Redding Record-Searchlight
Monday, May 26, 1947
Amos Monroe Halcomb, 70, native of Jackson county, Ore., died Saturday afternoon in his home at 1821 11th St. A resident here for 41 years, he was a janitor in the elementary schools.
He leaves three sons, Dan, Richard and Carrol Halcomb, all of Redding; four daughters, Mrs. George Babel, Mrs. Roy Hickey, Mrs. Henry Christensen and Miss Catherine Halcomb, all of Redding; eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
He will be buried in the Redding cemetery beside his wife Ida, who died in February. Services will be held in McDoanld's chapel at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow with the Rev. James Cady officiating.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Monday, May 26, 1947
Thomas York, about 45, a native of Russia, was found dead yesterday morning in his tent near the Pacific Gas and Electric company substation at Cottonwood. He was employed there by the Larsen Construction company.
Coroner Claude Whiteman said he believed death to be due to heart failure. An autopsy may be performed. York was discovered dead when companions tried to rouse him for breakfast.
Whiteman said that the fact that York had been beaten a week before in an alley scuffle may have contributed to his death.
York leaves two children in a Sacramento home. He had been living in Cottonwood for the past 10 months.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, May 29, 1947
Thomas York was buried in Redding cemetery yesterday afternoon following services in Wayside chapel with the Rev. William Richmond officiating.
Casketbearers were: Patrick Garrout, G. H. Townsend, Allen Murdock, Norman Jensen, Oscar Walker and George Storm.
The Searchlight
Redding, Shasta Co., Calif.
Sat., May 14, 1927
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the funeral of Willard Welch, for almost seventy-three years a resident of Shasta county, who died Thursday night, will take place in this city. Interment will be made in the local cemetery. The I.O.O.F. lodge, of which Welch was a member, will have charge of the services, which will be conducted entirely at the graveside. Welch will be buried beside his wife, who died three years ago.
Welch had been in failing health for more than two years, and during that time resided with his nephew, Ralph E. Bidwell, at Hat Creek, where he died. Two weeks ago his illness became so serious that his sister, Mrs. C. C. Bidwell, was called from Sacramento to his bedside. Welch was born in Oregon, but was only an infant when his parents moved to Millville. He was 73 years old when he died.
For several years, when the county hospital was located at old Shasta, Welch was employed as steward for the institution, and later, when the hospital was removed to the location south of Redding, he again served as steward. During the World War he was employed in the shipyards in San Francisco.
Relatives surviving Welch are a sister, Mrs. C. C. Bidwell of Hat Creek; a brother, Newton Welch of Millville, and two nephews, Hilliard Welch of Lodi, and Ralph Bidwell of Hat Creek.
Shasta Courier
Redding, Shasta Co., Calif.
Tuesday, June 8, 1920
Mrs. Mary Jane Shearin, mother of County Tax Collector Clarence Shearin, died at her Millville home early Friday morning.
Mrs. Shearin was 69 years old and had lived in the Millville section for 50 years. She is survived by her husband, A. A. Shearin, and a son, Clarence Shearin.
The deceased is also mourned by two brothers and one sister--W. C. Welch of Oakland, M. E. Welch of Round Mountain, and Mrs. C. C. Bidwell of Hat Creek.
The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning at the house at Millville, interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Weekly Shasta Courier
Sat., June 26, 1886
Our Deadwood and French Gulch correspondent furnishes the following in regard to the death of the little girl of George and Mary Klein:
"The sad effect of children playing with matches was vividly shown last Friday in the case of little Mary Emily Klein, the six-year-old daughter of George Klein, one of the pioneer quartz miners of Deadwood, who was found a charred and disfigured corpse near a small fire built on the side hill at the back of the house. It appears that the little one had taken quite a fancy for building fires, and had often been checked for so doing. On that day the mother had gone to the mill, and the father, who had been in the house changing his clothes, on emerging observed smoke rising from the hill in the rear, and thinking it was caused by a fire started by some careless smoker throwing his stub in the brush, which may spread and cause some damage, went up to put it out, and was horrified to find the corpse of his dear little one lying near it blackened and almost beyond recognition. Life was extinct, and she was buried the next day at French Gulch. Mr. and Mrs. Klein have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement."
In addition to the foregoing John Shed informs us that the age of the unfortunate child was five years, two months and fourteen days.
Little Mary was the pet and pride of her father and mother and was a winsome child. Her sad taking away, pulls the very heart-strings from the parental hearts and awakens the commiseration and sympathy of all friends.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Thurs., August 20, 1970
Hardy Ellis, a resident of the Silverthorne area, died Wednesday at the Cascade Chest Disease hospital in Redding. He was 68.
A member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Ellis had lived in Shasta County for six years. He was born in Gainesville, Tex. and had worked as an electrician at Stanford University for 17 years.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at McDonald's Chapel in Redding. Inurnment in the Redding Cemetery Columbarium will follow cremation.
He leaves his widow, Mary R. Ellis of Redding; a son, H. Leon Ellis of Redding; a daughter, Mrs. Rose Bringhurst of St. George, Utah; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Fri., March 15, 1985
Services for Hardy Leon Ellis, 58, of Redding will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel in Redding. Cremation will follow.
The Rev. Bill Hendrix, a member of Redding Masonic Lodge 254, will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Ellis died Tuesday at Redding Medical Center.
Born Aug. 21, 1928, in Amarillo, Texas, Mr. Ellis moved to Shasta County 18 years ago from Palo Alto.
He was a salesman with Redding Toyota for 12 years and a member of Masonic Lodge 254, the Ben Ali Temple and Redding Shrine Club, the Redding Fez Patrol, and the Scottish Rite and York Rite bodies.
Mr. Ellis is survived by sons David of Santa Cruz and John with the U. S. Army; sister Rose Bringhurst of St. George, Utah; and four grandchildren.
The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children or the charity of the donor's choice.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, August 20, 1970
Levi Harlan Criss of Shasta died Wednesday in Mercy Hospital.
The 68-year-old man leaves his wife, Edith, also of Shasta.
Funeral arrangements are being made by Hesse's Funeral Chapel.
Born Sept. 14, 1901 in Erickson, Neb., Criss was an Army veteran of World War II.
Besides his widow, he leaves a son, Harlan Criss of Kearney, Neb.; a daughter, Delores West of Ravenna, Neb.; three sisters, Anna Belle Coston of Lakewood, Grace Wolfe of Kansas City, Mo., and Nora Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and a brother, Carle L. Criss of Shasta.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Fri., March 15, 1985
Graveside services for George Raymond Parker, 55, of Redding will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Anderson District Cemetery.
The Rev. Warren Weaver will officiate. Visitation will be until 8 p.m. today at McDonald's Anderson Chapel.
Mr. Parker died Wednesday at Mercy Medical Center in Redding.
Born May 2, 1929, in Broken Arrow, Okla., he moved to Shasta County 30 years ago.
He was a forklift operator with the Kimberly Clark Corp. for 34 years.
Mr. Parker is survived by wife Roberta; daughters Shirley A. Green of Klamath Falls, Ore., Debra Brown of Redding and Tonya Morales of Cloverdale; sons Charles of Sacramento, Daniel of Germany, Danny of Alturas, Stan of Cloverdale and Keith of the U.S. Navy; sisters Delphas Brewer of Broken Bow and Fay Seviere of Modesto; brothers James of Kansas and Charles of Chula Vista; and 17 grandchildren.
Fall River Tidings
Friday, Nov 9, 1928 No. 25
Mrs. C. J. Austin passes after operation at Woodland Hospital. Word was received here Wed. morning. Mrs. Austin passed away at one o'clock Wednesday moring. Her sons John & Frank, and grandson Johnnie Dollarhide, having arrived at her bedside a few hours before the end. The funeral will be held today at 2:00 this afternoon, under the auspices of Fall River Grange, internment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Austin, Caterine Jane Startt Bartle "Kate"
Born 16 Apr 1863 Fort Crook, Shasta Co. CA
Died 7 Nov 1928, Woodland, Yolo Co. CA
Burial 9 Nov 1928 Odd Fellows Cem. Now Fall River Cemetery
