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1 NAME Claude Clement /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 APR 1896
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1993
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE A man of local prominence.  He was a successful rancher and farmer. Du
2 CONC ring the Great Depression, he took over his father's property when th
2 CONC e bank was threatening to foreclose and take over the family farm. Hi
2 CONC s father had obtained the property from Claude's grandfather, Joseph C
2 CONC rawford Wemple. After taking it over, Claude built this farming busine
2 CONC ss up from about 500 acres of farm land to over 1000 acres of tilled f
2 CONC arm land and another 3900 acres of grazing land.  At the height of hi
2 CONC s operation, he ran about 400 head of cows and another 300 head of hei
2 CONC fers and steers he was readying for market.  His business practices we
2 CONC re beyond reproach his entire life.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Above all, Claude was a horseman.  He loved his horses and  was an act
2 CONC ive rider throughout most of his life.  When he was aged 77, he rod
2 CONC e a ten hour day riding after cattle with the rest of the cowboys.
2 CONC   At this age, his legs began to fail him and riding became too painf
2 CONC ul for him, so he hung up his spurs.   But, he continued actively t
2 CONC o run his ranch for the next several years. His love of horses continu
2 CONC ed for the rest of his life and he would talk horses to any willin
2 CONC g ear until the day he died.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He had artistic skills and during the Depression, he made silver mount
2 CONC ed horse bridles, which he sold for a small profit.  It was during thi
2 CONC s time that he engraved a Thoroughbred horse on a flat piece of Germa
2 CONC n silver. This piece of art was never sold, but was kept as a family t
2 CONC reasure.  It is presently in the possession of his grandson, Daniel C
2 CONC . Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After he retired, at about age 85, he wrote a book about his grandfath
2 CONC er, Joseph Crawford Wemple, which he simple titled Joseph Crawford We
2 CONC mple: A Pioneer of Lassen County, California, 1830-1921.  Then when h
2 CONC e entered his nineties, he wrote a second book, an autobiography title
2 CONC d Memories of a Rancher From the Land of the Never Sweats.  Joseph C
2 CONC rawford Wemple, and other early Lassen County pioneers called the are
2 CONC a they lived in The Land of the Never Sweats because it took littl
2 CONC e labor to live off the land that they had moved onto.
2 CONT 
2 CONT At various times in his lifetime he served on about twelve different a
2 CONC dvisory boards, the most prestigious being the Advisory Board of the B
2 CONC ank of America from 1949-1975 in Susanville, California.  He was a sch
2 CONC ool trustee on the Milford Elementary School, Lassen Union High Schoo
2 CONC l and Lassen Junior College running from 1937-1949, and he was a chart
2 CONC er member and had a thirty year membership in the Lassen County Sherif
2 CONC f's Posse.  He was given recognition by seven different community an
2 CONC d organizational awards, the most notable being recognized as the Far
2 CONC mer of the Year by California Soil Conversation District in 1982.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He died while living on his beloved ranch in 1993 at age 97 in his hom
2 CONC e not far from the house where he was born.  He had spent his entire l
2 CONC ife span in the community in which he was born, save a brief six month
2 CONC s which he spent living with his son, David, in Orland, CA. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following article was sent to the compiler by Lynn Hallowell McDon
2 CONC ald, niece of Claude Wemple, shortly after its publication. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Article from the NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, May 11, 1985:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PLAQUE NOTES HISTORIC PAST OF TINY CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford, California - Motorists along busy Highway 395 between Reno an
2 CONC d Susanville may never have noticed when they passed through the histo
2 CONC ric Lassen County community of Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT But Milford, one of the oldest settlements in the Honey Lake Valley, w
2 CONC ill go unnoticed no longer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Neversweats Chapter of E Clampus Vitus has dedicated a rock plaqu
2 CONC e that recognizes the community at the site of the first important flo
2 CONC ur mill in northeastern California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford, about 25 miles southeast of Susanville, was registered in 197
2 CONC 9 as a state historical point in interest, the first in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Still, the town's historical significance was generally unrecognized u
2 CONC ntil E Clampus Vitus decided to erect the marker.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford got its start in 1856 when Robert T. Scott staked a claim ther
2 CONC e. Joseph Wemple named the town in 1861, taking note of a sawmill an
2 CONC d flour mill there.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude Wemple, 89-year-old patriarch of the Wemple family, was on han
2 CONC d when the marker was dedicated last week.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Honey Lake Valley has seen seven generations of Wemples.  Many sti
2 CONC ll live here.  Claude Wemple has lived in a cluster of homes in the We
2 CONC mple Ranch since 1903.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Records say Robert Scott's first developments - including a cabin, fiv
2 CONC e fenced acres and water for farming - were sold to Peter Lassen, th
2 CONC e county's pioneer settler, in 1859.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Thomas Fairchild of Massachusetts and Frederick Washburne of Pennsylva
2 CONC nia acquired Milford from Lassen's estate.  They built a sawmill alon
2 CONC g Mill Creek in 1860.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A flour mill was constructed a year later by Joseph Wemple and his bro
2 CONC ther-in-law Judson Dakin.  The site of the flour mill is about 200 yar
2 CONC ds from the new historical plaque.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford's business district is limited to a store and post office.  I
2 CONC t once featured a saloon, hotel, blacksmith shop, store, butcher shop
2 CONC , school and several mills.
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to Claude Wemple, it was known for crops of apples that wer
2 CONC e shipped along Honey Lake to the railroad.
2 CONT 
2 CONT McClatchy News Service
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 28 Decembe
2 CONC r 1993, page 1c2-4 & 10c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MILFORD PIONEER DEAD AT 97
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lifelong Milford resident Claude Clement Wemple, 97 died at his home o
2 CONC n Tuesday, December 21.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The first born son of Jay and Libby Wemple, he was born in Milford o
2 CONC n April 3, 1896. A third generation California native, Claude operate
2 CONC d the Wemple Ranch in Milford for 51 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married Henrietta Winchester shortly after graduating from Lassen H
2 CONC igh School in 1916. The couple raised a family of three sons and one d
2 CONC aughter. Henrietta died in 1984.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude worked for his father at farming and ranching from 1915 to 1932
2 CONC . Then, in 1932, he started to realize his lifelong goal of owning an
2 CONC d operating a cattle ranch. It was in this year that he purchased hi
2 CONC s father's ranch, part of which was originally owned by Peter Lassen
2 CONC . At the time he purchased it, the ranch consisted of approximately 50
2 CONC 0 acres.
2 CONT 
2 CONT By the time Claude retired, he had increased the size of his ranch t
2 CONC o more than 4,700 acres. During his active ranching years, Claude prim
2 CONC arily raised beef cattle, but on various occasions he also raised dair
2 CONC y cattle, hogs and Thoroughbred horses, as well as producing grain, ha
2 CONC y and alfalfa seed as cash crops.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude also developed artistic skills, producing over the years severa
2 CONC l paintings, engravings and pen in ink sketches many of them focusin
2 CONC g on life as it was lived on his ranch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Another of Claude's passions was the preservation of history. He wa
2 CONC s a founding member of the Lassen County Historical Society and, follo
2 CONC wing his retirement from active ranching, he devoted his life to recor
2 CONC ding his own experiences of growing up in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The result is a book entitled MEMORIES OF A RANCHER FROM THE LAND OF T
2 CONC HE NEVER SWEATS. Published by Bornet Books in 1992, Claude's book adde
2 CONC d a whole new chapter to local history and has been praised as a dyna
2 CONC mic and entertaining chronicle of the life as it was really lived i
2 CONC n the vast American west.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude was a member of numerous local organizations, including: Lasse
2 CONC n County Cattlemen's Association (charter member and president from 19
2 CONC 49-1955); Lassen County Farm Bureau (charter member and former Chairma
2 CONC n of the Janesville/Milford Center); Lassen County Fair Board, 1952-19
2 CONC 74; Lassen County Historical Society (charter member and president for
2 CONC m 1963-1967); Advisory Board of the Bank of America; Susanville Branch
2 CONC , 1949-1975; School Board Trustee, Milford Elementary, Lassen Union Hi
2 CONC gh School and Junior College, 1937-1954; the Farmers Home Administrati
2 CONC on Advisory Board, late 1940's; Lassen County Sheriff's Posse (charte
2 CONC r member, 30-year member); and the United Methodist Church of Susanvil
2 CONC le.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude is survived by his sons Glenn of Milford and David of Orland; h
2 CONC is brother Neil W. Wemple of Tucson, Arizona; sisters Olga Burroughs o
2 CONC f Sacramento, Marjel Dozier of Anderson, Marguerite Rypkema of Paradis
2 CONC e and Deesse Theodore of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also surviving are eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren
2 CONC , fourteen great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandch
2 CONC ild.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services are scheduled to be held at 11 a.m., December 28, wit
2 CONC h interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Snippites from various newspapers sent to the compiler by Phyllis Met
2 CONC z on May 20, 2000:
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE September 12, 1912:
2 CONT 
2 CONT High School Athletics - Claude Wemple was hit in the eye with a baseba
2 CONC ll while practicing at the grounds Wednesday. He was taken to his hom
2 CONC e in an automobile after the accident. Claude promises to develop int
2 CONC o a good player and it is hoped that his injury will not long keep hi
2 CONC m off the diamond.
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE April 25, 1913:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Doings at the High School:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Tryouts for Reno meet - . . .high hurdles, Wemple.  . . .220 dash, Wem
2 CONC ple.  . . .low hurdles, Wemple
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE April 3, 1914:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lassen High School Notes:
2 CONT 
2 CONT 16 Annual Academic Field Meet at Reno.  . . .Two new records were esta
2 CONC blished, one of them by Claude Wemple of Lassen in the broad jump cove
2 CONC ring a distance of 20'4. Wemple's efforts brings to him a gold metal
2 CONC . In the 120 hurdles 17 2/5 second.  . . .Wemple ran ran a tie for sec
2 CONC ond place and was given the third place award. He also tied in the hig
2 CONC h jump for second place 5'7 1/2.  . . .320 hurdles Wemple 29 1/5 seco
2 CONC nds. . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE February 19, 1915:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Alumni and High School Debate - Resolved that the United States shal
2 CONC l establish a Protectorate over Mexico until a stable government is es
2 CONC tablished. For the negative . . . Claude Wemple . . .
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME Henrietta /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1897
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1984
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE Obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 3 September 1984 page 7c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT HENRIETTA WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Wemple, 87, who died in a local h
2 CONC ospital, will be held at the Susanville United Methodist Church on Tue
2 CONC sday at 2 P.M. with interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.  At h
2 CONC er request there will be no visitation.  Arrangements are under the di
2 CONC rection of the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Standish on Jan. 16, 1897, and had resided i
2 CONC n Lassen County all her life. Her grandfather and great-grandfather Wi
2 CONC nchester settled in Lassen County in 1863 and her great-grandfather fo
2 CONC ught in the Civil War.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Wemple was a member of the United Methodist Church and a charte
2 CONC r member of the Lassen County Cowbells and was selected as Mom of th
2 CONC e Year by the Cowbells.  She was also a member of the Native Daughters
2 CONC .  She was married to her husband, Claude, for 68 years.  For many yea
2 CONC rs they owned and operated the Wemple ranch near Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include her husband, Claude, of Milford; three sons Donal
2 CONC d and Glenn Wemple of Milford and David Wemple of Orland; a daughter
2 CONC , Myra Hunt of Milford, nine children, 16 great-grandchildren and eigh
2 CONC t great-great-grandchildren.
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME Donald Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1917
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 APR 1991
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F10@
1 NOTE Don was a rancher in Milford, CA. He enjoyed chewing tobacco, visiting
2 CONC , riding horses and working cattle, just possibly in that order. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT A story related to the compiler by Murray Wemple , second cousin of Do
2 CONC n, goes as follows: Don was in the first grade in the old Milford on
2 CONC e room school. All grades from first through eight were taught in thi
2 CONC s one room. Murray was in the eight grade. Contrary to school rules, D
2 CONC on bought some candy into the classroom. The teacher caught Don eatin
2 CONC g the candy and informed him that he would have to give her the candy
2 CONC . The teacher started in Don's direction, but before she could reach h
2 CONC im, he announced as he chewed and swallowed the candy, You'll have t
2 CONC o gut me if you want the it!
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 16 April 19
2 CONC 91, page 1c4-6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT AREA RANCHER DIED SUDDENLY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lifelong Milford resident Donald J. Don Wemple died at his home in M
2 CONC ilford April 12. As of press time, no cause of death was immediately k
2 CONC nown.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The death of Wemple came unexpectedly and within weeks of Joe Roberts
2 CONC , another long time Milford resident and neighbor of Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born in Susanville, September 16, 1917, and worked on the famil
2 CONC y ranch for 44 years. The Wemple family settled in the Honey Lake Vall
2 CONC ey in the late 1800's.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Among Wemple's many associations were the Lassen County Cattlemen's As
2 CONC sociation, the Farm Bureau, the Lassen County Sheriff's Posse, and th
2 CONC e Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Board.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, the former Gay Corder, son Ken of Milfor
2 CONC d and daughter Donna McClelland of Standish, his father Claude Wempl
2 CONC e of Milford, brothers Glenn of Milford and David of Orland, four gran
2 CONC dchildren and two great grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were scheduled for April 15 at Lucero Carlson Mortuary Chape
2 CONC l with burial at the Milford Cemetery.
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME Myra Dozier /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1919
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1987
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F2@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 24 March 19
2 CONC 87, page 7c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MYRA WEMPLE HUNT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myra Wemple Hunt, 67 died March 11 at the Lassen Community Hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was born July 20, 1919 in Susanville and had lived in this area un
2 CONC til 1956 when she and her husband moved then returning in 1980 to th
2 CONC e Milford area to retire. She was also a member of the Episcopal Churc
2 CONC h of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myra Hunt was survived by her husband, Leroy Hunt of Milford; son, Sco
2 CONC tt Hunt of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; daughter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka
2 CONC ,  CA, father, Claude C. Wemple and brothers, Donald and Glenn Wempl
2 CONC e of Milford and David of Orland, eight grandchildren and eleven great
2 CONC -grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were held March 14 at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary wi
2 CONC th burial in the Milford Cemetery. Family and friends gathered at th
2 CONC e home of Martha and Ardel Torrey after the service.
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 JAN 1925
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 JAN 1925
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME Glenn Harlen /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 MAY 1926
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F11@
1 NOTE Upon his retirement from the Lassen College board of trustees, he wa
2 CONC s given the honor of having a the main enterence to the college name
2 CONC d Glenn H. Wemple Boulevard.
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME David Raymond /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1931
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F5@
1 NOTE A friend and family member, Robert Preston Wemple of Albuquerque, Ne
2 CONC w Mexico, wrote our father and mentioned that there was no biography o
2 CONC f the man who put in the many hours writing letters, making phone call
2 CONC s and following any lead that might add to our knowledge of our famili
2 CONC es. In addition to making inquiries, hundred of hours were spent in fr
2 CONC ont of a computer screen entering the data.  Thanks to Bob's observati
2 CONC on, this short biography is written by his children, Daniel C. and Deb
2 CONC ra S.
2 CONT 
2 CONT David Raymond Wemple was born in Susanville, California on June 13, 19
2 CONC 31 to Claude and Henrietta Wemple.  He is the youngest of four, two br
2 CONC others and one sister.  He has the distinction of being the first on
2 CONC e in his family born in a hospital and not at the family home, or thei
2 CONC r maternal grandmother's home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married Donna L. Rogers on January 2, 1951.  They lived with David'
2 CONC s parents while a house was being built by David's father, Claude.  Cl
2 CONC aude watched David pace and stake off the rooms for the future home, h
2 CONC e  was heard to say, I knew by the way he paced off those rooms it wa
2 CONC s going to be a big house.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He left the family ranch in January 1957 to join the California Highwa
2 CONC y Patrol.  His first assignment was in Alturas, California as a Traffi
2 CONC c Officer.  He made sergeant in November 1966 and moved the family t
2 CONC o Ukiah, California.  Five years later in 1971, he was transferred t
2 CONC o Culver City, California (Los Angeles area) when he promoted to Lieut
2 CONC enant and requested a transfer back to northern California the same da
2 CONC y he reported to the Culver City office.  He was transferred less tha
2 CONC n a year later to Red Bluff, California and finally in 1976 to Willows
2 CONC , California where he was Officer in Charge of the area office.  He re
2 CONC tired seven years later in 1983 and is still living just north of Will
2 CONC ows in Orland, California with his bride of 45 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Our father is, as other fathers, many things.  As a provider he held t
2 CONC wo jobs on numerous occasions to provide us those extra things like br
2 CONC aces for our teeth, a home and of course Christmas presents.  As a fat
2 CONC her he was strict but fair.  He said on many occasions that the two th
2 CONC ings he couldn't abide were a liar or a sneak thief.  Our father is di
2 CONC rect and honest and if you don't want to hear the truth, don't ask hi
2 CONC m the question.  He said that cops either start drinking, chasing wome
2 CONC n or find a hobby.  Our dad had a lot of hobbies.  When our dad take
2 CONC s up a hobby he throws his whole being into it.  He started findin
2 CONC g a few pennies on the floor of our home that we had neglected to pu
2 CONC t in our piggy banks.  Dad didn't look at the pennies as a problem bu
2 CONC t as a source of entertainment.  He started a penny collection.  He bo
2 CONC ught a book about coins and folders to put the pennies in.  He got s
2 CONC o wrapped up collecting pennies that he would take five dollars to th
2 CONC e bank and get five dollars in pennies, return to the house and go thr
2 CONC ough them.  He would then wrap them and return to the bank for five mo
2 CONC re dollars in pennies.  He planted roses and raised them to glorious b
2 CONC looms.  We believe his favorite is the Peace rose.  There have been ot
2 CONC her hobbies but learning our family ancestry holds a special place i
2 CONC n his heart.  He loves to meet family and visit. The genealogy of th
2 CONC e Wemple family has been a passion of his for over 30 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We know one thing that our dad takes great comfort in is his Christia
2 CONC n belief.  Through all life's struggles our dad has felt like Abraha
2 CONC m Lincoln who said, I've been driven to my knees many times with th
2 CONC e overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go.  During hi
2 CONC s visit to Albuquerque in 1996, Dad told Bob that, I only had to dra
2 CONC w my gun once in a 26 year career with the California Highway Patrol
2 CONC , and I thank the Lord I didn't have to shoot.  Dad also told Bob, W
2 CONC hen I started this genealogy project, I sent out many letters to know
2 CONC n family members but got very little response.  I was downhearted.  Do
2 CONC nna and I prayed about this situation, and shortly new doors opened an
2 CONC d leads started to come to me.  This describes our dad.  A honest, ca
2 CONC ring, Christian man who loves his family and cherishes his wife Donna.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We hope this gives you, the reader, a little insight into the compile
2 CONC r of this latest version of the genealogy of our various lines.   If y
2 CONC ou happen to meet Dad, visit with him and tell him a little about you
2 CONC r family.  He will thoroughly enjoy it.
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Paul Leroy /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1915
2 PLAC Salem, Marion County, Illinois
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 JUL 1990
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1215@
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMS @F4@
1 NOTE Committed suicide by shooting himself due to ill health. He was a part
2 CONC icle board mill superintendent. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 31 July 199
2 CONC 0, page 7Cc3-4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PAUL LEROY HUNT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Paul Leroy Hunt, 75, died July 15, 1990, in Milford. He was born Marc
2 CONC h 18, 1915, in Salem, IL, and lived in Lassen County for 60 years comi
2 CONC ng from southern California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, Vivian Mary Hunt, of Milford; son, Scot
2 CONC t Hunt, of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; daughter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka
2 CONC , sister, Bernice Grismore of San Jose; and eight grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial services were held July 19, 1990, at Lucero-Carlson Colonia
2 CONC l Mortuary Chapel.
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Claudia Wemple /Hunt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAR 1938
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F254@
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME Scott Edwin /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1946
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F255@
1 NOTE Scott's first 10 years were spent in Susanville before the family move
2 CONC d to Eureka due to cutbacks in the lumber industry. In 1963 he graduat
2 CONC ed from Arcata High School. He graduated from the University of Califo
2 CONC rnia at Davis with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1968. He immedi
2 CONC ately went to work in Phoenix, Arizona as an engineer for General Elec
2 CONC tric. In January of 1970 he was transferred by GE to Schenectady, Ne
2 CONC w York. This is where he met his wife-to-be, Carole Clark.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1973 he changed employers and went to work for Saint Regis Paper Co
2 CONC mpany as a process control engineer.  He reentered school and receive
2 CONC d his Master's degree in electrical engineering in 1977.  Saint Regi
2 CONC s was acquired by Champion International in 1984.
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME Raymond Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 OCT 1907
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 APR 1988
2 PLAC Weed, Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F3@
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME Vivian Mary /Preppernau/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1911
2 PLAC Kent, King County, WA
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMS @F4@
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Joan Rae /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JAN 1939
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 AUG 1996
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Weed, Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F206@
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Vivian /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1941
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F207@
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME Donna LaRue /Rogers/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUN 1932
2 PLAC Manassa, Conejos County, CO
1 FAMS @F5@
1 NOTE This family file is dedicated to the compiler's wife, who unselfishl
2 CONC y gave of herself for many years while he confined himself in front o
2 CONC f the computer for hours at a time. Thanks millions, Donna. I love you
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT In November of 1938, when Donna was six, Donna, her sister Betty and h
2 CONC er mother and father moved from Colorado to Westwood, California. Gold
2 CONC ie, Donna's mother, started working at what was called The Club almo
2 CONC st immediately. Heber (also called Ricky) apparently couldn't find emp
2 CONC loyment and even tried finding work in Redding at Shasta Dam, which wa
2 CONC s in its early beginnings of construction. Unable to find employment
2 CONC , and discouraged by summer's end, Ricky returned to Westwood and anno
2 CONC unced to Goldie that he was going back to Colorado. Goldie and Ricky a
2 CONC greed upon an amiable separation. Ricky went his way taking Donna wit
2 CONC h him and they returned to Colorado with the understanding that when s
2 CONC chool took up in the fall, Donna would return to Westwood.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ricky soon took up with a second lady and went to Telluride to work i
2 CONC n the silver mines. Donna was placed with her paternal grandmother an
2 CONC d grandfather Rogers. She began the second grade in Manassa, while sti
2 CONC ll living with her grandparents. Donna had little or no contact with h
2 CONC er father while she was in Colorado, except she did spend one weeken
2 CONC d in Telluride. It was not a pleasant experience and, since she was se
2 CONC nt to bed before the sun was down, she felt that she was more in the w
2 CONC ay than wanted.
2 CONT 
2 CONT When school started, Donna was not returned to Goldie as agreed upon b
2 CONC y everyone. Several times Goldie appealed to have Donna returned to he
2 CONC r. She could see that her daughter was never going to be returned to h
2 CONC er, unless she took matters into her own hands. So Goldie borrowed $50
2 CONC .00 from the local Westwood credit union, $50.00 from her mother, Jose
2 CONC phine Hartley and as Goldie was getting ready to leave Westwood for Co
2 CONC lorado, a friend gave her another $20.00. So with $120.00 at her dispo
2 CONC sal, she headed for Colorado to retrieve her daughter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Before leaving California, Goldie consulted with a Susanville attorney
2 CONC , named Finn Berry. Finn gave Goldie a signed letter explaining the ci
2 CONC rcumstances and explicit instructions on how to handle the situation a
2 CONC nd charged her $10.00 for the legal advise.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A friend drove Goldie to Reno, where she bought train tickets for Alam
2 CONC osa, Colorado. When she arrived at Alamosa, she stayed with her aunt
2 CONC , Nellie Winters. Early the next morning, Goldie sought out a local at
2 CONC torney and pounded on the door of his house until it was finally answe
2 CONC red. After an explanation the attorney signed Finn Berry's letter an
2 CONC d charged her another $5.00 for his signature.
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was early on Sunday morning when Goldie hired a local taxi in Alamo
2 CONC sa to drive her to Manassa, with plans to drive on to Santa Fe, New Me
2 CONC xico. When Goldie arrived in Manassa, she went to the local Morman chu
2 CONC rch with the certainty Donna would be there for Sunday school. Disguis
2 CONC ed with a bandanna and dark glasses, Goldie had the driver pull up t
2 CONC o the front of the church and tipped a child .25c and asked her to tel
2 CONC l Donna Rogers to come to the car that was waiting. Donna's grandparen
2 CONC ts, who she was with at church, were upstairs at service, while Donn
2 CONC a was downstairs attending Sunday school.  Not having the slightest id
2 CONC ea of who wanted her, Donna immediately went out and innocently got in
2 CONC to the taxi with this strange lady in the bandanna and dark glasses. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT When Donna got in the car, Goldie immediately gave the order to driv
2 CONC e away. When they got over the state line into New Mexico, Goldie ha
2 CONC d the taxi driver stop by a phone and called back to Manassa and tol
2 CONC d Ella Haynie, Donna's cousin, that she was taking Donna home with he
2 CONC r to Westwood. The three of them, Donna, Goldie and the taxi driver ar
2 CONC rived in Santa Fe, where Goldie paid the taxi driver $25.00 for the ri
2 CONC de. This was in a day when most men were working for a paltry dolla
2 CONC r a day.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After arriving an Santa Fe, Goldie immediately got Donna out of her M
2 CONC orman clothes which consisted of silk stockings, with the runs sown u
2 CONC p, and a plain, print cotton dress and bought her a pink slack suit fo
2 CONC r the trip home. Now Donna felt all dressed up for the trip home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Donna and Goldie did arrive in Susanville with no further difficulty
2 CONC . Finn Berry was waiting for them. He immediately took Goldie's purs
2 CONC e from her and looked into it. He finally found where the money was ke
2 CONC pt and all that was left was $2.00. Finn commented, Just as I thought
2 CONC .   It's not every child who can say that they were kidnapped by thei
2 CONC r mother.
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel Calvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 AUG 1951
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F5@
1 FAMS @F6@
1 NOTE About Daniel Calvin Wemple
2 CONT 
2 CONT Daniel Calvin Wemple was born to David R. and Donna LaRue Rogers Wempl
2 CONC e on August 2, 1951 in Susanville, Lassen County, California.  He rece
2 CONC ived his first nine years of education in the public schools of Altura
2 CONC s, Modoc County, California. At this time in his life his parents move
2 CONC d to Ukiah, Mendocino County, California, so Daniel finished his publi
2 CONC c education in Ukiah, graduating from Ukiah high school in 1969.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Soon after graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
2 CONT His Naval assignments were:
2 CONT 1969 to 1970 Boot training at Great Lakes, Ill.
2 CONT 1970 Machinist Mate A School at Great Lakes, Ill.
2 CONT 1970 to 1972 the USS Buck DD 761. MMFA TO MM2 (E-2 to E5)
2 CONT 1972 to 1973 the USS Southerland DD 743. MM2 (E5) 
2 CONT 1973 to 1975 USS Berkeley DDG 15.  MM2 to MM1 (E5 to E6)
2 CONT 1975 to 1979 Recruit Training Command, San Diego (MM1 (E6)
2 CONT 1979 to 1982 the USS Marvin Shields FF 1066. MM1 to MMC (E6 to E7)
2 CONT 1982 to 1987 COMNAVSURFPAC Mobile Training Team, San Diego. MMC to MMC
2 CONC S (E7 to E8)
2 CONT 1988 to 1991 Fleet Training Center, San Diego. MMCS to MMCM (E8 to E9)
2 CONT 
2 CONT On February 17, 1971, he married Constance Arlene Hass in Reno, Nevada
2 CONC . After their marriage, their naval assignment was to San Diego, wher
2 CONC e they spent the balance of their career, with Dan's assignments as de
2 CONC scribed above.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dan returned to college by attending Chapman University in San Diego i
2 CONC n the early 1980's. He graduated from Chapman with Magna Cum Laude hon
2 CONC ors in 1991.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dan and Connie have a daughter, Alison Lynne, who was born July 1, 197
2 CONC 6 in a suburb of San Diego. On May 23, 1998, Alison married Michael Jo
2 CONC seph Kelley in Chula Vista. They also live in Chula Vista, right nex
2 CONC t door to Dan and Connie. Michael was in the Marines when he married A
2 CONC lison but is presently working for G. Scott Asphalt, Inc. Michael an
2 CONC d Alison have been blessed with a daughter, Mackenzie Ailis, who was b
2 CONC orn January 13, 2002.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After retiring from the Navy on a Friday, Dan went to work for Gerry S
2 CONC cott, owner/operator of an asphalt paving company on the next Monday
2 CONC . Dan was hired as an estimator for this paving company and worked i
2 CONC n that capacity until March 2, 1998, at which time he and his partner
2 CONC , Lionel Kahn, bought Gerry Scott's company. Dan and Lionel's compan
2 CONC y is known as G. Scott Asphalt, Inc., with Dan acting as CEO and Lione
2 CONC l as CFO. The company has flourished under the leadership of Dan and L
2 CONC ionel and now grosses more than $3,000,000.00 a year.
2 CONT 
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Debra Susan /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JAN 1956
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F5@
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMS @F8@
1 NOTE Debra Susan Blanchette was born to David R. and Donna LaRue Wemple o
2 CONC n January 11, 1956 in Susanville, Lassen County, California. Debra wa
2 CONC s educated in the public schools in Alturas, Ukiah and Red Bluff, Cali
2 CONC fornia. While attending high school in Red Bluff Debra was chosen to r
2 CONC epresent Red Bluff High School as delegate to the State convention i
2 CONC n 1973. She graduated from Red Bluff high school in 1974. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Upon her high school graduation, Debra traveled to England where she w
2 CONC orked for about three months at a hotel in Brighton, which is a resor
2 CONC t town on England's south Atlantic shore. After finishing her work con
2 CONC tract, she and a high school friend traveled by rail throughout Europe
2 CONC , including Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT After about a six-month stay in England and Europe, Debra returned hom
2 CONC e and moved to Napa, California where she attended Napa Community Coll
2 CONC ege training as a psychiatric technician. After graduation from psychi
2 CONC atric technician school and obtaining her California State license, De
2 CONC bra went to work for the state mental hospital in Napa. It was here th
2 CONC at Debra met Daniel James Cox, her first husband. They were married i
2 CONC n Napa's Episcopal church on May 20, 1978. Their daughter, Ashley Chri
2 CONC stine, was born June 10, 1980 in Vallejo's Kaiser Hospital. Debra an
2 CONC d Daniel Cox divorced in September of 1983. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Debra was a single mom for the next twelve years. It was during this t
2 CONC ime that she moved from Napa State Hospital to Sonoma Developmental Ce
2 CONC nter. After working at Sonoma for few years she promoted to shift lead
2 CONC . In a few more years she was promoted to Unit Supervisor and was plac
2 CONC ed in charge of her own unit. A this time she was responsible for abou
2 CONC t 30 clients and 30 support personal. She held this position for the n
2 CONC ext several years and received memos of recognition for her outstandin
2 CONC g service. She also received a Sustained Superior Accomplishment Awar
2 CONC d from the State for her outstanding work for the years of 1994-1995
2 CONC . 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The summer of 1994 Debra was asked by her aunt, Betty Rogers Murphy, t
2 CONC o take Kelly Murphy, her granddaughter in and to give her a home. In D
2 CONC ecember of 1994 out of love Debra reached out and provided Kelly a sec
2 CONC ure home. Kelly was fourteen years old at this time. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On October 7, 1995, Debra and Tom Blanchette were married in Del Mar
2 CONC , California at Tom's mother's home. Debra quit her State job and move
2 CONC d along with Ashley and Kelly to Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii. Tom is employe
2 CONC d by the US Department of Defense as a welder. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Since living in Hawaii, Debra worked in a variety of sales jobs. Thi
2 CONC s is something she has always been interested in. She has discovered s
2 CONC he loves sales and working with people.  Tom and Debra plan on movin
2 CONC g back to the contingent forty-eight when Tom retires from federal emp
2 CONC loyment in 2006. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Shortly before Debra's divorce became final to Daniel Cox, she and Ash
2 CONC ley, who was about two and a half at the time, were driving from Napa
2 CONC , California to Orland, California to visit her parents. Ashley was as
2 CONC leep on the front seat, next to Debra. As they were traveling along th
2 CONC e deserted I-505, an older car passed Debra and Ashley, pulled right i
2 CONC n front of them, and slowed down to about 35 mph. Debra passed this ca
2 CONC r and the older car passed them again and slowed down again, but eve
2 CONC n slower to about 25, then 15 miles an hour. This man did this same th
2 CONC ing several more times, when finally anger weld up inside Debra. She g
2 CONC ot out paper and pen and wrote down everything she could about this ca
2 CONC r traveling so slow in front of her. She then pulled up along side o
2 CONC f this car and looked directly at the driver. Debra saw this man clear
2 CONC ly, with his right eye appearing to droop lower than the left eye an
2 CONC d looking as though he had two different faces put together as one; hi
2 CONC s hair was ugly and graying. By this time, Debra was not only very ang
2 CONC ry, but determined to get this man to stop harassing her and her baby
2 CONC . She looked directly into his eyes and mouthed, Come on you son-of-a
2 CONC -bitch, I'll kill you! With this the guy in the older car backed of
2 CONC f and Debra drove onto her parents house and reported this incident t
2 CONC o them. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Within days of this incident, Debra saw a picture of Henry Lee Lucas a
2 CONC nd positively identified him as the man she had an encounter with. H
2 CONC e was convicted of ten murders in Texas and confessed of murdering ove
2 CONC r 100 women across America. On June 27, 1998 Governor George W. Bush s
2 CONC pared Henry's life by commuting his sentence to life. He is still serv
2 CONC ing his life sentence in Texas. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was in 1959 that Henry Lee Lucas killed his mother and in interview
2 CONC s that followed, he admitted to killing many other women, including hi
2 CONC s former live-in girl friend, Frieda Becky Powell, who was only fiftee
2 CONC n at the time. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He has a glass eye from an injury when he was a child. This caused hi
2 CONC s eye to look as if it is drooping as it appeared to Debra on that day
2 CONC . Later investigations have revealed Lucas may have exaggerated the nu
2 CONC mber of women he killed, but this doesn't change the fact that he trie
2 CONC d to assault Debra on this encounter she had with him.
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Constance Arlene /Hass/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 FEB 1952
2 PLAC Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California
1 FAMC @F1190@
1 FAMS @F6@
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME Alison Lynnč /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JUL 1976
2 PLAC National City, San Diego County, CA
1 FAMC @F6@
1 FAMS @F205@
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel James /Cox/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 NOV 1950
2 PLAC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
1 FAMC @F1010@
1 FAMS @F7@
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME Ashley Christine /Wemple-Cox/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JUN 1980
2 PLAC Vallejo, Solano County, California
1 FAMC @F7@
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Paul /Blanchette/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1949
2 PLAC Eagle Lake, Aroostook County, Maine
1 FAMC @F936@
1 FAMS @F8@
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME J /Wemple/
2 GIVN J.C.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1873
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 APR 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F9@
1 NOTE At his funeral the compiler, aged 9 at the time, heard a community mem
2 CONC ber saying, He never had an enemy in his whole life.  He was loved b
2 CONC y his whole family and his family sadly missed and mourned him when h
2 CONC e died at the young age 67 in 1940.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay was given the name J.C. at birth. After he and Libby were married
2 CONC , Libby had him change his name to Jay C. to end the confusion over th
2 CONC e mail (with Jay's father, Joseph C). Jay was a farmer in Milford, CA
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT A tribute to J.C. & Libby Wemple from DFD
2 CONT by Dave F. Dozier, M.D.:
2 CONT 
2 CONT This tribute is written for the descendants of two of the most wonderf
2 CONC ul parents anyone could ever know of.  Often it is difficult for child
2 CONC ren to write with the freedom which others may use in telling of a pre
2 CONC cious home and the life therein. Having known the family for seventy y
2 CONC ears, I want to tell of the life in this blessed home.  Such was was t
2 CONC he home of Jay and Libby.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay Wemple and Libby Decious both grew up in Milford and attended th
2 CONC e Milford School.  Grandfather Joseph Wemple named the town and in fac
2 CONC t bought the land which became the base of all the Wemple ranches fro
2 CONC m Peter Lassen himself.*  Truly, this is the story of the beautiful lo
2 CONC ve between husband and wife which thrived as long as life permitted
2 CONC .  Every child was wanted, made welcome and secure within the family a
2 CONC nd the older brothers and sisters.  No one knowing the family ever beh
2 CONC eld a more close knit, happy and affectionate family group - all for e
2 CONC ach and each for all!  There were ten children - five boys and five gi
2 CONC rls.  God called one little fellow early in life and one fine son wa
2 CONC s called in the full glow of manhood.  As this is written, in 1984, th
2 CONC e eight surviving are all known to be fine men and gracious ladies who
2 CONC se friendship is cherished by all who know them. In the early years i
2 CONC t was Jay's great joy after chores were done, to come into the house a
2 CONC nd pick up the youngest, bringing coos and laughs from the infant whil
2 CONC e Libby and the daughters, who were learning priceless cooking skills
2 CONC , readied the evening meal.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The home was a large two story ranch home with generous room for all
2 CONC . And what living and what wonderful food, most of which came right fr
2 CONC om the ranch itself, with chickens, eggs and milk; beef, pork, and lam
2 CONC b; hams, bacon, and sausage expertly prepared by Jay and the boys.  Th
2 CONC ere was a large garden behind the house from which came berries an
2 CONC d a large variety of vegetables which were used fresh, put into dozen
2 CONC s of glasses and jars, or in large bins in the basement cellar.  Fro
2 CONC m the orchard came cherries, apricots, peaches, and a variety of apple
2 CONC s all to be handled in a similar manner.  There was always fresh bake
2 CONC d bread, biscuits, hot cakes, cakes, pies, and doughnuts as only Libb
2 CONC y and her daughters could turn out.  Of course jams, jellies and prese
2 CONC rves to match.  Butter churned on the ranch, plenty of cream, plus ic
2 CONC e from Honey Lake** stored and brought out from the icehouse for the m
2 CONC aking of glorious ice cream in the summer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT What a wonderful life replete with so many products of the land and al
2 CONC l under the mantle of parental, filial and sibling love seen but rarel
2 CONC y. In these later years it is truly wonderful to see the genuine affec
2 CONC tion within all members of the families, the happy friendships and lov
2 CONC e, each and every one for the others.  To have been born a child of Ja
2 CONC y and Libby is to have been truly blest.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Compiler's note: * (1) Joseph C. Wemple bought land from Fairfield an
2 CONC d Whiting, not Peter Lassen.
2 CONT ** (2) Ice was not cut off Honey Lake, as the water was always murky
2 CONC . Rather, it was cut off the reservoirs and saved in ice houses insula
2 CONC ted with saw dust. (3)The author of this note, Doctor Dave Dozier, a
2 CONC s a high school boy, spent a summer with Jay and Libby working on th
2 CONC e ranch for Jay. Doctor Dozier later married Jay and Libby's daughter
2 CONC , Marjel in 1981, after both their spouses had died. (4) The garden th
2 CONC at the author noted was raised largely by Jay. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Tuesday, 16 April 1940
2 CONC , page 1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JAY C. WEMPLE PASSES AWAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
2 CONT 
2 CONT At the Riverside Hospital Friday night, Susanville lost another of he
2 CONC r old time residents, Jay C. Wemple, who passed away at about 8 p.m. a
2 CONC t the age of 67 years and 12 days, of a very industrious and eventfu
2 CONC l life.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay C. Wemple was well known about Lassen county, having been born an
2 CONC d raised here. He was born in the home farm, March 31, 1873, and in co
2 CONC mmon with his brothers and sister was educated, principally in the dis
2 CONC trict school. As soon as he was old enough to be of use, he began work
2 CONC ing on the ranch, and has been actively engaged in agricultural labo
2 CONC r since. His farm is northeast of Milford, and shows well how his syst
2 CONC ematic methods and excellent judgement brought satisfactory results.
2 CONT 
2 CONT On February 17, 1894, Mr. Wemple married Elizabeth Decious, a daughte
2 CONC r of Irvin Decious, of Modoc county, and into their home 11 children w
2 CONC ere born. Living are Claude C. Wemple of Milford, Mrs. Olga Burrough
2 CONC s of Sacramento, Miss Narnia Wemple and Joseph Irvin Wemple, both of M
2 CONC ilford, Mrs. Marjel Edwards and Raymond J. Wemple of Westwood, Mrs. Ma
2 CONC rguerite Hallowell of Susanville, Mrs. Deesse Theodore of Litchfield a
2 CONC nd Neil Wemple of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was a member of Honey Lake Parlor No. 198 N.S.G.W. (Native Sons o
2 CONC f the Golden West), of Janesville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife and the above mentioned children and also 1
2 CONC 6 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. One sister, Mrs. Elizabet
2 CONC h Harris of Elko, Nevada and Judge N.V. Wemple and F.O. Wemple, brothe
2 CONC rs, of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Reverand R.G. Green officiated at services in the Methodist churc
2 CONC h at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Martha Torry and Ardith O'Dell sang, while Alfreda Cunningham accompan
2 CONC ied them at the piano.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Members of the Janesville Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member, an
2 CONC d the Susanville Masonic Lodge attended in a body to act as honorary g
2 CONC uests.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pallbearers were all nephews: Lyle Wemple, Fred Wemple, Paul Wemple, O
2 CONC rville Wemple, Lawrence [sic] Wemple, and Guy Wemple.
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth Adelia /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 DEC 1874
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JUN 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F9@
1 NOTE Grandma was a strong Christian who lived her faith. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 8 June 1960
2 CONC , page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT FINAL RITES HELD FOR LIBBY WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Mrs. Libby A. Wemple, 85, of Milford, who died a
2 CONC t a local hospital last Saturday afternoon, were held in the Rogers Fu
2 CONC neral Home on Monday afternoon at two o'clock with the Reverand Russel
2 CONC l Van Alen officiating. Interment was in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Alfreda Cunningham played three organ selections, In the Garden,
2 CONC  Beautiful Garden of Prayer and Open Mine Eyes That I may see.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pallbearers were Don Wemple, Glenn Wemple, David Wemple, David Edward
2 CONC s, Jr., Trent Burroughs and John J. Theordore.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in California on December 7, 1874 and was marrie
2 CONC d at Milford in 1894.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving are three sons, Claude, Milford; Raymond, Dorris; and Col. N
