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OBITUARIES Richard H. Collins, 91, of Camp Verde, a highway inspector, died Sept 21, 1999. He was born in El Paso. Survivors include his daughter, Georgia Hughes; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Tempe Mortuary, 405 E. Southern Ave., Tempe. 

The Arizona Republic Friday, September 24, 1999 

Frank Coulter Frazee 43

I was born on Pa’s 73^rd birthday, reportedly because there was a lot of fresh corn on the cobb at his party and the corn and I couldn’t both fit.

I can’t remember my first memory of Pa.  My earliest memories would be sitting at the coffee table eating dinner on Christmas Eve and trying to touch the moose’s beard in the living room. Pa was just always there, and for years I figured he always would be.

There was the Sanka, the Buckwheats, the sweeping the leaves from the dirt, the hunting stories. I never worried about writing any of them down because he would always be there.  Grandma Cilley did, so once at the Cabin at Tom’s place she hid a tape recorder by her side in her chair and tried to get Pa to tell some stories.  He had recently had surgery to remove some melanomas from his ear though, and he had become quiet and self-conscious.  So, to the best of my knowledge, no stories were ever recorded.

He always lived his life occupied and with something on his mind. It was the best lesson I’ve ever learned. Creativity is nothing more than the mindset never to be bored and filled with self-pity.

F. Frazee Colorful Character

By DAWN GARCIA

Staff Writer

OCEANSIDE – This former coastal farming town has lost an historic and dear friend: 90-year-old Frank Frazee.

An industrious flower grower, an avid outdoors-man and storyteller par excellence, Frazee was the oldest man born in Oceanside still living here. He died in his sleep Tuesday night, only a block from where he was born.

Although not a public figure like his son – Assemblyman Robert Frazee R-Carlsbad – his presence in Oceanside will be missed nonetheless.

Frazee could be seen caring for the trees and flowers on his 10 acres next to Interstate 5 long after his children and grandchildren took over the booming Frazee Flower business. And up until just a few years ago, he continued to ride a tractor to plow his field.

In expressing his love for Oceanside, he used to say he’d had “the heart out of the melon,” friends remember, meaning he had seen Oceanside’s best years.

He used to tell stories of the days when the Frazee family cow delivered enough milk to sustain the people of Carlsbad and when Oceanside was nothing more than farms and ocean.

Storytelling was one of his favorite pastimes, with some of the tales maybe just a little “tall,” his families says, claiming he went by the old adage: “never let the truth stand in the way of a good story.”

His father was Oceanside’s first city clerk and his grandfather touted the beauty of the area to friends before the city was even a city.

“His grandfather was quite the advertiser,” said David Meikle, Frazee’s son-in-law.

Frazee used to live where South Oceanside School now sits before he moved 46 years ago to a large homestead at the corner of Cassidy and Stewart streets.

His life spanned the horse and buggy era as well as the first moon landing.  Between those times, he saw Oceanside change dramatically.

The small coastal farming community grew into a city of more than 80,000 people and his 40 acres of flower-covered land was whittled down to a 10-acre lot by the construct of a freeway and busy streets.  It was here Frazee lived out his final years, enjoying his family and his flowers.

(In) A family photo taken more than 30 years ago there shows a man with strong farmer’s hands clutching a hoe, his smiling, beard-stubbly face peeking out from a wide-brimmed felt hat with rows of flowers behind him.

His face and activities changed little for many years from what that picture showed while Frazee continued to farm his lot, seemingly oblivious to the changes time has brought to his native land. When asked if he minded the noisy freeway nearby, he once said, “It’s all right. It has to go somewhere.”

He once agreed that Oceanside’s next-door-neighbor Carlsbad was changing just “a little too fast.”

A pine tree he planted as a child now raises its branches to 120 feet from his land to the sky above Oceanside. This tree and the acres of rainbow-colored gladiolas that cover North County are living monuments to one of the area’s first fans.

Frazee is survived by a sister, Alma Bonds, five children – Marjorie Meikle, and Edwin, Ernest, Elmer and Robert Frazee – and 11 grandchildren.

Services will be held at Eternal Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Blade Tribune June 24, 1982.

Lewis Wilmer Trussell 215S

Lewis Trussell, 92, of San Marcos, a member of a pioneering San Diego County family passed away January 5, 2013. He was born October 16, 1920 in San Marcos, the son of Wilmer Trussell and Frances Lewis Trussell. He was raised on the family dairy farm, attended San Marcos Elementary School, Escondido High School, and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. He was a pitcher on the Cal Poly baseball team.
Mr. Trussell was a long-time member of the San Marcos United Methodist Church and President of the Board of Trustees. He was instrumental in the formation of the San Marcos School District; a member of the San Marcos Historical Society; was a Mason and belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star. He was an avid square dancer and caller, belonging to several clubs including Palomar Square Dance Association. He was a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during World War II, flying fifty bombing missions over Europe and Africa.

He was married for thirty-five years to Jean Frazee Trussell, a member of one of the oldest families in North County. Her grandfather, Isaac Frazee, built the castle in Moosa Canyon, which Old Castle Road is named after.

Mr. Trussell is survived by his three daughters: Drinda Pennini, Diana Corbin and Donna Trussell; four granddaughters: Daniela Pennini, Nicole Peacock, Heidi Oldenburg and KuiYan Trussell; two great-grandsons: Scott Applegarth and Nathan Peacock; and two sons-in-law: Michael Pennini and Kelly Corbin.

A memorial service will be held at McLeod Mortuary Chapel on Wednesday January 9th at eleven AM, officiated by Rev. Dr. Tae Kim of the San Marcos United Methodist Church.

The family has suggested that those who care to do so, in lieu of flowers, make contributions to their favorite veteran's charity.

Lowell Beverly Frazee 213

Lowell B. Frazee

Graveside services for Lowell B. Frazee, 57, of 3106 Washington Boulevard, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Frazee died Saturday at his home. Born in Glenn County, Calif., he served in the Army about 20 years, retiring as a warrant officer in 1964. He lived in Indianapolis 26 years and was a member of AU Saints Episcopal Church. Survivors include two sons, Val J. Frazee of Indianapolis and George R. Frazee, on military duty in Turkey.

THURSDAY, JUXE 30, 1977 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR, PAGE 61 - OBITUARIES

Phyllis Dawn Rice 214

Phyllis D. Rice passed away August 9, 1996. Mrs. Rice came to the Antelope Valley in the 1950s. She was a member of several civic organizations, including the Mojave Rebekah Assembly, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Preceded in death by Martin C. Rice, she is survived by her children, Rita Rice, Flaninghaw, PA; Gregory Rice, Idaho; Avis Rice, Troxler Poway, CA; Alice Rice-Healy, Lancaster, CA; Ruth MacAdams, San Marcos, CA; and grandchildren Jessica, David and Sarah Healy, Antelope Valley, CA and Leza Pizinger, Hillcrest, CA.

Private family services were held at graveside and family requests that donations be made in Mrs. Rice's name to the American Cancer Society.

Mojave Desert News, August 12, 1996

Now that's growth!

Growing Like Frazee

Flower Family Sprouts New Bulb

By John Burrus

Blade-Tribune Staff Writer

Oceanside-Edwin Frazee recently paid an $8 fine to the Oceanside Rotary Club. The club raises funds for charity by fining members for everything from the ridiculous to the sublime.

Frazee was fined one dollar per pound for the fourth generation of the famous flower family. Little David weighed in at Oceanside Hospital July 20 and ounce under eight pounds, but Rotarians don’t make change easily.

Facts about the youth’s arrival are scarce. When the Blade-Tribune called, the youth’s mother had the fourth generation in the sink giving him a bath and was a little reluctant to carry on a long conversation.

In Oceanside, the expression “Growed like Topsy,” could be changed to “Grew like Frazees.” It would be better grammatically and just as appropriate.

The fourth generation of flower growers – his grandfather refers to the diaper-clad youth as the “irrigator” – is the first son and second child of Mr. and Mrs.

The original bulb of the famous bulb-growing family was Doniphan Frazee, who served as the first city clerk in Oceanside. The present patriarch of the clan is Frank Frazee, 72, who was born in a home where the South Oceanside School is now located.

His four sons are all associated with Frazee Flowers. In addition to Edwin, there is Ernest, 45, and Elmer, 43. Growing tired of names that began with E, the Frazees named the son born seven years later, Robert.

Edwin recalls the elder Frazee and his three sons were planting bulbs in south Oceanside the day Robert was born. It was 1928 – also the year Frazee Flowers started to grow.

The growth of the firm has been steady and continued “from the time we started,” Edwin Frazee told the Blade-Tribune, “we have grown about 20 percent each year.  That means we double in size every five years.”

Many Additions

The equation gets quite large when carried to the seventh power. In 1958, Frazee Flowers moved to a warehouse on Oceanside Boulevard “big enough to handle any conceivable growth.”

In 1960, the firm added a 6,000-sq-foot building where cut flowers are now processed. That fall, another 5,600-sq-foot addition provided facilities for drying the 10,000 named and numbered varieties of gladiolas handled by the firm each year. In 1962, a 12,000-sq-foot cooler and a maintenance shop were added.  Now the firm and its financial mother, the Bank of America, need a new 15,000-square-foot building to move the processing of cut flowers out to make room to process bulbs so they can be planted to grow more flowers to process.

The endless chain of flower production, according to Edwin Frazee, goes on 26 hours a day, 9 days a week. In the area between Camp Pendleton and Green Valley extending three miles inland it’s possible to grow gladioli blooms the year round. Bulbs maybe grown farther inland where the sun sears the blossoms but doesn’t stunt the growth of the bulbs.

Frazees grow well in the same climate. Edwin has three boys and a girl. They are John, 22, Jim, 18, Harley, 13, and Doris Lee, 21.

Elmer has a boy and two girls – Doniphan Blair, 16, Shelley, 14, and Terry, 11. Ernest has a couple of step daughters, Joan and Betty. Robert has two girls, Susan 9, and Nancy, 2.

The four brothers have an older sister, Mrs. Marjorie Meikle, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area. She has two boys, Frank and Jim. There are 16 direct descendants of Frank Frazee living in the area.

Here’s a tip to the Oceanside Rotary Club president, who has been known to fine members when the get their name in the paper. Newspaper advertising is paid for by the column inch – perhaps Edwin might rather pay that way or at $1 a head for the Frazee descendants.

Carolyn Marge Frazee 434S

You think you know the family, and then it takes an obituary to find out your great aunt's first name. Marge was a fun lady to be around, just to listen to her voice and her laugh. Living her whole life in So Cal, she still had an almost oriental sounding voice with the words coming from way back in her mouth, and she also sounded a bit Canadian because many of her sentances ended at a higher pitch, like she was asking a lot of questions instead of making statements.

"J.D. you don't put your fingers in that frosting, eh" with the emphasis on "frosting, eh." So me, being an evil-minded six-year-old would think, "It's not the putting my fingers in the food that was bad, it was just the frosting she was trying to protect. "Let's try the pudding."

Caroline "Marge" Frazee passed away Sunday, December 15, [2002] at her home with her family by her side. Born April 6, 1922, she lived her entire life in Carlsbad and Oceanside. She was a graduate of Oceanside-Carlsbad High School, Class of 1941. Her prime interest in life was her family.

She was married May 6, 1945, to her husband of 57 years, Elmer Frazee, who survives her. That marriage brought together two of the oldest pioneer families of the area, the Marrons and the Frazees. Other survivors include two brothers, Reginald and Sylvester Marron and her sister, Polly Frazee; son and daughter-in-law Blair and Joyce Frazee; daughter and son-in-law Shelley and Jim Boyce and daughter Teri Frazee. Also, grandchildren Angela, Carin, Jennifer, Bert, Tara and Erin; and great-grandchildren Anthony, John, Gillian, Kayla, Dax, Mckenna, Kristopher and William.

A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Friday, December 20, 2002, at the San Luis Rey Mission.In lieu of flowers, friends who wish to donate in her memory are asked to contribute to the American Cancer Society (800) ACS-2345 or www.cancer.org or to the Mission San Luis Rey Restoration Fund.

From the Dec. 18, 2002 edition of the North County Times

Edwin Harley Frazee 432

Grampa, or Papa Frazee in simple terms was a workaholic, and was a "care-aholic" in not so simple terms. He could relax when he cared to do so, but he would relax the right way by leading a tour of his well-kept yard checking the progress of this bush or that peach tree on the way, or by traveling to exciting places with nice cameras with which to record the visits. I don't remember ever fishing with him: your feet up, watching the pole bend slightly up and down because the weighted line is held loosely by the water as the boat sways in each wave, seldom catching anything except for the hook in your finger while trying to bait it. I got the feeling that very little of his life was ever so meaningless - by design.

You know the advice to live every day as if it were to be your last? Grampa took that advice as best as anyone could.

Flower industry icon Edwin Frazee dies at 87

By: TIM MAYER - Staff Writer

CARLSBAD ---- Edwin Harley Frazee, whose family helped found the flower industry of San Diego County and was described as a quiet, hardworking farmer, died at the age of 87 on July 22 [2004] at a local retirement home.

Frazee, whose health had declined after a stroke several years ago, was born in Carlsbad on May 12, 1917, and was a longtime resident of Oceanside and Rancho Santa Fe.

He is credited with developing hybridized gladiolus and ranunculus and helping to turn the flower business into a thriving local industry.


Youngest brother and former state legislator Robert "Bob" Frazee of Carlsbad said Wednesday his brother was the eldest of five children and had quit high school after the 10th grade to work in the family business with their father, Frank.

"Our father had been a farmer all his life and started growing flowers in 1928," Robert said.

Robert Frazee said he always felt closer to Edwin Frazee than any other member of the family, and it was he who gave him his chance to get back into the family business in the 1950s after serving in the Marine Corps.

Edwin Frazee, who headed up Edwin Frazee Inc., had expanded it to include the wholesale marketing and distributing business Frazee Flowers and brought Robert Frazee in to run it ---- which he did for the next 18 years.

"The thing I really have to thank him for was the opportunity to get back into the family business and the flower business where I kind of had grown up," said Robert Frazee. "That was kind of an opportunity of a lifetime."

That also led to a career in politics, said Robert Frazee, who served as mayor of Carlsbad before being elected to the state Assembly, serving there from 1978 to 1994.

"He was always supportive of my efforts, even though it took time away from my job with the family business," Robert Frazee said.

Robert Frazee described his brother as a quiet, "hardworking, out-in-the-field, hands-on type of guy."

That was echoed Wednesday by Eric Larson, executive director of the San Diego County Farm Bureau.

Edwin Frazee "was a real, quiet guy," Larson said. "He was kind of a throwback to another era. They use the word pioneer, but he was just a hardworking farmer.

"He just loved to produce crops," Larson said. "That's what he wanted to do and that's what he did all day long. I'm not sure he ever retired. He continued to stay involved in the (Carlsbad) Flower Fields even long after his family wasn't actually running it."

Larson credited the Frazee family with putting San Diego County on the map for commercial floral and nursery crops, now a $900 million-a-year business. "That's the vast majority of what we do here in agriculture."

Edwin and Robert Frazee were named the bureau's Farmers of the Year for 1997, Edwin for his work in the industry and Robert for his work on behalf of agriculture in the Legislature, Larson said.

Edwin Frazee was preceded in death by his daughter, Dorislee Frazee, in 1998.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mabel, of Oceanside; sons and daughters-in-law John and Dianne Frazee of Carlsbad; James and Jan Frazee of Oceanside; Harley and Marylou Frazee of San Jose; and brothers and sisters-in-law Ernest and Ellie Frazee of Carlsbad; Elmer Frazee of Oceanside; and Robert and Dolores Frazee of Carlsbad; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

A celebration of life in his honor is set for 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Heritage Park in Oceanside.

Contact staff writer Tim Mayer at (760) 901-4043 or tmayer@nctimes.com.

Elmer Frazee 434

Elmer always called me J.D. I guess that it was because of the family's history of using initials. I always wanted to think of a nickname for him, but the name Elmer didn't lend itself to any. He really belongs on the hidden valley frazee blog because of how he lived so close and I'd see him time and time again, but except for the few years he lived at Pa's house taking care of him, I didn't know when he would arrive and when he left. I'd like to say it's because he was a quiet man, but that wasn't exactly it. He was just waiting for the opportunity to say something great, and if he didn't have something great to say, he just didn't say anything at all.

Obituaries - 9/02/2006 By: North County Times and The Californian

Elmer Frazee, 85

OCEANSIDE - Elmer Frazee, 85, died at his home Aug. 29, 2006. Born Jan. 28, 1921, in Oceanside, he lived there all his life. (Except when he lived in Carlsbad as a young boy) He enjoyed spending time at the family cabin, playing cards, music and going to thrift stores. Mr. Frazee was preceded in death by his wife, Marge. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Blair and Joyce Frazee; daughters and sons-in-law Shelley and Jim and Teri and Mark; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. A graveside was held Friday, Sept. 1. Following the service there was a celebration of life in Oceanside.

Remembering Elmer Frazee : Oceanside man known as a 'laid-back' family man By: SCOTT MARSHALL - Staff Writer OCEANSIDE -- Sunday afternoons for Elmer Frazee's family meant getting together and playing cards, especially Shanghai rummy, into the evening. Regular trips to a family cabin in Tom's Place, between Bishop and Mammoth, also were part of the family norm for decades, said Frazee's daughter, Teri Buckley, 53, of Oceanside.

An integral part of those family gatherings will be missing in the future. Elmer Frazee died Tuesday at his Oceanside home. He was 85.

"He was very laid back," Buckley said of her father. "He just wanted to take care of his family."

Born Jan. 28, 1921, in Oceanside, Frazee was part of a pioneering family in North County that has been credited with helping turn the local flower business into a multimillion-dollar industry. Buckley said her father and his brother, Edwin Frazee, worked together in the flower business their father, Frank Frazee, had started. Their younger brother, Robert "Bob" Frazee, a former mayor of Carlsbad and former state Assemblyman, also worked in the family business, sharing Farmer of the Year honors with Edwin Frazee in 1997.

When Edwin Frazee died in 2004 at the age of 87, Eric Larson, the executive director of the San Diego County Farm Bureau, credited the Frazee family with putting San Diego County on the map for commercial and nursery crops, which had become a $900 million-a-year business at the time.

Buckley said her father never wanted to get involved with politics like his younger brother did. Elmer Frazee was involved with the Alhambra group, a service group at St. Mary's by the Sea that provided scholarships, for about 10 years, and enjoyed playing cards with his family every Sunday afternoon, Buckley said.

"He was a very quiet man with a very dry sense of humor and could really make you laugh at an unexpected time," Buckley said. "When he got laughing, we used to say he had a belly laugh."

Robert C. Frazee 435

I think to Uncle Bob, I was the relative who crawled out of the woodwork. Dad would take me to work when I was little and I would never have anything to do. Usually I would watch Lyle and Micky in the shop just to smell Lyle's pipe (Sadly he died of cancer) and hear Micky's laugh. Sometimes they told me it was too dangerous and I had to find something else interesting.

I might wander over to the offices where Wes would not be glad to see me, but I don't remember much about Wes because he died when I was so young and Bob took his place. Bob, as I remember it, was always on the phone. Whether there was actually someone on the other end, I'll never know. Often someone would chase me out so I couldn't interrupt him, but other times I'd just look around his office. It had two things which to me were really fascinating. One was the selection of large color photographs of gladiolas with (often) cartoon characters of hula dancers or leprechauns or 1890's piano players - that reminded me of Farrel's Ice Cream Parlor. On the opposite wall there was a huge framed road map of the United States on cork board with hundreds of colored pins. Three or four of the pins also had colored flags. Looking at the map opened up the world for me. The pins meant that our family had a connection all over the country, and albeit only my name and the flowers represented by those photographs, part of me had visited every major city - like Sioux Falls, Kalamazoo, and Gallup.

Bob, Dad, Grampa, and I would talk about roads, hotels, people, restaurants. We had a brotherhood of the road.

Obituary: Robert Frazee; saw politics as means to solve needs of residents
By Michael Burge
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. January 27, 2009

Robert Frazee
CARLSBAD — Former Carlsbad mayor and longtime Assemblyman Robert Frazee died while on a cruise in the South Pacific, family members said yesterday.
Frazee, 80, was first elected to the Carlsbad City Council in 1972, then as mayor in 1974. In 1978, he was elected to the state Assembly, where he represented North County and part of Orange County.
He retired from the Legislature in 1994.
Susan Kurner, Frazee's daughter, said she received a call from her mother Sunday morning that her father had died suddenly of an apparent heart attack after her parents' ship had left Bora Bora. She said the couple were avid travelers.
Frazee, a Republican, was known for his soft-spoken but persuasive style.
“He told me one of the reasons he moved to the state Assembly was because he didn't think there were enough businesspeople” in Sacramento, said Richard Ledford, Frazee's longtime chief of staff.
“Politics was just a means of solving community needs” to Frazee, Ledford said. When Frazee's Assembly district was redrawn to take in part of Orange County, Ledford said, the lawmaker walked the streets of San Clemente and Dana Point to become familiar with constituents' concerns.
Ledford said Frazee crossed party lines to vote for measures he thought were good for the state, such as aid for the disabled, and was a coastal advocate.
“He viewed (coastal preservation) as one of those quality-of-life issues in North County,” Ledford said. “He worked with (U.S. Rep.) Ron Packard to restore sand on North County beaches.”
Frazee was instrumental in the construction of Carlsbad's sea wall and promenade that extends between Tamarack and Pine avenues. That section of beach is named Robert C. Frazee State Beach, and a road in Oceanside's San Luis Rey Valley is also named after him.
“He was my mentor; I followed in his footsteps,” said Packard, who served on the Carlsbad council with Frazee and succeeded him as mayor. “There's “fewer men I've held in higher esteem than Bob Frazee.”
Packard said Frazee's quiet but firm hand made an imprint on the Carlsbad City Council and administration that persists to this day. Frazee also set policies in motion that diversified the city's economy and broadened its tax base, Packard said.
Frazee also helped found the North County Transit District and was one of its original board members.
Frazee was born Sept. 1, 1928, in the San Luis Rey River Valley and was a 1946 graduate of Oceanside High School.
Kurner said he met his future wife, Dolores Hedrick, while he was attending college classes that were held at Oceanside High and she was a high school student. They married in 1951.
Frazee served as a radio technician in the Marine Corps from 1950 to 1952, during the Korean War, Kurner said, but he didn't go overseas.
He was the president of Frazee Flowers, the shipping arm of the Frazee family's flower-growing enterprise.
Frazee sold his share of the business to other family members after he was elected to the Assembly to eliminate any possible conflict of interest, said John Frazee, Robert Frazee's nephew and business associate.
“He was well-respected, very honest and straightforward with people,” in business and politics, John Frazee said.
Frazee is survived by his wife; his two daughters, Kurner and Nancy Frazee; son-in-law Rick Kurner; and two grandchildren. Memorial services are pending.

Ernest Charles Frazee 433

Sadly Uncle Ernie's obituary didn't show up in the Escondido edition of the North County Times, nor was it available online when I've searched for it.  I was pretty certain that none was ever published before finding it while going through my Grandmother's papers. I say this because Uncle Ernie was NOT an afterthought!

Uncle Ernie was a storyteller.  All of his generation was, of course, but his were different because they were hard-to-believe-crazy, but believable enough and he was sincere enough when he told them that you figured some of what he said must have been true.

I remember one story in which he crossed the Atlantic to fight in WWII in the hold of a freighter; it didn't have staterooms or showers or regular baths so they just opened up a porthole and they put down two planks in a V heading out the window.  Then they pumped seawater along the channel to keep it somewhat clean and hung up blankets to give the guys privacy.  Well, Ernie got the idea to make a little paper boat.  He then got the idea of going into the "stall" the farthest from the porthole, lighting the boat on fire and letting it take a little trip under the row of guys sitting to do their business (Ah, Ernie wouldn't say it that way) take a shit.  It was a real hit as the flames caught the unsuspecting GIs on its way to the sea.

CARLSBAD -- Ernest Charles Frazee, 87, died at home, Monday, Nov. 27, 2006.
   Born, June 11, 1919, in Oceanside, he lived in Carlsbad.  He served in the U.S. Army. He was a farmer and a member of the Palomar Model "A" Club.
   Mr. Frazee is survived by his wife of eight years, Eleanor Frazee of Carlsbad' stepson James Schubert of Las Vegas; stepdaughters and stepsons-in-law Joan and Wayne Moore and Betty and Stoney Stonebreaker, all of Oceanside, and Ann Capozzoli of Las Vegas; 11 step-grandchildren; and 35 step-great-grandchildren.
   A graveside service is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 5, at Eternal Hills Memorial Park, 1999 El Camino Real in Oceanside.
   Eternal Hills Mortuary is handling arrangements.

Dorothy Elizabeth Bressi 443

I wish I could add a funny story or two about Aunt Dottie.  The problem being that I only saw her during large family reunions, and only then in the group of sisters, Marie, Dottie, and Beebs. I got a warm feeling from them when they were together, though. I felt like I was a puppy and they'd want to get me talking so they could see what cute thing I was going to say.
                      

Bressi, 'Dottie' Dorothy Elizabeth OCEANSIDE -- On March 12, 2015, Dorothy (Dottie) Elizabeth Bressi, 89, left this earth to take her place in heaven. She will be greatly missed by all who had the plea
sure of knowing her. Dottie, a California native born and raised in Oceanside, lived a full rich life as a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She was always there with her beautiful smile, a warm hug and of course a card for every occasion. Join our family for a Celebration of her Life at 1:30 pm, on April 17, at St. Marys Catholic Church, 609 Pier View Way, Oceanside, CA, followed by a reception at Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, 1580 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad.

Samuel Otis Logan 413S

Samuel 'Sam' Otis Logan

CLEARLAKE OAKS -- On a warm sunny day, in the not too distant past, "Big John," one of the Logan family's prized appaloosa horses, lay down in a grassy field amongst the wild flowers, went to sleep, and never woke up.

Wednesday evening, Jan. 24, 2001, Samuel Otis Logan of Clearlake Oaks joined "Big John."

Sam, 85, beloved father of Sam, Doug and Ila Logan, father-in-law of Marie and Donna, grandfather of Sam and Jennifer, husband of the late Helen Claire Logan, passed away at Kaiser Hospital in Walnut Creek of complications relating to a broken hip.

Born on Jan. 21, 1916, in Oklahoma, Sam lived the majority of his life in California, first visiting Lake County in 1942. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army horse cavalry, and the U.S. Navy, in which he served during World War II. He was a prisoner of war and the recipient of many medals, including two purple hearts and the Navy's Distinguished Service Medal.

He was a member of Plumbers Local 38, the Clearlake Oaks Moose Lodge, the Live Oak Seniors and the Lake County Sheriffs Posse. He will be remembered for his love of animals.

Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Jones & Lewis Clear Lake Memorial Chapel in Lower Lake.

In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated at the Live Oak Senior Center in Clearlake Oaks or the Clearlake Oaks Fire Department.

