Gold Country Media Newspapers
May 23, 2010Frances Zander Rains passed away at her home in Foresthill, Calif., on May 18, 2010. She was born on February 4, 1922 in Newcastle, Calif.
Her parents were Alfred Dunham Zander and Pearl Vivian Zander. While still an infant her family moved to Stockton, then the Bay Area. She graduated from University High School in Oakland 1939. Then worked at temporary odd jobs until January 1942, when she went to work at the Oakland Tribune Accounting Dept.
In September, 1942 she joined the Navy. After Navy Boot Camp and storekeeper school at Bloomington, Indiana, upon completion of training, she was transferred to the Naval Air Station in San Diego (North Island) and was stationed at the Disbursing (Pay) Office. In November 1945 she was transferred to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. After three days there, she was reassigned to NATTC in Norman, Oklahoma.
The war ended and she had enough points for discharge, but her rate was frozen. She was SK (D) 1c Disbursing Storekeeper First Class, and she was needed to close out the pay records for everyone else. On January 1, 1946 her rate was released for discharge station in San Francisco.
She came to Foresthill in the spring of 1946 to visit her mother. LL Anderson talked her into going to work as bookkeeper at his sawmill in Baker Ranch. There she met Ed Rains when he returned from the army, and they were married on his birthday, December 19, 1946. She worked for Andy Anderson until early 1949, when American River Pine Co., built the sawmill just west of Foresthill. After working there briefly she went to work for Winiferd Akins at Hughes Brothers Mill and was there until 1961.
Ben Schueller, the Judge of the Justice Court in Foresthill, resigned in August 1961, her friend LL Anderson convinced her to study for and pass the examination for Judge, so she was appointed to that position by the Board of Supervisors. She served a six year term and was reelected two times, then retired in 1976.
After retiring her and Ed enjoyed traveling all over the Western States and British Columbia in their RV. She enjoyed trout and salmon fishing. Her principal hobby was cooking and entertaining and she was a nut for crossword puzzles.
Marriage Notes for Mattie Zander and Clair Hayden Bell
MARRIAGE: San Francisco Call
June 25, 1911Berkeley, June 24 - In the presence of half a hundred invited guests, Miss Mattie Zander and Claire H. Bell, two graduates of the University of California in the class of 1908, were married at the home of the bride in Spruce street at 4 oclock this afternoon. Bishop William M. Bell of the United Brethren church of Los Angeles officiated at the ceremony.
Both of the young people were prominent at the university, taking their degrees in 1908.
Mrs. Bell was a member of the Prytanean society while in college. Bell was made an instructor in the German department immediately upon graduation. For the last two years he has been teaching German in the Polytechnic high school of Los Angeles.
The bride has taught in the Boulder Creek high school for the last two years. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Zander. Her father is manager of the Bellevue hotel in San Francisco.
After an elaborate dinner the bride and bridegroom left for their honeymoon. The couple will go to Europe, spending most of their time in Germany, where they will continue their study of the German tongue.
Zander, William Edward, business exec.; b. Oakland, Calif., Oct. 3, 1898; s. William Edward and Anna (Copland) Z.; ed. Berkeley High School; m. Priscilla Lawrence, June 16, 1924; 1 dau., Valerie E. V.p. and dir. Rheem Mfg. Co. since 1936. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: California, Wilshire Country, Claremont, Country, Family. Mason. Home: 411 S. Arden Blvd., Los Angeles 5. Office: 714 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles 15.
Source:
Who's Who on the Pacific Coast
pub. A.N. Marquis Co., Chicago, 1949
Statesman, Salem, Oregon
August 1, 1947Chester Z.A. Zander, 77, 2030 N. Commercial st., died Wednesday at a local hospital.
He was born in Prairie du Chien, Wis., Oct. 20, 1869 and was married to Jennie Viola Fairfield on June 18, 1894. The couple moved to Sheridan, Wyo. in 1896, where he served a number of years as a colonel in the Wyoming national guard. He was a member of the Sheridan Lodge No. 8, AF&AM and a past Eminent Commander of Knights Templars and a member of Kalif Temple of the Shrine.
During the first world war he was a purchasing agent for the Meacham and Babcock shipbuilding company in Seattle and later sales manager for the Washington Machinery company. The couple moved to Salem in 1931.
A son, 1st Lt. Lelius C. Zander, veteran of both world wars, preceded him in death May 17, 1944.
Survivors are the widow, Jennie Viola, Salem; daughters, Mrs. Leora Stevens, Lyons, and Viola Fritsche, Seattle; sons: M. Delbert, Pendleton and Earl, Seattle; a sister, Mrs. Grace Pugsley of New York and 11 grandchildren.
Obituary: Find-a-Grave
ZANDER � Viola J., formerly of Haller Lake, at Sheridan, Wyoming; May 11th, age 95 years. Mother of Earl, Pine Lake, Issaquah; Mrs. Leona Stevens, Lyons, Oregon; Mrs. Viola Fritsche, Yucapia, California. 11 grandchildren. Sister of Luetta Fairfield, Sheridan, Wyoming.
Obituary, unknown newspaper
With military honors, Lt. Lelius C. Zander of Salem, who died last Wednesday in Washington, D. C. will be buried today at City View cemetery.
Born December 19, 1895, in Omaha, Neb., he was educated in grade and high schools of Sheridan, Wyo., where he enlisted in the Army in 1917. He was attached to the 148th field artillery, 66th brigade, saw service in France and wore a wound stripe for an injury received during that service. He was later with the AEF at Coblenz, Germany until demobilization in July 1919.
On December 9, 1919, he married Miss Mary Hardy in Bellmore, NY. To them was born one son L. Chester Zander, now a corporal in the coast artillery, stationed at Santa Monica, California.
Rejoining the US Army, military police, May 29, 1942, he served until his death, May 17, 1944.
In December, 1942, he married Mrs. Beulah Talmadge, who with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Z. A. Zander, survives him in Salem.
Obituary, unknown newspaper
Leora Z. Stevens
Sept. 2, 1897-Jan. 2, 1997MILL CITY-Leora Z. Stevens, 99, died Thursday.
She was born in Sheridan, WY, and taught school in the Santiam Canyon and Lyons. Her husband, Wilson, died in 1973. She was a member of the Lyons Methodist Church, (many more). She enjoyed oil painting and crocheting.Survivors include her daughters, Halle Toman of Salem and Lois Scott of Mill City; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Wilson Stevens
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1897
Death Date: 4 Jul 1973
SSN: 540309870
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1:8 Feb 1917
Release Date 1: 11 Aug 1919
Branch 2: NAVY
Enlistment Date 2:3 Mar 1943
Release Date 2: 15 Nov 1944
58132. Marcellus Delbert Zander
Obituary, unknown newspaper
Marcellus D. Zander, 56, representative here for the state Industrial Accident Commission, died of a heart attack about 7:30 a.m. today in his car near Mt. Emily in Union County on a hunting trip. The body was brought to Folsoms Funeral Chapel....
Mr. Zander was 56. He was born in Sheridan, WY, and had lived in Pendleton for 16 years.
He was a member of (many organizations).He leaves the widow Nellie; mother Viola Zander of Sheridan; sons Denell D. of Seattle, Rey D. of Winthrop, WA, Neil D. of Pendleton; a daughter, Zona-Rose Karvonen of Issaquah, WA, a brother Earle of Issaquah; and sisters, Vila Fritche of Seattle and Lenora Wilson of Lyons, OR.
Bellingham Washington Herald
Elmer D. Zander, aged 74 years, passed away at Reseda, California, Sunday, September 17, following a several months' illness.
Mr. Zander had resided in Bellingham from 1909 to 1935 and has spent the last fourteen years at Reseda, California.
Surviving are seven sons, Lawrence J., Elmer D., Jr., Delbert E., and Oliver M., all of Route No. 1, Bellingham Vernon L., of Winlock, Washington, H. Arnold, of Reseda, California and Donald V., of Fort Collins, Colorado; four daughters, Mrs. Rosalie Harrison of Everson, Route No. 1, Mrs. Grace Keith of Seattle, Mrs. Ina Jones and Mrs. Florence Oliver, both of Paligonia, Arisona; one brother, Mr. C.Z.A, Zander, of Salem Oregon; one sister, Mrs. Grace Pugsley, of Tacoma, Wash; also eleven grandchildren.
BELLINGHAM WASHINGTON
ZANDER-Rosalie M. Zander, aged, __ years, beloved wife of Mr. A. D. Zander, Bellingham, Route 3, passed away at the family home, Tuesday, Janurary ___ after a lingering illness.
Mrs. Zander had resided in this county for the past thirty-two years, and was an attendant of the Victor Sunday School.Surviving relatives besides her husband, include seven sons and four daughters, Lawrence J., Vashon Island; Almer D. Jr., Oliver M., Delbert E. Zander, Route 3; Vernon L. Zander, Winlock, Wash.. and H. Arnold Zander, Reseda, Calif.; Donald V. Zander, Berkley, Calif.; Mrs. Florence Oliver, Washington Camp, Arizona; Mrs. Inez Jones and Miss Rosalie Zander, Patagonia, Ariz.; Mrs. Grace Keith, Seattle, Wash.; five sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Margaret Cepra [sic], Mrs. Anna Zach, Mrs. Kate Morwitz [sic] , residing in Wisconsin; Mrs. Hattie Mezera, Mrs. Elizabeth Foote, Pamona, Calif.; Albert, Frank, and John Mezera, Wisconsin; also eleven grandchildren.
Per 1990 census Lawrence was enumerated with his grandfather Ozias.
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BELLINGHAM WASHINGTONWednesday funeral services will be held for Lawrence J. Zander, 2047 Smith Road, who died in a Seattle hospital Saturday at the age of 74.
A resident of Whatcom County for 63 years, Mr. Zander was a retired farmer and poultryman. He was a member of the Goshen Grange.
Surviviors are four brothers, Almer and Oliver, both of Bellingham, Vernon of Winlock, and Donald of Woodenville; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Harrison of Bellingham, Mrs. Inez Jones and Mrs. Florence Oliver, both in Arizona.
58135. Florence Margarete Zander
Nogales International
February 6, 1985Florence Zander Oliver, 87, a longtime Nogales school teacher who came to live in Arizona 64 years ago, died Friday.
Oliver was prinicipal of Elm Street School and also taught in many area schools prior to her retirement. She was a member of the Womens Army Corps during World War ll and belonged to the American Legion, the disabled American Veterans and Eastern Star.
She is survived by her son and one daughter; four brothers, Oliver M. Zander, Almer D. Zander, Vernon L. Zander and Donald D. Zander, all of Washington state; one sister Grace Z. Harrison of Washington state; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Stuart Lewis officiated at services in the Patagonia Community Church Saturday, prior to burial in the Gaitlin-Jones Family Cemetery in Patagonia.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites
Name: John Oliver
Service Info.: 2ND LT US ARMY WORLD WAR I
Death Date: 12 Dec 1945
Cemetery: Biloxi National Cemetery
Cemetery Address:P.O. Box 4968 Pass Road Biloxi, MS 39535
Buried At: Section 5 Row 3 Site 3
The Bellingham Herald (WA)
January 31, 2001Deceased Name: Almer D. Zander Jr.
Mr. Zander died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2001, at St. Francis Extended Health Care. He was 99.
Born Nov. 24, 1901, to Rosa (Mezera) and Almer Delos Zander Sr. in Phoenix, he moved to Whatcom County in 1907 when he was 6 years old.In 1921, he graduated from Harmony High School, where he pitched for the high school team. During the 1920s, he played forward on the Brown & Cole basketball team, which won the Bellingham city championship in 1922-23.
During his early years, he mowed hay, hauled gravel with a team of horses and wagon and worked in various lumber mills in Bellingham. He later worked for a poultry farm in Point Roberts and a chicken hatchery on Vashon Island. He also felled trees and delivered wood to local school districts. In the 1940s, he worked for the state highway department and then drove a milk truck.
On Sept. 24, 1932, he married Lucy Theodosia Harrison in Mount Vernon. She died in 1987.
In 1948, he and his brother Delbert operated a sawmill on Smith Road. He continued operation of the mill with his brother Oliver through the 1950s and into the 1960s. He also owned and operated a dairy farm and raised beef cattle for years, still carrying hay bales on his shoulder to his stock while in his late 80s.
Mr. Zander was a lifelong Republican and served four terms as a precinct committeeman. He also was a member of Goshen Grange for many years. He loved to play pinochle and was an avid newspaper reader.
His brothers Lawrence, Vernon, Arnold, Delbert and Donald Zander and sisters Florence Oliver, Inez Jones and Rosalie Harrison also died previously.
Survivors include sons Al Zander of Bellingham, Ray Zander of Everson and Larry Zander of Toledo, Wash. daughter Laurel Melander of Aurora, Colo. sister Grace Harrison of Bellingham brother Oliver Zander of Bellingham and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Nogales International
December 5, 1984Inez Z. Jones, 81, an Arizona native died at her Patogonia home Saturda
Born in Buckeye, she was a charter member of the Santa Cruz County Cowbelles and a Patagonia resident for many years.
She is survived by two sons,; four brothers, Oliver, M., Vernon L., Almer D., and Donald Zander, all of Washington; two sisters, Florence S. Oliver, of Patagonia and Grace Zander of Washington; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Gatlin-Jones Family Cemetery in Patagonia.
Obituary, unknown newspaper
Vern Zander, 88 years old and longtime resident of Winlock, died Thursday, April 8, 1993 at the Providence Hospital in Chehalis, after a short illness. He was the husband of Olga G.L. (Dolly) Zander, who died in August 1991. They were married 57 years.
Vern was born October 24, 1904, in Rhyolite, Nevada, one of eleven children of Almer and Rosa Zander. The family moved to Bellingham around 1907. Vern graduated from Harmony High School in Bellingham, and took a job with B. C. Young, a noted Bellingham hatcheryman.
On January 1, 1928, Vern moved to Winlock to manage the newly organized Standard Hatchery, which he eventually purchased. By 1985 when he sold the hatchery and retired, he was producing 2.5 million baby chicks a year. During his active years as a hatcheryman, Vern was a member of several poultry organizations, including the Washington Baby Chick Association, the Washington Poultry Industry Association, and a founding member of the Washington Poultry Improvement Association. At the time of his death, he was a board member of the Washington Poultry Improvement Association.
To commemorate the strong poultry and egg business that had existed in Winlock from the turn of the century to 1985, Vern gave Winlock its new giant egg statue in 1991. Vern and his late wife Dolly served as Grand Marshals of the 1991 Egg Day parade when the new statue was dedicated.
In recent years Vern grew Christmas trees, producing some of the outstanding Noble Fir trees of the region.
Vern was a charter member of the Winlock Lions Club, a 50year member of the St. Urban Grange, a member of the Masonic Temple, and for many years, an adult leader in the Boy Scouts of America. He was also a member of the United Methodist Church where he served on a number of special committees, contributing both time and financing for many worthwhile and needed improvements,
Survivors include 2 sons; 1 daughter; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; brothers Almor and Oliver of Bellingham and Donald of Woodinville; sister Grace Harrison of Bellingham; and a number of nieces and nephews, including Larry Zander, the editor of the Centralia Chronicle.
58139. Rosalie Rosebud Abbie Zander
Bellingham Herald
January 2, 1945Death came Monday to Mrs. Zander Harrison and her infant son at a local hospital. Mrs. Harrison, suffering from a lingering illness, died shortly after the birth of her son who followed her in death a few hours later. She was 38 years of age and had lived in Whatcom county most of her lifetime.
Mrs. Harrison was a graduate of Harmony high school and Western Washington College and she also attended Arizona State Teachers college and the state agriculture college of Colorado. Most of her life following her college years was spent in the teaching profession in Washington, Montana and Arizona.
She lived at Route 1, Everson, and was a member of the Goshen Grange.
Surviving are the husband, John W. Harrison; two step children, Barbara H. and Jackie W, Harrison at home; seven brothers, Lawrence J. Zander, Almer D., Oliver M., and Delbert ER., all of route 1, city; Vernon L. of Winlock; H. Arnold of Reseda, Calif., and Donald V. of Fort Collins, Colo.; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Oliver, of Nogales, Ariz.; Mrs. Inez Jones, of Patagonia, Ariz., and Mrs. Grace Keith of route 1, city.
Bellingham Herald
January 19, 2006Oliver M. Zander, age 96, passed away at his home in Whatcom County on January 15, 2006. He was the last among 11 siblings.
Oliver was born in Bellingham, WA, on November 29, 1909. His family had moved to Whatcom County in 1907 from Arizona and Nevada. He graduated from Harmony High School, near Bellingham. Oliver worked for a number of years sexing baby chicks for the poultry industry in California before returning to the family farm in Whatcom County.
Oliver raised layer and fryer chickens, beef cattle, and hay on his farm for many years. He also helped a brother, Almer, operate a small sawmill in the 1950s and early 1960s. Oliver was a hardworking, honest, and generous man.
He loved family gatherings, softball games, horseshoes, and pinochle. Oliver is remembered for his friendly nature and as having a ready smile and a chuckle. He was a past member of the Goshen Grange, Victor Community Club, and attended Victor Sunday School as a youth. He was also a long-time supporter of the Republican Party.
Oliver was preceded in death by six brothers, Lawrence, Almer, Vernon, Arnold, Delbert, and Donald; and four sisters, Florence, Inez, Rosalie, and Grace.
Oliver is survived by one sister-in-law, Verna Zander of Woodinville; 16 nieces and nephews, Betty Gatlin, John Oliver, Jack Jones and Lawrence Jones, all of Arizona, Vernon Zander of Georgia, Laurel Melander of Colorado, Delbert Zander, formerly of Walla Walla, Larry Zander of Toledo, WA, Linnea Hirst of Seattle, Arnold Zander of Woodinville, Linda Roe and David Zander of Everett, Ray Zander of Everson, and Rosemary Crandall, Robert Keith and Almer Zander, all of Bellingham.
Bellingham Herald
H. Arnold Zander, age 39, of Roseda, Calif., passed away in that city Sunday, February 18, following a short illness.
Mr. Zander was a lifetime resident of the Bellingham Community and was a well-known chick Sexer and farmer. He was a junior warden of the Masonic Lodge F & A. M. No. 666 of Reseda, Calif.
Surviving relatives include, five brothers, Lawrence, Almer and Oliver all of Route 1, Bellinghan, Vernon L. of Winlock, Wash., and Donald of Davis, Calif.,; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Oliver, of Nogale, Ariz., and Mrs. Inez Z. Jones of Patogonia, Ariz., And Mrs. Grace Z. Keith of Route 1, Bellingham; numerous nephews and nieces.
Bellingham Herald
Delbert (Del) Earl Zander, age 37, of Route 1, Bellingham, passed away Tuesday, June 6, following a farm accident.
Mr. Zander had been a resident of Bellingham his entire life and was a well known dairyman. He was a member of the Goshhen Grange No. 856, The Whatcom County Dairyman's Association, the Washington Egg and Poultry and was a graduate of Harmony High School. Surviving relatives include six brothers, Lawrence and Almer both Route 1, City, Oliver and Arnold both Reseda, Calif., Vernon of Winlock, Wash., and Donald of Fort Collins, Col.; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Oliver of Nogales, Ariz., Mrs. Inez Jones of Patagonia, Ariz., and Grace E. Keith of Route 1 City; Many nieces and nephews and other relatives.
The Bellingham Herald (WA)
December 31, 1999A memorial service for Donald Victor Zander of Woodinville, formerly of Bellingham, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bothell United Methodist Church in Bothell.
Mr. Zander died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1999, in Kirkland. He was 83. Born Feb. 15, 1916, to Almer D. and Rosa Mezera Zander in Bellingham, he graduated from Harmony High School in 1934.
Mr. Zander worked in Southern California until 1937. In 1941, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He earned a master's degree in 1945 from Colorado State University. He then served in the U.S. Army for three years before earning his doctorate degree in veterinary medicine in 1953 from the University of California at Davis.
In 1955, he moved to Redmond, where he was director of the Health Research Laboratory for H&N International, a poultry-breeding firm. He conducted research in poultry diseases and received many awards for his contributions to the poultry business before retiring in 1989. Mr. Zander also received the Boy Scouts District Merit Badge and the Kiwanis Club Service Award. Mr. Zander was an active member of Bothell United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Verna Mace, daughter Linda J.Z. Roe, sons David L. and Arnold A. Zander, sister Grace Harrison, brothers Oliver and Almer Zander, five grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Donald Zander
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1916
Death Date: 29 Dec 1999
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 560200120
Daily World (Opelousas, LA)
February 22, 2004Funeral services for Mr. Dean M. Zander, 96, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004, in Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas with burial in Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Angelo Cremaldi will conduct the services.
Mr. Zander, a resident of Opelousas and a native of Tempe, Ariz., died at 8:55 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, at his residence.
He was born on Oct. 22, 1907, in Tempe, Ariz. Mr. Zander was the grandson of Winchester Miller, Sheriff of Maricopa County in the 1870s, and the son of Claudius Zander, Democratic candidate for Governor of Arizona in 1938.
In 1929, his career with the Army Corps of Engineers first brought Mr. Zander to Louisiana where he met his wife, the late Sibyl Sandoz Zander in Opelousas. His work with the Corps took him and his family to Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and South Carolina where he retired in 1972.
He and his wife later returned to Opelousas where he lived until he died. He was very active in the Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church and other civic organizations during his retirement years. He was an active member of the Knights of Columbus, where he was a Knights of the 4th degree, as well as the Holy Name Society. He was also the President of the local A.A.R.P., a member of Elks Club and of the Historical Society of Opelousas. Mr. Zander and his wife worked as volunteers on the restoration of the Prudhomme Home in the 1980's.
Survivors include: his three children. He is also survived by his two nieces,; and a nephew, . Mr. Zander also leaves behind his 10 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Zander was preceded in death by his wife, Sibyl Sandoz Zander; and his parents, C.M. Zander and Clara Miller Zander.
PUGSLEY Grace Zander:
Dramatic soprano (a to c���); b. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 12, 1885, d. Ozlas M. and Mary Jane Beach Zander; grad. Omaha High Sch., 1904; stud. music w. Mrs. Pease in Leipzig. at the Chicago Musical Coll. 1904-7 (singing, opera, history of music, harmony, chorus); won free scholarship in 1905; m. Carlcton W. Pugsley, Sheridan, Wyo., Aug. 24, 1907 (1 son). Has taught singing 12 yrs.--in Chicago, Sheridan, Wyo. (3 yrs.), Wenatchee, Wash. (1 yr.); and since then In Tacoma, Wash. Engaged In concert, recital, oratorio and church work. Mem. music sec. Woman's Club, Sheridan Wyo. Ladles Musical Club, Wenatchee Wyo. (v. pres. 1 term; mem. program com., etc.) Address: Tacoma, Wash.
Source:
International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer
By César Saerchinger, 1918, p 506-7
58147. Jerome Carleton Pugsley
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Jerome Pugsley
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 2 May 1908
Death Date: 25 Apr 1991
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 327013713
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1:13 Sep 1943
Release Date 1: 9 Oct 1945
Yakima Herald
June 2, 2013NACHES - On the evening of May 6th, 2013 Daniel (Dan Senior, Danny) Byrd Pugsley, age 93, of Naches, Washington, died peacefully in his home, among loved-ones. He and his identical twin brother were born to Grace Zander and Carl Pugsley on March 2nd, 1920 in Tacoma, Washington. Dan was preceded in death by identical twin brother David Zander Pugsley and older brother Jerome Carlton Pugsley. Dan was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
Daniel was raised in Fircrest and Tacoma, Washington and was a proud graduate of Stadium High School in 1938. He began playing bass-fiddle in high school and traveled throughout the United States in the 1940s and 50s playing many dance-jobs, and seeing in person most of the big-named performers of the jazz era. Often, his twin brother Dave, who was also a bass-fiddle player and played guitar, as well as their older brother Jerome, a music arranger and Vibraphone (Vibes) artist, toured with him. Dan lived in New York City for seven years and during this time, received his pilots license and flew pontoon-planes (floatplanes) throughout the Hudson Valley.
He married Romalee Monk of Richland, Washington in 1955; they started their family in Yakima and amicably divorced in 1973. Dans friend Roma, and the mother-of-his-children, preceded him in death in 2010.
Daniel resided in the Yakima Valley for almost 60 years. He established a television-repair business, Chinook TV, currently operated by Dan Jr., was Band-Leader and upright bass-fiddle player for the Swing-Jazz group The Cats n the Fiddle and also worked for the Xerox Corporation.
Dan is survived by daughter and son Mendie and Dan Pugsley, Jr., of Yakima and Naches.
Dan Senior possessed a fantastic and witty sense of humor, was an eternal optimist, had a love of literature, art, big-band jazz music, long walks, swap-meets, playing golf, cooking, cribbage, crossword puzzles, poker, the board- game Upwards, enjoyed having dogs and cats as pets, and restoring antique cars. He was a member of the Model A Club and over the years would include his Model T Ford truck and Model A Ford sport coupe in the Ag Museum activities each August.
He was a great story-teller and often entertained friends and family members with tales of real-life experiences and accounts of his travels.
Yakima Herald-Republic (WA)
December 21, 2010Romalee Monk-Pugsley, 77, of Yakima died Dec. 3 at her daughter's home. Mrs. Monk-Pugsley was born in Haxtun, Colo., and also lived in Denver and Richland. She worked as a supervisor for the phone company and later as a medical stenographer for Yakima Valley School in Selah, retiring in 1998.
Survivors include two daughters, Mendie Pugsley of Yakima and Jane Pugsley of Portland; a son, Don Pugsley of Yakima; a sister, Jeanette Wisner of Aberdeen, Wash.; and two brothers, Gale Monk of Kennewick and Maurice Monk of Moses Lake, Wash.
33567. James Morley Zander Sr.
Saginaw News
January 12, 1949Zander, J. Morley, 2201 Brockway Street. Died Tuesday evening at his residence. He was born in Chicago, Sept. 10, 1881. He married Lida Whitney, in Laingsburg, in 1903.
He came to Saginaw as a child, lived here since. He was past president and recently secretary of the National Brick Association, was employed by the Saginaw Brick Co. 35 years. He was a member of St. Charles F&AM.
Surviving are his wife; two sisters, Mrs. Lola Shaw, Saginaw; Mrs. John Yuncker, Los Angeles, Calif.; one brother, Archie Zander, Saginaw; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
Saginaw News
January 1, 1950ZANDER, MRS. LIDA: Passed away yesterday at the home of her son James Morley [Zander] Jr. at 3744 West Philadelphia Ave., Detroit, Mich., after a two week illness.
Mrs. Zander was born in Shiawassee County on October 26 1877 and has resided here 40 years. Lida Whitney was married to J. Morley Zander in 1903. Mr. Morley passed away January 11, 1949.
She was a member of the Grace Baptist Church and was recording secretary of the Saginaw Bible Conference.
She leaves one son, James Morley Zander of Detroit, Mich.; one brother, Frank J. Whitney of Altoona, Florida; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Saginaw News
January 3, 1963Zander, James Morley, 2nd, 4077 Brockway Road. Passed away suddenly early Thursday morning at his home. Age 58 years.
He was born Dec. 10, 1904, in St. Charles, coming to Saginaw in childhood. He graduated from Saginaw High School, and General Motors Technical School in Flint. The deceased had been self-employed as a professional engineer nearly all of his life.
On April 28, 1945, he married Frances Graham. She survives him.
He was a member of Saginaw Lodge No. 47, B.P.O.E., a charter member of the Michigan Association of Professions, and a member of the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers.
Besides his wife, he leaves three sons and two daughters; 10 grandchildren.
Find-a-Grave notes
Son of Addie Zander. Came to Saginaw as a child. Married Abbie Williamson on September 26, 1906 in Saginaw, MI. Father of William & Robert Zander. Was employed by the Saginaw Post Office for over 50 years.
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Saginaw News
April 15, 1968Zander, Archie E., 2305 South Washington Avenue.
Employee of the Post Office here for over 50 years, passed away at St. Marys Hospital shortly after noon Sunday. Age 84 years.
He was born July 27, 1883, in Tuscola County, and came to Saginaw in childhood. After graduating from St. Charles High School he started work with the Post Office at the age of 19 and worked under 12 postmasters during his 50 years of employment, serving as superintendent of mails for many years, and as acting postmaster on several occasions.
He was a life member of Salina Lodge No. 155, F&AM, St. BernardCommandery No. 16, Knights Templar, and the Elf Khurafeh Temple AAONMS, and was active in bowling and musical circles here.He married Abbie E. Williamson in 1905. She passed away in 1955.
He is survived by two sons, William A. and Robert Zander, both of Detroit; several nieces and nephews.
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Saginaw News - March 15, 1952
Shaw, Mrs. Lola M., 922 West Genesee Avenue. Passed away suddenly Friday morning in Owosso, at the home of her daughter, Thelma E. Shaw.
Lola May Zander was born Oct. 28, 1885 in Caro, coming to Saginaw in childhood. She was married to Guy Everett Shaw in Oklahoma who predeceased her in 1915.
She was a former school teacher in Saginaw for 32 years.
Surviving are one daughter Thema E. Shaw, Owosso; one brother, Archie E. Zander, Saginaw; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Yuncker, California; three nephews.
Saginaw Daily News
November 24, 1914(Special to the Daily News)
Flint, Mich., Nov. 24 - Guy Shaw, 28 years old, foreman in charge of a Pere Marquette switching crew at the Buick yards, stepped between two car roofs as he was reading his orders by lantern light late Monday night and was instantly killed. He leaves a wife and one child.
Albert Gostick died Columbia township 1944, b. 10 Feb 1865 at Pickering, Ont. Left widow, children, Mrs. H Roxenberry of Coldwater, Mrs. Jeffrey Fader and Mrs. Norman Alderfer of Caro, Carlton Gostick at home, 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Tuscola Co. Advertiser
October 12, 1972Beatrice E. Fader
CaroMrs. Fader died Monday at the Tuscola County Medical Care Facility.
Born Beatrice Gostick, Oct. 8, 1906, she married Jeff Fader Dec. 31, 1925 in Caro.
She was a lifetime resident of Tuscola County and a member of the Caro Free Methodist Church.Surviving are 3 daughters; two sons; 20 grandchildren; one great-grandchild and one brother.
Tuscola Advertiser
June 23, 1993Jeffery A. Fader
Unionville
Died Tuesday evening at the Tuscola County Medical Care Facility. He was 85. He was born June 6, 1908 in Columbia Township on the family farm. At about age 17 he opened and operated a car garage in Colwood. For the next 45 years he had owned and operated 2 garages and had been employed with various car dealships as an auto mechanic in and around the Caro area, retiring in 1970.He was an avid fisherman and outdoorsman.
In 1972 he and his wife moved to Lupton and lived there until 1989, moving back to Columbia Township to live.
He attended the Free Methodist Church here in Caro and Skidway Lake.
He married Beatrice Gostick in 1924. She prededed him in death in October of 1972.He then married Dorothy Chapel Gostick on October 12, 1974 in Rose City.
In addition to his wife he is survived by two sons; three daughters and their husbands; 26 grandchildren and many great and great great grandchildren; two brothers and many nieces and nephews. Besides his first wife, six sons and one daughter, Roland, Robert, Jeffery A., Dwight, Leon, Richard and Carol Ann Fader plus two grandsons, David Robert Graves in 1985 and Ryan Scott Frank in 1966 and two brothers, Vern and Eldon Fader predeceased him.
Tuscola County Advertisor
May 14, 2003:Dorothy Gostick Fader
Passed away Friday, May 9, 2003, at St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw, following a brief illness, at the age of 85.Dorothy was born September 27, 1917 at the family home in Ellington, the daughter of the late Charles and Esie (Hutchinson) Chapel. She and her family later moved to Columbia Township where they owned and operated a farm for about 25 years,
Dorothy was married to Carlton L. Gostick on October 2, 1935 in Columbia Township. He predeceased her in 1974.
She then was married to Jeffery A. Fader in October of 1974 in Lupton. He predeceased her in June of 1993, at which time she came to Caro to live.
Dorothy was a farmer's wife who enjoyed her children, grandchildren, fishing, traveling and gardening.
Surviving are two daughters; six grandchldren; six great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law and many nieces and nephews.
Dorothy was predeceased by two infant children, Doris J. Gostick in 1937, Thomas A. Gostick in 1939 and by a son, Albert W. Gostick in 1972; also four brothers and one sister, Grant, Leonard, Norman and Floyd Gostick and Thelma Shurlow.