Modoc County Record – June 22, 2006 Frank Hartkopf Former Modoc resident Frank Hartkopf died February 2, 2006 at the Madigan Army Hospital at Fort Lewis, Wa., of natural causes. He was a resident of Spanaway, Wa. He was born December 27, 1924 in Oakland, Ca., and graduated from Stockton High. He was married to Margaret Plimmer Feb. 12, 1945 in England. Mr. Hartkopf was educated at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs and served in the Air Force during World War II making it a career, being discharged June 30, 1964. He spent 22 years in Modoc County where he owned and operated the Canby Hotel and Bar, served as Activities Director for the Senior Center and owned Something Fishy pet store in Alturas with his son Matt. He also was Alturas' Santa Claus for several years. While in Modoc, he served on the planning commission for seven years and was on the grand jury for two years. He had been gone from Modoc for the past nine years. Mr. Hartkopf is survived by children Margaret Hartkopf, Pleasanton, Ca., Matt Hartkopf, Spanaway, Wa., Evan Hartkopf, Spanaway, Theresa Witcomb, Sacramento, Julia Hartkopf, Pleasanton, Frank Hartkopf, Jr., Chicago; grandchildren Donna Hawley, Spanaway, Becky Snyder. Puyallup, Wa., Jeremy Snyder, Eatonville, Wa., Blake Hartkopf, Spanaway, Wa., Jake Hartkopf, Spanaway; great-grandchildren Hailey and Raela Grace Snyder of Spanaway. He loved the people of Modoc and loved life itself. He will be missed. Mr. Hartkopf was buried at the Tacoma National Cemetery in Tacoma, Wa. Fred Bailey Fred Bailey, a lifelong Modocer, passed away at his home on June 17, 2006 at the age of 83. He was born on November 29, 1922 in Alturas to Lloyd and Olive Bailey. Fred attended school at Davis Creek and Alturas, graduating from Modoc High School in 1941. Afterward, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service as an Engine Foreman in Canby prior to joining the Armed Services. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1943, and was stationed at Hawaii, Portland, and Seattle. He was a Gunner's Mate, and was discharged in Seattle in 1945. Fred returned to Alturas following World War II and worked for Ebbe Ice and Fuel, Modoc Cash Grocery, and then as a truck driver delivering Shell Oil products. He retired in 1984 at the age of 62. Fred and Anna Jane Essex were married on June 15, 1946 and celebrated their 60th anniversary two days prior to his death. They have two sons, Jerry of Yreka, Calif. and Paul of Alturas. Fred was an outdoorsman his entire life; he loved to hunt and fish. He was an accomplished shooter with both rifles and shotguns, and was also an expert fly-fisherman. He enjoyed shooting trap, skeet, and sporting clays. He continued shooting until ill health forced him to stop earlier this year. Fred had a long involvement with the Alturas Rife and Pistol Club, where he shot in the old indoor small-bore league. He was also an original instructor of the Hunter Safety program, which he taught for thirty years. Fred was also a "water witch;" he located dozens of wells around the area with his sticks and divining rods. He also liked to camp and build big campfires. Fred was always active in the community: he was a Little League Coach; a Trustee on the Modoc Joint Unified School Board; a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the National Rifle Association; a charter member of the Elks Club, an officer in the Odd Fellows; Past President of the Alturas Rifle and Pistol Club; and a regular in a weekly Poker game. Fred was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Doug Bailey. He is survived by his son Jerry and his wife Rhonda of Yreka, Paul of Alturas, and four grandchildren: Kyle, Erin Clayton, and Bryan of Yreka, and Adam of Washington, D.C., as well as numerous nieces and nephews. A gathering of friends and family will be held at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall in Alturas on Saturday, June 24th at 11 a.m., and will be followed by a potluck to celebrate Fred's life. Rose Marie Caldwell Rose Marie Caldwell, 89, passed away peacefully at her home in Sacramento, CA on Monday, June 5, 2006, with her caregiver, granddaughter Lynne, at her side. Rose was born in Sacramento on July 6, 1916 to Edwin and Aloma (Hoppe) Dole. She attended schools in Sacramento. In 1937, she married Everett "Bud" Caldwell and moved to the family ranch in Canby where she spent the next 41 years as a homemaker and mother. She enjoyed cat fishing at "wide waters" in the Pit River and was an avid gardener. Rose was preceded in death by her husband "Bud" in 1973, and in 1978, she moved back to Sacramento. She loved spending time in her garden during the summer, and until 2001, she traveled in her motor home during the winter months to "the slabs" in southern