Chico Enterprise Record – November 29,1943 Wahl Infant Dies at Birth Maryna Joy Wahl, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon A. Wahl of Dayton died at birth early last evening at the Enloe Hospital. Besides the parents she is survived by three brothers and sisters. Graveside rites will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 pm. At the Dayton Cemetery with Rev. Adolph Kn?knowski officiating. Arrangements are being made by Black, Johnson and Brusie. Chico Enterprise Record – July 17, 1933 Infant Child Died in Chico Leslie Eldon Wahl, 5 day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Wahl of 1329 Locust street, died Sunday morning. Survivors besides the parents are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wahl of Chico, Mr. and Mrs. Marian Chester of Chico, grandparents and Albert Wahl of Paradise, a great grandfather. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock in the chapel of the Westfall funeral parlor with the Rev. Harris Pillsbury officiating. Burial will be in the Chico cemetery. Chico Enterprise Record – Saturday, May 10, 1986 Obituaries Eldon Wahl A graveside service for Eldon Albert Wahl, 76, of Chico will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Chico Cemetery. Wahl died Friday in a fire at his home. He was born Nov. 30, 1909 in Chico, to Henry and Leila Wahl. He was reared and attended schools in Chico. Wahl was a self-employed auto mechanic and owned and operated Wahl’s Sporting Goods. He was a member of a pioneer family with early ties to Chico, Durham and Dayton. He hunted and fished. Survivors include his wife, Luetta Wahl of Chico; two sons, Darrell and Leslie, both of Durham; a daughter, Eldonna Miller of Thousand Oaks; a brother, Earl of Chico; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The Rev. Leonard Brown will preside at the service. Donations may be made o a favorite charity in care of the Brusie Funeral Home. Chico Enterprise Record – Friday, May 9, 1986 (Picture – Flames engulf a garage converted into a sporting goods business at 1153 E Ninth St. early TODAY, SCORCHING A Jeep parked nearby. Eldon Wahl, 77 died in the fire.) Chico dies in a fire at his business By Kevin Flanagan Staff Writer A 77-year-old Chico man was killed early this morning in a fire that raced through the sporting good business he operated in a garage next door to his home. The body of Eldon Albert Wahl, owner of Wahl’s Sporting Goods at 1153 E Ninth Street, was discovered shortly after units of the Chico Fire Department and the Chico Department of Forestry arrived at the scene. The Butte County Arson Task Force was called in because of the death, but investigators at the scene this morning determined the fire accidental, the result of an electrical short near a work bench, according to Chico Fire Marshal Larry Agee. "He had jerryrigged electrical wire everywhere," Agee said. Agee estimated the fire caused $50,000 damage to the garage and another $50,000 to the contents. Firefighters received the first call to the quiet residential neighborhood shortly before 2:30 a.m. Forty minutes later the flames were under control. The blaze, Agee said, began in the southern half of the converted garage, reached into the attic and from there ignited the rest of the building. Several explosions were caused by ammunition and gunpowder that were stockpiled at the business. The fire was further fueled by numerous paint and gasoline cans, Agee said. Wahl’s wife, Luetta, was next wood in the couple’s home, and was rescued by neighbor Bob Travers. Her husband, however, could not be reached as the garage was already engulfed in flames. Wahl apparently often slept in the shop, according to the Butte County Coroner’s report. One fireman, Chico Fire Department Battalion Chief Pete Rouse was slightly injured when hot lead dripped from the attic down his neck. Wahl’s body was taken to the Brusie Funeral Home. An autopsy was to be performed today to determine the exact cause of death. Chico Enterprise Record – Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1965 Obituaries Marvin M. Chester OROVILLE – Marvin Monroe Chester, who has made his home in Chico until a year ago, died in an Oroville hospital this morning. Chester was born in Arkansas on August 27, 1879, and had spent he resided until moving to Chico moved to Modoc County where he resided moving to Chico in 1923. (As it was in the paper) Until his retirement in 1951, Chester had been with the Diamond National Corp. for 30 years and for the past year had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Fae Lowrey, of Oroville. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Edna Bollinger of Chester, and Mrs. Luetta Wahl of Chico; two sons, Robert of Sparks, Nev. And Neil of Richmond; 17 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, a great-great-grandchild, and a sister, Mrs. Allie King of Chico. Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Brusie Funeral Home Friday at 2 p.m. and interment will be in the Chico Cemetery. Chico Enterprise Record – November 29,1943 Funeral Held For Miss Lowry Friends and relatives assembled this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Craig Memorial Presbyterian church in Paradise to attend the last rite held there for Miss Sarah Lowry, who died in an Oroville hospital last Friday morning. Rev. W. Hl L. Mashall officiated, and interment followed in the Paradise cemetery under the direction of Black, Johnson and Brusie. ?????? Chico Enterprise Record – Saturday, May 17, 1952 Mrs. Inez Chester Died Friday After Extended Illness Mrs. Inez Chester, wife of Marvin M. Chester, died at her home on 1630 Normal Avenue Friday afternoon following an extended illness. Mrs. Chester was born in Alturas on July 17, 1883, and had been a resident of Chico since 1923. Besides her husband, survivors include the following children: Robert, of Chico, Roy M., of San Pablo; Neil of Richmond; Mrs. Edna Bollinger, of Westwood; Mrs. Luetta Wahl, of Chico, and Mrs. Fae Lowry of Oroville; three sisters, Mrs. John Davis and Mrs. Milan Renner of Alturas, and Mrs. Gertrude Muzzy, of Albany; a brother Ralph Williams, of Redding; 17 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Mrs. Chester was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Funeral services will be conducted Monday morning at 11 o’clock in the chapel of the Brusie Funeral Home and interment will follow in the Chico Cemetery. Chico Enterprise Record – Sunday, Sept. 11, 1994 (Picture – Emma Cook) Emma Cook A memorial service for former Chico High School teacher Emma Loomis Cook, 89, of Chico, is planned for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brusie Funeral Home. She died Friday, Sept 9, 1994, at a local rehabilitation hospital. Mrs. Cook was born Nov. 22, 1905 in Bieber, to Albert and Nellie Loomis. She graduated from then Chico State College and did graduate studies at University of California, Berkeley. In 1929, she wed Lloyd Cook in Chico, and for 20 years she taught home economics at Chico High School. Her husband died in 1983. Mrs. Cook was a member of the Methodist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma and Kappa Gamma Pi, Butte County Historical Association, Bidwell Mansion Association, the Horticulture Society, Chico Camera Club, Photographic Society of America an Chico State’s Alumni Association. She is survived by her sons, Joe and Dan; a granddaughter and a great-granddaughter. Memorial contributions may be made to Delta Kappa Gamma, Trinity United Methodist Church, or the Lloyd M. Cook Scholarship Fund, in care of the funeral home. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus.