The Searchlight
Redding, Shasta Co., California
Thursday, Dec. 14, 1933
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth McDowell Carpenter, 94, eldest and last surviving child of General William McDowell and his wife, Frances Piles McDowell, who brought her to California 88 years ago, was buried Monday wearing her gray silk wedding dress that she had carefully preserved for more than two-thirds of a century.
Mrs. Carpenter died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James T. Summers, on Big Valley mountain, five miles west of Bieber.
Born at Vicksburg, Miss., little Frances Elizabeth, at the age of four, accompanied her parents to Independence, Mo., then the frontier point of departure into the wild west. There General McDowell proceeded to organize a wagon train emigration expedition to California, with which young Frances made the long journey across mountains and plains and reached Sutter's Fort at Sacramento in November, 1845.
New Years Day, 1866, Mrs. Frances McDowell put on the gray silk wedding dress and was married to Lucius Charles Carpenter. This event took place at Washington, in Yolo county, just across the river from Sacramento, where General McDowell had taken up land and established his home.
Mrs. Carpenter came with her husband to Muck valley in June, 1872. There they remained until the fall of 1873, when they moved into Bib valley and settled in what was then Siskiyou and is now Modoc county, thee miles north of where the Town of Lookout was founded in 1880.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by two sons, Erva L. of Lookout and James A. of Berkeley.
[Frances died December 9, 1933. She is buried in the Lookout Cemetery.]
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The Searchlight
Redding, Shasta Co., Calif.
Thursday, Dec. 14, 1933
John A. Rhoades, resident of Shasta county almost continuously a half century, passed away Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Viola M. Snell, at Whitmore.
Mr. Rhoades was born in Missouri, October 19, 1852 and came to California when a young man. He spent most of the last 50 years in Shasta county, making his home in recent years with Mrs. Snell.
He leaves two other daughters, Lydia Carpenter of Palo Cedro and Edna Grant of Round Mountain; a son, John C. Rhoades, and a brother, Vernile Rhoades of Manton. There also are several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at the graveside in Whitmore cemetery
at 2 o'clock this afternoon and interment will be made by the Home Undertaking
Company.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, April 16, 1987
Graveside services for Susie Lamphier, 88, of Redding will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier.
Burial will be at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
Mrs. Lamphier died Tuesday at Beverly Manor Convalescent Hospital in Redding.
Born May 22, 1898, in Duluth, Minn., she moved to Shasta County in 1984 from La Puente.
She was a homemaker.
She is survived by daughter Lois Lambert of San Jacinto; sister Nancy Acker of San Jacinto; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are being handled by Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel in
Redding.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, Feb. 7, 1985
Services for Millie Barcelo, 89, of Redding will be conducted at noon Friday at McDonald's Redding Chapel.
The Rev. Roy A. Nelson will officiate.
Visitation will be until 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until the services Friday.
Burial will be at Lawncrest Memorial Park in Redding.
Mrs. Barcelo died Tuesday at Anderson Care Center in Anderson.
Born Nov. 24, 1895, in Lancaster, Wis., she moved to Redding in 1940.
Mrs. Barcelo is survived by daughters Ada Pitzenberger of Oregon, Wis.,
Marcella Loveless and Lenise Taylor, both of Redding; son Lyle Munson of
Redding; sister Dessa Bucher of Platteville, Wis.; brother Elmer Chase
of Bloomington, Wis.; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, Jan. 27, 1983
Services for Earl Adelbert McKenzie, 81, of Johnson Park will be held at graveside at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Burney District Cemetery.
The Rev. L. Don Smith will officiate. Burial will follow cremation at Redding Crematory.
Mr. McKenzie died Wednesday at Mayers Memorial Hospital in Fall River Mills. He was born Sept. 12, 1901, in Sioux City, Iowa, and moved to Shasta County in 1942.
He was a member of the Intermountain Senior Citizens and was retired as a roller for a steel manufacturing company.
Mr. McKenzie is survived by wife Carolyn; daughters Beryl Peterson of Burney and Florence Faggella of Redding; sons Sydney Beard of Burney and John Beard of Olympia, Wash.; sister Louise Kessel of Sioux City; eight grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mayers Memorial Hospital.
Arrangements were made by McDonald's Burney Chapel.
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Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Masonic Temple for Aldis I. Ashcraft, 76, who died Sunday morning in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edith I. Hill. Burial will be made in the Redding cemetery under the direction of the Home Undertaking Company.
Ashcraft was born in New York and as a boy went to Olympia, Washington, to reside. There he followed the blacksmith trade. In 1896 he came to Redding and opened a shop on California street, engaging in business there until 1911, when he returned to Olympia. For the last two years he had resided in Redding.
As the only living charter member of the Olympia Masonic lodge, Ashcraft was accorded many honors by the Olympia group, his dues being paid for life and he was given the opportunity, if he wished to avail himself of it, to transfer to any Masonic lodge in the United States or Canada without the usual formalities.
