This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HORTON, STOWE, QUINN, BROUSE, LEISHMAN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CY.2ADI/582 Message Board Post: Chester T. Horton Chester Temple Horton died suddenly Dec. 3, 2003, at Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento. Born May 18, 1920, in Wilmington, Mass., he was 83 years old. Horton had served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1951. While on leave for the Thanksgiving holiday during World War II, he was introduced to his future wife by her two brothers. Chet and Virginia just visited those same brothers this past Thanksgiving. After the service, Horton worked as a general contractor and later for Ventura and Sonoma counties as a building inspector for more than 25 years. He was respected for his knowledge of the trades and his ethics regarding the building code. His main interests included his family, sports (especially baseball and hockey), bridge, picture puzzles and carpentry projects. He coached baseball for several years in Somis, where he lived for 45 years in a house he had built. He built the bleachers and raised the funds for lighting so Somis' teams could play night and day. His dedication to baseball was acknowledged in a letter from the National Baseball Hall of Fame that "saluted the Chet Hortons of America." He also was always helping others through church and community projects. He loved music and was always singing or humming a song. He was a member of a national organization promoting barbershop quartets. He was described by his family as a quiet man who enjoyed sharing little-known sports statistics, giving sage advice or asking the question, "When do we eat?" Chet and Virginia Horton moved to Davis in April 2002. Although a local resident for only a short time, he became a regular at the Monday night bridge games at the Davis Senior Center, and he and his wife attended Friday afternoon get-togethers where they would sing old favorites with friends. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Virginia Horton of Davis; his children, Linda Stowe and her husband Steve of Burlington, Ky., Charlie Horton and his wife Ann of Boulder Creek, and Susie Quinn and her husband Pat of Davis; and a sister, Clara Horton of Marblehead, Mass. He'll be missed by his grandchildren, Shannon Stowe of Palo Alto, Ryan Stowe of Portland, Ore., Brandon Stowe of Brooklyn, N.Y., Erin Brouse of Sonora, and Kelly Quinn, Joey Leishman, Peter Horton and Rosemary Horton, all of Boulder Creek; and a great-granddaughter, Cheyenne Brouse of Sonora. Friends are invited to attend a funeral Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Davis Funeral Chapel, 116 D St. Burial will be private, at the Davis Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, his family suggests remembrances be made in his name to the Samaritan's Purse, a branch of the Billy Graham Ministry, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, N.C. 28607. (Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Saturday, December 6, 2003, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)