Search for celebrities on Ancestry.com!Marten Lutgendorf
6/22/2000
A former master mariner in the Merchant Marines and a resident of Paradise for 17 years, Marten Lutgendorf died Saturday in Chico.
He was 80.
Born in the Netherlands to Otto and Everdina Lutgendorf, he served in the Merchant Marines for 21 years.
He and his wife Helga moved to Paradise from Woodenville, Wash., in 1983.
When his sons were young, Mr. Lutgendorf was actively involved with the Boy Scouts and Little League. He enjoyed fishing, bowling and golf. He also made handicrafts for his grandchildren.
He and his wife edited a monthly newsletter for a retirement center.
He is survived by his wife, Helga; his sons, Gary and Marty of Fallbrook; his daughters, Eleanor Low of Woodland and Beverly Ladouceur of San Ramon; a brother, Alex of Tuscon, Ariz.; and nine grandchildren.
Contributions can be made in memory of Mr. Lutgendorf to the Humane Society, 925 American Way, Paradise.
He will be privately inurned in Paradise under the direction of Chapel of the Pines.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Ruth Jensen
6/22/2000
A past member and president of the Paradise Ladies Golf League, Ruth Christine Jensen, 85, died Friday in Mercy Hospital in Carmichael.
She was born in Devol, Okla., to Frank and Sue Devol. She marriage Carl Jensen and moved to Paradise in 1978 from Burbank.
Her husband, Carl, preceded her in death.
She is survived by a son, Chris of Citrus Heights; a daughter, Sue Frost of Pioneer; sister Doris Annand of Lodi; Joe Devol of San Bruno; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
No services are planned. Cremation will be at Chapel of the Pines Mortuary, and inurnment will be in Paradise Cemetery next to her husband, Carl.
Catherine Morgan
6/22/2000
Catherine May Morgan was a cashier for the La Habra School Dist-rict for 25 years before moving to Paradise.
Born in 1917 in Detroit, she was the daughter of John and Frances Furfaro. Her father was born in Callabria, Italy.
She attended classes in library science at Wayne University in Detroit, where she also took drama classes.
She was marriage to Jack Morgan for 35 years. He died in 1981.
After her retirement she traveled with her husband to Europe, including Great Britain and Scandinavia.
She moved to Paradise in 1990 from Brea.
Mrs. Morgan enjoyed cooking and opera music.
“She was an absolutely wonderful cook,” said her daughter, Marguerite Sheffler of Magalia. Mrs. Sheffler’s husband helped care for Mrs. Morgan during the past year.
Other than her daughter, Mrs. Morgan has no other immediate survivors.
No serviced are planned. Cremation will take place at Chapel of the Pines Mortuary, which is in charge of the arrangements. Inurnment will be private.
May Jaenecke
6/22/2000
A Los Angeles real estate broker for many years, May Brown Jaenecke, 84, died in her Paradise home with seven family members present.
Born in Graniteville, Mo., she was the daughter of Alexander Shand Allan and Isabelle Brown, the oldest of eight children.
She was the valedictorian at Ursaline Academy of Arcadia, Mo. She attended Missouri Business School in St. Louis.
Mrs. Brown worked for the U.S. Forest Service in St. Louis for 11 years, before becoming a broker in Los Angeles.
She was a member of the Parkview Women’s Club of Los Angeles and the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Paradise.
She lived in Paradise for 21 years.
Mrs. Jaenecke was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Donald R. Jaenecke.
Family members described her as “a generous and kind person with an optimistic spirt who was loved by all who knew her.” She was energetic and had a good sense of humor.
She is survived by a daughter, Sandra Jean Blatnick of Palo Verdes; a son, Allan R. Jaenecke of Paradise; sisters, Margaret Windmoeller of San Antonio, and Flora Larson of Oakland; a brother, James Allan of Farmington, Mo.; grandson Justin D. Blatnick of Palos Verdes, and granddaughter Sara J. Currah of Paradise.
The familly suggests donations be made to the American Lung Association in Chico.
A service was held June 16 at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, where she was interred.
Lola Miller
6/22/2000
Lola Miller, 87, moved to Reno, Nev. from Magalia, just one week before her death on June 12.
A homemaker, she retired from Chrysler Corporation.
She was born in Gothenberg, Neb., the daughter of Dell and Viola Mariott Fairbank.
Her husband, Howard F. Miller, passed away in 1979.
She is survived by a daughter, Patricia Irwin of Reno; sisters, Leone Pearson of Hemet and Laura Harris of San Diego; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier.
John Sparks Memorial Cremation and Burial Service of Sparks is handling arrangements.
Don Crabb Sr.
6/22/2000
Don Crabb Sr., 78, died Sunday after a very long battle with Alz-heimer’s disease.
As a young man, he ser-ved in the Army Air Forces as a medical technician and relocated to Southern California where he met and marriage his wife, Virginia.
The couple remained in Southern California, where they raised their four children.
After 37 years in the commercial refrigeration business, Don retired, and he and his wife moved to Paradise in 1989.
His family described him as a “kind, gentle, soft-spoken and loving husband and father.”
Mr. Crabb loved cats and nature, spending time gardening and enjoying the outdoors, camping, sightseeing and being with his family.
In addition to his wife, Virginia of Paradise, he is survived by a son, Don Crabb Jr. of Redondo Beach; daughters, Donna Bernard of North Palm Beach, Fla., and Dawnene McIntyre of Burbank; brothers, Carl of Aurora, Mo.; Fred of North Andover, Mass., Dennis of Republic, Mo.; sisters, Murel Carr of Galena, Mo.; Joan Robertson of Petaluma, and Mary Leonard of Aurora, Mo.; a grandson and two granddaughters.
Mr. Crabb was predeceased by his daughter, Dawn Renee Crabb.
Private inurnment will take place at a later date. Memorial contributions can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association in Paradise and Butte Home and Hospice Inc. in Chico.
Jacquelyn Montgomery
6/24/2000
Born to teach, Jacquelyn Leilani Coombs Montgomery taught school for 17 years and continued to teach others for the rest of her life.
A resident of Paradise, she died Tuesday at the age of 67.
Born in Honolulu to Charles and Merle Coombs, Mrs. Montgomery went on to teach elementary school in the Pasadena School District for 17 years.
But her teaching didn’t stop there. An enthusiast for music, painting, pottery and flower arranging, Mrs. Montgomery enjoyed teaching these to others, like her grandchildren.
She was a member of Eastern Star, Alpha Chi Sorority and the Cal State Teachers Association.
Mrs. Montgomery lived in Paradise since 1993.
She is survived by son John Silva of Paradise; daughters Barbara Dutton of Paradise and Anne Dutton of Burbank; grandchildren Angel Handlin and Stacey Silva of Reno, Nev., Christina and Jessica Gray of Paradise; and two great-grandchildren.
Private services were handled by Paradise Chapel of the Pines Funeral Home. She was cremated and privately inurned.
William Pinegar
6/24/2000
William “Ed” Pinegar, 69, rode the rails for 40 years as a locomotive engineer for the Sante Fe Railroad, and he never lost his love for travel.
Mr. Pinegar, a resident of Magalia for six years and a member of Senior Gleeners, died June 16 at Feather River Hospital.
All his life, he continued to travel. At one point, he worked with Fantasy Caravan Trips for tours of Mexico and Alaska.
Mr. Pinegar was born to William and Mary Pinegar in Ozark, Mo.
He was marriage in Fresno in 1986 to Carolyn Jo, who survives him.
Other survivors are sons Bruce of Fresno, Allen of Albuquerque, N.M., and Tone of Grand Junction, Colo.
Memorial contributions can be made to the building fund for the Paradise Church of Christ, where he was a member. Its location is 1181 Pearson Rd.
Services were held Tuesday at the Church of Christ.
Mary Jones
6/24/2000
Mary Elizabeth Jones was an accomplished seamstress who enjoyed making costumes for plays on the Ridge.
A former resident of Magalia, she died at age 79 Thursday in Napa, where she moved to be closer to family in 1999.
Mrs. Jones was born to Patrick and Rosena Curran in San Francisco. She stayed there to raise all of her children with her husband of 58 years, Al Jones.
His job as a bank manager took them to Pacifica. Then they retired to Magalia.
She is survived by her husband, Al; her sons Rich and Tom; her daughters Pattie Owen, Sarah Snyder and Donna Evind; 15 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be held at Napa Valley Memorial Park and Mortuary at 2383 Napa-Vallejo Hwy. at 1 p.m. on Monday. A rosary and vigil will be held at the mortuary on Sunday at 7 p.m.
Donations can be made to the Transitional Rehabilitation Unit at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa.
