Redwood Genealogical Society, InC

The REDWOOD GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC., was founded 28 February 1968, and incorporated 22 January 1970. It is non-denominational, and open to anyone with an interest in genealogy and family history - and the preservation of records.

Membership

Membership is $15.00 individuals, $18.00 family - per year. This entitles you to help with your research, library privileges, and 4 issues of the "REDWOOD RESEARCHER", published August, November, February & May. The library is open from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. every Wednesday. If you are from out of the area and want to browse in the library after hours or on weekends, you may contact Ruth Teasley at 725-4307, Barbara Morehead at 764-5583, or Pat Madsen at 725-4573. There is a copy machine available to members for a nominal fee, and a microfiche and microfilm reader.

Meeting Information:

Place: Rohner Recreation Center in Rohner Park, #5 Park Street, Fortuna, CA
Meeting Times: 2nd. Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Workdays: 3rd. and 5th. Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Speaker Luncheons: 1st. Wednesday of each month (September thru June) 11:30 a.m. at Hunan's, Fortuna, CA.
Humboldt County Resources
This Site is part of the
Humboldt County GenWeb

Martha A. Crosley Graham
Host
Web Author & Artist
The following surnames are currently under research by members of the Redwood Genealogical Society:
Janice Bertolini
3320 Prairie Avenue, Eureka, CA 95501
(707)443-6003
Surnames:

Baker, Carter, Clark, Davis, Jackson, MacInnis, MacPherson, Mead, Murray, Robertson, Shoffner, Smith,  Vaughn, Waggoner, Westbrook.
Lynn Gerving
Surnames:


Connick, Davis, Hull, Perrott
Marleen Hall
Surnames:

AMON, BARKLEY, BRIGGS, CLEVELAND, CROSSLAND, DAVIS, DEDRICK, DELAHAUNTE, FOULK, FOX, GENZOLI, GILLESPIE, HALL, HAYNES, HALMICK, HUGHES, JAMES JEFFERS, JOHNSON, LINVILLE, LOUDER, LOWE, MATHERLY, McCARNEY, MEEKS, MILLS, MINIC, OWENS, SACCHI, SCOFIELD, SCRIVENS, SMALLEY, SPENCER, TAYLOR, TILLMAN, WOLFE.
Barbara Morehead
515 Gunnerson Lane, Rio Dell, CA 95562
(707)764-5583
Surnames:
ALLEY, ARMISTEAD, BARKER, BARRY, BERRY, BISHOP, BLACKWOOD, BODLEIGH, BOND, BORTHWICK, BOUTON, BRADSHAW, BUCKLES, BURGUILLION, COCKE, COLLINS, COPELAND, COX, CROCKETT, CROW, CUMMINS, CUNNINGHAM, DAVIS, DAWDY/DOWDY/DODDY, DAWE, DAWSON, DOUGHTY, DUNBAR, DUNN, DUNNING, ELISON, FISHER, FLEMING, FORD, FOSTER, FURSE, GILLIAM, GLENN, GOODYEAR, GREEN, HAMILTON, HARDRETT, HARRIS, HAY, HEPBURN, HOLLAND, HOOPER, HORNE, JACKSON, JENKINS, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, LASATER/LASSITER, LEWIS, LONGSHORE, LUTRELL, LYNN, MACHALLS, MATOON/MUTTOON, MILLBOURNE, MILLER, MOON, MOREHEAD, MURCHISON, McCABE, McCOMBS, McCUTCHEON, McROBERTS, OLIVER, OWENS, PERKINS, POWER/S, PRESLEY, PRICE, PRINCE, PROU, RAMSEY, RANDOLPH, REEVES/REAVIS, RITCHIE/RITCHEY, ROBBINS, ROSE, RYNES/RINES, RUTTER, SAUNDERS, SIMCOCK, SLAWSON/SLASSON, STEVENS, STEVENSON, ST. JOHN, STONE, STORY, STRODTER/STRADER, SUMMERS, THOMAS, THURMAN, TINSLEY, TONEY, TURNER, VENSANDEN, WALLACE, YOUNG.
Ruth Teasley
247 Sunnybrook, Fortuna, CA 95540
(707)725-4307
Surnames:

Baker, Butts Coulter, Davenport, Hamilton, Steel, Teasley, Whitworth.
Ann Ingersoll
4145 Hillside Ct., Eureka, CA 95503
Phone: (707) 445-3643
Surnames:
Ball, Bangma, Bell, Beyer, Bleeker, Bonar, Briggs, Browne, Bundy, Carman, Cox, Craddock, Crum, Davis, De Boer, De Vries, Dyer, Felby, Fish, Fisher, Fooks, Fordham, Fyshe, Gahagan, Gardiner, Golledge, Halstead, Harmens, Harper, Harris, Haugh, Hauptman, Hazenock, Hylarides, Hoffman, Hoxie, Hull, Ingersoll, Jones, Justice/Justus, Katterman, Knowles, Kraus, Light, Long, Mannon, Maude, Merrihew, Mills, Mitchell, Moody, Nicholson, Patterson, Perry, Peson, Pontius, Pool, Postma, Presbury, Slack, Slocum, Soule, Travis, Weyand, Whitley, Williams, Yeakel, Young, Zeller.
Lillian A. Natt
PO Box 879, Fortuna, CA 95540
(707)725-9498
Surnames:

Bradford, Carroll, Davidson, Francoli, Frates, Holt, Natt (Knatt), Ned, Riboli, Sanford, Shaffer, Silvia/Sylvia, Silva, Vierra.
Nina Winfrey
3297 Trinity, Fortuna, CA 95540
(707)725-3276
Surnames:

Carney, Cumpston, Duffel, Ferry, Landreth, Parrish/Parish, White, Winfrey, Woods, Wright.
Pat Dunham
40 Graham Way, Fortuna, CA 95540
(707)725-4224
Surnames:
ADAMS, AARSTAD, BALDWIN, BOERMAN, BROWN, CRUM, CONNICK, CURTICE, CHRISTIE, DUNHAM, ETCHEN, ETTLINE, ETTLIN, FAWCETT, GARDNER, GILMAN, GRAHAM, HAAS, HANSON, HARINGA, HECOX, HETTERVIG, HILL, HOLMES, HOAR, HOFFMAN, HVAL, KREPPENE, LARABEE, LEIGHTON, LIBBY, LINHART, LUTZ, MABIE, MAXWELL, McCLOUD, McMULLEN, McALLISTER, McCURDY, McLAUGHLIN, McLWAIN, MILBERRY, MOON, MARMATT, MOORE, NORTH, NEUMEYER, PARKER, PORTER, PAULSEN, RANKIN, READ, REED, REEDER, RICHARDSON, ROONEY, ROTHLIN, RYAN, ROGERS, SHANAHAN, SCHNOOR, SCRIBNER, SHILLINGTON, SHOLTY, SMITH, STILLWELL, STRINI, SOULLE, SOWLES, SPRAGUE, SWISHER, TAYLOR, THOMPSON, TOMPKINS, TUNNELL, UPTON, VAN NESTE, VON ROTZ, VAN WINKLE, WARD, WARREN, WHITNEY, WILSON, WILLIAMSON, WOLCOTT, YOUNG.
Faye Goodner
5244 Mill Street, Fortuna, CA 95540
(707)725-2419
Surnames:


Buckhannon, Cox, Crawford, Elliott, Ezell, Foshee, Grandstaff, Greene, James, Landers, Miller, Neeley, Pense, Peters, Posey, Potter, Rives, Rutledge, Satterfield, Smith, Weathers, Wells, Wiles.

Jan Slack
4232 Campton Road, Eureka, CA 95501
(707)442-7204
Surnames:

Birdsey, Bolding, Burr, Castle, Clark, Culber, Curtis, Davenport, Davis, Dill, Dunning, Edwards, Freeman, Hawley, Horton, Howard, Huling, Johnston, Lane, Layton, McClements, Miller/Melen, Minckler, Peers, Ruble, Simmons, Slack, Thompson, Warren, West, Williams.
Jan Silva
646 Springville Ave.
Fortuna, CA. 95540
Surnames:


