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Marjorie "Lorraine" Kull
Marjorie "Lorraine" Kull, a life long resident of Woodland died quietly in Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2002 surrounded by her family.
Lorraine was the daughter of Carl and Gertrude (Germeshausen) Kull. She was a graduate of Holy Rosary Academy and received her Teaching and Master Credentials from the Sisters of the Holy Cross. She taught in the Catholic, Public and Private Elementary Schools for 40 plus years at all levels and also was a Reading Specialist. She was a 'Master Teacher' and helped many aspiring student, teachers from Saint Mary's College toward their goal of receiving their teaching credential. She was highly valued for her quiet work in this endeavor.
According to her family members, "she loved to garden as well as Interior Decorating and Design. She was an artist in many disciplines. She was a Professional Floral Designer, - 'Flowers For Beautiful Occasion.' She also loved to paint and draw and taught Art for many years. Lorraine was responsible for the beautiful interior and exterior painting at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Too, many of her excellent suggestions were used in the Pastoral center. She also served as Director of Environment and Decorating at Holy Rosary Church until her retirement."
Lorraine is survived by her brothers, Edward 'Ed' and Regina "Regina" Kull and Kenneth "Ken" and Lois Stewart Kull; as well as numerous cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 301 Walnut St. (cross street Court St.) at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, with Fr. Michael McFadden officiating. A Rite of Committal will be held immediately after the Mass at St. Joseph Cemetery, with Deacon Edward Kull officiating. A celebration of Lorraine's life and reception will be held in the Parish Hall following services.
The family requests memorials be directed to Mercy General Hospital, c/o Sr. Kathleen; or the charity of the donor's choice.
Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland is assisting the family) with arrangements.
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Vera Evelyn (Newman) Kull
Vera Evelyn (Newman) Kull died in Sutter Davis Hospital after a brief illness, with her family at her side Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at age 84.
Born June 15, 1918, in Woodland, to Edgar and Mamie (Jacobs) Newman, Mrs. Kull was a fourth generation resident of Yolo County and lived her entire life in Yolo County. She attended local schools and then worked at Woodland Memorial Hospital, Alderson's Convalescent Hospital and Woodland Healthcare as a nurse's aide. She also did home health care for individual patients for many years, retiring in 1985 to continue to stay active in her community. She was a member of the Knights Landing Community Methodist Church, an active member and supporter of the Senior Center, the Nutrition Program of the center, member and past president of the Knights Landing Garden Club, and a very active supporter, sponsor and volunteer with the Knights Landing Fire Department. She was responsible for the annual Fire Department dinner to raise funds for operations and new equipment such as the "Jaws of Life." She was a motivating force to all the personnel of the fire department.
Mrs. Kull was marriage to John R. Kull, who predeceases her, and they had made their home in Knights Landing all of their marriage life. According to her family members, "she was devoted to her family and her garden. Nothing gave her more pleasure than to spend time with her children and grandchildren and to work in her garden, surrounded by the beautiful and bountiful floral blooms that she cultivated. Her friends could always count on her to be there for them in times of need and she often could be found traveling the backroads of the county to see her friends and relatives.
She is survived by her daughters, Barbara Kull and significant other, Leroy Leonard of Woodland, Betty Cotten and husband, Richard of Red Bluff; grandchildren, Rodney Rushby and wife Carrie of Woodland, Russell S. Clark of Red Bluff, Crystal Clark of Davis, Rebecca Hurst and husband Rory of Red Bluff, Sean Cotten and wife Tiffany of Red Bluff; and six great-grandchildren; and brothers, James Newman and Donald Newman and wife Karen; and her dear friend of many years, Lawrence Johnson.
Mrs. Kull was also preceded in death by her grandson, Robert A. Rushby.
Visitation is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 22, at Kraft Bros. Chapel, 175 Second St., Woodland.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 23, at Mary's Chapel Cemetery, 12020 City Road 98, Yolo. Pastor Judy Robbins of the Knights Landing Community Methodist Church will be officiating.
The family requests memorials be directed to the Knights Landing Fire Department; or a charity of their choice, in her behalf.
Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements.
Donald Kunitz
Davis resident Donald Kunitz died of complications from surgery on June 4, 2002, in Sacramento. He was 74.
Born in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 1928, he did his undergraduate training at UC Los Angeles and earned master's degrees from UCLA in library science, University of Southern California in history and Carnegie-Mellon in printing management and graphics. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and was stationed at Fort Ord.
He was chairman of Special Collections at Shields Library from 1965 until his retirement in 1991.
