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Mary Patricia "Pat" Patton
Mary Patricia "Pat" Patton, a 33-year resident of Davis, died July 11, 2004, after a lengthy illness. She was 78.
Born Dec. 4, 1925, in Bloomington, Ill., she grew up in Springfield, Ill., attending Cathedral Grade School, Sacred Heart Academy and Springfield Junior College, where she earned an associate's degree in music.
She marriage Noel J. Patton in Springfield on Sept. 6, 1952. The couple moved to Davis in June 1971 from San Mateo.
A traveler, she had visited almost all of the U.S. states, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, Europe, Russia, the Balkan countries and the Middle East. Her last trip was to Kauai, a favorite destination.
She was preceded in death by a brother, who died in infancy; her parents, Ellen and Willard O'Malley; and a sister, Marj Londrigan, all of Springfield, Ill.
She is survived by her husband, Noel of Davis; brother, John O'Malley and his wife Ann of North Carolina; sister-in-law, Maureen Smith of Pennsylvania and brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Eileen McNicholas of Georgia; son, James and his wife Cindy of Lake Tahoe; daughter, Mary Kay Patton and her husband Gary Nixon of Fair Oaks; and son, Terry and his wife Cindi of Woodland.
She is also survived by five grandchildren, Michael Nixon of Sacramento, Casey Nixon of Monterey, Kelly Nixon of Nevada City, and Zachary and Benjamin Patton of Woodland; as well as numerous nieces and nephews and grandnieces and nephews in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Virginia and Florida.
She greatly enjoyed playing bridge and will be missed by the several groups with whom she played, particularly the Tuesday morning club she was part of for more than 32 years.
A memorial mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 200 W. 14th St. in Davis. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made in her name to any preferred charity.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Chapel.
LOPEZ
Annie I. Lopez
A Mass of Christian Burial for Annie I. Lopez, 78, of Winters, was held Wednesday, March 1, 2000 at 10 a.m., at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Father Joseph Ternullo of St. Anthony presided. Visitation was held on Tuesday, Feb. 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. Anthony with a rosary at 7 p.m. Burial followed the Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Woodland.
Born April 28, 1921, in Vacaville, Mrs. Lopez died Feb. 27, 2000, in Winters after a long illness.
She was a resident of Winters for 63 years and worked alongside her husband at their ranch. She was a member of the Iberia Spanish Club and St. Anthony Altar Society. Her hobbies included cooking and spending time with her great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Lopez is survived by her husband, Nick of Winters; son and daughter-in-law, John and Gaye of Winters; daughter, Rose Marie Hendrickx of Winters; grandchildren, Mark Ramos and his wife, Jennifer of Winters, Nicole Brace and her husband, Robert of Winters, Nick of San Diego, Barry Staats and his wife, Char of Woodland and Kari Staats of Discovery Bay; great grandchildren, Alyssia Staats of Woodland, Scott and MOrgan Brace of Winters, Jared and Ryan Ramos of Winters.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Anthony Altar Society, 511 Main Street, Winters, 95694 or to the charity of the donor's choice.
Arrangements were handled by McCune Garden Chapel.
ISOM
Marie Jill (nee Bailey) Isom
Isom, Marie Jill (nee Bailey) of Citrus Heights, Ca. passed away peacefully after a short illness on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003, at Sutter Hospital in Roseville at the age of 53.
Beloved wife of John Russell Isom of Citrus Heights and daughter of Theresa Bailey of Citrus Heights. Predeceased by father Melvin Bailey in 1991. Loving sister of Steven Bailey of Sparks Nevada, Anne (Alvin 'Mick') Goncalves of Shingle Springs, Ca., and Gale (Lois) Brehm of Wisconsin; daughter-in-law of Jack Isom, Dorothy Isom and sister-in-law of Susan Brown, all of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Special aunt to Sheri (Roland) Pires and several nieces and nephews. Sadly missed by special friends Tatyana, Rita, Marge, Kenny and Julie.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will take place in January of 2004, to be announced. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to charity of choice.
CAMPBELL
Donald P. Campbell
Donald P. Campbell died in Soldiers and Sailors Hospital Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at age 81.
Born Jan. 30, 1921, in Dresden, N.Y., Mr. Campbell was the son of Harry E. Campbell and Daisy M. Campbell. He served with U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. He was a member of Fingerlakes Law Enforcement Association, Penn Yan American Legion and Penn Yan Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a retired Chief of Police at Penn Yan, N.Y.
Mr. Campbell is survived by his daughter, Rene K. Blalock and husband James of St. Augustine, Fla.; sons, Donald S. Campbell and wife Patricia of Woodland, Ronald G. Campbell and wife Patricia of Brooklyn, Ohio, and Keith E. Campbell and wife Debra of Olmsted, Ohio.
He is also survived by his sisters Sara Lampman of Florida; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Campbell was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Campbell, in 1991.
A funeral service is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at Weldon Funeral Home, with Martha Hubbard officiating. Burial will be held at Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan, N.Y.
Weldon Funeral Home of Penn Yan, N.Y., is assisting the family with arrangements.
RHODES
Daisy M. E. Rhodes
Funeral today for Daisy Rhodes
Eastern Star Funeral Rites will be held today at 11 a.m. at Smith’s Colonial Chapel in Winters for Daisy Margaret Elizabeth Rhodes, 91, who died in Davis Monday, May 9, 1988. Burial will follow immediately in the Winters Cemetery.
A long-time Winters resident, Mrs. Rhodes was born in Pennsylvania on February 6, 1897. She came to Winters in 1919 and worked as a store clerk at Day’s Drug Store from 1944-84 when she retired.
She was a past matron and over 50 year member of former Yosolano Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Winters. The chapter has since merged with the Esparto chapter and is now known as the Esparto Grafton Chapter, No. 218, Order of the Eastern Star of Esparto.
She was also a member of the Neighbors of Woodcraft.
Mrs. Rhodes was the widow of L. Minard Rhodes who died in Winters in 1944.
She was preceded in death by a stepson, Earle Rhodes, in 1987.
Mrs. Rhodes is survived by her step-grandchildren, Shirley Ames of Bodega Bay, David Rhodes of Hood River, Oregon and Michael Rhodes of Placerville.
Mrs. Rhodes also leaves behind her first cousins Judge Murle Schreck of El Macero, Ruth Eleanor Penzotti, Orval Schreck, Paul Schreck, Elizabeth Barnes, all of Sacramento and Irene Thompson of Hilt.
She is also survived by five nieces and nephews.
RICE
Walter Burtis Rice
Walter Burtis Rice, who entered the ministry after practicing optometry in Woodland for 25 years, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2002 in his Woodland home a few weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer. He was 64.
At the time of his death he had served as pastor of Faith Community Church United Church of Christ, in Sacramento, for nearly 10 years. In that time he had also served the Fruitridge Christian Church Disciples of Christ, and had been the mentor for the Samoan Church of the UCC. He announced last October that he planned to retire in April 2002 as pastor of Faith Community. He was the son of Andrew and Penelope Rice, The Rev. Rice was born in Nevada and attended high school and grammar school in Reno. His father was a research chemist for the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
As a young man he attended the Federated Church at 4th Street and Virginia Street in Reno, now the site of the Silver Legacy Casino. He played the clarinet in the high school band and continued a lifelong love of music in any kind.
After graduating in 1960 from then-San Francisco State College with a bachelor's degree in psychology, he was drafted, and served in the Army a short time in the same year. Leaving the Army, he enrolled in the University of California School of Optometry and graduated with a doctor's degree in 1966. The new doctor joined his father-in-law, Dr. William Clark in practice in the Hotel Woodland in 1967.
In 1989, the future minister enrolled in the Pacific School of Religion, and sold his optometry practice to Dr. Sheldon Smith.
"He was interested in the ministry all along, and believed that living in that way would make him be a better optometrist, " his family recalled. After graduating from the Pacific School of Religion in 1993 he was ordained in March of that year 1993 in St. John's United Church of Christ in Woodland after interning under the Rev. William Schroeder of St. John's and the Rev. Don Wells of the Woodland United Methodist Church.
Ten days after he was ordained, the new minister suffered a major heart attack, but recovered to continue leading his congregation.
He met his wife, the former Nancy Clark, in the pool at Cazadero, a church camp in Sonoma County, after he rode his bicycle to the camp. After a year's engagement the couple was marriage on Dec. 28, 1958, the first couple to be marriage on the stage in the new social hall of the Woodland United Methodist Church.
His family remembers his love of hiking and camping, "His soul was at peace in the mountains. His soul was at peace in the mountains, " they remembered.
Surviving are his wife, Nancy Rice; sons, Jim Rice and wife Laura of Plattsburg, N.Y. and Ian Rice of Sacramento; daughter, Megan Faiello and husband Michael of West Sacramento; and granddaughter, Emily Rice of Plattsburg; and several cousins in Kansas.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and older brother, David Rice.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at St. John's United Church of Christ, 432 Cleveland St. in Woodland, with a lunch to follow.
The family requests memorials be directed to St. John's Retirement Village-Stollwood Convalescent Hospital; or to the Nature Conservancy.
Kraft Brothers Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.
PAUL
Betty Paul
Betty Paul died Aug. 24, 2001, at her home in Davis, where she had lived for 37 years.
Born on Jan. 1, 1933, in El Paso, Texas, she grew up during the Dust Bowl days. She made her way to California with her family in a car weighed down with a mattress and tents. Typical of the period, they moved frequently in search of work and eventually settled in San Jose, where Betty worked in canneries every summer.
She was a diligent student and entered UC Berkeley in 1950. She supported herself in school by working the swing shift in the medical records section of the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Oakland. Although she had no strong political views, she became very active in labor issues and successfully encouraged her co-workers in the first strike of office workers against Kaiser.
While still a student she met Jack Paul, and they were marriage in 1955. She continued her education and received a bachelor of arts degree in Chinese and Indian history.
When she moved to Davis in 1964, she was an active volunteer at Valley Oak Elementary School, where her two sons, Sam and Andrew, were students. Among several school projects she was involved in, one of the more satisfying was getting the crossing light installed in front of Valley Oak.
Her political interests were piqued again when John McMurdie ran for state Assembly in 1965. Her living room became campaign headquarters, and she participated on his campaign advisory committee. Unfortunately, McMurdie was not elected in the year that brought Ronald Reagan to power, and thereafter she no longer participated in politics. She devoted her energy to her family and to her love of literature and history.
When the children went off to college, she worked for 10 years in the personnel office at UC Davis. She retired in 1991 and spent her remaining years enjoying her grandchildren, canning tomatoes, making jam and doing what she loved most: reading history, anthropology and English mysteries.
She is survived by her husband Jack, sons Sam and Andrew, five grandchildren, four brothers and a sister. A private service will be held.
