Doniphan Blair Frazee - 4

OBITUARY

The community was shocked Thursday afternoon by the news of the sudden death of Don Frazee of South Oceanside.  He had been in this city that morning on business, apparently in his usual health.  He returned home for dinner and having finished eating, remarked that he felt sick and in a few minutes was dead.  Dr. Nichols was summoned as soon as possible but death came before he arrived.  The cause was heart failure.  The funeral took place Friday afternoon and the remains were interred in South Oceanside cemetery.

Doniphan Blair Frazee was born in Indianapolis, Ind., July 27, 1862. He came to California in 1872 residing in San Bernardino, moved from there to Winchester and in 1882 came to San Luis Rey valley and has resided at this place or at South Oceanside since.  He was Justice of the Peace for two terms, has been deputy sheriff for the past six years.  At the time of his death he was engaged in boring wells, having several contracts on hand.  He leaves a wife and six children. His father who survives him is with his brother, I. J. Frazee, of Moosa, the other brother, Will, is in Arizona in a printing business and a sister, Miss Belle, is teacher in the San Diego schools. These with many other relatives and friends mourn the death of one who was a kind husband and father, a genial friend and neighbor. 

Moosa Notes published in the Oceanside Blade Tribune

MOOSA

Neighbor A. D. Mills has purchased a nice Ford truck, with which to deliver his increasing supply of milk.

Dr. H. Sale Atwater of Los Angeles, has purchased the Pamoosa Falls Ranch, directly above Woreland and was down the last of the week planning out a Woodcraft’s Camp and playgrounds. The Woodcraft is an organization, something like the Boy Scout’s movement, but more on the Indian lines. The order was founded many years ago by Ernest Seton Thompson, the famous author of Nature stories, and there is some talk of him coming down soon to inspect the Moosa camp.

Lewis J. Frazee is driving a luxuriously “dolled-up” new Willys-Knight, that sails along “as silently as a painted ship on a painted ocean.”

Mr. and Mrs. Tibbits and daughters, recently arrived from Oregon, have located in Moosa, where Mr. T. is employed by A. D. Mills.

Recent visitors to Woreland have been Mrs. E. P. Carnes, Mrs. Vivian Bottenly, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wiper, of San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. John Bergen. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nickel. F. W. Herriman, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wiper, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Christiansen, Mrs. Meredith Conway, Mr. and Mrs. Murry Howell and son of Escondido; Harry Frazee of Berkeley; Earl Frazee, of Oceanside; Dr. H. Sale Atwater of Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Frazee and sons of San Luis Rey; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Whiting, Mrs. Isabel F. Bowman, of Vista; Mrs. Herbert Popenoe and four children, Great Bend, Kansas. Mr. Popenoe is a successful teacher of agriculture and son of Prof. Popenoe, a prominent authority on matters horticultural.

Our nephew, Harry Frazee, formerly of Oceanside but now in business at Berkeley, dropped in at our bed side, the last of the week after an absence of some fifteen years; he looked well and prosperous and says Moosa is the greenest spot on the map.

Neighbor Rickard has a fine pack of hounds that are rapidly thinning out the Moosa wild cat population: the other night he got one out of our twenty acre field and started up two others, which shows that we have more wildcats to the acre than some of those Texas oil fields.

That Los Angeles tribute to Moosa notes, inspires us to reciprocate as follows:

Theodore Wackerman now has a nice young gentleman Guernsey of Wislineage, to head his fine herd of dairy stock – the best is none too good for Theodore.

FAME

Oh Ferguson, dear Ferguson

   A seeing, how you’ve gone and done

Paid me that beauteous compliment

   I must explain my good intent.

It ain’t for lack of baling wire

   To string anew, my trusty lyre

Nor lusty lungs, or rusty wit

   Or even news (I make up it)

My soul is willing, but my soles

   Are simply now threadbare – in holes –

It’s three miles to our mailing box

   My shoes are thin – likewise my socks –

I’ve got a “bunyan” on my toe

   That makes a Pilgrim’s Progress slow

Ingrowing nails, outgrowing corns,

   While cockle-burrs and briar thorns

Are the lot of him who totes

   His weekly sheaf of Moosa notes

Then – Friday, to the box agin

   To see as how, if they “got in”.

It ain’t no strain to write and talk

   But oh that walk! That walk! That walk!

Twelve miles a week, yea verily

   The “price of fame comes high”

And e’en though anxious readers wait,

   What I’d “express” must come “slow freight”.

