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Katheryn Richie
Katheryn Richie died in Woodland Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at age 59.
Born July 28, 1943, in Gulfcrest, Ala., Mrs. Richie had been a Yolo County resident for 35 years. She worked for Woodland Memorial Hospital for 15 years as a PBX operator.
Survivors include her daughters, Carla Hernandez, and Kimberly Richie; sons, Brian and Kevin Richie, all of Woodland; and sisters, Katie Estrada and Harriet Kelley, both of Woodland, and Eleanor Slawson of Iberia, Mo.; brother, Claudell Reed of Sacramento; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Peter Richie in March 2001.
The family requests memorials be directed to American Diabetes Association. Arrangements are under the direction of Evergreen Funeral Services of Woodland.
Services: Funeral services to be held at 3 p.m. Friday, July 11, 2003, at the New Life Christian Center, 28958 Hurlbut St., Madison. Burial to follow at Monument Hill Memorial Park, Woodland.
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Jean G. Richmond
Jean Richmond died of pancreatic cancer on May 19, 2005, at her Davis home, surrounded by her family. She was 80 years old.
A memorial service will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Woodland Presbyterian Church, 1324 Columbia Drive in Woodland. She will be interred next to her daughter Lynn, at a private family service at the Davis Cemetery.
Born Jean Gwynne on June 19, 1924, in Rochester, Minn., she grew up in the home of her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Sutherland in Chatfield, Minn. She graduated from Chatfield High School in 1942.
After graduating from the Chicago Civil Aeronautics Administration Training School in May 1943, she was assigned to the Evansville, Ind., Airport as a radio operator. There she met Staff Sgt. James A. Richmond. They were marriage on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1943, at the Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church.
The couple lived in Rochester following World War II before moving to Richmond in late 1950. They have made their home in Davis since 1972.
She was proud to have been a member in the Presbyterian Church since she was a young child. She was an ordained elder, taught Sunday school and Bible study classes, was a circle leader and served as moderator of the women's organization. She was a member of the Woodland Presbyterian Church.
She also was active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, having served as president for five years.
She worked in the accounting field for 20 years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and at Pacific International Rice Mills in Woodland for eight years before she retired.
An avid reader, she enjoyed genealogy and wrote a history about her family going back as far as 1710. She was an expert at needlepoint and loved to travel. She was especially fond of music and musical theater.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, James Richmond; her daughter, Nikki Keller and son-in-law Ken of Davis; her son, Bill Richmond and daughter-in-law Barbara of Hercules; and her grandchildren Pat Keller and his wife Tiffany of Sacramento, Tim Keller and his wife Dana of Talent, Ore., Ryan Richmond and his wife Kerrie of Baton Rouge, La., and April Richmond of San Francisco.
She also is survived by her great-grandchildren, Nicholas and Matthew Keller of Sacramento, and Jordan and Jacob Keller of Talent, Ore. Those in Minnesota who survive her are her sister, Mary Van Der Hayden of Rochester, and brother, Jerry Mahoney of Stillwater.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Lynn Richmond; her grandparents; her mother, Edna Mahoney; her sister, Barbara Mahoney; and her brothers Robert, James, Donald, Gordon and Glen Mahoney.
Remembrances may be made in her name to Yolo Hospice, P.O. Box 1014, Davis, CA 95617.
Arrangements are under the direction of Davis Funeral Chapel in Davis.
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Paul A. Richmond
Paul A. Richmond died at his home in Davis on Aug. 26, 2005, of heart failure following bypass surgery. He was 62.
A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, in the Spanos Concert Hall in the Conservatory of Music on the University of the Pacific campus. A reception will follow the memorial in the President's Room.
He was born Jan. 4, 1943, in Minneapolis, where he spent his childhood and developed a lifelong passion for fishing and golf. He received his bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania. He was a cell biologist who pursued a career-long research interest in the cell wall and cytoskeleton of the giant-celled alga nitella.
He joined the faculty of the department of biological sciences at the University of the Pacific in 1979, where he spent 26 years as a teacher, researcher, adviser and mentor to students, and where he served as department chairman from 1993 until his death.
The department thrived under his leadership, expanding from eight to 14 faculty members and doubling the number of students in the biology and pre-professional majors.
