Roderic Alan Frazee - 231

RODERIC FRAZEE

Roderic Alan Frazee, 68, of Ontario died Jan. 29 at Ontario Community Hospital.

A quality assurance inspector for 20 years, he was a native of San Diego and an Ontario resident for two months.

He was a World War II Army veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Kathleen Kinley of Ontario and Peggy Frazee of Bakersfield; a son, Steven of Ontario; a brother, Malcolm of Valley Center; a sister, Joan Smith of Renton, Wash.; and two granddaughters.

Friends may call at Richardson-Peterson Mortuary from 10 a.m. to noon Friday.

Memorial services will be held at noon Friday at Richardson-Peterson Mortuary Garden Chapel. Interment will be in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside.

Richardson-Peterson Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Ontario Daily Report on January 31, 1990, pg. B8

Susan Isabel Frazee - 3

Susan Isabel “Sadie” Frazee was born on Friday, April 13, 1860, her lucky day she would explain. Her family, led by parents William and Rebecca Frazee moved from Indianapolis to a large ranch near San Bernardino, California in 1872.  With her little sister, Minnie, dying before the move and her mother dying four years later, by 16 she was the only woman and level head in a family of four adventurous, creative men*.  Her first California schooling was at Downey Academy and by 1878 she was teaching school at the Coahuila Indian Reservation near San Jacinto.  Later she moved to the back country of San Diego as she called her home near Oceanside.  In the 1880’s she began her course of study at Los Angeles Normal School, later taking work at Stanford and the University of California.

She began teaching at Pasadena High School in 1902, retiring in 1934.  She said, “I was supposed to be teaching English, but I was not, I was teaching life, preaching sermons, teaching what is life.” And then she added that her brothers taught her more than what she learned in college.  With gleaming eyes, she said, “Teaching is a joy when you make it a fundamental of truth.”

She wrote three books, one for fifth and sixth grades, one for grammar, a sort of dictionary for grammar, and one for grammar and practice written in collaboration with Professor Wells of the University of California.  Since her retirement, she has written pamphlets on education.  She was very proud to live to ninety-seven.  She died at the Rose Garden Convalescent Home in Pasadena on October 28, 1957.

To read her book Grammar and Practice from 1921, click on the title.

* her baby brother Frances is known to have outlived his mother, but died sometime before 1880.

Friday Night Habit - Mike, Pat, Tim, Tom - 4441, 4442, 4443, and 4444

Chain Linked By Wendy Hinman The Frazee brothers have been working the Carlsbad High School football sidelines for more than 25 years. This Lancer tradition has kept one of Carlsbad’s first families…Chain Linked.

Working on the chain gang wasn’t their idea. Like a real chain gang they were volunteered. High school football chain gangs used to get paid like the refs. When that changed the Carlsbad football coaches were scratching their heads about who would do the job. Mama Frazee worked in the cafeteria and over heard them. “My boys will do it” was how Tim Frazee paraphrased his mother’s offer to help. Whether you read the word ‘will’ as leaning toward the boys’ enthusiasm or Polly’s possessive pronoun depends on how well you know the persuasive powers of Polly Frazee. The job grew on the Frazee brothers. Growing up half a block from Krcmar Field (When Coach Swede Krcmar was in his glory days) they already had a Friday night habit. Carlsbad was a small town then and the high school football game was sometimes the biggest thing going. On homecoming, “The whole town would stop for the parade,” Mike Frazee said. Even if you didn’t attend the high school, the football game was a city thing to do. In their own high school years, the Frazees were one of those CHS dynastic families. For almost 15 years there was one Frazee or another at CHS. Their Carlsbad roots are some of the deepest. They are Marrons (and Romos) on their mother’s side. (The Marrons held the original Spanish land grant for what is now most of Carlsbad). And Osuñas on the Frazee side. The Frazee side being responsible for a lot of flowers in Carlsbad. Their family tree is historically mind-boggling. Large families are often pigeon-holed by the oldest child’s achievements, but none of the succeeding Frazees had a problem filling the shadow cast by Mike. Though the family brand was sports, only Carolyn, the lone Frazee sister, was voted most athletic. Mike was Best Looking among the Lancer Laurels. Tim was Biggest Flirt. Tom got Car of the Year. But it was Carolyn who won the Iron Lancer her senior year in 1981. Carolyn was a four-year letterman in three sports; the baby of the Frazee family seemed to be saving the best for last. For the rest of the story and photos

Dorothea Elizabeth Walker - 221

Ojai - Dorothea Elizabeth Walker

Dorothea Elizabeth Walker age 86 of Ojai died Monday Dec. 13 1999 at home following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Walker was born May 5 1913 in Orange County Calif. She went on to study literature at UCLA where she met her husband Rodney A. Walker of Ely Nev. She was a junior high school teacher in the early 1940s and a writer for House Beautiful magazine in the early 1950s.

She and her family moved to Ojai in 1956. In addition to raising five children she served on the boards of several community organizations including the Ojai Music Festival the Ventura County Symphony the Ojai Art Center and Happy Valley School.

She and her husband Rodney ran several businesses together including shops in Ojai and Montecito and a condo rental business in Hawaii.

Her passion was music. She founded the Southern California Recorder Society in the early 1950s and played cello in the Ventura County Symphony between 1961 and 1979. In the early 1960s she hosted several Ojai Festival concerts in her home including concerts by cellist Gregor Piatagorsky composer Lukas Foss and may other top musicians.

She is survived by her sister Sue (Jack) Ramsey of Glendale; five children Bruce (Delores) Walker of Westlake Village; Ellen Langston of Reno; Lisa Kaufman of San Rafael; Mark (Peta) Walker of Melbourne Australia; and Craig (Debi) Walker of Ojai; six grandchildren Bonnie and Rebecca Walker of Westlake Village; Charles Langston of Phoenix Ariz.; Brooke Walker of Australia; Rhett and Dylan Walker of Ojai; and one great-grandchild Aerielle Langston of Phoenix.

She was preceded in death by her husband Rodney who died in 1986.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Neptune Society. At Mrs. Walker's request there will be no funeral or public service.

Ventura County Star - December 15, 1999

Dr. Wanless Ray "W.R." Mann - 243S

DR. W.R. MANN, 69, RETIRED PHYSICIAN, DIES

CAMPBELLSVILLE -- Dr. Wanless Ray "W.R." Mann, a retired longtime family practitioner, died of cancer Monday at Taylor County Hospital. Dr. Mann was 69 and lived on Columbia Road. 

He retired as a physician in January after practicing for more than 39 years.

Dr. Mann had been a Campbellsville College trustee and had been a deacon and Sunday school teacher at Campbellsville Baptist Church.

He was a Taylor County native and a graduate of the University of Louisville medical school. Dr. Mann had served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II.

Surviving are his wife, Becky Bower Mann; two daughters, Dr. Barbara Freeman of Anchorage and Beth Reynolds of Campbellsville; two sons, Patrick Douglas Mann of Campbellsville and William Alan "Bill" Mann of Greenville, S.C.; a sister; a brother; and nine grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Campbellsville Baptist Church. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today at the church.

Contributions are suggested to the Dr. W.R. Mann Pre-Med Scholarship Fund at Campbellsville College.

Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) - May 6, 1992

1946 All Stars vs. Campbellsville Cokes

Best story ideas sometimes come through our front door - 1946 All Stars vs. Campbellsville Cokes

Central Kentucky News-Journal, The (Campbellsville, KY) - July 10, 2014

Maybe I’m thinking she’ll have a popcorn ball in her vehicle. But, every time I have the luxury of seeing Nell Wise, it makes my day.

One day last week, Ms. Wise came to see me with an old article she found after reading the article on the Campbellsville Cokes.

The story that I’ll run in its entirety below came as a preview of a Sunday, Aug. 30 game that happened in 1959.

I told Ms. Wise, who I refer to as one of the mayors of Spurlington — my hometown, that I wanted to use the article but it would be almost impossible to the aged newspaper photo. (I used to want to go to her and Bob’s house two days before Halloween and two days after to get some of her delicious popcorn balls.)

Then later that day, I ran into Don Shaw at Jeff’s Food Mart and he told me “I’ve got that picture.”

A day later, Shaw brought me that photo which you see below that has he and his brother, Russell, in it. (Don looks more like his youngest son, David, who I know wasn’t around in 1946.)

Ironically, on Monday, Bobby Shaw, Russell’s son, was in the office as he was wrapping up some things at his mother’s place. Liz Shaw was buried on Saturday.

He told me that another player in the photo, “Twister” Garrison, resides in Frankfort like he does.