ISAAC J. FRAZEE

Blade Tribune – May 7, 1924

Gladys Lucy Frazee - 43S1

Final Rites Tuesday for Gladys L. Frazee

OCEANSIDE – Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Gladys L. Frazee, 70, who died Saturday at her home, 1730 Stewart.

Mrs. Frazee was a lifelong resident of Oceanside and a member of the First Christian Church.

She is survived by her husband Frank C., sister Mrs. Edna Smith of Oceanside; brothers Clarence Virgil and Harold Libby, [daughter Marjorie Miekle of Novato, and sons] Edwin, Ernest, Elmer, and Robert Frazee of Oceanside, 11 grandchildren [Frank and Jim Miekle, John, Dorislee, Jim, Harley, Blair, Theresa, Shelley, Susan and Nancy Frazee. As well as two adopted granddaughters, Joan Moore and Betty Barnett.] and one great-grandchild [Lisa Frazee and two great-grandsons, Bill Moore and Blain Barnett].

The Rev. Dan Genung will officiate 10 a.m. services at Berry-Bell Mortuary with burial following at Eternal Hills.

Blade Tribune – March 10, 1963

I couldn’t help editing this for content.
Susan Frazee-Kurner: I have many memories of her. I would get her little stool for her feet, I remember being at the cabin with her several times. She once told my mother that I needed a spanking and if she hadn't been a wheelchair, my dad would have had many more spankings. My favorite memory was sitting in the kitchen eating warm Lima beans in milk with lots of pepper with her; I can trace my love of Lima beans to those tasty bowls with Gram.

Betty Frazee-Stonebreaker: She order from Sears a Cookie Press for Joanie and I and we make cookies like crazy. I use to go over and dust for them and then we would have nice sandwiches and ice cream. Grams & Pa were the best

Shelley Frazee-Boyce: Gram taught me so much - how to bake bread, drink tea with lots of half and half, how to order Christmas presents from the Sears catalog. But The most powerful lesson was to life live to the fullest regardless of what you were dealt and how Pa cared for her and the family they created together. They are the grandparent and human beings I strive to be.

Druzelle Vilas Frazee - 43S2

MRS. DRUZELLE V. FRAZEE

OCEANSIDE – Funeral services for Mrs. Druzelle Vilas Frazee, 77, of 1730 Stewart St., Oceanside, will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Berry-Bell Mortuaries, Oceanside.

Mrs. Frazee died yesterday at a local hospital.

Born March 24, 1889 in Vilas, Colorado, Mrs. Frazee came to Oceanside in 1920. She lived here until 1951 when she move to Kansas.  She returned to Oceanside last April.

She is a member of the Methodist Church.

Mrs. Frazee’s survivors are her husband, Frank Frazee of Oceanside, and four sisters, Mrs. Grace Hanson of Washington, Mrs. G. W. McAllister of Kansas, Mrs. Carl Cladwell of Washington, and Mrs. Fern Richard of New Mexico.

Services will be conducted by Rev. Stanley Creighton. Burial will follow at Eternal Hills.

Blade Tribune – 9/27/1966

I was much too young to remember Zelle herself, but whenever I visited Pa, and that was often, he'd be sitting in the garage, looking out at his orange grove, and next to him was parked Zelle's Lincoln.  So, this is the only way I remember her. He always drove his red and white F-150. I remember just once seeing him drive the Lincoln.  It was a shock.

Eleanor M. Frazee - 46S

ELEANOR FRAZEE

LOS ANGELES – Eleanor Frazee, 84, died Monday, March 23, 1992, at Santa Monica Convalarium in Santa Monica.

Mrs. Frazee was born March 6, 1908 in California, and had lived in Los Angeles County for five years. She was born and raised in Oceanside. Her parents were from the Osuna and Pico families of early California days. She was a homemaker for 45 years and was a former member of the Oceanside Emblem Club.

She is survived by her daughter, Peggy Myers (Farlan) of Los Angeles; and granddaughter, Nancy Myers of Arcata.

A vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, 1992, at Eternal Hills Mortuary Chapel in Oceanside. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, March 27, 1992, at Eternal Hills Mortuary Chapel. Interment will be at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside. Arrangements are entrusted with Eternal Hills Mortuary. 

Blade Citizen - 3/26/1992

Susan Frazee-Kurner: Remember aunt Elenor playing the piano? Ragtime? Oh she could play.

