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Richard "Dick" Nash Page
Richard "Dick" Nash Page died in Woodland Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at age 79.
Born Sept. 14, 1922, in San Diego, Mr. Page was the son of the late Frank Homer and Dorothy (Batten) Page. He graduated from the University of Redlands and received his Masters from the University of California, Berkeley. He started teaching right out of college and settled in Woodland in 1954. He was a dedicated teacher for 20 years. He worked for the California State Department of Education. He was the director and key developer of the Teen-age Parent Program in Yolo County, was president of the California Alliance Concerned with High School Aged Parents, then director of transportation for Yolo County Schools. In his retirement, he occasionally substituted, managed a senior retirement facility, worked part time in a hardware store, volunteered and taught "handyman" classes for senior citizens at the senior center. He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, where he had served as an Elder and sang in the choir. He loved music and he loved to sing, according to family members. He was a member of the Woodland Chamber Singers for many years.
Mr. Page is survived by his wife of 57 years, Kathryn Lawton Page of Woodland; son, Charles L. Page of Kihei, Hawaii; daughter, Ruthann Page Rubin and husband Mark E. Rubin; granddaughters, Christiana and Marleyna Rubin of Oakley; and brother, Dr. Ellis Batten Page of Chapel Hill, N.C.
He is also survived by his sisters-in-law, Esther Page of Springfield, Va. and Lois Maes of Woodland; nieces, Elizabeth Sigman of McLean, Va., Pam Page of San Diego, and Aleon Gordon of Oroville; nephews, Tim Page of New York, N.Y., Dr. Richard Page of Plano, Texas, David Page of Niwot, Colo., John Page of Monterey Park.
Mr. Page was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Franklin and Robert Page.
A private memorial service will be held.
The family requests memorials be directed to St. John's United Church of Christ, at 432 Cleveland Ave., Woodland, 95695; or the charity of the donor's choice.
PAHL
Edward Louis Pahl (1st of 2 obituaries)
Ed Pahl died at Trinity County Hospital, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004 at age 65.
Mr. Pahl was born in Berkeley April 3, 1939. He received a B.S. degree from UC Davis and an M.S. degree in counseling psychology from California State University Ð Sacramento. Mr. Pahl worked as a counseling psychologist at UCD from 1972 to 1993.
Survivors include Mr. Pahl's wife of 44 years, Donna May Pahl and his son, Dennis Alan Pahl of Emmett, Idaho. He is preceded in death by his son, Jason Alan; his mother, Caroline Pahl; his father, Louis Pahl and his brother, Johnny Pahl.
The family requests memorials in Mr. Pahl's name be directed to the Trinity Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 2000, Weaverville, 96093.
Services: Respecting the wishes of Mr. Pahl, no services are scheduled. McDonald-Files Funeral Home and Crematory of Weaverville assisted the family with arrangements.
Edward Louis Pahl (2nd of 2 obituaries)
Ed Pahl, age 65, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004 at Trinity County Hospital, after a three year struggle with a rare disease. Even during this serious illness, he faced every day with tremendous dignity and courage, and was most concerned with the lives of others around him than his own. Ed was born in Berkeley in 1939. He and his wife, Donna May, moved to Trinity County from Winters in 1993.
Ed received a B.S. degree from UC Davis and an M.S. degree in counseling psychology from California State University at Sacramento. Ed worked as a counseling psychologist at UC Davis from 1972 to 1993.
Ed is survived by his wife of 44 years, Donna May Pahl; by their son, Dennis Alan Pahl, a resident of Emmett, Idaho, and by his ever-faithful dog, Willy. He is preceded in death by his infant son, Jason Alan; his brother, Johnny Pahl; his mother, Caroline Pahl and his father, Louis Pahl. He will be deeply missed by friends from all walks of life, most especially his family, Donna May and Dennis Alan, and his extended family, Loana, Alan, Daphne and Sarah. We do not know if one can ever really leave if those who love carry on the memories. We are here, still alive, and will hold Ed forever in our hearts and lives.
PAINTER
Edgar Painter
Edgar Painter died Feb. 22, 2003, at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Born on Oct. 2, 1908, in Schuyler, Neb., he was 95 years old.
He received a bachelor of science in 1932 and a master's of science in 1935 from South Dakota State College. In 1939, he received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Minnesota. In 1947, he joined the department of chemistry at UC Davis where he taught and carried out research until his retirement in 1975. From 1976 to 2001, he operated a farm in the Capay Valley where he raised cattle and garden vegetables.
He was active in Davis Little League, the Boy Scouts of America and the Sierra Club during the 1950s. He was active in the Yolo County Democratic Party for many years. As a youth, he excelled at track and was the South Dakota high school champion in the 440-yard race. After moving to Davis, he became an avid backpacker and mountain climber with 11 ascents of peaks over 14, 000 feet.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth Painter; brother, Charles Painter of Austin, Minn.; children, Jane Clapp of Sacramento and Page Painter of Davis; grandchildren, Michael Clapp, Jillian Clapp and Carol Painter Nicita of Sacramento and Christine Painter, Genna Painter, Patrick Godwin Painter and Kelly Borghi of Davis.
Great-grandchildren Mathew Clapp and Kylie Nicita also survive him.
A memorial service will be held on a date to be announced. The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, gifts be made to a scholarship fund in his memory at UC Davis department of chemistry.
PALMER
Mona (McCray) Palmer
Mona (McCray) Palmer of heart failure Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, in her home, at age 73.
Born Jan. 8, 1929, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mrs. Palmer was the daughter of John William and Hannah (Flamm) McCray. In 1938, she moved with her family to West Sacramento, where she graduated from Clarksburg High School. In 1950, she marriage Robert Max Palmer and they moved to Woodland in 1962. She helped her husband with their business, R.M.P. Construction. For a short time she also worked for Contadina in Woodland.
Mrs. Palmer is survived by her son, Bill Palmer and wife Barbie of Woodland; brothers, Lee McCray of Carmichael, Warren McCray of West Sacramento, and Lyle McCray and wife Sally of Foresthill; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Max Palmer, who died after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, in March 2000; sister, Ruby; and brothers, Elvin and Dewain McCray.
Arrangements include visitation at 9 a.m. and funeral service at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1405 Cottonwood, Woodland. Interment to follow at Woodland Cemetery.
McNary's Chapel of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements.
PALMER Jr.
Kenneth D. Palmer Jr.
Kenneth Donald Palmer Jr. died Aug. 27, 2001, at his home in Davis. Born on Jan. 11, 1921, in Mount Vernon, Ill., he was 80 years old.
He had been a resident of Yolo County for the past year, having moved here from Meadow Vista in Placer County, where he had lived for more than 30 years.
At the age of 21, he was inducted into the U.S. Army, where he served honorably until the end of World War II, at which time he was assigned to Fort Bliss, Texas. After leaving the Army he came to California, where he worked as an auto mechanic until he retired. He was an active member of the American Legion in Auburn.
He is survived by his stepdaughter, Terry Lynn Berry of Van Nuys, and grandchildren, Craig Pannell of Davis, Kimberly Taugher of Benicia, Shannon Berry of Burbank and Paul Kelly of Seoul, Korea. He is also survived by three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Florence Irene Palmer of Davis, in March 2001.
At the request of the family, no services will be held. Interment will be private. The family requests that any memorial donations in his name be made to Kaiser Hospice of Davis for their wonderful support and expert care.
Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements.
PANGBORN
Jack (Carson) Pangborn
Jack Pangborn (Carson), longtime director of the UC Davis Facility for Electron Microscopy and Advanced Instrumentation, died June 9, 2003, in his home at The Meadows in Napa after a brief battle with cancer. He was 78.
Born March 20, 1925, in Denver, he served in the U.S. Navy in the 1940s, and marriage Shirley Stockdale in 1945. The couple had a daughter and twin sons. In 1950, he graduated from Pacific Union College in Angwin with a bachelor's degree in biology.
In 1952, he settled in Davis, where he lived until 1990, and began working at UC Davis as a technician in the department of bacteriology. In 1959, he received his master's degree in microbiology from UCD.
He became a specialist in electron microscopy and pioneered the development of UCD's Facility for Electron Microscopy and Advanced Instrumentation, serving as director from 1959 until his retirement in 1984. He published more than 45 scientific papers, served as a visiting scientist and consultant for numerous universities and research facilities worldwide and, for two years after his retirement, taught at San Joaquin Delta College.
In 1956, Pangborn marriage Rose Marie Valdez, a professor in the UCD Department of Food Science and Technology. Together, they enjoyed their academic careers and traveling extensively, several times living and working on assignments in Europe and Scandinavia.
While in Europe, he was able to find his mother's Hungarian family and would later return several times to visit them. His interest in genealogy also led him to discover, in 1981, that his father Kit (Christopher) Carson III of Alamosa, Colo., was the grandson of two famed Old West scouts and guides, Kit Carson and Tom Tobin.
After Rose Marie's untimely death in 1990, Pangborn made a happy reconnection with his widowed childhood sweetheart, Edythe (Edie) Griffin Ridgley of Ukiah. They marriage in September of 1990, remaining in Ukiah before moving to Napa in June 2002. He shared his love of travel with Edie, taking her on trips abroad.
He was preceded in death by his son Tom Pangborn in 1988, half-sister Carolyn Pangborn Burns in 1985, and half-brothers Christopher Thomas Carson, a World War II prisoner, in 1945, and William Carson in 1997.
Pangborn is survived by his wife, Edie; son Dr. Tim Pangborn of Redding, daughter Kathleen Strickland of Union Springs, N.Y., step-children Dr. Ron Ridgley of Grand Junction, Colo., Joanne Ridgley of Hanford and Thia Ridgley Smith of Santa Rosa, half-sisters Eleanor Carson Labouisse of Alamosa and Elaine Carson Maloney of South Prarie, Wash., two nieces and 10 grandchildren.
Pangborn was a loving and talented man, his family said, and his gentle wit, charm and generosity will be greatly missed by those whose lives were touched by his.
Friends and loved ones are invited to a memorial service at the Ukiah Seventh-Day Adventist Church at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2003.
Treadway and Wigger Funeral Services of Napa is in charge of arrangements.
PANTER
Nehamah S. Panter
Nehamah Serlin Panter died April 30, 2000, at Stollwood Convalescent Hospital in Woodland. Born in 1909 in Bialystok, Poland, she came to Montreal, Canada, in the early 1930s where she marriage Philip F. Panter, started a family and taught Hebrew.
She was a highly regarded and much loved teacher, esteemed by her colleagues.
It was evident to all who knew her that she enjoyed her family. Her pride in her husband and love of her children were the great sustaining factors in her life.
She had a very sweet nature, saw the good in all people and accepted life on its own terms.
After moving to the United States in 1946, she obtained both a bachelor's and master's degree in education. She became a school principal and eventually a district supervisor and consultant for the Jewish Bureau of Education in Los Angeles.
At the same time, she began to study art and became an accomplished, recognized and exhibited painter.
She and her husband moved to Israel in 1970, where they lived until 1992. She worked as a volunteer, teaching English and continued to paint. Her paintings proudly hang in the homes of her children and grandchildren.
Nehamah is survived by three children, Elanna Panter Sherman of Davis, Rena Panter of Chicago and Gideon Panter of Palisades, N.Y. Other survivors include 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
A graveside service was held this afternoon at the Davis Cemetery.
Remembrances may be made to Stollwood Convalescent Hospital in Woodland or to Congregation Bet Haverim of Davis.
