Billie Dolores Frazee - 435S

 

Billie Dolores Frazee

February 20, 1933 – February 27, 2026

Billie Dolores Frazee passed away in Carlsbad, California, on February 27, 2026, at the age of 93. Born on February 20, 1933, in Geary, Oklahoma, to Doyce and Billie Marie Hedrick, Dolores moved with her family to California as a young girl. She attended elementary school in Fallbrook before the family settled in Carlsbad, where her father managed Rancho Cielito for film producer William Seiter and actress Marion Nixon.

A proud graduate of Oceanside-Carlsbad High School, Dolores was a spirited student who served as a majorette and was crowned the “Days of San Luis Rey” Rodeo Queen. It was during these school years that she met the love of her life, Robert “Bob” Frazee. They were married on February 11, 1951, at the Carlsbad Union Church and made their home in Carlsbad.

While supporting Bob throughout his career and later his time in public office, Dolores was a force in her own right. She was an active member of the Carlsbad Union Church, the Carlsbad Republican Women’s Club, and the Legislative Spouses Association. An athlete at heart, she was an avid swimmer—proudly earning her 50-mile Red Cross patch—and a regular on the tennis courts with her friends. As her daughters grew older, Dolores turned her passion for exploration into a career as a travel agent, facilitating the many world adventures she and Bob shared.

Dolores was preceded in death in 2009 by her beloved husband, Robert. She is survived by her daughters, Susan Kurner (Rick) and Nancy Frazee; her grandchildren, Robert Kurner and Charlotte Yonker (Derek); and her great-grandchildren, Everett and Hailey. She is also survived by her sisters, Linda Russell (Skip) and Judith Dobbins, as well as several nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to acknowledge the compassionate services of North County Hospice and the staff at Tri-City Hospital.

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Celebration of Life

Family and friends are invited to celebrate the life of Dolores on March 18, 2026 at Eternal Hills Memorial Park, 1999 El Camino Real, Oceanside, CA 92054. Services begin at 1:00pm with an onsite reception to follow.

A Committal Service will be held at Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Mortuary and Crematory, 1999 El Camino Real, Oceanside, CA 92054, US, on March 18, 2026, from 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm.

Rebecca Anne Bower - 243

 Becky Mann

Most of these ancestors/relatives I'm writing about, I've grown up with and have had years of memories to dissect and distil into a choice anecdote which I feel reflects their character the best way possible.  Cousin Becky is not like that, although in the seven years I've known her, keeping in touch with out common love of genealogy, I genuinely wish that she was someone who I'd grown up with.

I first contacted her niece, Linda Vasquez Everman, when I was looking to find all descendants of William Doniphan Frazee and I suspect because of her, Cousin Becky reached out to find me.  I was so fresh into the search at that point that I was afraid she wasn't that closely related.  I mean, how many 91-year-old cousins should I expect to find? She was the last surviving of five siblings.  She was among the last three surviving granddaughters of W.D. however.  Now that she's died, there are just two with as far as I've found seven remaining third generation spouses.

So, I soon learned what a resource she was and she regularly encouraged me to keep after the Frazee research, hoping that I'd find some new info or a new photo or telephone listing for her to enjoy.  I certainly have added lots more information thanks to her requests.  I'm sure that she's happy that I added her information to familysearch and been able to link her records to that of Dr. Mann finally. Although, she would have preferred reading about it.  As I'm not sure who will inspire me towards more work on the subject, I will genuinely say that ladies like her don't come around very often and that she will be missed by a great many people, including myself.

August 26, 1925 Escondido— March 30, 2024   Louisville

Becky Mann of Louisville, daughter of the late William Bower and Helen Frazee Bower, was born August 26, 1925, in Escondido, California.

She went to be with the Lord in the early hours of the morning on Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Louisville.  She was 98 years, 7 months, and 4 days old.  She would have been 99 in August.

She professed faith in Christ and served him faithfully all the years of her life.  She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.

Paraphrased from God’s description of a virtuous and capable woman in Proverbs 31:10-31:

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above emeralds.  Her husband can trust her, she will greatly enrich his life.  She brings him good, not harm all the days of her life.  She brings food from the garden to feed her family.  She is energetic and strong.  She makes her dealings profitable.  Her lamps burn late into the night.  Her hands are always busy.  She extends her hand to the poor and needy.  She is clothed with strength and dignity.  She labors without fear of the future.  When she speaks, her words are wise.  She gives instruction with kindness.  She carefully watches over her household and is not lazy.  Her children stand and bless her.  Her husband praises her always.  There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all.  Charm is deceptive and beauty does not last.  But a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.  Reward her for all she has done.  Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.

Becky united in marriage with Dr. W.R. “Doc” Mann on April 12, 1946.   “Doc” preceded her in death on May 4, 1992.

She is survived by two daughters and one son: Dr. Barbara Freeman of Parrish, Florida, Bill Mann and wife, Genez of Taylors, South Carolina, and Beth Reynolds and husband, Tim of Campbellsville; eight grandchildren: Jeff Mobley and wife, Joanna of Greenville, South Carolina, Billy Mann and wife, Lisa of Campobello, South Carolina, Dr. Becky Antle and husband, Paul Bliss of Louisville, Lori Mann of Taylors, South Carolina, Jeff Reynolds and wife, Tonya of Campbellsville, Ryan Reynolds and wife, Kristin of Tampa, Florida, Josh Mann of Campbellsville, Caleb Mann of Campbellsville; six great-grandchildren: Mackenzie Antle, Trevor Antle, Hunter Mobley, Braden Antle, Christian Reynolds, and Noah Reynolds; many extended family members: nieces, nephews, cousins, chosen children and grandchildren she considered her own, and many close friends dear to her heart. 

She was a true prayer warrior and she prayed for her family, her friends, and those in need of God’s mercy and healing every day.  She even left behind her current prayer list as she passed the torch on to the next generation.

In addition to “Doc,” welcoming her into the kingdom of Heaven was a fellowship of those family and friends preceding her in death, including:   a son, Patrick Douglas Mann, a granddaughter, Bethany “Boo” Anne Mann, and two brothers and two sisters:  Richard Bower, David Bower, Lois Rollins, and Ruth Vasquez.

William McMicken Bower - 24S

ESCONDIDO — Services were held in Campbellsville, Ky., and Norwalk for William M. Bower, 89, a former Escondido resident. He died Sept. 19 at Taylor County Hospital in Campbellsville.

He was born May 14, 1890, in Letcher, S.D., and served in the U.S. Army in World War I. He was a division civil engineer for the Richfield Oil Co. for 27 years before his retirement.

Mr. Bower had been a member of the Los Angeles Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He composed the march that won a contest and was featured at the World's Fair in San Francisco in 1915. He was a chief musician-arranger for Hollywood film maker D.W. Griffith and his compositions have been played by the Chicago Symphony.

In addition to conducting several orchestras and choirs, Mr. Bower was author of the book "Modern Concepts of Music." He and his wife, the former Helen Frazee, produced numerous articles, five books and 38 religious songs.

His wife died June 25, 1960.

During his later years, he made his home at Campbellsville and was a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.

Surviving are three daughters, Becky Mann of Campbellsville, Ruth Vasquez of West Covina, and Lois Rollins of Massillon, Ohio; tow sons, Richard L. Bower of Campbellsville and David Bower of Norwalk; 15 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and a cousin, Bulah Zimmer of Escondido.

Burial was in the Inglewood Cemetery in Los Angeles County.

 Times-Advocate (Escondido, California) - Thursday, October 4, 1979

Remaining Obituaries Needed for the first Three Generations of Frazee Descendants

 

57 obits still needed

1S Margaret Tucker Frazee b. 3/3/1857 in Fresno, California d. 5/20/1934 in Phoenix, Arizona

11 Wilmonte Doniphan Frazee 2nd.  b. 1/10/1883 d. 10/?/1971 in Dade County GA

11S1. Jeannie “Creola” W. Stockwell b. 1/5/1881 in Shreveport, Louisiana d. 7/29/1950 in Dade County GA

11S#2. Willetta Maxson Rickabaugh b. 2/28/1893 d. 9/23/1983 in Dade County GA

112. Titus Alexander Frazee b. 10/30/1907 in Arizona died 1/10/1984 in Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia.

112S1 Eva Lydia (Donahue) Hulbert b. 6/29/1900 in Healdsburg, CA. She dies as Eva Lydia Sturges on May 15, 1968

11A1 Homer Maxson Rickabaugh, b. 8/20/1919 in San Fernando, Calif. d. 5/21/1994 in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas

11A2 Albert Rickabaugh, b. 3/27/1921 in Alhambra, Calif. d. 12/2/1994 in Orange, Calif.

11A3 Donald Edward Rickabaugh b. 10/24/1922 in Los Angeles County d. 10/23/2010 Eugene?

11A4 Harriett Elizabeth “Betty” Rickabaugh b. 3/9/1924 in Los Angeles d. 4/30/2013 in Witt Springs, Arkansas

12. Louise Pauline Frazee Alexander b. 12/9/1884 d. 7/16/1957 in Phoenix

12S1  Joseph I. Ross b.?/1880  d. ? filed for divorce 12/29/1906 Los Angeles barber.

132S. Jeannette Ellen Maret Collins b. 1(7)/12/1909 d. 8/26/1996 in San Francisco 

14. Mary Cameron Frazee Hugg b. 1/27/1891 d. 1/30/1944 in Phoenix

21. William Addison Cooper Frazee b. 5/1/1886 d. 3/11/1956

21S  Doris or Dorothy Marian White (or Waite) Frazee b. 10/27/1894 d. 1/14/1978

211. Wilton Jenkinson Frazee b. 11/14/1914 d. 12/17/2006 in Bend, Deschutes, Oregon

211S1 Elizabeth May Burmahln Frazee b. 3/14/1917 d. 4/6/1991 in San Diego, Calif.

212S. Victor Van Ness b. 10/24/1894 d. 5/31/1968 in Hollywood, California

214S. Martin Cyrus Rice b. 4/26/1920 d. 6/17/1996 in Los Angeles County

216. Kathryn Patricia “Kitty Pat” Frazee b. 3/9/1929 in San Diego d. 8/22/2015 No info.  Five words

222. Shirley “Susan” Worsley Ramsey b. 4/28/1919 in Fullerton, Calif.d.5/14/2002 died in Glendale, CA

23S Meta Gertrude Rettig Frazee b. 8/7/1898 in New York d. 5/2/1984 in the U-District, Seattle, WA.

242. David Frazee Bower b. 6/30/1924 d. 12/11/1997 in Orange County, Calif.

244S. John William Vasquez b. 1/20/1927 in Los Angeles, Calif. D. 1/20/2009

25. Nahda Rebecca Frazee Wheeler  b. 3/8/1898 d. 10/15/1952 death announcement only LA Times

25S Samuel Morse Wheeler b. 4/27/1888 d. 6/17/1972

251. Margaret Joyce Wheeler Derrick b. 7/22/1920 in California d. 6/11/1998 in Bakersfield

251S. John Wine Derrick b. 2/14/1910 in Texas d. 1/22/1985 in San Acacia, New Mexico

252. Virginia Jane? Morse Wheeler Howard b. 4/9/1922 in California d. 6/21/1988 in Kern County, Calif.

252S. James Wilbert Howard b. 3/16/1910 in Oklahoma d 12/31/1972 in Los Angeles.

253. Alison Ruth Wheeler Sexton  b. 10/6/1926 in San Diego County, CA d. 8/2/1994 in West Covina

253S. Daniel George Sexton b. 8/16/1903 in Pennsylvania d. 8/4/1996 in Covina

254. Samuel Isaac Wheeler b. 9/16/1928 in California d. 5/16/1930. In Downey, CA

256. James David Wheeler b. 9/21/1937 Los Angeles County, Calif. d. 6/1/2005 in La Puente, Los Angeles  County

257. Joel Dickinson Wheeler b. 1/30/1939 d. 12/19/2000 in Pomona

26. Bettie Dickinson Frazee Moses b. 9/23/1901  d. 9/22/1978

262. Richard Lyman “Dick” Moses b. 5/19/1933 in Sonoma d. 3/8/2002 in Upland, CA

27. Edith Louise Frazee Eckart b. 3/25/1904 d. 2/19/1968 in Pasadena

41A1S1. Mary Townsend Moseley  b. 10/25/1915 in New Jersey. D.11/9/1962 in hospital in Philadelphia.

41A2. Margaret G. Moseley b. 1/7/ 1911 in Fresno, California d. 6/8/2007 in Santa Cruz, Calif.

411. Betty Harriette Frazee (also Beatrice) David b 3/28/1918 Berkeley, Alameda Co., California d. 3/20/1980 in Lower Lake, Lake County, CA

411S Harry Footit David b. 10/18/1910 in Mitchell, SD d. 7/26/1070 in Shasta, California.

412. Howard Harry Frazee b 9/9/1919 in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California d. 11/20/1994 in Los Altos, Santa Clara, CA

412S. Helen Delores Bowman b. 12/12/1926 d. 2/28/2018 in Redmond, Washington

431. Marjorie Mae Frazee Meikle b. 7/23/1915 Oceanside, San Diego County, California d. 9/10/1987 Novato, Marin County, California

431S. David Meikle b. 12/4/1915 Russian River, Calif. d. 5/10/2001 Petaluma, Sonoma County, California

433s3. Eleanor Pearl Rose (Schubert) Frazee b. 6/24/1922 in Sonoma, California  d. 12/17/2011 in Las Vegas  death announcement only

443S. James F. Bressi b. 4/25/1925 in San Fernando, California d. 3/10/1968 in Oceanside, California

444. Earl Vernon Junie Frazee b. 11/9/1927 d. 6/11/2017 in Carlsbad, California

445. Alma Mae Beebs Frazee Tyler  b. 4/4/1929 d. 11/4/2020 in Oceanside, California

45. Alma Mae Frazee Bonds b 8/24/1896 d 8/14/1992 in Culver City

45S  Vaughn J Bonds b. 9/29/1894 d. 3/18/1982 in Culver City

451. Vaughn J Bonds Jr. 2/3/1924 d. 12/14/2007 in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA

6. Francis Samuel Frazee b. 6/20/1868 in Ꙫ Indianapolis, Indiana d. 1878 in San Bernardino County, California

Harry M. Hugg - 14S

Harry M Hugg

Harry M. Hugg, 92, former parts manager for Packard Motor Co. in Phoenix, died (Wednesday) July 25, 1979, in Doctors Hospital. Private services will be held. Mr. Hugg, 2630 N. 15th St., came here from his native (Wellsboro) Pennsylvania (born December 20, 1886 to Joseph and Franziska Hugg - nee Goetz) in 1908. (He married Mary C. Frazee in 1917, but they had no children and she predeceased Harry by 35 years.) A nephew survives. (He is survived by nieces Anna Bittenbender, Mary Hugg, Anna Selwell, Rita Bumgarner, and Doris Siebold, as well as nephews Vincent and Joseph Hugg.)

Arizona Republic, July 27, 1979

James William O’Brien - 452S

 October 4, 1927 – August 12, 2022 James W. O’Brien, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died peacefully at home in Corona del Mar on August 12, 2022, at the age of 94. Wife of 68 years, Mavis, daughter Margie, son Jim, grandsons Porter, Cooper and Ellis, granddaughter Isabel and great-granddaughter Ada.

Jim grew up in Los Angeles, attended Los Angeles High School, Menlo School, and graduated from USC, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. He graduated from Hastings College of Law, where he served as editor of the Law Review. Before starting his career in law, he served in both World War II and the Korean War, later as a naval aviation intelligence officer, circumnavigating the world on aircraft carriers.

Jim had a keen intellect, possessed compassion, an enduring sense of fairness, and a strong desire to give back to the community. He involved himself in various organizations. He served as president of the West Orange County YMCA, the Bowers Museum Foundation, and the president of the Orange County Bar Association. He was the recipient of the Orange County Bar Franklin G. West Award in 1991 for his lifetime achievements in advancing justice and the law.

He believed that because the practice of law had made a lavish life for his family, he had to give something to his profession in return. After the family moved from Los Angeles to Orange County in 1967, he began serving on the Orange County Bar Association’s board of directors. In 1987, he was elected to the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California. He also served on the California Commission on Judicial Performance and was appointed a presiding judge for the State Bar Court. Colleagues valued his ability to cut out outsiders and uncover the heart of the matter, while treating everyone with the utmost respect.

In 1980, he joined a small group of judges and lawyers to help raise free legal services for low-income residents in Orange County, and Amicus Publico was born. It later became the Public Law Center, working to address systemic injustices that plagued the poor. He firmly believed that justice should serve all equally, and worked to remove the barrier of poverty on the path of equal justice.

While his professional achievements were significant, they pale in comparison to his commitment to his family. He was a passionate skier, first skiing at Mammoth in the 1940s, when Dave McCoy was driving a moveable rope tow with a car engine. He made sure his children developed a love for the sport, and the family took the Countess of Mammoth trips and resorts across the Rocky Mountains.
Throughout his life he found new things to spark his interest; He and Mavis developed a keen interest in contemporary art, and traveled extensively. He became a master chef who enjoyed cooking for family and friends (Mavis ensured a beautiful presentation), and after his retirement he surprised us all by becoming a skilled woodworker.

He leaves a better world for his years of service and a family forever grateful for his guidance and exceptional example. His final years were transformed by Alzheimer’s disease, but even as he slowly (and sometimes painfully) left us, his cordial essence always shone. He faced the hardships of this terrible disease with grace, discovering a new wonder at the simple beauties and kindness of life.
He was the best gentleman and the best man of the greatest generation. Our heart is full of love and gratitude.

There will be a private ceremony.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name:
Publiclawcenter.org

Published by the Los Angeles Times on August 21, 2022.

James Seeley Fuller - 261S

 

James Fuller

Father, artist, teacher

James Seeley Fuller died peacefully in his home on November 28, 2017, with his loving family and the warm regard of many friends surrounding him. He was 90 years old.

He was born October 2, 1927, to Howard and Anne Billinghurst Fuller in Pierre, South Dakota. His childhood home was in Fargo. He was one of four beloved siblings, Lucille Fuller Moses, Hiram Fuller and Thaddeus Fuller, all of whom have died.

Mr. Fuller was blessed with a long and productive life in art. He came to California in 1947, attending Chaffey College in Ontario, and studying with Henry McFee. He went to UC Berkeley, where he earned a bachelor's and then a master's degree in fine art. He was a painter in oils, watercolor and acrylics and a master printmaker and sculptor. He was always working, his family shared.

The greatest blessing in his life was to find and marry Elizabeth Moses, his family said. She preceded him in death in May 2014. "Liz and Jim were true mates and they both followed the 'Beauty Way,'" Mr. Fuller's daughter, Mary, related. "Each day, in their later years together, they would alternate with a kind of invocation: 'Well, today you do the beauty part.' Liz was a wonderful artist as well, and together they gave their gifts to the world and as praise and thanksgiving."

Mr. Fuller was a modest man for all of his gifts, yet he had a wry wit and twinkle in his eye, his family shared. He was, among other things, a beloved teacher. He taught art at UC Berkeley, Cal State University Los Angeles, UC Davis and Claremont's Scripps College, as well as numerous workshops and classes including at the Laguna Beach School of Art. He encouraged many students and colleagues over the years, his family added, "best of all in his teaching, he was open to share and listen. He was curious and graceful and masterfully skilled. He was generous."

He believed that "drawing is seeing." He always began with drawing what he sought to convey in painting, so that he could get close to the essence or presence of what was before him. He was inspired by nature: running water, stones, mountains and growing things. He thrived being outside, standing in a river, fly fishing, walking in the hills or standing on the Pacific shore. Mr. Fuller described the act of making art as "empathy," and said he sometimes felt that he "almost got there to feel the embrace of nature," as he worked. Making art was a joy he immersed himself in, his family shared.

Jim leaves behind three daughters, Mary Francesca Fuller Roberts (Griff Roberts) of Claremont, Phoebe Margaret Fuller Graham (Richard Graham) of Irvine, and Suzanne Beth Fuller Braswell (James Braswell) of Lompoc. He once said he was "a man rich in daughters."

He was the very proud grandfather of Martin James Roberts (Elizabeth Stampe) of San Francisco, Paul Griffith Roberts of Victorville, and a precious great-grandson, Aylen Stampe Roberts of San Francisco.

"Kindred Natures," a new show of Mr. Fuller's work, is on display at the Claremont Museum of Art through March 25. The museum is at 200 W. First St., in the Claremont Depot. More info is at claremontmuseum.org or (909) 621-3200.

January 12, 2018 | Claremont Courier (CA)

 

Elmo Collins 13S2

 "In this city (San Francisco), December 5, 1953, Elmo, dearly beloved father of Mrs. John (Bud) (John Cecil) Smith, loving grandfather of Jane Ann, Robert, Michael and John Smith, loving brother of Witney and Arthur Collins; a native of Kansas City, Missouri.

"Funeral Wednesday, December 9, at 9:15 a. m. from Earl J. Currivan's Chapel of the Sunset, Irving at 26th Ave. (Sunset District), thence to St. Cecilia's Church, 17th Ave. and Ulloa St., where a Requiem High Mass will be offered at 9:45 a. m.  Internment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery. Rosary Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock."

San Francisco Examiner December 7, 1953

Elmo lived a full and interesting life.  He was born on March 13, 1880 to Richard Collins and Elmira Norris Collins. At one time or another he claimed to have been born in Caldwell, Kansas, Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, Kansas, Mexico, and California. Because of the odd specificity of it, I assume the true location was Caldwell.  His confusion is understandable, however, as his brothers are born 16 months and five hundred miles apart from each as the family heads slowly, but reliably west.

As a young man in Phoenix, he meets a well traveled and experienced woman, 51 year-old Lucy Abell, with two husbands and four children under her belt, and despite his being merely 22, he marries her. Lucy had been the dutiful wife of a county accessor in California who'd dumped her over for an older woman; Lucy had been 17 years his junior, and Susanna was merely 8 years.  Lucy had traveled through multiple states and at least one marriage in the previous 14 years, but now she would move to Glitzy San Francisco with a husband younger than all four of her children.

A decade later, the couple decided to adopt a girl they named Virginia and Elmo worked steadily as a planer in a saw mill.  In 1923, Lucy died, and eventually, his sickly parents move in with them.  Considering that Elmira Collins dies in 1929 and Richard Collins in 1931 and Helen Frazee Collins begins divorce proceedings from Elmo's brother Arthur just after Richard's death and she and Elmo then marry March 31, 1932.  It isn't too great a stretch to imagine that they would have wanted to be together sooner had not his parents objected, perhaps as early as 1923 when Lucy had died.

Whether true or not, the couple endured until her death in 1944.  After that, like any old man wanting to move out to pasture, Elmo found a way, moving from San Francisco to the Straus dairy ranch on Tomales Bay, in Marin County.  In a romantic story, that's where his life would have ended, but in 1951 his first granddaughter, Jane Ann is born, and perhaps that pulled him back into his family's life because it was in busy San Francisco, rather than dusty Tomales Bay where Elmo died on December 5, 1953.

Helen Isabel Frazee - 13

HELEN I COLLINS

Helen Isabel Collins was born December 5, 1886, likely near Cave Creek, Arizona where her father, Wilmonte Doniphan Frazee, was the granjero for the Arizona Canal Company, maintaining the canals that fed water to Phoenix. She liked getting out of the desert, though, because she made trips to California during the summers of her 17th, 19th, and 20th years, and in that third trip, she married Arthur Lathrope Collins in Los Angeles, 

Arthur was an engineer and moved the family to El Paso, Bisbee, and Sewell, Chile, but that doesn't appear to have appealed to her because in the World War I draft documents, He lived in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico and Helen and her sons lived with her parents in Phoenix.

Eventually, the family moves to the city of Eagle Rock in the L.A. basin and Arthur works as a civil engineer and construction manager for many of the large buildings going up in Los Angeles County.  Things look great in the 1930 census, but appearances are deceiving, because they were soon divorced. Then, on March 31, 1932 she married his widowed, older brother, Elmo Collins, and moved up to San Francisco, where Elmo was an apartment manager. She took along her teenage son, Arthur Shirley Collins, this ended up working out well for Shirley because he ended up marrying Elmo's next door neighbor, Jannette Maret.

Helen died May 7, 1944. She was predeceased by sister Mary Hugg or Phoenix, and she is survived by Elmo, Richard Hill Collins of Phoenix, and Arthur Shirley (Jannette) Collins of San Francisco, as well as sister Louise Alexander of Phoenix and brother (Will)Monte Frazee of Wildwood, Georgia

Arthur Lathrope Collins 13S1

ARTHUR LATHROPE COLLINS 

20 November 1881 to 20 February 1954

TUESDAY, FEB. 23, 1954 - Funeral Planned for Arthur Collins, Engineer who had lived in Los Angeles 33 years. He was a member of the Tucson Consistory, Knights Templar; he was a 32nd degree Mason and belonged to Perfect Ashlar Lodge 12, Funeral services for Arthur Lathrop Collins, 72, construction engineer, who died of a heart attack Saturday evening in his home at 5136 Ellenwood Place, will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the St. Barnabas Church, Eagle Rock. Masonic services will be conducted at the graveside in the Grandview Cemetery. Mr. Collins was the superintendent of construction at the F&AM, Bisbee, Ariz. He leaves his widow, Mabel T. Collins; two sons, Richard H. and Arthur S. Collins, both of Los Angeles, and a brother, Whitney Collins, of Long Beach. Arrangements are under the direction of the Utter-McKinley-Cresse Eagle Rock Mortuary, 4824 Eagle Rock Blvd.

Los Angeles Daily News

 Los Angeles Times February 23, 1954

 Please note that it was not Mabel Troutman who was the Frazee. She was his third wife. His first was Helen Isabel Frazee - 13 who divorced him in 1930. His second wife was Alcea Mack Blair with whom he seems to have been having a long standing affair while he was off in far off places working as an engineer.  Alcea died  21 May 1949 and he doesn't actually marry Mabel until 19 October 1952.  Their marriage only lasts 16 months, but Mabel lives another 35 years.  This comes of little surprise because she was 19 years younger than her husband with the bad heart.

 

W. D. Frazee's Obituary in the Redlands Citrograph

 WILLIAM DONIPHAN FRAZEE

The Oceanside Blade of last week contained this item:

"Rev. W. D. Frazee passed away Thursday, May 29, at an advanced age, at the home of his son I. J. Frazee, at Moosa.  Rev. Frazee was a familiar figure in Oceanside in early days. He has been quite active for a person of his years until just recently. All will learn with regret of the death of one who was universally liked and respected for his many kindly traits and consistent life."

This brief item brought a pang of sorrow to our heart. We had known William Doniphan Frazee ever since the early '50's. In the later '50's he and Dr. William Craig, the father of this editor, were partners in the drug business in Indiana.

Mr. Frazee married in Winchester in that state, on his return from California a successful gold digger. He was a man of most generous impulses, freely and gladly giving away his substance, in some cases, to the impoverishment of his family. One notable instance we recall, was his gift of a magnificent museum to the Indiana state university, in which was included a splendid collection of land and marine shells and many rare and valuable books.

During the Civil War Mr. Frazee was closely and intimately connected with Governor Oliver . Morton, and to him, as much as to any one man, is due the defeat of the Morgan raid, and, probably, the secession of Indiana from the Union. His experiences with the Knights of the Golden Circle form and unwritten chapter of the history of the war that is of thrilling and absorbing interest.

Mr. Frazee came to California the last time about 1874 or '75, living first at San Bernardino, where he was well Known and universally loved. His wife "Aunt Rebecca," is buried in the old city cemetery.  Of his children, three are yet living, two in San Diego County, and one in Arizona.  Mr. Frazee was a pleasing and peculiar writer and had written much for apers and magazines, as well as several books.  He was 78 or 79 years of age, and we do not believe he had an enemy on Earth. We know we have lost a good, kind and true friend, and his children a loving, devoted and indulgent father.

Scipio Craig, Editor of the Citrograph

Natalie Joan Smith - 233

 N. Joan Smith 87 of Des Moines

Natalie Joan Smith was born in Vista, California on April 29, 1926 to Meta Gertrude Frazee.  Her father, Lewis Jenkinson Frazee had died making contact with a bare electric transmission wire over seven months before.  Her mother was still in negotiations with San Diego Gas and Electric over compensation.  $80,000 was asked for, $51,000 was awarded in court on March 4th, but the company appealed and threatened to fight on. On June 3rd, 1926 the two parties agreed on a compromise amount of $22,500. The family took in boarders to make ends meet until Joan's older brothers could help work the farm.

After graduating from Vista High School, she moved to a women's dormitory in Westwood to attend the University of California, Los Angeles , and remained there getting a job from the County social services department. A few years after, the Korean War started, and like her brothers, wanted to enlist so she became one of the 9000 members of the WAVES.  

In 1955, after finishing her enlistment, she returned to Westwood where she met and married Richard Smith.  The wedding took place on December 10th. She wore her grandmother's wedding dress and her brother Roderic walked her down the aisle, with niece Kathy as a junior bridesmaid and niece Peggy as a  flower girl.  

The young couple moved to the Seattle area where Joan died on February 17, 2014. She was predeceased by her husband, and both brothers.  She is survived by nieces Kathy Kinley and Peggy Gregory, and nephew Steve Frazee.

Richard Hugh Smith - 233S

 Smith, Richard H.

45 [years-old]. Born in [Orange County,] California. Came to Seattle area in 1956. He was very active in the Washington State Elks Assn. Youth Activities. Organist for the B. P. O. E. [Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks] Lodge, Renton 1809. Very active in Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting for the past 15 years. Body was donated to the University of Washington Medical School. Memorial services will be held [Saturday] Oct. 11 at 2 p. m., at the Fairwood Community United Methodist Church, 15255 S. E. Fairwood Blvd., Renton, 98055. He wished no flowers. Remembrances to be sent to the church or the Washington State Elks Therapy Project. Survivors are his wife, N. Joan [Natalie] and his mother, Mrs. Olive Kinne, Paradise, Calif.

Ruth Elizabeth Kulin Frazee - 433S1

 Ruth E. Kulin was born November 18, 1920 to Swedish immigrants, Otto and Ellen Kulin in Seattle, Washington. At 20 she married, John David Paris, a self-described juvenile delinquent who joined the marines as young as possible.  The marriage didn't last very long, but it did move Ruth down to Oceanside, California and also gave her John David Paris, Jr.  

Shortly after his return from Germany in World War 2, she met and married Ernie Frazee. This marriage lasted nearly a decade and firmly established David in San Diego's North County area.  

After another short stint as a single mom, Ruth married Jere Branton for another decade, but eventually she returned to the Seattle area to be with her widowed mother and obtained a divorce.

A year after the divorce, she married Wendell Wold the day after his divorce from Frances Hern Wold had become final. Wold, a 50-year-old machinist, will be her husband until her death in Tacoma, January 24th, 2000.  He dies just eight months later.

She is survived by her son, David Paris of San Marcos, his wife Catherine, and granddaughter Kelli.

Ila Dale Frazee - 41S

Ila D. Frazee

 LOWER LAKE - Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow for Ila Dale Frazee, 80, who died Thursday in a San Francisco hospital.

A native of West Virginia, she lived in California since 1906, moving to Lake County in 1954.

Survivors include her sons, Howard Frazee, Los Altos, and Glenn Moseley, Portland; her daughters, Margaret Schmidt, Montana; Beatrice David, Clearlake Oaks, and Helen Claire Logan, Alameda, and seven grandchildren.

Services will be held at the Jones and Lewis Mortuary and burial will be in Lower Lake Cemetery.

Sunday, September 1968 Santa Rosa Press Democrat page 8

Doniphan Harry Frazee - 41

Doniphan Frazee

Clearlake Oaks - Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow for Doniphan H. Frazee, 80, of Clearlake Oaks, who died Friday at his home on Manzanita Court.

Mr. Frazee was born in Oceanside and lived in Clearlake Oaks since 1955. He was a retired machinist.

He is survived by his wife, Ila Frazee of Clearlake Oaks, his son Howard Frazee of Los Altos, his step-son Glenn Moseley of Portland, Ore., daughters Mrs. Helen Claire Logan of Alameda and Mrs. Beatrice David of Clearlake Oaks, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Margaret Schmidt of Montana.

Three brothers and a sister survive, also, and seven grandchildren.

Services will be at Jones and Lewis Chapel at Lower Lake, with Rev. Milton Mead officiating. Burial will be at Lower Lake Cemetery.

Monday, March 13, 1967 Santa Rosa Press Democrat, page 2.

John Coulter Frazee - 4321

John with "Bella" in the barn/shop

 Born in the north San Diego County area, with dirt in his veins. He often said all he ever wanted to do was be a flower grower and would have done it for free, but was so grateful that he was able to make a living doing what he loved.

John was a hard worker from the get-go, caring for chickens and selling home grown vegetables to neighbors out of his wagon. He learned to drive a tractor at age 5, standing to reach the pedals. He had a paper route from his earliest opportunity and befriended all of the neighbors on his route.

Growing up in South Oceanside, John was in the first group of kids to attend South Oceanside Elementary School. He had a very close relationship with his grandfather, Frank ‘Pa’ Frazee, who lived a block over. The flower business was headquartered at Pa’s house so John spent a lot of time there. They also spent time dove hunting in the Imperial Valley, fishing in the Eastern Sierra, and relaxing at the family cabin at Tom’s Place.

When he was 14, John was allowed to farm an unused block of flowers and keep the proceeds, which enabled him to purchase his first car and buy his sweetheart Dianne an engagement ring, both while still in high school.

John and Dianne first had their eyes on each other when they were freshman at Oceanside Carlsbad High School, but Dianne lived in the Carlsbad school district, and when Carlsbad High School opened in 1957, she attended there. As fate would have it, her parents built a home in Oceanside, so she moved back to Oceanside High School for her senior year. Their first date was to the Winter Formal on Dianne’s birthday, December 13. Before they graduated the next June, they were engaged, and have been a team ever since. Dianne is also a 3rd generation native, a descendant of both the Borden and Kelly families. In 1965, they built a home in Carlsbad on an acre of land passed down from Dianne’s family. The property is part of the Rancho Agua Hedionda land grant, and is today one of the few remaining family-owned and occupied parcels of the Rancho. John and Dianne loved to host family and friends for gatherings large and small, and he was always working to make his home a welcoming place for all to enjoy.

John continued to work in the flower and bulb business when the warehouse was built on Oceanside Blvd in 1958, where he enjoyed working with friends and family. He delivered flowers up to the Los Angeles Flower Market three times a week for years, and drove to deliver seed and pick up bulbs and cut flowers all across Southern California, from Ponto to Camp Pendleton, and Rancho California to the Salton Sea.

He joined the Rotary Club in 1967 and embodied the Rotary motto of “service above self.” He had a perfect attendance record for over 20 years, attending other clubs’ meetings on weeks when he was out of town. He also supported numerous other organizations, including the Oceanside and Carlsbad Boys and Girls Clubs, the Armed Services YMCA, Heritage Park, Carlsbad Bobby Sox, and Brother Benno, always serving humbly behind the scenes. He was always the last to leave every gathering or event, because he stayed to clean up and leave the venue “better than he found it.”

John was close to his father-in-law, Emmett Cilley, who wanted a Model A Ford after driving one in high school. In 1975, John and Dianne intended to surprise Emmett with one as a retirement project. John’s brother, Harley, identified one for sale in the Los Osos area, and John and Dianne towed it down the California coast to give as a gift. But as the story goes, by the time they got home they had so fallen in love with that cute little car in the rearview mirror that they couldn’t help but keep it. Emmett soon found one of his own, and they restored them together. Those were the first of many cars that they restored and drove, always enjoying the smiles and joy they brought to others as they passed by.

