Theodsia R. Nordyke

Theodosia Roberts Nordyke died February 7 in San Dimas, CA, 
at the age of 84.  Her funeral was held February 10, with 
Rev. Thomas Pendell of Wesley Methodist Church officiating 
at the service.  Interment was at Crestlawn Cemetery in 
San Dimas.

Mrs. Nordyke was born in Round Valley February 28, 1893.  
Her parents were early pioneers of Owens Valley.  She was 
the only daughter of William D. and Minnie Thompson Roberts.  
William D. Roberts and his widowed mother, Mary Roberts, and 
a sister (later, Mrs. Jack Shipley), and a brother (Robert 
Roberts) crossed the Plaines in 1858.  Mary Roberts met and 
married John E. Jones in Salt Lake City who had also crossed 
the Plaines with a separate group.

T. E. Jones, brother of John and father of Independence 
resident, Gladys Jewett, had visited Round Valley in 1863.  
T. E. and John came to Round Valley in 1864 together and 
settled there.  John Jones built a stone building, 12x12, 
which still stands in Round Valley while his wife waited in 
Aurora until he finished it.  At one time a family of seven 
lived in this building.  Mrs. Jones came to Round Valley in 
1865.  William married Minnie Thompson (whose own father was 
also a pioneer, coming to Owens Valley even earlier than the 
Jones brothers in the early 1860's), and Theodosia and three 
boys were born.

Theodosia was married in 1918 and later taught school in 
Independence and lived in Bishop, moving in later years to 
Riverside where she lived many years.  Her husband, Milton 
Nordyke preceded her in death.  Thedosia is survived by her 
daughter, Audrey Smith of San Dimas; a son, Robert Nordyke 
of Southern California; and three brothers, William Roberts 
and Llewellyn Roberts both of Southern California; and Reven 
Roberts of Woodland and cousins, Bud Walters of Independence, 
Nellie Loundagin of Bishop and Maria Hurlbut of Tecopa.


The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, March 2, 1978 - Page 26

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, June 17, 2004