Dorothy Sitter
6/27/2000
For someone who enjoyed trees, birds and watching deer in the backyard, Magalia was the perfect place for Do-rothy May Sitter to spend the last year of her life.
She died Friday at age 80 in her son’s Magalia home.
Mrs. Sitter’s love of the outdoors began at an early age when her father took the family to Sequoia National Park. They camped there for entire summers.
She continued visiting her beloved Sequoia trees all her life, bringing her grandchildren there as well.
Mrs. Sitter told her family she wanted her ashes spread at Sequoia National Park.
She was born to Earl and Leila Coleman in Taft.
She worked as a dispatcher for repair crews at General Telephone for 15 years.
On Aug. 20, 1938, she marriage Merle Sitter in Hollywood.
He died in 1971.
Mrs. Sitter gathered her family’s history, composed a book, published it and gave copies to family members.
She included history going back to her distant relative, Daniel Boone.
Also, Mrs. Sitter’s ancestors came to California in a covered wagon from Pennsylvania and traveled with the Donner Party. But they split with the Donner Party just before it headed up to the pass, where it was trapped for its deadly winter stay.
Mrs. Sitter collected Boyd’s Bears and liked to crochet slippers, potholders and baby blankets for her family.
She is survived by sons, David of Hanford, Thomas of Magalia and Steven of Fresno; daughter, Deborah Cardoza of Rochester, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Newton-Bracewell Cremation and Funeral Services of Magalia is handling a private family service.
Private inurnment will be held at a later time.
Anne Lemons
6/27/2000
A Paradise resident for 16 years, Anne Therese Lemons’ biggest love was for mountains - Mt. Shasta most of all.
She died in her home Wednesday at age 69.
To be closer to her beloved Mt. Shasta, Mrs. Lemons frequently camped at Lake Siskiyou, where lying out in the sun was her favorite activity.
Mrs. Lemons was born to Edward and Anne Flynn in San Francisco.
At age 13, she began working in a restaurant.
Early on, she was a waitress, but she moved into management - she was the manager of the Country French Café for six years.
She was also the chairman of Head Start in Concord, where she won awards for her work.
Mrs. Lemons attended the Paradise Assembly of God.
She is predeceased by her husband John William Lemons Sr., who died in 1990.
She is survived by Martin of Concord, Richard of Reno, Nev., John of Paradise, Edward of Pittsburg; daughters Dianne George of Chico, Kathryn Evans of Paradise and Margaret Williams of Salem, Ore.; 26 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The service, held yesterday, was handled by Rose Chapel Mortuary.
She will be buried
in Paradise Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Cancer Research Institute in care of Rose Chapel Mortuary.
Pasquale Crisona
6/27/2000
Pasquale “Pat” Crisona’s work took him all over the world, including Rome for the 1960 Olympic Games. Crisona retired to Paradise in 1984 after managing racetrack concessions in the United States, Canada, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
He died Friday at age 85.
A man who enjoyed cooking, Mr. Crisona also opened restaurants in the Fontain Bleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.
Mr. Crisona bred thoroughbred horses and raced them in Portland, Ore., race tracks and tracks in Northern California.
He also enjoyed gardening and sharing stories about his past.
He will be buried
in Sherwood, Ore., next to his wife, Thelma, who preceded him in death in 1980.
He is survived by a brother, Joseph in Rhode Island and Rita O’Neill, a good friend of 40 years, in Paradise.
Memorial contributions can be made to Paradise Hospice, 1295 Bille Road.
William Pinegar
6/27/2000
William "Ed" Pinegar, 69, rode the rails for 40 years as a locomotive engineer for the Sante Fe Railroad, and he never lost his love for travel.
Mr. Pinegar, a resident of Magalia for six years and a member of Senior Gleeners, died June 16 at Feather River Hospital.
All his life, he continued to travel.
At one point, he worked with Fantasy Caravan Trips for tours of Mexico and Alaska.
Mr. Pinegar was born to William and Mary Pinegar in Ozark, Mo.
He was marriage in Fresno in 1986 to Carolyn Jo, who survives him.
Other survivors include a daughter, Elaine Cooper of Fresno; sons, Bruce of Fresno, Allen of Albuquerque, N.M., and Tone of Grand Junction, Colo.
Memorial contributions can be made to the building fund for the Paradise Church of Christ, where he was a member. Its location is 1181 Pearson Rd. Services were held Tuesday at the Church of Christ.
