United States High School Yearbooks by County
Isola Wilks
6/21/2001
Isola Diane Wilks enjoyed crocheting and knitting. She worked as a cashier for various retail stores before retiring.
Mrs. Wilks died June 12 at Enloe Hospital in Chico. The Paradise resident was 72. She was born in Westwood to Lawrence and Ether McIntosh.
Dale Wilks, her husband, survives her.
A memorial service will be held 6 p.m. Sunday at the Old Magalia Church. Paradise Chapel of the Pines is handling the arrangements.
Mrs. Wilks will be inurned in Paradise Cemetery.
Nadine Farrar
6/21/2001
Farrar was an administrative secretary at Rockwell Hanford Co. for 41 years.
In Peoria, Okla., she was born to Paul and Louella Poteet. She moved to Paradise in 1984.
On June 8, Mrs. Farrar died at Enloe Hospital in Chico. She was 80.
Ms. Farrar, who was divorced, left behind a sister, Betty Wendland and two grandnephews, Douglas and Daniel Wendland.
No services are planned at this time. Paradise Chapel of the Pines is handling the arrangements.
Dorothy Pendleton
6/21/2001
Dorothy Rhoda Pendleton taught school for Madera County School District for seven years. She was a resident of Paradise until a year ago, when she moved to Chico.
Mrs. Pendleton, 77, died June 13 at Feather River Hospital. She was born to Arthur and Margaret Wilcox in Berkeley.
Surviving her are a son, Richard Pendleton of Gold Beach, Ore.; a brother, William Wilcox of Point Richmond; and one grandson.
Her husband, a son and a brother died before her.
No services are planned. Paradise Chapel of the Pines is handling the arrangements.
Mrs. Pendleton will be privately inurned at Gold Beach, Ore.
Shelly Brutsman
6/21/2001
Shelly M. Brutsman, a resident of Paradise, was a member of Hope Christian Center.
On Sunday, Mrs. Brutsman died of natural causes in Paradise at age 41. Los Angeles was her birthplace.
Her survivors include her husband, Curtis Brutsman; two brothers, Charles Wareham of Los Angeles and John Hagen of San Diego; and a sister, Carrie Gustafson of Willows.
The family has requested that no services be held at this time. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
Jeanne Cargill
6/21/2001
Jeanne Cargill worked 20 years as the store manager of Gensler Lee Co. jewelry store. She had 16 years of education. She was a member of Women of the Moose.
Mrs. Cargill, 75, died Saturday in Paradise. She was born in Wisconsin to Daniel and Eva Beaker.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Dan Cargill; a daughter, Dana Campbell of Billings, Mont.; three brothers, Dan, James and Curtis Becker, all of Wisconsin; and a sister, Nancy Brandon of New Mexico.
At the family’s request, no services will be held at this time. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
Gladys Blanche Rodrigues
6/23/2001
Gladys Blanche Pitcher Rodriguez held many interests and occupations in her life. She was a fashion model for large department stores, a social worker for the state of California and a licensed aviator.
“Peg” was born in Hepner, Ore. to Cary and Elena Pitcher in 1906. She spent most of her childhood in Oregon, Alaska and Washington, attended the University of Washington, and later moved to San Francisco.
She married Alfredo I. Rodriguez in Berkeley in 1931. She then became a homemaker and began 40 years of community service involvement. She also traveled with her husband and lived in the Philippines, Mexico and Peru.
After she moved to Paradise in 1948, she continued her involvement in community improvement, such as helping to establish blood drives in town, serving as the first woman chairman of the Butte County Grand Jury, working for the Mental Health Department and serving as a member of the Paradise Community House.
Mrs. Rodriguez was the Paradise “Outstanding Citizen” in 1952. She was a founding member and early president of the Butte County Historical Society and enjoyed playing bridge with her friends.
The Rodriguezes moved to Chico in 1988, residing first at Oakmont Retirement House and then at Prestige Assisted Living.
She died Friday at age 95.
Peggy is survived by her husband of 70 years, Alfredo; daughters Dolores Rodriguez of Richmond, Fe’ R. Howard of Chico, and Ramona R. Flynn of Chico; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A private inurnment will take place at Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland.
Arrangements are under the direction of Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home.
August Fate
6/23/2001
August F. Fate was an elder at the Paradise Christian Missionary Alliance Church for many years. He worked 12 years as a contractor for air conditioning and heating.
As a hobby, he especially enjoyed making clocks.
Mr. Fate died Tuesday at Feather River Hospital. The 92-year-old lived in Paradise for 25 years. He was born in Indiana to August and Georgia Fate.
His wife, Carmen, died before him. Mr. Fate is survived by a daughter, Georgia Carter of Magalia; two sons, Fred of Acton and Steve of Biggs; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held Friday at the Christian Missionary Alliance Church. Paradise Chapel of the Pines is handling the arrangements. He will be inurned next to his wife in the mausoleum at Chico Cemetery.
Robert Graham II
6/23/2001
Robert A. Graham II piloted a P-38 on reconnaissance missions photographing enemy positions in Italy during World War II. He flew with the 15th Air Force.
He worked 16 years as a brazier helping to build rockets. He golfed, fished and gardened.
Thirty years ago, Mr. Graham moved to Paradise from Van Nuys, where he was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 450.
Mr. Graham died Tuesday in Chico at age 82. In Worchester, Mass., he was born to Robert and Ann Graham.
He is survived by his wife, Lillius, whom he married April 13, 1941; a son, Robert of Las Vegas; a daughter, Pamela Graham of Chico; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Monday at Paradise Cemetery. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
Birdie Silva
6/23/2001
Birdie Mae Silva, a member of the Pentecostal Church, worked as a private nurse for 35 years. She enjoyed fishing, reading, sewing, watching soap operas and being with her family.
She was born on a Mohawk Indian Reservation in Savilville, Ky. in 1924 to Wilber and Georgie Minnix. Mrs. Silva grew up and attended schools in Claypool, Ind., and later went to nursing school in Indiana. In 1944, she married Theodore Arnold, and came to California in 1947. In 1966, she married John Silva.
She died Wednesday at age 77.
She is survived by her sons, Lee Arnold of Chico, and Theodore Arnold of Redding; daughters Fawn Lutton of Red Bluff, Georgia Szendrey of Chico, and Catherine Kinyon of Red Bluff; 12 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Skyway Chapel of Sorensen’s Affordable Mortuary.
Sorensen’s Affordable Mortuaries-Chico-Gridley is handling arrangements.
Louise Hagedorn
6/23/2001
Louise Hagedorn was a self-employed bookkeeper and a member of Sigma Phi Gamma of Paradise.
She was born in Iowa in 1921 to George and Emily Therstappen.
She died Friday at age 79.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Walter Hagedorn.
Her family has requested that there be no services at this time.
Arrangements are being handled by Rose Chapel Mortuary.
Marie Velma Northcote
6/23/2001
Marie Velma Northcote loved sewing, knitting, crocheting and gardening.
She was born in Shreveport, La. in 1911, and moved to Paradise in 1946, where she has lived ever since.
She was married to her husband, Ed Northcote, for 50, before he preceded her in death in 1982.
She died Monday at age 89.
Mrs. Northcote is survived by her son Ed Northcote of Paradise; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
No funeral service is planned at this time. Memorial contributions can be made to Feather River Hospice or The Paradise Senior Center, c/o Chapel of the Pines Funeral Home.
Paradise Chapel of the Pines is handling arrangements.
Mavis Herman
6/26/2001
Mavis J. Herman worked 10 years for Thurmador as a PBX telephone operator. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, music, travel, camping, painting with oils, and arts and crafts.
Mrs. Herman died June 19 in her Paradise home. She was 69. In O’Neil, Neb., she was born to Claude and Fern Wicks. She moved to the Ridge from Willits.
In October 1972, she married Gilbert Herman, who died before her. Mrs. Herman is survived by three sons, Robert Barnes Jr. of Orlando, Fla., Darrell Copeland Jr. of Clovis and Timothy Copeland of Santa Rosa; two daughters, Cheryl McConnell of O’Neil, Neb., and Debbie Barnes of Paradise; two stepsons, Rick Herman of Saugus and Robert Herman of Woodland Hills; a stepdaughter, Debbie Herman of Woodland Hills; 17 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
A son, Rodney Copeland, died in 1993.
Visitation will be held tomorrow from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Rose Chapel Mortuary. A vigil service will be held 7 p.m. at the chapel tomorrow. A graveside service will be held 10 a.m. Thursday in Paradise Cemetery.
Norman Tucker
6/26/2001
Norman M. Tucker Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. For more than 30 years, he was a subcontractor manager with Lockheed Missile and Space.
He received an associate’s degree from College of San Mateo and also attended Stanford University.
Mr. Tucker’s hobbies were water skiing, boating, wood crafts and building boats. He also enjoyed studying hard-billed birds.
Mr. Tucker, 72, died of a heart attack June 16 in his Magalia home. He was born in San Jose to Ruth and Norman Tucker Sr .
Annabelle, his wife of 50 years, survives him, as do three daughters, Pamela Serafine of Paradise, Linda Leighton of Auburn and Debbie Ramey of Pagosa Springs, Colo.; a sister, Ome Stark of Twain Harte; five grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
A private family memorial service will be held at his daughter’s Paradise home. Neptune Society of Northern California, Chico branch, is handling the arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be given to the National Kidney Foundation of Northern California.
Kenneth Morgan
6/26/2001
Kenneth Winthrope Morgan enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942 and served in the South Pacific. He was qualified as a sharpshooter. He specialized in aircraft maintenance and repairs. In 1952, he was discharged as a staff sergeant.
He worked for the Long Beach Naval Shipyard as a pipe fitter, and for the Union and Southern Pacific Railroads for 20 years.
An avid sportsman, Mr. Morgan was very involved in community activities. He was a member of the Elks Lodge for over 14 years, the American Legion Post at Big Bear Lake and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mr. Morgan died Monday at age 80.
He is survived by his wife, Nanette Morgan of Magalia; son Kenneth Morgan; daughters Karen Nelson of Temecula, and Kathleen Morgan of Anaheim; sister Verda Bloom; stepsons Wayne Washburn of Springfield, Mo., Harold Washburn of Moreno Valley, and Paul Washburn of Chico; stepdaughter Anita Washburn of Carol Stream, Ill.; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
No service is planned at this time. Paradise Chapel of the Pines is handling arrangements.
Josephine Bloching
6/26/2001
Josephine Bloching was a postmaster in the town of Clayton for 15 years.
“Dodie” was born in 1916 in Bay Point to Joseph and Ernestine Pazzi. She married the late Norman Bloching in 1936 in Concord.
She served as a docent at the Gold Nugget Museum.
Her survivors include her son, Richard Bloching of Bakersfield; daughter Norma Carol Dempsey of Oroville; three sisters; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will not be held. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling arrangements.
Marilyn Stout
6/26/2001
Marilyn Stout loved China, oil painting and traveling.
She was born in 1924 in Iowa to Harry and Viva Stout, and graduated from Malvern High School in Iowa.
She was employed with Bank of America for 33 years as an operations officer.
Ms. Stout was a member of the Founders Club of Bank of America, and the West Covina Methodist Church.
She died Sunday at age 77.
She is survived by her brother, Clifford Stout of Magalia; sister Marjorie Potter of Grass Valley; and several nephews and nieces.
A funeral service will be held at Rose Hills in the City of Industry. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling arrangements.
Charles Bridgman
6/28/2001
Charles F. Bridgman was working in Honolulu from 1940 to 1942 and was a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, serving on patrol as a PNA under the direction of the U.S. Navy.
He continued his 40-year career as an accountant by working for the Bureau of Reclamation, Hoover Dam Project, in Boulder City, Nev., from 1945 to 1950.