2 CONC eil, March AFB, and five daughters, Mrs. Olga Burroughs, Sacramento; N
2 CONC arnia Wemple, Milford; Mrs Marjel Edwards, Anderson; Mrs. Marguerite H
2 CONC allowell; Susanville; and Mrs. Deesse Theodore, Wendel.
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1894
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1894
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Olga Adelia /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1897
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUL 2000
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1 BURI
2 DATE 05 AUG 2000
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F14@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; Wednesday, July 19, 2000, page B5c2;  obtained at the CA State L
2 CONC ibrary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT Burroughs, Olga Wemple 
2 CONT Passing away quietly on July 17, 2000. She was born September 13, 189
2 CONC 7, at the family ranch in Milford, Lassen County, California, the thir
2 CONC d of eleven children born to early pioneers Jay C. and Libby Decious W
2 CONC emple. Mrs. Burroughs was married for 29 years to Spencer E. Burroughs
2 CONC , a veteran of WW I and the Chief Attorney for the California Departme
2 CONC nt of Water Resource until his death in November 1948. Mrs Burroughs w
2 CONC as predeceased by her son Spencer Burroughs who was killed in action i
2 CONC n the Pacific in WW II. She is survived by two sons: Trent Burroughs a
2 CONC nd Geoffrey Burroughs, both of Sacramento, a daughter: Brooke Van Zand
2 CONC t, of Phoenix, Arizona, and five grandchildren, and nine great-grandch
2 CONC ildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by he
2 CONC r sister: Margarite Rypkema of Reno, Nevada, and a brother: Neil Wempl
2 CONC e of Tucson, Arizona. Mrs. Burroughs attended the University of Califo
2 CONC rnia at Berkeley, and was a well-known Sacramento artist who had exhib
2 CONC ited her award winning oil paintings at the Crocker Art Gallery. She w
2 CONC as President of the Kingsley Art Club from 1937 to 1939, and was found
2 CONC er and Past President of the World Affairs Council of Sacramento, an
2 CONC d active in many other social events. A private memorial service wil
2 CONC l be held later in Susanville. Remembrances may be made to the charit
2 CONC y the doner's choice, or to the Crocker Art Museum, 216 'O' Street, Sa
2 CONC cramento, CA 95814, or to the Kingsley Art Club's Educational Fund, 21
2 CONC 6 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Arrangements by Harry A Nauman an
2 CONC d Son.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; Friday, 21 Jul 2000; page B5c1-4;  obtained at the CA State Libr
2 CONC ary, CA History Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT (With picture and the following caption)
2 CONT OLGA WEMPLE BURROUGHS
2 CONT She started her own business after her husband died and she had to ra
2 CONC ise three children.
2 CONT AD PIONEER OLGA BURROUGHS
2 CONT HER DISPLAY PANELS FOR CITY TRASH CANS DREW PRAISE NATIONWISE
2 CONT By Steve Gibson
2 CONT Bee Staff Writer
2 CONT Olga Wemple Burroughs, a member of a pioneer Lassen County family wh
2 CONC o later settled in Sacramento, reared a family and operated her own ou
2 CONC tdoor advertising firm, is dead at 102.
2 CONT She died in a nursing home Monday of complications from pneumonia, sa
2 CONC id her son, Geoffrey Burroughs.
2 CONT Her firm, Emerson & Burroughs, had a franchise from the city during t
2 CONC he late 1940s and early 1950s to display advertising panels on trash c
2 CONC ontainers on downtown street corners.
2 CONT Mrs. Burroughs advertising techniques - attaching weatherproof panel
2 CONC s covered with color photos on the containers - were considered so inn
2 CONC ovative that she gained national recognition.
2 CONT In 1951, the Advertising Federation of America presented her with th
2 CONC e Erma Proetz Award for pioneering a new type of outdoor advertising.
2 CONC 
2 CONT Trash cans have long been ugly and dirty, Mrs. Burroughs wrote at th
2 CONC e time. I have designed a waste unit of almost classic dignity (with
2 CONC ) . . . beautiful colored pictures . . . which arouse civic pride an
2 CONC d give people a warm feeling toward the advertiser whose name and cop
2 CONC y is below the picture.
2 CONT But, as Mrs. Burroughs recalled later, to win the franchise she firs
2 CONC t had to overcome strenuous opposition from the City Council and Sac
2 CONC ramento's two daily newspapers, both of which editorialized against th
2 CONC e concept.
2 CONT Most of the criticism was based on the hypothesis that our waste unit
2 CONC s would be unsightly, she said later. But once samples were placed o
2 CONC n sidewalks, opposition waned.
2 CONT Mrs. Burroughs entered the advertising business out of necessity afte
2 CONC r her husband, Spencer E. Burroughs, a lawyer for the state of Califor
2 CONC nia, died in 1948, her son said.
2 CONT Her oldest son, a Navy officer, had been killed in action, in the Pac
2 CONC ific Theater during World War II, but at the time of her husband's dea
2 CONC th, she still had three children at home and little insurance money, a
2 CONC ccording to her son Geoffrey.
2 CONT We went from being real comfortable to being on a real tight budget,
2 CONC  her son said. She had to work to support us.
2 CONT Nonetheless, Mrs. Burroughs found time for other interests.
2 CONT She was a Democrat, a political liberal who was active during the 195
2 CONC 0s and 1960s in the local chapter of the World Affairs Council of Nort
2 CONC hern California, serving as president of the group.
2 CONT In addition, she was an accomplished artist, whose oil paintings wer
2 CONC e displayed in the Crocker Art Gallery. She was a past president of th
2 CONC e Kingsley Art Club.
2 CONT Olga Wemple Burroughs was born September 13, 1897, on the family ranc
2 CONC h in Milford, Lassen County, the third of 11 children of Libby Deciou
2 CONC s Wemple and Jay C. Wemple. Her father was a rancher in Milford.
2 CONT She was a 1915 graduate of Lassen High School in Susanville, and stud
2 CONC ied art for one year at the University of California, Berkeley. She re
2 CONC turned home the next year after her mother gave birth to her 11th chil
2 CONC d and needed help caring for the family.
2 CONT In 1919 she married Spencer E. Burroughs, a Lassen County lawyer wh
2 CONC o served in the Navy during World War I.
2 CONT According to her family, she was 13 when became interested in art an
2 CONC d painting, an interest that continued into her 90s.
2 CONT In addition to her son Geoffrey, who resides in Sacramento, survivor
2 CONC s include a daughter, Brooke Van Zandt of Phoenix; another son, Tren
2 CONC t Burroughs of Sacramento; sister Marguerite Rypkema of Reno; brother
2 CONC , Neil Wemple of Tucson; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildre
2 CONC n and two great-great-grandchildren.
2 CONT The family is planning a memorial service in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following are excerpts from Olga's daughter, Brooke (Olga)'s, lett
2 CONC er which was available at the reception following Olga's memorial serv
2 CONC ice in Susanville:
2 CONT (Elegance) was truly Mother on those evenings when she would descen
2 CONC d the stairs, dressed in brilliance for a party; her eyes shining wit
2 CONC h excitement, her hair and gown lovely, looking like a girl on her fir
2 CONC st date.
2 CONT She entertained often in her home, and had many elegant friends who i
2 CONC nvited her to their homes.
2 CONT Mother understood sophisticated hospitality. She knew what the menu s
2 CONC hould be - and what it should not be - and was never ruffled or ill a
2 CONC t ease.
2 CONT Her parties were lovely; her guests those of the art world and thos
2 CONC e of politics. Her home was charming; her husband, dynamic, and she ha
2 CONC d a gracious manner of enjoying people.
2 CONT For years, no liquor was served at her home, and yet a society, who c
2 CONC ustomarily enjoyed cocktails and wine, appeared and stayed the evening
2 CONC .
2 CONT Even after Dad died, at a much too early age, Mother continued to ent
2 CONC ertain, both the same collection of friends, and new ones she met in o
2 CONC utside activities.
2 CONT Although a widow, Mother never seemed interested in finding a secon
2 CONC d husband. In fact, she discouraged any would-be suitors. Either she f
2 CONC ound Spencer Senior too difficult on act to supplant, or she enjoyed h
2 CONC er personal freedom. Mother was a very independent person.
2 CONT Ten words describe Mother to me: Elegant, Mercurial, Hospitable, Arbi
2 CONC trary, Aspiring, Admiring, Artistic, Undecided, Emotional, Determined.
2 CONT Amidst these ten words are a lot of contradictions!
2 CONT Mother had a wacky sense of humor, yet she was a most prim and tradit
2 CONC ional lady. For example: she thought it VERY FUNNY when a longtime mal
2 CONC e-friend of the family, who lived in the southern part of the State, a
2 CONC rrived, unannounced, in the middle of the night - climbed through an u
2 CONC nlocked downstairs window and went upstairs to an extra bedroom to sle
2 CONC ep - showing up suddenly at the breakfast table the next morning.
2 CONT Mother liked kookie antics in her friends, thus gathering a number o
2 CONC n the 'Avant-Garde' around her, although her own behavior was strictl
2 CONC y conventional, and she preferred that her own children's behavior b
2 CONC e conventional also.
2 CONT As a matter of fact, she had a sense of possession about her own chil
2 CONC dren, and even a sense of possession about their possessions. Mother w
2 CONC as very much a matriarch.
2 CONT Yet, as a mother, she did not enter into her children's activities. S
2 CONC he never looked at a report card, or entered a school a child her her
2 CONC s attended, or sought a teacher's advice, or helped with homework. He
2 CONC r expectations for scholarship and behavior were high, and that was th
2 CONC at.
2 CONT She had many too many outside activities in her life to be bothered w
2 CONC ith such details.
2 CONT She had two main interests in her life: art and politics. Art was a
2 CONC n outstanding talent given her as a gift from Above. Her special talen
2 CONC t was in the oil painting of portraits. With very little training, he
2 CONC r portraits were truly exquisite and exact images of her subject. Sh
2 CONC e spent some years in painting family members and friends, generally
2 CONC , anyone she could get to pose for her. Mother never thought in term
2 CONC s of business or making money.
2 CONT She was really a 'lady' of the old school, and felt that women shoul
2 CONC d be allowed to stay out of the grubby world of making a living.
2 CONT Her other great interest was politics. From the moment she rode all t
2 CONC he way home from Cal, Berkeley, on the train with Spencer Burroughs, w
2 CONC ho was going all the way home from Stanford University, and Spencer as
2 CONC tounded her by talking nothing but politics the whole trip, Mother wa
2 CONC s captivated by politics.
2 CONT She learned all her politics from Spencer, and was a rabid Democrat
2 CONC . I often though that, as he grew older, and the world changed, Dad mi
2 CONC ght have mellowed in his politics. But, not so, for Mother. She stoo
2 CONC d by the 'family' point of view, and only progressed past Dad to becom
2 CONC ing, on many issues, absolutely radical.
2 CONT Her intense interest in art and politics brought her some Awards in b
2 CONC oth fields. Among other things, she was President of the elite 'Kingsl
2 CONC ey Art Club of Sacramento', and Founder and President of the 'World Af
2 CONC fairs Council of Sacramento', which, as I am sure you know, is a Rocke
2 CONC feller gift to the world.
2 CONT In 1945, I recall, she dragged me to the first meeting of the Unite
2 CONC d Nations, which was held in San Francisco. It was a gathering of seve
2 CONC ral days and very potent with power. I recall being quite blase' abou
2 CONC t the event, but now I am quite impressed.
2 CONT Mother also introduced me, at a luncheon, to the Moral ReArmament, Ox
2 CONC ford Group, whom I later visited in Los Angeles, and some of whom I co
2 CONC rresponded with for years.
2 CONT This was the sort of atmosphere in which I grew up, and, of course, w
2 CONC hen Dad was alive, it was multiplied by Dad, who was, indeed, a uniqu
2 CONC e life in himself.
2 CONT But, mother, took a long pause after Spencer Jr.'s death, and three y
2 CONC ears later, after Dad's death, disconnecting the telephone for some ti
2 CONC me. But when she recovered, she took up her activities with even mor
2 CONC e determination.
2 CONT Mother wanted to BE everything, and to KNOW everything, and she did v
2 CONC alue her own acumen.
2 CONT Therefore, not so very long ago, she was disappointed when she receiv
2 CONC ed a form in the mail from 'Who's Who' in America, and discovered tha
2 CONC t she could not fill in a single requirement!
2 CONT Well, what I say is, 'She RECEIVED the FORM, didn't she?' That is bet
2 CONC ter than most of us do.
2 CONT HOWEVER, if 'Who's Who' had a form for Eccentricity in a Restraine
2 CONC d Lady-like Manner' . . . or 'Ratings For The Top Tea-Pourer In Americ
2 CONC a' . . . or 'Ratings For The Woman Who Presented The Same Salad At Din
2 CONC ner For Well Over Umpteen-Years In A Row' . . . or, 'Ratings For Someo
2 CONC ne Who Tried To Be Everything To Everybody And Always, In Her Opinion
2 CONC , Was Right', SURELY, Mother could have filled THAT form to overloadin
2 CONC g and more!
2 CONT I remember Mother mentioning once, in the early days, that 'someone
2 CONC ' should write a book just about the daily life of an ordinary person
2 CONC . I got the impression that the someone she was thinking about was her
2 CONC self.
2 CONT NEVER! NEVER could she have done it!
2 CONT ANYONE  who knew Mother well, knew that she could not have done it! S
2 CONC he could NEVER have become an 'ORDINARY' person.  . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County Times Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 25 Jul 2000; page 8Cc2-3; obtained at the Susanville Li
2 CONC brary, 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT OLGA WEMPLE
2 CONT BURROUGHS
2 CONT Olga Wemple Burroughs, 103, died Monday, July 17, 2000.
2 CONT She was born Sept. 13, 1897 at the family ranch in Milford, Calif., t
2 CONC he third of 11 children born to early pioneers Jay C. and Libby Deciou
2 CONC s Wemple.
2 CONT She was married for 29 years to Spencer E. Burroughs, a veteran of Wo
2 CONC rld War II [sic] and the chief attorney for the California Departmen
2 CONC t of Water Resources until his death in Nov. 1948.
2 CONT She attended the University of California at Berkeley, and was a well
2 CONC -known Sacramento artist who had exhibit4ed her award-winning oil pain
2 CONC tings at the Crocker Art Gallery.  She was president of the Kingsley A
2 CONC rt club from 1937 to 1939, and was founder and past president of the W
2 CONC orld Arffairs Council of Sacramento, and active in many other social e
2 CONC vents.
2 CONT She was preceded in death by her son, Spencer Burroughs, who was kill
2 CONC ed in action in the pacific in World War II.
2 CONT She is survived y two sons, Trent Burroughs and Geoffrey Burroughs, b
2 CONC oth os Sacramento; daughter, Brooke Van Zandt, of Phoenix, Ariz.; sist
2 CONC er, Marguerite Rypkema, of Reno, Nev. and brother, Neil Wemple, of Tuc
2 CONC son, Ariz.  five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, and two grea
2 CONC t-great grandchildren.
2 CONT A private memorial service will be held later in Susanville.  Remembr
2 CONC ances may be made to the charite of the donor's choice, or to the Croc
2 CONC ker Art Museum, 216 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or to Kingsley A
2 CONC rt Club Eeducational Fund 216 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
2 CONT 
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1 NAME Hazel Narnia /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 AUG 1899
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1984
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SACRAMENTO BEE, 8 December 1984, page A19c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT NARNIA HAZEL WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Narnia Hazel Wemple, a descendant of Lassen County settlers, died Thu
2 CONC rsday in Sacramento after a long illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Wemple, 85, moved to Sacramento from Susanville 10  years ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was for many years the post-mistress of her native Milford, Lasse
2 CONC n County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Wemple raised an orphaned nephew and cared for her elderly mothe
2 CONC r.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She is survived by her brothers, Claude Wemple of Milford, retired Ar
2 CONC my Col. Neil Wemple of Tucson, Arizona, and Ray Wemple of Weed, Siskiy
2 CONC ou County; and sisters, Marguerite Rypkema of Paradise, and Deesse The
2 CONC odore of Susanville, and Olga Burroughs and Marjel Dozier, both of Sac
2 CONC ramento.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was the granddaughter of Joseph Wemple, who settled in Lassen Cou
2 CONC nty in 1859.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her ashes will be interred next spring in the family plot in the Milf
2 CONC ord Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family requests that any remembrances be sent to a charity of th