Wilda Bell
6/29/2000
Not even the Great Depression could stop Wilda J. Bell from fulfilling her dream to teach.
Mrs. Bell worked her way through college from 1932 to 1936 so she could teach elementary school.
Years later, she emphasized to her children that if they followed her example and pursued work close to their hearts, they would succeed.
Mrs. Bell died Monday at Feather River Hospital on her 89th birthday.
She was born to George LaVere and Lenora Renas in Oakley.
Her family was not able to finance her education, so she worked as a live-in baby sitter and secretary. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University in 1936.
During her student days, there were times she almost passed out because she lived on bread and water.
She took her first teaching job in Turlock for one year and then taught in Maxwell for a year.
After marrying Jamie Bell on July 30, 1938, in Reno, Nev., and raising children, she taught first grade at Colusa Elementary School from 1960 to 1972, when she retired.
Years later, she could still remember her students’ names and birthdays, and she continued correspondence with many of them.
The importance Mrs. Bell put on education also extended to politics. She felt voting was a privilege, a freedom to be honored.
Especially during election times, she pored over newspapers and government booklets to research candidates and issues. Even when there weren’t elections, she read newspapers front to back.
Jay Bell said his mother was the one everyone called to find out how she was voting on propositions.
She also enjoyed reading books, especially biographies. Recently, she read one about golfer Tiger Woods.
“She thought he was a super kid,” a family member said.
She also did crossword puzzles every day.
While in Maxwell, she attended the Maxwell Baptist Church and sang in the choir. She was president of the Women’s Missionary Fellowship.
Mrs. Bell moved to Chico in 1986 and then to Paradise in 1995.
She is survived by her sons, Jay of Paradise, David of Maxwell; a daughter, Deanna Gardiner of Watsonville; a sister, Vivienne Alton of Clayton; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great- grandchildren.
The family invites friends to attend a memorial service today at 10 a.m. at Maxwell Cemetery. Rose Chapel Mortuary and Crematory is handling the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Maxwell First Baptist Church, 177 N. California, Maxwell, CA 95955.
Berta Feichtenbeiner
6/29/2000
When Berta M. Feichtenbeiner left Germany to live in the United States, she brought with her a love of cooking.
A resident of Paradise since 1974, she was popular around town for her baking, especially her Black Forest Torts. She baked desserts, pies and cakes for fund-raisers.
Mrs. Feichtenbeiner, a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church, died Saturday in Feather River Hospital at age 80.
One of her favorite places to help with fund-raising was the Northern California Ballet. She sold treats in the lobby during performances.
She enjoyed cooking traditional German foods, like roladen or Wiener schnitzel, for her family as well.
Mrs. Feichtenbeiner was born in Munich Germany to Franc and Berta Hasenknopf.
She worked as a film winder for Film Converter of America, converting movie film to sound strip.
She marriage Gottlieb Feich-tenbeiner in Hazel Park, Mich., on May 29, 1954.
He died earlier this year on Jan. 15.
Mrs. Feichtenbeiner is survived by her daughter, Trudi Angel Walkley of Paradise; sister Gertraud Bonomo of Sacramento; and a granddaughter, Trudi Lee Franson of Salt Lake City.
Mass was held yesterday at the St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements. She will be buried
in Paradise Cemetery.
Carl Walker
6/29/2000
Carl Lee Walker couldn’t pass children without trying to make them smile. If he saw a child in a store, Mr. Walker would talk, joke and perform magic tricks, like pulling a coin out of the child’s ear.
Mr. Walker, a resident of Paradise since 1976, died Sunday at age 94.
He donated money every month to organizations to feed needy children.
He was born to Fred and Julia Walker in Ketchum, Okla.
Mr. Walker worked as a sheepherder and broke horses before he bought his own ranch in Oroville in 1947.
He leveled the land, dug wells and raised cattle without hired help for 30 years.
He enjoyed horses, and he made drawings of them and other animals for his children.
Mr. Walker also handcrafted mailboxes to look like a motorcycle, tractor and other machines.
He used parts off of an old tractor to weld a replica of a tractor, complete with a metal man in the seat.
He attended the Paradise Seventh-day Adventist Church.
He was predeceased by his wife, M. Elizabeth Walker.
She died 15 years ago on the same date Mr. Walker died.
His survivors are sons, Carl Jr. and Randy of Paradise; daughters, Elizabeth Carroll of Paradise, Elaine Smith of Stockton, Sharon Lemin of Napa, Jean Lea of Folsom and Becky Olson of Benicia; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great- grandchildren.
Visitation will be today at the Rose Chapel Mortuary from 4 to 8 p.m.
The service will be tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Rose Chapel.
He will be buried
in Memorial Park Cemetery in Oroville, next to his wife.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Springs, Md. 20904, or to Feed The Children.
Sharon Crafton
7/1/2000
Sharon “Shar” Crafton’s life was connected to the ocean both at birth and in death.
When Mrs. Crafton was close to being born, her mother spent long days scuba diving in the ocean off of Southern California.
So it came as no surprise that she grew up to be a good swimmer, Mrs. Crafton’s mother said.
“Her passion was the ocean.”
Mrs. Crafton, a resident of Paradise, died Monday at age 51.
She asked that her ashes be spread in the ocean. She was born to Jack and Beverly Ivey in Long Beach.
Mrs. Crafton’s mother often took her down to the ocean when she was a baby.
She enjoyed crawling in the sand and looking at sea anemones in the tidal pools.
All through her years, she loved to swim every chance she got.
She also enjoyed motorcycles and rode a Harley Davidson with her husband in Paradise parades.
Rabbits, especially ones with floppy ears, appealed to her. She kept rabbits and made toy rabbits too.
Her mother described Mrs. Crafton as very artistic in just about anything she tackled, with a good eye for color. She painted oils of mountain scenes and baskets of flowers.
And every year, she created large gardens.
Mrs. Crafton worked as a financial director for Riverside County. And she started a drug rehabilitation program in San Bernardino.
She had lived in Paradise for the last 18 years, but she also moved back and forth between Chico and Paradise before then. She had worked as a bookkeeper and financial advisor for doctors in Paradise and for Sierra Sunrise in Chico for the past three years.
She helped found Catalyst, a center for abused women in Chico. Mrs. Crafton marriage Danny Crafton in 1984.
She died in a San Francisco hospital after her liver and kidneys failed.
She is survived by her husband, Danny of Paradise; a son, John Michael Crafton of Paradise; her parents, Jack Ivey of Idaho and Beverly Cuddy of Paradise; a brother, Philip Walker of Susanville; and a sister, Andrea Roll of Westminster.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Calvary Chapel of Paradise, where she was a member, or to the California Pacific Medical Center’s foundation, P.O. Box 7999, San Francisco, 94120.
A memorial service will be held Wednes-day at the Calvary Chapel of Par-adise, in Mag-alia, at 11 a.m.
Sally Caglia
7/1/2000
A resident of Magalia, Sally Sophia Caglia enjoyed knitting, crocheting, pottery, painting and bowling.
She died in her home June 19.
Mrs. Caglia was 79.
She was born to Timotheo and Dominicia Fisher in Summit, Ill. She marriage Lou Caglia in 1968 in Gardnerville, Nev.
She was a member of the St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
Mrs. Caglia is survived by her husband, Lou of Magalia; daughters, Sandy Stocking of Madison, Ill., Danielle Smith Dyer of Indiana, Laetitia Rodriguez of Los Banos; sons, Timothy Michals of Milpitas, Robert Michals of San Jose, Paul Michals of San Jose and Dominic Caglia of San Jose; brother, Alex Fisher of Wisconsin; sister, Anne Oleander, of Illinois; 18 grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
She will be buried
at Glen Oaks Memorial Park; arrangements are being handled by Brusie Funeral Home.
A memorial service was held June 24 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Chico.
Memorial contributions may be made to Paradise Hospice in care of Brusie Funeral Home.
Mae Lundgren
7/1/2000
A resident of Paradise for 10 years and a member of Senior Singles, Mae F. Lundgren died at Feather River Hospital on Thursday.
She was 84.
Mrs. Lundgren was born to Carl and Agda Norberg in Chicago.
For 20 years, she was a layout typist for North American Rockwell Aerospace Division.
She enjoyed shopping, reading, watching old movies on television and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
She was a member of the Ebell Club in Fullerton.
Her husband, Ernest Robert Lundgren, died in 1983.
She is survived by daughters, Carol Peterson of Paradise and Sandra Wilson of Paradise; a twin brother, Maynard Norberg of Blue Island, Ill.; a sister, Myrtle Orlando of Chicago; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 1 to 5 p.m. at Rose Chapel Mortuary.
She will be buried
in a Cemetery in Chicago.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Paradise Animal Shelter Helpers.