He was a visionary leader within the university who, through quiet perseverance and a talent for working behind the scenes, managed to achieve his vision for modernizing and expanding the faculty, the curriculum and the physical structure of the department.
The final achievement of his legacy at UOP will be realized with the groundbreaking for a new biology building next year, the crowning piece of a dream that he had worked toward for many years.
"Paul left the department that he loved bigger and better than he found it. The same can be said of the many lives he touched during his time on earth, " his family says. "Although family, friends and colleagues will fondly remember that he was late to every meeting and event he ever attended, all who loved him will agree that his passing was the one event that was much too early."
He is survived by his loving wife of 19 years, Janice Morrison, and by his mother Deloris and brother Larry of North Wales, Pa. He was predeceased by his father, Perry Lee Richmond.
Those wishing to honor his memory may send donations to the Biology Building Fund through the Office of Development, University of the Pacific.
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Elwyn Raymond Richter
Elwyn Raymond Richter died Woodland Memorial Hospital on Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, at age 85.
Born May 26, 1918, a native of Woodland, Mr. Richter had been a lifelong resident of Yolo County. He attended Cacheville school. He was a 1937 Woodland High School graduate. He attended school at UC Davis from 1937 to 1941 studying agriculture. He served the U.S. Army from July 1941 to 1946; and from July 1941 to October 1941 he attended officers candidate school for chemical warfare, and chemical warfare training camp in Aberdeen, Maryland. He was a 50-year member of Yolo Grange, 41-year commissioner of Yolo Fire District and spent 53 years as a farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Lois V. (Parker) Richter; sons, Maurice R. Richter and wife Carol of Tennessee, Gary E. Richter and wife Lorraine of Woodland, daughter, Marcia L. Haley and husband Dennis of Chico; grandchildren, Gary E. Richter Jr., Tiffany M. Richter, Heather A. Haley, Bethany E. Haley, Alicia M. Haley, Brianne K. Patrick, Cherise Noble Leber; two great granddaughters; sister, Mary Alice Frazier of Woodland; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife granddaughter, Michelle L. Richter.
The family requests memorials be directed to the charity of donor's choice. Arrangements are under the direction of Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland.
Services: A graveside service is scheduled at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at Mary's Cemetery, Yolo.
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Charles Rick
UCD botany pioneer dead at 87
Charles Rick, a plant geneticist and botanist recognized by many as the world's leading authority on the biology of the tomato, died May 5, 2002, in Davis. A professor emeritus at UC Davis, he was 87.
His family is planning a June open house in his honor for friends and colleagues. In accordance with his wishes, no formal services will be held.
Something of a modern-day Charles Darwin and Indiana Jones combined, Rick was equally at home in the classroom, greenhouse, laboratory and field. His research expeditions took him from the Galapagos Islands to high in the Andes, where he criss-crossed rugged terrain to collect hundreds of wild tomato species. These wild species contained a wide range of genetic variation that was missing from the modern domestic tomato.
During his career, he made landmark contributions in the areas of plant genetics, evolution, genome mapping and archiving the seeds of tomatoes and related plant species.
In 1967, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors for research scientists.
"Among his colleagues, Dr. Rick was considered the quintessential scientist, " said UCD professor John Yoder, chairman of the department of vegetable crops. "His passion was learning and discovery, not fortune or fame. He had a contagious enthusiasm for biology that impacted and motivated all who knew him."
Born in 1915 in Reading, Pa., Rick grew up working in orchards and participating in nature studies through the Boy Scouts.
He earned a bachelor's degree in horticulture in 1937 from Pennsylvania State University, where he met and marriage Martha Overholts. The couple then moved to Cambridge, Mass., where he earned a doctoral degree in genetics from Harvard University in 1940.
He came to UCD in 1940 as a faculty member in the vegetable crops department, launching a career that would span more than 60 years.
A colleague soon suggested that Rick investigate what was wrong with "bull" tomato plants, vines that seemed to pour all of their energy into vegetative growth without producing any fruit.
