Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, April 3, 1947
Mrs. Grace Opal Tidwell, 52, died last night at her home on Liberty street. Her death was discovered by her husband, Walter Tidwell, when friends stopped at the Tidwell home at 1 a.m. "for a cup of coffee," local authorities reported.
Mrs. Tidwell was born in Missouri, and had lived in Reddng for the past two years. She also leaves a daughter, Mrs. E. J. Bishop of Redding; four sisters, Gertrude Howard of Seattle, Mirt Brock of Port Angeles, Wash., Laura Flynn of Sumner, Wash., and Hattie Brock of Puyallup, Wash.; and three grandchildren.
McDonald's chapel is in charge of funeral arrangements.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, March 15, 1945
Early last evening, James H. Bassett, who was to have observed his 75th birthday on March 18, sent the bullet of a .44 caliber gun through his head, and thus ended his fight against illness. He was found by his brother, Joseph C. Bassett, who was in another room of their home at the time of the shooting.
Originally from Paxton, Ill., Bassett has resided in Shasta county since 1935, and was living with his brother near the Yankee John mine, west of Redding.
Burial services are to be held at 10 a.m. Friday at McDonald's chapel, with the Rev. Thomas L. Kilpatrick officiating. Interment will follow at Redding cemetery.
Coroner Claude E. Whiteman said Bassett had been suffering from a cancer.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, March 15, 1945
James Randolph Murphy, 77, native and resident of Shasta county, died this morning in his home at 2153 Sacramento street. Originally from the Bald Hills section of Shasta county, Murphy was one-time superintendent of the Redding mosquito abatement district, a post now held by his son, Orion W. Murphy. At the time of his death, Murphy was retired because of ill health.
He is survived by his wife, Lucy Murphy, two daughters, Mrs. J. P. Smith of Redding and Mrs. Wallace Thatcher of Paynes Creek, four sons, A. C. Murphy of Dunsmuir, O. W. Murphy of Redding, Pfc. E. V. (Spud) Murphy of the army air corps, now stationed in India; a brother, Charles Murphy of Ono; and four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His son, Pfc. "Spud" Murphy is a patient at De Witt general hospital, being treated for wounds received in Italy.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by McDonald's Chapel.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Thursday, March 15, 1945
Miss Mary Alzina Campbell, 69, died today at the home of her friend, Rosemary Wilcox, at Cottonwood. Miss Campbell is survived by four cousins, Mrs. John Powell of Orland, Mrs. George McCully of Sacramento, Byron Millsap of Newville, and Theodore Millsap of Newville.
Miss Campbell resided in Newville, Glenn county, and was a member of the Elk Creek Rebekah lodge. Services will be held at the graveside in Parkville cemetery at 2 p.m. Saturday under the auspices of the Elk Creek Rebekah Lodge.
Weekly Shasta Courier
Sat., June 19, 1886
At Old Diggings last Monday, Charles Mires, an old resident and "49" man, committed suicide by shooting himself through the back part of the head with a shot gun. He came down to the claim where Frank Yung was at work, and after making a few remarks about the ordinary affairs that would naturally be alluded to in miner's affairs, Mires quietly placed the shot gun which he held in his hand to his ear, and the gun, being sprung for fire, he pushed back the trigger with a stick and was a dead man in a minute. Charley had many friends in this town, and also in the county at large. Being well off in money affairs, and having good claims, and always having shown himself to be a man of good sense, his rash act astonished all his acquaintances. The only explanation that can be thought of, is that he has recently submitted to the manipulation of a wart on his nose, the "doctor" telling him that he had a serious outlook and dubious chance for a cure. Therefore it is supposed that Charley concluded to take the "cut-off." His remains were deposited in their last resting place in Shasta Wednesday last.
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Frank Yung and friends from Old Diggings visited town Wednesday on the sad occasion of the death of Charles Mires, who intentionally killed himself last Monday.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Friday, February 26, 1982
Martin Wayne Clark, 45, of Redding died Thursday at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. No services will be held. Visitation will be until 8 p.m. today at McDonald's Redding Chapel.
Born Oct. 15, 1936, in Klamath Falls, Ore., he was a 12-year resident of Shasta County and was a service manager for Taylor Motors in Redding for seven years.
Mr. Clark is suvived by wife Margaret; daughter Katherine Des Rochers of Vancouver, Wash.; mother Velma of Klamath Falls, Ore.; father Martin of Independence, Ore.; half sister Connie Wilslang of Monmouth, Ore.; half brother Charles of Beaverton, Ore.; and two grandchildren.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Friday, February 26, 1982
Services for James Edward Stanley, 102, of Redding will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lawncrest Chapel in Redding.
The Rev. Wilford Presson will officiate. Burial will be at Lawncrest Memorial Park. Visitation is from 4 to 6 p.m. today.
Mr. Stanley died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital in Redding.
Born Sept. 3, 1879, in Missouri, he moved to Shasta County in 1935 from Willows.
A construction worker, Mr. Stanley settled in San Francisco in 1906 and worked at rebuilding the city after the major earthquake that year.
He is survived by sons Robert of Redding and Lloyd of
Madison, S.C., and several grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
The Searchlight
Redding, California
Sat., March 9, 1940
"The Founder of Lassen Park"--Michael E. Dittmar--passed on early Friday at the county hospital, after a long career of service to the community.
He came to Redding in 1894 and established The Searchlight, then a weekly mining journal, together with William Bowen. It became a daily paper in 1896 under their guidance.
Dittmar was a leading figure in the mining history of the county, having owned a number of mining interests and making many surveys in the region. He was also known as the founder of Castle Crags state park near Castella.
He passed on following a stroke January 23 which left him paralyzed. The stroke occurred the morning after the city planning commission, of which he was a member, had approved the city's master plan, upon which Dittmar had been working for several years.
Dittmar was born June 5, 1860 at Derinda Center, Ill. He went to Oregon with his parents at the age of 17 and was educated there. In 1892 he moved to Red Bluff, and then to Redding in 1894. He was a leading figure in the campaign of the Peoples' party here in that year, in which the group swept all but one county office.
The following year, on October 17, he married Amelia Boyd, recently elected superintendent of schools. She passed on in 1906.
Shortly after the Mt. Lassen eruptions of 1914 and 1915, Dittmar began circulation of the first petition leading to the creation of Lassen Volcanic National park by congress in 1916, and he became secretary-manager of the Lassen Volcanic National Park Association, holding that post for four years. He led in the early development of the park, naming many of the points of interest and establishing a series of public camps.
B. F. Loomis, another leader in the park's early days, said of him "he worked harder than all the rest of us put together for the maintenance and development of the park."
In 1920 he made a survey of the Shasta county copper belt for the board of supervisors. He had numerous mining interests thruout the county.
Dittmar is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Aileen Friel of Pasadena, a brother, C. F. Dittmar of Oakland, two sisters, Mrs. Metora Merryman and Mrs. Metha D. Hartless, both of Corvallis, Ore., and a half brother, F. R. Becker of Los Angeles.
Funeral services are under the direction of the Home Undertaking Company, and have been tentatively set for Monday at 2 p.m. at the chapel.
Redding Record-Searchlight
Sat., Dec. 19, 1964
John Henry Kollert Sr. died in a Redding hospital yesterday. He was 85. Kollert, who was born in Colem, Ala., was a carpet layer for more than 60 years. He had lived in Redding for about 27 years.
Kollert leaves three daughters, Mrs. Treva Ram of San Francisco, Mrs. Muriel Welburg of Duluth, Minn., and Mrs. Bessie Bechtel of Klamath Falls, Ore.; a son, Edward of Menlo Park; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Private graveside services will be conducted Monday at Lawncrest Memorial Park.
The funeral is under the direction of McDonald's Redding Chapel.
Courier-Free Press
Redding, Shasta Co., California
14 Feb 1922
Augustus Grotefend, a son of one of the first families of the old town of Shasta and a pioneer miner and prospector of the county, passed away in Redding at 9:30 Monday evening at the age of 63 years. He was born in Shasta.
"Gus" Grotefend, as he was known to his friends, had been in poor health for some time and during his last hours was cared for by his sister, Mrs. Louis Prehn of Shasta.
For more than 20 years he had mined and prospected in the vicinity of Middle Creek. While of a retiring disposition he counted many people of the county as his friends. He owned the hotel building at Middle Creek.
Six brothers and sisters, all well known in this county, survive him. Miss Sarah Grotefend, Miss Miile [Mille?]Grotefend and Mrs. Louis Prehn of Shasta; Dr. George Grotefend of Redding, and Fred Grotefend and Charles W. Grotefend of San Francisco.
Interment will be in the cemetery at the old town of Shasta where he was born and reared.
