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Betsy Frazee - 2S


Mrs. Frazee Succumbs At Laguna Beach


Funeral services for Mrs. Betsy Frazee, 92, pioneer resident of Moosa Canyon who died Saturday at the home in Laguna Beach, were conducted Tuesday from South Laguna Mortuary. Internment followed at Loma Vista Cemetery in Fullerton.

Mrs. Frazee and her husband, Isaac, moved to Moosa Canyon in 1890 and built Frazee Castle, which is still standing. Mr. and Mrs. Frazee were married in Bonsall June 25, 1885.

The Frazees produced a play, “The Indian Peace Pageant” for several years at a natural amphitheater near their Moosa Canyon home. The play, with musical background, attracted visitors from thruout the Southland.

She was born in Louisville, Ky. Nov. 21, 1863 and resided in the southern part of Oceanside before she and Mr. Frazee moved to Moosa Canyon.

The Frazees left their Moosa Canyon home in 1930, moving to Laguna Beach where they built their studio. Mr. Frazee succumbed there in 1942.

Mrs. Frazee wrote a book entitled “Journeying Thru the Years.” She had completed a manuscript on another book at the time of her death.

William C. Frazee, last surviving son of Mrs. Frazee, died six days before his mother’s death. He succumbed in his home at Fairfield.

Four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Worsley of Laguna Beach, Mrs. Betty Moses of Ontario, Mrs. Edith Eckhart of Pasadena, and Mrs. Helen Bowers of Los Angeles, survive. In addition to 38 grandchildren, including Mrs. Jean Trussell of San Marcos, and 35 great grandchildren.

Escondido Times Advocate  March 21, 1956, page 1.

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