Three daughters survive, Mrs. Edith I. Hill and Miss Faye Ashcraft of
Redding and Mrs. C. A. Jacobson of Seattle. There are three grandsons,
Robert Jacobson of Seattle, Eric Hill, a student in Stanford University,
and Clair Hill of Los Angeles.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Sat., March 14, 1959
Fay Ashcraft, for 60 years a resident of Redding, died at her home early this morning.
Miss Ashcraft was born in the state of Washington, but early in her life moved to Redding where she attended school and later became a stenographer in the city utilities office. More recently she worked in the office of the Shasta county auditor.
She was active in Eastern Star and White Shrine organizations, was a member of the Business and Professional Women's club and of the Christian Scientist church.
She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Edith I. Hill of Redding and Mrs. Pearl Jacobsen of Seattle; and two nephews, Clair A. Hill of Redding and Eric Hill of New Jersey.
Funeral arrangements are being made at Linn and Fulkerth mortuary.
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The Searchlight
Redding, Shasta Co., California
Wed., September 15, 1909
Mrs. Clara Ashcraft, wife of A. I. Ashcraft, died suddenly at 7:25 last evening in St. Caroline Hospital. She was operated upon Monday morning for goitre, Dr. Terry of San Francisco, an eminent specialist in that line, performing the operation. The patient was recovering satisfactorily until 6 p.m. when a turn for the worse came and it was apparent to the attending physicians that death was approaching. All the members of the family were summoned to the bedside. Mrs. Ashcraft remained conscious almost until the very last and bade those who were so near and dear a long good-bye.
The news of Mrs. Ashcraft's death is a shock to the whole community, for it was only as recently as Monday that she was driving on the streets in company of her husband and had a cheerful word for all those who greeted her.
Mrs. Ashcraft was born in Missouri in 1861 and married her now bereaved husband in Kansas in 1880. They lived on Puget Sound, near Olympia, for several years before coming in 1896 to Redding, where they had resided ever since. Besides her husband the decedent leaves three daughters--Mrs. Henry G. Hill, Miss Pearl Ashcraft and Miss Faye Ashcraft, all at home in Redding.
Mrs. Ashcraft was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and also of the Methodist church. She was a devoted mother and attached to her home, but her influence for good was felt throughout the community. The suddenness and circumstances of her death cause an unusual feeling of sympathy for the sorrowing family.
The funeral will be held from the family residence at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
[Note: The California Death Index gives her name as Clarissa D.
Ashcraft.]
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Wed., Dec. 12, 1973
Funeral services for Thomas A. Jones, a Churn Creek area rancher, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at McDonald's Redding Chapel. Officers of the Moose Lodge will conduct the services.
Jones died Monday in his home. He was 88.
Born Feb. 8, 1885 in Orland, Jones worked as a self-employed rancher for 65 years, until retirement. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose in Redding.
Jones leaves a half-brother, Virtle Jones of Vacaville.
Burial will be in Lawncrest Memorial Park.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Tuesday, August 3, 1943
Mrs. Nellie Holmes died Monday at the convalescent home at 1057 Cypress street. She had been ill for some time.
Mrs. Holmes was born on Feb. 15, 1878, in Kentucky. She had resided here for the past 15 years.
Home Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Wednesday, August 4, 1943
Funeral services are to be held at the chapel at Home Mortuary at 10 a.m. Friday for Mrs. Nellie E. Holmes who died this week at the Mountain View convalescent home here.
The Rev. Thomas Kilpatrick is to officiate at the rites. The body is to be sent to Eastlawn at Sacramento for interment.
Mrs. Holmes leaves four sons, Viven and Alva Holmes of Redding and Carl
and Everett Holmes of Stockton; and two sisters, Maggie Vogeli and Annie
Keith, both of Clinton, Mo.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Friday, May 6, 1966
Graveside funeral services for Shelley Marie Jensen were to be conducted at the Redding Cemetery this afternoon.
The Rev. Robert Hawthorne was to officiate.
Shelley, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy L. Jensen of Redding, died at a Redding hospital yesterday. She was born Tuesday.
Besides her parents, she leaves maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Sershon of Garden Grove; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth R. Jensen of Redding.
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Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, June 14, 1973
WEED--Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday for Mrs. Alfreda E. Rose, 90, in Grace Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Rose died in Mercy Hospital in Redding Tuesday.
The Rev. Ronald Smith will officiate at the funeral services. Burial will be in Winema Cemetery. Upton's Weed Shastina Mortuary is making the funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Rose was born in Sweden June 14, 1882. She had lived in Weed 50 years. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and White Pine Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.
She leaves two grandchildren, one of whom is Mrs. Shirley Pearce of
Yreka. The name and whereabouts of the other grandchild is unknown to the
mortuary.
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