From 1953 to 1965, he was the manager accountant for Hunt’s Feed in Clovis. He retired in 1975 after working as chief administrative service officer for the Redevelopment Agency of Fresno.
He was born in Keene, N.H., to Charles and Mary Black Bridgman. His family moved to Seattle, where he attended school until 1919. He then moved to La Jolla, where he graduated from high school in 1928. Mr. Bridgman attended Woodbury College in Los Angeles, obtaining a business degree in 1932.
Mr. Bridgman, a Paradise resident, died Friday at a local care facility.
His wfe, Ceena, died in 1992.
Survivors include a son, Clark of Paradise; a stepson, Larry Ellis; a stepdaughter, Laurie Zandi of Folsom; two grandchildren in Paradise; and three step-grandchildren.
A family memorial service is planned. Neptune Society of Northern California, Chico branch, is handling the arrangements.
Paul Moore
6/28/2001
Paul P. Moore, who fought in World War II, was a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Navy. He went on to work 20 years in the Civil Service.
A Boy Scout leader for many years, Mr. Moore enjoyed cutting wood and being with his family and grandchildren.
Mr. Moore died of cancer Sunday in Magalia, where he had resided. He was 78. In Livingston, Mont., he was born to Philip and Aurelia Moore.
He married Janne Redman in 1949. She died in 1979. In 1981, he married Jeannine Miller, who survives him. He also leaves a son, Philip of Lodi; a stepson, Kenneth Lewis of Tampa, Fla.; two daughters, Barbara Nyles of Richfield, Utah, and Phyllis Irwin of Pittsburg, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Latter-day Saints, Buschmann Chapel. Bidwell Chapel is handling the arrangements. Memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Association.
Stephen Kelley
Stephen L. Kelley, an eight-year resident of Paradise, had been a student at California State University, Chico. He graduated with a degree in construction.
Mr. Kelley, 52, died June 17 in Feather River Hospital.
He was born to Everett and Dorothy Kelley in Los Angeles.
No services are planned at this time. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
Mavis Herman
6/28/2001
Mavis J. Herman worked 10 years for Thurmador as a PBX telephone operator. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, music, travel, camping, painting with oils, and arts and crafts.
Mrs. Herman died June 19 in her Paradise home. She was 69. In O’Neil, Neb., she was born to Claude and Fern Wicks. She moved to the Ridge from Willits.
In October 1972, she married Gilbert Herman, who survives her. Mrs. Herman is also survived by three sons, Robery Barnes Jr. of Orlando, Fla., Darrell Copeland Jr. of Clovis and Timothy Copeland of Santa Rosa; two daughters, Cheryl McConnell of O’Neil, Neb., and Debbie Barnes of Paradise; two stepsons, Rick Herman of Sagus and Robert Herman of Woodland Hills; a stepdaughter, Debbie Herman of Woodland Hills; 17 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
A son, Rodney Copeland, died in 1993.
A graveside service will be held 10 a.m. today in Paradise Cemetery. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
Leslie Wertz
6/28/2001
Leslie E. Wertz worked in the logging industry, and for the past 35 years, he owned and operated a logging truck.
Mr. Wertz loved spending time with his grandchildren. He also enjoyed reading. He was a big fan of the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders.
From 1954 to 1957, he served in the U.S. Navy. The Magalia resident had lived in Butte County for 39 years. On Sept. 6, 1964, he married Penelope O’Callaghan in Reno, Nev.
Mr. Wertz died Friday in Quincy after a traffic accident. He was 65. He was born to Leslie and Lila Wertz.
Besides his wife, Penelope, and his mother, Lila Pool of Anderson. Mr. Wertz is survived by a daughter, Shelley O’Callaghan of Chico; a sister, Lena Lind of Redding; a granddaughter, Tosca Walston of Chico; and a grandson, Jesse Little of Chico.
No services are planned. Paradise Chapel of the Pines is handling the arrangements. Contributions in Mr. Wertz’s memory may be given to the Paradise Library in care of Chapel of the Pines.
