removed to Long Valley a few years later.
2 CONT He leaves a wife, two daughters, Mrs. Walts of Reno, Annie, and a so
2 CONC n Eugene who lives in Arizona, also several grand and great-grandchild
2 CONC ren.
2 CONT Mr. Steinberger was a member of Reno Lodge, No. 13 F. and A.M. [Fre
2 CONC e and Accepted Masons], under whose auspices the funeral will take pla
2 CONC ce Sunday at 2 o'clock from the Masonic Hall.
2 CONT Mr. Steinberger was a very lovable character and those who knew him b
2 CONC est will greatly miss his kindly presence.
0 @I393@ INDI
1 NAME Alice Imilda /Steinberger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1855
2 PLAC Jackson, Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 JAN 1906
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Mountain View Cemetery, Spruce Lawn, Plot: A-219-2, 435 Stoker Ave, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F136@
1 FAMS @F170@
1 NOTE Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, which was run along with the o
2 CONC bituary of Nettie Pheifer. Only the obituary of Alice Steinberger Walt
2 CONC s is recorded here. The date of the article was 24 January 1906, pag
2 CONC e 5c2; obtained at the University of Nevada, Getchell Library, microfi
2 CONC lm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT DEATH CALLS MRS. WALTS
2 CONT TYPHOID CLAIMS LIFE OF WELL KNOWN WOMAN
2 CONT Mrs. Alice Amilda [sic] Walts, a well known woman of this county, die
2 CONC d at her home south of this city yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock afte
2 CONC r an illness of over three weeks. She had just recovered from a sever
2 CONC e attack of pneumonia, when she was stricken with typhoid, which cause
2 CONC d her death.
2 CONT Mrs. Walts was the loving wife of William Walts, the well known ranch
2 CONC er of this county and came to this city with her husband about twent
2 CONC y years ago. She was born in Jones County, Iowa, on February 26, 1855
2 CONC , and when only a child of seven years accompanied her parents acros
2 CONC s the plains to Milford, in Honey Lake Valley.
2 CONT It was there that she married William Walts. They lived in Honey Lak
2 CONC e Valley for a number of years and later came to Reno and settled on t
2 CONC he ranch which, since that time until death claimed her, was her home.
2 CONT Besides a husband, she leaves four sons, Frederick, Guy, Herbert an
2 CONC d Claud, and one daughter, Bonnie. She also leaves her mother, Mrs. Ma
2 CONC rtha Steinberger, a brother, Eugene and a sister, Mrs. John Matley.
0 @I394@ INDI
1 NAME Laurel Eugene /Steinberger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JAN 1858
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 OCT 1940
2 PLAC Sierra Madre, Los Angeles County, CA
1 FAMC @F136@
1 FAMS @F169@
1 NOTE Announcement from the SIERRA MADRE NEWS, September 22, 1933;    obtain
2 CONC ed at the Sierra Madre Library, 440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madr
2 CONC e, Los Angeles Co, CA
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Steinberger celebrated their golden anniversary Sat
2 CONC urday. Mr. Steinberger came to California from Iowa in a covered wago
2 CONC n settling first in Lassen County where he met his bride. They were ma
2 CONC rried in San Francisco in 1883 and two years later moved to Sierra Mad
2 CONC re. They lived on the same property 48 years and in their present hom
2 CONC e 45 years - 529 Mariposa Ave. Mr. Steinberger started one of the earl
2 CONC y citrus groves. He built his own home and business at the same time a
2 CONC nd helped build Sierra Madre. He served several terms as City truste
2 CONC e and all the while Mrs. Steinberger was busy raising the family o
2 CONC f 7 children: Edith, Robert, Guy, J. Milton, Elizabeth, Harvey and L.E
2 CONC . Mrs. Steinberger was one of the city's most prominent in civic and e
2 CONC ducational work.
2 CONT 
2 CONT HISTORY OF LOS AANGELES COUNTY; John Steven McGrotarty; The American H
2 CONC istorical Society, Inc. Chicago, Cook County, IL and New York,NY copyr
2 CONC ight 1923, pages 41-43:
2 CONT LAUREL EUGENE STEINBERGER, a prominent, popular and successful pionee
2 CONC r horticulturist of the Sierra Madre District of Los Angeles County, w
2 CONC as born in Jones County, Iowa, in the year 1858. His parents were form
2 CONC erly residents of Ohio, and they later became pioneers in California
2 CONC . He is a son of James Milton and Martha Ann (Decious) Steinberger, wh
2 CONC o were born and reared in Ohio and who became early settlers in Jone
2 CONC s County, Iowa, where their son, Laurel E., of this review, and also o
2 CONC ne daughter were born. James M. Steinberger, a miller by trade, was en
2 CONC gaged in farm enterprise in Iowa until 1863, when, well equipped wit
2 CONC h a staunch wagon and heavy eastern horses, he and his family joined a
2 CONC n overland emigrant train setting forth for California. The journey wa
2 CONC s marked by many adventures and also by the almost constant menace o
2 CONC f attack on the part of hostile Indians. The trip was made along the o
2 CONC ld Midland trail, by way of Salt Lake City, and the destination of th
2 CONC e Steinberger family was Lassen County, California. In that locality J
2 CONC ames M. Steinberger was engaged in farming for three years, and he the
2 CONC n traded his farm for a grist mill with the old-time buhr equipment an
2 CONC d operated by water power - with a fifty-four head-on water wheel. (si
2 CONC c - it was actually an over-shot water wheel). He successfully operate
2 CONC d this pioneer mill for many years, and eventually traded the propert
2 CONC y for a ranch near Reno, Nevada, where he and his wife passed the rema
2 CONC inder of their lives. He died in 1901 (sic - actually 1902) and Mrs. S
2 CONC teinberger passed away in 1913.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Laurel Eugene Steinberger was a lad of five years at the time of th
2 CONC e eventful journey across the plains to California, and in Lassen Coun
2 CONC ty, this state, he was reared to manhood, he early education having be
2 CONC en acquired principally in the public schools at Milford, that county
2 CONC . Under the direction of his father he learned the miller's trade, an
2 CONC d he continued to be associated with the operation of his father's mil
2 CONC l until 1883, when in the City of San Francisco, his marriage was sole
2 CONC mnized to Miss Maggie G. Ross, who was born in Downeyville [sic], Sier
2 CONC ra County, California, June 29, 1860, and who was adopted by and reare
2 CONC d in the home Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Ross, of whom more specific recor
2 CONC d is given in the following sketch, a memorial tribute to the loved fo
2 CONC ster-mother, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ross.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Steinberger removed forthwith to Wa
2 CONC shington Territory, and remained during the winter of 1883-1884 in th
2 CONC e City of Walla Walla. In January of 1885, they came to the Sierra Mad
2 CONC re District of Los Angeles County, where Mr. Steinberger took active c
2 CONC harge of the ten acre tract that had been a gift to Mrs. Steinberger b
2 CONC y Mrs. Robert E. Ross. Mr. Steinberger developed a fine citrus orchard
2 CONC ,and he and his wife still own and reside upon a portion of this tract
2 CONC , now wholly within the corporate limits of the City of Sierra Madre
2 CONC . On the property Mr. Steinberger made excellent improvements, includi
2 CONC ng the erection of buildings, and he had contributed much to the civi
2 CONC c and industrial advancement of this beautiful section of Los Angele
2 CONC s County as a loyal and progressive citizen and a careful and enterpri
2 CONC sing businessman.. In conclusion is given brief record concerning th
2 CONC e children of Mr. and Mrs. Steinberger, and they have special reason f
2 CONC or pride in the patriotic service given by their sons in connection wi
2 CONC th the great World War. Elizabeth, eldest of the children, was born i
2 CONC n Reno, Nevada in 1884, is a graduate of the California State Norman S
2 CONC chool in the City of Los Angeles, and is now a successful and popula
2 CONC r teacher in the public schools of Sierra Madre. J. Milton, eldest o
2 CONC f the sons, was born at Sierra Madre in December, 1886, all of the chi
2 CONC ldren likewise being natives of this place. He owns and conducts a lar
2 CONC ge automobile garage at Sierra Madre, he being a graduate of the Throo
2 CONC p Polytechnic School of Pasadena. He married Miss Virginia Timberlake
2 CONC , of Virginia. Harvey H. Steinberger, who was born in 1887, is success
2 CONC ful cement contractor at Sierra Madre. Edith, born in 1889, graduate
2 CONC d from the California State Normal School of Los Angeles, where she ta
2 CONC ught school for five years. Both she and her husband, Dr. Albert Westo
2 CONC n, are successfully engaged in the practice of osteopathy at Los Angel
2 CONC es. Laurel E. Steinberger, Jr., who was born in 1891, married Mrs. Ma
2 CONC y White, of Los Angeles. Robert E. Steinberger, born in April 1894, ma
2 CONC rried Miss Ruth Doss, who is now deceased. Guy D. born in 1898 is an e
2 CONC lectrician by vocation. He married Miss Bae Farman, of Sierra Madre, a
2 CONC nd here they still maintain their home. Harvey, Laurel and Robert Stei
2 CONC nberger honored the family name and the State of California by their g
2 CONC allant service in the World War. Harvey became a member of the One Hun
2 CONC dred and Seventeenth Engineer Corps, Forty-second (Rainbow) Division a
2 CONC nd with his command lived up to the full tension of the great conflict
2 CONC , he having taken part in the great engagements of he Marne and othe
2 CONC r important sectors in France.  At Chateau Thierry his life was save
2 CONC d by a record book which he carried in his breast pocket and that defl
2 CONC ected the missile that otherwise must have terminated his life. He mad
2 CONC e a great sergeant of the first class, and after the battle of Chatea
2 CONC u Thierry, he was adjudged competent for training service, was sent ba
2 CONC ck to the United States and assigned to duty as a drill master at Cam
2 CONC p Humphrey, Virginia. Laurel E. Steinberger, Jr., enlisted in the Unit
2 CONC ed States Navy soon after the nation became involved in the war, and i
2 CONC n the aircraft department of the navy he gained rank as machinist's ma
2 CONC te and was in active service in the aviation camp near Borduaus, Franc
2 CONC e, he having remained overseas until the war closed. Robert E. Steinbe
2 CONC rger became a member of the Three Hundred and Nineteenth Engineer Corp
2 CONC s, Eight Division and was given preliminary training at Camp Fremont
2 CONC . He entered service March 7, 1918, and on the 10th of the following S
2 CONC eptember sailed for the stage of active conflict overseas. He was loca
2 CONC ted with his command at Camp Pontaczen, Brest, France, the greatest o
2 CONC f the allied embarkation camps, and was there in service as a master e
2 CONC ngineer. This camp was constructed by the engineering corps of which h
2 CONC e was a member, and the corps built also the receiving hospital at Bea
2 CONC unc, France, as well as Base Hospital No. 47, the largest in France. R
2 CONC obert E. Steinberger received his honorable discharge September 20, 19
2 CONC 20. It is but consistent to record in this connection that the Three H
2 CONC undred and Nineteenth Engineer Corps, of which Mr. Steinberger was a m
2 CONC ember, won highest honors in a competitive drill held at Camp Fremont
2 CONC , Palo Alto, California, on Easter day of the year 1918, prior to it
2 CONC s overseas service. The trophy cup thus won by the command was present
2 CONC ed by the great contralto vocalist, Madame Schumann-Heinck.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Article and obituary from the SIERRA MADRE NEWS, Friday, 11 October 19
2 CONC 40, page 1c1 and 7c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PIONEER IS STRUCK DOWN BY AUTOIST
2 CONT 
2 CONT City Mourns as Laurel Steinberger is Laid to Rest by His Sons
2 CONT 
2 CONT Laurel Eugene Steinberger, aged 82, who saw Sierra Madre grow fro
2 CONC m a eight family community to a city of 5000, and father of the firs
2 CONC t male child born here, was struck an instantly killed by an automobil
2 CONC e at Lima street and Sierra Madre blvd. at 6:18 Friday Evening. Wednes
2 CONC day afternoon, while all business in the city was suspended and the ci
2 CONC ty hall flag was lowered to half mast during the funeral services, h
2 CONC e was carried to his last resting place in San Gabriel cemetery by hi
2 CONC s five sturdy sons and a son-in-law.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Steinberger, one of Sierra Madre's best known citizens, was cross
2 CONC ing Sierra Madre blvd. when a car driven by 19-year old Margaret Hoeve
2 CONC l of this city struck him. At a coroner's inquest held here Wednesda
2 CONC y morning it was testified that Mr. Steinberger's body was thrown int
2 CONC o the air by the impact, striking back against and shattering the lef
2 CONC t wind wing and denting the fender and left door of the oncoming car
2 CONC , and that his body was thrown several feet.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Hoevel was not held. Verdict of the coroner's jury read that Mr
2 CONC . Steinberger's death was caused by a fracture of a vault of the skul
2 CONC l as the result of being struck by a sedan driven by Margaret Hoevel a
2 CONC t the intersection of Lima street and Sierra Madre blvd., deceased bei
2 CONC ng a pedestrian crossing the street . . . some to have been accidenta
2 CONC l and due to lack of due diligence on the part of the driver of the au
2 CONC tomobile.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Witnesses testified the accident happened at dusk. The street lightin
2 CONC g was bad. Mr. Steinberger was crossing the street when Miss Hoevel sa
2 CONC w him. Robert Babbit who lives at the intersection testified he saw Mr
2 CONC . Steinberger trying to make the sidewalk when he was struck. Testimon
2 CONC y was that Miss Hoevel saw Mr. Steinberger she bore down on her brake
2 CONC s and skidded into the south curb of Sierra Madre blvd.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Police officers who investigated the accident testified that though M
2 CONC iss Hoevel reported she was traveling at 28 miles per hour near the sc
2 CONC ene of the accident, skid marks on the pavement indicated she was goin
2 CONC g about 39 miles per hour when Mr. Steinberger was struck.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A young attorney representing Miss Hoevel would not permit her to tes
2 CONC tify. The coroner's jury consisted of Lloyd B. Welch, Richard Hawks, C
2 CONC ouncilman John Froehlich, R.E. Gabriel and Grift Hughes.
2 CONT 
2 CONT page 7c3
2 CONT 
2 CONT PIONEER CITIZEN IS KILLED BY AUTO
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Steinberger was born in Mechanicsville, Iowa and crossed the plai
2 CONC ns in a covered wagon train with his parents and 150 other pioneers wh
2 CONC en he was six years old. He came to Sierra Madre in 1885 from Lassen C
2 CONC ounty, California, and saw Sierra Madre grow from a community of eigh
2 CONC t or ten families, with one business building in the town to the prese
2 CONC nt 5000 population. He was for 14 years, a member of the city council
2 CONC . He was a member of the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) L
2 CONC odge.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving members of the family are Elizabeth Steinberger and Dr. Edi
2 CONC th Weston, daughters, five sons, J. Milton, Harvey H., Robert, Guy, an
2 CONC d Laurel Steinberger, a sister, Mrs. John B. Matley of Reno, Nevada, f
2 CONC ive grandchildren; Margaret Ann, Nancy Elizabeth,, and Lorene La Vern
2 CONC a Steinberger, Ernest Eugene and Albert Marine Weston. Mr. Steinberger
2 CONC 's wife passed away in May 1939.
2 CONT 
2 CONT One of the largest funerals services ever held in Sierra Madre was co
2 CONC nducted at Grant Chapel Wednesday afternoon. Townspeople crowded the c
2 CONC hapel and stood on the steps and the lawn in respect to Mr. Steinberge
2 CONC r's memory and to express their sympathy to surviving members of the f
2 CONC amily. Stores were closed during the services as a mark of respect an
2 CONC d the city hall flag was lowered to half mast.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A blanket of red roses hung behind the casket, and flowers were pile
2 CONC d on either side as high as the ceiling. The alcove in which the caske
2 CONC t lay was filled with wreathes and bouquets and others were placed out
2 CONC side of the floor of lack of more space.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Members of the city council was well of uniformed members of the Volu
2 CONC nteer fire department attended in a body. A delegation from the city'
2 CONC s Japanese colony and the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion wer
2 CONC e also present at the services.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dean Arnold Bode, a long time friend of the Steinberger family, recit
2 CONC ed a brief but impressive Episcopal service. Mr. Steinberger's five so
2 CONC ns and a son-in-law, Dr. Albert Weston, were his pallbearers. Intermen
2 CONC t was at San Gabiel cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Selected portions of an article from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 11 October 1
2 CONC 940, pages 1c4 and 4c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT . . . FREIGHTED OUT OF LASSEN COUNTY
2 CONT 
2 CONT . . . When about 16 years old, Mr. Steinberger freighted flour from h
2 CONC is father's mill to Virginia City, receiving as much as $5 per 50 poun
2 CONC ds. Later, the family moved to Long Valley and remained there till 189
2 CONC 8.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After his marriage in 1883 to Margaret Geary Ross, Mr. Steinberger to
2 CONC ok up his residence at Sierra Madre. Two years ago, the couple celebra
2 CONC ted the fifty-fifth wedding anniversary. His wife died shortly after
2 CONC .  . . .
0 @I395@ INDI
1 NAME FNUK /Steinberger/
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JAN 1858
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT JAN 1858
1 FAMC @F136@
0 @I396@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Amos /Steinberger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 JUL 1860
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 FEB 1861
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 FAMC @F136@
0 @I397@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ellen /Steinberger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 JUN 1862
2 PLAC Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1888
2 PLAC Napa, Napa County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Tulocay Cemetery - Block 95-Lot 5, 411 Coombsville Road, Napa, Napa Co, California
1 FAMC @F136@
1 FAMS @F176@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Napa County Reporter Newspaper, Napa, Napa Co, CA; F
2 CONC riday, 31 Aug 1888; page 3c1,  obtained at the CA State Library, CA Hi
2 CONC story Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT Mrs. W. P. [sic] Madden died at her residence in North Napa Friday o
2 CONC f heart disease.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Thursday, 30 Aug 1888; page 3c4,  obtained at the California State U
2 CONC niversity, Chico, Chico, Butte Co, CA
2 CONT THE TOMB.
2 CONT MADDEN--In Napa City, August 24, 1888, Mrs. W. B. Madden, aged 26 yea
2 CONC rs.
2 CONT [She leaves a husband and one little girl four years old to mourn he
2 CONC r loss.]
2 CONT 
0 @I398@ INDI
1 NAME Effie Maud /Steinberger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1867
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1870
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F136@
1 NOTE From the book JOSEPH CRAWFORD WEMPLE by Claude C. Wemple, page 12:
2 CONT Effie was Cora (Wemple)'s playmate. After Cora's death (from scarle
2 CONC t fever), Effie became very listless and her health failed, Aunt Pear
2 CONC l (Cora's aunt) and (Pearl's sister) Ida Johnson said. Both of the sis
2 CONC ters, Pearl and Ida, were born six and seven years later than Effie, b
2 CONC ut they were first cousins to Effie. This story was handed down by the
2 CONC ir parents, who said Effie pined away until death took her. [Index t
2 CONC o the Birth and Death Notices, The Lassen Advocate Newspaper of Susanv
2 CONC ille, CA  1868-1899; Tim I. Purdy; Lahontan Images, Susanville, CA 961
2 CONC 30; © 1986; page 85,    Effie Stienberger [sic]    age:   2y 10m 1
2 CONC d    d:   15 Oct 1870  Milford, CA    from newspaper dated 22 Oct 1870
2 CONC ;    CA State Library, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONC ; Calif F 868 L33 P85 1986]
2 CONT 
0 @I399@ INDI
1 NAME James Milton /Steinberger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 AUG 1871
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 JUL 1883
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F136@
0 @I400@ INDI
1 NAME Martha Annie /Steinberger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 MAY 1876
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 FEB 1958
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Masonic Memorial Gardens, Plot: 357, 437 Stoker Ave, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F136@
1 FAMS @F177@
1 NOTE Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe Co, NV; Wednesday
2 CONC , 26 Feb 1958; page 13c6-7; obtained at the University of Nevada, Getc
2 CONC hell Library, microfilm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT PIONEER FAMILY MEMBER, OPERATOR OF RANCH LAND MRS. MARTHA MATLEY DIES
2 CONT Member of a pioneer family of the Lassen area and resident of the Tru
2 CONC ckee Meadows nearly 60 years Mrs. Martha A. Matley died Tuesday aftern
2 CONC oon at her home at 1865 Wren Ave. at the age of 81.
2 CONT Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the home chape
2 CONC l of the Ross-Burke Co. with burial to follow in the family plot in th
2 CONC e Masonicsection of Mountain View cemetery.
2 CONT BORN IN MILFORD
2 CONT Born Martha Steinberger in Milford, Calif., May 8, 1876, Mrs. Matle
2 CONC y spent her early life on the Willow ranch, now the town of Doyle.  Sh
2 CONC e attended Lassen county schools and was graduated from Reno high scho
2 CONC ol, making her home at the Walts ranch during her school days.  For tw
2 CONC o years she took a pre-medical course at the University of Nevada, int
2 CONC ending to become a doctor, but her father eventually persuaded her t
2 CONC o give up a medical career.
2 CONT Her father, James Milton Steinberger who with Mrs. Steinberger had cr
2 CONC ossed the plains to California in 1863, first operated a flour mill a
2 CONC t Milford, marketing the flour on the Comstock, then operated the Will
2 CONC ow ranch for many years.  The Steinbergers moved to the Truckee Meadow
2 CONC s in 1899 and acquired property on the south bank of the Truckee Rive
2 CONC r in the Glendale district, including the remnants of a lumber mill bu
2 CONC ilt 50 years before by William Steele on land sold to C. H. Eastman i
2 CONC n the late '50s [1850s] or
2 CONT early '60s [1860s].
2 CONT DEVELOPED RANCH
2 CONT Martha Steinberger was married to John Matley Sept. 17, 1902 in a cer
2 CONC emony performed by the Rev. Samuel Unsworth on the home ranch.  Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Matley rented the ranch from Mrs. Steinberger following the dea
2 CONC th of her husband, later building up the property, developing a herd o
2 CONC f beef cattle
2 CONT and eventually purchasing the ranch.  For some time they specialized i
2 CONC n raising prize winning registered Percherons, and the land produced p
2 CONC otatoes, onions, garden vegetables plus an apple orchard.
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. Matley purchased 800 acres in Sierra Valley in 1919 an
2 CONC d used the property for pasturage and feed, and in 1926 acquired the 9
2 CONC 600 acre Winnemucca ranch 35 miles north of Reno.  Mr. Matley died i
2 CONC n 1945, at the age of 72, from the effects of a fall from a haystack.
2 CONT IN AIR AGE
2 CONT The Matley family continued to operate the ranching property, althoug
2 CONC h the ranch area in the Truckee Meadows has decreased with the adven
2 CONC t of the air age.  First, United Air Lines bought 16 acres of the prop
2 CONC erty to increase the length of its runways, and after the Nevada Air N
2 CONC ational Guard moved to
2 CONT the Reno airport another 238 acres was taken over for its use on wha
2 CONC t is now the Reno Municipal Airport. 
2 CONT Mrs. Matley was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a chart
2 CONC er member of the Order of Amarinth, both of Susanville.  She attende
2 CONC d the 50th anniversary of the founding of the latter order a few year
2 CONC s ago.
2 CONT Surviving are five sons, Thoedore [sic] R. Matley of Sunol, Calif., J
2 CONC ohn M., Marshall R., Clifford L., and Wayne C. Matley and Mrs. Isabell
2 CONC e A. Murphy all of Reno.  Seventeen grandchildren, nine great grandchi
2 CONC ldren and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe Co, NV; Wednesday
2 CONC , 26 Feb 1958; page 14c3; obtained at the University of Nevada, Getche
2 CONC ll Library, microfilm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT MATLEY--In Reno, Feb 25, 1958, Mrs. Martha Annie Matley, a native o
2 CONC f Milford, Calif. and the widow of John B. Matley; mother of Theodor
2 CONC e R. Matley of Sunol, Calif., John N., Marshall R. Matley, Mrs. Isabel
2 CONC le A. Murphy, Clifford L., and Wayne C. Matley, all of Reno; grandmoth
2 CONC er of Wayne O. Matley of Richmond, Calif., Russel Matley of Reno, Laur
2 CONC en Matley of San Lorenzo, Calif., Gordon Matley of Sunol, Calif., Joh
2 CONC n Frederick, Gail Wilson and Katherine Isabelle Matley, all of Reno; V
2 CONC irginia Carrol Matley, Ellen Ann Murphy, Robert Milton Murph [sic], Ma
2 CONC rvin Wayne Murphy, David Leroy Matley, Judith Matley, Bruce Andrew Mat
2 CONC ley, Kenneth Wayne Matley, Douglas Alexander Matley, Randall Curtiss M
2 CONC atley, all of Reno; great-grandmother of Gregory, Kathleen, Maureen Ma
2 CONC tley, all of Richmond, Calif.; Allyson Matley of Reno, Christine Louis
2 CONC e, Nancy Gene, Martha Annie and Shirley Jo Matley, all of San Lorenzo
2 CONC , Calif. and Jonnie Marie Lambert of Reno.
2 CONT Friends are invited to attend funeral services on Friday at 1:30 p.m
2 CONC . at the home chapel of Ross-Burke Co.  Burial in the Masonic sectio
2 CONC n ofMountain View cemetery.
2 CONT 
0 @I401@ INDI
1 NAME James M /Worrell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1834 - 1835)
2 PLAC Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BET June.1860 - June.1864)
1 FAMS @F137@
0 @I402@ INDI
1 NAME William N. /Crawford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE APR 1829
2 PLAC Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1907
2 PLAC Grand Dalles, Klinkitat County, Washington
1 FAMS @F138@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Dallas WEEKLY CHRONICLE, 27 September 1907:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PIONEER PASSES AWAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT W.N. Crawford Dies at His Home in Grand Dalles at The Age of Seventy-
2 CONC Eight.
2 CONT 
2 CONT W.N. Crawford, an honored and highly esteemed resident, died at his h
2 CONC ome in Grand Dalles Saturday evening at the age of 78 years. He was bo
2 CONC rn in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1829 and came to California in 1852. In 186
2 CONC 4 he was married to Miss Julia Worrell at Susanville, California, an
2 CONC d in 1877 the Crawfords emigrated to Klickitat county, Washington, an
2 CONC d settled on the farm where Mr. Crawford lived up to the time of his d
2 CONC eath.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Crawford leaves a wife, a daughter, Mrs. Frank Saxton, of Sprin
2 CONC g Creek, Klickitat county, and two sons, J.N. (sic) Crawford and W.N
2 CONC . Crawford who reside near Grand Dalles.
0 @I403@ INDI
1 NAME Minnie Jane /Crawford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 APR 1865
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 MAR 1934
2 PLAC Blockhouse, Klickitat County, Washington
1 BURI
2 PLAC Centerville Grange Cemetery, Centerville, Klickitat County, Washington
1 FAMC @F138@
1 FAMS @F480@
1 NOTE An obituary from Goldendale SENTINEL, Goldendale, Washington, Thursda
2 CONC y 22 March 1934, page 4c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT OBITUARY
2 CONT 
2 CONT MINNIE J. SAXTON
2 CONT 
2 CONT Minnie J. Crawford was born in Susanville, California, April 23rd, 186
2 CONC 5. When but a small child she twice crossed the plains with her parent
2 CONC s. At the age of twelve she came to Klickitat county, with her parents
2 CONC , and settled near Grand Dalles, where she made her home until 1888, w
2 CONC hen she was united in marriage to Frank Saxton. To this union four chi
2 CONC ldren were born. After her marriage her residence was made on a farm n
2 CONC ear Centerville, until 1906 when the farm was sold and the final mov
2 CONC e was made to the Spring Creek section where she resided until her dea
2 CONC th March 15th, 1934, at the age of 68 years, 11 months and 20 days. Sh
2 CONC e was the last member of the Wn. N. Crawford family, her two brother
2 CONC s and one sister having preceded her to the better country.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She leaves to mourn her demise her husband, Frank Saxton, of near Gold
2 CONC endale, two sons, Carl, of Yacolt, Wash., Virgil, of Goldendale, and o
2 CONC ne daughter, Mrs. Edith Bledsoe, of Goldendale. One daughter, Mrs. Eth
2 CONC el Yeackel, preceded her several years ago. Three grandchildren also s
2 CONC urvive, Mrs. M. V. Miller and Marjorie Yeackel of Goldendale, and Car
2 CONC l Wayne Saxton, of Yacolt, and a large number of friends and relatives
2 CONC . She was a member of the Christian church at Centerville. She was a k
2 CONC ind and loving wife and mother, never complaining during her illness
2 CONC , always considerate of others.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were held from the Chapman chapel Saturday afternoon, at 2:0
