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.