This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8439 Message Board Post: Daily Independent newspaper Ridgecrest CA Kern County June 21, 2005 LYNNE DELVICH 1943-2005 Lynne Delvich, R.N., a well respected and liked member of the nursing and social services communities of Ridgecrest and Apopka, Fla. passed away Wendesday June 15 2005 at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital. She was 62. At her request there will be no services but donations in her memory may be made to one's favorite charity. Ms. Delvich was born June 10, 1943 in Baltimore, Md. She graduated from Winter Park (Fla.) High School in 1962. She first took up residency in the Ridgecrest area in the late 1960s as a data technician for Stencel Aero Engineering on the EA-6B Escape System SNORT test project at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake. It was then she developed her lifelong love of fishing and camping in the mountains and deserts of California. In the 1970s she moved to Apopka, Fla. to support her parent's agricultural enterprises and to study nursing, becoming both a registered nurse and obtaining a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Central Florida in 1990. Along with managing the family business she put her skils to work in Florida's Migrant Workers Health Programs and aided UCF in setting up a nurse internship with the migrant health program, so that student nurses could experience working in the community before graduation. She held registered nurse licenses in both Florida and California. After a few years her love of the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains and the Bristlecone country called her to move back to California where she continued her medical and social services vocation including teaching at Cerro Coso Community College, nursing at Ridgecrest Community Hospital, the Indian Health Program in Lone Pine, the Ridgecrest Beverly Manor and assisting the handicapped clients of the non-profit DART organization. Her contributions to these communities and organizations will be sorely missed. She was preceded in death by her mother Cora Delvich, and grandparents Anna and William Delvich and Cora and Hugh Mathaney. She is survived by her father Raymond Delvich, her sister Bonnie and a niece and nephew. Arrangements provided by Holland & Lyons Mortuary. Media information provided by the family. News Review newspaper Ridgecrest Ca June 22, 2005 LYNNE DELVICH Lnne Delvich a well respectied and liked member of the nursing and social services communities in Ridgecrest and Apopka, Fla. died June 15, 2005 at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital. She was 62. Lynne was born June 10, 1943 in Baltimore, Md. and graduated from Winter Park High School in Florida in 1962. Lnne first took up residency in the Ridgecrest area in the late 1960s as a data technician for Stencel Aero Engineering on the EA-6B escape system test project at the supersonice naval ordnance test track at Naval Weapons Center, China Lake. It was then that she developed her lifelong love of fishing and camping in the mountains and deserts of California. In the 1970s Lynne moved to Apopka to support her parents' agricultural enterprises and to study nursing. She became a registered nurse and obtained a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Central Florida in 1990. Along with managing the family business she put her skills to work in Florida's Migrant Workers Health Programs and aided UCF in setting us a nurse internship with the migrant health program so that student nurses could experience working in the community before graduation. Lynne held registered nurse licenses in both Florida and California. After a few years her love of the Eastern Sierra Nevada and the bristlecone country called her back to California where she continued her medical and social services vocation including teaching at Cerro Coso Community College and nursing at Ridgecrest Community Hospital, at the Indian Health Program in Lone Pine and at Beverly Manor. She also assisted handicapped clients of Desert Area Resources and Training. Lynne's contributions to these communities and organziations will be sorely missed. She is survived by her father Raymond, her sister Bonnie and a niece and nephew. She was preceded in death by her mother Cora Delvich and grandparents Anna and William Delvich and Cora and Hugh Mathaney. At Lynne's requests there will be no services. She requested that people make a donation to a favorite charity. Arrangements were provided by Holland & Lyons Mortuary. Submitted by the family of Lynne Delvich