Beulah O. Richardson, 67, passed away September 27, 2001 at home in Winterhaven, CA. She was born October 24, 1933 in Yuma, AZ.
Survivors include; her brother, Robert C. Richardson of San Diego, CA., sisters, Christine Tillou and Evelyn Hedger both of Yuma, AZ.
Ms. Richardson was preceded in death by her parents R. Carl Richardson and Mabel Richardson, brother, William A. Richardson and sister, Muriel Bandy.
Funeral services will be held at Yuma Mortuary, 551 W. 16th St., Friday, October 5, 2001, 10:00 a.m. Graveside services will be held immediately following with final resting place Desert Lawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers include Josh, Adam, Caleb & Bond Tillou, Garrett Gist, Bill Paseka. Honorary bearers include Paul Hedger, John Tillou, Frank Paseka, Frank Harper, Ray & Kim Tillou, Gary Gist and Dan Coulter.
Ms. Richardson will be greatly missed by her family.
Darell Winston Foster , a man of many talents whose career as trouble shooter for the aircraft industry, engineering work on the Apollo Moon project, manufacturing plant manager and chief engineer, electronic data manager, designer and fabricator of machinery, died last week at home in Yuma. He was 74, born in Oroville California, October 4, 1926. His mother and father were Elva Duensing and Maurice C. Foster .
Both a WWII and Korean War veteran, having survived a crash of his aircraft in the Pacific as flight engineer, Mr. Foster first worked as a crop duster at age 19 in Tennessee. His career carried him to such exotic places as Morocco, Pakistan and a year in Spain. He worked for McDonnell Douglas in 1950’s and in the 1960’s opened a silk screening business in Culver City, California.
In 1968, he became associated with the Olfactory Corporation as a printer, and later joining it’s staff as plant, EDP and facilities manager, retiring in 1992 to Klamath Falls, Oregon. Moving to Yuma in 1993, Mr. Foster worked as a consultant while enjoying his hobbies including boating, fishing, travel, and computer related activities which were a direct follow up to his love of motor cross motorcycling which he took up in the 1970’s.
DWF as his friends called him had volunteered as an English and computer teacher. He self-taught himself to not only program computers, but in the early 1970’s to build them as well. He developed a manufacturing software program which was years ahead of it’s time for use on microcomputers.
He sold his first accounting software program to the world’s first computer retail outlet, The Computer Store, in Santa Monica, California.
A productive member of Yuma, Mr. Foster is survived by his older brother Clinton of Chico, California and by two grand nephews of Chico and two grand nieces of Los Angeles. Services to be held in California.
Lillian B. Flick
Lil Flick, longtime Yuma resident and former educator, died of cancer on September 22, one day shy of her 70th birthday. She was born Lillian Marie Biglin to Francis and Lillian Biglin of Brooklyn, N.Y. Eventually, she moved to Mount Rainier, MD., where she met and married the love of her life, Frederick S. Flick. Together, they raised three children - Matt, Diane, and Alice. While living overseas, she earned her GED and in Yuma and Flagstaff, received a degree in teaching. She worked as a substitute teacher and especially enjoyed her San Pasqual students. Lil loved the outdoors- camping, hiking, geology, archaeology and even once took up hang-gliding. She hiked the Grand Canyon twice and once rafted down its whitewaters. She was much loved for her wit and friendliness. Her daughter Diane precedes her in death.
Survivors include Fred, Matt and Kay Flick and Kay’s three children, Alice, grandson Andrew Flick, son-in-law Tracy Burris and brother- and sister-in-law Jim and Alice Brady.
A memorial will be held November 11, 2001. Call Kathryn Michel, 627-1851 for information.
Mr. Charles “Mando” Santa Cruz
Charles “Mando” Santa Cruz, 64, passed away on October 4, 2001 in Yuma, AZ. He was born August 12, 1937 in Yuma. He worked for the Yuma Co. Highway Dept., City of Somerton and Catholic Community Services.