California. Rose was also preceded in death by brother Vern Dole of Sacramento and sister Dorothy Morgan of Salinas, CA. Survivors include her son Richard "Dick" Caldwell of Alturas, CA; daughter Carolyne "Cookie" Sloss of Carson City, Nevada; grandchildren Karen Caldwell and Vicki Weigand of Redding, Rick Caldwell of Sparks, NV, Dale Sloss of Penryn, Lynn Sex of Roseville and Pam Cruzan of Redding. She also leaves 11 great-grandchildren. At Rose's request there were no services. A family gathering was held in Alturas on June 14. Samuel Arthur Harris Graveside services for Samuel Arthur Harris, 80, of Eagleville, will be held Saturday, June 24 at 11 a.m. at the Eagleville Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Ben Zandstra will officiate. Immediately following the service, please join the family for a tri-tip barbecue and potluck of salads and desserts at the Eagleville Community Hall. Mr. Harris passed away after a brief illness on June 20, 2006, at the Surprise Valley Hospital in Cedarville. Mr. Harris was born September 16, 1925 at his family ranch in Eagleville, CA. Sam as he was known to his family, was the son of Arthur and Etta Harris. He attended local schools and when his father passed away in 1941, he worked on the family ranch. In 1950, Sam was drafted in to the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Ord for two years. After his discharge he returned to Eagleville to work on the family ranch with his mother Etta and brother Joe. In 1958, he married Louis McGarva and they made their home in Eagleville until they retired to live in Cedarville. Louise preceded Sam in death in 1995. Sam helped his community by serving on the fire department and working for numerous years at the annual Eagleville Barbecue. He spent his life working with his brother on their ranch in Eagleville, where he was content with the way of life that a ranch offered. Later in life, after retiring, his trademark was to "make the rounds" from Cedarville to Eagleville to Alturas and back, visiting and learning news of friends and foe. In these travels, if it was possible for him to make a trade for stoves, wood or tools, he would do it; then hang onto them and later sell them for double. It wasn't that he needed the money, but it was the fun of the trade that he loved. Mr. Harris is survived by his brother and sister-in-law Joe and Nelda Harris of Eagleville, CA; his nephew Lindsey and wife Barbara Harris of Fernley, NV. and their children Tina, Sandy and Lacey Harris; niece Mona Loftus and husband Tom of Anderson, CA and their children Rebecca and Jeff Barnes. Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Diabetes Association or the Surprise Valley Community Hospital, P.O. Box 246, Cedarville, CA 96104. Kerr Mortuary has charge of arrangements. Alice Warrens Wylie Former Cedarville resident Alice Warrens Wylie passed away June 2, 2006 in her Escondido home following a cerebral hemorrhage suffered 10 days previous to her death. With the assistance of Hospice Care she was able to leave the hospital four days before she died and be in the serenity of her home, surrounded by the family she so loved. Alice was a 45-year resident of Modoc County before moving to Escondido, CA. She was born at the Warrens family ranch near Soldier Creek on January 9, 1917. She attended her first years of grammar school by horseback at the Forty-nine Schoolhouse. Alice graduated from Surprise Valley Union High School in 1935 and went on to attend U.C. Berkeley for two years, before transferring to what was then the College of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. There she pursue her love of piano at the college's Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1939 with a degree in music. Anyone who has ever heard Alice play the piano knows she had a God-given talent. She could hear a song on the radio that was new to her and sit down and play it. With that talent, she entertained many over the years. She was an original member of The Rhythmaires, a local orchestra that played for numerous dances in and beyond Modoc County in the 1950s. She could have easily pursued a professional musical career, and was encouraged to do so by her university professors, but she chose instead to marry the one and only love of her life, Dean Wylie, and return to Modoc County to embark on their life together. Alice married Kesner Dean Wylie on February 19, 1938, in Carson City, Nevada. She and Dean were not only devoted and loving parents of three children, but they also worked side by side to build several successful businesses together. Their first was the Wylie Pharmacy in Cedarville, established in 1940. When Dean joined the Navy during World War II in 1942 as a commissioned officer, Alice ran the store without him. The Valley's physician Dr. Kennedy, would come over every evening and check the prescriptions that Alice had filled from his orders that day. Alice proved to be a capable businesswoman in her own right, but she would drop everything when Dean's ship came into port in San Francisco and rush down to be with him, several times departing Cedarville in a blinding snowstorm. After the war, Alice and Dean began their family. Allen Dean Wylie was born in 1945, Carol Ann Wylie joined them in 1949, and Alice Jan Wylie completed the family in 1952. The 1950s were happy, carefree time for the children, and they cherish the childhood that Alice and Dean provided for them. Nonetheless, it didn't come without sacrifices from the couple who not only worked long, hard hours in their drugstore business but also tracked the stock market on a daily basis and tried to make wise investment decisions. The family moved to Escondido in 1962 where they established another pharmacy together. Always a lover of land and ranching, Alice encouraged Dean in his desire to acquire the 103 acres of raw land they purchased in the 1970s, which they cleared and planted with avocado trees and named Cloveridge Ranch. With much effort and sustained energy, even in their latter years, they built Cloveridge Ranch into a successful avocado business and ran it side-by-side until Dean's death in 2004 when Alice lost her beloved husband of 66 years. Until the last years of Dean's life, when traveling became too burdensome, one of their greatest pleasures was getting in the car and driving back to Surprise Valley to visit family, friends and the roots that had nourished them both from their earliest years. Alice is survived by her son, Allen and wife Beverly of Portland, OR; daughter Ann Odgers and husband Gary of Cedarville; daughter Jan Compton and husband Skip of Escondido; a sister Florence Warrens Hedgpeth of Portland, OR; and seven loving grandchildren. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held graveside at the Cedarville Cemetery July 15, 2006, at 7 p.m. The family suggests donations to the Surprise Valley Community Church or the Hospice of your choice. Barbara Marshall Hoffman Barbara Almeda Hoffman died at the Lake District Long Term Care Facility in Lakeview, OR on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at the age of 77, after a long illness. The funeral service was held at the Church of the Open Bible in Lakeview on Monday, June 19. The Rev. Dan St. Clair officiated. Interment will be at the Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA. Barbara was born on January 17, 1929 in Marshalltown, Iowa to the late Oral and Stella (Robison) Blake. She graduated from Marshalltown High School and went on to graduate from Iowa Methodist School of Nursing in Des Moines, Iowa. She received her MA in Counseling from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. Barbara worked as a registered nurse in almost every field, in Iowa, California and Oregon. As a missionary in Korea, she worked with Holt International. She married Glenn Marshall in Marshalltown, Iowa in 1950. He died while they were living in Madeline in 1985. They had moved to Madeline from Southern California in 1982 and while there, she worked for Modoc County Mental Health as a counselor. She them moved to Lakeview, OR wand was involved with Lakeview Ministries as a Counselor. Barbara married Bill Hoffmann on June 14, 1991, in the orchard on his Westside ranch. She continued her counseling career, in private practice, in her ranch home. She and Bill moved back to Madeline in 2000 and returned to Lakeview due to health reasons. She is survived by her husband Bill of Lakeview, OR; son and daughter-in-law, Kirby and Caryn Marshall of Darien, Connecticut; daughter Marla Fox of Fredrick, Maryland; sons Steven Marshall of Des Moines, Iowa and Ted Marshall of Whittier, CA; daughters and sons-in-law, Beth and John Corcoran of Darien, Connecticut, and Terri and Jim Bailey of Chicago, Illinois; nine grandchildren, two great-grandsons, four brothers, step-children, Crystal Langbehn of Aloha, OR, Ann Vallier of Woodland, CA, Doug Hoffman of Beaverton, OR; Laura Hoffman of West Lost Angeles and Lisa Powell of Lakeview; seven step-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband Glenn Marshall, brothers Wallace and Roger and son-in-law Butch Fox. Contributions in the memory of Mrs. Hoffman may be made to Holt International, P.O. Box 2880, Eugene, OR 97402 or to a charity of the donor's choice. Dorothy Knauss Babcock Local services for former Alturas resident Dorothy Knauss Babcock are pending. Mrs. Babcock passed away in Ukiah, CA on Monday, June 19, 2006. A complete obituary will be published in a future issue. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus.