United States High School Yearbooks by County
ROLON
Juvenal O. Rolon
Juvenal O. Rolon died at Woodland Healthcare Sunday, March 13, 2005 at age 55.
Juvenal was born Sept. 10, 1949 in Colima, Mexico. He was a long-time Maxwell resident and had been a Woodland resident for four years. Juvenal enjoyed spending time with family, was very active in his sons' sports activities and coached them when they were growing up. He enjoyed watching soccer and played a lot when he was younger. He enjoyed making people laugh and was always joking around with friends. He owned and operated Picasso's Pizza in Woodland for four years.
Survivors include Juvenal's wife of 29 years, Esperanza Rolon of Woodland; his sons, Javier Rolon of Stockton, Mike Rolon of Sacramento and Juvenal and Jesse Rolon of Woodland; his granddaughter, Abbey Rolon of Stockton; his sisters, Victoria Alcaraz of Maxwell, Isifredo Gilberto Rolon and Carmen Gonzalez, both of Woodland and his brothers, Luis, Rodolfo, Ysabel and Ruben Rolon of Maxwell and Trinidad, Rafael, Jesus and Miguel Rolon of Colima, Mexico.
Services: Visitation is scheduled for today, Thursday at 250 West Woodland Ave., Woodland. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Friday, March 18 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Maxwell with interment to follow at the Maxwell Cemetery. McNary-Moore Funeral Service of Colusa is assisting the family with arrangements.
GORDON
Mabel H. Gordon
Mabel Helen Gordon died Jan. 8, 2001, in the Woodland Skilled Nursing Facility. Born Feb. 7, 1910, to Herman and Bessie Mezger, she was 90.
She was a lifelong resident of Yolo County. She worked as a telephone operator in Brooks and in Woodland for Tadlock's Communication for 20 years. She was a member of the California Almond Growers Association and the Yolo Grange.
She is survived by her niece, Linda Nichols-Williams and husband Ron of Rancho Murieta; her great-nieces, Sandy Boal and Cindy Garrison; great-great-niece and -nephews, Ashley and Patrick Boal and Connor and Corey Garrison.
She was preceded in death by her stepmother who raised her, Percy Dibble Mexger; sister, Hulda Nichols; brother, Lowell Mezger and brother-in-law, Shirley Nichols.
Visitation will be at McNary's Chapel from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Graveside services are scheduled for 10 p.m. Friday at the Capay Cemetery, with The Rev. Doug Shearer officiating.
McNary's Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
HERNANDEZ
Joel Hernandez
Joel Hernandez died at his Woodland residence on Jan. 12, 2006. A Yolo County resident for 20 years, he was 62.
A graveside service begins at noon Wednesday at the Davis Cemetery.
Born April 4, 1943, in Durango, Mexico, he held a master’s degree in psychology and spent 21 years in the U.S. Air Force working in communication and special forces.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Isabel and Pastor Hernandez.
He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Mary Hernandez of Woodland; his daughter, Rhonda Kormanian of Hartford, Conn.; and a son, Craig Hernandez of Lander, Wyo.
He is further survived by his sisters, Lucila Hernandez of Woodland, Josefine Velez of Santa Barbara, Imelda Villalpando of Davis, Zenaida Razo of Pismo Beach and Delia Nevarez of Davis; a brother, Jess A. Hernandez of Davis; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society.
McNary’s Chapel of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements.
POTTER
Henry G. Potter
Dr. Potter dies in Rancho Mirage
Friends have received word of the death of Dr. Henry G. Potter, 86, a longtime Winters physician, who died in Rancho Mirage, California, near Palm Springs, on January 13, 1990.
A native of Seattle, Washington, he graduated from Washington University with a Bachelor's degree in pre-medicine and received his M.D. at Northwestern University in Chicago in 1932.
After a two year internship in Seattle, he located in Winters in November 1935 and remained here until June 1954, interrupted by 3 ˝ years of service during World War II as a captain in the U.S. Army.
At the time of his death, he was making his home in Rancho Mirage, where he had lived since retirement 14 years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Velma Potter, his daughter, Edwina, and two grandchildren.
POTTS
Laura Beatrice Potts
Laura Beatrice Potts died at Alderson Convalescent Hospital in Woodland Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005 at age 93.