The 1954 article, which was entitled “Old-Timers of 1946 to return to action against Cokes on Sunday”, read:

“Spectators should be treated to a rare spectacle Sunday, Aug. 30 when the Old Timers team composed of stars of the 1946 Campbellsville Bluegrass league club meet the present Coke team in a contest of skill and stamina on the city high school diamond.

“If the “old-timers” can hold out, they should be able to teach their successors a few tricks. But, wind and skill may have been tapped by that time. However, the game will continue as long as the former stars can manage to wiggle up to the plate.

“Included in the 1946 team lineup will be Paul Coop, Dr. Wanless Mann and George Wright, pitchers; Turney Harding and Paul Cooley, catchers; Russell “Twister” Garrison, Polk Ewing, Paul Campbell, Russell Shaw and Merlin Campbell, infielders; and David Mitchell, Ray Knifley, Frank Ramsey and Romulus Gibson, outfielders.

“Porter Hord and Oliver Crouch will return to their old accustomed posts on the coaching lines and will take another fling at managing and coaching.

“The occasion will be a homecoming for several of the former Lions team members, many of whom are now residents of distance climes.

“The Coke lineup will include Wayne Smith, P; Willard “W.D.” Wolford, C; Willard Smith, 1B: Bob Coakley, 2B: Lanny Parrott, SS; James Thompson, 3B; Johnny Pierce, LF; Eddie Claycomb, CF; and J.D. Underwood, RF.”

Still quite an interesting story nearly 55 years later!

• Caption: The stars of the 1946 Campbellsville Bluegrass League, pictured at right, played the Campbellsville Cokes in an all-star game in 1959. The 1946 squad was, from left, front: batboy Don Shaw. Middle: Ray Knifley, Romulus Gibson, George Wright, Russell “Twister” Garrison, Merlin Campbell, David Mitchell and Jack Hord, bat boy. Back: manager Porter Hord, Paul Campbell, Dr. Wanless “W.R.” Mann, Russell Shaw, Paul Coop, Frank Ramsey, Polk Ewing, Dick Crouch, Paul Cooley and manager Oliver Crouch. Absent from this photo is Turney Harding.

Rebekah Frazee Cochran - 1111 - Officially Missing

Rebekah Frazee b. 1934-1941 1945 in either Utah or Louisiana Georgia She married (Charran Glendenning Graham b. 5/1/1942 and) Mr. Randy? Cochran and they lived in Portland, Tennessee in 1986.

Rebekah and Mr. Cochran Graham had two children who are also missing

11111. Wilmonte Cochran, Graham b. 1951-1970 and 11112. Anita Cochran Kay Graham b. 1951-1970

Between the two children and their unknown spouses, they had one child named Michael.  1111X1. Michael ? b. ? He (Bill Frazee later) married a woman named May ? who had four children from a previous relationship.

Their names are Dona, Nancy, Henry and Ray

Michael causes a special problem in that he is not mentioned in the 1986 obituary of his great grandmother, but by the 1996 obituary of his great grandfather, he is married with four kids.  (Again, it wasn't Michael, it was Bill, his great, grandfather who married May) No doubt that was just an oversight on the person who wrote the obituary. 

The existence of Michael would tend to push the birth dates of his parents and grandmother earlier, as it is unlikely that May would have married a teenager.  If he were 26 in 1996, so born in 1970, Wilmonte or Anita were most likely born around 1952, and Rebekah born near 1934 as Rebekah's parents (Wilmonte and Helen) were married in 1933.  His existence also pushes Rebekah's birth location out of Georgia and back to Utah or there's a small chance not until Louisiana.  (See what happens when you misunderstand the wording of an obituary.)

However, this pushing births into tighter and tighter windows and the fact that the people don't show up in those windows tends to make me think that; Rebekah might have been adopted, Rebekah might have been divorced and her first husband and father of her children was not named Cochran, and that Michael could also have been adopted.

Update: Thanks to an email contact with Dona, I have found Becky and can clarify this a bit- whereas the obit says "his great grandson Michael, his wife May and her four kids" It should be clarified that May was not Michael's wife but Bill's second wife. Therefore Rebekah was able to have been born much later - which she was - Rebekah Helen “Becky” Frazee b. 7/18/1945 in Wildwood Georgia d. 10/7/2012 in Fort Oglethorpe, GA and is buried near Calhoun, GA married Graham then Cochran then went back to Graham.

I have added notes to W.D.'s obituary to clarify things and now I would like to find Beck's obituary to add it as well,