John and Emmett first attended a Palomar Model A Club meeting in January 1976. Smitten with the hobby but especially the people, they immediately joined the club. John was tour leader the next year and club president the year after that. His enthusiasm for the hobby was infectious, and soon the club membership swelled by almost two dozen family and friends! The friends traveled together across the U.S.A. and the world, even shipping their A’s to Hawaii and Australia. With Dianne as his faithful co-pilot, the couple logged some 250,000 Model A miles together.

Everywhere he went he hoped to spread his love for A’s and especially for the people who they gathered.

John ran for the board of the national Model A Ford Club of America in 2002 as a way to give back to the hobby, but he ended up gaining even more. The friends he made as membership director, vice president, and then president, have been as close to him as family. He continued to be involved at the national level and attended regional and national meets all over the country. John’s shop and “parts house” were open to anyone who wanted to restore or just get a look at a Model A.

John went to be with the Lord on January 25, 2022, survived by Dianne, daughter Lisa, son David (Karyn), grandchildren Andy (Kelsey) and Alyssa Morgosh, Fernando, Jose and Diego Frazee, and great-grandchildren Bodie and Boone Morgosh, brothers Jim (Jan) and Harley (MaryLou), and too many close friends to count. John often said he was so grateful to have lived such a full life, enjoying family, friends, travel and fulfilling hobbies. His loving, gracious, and welcoming spirit is greatly missed by friends and family far and wide. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday,

March 12, 2022 at 11:00 at North Coast Calvary Chapel in Carlsbad

Anna Isabell "Polly" Frazee - 444S

 Anna Isabell 'Polly' Frazee
December 2, 1925 - October 26, 2018 Carlsbad

Anna Isabell "Polly" Frazee passed away peacefully in her home of 59 years in Carlsbad. Born one of five children, Anna Isabell Marron, to Reginald and Caroline Marron. She lived all her 92 years in Carlsbad. She attended Pine Avenue School, then graduated from Oceanside-Carlsbad High School in 1943. She met Earl Vernon "Junie" Frazee and later married him at Mission San Luis Rey November 12, 1949 after he returned from WWII. They lived their entire married life in Carlsbad. Junie and Polly raised five children, Mike, Pat, Tim, Tom and Carolyn, all graduating from CHS, Go Lancers! Junie & Polly were blessed with 13 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Polly worked at the Carlsbad High School cafeteria for over 35 years. She treated many of the students there like her own children. She used to sneak cinnamon rolls out the back door and cover for kids that could not afford lunch. Polly was one of CHS sports biggest fans. She attended every football, baseball and basketball game she could even if her children were not playing. Her love for baseball was evident when she got so excited every spring to watch the Padres, she knew all the players. She will be sorely missed by everyone who came to know and love her! A Rosary will be held at Oceanside Mortuary Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 6:30 PM. Funeral Services will be held at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Carlsbad, CA, Thursday November 15, 2018 at 10:00 AM.

Stephen Lanier Bower, M.D. - 2411

Stephen Lanier Bower, M.D. of Campbellsville, was welcomed into glorious eternity in Christ July 1, 2021.  Born in Los Angeles, California on October 14, 1942, the only son of the late Richard Lanier Bower and Marty Corbett Bower. He was 78.

He is survived by his wife, Karla Lacy Bower, whom he married October 26, 1969; one son and three daughters:  Brett Bower of Campbellsville, Heather Bower of Asheville, North Carolina, Sharalee Taylor and husband, DeWayne of Louisville and Shelley Peterson and husband, Cody of Bend, Oregon; five grandchildren: Dylan Fisher, Gabrielle Fisher, Ezekiel Taylor, Samuel Taylor and Clara Peterson; a special Aunt, Becky Mann of Louisville and other close relatives and friends.  He was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Nathaniel Bower.

He was a member of Campbellsville Baptist Church and lived to know and follow Christ more each day.

He was a graduate of Campbellsville High School and the University Of Kentucky College Of Internal Medicine. For many years, he practiced internal medicine and pulmonary care in Campbellsville prior to his work for Healthcare Review Corporation in Louisville, Kentucky.

A few of his enjoyments were spending time with his family, radio programs, teaching Bible study and research, as well as also spending time on his land in the country.

Stephen will be remembered most for his gentle-natured kindness, his humility and character, his love and genuine attentiveness unto others and his beautiful mind.

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VISITATION:  11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M., Friday, July 9, 2021 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICES: 1:00 P.M., Friday, July 9, 2021 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Dr. James E. Jones

BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO DONATIONS TO GIDEON MEMORIAL BIBLES AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME

Elizabeth M. Frazee - 442

 Elizabeth Frazee, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Frazee, died Tuesday at their home at South Oceanside, aged 25 days.  - From The Blade Tribune Jan. 3, 1924.

Elizabeth was born December 6, 1923 and died January 1, 1924.  She was survived by both parents, Earl and Frances Frazee, her older sister Marie Claire Frazee, as well as her grandmothers, Mattie Frazee and Leonore Osuna. She was predeceased by both grandfathers, Doniphan Frazee and Ramon Osuna, as well as uncle Albert Osuna who also died as an infant.