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Mildred Burroughs Partansky
Mildred Burroughs Partansky, an 11-month resident of Davis, died peacefully in her sleep on March 22, 2006, at the home of her daughter Julia Partansky, a former mayor of Davis. She was 93.
She was born on Nov. 9, 1912, in Santa Clara to Ernest and Clementine Clark Burroughs. With her when she died were her daughter Julia; her two sisters, Dorothy Heineman and Ernestine Hinz; her nephew, Tom Hinz and his wife Kathy; and Barbara Meixner.
Mildred Partansky grew up in San Jose, Oakland and Antioch. In 1927 she was honored by being chosen as Miss Antioch Bridge. In June of 1929 she graduated from Riverview Union High School in Antioch. She then attended UC Berkeley, where she received a bachelor’s degree in history and music in 1933. She continued her education and in 1934 earned a secondary teaching credential, qualifying her to teach high school.
But, because it was the depths of the Great Depression and she couldn’t get a job, she moved home and got a job selling milk. Later came a part-time job teaching art and music to second-graders, then a part-time job in the library at Crockett.
In 1936 she returned to UC Berkeley to study library science and earned a librarian’s certificate in 1937. (Twelve of her relatives, including her daughter, also attended UC Berkeley.)
She moved to Martinez, where she worked as a librarian until she marriage Alex Partansky on March 2, 1946. He was a widower who had two sons: Richard and Joseph. Mildred then moved back to Antioch to live with her new family.
On June 29, 1947, she gave birth to twins: Julia Elizabeth Alexandra Partansky and Michael Alexander Partansky. In 1953 the family moved to Concord.
Mildred and Alex shared a love of music, she playing the piano and he the violin and viola. All their children also played music. Julia played the trumpet, Richard the tuba, Joseph the flute and Michael the trombone. Alex regularly held string quartet musical evenings in their home.
For many years, Mildred was a Quaker and took her twins to Quaker meetings on Sunday where everyone sat in silence. Later, she became a member of the Unitarian Church and the Church of Religious Science.
During World War II she became a pacifist and staunchly believed for the rest of her life that war is not the answer to conflicts. To this end, she was a draft counselor from 1968 to 1971, supported the Port Chicago Vigil that tried to stop the delivery of napalm during the Vietnam War, supported and was a member of the Mount Diablo Peace Center, supported The American Friends Service Committee and helped operate clothing drives in Antioch and Concord to raise money for peace.
In 1967, she took up the study of yoga and started teaching yoga in 1979. She received an instructor’s certificate from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco in June 1984 and continued teaching yoga until 1998. She also studied Sanskrit and enjoyed learning Russian, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
Mildred and her husband loved to travel. In 1966 they went to Moscow, where they purchased a Volkswagen camper, visited Alex’s sister, and traveled the countryside. Subsequent trips and two more purchases of VW campers took them to Belgium; Leningrad; Venice, Italy; England; Holland; Germany; Greece; New Zealand; the Scandinavian countries; and Paris. (In 1968, they visited their daughter Julia in Paris, who was studying art and French at the time).
Mildred was a generous, loving, caring person who contributed to and was a member of many organizations. She was an avid KPFA listener and supporter since 1948. She also sustained memberships with or contributed to the Sierra Club, Common Cause, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, The American Foundation for Disabled Children, Bay Area Crisis Nursery, Friends Committee on National Legislation, KQED, Mount Diablo Peace Center, ACLU, Save Mount Diablo, American Kidney Fund, World Wildlife Fund, National Federation of the Blind, The Salvation Army and the American Red Cross. She also sponsored a Buddhist monk in Nepal.
She moved to Davis to live with her daughter in May 2005, needing a full-time caregiver after having fallen and broken her hip. While in Davis, she met many wonderful, caring people who helped care for her and entertain her, for which the family will be forever grateful.
Special thanks go to Citizens Who Care and its Saturday respite program “Time Off for Caregivers”; Yolo Hospice; Dr. Roxanne Sanders; Mary Verches, a private caregiver; Stacey White, her masseuse; and the Unitarian Universalist Church and its Caring Committee and Pastoral Associates.
Mildred loved all the music that Julia and her housemate Barbara exposed her to: piano lessons and Klezmer rehearsals in the home, recitals, the music at the Unitarian Church, the weekly program at Covell Gardens and many more. She also loved eating out, her walks around the Northstar greenbelt, massages, potluck dinners and the parties.
She is survived by her daughter Julia of Davis; son Michael and his wife Janice of Concord; stepson Joseph; sisters, Dorothy Heinemann of Concord, and Ernestine Hinz of McKinleyville; four step-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; and six nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Alex, and her stepson Richard.
A memorial service is being planned for Saturday, May 13, at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, 27074 Patwin Road. The family asks all who knew Mildred to attend and bring their stories. Memorial donations may be made to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, Yolo Hospice, Citizens Who Care or the ACLU.
PASCUAL
William Santos Pascual
William Santos Pascual died at his home in Woodland Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005 at age 80.
Mr. Pascual was born Nov. 21, 1924 in the Philippines. He had been a Yolo County resident for 3 1/2 years. He worked as a teacher and coach in the Philippines.
Survivors include Mr. Pascual's wife, Edith B. Ignacio-Pascual, also of Woodland; his daughter, Emily Tabigni and her husband Henry of the Philippines; his sons, William Pascual Jr. and his wife Catherine, Antonio Pascual and his wife Paula; his stepdaughters, Edith Hafdahl and her husband Palmer of Kauai, Hawaii; his stepsons, Roy Ignacio and his wife Rose and James Ignacio and his wife Nancy of Elk Grove; numerous grandchildren and his sisters, Benedicta Abad and Angeleta Basan of the Philippines. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Juanita and his brothers, Loreto, Susano and Saturnino Pajas.
Services: A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 301 Walnut St., Woodland. McNary's Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.
PASLEY
Raymond Eugene Pasley
Raymond Eugene Pasley of Davis died at home on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, three days after his 47th birthday.
He was born in San Diego to Randolph and Margueritte Pasley.
After earning a degree from Sacramento State, he became an award-winning advertising photographer.
Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Linda Callori Pasley; brothers Richard Pasley, and Randy Pasley and his wife Esther.
He was also survived by extended family members Wayne and Elaine Lane; Fred and Jalynne Callori; Michael and Sandra Fuentes; Steven and Valerie Callori; Kevin and Lisa Callori; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and by one brother, Robert Pasley.
A mass of Christian burial is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at St. James Catholic Church, 1275 B St. A private burial will follow.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or a charity of the donor’s choice.
PATE
Charles Raymond
Charles Raymond Pate died July 25, 2004, at Sutter Davis Hospital. He was 79.
Born Aug. 23, 1924, he was a native of Paradise, where he grew up and attended high school. A veteran of World War II, he resided in Yolo County for the past 20 years, working as a truck driver in the transportation industry.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Edith Brown, in 2003.
He is survived by his two daughters, Lois Beever of Woodland and Loretta Vespoli of Sacramento; son, Monty Pate of Woodland; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Private interment services are scheduled at Paradise Cemetery in Paradise, with memorial contributions being made to the donor's favorite charity in his memory.
Arrangements are under the direction of Evergreen Funeral Service of Woodland.
PATEL
Neil Ashok Patel
Neil Ashok Patel died on Aug. 13, 2005, the victim of a hit-and-run accident in Davis. He was 21 years old.
Born in Northridge on June 27, 1984, to Ashok and Lina Patel, he grew up in Santa Clarita and attended Valencia High School, class of 2002. At the time of his death he was enrolled at UC Davis, entering his fourth year as a microbiology major.
He is survived by his parents, Ashok and Lina Patel of Santa Clarita; and a brother, Mehul Patel of San Diego.
Private family services will be held in North Hollywood.
Evergreen Funeral Service of Woodland is assisting the family.
PATRICK
Richard A. Patrick
Richard A. Patrick died in Davis on May 28, 2005. He was 83.
A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at The Episcopal Church of St. Martin, 640 Hawthorn Lane in Davis.
Born Jan. 18, 1922, in Juneau, Alaska, he served with distinction in the U.S. Navy Air Corps during World War II as a pilot. He had a long and successful career as an architect working in both private practice and for public institutions. Most notable among his professional experience were his decades with UC Davis.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Jean Bush-Patrick; and his two sons, Michael and Richard Patrick.
He is further survived by his daughters-in-law, four grandchildren and one great-grandson.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Yolo Hospice in his name.
PATTERSON
Gwendolyn Roberta Patterson, M.D.
Gwendolyn Roberta Patterson died in Woodland Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, at age 80.
Mrs. Patterson was born Feb. 15, 1924 in Baton Rouge, La. to Lionel Emory Smith and Annette Gourley Smith and had been a Yolo County resident since 1968. She graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Louisiana State University and then from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1946. She worked as a physician before retiring in 1967. In 1980, she and her husband Pat established a wildlife sanctuary in Dunnigan and dedicated themselves to developing a native plant and animal habitat.
Survivors include Mrs. Patterson's daughters, Kathleen Souza and her husband Douglas of Woodland and Lynn Conner and her husband Philip of Dixon, and her son, Douglas Patterson of Dunnigan; grandchildren Damian, Dylan and Martin Patterson of Nevada City and Acacia "Casey" Souza of Antelope and Erin Souza of Woodland. She is also survived by her sister, Esther Webb of Greenbelt, Md. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Roy "Pat" Patterson.
Memorials in Mrs. Patterson's name may be directed to Yolo Hospice, P.O. Box 1014, Davis, 95617 or to a charity of the donor's preference.
Services: Services will be scheduled at a later date. The Neptune Society of Northern California is assisting the family with arrangements.
