Happy Thanksgiving to all... Warren J. Flournoy Death came to Warren June Flournoy about 5:15 a.m. Monday, November 14, 2005, at 85 years of age. Warren was the youngest child of Arthur and Lutie Flournoy, born at the home ranch, west of Likely, on June 18, 1920. His grandfather John D. Flournoy had taken up that place in 1871. Jacob Flournoy and his son Francis arrived in Virginia from Switzerland September 24, 1700. The Flournoy family resided in Virginia for five generations and then relocated to Missouri in 1837, and from there on to California in 1864. Arthur and Lutie bought Ben Lauer’s old house on Rine Street in Alturas in 1920 so the older children could be close enough to attend high school. Warren attended the Alturas Grammar School and graduated from the eighth grade in 1934 and from Modoc Union High School with the class of 1938. The family moved back out to Likely or Jess Valley to spend the summers on the ranches and in 1938, after Warren and brother Rob graduated, they, along with Arthur and Lutie, moved back out to the Williams’Place, where Rob lives to this day. Warren spent a lot of time with his dad putting that irrigation system back in shape and learned to be a very good irrigator. He fed hay during the winters in Jess Valley and at the Williams’ and Smith places. In January of 1939, Warren and Horace McCartor enrolled in the Western School of Business at Sacramento. They lived in a board and rooming house at 1515 M Street, between 15th & 16th streets. Warren was on the basketball team at that school as he was also in sports in high school. The next fall, 1939, Warren went back to the Western School of Business and attended the fall and spring semesters on through to early May of 1941. He was elected Student Body President while he was there and it was at that school where he learned to add three columns of figures at once, in just the time it took to slide his fingers down the columns. Warren was back at home from May of 1941 to May of 1942 working on the ranches. He bought a new Olsen-Nolty saddle in September of 1938 that cost $300, at the time when wages were $45 per month with room and board. He buckarooed with Treves Hagerman, Todd Streshley and others before the war. Warren told about his uncle Will Flournoy riding a horse to Alturas, then tying up the reins to the saddle horn so the horse couldn't graze and heading the horse back south for Likely to go home. Will had a car to drive back out and he inquired at the places along the way and the people said they had seen the horse go by. Warren was drafted into the Army on May 1, 1942. He was at the Presidio in Monterey about 3 weeks. From there he was transferred to Fort Warren near Cheyenne, Wyoming. While at Ft.Warren he was made a Corporal and was on the track team there. From Ft. Warren in March 1943, he attended Officer's Training School at Camp Lee, Petersburg Virginia, until June 1943, when he was permitted a five-day leave to come to Likely. From June to December 1943 Warren was stationed at both Camp Lee and at Camp Beale by Marysville, California. In February 1944, he went on to Normandy, France. He was active as a First Lieutenant in the Battle of Bulge from December 1944 off into 1945 and he was in Paris August 11, 1945 on VE. Day. He was at Luxembourg when a 6 X 6 truck hit General Patton and it cracked Patton’s neck. The doctors told Patton he must have a cast on his neck, which Patton wouldn't allow, and that night he died. Warren helped with General Patton's funeral and burial. In February 1946, he made the trip from France to England and then the voyage to New York which took ten days. Then, Warren took a first class train across the country to Marysville, CA. His brothers Don and Rob came down and picked him up and hauled him home about March I, 1946. Upon getting home he bought a new 1946 Plymouth Business Coupe for $700 from Grady Henderson. He and Harold Monroe both went up to Tulelake in April and took up 80 acres each that was offered as a homestead for Veterans. They raised a crop of Henschion Barley and then moved back to Likely. Don, Rob and Warren bought out Arthur and Lutie’s ranch properties of about 16,000 acres for $175,000 and bought the cows separate for $50.00 a head and formed the Flournoy Brothers Ranching and Farming Enterprise. Flournoy Brothers purchased the International farm machinery dealership about 1949 and it was called Farmer's Exchange. They later sold that business to Don Coza. In 1950 they bought the Pontiac dealership in Alturas in partners with Gustafson and Mickey Jones, which then became known as J.F.G. Pontiac and in 1954 was sold to Mickey Jones. Don and Shirley moved from Jess Valley down to Likely in 1949 to get their boys closer to school. Warren moved up to Jess Valley in July of 1949. He married Beverly Richards Kibbey March 14, 1953 and they lived in Jess Valley until September 1963, when they built their house by Likely. Don, Rob and Warren dissolved their partnership in 1957 and 1958 and each stayed on the ranch on which they were living when the split was made. Warren commenced leasing the Nelson Place in 1967 and the Herb Bell place at Fitzhugh Creek in 1972, which he continued to 1987 and 1992 respectively. He helped form the Hershey Land Company in Yolo County from 1972 - 1975 in which he continued to be active to his death. Warren was awarded the first "Cattleman of the Year" award given by the Modoc County Cattlemen's Association in about 1972. He was on the Board of Directors of the Farm Production Credit Association for some years. He was on the Board of Trustees at Modoc Union High School from 1960 to 1966, serving with John Weber, Barbara Jobe, Estill Auglebright and Bob Savage. He was also a charter member of the Alturas Elks Club in Alturas. Warren was diagnosed with cancer in March of 2005 and died of complications brought on by that ailment. He was preceded in death by his parents, by his wife Beverly, by his sisters Georgie Flournoy, Helen Auble, Mabel Mitchell, Hazel Dorris and by his brothers Kenneth, John, and Harry. He is survived by his daughter Claudia MacKintosh, her husband Roy, and grandson Gregory; his son Rodney of Likely, his brothers Don and Rob of Likely and many nieces and nephews. Services were held at the Likely Fire Hall Saturday, November 19 commencing at I :00 p.m. with the burial in the Likely Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Likely Fire Department. Teresa Hardesty Baker Teresa Hardesty Baker passed away November 20,2005, at her home in Fair Oaks, California. Teresa Frances Hardesty was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, on September 24, 1917, the sixth of eight children born to Joseph Oscar Hardesty and Dora Frances Merkley. She grew up on the family farm near Twin Falls, Idaho, and graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1935. On June 27, 1938, Teresa married Thomas Joseph McMahon in a Catholic mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, Nevada. The couple made their home in Sacramento, California. Five children were born to this union: Thomas, John, Timothy, Stephen and Christine. The family first became acquainted with Modoc County when Tom McMahon, who worked for the State of California, Division of Water Resources, was appointed Deputy Water Master for the South Fork of the Pit River on May 7, 1943. Because of this appointment, beginning in 1943, the family spent two springs and summers in Cedarville. Following her divorce from Thomas McMahon in 1948, Teresa began a career as a fashion show commentator and model for Joseph Magnin Department Stores in Sacramento, California. During this time she attended night classes and was certified as a Red Cross nurse's aide so she could volunteer her services in the Sacramento area. In 1949, Teresa renewed her tradition of living in Modoc County during the summer months. She camped with her five young children at Deep Creek in Surprise Valley, returning each winter to her home and career in Sacramento. Teresa decided to stay in Surprise Valley following the summer camping trip at Deep Creek in 1951. She felt it was important for her children to have the experience of attending school in a rural setting. A friend offered her the free use of the French Hotel in Cedarville as living quarters for the family. The four oldest children were then enrolled at Surprise Valley Elementary School, and Teresa worked at Surprise Valley Hospital. On January 5, 1952, Teresa married Modoc County District Attorney Paul Baker, in a ceremony at the Mapes Hotel in Reno, Nevada. Soon after the wedding, Teresa moved her family to Alturas. Three children were born to this union: Roy Paul, Therese and Eugenia (Gigi). During her marriage to Paul Baker, Teresa devoted herself to the full-time job of raising her eight children. Teresa was proud to have instilled in her children good values, self-sufficiency, common sense and a strong work ethic. Teresa was a fiercely independent woman with an adventurer's spirit. She enjoyed camping, hunting and skiing, and especially fishing and gardening at her cabin at Eagle Lake in Lassen County. Her adventurous spirit is perhaps best exemplified by her enlistment in the U.S. Peace Corps in 1982, at the age of 64. She served first in Guatemala in Central America and then in Sierra Leone in Africa. However, no matter where Teresa's adventures took her, her eight children were always the most important thing in her life. Teresa is survived by six children and their spouses: Tom and Carol Baker and Dr. Timothy and Susan Baker of Fair Oaks, California, Stephen and Cheryl Baker of Alturas, California, Christine Favor of Bend, Oregon, Therese and Steve May of Murphys, California, and Gigi and Tom Raymond of Folsom, California; daughters-in-law Anna Baker of Talent, Oregon, and Cary Baker of Alturas, California; nineteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and her brother and sister-in-law Paul and Jean Hardesty of Elk Grove, California. Teresa was preceded in death by two sons: Paul Baker and Superior Court Judge John Baker of Alturas, California, her parents and six brothers and sisters. Teresa's life was celebrated at a memorial mass at St. Mel Catholic Church in Fair Oaks, California, on November 22, 2005. Graveside services will follow in a private family ceremony at the Alturas Cemetery. Betty LaVonne Foster Former Alturas resident Betty LaVonne Foster, passed away November 1, 2005 in Eagle, Idaho. Mrs. Foster was a resident of Modoc County for 25 years, until her husband Lewis "Lew" Foster, passed away seven years ago and she relocated to southern California. She had worked for 10 years for Dr. Gilbert in Surprise Valley and also in collections for Modoc Medical Center in Alturas. She adored her great Danes and all of her other dogs, down to the tiniest. She was a member of Arrowhead Golf Course, an avid golfer and a gracious and kind friend to many. She was born Betty LaVonne Zuiderweg on December 28, 1927 in Iowa and grew up in Vallejo, CA. She was the loving mother of five children, who include Bob Ellis of Powell, Wyoming; Chuck Ellis of Visalia, CA; Jane Ellis of Visalia, CA; Susan Dotters of Eagle, Idaho and Cathy Randall of Alturas, CA. Her children all gathered for a cruise with their mother in March of 2005. Her family will hold a private memorial service in Alturas in April 2006. Robert Keith Heryford Long time Surprise Valley resident Robert Keith Heryford, 89, lived at 460 High St. Cedarville, from 1947 until Oct 27, 2005. Late in the afternoon October 27, his house caught on fire; a faulty floor lamp started the blaze--Keith never made it out. Before moving into Cedarville, he and his first wife Renee lived in Eagleville on the JW Heryford ranch in a home converted from a school (Owl Creek School). The old school house and his home in Cedarville are the only addresses he every needed. Raised in Eagleville, the original ranch that Keith grew up on was first settled by John Lindamann. His daughter Sarah Belle was Keith’s mother who also was born and raised on that same ranch. On October 1915, Keith’s father Jim W. Heryford married Sarah Belle in that same year they purchased the ranch from Mr. Lindamann. Late 1946, the ranch was sold to what is now the Ed Berryessa ranch. About 1946, Keith and Renee moved from the old Owl Creek School into their home on High Street, Cedarville. The 1930’s through 1946 Keith worked on his father’s cattle ranch. He left the ranch in 1947, then worked for (Link Ervin Standard Oil Distributor) delivering gas, stove oil and petroleum products in the Surprise Valley area. Until 1961. Late 1961, he purchased and began operating The Valley Service Station (Cedarville) through 1971. Keith attended Eagleville grade school starting in 1921. He skipped several grades and entered Surprise Valley High School in the spring of 1928, graduating in 1931 at the age of fourteen. During the middle 1930’s, he attended Healds Engine / Mechanic trade school in the San Francisco area. He was blessed, spending the majority of his life with two exceptional women. He married Renee Erramouspi Aug 29,1939. She died early in her life after a lengthy cancer illness on Nov. 8, 1964. Keith remarried Georgie Baty Peterson Oct 10, 1966— their marriage lasted 30 years. Georgie died on Nov. 8, 1996. Keith often recalled Buckarooing in the 1940’s, moving cattle from Eagleville to Cedarville, then over Cedar Pass to Alturas and the railroad stockyards, a four to five day ride. After retiring from the Valley Service Station, he and Georgie purchased a motor home spending part of Modoc winters in the Yuma, Arizona area. Together they traveled the entire West Coast from Northern Canada to Southern California and into Mexico, visiting all the Western states. The Oregon coast remained his favorite. Keith was a master mechanic, welder, cabinetmaker, electronics designer and repairman. He had an uncanny ability to make tools and build equipment needed in his service station, or the latest gadget for his motor home. His shop and around the house show evidence of his skill. He would spend hours designing and building something he wanted, using parts that came from things that had long ago been discarded. He was the original recycler. Keith had a flair for music. Many evenings and Sunday afternoons he spent playing the trumpet. Later in life, he built a rather extensive electric organ and enjoyed playing tunes from the Big Band era Keith was an original kind of guy; not one to socialize, but generally pleasant with folks and neighbors. A background ranging from ranching during the Great Depression to owning and operating his own business, Keith was keenly aware of problems associated with living in Modoc and Surprise Valley. Keith is survived by his two sons Robert Eugene (Bob) Heryford of Burlington, Vermont and James Peter (Jim) Heryford of Sparks, NV; four step-children Samuel Ralph (Sam) Peterson of Alturas, CA; Harriet Anita (Anita) Aptos, CA; Kathryn Elizabeth (Katsy) Vermillion, of Oakridge, OR and Mary Alice (Alice) Bernard, Willows, CA. Several children knew him as their grandfather-Staci Nestaval, Scott Peterson, Kelly Peterson, Jennie Quast, Lynn McGill, Hope McGill, Denise Albarran, Jackie Barilliau, Cynthia Deckert, Tim Vermillion (predeceased). Donations to the Cedarville Fire Dept in memory of Keith would be greatly appreciated. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Modoc County, California "The Last Frontier" www.rh2o.com/modoc --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users.