Modoc County Record – June 7, 2007 AnnaMarie Thorp AnnaMarie Thorp of Alturas, passed away June 1, 2007, from cancer at Shasta Regency in Redding, CA. Mrs. Thorp had worked as a Licensed Vocational Nurse at Modoc Medical Center for five years during the early 1990s, two years at Mayer's Memorial Hospital, Fall River Mills, CA and in Modesto. Born AnnaMarie Tiedtke in Pilger, Nebraska on November 27, 1936, she finished high school in Santa Cruz, CA and earned her AA degree from Modesto Junior College. On September 24, 1954, she married Doug Thorp in Modesto. The Thorps have made Modoc their home for the past 23 years. Mrs. Thorp enjoyed sewing. She is survived by her husband Doug Thorp, Sr. of Alturas; son Doug Thorp, Jr., of Vancouver, WA; daughters LeeAnn Anthony of Redding and Dawn Pollard of Redding; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Inurnment will be private. Mary Kathleen Baker Long-time Modoc resident, Mary Kathleen Baker of Cedarville, passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, CA on the morning of June 6, 2007. Services were pending at press time and are expected to be held Monday, June 11 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Alturas, with a reception at the Catholic Church in Cedarville. Interment will be at Lake City Cemetery. Please call the Kerr Mortuary's recorded phone message at 530-233-5797 for final confirmation of service date and time. Mrs. Baker's husband Robert Kenneth Baker resides in Cedarville; her daughters Marilyn Hicks if of Murphys, CA; Linda Macdonald of Alturas, CA and Virginia Reeves is of Eagleville, CA. Donations in Mrs. Baker's memory may be directed to the Surprise Valley Community Hospital, P.O. Box 246, Cedarville, CA 96104. Mrs. Baker's obituary and photo will be published in a future issue. Memorial Service for Jody Smith A memorial service for Joann (Jody)Audrey Smith (Winje) will be held Saturday, June 9 at 11 a.m. at Lake City Fire Hall. A potluck gathering will follow at the same site. Joann (Jody)Audrey Smith passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2007, at the Surprise Valley Hospital, Cedarville, CA. She was born December 3, 1929 in San Francisco. Jody was well known and loved in the Valley and made many friends since her move to the valley in 1987. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus.