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Penny Spar
Penny Spar, a former staff writer for The Davis Enterprise, died Feb. 10, 2004, of acute myelogenous leukemia. Born Jan. 30, 1951, she was 53 years old.
At the time of her death, she lived in Seattle, Wash.
A graduate of San Jose State University in the early 1970s, she worked on the staff of the Spartan Daily newspaper. Immediately following graduation, she came to work at The Davis Enterprise, where she covered police, fire and emergency services in the mid- to late 1970s.
She also worked for United Press International in the Sacramento and Seattle bureaus. Most recently, she was working at Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., testing computer keyboards and mice.
She had a great affection for birds and tropical fish, and was a huge fan of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. For many years, she would plan her vacation around Memorial Day weekend, even after she moved to Seattle.
She is survived by her father, Mort Spar; a brother, Jerry Spar and his wife of Laguna Beach; a sister, Stephanie Spar; and a good friend, Dottie Maxwell, who lived with her and took care of her for the last months of her life.
At her request, no memorial service will be held.
SPAULDING
Robley P. Spaulding
Mr. Robley P. Spaulding died on Friday, Sept. 10, 1999, in Orangevale, at the age of 59. He was born on Nov. 24, 1939, and graduated from Winters High School in 1957.
Mr. Spaulding was a member of Local Union No. 669 for many years as a fire sprinkler foreman.
He is survived by his wife, Teresa Marin Spaulding, and their daughter, Nicole. He is also survived by children Denise Lynn Chick and her husband Richard, of Oregon; Deborah Mathews and her husband Garitt or Orangevale; Rhonda Shelby and husband Steven, of Utah; and Kimberly Wilkin. Other survivors include his sister, Diane Tiche; his father Clarence "Dale" Spaulding; and 12 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Anita "Joy" Tharp-Spaulding in 1964, as well as his mother, Mabel "Jeanne" Spaulding, and his brother, James Boyce.
Services were scheduled at the Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, 11427 Fair Oaks Boulevard, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2.
BRYANT
Belvie "Belle" Offerman Bryant
Belvie "Belle" Bryant died at Woodland Memorial Hospital Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005 at age 104.
Mrs. Bryant was born Dec. 26, 1900 in Maple Plain, Hennepin County, Minn. to the late John and Addie Smith Offerman. She had been a Yolo County resident for 46 years. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include Mrs. Bryant’s granddaughters, Charlene Wing Kirkland and her husband Jeff of Woodland and Jan Wing-Dyer and her husband Jeff of Knights Landing; her great-grandsons, Jeffery Kirkland of Dixon, Matthew Bryson and his wife Nicole, Jason Bryson and his wife Luann, all of Woodland and great-great-grandchildren, Lauren Bryson and her husband Ryan and Ginny Mcanelly and her husband Cliff, all of Woodland. She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Alvin Bryant; her daughters, Lorraine Bryant and Leona Wing and her son-in-law, Jim Wing.
The family requests memorials in Mrs. Bryant’s name be directed to the UC Davis Cancer Center, 2315 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, 95817 or to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Services: A graveside service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 at Knights Landing Cemetery with the Rev. Elmer Prout officiating. Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements.
BUCHANAN
Margaret Jean Buchanan
Margaret Jean Buchanan died in Woodland on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005 at age of 82.
Mrs. Buchanan was born Oct. 26, 1922 in Manteca. She had been a resident of Woodland for 67 years. Mrs. Buchanan worked for many years as a housekeeper, most recently at Stollwood Convalescent Hospital in Woodland. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the Woodland Eagles Auxiliary, the Rebekah’s, and the Knights Landing Garden Club. She also worked as a volunteer at Woodland Memorial Hospital and Stollwood Convalescent Hospital.
Survivors include Mrs. Buchanan’s daughter, Wanda L. Graham and her husband Greg of Pleasant Hill; her son, Robert C. Buchanan of Gridley; her grandson, Ian Matthew Graham of Pleasant Hill; her sister, JoAnn Ciemny and her husband Ron of Gridley; her nephew, Wesley Lee of Woodland; her nieces, Vivian Constance of Woodland and Lori Ambrosino of Antioch. She was preceded in death by her son, Gary Buchanan; her mother, Margaret Donahue; her stepfather, LeRoy Donahue and her brother, Robert Westervelt.
The family requests memorials in Mrs. Buchanan’s name be directed to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Services: Visitation is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 at McNary’s Chapel, 458 College St., Woodland. A funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at McNary’s Chapel, followed by a graveside service at Woodland Cemetery. McNary’s Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.
SPEARIN
Carl E. Spearin
Carl E. Spearin died at Sutter Davis Hospital Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at age 88.
Mr. Spearin was born Sept. 23, 1916 in Hornbrook, Siskiyou County. He graduated from Yreka High School, joined the 3 C's and then came to Sacramento to work on a dredge on the Sacramento River. He worked briefly in Seattle at the Naval Air Station, but was a long time resident and farmer in Rumsey and Guinda. He was judge of the Justice Court in Yolo County, president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1971 and 1975, a member and employee of the Farm Bureau. Mr. Spearin worked for a time at Woodland Tractor. He was a member of the Masons and Yolo Shrine club. He served as a past master of the Masons and past patron of the Eastern Star. He was a former member of the Baptist Church in Woodland.
Survivors include Mr. Spearin's wife of 65 years, Lucille Spearin; his daughter, Nancy Ryel and her husband Tom; his grandchildren, Kate Armitage and her husband Clinton of Rochester, Wash., Michael Ryan of Great Lake, Navy Recruiting Station and Daniel Ryan of McChord AFB, Wash.; his great-grandchildren, Zach, Emily, Rachel, MacKenzie and Allison Armitage; his brothers and sisters include Vi Murphy of Salinas, Jessie Frasier of Montague, Lester Spearin and his wife Vieva of Hornbrook and James Spearin and his wife Jackie of Red Bluff.
The family requests memorials in Mr. Spearin's name be directed to cancer research, the Shriners Hospital for Children, the Esparto Library or to the charity of the donor's choice.
Services: A graveside service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, May 13 at Capay Cemetery. McNary's Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.
BUCHHOLZ
Donald Lee Buchholz
Donald Lee Buchholz of Woodland died at Mercy Hospital in Sacramento Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006 at age 66.
Mr. Buchholz was born Jan. 11, 1940 in Woodland to John and Frieda Buchholz. He was a life-long Woodland resident. He graduated from Woodland High School in 1958 and received an Associate of Arts in Fire Science from American River College. He also served in the U.S. Navy. For 15 years, he served as captain of the Willow Oak Fire Department and worked at Car Quest Auto Parts Store in Woodland for 12 years.
Survivors include Mr. Buchholz’s wife of 39 years, Helen Buchholz of Woodland; his daughter, Belinda Loney and her husband Phil of Crescent City; his grandchildren, Angela, Lauren, Alyssabeth and Owen Loney of Crescent City; his brother, Dale Buchholz and his wife Pat of Woodland; his nieces and nephews, Connie Leek, Marty Allred, Marj Gee, Fay Angel and their families, all of Sacramento, Kay, Curtis and Tab Buchholz and their families of Washington, Pam Kaw and family of Temecula; Gaylene Sanderson of Biggs, Duane Buchholz and family of Atascadero, Steven Buchholz of Woodland, Wesley Fiedler and family of North Carolina, Rachel Pack of Ventura, Leilani Mietzner and family of Idaho; his grandnieces and grandnephews, Brittany and Bailey Leek of Sacramento and Billy Ray and Justen Buchholz of Washington. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Melissa Ashley Hart; his parents; his brothers, Jim and Colemen Buchholz; and his nephews, Jeff Buchholz and Coleman "Bub" Buchholz Jr.
The family requests flowers and plants in memory of Mr. Buchholz to be delivered to Celebration Center Church of the Nazarene for the service. If unable to deliver to the church, the family requests that flowers be given to the donor’s loved one in his memory.
Services: A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at Celebration Center Church of the Nazarene, 100 Woodland Ave., Woodland with Pastor Robert Hardgrave officiating. A reception will be held at Willow Oak Hall on County Road 97 following the memorial. Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors is assisting the family with arrangements.
WALLACE
Donald Wallace
Donald Wallace, a Davis Joint Unified School District administrator for 23 years, died Oct. 11, 2003, at his Davis home. He was 78.
He served as principal of West Davis and Fairfield elementary schools. He was also the first principal of West Davis Intermediate School, played a part in hiring Robert Willett, for whom that school is now named, and coordinated the landscaping of both that school and WDE.
Wallace's family said he, like three generations of educators before him, believed in and advocated public education for all.
Born Dec. 11, 1924, in Cranford, N.J., he was the youngest of the six children Charles Wallace and Harriet Southall Wallace and, his family said, part of a lineage tracing back to the Mayflower and the Revolutionary War. His father was his -- and his future wife Jean Oxee's -- junior high school principal; his mother was both an established violinist and the school's truant officer.
In high school he was an honor student who participated in the drama and music programs. After graduation, he studied civil engineering at the Newark School of Engineering before enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943. He served in the 19th Weather Squadron in Africa during World War II.
After the war, he enrolled in Lehigh University's civil engineering program before changing majors. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in education with minors in mathematics and physical science. In 1951 he received a master's degree in secondary school administration from the Teacher's College at Columbia University in New York.
His professional career started as a high school math teacher in Tenafly, N.J., in 1949. He later became director of adult education and vice principal of the high school and received his first principalship there, in 1957, at Malcolm S. Mackay Elementary School.
In 1960 he chose to move his wife and three children to sunny California -- picking, to his wife's dismay, the Mojave desert town of Yermo. During his tenure as a principal there, he worked to develop and maintain standards for mathematics in the primary grades.
A year later, his family said, he redeemed himself by moving them to Terra Linda in Marin County, where they lived from 1961 to 1966. He was principal of Sleepy Hollow and Hidden Valley Schools in San Anselmo.
In 1966 his friend and former colleague Richard Mackey, a one-time principal at North Davis Elementary School, advised him of an opportunity for a principalship in Davis.
Wallace's professional and community service included serving as president of the Marin County Elementary School Administrators, the Yolo County chapter of California Elementary School Administrators Association, the Northvale Board of Education, the Bergen County Teachers Federal Credit Union and the Yolo County division of the California Retired Teachers Association.
He was also a charter member Kiwanis of Tenafly and of the Davis Earlybird Lions Club, for which he served as president, chairman of the Davis Central Curriculum Council and a member of numerous district and state mathematics committees.
He was as a consummate storyteller, willing to share a story or conversation with anyone. He could often be found tinkering on a project in his garage or hanging out at Hibbert Lumber, enjoying his greatest passion: carpentry. He worked as a craftsman and handyman throughout the community, and his bird houses and miniature homes were, his family said, masterpieces to be appreciated.
Though he could not read music, he loved to sing. He sang bass with the Davis Highwheelers Chorus, joining the barbershop singers at Steve's Pizza, the old Voyager Inn and other establishments, drinking beer and serenading the customers.
He is survived by his wife Jean Oxee Wallace of Davis, his children Robert Bruce Wallace and his wife Anna Johnson of Davis, Kim Echard of Prescott Valley, Ariz., Gail Wallace of West Sacramento, Brian Charles Wallace and his wife Anne of Albuquerque, N.M., and Katherine Emery and her husband Tim of Phoenix, Ariz. He is also survived by grandchildren Ian, Colin, Julian and Sarah Wallace, Carly Echard and Ethan Emery.
At the request of the deceased, a public memorial service will not be held.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to: Yolo Hospice, 132 E St., Davis CA 95616, or to the scholarship fund of the California Retired Teachers Association's Yolo County chapter.