Mrs. Potts was born Jan. 11, 1912 in Loveland, Colo. to Charles and Laura Peden. She had been a Woodland resident for 62 years. A homemaker for more than 50 years, she was also a life member of Woodland Elks Lodge No. 1299, Order of the Eastern Star and Rebekah's Lodge No. 249.
Survivors include Mrs. Potts' son, Edward L. Potts of Flippin, Ark.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert "Doc" Wilson Potts and her brother, Kenneth Peden.
The family requests memorials in Mrs. Potts' name be directed to American Diabetes Association, 2720 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 110, Sacramento, 95833.
Services: A celebration of Mrs. Potts' life is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 at Woodland Family Worship Center, 386 W. Beamer St., Woodland. Rebekah's Lodge No. 249 and Pastor John Hudnall will officiate. Interment will be at Woodland Cemetery. Evergreen Funeral Service of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements.
GORDON
Charles M. "Bud" Gordon III
Charles M. "Bud" Gordon III died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at age 93.
Bud was born Sept. 17, 1909 at Fort Missoula, Montana to Col. Charles M. Gordon and Sara Stephens Gordon, a native of Madison.
After graduating from Berkeley High School and Sacramento City College, he went on to Stanford University, where he received his bachelor's degree in economics. He received his master's degree in 1933 from Stanford Graduate School of Business Administration.
Bud married the former Kathryn Gable, a native of the Hungry Hollow Hills of Yolo County on Jan. 1, 1937. They made their home in the Capay Valley, with a brief residence in Orinda during World War II while he was stationed there with the U.S. Army. During World War II he was the officer of record of critical materials used in the Pacific Theater.
Bud made his living as a farmer, raising alfalfa seed, grains, almonds, and walnuts. He was a past president and director of the Cal-Approved Seed Growers Association and of the Presto Aluminum Manufacturing Company. He was also an associated oil distributor for several years. He was a former director of the Yolo County Farm Bureau, the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and the Association of California Water Agencies.
Bud was an Eagle Scout and served as scoutmaster in Esparto for 15 years. He was also on the board of directors of the Golden Empire Council, Boy Scouts of America, and received the Silver Bear and the Silver Beaver awards for service.
Bud was extremely instrumental in the creation of the Indian Valley Reservoir. After a lifelong interest in water issues affecting the state, Bud was fondly remembered as being the Daily Democrat's "Water Pistol Pete, " writing often about timely issues.
Bud's hobbies included hunting, fishing, and painting landscapes in oil.
Mr. Gordon was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Kathryn Gable Gordon, and his daughter, Sara Gordon Carr of Lexington, Kentucky. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Margaret Gordon Crawford of Ala.
Mr. Gordon is survived by his children Rebecca Jenness of Woodland, Charles M. Gordon, Jr. of Brooks, Kathryn Griffi of Arbuckle, and Georgiana Gordon on Ore. He is also survived by 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
PHILLIPS
Mary Ellen Laury Phillips
Mary Ellen Laury Phillips, a longtime resident of Seattle, died May 23, 2003, at the University Retirement Community in Davis. She was 82.
The daughter of John and Gladys Laury, she was born July 26, 1921, in Independence, Kan. Having earned her bachelor's degree from Iowa State Teacher's College and married William Phillips, she moved to Washington in the late 1940s.
There she taught English to preschool, junior high school and adult students in the Seattle Public Schools. She later became director of home and family life education for South Seattle Community College.
Her move to Davis was prompted by health concerns and a desire to be closer to family members.
Preceded in death by her parents, husband and a brother, George Laury, she is survived by her son David Phillips of Davis, daughters Laury Phillips of Laguna Beach and Ann Harrison of Bluff City, Tenn., brothers John Laury III of Santa Barbara and Frank Laury of Clovis, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
In the classroom, her focus was always on the child and on reading, her family said. She will be remembered most for her kind and generous sprit, her humor and wisdom and her culinary talents, as well as her love of children, art, theater, symphony and a good read.
In lieu of flowers her family asks donations be made in her honor to The American Cancer Society, Alzheimer's Association or The Mary Phillips Scholarship Fund at South Seattle College, or that friends simply hug a child and read that boy or girl a story.
Local arrangements are being made through the Davis Funeral Chapel. A memorial celebration of her life is being planned for Seattle at a later date.
