60533. Patricia Elizabeth Squires
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Patricia Elizabeth Squires Johnson died peacefully in Claremont following a period of declining health. She was born June 16, 1919 to Freeman and Ruth Squires in Ontario, California and raised in Santa Monica. She graduated from Santa Barbara State College and taught elementary school briefly in Lancaster. Pat married Roger Johnson, now deceased, and raised a family in Claremont. Pat eventually became a Miller-Unruh Reading Specialist in the Pomona Unified School District where she was named Teacher of the Year. She was a member of the Claremont United Church of Christ, Congregational.
She is survived by her sons Ken and Mike Johnson, her daughter Candi Johnson-Muir, son-in-law Robs Muir, daughter-in-law Wendy Losh, and her grandchildren Mike and Galen Muir, and Trevor and Whitney Losh-Johnson, and her sister and brother-in-law Phyllis and Bill Partridge of Maryland. She is remembered fondly by a wide circle of friends and is still "Aunt Pat" to many.
local newspaper
DRESEL - In Oakland, August 22, 1984, Carl Bunkerhill Dresel, husband of Verona Steere Dresel of Oakland, father of Charles E. 'Skip' Dresel of Piedmont, Carl B. 'Bud' Dresel of Cupertino, and Donald G. Dresel of Kensington, brother of Annalou Dwyer of Fort Bragg; also survived by six grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Son of the late Rosa Marie and Carl Dresel, pioneer Sonoma Valley grape growers and winemakers. Retired Operating Engineew, Local No. 3; employed by Basalt Rock Company and Kaiser Steel.
THE DAILY CURRENT-ARGUS
May 31, 1951FRANK B. VAN HORN DIES
AFTER 20 YEARS SERVICEFrank B. Van Horn, an employee of the United States Potash Company here for 20 years, died early this morning at his home, 916 North Thomas. He was 74 years old.
Ill for several months, Van Horn was born in Wyoming, Iowa, on March 20, 1877. He was a geologist at USPC and was one of the company's oldest employees. He was a member of the Carlsbad Elks Lodge and was a Mason.
Van Horn is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Van Horn; a sister, Mrs. Fred Hamilton, Roseburg, Oregon; and a brother, Fred M. Van Horn, Milwaukee, Wis.
Van Horn came to the Pecos Valley in the early days of oil development around Artesia and was a consultant in several successful developments. He was also with the Snowden-McSweeney Oil Company of Fort Worth, doing work in the East Texas and Mid-Continent fields.
Boulder Daily Camera
Ruth Louise Schmidt, of Bremerton, Washington, formerly of Boulder, died Novermber 15, 1997, at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton. She was 82.
She was born July 30, 1915, in Grand Junction, to John Van Horn and Ellen Laffer Van Horn. She married Leonard Schmidt on April 16, 1938. He died in 1996.
She and her husband had owned and operated Schmidt TV service, a TV and radio repair shop in Boulder since 1951. They lived in Boulder from 1951 to 1978, coming from Longmont.
She was active in the Lady Elks in Boulder, the Elks Emblem Club on Whidbey Island, Washington; a life member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority and a member of Bremerton Omega Master Chapter.
Survivors include two sons, Charles Schmidt of Bremerton and Donald Schmidt of Poulsbo, Washington; a daughter, Judith Beigert of Whidbey Island; six grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.
Boulder Daily Camera
Leonard Benjamin Schmidt of Bremerton, Washington died October 26, 1996, in Bremerton. He was 81.
He was born September 26, 1915, at the family homestead south of Strasburg, Colorado, to John Schmidt and Mildred Brown Schmidt. He married Ruth L. Van Horn on April 16, 1938, in Grand Junction.
He moved to Boulder in 1951 and opened Schmidt TV Service, a TV and radio repair shop.
In 1956 he began working for the Department of Commerce at the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, where he helped pioneer work with lasers and radio wave propogation. He retired to Whidbey Island, Washington in 1978.He attended Bennett High School, where he played clarinet in the school band and lettered in track and basketball. He attended the University of Colorado on a scholarship and belonged to Phi Beta Kappa. He received a bachelor's Degree in Engineering in 1937. During World War II he served as an engineer, then was recruited to convert civilian factories to military production of war planes.
He was a life member of the Boulder Order of Elks and enjoyed bowling, camping, fishing, cribbage and golf.Mr. Schmidt lived in Boulder from 1951 to 1978.
Survivors include his wife of Bremerton; two sons, Charles Schmidt of Bremerton and Donald B. Schmidt of Poulsbo, Washington; a daughter, Jude Beigert of Whidbey Island; a sister, Mabel Whitehead of Kiowa, Colorado; six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.