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Lyell J. Senglaub
Lyell J. Senglaub, a longtime resident of St. Paul, Minn., died June 7, 2002, in Davis. He was 92.
He was born in Wisconsin on Aug. 24, 1909, to Otto and Margrete Senglaub. He was their only child. He worked for Western Electric as an accountant for 40 years before retiring.
He is survived by his wife, Lovell G. Senglaub; children, Sandra Hechtl Schulberg of St. Paul, and Mary Helen Leary of Minneapolis, and Beverly Hennessy, Carol Tocko and John Senglaub, all of St. Paul.
He is further survived by 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
A funeral was held Saturday at the Davis Funeral Chapel. Interment will take place Friday at the Davis Cemetery, 820 Pole Line Road.
A memorial service is pending in the Minneapolis area soon.
CRAIG
Ruth Helen Craig
Ruth Helen Craig died Aug. 24, 2001, in Davis. Born on Sept. 18, 1895, to Sarah and Duncan MacMillan of Oakland, she was 105 years old.
She marriage William Craig in 1915 and lived in Oakland until his death in 1955. She later moved to Walnut Creek Manor in Walnut Creek to be closer to her family. In 1995 she moved to Davis, where she lived until her death.
She retired after 20 years from Alameda County as a supervising deputy county clerk. She was a member of the American Association for Retired Persons, Alameda County Retirees Association, Alameda County Local Union 616, and an active member of the College Avenue Presbyterian Church in Oakland.
She is survived by her daughter, Priscilla Hager of Davis, and her grandchildren, Bill Cullen of Lafayette, Susan Von Geldern of Sacramento, Craig Hager of Sonoma and Carol Craig. She is also survived by her niece, Sara Dymsia of North Huntington, Pa., eight great-grandchildren, five great-great grandchildren and numerous other relations.
She was preceded in death by her husband William, her beloved son Walter Craig and his wife Barbara, her daughter Helen and devoted son-in-law Bob Cullen, as well as seven sisters and four brothers.
Friends are invited to attend a memorial service Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. at the Gothic Chapel in Mountain View Cemetery, 500 Piedmont Ave. in Oakland. Interment will be private at Mountain View Cemetery.
Donations may be made in her name to the College Avenue Presbyterian Church in Oakland or to a charity of the donor's choice.
CRAMER
Cliffton Christopher Cramer
Cliffton Christopher Cramer died Aug. 12, 2001, at the Mercy San Juan Hospital. Born in Susanville on July 4, 1919, to the late Charles and Catherine Cramer, he was 82 years old.
He was a resident of Yolo County for several years before moving to Citrus Heights eight months ago. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was a millwright for the Eagle Lake Lumber Co. in Susanville for 25 years.
He is survived by his son, John C. Cramer and his wife Agnese of Citrus Heights; stepson, Ron Metz and his wife Jan of Folsom; stepdaughter, Linda Dolling and her husband Richard of Templeton; his grandchildren, Katrina Cramer of Citrus Heights, Shari Presnall and her husband John of Galt, Ron Jones of Davis, Jim Jones and his wife Adrian of Sacramento, Michael Jones of Redding, Dustin Metz and Laura Metz, both of Folsom.
He is also survived by his brother, Leroy Cramer and his wife Eva of Susanville, and six great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at McNary's Chapel, 458 College St. in Woodland. Interment will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Lassen Cemetery in Susanville.
SEARS
Fielding Thomas Sears
Granddaughter writes about longtime Winters resident
Our grandfather, Ray Fielding Sears, died June 23, 1992. While we grieve for him, we remember what a wonderful man he was with a great sense of humor that touched many people. Having lived to 102, he lived through many generations of changes in our society: the automobile, the 1906 earthquake, men going to the moon, all the wars since and all our new technology that must have seemed to alien to him.
Grandpa's parents' families were longtime residents of Yolo County in the pioneer days. His father, Albert B. Sears, came with his family from Bowling Green, Kentucky, in early 1875, and his mother, August (Augusta) F. (Ruggles) Sears (whose family had crossed the country in a covered wagon to mine for gold), was born in Woodland in 1860. Grandpa's family lived in Woodland and Winters except for a period of time when his father, a carpenter, moved the family to Los Angeles in 1889.
Grandpa's work life was varied: he told me he was boarded out as a young boy to work on farms in the Cottonwood District. Later he purchased a farm where he lived with his mother until World War I, at which time he was called to war. He sold everything, but when he presented himself to the military, he was rejected due to medical reasons. Because his farm was gone, he worked in the Alameda shipyards until he moved back to Winters where he met our grandmother, Bessie L. Kramer, and they marriage in 1923. Grandpa and Bessie lived in Winters at their house at the corner of Edwards Street across from the Chapman house. This house had previously been the post office in Buckeye. It was later moved to Winters. Two children were born to them: their son who died near birth and their daughter Olga Sears, now known as Betty.
During his life in Winters, Grandpa worked in and around Winters as a truck driver with his brother, Claud Sears, a tractor driver and farmer. While a resident of Winters he was a member of the Winters Fire Department from 1941 to 1968 and later a member of many organizations.
Grandpa was fortunate to meet and marry his second wife, Ruth (Drayer). They remained in Winters until their move to Vacaville to be near the Vacaville Senior Citizens Center. After living independently for years, he eventually moved in with Ruth's daughter and her husband, Grace and Les Pugh, after Ruth's death. (Les was also Grandpa's nephew.) It was a comfortable and loving arrangement. Grandpa loved to play cards and flirt with the ladies at the Vacaville Senior Citizens where he had many friends. Grandpa continued to live with Grace and Les until his death a few days ago.
Through all his life grandpa has had the loving support of his daughter and her husband Betty (Olga) and Bob Barriskill, who presently live in Antioch. Also living in Antioch are two of his grandchildren: Kathy Bagley, her husband, Mike, and their daughters, Stacey and Jamie; and my own family, my husband Pat and our daughters, Cassie and Megan. In nearby Clayton lives grandpa's grandson and his family, Ed, Kathy, Trisha Barriskill and Kathy's daughter, Emily...." (written by Peggy B. Perazzo)
Rites held Monday for Ray "Mose" Sears, 102
Funeral services were held at the McCune Garden Chapel in Vacaville Monday, June 29, 1992 for Ray Fielding "Mose" Sears, who died June 23 at the home of his step-daughter and her husband, Grace and Les Pugh, in Vacaville at the age of 102 years and six months. Burial followed at the Winters Cemetery. Pastor Richard Christenson of Paradise Valley Church officiated at the services.
Mr. Sears was born Dec. 23, 1889, in Los Angeles, and moved with his family to Winters when he was 6 months old. He was a farmer in the Winters area for 70 years and a volunteer fireman with the Winters Fire Department. He moved to Vacaville about 10 years ago and became active in the Senior Citizens Club in Vacaville, serving as president for awhile.
He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge in Woodland, the International Order of Red Men in Dixon, the Rebekah Lodge and Pocahontas Lodge.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth V. Sears in 1985. His first wife, Bessie (Kramer) Sears died in 1964. Survivors include his daughter, Olga Mae Barriskill and son-in-law, Bob Barriskill, of Antioch; a step-daughter and son-in-law, Grace and Les Pugh of Vacaville; three grandchildren, Eddie Barriskill, Peggy Perazzo and Kathy Bagley, all of Antioch; two sisters, Gladys Samson of Sacramento and Juanetta Lee of Walnut Creek; a nephew, Ray Sears of Vacaville; and five great-grandchildren...."
SEDGWICK
Allison Coulter Sedgwick
Allison Coulter Sedgwick, daughter of Joel Wright Coulter and Edna Alice Barlow, died Oct. 28, 2001, at home in Davis, giving up a struggle with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
As a bright, curious woman, she enjoyed a noteworthy and diversified life as a businesswoman in the financial marketplace, with friends, civic duties, religious studies, travel and performance arts taking priority. In the 1970s she was president of the Kern Unit of the American Cancer Society, subsequently becoming State Division Board representative, and member of the Board of Directors in 1981.
Additionally, as a third-generation Californian, she was a popular lecturer on historical California women throughout the state. A consistent theme throughout her life was her open-minded approach toward new ideas and a friendly attitude motivating communication.
Born in Los Angeles on July 27, 1912, she moved as an infant with her parents to their ranch in Kern County near Bakersfield. She was home taught until fourth grade, when she enrolled at Buena Vista School in a one-room country school on the corner of the family's section of land.
Her family returned to Los Angeles in 1927 where she graduated from Marlborough High School. Attending the University of California, Los Angeles, she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and earned a bachelor's degree in botany. In the late 1950s she attended Cal State University, Fresno, and received an elementary teaching credential.
Life milestones included living on Oahu during the Pearl Harbor bombing on Dec. 7, 1941; marrying Dr. Frederick Paul Sedgwick, a third-generation doctor, in 1942; and the birth of their daughter Deborah Coulter Sedgwick. Her ancestral family migrated from Scotland and Ireland and England in the 1700s, settling in both the north and southern territories of the new world. Transportation links from the East Coast brought the pioneering families to Los Angeles on the distaff side by the Lewis and Clark Trail, establishing the Barlow Toll Road, while on the staff side from Clarksville, Tenn., by the Transcontinental Railway in 1877. Both families were entrepreneurs.