2 CONC 0 o'clock, Elder S. C. Eshelman delivering the funeral sermon. Interme
2 CONC nt was in the Centerville Grange cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BEYOND
2 CONT 
2 CONT It seemeth such a little way to me Across to that Strange Country, th
2 CONC e Beyond;
2 CONT 
2 CONT And yet not strange--for it has grown to be
2 CONT 
2 CONT The home of those of whom I am so fond;
2 CONT 
2 CONT They make it seem familiar and most dear,
2 CONT 
2 CONT As journeying friends bring distant countries near.
2 CONT 
2 CONT So close it lies, that, when my sight is clear,
2 CONT 
2 CONT I think I see the brightly gleaming strand:
2 CONT 
2 CONT I know I feel that those who've gone from here
2 CONT 
2 CONT Come near enough to touch my groping hand.
2 CONT 
2 CONT I often think but for our veiled eyes
2 CONT 
2 CONT We should find Heaven right 'round us lies.
2 CONT 
2 CONT I cannot make it seem a day to dread
2 CONT 
2 CONT When from this earth I shall journey out.
2 CONT 
2 CONT To that still DEARER country of the dead,
2 CONT 
2 CONT And join the lost ones so long dreamed about.
2 CONT 
2 CONT I love this world; yet shall I love to go
2 CONT 
2 CONT And meet friends who wait for me I know.
2 CONT 
2 CONT I never stand about a bier and see
2 CONT 
2 CONT The seal of death set on some well-loved face,
2 CONT 
2 CONT But that I think, One more to welcome me
2 CONT 
2 CONT When I shall cross the intervening space
2 CONT 
2 CONT Between this land and that one over there;
2 CONT 
2 CONT One more to make the strange Beyond seem fair.
2 CONT 
2 CONT And so to me there is no sting to death,
2 CONT 
2 CONT And so the grave has lost its victory;
2 CONT 
2 CONT It is but crossing, with abated breath,
2 CONT 
2 CONT And white, set face, a little strip of sea
2 CONT 
2 CONT To find my loved ones waiting on the shore,
2 CONT 
2 CONT More beautiful, more precious than before.
0 @I404@ INDI
1 NAME John C. /Crawford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1867
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1933
2 PLAC The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
1 BURI
2 PLAC I O O F [Independent Order of Odd Fellows] Cemetery, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F138@
1 FAMS @F481@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, 12 October 1933, page 6c2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN C. CRAWFORD DIES IN THE DALLES
2 CONT 
2 CONT PROMINENT RESIDENT OF NORTH SHORE ILL BUT SHORT TIME
2 CONT 
2 CONT John C. Crawford, prominent resident of Northdalles and long active i
2 CONC n political affairs of the district, died in a local hospital early th
2 CONC is morning after a short illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Crawford, 66 years old, was well known for his civic activities bot
2 CONC h in The Dalles and the neighboring area across the river. He was acti
2 CONC vely identified with efforts to develop his home district throughout h
2 CONC is residence there, and had been a representative in the Washington le
2 CONC gislature.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born March 17, 1867, at Susanville, California. Surviving hi
2 CONC m are his wife, Mary, two sons, M.M. Crawford of Northdalles and M.H
2 CONC . Crawford of Goldendale. One sister, Mrs. Frank Saxton, Blockhouse, W
2 CONC ashington also survives.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services will be held from the C.R. Callaway & Son chapel Thu
2 CONC rsday at 2 p.m. Interment will be at the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order o
2 CONC f Odd Fellows) cemetery. Additional arrangements will be announced lat
2 CONC er.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A notice published in THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, 13 October 1933, pa
2 CONC ge 1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN C. CRAWFORD FUNERAL YESTERDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT FINAL HONORS PAID PROMINENT RESIDENT OF NORTHDALLES
2 CONT 
2 CONT Friends gathered at the Callaway (The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon) c
2 CONC hapel yesterday afternoon to pay final honors to John C. Crawford, pro
2 CONC minent resident of Northdalles who passed away at a local hospital thi
2 CONC s week.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were conducted by the Masonic Lodge, of which Mr. Crawford h
2 CONC ad been a longtime member. Honorary pallbearers included George Christ
2 CONC iansen and A.C. Sly of Stevenson (Skamania County, Washington), Ira He
2 CONC ndeson of Vancouver (Clark County, Washington), Arthur Hall of Goldend
2 CONC ale (Klickitat County, Washington), L.A. McNary of Portland (Multnoma
2 CONC h County, Oregon), and Dr. A.S. Esson of The Dalles (Wasco County, Ore
2 CONC gon). Active pallbearers were Leo Brune and Roy Clark of Northdalles (
2 CONC Klickitat County, Washington), Jay Rorick, W.S. Nelson, F.V. Gallowa
2 CONC y and A.S. Milne.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Crawford, 66 years old, was well known for his civic activities b
2 CONC oth in The Dalles and the neighboring area across the river. He was ac
2 CONC tively identified with efforts to develop his home throughout his resi
2 CONC dence there, and had been a representative in the Washington legislatu
2 CONC re.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born March 17, 1867, at Susanville, California. Surviving hi
2 CONC m are his wife, Mary, and two sons, M.M. Crawford of Northdalles and M
2 CONC .H. Crawford of Goldendale. One sister, Mrs. Frank Saxton, Blockhouse
2 CONC , Washington, also survives.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From The Fourteenth Session, by Alfred T Renfro © 1915: JOHN C CRAWFOR
2 CONC D; The Washington State Library-Joel M Pritchard Library, Capitol Camp
2 CONC us, Olympia, Thurston Co, WA
2 CONT 
2 CONT A Brief History of the Men who represented the Million and a Half Peop
2 CONC le of the State of Washington in the Legislature of 1915 . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN C. CRAWFORD
2 CONT 
2 CONT GRANDDALLES
2 CONT 
2 CONT District 21 * Klickitat County * Republican
2 CONT 
2 CONT Representative Crawford's father was one of the old Forty-Niners, cros
2 CONC sing the plains from Indiana, reaching California in 1850. John was bo
2 CONC rn in Susanville in 1867, but came to Washington at the age of ten an
2 CONC d settled at Granddalles. Forty-eight years of outdoor life--farming a
2 CONC nd stock-raising--developed this native son into a fine type of wester
2 CONC n manhood, big and quiet, suggesting the open range and the rugged hil
2 CONC ls. The last 38 years has been spent near Granddalles where he operate
2 CONC s his 1700-acre ranch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Seventeen years ago he married Miss Mary Lucas; they have two sons, Ma
2 CONC lcomb [sic], 16, and Mark 14. These husky youngsters spent a few week
2 CONC s at Olympia looking after Dad, and they were truly chips off the ol
2 CONC d block. Mr. Crawford has served as School Director for the last 10 ye
2 CONC ars and has been a strong advocate of keeping Klickitat intact. He i
2 CONC s a Mason and an Elk.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Fifteenth Session by Herman W Ross & Richard Seelye Johnes, Ros
2 CONC s & Jones Publishers, Seattle, Kings Co, WA; © 1917: JOHN C CRAWFORD
2 CONC ; The Washington State Library-Joel M Pritchard Library, Capitol Campu
2 CONC s, Olympia, Thurston Co, WA
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN C. CRAWFORD
2 CONT 
2 CONT GRAND DALLES
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dist. 21--Klickitat County
2 CONT 
2 CONT Republican
2 CONT 
2 CONT To the people of Klickitat County, State Road No. 8, starting at Vanco
2 CONC uver up the Columbia River into Eastern Washington is very important a
2 CONC nd necessary. To secure the necessary appropriation for the building a
2 CONC nd completion of this road they selected two years ago one of their mo
2 CONC st influential citizens, John C. Crawford of Grand Dalles. He did so w
2 CONC ell in his first term that he was re-elected and at the fifteenth sess
2 CONC ion of the Legislature again represented the Twenty-first District.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Crawford is a big, broad shouldered, clear cut man, who commands t
2 CONC he represent of his fellowmen, the type which makes a good substantia
2 CONC l member of a law making body.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The representative from Klickitat County is a Republican. Born on Marc
2 CONC h 17. 1867, in California, the son of William and Julia A. Crawford, h
2 CONC e came to the state in 1877, settling in the county, which he now repr
2 CONC esents. He is a farmer and stock raiser on a large scale, his ranch co
2 CONC mprising more than 1700 acres of land.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1898 he married Miss Mary H. Lucas. They have two sons, Malcom an
2 CONC d Mark.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Especially interested in good roads Mr. Crawford applied himself close
2 CONC ly to the study of all legislation introduced and took an active par
2 CONC t in committee work. He was chairman of the committee on counties an
2 CONC d county boundaries and was strongly opposed to the division of Klicki
2 CONC tat County. He was also a member of the committees on fisheries, gam
2 CONC e and game fish, irrigation and arid lands, roads and bridges, and sta
2 CONC te capitol and granted lands.
0 @I405@ INDI
1 NAME William Harvey /Crawford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1870
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1930
2 PLAC The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
1 FAMC @F138@
1 FAMS @F482@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Dalles Weekly Chronicle, 11 September 1930:
2 CONT 
2 CONT W.H. CRAWFORD DIES
2 CONT 
2 CONT William H. Crawford, 60, a wheat farmer residing in Wasco county sinc
2 CONC e 1917, died last night at his farm home of Fifteen Mile creek followi
2 CONC ng an extended illness. No funeral arrangements have been made. He lea
2 CONC ves his wife, Lillian, and six children, William R., Vernon H., Eldon
2 CONC , Loreane, Melvin and Willard, one brother, J.C. Crawford of Klickita
2 CONC t county (Washington), and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Sexton (sic) of Block
2 CONC house (Washington).
0 @I406@ INDI
1 NAME Mary P. /Crawford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1878
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1907
1 FAMC @F138@
0 @I407@ INDI
1 NAME James /Crawford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1880
2 PLAC Klickitat County, WA
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1907
1 FAMC @F138@
0 @I408@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Crawford/
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 1885
2 PLAC Died in infancy.
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1907
1 FAMC @F138@
0 @I409@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Crawford/
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 1888
2 PLAC Died in infancy.
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1907
1 FAMC @F138@
0 @I410@ INDI
1 NAME Eli F. /Taylor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1836 - 1837)
2 PLAC IL
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1930
1 FAMS @F139@
1 NOTE According to Rick Albright of Merced in a letter he wrote to Tim Purd
2 CONC y of Susanville, Eli Taylor ran off with another woman when Eli and El
2 CONC izabeth were coming west. This happened in Reese River, NV in 1863.  S
2 CONC he divorced him when she reached Susanville, CA and then married Chris
2 CONC tie.  I remember even after about 90 years, the family would talk abou
2 CONC t her stigma of being a divorced woman, even though there were other d
2 CONC ivorcees in the family. SLD/DRW
0 @I411@ INDI
1 NAME Iowa J. /Taylor/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE DEC 1859
2 PLAC Jones County, Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1864
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I412@ INDI
1 NAME Ed /Taylor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1862
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1864
2 PLAC Austin, Lander County, Nevada
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I413@ INDI
1 NAME James Burnet /Christie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1836
2 PLAC New York
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1885
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMS @F140@
1 NOTE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE SIER
2 CONC RAS, Professor J.M. Guinn, copyright 1902, page 578:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Came to California in 1863 and he, along with Joseph Crawford Wemple a
2 CONC s a partner, took up land in Surprise Valley, California in what is no
2 CONC w the Bare Ranch. He became sickly and moved back to Michigan with hi
2 CONC s family 1876.  Moved back to California, to Milford, in 1878.
0 @I414@ INDI
1 NAME John Burton /Christie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1868
2 PLAC Eagleville,Siskiyou [now Modoc] County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUL 1943
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F140@
1 FAMS @F156@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS, 21 July 1943, page 16c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHRISTIE
2 CONT 
2 CONT In this city, July 19, 1943, John Burton Christie, beloved husband o
2 CONC f Alma Alberta Christie, loving father of Mrs. C. Leland Bronson, brot
2 CONC her of Mrs, Mary A. Doyle, grandfather of Mrs. J. Forrest Doyle, and g
2 CONC reat-grandfather of Sharon Rae Doyle, a native of California, aged 7
2 CONC 5 years. A member of the Golden Wedding Club, past master of Janesvill
2 CONC e Lodge No. 232, F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons).
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services Thursday, July 22, at 10:30 a.m., under the auspice
2 CONC s of Seal Rock Lodge No. 536, F. & A.M., at The Litle Chapel of the Su
2 CONC nset, 2532 Irving Street, near 27th Avenue. Internment, Woodlawn Memor
2 CONC ial Park.
2 CONT 
2 CONT HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE SIER
2 CONC RAS, professor James Miller Guinn, A.M., copyright 1902, page 578:
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHRISTIE BROTHERS.  Two young native sons of the state of Californi
2 CONC a who have made a success of merchandising are the Christie brothers
2 CONC , John Burton and James I., who are proprietors of a general merchandi
2 CONC se store in Janesville and own seven hundred acres of land adjoining t
2 CONC he town. The pioneer family of the family was James Christie, their fa
2 CONC ther, who was born in New York state, whence he was taken by his paren
2 CONC ts to Jackson county, Michigan, where his father followed farming unti
2 CONC l his death. James Christie attained manhood in his adapted state, whe
2 CONC re he remained in 1863, when he came to California by means of ox-team
2 CONC s. Upon his arrival he located in Surprise valley, Modoc county, and e
2 CONC ngaged in farming and stock-raising, having taken up and improved a ra
2 CONC nch near Eagleville. He remained in that location until 1876. when h
2 CONC e returned to Michigan and farmed in Jackson county for the ensuing tw
2 CONC o years. Deciding to locate permanently in the west, he disposed of hi
2 CONC s interests in Michigan and returned to California in 1878, and in Mil
2 CONC ford, Honey Lake valley, bought a small orchard and here spent the rem
2 CONC ainder of his days, his death occurring in 1885, at the age of forty-n
2 CONC ine years. He had lived a Christian life and was a consistent member o
2 CONC f the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was survived by his wife, formall
2 CONC y Elizabeth Jane Decious, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of John Dec
2 CONC ious. Her father brought the family as far west as Anamosa, Iowa, wher
2 CONC e they remained until 1862, when they crossed the plains to California
2 CONC , settling in Honey Lake valley, where her father died. Mrs. Christi
2 CONC e survives her husband and makes her home with her eldest son, John Bu
2 CONC rton Christie; two other children surviving, Mary, the wife of J.E. Do
2 CONC yle, of Janesville, and James I.
2 CONT 
2 CONT John Burton Christie was born in Eagleville, Modoc county, March 31
2 CONC , 1868, and after receiving a preliminary education in the public scho
2 CONC ols attended Heald's Business College of San Francisco, from which ins
2 CONC titution he was graduated in 1889. Following this he secured a positio
2 CONC n in a store in Milford as clerk and in the spring of 1890 was appoint
2 CONC ed postmaster. Resigning the office to attend the Midwinter Fair in Sa
2 CONC n Francisco, he was reappointed upon his return, and purchased the Phi
2 CONC llips store in Milford, operated in the same connection. July 16, 1903
2 CONC , he suffered a loss of his interests by fire. Following this disaste
2 CONC r he clerked for Emerson (Charles Edward Emerson) for a time and the f
2 CONC ollowing year purchased the Meylert interest in a store and ranch in J
2 CONC anesville, where he has since resided. He was married in San Francisc
2 CONC o to Alberta Gainsworth, a native of the state of Iowa, and they hav
2 CONC e one daughter, Erma. Mr. Christie is identified fraternally with Hone
2 CONC y Love Parlor No. 198, Native Sons of the Golden West, of which he i
2 CONC s secretary, and politically is a blue Republican.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The younger of the brothers, James I. Christie, was born in Modoc cou
2 CONC nty, October 26, 1872. He married Grace Dill in Honey Lake valley, an
2 CONC d they have two children, Fay and Merle. For some time prior to 1904
2 CONC , when he went into partnership with his brother in the ranch and stoc
2 CONC k business, Mr. Christie was engaged in the merchandise business wit
2 CONC h the Spoon Brothers, the style of the firm being Spoon Brothers and C
2 CONC hristie, of Spoonville, where Mr. Christie was also postmaster. He dis
2 CONC posed of his interests in 1904 in order to join his brother at Janesvi
2 CONC lle, and they now have large landed interests, consisting of seven hun
2 CONC dred acres (half of which is in meadow), upon which they conduct in ex
2 CONC tensive stock and dairy business. Fraternally Mr. Christie is a membe
2 CONC r of Janesville Lodge No. 232, F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons), o
2 CONC f which he was master, and is also past-president of the Janesville Pa
2 CONC rlor, Native Sons of the Golden West. Both brothers are energetic ye
2 CONC t quiet in their manner, warm in their friendships, considerate of th
2 CONC e comfort of others, and furnishing by their lives an instance of th
2 CONC e elevating power of honorable citizenship.
0 @I415@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Alice /Christie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JUN 1870
2 PLAC Eagleville,Siskiyou [now Modoc] County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 JAN 1944
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F140@
1 FAMS @F158@
1 NOTE Newspaper article from a Lodi paper: 
2 CONT FORMER LODI RESIDENT DIED. Mrs. Mamie Doyle, grandmother of Mrs. Floy
2 CONC d Burson, passed away Tuesday, January 18, at the home of her daughte
2 CONC r in Susanville, it was reported here yesterday. Friends in Lodi wil
2 CONC l remember her as she made her home with Captain and Mrs. Burson whil
2 CONC e they lived here. Mrs. Doyle was born in Lassen County where she ha
2 CONC s a great circle of friends. She was a member of the Methodist Church
2 CONC , of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, and the Order of Easter
2 CONC n Star. She is survived by a son, Jess Doyle of Redding, two daughters
2 CONC , Ruby Elledge of Sacramento and Illoma [sic] McNamee of Susanville, s
2 CONC even grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services and i
2 CONC nterment were conducted at Susanville.
0 @I416@ INDI
1 NAME James I. /Christie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1872
2 PLAC Eagleville, Siskiyou [now Modoc] County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 FEB 1936
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F140@
1 FAMS @F157@
1 NOTE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE SIER
2 CONC RAS, professor James Miller Guinn, A.M., copyright 1902, page 578:
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHRISTIE BROTHERS.  Two young native sons of the state of Californi
2 CONC a who have made a success of merchandising are the Christie brothers
2 CONC , John Burton and James I., who are proprietors of a general merchandi
2 CONC se store in Janesville and own seven hundred acres of land adjoining t
2 CONC he town. The pioneer family of the family was James Christie, their fa
2 CONC ther, who was born in New York state, whence he was taken by his paren
2 CONC ts to Jackson county, Michigan, where his father followed farming unti
2 CONC l his death. James Christie attained manhood in his adapted state, whe
2 CONC re he remained in 1863, when he came to California by means of ox-team
2 CONC s. Upon his arrival he located in Surprise valley, Modoc county, and e
2 CONC ngaged in farming and stock-raising, having taken up and improved a ra
2 CONC nch near Eagleville. He remained in that location until 1876. when h
2 CONC e returned to Michigan and farmed in Jackson county for the ensuing tw
2 CONC o years. Deciding to locate permanently in the west, he disposed of hi
2 CONC s interests in Michigan and returned to California in 1878, and in Mil
2 CONC ford, Honey Lake valley, bought a small orchard and here spent the rem
2 CONC ainder of his days, his death occurring in 1885, at the age of forty-n
2 CONC ine years. He had lived a Christian life and was a consistent member o
2 CONC f the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was survived by his wife, formall
2 CONC y Elizabeth Jane Decious, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of John Dec
2 CONC ious. Her father brought the family as far west as Anamosa, Iowa, wher
2 CONC e they remained until 1862, when they crossed the plains to California
2 CONC , settling in Honey Lake valley, where her father died. Mrs. Christi
2 CONC e survives her husband and makes her home with her eldest son, John Bu
2 CONC rton Christie; two other children surviving, Mary, the wife of J.E. Do
2 CONC yle, of Janesville, and James I.
2 CONT 
2 CONT John Burton Christie was born in Eagleville, Modoc county, March 31
2 CONC , 1868, and after receiving a preliminary education in the public scho
2 CONC ols attended Heald's Business College of San Francisco, from which ins
2 CONC titution he was graduated in 1889. Following this he secured a positio
2 CONC n in a store in Milford as clerk and in the spring of 1890 was appoint
2 CONC ed postmaster. Resigning the office to attend the Midwinter Fair in Sa
2 CONC n Francisco, he was reappointed upon his return, and purchased the Phi
2 CONC llips store in Milford, operated in the same connection. July 16, 1903
2 CONC , he suffered a loss of his interests by fire. Following this disaste
2 CONC r he clerked for Emerson (Charles Edward Emerson) for a time and the f
2 CONC ollowing year purchased the Meylert interest in a store and ranch in J
2 CONC anesville, where he has since resided. He was married in San Francisc
2 CONC o to Alberta Gainsworth, a native of the state of Iowa, and they hav
2 CONC e one daughter, Erma. Mr. Christie is identified fraternally with Hone
2 CONC y Love Parlor No. 198, Native Sons of the Golden West, of which he i
2 CONC s secretary, and politically is a blue Republican.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The younger of the brothers, James I. Christie, was born in Modoc cou
2 CONC nty, October 26, 1872. He married Grace Dill in Honey Lake valley, an
2 CONC d they have two children, Fay and Merle. For some time prior to 1904
2 CONC , when he went into partnership with his brother in the ranch and stoc
2 CONC k business, Mr. Christie was engaged in the merchandise business wit
2 CONC h the Spoon Brothers, the style of the firm being Spoon Brothers and C
2 CONC hristie, of Spoonville, where Mr. Christie was also postmaster. He dis
2 CONC posed of his interests in 1904 in order to join his brother at Janesvi
2 CONC lle, and they now have large landed interests, consisting of seven hun
2 CONC dred acres (half of which is in meadow), upon which they conduct in ex
2 CONC tensive stock and dairy business. Fraternally Mr. Christie is a membe
2 CONC r of Janesville Lodge No. 232, F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons), o
2 CONC f which he was master, and is also past-president of the Janesville Pa
2 CONC rlor, Native Sons of the Golden West. Both brothers are energetic ye
2 CONC t quiet in their manner, warm in their friendships, considerate of th
2 CONC e comfort of others, and furnishing by their lives an instance of th
2 CONC e elevating power of honorable citizenship.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 19 February 1936, page 1
2 CONC c7:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH TAKES J.I. CHRISTIE, PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN
2 CONT 
2 CONT Heart Attack Fatal To Well-Known Merchant
2 CONT 
2 CONT  . . . James I. Christie, a prominent figure in business, civic and f
2 CONC raternal activities of Susanville for many years, died at his home a
2 CONC t one o'clock this afternoon following a heart attack suffered three h
2 CONC ours earlier at his furniture store on Weatherlow street.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Christie operated the Christie Furniture store for about 15 years
2 CONC , during which time his life furnished an instance of elevating powe
2 CONC r of honorable citizenship.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife Grace Dill Christie, one son, Fay Christie
2 CONC , Walnut Grove; one daughter, Mrs. Merle Downing, Los Angeles, one sis
2 CONC ter, Mrs. Mayme Doyle, Susanville, and one brother John Burton Christi
2 CONC e, San Francisco. Also surviving are four grandchildren. . . .
0 @I417@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Wales/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 OCT 1855
2 PLAC Illinois
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1937
2 PLAC Oroville, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory , Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F1092@
1 FAMS @F141@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO RECORD, 27 June 1937, page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH CLAIMS CHICO PIONEER
2 CONT 
2 CONT One of the last surviving pioneers of this region, Mrs. Elizabeth Dec
2 CONC ious, 82, a former resident of Chico, died at 9 o'clock last night a
2 CONC t the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cora Stubbs, 2136 Hewitt Avenue, Orov
2 CONC ille.
2 CONT 
2 CONT When she was six years old, Mrs. Decious came across the plains wit
2 CONC h her parents and settled in the Honey Lake Valley in Lassen County. T
2 CONC here she met and married Joseph Decious. In later years she came to Ch
2 CONC ico with her husband and family. Seven years ago, however, the decease
2 CONC d went to Oroville to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Stubbs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Decious was the first of a five generation family. A great, grea
2 CONC t granddaughter was born recently.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Maude Ridenour, of Oakland
2 CONC ; Mrs. Stubbs, Oroville; Mrs. Elizabeth Faniani, Chico; Joseph Decious
2 CONC , Eureka. Six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one great
2 CONC , great grandchild survive.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was a member of the Christian Church of Chico. The bod
2 CONC y was returned to the Westfall Funeral Home last night. Funeral arrang
2 CONC ements will be announced later.
0 @I418@ INDI
1 NAME Alice M. /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAY 1870
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 DEC 1891
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F141@
1 FAMS @F142@
1 NOTE An article from THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA, Thursd
2 CONC ay, 10 Dec 1891, page 3c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH OF MRS. M. PHILLIPS.
2 CONT 
2 CONT It is with feelings of sadness that we announce the death of the lad
2 CONC y named above, which occurred on the 4th inst.  Mrs. Phillips, nee Ali
2 CONC ce Decious, was born in Honey Lake Valley and grew to womanhood in ou
2 CONC r midst.  On the 21st of April, 1888, she was united in marriage wit
2 CONC h M. Phillips, of the firm of Winchell & Phillips, Buntingville, and a
2 CONC t the time of her death of the mother of two children, a boy of two ye
2 CONC ars and nine months, and a little girl baby of five months old.  Deat
2 CONC h resulted from an attack of measles complicated with other disorders
2 CONC , against which medical skill could not prevail.  The funeral took pla
2 CONC ce from the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Decious, of M
2 CONC ilford, and her remains were interred in the cemetery at that place
2 CONC .  With the bereaved husband, parents and relatives the ADVOCATE condo
2 CONC les, and especially is its sympathy enlisted for the little ones afloa
2 CONC t on life's journey without maternal guide or compass.  The mother hea
2 CONC rt lies stilled in death, and as the dying years add their dirges to t
2 CONC he Past, only a reflected knowledge of their loss can come to them.  S
2 CONC hould their future days be bright, and unnumbered blessing bloom and b
2 CONC lossom about them, still the one grand consolation of all shall be den
2 CONC ied.  Sad, it is, indeed.
2 CONT 
2 CONT [The LASSEN ADVOCATE, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA; Thursday, 10 Dec 1891
2 CONC ; page 3c5: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT DIED.
2 CONT 
2 CONT PHILLIPS.--Near Buntingville, Lassen County, California, December 4, 1
2 CONC 891, Alice, beloved wife of M. Phillips, aged 21 years and 7 months.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The funeral took place from the residence of the parents of deceased o
2 CONC f Milford, last Sunday at 2:30 P. M., and was largely attended.
2 CONT .
0 @I419@ INDI
1 NAME Maud Martha /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE APR 1873
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JAN 1938
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F141@
1 FAMS @F145@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE,  17 January 1938, page 4Cc6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT RIDENOUR - In Oakland, January 17, 1938, Maude M. Wife of the late El
2 CONC don Ridenour, mother of Mrs. Bill Smith and Ivan L. Ridenour; a nativ
2 CONC e of California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Friends are invited to attend services Wednesday afternoon, January 1
2 CONC 9, at 2 o'clock at the chapel of Albert Brown Co., 2376 Piedmont Avenu
2 CONC e, Oakland.
0 @I420@ INDI
1 NAME George Irving /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JUL 1876
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1900
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F141@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, Susanville, Thursday, 20 December 1
2 CONC 900, page 3c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH OF GEORGE I. DECIOUS
2 CONT 
2 CONT George Irving Decious, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Decious, die
2 CONC d at his home in Milford, last Friday, December 14th. He had been affl
2 CONC icted for two years or more past with diabetes, and had sought in vai
2 CONC n the help of physicians of this city. George Decious was born in Milf
2 CONC ord,where he was known to all as an upright and industrious young man
2 CONC , as one in every way qualified to play an acceptable part in the affa
2 CONC irs of life, as an affectionate and loyal son. Although the final resu
2 CONC lt of his disease was probably fully anticipated, his death was nevert
2 CONC heless a sudden one; until within a day or two of the end his willin
2 CONC g hands finding employment in their accustomed works and the unawed sp
2 CONC irit within him finding its accustomed cheerful expression. With him l
2 CONC ife's battle was quickly fought - yet who shall say the victory was no
2 CONC t won? Deceased was a member of the Order of Native Sons of the Golde
2 CONC n West, and his remains were interred in the Milford cemetery last Sat
2 CONC urday, under the auspices of Honey Lake Lodge of Janesville, to whic
2 CONC h he had belonged. Despite the stormy weather, the funeral was a larg
2 CONC e one. The sympathies of all their friends are with the bereaved paren
2 CONC ts and relatives.
0 @I421@ INDI
1 NAME Cora Olive /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1879
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 MAR 1968
2 PLAC Paradise, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F141@
1 FAMS @F147@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD, 21 March 1968, page 2Ac4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT CORA O. STUBBS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Cora Olive Stubbs, 88, died early this morning in a Paradise nursin
2 CONC g home alter a long illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Stubbs was born August 24, 1879 on a ranch near Honey Lake, Lass
2 CONC en County, and went to school in the Susanville area. She was marrie
2 CONC d to Richard N. Stubbs, July 4, 1900, on the ranch where she was born
2 CONC . They came to Chico in 1905 and moved to Oroville in 1921. Stubbs pre
2 CONC ceded Mrs. Stubbs in death in December 1945 and in 1960 she moved bac
2 CONC k to Chico to live with her daughter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Stubbs was a member of the Amapola Chapter to the Order of the E
2 CONC astern Star No. 119 of Oroville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include: A daughter, Mrs. Paul Shepard of Chico; four grand
2 CONC children and six great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services will be held in the Hall-Van Hook Funeral Chapel a
2 CONC t 2 p.m. Saturday with Mrs. Thelma Gillick reading from the King Jame
2 CONC s version of the Bible and from Science and Health with Key to the Scr
2 CONC iptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Norman Sandberg will be the organist.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Interment will be in the family plot in the Masonic Section of the Ch
2 CONC ico Cemetery.
0 @I422@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Vernon /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 APR 1885
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 NOV 1967
2 PLAC Eureka, Humboldt County, California
1 FAMC @F141@
1 FAMS @F149@
1 NOTE Joseph was a lineman for the Northern Electric Railroad Company and li
2 CONC ved in Oroville, CA. SLD/DRW
0 @I423@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 MAR 1889
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 OCT 1943
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F141@
1 FAMS @F152@
1 FAMS @F154@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO RECORD, 19 October 1943, page 8c2:
2 CONT ELIZABETH D. FANIANI
2 CONT Mrs. Elizabeth D. Faniani, wife of Frank E. Faniani, widely known res
2 CONC ident of Chico district, died Sunday afternoon at the Enloe hospital.
2 CONT Funeral services are pending word from Lt. L.I. Fish, a son, concerni
2 CONC ng his arrival here. He is en route from Maryland. Arrangements are un
2 CONC der the direction of Nugent funeral service.
2 CONT Mrs. Faniani was born at Honey Lake Valley, Lassen county, March 22
2 CONC , 1889, where her parents were pioneer ranchers. She came with her par
2 CONC ents the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Decious to Chico in 1902 and attende
2 CONC d the Chico Business college. She completed her secretarial course i
2 CONC n Oakland and was associated with the Bank of America in Chico for a n
2 CONC umber of years.
2 CONT She was active member of the Christian church and a member of the boa
2 CONC rd of deaconesses. She was also a member of the board of directors o
2 CONC f the Chico Red Cross. She had lived on the Pentz road with her husban
2 CONC d for the past 14 years.
2 CONT She is survived by her husband, Frank E. Faniani. two sons, Vernon E
2 CONC . Fish and Lt. L. (Pete) Fish of Baltimore, Maryland, two stepchildren
2 CONC , Mrs. Patricia DeClaw of Chico and Mrs. Felicia Tyler of San Diego
2 CONC ; a sister, Mrs. R.N. Stubbs of Oroville, and a brother, Joe Decious o
2 CONC f Eureka and the following grandchildren; Geraldine Fish, Suzanne Fish
2 CONC , Eddy, Penny and Jon Tyler of San Diego and Sherry and Trudy DeClaw o
2 CONC f Chico.
0 @I424@ INDI
1 NAME Michael /Phillips/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE SEP 1852
2 PLAC Germany
1 DEAT
2 DATE (BET. 1920-1940)
1 FAMS @F142@
1 NOTE The compiler's father, Claude C. Wemple, used to tell about the time w
2 CONC hen Mike Phillips was the owner of the general merchandise store at Bu
2 CONC ntingville, which was about 5 miles south of Janesville.  One of Mike'
2 CONC s regular customers came in and bought a saddle and charged it.  Whe
2 CONC n it came to send out the bills, Mike remembered he sold the saddle, b
2 CONC ut couldn't remember to whom.  It didn't take Mike long to solve his d
2 CONC ilemma.  He just sent a bill for the saddle to all his customers.  T
2 CONC o anyone who came in and complained, Mike apologized profusely and th
2 CONC e man who bought the saddle came in and paid the bill, none the wiser
2 CONC . DRW
0 @I425@ INDI
1 NAME Charles V. /Phillips/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAR 1889
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 JUN 1909
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F142@
1 FAMS @F143@
1 NOTE This bit of information is from the HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNI
2 CONC A & BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD OR THE  SIERRAS, page 658.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After his mother's death he lived with Joseph and Elizabeth Decious.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from THE CHICO RECORD, 27 June 1937, page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHARLES PHILLIPS DEAD
2 CONT 
2 CONT Death yesterday morning called Charles Phillips, formally a clerk i
2 CONC n a local grocery store, at his home on Fifth Avenue, Chico. Stomach t
2 CONC rouble was the cause of death. His father who resides in Angles Camp
2 CONC , has been notified.
0 @I426@ INDI
1 NAME Ilda /Phillips/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1891
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT DEC 1891
2 PLAC Buntingville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F142@
0 @I427@ INDI
1 NAME Georgia Mae /James/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JAN 1887
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 AUG 1966
2 PLAC Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Santa Rosa Memorial Park, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
1 FAMC @F1222@
1 FAMS @F143@
1 FAMS @F144@
1 NOTE Obituary from the SANTA ROSA PRESS DEMOCRAT, Friday, 26 August 1966, p
2 CONC age 8c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT GEORGIA BENNETT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow for Georgia Mae Bennett
2 CONC , 79, of 1210 Fourth Street, who died yesterday in a Santa Rosa hospit
2 CONC al after a brief illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Bennett was born in Chico and had lived in Sonoma County for 1
2 CONC 6 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was a member of the Christian Chruch of Santa Rosa and the Neighb
2 CONC ors of Woodcraft.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She leaves her daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, Santa Rosa; and Mrs
2 CONC . Edith V. Keene, Red Bluff; sister Mrs. Jessie Smith, Auburn; one gra
2 CONC ndchild and two great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Kenneth Pew of the Christian Church will officiate at tomorrow's 1 p.
2 CONC m. service from the Eggen & Lance Mortuary. Private interment will fol
2 CONC low at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial contributions may be mad to Arthritis, Heart, or Cancer fund
2 CONC s.
0 @I428@ INDI
1 NAME Edith Veronica /Phillips/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 NOV 1908
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 JUL 1988
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 FAMC @F143@
1 FAMS @F651@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Daily News Newspaper, Red Bluff, Tehama Co, CA; Satu
2 CONC rday, 9 Jul 1988; page 8c1-2
2 CONT EDITH KEENE
2 CONT Graveside services for Edith Veronica Keene of Red Bluff will be hel
2 CONC d at 2 p.m. Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery.
2 CONT Mrs Keene died Thursday at a Red Bluff hospital.  She was 79.
2 CONT A native of Chico, she was born Nov. 18, 1908, and had been a homemak
2 CONC er.
2 CONT Surviving are a sister, Mary Ellen Thompson of Santa Rosa, and a sist
2 CONC er-in-law, Fannie Richmond of Gerber.  She was preceded in death by he
2 CONC r husband, Thomas W. Keene, in 1977.
2 CONT Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Chapel of the Flowers
2 CONC , Red Bluff.
2 CONT Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.
2 CONC O. Box 787, Red Bluff, Ca., 96080.
0 @I429@ INDI
1 NAME George Clark /Bennett/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 AUG 1889
2 PLAC Plumas County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1945
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Pine Creek Cemetery, Broyles Road, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMS @F144@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Chico Record Newspaper, Chico, Butte Co, CA; Thursda
2 CONC y, 7 June 1945; page 1c2
2 CONT GEORGE BENNETT, MEMBER OF CHICO PIONEERS, DIES
2 CONT Member of a pioneer Northern California family and well-known ranche
2 CONC r of this area, George Clark Bennett, 55, died early yesterday mornin
2 CONC g at a hospital in Susanville.
2 CONT A native of Plumas county, Bennett was the son of the late John Wesle
2 CONC y and Asenith Bennett.  His parents had settled in the Cana district i
2 CONC n the covered wagon days.
2 CONT Bennett spent most of his life on the home ranch where he farmed unti
2 CONC l three years ago, when he sold his interests and moved to Southern Ca
2 CONC lifornia.  He spent the summer at Susanville, where he was at the tim
2 CONC e of his last illness.
2 CONT He will long be remembered by his many friends as a true Californian
2 CONC , who loved the outdoors and lived his life with the pioneer spirit o
2 CONC f generosity.
2 CONT He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stella Bennett of Susanville; a daug
2 CONC hter, Mrs. Mary Ellen Thompson of Red Bluff; a grandson, Jimmie Bennet
2 CONC t of Reno; a step-daughter, Mrs. Edith Keene; and the following brothe
2 CONC rs and sisters:   Mrs. S. C. Bennett, Mrs. Dean Messinger, and J. Nels
2 CONC on Bennett, all of Chico, Mrs. F. D. Pennington, and Mrs. D. M. Bird
2 CONC , both of Oakland.
2 CONT The remains are being returned to Chico by the Nugent funeral servic
2 CONC e and arrangements will be announced later.
0 @I430@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ellen /Bennett/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JUL 1912
2 PLAC Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1991
2 PLAC Sonoma County, California
1 FAMC @F144@
1 FAMS @F1093@
0 @I431@ INDI
1 NAME Eldon P. /Ridenour/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE SEP 1869
2 PLAC Oregon
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 DEC 1930
2 PLAC Alameda County, California
1 FAMS @F145@
0 @I432@ INDI
1 NAME Jessie A. /Ridenour/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE OCT 1894
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1986
2 PLAC Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F145@
1 FAMS @F146@
0 @I433@ INDI
1 NAME Ivan L. /Ridenour/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE FEB 1897
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 OCT 1949
1 BURI
2 PLAC Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California
1 FAMC @F145@
1 FAMS @F1098@
0 @I434@ INDI
1 NAME Geneva Olive /Ridenour/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JAN 1900
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 MAY 1916
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory - no cemetery marker , Chico, Butte Co, California
1 FAMC @F145@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Chico Record Newspaper, Chico, Butte Co, CA; 2 May 1
2 CONC 916; page 4c3
2 CONT HIGH SCHOOL GIRL DIES AFTER ILLNESS OF BUT ONE DAY
2 CONT Miss Geneva Ridenour, sixteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ri
2 CONC denour of 1180 South Main street, died at 2 o'clock yesterday mornin
2 CONC g following an illness of only one day from double pneumonia.  Her sud
2 CONC den death was caused by an infection of the heart caused by pneumonia.
2 CONT Funeral services will be held at the Engle undertaking parlors at 4 o
2 CONC 'clock this afternoon.  Rev. E. H. Smith will officiate and intermen
2 CONC t will be made in Chico cemetery.
2 CONT Miss Ridenour was a popular student of the Chico High School, where s
2 CONC he was active in social circles.  She attended a dance in Hamilton Cit
2 CONC y Friday night and it is believed she caught cold while returning to C
2 CONC hico in an automobile.
2 CONT The students of the Chico High school voted yesterday to send a flora
2 CONC l piece to the funeral.
2 CONT Miss Ridenour is survived by her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. E. R
2 CONC idenour; two brothers, Ivan and Harold; and one sister, Jessie, Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Decious, grandparents, and, Mrs. Bert Fish, an aunt, also are r
2 CONC esidents of Chico.
0 @I435@ INDI
1 NAME Irene Vivian /Ridenour/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 FEB 1904
2 PLAC probably Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 MAR 1908
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory - no cemetery marker, Chico, Butte Co, California
1 FAMC @F145@
0 @I436@ INDI
1 NAME Leo V. /Ridenour/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT SEP 1909
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1910
2 PLAC Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F145@
0 @I437@ INDI
1 NAME Baby Boy /Ridenour/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 AUG 1911
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BAPM
2 DATE BEF 1920
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F145@
0 @I438@ INDI
1 NAME Harold Dale /Ridenour/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 SEP 1911
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, Calfiornia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 DEC 1935
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F145@
1 FAMS @F592@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, Wednesday, 9 December 1935, page 31
2 CONC c8:
2 CONT 
2 CONT RIDENOUR - In Oakland, December 8, 1935, Harold Dale, beloved husban
2 CONC d of Neva Neilson Ridenour, loving father of Gladys Joan Ridenour, lov
2 CONC ing son of Mrs. Maude Ridenour, brother of Mrs. Jessie Smith and Iva
2 CONC n Ridenour, a native of California. A member of Fruitvale Camp No. 431
2 CONC , W.O.W., and Typographical Union No. 36.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the Home Chapel of And
2 CONC ker-Petersen, 1445 5th Avenue, Tuesday, December 10, 1935, at 2:30 p.m
2 CONC .
0 @I439@ INDI
1 NAME Donna /Ridenour/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT AUG 1916
2 PLAC possibly Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT 1920
1 FAMC @F145@
0 @I440@ INDI
1 NAME William /Smith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1890
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1985
1 FAMS @F146@
0 @I441@ INDI
1 NAME Richard Nelson /Stubbs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1869
2 PLAC Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 NOV 1945
2 PLAC Oroville, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte Co, California
1 FAMC @F1100@
1 FAMS @F147@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO RECORD, 29 November 1945, page 5c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT R.N. STUBBS, EX-CHICOAN DIED IN OROVILLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Richard N. Stubbs former Chicoan and father of Mrs. Paul Shephard o
2 CONC f Chico, who died at his Oroville home Tuesday, will be buried Frida
2 CONC y in the Chico Cemetery with the Chico Lodge No. 111, F. & A.M. (Fre
2 CONC e and Accepted Masons) officiating. Services will be held in the Chape
2 CONC l of Hamilton & Riley Funeral Home in Oroville at 10 a.m. and graveyar
2 CONC d services will follow in Chico at 11:15 a.m.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Stubbs had retired from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (P.G.&E.
2 CONC ) in 1937 after 30 years with the company. He was employed by the Diam
2 CONC ond Match Company for several years and later by the P.G.&E. in Chic
2 CONC o before leaving here in 1915 for Marysville. Three years later he an
2 CONC d his wife left Marysville and they made their home in Oroville since.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, Cora of Oroville, his daughter, Mrs. Shep
2 CONC ard of Chico and four grandchildren, also of Chico.
0 @I442@ INDI
1 NAME Beryle Elizabeth /Stubbs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1904
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 DEC 1983
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F147@
1 FAMS @F148@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD, 29 December 1983, page 10Ac
2 CONC 2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT BERYLE SHEPARD
2 CONT 
2 CONT Private services will be held Friday for Beryle Elizabeth Shepard o
2 CONC f Chico. Mrs. Shepard, 79, died Tuesday at her home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was born December 14, 1904, in Milford, Lassen County, to Richar
2 CONC d and Cora Stubbs. The family moved to Chico when she was very young
2 CONC . Mrs. Shepard received her education in Chico, Marysville, and Orovil
2 CONC le.
2 CONT 
2 CONT On July 16, 1924, she married Paul Shepard in Oroville, and they the
2 CONC n moved to Chico.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was a 50-year member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In addition to her husband, survivors include three daughters, Norm
2 CONC a Carter of Chico. Marian Riese of Davis and Pauline Sakely of Durham
2 CONC , six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Another daughter, Jean E. Dumas, died previously. Cremation was at th
2 CONC e Chico Crematory and internment was at the Chico Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Donations may be made to the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Childre
2 CONC n or the First Church of Christ, Scientist in care of Hall-Van Hook Fu
2 CONC neral Chapel, 341 W. Third Street, which is in  charge of arrangements
2 CONC .
0 @I443@ INDI
1 NAME Paul Eugene /Shepard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JUN 1902
2 PLAC Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1994
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F1101@
1 FAMS @F148@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD, 3 January 1995, page 5Cc5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PAUL SHEPARD
2 CONT 
2 CONT A service for Paul Eugene Shepard, 92, of Chico, will be held at 2 p.
2 CONC m. Thursday at Bidwell Chapel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He died Saturday, December 31, 1994, at his Chico residence.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Shepard was born June 17, 1902, In Conneaut, Ohio, to Charles and Mar
2 CONC garet Shepard.
2 CONT 
2 CONT On July 16, 1924, he married his wife Beryle.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Shepard worked as a DeSabla Division storekeeper with PG&E from 1924-
2 CONC 1967.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memberships included the First Church of Christian Scientists, Masoni
2 CONC c Lodge No. 111, Chico Chapter No. 42 Royal Arch Masons, Chico Command
2 CONC ry No. 12, Knights Temple, Butte Council No. 50 Cryptic Masons, Associ
2 CONC ate Guardian Chico Bethel No. 82 and SIRS Branch No. 63.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He enjoyed fishing, woodworking and cement work.
2 CONT 
2 CONT His wife died previously.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include two daughters, Marion Riese of Georgetown and Pauli
2 CONC ne Sakely of Chico, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial contributions may be made to Shriner's Crippled Children o
2 CONC r a favorite charity.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Private burial will take place at Chico Cemetery.
0 @I444@ INDI
1 NAME Jean Elizabeth /Shepard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1926
2 PLAC Oroville, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 NOV 1982
2 PLAC Seattle, King County, Washington
1 BURI
2 PLAC Grasseth Cemetery, Oak Point, Cowlitz County, Washington
1 FAMC @F148@
1 FAMS @F597@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD, Friday, 19 November 1982, p
2 CONC age 3Ac1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JEAN DUMAS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Seattle, Washington - Memorial services were held Monday at the Unive
2 CONC rsity Congregational Church in Seattle for Jean Elizabeth Dumas, 55, d
2 CONC aughter of Paul and Beryle Shepard of Chico.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She died November 10 following a long illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Dumas was born December 15, 1926, in Oroville and was reared an
2 CONC d educated in Chico. She graduated from Chico State University.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She married Stanley O. Dumas in Chico and later moved to Seattle, whe
2 CONC re she taught school. Mrs. Dumas later became a professional artist an
2 CONC d received several watercolor awards.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was a member of the University Congregational Church, Northwest W
2 CONC atercolor Society and Women Painters of Washington.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include her husband, Stanley of Seattle, three sons, Crai
2 CONC g N. of New York, N.Y., and Wayne C. and Dale K. both of Seattle; he
2 CONC r parents, Paul and Beryle Shepard of Chico, three sisters, Norma Cart
2 CONC er of Chico, Marion Riese of Davis, Pauline Sakely of Durham; and tw
2 CONC o grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Graveyard services were held Tuesday at the Grasseth Cemetery at Oa
2 CONC k Point, Washington.
0 @I445@ INDI
1 NAME Norma Louise /Shepard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 NOV 1928
2 PLAC Oroville, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 DEC 1993
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Glen Oaks Memorial Park, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F148@
1 FAMS @F593@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD, 21 December 1993, page 5Bc6
2 CONC :
2 CONT 
2 CONT NORMA CARTER
2 CONT 
2 CONT A private family service will be held later for Norma Louise Carter
2 CONC , 65 of Chico, who died Sunday, December 19, 1993, at a local hospital
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Carter was born November 7, 1928 in Oroville to Paul and Beryl
2 CONC e Shepard. She attended schools in Chico and graduated from Chico Hig
2 CONC h School in 1946 and Chico State University in 1951.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After earning her teaching credential, she taught mathematics in Orla
2 CONC nd, Chico Junior High School and Chico High School. She left teachin
2 CONC g in 1961 to raise a family.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was a member of the Delta Zeta and Delta Chi sororities and was e
2 CONC lected into the Delta Chi Gamma sorority by her fellow employees.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her hobbies included knitting, crocheting and reading.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She is survived by her husband, J. Emerson Carter of Chico; three son
2 CONC s, William and Glen, both of Chico, and Clay of Sacramento; two sister
2 CONC s Pauline Sakely of Durham and Marion Riese of Georgetown; and two gra
2 CONC nddaughters. Burial will be in Glen Oaks Memorial Park.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial contributions may be made to the Enloe Foundation Cardiac Un
2 CONC it in care of Brusie Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements.
2 CONC 
0 @I446@ INDI
1 NAME Marion Lee /Shepard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JAN 1932
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F148@
1 FAMS @F594@
1 FAMS @F595@
0 @I447@ INDI
1 NAME Pauline Marie /Shepard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 JUL 1934
2 PLAC Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F148@
1 FAMS @F596@
0 @I448@ INDI
1 NAME Velva Leota /Parrish/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1887
2 PLAC Marysville, Yuba County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 JAN 1969
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 FAMC @F1105@
1 FAMS @F149@
1 FAMS @F150@
0 @I449@ INDI
1 NAME Kathryn Olive /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1913
2 PLAC Marysville, Yuba County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 FEB 1966
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 FAMC @F149@
1 FAMS @F151@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from THE RED BLUFF DAILY NEWS,  Monday, 23 Septem
2 CONC ber 1946, page 3c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT J.N. FROOME, JR. KATHRYN DECIOUS WED IN RENO RITES
2 CONT 
2 CONT In one of the surprise events of the season, friends here learned tod
2 CONC ay of the marriage of James N. Froome, Jr., and Miss Kathryn Decious
2 CONC , which took place Saturday in Reno.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The popular young couple left here Saturday following working hours a
2 CONC t the Anglo California Bank, where both are employees, and were marrie
2 CONC d soon after at Reno by the Reverand Arthur Rice at the Presbyterian m
2 CONC anse. The witness to the ceremony was the pastor's wife.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. Froome returned to Red Bluff last night and were both ba
2 CONC ck at their posts at the bank today.
2 CONT 
2 CONT They have established housekeeping in one of the O'Connor apartment
2 CONC s at 1138 Jefferson street.
2 CONT 
2 CONT For her wedding attire, the new Mrs. Froome wore a two-piece blue sui
2 CONC t, flower hat and other brown accessories. She is the daughter of Mrs
2 CONC . Velva Decious of Los Robles and J.V. Decious of Eureka.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following her graduation from the local high school she was employe
2 CONC d in various business offices. For a number of years she has been a st
2 CONC enographer in the Anglo bank.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Froome is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Froome, Sr., and is als
2 CONC o a graduate of the Red Bluff high school. He worked for a few years a
2 CONC t the Anglo Bank, which was interrupted when he enlisted in army servi
2 CONC ce. He was discharged last May after serving for five years in the inf
2 CONC antry. Since his return to the bank he had held the position of assist
2 CONC ant manager.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from THE RED BLUFF DAILY NEWS, 19 February 1966, page 1c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT KATHRYN FROOME, LONG-TIME RESIDENT, DIES IN HOSPITAL
2 CONT 
2 CONT Kathryn Fromme, 52, died today in a Red Bluff hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was born in Marysville, and had lived in Tehama County most of he
2 CONC r life. She is survived by her husband, James Froome, Jr. of Red Bluff
2 CONC ; a son James Froome III; a daughter, Kathy Froome; her mother Velva D
2 CONC ecious, Red Bluff, her father, Joseph Decious, Eureka; a cousin, Stanl
2 CONC ey Fish, Red Bluff.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services are pending at the Fickert-Mason Chapel in Red Bluff.
0 @I450@ INDI
1 NAME Stanley L /Fish/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 AUG 1896
2 PLAC New Zealand
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 JUN 1967
2 PLAC Dairyville, Tehama County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 FAMC @F1103@
1 FAMS @F150@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Red Bluff Daily News Newspaper, Red Bluff, Tehama Co
2 CONC , CA; 10 June 1967; page 1c7
2 CONT STANLEY L. FISH
2 CONT Stanley L. Fish, 70, died Friday, at his home in Dairyville. Fish
2 CONC , a widely-known rancher, had lived in the community for 46 years.
2 CONT He is survived by nephews Vernon Fish, of Chico and Lawrence Fish, o
2 CONC f New York City, and nieces Mrs. Robert Briggs, of Portland and Mrs. W
2 CONC illiam Sutherland, of Los Angeles.
2 CONT Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Fickert-Mason Chapel i
2 CONC n Red Bluff.  Interment will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery.
0 @I451@ INDI
1 NAME James Nickolene /Froome/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 DEC 1915
2 PLAC Tehama, Tehama County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 FEB 1996
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 TITL Jr.
1 FAMC @F1106@
1 FAMS @F151@
1 NOTE An article from THE RED BLUFF DAILY NEWS, 28 February 1996, page 1c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT CIVIC LEADER J.N. FROOME IS DEAD AT 80
2 CONT 
2 CONT Tehama County community leader James N. Froome Jr., died Tuesday Febr
2 CONC uary 27, 1996 at Red Bluff.  He was 80.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A leading banker for more than 40 years, Mr. Froome's civic involveme
2 CONC nts ranged from city planning to serving 35 years as president of th
2 CONC e Red Bluff Round-Up Association.  His contributions spanned decades o
2 CONC f notable growth and improvements in community events and facilities.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Born in Tehama December 24, 1915 to Agnes and James E. Froome Sr., h
2 CONC e attended public schools in Red Bluff and graduated from Red Bluff Un
2 CONC ion High School in 1933.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He began his life-long banking career in 1933 as a teller for Anglo B
2 CONC ank.  He joined the Army in February, 1941, attended officers candidat
2 CONC e school in 1942, and was assigned to the 24th Infantry Division - 21s
2 CONC t Infantry Regiment in the Pacific Theater of Operations.  He particip
2 CONC ated in two landings in New Guinea and the liberation of the Philippin
2 CONC es with landings at Leyte, Mindoro and Luzon.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was discharged as captain in 1946 and returned to Red Bluff and hi
2 CONC s banking career.  He rose to bank vice-president and manager and serv
2 CONC ed in those capacities until his retirement in 1979.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Froome was very active in the community serving on many  committe
2 CONC es and was a member of many organizations.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was past president and founder of the Northern, California Bankin
2 CONC g Association, an originator of the scholarship program in 4-H and FF
2 CONC A students, 'Key Banker' of Tehama County and director of Mid-Valley B
2 CONC ank.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Froome was a former director and past president of the Tehama Cou
2 CONC nty Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Executive Committee of the St
2 CONC ate Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the chamber's Highway Committee f
2 CONC or 15 years, director and past president of the Highway 36 Association
2 CONC , original member of the Tehama County Flood Control and Water Conserv
2 CONC ation District, served on the Red Bluff Planning Commission and the Re
2 CONC d Bluff Parking Development Committee.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was also a former director of the Red Bluff Rotary, Wilcox Oaks Go
2 CONC lf Club, Red Cross chairman, Crippled Children's chairman, and Campfir
2 CONC e Girls chairman, as well as serving on the St. Elizabeth (hospital) L
2 CONC ay Committee, Tehama County Reality Board and Kelly Griggs Museum Asso
2 CONC ciation.  He was a member of the Rotary, Elks, and Masons.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Froome was an original member of the committee responsible for th
2 CONC e construction of the Pauline Davis Pavilion at the Tehama County Fair
2 CONC ground and an original member of the California and Tehama County Catt
2 CONC lemen's Association and the California Wool Growers Association.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He attended his first Red Bluff Round-Up as a 7-year-old in 1923.   I
2 CONC n the 1920's, he sold ice cream and began working in the bucking chute
2 CONC s in the 1930's.  He was elected to the board of directors in 1953 an
2 CONC d served as president of the association from1956 to 1990.  During hi
2 CONC s 35 years as president, the Red Bluff Round-Up Association embarked o
2 CONC n an aggressive program of arena and grandstand improvements.  This pr
2 CONC ogram has been culminated with the completion of 10,000 permanent seat
2 CONC s and completely new bucking chutes, arena and corrals.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Since his retirement as president, he served as president emeritus an
2 CONC d on the Round-Up Executive Committee.  Mr. Froome was involved this y
2 CONC ear with the planning and development of the Red Bluff Round-Up Museu
2 CONC m at the fairground.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Froome was proceeded (in death) by his father and mother, James a
2 CONC nd Agnes Froome, brother Max Froome, wife Kathryn and sister Virgini
2 CONC a Froome Orin.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving are: wife Ann, daughter Kathy Sibert of Chandler, Arizona.
2 CONC , son James III; grandchildren Robert Sibert, Corrie, Matthew and Beck
2 CONC y Froome; and great-grandchild Emily Sibert.  Others surviving includ
2 CONC e brother George Froome of Citrus Heights; nephews Joseph, David and M
2 CONC ax Froome, and niece Nicki Buchia of Medford, Ore.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Although there will be no formal service, it was Mr. Froome's wish th
2 CONC at his friends gather at the Elks Lodge between the hours of 4:30 an
2 CONC d 6 p.m. Thursday.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In lieu of flowers, the family suggests any memorial contributions ma
2 CONC y be made to the Red Bluff Round-Up Museum, P.O. Box 1028 Red Bluff 96
2 CONC 080.
0 @I452@ INDI
1 NAME Kathy /Froome/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 APR 1947
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 FAMC @F151@
1 FAMS @F599@
1 FAMS @F600@
0 @I453@ INDI
1 NAME James Nickolene /Froome/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 NOV 1948
2 PLAC Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
1 TITL III
1 FAMC @F151@
1 FAMS @F483@
1 FAMS @F484@
1 NOTE Thanks are extended to James Froome for providing help with this repor
2 CONC t. SLD/DRW
0 @I454@ INDI
1 NAME Judd Albert /Fish/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 JAN 1890
2 PLAC New South Wales, Australia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 JAN 1927
2 PLAC Stockton, San Jauquin County, Calfiornia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte Co, California
1 FAMC @F1103@
1 FAMS @F152@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE CHICO RECORD, 25 January 1927, page 1c4:
2 CONT FORMER CHICOAN PASSES AWAY AT STOCKTON HOME
2 CONT Judd Albert Fish, aged thirty-seven prominently known in Chico as Ber
2 CONC t Fish, where he lived for twenty-one years, died yesterday morning i
2 CONC n Stockton, according to word received here yesterday. Mr. Fish wa
2 CONC s a native of Hill-Rove, New South Wales, Australia. He came to Califo
2 CONC rnia when sixteen years of age, later moving to Chico where he becam
2 CONC e an employee of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Recently he move
2 CONC d to Stockton.
2 CONT Mr. Fish is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Fish; two sons, Law
2 CONC rence and Vernon; a sister, Mrs. Charles Jarvis, residing in Washingto
2 CONC n; a brother Stanley Fish of Los Molinos; and an uncle, E.A. Lewis, an
2 CONC d a cousin, Hazel Lewis, both of Chico.
2 CONT Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed by Bickness & Mo
2 CONC ore. The body will arrive in Chico today.
0 @I455@ INDI
1 NAME Vernon Emery /Fish/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 AUG 1911
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1990
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F152@
1 FAMS @F485@
1 NOTE These two brothers, Vernon & Lawrence Fish, built and ran the North Va
2 CONC lley Plaza in Chico the first several years of its existence, circa, 1
2 CONC 970-1978. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from THE CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD, 15 December 1990, page 5Dc1
2 CONC :
2 CONT VERNON FISH
2 CONT Memorial services for Vernon Emery Fish, 79, of Chico will be held 1
2 CONC 1 a.m. Tuesday in the First Christian Church.
2 CONT He died Thursday, December 13, 1990, in a local hospital.
2 CONT Fish was born August 2, 1911 to Judd and Elizabeth Fish in Chico, whe
2 CONC re he was raised and attended school.
2 CONT After attending Chico State University for two years, he went into th
2 CONC e livestock business in Pentz and Durham with his step-father, Frank F
2 CONC aniani. He married Marie Hassel on July 19, 1936 in Chico.
2 CONT He and his brother, Pete, built the North Valley Plaza Mall, which a
2 CONC t that time would become the largest shopping mall north of Sacrament
2 CONC o upon its completion. They did business under the name of FH & C Ente
2 CONC rprises.
2 CONT He was past of Durham Rotary Club, the Greater Chico Chamber of Comme
2 CONC rce, Butte County Wool Growers Association and the Butte County Taxpay
2 CONC ers Association.
2 CONT He was also director of the Chico Production Credit Union, a member o
2 CONC f the Butte County Overall Development Corporation, and one of the fou
2 CONC nders and directors of Tri County Bank.
2 CONT Fish was a member of President Reagan's Presidential Task Force and c
2 CONC hairman of the board of the First Christian Church.
2 CONT He is survived by his wife, Marie of Chico, two daughters, Geraldin
2 CONC e Pearson and Margaret F. Dalton, both of Walnut Creek; a brother, Law
2 CONC rence I. Pete of Chico; and two grandchildren.
2 CONT The Reverand Wendell Pew of the First Christian Church will officiat
2 CONC e at the memorial service.
2 CONT Private inurnment will follow cremation by Chico Crematory.
2 CONT Memorial contributions may be made to  Enloe Hospital or to a favorit
2 CONC e charity in care on Van Hook Funeral Chapel, which is handling the ar
2 CONC rangements.
0 @I456@ INDI
1 NAME Lawrence Irving /Fish/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1912
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 JUN 1992
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Glen Oaks Memorial Park, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMC @F152@
1 FAMS @F489@
1 NOTE Pete lived in New York for a long time. He was a J.C. Penny Company ex
2 CONC ecutive. He built the North Valley Plaza shopping mall in Chico with h
2 CONC is brother, Vernon, about 1970. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from THE CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD, 30 June 1992, page 6Cc1:
2 CONT PETE FISH
2 CONT A memorial service for Lawrence Irving Pete Fish, 79, of Chico, wil
2 CONC l be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the First Christian Church.
2 CONT He died Thursday, June 25, 1992, in his home.
2 CONT Fish was born December 31, 1912 to Judd and Elizabeth Decious Fish i
2 CONC n Chico, where he was raised. He graduated from Chico High School in 1
2 CONC 929 and attended Chico State University.
2 CONT He worked for J.C. Penney Co. becoming assistant store manager.
2 CONT In 1935, Fish married Luella Conklin of Chico. He enlisted in the Arm
2 CONC y in 1942 and was selected for Officer's Candidate School. Lt. Fish wa
2 CONC s later made commandant of the Signal Corps School at Fort Holabird, M
2 CONC aryland, and Capt. Fish moved his family to Washington D.C. in 1944 wh
2 CONC en he was transferred to the Pentagon.
2 CONT In 1945, Fish was ordered overseas to take part in Operation Blacklis
2 CONC t, a projected invasion of Japan, but the war ended. He served in Gen
2 CONC . Douglas MacArthur's headquarters in Manila and in Tokyo during the o
2 CONC ccupation of Japan, and was discharged in 1956.
2 CONT Returning to J.C. Penney, he was called to the national office in Ne
2 CONC w York City, and settled his family in Short Hills, New Jersey. Fish r
2 CONC etired in 1964, and went on to develop a shopping center in Florham Pa
2 CONC rk, New Jersey.
2 CONT In 1968, he moved back to Chico to join his brother, Vernon, in devel
2 CONC oping North Valley Plaza, the first major shopping mall to be built be
2 CONC tween Sacramento and Eugene, Oregon. He and his wife also operated Ta
2 CONC j Bazaar, and International Export store in the mall. After selling No
2 CONC rth Valley Plaza in 1978, the couple retired, maintaining homes in Chi
2 CONC co and Hawaii and traveling.
2 CONT Mrs. Fish died previously.
2 CONT Survivors include a son, Richard, of Bloomington, Indiana; a daughter
2 CONC , Suzanne Harssema of Houston, Texas; and three grandchildren.
0 @I457@ INDI
1 NAME Frank Edward /Faniani/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 DEC 1881
2 PLAC near Old Prattville, Plumas County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 FEB 1948
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California
1 FAMS @F153@
1 FAMS @F154@
1 FAMS @F155@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Chico Record Newspaper, Chico, Butte Co, CA; 6 Feb 1
2 CONC 948; Friday Evening
2 CONT Heart Ailment Is Fatal For F. E. Faniani.
2 CONT Frank Edward Faniani, prominent Northern California stockman, died ye
2 CONC sterday at his home on East Ninth street. He was 66 years of age. Fani
2 CONC ani had been ill with a heart ailment for some time and had been unde
2 CONC r the care of physicians immediately preceding his death.
2 CONT He was born at Prattville, Plumas County, on a large dairy ranch whic
2 CONC h his parents managed along with an inn known as Faniani Meadows.
2 CONT Faniani moved to Chico when he was 24 and opened a grocery store at 1
2 CONC 6th and Park. He later bought a sheep ranch on Clear Creek near Pentz.
2 CONT While still in his early twenties he married Maude Lynn, who precede
2 CONC d him in death 20 years ago.
2 CONT Faniani was connected with the stock raising industry most of his lif
2 CONC e. He established a large stock ranch on Singer Creek and at one tim
2 CONC e he was a cattle buyer for Cramer and Lucas.
2 CONT In 1929 he entered into a cattle and sheep raising partnership with h
2 CONC is step-son, Vernon E. Fish. Four years ago they purchased the Boyle R
2 CONC anch near Durham. Faniani was active in Church activities throughout h
2 CONC is entire life. He was baptized in the First Christian Church of Chic
2 CONC o in 1910 and was chairman of the board of trustees for over 10 years
2 CONC . He was active in the Layman's League Fellowship of the Church and a
2 CONC t the time of his death was a deacon in the church.
2 CONT Faniani was married to Alma Johnson of Chico in July, 1946. He wa
2 CONC s a member of the Modern Woodmen and a director of the Federal Land Ba
2 CONC nk.
2 CONT Besides his wife, Alma, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Patrici
2 CONC a Duclaw of Seattle and Mrs. Felicia Tyler of Portland; two step-sons
2 CONC , Vernon E. Fish of Durham and Lawrence I. Fish of New York; a sister
2 CONC , Jessie Lemm of Vina; a brother, John Faniani of Corning, and five gr
2 CONC andchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Saturday at the N
2 CONC ugent-Huddleston Chapel with Rev. Robert Clark of the First Christia
2 CONC n Church of Chico and Rev. Henry Searl, pastor of the Watsonville Chri
2 CONC stian Church, officiating.
0 @I458@ INDI
1 NAME Maude Isabella /Lynn/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 DEC 1885
2 PLAC Alameda, Alameda County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 DEC 1928
2 PLAC Chico, Butte County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Chico Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory, Chico, Butte Co, California
