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James F. Forshee
James F. Forshee of Woodland died Aug. 12, 2004, at Stollwood Convalescent Hospital in Woodland. He was 86.
He was born in Okmulgee, Okla. on Aug. 24, 1918.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific as an electrician's mate on PC 603 and LST 124. He always considered himself lucky to have been under fire only once.
After naval service, he was employed by Lockheed Aircraft Company for more than 40 years, mostly overseas. In Japan, Germany, France, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, Italy, Greece and Iceland, he led field service teams supporting Lockheed aircraft flown by U.S. military forces and allies . He took advantage of these foreign postings to visit 30 countries.
After retirement, he divided his time between traveling, his home in Las Vegas and his sister's home in Davis. His special interests were woodworking and photography.
He moved to Davis in 2001 to be closer to family. He leaves his sister Olline Peterson, nephew Michael R. Peterson, niece Alice Peterson, and grandniece Anne Peterson, all of Davis; and sister Corrine Forshee of Los Angeles.
His family wishes to give special thanks to Dr. Bill Zepf, Dr. Tom Blumenfeld, and the entire staff at St. John's Retirement Village and Stollwood Convalescent Hospital.
A private memorial service for family and friends is planned at the Chapel at St. John's.
GALLOWAY
Viola B. Galloway
Viola B. Galloway died in her daughter's home in Elk Grove, on Jan. 29, 1999. Viola was born on Nov. 21, 1921 to Noah and Emma Stanton in Phillips County, Kansas. She was a long-time resident of Winters.
Mrs. Galloway was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and mother-in-law. Though records will show a high school education, those who knew her well would say she had a "Ph.D. in common sense." She lent a sympathetic ear and an abundance of sound advice.
A master storyteller, she would keep friends and family enthralled with stories of the past. She truly had the "gift of gab." She could talk to anyone anytime, about any subject.
Mrs. Galloway was not rich in worldly possessions, but she kept a treasure-trove of memories tucked safely away. Small momentos of childish drawings and first letters and valentines presented to a cherished grandma were carefully preserved over the years and proudly shared with all visitors.
Her passing will leave a void in all our lives. But her love, her warmth and her spirit will live on forever in our hearts.
Mrs. Galloway is survived by her brother, Lawrence (Jim) Stanton and her daughter, Susan E. Smith, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rodney Vincent Galloway, her daughter Donna Marie Fisher, and her son, Robert Dennis Galloway. Viola is also survived by a multitude of friends.
Private family services were held on Feb. 6.
LANG
Frank Luman Lang
Frank Luman Lang, 89, died Friday, Aug. 9, 2002 in Woodland. He was born Nov. 6, 1912, in Strawberry Point, Iowa, to Nicholas and Nellie (Fisher) Lang. Considered a gifted athlete, he was captain of the 1925 Iowa State Championship Basketball team.
Mr. Lang came to California in 1927 to work for his uncle on the Fisher-Rich ranch in the Elkhorn area along the Sacramento River. He marriage Ruth Davies in 1938 and together they built a walnut farming operation in Yolo County.
During more than half a century in agriculture, Mr. Lang made contributions to the development of the walnut industry in California, serving as director and chairman of the California Agriculture Council and as the California Agriculture Council's representative to the National Agriculture Council.
Locally, Mr. Lang represented Yolo County on the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito Board for 28 years, was president of Reclamation Districts 1600 and 537, and commissioner of the Elkhorn Rural Fire District for more than 50 years, and was a strong supporter of Future Farmers of America.
Mr. Lang is survived by his wife, Ruth, children Karen Lang Borman and Kent Alan Lang, seven grandchildren and five great-grandsons. He is also survived by sisters Wanda Meyer and Betty Collins and numerous nieces and nephews in the Midwest and Washington state.
Mr. Lang was preceded in death by his sister Ione Block.
He continued his lifelong love of sports in his support of his grandchildrens' sports activities, rarely missing a game - even during the walnut harvest.
At his request there will be no services.
Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Frank L. Lang to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 1329 Howe Ave., suite 110, Sacramento, 95825.
Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors is assisting the family with arrangements.
LANGE
William Harry Lange, Jr.
William Harry Lange, Jr., a third-generation Californian, died July 15, 2004, in Davis after a long illness.
He was born in San Francisco on Sept. 2, 1912. Raised in Oakland, where his father was a photo-engraver, he graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1929. During his boyhood, besides being a budding entomologist chasing blue butterflies, he became an Eagle Scout.
He pursued his bachelor's (1933), master's (1934), and Ph.D. in entomology at UC Berkeley (1941). He had the unusual distinction of receiving his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in one year. At that time, associates at the Berkeley Experiment Station were informed they would have one year to complete their Ph.D. or get fired. Harry immediately left Half Moon Bay, where he was working on the artichoke plume moth, and moved back to Berkeley.
He handed his dissertation in on Dec. 6, 1941, the eve of Pearl Harbor, and often remarked that he was lucky he had turned it in that day because he always wrote at night, and a complete blackout was imposed on the Berkeley campus for the next four years.
During the war years, he was stationed at Salinas, where he researched vegetable insect pests and worked part-time on Parthenium argentatum (guayule) in a U.S. Dept. of Agriculture war effort to produce natural rubber. In 1947, he was sent to Saipan to help restore coconut as a commercial crop in the Northern Mariana Islands by finding a parasite to control the coconut rhinoceros beetle. Because of his side interest in snails and slugs, he was also assigned to find a control for the giant African snail that turned the runways into a slippery mess.
He came to UC Davis in 1946 as a lecturer and retired as a full professor in 1983. An internationally known researcher, teacher, taxonomist and systematist, he was a specialist in aphids and aquatic Lepidoptera. He wrote more than 170 publications covering various facets of entomology and pest management.
He was most proud of his work with UC Davis geneticists V.M. Williamson and I. Kaloshian, "An aphid-resistance locus is tightly linked to the nematode-resistance gene, Mi, in tomato, " which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 1995.
Lange was a tireless worker for agriculturists in the Sacramento, San Joaquin and Salinas valleys and saved the rice crop in California from the rice water weevil in 1961. He would mentor young entomologists, serving as the 4-H judge for insect collections for Yolo County and shepherding hundreds of students through their courses, many of whom returned to their countries of origin to share what they had learned.
During his career at UC Davis, he was chairman of the committee to build Briggs Hall, chairman of the library and research committee and a pioneer in the development of the master's degree in integrated pest management curriculum. He donated more than 1 million African insects to the Bohart Museum of Entomology as well as a life-time collection of entomological and related books and periodical sets to Shields Library.
He was a trumpet player in the Cal Band for five years and a member of the Berkeley and Oakland symphonies. He also played in the UC Davis Aggie Marching Band for five years as a faculty member to fill in instrumentation. For many years, he would play "The First Noel" on his trumpet on top of Deebo's for Davis' annual Christmas parade.
He received the Award of Distinction of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the C.W. Woodworth Award from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America. The Lange metalmark butterfly, an endangered species whose only known habitat is the Antioch Dunes, was named for him by Dr. John A. Comstock of the L.A. County Museum of Natural History.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Marvin Ernst Lange.
He is survived by his wife, Ellen, of Davis and his three daughters from his first wife, Pauline Schulthess, of Kelseyville: Marilyn Larson and her husband George of Bakersfield, and her two children, Dean Foxx of Bakersfield, and Deanna Whalen and her husband Brian of Temecula; Diana Sawall and her husband Erwin of Cave Junction, Ore., and their three children, Curt, of Cave Junction, Erin and his wife Jane, of Medford, Ore., and Erica Fica and her husband Michael of Flower Mound, Texas; and Becky Adams of Carmichael and her three children, Laura Siebert and her husband Michael of Sacramento, Genny Schrader and her husband Jon of Elk Grove, and Mark Adams of Carmichael.
He is also survived by his brother, C. Dan Lange and his wife Thelma of San Mateo; his nephews, Chris and his wife Billie Ann of Visalia, and Andrew and his wife Jean Taylor of Napa; and his niece, Nancy Cutler and her husband Jay of San Francisco. He is also survived by 14 great-grandchildren, seven grand-nieces and nephews and one great-grand nephew.
Lange, who was a soft-spoken, self-effacing man who referred to himself as a "bugologist, " had this to say about his career spanning six decades, "Although the Smithsonian Institution offered me my first job - to do taxonomic work on Lepidoptera (moths)-I chose to remain with the University of California, becoming a teacher and agricultural researcher by day and a biosystematist on aquatic Lepidoptera at night. I have never regretted this decision."
Private interment will be at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, with a memorial service to take place later this year.
GONZALES
Ellen "Fay" (Martin) Gonzales
Ellen "Fay" (Martin) Gonzales died in Woodland Memorial Hospital with her family comforting her Friday, Aug. 2, 2002, at age 68.
Born May 29, 1934, in Oklahoma, Mrs. Gonzales had been a Yolo County resident for 65 years. She attended school in Esparto, graduating from Esparto High School in 1952. She had also been employed as a Secretary/Dispatcher for Carpenters Local 1381 for 25 years, retiring in 1995.
According to her family members, "she enjoyed many hobbies such as sewing, crochet, needlepoint, candle making, and cake decorating - a craft that she passed on to her children. She was a true 'rock hound' and especially liked to find agates and stones while vacationing along the California and Oregon coasts with her family. With her husband Herman, they would cut and polish the stones, making jewelry for friends and family. She also enjoyed playing bingo with friends. One of her latest hobbies was researching her family history. Creating a detailed family tree, she passed this and copies of old family photos to family members."
Mrs. Gonzales is survived by her husband of 50 years, Herman A. Gonzales of Woodland, originally of Winters; and sons, Robert Gonzales and his wife Carol, Herman T. Gonzales and his wife Barbara, also all of Woodland, and Tim Gonzales and wife Jennifer of Sacramento.
She is also survived by her grandchildren, Catrina Castaneda and husband Steven of Fresno, Bryce, Jeremy, Kasey and Kevin Gonzales, all of Woodland, Lindsey Ellen, Landon Gonzales of Sacramento; mother, Ella Martin of Woodland; sister, Jean Long of Oregon; brother, Rodney Martin and wife Nancy of Mississippi; and many other relatives in the Woodland area.
Mrs. Gonzales was preceded in death by her father, Robert "Dick" Martin.
Respecting her wishes, no services are scheduled.
The family requests memorials be directed to the charity of the donor's choice.
GRANT
Karla Marie Grant
Karla Marie Grant of Davis died unexpectedly on Jan. 11, 2006. She was 47.
A memorial service and reception will begin at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, 27074 Patwin Road.
Born in Millington, Tenn., she grew up in Sacramento and attended Encina High School and UC Davis. For more than 20 years, she was involved in social work, helping children and adults living with disabilities, mental illness, mental disturbances and dual diagnoses.
She received a bachelor’s degree and her master’s degree in social work from California State University, Sacramento. She was a member of the Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society.
She moved to Davis in 1997, where she continued her primary work as a violence prevention consultant, and as a behavior analyst for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.
At the age of 12, she began training in martial arts. She held a 7th-degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and a 3rd-degree black belt in Kosho-Shorei Karate. She was ranked internationally and was a nominee to the Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
In the 1970s, she pioneered her violence prevention education programs in tandem with her unique style of self-defense instruction. She taught her curriculum at UC Davis for more than 19 years. Thousands of students enrolled in her classes, and her family said she was routinely stopped in public by former students who told her she had changed their lives.
She was an advisor to sexual assault coalition teams, universities, crisis centers and law enforcement. She was a published author and had been featured on television news programs and in various publications. She was considered a champion for the rights, dignity and safety of women and children.
She will be remembered for her quick wit and sense of humor, her compassion and non-judgment, and her willingness to help others. She enjoyed music, cooking, kayaking, weapons, rock and mineral collecting, discussing world religions and metaphysics. Most of all, her family says she cherished her time working with children.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Jean Grant.
She is survived by her life partner, Lynn Peters; a stepdaughter, Marina Sterner of Davis; her sisters, Karen Grant of Sacramento, Kris Hannan and her husband Tom of Durham, N.C., and Kym Fischer and her husband Dan of Grants Pass, Ore.; and a brother, Kurt.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Karla Grant Memorial Fund, c/o The Sacramento Region Community Foundation, 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 550, Sacramento, CA 95814. The fund will be used to continue violence prevention education and programs that support the interests of children.
FOSTER
Walter Dudley Foster
Walter Dudley Foster died in his Capay home Tuesday, June 15, 1999, at age 73.
Born Sept. 8, 1925, in San Francisco, Mr. Foster had been a Yolo County resident for 64 years. He had been a resident of Capay for the past 25 years. He was the son of the late Walter Dudley and Mabel (Knoll) Foster.
Mr. Foster was a 1943 graduate of Woodland High School, and served in the U.S. navy during World War II. He retired from a 50-year career as a beekeeper in Yolo County and Idaho. He was a member of Davis' Masons Lodge No. 201; and Kenai, Alaska's American Legion, Post No. 20. According to his family, "he loved sitting on his deck and watching his lilies grow and talking with travelers at his honey and fruit stand in Capay."
Mr. Foster is survived by his daughters, Carol Foster, Robyn Turner and husband Mike, all of Boise, Idaho; Irene Weber and husband Richard of Kenai, Alaska, and Debbie Davenport and husband Bob of Melba, Idaho; sons, Walter Foster III and wife Jessica of Arbuckle, John Foster and wife Michelle of Esparto, and Robert Foster of Capay; grandchildren, Billy Weber, Walter IV, Sam, Andrew and Erin Foster, Toby and Tabitha Joiner, and Sabrina Turner, and many other relatives.
Mr. Foster was preceded in death by his first wife of 33 years, Hattie (Korn) Foster, in 1994; and sister, Norma (Foster) Freeman, in 1997.
A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. on June 18, at Countryside Community Church in Esparto. A private inurnment is scheduled in Woodland Cemetery.
California Cremation Society of San Jose assisted the family with arrangements.