Survivors include his wife, Carmen Santa Cruz, of Yuma; daughter, Melissa Santa Cruz, of Tempe, AZ; daughter, Nancy Santa Cruz, of Yuma; son, Charlie Manuel Santa Cruz, of Yuma; daughter, Karla Santa Cruz, of Yuma; daughter, Sandy Valdez, of Yuma; daughter, Geri Apodaca, of Yuma; son, Charles “Chuck” Santa Cruz, of Yuma; son, Anthony Santa Cruz, of Yuma; daughter, Norma Santa Cruz, of Yuma and son, Carlos Santa Cruz, of Yuma. As well as ten grandchildren, five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Ambrosia and Manuel Santa Cruz; brothers, Lawrence Santa Cruz and Henry Santa Cruz and sister, Leonore Flores.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00PM on Monday, October 8, 2001 at Kammann Mortuary Chapel. Kammann Mortuary is in charge of private cremation and arrangements.
Pallbearers will be Charlie M. Santa Cruz, Charles Santa Cruz, Larry Munoz, Anthony Santa Cruz, Michael Badilla and Simon Apodaca Jr.
Tanya C. Talbott-Roth
Tanya C. Talbott-Roth passed away October 2, 2001 in Yuma. She was born April 30, 1963 in San Diego, Ca. Tanya was the Book Manager at Hastings and a member of the Yuma Lutheran Church.
Tanya is survived by sons Timothy A. and Travis H. Roth, both of Yuma; brother Ty Talbott of El Cajon; and her father, Charles Talbott of Ramona, Ca.
A memorial service will be held Monday, Oct. 8th at 11:00 am, Yuma Lutheran Church, 2555 S. Engler Avenue with Pastor Harmon officiating. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The American Cancer Society.
Linda resided with her niece Sharon Roberson of Wellton. She recently moved to the area for medical reasons.
She is survived by Sharon Roberson (niece) and Billy Garner (Nephew) of Wellton.
Family and friends will be gathering together for memorial and burial services Oct. 20, 2001 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
Stella Jane Brazeel
Born Stella Jane Haley in Oklahoma on April 29, 1904. She moved to Yuma with her family when she was 10 years old. She married W.E. “Ed” Brazeel in 1920. Her husband and her son L.E. “Gene” Brazeel preceded her in death.
She is survived by her daughter Margaret Iverson of Douglas City, CA; five grandchildren, Mark Newman, of Centralia, WA; Michael and Matthew Newman, of Parker, AZ; Charlotte Hastin, of Gilbert, AZ and Lonna Brazeel, of Yuma, AZ; 10 Great grandchildren and seven Great great grandchildren.
Services will be held at Johnson Mortuary, Friday, October 12, 2001 at 11:00 AM.
Mr. Jose Geraldo
Mr. Jose Geraldo, 78, died on October 6, 2001 at Yuma Regional Medical Center. He was born on March 19, 1923 in Mexico. He was a field worker.
Survivors include son, Tirso Geraldo; daughter, Armida Geraldo; son, Antonio Geraldo; daughter, Aurora Leon; son, Miguel Gerlado; son, Alberto Geraldo; sisters, Maria Geraldo and Sara Geraldo; brother, Manuel De La Toha and ten grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife.
Visitation was at St. Judas Tadeo Church, 2279C S. Hwy. 95, San Luis, AZ on Tuesday, October 9, 2001 from 6-11:00 PM. Rosary was at 7:00 PM. Funeral Services are today, Wednesday, October 10, 2001 at Mass of Christian Burial, St. Judas Tadeo Church in San Luis, AZ at 10:00 AM. Father Felipe will officiate. Desert Lawn Memorial Park will be his final resting place.
Josephine K. Hargrove
Josephine (Jo) Olive Kiker was born in Cushing, Nebraska, January 18, 1913, to Ora and Joe Kiker. She was reared and educated in Broken Bow, Nebraska, and attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.
After she completed her college, she became the private secretary for Kit Carson, Manager of Nebraska Light and Power in Norfolk, Nebraska. Mr Carson was the father of Johnny Carson, well-known T.V. personality and Jo watched Johnny grow up.
When World War II broke out, Jo took a position with a construction firm that was building Navy facilities. While working in Galveston, Texas, Jo met a Marine by the name of Gary Herndon Hargrove. Jo and Gary were married in April of 1945. After Gary was home from the South Pacific, the Hargroves established a construction firm and they were responsible for work on The Arch in St. Louis, the Court House in San Diego, military facilities in Los Alamos, and a de-salting plant in Kuwait City. While residing in Kuwait, Jo was asked to help the wife of the ruler learn English.
Jo and Gary returned to the USA in 1969 because of Gary’s ill health and he died in 1976 of Pancreatic Cancer. After her husband’s death Jo closed the construction firm and moved to Yuma to be with her two sisters, Frances Kiker and Grace Reilly.
Jo helped organize a Beta Sigma Phi chapter in Norfolk, Nebraska and in 1935 she served as Nebraska State President of that organization. Her main interest was the PEO Sisterhood which she joined in 1935. At the time of her death, she was a member of Chapter BI in Yuma. She was proud of her 75 years in PEO.
Jo was preceded in death by her husband Gary Hargrove and her parents, Joe and Ora Kiker. She is survived by her sister, Frances Kiker and Grace Reilly; three nieces, Fran Reilly, of New Jersey, Debbie Daugherty and Pat Sutherland of Texas and her sister-in-law Mary Hargrove Mosley, of Texas.
Memorial services will be held Friday, October 12th at the First Presbyterian Church in Yuma. Jo was a Presbyterian. The services are at 10:30 AM with Rev. Bill Watkins in charge, assisted by Father Norm Riebe of Yuma.
Instead of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be sent to The Crossroads Mission in Yuma.
Diane Libeck
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The lady was energized, she lived to teach. The interchange with her students and amongst her compatriots provided satisfaction and stroked her fire. Many years ago while teaching in Tunisia in the Peace Corps she made a deep personal commitment to ESL (teaching English as a Second Language). After returning to Oregon, teaching Jr. High and High school students who didn’t want to be in school frustrated her.
Relief came after we moved to Yuma in 1985. Although our initial goal was just to dry out away from the fabled rain, Diane found the opportunity to teach ESL right near “River City”. San Luis campus of AWC needed ESL teachers, Diane was enthusiasticly available, and soon employed. AWC has been her second home, or perhaps her first.
During the early Yuma years our paths seldom crossed. Diane taught nights at the San Luis campus while I worked days. She prepped for her classes, taught, corrected and tested almost all of her waking hours. Later on after she moved up to the main campus I saw twice as much of her during the school year.
Diane was a “doer.” She was not one to sit idly by when there was work to be done. She volunteered for many extra projects within the division of Modern Languages even while she was undergoing cancer treatment. On weekends she would stay home sometimes to work in the yard, her other passion. She has carefully directed my efforts to accomplish her remodelling plan in our home. She has coordinated colors, picked tile and carefully explained to her spouse how to do the tasks and when and How High, SIR?
Everyone who knew her also knew her directness. There was no doubt how Diane felt about any particular process. She asked pointed questions but you never doubted her sincerity.
She was born January 25, 1942 in Spokane, grew some in the middle of Washington State at Coulee Dam where her father Melvin was one of the dam engineers, her mother Alba, a surgical RN in the local hospital. An only child and living in the Govt. Housing for dam executives she had a few friends. Her fathers family based nearby in Wenatchee and Cashmere enabled companionship with her cousins. She and her father moved to Portland, Oregon after her mother was striken down by cancer.
Diane graduated from Wilson High School & studied at the University of Oregon for her first year. She determined to study her second year in the Sorbonne the French national university, she returned to graduate from Portland State University in 1971. Like most teachers with all Summer off she took a relaxing vacation in Flagstaff at NAU for several years in a row. She graduated from NAU in 1988 with straight A’s and was enlisted to the National Honor Sorority Phi Cappa Phi having earned her Masters Degree in TESL.
In 1997 Diane underwent an operation to remove the just discovered ovarian cancer.
“I Can’t have ovarian, I had a total hysterectomy eight years ago!” “Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!”
It was suggested that we get everything in order in a couple of months by the attending surgeon. Diane determined that she would fight. And fight she did. Four and half years.
The final round began this February when she collapsed at school and scared the devil out of everyone. Her compadres rallied around helped her and helped her students who were always her first concern. Medical science hasn’t the means to cure yet but we hope and pray that an advance is coming.
She died peacefully in her sleep in the very wee morning hours on October 4th.
Diane wants everyone to know she loves you and thanks you all for your kindness and support through this life.
There will be a Memorial Service on Friday, October 12, 2001, 10:00 a.m at Kammann Mortuary.