Banner, Banton, Beaven, Beckett, Beedle, Boone, Brackett, Buchanan, Camp, Cletherow, Collins, Craycraft, Dawson, Dew, Dobbyn, Edelen, Edie, Edmonson, Ellis, Ewen, Fitzgerald, Gardiner, Geeves, Gibbes, Guy, Haines, Hanish, Harding, Hatton, Hay, Hewett, Higgins, Hinds, Hobson, Holmes, Howard, Hunt, Jarrott, Jenkins, Jones, Kay, Keys, Kilpatrick, Kinney, Knight, Lawson, Lee, McDermott, McFadden, McKinney, Magruder, Marsham, Megarge, Miller, Morgan, Murphy, Myers, Nichols, Offley, Pason, Patton, Peyton, Randolph, Rawlings, Shreves, Smith, Snider, Stewart, Stuart, Sykes, Tack, Wall, Walne, Weire, Wright, Young.
Doris Cook Dodson
Surnames
:

Baker, Burton, Cook, Granville, Harton,
Hazle, Langston, MacMillan [McMillan], McBride, May, Rhea, Rhoads [Roads, Rhodes], Vandiver, Weatherford, Wright
Margaret Rodrigue
P.O. Box 235, Fortuna, CA 95540 
Surnames:

Earp, Morgan, Rodrigue, Sportsman.
Freida Reynolds
1425 Carson Woods Road, Fortuna, CA 95540
Surnames:

Bannister, Beckett, Cox, Foreman, Kay, Kennell, Kindred, King, Marks, Miller, Reynolds, Rush, Rutledge, Wertz, Willburn, Williams and Wilson.
Bonnie Grant
130 Rebecca Lane, Fortuna, CA 95540
Surnames:


Abbot, Barrows, Benson, Brightenstine, Carpenter, Cooper, Currier, Darling, Davis, Dye, Ellingwood, Ellis, Flake, Flint, Foster, Henderson, Hoffman, Hogaboom, Hughes, Humphrey, Ivens, Jones, Lake, Markham, Merrill, Merry, Noyes, Parker, Reed, Rice, Schofield, Sellars, Uhl, Wagnor, White, Whitley, Wood.
Deborah A. Pirie
156 Gager Road, Bozrah, CT 06334
Surnames:

Cook, Crank, Davis, Hopper, Pruitt, Schumacher, Woolhiser.
THE SOCIETY OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY PIONEERS
Organized January 22, 1876
Reorganized and Incorporated May 12, 1881
Eureka, California

The list below is a list of the contributing members of the Society up to date, with their nativity, and
dates of arrival in the State and County as far as ascertained.  The number preceding the name of
each member indicates his status of eligibility.

Under Article II of the Constitution
(1) "any person who was a resident of the territory now known as the County of Humboldt, prior
to the 1st day of  January, 1855;
(2) or was a resident of Trinity County at the time Humboldt County was a part thereof, and has
since become a resident of Humboldt County as now established;
(3) and his or her descendant of full age;
(4) and the husband or wife of such a person or descendant;
(5) and members of the First Battalion of Mountaineers California Volunteers, honorably discharged,
are eligible to become members;
(6) honorary members may be admitted without these qualifications, and life members on such
terms as may be fixed by the Bylaws."
* indicates deceased members.
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Name - A Native of...

Allen, David H. - Mass.
Allen, Richard - New Hampshire
Averill, D.D - Maine
Axe, Fred - New York
Barnum, G.N. - New York
Beach, C.E.New York
Beckwith, L.C. - Connecticut
Biddings, J.A. - Pennsylvania
Bonham, C.S.  - New Jersey
Brett, R. W. - England
Brizard, Alex - France
Brown, J.H. - Illinois
Brown, T.M. - Tennessee
Buhne, A.H. - California
Buhne, H.H. - Denmark
Buhne, H.H. Jr. - California
Bull, J. C. Jr. - Mass.
Bull, J. C. Sr. - Mass.
Bullock, N. - New York
Burns, Robert - England
Carr, Louis T. - California
Clark, Jonathan - Indiana
Clyde, L.Y. - Wisconsin
Comstock, H.S. - Pennsylvania
Connick, Harris - New Brunswick
Culberg, I. - Sweden
Daniels, C. H. - Illinois
Daniels, H. S. - New Hampshire
Dart, H.J. - Connecticut
DeHaven, J.J. - Missouri
Deming, Byron - Vermont
Dodge, J.C. - New Hampshire
Duff, F.S. - New Brunswick
Dungan, J.H.  - Kentucky
Edgar, Wm. - Kentucky
Espie, W.C. - Ireland
Fairbanks, Alva - New York
Falor, M.J. - Ohio
Fay, George M. - Connecticut
Fay, Nahum - Connecticut
Foss, T.H. - Maine
Foss, T.H. Jr. - California
Gannon, James - Ireland
Gardner, C.J. - Mass.
Gastman, Henry - Germany
Gilmore, Daniel - California
Graham, Alexander - New Brunswick
Graham, George - Virginia
Graham, Thos. R. - Mississippi
Hale, Edwin - New York
Hanna, A.W. - Pennsylvania
Hanna, J. C. - Pennsylvania
Hanna, James - Pennsylvania
Hanna, W.P.  - Pennsylvania
Hanson, John - Hanover
Hasty, C.L. -  Maine
Haynes, J. P. - Kentucky
Hitchings, H.B. - New Brunswick

Hollister, H.W. - New York
Howard, E. H. - New York
Huestis, A.J. - New Hampshire
Huestis,W.F. - Virginia
Hunter, Thomas - Missouri
Jackson, Charles - Maine
Janssen, Otto E. - Denmark
Johnson, Andrew - Sweden
Jones, D. R. - Wales
Keleher, J. T.  - New Brunswick
Keleher, John - New Brunswick
Kelsey, D.B. - Maine
Kimball, George H. - California
Kimball, J. B. - California
Kimball, J. H. - Mass.
Kingston, Henry - Pennsylvania
LeConte, Edmond - France
LeMinn, J.J. B.New - Brunswick
Lewis, N.T. - Indiana
Light, James - Maine
Light, W.A. - California
Liscom, C. H. - Vermont
Long, C.E. - California
Long, C.W. - New Brunswick
Long, E.B. - Pennsylvania
Long, W.S. - Pennsylvania

Lowell, D. B. - Maine
Lucas, Moses B. - Mass.

Marble - New York
McConaghy, John - Ireland
McConnaha, B.P. - Virginia
McKenna, James - California
McKenna, W.J. - Australia
Mills, Wm. - Pennsylvania
Minor, Isaac - Pennsylvania
Minor, T.H. - California
Molony, M.F. - California
Monroe, Alonzo - Connecticut
Monroe, J.P. - California
Morrison, Donald - New Brunswick
Munsen, Daniel - Maine
Murray, George D. - California
Murray, J.S. - Scotland
Murray, J.S. Jr. - Great Britain
Nichols, Wm. - New York
Olmsted, W.T. - New York
Osgood, B. F. - Mass.
Pardee, A.L. - New York
Pardee, C.F. - New York
Patrick, Marshal - lIllinois
Pollard, B.H.C. - Kentucky

Pratt, W.H. - Connecticut
Pueter, P.F. - Ireland

Randall, A.W. - Rhode Island
Raymond, Chas. - New Brunswick
Rhoner, Henry - Switzerland
Richardson, Charles - Maine
Ricks, C.S. - Indiana
Ricks, C.S. Jr. - California
Ricks, H. L. - California
Ricks, Thomas F. - California
Roberts, R.R. - Illinois
Robinson, W.S. - Virginia
Russ, Ira A. - California
Russ, Joseph - Maine
Schmidt, J. C. - Wartemberg
Scott, M. - Germany
Sevier, A.D. - Indiana
Sevier, Ernest - California
Sevier, Henry - California
Showers, J. O. - New York
Smiley, J.C. - Maine
Southmayde, J.L. - New Hampshire
Spear, A. C. - New York
Spencer, M. - New York
Stern, B.F. - California
Stokes, B.M. - Virginia
Stokes, J.P. - Missouri

Strong, Samuel - Ohio
Sweasey, Richard- Indiana
Tilley, George H. - Rhode Island
Todd, J. S. - Pennsylvania
Tomlinson, Edwin - Nova Scotia
Tomlinson, Fenton - Nova Scotia
Tydd, Peter - Ireland
Vance, John - Nova Scotia
Waite, B.L. - New York
Walsh, Thomas - Ireland
Warren, John.P. - Ohio
Watson, J. A. - New Hampshire
Weck, F.A. - Italy
West, W.A. - Connecticut
Whaley, J. A. - New York
Whaley, W. A.  - California
Wiggins, Charles - Maine
Wiley, A.J. - California
Wiley, Austin - Illinois
Wiley, Reason - Illinois
Wiley, Walter J. - California
Williams, C.N. - California
Windler, Louis - Germany
Wood, Gabriel - Prussia
Wright, John - New York
Wyman, J.E. - Mass.
Wyman, W.H. - California
Young, John T. - Connecticut
Arrived in State

May, 1856
February, 1853
December, 1849
****, 1865
April, 1854
June, 1851
December, 1849
October, 1852
August, 1852
****, 1849
September, 1849
August, 1850
October, 1849

June, 1849

November, 1850
November, 1850
July, 1854
****, 1858

November, 1849
****, 1850
April, 1853
July, 1857
November, 1853

February, 1853
February, 1853
May, 1850
August, 1849
July, 1850
October, 1853
July, 1849
February, 1852
March, 1850
October, 1849
January, 1853
August, 1850
August, 1852
November, 1852
April, 1850

August, 1854
April, 1850
September, 1854

****, 1869
July, 1852
December, 1853
December, 1849
September, 1856
September, 1856
May, 1850
September, 1856

July, 1849
June, 1852
February, 1852
November, 1869
April, 1852
September, 1849
October, 1849
October, 1849
August, 1854
May, 1854
August, 1850
February, 1849
April, 1850
July, 1868
March, 1852
September, 1849


March, 1850
July, 1853
June, 1850
May, 1850
****, 1853
October, 1846

****, 1853

August, 1850
****, 1854
October, 1854
November, 1851

July, 1849
November, 1852
May, 1850
August, 1850

August, 1849
December, 1849
March, 1852


February, 1850

****, 1849
May, 1852

August, 1849
August, 1849
****, 1850
August, 1850
January, 1850
August, 1852
April, 1854
**** 1852
****, 1850
February, 1849
April, 1854
****, 1848
April, 1852
****, 1849
November, 1853
August, 1849



February, 1849
****, 1850

March, 1850
November, 1850
July, 1849
September, 1850


****, 1850
February, 1850
March, 1853
July, 1851
****, 1851

September, 1854
****, 1854
July, 1850
August, 1850
September, 1849
June, 1868
****, 1852
March, 1854
September, 1852
July, 1850

September, 1850
February, 1851
September, 1852
October, 1851
****, 1858
****, 1849
December, 1849

****

October, 1852
October, 1849


****, 1851
September, 1851
September, 1852
May, 1850

October, 1849
Arrived In County

****, 1869
December, 1853
June, 1850
****, 1868
April, 1854
September, 1856
July, 1851
May, 1853
June, 1853
April, 1850
August, 1850
January, 1851
March, 1850
Born in Hum Co 1860
April, 1850
Born in Hum Co 1858
May, 1854
May, 1854
July, 1860
April, 1859
Born Trinity Co. '57
June, 1850
November, 1853
November, 1854
July, 1857
November, 1853

April, 1853
April, 1853
October, 1852
June, 1853
March, 1851
October, 1869
June, 1850
February, 1853
December, 1852
November, 1852
February, 1853
September, 1851
October, 1852
April, 1853
August, 1852
Born in Hum Co 1855
December, 1853
January, 1853
****, 1854
Born in Hum Co 1862
****, 1869
March, 1853
December, 1853
March, 1852
December, 1856
December, 1856
February, 1854
October, 1857
September, 1853

July, 1852
April, 1852
November, 1869
July, 1859
April, 1850
June, 1850
June, 1850
June, 1859
June, 1854
January, 1851
May, 1850
June, 1850
July, 1868
January, 1853
March, 1853
Born in Hum Co 1854
Born in Hum Co 1856
March, 1853
August, 1853
May, 1851
March, 1853
May, 1861
August, 1850
Born in Hum Co 1856
December, 1853
Born in Hum Co 1857
September, 1850
October, 1854
October, 1854
January, 1852

July, 1850
February, 1853
March, 1851
January, 1851
January, 1853
January, 1853
April, 1850
December, 1853
Born in Hum Co 1856
Born in Hum Co 1853
June, 1852
Born in Hum Co 1859
June, 1850
May, 1853
Born in Hum Co 1854
December, 1850
May, 1851
October, 1853
February, 1851
October, 1852
August, 1852
May, 1854
****, 1853
****, 1853
June, 1861
****, 1855
****, 1864
June, 1853
****, 1851