Peggy Jean Myers 463

Myers, Peggy Jean January 26, 1928 - September 19, 2012 Peggy Myers was born on January 26, 1928, in Oceanside CA where she grew up in her large and extended sixth generation Californio family. While working for Pan American Airlines in the 50's (based out of Los Angeles), she met Farlan Myers. Peggy and Farlan were married June 28, 1957 and they remained married for over fifty years. They started out in Park La Brea and developed a reputation for winning mixed doubles tennis tournaments. They moved to the westside in the early 1960s and in 1965 their daughter Nancy was born. Peggy was an avid gardener. She volunteered at a local school where she helped non-English-speaking students learn the skills necessary to transition to the public school system. She also acted as the U.S. representative for a Spanish Language Institute in Costa Rica. Peggy is survived by her daughter Nancy. She will be remembered by her family and friends as someone who fully expressed her love for those around her and, as someone for whom it was very easy to return that love. Peggy loved to dance, tell jokes and perform card tricks. She will be deeply missed. Donations in Peggy's name may be made to the National Parkinson's Foundation and Nature Conservancy.    LA Times

Peggy Jean Myers 1928 ~ 2012 OCEANSIDE -- Peggy Myers was born Margaret Jean Frazee on January 26, 1928, in Oceanside, Calif., where she grew up in her large and extended sixth generation Californio family. She learned to love dancing during the Big Band era and over her life broadened her repertoire to include Jazz and Zydeco. Crowned Miss Oceanside in the 1940s, Peggy soon was attending San Diego State and shortly thereafter became a flight attendant with Pan American Airlines. She developed a strong love of travel during this time, working in Europe and especially the Latin American circuit where her Spanish language skills were particularly valued. While based in Los Angeles, she met Farlan Myers who was working with J. Walter Thompson Advertising. Utilizing his executive level advertising persuasion skills, Farlan was able to convince her to marry him on June 28, 1957 and they remained married for over fifty years. They started out in Park La Brea and developed a reputation for winning mixed doubles tournaments at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club. They moved to Bel Air in the early 1960s, and in 1965, their daughter Nancy was born. Peggy's wanderlust was satisfied through Farlan's business travels that took his family on many adventures to Europe. It was Hawaii that became one of their fondest destinations, inspiring the creation of their Maui Kula Onion business that sold the Island crop to Southern California Specialty markets for over twenty years. In the 1990s, Peggy had enough additional energy to act as the U.S. Representative for a Spanish Language Institute in San Jose, Costa Rica. Peggy was an avid gardener and spent hours per day tending to her flower garden. She volunteered at a local school where she helped non-English-speaking students learn the skills necessary to transition to the public school system. Peggy is survived by her daughter, Nancy. She will be remembered by her large and extended family as someone who fully expressed her love for those around her and as someone for whom it was very easy to return that love. She will be remembered as someone who loved to tell jokes and perform card tricks. She will be deeply missed. Services will be held at 2 p.m., on Saturday, October 13th, at Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside. Donations, in Peggy's name, may be made to the National Parkinson's Foundation and Nature Conservancy.    NCTIMES

NOTE: Peggy is listed as 463, but no obituaries will appear for her two older siblings as they both died as infants.  Elizabeth Marie Frazee - 461 was born 12/9/1923 but died 1/1/1924, and Joseph Frazee 462 was both born and died 12/30/1924. 

Farlan Irving Myers 463S

Farlan I. Myers, a lifelong resident of Los Angeles, passed away, at his home, on May 27, 2008, with his family by his side. He was 89. Farlan worked in the entertainment business for more than six decades, as a musician, composer, and a business and creative affairs executive with Young and Rubicam and the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency, where he spent most of his career. Farlan studied piano from the age of five, performing in recital and concert throughout Southern California as a young man. After he graduated with an B.A. in political science from the University of California at Los Angeles. Just before World War II, he worked in Washington, D.C. on the staff of Eleanor Roosevelt, and then joined the Army Air Force, as a pilot, after the United States entered the war. Back in civilian life, after the war, Farlan studied music at the New England Conservatory, in Boston, and the Julliard School of Music in New York. Upon graduation, he joined the fledgling television industry and combined his talents in music with advertising, creating jingles for Ford and Hunt Foods, among others, writing children's music for several Disney record-books, and composing the theme song for the television series "Our Miss Brooks" and scoring several documentaries, including "Brats, Our Journey Home". Farlan was an honored member of the UCLA alumni association and an avid Bruins basketball fan. He was also a member of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society in the early 70's, where he served as its President. He was invited to join the Board of Directors of Survival Anglia, a London-based production company specializing in Wildlife documentaries. He composed the music for the organization's 1972 film, "The Flight of the Snow Geese". A. J. Walter Thompson company newsletter once stated that Farlan "brought to his work a warmth of personality and a professional competence that won him many friends. Being creative himself, he had a rare and valuable respect for creative people – producers, directors, writers, and stars, as well as agency clients. This smoothed out many a rough edge and eased many a potentially tense situation." He is survived by his loving wife, Peggy, of 51 years, and their daughter Nancy. Services will be held Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Hillside Memorial Park, (800) 576-1994.

Michael Elisan Short 44411S

Michael Elisan Short Sunrise 02/21/1969 Sunset 07/16/2012 OCEANSIDE -- Mike was born on February 21, 1969 to Fred and Linda Short at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in Southern California. He passed away on Monday, July 16, 2012 in Oceanside, Calif. Mike spent most of his childhood in Oceanside, growing up with his two sisters, Dana and Jeanette. He loved sports, especially surfing. You would often find Mike at Buccaneer Beach with his pals, Danny and Louie. Mike attended El Camino High School where he played football, found his passion and excelled in wrestling. This proud Wildcat graduated in 1987. Mike had a very strong work ethic starting his career at a local grocery store, Red & White, continued his career path at Albertson's, Henry's, and Fresh and Easy. Married for 19 years to Michelle (Frazee) Short. Together, they had four children, Sarah (18), Gabriella (17), Meaghan (15) and Matthew (14). Always an entertainer and life of the party, Mike loved to dance and made everyone feel welcome with his warm smile and infectious laugh. There will be a viewing/Vigil service on Wednesday, July 25, held between at 6 and 9 pm, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Carlsbad, Calif. The celebration of Mike's life and Mass will also be at 11:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 26, also at St. Patrick Catholic Church. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Michael E. Short Education Fund at San Diego County Credit Union, 2530 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA 92008. Sign the Guest Book online obits.nctimes.com

Chauncey M. Frazee 42

I have only heard one story about Uncle Chauncey - and it appears to be a victim of the Telephone Game.  It was that Chauncey worked as a chauffer for a star in Hollywood and drove a huge Duesenberg sedan.  When that was replaced, they offered to sell it to Chauncey for a very small amount, but Chauncey declined thinking that he had no need to waste his money on it. What would he do with it?  Of course, when I was told the story, a 1930 Duesenberg sedan would have been worth a quarter of a million dollars and it would have been a great investment.

I wish I could clear up this story 100%, but my research is also clouded by speculation but is based on facts that I have found.  First, Uncle Harry also worked as a chauffer based on the 1910 census, and as they were living in California, Uncle Harry might have driven for a Hollywood movie star. Next, Chauncey was hired by Clark Browning of Toledo, a real estate investor, who from 1895 to 1915 hired and replaced several staff, but Chauncey lasted for 25 years. He and Elizabeth apparently sold their little home and moved in with Harriet after Mr. Browning died in 1931.  It would appear that Mrs. Browning, who was childless and 25 years older, had strong maternal feelings for the Frazees who had lost their only child, Adam, as a stillborn in 1915, shortly after he was hired.  Any transfer of title for a fancy car, would have been only that.  The car would have been kept in the same garage and filled up with the same gas.  Also, considering that the story was probably from the family reunion in Oceanside in 1937; Chauncey was 48 and Mrs. Browning was 74 and it would make more sense that she would be dying in a short time and he would most likely inherit the car.  Few people would imagine that she would outlive him by sixteen and a half years.

What follows immediately is Chauncey's obituary which I transcribed word for word from the newspaper. It seemed like such a tragedy to include without correction, that I wrote up a better obituary for him.

FRAZEE—CHAUNCEY, 2135 Park-

wood Ave., Nov. 15 (1939) Husband of

ary, Collingwood Memorial, where

Elizabeth, brother of Alma, Harry,

Services will be Friday, 2:30 p.m.

Interment Woodlawn.  -- TOLEDO

BLADE, Nov. 16, 1939.

FRAZEE – CHAUNCEY, 50, caretaker for Mrs. Harriet Browning of 2135 Parkwood Ave. died Wednesday, November 15, of (unknown, unnatural causes).  Mr. Frazee was born in Oceanside, California to Doniphan and Martha Frazee, December 18, 1888. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Mroczkowski Frazee, a sister and four brothers, nine sisters and brothers-in-law, and many nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by their only son, Adam.  Services will be held at Collingwood Memorial, Friday, 2:30 p.m. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, 1502 West Central Ave.

Elizabeth Mroczycowski Frazee 42S

Researching Chauncey and Elizabeth, all I can find is that they were pretty poor by family standards, they had no children when the rest of the family had several, and he died young leaving Elizabeth a widow for 38 years. She came from a family of at least ten Mroczkowski children - she quite possibly was the oldest - and by her obituary, her father died young, and her mother remarried and had at least two more, Moore children.  The Mroczkowskis spoke Polish in the home and Latin in the church (St. Anthony's) Elizabeth never traveled to Oceanside to visit her husband's family after his death.  Was she happy? It's so hard to say, but one thing telling about her obituary: with at least eleven brothers and sisters all younger than she was, only four were mentioned, and all four were unmarried and most likely childless. That does seem to be the recipe for a long life.

FRAZEE

ELIZABETH (Mroczkowski) age 87 years of 1563 Gould Rd. Wednesday, September 28th,  (1977) wife of the late Chauncey Frazee. Survived by her brother Raymond Moore, sisters Miss Regina Mroczkowski, Miss Clare Mroczkowski and Miss Helen Moore.  Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday at the BLANCHARD BROS. FUNERAL HOME Sylvania at Lockwood. Services will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. with Mass at 10:00 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Recitation of the Rosary 8 p.m.

Helen Claire Logan 413

H. C. Logan

Funeral services for Helen Claire Logan, a Clearlake Oaks resident who died Friday in her home, are at 2 p.m. today at Clear Lake Memorial Chapel in Lower Lake.  She was 60.

A native of Berkeley, she was an instructor at Laney College in Oakland for 17 years.  She vacationed in Lake County as a child before making it her permanent residence.

Mrs. Logan was a graduate of Berkeley High School and a 1958 graduate of San Francisco State College.

Survivors include her husband, Samuel O. Logan of Clearlake Oaks; two sons, Samuel D. Logan of Modesto and Douglass D. Logan of Danvillle; one daughter, Ila Logan of Clearlake Oaks; two brothers, Howard Frazee of Los Altos and Glenn Mosley of Prescott, Ariz.; and two grandchildren.

Burial is in Lower Lake Cemetery. The Rev. Ted Moring is officiating. Funeral arrangements were by Jones and Lewis Clear Lake Memorial Chapel.

January 2nd, 1984 Lake County Record-Bee

Wilmonte Doniphan Frazee, Jr. 111

Elder W. D. Frazee, Founder, father of the Wildwood Institution "Slipped to sleep quietly, peace- fully, and without any real pain, following a brief bout with pneumonia...(March 19, 1996)

In harmony with his desires and family tradition, he was prepared by dear friends for immediate burial and was laid to rest in a hand-crafted casket on Maranatha Hill above Wildwood Chapel.

Elder Frazee was preceded in death by his (first) wife, Helen (Larson Frazee), in 1986. Daughter, Rebekah (Frazee Graham Cochran), grandson, Wilmonte (Graham), granddaughter, Anita (Graham), Great-grandson, Michael, his (second) wife, May (Rickabaugh Frazee), and her (May's) daughters, Dona (Paulin), and Nancy (Mason) and her two sons (from her husband's first marriage), Henry (Steensma) and Ray (Steensma) survive.

A memorial service was held April 19, 1996 in the Wildwood Chapel with Elder Mark Finley officiating. (Elder Frazee's influence will live on in book and tape ministry, and the lives of those who have come under his tutelage. Tax deductible contributions in his memory may be made to Pioneers Memorial, PO Box 102, Wildwood, GA 30757- 0102. E-mail, on CompuServ 74617,2673.)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117192687

Wilmonte Doniphan Frazee 1

It feels so great to find this obituary after many hours of trying and finding that many others have tried and failed. This was made arbitrarily important because he was the eldest child of the eldest ancestor I am trying to follow. Having all three names being unacceptable to some people, made the search all the harder; i.e. he was known by William, Humbug Bill, and W. D. The D was for Don or Donald, never Doniphan. Frazee has been Frazzee, Frazel, Frazer, and Frazie. His death certificate was for "Willmannette D. Frezee." He died of Bright's disease.

I regularly gave up and tried to locate his living descendants instead hoping that they would know his date of death.  Learning more about them and him, I have become very impressed about how enthusiastically and adventurously they have lived their lives and I take from those stories, that a lot of my family's traits can be traced back to the Frazees and the Doniphans. 

Willmonte Doniphan Frazee, born December 26, 1855 in Indianapolis, Indiana died January 15, 1907 in Phoenix, Arizona. Father of Wilmonte D. Jr., Louise P., Helen I. and Mary C. Frazee. Grandfather to Wilmonte D. III, and Titus A. Frazee, and Richard H. and Arthur S. Collins. Great, grandfather to Rebekah, Kathleen F., Merrijean E., and Melinda M. Frazee, and (I will edit this when I find out if there were any Collins descendants. They seemed to spend a lot of their lives traveling internationally).

The Arizona Republican, Wednesday Morning January 16, 1906 – printer’s mistake should say 1907.

WILL FRAZZEE DEAD – A PHOENIX PIONEER

He Was a Man Concerning Whom Nothing But Good Can be Recalled By Old-time Residents.

Wilmonte D. Frazee died yesterday morning at his home on East Van Buren street, after an illness of three or four years. His funeral under the auspices of the Eagles will take place at 2 o’clock this afternoon from the undertaking rooms of Easterling and Whitney.

Will Frazee was born in Indiana fifty-one years ago. He came to Phoenix twenty-five years ago. He was a printer by trade and became foreman of the Gazette, a position he held for several years.  After that he entered the service of the Arizona Canal company and remained in it for fifteen years, leaving it at last only when his health failed.  He was stationed for the greater part of the time at the Arizona head.

He was known well throughout the valley and those who knew him the longest loved him the most. They say of him that a more honorable and upright man never lived. He was never known to do an unjust thing and he had the absolute confidence of every man with whom he had ever done business. He was always helpful as many an old printer knows. He leaves beside his wife, a son and three daughters. All of the children but one daughter have reached manhood or womanhood.

Arthur Shirley Collins 132

Arthur Shirley Collins was born in Sewell, Chile “The City of Stairs” February 12, 1913 to Helen Isabel Frazee and Arthur Lathrope Collins. Moving to San Francisco, Arthur got a job at McKale’s Service Station and then selling insurance before becoming a surveyor for the City and County of San Francisco, a job he kept the rest of his life. He took care of his mother when his parents split and his father remarried.  She died in 1944. He died just after his 56^th birthday.

He married Jeannette Ellen Maret, of San Francisco.  They had no children and is survived by Jeannette and his older brother Richard Hill Collins.

COLLINS, Arthur S. – In this city, February 19, 1969. Arthur S. Collins, dearly beloved husband of Jeannette E. Collins, devoted brother of Richard H. Collins.

Private funeral services were conducted Friday, February 21, 1969. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

W.C. LASSWELL & CO.

San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, February 23, 1969

Helen Larson Frazee 111S1

MRS. HELEN FRAZEE

(The following is gleaned from an obituary written by Susan Ard of Chestnut Hill.)

Helen Larson Frazee was born April 4, 1914, in Montana, and died June 8, 1986 at Poland Springs Health Institute, Poland Springs, ME, where she was a patient under Dr. Richard Hanson's care. After completing her high school training at Pacific Union College, she joined her mother, a registered nurse, and younger sister in a medical missionary evangelistic company of volunteers led by W. D. Frazee. The company worked in northern California and in the cities of Utah. At her youthful age, she developed social skills and a real ability to share spiritual truths.

In 1933 she married W. D. Frazee. For the next 53 years, her talents, united with her husband's, made them one of the most powerful and far-reaching ministries for God and mankind in this generation. She loved self-supporting work and was one hundred percent committed to it. She and Elder Frazee, along with Neil Martin and George McClure, founded the Wildwood Sanitarium and Medical Missionary Institute at Wildwood, Georgia, in 1942. Hundreds have been trained to serve the Lord in self-supporting work far and near. More than 80 mission projects dot the globe due to the training received by young people and older ones. The couple's publications and tape recordings can be found in countries all over the world.

She authored several books on nature and the spiritual lessons it teaches, in which the lord

gave her unusual insight. Her published works include: Hot to Teach Nature in The Home;

Through the Seasons with God in Nature; and How To Give Short, Simple Bible Studies.

Sister Helen was laid to rest in the little Wildwood Cemetery. Surviving, in addition to her

husband, are one daughter, Rebekah Cochran of Portland, TN., and two grandchildren.