A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Shasta http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=598 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=38404 Submitted by: Chris Havnar Article Title: Redding Record-Searchlight Article Date: 1946 Article Description: Misc. Obits Article Text: Redding Record-Searchlight Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1946 Martin Shelton, 57, of Redding, veteran of World War I, died at the Veterans Administration hospital at Livermore Sunday. Born at Harrison Gulch, he served with the 91st aerial squadron in France during World War I. Surviving are his son, Martin Shelton Jr., U.S. navy; four brothers, Edward Shelton of Ono, Arthur Shelton of Castella, F. B. Shelton of Sacramento, and A. J. Shelton of Battle Mountain, Nevada, and one sister, Mrs. C. R. Gossett of Red Bluff Services will be announced by McDonald's chapel. * * * Thursday, Feb. 26, 1946 Leonard Willis Vinson, 28, of Redding, veteran of World War II, died at Oroville Curran hospital Sunday night of an internal infection. He entered the hospital on Thursday. Vinson was born July 16, 1917 at Grants Pass, Ore. He was currently employed by the bureau of reclamation as an engineering aide at Oroville. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Vinson of north Redding, and four sisters, Mrs. Elsie Upham of Trinity Center, Mrs. Edith Herrick of Santa Cruz, and Mrs. Leila Phelps of Trinity Center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at McDonald's Chapel, with the Rev. H. A. Luckenbach officiating. Interment will be in the family lot in Redding cemetery. * * * * Thursday, Feb. 28, 1946 Clarence William Rankin, 54, former operator of The Gables resort, died of a heart attack last night at Lakehead, where he was employed as a Southern Pacific truck driver. A one time Marysville clothier, he came to Shasta county seven years ago. Surviving are his wife, Myrtle; a son, William of Yuba City; a brother, Ray, of Paradise; and three sisters, Mrs. Jennet Ruiz and Mrs. Mary Burst, both of Marysville; and Mrs. Margaret Graves of Yuba City. He was a member of the Marysville lodge of Elks. The body is at the Meininger funeral home. * * * Sat., March 2, 1946 Mrs. Zenora Orina Whitt, 77, who formerly operated a theater in Anderson, died early today at a Red Bluff hospital. She was born May 9, 1868, in Pittsburg, Pa., and came to Anderson in 1912 with her husband, Joseph Whitt. He died there in 1917. She left Anderson in 1924 and has resided in Red Bluff since that time. Surviving is a son, William C. Whitt, fire chief of Red Bluff. Mrs. Whitt was a member of the G.A.R. and W.B.A. in Red Bluff and of the Women's Relief corps in Redding. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 p.m. at Fickert's chapel in Red Bluff, with the Rev. Merlin Donaldson of the Baptist church officiating. Interment will be in the Anderson cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Originally transcribed by Robin Bills ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com