Obituaries: Terri Ann Martinez A beloved lifelong Modoc County resident, Terri Ann Martinez, went to be with her Lord on August 24, 2003 at her home in Alturas, California. She was 44 years of age. This lovely lady was born Terri Ann Cockrell on September 1, 1958 in Cedarville, California to Jim Cockrell of Lake City, California and Karen McDonald of Alturas, California. Terri graduated from Surprise Valley High School in 1976. She married the love of her life, Tim Martinez, on July 15, 1978 in Cedarville, California. Tim and Terri shared 25 years of marriage together and have three children; Tom, Reed, and Taren. Terri was able to spend her last few years as a homemaker which she thoroughly enjoyed as she was such a devoted wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. She loved her family, friends, and Modoc County. Her passion for agricultural and family issues kept her busy working hard to promote positive change for the citizens of her rural community. Terri is survived by her husband Tim; children Tom, Reed and Taren of Alturas; parents Jim Cockrell and Karen McDonald; brothers Rob Cockrell and his wife Sheri of Yerrington, Nevada and Dean Cockrell and his wife Margie of Lake City; sisters Jessie Ferry and husband Rod of Lakeview, Oregon and Jaime Sullivan of Eugene, Oregon. She has many nieces and nephews all of whom will treasure their memories of their sweet Aunt Terri. Graveside services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Ben Zandstra on Wednesday, August 27 at the Lake City Cemetery overlooking her childhood home. Many family and friends celebrated Terri's life at the Modoc District Fairgrounds in Cedarville. Donations can be made to the Terri Martinez "People Helping People" trust fund at Plumas Bank, 510 N Main. Dick Roberts Dick Roberts of Modesto passed away on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 at Doctors Medical Center, Modesto, CA, after a long illness. Dick was a native of Wallingford, Connecticut born on June 5, 1932. He moved to Sacramento as a young boy where he helped his father build the family home. He later acquired a passion for model railroading from his father, a blacksmith for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Following high school, Dick pursued another interest--car racing. He enjoyed racing modified hard tops and midgets. Dick's business career began with the Campbell Soup Company in Sacramento. In the 1960's he went to work for Servomation and became the District Operations Manager for the Northern California region. Seventeen years later, he achieved his dream of operating his own corner neighborhood store. He owned and managed Pop-N-Cork Liquors in Turlock from 1978 to 1996 and established enduring friendships with his customers. He won numerous awards for his model railroad and circus collections throughout the western U.S. His passion for his hobbies was demonstrated by the thousands of hours devoted to perfecting his miniature displays. His talents were featured in a recent Modesto Bee column. Dick was a member of Trinity United Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Dolores Roberts of Modesto; children, Rick Roberts and wife, Cynda, of Anchorage, Alaska, Kathy Dewberry and husband Bill, of Springdale, Arkansas, and Susan Roberts of Oklahoma City; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. He was the brother in law of Raymond Mong formerly of Adin, Charlie and Josie Johnson of Alturas, Penny Rice of Torrance, Barbara Rice of Colusa, and J.C. and Naomi Caldwell of West Sacramento. A memorial service was held Sunday, August 23, at Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Modesto. Remembrances may be made to the American Heart Association, 1212 West Robinhood Drive, Suite 5D, Stockton, CA., 95207. John Floyd Cole John Floyd Cole passed away August 23, 2003 from a long battle with cancer. He was 56. Graveside services will be held on Friday August 29, at the Fort Bidwell Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. A potluck fellowship will be held at Golden's in Cedarville, following the service. He was born in Alturas,CA on May 6, 1947 to W.R. (Bob) and Esther Cole. Johnny lived and grew up in Fort Bidwell. He graduated from Surprise Valley High School in 1965 and Shasta Junior College in 1967. He married Connie Belding in 1968 and they had one daughter; Jonnie Annette (Muffet) Cole. They lived in the Reno area for a year while Johnny took flying lessons at Stead Air Base. Johnny spent over half of his life on the family ranch in Fort Bidwell working and running the ranch. He purchased the ranch from his parents in 1974. After the death of his mother Esther in 1975, Johnny later decided to sell the ranch to Cockrell's, Inc. in 1977. He moved his family to Chicago, Illinois and worked for Turner Construction as a field accountant with his longtime friend Jerry MacDonald. Johnny did not like the big city and after a year in Illinois Johnny and family moved back to Fort Bidwell and he managed the ranch for Cockrell's, Inc. In the 1980's he left Cockrell's, Inc. and went to work for L. Shultz Trucking as Leon's right hand man, managing the cattle, managing hay and bartending until he was no long able to do so. Johnny took flying lessons in Reno, Nevada. When he made his first solo flight to Elko, the Elko Control Tower directed him to land. They had him on their radar and cleared him to land. Johnny was flying over the deserted Carlin Airport and landed on the rundown deserted runway. He got out of the plane and had to throw rocks off the runway to be able to take off. After communicating with the Elko Control Tower, he found out they were watching another airplane on the radar and had mistakenly directed Johnny to land. So being Johnny, he circled up out of the abandoned airport and headed back to Stead. He took this in stride as he did many things in his life. Johnny was always willing to help anyone and went to many brandings. He was always there to help where ever he was needed. He had an exceptionally dry sense of humor that his close friends will never forget. He was an intelligent, sharp-witted man and an avid reader. His collection of books would fill a library. Johnny was at all times, his own man. What he did, he did in "Cole fashion." Johnny's parents and daughter "Muffet" preceded him in death. John is survived by Connie and her families, Uncle Floyd Smith and Aunt Betty of Alturas, Calif. and their families and special dear friend Linda Kemble and family. His many friends and family will dearly miss him. In memory of John, donations can be sent to the Hugh Currin House, 2601 Daggett Avenue, Klamath Falls, OR. 97601 or to the Fort Bidwell Cemetery District. ~~~~~~ Billie C. 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