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Obituaries for July 17, 2009
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Stephen A. Trainque His family said his interests included music (especially blues), good food, auto racing and maintaining friendships, near and far. A recovering alcoholic, he got sober on March 29, 1999 and remained so until his death, family members said. He touched many lives through his active involvement in the recovery community and his work at a local rehabilitation center, his family said. He is survived by his siblings and their spouses, Kevin and Diana Trainque, of Copperopolis, Greg and Tina Trainque, of Paradise, and Donna and Stephen Yaeger, of Porterville; and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial celebration of his life will be planned. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements. Born in Cheyenne, Wyo., she was a resident of Sonora for the past 34 years. She was a hospital housekeeper for 13 years, a member of the Word of Life Fellowship, and enjoyed gardening, plants and art, her family said. She is survived by her daughter, Paula Conly, of Mi-Wuk Village.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Word of Life
Fellowship in Mi-Wuk Village. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling
arrangements. She was a waitress for nine years before her illness forced her to quit, her family said. She also was a member of Lookout Community Church and a sponsor for Feed the Children. She was preceded in death by her father, Charlie Loyd Miller. She is survived by her son, Asa Paul Needham, of Paradise in Butte County; her mother, Barbara Loehr, of San Andreas; four sisters, Carrie Miller, of Lookout, in Modoc County, Monica O’Brien, of Lookout, Pearl Loehr, of San Andreas, and Tara Miller, of Orland, in Glenn County; three nieces; five nephews; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins; two lifelong friends she called adopted sisters, Leisha Wright, of Paradise, and Pearl Caster, of Oakland; and her cousin, Damien Miller, of Modesto, and uncle Glen Yewol, of Stockton, who her family said helped make her last days much easier. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Christina Alice Miller Cancer Expense Fund at El Dorado Savings Bank in San Andreas.
A service will begin at 11 a.m. on Monday at San Andreas Memorial
Chapel with a celebration of her life after the service. San Andreas
Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements. Mr. Troglin was born in Fresno and grew up in Pacifica and Hayward. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1963 to 1966, during the Vietnam War. He moved to Texas in 1969, Sacramento in 1975, Clear Lake in 1977, Fremont in 1979 and then to West Point in 1983. He was a member of the West Point Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3322. Mr. Troglin worked as a heavy equipment mechanic for Pacific Gas and Electric for 45 years. He is survived by his son, Joe Troglin, of Sonora; his daughter, Michelle Thornton, of Midlothian, Va.; his mother, Geraldine Sieg, of Carmichael, Sacramento County; brothers Terry Troglin, of Plymouth, David Troglin, of Hayward and Jimmie Troglin, of Carmichael; his sister, Marilyn McDanel, of Fiddletown, Amador County; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the West Point Cemetery.
San Andreas Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements. He was born Oct. 13, 1911, in Walnut Springs, Texas, the oldest of 10 children, to Briney and Lela Westmoreland. He moved to California in 1929, settling in the Dinuba area, where he farmed. He married June Gillen in 1932. In 1946, they moved to Greeley Hill with his brothers, John and Tom, and opened the Westmoreland Brothers Grocery Store. In 1949, he went to work for the U.S. Forest Service in Groveland. In 1956, the grocery store was sold, and he transferred with the U.S. Forest Service to Sonora as forest and assistant zone fire dispatcher. In 1965, he transferred to the Five Mile Job Corps Center. He retired from the Forest Service in 1972. He continued to work at the Regional Training Center on Big Hill as liaison officer between the Fresno school district and the Forest Service for many years. He was also a boat tour guide on Lake Don Pedro and a tour guide for an elder hostel. After his wife died, he was married in 1988 to Rhea Woosley, his childhood sweetheart from Texas. His family said he enjoyed hunting, fishing and the outdoors, but his passions were guns and gunsmithing. He also enjoyed telling stories and talking to people, they said. He was a lifetime member of the Mother Lode Gun Club, the National Rifle Association and the California Farmer. He was also a member of the Sonora Moose Lodge. Mr. Westmoreland was preceded in death by his daughter, Janice, in 1939; his wife, June, in 1986; and his wife, Rhea, in 2006. He was also preceded in death by brothers, John and Tom, and sisters, Stella, Ruby and Lela B. He is survived by brothers, J.B. Westmoreland, of Dinuba, Joe Westmoreland, of Henderson, Nev., Paul Westmoreland, of Tujunga, Los Angeles County, and Arlo Westmoreland, of Dinuba; sons, William II, of Chester, LeeRoy, of Lake Isabella; daughter, Marian Hess, of Sonora; stepsons, Hiram Woosley, of Houston, Texas, Henry Woosley, of Meridian, Texas, and James K. Woosley, of Elm Mott, Texas; stepdaughter, Helen Horn, of Meridian, Texas; 12 grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; 28 great-great-grandchildren; and his close friend, Victoria Harris.
Visitation was scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. today. A graveside service
is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Mountain Shadow Cemetery in
Sonora. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements. |
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