Modoc County Record – February 8, 2007 Lynda Grimme Former Modoc resident and business owner Lynda Joy Grimme passed away after a battle with cancer on January 24, 2007, in San Diego, CA. She was 57 years of age. Lynda was born August 11, 1949, in Long Beach, CA and was adopted shortly after her birth by Irving and Gail "Goldie" (Wiesenthal) Donnenfield. She graduated with the class of 1967 at Westchester High in Westchester, CA. and enrolled in general education classes at Santa Monica City College, Santa Monica, CA. She married Tom Grimme in 1973 in Palos Verdes. Their two children, Jessica, born in Hollywood in 1977 and Nicholas, born in Alturas in 1981, were reared in Modoc County, where the family lived from 1979 to 1999. The Grimmes owned and operated the first Radio Shack store, tucked in between the Niles Hotel and Walt's Market in Alturas. They sold their business in the 1980s. Lynda had a vibrant personality. She was actively involved in the Alturas community in 4-H, Little League, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, PTO and Modoc Horseman's Association. She enjoyed traveling, sailing and had a great love of the ocean, music and culture. She also was artistic and enjoyed painting drawing and photography, along with gardening. Lynda thoroughly enjoyed spending time with friends and family. She and Tom divorced. Lynda left Modoc County eight years ago and was living in San Diego at the time of her passing. Up until December 2006, she worked as a legal assistant for Mulvaney, Kahan and Barry in San Diego. A celebration of her life was held January 28 in San Diego. She is survived by her son Nicholas Grimme of Homewood, CA; daughter and son-in-law Jessica and Jeff Fredrick of Alturas, CA; grandson Hayden Fredrick, Alturas, CA; cousins Marci Plopper, San Diego, and Michelle Denton, Pine Top, AZ; David Donnenfield, San Francisco; Paul Donnenfield, Santa Monica; Stephen Donnenfield, Lakewood, CA; Mitchel Fink, Pittsburg, PA; former spouse Thomas Grimme, Alturas, CA; faithful pet Schnauzer Ziggy. Memorial donations may be directed to San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care, 4311 Third Ave., San Diego, CA 92103 or California Breast Cancer Research Program at www.cbcrp.org. Gail Vivian Wellman Loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and Wildcats Fan Gail Vivian Wellman, 57, of Forest Ranch, CA, passed away at home in the arms of George, her high school sweetheart and husband of 40 years, on February 2, 2007. Gail was born at home on June 15, 1949 in Likely, CA, to Jim and Velma McCrary. She graduated from Big Valley High School in 1967 and married her only love, George Albert Wellman, that same year. A beautiful baby girl, Sheri Rene', entered their lives shortly after. In 1969, the young Wellman family moved to Chico. Gail served lunches with a smile at the Chico Junior High Cafeteria for 11 years while she supported George in his pursuit of his MBA at CSU, Chico. She later delighted in serving up scrumptious lunches at Swenson's Ice Cream Parlor. In 1986 she received her certificate in Early Childhood Education from Butte College and enchanted little children with happy songs and hands-on learning at Play N' Learn School House. In 1991 she and George moved to Forest Ranch. As her career as a paid employee ended, she became a professional volunteer for her new community. And then the real work began. She spearheaded the refurbishing of the Forest Ranch Community Center and served on the boards of The Forest Ranch Women's Club and Community Association, she also regularly contributed to the Forest Ranch Post. She proudly stated that "volunteers are made of gold" and her family and friends saw through her tireless service that no one was more golden than her. For more than 40 years George and Gail were the best of buddies. They spent countless hours camping under the pines, challenging each other's fishing skills (Gail almost always won), singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at Wildcats baseball games and sitting next to each other in their lifetime seats at Acker Gym. She was the heart of our family. Her avid quilting hobby was a metaphor for her life. She gathered people like scraps of cloth and pieced us together with her thread of love, she crafted us into something beautiful and held us all together. It was important to her to make personalized quilts for her family. We now find ourselves clinging to those beautiful blankets as a living reminder of her loving arms wrapped around us. Gail Vivian Wellman was quite simply the best. Best Wife. Best Mom. Best Daughter. Best Sister. Best Aunt. Best Friend. She was instinctively able to be whatever it was that we needed her to be. Her legacy of love is survived by her husband, George Wellman, daughters, Rene' Wellman and Megan Olson, her mother, Velma McCrary, siblings Margaret Sherer, Mickey McCrary and Linda Montz, her grandchildren, Matt, Rachel, Cheyenne Allison and Justin Branch, brothers and sisters-in-law, John and Jeanne Wellman, Jane D'amelio, Gail McCrary and Bill Montz, nieces Genny Monchamp and Brooke Pebely, and numerous other nieces, nephews and close family friends. She wanted her life to be celebrated and so we will gather to remember her and rejoice in the time we spent together on February 8, 2007 at Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home at 10:00 a.m. Contributions in her memory can be made to University Foundation – Chico State Athletics Department or the Forest Ranch Community Association in care of the funeral home. View obituary and send condolences online at nbcfh.com. Howard L. Harris Bieber resident Howard L. Harris, 67, passed away February 1, 2007, of natural causes at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, CA. Father Vincent Juan of St. Stephens Catholic Church will give a graveside service with the family at a later date at the Adin Cemetery. Mr. Harris was born in Alameda, CA on August 4, 1939. He had moved to Lassen County in 2003, from Lodi, CA. He had worked as a crane operator and in heavy construction for 35 years. He had served in the U.S. Coast Guard, was a member of the National Rifle Association, Lodi Elks Lodge and Operating Engineers Local Union #3. He leaves his wife Kathy Harris of Bieber, Stepson David Hume or Hemet, Ca and daughter Kimberly Cook of Kilgore, Texas. He also has two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be directed to Mercy Hospitality House, 2175 Rosaline Ave., Redding, CA 96001. McDonald's Chapel of Burney is handling arrangements. Condolences may be posted at www.mem.com. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus.