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Homer Sid Warford
Homer Sid Warford died at Palm Gardens in Woodland Monday, March 25, 2002, at age 82.
Born Aug. 17, 1920, in Delaney, Ark., Mr. Warford had been a Yolo County resident for 56 years. He was the son of the late Jim and Nancy Warford. He was a welder for 45 years and worked for 20 years at Barden Bumper and then Johnson Farm Machinery before his retirement. According to his family, "he was an avid CB radio enthusiast."
Mr. Warford is survived by his daughter, Vicki Machado and husband Steve of Woodland; son, Randall Warford of Syracuse, NY; and grandchildren, Sarah Machado of Woodland, Scott, Mark Christopher Ryan and Grady Warford, all of New York.
Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.
Mr. Warford was preceded in death by his wife, Verna Warford, June 3, 1994; sister, Ellen Williams; and brothers, Elmer, Dodd, Harl, Harvey and Calvin Warford.
The funeral service is scheduled at 10 a.m., Friday, March 29, at McNary's Chapel, with interment to follow at Monument Hill Memorial Park.
McNary's Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements
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Isabel Marie Huntley Warmoth
If there were just one word to describe Isabel it would be spirit. It was a spirit she inherited from her grandparents who left Maine in the 1860s to settle on the Mendocino Coast. Her grandfather arrived as a ship’s officer, and her grandmother was among the first to travel west on the new transcontinental railroad. It was a spirit she called on to comfort and reassure her family that it was her time when she passed away in Petaluma, California, on July 28, 2000 at the age of 89.
Isabelle Marie Huntley Warmoth was born on June 1, 1911, in San Francisco, a city still ravaged by the 1906 earthquake. Her father, Dr. Arthur Corbett Huntley, met her mother, Maria Francesca Ducker, at the time head nurse at the German Hospital, as a direct result of the earthquake.
She spent her early years with her late brother, Dr. Arthur Cecil Huntley, roaming the family ranch at Point Arena, California. The family also lived briefly in other Northern California communities, including Winters, where she graduated from High School in 1928. In recent years she has continued to encourage communication among survivors of her graduating class.
In the early days of the Great Depression, women were a rarity in higher education. Nonetheless, she aspired to earning a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at UC Berkeley, which she did in 1932.
After graduation from UC Berkeley, Isabel started a long career as a laboratory technician with Drs. Doan, Fry & Wood in Red Bluff, California. It was here she met and marriage LeRoy A. Warmoth and had two sons and a daughter. They were later divorced and, as a single parent, Isabel worked to see all three of her children go on to college.
After moving to Sacramento in 1950, she continued to work as a laboratory technologist. She retired from the Woodside Medical Group in her 70s.
At the age of 56, as a result of the gift of a flying lesson from her brother, she earned her pilot’s license. She loved flying and continued to refer to herself as a pilot until the end.
After retiring, she traveled extensively, including trips to Africa and Mexico to visit her children. She was active in literacy tutoring and fine china painting. Her family will forever treasure the beautifully painted china pieces she made for them.
Isabel was a feminist who stood up for women’s rights long before Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem popularized feminism, and she enlivened many of the family gatherings with stories of her experiences. She was strong willed, independent and lived her life as she wanted. She was admired, beloved and an inspiration to all the family.
Isabel was active in the California Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists, the American Association of University Women, Ninety-Nines (Women Pilots’ Association) where she served a term as president, and The Toastmasters where she was a spirited speaker.
She is survived by her daughter Ann Elizabeth Harbeson, of Croton-on-Hudson, New York; sons, L. Arthur Warmoth, of Rohnert Park, and Edward Huntley Warmouth, of Helena, Montana; and six grandchildren, Monica Warmoth Hinson, Arthur Emery Warmoth, Tonantzin Warmoth, Eric Harbeson, Kristen Harbeson, Alexander Warmoth; and many other relatives and friends who loved her.
An interment and celebration of her life will be held at the Odd Fellows Cemetery near Point Arena at 1 p.m. on Aug. 26. It will be followed by an open house at the home of her niece, Barbara Pesavento, adjacent to the Huntley Ranch.
Memorial donations are suggested to the California Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists Scholarship Fund, the American Association of University Women Education Foundation, or the Scholarship Fund of the Sacramento Valley Chapter of Ninety-Nines. For further information, call (707) 795-1064.
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Charles Stone Warner (1st of 2 obits.)
Charles Stone Warner died in Stanford July 23, 2005.
Mr. Warner was born in Sacramento on April 1, 1946. He was a graduate of California State University at Sacramento and post-graduate of the California College of Arts and Crafts. He was an art teacher at Woodland High School and Woodland Community College.
Survivors include his wife, Marion; his children, Erika, Dylan and Rachael; his grandson, Finley and his brothers Philip and Stuart.
The family requests Memorials in Mr. Warner's name be directed to the Charles Stone Warner Memorial Fund for the Arts and Communication, c/o Marion L. Cantor, 1105 Kennedy Place, Suite 6, Davis, 95616.
Services: Memorial services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Aug. 6, 2005 at the Buehler Alumni/ Visitors Center, on the UC Davis campus, Davis.
Charles Stone Warner (2nd of 2 obits.)
Charles Stone Warner died July 23, 2005, in Stanford of complications related to idiopathic interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and his hospitalization after a lung transplant. He was 59.
A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center at UC Davis.
Born April 1, 1946, in Sacramento, he was a graduate of Cal State Sacramento and did his postgraduate studies at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and at the UC Davis art department.
A dedicated art educator, he began teaching art at Woodland High School in 1970, in 1978 he was appointed the art teacher for the Advanced Placement program. The students in the WHS art department have consistently achieved the highest scores in the greatest numbers in the United States, a family spokesman said.
Warner served as chairman of the WHS art department from 1974 to June 30, 2005, and was the lead teacher of the Arts and Communication Division from 1984 to June.
From 1985 through 2004, he served as technical director of the Woodland High School/Woodland Community College theatrical productions and taught classes in experimental television, video and theater production, and basic and Advanced Placement art classes.
"Warner possessed an uncanny ability to challenge his students in a variety of problem-solving environments, " his family says. "He inspired them to produce inventive, independent, meaningful pieces of visual art that consistently demonstrated higher-order thinking.
"His students and former students describe him as a task master whose power and influence were felt through his deep personal interest and faith in each of them and the faith they learned through him to have in themselves.
"He gave them hope and inspiration."
Warner's students were invited on several occasions to show their art work at the Crocker Art Museum and the Woodland Public Library. He has influenced generations of students, some of whom have gone on to become well-known artists.
His contributions to the WHS art program were evident at the Woodland High School alumni art show last summer, titled "Colors of Woodland." Community members invited WHS alumni who are professional artists to participate; 137 artists from New York, Utah, Louisiana, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Washington, D.C., and California answered the call.
Warner also taught commercial art, ceramics and theater production at Woodland Community College for the past 21 years.
He was nominated twice to receive the National Medal of Arts award from the National Endowment for the Arts. One nomination letter noted that his art students have won more awards than those from any other California high school, including California's Emerging Young Artist award, congressional competition awards and the Annenberg Visual Arts Scholar for the U.S. award. Several dozen of his students have been named California Arts Scholars.
He is survived by his wife, Marion; children, Erika, Dylan and Rachael; grandson, Finley; two brothers, Philip and Stuart; and caring friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Charles Warner Memorial Fund for the Arts and Communication, c/o First Northern Bank, 434 Second St., Davis, CA 95616.
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LeRoy Wilbur Warnke
LeRoy Wilbur Warnke died at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Sacramento on Friday, March 5, 2004, at age 83. He was born on June 8, 1920, in Benson, Ill., to William and Anna (Coleman) Warnke.
Mr. Warnke had been a Yolo County resident for 46 years. He was a veteran of World War II, enlisting in the U.S. Army, and served in the Quartermasters Corps at Ft. Hood. In 1946, Mr. Warnke was discharged and later marriage Shirley Edwards in 1947. They moved to Woodland and operated LeRoy's Beauty Salon & Boutique and the Merle Norman Cosmetics Studio for more than 30 years in the woodland Hotel. Following Mr. Warnke's retirement, the couple lived in Stockton and Santa Rosa briefly before returning to live in Davis. Mr. Warnke was an active member of the American Lutheran Church in Woodland as well as the Davis Lutheran Church and Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Santa Rosa.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley of Davis, son, Don Warnke and his wife Lori (Cook) of Woodland; daughter, Judy Lee Perlberg of Palatine, Ill.; and sister-in-law, Dorothy Warnke of Texas. Also surviving are granddaughters, Michelle Warnke of Sacramento, Leah Warnke and Nicole cook of Woodland; grandsons, Michael and Matthew Perlberg of Illinois; brother- and sister-in-law, George and Barbara Gossett of Woodland; as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Mr. Warnke's parents and five brothers, Melvin, Harvey, Delmar, Wesley and Eldon Warnke preceded him in death.
The family requests memorials be directed to the American Lutheran Church, the Gideons International, P.O. Box 773, Woodland, 95776; or the American Cancer Society, 1765 Challenge way, Sacramento, 95815.
Services: Services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Friday, march 12, at the American Lutheran Church, 1114 College St., Woodland. There will be no visitation prior to the service. Interment at Monument Memorial Park will be private.
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Dale Glenn Warren
Dale Glenn Warren died in Mercy San Juan Hospital, Sacramento, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2002, at age 78, surrounded by his loving family.
Mr. Warren was a long-time Woodland resident and well-known general contractor who has built many beautiful homes in Northern California.
Mr. Warren graduated from Woodland High School in 1942 where he was a member of the football and track teams. He was also a member of the Glee Club and played baritone saxophone in the school band.
After graduating, Mr. Warren proudly served in the Army Air Corps as a tail gunner in a B-24. He was a veteran of World War II. He recently took part in the filming of a Discovery Channel documentary which brought several serviceman together for a cruise to the Glalapagos Islands, where he was stationed toward the end of his tour of duty. He was very active with all of his Army Air Corps reunions and always made something special in his woodshop to take to all that attended.
Mr. Warren and his wife, Gloria enjoyed traveling on cruises to the Caribbean, Alaska, Panama Canal and many trips to Hawaii. They just recently returned from a 2-month driving trip across the United States which included a cruise to Quebec and to the New England states during the 911 tragedy.
Mr. Warren received his pilot's license in 1958 to fly small private planes just for family pleasure. He was a lifetime member and commissioner of the boy Scouts of America, receiving the Silver Award.
He was a high priest and active member of the First Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Mr. Warren is survived by his wife of 56-years, Gloria; daughters, Gail Barrett of Woodland and Corrine Burgi and husband Craig of Tracy; son, Bruce Warren and wife Ingrid of Woodland; sister, Ynez Putz of Vallejo; brothers, Don Warren and wife Geraldine of Esparto and Monty Warren and wife Laura of Long Beach.
He is also survived by brother-in-laws, Kenneth Verl Gordon and wife Alice, Fred Gordon and wife Ruby, Mary Ann Robinson and husband David, all from Woodland, Kerry Gordon and wife Mikel of Sacramento; sister-in law, Irene Gordon of Florida.
Mr. Warren is also survived by granddaughters, Tawna Wirthlin and husband Jerry, Michele Lee and husband Wes, all of Woodland, Holly King and Michael of Allen, Texas, Tara Dinman of Tracy; grandsons, Kevin and Michael Burgi of Tracy and six great-granddaughters, Kara and Chelsea Lee, Amberly and Courtney King, Michaela and Sierra Dinman and one great-grandson Elijah Wirthlin. Numerous extended family members and nieces and nephews also survive him.
Mr. Warren was preceded in death by his parents William Glen and Elsie Warren; father-in-law, Kenneth Gordon; brother-in-laws, Bill Putz, Rex, Dennis and Keven Gordon.
Visitation is scheduled at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 21, at Kraft Bros. Funeral Chapel, 175 Second St., Woodland.
Funeral services are scheduled at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 850 Pioneer Ave., Woodland. Interment will follow immediately at Monument Hill Memorial Park, Woodland.
In lieu of floral contributions, the family requests memorial contributions be made in Mr. Warren's memory to the Woodland Family History Center, 850 Pioneer Ave., Woodland, Calif. 95776, or to the Woodland Boy Scout Troop of choice, or other charity of donor's choice.
Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors is assisting the family with arrangements.
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Lorna Grow-Warren
Lorna Grow-Warren passed away on Monday, April 9, 2001 at her home in Winters. Born on Sept. 17, 1913 in Huntsville, Utah to Lorin and Viola Wood Grow, she was 87 years old.
Mrs. Warren’s passion was quilting. She made a quilt for every family wedding and new baby, and was constantly making new quilts for her great-grandchildren, family members and friends. Her family was her main source of enjoyment. She was also actively involved with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
She is survived by her children and their spouses, Jeannine and Perry Clark of Winters, Gay and John (Al) Morgan of Winters, Lorin and Gloria Warren of Winters, Larry and Janice Warren of Galt, Carol and Kenneth Williams of Basalt, Idaho, Doug and Linda Warren of Knights Landing, Joyce and Larry Haws of Idaho Falls, Idaho; brothers and sisters, Theo and Sam Henderson of Rupert, Idaho, Wayne and Elaine Grow, and Cecil and Elsie Grow, all of Boise Idaho, and Kay and Ken Haunschild of Texas; 44 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great grandchildren.
Mrs. Warren was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Warren, and her brother, David Oman Grow.
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Warren on Thursday, April 12, at 11 a.m. at the LDS Chapel, 435 Anderson Avenue, in Winters. Visitation was scheduled for Wednesday, April 11, 6-8 p.m. at the LDS Chapel.
Memorials may be made in Mrs. Warren’s name to the Winters Healthcare Foundation, 23 Main Street, Winters, CA, 95694, or Yolo Hospice, P.O. Box 1014, Davis CA, 95617.
