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From: "Billie C. & Anita J. Reynolds" <>
Subject: [CALassen] 11/14/2002 Modoc County Record
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:13:45 -0800


Obituaries:

Wayne Marshall Mason

Wayne Marshall Mason, 85, formerly of California Pines, died of natural
causes November 1, 2002 in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Services were conducted at
Kerr Mortuary in Alturas, CA, on November 5, 2002, by Pastor Dave Nolte of
Shasta Way Christian Church in Klamath Falls. Burial services were conducted
by combined Veterans organization of Alturas, at the Alturas Cemetery.

Wayne Marshall Mason was born March 20, 1917 to Claude Arthur and Estella
(Scott) Mason. He lived in Minnesota until moving to Southern California in
1937. He served with the U.S. Army in the Combat Engineers from 1941 to 1943
and honorably discharged. He then worked as a truck driver and heavy
equipment operator for the City of Los Angeles for the next 30 years,
retiring in 1973. He married the former Florence Hunt on December 5, 1941 in
Los Angeles and they enjoyed 53 years of marriage before her death in 1994.

Mr. Mason was a life member of the Sunnyside Lodge 577 Free and Accepted
Masons of Torrance, California. For 12 years he was Associate Guardian of
Bethels 30 and 245 in Los Angeles. Following his retirement from the City,
he and Florence moved to Cal Pines near Alturas. There they were active in
the American Legion, Clifford Harter Post 163 and the Disabled American
Veterans. Mr. Mason was a life-time member of the Christian Church and was a
member of the Shasta Way Christian Church in Klamath Falls at the time of
his death.

He was a mechanic, carpenter and builder by trade and enjoyed model
railroads and collecting tools of various types. He enjoyed family
gatherings and getting together with friends.

He is survived by his daughters, Sharon Wieser, Klamath Falls, OR, and
Kathleen Mason, Redding, CA. Four grandchildren, Larry Floyd, Wendy DiSario,
both of Alturas, Erik Wieser, Klamath Falls, and Samantha Bagula of Redding;
Four great-granddaughters, Kristina, Jordan, and Tiela of Alturas and
Jennifer of Redding. One aunt, Lula Knowles of Missouri and various cousins
also survive.

The family requests donations to the charity of the donor's choice.

Melvin D. Myers

Melvin Dunbar Myers was born in Fall River Mills on July 23, 1915, second of
the six children born to James R. and Edith (Dunbar) Myers, both members of
pioneering California families. About 1917 James and Edith moved their
family to Rush Creek, north of Adin, where James operated a sawmill. Later
they lived in Janesville and Susanville before returning to Big Valley.

In 1929 James Myers leased a ranch from Frank Studley, partly so that Melvin
and his older brother Norris could expend some of their youthful energies
taking care of a cow and doing other chores. James died in 1932 and after
graduating from the Adin High School the following year Melvin, with the
help of Frank Studley, who helped him with his first cow herd, his
great-uncle Ben Waite, and his uncle Ernest Dunbar, became a rancher. In
later years he told family members that the farming methods he learned from
his Uncle Ernest were old fashioned, and as he matured Melvin devoted much
energy to learning the more modern scientific techniques. He was so
successful that on at least one occasion his methods of cattle raising were
written up for publication in the California Farmer magazine.

On December 30, 1946 Melvin married Nettie Lovine Maben, in Willows, CA and
to their union were born two children, Lura and Darrel. Melvin and Lovine
raised their family in an atmosphere of love and hard work, teaching them to
value their extended family and to enjoy simple pleasures. Melvin enjoyed
hunting, fishing and all kinds of family outings from picnics in the summer
to holiday gatherings in the winter to simply sitting out on the lawn with
his wife and children on a summer evening to enjoy a dish of ice cream or
slice of melon.

He was deeply interested in the history and wildlife of Big Valley and the
surrounding areas. He loved children and was blessed with an ability,
unusual for an adult, to see things from their perspective. He loved
animals, and always had at least one dog running at his heels or riding in
the pickup with him, and he dearly loved to hear and to share a unique or
funny story. One example of his interest in his community was his donation
of the land on which Adin sewer plant was built.

Mr. Myers was a man of character, courage and great conviction; a hard
worker who enjoyed life and loved his family deeply. With his death on
November 7, 2002 at Mayers Memorial Hospital in Fall River Mills, he leaves
a void in the heart of lives of his wife Lovine, his children Lura Yowell
and Darrel Myers, all of the family ranch south of Adin; his granddaughter
Brenda Rodriguez, her husband Rick; and two great-grandchildren, Easton and
Elleshya Rodriguez, all of San Jose; his brothers, Delbert Myers of Adin and
Ben Myers of Pensacola, Florida; and a host of nephews and nieces. He was
preceded in death by his parents, his older brother Norris, and his sisters
Delores Myers and Evelyn Coppedge. Services were held on November 9 at Big
Valley Missionary Baptist Church, with burial at the Adin cemetery. The
family asks that any memorials be sent to a charity of their choice.



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Billie C. Reynolds
Anita "Jean" Waters-Reynolds
http://www.rh2o.com (Family Genealogy)
http://www.rh2o.com/modoc/ (Modoc County Genealogy)



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