2 CONC e donor's choice.
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1 NAME Joseph Irvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1900
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 DEC 1948
2 PLAC Johnstonville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F15@
1 NOTE Sammy was killed in an automobile accident near Johnstonville, CA. H
2 CONC e was an excellent horseman and truly enjoyed to ride race horses.  I
2 CONC t has been said that he had the skill to ride race horses on any trac
2 CONC k and could have competed with the best of jockeys. He was a conservat
2 CONC ive Christian who loved his Lord. He worked at various times as a mil
2 CONC l worker, farmer, and security guard. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary & article from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 3 Dece
2 CONC mber 1948, page 1c7-8:
2 CONT 
2 CONT WELL-KNOWN LOCAL MAN DIED AS CAR SKIDS INTO BRIDGE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Irvin (Sammy) Wemple Killed As Car Skids Into Bridge Near Johnstonvil
2 CONC le
2 CONT 
2 CONT Irvin (Sammy) Wemple, 48, of Milford, was killed when his car skidde
2 CONC d into the bridge over the Lake Leavitt Slough this side of Johnstonvi
2 CONC lle Wednesday about 7:45 a.m.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Earl Allison of Buntingville, office manager of the Susanville Loggin
2 CONC g company, a passenger in the front seat of the car, is recovering fro
2 CONC m face, head cuts and bruises at Riverside hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Frank Kliewer of Milford, who worked at Lassen Lumber and Box compan
2 CONC y with Wemple, was riding in the back seat of the car, and was not inj
2 CONC ured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services are scheduled Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Methodist c
2 CONC hurch, with the Reverand E.E. Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Mi
2 CONC lford cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ivan Hudson of Janesville, driving a red pickup immediately behind We
2 CONC mple's car, skidded and struck the bridge, missing the other victims
2 CONC , when he tried to stop, according to highway patrolmen. He was not in
2 CONC jured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay Wemple, Irvin's son, was following by about 100 yards of his fath
2 CONC er's car. Seeing the accident, he tried to stop and his car made a sli
2 CONC ding turn through the bridge, striking only a piece of broken guard po
2 CONC st in the road.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The highway was icy when the accident occurred. The victim's car, a 1
2 CONC 946 Dodge sedan, skidded first into the right end of the cement bridge
2 CONC , whirled around and hit the back of the car along the bridge. Wempl
2 CONC e was thrown out of the door which was knocked open and skidded abou
2 CONC t 150 feet on the icy pavement according to the highway patrol. He wa
2 CONC s dead on admittance to the hospital, presumably from skull fractures
2 CONC . The car landed in the ditch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include three sons, Jay, Tremain and Nolan Mark, from abou
2 CONC t 20 to 5; his mother, Mrs. J.C. Wemple of Milford; brothers, Claude o
2 CONC f Milford, Raymond of Redding and Lt. Col. Neil Wemple of Spokane, Was
2 CONC hington; sisters, Mrs. Nolan Hallowell of Susanville, Mrs. Olga Burrou
2 CONC ghs of Sacramento, Miss Narnia Wemple of Milford, Mrs. D.I. Edwards o
2 CONC f Westwood and Mrs. John Theodore of Wendel. His wife, the former Emm
2 CONC a Grayce Tremain, died several years ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lt. Col. Wemple flew in by bomber to Reno Thursday night. Other broth
2 CONC ers and sisters are expected to come to the funeral.
2 CONT 
2 CONT This is the tragedy which has struck the family in a week; the funera
2 CONC l of Spencer Burroughs, who was a brother-in-law of Irvin Wemple, wa
2 CONC s last Saturday.
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1 NAME Marjel May /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1904
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F16@
1 FAMS @F18@
1 FAMS @F19@
1 NOTE Compiler's Note: Marjel was a faithful friend when I needed a friend
2 CONC . I shall ever be grateful to her. DRW
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1 NAME Marguerite /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1909
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 FEB 2005
2 PLAC Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery - Section J, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F20@
1 FAMS @F21@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Reno-Gazette-Journal Newspaper, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONC ; Saturday, 26 Feb 2006; page 9Cc4;  obtained at the University of Nev
2 CONC ada, Getchell Library, microfilm area, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
2 CONT MARGUERITE WEMPLE
2 CONT HALLOWELL
2 CONT Marguerite Wemple Hallowell passed away on February 4, 2004 [sic] i
2 CONC n Reno, at age 95. She was the last in her generation of a Lassen Coun
2 CONC ty pioneer family. Born on the Wemple Ranch in Milford, CA, she was th
2 CONC e eighth child of Libby A. and Jay C. Wemple.
2 CONT She attended schools in Milford, Susanville, and Sacramento and wa
2 CONC s a graduate of Lassen Union High School in 1930, the year she was mar
2 CONC ried to Nolan Hallowell. In 1936 she became the first woman in Lasse
2 CONC n County to be licenced [sic] as a ham radio operator. In 1946 she an
2 CONC d Nolan purchased a small plane which they flew home to Susanville fro
2 CONC m Youngstown, Ohio with Marguerite navigating. She worked for the Doyl
2 CONC e Motor Company and California Pacific Power Company after her husband
2 CONC 's death in 1958.
2 CONT Marguerite was a gracious woman who enjoyed sharing her home with fri
2 CONC ends and family. She volunteered for the Red Cross and WPA during WWII
2 CONC . She was a member of her high school sorority, Omicron Alpha in Sacra
2 CONC mento, a past president of the Monticola Club and a member of the Pa
2 CONC n Club in Susanville. In Paradise, California, she was a past presiden
2 CONC t of the Agenda Club and the Elks Wives. She was a member of the Daugh
2 CONC ters of the American Revolution.
2 CONT She was preceded in death by her husband Nolan Hallowell; daughter Ly
2 CONC nn Hallowell McDonald; her husband Dick Rypkema; her parents and ten b
2 CONC rothers and sisters.
2 CONT Marguerite is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Bob Mc
2 CONC Donald of Reno; grandchildren, Stephen McDonald of Manhatten Beach, CA
2 CONC , Elizabeth McDonald Delia (Rob) of Sparks, NV, J.R. McDonald of San F
2 CONC rancisco, CA, [sic] Jess Iturri) of Portland, OR; one great grandson a
2 CONC nd many nieces and nephews.
2 CONT Memorial services will be held at a later date in Milford and Susanvi
2 CONC lle. Donations can be made to the Lassen County Historical Society, 7
2 CONC 5 Weatherlow St., Susanville, CA, 96130, or a charity of your choice.
2 CONT 
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1 NAME Deesse Decious /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1911
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 APR 1998
2 PLAC Burney, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F22@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 29 M
2 CONC ay 1931, page 8c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT TWO PROMINENT VALLEY FAMILIES UNITED SUNDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT On Sunday morning, May 24th, Miss Deesse Wemple was married to John T
2 CONC heordore, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Theodore of Litchfield.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The marriage was solemnized at eight o'clock at the home of the bride
2 CONC 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Wemple of Milford, the Reverand Mark P
2 CONC ike of Susanville officiating in the presence of relatives and friends
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT For the wedding music Mrs. J. Irvin Wemple played the favorite select
2 CONC ion from Mendelsohn.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride, the youngest daughter of the family, wore the dress of cre
2 CONC am-white satin and lace worn before her by three of her sisters. Her v
2 CONC eil was of tulle, and short, fastened with tiny clusters of orange blo
2 CONC ssoms, and her bouquet was a shower of cream-white roses and lillies o
2 CONC f the valley. Miss Narnia Wemple, her sister's only attendant, wor
2 CONC e a lavender flowered dress and carried Rose Marie roses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Raymond Wemple acted as best man.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A lovely mass of flowers formed the background for the wedding servic
2 CONC e, and about the house tulips and pastel shades of columbine were used
2 CONC , and spays of hawthorne.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following the ceremony breakfast was served with the wedding party an
2 CONC d near relatives seated at the bride's table.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The young couple are spending their honeymoon at Sacramento, San Fran
2 CONC cisco and cities south.
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1 NAME Lowell Stanford /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 AUG 1913
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1925
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 NOTE Lowell S. Wemple was a very sensitive boy, who became depressed and di
2 CONC scouraged rather easily.  His parents had gone to visit Libbie's broth
2 CONC er, Frank and his wife Blanche in Lemoore, CA and Lowell wanted to g
2 CONC o very much, but was refused.  This refusal started a series of event
2 CONC s which led to tragedy.  Soon thereafter, he got into trouble in schoo
2 CONC l over little or nothing.  Just before this, but after he missed the L
2 CONC emoore trip, he and a friend of his, Claude (Bud) Harwood, were caugh
2 CONC t stealing cigarettes from the local store and Lowell's older brother
2 CONC , Claude had remarked to him, You'd better be careful.  You could en
2 CONC d up in prison.   When Lowell got into trouble at school, he came hom
2 CONC e at noon sobbing his heart out. Some of the family were gathered in t
2 CONC he kitchen.  When they heard Lowell come in the front door sobbing, Ma
2 CONC rjel Wemple, later Marjel Edwards, Lowell's sister, went to see Lowel
2 CONC l and told him that she would get him something to eat.  Fixing someon
2 CONC e something to eat was always the family cure all for depression, sadn
2 CONC ess and sickness.  Marjel probably had said to Lowell, I'll fix yo
2 CONC u a sandwich.  That'll make you feel better.  Lowell went on upstairs
2 CONC .  It wasn't long before Claude, Irvin, Marjel and a family friend wh
2 CONC o were all sitting about the kitchen, heard a report from a .22 rifle
2 CONC .  Irvin (Sammy), Lowell's brother, bounded up the stairs, two at a ti
2 CONC me, followed closely by Claude.  They found Lowell mortally wounded
2 CONC .  Shortly thereafter, a phone call was placed to Lowell's parents. J.
2 CONC C. and Libby in Lemoore and they hurried home to a sadden and broken h
2 CONC earted family. The pain and heartache of this tragedy still haunts thi
2 CONC s family, even after all these seventy-one years. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lowell died in September of 1925 and he wrote a couple of stories in t
2 CONC he spring of that same year that his sister, Deesse Theodore, has kep
2 CONC t and treasured these many years.  The stories are as follows:  A STO
2 CONC RY.  Once Claude, Heavy (Orville Wemple), Guy (Wemple) and Murph (Fre
2 CONC d Wwmple) bilt (sic) a raft and put it on the lake. Then they got on i
2 CONC t and went out on the lake.  When they got out a little way, the win
2 CONC d came up and drifted them on down to that fense (sic) between Harwood
2 CONC s and Humphries.  Guy got sea sick and Heavy was frightened to death
2 CONC .  Claude and Murph got a hold of the fense (sic) and pulled them in t
2 CONC o shore.  When they got in, it was dark.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The second story is titled: TUMMY BUNNY.  Once there was a bunny name
2 CONC d Tummy.  This was a funny name.  The reason why his name was Tummy wa
2 CONC s because he was a funny bunny.  One day Tunny was running down the pa
2 CONC th merrily, when out jumped Rocket the old hound dog.  Rocket jumped r
2 CONC ight on Tummy.  Hey, what's the  big idea? said Tummy.  I'm catchin
2 CONC g rabbits, said Rocket.  Well, said Tummy, you're going the wron
2 CONC g way because I'm a bunny.  What's the difference? said Rocket.  
2 CONC A rabbit has a black tail and a bunny has a white tail, answered Tumm
2 CONC y.  Oh all right, said Rocket, as he walked down the path. Whow (sp
2 CONC ), that was close, said Tummy, because I have a black tail.  THE END
2 CONC 
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME Neil Waldon /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1918
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 OCT 2002
2 PLAC Tucson, AZ
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F23@
1 NOTE Farm raised in California, he joined the Army Air Corps in 1940.  He s
2 CONC erved for the next 36-37 years with the flying arm of the U.S. militar
2 CONC y and he retired with the rank of full colonel. Early on during WW II
2 CONC , Helen met with Neil at Neil's assigned base in Latin America and the
2 CONC y flew to Tapachula, Mexico in a O-47A to get married.  During his ten
2 CONC ure with the air force, he mostly flew bombers and was one of the orig
2 CONC inal pilots for the B-29's that were stationed in India.  He flew ove
2 CONC r the hump on many occasions, flying fuel and bombs from India to Ch
2 CONC ina for their own raids over Japan.  He was promoted to major early o
2 CONC n during the war and was known as the boy major by his men, becaus
2 CONC e of his young appearance.  Before his retirement, he was Commander 39
2 CONC 74th Combat Support Group Zaragoza Air Base, Spain.  They presently re
2 CONC side in Tucson, AZ.  DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Go to website http://40thbombgroup.org to explore some of Neil's explo
2 CONC its during WWII.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Service decorations:
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Distinguished Flying Cross, with one Oak Leaf Cluster
2 CONT 2. Bronze Star Medal
2 CONT 3. Air Metal, with three Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 4. Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 5. Meritious Service Medal
2 CONT 
2 CONT Medals, Citations, and Campaignes
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Distinguished Unit Citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 2. American Defense Campaign Metal with Bronze Star
2 CONT 3. American Campaign Medal with Bronze Star
2 CONT 4. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four Bronze Stars
2 CONT 5. World War II Victory Metal
2 CONT 6. National Defense Service Medal
2 CONT 7. Philippine Liberation Ribbon
2 CONT 9. Phillippine Independence Ribbon
2 CONT 10. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
2 CONT 11. China War Memorial Medal
2 CONT 
2 CONT Total Flying Time 5710:45 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Instructor Pilot     586 hours
2 CONT First Pilot           3852 hours
2 CONT Night                    567 hours
2 CONT Instrument           500 hours
2 CONT Command Pilot    147 hours
2 CONT Co Pilot                878 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Instrument and Night also included in other catagories.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Aircraft in which most flying performed:
2 CONT B29                   1500 hours
2 CONT B-17                    750 hours
2 CONT B-47                    600 hours
2 CONT T-33                    400 hours
2 CONT B-24                   250 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Command Positions
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Aircraft Commander
2 CONT 2. Commander, 44th Bomb Sq.
2 CONT 3. Commander, 327th Bomb Sq.
2 CONT 4. Deputy Commander, 6th Bomb Wing
2 CONT 5. Deputy Commander, 509th Wing
2 CONT 6. Commander, 3974th Combat Support Group
2 CONT 7. Commander, 3973rd Combat Support Group
2 CONT 8. Deputy Commander, 3800th Air Base Wing
2 CONT 9. Commander, 6592nd Support Group
2 CONT 
2 CONT Promotions
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Flying Cadet                25 November 1940
2 CONT 2. Second Lieutenant      12 July 1941
2 CONT 3. First Lieutenant           1 February 1942
2 CONT 3. Captain                        27 July 1942
2 CONT 4. Major                           15 October 1943
2 CONT 5. Lt. Colonel                   18 June 1945
2 CONT 5. Colonel                        19 January 1951
2 CONT 
2 CONT Retired                             01 August 1969
2 CONT 
2 CONT Refer http://classified.tucson.com/index.php?action=view_obit&ticket_i
2 CONC d=0001153499-01802:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Neil Waldon Wemple Colonel USAF Ret.
2 CONT 
2 CONT died October 31, 2002 in Tucson, AZ born February 26, 1918 in Milford
2 CONC , Lassen County, CA, the 11th child of Jay C. Wemple, a cattle ranche
2 CONC r and Libby A. Wemple (both deceased). He attended elementary school i
2 CONC n Milford and graduated from Lassen High School and Junior College i
2 CONC n Susanville, CA. He completed his education at San Jose State Univers
2 CONC ity with a degree in Commerce. His love of airplanes and flying encour
2 CONC aged him to apply for pilot training in the Army Air Corps. On July 11
2 CONC , 1941 he graduated from flying school at Brooks Field, Texas. Neil wa
2 CONC s commissioned a 2nd Lt, leading to a 30 year career in Military Servi
2 CONC ce. During his career he accumulated 7000 hours of flying. Col. Wempl
2 CONC e flew a total of 36 different military aircraft, the last being the B
2 CONC -52. His war years included stations in Puerto Rico and Guatemala, fly
2 CONC ing submarine patrol in B-17-E's and B-240's. He served in the CBI (Ch
2 CONC ina, Burma, India) Theater and on Tinian Island, completing a total o
2 CONC f 42 months overseas duty. His war record included 28 combat mission
2 CONC s against Japan and in the Asiatic Theater. He returned to CA at war'
2 CONC s end, having circled the globe and having visited 60 countries. His a
2 CONC utobiography is chronicled in two volumes, written by him for his chil
2 CONC dren, family and friends. Col. Wemple is survived by his loving wife o
2 CONC f 59 years, Helen; daughter, Forrest W. Levely; sons, Stephen S. (Lind
2 CONC a) Wemple, Neil T. Wemple and grandchildren, Karah L. (Frank) Rinaldi
2 CONC , Thomas Scott Levely and Krystal Carter; great-granddaughters, Alexi
2 CONC s and Kaia Rinaldi. Memorial services with Military Honors will be hel
2 CONC d Monday, November 11, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. in the EAST LAWN PALM MORTUAR
2 CONC Y CHAPEL, 5801 E. Grant Rd. 
2 CONT 
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME Gay Victoria /Corder/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 APR 1918
2 PLAC Snowville, Pulaski County, Virginia
1 DEAT
1 FAMC @F1005@
1 FAMS @F10@
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F10@
1 FAMS @F72@
1 NOTE Kenneth Wemple is a rancher and cattleman. He enjoys visiting, ropin
2 CONC g cattle and branding calves. DRW
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME Donna Gay /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1942
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1991
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F10@
1 FAMS @F73@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 1 Se
2 CONC ptember 1961, page 6c4:
2 CONT DONNA GAY WEMPLE IS RECENT BRIDE OF THOMAS McCLELLAND
2 CONT Miss Donna Gay Wemple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wemple of Milf
2 CONC ord, became the bride of Thomas Pierce McClelland, son of Mr. and Mrs
2 CONC . Pierce McClelland of Standish, in a ceremony performed by the Revera
2 CONC nd Ralph H. Carleton at the Park Wedding Chapel in Reno on Sunday, Jul
2 CONC y 30.
2 CONT The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white chiffon gow
2 CONC n and a short circular veil with a fluted head band. She carried a bou
2 CONC quet of white carnations and pink roses.
2 CONT Miss Kathryn French was the bridesmaid and wore an aqua chiffon gow
2 CONC n with a white carnation corsage.
2 CONT Charles Shere was the best man.
2 CONT For her daughter's wedding the bride's mother was dressed in pink an
2 CONC d wore a white carnation corsage. The groom's mother wore blue and als
2 CONC o wore a white carnation corsage.
2 CONT A dinner hosted by the bride's father followed in the Shore Room of t
2 CONC he Holiday Hotel. The table was centered with a tiered wedding cake to
2 CONC pped with a miniature bride and groom and encircled with an arrangemen
2 CONC t of pink roses, stock, fern and corn flowers.
2 CONT Dinner guests included the bride and groom, Mrs. Ester McClelland, Mr
2 CONC s. Edna Johnston, Messrs. and Mesdames Claude Wemple, Pierce McClellan
2 CONC d, Donald Wemple, Elliot Cann, Messrs. Charles Shere, Kenneth Wemple
2 CONC , Ronald Farwell, Rodney Cann, Misses Nancy McClelland, Helen McClella
2 CONC nd, Kathyrn French and Corrine Cann.
2 CONT For her going away outfit the bride wore a navy blue ensemble with wh
2 CONC ite accessories. Following a honeymoon trip through Oregon, the newlyw
2 CONC eds are now at home in Standish.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Lassen County Times Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co
2 CONC , CA; Tuesday, 10 Sep 1991; page 16Cc2-3; obtained at the Susanville L
2 CONC ibrary, 1618 Main St., Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONT DONNA GAY
2 CONT McCLELLAND
2 CONT Donna Gay McClelland, 48 died Aug. 30 at her residence in Standish. 
2 CONC She was born Dec. 15, 1942 in Susanville and had lived in the local ar
2 CONC ea all her life.
2 CONT She was a homemaker and helped on the family ranch.  She was also a m
2 CONC ember of the Lassen County Cow Belles.
2 CONT She is survived by her husband Tom, daughters Rebecka McClelland Reec
2 CONC e and Burna Gay McClelland, all of Standish.  Her mother Gay Wemple an
2 CONC d brother Ken Wemple, both of Milford, also survive. She was precede
2 CONC d in death by her daughter Janice in 1980 and father Don Wemple in Apr
2 CONC il of this year.
2 CONT Visitation was held Sun. Sept. 1 at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortu
2 CONC ary Chapel.
2 CONT Funeral services were held Sept. 2 at the mortuary chapel with interm
2 CONC ent following in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT The family requests that donations be made to the Susanville Future F
2 CONC armers of America, care of Lassen High School in Donna's memory.
2 CONT 
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME Verna Rae /Fraley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1932
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1159@
1 FAMS @F11@
1 NOTE Wedding Announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Thursday, 2
2 CONC 0 September 1951, page 5c2-3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT VERNA FRALEY AND GLENN WEMPLE MARRIED SUNDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT On the lawn at the home ranch home of the Ray Fraleys at Litchfield
2 CONC , their daughter Verna Fraley became the bride of Glenn Wemple, Sunday
2 CONC , September 16, at 3 p.m. The Reverand E.E. Wilson read the double rin
2 CONC g ritual in the presence of immediate members of both families and a f
2 CONC ew close friends.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decorations for the ceremony consisted of white satin streamers conne
2 CONC cting short white poles which formed an aisle leading to the improvise
2 CONC d altar. White circular trellises decorated with Virginia creeper an
2 CONC d white asters, formed the background. At each side of the trellis wer
2 CONC e tall baskets of large white chrysanthemums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Their only attendants, the bride's sister, Mrs. Robert Katen, matro
2 CONC n of honor, and Norman Mosier, best man, walked informally to the alte
2 CONC r and waited as Verna was escorted by her father, who gave her in marr
2 CONC iage.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride was attired in a gray wool suit and gray and white accessor
2 CONC ies. She carried white gladioli and stephanotis.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Katen wore a Maroon colored suit, brown accessories and a corsag
2 CONC e of white mums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The reception was held in the home where the dining table was centere
2 CONC d with a three tiered wedding cake, partly surrounded by small white m
2 CONC ums and fern; tall white tapers stood on each side of the cake, whic
2 CONC h was cut by the bride and bridegroom in the traditional manner. The r
2 CONC oom decor was in white with bouquets of carnations, asters and mums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The couple left for a short motor trip to the coast. They will make t
2 CONC heir home in Milford, where Glenn is engaged in farming.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Invited to the wedding and reception were: Messrs. and Mesdames Claud
2 CONC e Wemple, Don Wemple, Ken and Donna, David Wemple and small son Dannie
2 CONC ; Leroy Hunt, Claudia and Scott; Robert Katen and son Bobby; Robert Pi
2 CONC neo; Mrs. Fannie Winchester, Mrs. Jay Wemple, Norman Mosier and Jim Fr
2 CONC aley.
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME William Neil /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 OCCU ,
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F202@
1 NOTE He owns and operates a beauty parlor, with about a dozen operators i
2 CONC n it, in Susanville, CA. DRW
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME Glenda Fern /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1954
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F203@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 1
2 CONC 4 February 1973, page4c1-3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT GLENDA WEMPLE RECENT BRIDE OF RANDY AZEVEDO
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Glenda Fern Wemple became the bride of Randall Robert Azevedo i
2 CONC n a double ring ceremony performed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Churc
2 CONC h in Susanville by Father John Hannan on Saturday, December 16. Gilber
2 CONC t Azevedo, father of the groom, assisted as commentator.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The theme colors of the wedding were chosen to coordinate with the tra
2 CONC ditional purple of the Advent season. Bouquets of lavender star chrysa
2 CONC nthemums against a background of white flowers, decorated the sanctuar
2 CONC y of the church. The family pews were marked with lavender satin bow
2 CONC s which matched the delicate draperies the nuns had made to cover th
2 CONC e tabernacle doors on each altar.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wemple of Milford, was give
2 CONC n in marriage by her father. She was dressed in modern bridal origina
2 CONC l designed with empire waistline, high collar, and long bouffant sleev
2 CONC es fastened tightly at the wrist. The traditional floor length gown o
2 CONC f satin had scattered bouquets of embroidered appliqued flowers center
2 CONC ed with tiny seed pearls. The skirt ended in a flounce which extende
2 CONC d into a long train. The elbow length illusion veil was held in plac
2 CONC e by a head piece of satin and lace with appliques matching those of h
2 CONC er dress. The bride chose to carry the prayer book she received at th
2 CONC e time of her confirmation. Her prayer book was covered with bridal la
2 CONC ce and a cascade of stephanotis and white roses centered with a cattel
2 CONC eya orchid. For something old she carried a handmade lace handkerchie
2 CONC f made by her great-grandmother. For something borrowed she wore a pai
2 CONC r of opal earrings belonging to her aunt, Mrs. David Wemple. For somet
2 CONC hing blue she wore the traditional blue garter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Debra Wemple, cousin of the bride, served as maid of honor. She w
2 CONC ore a floor length dress of purple velvet and white nylon trimmed wit
2 CONC h tiny pastel flowers. Her head piece was of purple ribbon trimmed wit
2 CONC h flowers, matching those of her dress, secured in place with a whit
2 CONC e velvet ribbon. To complement her gown, the maid of honor carried a c
2 CONC olonial bouquet of azalea and pink feathered carnations with gypsophil
2 CONC ia and daisy chrysanthemums accented with purple satin.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also in the bridal procession were the two demure little flower girls
2 CONC , Kristine Wemple and Rebecca McClelland, cousins of the bride. Thei
2 CONC r gay nosegays of multicolored carnation petals and tiny white daisy c
2 CONC hrysanthemums with baby breath accented their tip-toe length dresses o
2 CONC f purple and white styled exactly like that of the maid of honor's. Th
2 CONC e flower girls' head pieces were styled of lavender ribbon trimmed wit
2 CONC h the pastel flowers matching their dresses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred Wemple served as ring bearer for his sister.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Serving as best man was Fred Mallery. Ushers were Terry Azevedo, broth
2 CONC er of the groom with Bill Wemple, brother of the bride.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride's mother wore a lime green floor length long sleeved dress o
2 CONC f polyester knit. The groom's mother was attired in a blue floor lengt
2 CONC h long sleeved dress also of polyester knit. Both mothers wore cymbidi
2 CONC um orchid corsages.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Each one of the four gracious grandmothers, Mrs. Rose Azevedo, Mrs. Fr
2 CONC ed White, Mrs. Ray Fraley and Mrs. Claude Wemple, were complimented wi
2 CONC th a corsage of white jappette orchids.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. Randy Azevedo were honored at a reception immediately fol
2 CONC lowing the ceremony in the Pyrenees Room at the St. Francis Hotel. Th
2 CONC e luscious wedding cake with each of its four tiers, edged with fres
2 CONC h lavender chrysanthemums and fern, topped with bride and groom, stoo
2 CONC d in all its glory on a crocheted table cloth handmade by the bride'
2 CONC s great-grandmother, Mae Waldorf of Soquel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In charge of the guest book were Mrs. Renelle English and Fred Wemple
2 CONC . Serving the wedding cake were Ginger Pinneo, Debra Azevedo and Rond
2 CONC a Mallery. Those serving punch and hors d'oeuvre were Melanie Brines
2 CONC , Rita Mallery and Cheri Flux.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following a short honeymoon in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area, the bride an
2 CONC d groom are now at home in Milford. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil
2 CONC bert Azevedo of Doyle, is engaged in ranching with his father.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Out of town guests included Mrs. Rose Azevedo, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White
2 CONC , Mr. and Mrs. David Wemple and Debi, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Peacock, Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. Dibbie Azevedo and Debbie, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Settlege, Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Tony Welander, Robert Leavell, Mr. and Mrs. Mike English, Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. David Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Machado.
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME Frederick Paul /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F204@
1 NOTE The following article came from the CHESTER PROGRESSIVE, WESTWOOD PIN
2 CONC E PRESS dated September 11, 1996.
2 CONT 
2 CONT THE WEMPLE RANCH
2 CONT by Joseph Kriss, Staff Writer
2 CONT 
2 CONT What's kept the Wemple family in business was their willingness to ch
2 CONC ange, explains Fred Wemple as he and his wife, Lena (actually Dena DR
2 CONC W), bounce around in the cab of their old pickup truck while crossin
2 CONC g a field of alfalfa.
2 CONT 
2 CONT With a tank trailer of diesel fuel in tow, the couple heads out to a f
2 CONC ar corner of their 1,000-acre Milford ranch to gas-up a large green an
2 CONC d yellow tractor operated by Fred's dad, Glenn.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The senior Wemple, now 70, is the last of the family actually born o
2 CONC n the ranch.  He's supposed to be retired, says Lena.  It's hard t
2 CONC o keep him off a tractor.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Wemple Ranch, located in Milford along Highway 395, is a househol
2 CONC d name in south Lassen County.  Most school-age children know about th
2 CONC e ranch, having had the opportunity to get pumpkins during October fie
2 CONC ld trips to the well known pumpkin patch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT There have been many changes and many memories made on this sandy, alk
2 CONC aline patch of dirt over the past 100 years.  Originally, the Wemple
2 CONC s used the property as a dairy farm and horse ranch.  Then they went i
2 CONC nto the cattle business.  The cattle operation lasted until the proper
2 CONC ty was split (abt. 1989 DRW).  The Wemples still run cattle but now le
2 CONC ase about 3,000 acres for grazing in the desert near Herlong.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We had to diversify, Fred said, when asked how the ranch stays solve
2 CONC nt during these hard economic times for agriculture.  We're always lo
2 CONC oking for new ideas, and we're willing to accept change.  We might no
2 CONC t like it, but we have to be more business minded.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1998, the ranch will celebrate its 100 year anniversary.  The prop
2 CONC erty has changed hands many times, Fred said, but it's always been (
2 CONC sold) to a Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT J.C. Wemple (Sr. DRW), Glenn's great-grandfather, originally bought th
2 CONC e property back in 1859.  He came to California from Michigan where h
2 CONC e had operated a grist mill.  (This is an error.  He operated the gris
2 CONC tmill in Milford.  It was his first business venture after moving to C
2 CONC alifornia and highly successful.) He had to give up the gristmill beca
2 CONC use of failing lungs and he went into farming, mostly  raising vegetab
2 CONC les, and then branched off into other farming as time passed.  DRW)
2 CONC .  When the pioneering Wemple ended up in northern California, he boug
2 CONC ht a parcel of land from Peter Lassen.  On closer inspection of the de
2 CONC ed, Wemple found the purchased property, supposed to be in Susanville
2 CONC , ended up actually being in Milford where the ranch is today.  The or
2 CONC iginal ranch stretched from Highway 395 to the shores of Honey Lake.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The ranch is now split in two with Fred's cousin, Kyle Wemple, an ex-p
2 CONC ro rodeo saddle bronc rider, now working the land adjacent to his. (Ac
2 CONC tually Kyle's father, Kenneth is the owner of this part of the ranch
2 CONC .  DRW).
2 CONT 
2 CONT The elder Wemple's memories of the place he has called home for 70 yea
2 CONC rs are many.  Most are good, some bring back times that were not so pl
2 CONC easant, like the big fire that raced through Milford.  September 2, 1
2 CONC 950, Glenn says, recalling the date like it was last week.  I rememb
2 CONC er we were gathering cattle off (the) summer range when the fire start
2 CONC ed. It was real close to where we were.  The fire started on the sout
2 CONC hwest side of the mountain and quickly burned over the ridge (and int
2 CONC o the valley). Wemple motions across the valley towards the mountains
2 CONC , still showing the scars of wildfire.  Once it hit the top of the hi
2 CONC ll, it took only 20 minutes to burn all the way down to the lake.
2 CONT 
2 CONT All the barns and out buildings on the ranch were destroyed. Miraculou
2 CONC sly, the old farm house(s) was saved from the flames.  It just abou
2 CONC t wiped us out completely, added Fred.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemples were grazing cattle in the valley long before the Forest Servi
2 CONC ce and grazing allotments were in existence, according to Glenn.  The
2 CONC y used to run horses in the valley, too.  Old Tom Doyle ran hogs ove
2 CONC r the hill at one time, Wemple recalls.  But he had a heck of a tim
2 CONC e getting them back home.  Cattle - they'll find their way back, but n
2 CONC ot hogs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The most significant change he has seen over the years is the switch f
2 CONC rom horse power to tractor power.  I saw it change from horse to al
2 CONC l tractors, said Glenn.  It used to take seven men to put up the hay
2 CONC , and we only we only put up a third of what we do now.  Generally, w
2 CONC e use just three men now, he said.  One tractor is equal to four tea
2 CONC ms of horses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Making the slow transition to mechanized farming, Glenn's father, Clau
2 CONC de Wemple, bought a Fordson tractor back in 1930.  He had quite a tim
2 CONC e keeping the tractor running, he remembers.  My most vivid memory i
2 CONC s seeing that tractor tipped over on its side in the field with him ge
2 CONC tting a team of horses to pull it upright again, he said with a chuck
2 CONC le.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Another big change in farming is the high cost of the equipment.  Th
2 CONC e cost of machinery now - it'll take your breath away, says Glenn.  
2 CONC We bought a John Deere tractor in 1936 with a plow and mower for $1,20
2 CONC 0. Now a small garden tractor can cost $6,000 and a large farming trac
2 CONC tor can cost up to $100,000 or more.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Wemples buy used equipment and make repairs at the ranch.  Repairi
2 CONC ng farm equipment is a constant, on-going project.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Even back in the days of horse-drawn plows and mowers, repairs were al
2 CONC ways cause of tearing out one's hair.  Glenn remembers how a team o
2 CONC f horses got spooked in the field one day and ran off.  There was mow
2 CONC ing machine parts scattered from here to the barn, 'cause that's wher
2 CONC e the team always ended up.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred now collects the old Poppin' Johnny style tractors.  One of th
2 CONC e restored old timers is used to pull school children around the far
2 CONC m when the pumpkin patch is open.
2 CONT 
2 CONT To help keep the earth producing high quality alfalfa - there's a bi
2 CONC g difference in dollar value between the quality levels of hay - the W
2 CONC emples use wheat and carrot seed as rotation crops.  It's pretty inte
2 CONC resting to try different crops, said Glenn.  Sometimes you make mone
2 CONC y, sometimes you don't.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Rotating crops in between a six-year cycle of alfalfa planting help
2 CONC s get the ground broken up and cleaned of weeds and unwanted pests, s
2 CONC ays Fred.  The rotation is usually planted for two years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Carrot seeds are harvested from carrot plants that are left to flowe
2 CONC r and seed.  This crop accounts for 15 acres on the ranch right now
2 CONC .  The seed is shipped to a seed company in Woodland, Calif.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The farming seems to agree with the Wemples.  I'd have a hard time i
2 CONC f I had to get up to go to work everyday, Fred states.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Born in Susanville, he attended Janesville School and Lassen High Scho
2 CONC ol.  My college education consisted of horse shoeing and rodeo, he s
2 CONC ays.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lena, also a Susanville native, now works on the ranch full-time wit
2 CONC h her husband.  Her main passion this time of year is readying the man
2 CONC y varieties of pumpkins for their annual pumpkin patch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred, 35, says he never thought about doing anything else but ranchin
2 CONC g and farming.  This is all I could think about since I was old enoug
2 CONC h to walk.  Fred and Lena have been married for 10 years and have a s
2 CONC ix-year-old son, Matt.
2 CONT 
2 CONT They enjoy the farming lifestyle.  We're always busy, but it's a rela
2 CONC xed pace, Lena says.  Sometimes, we can take for granted the lifesty
2 CONC le we enjoy, she said.
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME N /Wemple/
2 GIVN N.V.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 MAY 1871
2 PLAC Milford,  Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JAN 1942
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F24@
1 NOTE Yes, his name was simply N.V. It is said that when N attended college
2 CONC , he had quite a time with a professor convincing him that N.V. was hi
2 CONC s only and correct name. Claude C. Wemple always referred to him simpl
2 CONC y as Uncle N. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V. Wemple  was judge of the Justice Court in Susanville from 1933 un
2 CONC til the time of his death.  He represented the Second District in th
2 CONC e California State Assembly from 1924-1928 and he was Lassen County As
2 CONC sessor for several years before that.   He graduated from San Jose Sta
2 CONC te Normal College about 1875. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V. hired his brother-in-law, Will Bronson in 1905 to build him a hou
2 CONC se in Milford.  Nearby, N also had Will build a small single room hom
2 CONC e for his father, Joseph Crawford Wemple. Joseph died in this small ho
2 CONC me. For several years about 1940-1955, Hazel Wemple, niece of N, use
2 CONC d this building for the Milford Post Office. Donald Jay Wemple, grand-
2 CONC nephew of N. lived in N's big house until his death in 1995. As of thi
2 CONC s writing his widow, Gay is living in this house. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT An article from the special edition of the LASSEN ADVOCATE CENTENNIA
2 CONC L EDITION, July 9, 1965:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple, N.V. (1871-1942) Engaged in farming in Honey Lake Valley. Asse
2 CONC ssor of Lassen County 1906-1914, judge of the Honey Lake judicial Dist
2 CONC rict 1934-1942, member of the State Assembly from the Second Distric
2 CONC t 1924-1928.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from THE LASSEN ADVOCATE, January 20, 1942:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH TAKES LASSEN PIONEER - JUDGE N. WEMPLE Dies Monday; Brief Illnes
2 CONC s - Life is Paralleled to History of County. N.V. Wemple, member o
2 CONC f a pioneer family of Lassen County which is closely connected with th
2 CONC e very growth of this section of California, died at the Riverside Hos
2 CONC pital last night near 10:30 o'clock. leaving the community saddened wi
2 CONC th the knowledge that it had lost one of its best known and useful cit
2 CONC izens. Wemple, who was nearing his seventy-first birthday, was born i
2 CONC n Milford, Lassen County on May 7, 1871, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Josep
2 CONC h Crawford Wemple. Joseph was one of the sturdy pioneers who came to L
2 CONC assen County and aided in developing his adapted town and county.
2 CONT 
2 CONT EDUCATION 
2 CONT 
2 CONT N.V., as he was know to so many, received his elementary education i
2 CONC n the public schools of Milford and graduated from San Jose State Norm
2 CONC al College. On August 14, 1892, he and Pearl Bronson were united in ma
2 CONC rriage. To this happy union were born the following children: Orvill
2 CONC e E., Guy B., Fred, Lyle E. Maude, Percy N. and Bernice M. Wemple. Wem
2 CONC ple was engaged in farming and livestock business until 1903. At tha
2 CONC t time he was elected to the Assessor's office of Lassen County in whi
2 CONC ch capacity he served for two four-year terms. He retired from publi
2 CONC c life at the end of the second term and took up ranching at Milford
2 CONC . In 1920 Wemple started the Wemple Lumber and Warehouse Company at Li
2 CONC tchfield. It was while in this business that he was elected to the Ass
2 CONC embly of the California State Legislature in 1925, serving his count
2 CONC y well for two terms. Always active in civic and lodge circles, he wa
2 CONC s a past master of Janesville Lodge No. 232 of the F. and A. M. (Fre
2 CONC e and Accepted Masons) and a member of the Knights of Templar. Followi
2 CONC ng his service in the Legislature, he returned to Lassen County and wa
2 CONC s appointed to the office of Justice of the Peace of Honey Lake Townsh
2 CONC ip in 1933. Wemple was still faithfully carrying on his duties in thi
2 CONC s capacity at the time of his death.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SURVIVORS
2 CONT 
2 CONT He leaves, of his immediate family, his wife, Pearl, one daughter Bern
2 CONC ice, who is now employed in Sacramento, three sons, Guy of Fallon, Fre
2 CONC d of Milford and Lyle of Susanville, one brother, Frank O. Wemple, wh
2 CONC o is now Lassen County Assessor and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Ha
2 CONC rris of Elko, Nevada. He is also survived by six grandchildren: Naom
2 CONC i and Nadene Wemple, Gynith, Phyllis,  Frank and Dana Wemple. Funera
2 CONC l services will be conducted from the Methodist Church by the local lo
2 CONC dge of Masons Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Internment will be in t
2 CONC he family plot at the Milford Cemetery. Morrill Mortuary is in charg
2 CONC e of the funeral arrangements.
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME William Irvin /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAR 1849
2 PLAC Westville, Champaign County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 NOV 1929
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F26@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 NOTE Grandpa Decious was a man who never quite got his life on a successfu
2 CONC l path as far as having plenty was concerned.  He owned a place in Mod
2 CONC oc County, in Surprise Valley, which was given to him by his father-in
2 CONC -law, Joel Dickinson.  While only about 100 acres, it was prime meado
2 CONC w land and he was able to make a successful living milking cows.  In 1
2 CONC 883, he sold this piece of land and moved his family to Honey Lake Val
2 CONC ley in a covered wagon.  My Grandmother, Libbie Decious Wemple, ofte
2 CONC n told me the story of moving from Surprise Valley to Honey Lake Valle
2 CONC y when she was only nine years old.  Once in Honey Lake Valley, Great-
2 CONC grandpa bought a piece of land on which is was very difficult to rais
2 CONC e any crop, let alone feed his growing family. The only advantage thi
2 CONC s piece of land provided Grandpa Decious, was that it was next door t
2 CONC o his brother, Joe.
2 CONT 
2 CONT However, Grandpa worked hard, but had an occasional bout with alcoho
2 CONC l to relieve his stress.  He once told a neighbor, Why should I be po
2 CONC or? For two-bits I can be wealthy. And his alcoholic benders proved h
2 CONC is point. He would often leave his wife and family for weeks at a tim
2 CONC e to have his parties.  For a living, he milked cows for the Wales ran
2 CONC ch, which was next to his brother's ranch. He also cut and sold wood
2 CONC , moved freight by wagon, tried to farm his small place and mostly di
2 CONC d without. He hauled freight between Fort Bidwell and Reno, NV. He als
2 CONC o supplied wood for locomotives on the Nevada-California-Oregon railro
2 CONC ad.
2 CONT 
2 CONT His house was made of double board walls without two by fours, on a fe
2 CONC w rocks that acted as a minimal foundation.  After my parents married
2 CONC , Mother used to cut his hair.  She just loved him and had nothing bu
2 CONC t good to say about him.  He was a well known fiddle player in the th
2 CONC e Honey Lake area and he and his orchestra played for many a dance i
2 CONC n more than one community. According to his grandson, Warren Davis Dec
2 CONC ious, he used the hair off horses' tails for his fiddle bow.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Grandma Decious was a immaculate house keeper and faithful wife, who w
2 CONC as instrumental in the successful raising of their nine children.  Sh
2 CONC e kept her home, while her wandering husband was off doing his thing
2 CONC ; her house, with rough board floors, and wall paper covering the roug
2 CONC h board wall, was clean beyond reproach.  She spoiled her children an
2 CONC d they often took advantage of her love for them.  But she never los
2 CONC t her loyalty or love for her children and always made a home for them
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From an article from SAGEBRUSH REFLECTIONS, Tim Purdy, author:
2 CONT 
2 CONT . . . In 1895 Jake Yanner and George Carpenter Clark built a boat fo
2 CONC r transporting lumber and freight across Honey Lake. They based thei
2 CONC r operations at the Joseph W. Decious ranch near Milford. The boat wa
2 CONC s first built with a propeller, but did not function properly. They mo
2 CONC dified it into a side wheeler. The boat was 60 feet in length and ha
2 CONC d a load capacity of 30,000 pounds.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Milford correspondent to the Lassen Advocate of April 29, 1897, w
2 CONC rote and included this bit of news about the boat: 'The steamship, BLO
2 CONC OMER, Captain Yanner, which has been undergoing extensive repairs at J
2 CONC oe Decious' dry dock for the past six months left this port Sunday eve
2 CONC ning on schedule time with a cargo of wood consigned the N-C-O [Nevada
2 CONC -California-Oregon] Railroad Company at Amedee. Captain Yanner receive
2 CONC d a telegram from 'Red' Clark, the consignee of the R.R. company, to s
2 CONC ail immediately, and he lost no time in getting up steam. There wa
2 CONC s a large list of cabin passengers, indeed all the state rooms were oc
2 CONC cupied, so that Miss Hattie Dickinson had to go by stage to the statio
2 CONC n as she was in a hurry to get to Reno. Following is a full list of th
2 CONC e passengers: Gus Greehn, Joe Decious, Oscar Ridenour, Frank and Fre
2 CONC d Cornelison, Irvin Decious, George Decious and Issiah Hallet. The woo
2 CONC d was not insured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The boat remained in operation during the late 1890's making regula
2 CONC r trips to Amede. By 1902, the lake was too shallow for boating and i
2 CONC n 1903 it went dry. The vessel remained docked at the Decious place fo
2 CONC r many years, receiving no use. During the winter of 1937-1938, the hi
2 CONC gh waters of Honey Lake washed it away from its moorings. The boat dri
2 CONC fted down the shore for about 175 yards where it fell apart.  . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; Friday, 22 Nov 1929; page 1c6
2 CONT FUNERAL SERVICES HELD AT MILFORD FOR W. I. DECIOUS
2 CONT Funeral services for W. I. Decious, 80, pioneer resident of Milford w
2 CONC ere held yesterday in the school house at Milford, and Rev. Mark Pik
2 CONC e officiated.
2 CONT Decious died last Tuesday.  He is survived by his widow, Mary Decious
2 CONC , three sons and two daughters.  They include, Frank, Charles and Orvi
2 CONC lle Decious, Mrs. Fred Brunhouse and Mrs. J. C. Wemple.
2 CONT The funeral services were held at 2 o'clock and interment took plac
2 CONC e in the Milford Cemetery.
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Jane /Dickinson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1854
2 PLAC Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1932
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1019@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 30 Dec 1932; page 6c5
2 CONT FORMER LASSEN RESIDENT PASSES AT FORT BIDWELL
2 CONT Funeral services were held in the Milford school Tuesday for Mrs. Mar
2 CONC y Decious, former Lassen county resident, who passed away at the hom
2 CONC e of her son at Fort Bidwell, Modoc county, aged 78 years, 2 days.
2 CONT Mary Jane Dickinson was born in Cottage Grove, Calif., December 21, 1
2 CONC 854.  She married William Irwin Decious in October, 1878 in Modoc coun
2 CONC ty, and moved to Milford shortly afterward where she lived until the d
2 CONC eath of her husband in 1929.  Since that time she has made her home wi
2 CONC th her son at Fort Bidwell.
2 CONT Rev. Glenn W. Butcher of the Methodist church, Susanville, conducte
2 CONC d the funeral service.  Mrs. O. S. O'Dell and Mrs. La Marr Porter san
2 CONC d `Abide With Me,' and `Lead Kindly Light.'  Interment was in Milfor
2 CONC d Cemetery.
2 CONT Left to mourn her loss are two daughters:  Mrs. J. C. Wemple of Milfo
2 CONC rd and Mrs. Myrtle Brunhouse of San Jose; three sons: Chas. Decious o
2 CONC f Fort Bidwell, Frank of San Jose and Orvis of Oakland; two nephews
2 CONC :  J. I. and J. B. Christie of Susanville; 23 great children and 10 gr
2 CONC eat-grandchildren.
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Walter /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1873
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 APR 1896
2 PLAC Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F118@
1 NOTE From the Adin ARGUS NEWSPAPER, May 7, 1896:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Suicide at Fort Bidwell. The CEDARVILLE RECORD of the 29th says: Las
2 CONC t Friday morning news was received here that Walter Decious, of Fort B
2 CONC idwell, aged about 22 years, had committed suicide by shooting himsel
2 CONC f through the heart with a rifle. It seems he was staying with his unc
2 CONC le, E.P. Sessions, and about 10 o'clock left the house and went down t
2 CONC o the slaughter house, where the deed was committed. About 2 o'clock i
2 CONC n the afternoon one of Mr. Baty's little girls happened along and disc
2 CONC overed the body and gave the alarm. In inquest was held over the remai
2 CONC ns, and on Saturday morning the body was taken care of by Rufus Ward a
2 CONC nd C.D. Kafader who took it to his parents home near Milford, in Lasse
2 CONC n County, for interment. The unfortunate young man left a note statin
2 CONC g that before it was read his sorrows would all be over, but gave no r
2 CONC eason for committing the deed. The sad affair is made doubly sad by th
2 CONC e fact that he had only been married twelve days to a young lady of Fo
2 CONC rt Bidwell, who he now leaves a widow after a few days of happiness. W
2 CONC alter Decious was a young man well liked by all, a firm friend and gen
2 CONC ial companion, whose many friends deeply deplore the rash act and word
2 CONC s fail to express to the relatives and to the widowed bride the sympat
2 CONC hy felt by them for their sad bereavement.
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME Effie Viola /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 APR 1876
2 PLAC Surprise Valley, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1902
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F119@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, 20 February 1902, page 3
2 CONC c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DIED - BRUNHOUSE - Near Standish, February 18, 1902, Mrs. Effie Brunh
2 CONC ouse, wife of Fred Brunhouse, aged about 25 years. The funeral took pl
2 CONC ace at Milford Wednesday afternoon, and was largely attended.
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME Myrtle May /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 FEB 1878
2 PLAC Surprise Valley, Modoc County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 DEC 1962
2 PLAC Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F120@
1 NOTE Obituary from the PALO ALTO TIMES, 11 December 1962, page 4c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MRS. BRUNHOUSE OF MENLO PARK PASSES AT 84
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myrtle Brunhouse, 84, a resident of Menlo Park for the past five year
2 CONC s, died Wednesday after a three month illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She had lived at 1130 Laurel Avenue, with her daughters, Mary and Pau
2 CONC line Brunhouse.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Brunhouse was a native of California. She was born and reared i
2 CONC n Modoc County on a cattle ranch. She attended the University of Nevad
2 CONC a and married the late Frederick Brunhouse, who was a teacher and scho
2 CONC ol administrator in California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1922 she made her home in San Jose and during the following 35 yea
2 CONC rs she had lived in several Santa Clara County cities.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also surviving is a son, Dr. C. Edward Brunhouse of San Jose, a broth
2 CONC er Frank Decious of San Jose, and two grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Oak Hill Mortua
2 CONC ry, 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jose.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Entombment will be private.
2 CONT 
2 CONT And from page 4c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT  BRUNHOUSE
2 CONT 
2 CONT In Menlo Park, California, Monday, December 10 1962, Mrs. Myrtle Brun
2 CONC house, beloved wife of the late Frederick Brunhouse, loving mother o
2 CONC f Miss Mary Brunhouse and Miss Pauline Brunhouse of Menlo Park and Dr
2 CONC . C. Edward Brunhouse of San Jose, loving sister of Mr. Frank Deciou
2 CONC s of San Jose; loving grandmother of two; a native of California, age
2 CONC d 84 years. Funeral services Wednesday, December 12, at 11 a.m. from O
2 CONC ak Hill Mortuary, 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jose. Private entombment Oa
2 CONC k Hill Memorial Park.
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Richard /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JAN 1879
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 08 SEP 1961
2 PLAC Cedarville, Modoc County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F121@
1 NOTE When Uncle Charles got to be about 80 years old, he had a family membe
2 CONC r take him to the county seat, Alturas, and he marched in and he volun
2 CONC tarily surrendered his driver's license to the Department of Motor Veh
2 CONC icles. SLD/DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Alturas MODOC COUNTY RECORD, 14 September 1961, pag
2 CONC e 1c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT C.R. DECIOUS, 81 PASSES SEPTEMBER 8
2 CONT 
2 CONT Charles Richard Decious, 81, a carpenter and retired mercantile cler
2 CONC k of Fort Bidwell, died at Modoc Medical Center in Cedarville on Sunda
2 CONC y afternoon.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decious was a son of Mary Jane Dickinson and Irvin Decious, Californi
2 CONC a pioneers who were residing in Modoc county at his birth on October 1
2 CONC 2, 1879.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife Marguerite, of Fort Bidwell; sons, Stanley
2 CONC , of Alturas; Tike Decious, Chico; daughters, Mrs. Granville Peterson
2 CONC , Fort Bidwell, and Mrs. Audrey McCandless of Chico; eight grandchildr
2 CONC en and five great-grandchildren.
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME Francis Albert /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 DEC 1885
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 JAN 1978
2 PLAC San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F127@
1 NOTE Obituary from the SAN JOSE MERCURY, 9 January 1978, page 34c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DECIOUS, FRANK A.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In San Jose January 7, 1978 Mr. Frank A. Decious, beloved husband o
2 CONC f Mrs. Blanche Decious of San Jose. Loving father of Mrs. Effie Davi
2 CONC s of Visalia and Mr. Warren Decious of Fairfield. Devoted grandfathe
2 CONC r of James Decious of Palo Alto, Donald Decious of Huntington Beach, a
2 CONC nd Jefferson Davis of Visalia. A native of Milford, California. Aged 9
2 CONC 2 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial services Tuesday January 10, 1978 at 2 p.m. from Foothill Pr
2 CONC esbyterian Church, 5301 McKee Road, San Jose. Arrangements under the d
2 CONC irection of Oak Hill Funeral Home. Contributions to Foothill Presbyter
2 CONC ian Church of favorite charity. Private internment, Oak Hill Memoria
2 CONC l Park.
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 NOV 1891
2 PLAC California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1891
2 PLAC California
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME Orvis Raymond /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUN 1955
2 PLAC Oakland, Alameda County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F129@
1 FAMS @F130@
1 NOTE After their youngest child reached 18 they divorced. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Oakland Tribune Newspaper, Oakland, Alameda CA; Sund
2 CONC ay, 19 June 1955; page 60Ac8
2 CONT DEATHS
2 CONT DECIOUS--In Oakland, June 17, 1955, Orvis R., beloved husband of Nor
2 CONC a Decious; loving father of Mrs. Ruth Callo [sic], Mrs. Thelma Greenwo
2 CONC od, Mrs. Hazel Sherman, Don and Raymond Decious, loving brother of Mrs
2 CONC . Libby Wimple [sic], Mrs. Myrtle Brumhouse [sic], Charles and Frank D
2 CONC ecious; a native of California.
2 CONT Friends are invited to attend the funeral Tuesday, June 21, at 2 p.m
2 CONC . from the Chapel of the Oaks, Oakland Mortuary, 3007 Telegraph Avenue
2 CONC , Modoc County Record please copy.
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME Orris Irvin /Decious/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 07 NOV 1892
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME Ephraim Spencer /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JUN 1894
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 NOV 1948
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Susanville Cemetery - Section B, Susanville, Lassen County, California
1 FAMC @F1275@
1 FAMS @F14@
1 NOTE Obituary from The Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Sacramento, Sacramento Co
2 CONC , CA; 26 Nov 1948; page 1c2;  obtained at the Sacramento Public Librar
2 CONC y, Central, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT HEART ATTACK IS FATAL TO STATE WATER ATTORNEY
2 CONT Spencer E. Burroughs, 54, Principal Attorney for the State Division o
2 CONC f Water Resources and recognized authority on water law in California
2 CONC , died early today in Susanville, Lassen County, after a heart attack.
2 CONT He died in the home of his mother, Mrs. Gladys Burroughs. He and hi
2 CONC s family had gone to Susanville for a Thanksgiving Day reunion with hi
2 CONC s wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wemple, who reside near Susanville.
2 CONT DOCTOR WAS CALLED
2 CONT With his wife, Olga, and their children, Trent, Jeffrey and Olga, h
2 CONC e had returned to the home of his mother shortly after midnight when h
2 CONC e complained of feeling ill and lay down on a bed. His wife summone
2 CONC d a doctor but Burroughs was dead when the physician arrived.
2 CONT Mrs. Gladys Burroughs had resided in Sacramento until recently when s
2 CONC he moved to Susanville. She was in Sacramento at the time of her son'
2 CONC s death.
2 CONT Burroughs was the son of the late Superior Court Judge H.D. Burrough
2 CONC s of Lassen County. His mother succeeded her husband as Superior Cour
2 CONC t Judge upon the his death and later served as a Deputy Attorney Gener
2 CONC al (of California). She lives in Susanville.
2 CONT STANFORD GRADUATE
2 CONT A native of Chico, Butte County, Spencer Burroughs was educated in th
2 CONC e public schools of Susanville and studied law at the University of Ca
2 CONC lifornia and Stanford University. He was a graduate of the Stanford La
2 CONC w School.
2 CONT In 1920 he entered the private practice of law and in 1922 was name
2 CONC d Attorney for the Division of Water Rights, predecessor to the Divisi
2 CONC on of Water Resources. He had been in state service every since and ha
2 CONC d offices in the Public Works Building at Eleventh and N Streets.
2 CONT He was active during recent sessions of the Legislature in drafting a
2 CONC nd interpreting the law creating the State Water Resources Board.
2 CONT Only 10 days ago he appeared at a budget hearing in the State Departm
2 CONC ent of Finance offices to appeal for more legal help, emphasizing tha
2 CONC t water problems have increased tremendously in recent years, principa
2 CONC lly because of the Central Valley Project.
2 CONT ENSIGN IN NAVY
2 CONT Burroughs was an ensign in the Navy in World War I. During World Wa
2 CONC r II his son, Spencer, Jr. also an ensign, was killed at Okinawa.
2 CONT Funeral services will be held Monday in the White Mortuary* in Susanv
2 CONC ille. The Burroughs residence in Sacramento is at 2748 Curtis Way.
2 CONT 
2 CONT *I can clearly remember that Spencer's funeral was held at his brother
2 CONC -in-law, Albert G. Breitweiser, home. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from The Lassen Advocate Newspaper, Susanville, Lassen Co, CA
2 CONC ; 26 Nov 1948; page 1c1;  obtained at the CA State Library, CA Histor
2 CONC y Room, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
2 CONT SPENCER BURROUGHS DIES SUDDENLY EARLY THIS A.M.
2 CONT Spencer Burroughs, well-known in S