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Nancy Elaine Freschauf (1st of 2 obituaries)
On the beautiful fall evening of Oct. 14, 2005 with family and friends by her side, Nancy skipped away to celebrate with her Maker in heaven. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oliver and Virginia Hansen. She leaves behind her devoted husband of 35 years, Chuck, and her loving children, Nicki, Paul, Adam and Amanda. She is also survived by sister Cheryl and husband Lattie of Yelm, Wash., sister Cynthia and husband John of Sequim, Wash., brother Larry and wife Ginger of Palm Desert, and brother Paul and wife MaryLou of Driggs, Idaho. Numerous nieces and nephews, whom she loved like her own kids, are missing her as well.
Nancy was cherished by all, having developed deep friendships through her love for Woodland Bible Church and her 35-year career as a dental hygienist. Few things delighted Nancy more than a good talk, a ripe blueberry or golden-red fall leaves. She took special joy in cultivating flowers and in the miracle of a new baby. The last years of her life allowed her the freedom to concentrate on another passion: pouring her love and generosity into the lives of others. All are welcome to join us as we remember and celebrate her wonderful legacy this Saturday, Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. at Woodland Bible Church, 433 California St., Woodland.
Nancy Elaine Freschauf (2nd of 2 obits.)
Nancy Elaine Freschauf died Friday, Oct. 14, 2005 at the age of 56.
Mrs. Freschauf was born June 5, 1949 in Auburn, Wash. to Oliver and Virginia Hansen. She had a 35-year career as a dental hygienist and was a member of Woodland Bible Church.
Survivors include Mrs. Freschauf's husband of 35 years, Chuck; her children, Nicki, Paul, Adam and Amanda; her sisters, Cheryl and her husband Lattie of Yelm, Wash. and Cynthia and her husband John of Sequim, Wash.; her brothers, Larry and his wife Ginger of Palm Desert and Paul and his wife MaryLou of Driggs, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Services: A celebration of Mrs. Freschauf's life is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at Woodland Bible Church, 433 California St., Woodland. McNary's Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.
FRESHWATER
Bonnie Jean Freshwater
Bonnie Jean Freshwater died in Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, at age 86.
Born April 21, 1916, in Wenatchee, Wash., Mrs. Freshwater was the daughter of the late Clayton M. and Olive Pierce.
Mrs. Freshwater was a resident of Sacramento at the time of her death. She lived in Woodland for several years and worked at The Daily Democrat as a columnist and as the Women's Page editor, retiring in 1977 after several years of work. She served on the Woodland Library Board and was a founding member of the Rose Club.
She is survived by her sons, Philip C. Freshwater and wife Jeanne of Elk Grove, and Jeremy Freshwater and wife Jackie of Brigham City, Utah.
Mrs. Freshwater was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Philip C. Freshwater; and daughter, Kathryn.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 3, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Second Street and Lincoln Avenue in Woodland.
McNary's Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.
FRIAS
Victor Frias
Victor Frias, international chess master and chess teacher, died Jan. 15, 2005, of a rapidly progressing neurological disease. He was 48.
A memorial service celebrating his life will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Marshall Chess in Manhattan.
Born Feb. 10, 1956, in Santiago, Chile, he became an avid chess player as a child and represented Chile in international tournaments as a teen. He studied architecture at the University of Chile, but eventually chess superseded.
In 1974, he began his long career as a teacher, developing a chess curriculum for the Talent School, a Chilean academy for training Olympic competitors in sports and chess. In 1979, he moved to Los Angeles and became part of the U.S. chess scene. He played in numerous tournaments over the years, and in 2004 ranked among the top 35 U.S. chess players.
He marriage Zoe Tilton in 1980 and moved to New York in 1981.
His family says his passion was for teaching and coaching. His love of chess was inspirational to many young chess players; he had a dynamic presence and keen sense of humor. Among his individual students were Grandmasters Ilya Gurevich, who became the junior world champion, and Patrick Wolf, both recipients of the American Chess Foundation Samford Fellowship, and Jennifer Shahade, two-time U.S. women's champion.
Starting in the 1980s, he taught at the Dalton Academy and the Gifted and Talented Center of New York. He also coached the U.S. junior chess team at five international Olympic competitions.
In recent years, he established a nonprofit foundation, Chess for Kids, dedicated to outreach through chess to low-income children. His New York Chessathon in 2001 was attended by 800 children. He was teaching in several schools in Westchester County until November, when he became ill.
He is survived by his wife, Zoe Tilton of Davis; and his sons, Camilo and Pablo, of Davis.
He is further survived by his parents, Adriana Apablaza and Victor Frias, and brother Gonzalo, of Santiago, Chile.
Donations (not tax-deductible) in his memory may be made to a fund for his children's education through the U.S. Chess Trust, c/o United States Chess Federation, 3068 U.S. Route 9W, Suite 100, New Windsor, NY, 12553.
FRIAS-RAMIREZ
Bernadina Frias-Ramirez
Bernadina Frias-Ramirez died in her Woodland home on Dec. 18, 2000, at the age of 92. She was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, on May 20, 1908, to the late Eduardo and Juana Frias.
A resident of Yolo County for the past 30 years, she was a homemaker all of her adult life. She was a member of the Holy Rosary Church as well as a 30-year member of the Guadalupanos Society and the Legion of the Virgin Mary.
She is survived by her sons, Thomas Ramirez of Venica, Mexico, Celso Ramirez of Mission, Texas, Jose Ramirez and Ramon Ramirez, both of Woodland, and Donato Ramirez of Sacramento; a daughter, Yolanda Villalobos of Monterrey, NL, Mexico; two brothers, Martin Frias and Leon Frias, both of Jalisco, Mexico; 40 grandchildren; 73 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin Ramirez, in 1967.
Family and friends are invited to a 7 p.m. vigil Thursday at McNary's Chapel, 458 College St. in Woodland, as well as a funeral Mass Friday at 10 a.m. at Holy Rosary Church, 503 California St. in Woodland. Interment will follow the mass at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
FRIDAY
Carmen Friday
Carmen Friday died in Woodland on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004 at age 93.
Born Aug. 11, 1910, in Woodland, Mrs. Friday graduated from Holy Rosary Academy in 1928 and from UC Berkeley in 1932. She taught Spanish, Latin and social studies at Pierce High School in Arbuckle after getting her teaching credentials in 1933. She later returned to Woodland with her husband Gordon Friday and taught at Lee Junior High School.
After retiring, she served for many years with the Woodland Hospital Auxiliary and was an active member of the Holy Rosary Church, baking cookies for many years for the Juvenile Hall Ministry.
Survivors include her husband of 58 years Gordon Friday; her sister Sylvia Terhune and husband Terry of Desert Hot Springs; sister-in-law Jane Zackman of San Jose; and nieces and nephews Gary and Ann Santoni of Muncie, Indiana; Chuck and Linda Santoni, of Woodland; Robert Santoni, of Woodland; Robert and William Rumph, of San Jose; Julia and Nicola Galperti; of Colico, Italy; Sara and Barry Richards, of Essex, Massachusetts; Arlene Wright, of Sacramento; and Laura Meherin, of Seattle, Washington. She is also survived by many grand-nephews and grand-nieces.
The family requests memorials to be directed to Holy Rosary Church or Woodland Memorial Hospital Foundation. McNary's Chapel of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements.
Services: A vigil is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, at Holy Rosary Church. Funeral Mass is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at Holy Rosary Church.
FRIDLEY
Robert B. Fridley
Robert B. Fridley died at his home in Davis on March 19, 2006. He was 71 years old.
A funeral Mass will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at St. James Catholic Church, 1275 B St. in Davis. A reception follows in the St. James Community Center.
Born June 6, 1934, in Burns, Ore., to Gerald and Gladys Fridley, he was raised in farming and lumbering communities in Oregon, Washington and California. He earned his way through college raising feeder calves and working in a fruit-packing shed and a lumber mill.
He graduated from Sierra College (1954) and UC Berkeley (bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, 1956), UC Davis (master's degree in agricultural engineering, 1960) and Michigan State University (Ph.D., 1973).
He and Jean Griggs of Nevada City met at Sierra College when she cleverly short-changed him at the college bookstore cash register. They marriage in 1955.
His life work focused on engineering to solve important problems in horticulture, silviculture and aquaculture. He joined the agricultural engineering department at UC Davis as an assistant specialist in 1956 and retired in 1994 as a professor emeritus, having served the university in a wide variety of faculty and administrative positions.
Throughout his career he provided dedicated service to his profession, UC Davis and its programs, and to agriculture in California.
Fridley held a number if positions in engineering research with Weyerhaeuser Co., including manager of silvicultural R&D and manager of diversified technology R&D from 1977 until his return to UC Davis in 1985.
His research career was marked with contributions to the economic well-being of California agriculture. He has been recognized nationally and internationally for the importance of his achievements. In 1966, he received the Charles G. Woodbury Award (co-recipient) from the American Society for Horticultural Science, and in 1988 he was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.
In response to invitations, he consulted and participated in research programs in Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the former Soviet Union.
He was recognized by his engineering peers through numerous awards and honors such as those bestowed by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (now ASABE): Outstanding Young Researcher Award for Engineering Achievement (1972), Pacific Coast Region Engineer of the Year (1974), Engineering Concept of the Year Award (1976), ASAE Fellow (1978) and three Presidential Distinguished Service Awards (the latest in 1988). He served as president of the ASAE in 1997-98.
In 1985, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, becoming the fourth faculty member from UC Davis to be admitted. He served on the National Research Council's Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (2000-02); was honored by the Cal Aggie Alumni Association with a Citation for Excellence Award (1990); and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' Award of Distinction (2005).
He also served on a number of boards and commissions, including the board of directors of the American Center for Food Wine and the Arts (COPIA) in Napa and the Science Council for the Pacific Northwest Science Center in Seattle.
He is survived by his wife, Jean Fridley; his mother, Gladys Fridley; sister, Betty Runkle; three sons, Ken and his wife Paula, Mike and his wife Lori, and Jim; eight grandchildren and countless former students.
Memorial donations may be made to Yolo Hospice in Davis.
FRIEDENBERGER
Vivian L. Friedenberger
Vivian Lorraine Friedenberger died on Aug. 3, 2002, at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento. She was 78 years old.
She was born on Feb. 3, 1924, in Pueblo, Colo., moved to California in 1957 and settled in Davis in 1961. She raised her family of two children and retired from UC Davis Library in 1986. She enjoyed dancing, fishing, painting and playing bingo throughout her life.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Emma Brooks; three brothers, George, Charles and Jack Brooks, all of Pueblo, Colo.; a sister, Gladys Lewis, of Pacific Grove; her son, Ronald Friedenberger of Sacramento; and a close cousin, Hazel Meidell, of Pacific Grove.
She is survived by her daughter, Cheryl Friedenberger of Folsom; niece, Vicky Lewis of Pebble Beach; sisters-in-law, Lila Jo Brooks and Ida Brooks, and several nieces and nephews, all of Pueblo, Colo.; and longtime companion, Art Eichelberger of Sacramento.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Davis Funeral Chapel, 116 D St.
