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Deaths in Nevada County, CA Death Notices of Nevada County, California Transcribed by: Rita Morgan Died McMurry – In San Jose, November 25, 1899, Mrs. Ella McMurry, a native of Nevada County, California, age 27 years. (The Evening News, San Jose, California, Saturday, November 25, 1899) Lodge Brother Dies – Lemuel T. Jones, a member of Boise Lodge, No 3337, Loyal Order of Moose, died at Grass Valley, California, at which place the remains will be buried. (The Idaho Statesman, Tuesday, July 24, 1917) Death of Former Maryland Publisher – Mr. Nathaniel Mitchell died on the 14th of February at Grass Valley, California, aged 88 years. He was a native of Dorchester County, Maryland, learned the printing trade in Baltimore, and in 1833 commenced the publication of a newspaper at Chestertown, Kent County, called the Courier, which was the first paper published in that place. Afterwards, Mr. Mitchell published a number of papers in various parts of the country. (The Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Monday, March 3, 1884) Died Anderson – In San Jose, October 10, 1907, Augusta P. Anderson, sister of Mary F. and Morris D. Anderson and Mrs. S. B. Van Dalsem, a native of Grass Valley, California. Funeral Saturday at 10 a.m. Interment at Oak Hill. (The San Jose Mercury News, Friday, October 11, 1907) Seattle, Wash., Nov. 3 – Mrs. Fred Bories, a resident of Seattle since 1881, died at her home, 349 Nineteenth Avenue, today, after a short illness. Mrs. Bories, who was the daughter of Moses Korn, member of the Board of Alderman, under Seattle’s first city charter, and who also built the Korn building in this city, was born in Grass Valley, California, September 12, 1865, later moving with her parents to San Francisco, and thence to Seattle. Besides her husband, Fred Bories, she is survived by two sons, Merton H., 15 years old, and Robert, aged 11 years; also three brothers, Isaac and Ben of Seattle, and P. D. of Tacoma, and three sisters, Mrs. Clara Simmons and Mrs. Ernestine Buxbaum, of Seattle, and Mrs. Lee Stock of Fresno, Cal. The funeral will be held from the family residence at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, with Rabbi Samuel Koch officiating. (The Oregonian, Monday, December 1, 1913) Wm. H. Miller, a printer, and a native of Natchez, Mississippi, formerly publisher of a paper at Grass Valley, California, committed suicide by taking laudanum at San Francisco last evening. (The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, Monday, May 1, 1871) Deaths Loomis – At Grass Valley, California, April 18, of paralysis, Mr. Ezra H. Loomis, aged 36, formerly of Egremont. (The Pittsfield Sun, June 12, 1862) John G. Reutschler, a saloon keeper, of Grass Valley, California, and his wife were found dead in a room adjoining the saloon yesterday morning. His wife had shot him dead and then sawed both her own arms to the bone with a knife, ran into an adjoining room and bled to death. They had not lived happily together. (The Jackson Daily Citizen, Thursday, April 27, 1871) Rebecca Ann Wilkinson died Jan. 15, 2000. She was born Oct. 21, 1941 to Charles M. and Eileen Berna Wilkinson in Nevada City, Nevada County, California. She married Gary Brent Housekeeper Feb. 8, 1962; to them were born Robin Enid and Michelle Lee Housekeeper. Gary and Becki were later divorced. She was an accomplished artist and painted many paintings for family members, these will be displayed at the services. She worked in the LDS Print Shop for the past 18 months and was feeling very fulfilled in her work. As a member of the LDS Church, she accomplished her life's goal by taking out her endowments in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. She also participated in Stake Missionary work and was becoming proficient in speaking and understanding Spanish. She is survived by her parents, Charles and Eileen; two children, Robin and Michelle; four grandchildren, Tonya Lynn Daley, Gary Nicholas Gordon, Tony Poulsen and Austin Michael Davis; one great-grandchild, Ivory Rose Daley; four brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 22, 2000 at 2 p.m. in the Edgemont 19th Ward Chapel, 4775 North 300 West in Provo. Friends may call one hour prior to the services at the ward chapel. Interment will be in the Heber City Cemetery. Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary. (The Salt Lake Tribune, January 19, 2000) She was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Payson, Utah, the third of seven children of Murphy David Alexander and Ruth Mary Evans. Shortly after graduation from Spanish Fork High School in 1938, she traveled to Grass Valley, Calif., to attend to her Aunt Anne Merrill, who had just given birth to her fifth child. While living in Grass Valley, where she lived for 55 years, she met and married William Hugh Medlyn. They were blessed with three sons, Douglas Roy (Naneen) of Portland, Ore., Brent Alexander (Donna) of Arlington, Texas, and David Arthur (Paula) Medlyn of Logan. They were later divorced. Rhea met and married Stuart Connelly Lott Sr. in the Los Angeles LDS Temple on Aug. 8, 1961. He had one son, Stuart Lott Jr. (Vanna) of Folsom, Calif. Rhea and Stu had many great adventures traveling and visiting many countries in the world. Rhea was a wonderful cook, a talented seamstress, and she had been very active in the Nevada County California Historical Society. She loved learning, reading and movies with happy endings. She spent time sharing her talents during her life and recently crocheted service projects for the humanitarian services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rhea served in many positions in the Grass Valley Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served as Relief Society president, in the Primary and Young Women, as the ward organist and choir director. She served for 17 years as one of the first early morning seminary teachers in California. Through precept and example she literally influenced the spiritual lives of hundreds of our Father in Heaven's choicest children. In 1994, she moved to Logan to be by family where she again made many new friends. She is survived by her sons; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and her sisters, Nancy Lassen of Spanish Fork, Utah, Elaine Kemp of Ogden, Utah, Jean Arenius of Nevada City, Calif., and Joyce Johnson of Spanish Fork. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stuart Connelly Lott Sr.; an infant brother, Paul; and sister, Phyllis Creer. She was always a teacher and a faithful member of the church. She is dearly loved and will be greatly missed by her family and everyone who knew her. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, at the Foothill 1st Ward chapel, 1450 E. 1500 North, Logan. A viewing will be held from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. prior to services at the ward building. (The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, October 8, 2005)
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