Lewis Jenkinson Frazee - 23

DEADLY CURRENT TAKES LIFE OF L. J. FRAZEE TUESDAY MORNING

Struck by a powerful current from a broken wire carrying a heavy voltage of electricity, Lewis Jenkinson Frazee was instantly killed Tuesday morning while at work doing irrigation work in a field of tomatoes on the Ronsse ranch at Bonsall.  With his brother, William Frazee, and W. E. Borden he was unloading pipe from a wagon when one end of the pipe which he was lifting came in contact with a high voltage wire which had broken during the night and had not been noticed.  The powerful current passed through his body and death was instantaneous. The same current passing along a barbed wire fence killed a mule of the team the men were driving as the animal touched the wire with its body.

The deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Frazee, well known residents of Woreland Park at Moosa and was 32 years of age. He was a school teacher by profession and had been in charge of the Moosa school until this year when he had decided to put in the year in outdoor work.  He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, and two sons, Roderick aged 4, and Malcolm, aged 2.

Blade Tribune – October 1, 1925

note: I am including this photo although it hasn't been identified at being of Jenks because at the time the photo was taken (circa 1909) Jenks was 15 or 16 years old, I have heard that he dressed as an Indian in the Pamoosa Peace Pipe Pageant, and even if he isn't the boy on top of the Castle, with the number of children at the base, he is most likely someone in the picture.  The photo is from the State Library's collection.

Earl Nichols Frazee - 44

EARL N FRAZEE

OCEANSIDE – Earl Nichols Frazee, 79, of 1515 Cassidy Street, died Saturday at a local hospital.

Mr. Frazee was born in Oceanside and lived here all of his life.

He was a flower rancher.

Survivors include his wife, Frances Frazee of Oceanside, three daughters, Marie Lawson of Oceanside; Dorothy Bressi of Oceanside; and Elma M. Tyler of Oceanside; one son Earl Frazee, Jr. of Oceanside; one sister, Elma Bonds of Culver City; two brothers, Don and Frank Frazee, both of Oceanside; 14 grandchildren; and three great, grandchildren.

There will be a Rosary tonight at 8 p.m. in the Berry-Bell Chapel of the Eternal Hills Mortuary. The services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the chapel with Rev. John Hanley officiating. The burial will be in the Eternal Hills Memorial Park.

Blade Tribune – 11/19/1973

note: I transcribed it directly from the Blade's Obituary. 

Frances Marie Frazee - 44S

1979 was a very bad time for obituaries in the Blade Tribune.  After the one published by them is one of my creation.

FRANCES FRAZEE  OCEANSIDE – Frances Frazee, 75, of 1515 Cassidy St., died Tuesday in a local hospital.

Funeral services are pending.

Blade Tribune March 19, 1979

Frances Marie Frazee was born April 19, 1903 in Oceanside to Ramon and Leonora Osuna.  She was descended from the first Alcalde, or Mayor, of San Diego. She was married for fifty-two years to Earl Frazee, son of the first City Clerk of Oceanside.

Frazee was predeceased by her husband Earl and grandson Frederick Lawson. She is survived by daughters Marie Lawson (Lyle) of Carlsbad; Dorothy E. Bressi (James); and Alma Tyler (Robert) both of Oceanside; and son Earl Frazee, Jr. (Polly) of Carlsbad; fourteen grandchildren; and seven great, grandchildren.

Frazee will be interred at the Eternal Hills Memorial Park.


Pat Frazee: I remember going over to Nanas and Papas every Sunday with the Lawson's, Tyler's, and Bressi's , many good memories as well as Christmas, Thanksgiving, and always an Easter egg hunt in that yard ! A couple of memories that I have are Nana playing Canasta, and she would always get us to rub her feet ! But many good memories of both of them as well as time with cousins and Aunts and Uncles ! Great times growing up there

Susan Frazee-Kurner: After I learned to drive, I would stop to see her sometimes. She had a white German shepherd for a while, Martha Washington. She told me once that Uncle Earl would always ask her as the they passed the Mt. Whitney golf course. "Frances, do we need to make a stop at the market?" No matter what time of year, I think of her every time that we pass the golf course
 

Lyle Frederick Lawson - 4411

Frederick Lawson Rites Held

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. today for Frederick Lawson, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle N. Lawson, 2862 Highland Drive, Carlsbad. Father Michael Nolan presided at the services at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oceanside for the boy.

The youth died at 12:45 a.m. Saturday in the Oceanside hospital after only a brief illness.

Survivors, in addition to the parents, include twin sisters, Janice and Jennifer; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Frazee, Sr., of Oceanside; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawson of Carlsbad, and numerous other relatives residing in the two cities.

Son of a prominent young farmer in this area, the deceased last year attended the Carlsbad Elementary School.

Berry’s Mortuary was in charge of funeral arrangements with interment in the Eternal Hills Memorial Park.

Blade Tribune – 8/24/1953

Lyle N. Lawson - 441S

I kinda feel sorry for Lyle because he and Mickie had two jobs for Frazee Flowers - one was to keep all the vehicles and devices running, but the other was to watch me and keep me away from the tools in the shop.  I suppose I helped keep his mind occupied by listening to his stories, though, so it might have balanced it out a bit. I wish I could remember any of them, but the problem is that I am a visual learner, so mostly I remember how Lyle looked and how he'd pack and light his pipe. 

Lyle Lawson

CARLSBAD – Lyle Lawson, 70, died Wednesday, November 22, 1989, at a hospital in La Jolla.

He was born October 7, 1919 in Idaho. He was a foreman for Frazee Flowers for 20 years.

He is survived by his wife, Marie Lawson of Carlsbad; son Anthony Lawson of Carlsbad; three daughters, Jennifer Larson, Janice Langen, and Elizabeth N. Lynch, all of Carlsbad; six grandchildren; two brothers, Rand Lawson of Oceanside; and Gary Lawson of Carlsbad; two sisters, Lorna Sarni of Boston, Mass.; and Donna Fikstad of Oceanside.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, November 26, 1989 at 1:00 p.m. at Eternal Hills Memorial Park.

Donations may be made in his memory to Scripps Research Center, La Jolla.

Services are under the direction of Eternal Hills Mortuary.

Blade – Citizen  11/25/1989

Malcolm Cleverdon "Mike" Frazee - 232

"I Liked Mike" - They ought to have made a campaign slogan of that - Mike had the most exciting stories and a regal voice with which to tell them. He had been an Air Force superstar and yet he was still the kid from the neighborhood (just 41 years older than me).  

Malcolm Frazee, 73

   VALLEY CENTER – Malcolm C. “Mike” Frazee, 73 died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1997, in his home.

   Born April 13, 1923, in San Diego, he lived in Valley Center his entire life. Joining the Air Force during World War II, he retired as a colonel in 1975.

   Mr. Frazee is survived by his sons, Dennis Frazee of Huntington Beach and Thomas Frazee of Winter Park, Fla.; sister Joan Smith of Seattle; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

   A private inurnment is planned on Jan. 30 at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

   The family suggests memorial donations to Elizabeth Hospice, 150 W. Crest St. Escondido, CA 92025.

  Poway-Bernardo Mortuary is handling arrangements.

North County Times January 29, 1997

Martin Jackson Mognett - 12S2

Martin J. Mognett, born June 27, 1883 in Phoenix, Ariz., died Monday at the Pioneer Home in Prescott.

He is from one of the pioneer families who helped settle the Salt River Valley. A master carpenter, he helped construct many of the early day homes in Phoenix. He is listed on the copper plaque in the Phoenix Court House as one of the first volunteer Firemen of Phoenix.

He was in business in Coolidge and Florence, and retired to Casa Grande.

He is survived by his wife, Anna R. Mognett; two daughters, Mrs. Dorman Bryce, Casa Grande, Mrs. Diana Pope, Sunland, Calif,; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He has one sister, Mrs. Ann Zenn, of La Crescencia, Calif.

Services will be held at Cole and Maud Mortuary in Casa Grande this Friday at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.

Henry Don Alexander - 12S3

Tucson Daily Citizen April 2, 1951 – Page 5

PHOENIX, Apr. 2.  -- The funeral of Henry Don Alexander, 58, World War I veteran and a member of the Flagstaff post of the American Legion, is to be held here this afternoon. Alexander died last Friday in Papago Park Veterans Hospital here.  He had made his home at 905 S. Central Ave. the past several years. For 20 years he was a civil engineer for the state highway department. He had lived in Arizona 46 years. He leaves his widow, Louise; his mother, Mrs. Sophia Alexander, and a sister, Mrs. Florence Gristing all of Phoenix.

Wilmonte and Mattie Tucker meet?

Crowned with Complete Success

 Phoenix long since earned the reputation of giving the most pleasant entertainments in the Territory and the second masquerade of the Ladies' Literary Society last evening fully sustained that reputation. For weeks preparations have been in progress and the result showed that the time has not been wasted. From the grand march at nine o'clock until the last dance nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the evening.  The management deserve the greatest credit. Seventy couple were present. The music by the Phoenix Band was excellent. The supper was served by Mrs. Vessels of the Bank Exchange Dining Rooms and was pronounced by all to be the grandest spread ever gotten up in this city! The home market was taxed to its utmost, and a great many articles brought from California. The following are the names of those present as furnished by the doorkeeper.

 LADIES IN MASQUE. Mrs. Agnes Lucas as a Catholic priest..

Mattie Tucker as a Chinese Lady.

GENTLEMEN IN MASQUE

W. Frazee as a Turk

This party took place, Thursday  October 21st, 1880 when Wilmonte was 24 and Mattie was 22.  Wilmonte had moved to Phoenix from Ivanpah, California just a few months before, Mattie may also have been pretty new to town also as her mother is listed in Tombstone in the April 1880 Arizona Territorial Census. The couple wasn’t married until 2/12/1882, though, so although they most likely met this night, it wasn't love at first sight.

Helen Isabel Frazee-Bower - 24

Mrs. Frazee-Bower, Author, Dies At 64 

Campbellsville, Ky., June 25.

Mrs. Helen Frazee-Bower, 64, died at her home in Campbellsville Saturday after a long illness. Mrs. Bower was an author and poet and her works had appeared in Harpers, Saturday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, Ladies Home Journal, and other publications. She was widely known as a speaker and Bible teacher. She taught school many years in the Los Angeles public-school system.

The Louisville Courier-Journal  June 26, 1960

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Helen Frazee Bower, Noted Poet and Member of Pioneer Family Here, Dies

Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Frazee Bower, 64, a school teacher for 42 years and a noted poet, were held Wednesday afternoon at St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Compton. She was the daughter of the late Mrs. And Mrs. Isaac Frazee, who built Frazee’s Castle in Moosa Canyon before the turn of the century.

Mrs. Bower died Saturday at Campbellville, Ky., where she and her husband, William M. Bower, had moved in the past few years. She was invalided after being struck by a car in Los Angeles.  The Bowers, both former Escondidans, lived in Los Angeles for many years before moving to Kentucky.

A native Californian, Mrs. Bower and her husband had collaborated on a number of hymns. She wrote the words and he the musical score.

Surviving, besides her husband, are two sons, Richard L. Bower of Kentucky and David Bower of Norwalk; three daughters, Mrs. Becky Mann of Kentucky, Mrs. Ruth Vasquez of West Covina and Mrs. Lois Rollins of Long Beach; 15 grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Worsley of Laguna Beach, Mrs. Betty Moses of Claremont and Mrs. Edith Eckart of Pasadena.

The Reverend Bruce Kurrle, pastor of St. John’s Church at Compton, officiated at Wednesday’s last rites. He was assisted by the Reverend William Stoddard.  Burial was in Inglewod Memorial Park, under the direction of the Need Funeral Home.

Among those attending the funeral from Escondido were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Luther L. Murders and Mrs. Charles Zimmer. Mrs. Reed is a sister-in-law of the deceased and Mrs. Murders and Mrs. Zimmer are her nieces.

Escondido Times-Advocate June 30, 1960 

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World Famous Poet Makes Campbellsville Her Home

It has been said that a good writer is the person with full-orbed experiences and a sensitive heart and mind. Campbellsville has just such a person. She is Helen Frazee-Bower, one of America's finest writers of verse. Mrs. Frazee-Bower was born in California, the daughter of a landscape painter and writer. She is now the wife of a musician and the mother of five grown children. Two of her children, Lanier Bower and Mrs. W. R. Mann live here. 

 Lanier Bower is a talented musician and is director of the youth work at the Campbellsville Methodist Church. Mrs. Frazee-Bower has had a rich and full life. Besides being a noted author, she has taught in the Los Angeles City School System, has been a well-known speaker, and Bible teacher. 

 In November, 1955, the busy life of the author was interrupted when she was struck down by an automobile in Los Angeles. Since that time she has been paralyzed from her shoulders down. But her poetry continues with the aid of her husband, to whom she dictates her work. Although confined to a wheelchair at present, her fine mind is still active. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Bower moved this fall from California to Campbellsville and they have just completed their new brick home on Poplar Street, just at the rear of their daughter's home.

 A devout woman, her poems and stories have a deeply spiritual nature. Her work has appeared in many religious publications, in most of the better poetry magazines, and in Harper's, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping and other periodicals. She has received many awards and her sonnet, Retreat, won first prize in the Robert Browning poem contest in California. This fall, Mrs. Frazee-Bower's latest book of religious poems, "Garment of Paradise," was published by Bruce Humphries, Inc., Boston. Copies may be ordered from the author at $2.75 each. 

 Her poems have been widely used by ministers and in radio broadcasts. They have been extensively reprinted and some have been set to music. The November 15th issue of Saturday Evening Post carries one of Mrs. Frazee-Bower's latest poems, "This Is To Walk," which greatly exemplifies her great faith and love of life. Reprinted below is her poem, "This Is To Walk."

I walk, for walking is not steps alone
In delicate precision, each on each.
But walking is all motion I have known:
Bright curves of waves along the sun-swept beach,
Slight stir of silver poplar leaves, the long
Slow undulations of the ripened grain
Wind-tossed and in the quiet dusk, the song
That falls in slender cadences of rain.
This is to walk: Not just to lift the feet,
But oh, to lift the hear wherever breaks
The tide of motion, to take up the beat,
The pulse, the rhythm, though the body aches
With grim frustration, all the senses thrill.
This is to walk - while lying still, so still.

The Central Kentucky News-Journal, December 13, 1956

Elizabeth Moses Fuller - 261

Elizabeth Moses Fuller

June 06, 2014 6:42 PM  Claremont Courier 

Exceptional artist, seeker of origins

An important figure in the Claremont art scene for more than half a century, Elizabeth Moses Fuller died at her home on Eighth Street on May 22, 2014, surrounded by her family and the art work that she had created over a lifetime. ‘Liz’ Fuller was 84 years of age.

The daughter of Paul and Betty Moses was born in Santa Rosa, California on November 17, 1929. The family subsequently settled in Ontario where Paul Moses was a member of the faculty at Chaffey High School. Both Liz and her late brother, Richard ‘Dick’ Moses, attended and graduated from Chaffey High School. Liz also attended Chaffey College. She was proud of her course work at Chouinard Art Institute and later received her master of fine arts degree from Claremont Graduate School.

Liz was married to James Fuller, also a noted artist, for 63 years and together they pursued a life in the arts throughout those years. Jim is a painter and printmaker, and Liz developed an extraordinary gift for textile design and fabric sculpture.

Liz was known for her keen wit and kind heart—she was, her family notes, a wonderful mother and grandmother, wife and friend who shared her keen insights and sense of humor with those who knew her. She was especially drawn to the origin of things: ancient designs of the world, fabric making and surface design, languages and poetry and music of the world. A voracious reader, Liz was described by Jim as “being snagged by the printed word.” She combined her learning into original and rich insights, many of which she transformed into art. When asked about her interest and intensity in reading, she said, “I am looking for clues.” Her curiosity and creativity inspired those around her.

The Fullers raised their three daughters in Claremont. In addition to her husband Jim, Liz leaves Mary and Griff Roberts of Claremont, Phoebe and Richard Graham of Irvine, and Suzanne and James Braswell of Miami, Florida as well as grandson Martin Roberts and his wife Elizabeth, grandson Paul Roberts of Claremont and great-grandson Aylen of San Francisco .

Her family recalls that Liz adhered to the ‘Navajo Blessing Way Prayer’ in her originality and love.

A memorial service in honor of Liz Fuller will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 1127 N. San Antonio Ave. in Ontario. A reception follows at the church.

—Pat Yarborough

In beauty may I walk.

All day long may I walk.

Through the returning seasons  may I walk.

On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.

With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk.

With beauty may I walk.

With beauty before me, may I walk.

With beauty before me, may I walk.

With beauty before me, may I walk.

With beauty before me, may I walk.

With beauty above me, may I walk.

With beauty below me, may I walk.

In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, on a trail of beauty, may I walk.

In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.

It is finished in beauty.

It is finished in beauty.

Ruth B. Vasquez - 244

Ruthie Vasquez was born in Los Angeles on February 22, 1928. She was the fourth of five children born to William Bower and Helen Frazee-Bower.

She was married in 1947 to Johnny Vasquez and was blessed with five children: David, Danny, Linda, Donnie and Duane. Ruthie loved being a wife and mother.

Ruthie is predeceased by her sister Lois, her brothers Lanier and David, her sons Donnie and Dan and her husband Johnny of 62 years.

Ruthie is survived by her sister Becky Mann of Louisville, KY, her son David & wife Linda, her daughter Linda & husband Allin, her son Duane & wife Beckie and her daughter-in-law Bev Audet & husband Ray. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren, Danny, Jenny, Jody, Todd, Troy, Travis, Allen, Johnny, Tommy, Johnny, Bobby, Duana, Donnie, Diana, Dawna and Billy as well as her 28 Great-Grandchildren.

Memorial Service will be held on Monday, November 30, 2015 at Christ First Church on 200 N. Second St. Covina at 2pm.

Ruthie's faith and love of family was unsurpassed. We all love her so much and will miss her deeply.

San Gabriel Valley Tribune  Nov. 27, 2015

Anna Semecnovna Frazee - 213 S

Mrs. Lotcell-Frazee

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna S. Frazee, 3106 Washington Boulevard, who died Tuesday in Walter Reed Army Hospital at Washington, D.C., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in All Saints Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Tomsk, Siberia, Mrs. Frazee had lived here about 10 years. She was a member of St. George's Syrian Orthodox Church. Survivors include her husband, Lowell Frazee, and two sons, Georgi and Vladimir Frazee, all of Indianapolis. A memorial service will be held at 8 p.m. today in Flanner and Buchanan Fall Creek Mortuary.

 Published on October 13, 1961 in The Indianapolis Star, Page 33

The Real Isaac Frazee - 2

Isaac Jenkinson Frazee was a high-minded, slightly eccentric visionary whose art, poetry, and personal philosophy helped to shape the cultural life of Southern California during the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries.  He was one of Southern California’s first local artists, whose unique impressionistic style gave his California landscapes a dreamy, opalescent quality.  His poems, published in periodicals and newspapers throughout the Southland, reflected his witty, philosophical personality, as well as his deep reverence for California’s natural beauty and its rich Spanish-American and Indian heritage.  His Indian pageant, Kitshi-Manido, was an inspiration to thousands of Southern Californians who responded to its simple message of love and service.  It dignified the Indian, and paid tribute to their ancient culture.  He eschewed the comforts and conveniences of civilization, making his home in the rugged mountains of northern San Diego County where he was surrounded by the wonders of nature.  In spite of his isolation, he loved people and had many friends and acquaintances throughout the world.  In 1893 he built an authentic Scottish tower on his ranch, which served as both a romantic family castle and a Hopi estufa—or council chamber.  Whatever dream he followed––living in a medieval castle among the wonders of nature, producing a pageant based on the spiritual beliefs of the American Indian, or developing a personal lifestyle of love, harmony with nature, and service to mankind––he always shared his dreams freely with those around him.  And, his life ended just as he hoped it would; tired, content, and happy at the age of 84, he “climbed into Mother Nature’s arms, where she gently rocked him fast asleep.”

Read the full essay:
The Real Isaac Frazee

Rodney Asbury Walker 221S

Rodney Walker; Noted Designer, Home Builder

June 21, 1986

Rodney Walker, a home designer and builder who helped pioneer an architectural style of simple forms and extensive use of wood, has died in Ojai at age 75. His family said he had been ill with cancer for six years.

Walker, who was born in Salt Lake City Sept. 15, 1910, studied engineering and art at UCLA, then worked for a time for the late Los Angeles architect Rudolph M. Schindler. He preferred to be the builder of the homes he designed, in order to make certain that his ideas were carried out. He was known for being able to hold down construction costs.

Walker designed numerous "case-study" homes, exploring the adaptability of new ideas in small houses. Some of his work will be featured in an upcoming display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles.

He had lived since 1958 in the Ojai home that he designed and built and that he considered his masterpiece. After he discontinued home designing and contracting, he ran the Oaks hotel in Ojai for the past 15 years and operated a store in which he sold jewelry that he crafted.

He died Wednesday. He is survived by his wife, Dorothea; sons, Craig, Bruce and Mark, as well as twin daughters, Ellen Langston and Lisa Kaufman. He also leaves a sister.

Craig Walker said a memorial service will not be held until August to permit one of the sons to come from his home in Australia.

 Los Angeles Times