At first, the proposed project struck Rick as "a damn fool thing to think about, " he admitted in later years. But he became convinced that the problem merited investigation and went on to discover a host of genetic conditions in the sterile tomato plants. He was able to identify the genetic causes for flower infertility and define several single-gene mutants that are now used to provide commercial hybrid tomato seed.
His studies led him to construct a genetic "linkage map" that pinpointed the locations of many mutant or variable genes on each of the tomato's 12 chromosomes. It was the beginning of his pioneering effort to map the tomato's entire collection of genes, now known as its genome.
Rick's early work laid the foundation for molecular maps that today make the tomato genome one of the best-mapped plant genomes. His efforts to identify the genetic basis of resistance to the nematode -- a tiny worm pest -- made it possible to develop nematode-resistant tomato varieties.
Because the tomato has been so well characterized genetically, it now serves as a research model for plant scientists and can be more readily modified for commercial use.
Perhaps one of his greatest contributions was in establishing and serving as curator for the Tomato Genetics Resource Center at UCD. The center is the largest known collection of tomato seeds in the world. Rick devoted countless hours to collecting, cataloging, maintaining and distributing seeds from wild species and genetic stock.
Many primitive varieties and wild species that were collected and maintained at the center are now extinct in their native habitats. Furthermore, many of the unique mutant tomato stocks developed by researchers throughout the world would have been lost without Rick's efforts to archive them.
His tireless efforts were recognized in 1990, when the center was renamed the Charles M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center.
Over the years he received a host of prestigious awards. They included the Alexander von Humboldt Award in 1993, the Filippo Maseri Florio World Prize for Distinguished Research in Agriculture in 1997 and induction to the American Society of Horticultural Sciences Hall of Fame in 1998.
Although officially retired from UCD in 1985, Rick remained active in the field of plant genetics until the age of 85, when health difficulties interfered with his greenhouse and laboratory work. Usually sporting the trademark cloth fishing hat that he wore in both formal and informal settings, he was known as a modest person, full of amusing anecdotes. He had a passion for traveling, the arts, meeting new people and enjoying foreign cultures.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Martha, and is survived by his daughter, Susan Rick Baldi, and son, John Rick, who are academics at Santa Rosa Junior College and Stanford University. He also leaves three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
A scholarship fund is being established in Rick's memory that will help support South American students and scholars interested in promoting biodiversity in the Andes. Contributions should be made payable to the Charles Rick Scholarship Fund and sent in care of Professor John Yoder, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616-8687.
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Mary I. Rickey
Mary Iams Rickey died on March 26, 2000, in the Davis home she shared for three years with her daughter and son-in-law. Born on Feb. 21, 1913, in Englewood, Ohio, to Harry and Carrie Iams, she was 87.
A 1935 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, she was crowned May Day Queen upon her election as president of the Women's Student Government.
She was marriage the following year to her college sweetheart, Branch Rickey Jr. An adventurous and exciting 25-year marriage preceded widowhood at the early age of 47.
Two years later she accepted a job that was created for her by Pittsburgh National Bank. For the next 14 years she oriented newly arrived executives and their families to the city of Pittsburgh, making many lifelong friends in the process.
Failing knees and memory loss made it necessary for her to leave her beloved country home and friends of 44 years in Fox Chapel, Pa.
Mary's life is indebted to the many people who welcomed her with open arms upon her arrival in Davis and remained her friend until her death.
The family would like to thank Dr. Ron Sprinkle, who encouraged her to live life to the fullest; Yolo Hospice, who came into her life for a short but enormously helpful last week; and Maureen Hanlon, who provided an abundance of love and joy to her final year of life.
Gentle, kind and generous, she is remembered by her family and friends above all for her graciousness.
Those who loved Mary are invited to an outdoor memorial service under the direction of the Rev. Jim Kitchens at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at her Davis home. In case of bad weather, the service will be held at Davis Community Church. The family would appreciate RSVPs.
In lieu of flowers or contributions, the family requests that you visit or remember a friend or acquaintance who is ill or alone.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Branch Rickey Jr., and her granddaughter, Robin Elizabeth Hughes.
She is survived by her three children and their spouses, Caroline and Don Hughes of Nashville, Tenn., Nancy and John Keltner of Davis, and Branch and Diane Rickey of Colorado Springs, Colo.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a brother; and a sister.
