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From: "Billie C. Reynolds" <>
Subject: From the Klamath Falls paper
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:34:19 -0800

INJURY CASH - Velma McCrary, 73, Canby, suffered a compound fracture of
her ankle, fractured tibia and deep knee and head cuts in a Tuesday
afternoon accident on Highway 299 in Canby. Spokesmen for the
California Highway Patrol, Alturas, said McCrary made a left turn to the
Canby Post Office in front of an oncoming vehicle driven by Randall
Wright, 53, Fall River Mills, Calif. McCrary was not using a seatbelt
or other safety devices. Moderate damage was one to both vehicles.
Wright, who was wearing a seatbelt, was not injured. McCrary was
initially taken to the Modoc Medical Center in Alturas and then
airlifted to a Redding, Calif., hospital.

Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Oregon - Thursday, February 22, 2001.

JOHN NOLAN GRIENER
John Nolan Griener, 81, died Feb. 21, 2001, near Adel from injuries
suffered in an automobile accident.

At his request, funeral services will not held. Private interment will
be at Alturas Cemetery. Desert Rose Funeral Chapel, Lakeview, is in
charge of arrangements.

Mr. Griener was born Feb. 1, 1920 in Alturas to George and Ellen (Chase)
Griener. He was also raised Alturas, where he graduated from high
school. He then enlisted in the Army and served honorable for four
years during World War II. He married Lois Dyke on Dec. 27, 1941, in
Kimball, Neb. After he was discharged from military service, he and his
wife moved to Lakeview and he worked for American Box Moulding Plant and
Adams and Fossum Building Materials before they purchased the Adel Store
and they moved to Adel in 1954.

The store's operation included a saddle shop that had saddles made by
Mr. Griener.

Twenty-two years later, he purchased the Dyke Ranch in Adel, which he
was still running at the time of his death.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, horses, and working with leather.

Survivors include his wife, Lois Griener of Adel; sons, John of Portland
and James of Beaverton; sister, Thelma Weilmunster of Alturas;
granddaughter, Sandra Dee Anderson; and great-grand-children, Anne and
Zachary Anderson.

He was preceded in death by his brothers, Cecil, Carl, "Rudy" and Andrew
Griener, and a sister, Josephine Lloyd.

Memorial donations may be made to Lake District Hospital, 700 S. J St.,
Lakeview, OR 97630, or the charity of the donor's choice.

Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Oregon - Sunday, February 25, 2001

MARTHA DIANE CAHILL
Martha Diane Cahill, 66, died Feb. 24, 2001, at the family ranch in
Adel.

Recitation of the holy rosary will be at 7 p.m. Monday and mass of
Christian burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Patrick's Catholic Church in
Lakeview with Father Raymond Hopp as the celebrant. Private inurnment
will be held on a future date. Ousley Osterman Huffstutter Funeral
Chapel, Lakeview, is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Cahill was born Jan. 22, 1935, in Reno to Laurance and Edna Fee.
She attended Mt. Bidwell Elementary School and graduated from Surprise
Valley High School in 1952. She was a Modoc County Fair Princess in
1953. She attended the University of Reno for two years and was a
member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Mrs. Cahill returned to the Fee
Ranch in 1954 and helped her mother cool for the ranch crew and assisted
her father in ranch operations. She married Terry Cahill on June 3,
1956, in Cedarville. When they returned from their honeymoon, they
began their married life at the Cahill Ranch in Adel, where they raised
four sons. Her life-long passions were her family and her horses. As
she raised her sons, she also developed her quarter horse business,
providing working quarter horses for the ranch and for sale. Mrs.
Cahill was a 44-year member of the American Quarter Horse Association
and assisted for several years with a cattlemen's playday at the Leavitt
Ranch in Goose Lake Valley. For more than 30 years, she was involved in
the Lake County Horse Show, also serving as its chairman. She was
deeply involved in community activities, including being a member of the
Adel School Board for many years and helping to procure bus service for
Adel students to attend high school in Lakeview. As a 20-year 4-H
leader, she instructed many young persons in leatherwork and horse
activities. Mrs. Cahill was instrumental, too, in establishing the Adel
Cemetery and, for many years, helped with dinners and dances to raise
money for United Way and March of Dimes.

Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Frank and Cynthia
Cahill and Joe and Chandra Cahill of Adel and High and Lesa Cahill and
Will and Susie Cahill of Lakeview; grandchildren, Terry and Carly Cahill
of Adel and James, Jackie, Bill and Donna Cahill of Lakeview; sister,
Patricia Barry of Fort Bidwell; and brother and sister-in-law, Jim and
Susie Fee of Fort Bidwell; sisters-in-law, Anna Sullivan of Adel and
Helen and Margaret Cahill of Klamath County; and numerous nieces and
nephews.

She also leaves a special family friend, Josh Prom.

Memorial donations may be made to Adel Cemetery c/o/ Sylvia Cleland or
St. Richard's Catholic Church in Adel c/o Father Raymond Hopp in
Lakeview, or Lakeview Home Health and Hospice c/o Lake District Hospital

Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Oregon - Sunday, February 25, 2001

CHARLES "ELMONT" KENYON
Charles "Elmont" Kenyon, 84, Malin, died Feb. 18, 2001, of natural
causes in Klamath Falls.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Malin Community Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. Joyce Fogle will officiate. Concluding graveside
services will be in Malin Community Cemeterty. Visitation is until 8
p.m. today in O'Hair & Riggs Funeral Chapel, Klamath Falls.

Mr. Kenyon was born April 28, 1916, in Bieber to Charles Francis and
Violet (Criss) Kenyon. When he was 8 years old, he moved with his
family to Malin, where he graduated as valedictorian of his class form
Malin High School. He met his future wife, Hazel Cushman, at a dance in
the Broadway Hall in Malin. After they were married on Spet. 24, 1939,
in Tulelake Presbyterian Church, they made their home in Malin.

He owned and operated a farm, growing potatoes, grains and alfalfa, For
20 years, he also managed his brother Lowell's potato packing shed, LK
Produce, in Tulelake. Mr. Kenyon was a member of Good Sam Travel Club,
past worshipful master of Masonic Lodge in Malin, member of Klamath
Lodge No. 77, past president of the local Shrine Club, member of Hillah
Shire, past president of Tulelake Rotary Club, member of the Elks Lodge
and held numerous positions in the Moose Lodge. He also was a 4-H Swine
Club leader for seven years, a former Boy Scout leader, member of the
chamber of commerce, member of the Malin Irrigation District board of
directors, member of Malin Volunteer Fire Department, held a school
board position in the early 1960s, and member of numerous other civil
organizations.

Among his interests were hunting, fishing, traveling extensively in his
motor home, and going on cruises and tours with his favorites being the
Panama Canal and Florida. He also enjoyed activities involving his
grandchildren. And attended all of their sporting events. He loved
gardening and pitching horseshoes.

Survivors include his wife, Hazel Kenyon of Malin; sons and
daughters-in-law, Steven and Tracy Kenyon and Pendleton, Michael and
Rowena Kenyon of Malin and Charlie and Jeanette Kenyon of Tulelake;
grandsons, Douglas Burtz of Sacramento, Kenneth Kenyon of Tulelake,
Jeremy Kenyon of Salem, Daniel Dobry of Bend and Phillip Kenyon of
Pendleton; granddaughters, Michelle Waller and her husband Mark, of
Keno, Erika Kenyon of Malin, Elisa Kenyon of Tulelake and Sherry Taylor
of Sacramento; six great-grandchilden; and brothers and sisters-in-law,
Clifford and Eldenia Kenyon of Klamath Falls and Lowell and Duffie
Kenyon of LaJolla, Calif.

He was preceded in death by daughters Marcia Dobry and Cathy Burtz
Davis.

Memorial donations may be made to Basin Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 283,
Malin, OR 97632, or Shriners Hospitals for Children, 3101 S.W. Sam
Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 87201

Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Oregon - Wednesday, February 21, 2001

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