In 1980 she moved to Boise, Idaho, where she continued managing her business while organizing lectures for brown-bag lunches at the Idaho Historical Museum and earning a Master Gardener certificate through the University of Idaho Cooperative Extension. In 1995 she moved to Davis, where she set up residency near her daughter's family. As a strong promoter of the arts, she joined The Friends of UCD Presents and donated significantly to the UC Davis Center for the Arts campaign.
Additionally, she was a benefactor of Northern California Children's Therapy Center in Woodland both ideologically as well as contributing significantly in the name of Lisa Brittan, supporting the vital work of the therapists and staff providing quality therapies for children with a variety of special needs. CTC has named a therapy room in her memory.
She also participated in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's new theater fund in Ashland.
She leaves behind her daughter, Deborah Sedgwick Brittan and son-in-law Kent, and two grandchildren Laurel and Lisa Brittan; her sister-in-law, Janet Coulter Poteete and her children Suzanne Mulvehill, Becky Rogers, Colleen Bellue, Reese Coulter and Joel Barlow Coulter; and first cousin Jane Inch Gessler of Oakland.
On her husband's side she leaves her sister-in-law, Emily Sedgwick Stone, and her remaining child John Sedgwick Stone; and nieces and nephews, Richard Sedgwick of Alma, Dr. Robert Clinton Sedgwick of Louisville, Ky., and Emily Ann Sedgwick of Torrance.
Donations in her memory may be sent to the Northern Children's Therapy Center, 96 W Main St., Woodland, CA 95695. The center is a public benefit nonprofit corporation (EIN 68-0309705).
SEIDEL
Patricia Lynn Sullivan Seidel
Patricia Lynn Sullivan Seidel, a 1980 Davis High School graduate, died Feb. 11, 2004, at her home in North Little Rock, Ark. She was 42.
She was born Dec. 14, 1961, in Little Rock, Ark. At times in her life she lived in Davis, where she participated in varsity basketball, swimming and volleyball at Davis High.
She also lived in Fayetteville, Ark., where she completed an undergraduate degree in animal science at the University of Arkansas; Spartanburg, S.C., Hernando, Miss., and Brandon, Miss., where she had been employed by the Farmer's Home Administration; Shreveport, La.; and Great Britain.
She was most recently CEO and co-owner of Resource Consultants Inc.
Her family described her as a loving wife, mother, daughter and friend. She was her children's biggest fan, supporting all of their athletic and academic activities by cheering, coaching, traveling to tournaments and encouraging them to excel. She was a member of Lakewood United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Dr. Robert M. and Ida Sue Kelly, and by her paternal grandparents, Joe D. and Clara Sullivan, all of Lonoke, Ark.
She is survived by her husband, Peter W. Seidel; son, Kevin Glaze; daughter, Staci Glaze; parents, Gene and Carrie Sullivan; sister and brother-in-law, Cherie and Robert Felcher; brother and sister-in-law, Mike and Carol Sullivan, all of North Little Rock; and by numerous other relatives and friends.
Private graveside services for the family were held Feb. 14 at Lonoke Cemetery, followed by a memorial service in celebration of her life at Lakewood United Methodist Church in North Little Rock.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lakewood United Methodist Church, 1922 Topf Road, North Little Rock, AR 72116.
SEIFERT
Adeline "Addie" Seifert
Adeline "Addie" Seifert died at her Davis home Jan. 12, 2004. She was 88.
She was born in Madera on Oct. 7, 1915, to Margaret and Frank Cappra. After finishing beauty school in Fresno, she moved to San Francisco. There, she met and marriage Helmut Seifert. The couple lived in San Mateo for 50 years.
She was an accomplished ballroom dancer, her family said, and derived much joy from performing on the dance floor.
She recently moved to Davis to be near family, and enjoyed volunteering at Sutter Davis Hospital.
Her husband, in 1991, and her brother, Phillip Cappra, in 2002, preceded her in death.
She is survived by her daughter, Margaret Seifert and her husband Esteban Montaņo, and her son, Edmund Seifert of Seattle. She is also survived by her granddaughters, Theresa Robinson-McCarthy of Davis and Selena Robinson of Roseville, four great grandchildren and her sister, Anne Cappra of Woodland.
Visitation will be held today from 4 to 8 p.m. at Davis Funeral Chapel, 116 D St. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m.
A graveside service will begin at noon Thursday at Skylawn Memorial Park in San Mateo.
Remembrances may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of Sacramento.