1 FAMS @F153@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Chico Record Newspaper, Chico, Butte Co, CA; Tuesday
2 CONC , 11 Dec 1928; page 1c7
2 CONT MRS. FANIANI, ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBER, DEAD
2 CONT Mrs. Maude Lynn Faniani, 42 years old, died suddenly early yesterda
2 CONC y morning following an operation performed last Friday, from which sh
2 CONC e apparently was to recover.
2 CONT Mrs. Faniani was widely known in Chico and was an active member of th
2 CONC e Christian Church.  She was a native of Alameda but had lived in Butt
2 CONC e County practically all of her life.
2 CONT She leaves a widower, Frank E. Faniani, two daughters, Felicia and Pa
2 CONC tricia and six sisters, Mrs. Dora Gates, of Phoenix, Arizona; Mrs. Ros
2 CONC e Price of Walla Walla; Mrs. Bessie Dean of Chico; Mrs. Mabel Hendrick
2 CONC s of Tacoma; Mrs. Olive Crawford of Red Bluff and Mrs. Leola Fedde o
2 CONC f Tacoma.
2 CONT Funeral arrangements will be made by the Westfall Funeral Home.
0 @I459@ INDI
1 NAME Alama Leona /Frank/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1894
2 PLAC Paskenta, Tehama County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 AUG 1978
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMS @F155@
1 NOTE Obituary August 24, 1978 (most likely Chico Enterprise Record)
2 CONT Alma Faniani. Alma Leona Faniani, 83, died Sunday Aug. 20 in a Sacram
2 CONC ento Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Paskenta and li
2 CONC ved there until 1916, when she married Lelice E. Johnson of Red Bluff
2 CONC . They lived in Corning most of their married life until he died in 19
2 CONC 29. She lived in Chico for 37 years and married Frank Faniani in 1946
2 CONC . He was a prominent rancher in the Chico area. She was a member of th
2 CONC e Native Daughters of the Golden West and was a past noble grand of th
2 CONC e Rebekah Lodge. She was very active in Rebekahs while she lived in Co
2 CONC rning. She had been a resident of the Sacramento area for the past 1
2 CONC 1 years. Surviving are her daughter Joyce Johnson Michell of Citrus He
2 CONC ights; two sons, Lyle H. Johnson of Calabasas and Vern R. Johnson of O
2 CONC akland; also three sisters, Lola Gilmer of Loyalton; Emma Angel of Lon
2 CONC g Beach; Crystal Lunceford of Sacramento; and eight grandchildren. Fun
2 CONC eral services were to be held today at Sacramento Memorial Lawn Mortua
2 CONC ry. Interment was to follows.
0 @I460@ INDI
1 NAME Alma Alberta /Gainsworth/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 FEB 1872
2 PLAC Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 JAN 1950
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co, California
1 FAMC @F1164@
1 FAMS @F156@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SAN FRANCISO EXAMINER, 28 January 1950, page 11c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHRISTIE - In this city, January 27, 1950, Alma Alberta, loving mothe
2 CONC r of Mrs. Erma Bronson, loving grandmother of Mrs. Ardis Doyle, lovin
2 CONC g great-grandmother of Sharon Rae and Dustin Forrest Doyle. A member o
2 CONC f Seaport Chapter No. 427 O.E.S. (Order of Eastern Star), and Golden W
2 CONC edding Club.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services Monday, January 30 at 1 p.m., at the chapels of Gantner-Mais
2 CONC on-Domergue, 777 Valenvia Street, near 19th Street; under the auspice
2 CONC s of Seaport Chapter No. 427, O.E.S. Inurnment, Woodlawn Memorial Park
2 CONC .
0 @I461@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Christie/
1 BIRT
2 DATE AFT 1889
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF JUN 1900
1 FAMC @F156@
0 @I462@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Christie/
1 BIRT
2 DATE AFT 1889
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF JUN 1900
1 FAMC @F156@
0 @I463@ INDI
1 NAME Erma O. /Christie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE APR 1896
2 PLAC Nevada
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 JUN 1972
2 PLAC Carmichael, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Woodlawn Memorial Park, 1000 El Camino Real, Colma, San Mateo County, California
1 FAMC @F156@
1 FAMS @F159@
0 @I464@ INDI
1 NAME Grace /Dill/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 SEP 1876
2 PLAC Wendel, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 JAN 1953
2 PLAC Berkeley, Alameda County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen Co, California
1 FAMC @F1026@
1 FAMS @F157@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 8 January 1953, page 1c5
2 CONC :
2 CONT 
2 CONT RITES HELD FOR MRS. G. CHRISTIE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Grave side services for Mrs. Grace Dill Christie, who passed away a
2 CONC t a Berkeley hospital after a long illness, was held at the Susanvill
2 CONC e cemetery yesterday afternoon at three o'clock with the local chapte
2 CONC r of the Order of Eastern Star officiating.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Christie was a native of Wendel, California. She and her husband
2 CONC , the late J.I. Christie, formerly resided in Susanville. Mr. Christi
2 CONC e operated the Christie Furniture Store for many years. For the past f
2 CONC ive years she made her home at Berkeley.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was a member of the Susanville chapter of the Order of Eastern St
2 CONC ar and Native Daughters Bethel 36 and a past royal matron of the Cour
2 CONC t of Amaranth.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She leaves a son, Fay Christie, Walnut Grove, and a daughter, Merle D
2 CONC owning, Berkeley; two sisters, Mollie Dill, San Francisco, and Netti
2 CONC e Doyle, Berkeley, a brother William Dill, Richmond, and four grandchi
2 CONC ldren and two great-grandchildren.
0 @I465@ INDI
1 NAME Fay I. /Christie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUL 1897
2 PLAC Honey Lake Valley, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 JUN 1967
2 PLAC Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F157@
1 FAMS @F162@
1 FAMS @F163@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SACRAMENTO BEE, Thursday, 8 June 1967, page D17c2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHRISTIE - Fay I., of Walnut Grove, June 7, 1967. Husband of Garnet
2 CONC . Father of Nellie Grace of Shreveport, Louisana, Carter Christie of W
2 CONC alnut Grove. Stepfather of Mrs. Louis Stearns, Mrs. James Griggs of Sa
2 CONC cramento. Brother of Mrs. Merle Downing of Berkeley. A native of Calif
2 CONC ornia, aged 69 years. Friends are invited to attend services in the GA
2 CONC RDEN ROOM CHAPEL OF MILLER & SKELTON 20th and J Streets, Friday at 3 p
2 CONC .m. Services under the auspices of Franklin Lodge F. & A.M. (Free an
2 CONC d Accepted Masons) No. 143 and The Reverand Roy Runquist.
0 @I466@ INDI
1 NAME Rhea L. /Christie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT DEC 1898
2 PLAC Honey Lake Valley, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1900
2 PLAC Honey Lake Valley, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F157@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Thursday, 24 May 1900, p
2 CONC age 3c2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT A SAD BEREAVEMENT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Last Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock a message was received in Sus
2 CONC anville bringing news of the drowning of the infant daughter of Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. J.I. Christie, who reside on the Dill place, at the Tules. Th
2 CONC e following particulars were received here; The little girl was playin
2 CONC g about the yard, in full view and hearing of her father and mother, w
2 CONC ho were both at home, Mrs. Christie being slightly indisposed. Occasio
2 CONC nally the prattling innocent, just beginning to lisp the cute expressi
2 CONC ons of childhood, would present herself at the doorway, and the lovin
2 CONC g eyes of the parents followed her almost constantly in her play. The
2 CONC n for a few minutes the childish accents failed to reach them and pare
2 CONC ntal concern was aroused. A search was immediately begun, but no trac
2 CONC e of their baby could be found, until, at length, a hat she had been w
2 CONC earing was found upon the bank of a large ditch about fifty or sixty y
2 CONC ards from the house. This together with certain imprints in the mud a
2 CONC t the water's edge, lent assurance to their fears. Mr. George Bailey h
2 CONC appened along at this time and lent his aid. Considerable water was fl
2 CONC owing in the ditch, and Mr. Bailey ran down the bank for a hundred yar
2 CONC ds or more without seeing any trace of the child, and not thinking i
2 CONC t possible that she could have been carried further by the current, re
2 CONC turned. Mr. Christie then ran down the ditch to a point about two hund
2 CONC red yards distant, where a fence crosses it, and there the body was fo
2 CONC und partially submerged. Long continued efforts were made to resuscita
2 CONC te the little one, but without avail. Although not more than twenty mi
2 CONC nutes had elapsed since the hearts of the parents had been warned by h
2 CONC er presence, the breath of life had departed, and her spirit had float
2 CONC ed out upon the waters to seek its eternal home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Weak words can convey but little consolation at such times, but the h
2 CONC eartfelt sympathy of all the people of this valley are with the bereav
2 CONC ed ones.
0 @I467@ INDI
1 NAME Merle G /Christie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAY 1903
2 PLAC Honey Lake Valley, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 NOV 1985
2 PLAC Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F157@
1 FAMS @F164@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Contra Costa Times Newspaper; Walnut Creek, Contra C
2 CONC osta Co, CA; 24 Nov 1985; page 12Dc1
2 CONT MERLE CHRISTIE DOWNING
2 CONT Walnut Creek  --  Merle Christie Downing, 82 died Saturday in Walnu
2 CONC t Creek.  She is survived by one son and one daughter.  Hull's Walnu
2 CONC t Creek Chapel is in charge.
0 @I468@ INDI
1 NAME John E. /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 AUG 1861
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 APR 1927
2 PLAC near Standish, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemeter, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1037@
1 FAMS @F158@
1 NOTE John owned a saloon and ranched in the Milford/Honey Lake Valley area
2 CONC . SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 22 Apr 1927; page 1c4  and  page 12c7br> page 1c4 
2 CONT PROMINENT STANDISH RANCHER SHOOTS SELF
2 CONT ILLNESS AND GENERAL DISCOURAGEMENT CAUSE OF SUICIDE OF JOHN DOYLE
2 CONT John Doyle, one of the best known farmers in this district met deat
2 CONC h at his home near Standish about four o'clock in the afternoon of Tue
2 CONC sday, April 19th, by a self inflected gun-wound in the left breast.
2 CONT The deceased was born in Milford on August 18th, 1861 and was 65 year
2 CONC s, 8 months and 1 day of age at the time of his death.
2 CONT In 1888 he was married to Mary Elizabeth [sic] Christie who survive
2 CONC s him.  Both families were among the most prominent in the pioneer his
2 CONC tory of the county, and have lived in Honey Lake Valley for many years
2 CONC .
2 CONT Mr. Doyle had recently returned to his ranch from Lovelock and Fallo
2 CONC n where he had been visiting for the past four or five months and wa
2 CONC s visited on Tuesday by two of his brothers, James and Will.
2 CONT At the time of the arrival of the two brothers, John was in a field b
2 CONC urning some brush.  Jesse the son was repairing a chicken coop in th
2 CONC e yard and the uncles went to see him.  As they sat there in the yar
2 CONC d talking, John came up and the four of them talked for some time on t
2 CONC hings of casual interest.
2 CONT Suddenly the deceased left the little group and it was thought that h
2 CONC e might be going for a drink of water.  After he had been gone three o
2 CONC r four minutes a muffled shot was heard.
2 CONT Feeling a premonition that something had happened, the three men star
2 CONC ted in the direction from which the report came.  As they reached th
2 CONC e little house in the yard one of the group remarked that it had sound
2 CONC ed as though the report had come from that house.   Upon investigatio
2 CONC n it was discovered that such had been he case.
2 CONT The one brother and father had 
2 CONT page 12c7
2 CONT PROMINENT STANDISH RANCHER SHOOTS SELF
2 CONT left the little group, gone to the house, or granary, where an old sh
2 CONC ot gun was kept and ended his existence.
2 CONT The substance of the note was to the effect that he had become so dis
2 CONC couraged with the trend of affairs that he could do no more, nor go an
2 CONC y farther.
2 CONT Coroner Dave Edenholm presided over an inquest that was held at the m
2 CONC ortuary of Allen and Edenholm, on Wednesday morning.  It developed a
2 CONC t the inquest that the deceased had been a recent sufferer from the re
2 CONC sult of an injury received about eighteen months ago in a runaway acci
2 CONC dent.  Ill health is alleged to be a partial reason for the deed.
2 CONT Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon from the Sacred Heart P
2 CONC arish Catholic Church, where they were under the direction of Father M
2 CONC cCarthy.
2 CONT The cortege was escorted to the cemetery by the local parlor N. S. G
2 CONC . W. A. [Native Sons of the Golden West]quartette composed of O. D., N
2 CONC . G., A. J., and Lewellyn Mathews sang 'Nearer My God to Thee.'
2 CONT The deceased is survived by his aged mother Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Doyle
2 CONC , who has been making her home with Mrs. E. A. Jordan at Janesville, t
2 CONC hree brothers, Thomas B. of Milford, James M., of Susanville, and Wil
2 CONC l F., of Milford, two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Jordan, Janesville, and Mrs
2 CONC . Elizabeth Kelley, of Los Angeles, two daughters, Mrs. Wirt McNamee
2 CONC , Litchfield and Mrs. Fred Elledge, Lovelock, and one son, Jesse, at h
2 CONC ome, besides numerous other relatives.
2 CONT Interment was made in the Doyle plot in the Susanville cemetery, besi
2 CONC de the grave of his son Harry.
0 @I469@ INDI
1 NAME Harry E. /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JUN 1889
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 JAN 1920
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F158@
1 FAMS @F165@
0 @I470@ INDI
1 NAME William Frank /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1891
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 MAY 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F158@
0 @I471@ INDI
1 NAME Jess Burton /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1893
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 MAY 1970
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen Co, California
1 FAMC @F158@
1 FAMS @F166@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE REDDING RECORD-SEARCHLIGHT, 28 May 1970, page 23c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JESSE BURTON DOYLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jesse Burton Doyle, of Redding, died Tuesday at Beverly Manor Convale
2 CONC scent Hospital in Redding after a long illness. He was 76.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Doyle was born September 21, 1893 in Milford. He had been a residen
2 CONC t of Shasta County for 36 years. He was retired and had worked as a st
2 CONC orekeeper with the California Division of Highways.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He leaves his widow, Lucille Doyle of Redding, his son, Daryl of La G
2 CONC rande, Oregon; his daughter, Mrs. Jake Franzen of Antioch and two sist
2 CONC ers, Mrs. Ruby Elledge of Sacramento and Mrs. Ilma McNamee of West Cov
2 CONC ina.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Friday at McDonald'
2 CONC s Chapel in Redding and at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Colonial Mortuary i
2 CONC n Susanville. Burial will be in the Old Susanville Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT McDonald's Redding Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
0 @I472@ INDI
1 NAME Ilma Elizabeth /Doyle/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 NOV 1897
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 JAN 1996
2 PLAC , Orange County, California
1 FAMC @F158@
1 FAMS @F167@
0 @I473@ INDI
1 NAME Ruby Evon /Doyle/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 OCT 1899
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 APR 1990
2 PLAC Cool, El Dorado County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F158@
1 FAMS @F168@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SACRAMENTO BEE, 14 April 1990, page B7:
2 CONT 
2 CONT ELLEDGE, RUBY E.   In Cool April 12, 1990, aged 90. A native of Milfo
2 CONC rd, Lassen County. Born on October 18, 1899. A homemaker all of her li
2 CONC fe, she was proceeded in death by her husband, Fred in 1946, and a gra
2 CONC ndson, Scott Geil, July 1989. Beloved mother of Bonnie and Denis Gei
2 CONC l of Reno and Iris and Bud Faughnan of Cool. Adored grandmother of Cin
2 CONC dee Davis of Reno, Trace Geil of Reno, Pam Kelly of Auston, Texas, Chr
2 CONC istie Dohring of Sacramento, and Susan Dieterie of Sacramento. Adore
2 CONC d great-grandmother of Casey and Sara Dohring. Beloved sister of Ilm
2 CONC a McNamee of San Diego. Private committal services to be held at Janes
2 CONC ville Cemetery in Janesville, Lassen County. Contributions may be mad
2 CONC e to Auburn Faith Hospice. Cremation under the direction of Foothill
2 CONC s Cremation Service.
0 @I474@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 26 JUN 1908
2 PLAC Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 JUN 1908
2 PLAC Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F158@
0 @I475@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Leland /Bronson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE FEB 1887
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 JAN 1962
2 PLAC Napa, Napa County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Woodlawn Memorial Park , 1000 El Camino Real, Colma, San Mateo County, California
1 FAMS @F159@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE NAPA REGISTER, Tuesday, 9 January 1962, page 2c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT C. Leland BRONSON, 73, resident of Napa since his retirement two year
2 CONC s ago, died at his home, 1358 Milton Road, on Sunday from a heart ailm
2 CONC ent.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A native of San Francisco, Mr. Bronson had resided there all of his l
2 CONC ife until moving to Napa. He had owned and operated a sign-painting bu
2 CONC siness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was a member of the Golden West Masonic Lodge No. 455.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his widow, Erma C. Bronson, Napa, a daughter, Mrs
2 CONC . Ardis E. Doyle, Sacramento; two grandchildren, Mrs. Sheree Rae McGui
2 CONC re and Dustin F. Doyle, Sacramento; a sister, Mrs. Victoria E. Walker
2 CONC , San Francisco; and a brother, Perc B. Bronson, San Francisco.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Masonic funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at th
2 CONC e Woodlawn Cemetery Chapel in Colma, under the direction of Claffey an
2 CONC d Rota Funeral Home of Napa.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Cremation will follow the services.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Donations to the Napa County Heart Association are preferred.
0 @I476@ INDI
1 NAME Ardis E. /Bronson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JUN 1919
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 SEP 2003
2 PLAC probably:  Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 DATE 13 SEP 2003
2 PLAC East Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F159@
1 FAMS @F160@
1 NOTE From the Lassen County News, September 18, 2003:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ardis E. Doyle, 84, died on Sept. 2, 2003. She was born on June 17, 19
2 CONC 19 in San Francisco and moved to Sacramento in 1956. She was the grand
2 CONC daughter of John and Alberta Christie (Christie campground, Eagle Lake
2 CONC .) She was preceded in death by her husband, Forrest Dick Doyle. Sh
2 CONC e is survived by daugther, Sharon D. Yuke of Sacramento; son, Dustin D
2 CONC oyle of Roseville; five grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephew
2 CONC s including Carol and John Doyle and Ken Doyle. Memorial services wer
2 CONC e held at East Lawn Mortuary in Sacramento on Sept. 13. Remembrances m
2 CONC ay be made to The Ronald McDonald House Charities, Eagle Lake Camp Mem
2 CONC orial Fund, 2555 49th St., Sacramento, CA 95817.
0 @I477@ INDI
1 NAME James Forrest /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1913
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, Ca;ofprmoa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 APR 1993
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F161@
1 FAMS @F160@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SACRAMENTO BEE, 30 April 1993, page B5c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DOYLE, J. FORREST 'DICK'
2 CONT 
2 CONT In Sacramento, April 27, 1993 at the age of +74 years. Loving husban
2 CONC d of Ardis E. Doyle for 53 years. Beloved father of Sheree Richardso
2 CONC n Buswell of Sacramento and Dustin F. Doyle of Roseville. Devoted gran
2 CONC dfather of Robyn, Matt, Marc, Ryan and Eric. Loving brother of Hazel B
2 CONC ronson of Reno, Nevada. Forrest was a native of Milford, California an
2 CONC d a resident of Sacramento for the past 36 years. He retired from th
2 CONC e State of California Office of the State Architect. Friends are welco
2 CONC me to attend Memorial Services on Monday, May 3, 1993 at 2 P.M. at EAS
2 CONC T LAWN MORTUARY, 5757 Greenback Lane, Sacramento. Remembrances may b
2 CONC e made to Mercy Hospice or to the American Cancer Society.
0 @I478@ INDI
1 NAME Sharon Rae /Doyle/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1942
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F160@
1 FAMS @F607@
1 FAMS @F608@
1 FAMS @F609@
1 FAMS @F610@
1 NOTE A wedding announcement from the SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, California
2 CONC , 18 January 1961, page B1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Sheree Rae Doyle became the bride of Rodger H. McGuire on December 23
2 CONC rd. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Forrest Doyle of Sacramento
2 CONC .  Mr. and Mrs. Amos McGuire of Sacramento are the parents of the brid
2 CONC egroom. The new Mrs. McGuire was graduated from the La Sierra High Sch
2 CONC ool and her
2 CONT husband is an El Camino High School graduate.  He is in the army stati
2 CONC oned at Ft. Hood, Tex.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I479@ INDI
1 NAME Dustin Forrest /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 11 OCT 1944
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 FAMC @F160@
1 FAMS @F705@
0 @I480@ INDI
1 NAME James Mathew /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JUL 1873
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 APR 1966
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1037@
1 FAMS @F161@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 29 Apr 1966; page 1c5
2 CONT SERVICES TODAY FOR JAMES M. DOYLE, LASSEN PIONEER
2 CONT Funeral services for James M. Doyle, 92, pioneer Lassen County reside
2 CONC nt who died at a local hospital on Tuesday evening, will be held at th
2 CONC e Lucero Funeral Chapel this afternoon at two o'clock with Msgr. P. J
2 CONC . Moran officiating.  Interment will be in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT Howard Jarrard will sing 'Ave Maria' and will be accompanied at the o
2 CONC rgan by Mrs Alfreda Cunningham.
2 CONT Pallbearers, all grandsons of the deceased, will be Kenneth Doyle, Du
2 CONC stin Doyle, John Doyle, Jim Bronson, Jr., Jim Paterson, Larry Cutler a
2 CONC nd Tom Richardson.
2 CONT The deceased was born at Milford on July 18, 1873, the son of James a
2 CONC nd Mary Doyle, who had come to this country from Ireland.  In 1904 h
2 CONC e was married to Mary Boggs and for 62 years they made their home in D
2 CONC oyle, where Mr. Doyle ran a general merchandise store, the post offic
2 CONC e and a hotel for many years.  Later he engaged in ranching.  He serve
2 CONC d as director for the Bank of Lassen County from 1912 until it merge
2 CONC d with the Bank of America in 1933, at which time he became a member o
2 CONC f the bank's advisory board.
2 CONT Surviving are his wife, Mary, at the home in Susanville; a daughter
2 CONC , Mrs. Hazel Bronson, Susanville; three sons, Murray and Kenneth Doyle
2 CONC , of Susanville, and Forrest Doyle of Sacramento.  Also surviving ar
2 CONC e eight grandchildren, Mrs. John Doyle, Jim Bronson, Jr. and Kenneth D
2 CONC oyle, of Susanville, Mrs. Ray Bartosh of Los Altos, Mrs. Jim Paterso
2 CONC n of Reno, Mrs. Larry Cutler of Napa and Mrs. Tom Richardson of Sacram
2 CONC ento and Dustin Doyle of Sacramento and seven great-grandchildren.
0 @I481@ INDI
1 NAME Mary T. /Boggs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 FEB 1884
2 PLAC Davis Creek, Modoc County, California
1 BAPM
2 DATE 30 JUN 1979
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMS @F161@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 2 Jul 1979; page 3Ac1br> MARY T. DOYLE
2 CONT Final services for Mrs. Mary T. Doyle, 95, who died in a local hospit
2 CONC al on Saturday, will be held at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary t
2 CONC his afternoon at two o'clock with interment following in the Milford C
2 CONC emetery beside her husband, James who died in 1966.
2 CONT The deceased was born in Davis Creek, Calif., Feb. 25, 1884, and move
2 CONC d to this area in 1889 and has lived in the area since that time.  Sh
2 CONC e was a member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West.
2 CONT Survivors include a daughter, Hazel Bronson, Susanville; three sons
2 CONC , Murray and Kenneth Doyle of Susanville, and Forrest Doyle of Sacrame
2 CONC nto, eight grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. The family reque
2 CONC sts that memorial donations be made to the Lassen County Historical So
2 CONC ciety.
0 @I482@ INDI
1 NAME Hazel Elizabeth /Doyle/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1904
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JUL 1997
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F161@
1 FAMS @F180@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 15 July 199
2 CONC 7, page 16Bc1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT HAZEL ELIZABETH BRONSON
2 CONT 
2 CONT Hazel Elizabeth Bronson, 92, died at Carewest Skilled Nursing Facilit
2 CONC y in Susanville on Friday, July 4, 1997.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was born in Milford on December 13, 1904, and had been a Lassen C
2 CONC ounty resident her entire life.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She attended Mills College, and received her B.A. Degree at U.C. Berk
2 CONC eley. She was a local elementary school teacher for five years as wel
2 CONC l as a homemaker. She was a member of the Monticola Club, and was inst
2 CONC rumental in the club's existence at its present location.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include: a son, Jim Bronson of Susanville, and daughter, Ma
2 CONC ry K. Paterson of Reno. Also surviving are four grandchildren and tw
2 CONC o great-grandchildren; along with numerous nieces and nephews.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were held Wednesday, July 9, 1997.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family requests that any donations please be made in Hazel's memo
2 CONC ry to the Monticola Club, 140 S. Lassen Street, Susanville 96130.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wedding announcement from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 10 July 1931, page 10c3
2 CONC :
2 CONT 
2 CONT DOYLE-BRONSON WEDDING TAKES PLACE SATURDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Climaxing a courtship which extended over the past few years, the wed
2 CONC ding Saturday evening of Miss Hazel Elizabeth Doyle, 26, prominent Sus
2 CONC anville grammer school teacher and daughter of one of the best-known f
2 CONC amilies in Lassen County, to James Edward Bronson, 29, Susanville grai
2 CONC n merchant and prominent local club man, is expected to be one of th
2 CONC e outstanding social events of the present season.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Doyle of Milfor
2 CONC d and Susanville and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bron
2 CONC son, formerly of Milford and more recently of Reno.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Both of the principals in tomorrow evening's wedding were born in Mil
2 CONC ford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The ceremony will be preformed at the Susanville home of the bride'
2 CONC s parents at 704 Roop Street by the Reverand P.J. McCarthy, pastor o
2 CONC f Sacred Heart Catholic Church of which both are members. The nuptial
2 CONC s will take place at 8 p.m. before an assemblage of the members of th
2 CONC e bride's and groom's families, relatives, and a few close friends.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride will wear an ivory stain evening gown with tullie veil an
2 CONC d will carry a bouquet of lillies of the valley and gardenias.  She wi
2 CONC ll be attended by Mrs. Murray Doyle, her brother's wife, who will be a
2 CONC ttired in yellow organdy brightened by a bouquet of butterfly roses an
2 CONC d delphinium.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dwight Stephenson of Sacramento, former college chum of the groom wil
2 CONC l act as best man.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A wedding supper will follow the ceremony.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The wedding will be followed by a honeymoon trip of two or three week
2 CONC s at Yellowstone National Park.
0 @I483@ INDI
1 NAME Murry M /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1906
2 PLAC Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JAN 1988
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F161@
0 @I484@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth R /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 MAR 1910
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 JUN 1980
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F161@
0 @I485@ INDI
1 NAME Billie /Doyle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1922-1923)
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F161@
0 @I486@ INDI
1 NAME Ella Gladys /Eastman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 APR 1900
2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1951
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC City Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F1134@
1 FAMS @F162@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SACRAMENTO UNION, Sunday, 29 July 1951, page 4c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MRS. CHRISTIE DIES FOLLOWING SHORT ILLNESS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Gladys Eastman Christie, 51, Route 2 Box 167-A, Walnut Grove, di
2 CONC ed yesterday in a local hospital after an illness of three days. She w
2 CONC as the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Eastman, pioneer re
2 CONC sidents of Sacramento County delta area.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Private services will be held tomorrow at 11 A.M. in Miller and Skelt
2 CONC on's.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Christie was a native of San Francisco and had lived in this com
2 CONC munity 50 years. She attended Sacramento High School, Mills College an
2 CONC d University of California. She was a member of Eastern Star, Onisbo C
2 CONC hapter of Courtland.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors are her husband, Fay I. Christie of Walnut Grove, two child
2 CONC ren, Mrs. Nellygrace Hennessy of San Francisco and Carter I. Christi
2 CONC e of the Navy, and a grandson, James P. Hennessy of San Francisco.
0 @I487@ INDI
1 NAME Nellygrace /Christie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1927
2 PLAC Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F162@
1 FAMS @F696@
1 FAMS @F697@
0 @I488@ INDI
1 NAME Carter Irvin /Christie/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 DEC 1931
2 PLAC Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1969
2 PLAC Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC City Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMC @F162@
1 FAMS @F698@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SACRAMENTO BEE, Tuesday, 1 September 1969, page D5c6
2 CONC :
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHRISTIE - Near Walnut Grove, August 30, 1969, Carter I. Christie, hu
2 CONC sband of Mary F. Christie of Walnut Creek, father of James Carter Chri
2 CONC stie of Walnut Grove, brother of Mrs. Nellie Grace Stoll of Louisana
2 CONC , step-brother of Mrs. Barbara Griggs & Mrs. Patty Stearns of Fair Oak
2 CONC s. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fay I. Christie, nephew of Mrs. Merl
2 CONC e Downing of Berkeley. A native of Walnut Grove, California, aged 37 y
2 CONC ears. Friends are welcome at the LAND PARK CHAPEL OF HARRY A. NEUMA
2 CONC N & SONS, 4041 Freeport Boulevard and are respectively invited to atte
2 CONC nd the funeral Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Walnut Grove Community Church P
2 CONC resbyterian. Remembrances may be sent to Walnut Grove Community Churc
2 CONC h Presbyterian Memorial Fund of charity of your choice.
0 @I489@ INDI
1 NAME Garnert Elizabeth /Unknown/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 OCT 1908
2 PLAC Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1968
2 PLAC Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 FAMS @F163@
0 @I490@ INDI
1 NAME Dorman Perkins /Downing/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1899
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 AUG 1966
2 PLAC Berkeley, Alameda County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen Co, California
1 FAMS @F164@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE BERKELEY DAILY GAZETTE, 12 August 1966, page 18c1-2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DORMAN DOWNING
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday for Dorman Perkins Dow
2 CONC ning, 914 Indian Rock Avenue, at the Drawing Room Chapel of the Ellis-
2 CONC Olson Mortuary, 727 San Pablo Avenue, Albany.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorials to the Alameda County Heart Association are preferred.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Downing, 66, was a steel salesman for the Bergren Steel Corporation f
2 CONC or 45 years. A 1921 University of California graduate, he belonged t
2 CONC o Beta Theta Pi of Berkeley.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife, Merle Christie Downing; his children, Jam
2 CONC es Christie Downing of Orinda, and Jane Downing Harker of Berkeley; hi
2 CONC s sister Ellen of Oakland; and seven grandchildren.
0 @I491@ INDI
1 NAME James Christie /Downing/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 DEC 1924
2 PLAC Los Angeles County, California
1 FAMC @F164@
1 FAMS @F611@
0 @I492@ INDI
1 NAME Jane /Downing/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 DEC 1930
2 PLAC Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F164@
1 FAMS @F612@
0 @I493@ INDI
1 NAME Carrie /Unknown/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET. 1886-1887)
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1919
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen Co, California
1 FAMS @F165@
0 @I494@ INDI
1 NAME Lucille Margaret /Cain/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1898
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 OCT 1976
2 PLAC Antioch, Contra Costa County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F951@
1 FAMS @F166@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE 20 October 1976, page 3c3
2 CONC :
2 CONT 
2 CONT MRS. LUCILLE DOYLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Final services for Mrs. Lucille Doyle, 78, who died in an Antioch hos
2 CONC pital on Sunday, will be held at the Lucero-Carlson Mortuary. (Visitat
2 CONC ion will be) until 9 p.m. today.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Susanville on September 12, 1898 and had res
2 CONC ided here until moving with her husband, Jess, to Redding in 1932. Fol
2 CONC lowing the death of her husband in 1970, she moved to Antioch and mad
2 CONC e her home with her daughter, Frances L. Franzen.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving, in addition to her daughter, is a son, Daryl, of Clear Lak
2 CONC e Highlands.
0 @I495@ INDI
1 NAME Frances L. /Doyle/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1918
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 OCT 1995
2 PLAC Antioch, Contra Costa County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Holy Cross Cemetery, Antioch, Contra Costa County, California
1 FAMC @F166@
1 FAMS @F605@
1 FAMS @F606@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Walnut Creek CONTRA COSTA TIMES, Friday 13 October 1
2 CONC 995, page 7Cc1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT LOCAL DEATHS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Frances L. 'Fran' Frannzen
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fran Franzen, a homemaker of 31 years, died Wednesday at her home i
2 CONC n Antioch, She was 76.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The native of Standish lived in Walnut Creek before moving to Antioc
2 CONC h 26 years ago. She grew up in Standish and graduated from a high scho
2 CON