November, 1853
July, 1850
Born in Hum Co 1857
Born in Hum Co 1859
Born in Hum Co 1855
February, 1851
****, 1852
Born in Hum Co 1861
November, 1852
****, 1850
January, 1851
Mar., 1851
Born in Hum Co 1856
Born in Hum Co 1855
February, 1851
January, 1853
July, 1853
July, 1852
****, 1851
Born in Hum Co 1856
****, 1854
****, 1854
April, 1853
August, 1855
May, 1850
February, 1868 ??
****, 1852
April, 1854
February, 1853
February, 1852

March, 1851
March, 1853
September, 1854
February, 1852
December, 1858
****, 1851
June, 1850
Born in Hum Co 1860
1852
Born in Hum Co 1857
October, 1853
December, 1854
Born in Hum Co 1858
Born in Hum Co 1860
****, 1852
March, 1853
February, 1853
May, 1851
Born in Hum Co 1854
May, 1850
This membership list and the reorganization list were found in the
Humboldt County Pioneers Board of Directors Journal. 
The first date of entry in the journal is January 26, 1876.
This list was compiled by members of the Humboldt County Genealogical Society.
Site Updated: 17 March 2006
Martha A. Crosley Graham
Rights Reserved -  2006
LDS Family History Centers
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Updates and/or Additions can be facilitated in two ways:
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or
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Barbara Morehead - Either Email or at the
Redwood Genealogical Society.
Betty Cox
2460-18th. St.
Eureka, CA  95501
Surnames:

Alkern, Cox, Hannon, Morehead, McConnahay, Nessler
The Redwood Genealogical Society will publish queries or historical articles
of interest in their Quarterly Bulletin.
Please contact:
Barbara Morehead  for more information and publishing deadlines.
Darlene Garner
361 Ridge View Drive
Sequim, WA 98382
Phone:  (360)582-0391

Surnames
Hvall, Pohler, O'harra, Kjer, Andersdotter
Bruce M. Smith
P.O. Box 505
Bayside, CA   95524
Phone-707-822-6791

Surnames:
BELDEN, BRANDOW, BROWNELL, HOWLAND, SCHMIDT, SMITH, SOULE,
ROCKEFELLER, LAYPORT.
Humboldt County Obituaries
Eleanor M. Wittsche


Eleanor M. Wittsche died in Woodland Monday, April 5, 2004, at age 96.

Born Sept. 27, 1907, in Shively, she had been a Yolo County resident for 11 years, having previously been a longtime resident of Humboldt County. She was the daughter of the late John and Sarah (Kane) McKeown who had emigrated from Antrim County, Ireland. She was a 1927 graduate of Fortuna High School and was employed as secretary for an insurance firm in San Francisco, before marrying and becoming a homemaker. She was a life member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Pacific Star, San Francisco; and a past Guardian of Job's Daughters, Bethel No. 201, Stockton.

Survivors include her daughters, Charlotte Nevills and husband Gordon of Woodland, and Sara Nasholts and husband John of Brownsville; grandchildren, Cynthia Ruiz and husband Fernando of Woodland, Jeanette Brazil and husband James of Ione, Christina Isaac and husband Matt of Antelope, Scott Hatch and wife Beth of Sacramento, Daryl Gum of Monterey, and Kevin Gum of Reno, Nev.; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, John Wittsche, in 1993; two sisters; and four brothers.

The family requests memorials be directed to Hospice of Yolo County, P.O. Box 1014, Davis, 95617; Citizens Who Care, 416 F St., Davis, 95616; or a charity of the donor's choice.

Services: A memorial service is scheduled at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Woodland Presbyterian Church, 1324 Columbia Drive, Woodland, with Rev. Brad VanZant officiating. Interment will be private. Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements. Inquiries may be made by calling 662-4658, or by contacting www.legacy.com

(Obituary from the Woodland "Daily Democrat,"
Thursday, April 08, 2004,
(Woodland, Yolo County, California). 
Submitted with the permission of the
"The Daily Democrat",
711 Main St., Woodland, CA 95695.
  

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