A most beloved, erudite, multifaceted and entertaining man-about-town, he will be remembered for his wit and intelligence and ability to discourse with both depth and humor on almost any subject. He had an insatiable memory for seemingly everything that ever happened not only in his own life, but in his boundless reading.
His specialties included anything to do with books and literature (poetry in particular), film, history, sociology, leftist and literary movements, the beat generation, the hippies, and Los Angeles, among other topics. His appreciation of movies may have begun as a result of growing up in the thick of the Hollywood scene.
He remembered every film he ever attended, every character and actor, every cinematographic achievement -- the subtler the better.
After marriage to Charlene Robbins, whom he met while they were both undergraduates at UCLA, he headed for Pittsburgh, Penn., to attend Carnegie-Mellon. His first job was as production manager for the journal of the American Academy of General Practice in Kansas City, Mo. The couple stayed in the Midwest until 1960, when the urge to return to California became too great to resist.
Back in Los Angeles, he earned his UCLA library science master's degree, but chose not to stay in a city that had become less livable than the pre-war one he remembered. He was always a fount of information about the Los Angeles of the 1930s and '40s, and could hold forth in captivating detail with reminiscences about its atmosphere, as well as its neighborhoods and politics.
In 1963, he and his family moved to Davis, where in 1965 he became head of Special Collections at UC Davis' Shields Library. The job was perfectly suited to his temperament and passions.
Growing up in South-central L.A., he acquired street smarts very naturally. But he also grew up in a bookish household, where his father spoke four languages and refused for a long time to get a telephone --not a television, but a telephone -- because he feared it would interfere with the family's reading.
One of his earliest jobs after college was as a taxi-driver "to the stars" (as well as to anyone else who hailed him). He appreciated the work because in addition to giving him needed income and a scintillating proximity to the movie industry, he could read during quiet moments on the job.
And reading is of course what a librarian loves most -- reading and all that goes with it: collecting, poring over old editions, setting up exhibits, acting as auctioneer at library sales and, on occasion, serving as the rare book and manuscript authority on PBS' "Antiques Road Show."
At Special Collections, he acquired for Shields not only rare ancient works, such as first editions of the 18th century French "Encyclopedists, " but also modern first editions that will gather great value in the course of time. His expertise extended to building collections in the fields of enology and agricultural machinery as well as in the humanities.
Much as he excelled at his profession, he really came into his own in retirement. He loved his new-found freedom to visit seminars on campus, drop in at poetry readings, films and lectures, have long intellectual lunches with friends, serve on the board of the Educart Foundation and listen to BBC on his short-wave radio.
And if there was a book fair in San Francisco, he would be there, even if he had to arrive during a rainstorm.
He will be missed by all those in the Davis community who loved his delightful insights, his mastery of both an erudite vocabulary and snappy colloquialism; his latest joke, profound observation and brilliant turn of phrase.
A devoted family man, he is survived by Charlene, his wife of nearly 48 years; daughters Judith Kunitz Linnard of Berkeley and Mela Kunitz of Portland, Ore.; son-in-law Loren Linnard; and grandson Dean Linnard.
He is also survived by his brothers-in-law and sister-in-law Bernie and Barbara Robbins of Hermose Beach and Harold Robbins of Santa Monica; nephew Mark Robbins of Santa Monica; and niece Lisa Robbins Paps of Paris, France. Other survivors include Josie Abrams of New York; Bella and Bob Loeffler of Forest Hills, N.Y.; Mike and Helene Conant of Kensington; Steve and Izzie Kunitz of Rochester, N.Y.; and Anita and Ralph Segalman of Northridge.
A memorial service will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, July 5, at the Unitarian Church of Davis, 27074 Patwin Road, Davis.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his name to the charity of the donor's choice.
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Mary Grace Kunz
Mary Grace Kunz died in Woodland on June 12, 2004. She was 45.
Born Jan. 19, 1959, in East Orange, N.J., she had been a Yolo County resident for 11 years. She was a longtime employee of Valley Records in Woodland. More recently, she was employed at Sysco Food Service in Pleasant Grove as an accounting supervisor. She also served as treasurer of Davis AYSO.
She was preceded in death by her father, Ernest P. Valentinsson.
She is survived by her husband, Jeffrey Kunz of Woodland; daughters, Signe Valentinsson of Berkeley and Mary Caitlyn Valentinsson of Woodland; son, Leslie Valentinsson, stepdaughter, Allison Kunz, and stepson Andrew Kunz, all of Woodland; mother, Mary Valentinsson of Belleville, N.J.; sisters, Nancy Labadia and her husband John of Glen Ridge, N.J., and Pat Waterman and her husband Terry of Dorset, Vt.; and brothers, Leo Valentinsson and his wife Elizabeth of Bloomfield, N.J., and Peter Valentinsson and his wife Alicja Kaminska of Bayonne, N.J.
The family requests that memorials be directed to the Mary Grace Kunz memorial account educational trust fund for her children at the Yolo Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 657, Woodland, CA 95776.
A memorial service is scheduled at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Christian Church, 509 College St. in Woodland. Arrangements are under the direction of Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland.
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Carolyn L. Kusama
Carolyn L. Kusama died May 27, 2000, in Sacramento. Born May 4, 1937, she was 63.
She was a Davis resident for 22 years. She served as the business manager for Progress Ranch Treatment Services for Children and was an avid gardener, reader, gourmet cook and camper.
She is survived by her loving husband of 24 years, Russell, and her children, Maggi of San Francisco, Michael of Seattle and Bryan of Davis. She is also survived by her sister, Patricia DiNaso of Davis, and her grandchildren, Rudy, Zuri, Vinca, Smudge, Mutti, Stanley and Rusty.
She was preceded in death by her father, Willis Alton Mayhew, of Bakersfield.
A celebration of her life will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Kusama residence. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, designated for Pancreatic Research, or to Progress Ranch.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Neptune Society of Northern California.
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Morris C. Hunter
Morris Hunter passed away unexpectedly at his home in Knights Landing Tuesday, Nov. 16 at age 75.
Mr. Hunter was born in Lavaca, Ark. Nov. 25, 1928 and had been a resident of Sutter County for 60 years. He was a farm mechanic until he retired in 1991. After retirement, Morris worked seasonally at Sutter Basin Growers Co-op in Knights Landing.
Survivors include Mr. Hunter's wife of 54 years, Pearl and their children: sons, Steve Hunter and his wife Pam of Woodland, Gary Hunter and his wife Brenda of Guinda; daughter, Rhonda Hunter of Woodland; his grandchildren, Bret Hunter and his wife Vanessa of Roseville, Jared Hunter of Chico, Mary Hunter of Guinda; his brothers, Jim Hunter and his wife Bobbie of Woodland, Henry Hunter and his wife Cora of Knights Landing; his sisters, Mildred, Teab, Lorene and Margie and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Grover and Lulabelle Hunter; his son, Warren Hunter in September 2001 and nine brothers and sisters.
The family requests memorials in Mr. Hunter's name be directed to the Robbins Volunteer Fire Department in Robbins.
Services: Graveside services will be held at Woodland Cemetery Friday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. McNary's Chapel of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements.
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Dorothy "Dot" Christina Reasoner Huntley
Dorothy Christina Reasoner Huntly passed away in Sacramento on Jan. 9, 2004.
Born on Jan. 17, 1906, in LaGrande, Oregon, she was the youngest of four sisters and two brothers. The family moved from LaGrande to Winters in 1908. Dorothy graduated from Winters High School in 1924. She attended Occidental College and U. C. Berkeley, graduating from the medical school with her BSRN in 1930. she marriage Arthur C. Huntley in Winters on Aug. 4, 1929.
After living in Macdoel for four years, the family moved to Manchester for five years while Arthur went to medical school at U.C. San Francisco. When Dr. Huntley received his M.D., they moved to Sacramento where they made their home for 40 years. Dorothy helped Arthur in his medical practice. She was also active in early stroke recovery treatment and used her nursing skill to help and support many. She was also an active member of the Sacramento Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, an organization of women pilots. "Dot" and "Ace" retired to Manchester in 1980 to the Huntley family homestead, to property that had been in the Huntley family since 1873.
She remained in the family home until April 2002, when she moved to nursing care in Sacramento to be close to other family members.
Dorothy is survived by three of her four children, Dr. Arthur Huntley, of Sacramento, Marie McKinney of Mukilteo, Washington and Barbara Pesavento, of Manchester. There are 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Her loss is also mourned by two long-term international students who became an important part of her life, Mika Abe Tagawa, of Tokyo, Japan and Aky Mashayekhi, of Fremont.
She was preceded in death by her husband in March 2000 and by her daughter, Dorothy Gundling, in 1998.
A private family service, officiated by the Reverend Albert Reasoner, Dorothy's nephew, will be held at the family memorial site in Point Arena.
Any donations in her memory may be made to the Coast Community Library, P.O. Box 808, Point Arena, CA 95468, or the Point Arena Lighthouse, P.O. Box 11, Point Arena, CA, 95468.
