Charles 'Norman' Bettandorff Former Modoc resident Charles "Norman" Bettandorff, 87, died November 21, 2005, in Reno, Nevada. Norman was born to Charles and Georgia Cummings Atkins Bettandorff on May 28, 1918, at the Hughes Place outside Alturas and attended Alturas Elementary and High Schools. He rode horseback to elementary school until his older sister, Iris, got a 1927 Chevy coupe and drove him and his brother, John, as far as the high school and they walked on to the Fourth Street Elementary. Norman left home after graduating from high school and worked on various ranches, including for Don Flournoy and the SX Ranch, and on hay crews around Modoc County. His favorite activity late in life was telling the stories of the cowboys and horses he had known throughout his life. On October 6, 1945, he married Althea McManus of Ft. Bidwell. They ranched for many years in Ft. Bidwell and Lake City, before leasing their ranches and moving to Yuba City in 1965, when Norman was hired as a brand inspector for the State of California. He retired in 1981 from the State and they moved back to Lake City and resumed ranching for a few years before they moved to Auburn, California, where they owned a small ranch and kept horses for their grandchildren to enjoy. In 1995, they moved to Reno, Nevada where he has lived since. His wife preceded him in death in 1999. Mr. Bettandorff is survived by two sons, Jim of Athens, Georgia, and Bill of Houston, Texas; a brother, John, of Woodburn, Oregon; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Bettandorff's sister Iris also preceded him in death. No funeral is planned. A memorial service will be held in Ft. Bidwell, CA at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice or to the Ft. Bidwell Community Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Reno Memorial Cremation and Burial Society. Richard William Cantrall Richard "Dick" William Cantrall, 66, died Nov. 11, 2005, of natural causes at his home in Malin, OR. A memorial service was held Nov. 18 at 1 p.m. Friday at the Malin Cemetery. Mr. Cantrall was born May 8, 1939, in Alturas, CA to William Icabod and Dora Viola (Brooks) Cantrall. The family moved to Malin before 1944. He joined the Navy on May 8, 1958, prior to graduating from Malin High School and retired almost 20 years later as a parachute rigger 2nd class on Feb. 2, 1978. While in the service, he was stationed at Corpus Christi, Texas; San Diego, and Oak Harbor, Wash., and when not ashore served on aircraft carriers, including the USS Constellation and the USS Bon Homme Richard during the Vietnam War. On Dec. 26, 1959, he married Marilyn Woods of Merrill, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1973. Before and after his military service, he was a working ranch hand. He loved his horses and raised a few of them with the help his daughter Terry. He and his current wife, Toni, moved to Las Vegas, NV in 1990. They were married on Oct. 10, 1996. They moved back to Malin last August to be with his daughter and her family. Survivors include his wife Toni; brothers Tom and Robert; sister Martha Graham; daughter and son-in-law Terry and Rodney Ingram of Malin; grandchildren Charles Deidrich of Lakeview, David Deidrich of Klamath Falls, and Decima and Katie Ingram of Malin; great-grandchildren Destiny Deidrich and Eugene Babcock of Klamath Falls; and many nieces, nephews and other family members. He also leaves special friends Ruth Ann Wanous of Klamath Falls and Burt Polson and Jack Kelsey of Las Vegas. He was preceded in death by sisters Ruth and Betty Bailey. ~~~~~~ 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.