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AISTON,
JOHN A.
John A. Aiston Funeral Held Here Monday
Afternoon
John A. Aiston was born in Salt Lake City,
Utah, June 17, 1855, where he lived but two years when he accompanied
his parents to California. They remained at Lake Tahoe until October,
1857, when they took up a homestead in the Sylvan district where he
attended school, having for his first teacher, the late Sarah Cross, who
but recently was called to her reward. For many years, this building was
also used for Sunday school sessions in which he took much interest and
profited by the valuable instruction. Growing to young manhood, he was
influential and always regarded as an industrious farmer who kept to the
forefront in the advancing civilization. On July 6, 1876, he was happily
united in marriage with Miss Alice Freeman of Roseville, who preceded
him just seventeen years ago on the same day and hour. This irreparable
loss he felt very greatly and longed for the reunion that afforded him a
full measure of consolation. Since then, he enjoyed the fellowship of
his sons and daughter, Percy W. Aiston having been summoned four years
ago. In the family circle as well as in his business and social
relationships, he was kind, generous and big-hearted, possessing a well
balanced disposition that made him the true friend that so many found
him to be. For many years, he had been a member of the Masonic and the
Odd Fellows fraternities. Highly esteemed as a farmer of large holdings,
he was never too busy to lend a helping hand. Far and near there lived
those who shared his gracious hospitality, his jovial conversation, and
friendly interest. As a highly respected resident of this vicinity for
more than four score years, his health had been impaired for several
years, and of late he had made his home with his son in San Francisco,
and more recently in San Anselmo, where the peaceful release came at a
late hour Saturday evening, February 11, 1928. His loving appreciation
of medical skill and devoted attention of others was often registered in
word and deed that awakened a happy response that was most gratifying,
while a radiance crowned the sunset of a long and useful life that might
well be reckoned with the worthy pioneers that contributed so much to
the well being of the Golden State, within whose confines he had
sojourned for over seventy years. Besides many who will miss the genial
association of this true comrade, he leaves to revere his memory, one
son, Charles A. Aiston of San Anselmo, and one daughter, Mrs. Lottie Rae
Rogers of Roseville, and three grandchildren. The funeral services were
conducted from the chapel of Broyer & Magner Tuesday afternoon when Rev.
T. H. Mee brought a message from the word of life. The interment was in
the family plot in the Sylvan Cemetery with residents from Sacramento
and Placer counties offering their choice floral gifts that spoke of
life here and hereafter. The pall bearers were Messrs Guy DeKay, William
Berry, N. Van Maren, J. Gray, George Coleman, and N. J. Doddy.
[Roseville Tribune and Register, Wednesday, 2-15-1928. Submitted by
Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
CAPRASECCA, MARY JANE nee
ELLSWORTH
Mary Caprasecca
Services for Mary Jane (Ellsworth)
Caprasecca, a librarian and clerk for the State of California for 10
years, will be at 2 PM today in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, Sierra Oaks Ward, 2720 Hurley Way. Mrs. Caprasecca, a native of
Oregon, died Monday (Feb. 6) in Sacramento. She was 33. She is survived
by her husband, Allen; parents, Forest and Ruth Ellsworth; a
grandparents, Berline Baylor; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
[Sacramento Union, 2-9-1978.Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik. ]
CHAPMAN, MARGARET
ELLEN nee JONES BARKHURST
Funeral Services Held Here Monday for
Mrs. Margaret E. Chapman
Margaret Ellen Chapman was born in the
state of Ohio, May 12, 1871, where she remained until her early teens
when she accompanied her parents to Iowa, and later to Kansas and
Oklahoma for seventeen years, coming to California in 1911, having
resided in Sacramento County until removed by her untimely death in the
Capitol City January 6, 1928. Though she had been ailing for two years,
the end came unexpectedly, causing a vacancy in the large circle of
loved ones that is irreparable. Always devoted to her tasks, she was
loving and generous to all, being greatly loved for the impress of a
mother’s touch and a true friend to the needy. Having been reared in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, she acquired those qualities that are
admired and abide even amid the disappointments of life, and cheer
others in caring for the common tasks. In her capacity for doing even
more than her full share, she was a guide to patience and industry.
Nearly two decades ago, she was bereft of her mother, and three sisters
have also preceded her, leaving to mourn her loss besides her companion,
the following children: Mrs. Elsie Kraus and Orville Barkhurst of
Roseville and Earl Barkhurst of Stockton, and five grandchildren. Her
aged father, James A. Jones, resides in Canada, and the following
brothers there, Elmer and Howard Jones, also Charles of Oklahoma,
William of South Dakota, and two sisters, Abba Atwood of Iowa, and Maude
Graham of Roseville. The funeral services were held from the Chapel of
Broyer & Magner Monday afternoon, with Rev. T. H. Mee officiating, and
Mrs. M. C. Hewitt, Mrs. D. W. Parker and Miss Mary Pasold singing,
accompanied by Mrs. A. S. Teal. Interment was in the new family plot in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery of Roseville where numerous beautiful floral
tributes were laid by friends from near and far, with the blessed hope
of the resurrection morn. [Roseville Tribune and Register, Wednesday,
1-11-1928. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
COFFROTH, JAMES WOOD
The Death of James W. Coffroth
The Hon. James Wood Coffroth, a native of
Pennsylvania, aged 43 years, died this morning at quarter to 9 o’clock
at his residence on the north side of H Street between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets in this city. He had not been warned by a symptom of
sickness; had transacted his yesterday’s business with his customary
vigor, had, in his usual health, this morning prepared himself for
today’s business; had just eaten his breakfast and had seated himself on
a sofa in his house to await the passing of a street car upon which to
come down to his office when he suddenly fell over and expired
instantly. The news of the terrible event spread almost as rapidly as
had been the death, and in less than half an hour it was known
throughout the whole city, Friends flocked to the house with the hope of
a contradiction of the startling rumor, but there was none to be made.
Upon the motion of Chas. T. Jones, Esq., ex-City Attorney, the Police
Court adjourned out of respect to his memory; and speeches were made by
City Attorney Tilden, L. S. Brown, and Judge Gilmer. On motion of D. W.
Welty, Esq., the District Court adjourned, and remarks were made by
Judge Ramage and Judge Heard. A meeting of the Bar will be held at 3
o’clock tomorrow afternoon of the District Courtroom to agree upon the
part to be taken in the obsequies. A post mortem examination was made
this forenoon, discovering that death resulted from aneurism of the
aorta, the rupture being into the esophagus, and the blood pouring down
it into the stomach until that became distended as to cause vomiting.
The physician states that death must have followed the rupture in less
than a minute. The remains were taken charge of by Conboje and are now
laid out in deceased’s late residence. His nephew, Edwin M. Coffroth, is
in attendance, as are many intimate friends. The time for burial is not
yet decided upon, but it will not be before next Sunday and possibly not
even that soon. He will be buried by the Masons. The bells were tolled
and flags throughout the city were lowered to half-mast. [Sacramento
Daily Bee, Wednesday, 10-9-1872. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
COULTER,
THOMAS
Thomas Coulter
On July 3, 1861, in the City of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, Thomas Coulter was born, being one in a family of four
brothers and five sisters, two of whom were called in childhood and
three after reaching the meridian of life allotted to man. On Thursday
morning, December 29, at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Thomas
Tremourux, near Roseville, California, where he had come with his family
to spend the Christmas holidays, he was summoned at the age of 66 years,
five months, and 22 days. In 1876 he came to California, locating in
Sacramento which had been his home the greater portion of the time for
nearly fifty years. Here he did much in promoting the community
interests, being engaged in business where he made a host of friends who
recognized his sterling worth. For many years, he served on the board of
school directors and was a moving spirit in securing several of the
splendid schools with which the city is blessed, as well as in promoting
the higher ideals of education and morals for which he firmly stood by
precept and example. He also served as City Commissioner for four years
when failing health prevented his continuing in a position of trust in
which he gave a good account of his stewardship in furthering the common
welfare amid sacrifice and toll that are seldom realized. To obtain the
university training for their children, they went to Berkeley, when the
loss of his only son caused him to move to Cranmore, Sutter County,
where he farmed extensively for the past eight years, hoping to regain
his health. Through many contacts, he was widely and most favorably
known. Even those who differed with him on political or social question
held him in high esteem for his honesty, integrity, and affable
disposition which were fortified by the best of habits and unselfish
devotion to others to whom he might extend the helping hand. As a man
who moved extensively in business, fraternal, and governmental life, he
continued to follow the principles which he early adopted in maintaining
purity of motive and conduct and the observance of the Golden Rule. In
his aspirations, he was happily rewarded, leaving many to revere his
memory. It was in the family circle that a true index of useful life
found its fullest expression. Tender and loving, he gave a full measure
of devotion to the loved ones that made home his most cherished object,
and where the visitor shared the hospitality of generous hearts and true
friends. His fraternal nature not only enriched the life of the Elks and
the Woodmen of the World, Chamber of Commerce, Service Club and other
bodies, but every association of life responded to his cheerful contact,
while his wisdom was ever sought in personal and public matters. On
January 5, 1887, he was united in marriage with Miss Dowena Greenlaw, a
member of a pioneer family of Sacramento, this happy union being blessed
with two children, one of whom, Mrs. Blanche C. Brown of Richmond,
California, survives. One granddaughter also survives with the grief
stricken widow; one brother, William Coulter of Tehama, California; and
three sisters, Mrs. Annie Shields, Mrs. Lizzie Odium, and Mrs. Jennie
Merkeley of Ontario, Canada, remain. With these, many friends join in
loving esteem for one universally beloved and on whom the best medical
skill and loving attention was freely bestowed and were likewise
appreciated. The impressive funeral services were held from the chapel
of Miller and Skelton in Sacramento under the auspices of the Benevolent
Order of Elks, assisted by Rev. Thomas H. Mee of Roseville. Interment
was in the family plot in the Sacramento Cemetery where many beautiful
floral tributes were laid. [Roseville Tribune and Register,
Wednesday, 1-4-1928. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
DaVEIGA, DIANE nee DUNN
Diane DaVeiga
A rosary for Sacramento native and
lifelong resident Diane DaVeiga will be recited at 7:30 tonight in the
Lombard & Co. Chapel, 2930 Auburn Blvd. A Mass of Christian Burial will
be said at 10 AM Wednesday in St. Philomene’s Church, Bell and El Camino
avenues. She died Saturday from cancer at age 39. Mrs. DaVeiga worked
the past 17 years as a special education teacher at the Hazel Strauch
Elementary School in the North Sacramento School District. She was a
charter of the Minter Teacher Program at the school district and a
member of the California Teachers Association. The fourth-generation
Californian graduated from the University of Hawaii and received a
master’s degree in special education from California State University,
Sacramento. Mrs. DeVeiga is survived by her husband, Kenneth; daughter,
Jennifer; parents, George and Shirley Dunn of Sacramento; sisters, Kathy
Tydings of Maryland and Peggy Mason of Sacramento; and brothers, Steven
Dunn of Colorado and Edward Dunn of Sacramento. Burial will be at the
Calvary Cemetery. The family requests that any remembrances be made to
Kaiser Hospice of Sacramento, 2025 Morse Avenue, Sacramento, 95825.
[Sacramento Bee, 10-28-1986. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
DeGOOYER, PAULINE M. nee
SHEPHERD
Cancer Kills Woman Who Aided Invalids
Pauline M. de Gooyer who, despite knowing
she had terminal cancer, waged a campaign on behalf of other invalids,
died last night in her home. She was 52. Cancer plagued her for three
and a half years but it was not until last March that she was forced to
give up teaching at Encina High School and was hospitalized for the last
time. She came home in April her husband, Marvin said, because she
wanted to be in familiar surroundings when she died. Mrs. de Gooyer
continued from her home the drive she had started shortly after her last
hospitalization – collecting coupons to obtain a kidney machine. Her
efforts accounted for more than 200,000 of the 600,000 coupons needed
for the complicated apparatus. Her 11 years of teaching English and
public speaking at Encina earned her a life membership in the California
Congress of Parents and Teachers. Encina students, impressed with her as
a teacher and an individual, have dedicated their 1917 school year book
in her honor. The family came to Sacramento 14 years ago from Houston,
TX, where, although she did not teach, Mrs. De Gooyer also earned a life
membership in the state parent-teacher organization. The recognition was
accorded her for organizing PTA paper drives which completely equipped
two elementary school libraries. Several weeks ago, she wrote her own
memorial service for the rites which will be held at 7:30 PM tomorrow in
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 2391 St. Mark’s Way. A graduate of
Simpson College in Iowa, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and had been
working for her master of arts degree in English at Sacramento State
College until she became too ill to continue. In addition to her
husband, she is survived by her children, Jon Eric of Germany, Kalen
Saxton of Alaska; parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Floyd Shepherd of Des
Moines, Iowa; and brother, Norman F. Shepherd of New York. She also
leaves four grandchildren. The family requests that any remembrances be
made to the scholarship fund of Delta Delta Delta sorority in care of
Mrs. Mary K. Maker, 1701 11th Avenue. [Sacramento Bee,
2-3-1971.Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik. ]
FRENCH, CHARLES RAY
FRENCH—Accidentally, near Sonora, November
10, 1973. Charles Ray French. Beloved husband of Audrey Jean French of
Sacramento. Loving father of Toby Ray, Troy Dean, and Charles Darren
French, all of Sacramento. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. French of
Sacramento and Flora Belle Campbell of Odessa, Texas. Brother of Rodney
Lee French of Tacoma, Wash. A native of Waco, Texas. Aged 31 years.
Friends are welcome at the Mission Chapel of Andrews and Greilich, 3939
Fruitridge Road and are invited to attend funeral Wednesday at 1:30 PM.
Interment Camellia Memorial Lawn. [Sacramento Bee, 11-13-1973.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
GIOVANNETTI, JOSEPH FRANCIS
Brother of Woodland Resident Succumbs
Joseph Francis Giovannetti, 54, died
yesterday at his home, 3084 24th Street in Sacramento, He was
a brother of Mrs. Katherine Reynolds of Woodland. Funeral will be at 2
PM tomorrow from the chapel of Harry A. Nauman and Son, with cremation
at East Lawn in Sacramento. Mr. Giovannetti was a retired grocer. He is
survived by his wife, Bernice J.; his mother, Addie M. Giovannetti; a
daughter, Mrs. Ada Claire Bentley of Sacramento; four brothers, Allan
R., Los Angeles; Roy C. of the army; Marion C., Chico; and Berkey C.,
Forest Hill; and three sisters, Mrs. Reynolds, Woodland; Mrs. Ruth
Southard, Vallejo; and Mrs. Harriet Brown of Oakland. [Woodland Daily
Democrat, Friday, 4-30-1943. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
GROSSHEIM, DAVID L.
AWOL Private Kills Self When FBI Agents
Arrive
The coroner’s office today reported David
Grossheim, 20, an Army private of Carmichael absent without leave, shot
himself to prevent arrest and died last night in Mercy San Juan
Hospital. Deputies reported two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents
went to the home of Grossheim’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Grossheim of
5873 Sharps Circle, to arrest him on a federal charge yesterday. The
agents, one of whom went to the back and one to the front, said Pvt.
Grossheim came to the front door and, after the agent displayed his
identification through a window, refused to open the door. They said he
stated he wanted to pick something up in his bedroom. The officer at the
front door kicked it open and as he entered, he heard a gunshot. He ran
into a bedroom and found the youth on the floor. He had shot himself in
his head with a .22 caliber rifle, which was beside him. He died about
10 hours later. The agents reported he had been absent without leave
since shortly before Christmas. [Sacramento Bee, Friday,
4-18-1969.Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik. ]
HASSLINGER, CARL
Carl Hasslinger
A requiem high mass will be said for Carl
Hasslinger, 20, of 3615 Las Pasas Way at 10 AM Wednesday in St. Ignatius
Church. Hasslinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hasslinger, died Friday
from injuries he received while undergoing training at the air police
school at Lackland Air Force Base, TX. He was born in San Francisco and
moved to Sacramento with his family in his early youth. He attended St.
Ignatius School, Christian Brothers High School, the Salesian Seminary,
and was graduated from Encina High School. He attended American River
Junior College for one year before enlisting in the air force. In
addition to his parents, Hasslinger is survived by a sister, Karen.
Recitation of the rosary will be at 8 PM Tuesday in the chapel of the
Lombard & Company Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Mt. Calvary
Cemetery. [Sacramento Bee, 1-10-1965. Submitted by Kathie Kloss
Marynik.]
HERMANSON,
JOHN
Obituary – John Hermanson
Was born in Unatamala, Ylistaro, Finland,
December 12, 1856, and passed away April 13, 1928. He was united in
marriage with Mary Haani in 1880. To this union were born nine children,
only one of whom survives. He came to America in 1883 and two years
later was joined by his wife in Wyoming. From there they moved to Utah
and then to Montana. In 1920 they came to California and located near
Roseville where they have since lived. He was a member of the Lutheran
Church. For nearly fifty years, he and his companion trod life’s
pathway, shared its joys, sorrows, and hardships. Three months from the
day Grandma Hermanson was laid to rest, Grandpa’s earthly remains were
laid by her side. The loved ones ministered to his needs, Grandpa
grieved to the last for the companionship of his departed wife. He
leaves a son Walter, daughter-in-law Mary, a grandson Archie, and many
friends to mourn his loss. “Together they walked life’s pathway, To
share life’s joys or to weep. Now that life’s pathway is ended, In death
side by side they sleep.” Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Leroy
Thornburg, and interment was in the Sylvan Cemetery. [Roseville
Tribune and Register, Friday, 4-20-1928. Submitted by Kathie Kloss
Marynik. ]
HERMANSON, MARY nee HAANI
Mary Haani Hermanson
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Haani
Hermanson were held at Citrus Heights Friends Church at 3:00 PM Sunday,
January 15, 1928, and were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Leroy
Thornburg. Interment was in the Sylvan Cemetery. Mary Haani was born
Feb. 20th, 1859, in Ylistara, Finland, and departed this life
January 19, 1928, near Sylvan in Citrus Heights community. She was
married at the age of 21 to John Hermanson. To this union were born nine
children, only one surviving. A few years after their marriage, they
came to America where they have since lived. She has lived in Citrus
Heights community for more than seven years. Though Grandma Hermanson
seldom left the home place, we miss her presence so often days. She
suffered a serious accident over two years ago from which she never
fully recovered. She was a member of the Finnish Lutheran Church.
Besides her grief stricken husband, she leaves one son Walter and his
wife Mary, one grandson Archie, and many friends to mourn her loss.
Broken in a single hour, / Ties made
strong by years, / Helpless, lonely, we’re left / Relieved by blinding
tears. / Grandma’s gone from our home / She was joined the silent
throng, / But we’re thankful to God for His kindness, / In letting her
cheer us so long. [Roseville Tribune and Register, Wednesday,
1-18-1928. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
JOEHNK,
CHARLES
Funeral Services for Charles Joehnk
Charles Joehnk, a native of Denmark, was
born in 1880 and when a young man came to the United States, living for
some time on the Atlantic seaboard. Later he was united in marriage but
was bereft of his companion while residing in South Caroline, where he
remained for a short time thereafter. Coming to California a number of
years ago, he had lived most of the time in Placer and Sacramento
counties being in the employ of the Southern Pacific Company until 1922.
By trade he was a marble cutter and was also a member of the Hod
Carriers Union, Chapter 272. When not engaged in his chosen occupation,
he made his home with Mr. and Mrs. John Tarro on Watson Way in the
Citrus Heights district where he made many warm friends, as he also did
in Roseville. He was especially regarded for his fairness and
willingness to share with others of the common benefits of life. He had
a special interest in music and loved the association of good people.
Being deprived of a home of his own, he greatly appreciated the
fellowship constantly enjoyed amid the pleasant sojourn with the Tarro
family. It was while returning there from Roseville on Thursday night,
February 16, 1928, that the spark of life was suddenly extinguished in
an auto accident that befell him near the Dry Creek Bridge, just beyond
the Roseville city limits. This sudden demise at the age of forty-seven
was a deep grief to his many friends in this vicinity where he was
highly respected for his uniform courtesy and industry. As he left no
known relatives, those more closely associated with him arranged for the
impressive funeral service that was held on Tuesday afternoon from the
chapel of Broyer & Mahner of Roseville, Rev. T. H. Mee officiating. Mrs.
M. C. Hewitt, Mrs. D. W. Parker and Miss Mary Pasold, accompanied by
Mrs. A. S. Teal sang appropriate selections. The pall bearers were
Messrs J. E. Faltrick, C. A. Bennett, F. Festersen, J. Martin, R. C.
Davis, and S. E. Pressey. Interment was in the Sylvan Cemetery where
numerous choice floral offerings attested to the friendship for a
generous heart whose loyalty was true and steadfast, and whose passing
lends anticipation of someday understanding more perfectly the ways of
the eternal. From the evidence, or rather lack of evidence, at the
coroner’s inquest it was impossible for the jury to place the blame for
Joehnk’s death. As he was seen just before the accident occurred walking
toward Roseville with the traffic and his body having been found on the
opposite side of the highway, it might have been that he was struck by
an automobile coming in the same direction in which he was walking.
[Roseville Tribune and Register, Friday, 3-2-1928. Submitted by Kathie
Kloss Marynik. ]
JOHNSON, GERALD M.
G. M. Johnson, Accountant, Dies at Age
64
Death has taken Gerald M. Johnson, a
Sacramento certified public accountant since 1937 and a past president
of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Johnson, 64,
died yesterday in a local hospital following a three-month illness. He
resided at 4719 Crestwood Way. A native of Sheridan, WY, Johnson was the
senior partner in the firm of Johnson & Miller, 2212 K Street, which was
established in 1938. Last Sept 1, the firm merged with Touche, Ross,
Bailey & Smart, located at 455 Capitol Mall. Johnson, who had been a
certified public accountant since 1933, was a member of the Kit Carson
Lodge No. 734, F&AM; the Ben Ali Temple of the Shrine; the Pioneer
United Church of Christ; the American Accounting Association; the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; the 20-30 Active
Club of Sacramento, of which he was a past president; and the
international 20-30 Active Club, of which he was a past vice president.
He served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy in San Francisco during
World War II and – since 1953 – served part-time on the staff of the
school of business administration at Sacramento State College. Survivors
include his wife, Lavon M.; a son, Kenneth A. of Concord, Contra Costa
County; a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Bevington of El Cajon, San Diego
County; and 10 grandchildren. Friends are invited to attend memorial
services at 3 PM Sunday in the Pioneer United Church of Christ, 2700 L
Street. The Andrews & Greilich Mortuary is in charge of funeral
arrangements. The family requests that any remembrances be sent to the
American Cancer Society. [Sacramento Bee, Thursday, 4-17-1969.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
LEAFE, BEN
Ben Leafe
Ben Leafe, 53, a teacher in the San Juan
School District, died Sunday (Jan. 16) in a local hospital. Memorial
services will be held at 7:30 PM Wednesday in the Lind Brothers
Mortuary, 4221 Manzanita Avenue. Mr. Leafe, a member of the Sacramento
State University Alumni Club, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees
at Sacramento State. He was also a member of the Sierra Club and the San
Juan Teachers Association. Mr. Leafe was the husband of Irene M. Leafe
and the father of Gregory A. and Daniel E. Leafe. He was the brother of
Belle Wishnewitz and Virginia, Harry, and Nancy Leafe. He was a native
of Canton, Ohio. Inurnment will be at Home of Peace Cemetery.
[Sacramento Bee, 1-18-1983. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
MATHAY, JUDITH ANNE nee COX
Judith A. Mathay – Active in Lutheran
Church
A memorial service for Judith Anne Mathay
will be at 2 PM today in Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 6365
Douglas Blvd., in Roseville. She died of cancer Wednesday in a local
hospital. Mrs. Mathay, 45, was born in Oakland and had lived most of her
life in Sacramento. She was a graduate of Encina High School and the
former Sacramento State College, where she earned a teaching credential.
She taught locally for a few years before leaving Sacramento and
residing in Sunnyvale; Kansas City, KS; and the Bay area. She returned
to Sacramento County, settling in Folsom, two years ago. Mrs. Mathay was
active with the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection and was a member of
the Delta Gamma Sorority and Roseville Newcomers Club. She is survived
by her husband of 20 years, Herbert Mathay Jr.; children, Steven and
Erin Mathay, both of Folsom; parents, O. B. and Isabelle Cox of
Sacramento; a brother, Thomas B. Cox of Sacramento; and a sister, Sally
Mayberry of Miami. The family requests that any remembrances be made to
the Judith Mathay Memorial Fund at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection.
[Sacramento Bee, 12-2-1989. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
McCALMAN, JOHN B.
John B. McCalman
Memorial services for John B. McCalman,
36, a civics teacher at Encina High School, will be at 11 AM Saturday at
the Fruitridge Christian Church. McCalman, of 8452 Bennington Way, died
after he became ill at a community swimming pool Tuesday. An autopsy was
performed, but tests to determine the cause of death have not been
completed. A native of Chicago, McCalman came to Sacramento 20 years
ago. He was a graduate of C. K. McClatchy High School, obtained his
bachelor’s degree at the University of California at Berkeley, and his
master’s degree at Sacramento State College. McCalman was president of
the faculty association at Encina and chairman of the board at the
Fruitridge Christian Church where he also served as superintendent of
the Sunday school. Survivors include his widow, Carol; three children,
Charron, Burns, and Christine; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don A. McCalman
of Sacramento; a brother, Donald of Andrews Air Force Base, Washington,
DC; and a sister, Mrs. J. T. Sidener Jr. of Berkeley. Friends may call
at the New Mission Chapel of Andrews and Greilich Funeral Home until 7
PM Friday. [Sacramento Bee, 7-27-1967. Submitted by Kathie Kloss
Marynik.]
MUMFORD, FERDINAND S.
Death of a Pioneer
The Folsom Telegraph of October 5th
says: Ferdinand S. Mumford died at his residence in this place on
Tuesday last, after a long and painful illness of consumption, aged
fifty-four years. He was extensively and favorably known in this section
of the state, having resided at Mormon Island and in this vicinity for
over twenty-three years. He was a graduate of West Point and held the
rank of Captain in the United States Army for several years and was in
active service in Mexico during the war. After the discovery of gold, he
resigned his commission and came to California in 1849. Here in early
days he was engaged in a number of mining operations and merchandising,
but for the past fifteen years he has been engaged in the practice of
law and as a civil engineer. He was a high-toned, courteous gentleman, a
man of good acquirements, of more than ordinary ability, and has held
many offices of honor and trust. He had a large circle of friends and
was universally esteemed. He leaves a widow and many old friends to
mourn his loss. He was a native of the city of New York and a son of
John I. Mumford of that city, lately deceased. [Sacramento Daily
Union, Monday, 10-7-1872. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
MURTHA,
HOWARD W.
Howard W. Murtha
Funeral services will be held Monday for
Howard W. Murtha, 64, a Southern Pacific Co. inspector who died
Wednesday in a San Francisco Hospital. He had been a Southern Pacific
employee 25 years and a Sacramento County resident for the past eight
years. Murtha was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Roseville Local
No. 510 of the Car Men of America, and of John J. Pershing Lodge No.
4647 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by his wife,
Ruthmary of 3668 Lowry Drive, North Highlands; two sons, Howard W. Jr.
of Troy, NY, and Donald G. of Albany, NY; two sisters, Mrs. William
Froeleuk and Mrs. R. Abrams, both of Albany, NY; and three
grandchildren. The Rosary will be recited at 8:30 PM tomorrow at the
Mount Vernon Church of the Valley, 8201 Greenback Lane, and funeral
services will be held at 10 AM Monday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church,
4325 Don Julio Blvd. Interment will be at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
[Sacramento Bee, Saturday, 4-19-1969. Submitted by Kathie Kloss
Marynik.]
PILCHER, RUTH VIOLA
Ruth Viola Pilcher
Ruth Viola, the oldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Pilcher, came to bless their home on January 7, 1904,
and continued to radiate an increasing measure of happiness throughout
her useful life of twenty-four years, two months, and eighteen days.
From early childhood she manifested an unusual faculty of sensing the
feelings and desires of others, and into their lives she continued to
contribute a stream of beneficent influence, the measure of which is
written in letters of gold on the hearts of grateful loved ones and
those with whom she mingled. The indelible impress of her kindly nature,
refined by Christian culture, marked her as a loyal representative of
her Lord, whom she early learned to love and whose services were her
delight. In her quiet, unassuming manner she was constantly endeavoring
to promote the welfare of those about her, regardless of what it might
cost. To succeed in the highest degree, she early became convinced that
a trained mind was the first requisite, and to realize the desired goal
she attended the Roberts Public School, later graduating from the Sylvan
school in 1918 and the San Juan High School in 1922. She then went to
San Jose where she completed her course in the Teachers College in 1924.
Shortly after, she was elected to a position on the faculty of the
Roseville Grammar School where her diligent application to her task soon
became well known and emulated. Her personal interest in each pupil made
her greatly beloved not only by the class, but by the parents and
teachers who join in voicing her praise. She continued at her post until
Tuesday evening when she left for her usual drive to the family
residence in the Citrus Heights district and was later taken to the
Sutter Hospital in Sacramento. Here every effort known to the medical
world was freely bestowed, but without avail, the final release coming
early Sunday morning, March 25, 1923. Those who waited and watched
through the long and lonely hours remarked how unselfish she was and in
her every word suggested a life imbued with beautiful thoughts framed in
the most refined language. Knowing that she was waging a losing battle,
she calmly resigned her will to Him who doeth all things well, and
dedicated her dear ones to the heavenly Father. Only those who have
experienced a similar loss can adequately sympathize with the impaired
home circle in which she was an unfailing consolation and delight. While
her untimely removal leaves an aching void, her consecrated life will
continue to hallow the lives of many. Her religious training in the
Methodist Sunday School and in the Roseville Chapter of the Epworth
League, of which she was an esteemed member, has made a valuable
contribution and has proven an inspiration to other young people to aim
high in the ideals of life. Her love of the great hymns of the world was
beautifully expressed in “Day Is Dying in the West;” while every touch
of nature lent a rapture that displayed the artistic development of her
short life. Her passion was ever to view her task as sacred and to lend
her utmost cooperation in promoting mutual advancement. In the home, as
well as in the community institutions, she will abide as a fitting
memorial of a well spent life. In addition to a host of friends, she
leaves her grief stricken parents and one brother, Lester, and a sister,
Alice, who will have the deep sympathy of each other in this irreparable
loss. The funeral services, which were private, were held from the
chapel of Clark, Booth and Yardley in Sacramento, Rev. Thomas H. Mee of
the Roseville Methodist Episcopal Church offering words of comfort
befitting one whose unexpected translation united all hearts in the
confidence and assurance of our heavenly Father’s plan for the life that
now is and that which is to come. Miss Haldis Nielsen and Mrs. N. C.
Andersen sang three favorite hymns that bore an eloquent testimony of
the virtue and ultimate triumph of a consecrated life. The pall bearers
were Messrs Raymond Lauppe, H. C. Lauppe, Charles Lauppe, Percy Strader,
Percy Demuth, and William Rusch. Interment was in the family plot in the
Sylvan Cemetery where a bountiful wealth of choice floral offerings from
friends far and near lent their fragrance that mingled with the warm
sunshine of the spring day after the storms and was emblematic of the
human experiences of life’s fleeting hours. [Roseville Tribune and
Register, Friday, 3-30-1928. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik. ]
PSIAHAS, JOHN THEODORE
John T. Psiahas
Memorial services are scheduled Monday for
John Theodore Psiahas, an Encina High School teacher and department
chairman who died Friday of cancer. He was 54. The service for Mr.
Psiahas will be at 7:30 PM in St. George’s Episcopal Church in
Carmichael, where he was senior warden from 1976 until 1980. Mr. Psiahas
was a teacher and foreign language department chairman at Encina for 25
years before he left last March because of illness. A native of New
Jersey, he graduated from Western State College in Gunnison, CO, and
also attended the University of Paris. He was a sergeant in Marine Corps
intelligence in the Korean War. He belonged to the Comstock Club, Oak
Plains Masonic Lodge 789, Theta Chi fraternity, the American Council on
the Teaching of Foreign Languages, and several other professional
organizations. He also was an honorary life member of the
Parent-Teachers Association. In 1978, Mr. Psiahas was the
sergeant-at-arms at the Episcopal Diocese Convention. Surviving are his
wife, Eugenia Both Psiahas; daughters, Michele Thomas, Karen Cooper, and
Carla Psiahas; stepson, William F. Raborn IV; stepdaughter, Julie Raborn;
brother, Nicholas T.; sisters, Harriet LaBrunda, Mary Ballas, and
Georgia Condos; and one grandchild. The family requests that any
remembrances be sent to the American Cancer Society or to the St.
George’s Church Memorial Fund. Arrangements are by Lind Brothers.
[Sacramento Bee, 10-31-1982. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
RICHARDSON, CLARA nee MISSICK
Mrs. J. H. Richardson Passed Away
January 14, In the Citrus Heights District
Mrs. Clara Richardson, wife of J. H.
Richardson, a rancher in the Citrus Heights district, passed away at her
home on January 14, 1927, at the age of 56 years, 8 months and 8 days.
She was born in Gillespie, Illinois and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Missick. She was united in marriage with J. H. Richardson October
2, 1895, at St. Louis, Missouri, where they made their home until 1914,
when they came to the Pacific coast. They moved to their ranch near
Roseville about three months ago. Besides her husband, Mrs. Richardson
leaves to mourn her departure, one brother, Mack Missick of Pecos,
Texas, and two sisters, Mrs. F. E. Littig of St. Louis, Missouri, and
Mrs. Ed Martin of El Paso, Texas. She had been in poor health for the
past ten years but always endured her suffering with patience and
courage. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Citrus
Heights Friends Church, in charge of the pastor, Rev. J. R. Wright, and
Broyer & Magner, funeral directors. Interment in the Sylvan Cemetery.
[Roseville Tribune and Register, Wednesday, 1-19-1927. Submitted by
Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
RUNYON, WINIFRED nee BARRY
Mrs. Runyon, Descendant of Pioneers,
Dies
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for
Mrs. Winifred Barry Runyon, 90, a descendant of a pioneer family and
lifelong resident of Sacramento County. She died yesterday morning in a
convalescent hospital. Mrs. Runyon’s family has been ranching in the
Courtland area for almost a century. Her father, William Henry Barry,
was born on a sailing ship off the coast of South America on the way to
San Francisco, where the family arrived in 1849. In 1870, he moved to
the Courtland area and began ranching. Until recent years, Mrs. Runyon
lived at the family home in Courtland, known for its garden which
emphasized flowering trees and bulb plants. Her late husband, Harry, was
a rancher. Three of her surviving nephews, also ranches, are Barry James
of Isleton, and Frederick and William Barry, both of Walnut Grove. In
addition, Mrs. Runyon is survived by a niece, Mrs. Margaret Salisbury of
Walnut Grove, and another nephew, San Francisco attorney Nelson Barry
Jr. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM tomorrow at Miller, Skelton &
Herberger Mortuary, 20th and J streets. Interment will be at
East Lawn Cemetery. [Sacramento Bee, Friday 4-18-1969. Submitted by
Kathie Kloss Marynik. ]
SANDO
JEROME R.
Jerome R. Sando
Funeral services for Jerome R. “Jerry”
Sando, a teacher and administrator with the San Juan Unified School
District for the past 28 years and the vice principal of Del Campo High
School at the time of his death, will be at 1 PM Saturday in the Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, Arden Way and Morse Avenue. He died of a
stroke Wednesday at age 49. Mr. Sando taught at Jonas Salk Junior High
School and was a counselor and administrative assistant at Encina High
School before transferring to Del Campo in 1986. He was chairman and a
team member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, which is
responsible for California high school accreditation, and was a member
of the San Juan Administrators’ Association and the Association of
California School Administrators. A native of North Dakota, Mr. Sando
was raised in California and received a bachelor’s degree in biological
science from Whitworth College in Spokane, WA, in 1960. He was a member
of the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity, Carmichael Elks Lodge No. 2103 and
East Sacramento Rotary Club. Mr. Sando is survived by his wife, Carol,
and children, Michael, Jill and Julie, all of Carmichael; parents,
Rudolph and Ruth Sando of Citrus Heights; and brothers, Gordon of
Atascadero, and Robert of Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County. The family
requests that any remembrances be made to the Del Campo High School
Scholarship Fund, 4925 Dewey Drive, Fair Oaks, 95628, or the Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1615 Morse Avenue, Sacramento, 95864.
[Sacramento Bee, 3-25-1988. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
SCOTT,
WILLIAM M.
William M. Scott
Services for William M. Scott, 56, a
teacher and coach at Encina High School, will be at 10 AM today in the
Lombard and Co. Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Camellia Memorial
Lawn. Mr. Scott, who had been with the San Juan Unified School District
for 20 years, died Thursday after a three-week illness. The Yuba City
native taught mathematics and industrial arts and was an assistant coach
for the track, football, cross country, and diving teams. He attended
Yuba College, Colorado A and M, and San Francisco State University. A
Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Scott leaves his wife, Johnye;
daughters, Rory Bouvier of Nebraska, Roxy Gwinn of San Diego, Christine
Harris of Pear Valley, and Johnette and Vickye Scott of Sacramento;
sons, Duncan of Arizona, and Bob, Donald, and Bill Jr., all of
Sacramento; brother, Perry of Arizona; and seven grandchildren.
[Sacramento Bee, 8-21-1979. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
VASQUEZ,
LYNNE
Lynne Vasquez
Lynne Vasquez, a longtime Sacramento
resident who had been in poor health the past five years, died Tuesday
at Sutter Memorial Hospital. She was 34. A native of France, she spent
most of her life in Sacramento and in recent years lived with her
parents, Richard and Rosemarie Vasquez of Sacramento. A 1973 graduate of
Encina High School, Miss Vasquez participated in school drama and
musical productions both in high school and at the University of
California, Davis, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English and
creative writing. She moved to San Francisco after college where she was
office manager for a retail clothing store and active in Republican
Party activities. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a
sister, Mrs. Laura Jeanne Lavalle of Sacramento and a brother, Richard
J. Vasquez of Ohio. A rosary will be recited at 3 PM. [Sacramento
Bee, 9-2-1989.Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
WARREN, JERRY FRANKLYN
Jerry Franklyn Warren, Teacher
Rites for Jerry Franklyn Warren, business
department chairman at Encina High School in the San Juan Unified School
District and a former president of the San Juan Teachers Association,
will be conducted at 10 AM tomorrow. Warren, 40, was pronounced dead at
a Carson City, NV, hospital Sunday after he was rushed there while
camping with his wife, Carole, and friends in Diamond Valley, near
Markleeville, Alpine County. He apparently was stricken with a heart
attack. The 11-year Sacramento resident had been a member of the SJTA
negotiating council for six years. Before coming to Sacramento, Warren,
a native of La Junta, CO, taught for four years in McClave, CO, and
prior to that, for two years in the mining town of Erie, outside Denver.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1957 from the University of
Northern Colorado in Greeley and his master’s the next year from Western
State College in Gunnison, CO. In addition to his widow, Warren leaves
his children, Jeffrey, Jay, Cathy, and David, all of Sacramento;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Warren of Colorado; and brother, Joe S.
Warren of Florida. Services will be Mount Vernon Church of the Valley,
8201 Greenback Lane. Burial will be in Mount Vernon Memorial Park. In
addition to his membership in SJTA, Warren was a member of St. Andrew’s
Methodist Church. [Sacramento Bee, 9-5-1973. Submitted by Kathie
Kloss Marynik.]
BIALAS, MILDRED IRENE
BIALAS, Mildred Jansen (Irene) in Sacramento
September 12, 1984. Beloved wife of the late Joseph Jansen & Cyril
Bialas. Loving mother of Betty J. Culbertson of San Jose, Nadine J.
Jansen of Scottsdale, Arizona. Sister of Odessa Markham of Albion,
Washington. Grandmother of Steven Culbertson of Soquel, Jeffrey
Culbertson of Walnut Creek, Robert Culbertson of San Jose. A native of
Florin, Sacto. County, Calif. Aged 79 years. Friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral Monday, September 17, 1984 at 10 AM in the
Land Park Chapel of Harry A. Nauman & Son, 4041 Freeport Blvd.
Entombment IOOF Mausoleum. Family will receive friends Sunday between 7
& 8 PM in Nauman's Chapel. [Sacramento Bee 9/14/1984. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
Sacramento County]
NAME: COHEN, LOUIS
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: Tuesday, 4-24-1917
Convict Dies
FOLSOM (Sacramento Co.), April 24—Louis Cohen, inmate at the Folsom
Penitentiary, died last night of heart trouble. He was sentenced from
Alameda.
NAME: McBEAN,
CHARLES EVANS
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 7-2-1918
Charles McBean, Well Known Mason, Dies
Charles Evans McBean, an old-time railroad man of Nevada, died today at
the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. C. J. Chittenden, 2231 I Street,
after an illness that had lasted for more than a year. McBean, who was
76 years of age, went to Virginia City, NV, from Canada in 1870 and took
up railroading. In 1876 he moved to Wadsworth, Nev., and in 1883 to El
Paso, TX, where he engaged in the undertaking business. He retired about
six years ago and came to Sacramento to live with his daughter, Mrs.
Henrietta Clippinger, and his granddaughter. He was a high ranking
Mason, being a member of the Knights Templars and Scottish Rites. He
also was a member of the Elks and the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon and will be
under the auspices of the Masonic lodges. Interment will be made in the
East Lawn Cemetery in the family plot.
NAME: DEMING, ELLA
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: Wednesday, 12-17-1952
Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow for Ella Deming
Ella Deming, 82, a native of Yolo County and a member of a well known
Sacramento family, will be buried in the family plot in the City
Cemetery following interment services at 2 PM tomorrow in the cemetery
chapel. The Miller and Skelton Funeral Home is in charge of the
arrangements. Miss Deming died Sunday in La Jolla where she lived with
her sister Mrs. Mary D. Schwan. She was born September 2, 1870 on the
Deming Ranch east of Woodland, Yolo County. After being graduated from
schools in Sacramento and Lake counties, Miss Deming travel in Europe to
continue her studies in bookbinding and leather artwork. She moved to La
Jolla in 1941. The Dening Ranch was established by her father Theodore
who came to California prior to the Civil War. He was related to the
Crocker family. The family later lived in Lake County and moved to the
Sacramento area in the middle 1880s. Deming operated a fruit ranch near
Courtland until his death in 1896. In 1908 Miss Deming and her mother
moved to Pacific Grove. Miss Deming was active in the Episcopal Church.
Five sisters preceded her in death. They were Mrs. Etta Eliott Olmstead,
Mrs. Thomas Davis, Mrs. Louis M. Schwan, Mrs. Edward Malony, and Mrs.
Lewis P. Hobart. She is survived by her nephews Roy H. Eliot of
Berkeley; Frank M. Davis of Copperton, Utah; Deming Hobart of Chico,
Butte County; and John Hobart of San Francisco; and her nieces Mrs.
Howard T. Bryant of Berkeley; Mrs. Mary M. Rexworthy of Redwood City;
and Mrs. Sheila M. Bustafson of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
NAME: GILPIN, MAUDE
nee GUTHRIE
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 4-201953
Mrs. Maude Gilpin Services Will Be Held Tomorrow
Final rites will be held tomorrow for Mrs. Maude Gilpin, 76, one of the
founders of the Sacramento Junior College Patrons Association and the
organization’s first president. The services will start at 2:30 PM in
the James R. Garlick Funeral Home. Burial will be in the City Cemetery.
Mrs. Gilpin died Saturday in her home at 2757 Riverside Boulevard. She
was the wife of the late John H. Gilpin, a member of the county planning
commission. Her grandfather, John J. Guthrie, came to California from
Mississippi. He settled in Sacramento in 1854 and operated the old
Guthrie Station at Sixth and J streets. Mrs. Gilpin was born in
Sacramento. Her father, Colonel John W. Guthrie, was a commander of the
National Guard unit in the old days and was a plumbing inspector for
this city many years. Her grandmother, Rachael Caroline Rose, crossed
the plains in 1852 from Chicago to settle in Sacramento with her
husband. Her diary of the trip is in the archives of the State Library.
Mrs. Gilpin was for many years active in Sacramento clubs and social
groups. She was a past president of the Third District, California
Congress of Parents and Teachers, a past matron and a 50-year member of
the Naomi Chapter No. 36, Order of the Eastern Star. She belonged to the
Tuesday Club, Allied Arts Club, Breakfast Club, Menzaleh Temple,
Daughters of the Nile; the Woman’s Forum and the Altar Guild of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church. Surviving are her children, Mrs. Ruth Brunner
of Albany, Calif.; Mrs. Georgia Reeves of Auburn, Placer County; John
Gilpin of Philadelphia; and five grandchildren.
NAME: HALL, FRANCES
C. nee THOMPSON
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 8-14-1953
Frances Hall, 94, Daughter of Early North Stater, Dies
Final rites will be held Monday for Mrs. Frances C. Hall, 94, the
daughter of an early day Superior California physician, attorney, and
judge. The services will begin at 10 AM in the Andrews & Greilich
Funeral Home. Burial will be in the City Cemetery. Mrs. Hall died
yesterday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Addie Hartmeyer at 1909
Fifteenth Street, where she had made her home for twenty years. Her
parents, James H. and Elmira Thompson, settled in Fairfield, Solano
County, in the spring of 1857 after a trip by ox cart from Arkansas. Her
father was both a physician and attorney and was elected district
attorney in Fairfield. In 1863 the family moved to Kelseyville, Lake
County, where he also served as district attorney. In 1868 the family
moved to Vallejo where Thompson served as city attorney and then justice
of the municipal court. He died in Woodland, Yolo County, in 1872. Mrs.
Hall was born in Fairfield December 1, 1858. She married Charles Hall in
Woodland. They moved to Capay Valley in Yolo County where they operated
a ranch. Mrs. Hall and her husband moved to Sacramento in 1894 after his
retirement. He died about twenty years ago. Survivors, besides Mrs.
Hartmeyer, are Mrs. Hall’s other daughters, Mrs. Belle F. Dodge and Mrs.
Cora Moore, also of Sacramento; grandchildren, Mrs. Lillian Mahan of
Sacramento and Myrri Moore of Tahoe City, Placer County;
great-grandchildren, Patricia Smith, an Oakland attorney, Robert D.
Moore of Sacramento and Gregory Moore of Tahoe City; and a
great-great-grandchild, Michael Moore of Sacramento.
NAME: KALBAUGH,
ALICE nee RICE
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 8-25-1953
Alice Rice Kalbaugh
Alice Rice Kalbaugh, 88, the daughter of a pioneer settler, died last
night in a rest home. Her father, Patrick Rice, ran away from his home
in Ireland and became a sailor at an early age. In 1851 he came to
Sacramento. His first job was as a guard on a boat which was used as a
jail. It was anchored on the American River near where the Southern
Pacific Company bridge now stands. He later worked for the Southern
Pacific Company and was a deputy sheriff. His wife, Bridget, also came
from Ireland. They built a two-story home at 618 E Street. Mrs.
Kalbaugh, her six sisters, and one brother were born there. They were
baptized in the old St. Rose’s Church on J Street at Seventh Street.
Mrs. Kalbaugh attended the original St. Joseph’s Convent on G Street at
Eighth. Her husband, F. J. Kalbaugh, a Southern Pacific Company
passenger conductor, died about 20 years ago. Surviving are her nephews
and nieces, Authur J. and Douglas R. Delano, Mrs. Dorothy V. Dickie, all
of Sacramento; Mrs. Elsie Rudderow and Mrs. Florence Drachman, both of
Arizona; Mrs. Florence Steele of Maryland; Mrs. Amy Curley and Alfred C.
Tripell, both of New York State.
NAME: GOIN, JESSIE
RAY nee SMITH
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 7-30-1954
Mrs. Jessie Goin Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral rites will be held tomorrow for Mrs. Jessie Ray Goin, 89, the
daughter of an early day gold miner, state assemblyman, and assessor in
Yolo County. The services will begin at 9:15 AM in the Harry A. Nauman &
Son Funeral Home. Burial will be in the East Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Goin,
the wife of the late Zim K., died yesterday in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John H. Peaslee of 2810 E Street. She had lived there since her
husband died in 1924. Sacramento had been her home 40 years. She was
born in a gold mining community in Nevada County, the daughter of James
K. and Abigail Gilman Smith. Her father came to California in an
ox-drawn wagon when he was a boy. He worked in gold mines and became a
superintendent. In later years he moved to Woodland, Yolo County, where
he engaged in various businesses, became an assemblyman and then county
assessor. Jessie Goin was educated in Woodland and taught school there
before she was married. She was the sister of Mrs. Joseph L. Harlan of
Berkeley, Mrs. George Hoppin of Riverside, Dr. J. Leroy Smith of Fresno;
grandmother of Mrs. Jessie Jean Houston, Mrs. Elinor Beacock, Mrs. Ruth
Bryant, Mrs. Caroline McNaughton, Mrs. Margaret Wehr, and Lois Peaslee;
and leaves eight great-grandchildren.
NAME: GLACKEN,
GEORGE
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 12-14-1954
George Glacken, Retired Perkins Farmer, Dies
Final rites will be held Thursday for George R. Glacken, 69, a retired
Perkins district farmer and the grandson of early day Sacramento County
settlers. Services will begin at 1:30 PM in the East Lawn Cemetery
Chapel. Cremation will follow. Friends are invited to the Harry A.
Nauman and Son Funeral Home. Glacken died yesterday in the Sutter
Hospital. He resided at 3209 61st
Street. His grandparents, Antone and Mary Menke, natives of Germany,
came to California in 1852 in a covered wagon train from Missouri. They
settled in Sacramento, and Antone developed extensive hop ranches on the
American River between Perkins and Mills. The Menke’s daughter,
Josephine, married John L. Glacken, who at one time was advertising
manager of the Sacramento Be and later for a number of years owned and
operated his own newspaper, the Yolo Independent, in Broderick.
Their son, George, was born in
Sacramento, worked in the Southern Pacific Company shops here, and
became foreman of the firm’s shops in Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County. For
fourteen years after that he sold groceries for the Lindley Company, a
wholesale firm in Sacramento, and then for thirty years farmed the
original Menke ranch near Perkins. He was employed at the Mather Air
Force Base for four years during the World War II period and then became
a shipping inspector at the Sacramento Signal Depot for seven years. He
retired a year ago. He was the husband of Eva Glacken; father of George
R. Glacken Jr. of Sacramento, Richard Glacken of Florin, Mrs. Bethel L.
Liljedahl of Sonora, Tuolumne County; brother of Charles H. and Edward
A. Glacken, both of Sacramento, Leonard Glacken of Niles; grandfather of
Mrs. Carol Verkuyl of San Luis Obispo, Gary Glacken of Sacramento,
Richard and Judith Glacken of Florin, Richard, Raymond, and Robert
Liljedahl of Sonora.
NAME: SMITH, WYMAN
G., SR.
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 12-21-1954
Wyman Smith, Sr., Funeral Is Set
Last rites will be held tomorrow for Wyman G. Smith, Sr., president of
the Sun Stop and Wyman Fabrics at 4901 Franklin Blvd. The services will
begin at 11 AM in the East Lawn Cemetery Chapel under direction of the
Miller and Skelton Funeral Home. Cremation will follow. Smith died
yesterday in his home at 1720 Berkeley Way. He established his firm in
1939 and during recent years operated the business in partnership with
his son, Wyman G. Smith, Jr. He was born in Sacramento, the son of
Franklin B. and Bell B. Smith, also natives of this city. His father was
the son of Halsey G. who settled in Sacramento about 1852 from his
native England. Halsey was the owner of the old Pioneer Flour Mill on
the Sacramento River near Capitol Avenue. Wyman Smith belonged to
Sacramento Scottish Rite Bodies, the Ben Ali Temple of the Shrine, Union
Lodge No. 58, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Grandfathers club of
Sacramento. He was the husband of Mae H., father of Mrs. Marjorie
Hartwick, brother of Mrs. Winona Sale, and grandfather of Wyman G. Smith
III, Candace Ann Smith, and Gregory Allen Hartwick, all of Sacramento.
The family requests that any remembrance be sent to the Visiting Nurses
Association.
NAME: MAHOLM, MARY
E.
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 3-28-1955
Early Lawmaker’s Daughter Dies At 85
Final rites will be held tomorrow for Mary E. Maholm, 85, the daughter
of an early day California assemblyman and settler in the Sheldon
district. The services will begin at 11 AM in the East Lawn Cemetery
Chapel. Cremation will be in the East Lawn Crematorium. Miss Maholm died
in a rest home in Sacramento. She was born in Sheldon and lived in the
same home all her life. Her father, James B., came to California from
Ohio as a young man. He settled in Greenwood, El Dorado County, in 1855
and then established his home in Sheldon five years later. He operated a
general store and post office and served in the assembly under Governor
Frederick F. Low. His wife, Elizabeth, settled in Greenwood as a young
girl. She was born in Missouri. Miss Maholm was the sister of the late
George and Lydia Maholm and Mrs. Matilda Bader, all of Sheldon.
Surviving are her cousins, Evelyn Wacker, Helen S. Moon, Lucie, King,
and Raymond and Jack Hitzer, all of Sacramento, and Julia Kelley, Ruth
Tobin, Everett and Walter Nesche and Dr. George Nesche, all of Oakland.
NAME: BROWN, LUCY
nee PURINTON
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 5-4-1955
Death Takes Widow of 1921 Councilman
Mrs. Lucy Purinton Brown, 92, of 1150 38th
Street, a member of an early day Sacramento family, died last night in
the Sutter Hospital. Her husband, the late Edward S. Brown, was a member
of the first city council after Sacramento adopted the city
council-manager form of government in 1921. He also was an owner of the
Ennis & Brown Produce Company and at one time was part owner of the
Senator Hotel. He died in 1944. Mrs. Brown was born in Sacramento in
1873 at 6th
and H streets. Her mother, the late Anna Parker Purinton, was born in
the same house. Mrs. Brown’s father, the late Henry O. Purinton, was a
Sacramento area sheep rancher.
Survivors include her daughter, Dorothy E. Brown and Mrs. Virginia A.
Huckabay, both of Sacramento; sons, Kenneth R. Brown of Grimes, Colusa
County, and Edward S. Brown, Jr. of San Francisco; sister, Mrs. Anna
Stanley of Sacramento; and brother James P. Purinton of Yuba City,
Sutter County. Mrs. Brown was a longtime member of the Wednesday Charter
Club and the Beatty Club. She was a lifelong supporter of the Young
Women’s Christian Association, and formerly was a member of the Tuesday
Club. Friends are welcome at the Miller and Skelton Funeral Home from 4
to 8:30 PM today. Private funeral services will be held tomorrow.
NAME: SANDERS, MARY
ALICE nee KIMBERLIN
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 3-6-1956
Mary Sanders
Final rites for Mrs. Mary Alice Sanders, 83, daughter of an early day
College of the Pacific professor, will be held tomorrow at 11 AM in the
George L. Klumpp Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Santa Clara
Cemetery. Mrs. Sanders died Sunday in the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Esther Galvin of 38th
Street, after a prolonged illness. She had resided in Sacramento since
1947. She was born in Santa Clara, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M.
Kimberlin who came to California from Carlisle, PA. Kimberlin was
graduated from Dickinson College in 1851 and was recommended by the
Methodist Episcopal Board of Missions to teach in the San Jose Academy.
Two years later, he became a professor of Greek and Latin at the College
of the Pacific, then located in Santa Clara. He later became f fruit
grower and then turned to garden seed growing.
Mrs. Sanders was reared in Santa Clara, was a member of the Methodist
Church many years and resided with her husband, the late Murray C.
Sanders, a fruit grower, in Morgan Hill for years. She leaves a son,
Chester K. Sanders of Paso Robles, and a grandson, James Galvin of
Sacramento.
NAME: TAVERNER,
GEORGE M.
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 8-1-1956
G. M. Taverner Dies; Headed Elk Grove Bank
Final rites will be held Friday for George M. Taverner, 79, who was one
of the founders and first president of the Elk Grove Bank in 1910 and an
official in the organization after it was taken over by the Bank of
America in the 1930s. The services will begin at 11 AM in the Miller &
Skelton Funeral Home under the auspices of the Elk Grove Masonic Lodge
No. 173. Burial will be in the Elk Grove Masonic Cemetery. Taverner died
yesterday afternoon in the Mercy Hospital in Sacramento. His health had
been failing since last December but he was in the hospital only a few
days.
His parents, Thomas M. and Esther A., natives of England, met in
Sacramento about 1853, were married, and established a sheep ranch and
home on the Cosumnes River in the Lee district east of Elk Grove. George
M. Taverner was born on the ranch and lived in the area all his life. He
was a 50-year member and past master of the Elk Grove Masonic Lodge and
a 50-year member of the Elk Grove Order of the Eastern Star, a life
member of the Ben Ali Temple of the Shrine and San Francisco’s Islam
Shrine Temple, and he belonged to Sacramento Scottish Rite bodies,
Knights Temple and York Rite bodies. For many years Taverner was active
in community affairs in Elk Grove. He retired in 1942. Surviving are his
wife, Minnie; a daughter, Margaret B. Taverner of Stockton, San Joaquin
County; and William L. Bader of Sacramento, a nephew, and Thelma N.
Cable of Fair Oaks, a niece.
NAME: ORR, MYRTLE
nee LOCKART
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 7-30-1957
Mrs. Myrtle Orr, Of Wagon Train Family, Dies
Mrs. Myrtle Orr, 73, the daughter of early day Sacramento settlers and a
resident of the city all her life, died today in the Arcade Hospital
following an illness of two years. Her husband, Wilbur, a Southern
Pacific Company water services foreman for years, died five years ago.
She was the daughter of the late Jefferson D. and Mary MacBeath Lockart
and was born in the old family home at 2122 J Street. Her father’s
parents brought him to California in 1848 in an ox drawn covered wagon.
They settled in San Joaquin County. Jefferson Lockart built a livery
stable at 1015 11th
Street in 1891. His wife was a native of El Dorado County. Mrs. Orr was
educated in the old Mary J. Watson School. She resided at 2122 J Street
until 1920 when the family moved to North Sacramento. The home now is at
739 Arden Way. She was a member of Surprise Council No. 5 of Daughters
of America and the Women’s Benefit Association, Sacramento Review No. 9.
Surviving are a son, Elwood; brother, William Lockart of Sacramento;
sister, Mrs. Mabel Boyd of Placerville, El Dorado County; and two
grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 AM Thursday in the
Nightingale Funeral Home. Burial will be in the East Lawn Cemetery.
NAME: GRANT,
WILLIAM B.
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Union
DATE: Tuesday, 11-14-1961
William B. Grant
Services for William B. Grant, an area resident 35 years, will be held
Wednesday at 1:30 PM in Garlick’s, with interment in Masonic Lawn, under
auspices of Capitol City Dodge, F&AM. He died Sunday. Grant was a
resident of 4528 Ninth Avenue and retired 20 years after work as a
Western Pacific employee. He was a member of Capitol City Lodge. Grant
was the father of Joseph W. Grant and Mrs. Irene Lonsdale of Sacramento,
grandfather of two, and great-grandfather of one. He was a native of
Australia.
NAME: HALEY,
MARGARET “RITA” nee HARNEY
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 8-6-1965
Margaret Haley of River Boat Family Is Dead
Mrs. Margaret (Rita) Haley, 81, the daughter of an early day Sacramento
River transportation official, died last night in the Mercy Hospital
following a short illness. Her father, Major P. H. Harney, a National
Guard officer, was the president of the old Sacramento Transportation
and Navigation Company which operated passenger and freight boats on the
river. His company was the forerunner of the River Lines, the Delta
Lines, and the Sacramento Warehouse Company which operates warehouses at
various points along the Sacramento River. Major Harney also was
president of the Sacramento Brick Company. Mrs. Haley’s maternal
grandfather, John Ryan, came to Sacramento in 1852 and was head of the
first brick contractors in the city. His brickyard was located at 10th
and Broadway on a site later occupied by Edmunds Field, home of the old
Sacramento Solons baseball team for many years. The Ryan family home was
on Q Street between 10th
and 11th
streets. Her husband, William Haley, a former Sacramento and San
Francisco newspaperman, died about 1955. Mrs. Haley, who was born in San
Francisco but lived in Sacramento from the time she was a child, resided
at 1100 39th
Street. She leaves her sisters, Mrs. Helen H. Wilson of Berkeley and
Sister Mary Patrick, a Dominican nun in San Rafael, Marin County; and
many nephews and nieces, including Jess C. Wilson, Jr., and Robert M.
Wilson, both of Sacramento, and Harney Wilson, a San Francisco attorney.
She was the sister of the late Mrs. Winifred Haley and Mrs. Regina
Sherry. A rosary will be said at 9 o’clock tonight in the W. F. Gormley
and Sons Funeral Home. A mass will be said at 10 AM tomorrow in the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will be in the family plot in the
St. Joseph Cemetery.
NAME: PETERS,
CHARLES L.
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: 6-2-1967
Charles L. Peters
Funeral services for Charles L. Peters, 80, the descendant of a pioneer
Sacramento family and a longtime State purchasing agent, will be held at
11 AM tomorrow in the Andrews & Greilich Mortuary. A native of
Sacramento, Peters died yesterday in his home at 1153 Marian Way after a
brief illness. He entered state service in 1918 and held the position of
State purchasing agent until he retired in 1951. Peters was a member of
Sons in Retirement and the Begonia Society. He formally was active in
local musical circles, serving as secretary-treasurer of the McNeil
Club, a former men’s choral group. His great-grandfather, John Tingman,
came to Sacramento from Scotland in 1849 and opened a general
merchandise store. His parents were Louis W. Peters and Eugenia A.
Phipps Peters. After graduation from Sacramento High School, Peters
worked as an account clerk for the Southern Pacific Co. until he was
employed by the State. He is survived by his wife, Laura; daughters,
Mrs. Patricia A. Machado and Mrs. Dorothy J. Blamey of Sacramento; son,
Robert L. Peters of Sunnyvale; and six grandchildren.
NAME: KING, GEORGE
ALDEN
COUNTY: Sacramento
NEWSPAPER: Sacramento Bee
DATE: Saturday, 3-17-2001
Volunteer Laid to Rest in Cemetery He Loved
George Alden King
was buried Friday afternoon in the Old City Cemetery's firefighter's
plot - the last firefighter to be buried there. The special tribute was
reserved for Mr. King because of his unswerving dedication to the
cemetery, city officials said. Mr. King died Monday of natural causes in
the Sacramento home he built. He was 86. "He was one of our most
exemplary volunteers," Mayor Heather Fargo said. "I had the opportunity
to meet him several times and was always very impressed with how
dedicated and committed he was to improving our city cemetery. He was
quite a well-spoken advocate on behalf of what the city should be doing
to repair and take care of the cemetery and the plots there. He was
incredibly generous with his time and was a real asset to our city. We
are adjourning Tuesday's City Council meeting in his memory," the mayor
said.
John
Bettencourt, tour and event coordinator for the historic cemetery off
Broadway, said Mr. King "never called his 14 years of volunteering
'work.' " Mr. King's devotion to preserving the cemetery was described
in detail by Bee columnist Bob Sylva in 1990: "He tends the rustic
plots, plants flowers and grass, often unearthing buried tombstones,
which he takes home and repairs in his garage workshop. He does this for
the dignity of man, for the benefit of the city..."
Mr. King joined
the Sacramento Fire Department in 1942, and he missed just one day of
work because of illness until he retired in 1973. He was a founding
member and trustee of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Society in the early
1990s. His family said Mr. King will be given a firefighter's memorial
service March 24 at the cemetery with honor guard, bagpipes and historic
fire engines. Engine No. 1 from the fire station where he served as an
engineer will also take part. The service begins at 10 a.m.
His daughters will sound the firefighter's "last alarm" with the ringing
of a historic bell nine times. Mr. King had rediscovered the bell -
brought to Sacramento in 1865 - salvaged it, and housed it in a cupola
he built. According to Bettencourt, Mr. King noticed the bell under a
pile of scrap metal at the corporation yard. "He recognized it because
it was, at one time, on a tall tower in Oak Park. George had served in
the Oak Park District and vividly remembered it. "He made overtures to
lay claim to the bell. Oak Park was the last volunteer fire district and
many of the volunteer firemen answered the call to that bell. That's why
he was so adamant on getting it for the cemetery." Mr. King was first
drawn to the cemetery in 1987 as part of the city's "Adopt a Plot"
program. He restored or repaired hundreds of tombstones, explaining that
"This is the history of the city, our window to the past, the roots of
many, many generations." Former Mayor Anne Rudin awarded Mr. King a
bronze plaque noting his efforts. It was installed in the cemetery, but
was stolen in 1990. A few years later, a marble plaque replaced it.
Mr. King was
born in Courtland to Oscar King and Hazel Kennedy King on Aug. 4, 1914.
He was raised on a dairy farm in Franklin and rode to elementary school
on the family horse. He graduated from Elk Grove High School in 1932 and
attended class reunions until two years ago. While attending Sacramento
Junior College, he met his wife of 56 years, Barbara Lillard, who died
in 1994. "Gardening was his love," his daughter Selby Fermer said. "He
spent the day before he died gardening in his yard. He was still healthy
and active and happy." He was a grower and hybridizer of orchids and an
award-winning camellia grower. His Land Park yard was on garden tours.
During World War II, Mr. King served in the Army as a military
policeman. His service included guarding prisoners of war, fighting
wildfires and playing on a championship Army baseball team. After his
wife's death, he rekindled a college romance with Jean McGilvray,
according to his daughters. He is survived by his daughters, Selby
Fermer and Beverly Gonzales, both of Sacramento; a half- brother, John
Kroeger of Muleje, Mexico; and three grandchildren. The family suggests
memorials to the Sacramento City Cemetery Committee/Exempt Firefighter's
Plot, 10th and Broadway, Sacramento, 95818, or to the Pioneer Mutual
Hook and Ladder Society, 3230 J St., Sacramento, 95816.
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