Lois Brundige Lois Brundige, 85, of McArthur and Alturas, CA, died March 5, 2006 at Applewood Inn care home. Born on February 25, 1921 in Bremerton, Washington, she was a retired Licensed Vocational Nurse and an accomplished sportswoman. She is survived by daughters Louise Winn of Kona, Hawaii, Nancy Lively of Reno, Nevada, and Lorraine Haas of Redding, as well as seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by her husband of 65 years, Harold Brundige, and son William. Arrangements are by the Neptune Society. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Frederick E. Kauffman Frederick Eugene Kauffman died in Sacramento, CA on February 23, 2006, at the age of 93. Born in Alturas in 1912, son of Frank and Effie Kauffman, Fred grew up just down the hill from his grandparents', Clarence and Josephine Estes. Fred attended Modoc Union High School and played on the football team. As a young man, he was given the nickname "Sundown," given to him by "Hippie" Burmeister, while working haying on the Flournoy ranch in Likely. After World War II, Fred attended University of California Berkeley and settled in Sacramento, where he worked for the Federal Housing Administration. His one week of vacation per year he spent in Alturas, at his parents' place, going fishing in the mornings and evenings in the surrounding creeks and lakes. In his life-long absence from Alturas, Fred and his brother Harold, in their retirement, made two annual "pilgrimages"-one at Memorial Day and one on Labor Day-to visit their favorite sites in Modoc County: East side Road, Centerville, Pit River, Jess Valley, the Warner Mountains, Cedarville. During Labor Day the two Kauffman brothers would join their cousin Ron Smith of Alturas, to help him harvest the delicious Modoc wild plums and turn them into a year's worth of jams and preserves. Old timers being scarce, on their last visit to Modoc, in June 2001, Fred chanced to meet Rob Flournoy, his old friend and a lifelong resident of Likely, where they excitedly caught up and reminisced about old times. Nothing went deeper in Fred's being than his love of home-the meadows and cattle, the sagebrush and juniper, bluffs, canyons, streams, the wide-open spaces, the sweet smell of the air in the summer. His ashes will rejoin Earth in the canyon of the South Fork of the Pit River. Fred is survived by his brother Harold Kauffman of San Francisco, son Douglas, daughter Terry Davison of Davis, CA; grandchildren Tracy and Mark and four great-grandchildren. Peggy L. Thomson Peggy L. Thomson of Madeline, CA passed away in Alturas on March 2, 2006. Funeral services will be held at the LDS Church in Alturas, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2006. Interment will follow at the Likely Cemetery. Refreshments will follow at the Madeline Fire Hall. Born Peggy L. McDaniel on April 24, 1927 in Cove, Arkansas, her family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she attended high school and then Portland, OR, where she graduated from high school. She remained in Portland during her adult life. A warm and loving person, expert seamstress and quilter, Mrs. Thomson was proud to serve as the President of the Relief Society while living in Portland. She was also a genealogy buff. She and her husband of 17 years, Orion L. Thomson, have made Madeline their home since their marriage November 27, 1988 in Sacramento, CA. She is survived by her husband, Orion L. Thomson of Madeline; her mother, Violet E. McDaniel of Shelton, WA; three children: Yvonne Willers, Sparks, NV; Sharon Danner, Shady Cove, OR; Thomas Thomson, Fremont, CA; eight grandchildren, 10-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Lee V. McDaniel of Madeline, CA; Billie R. McDaniel of Portland, OR; Paul T. McDaniel of Auburn, CA; two sisters Zetta Wike of Sacramento; Mary Radziski of Shelton, WA; many nieces and nephews. Her eldest daughter Eupha Lynn of Alaska, preceded her in death. Service for Lowell Nelson Jones A memorial service for Lowell Nelson Jones will be held at the Student Union building on the Oregon Institute of Technology's campus in Klamath Falls, Oregon on Saturday, April 8 at 2 p.m. Mr. Jones was active in Modoc County for more than 50 years and had many friends in this area ~~~~~~ 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.