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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Brenda Joy Moore of Corning died Sunday, November 23, 2014, at home surrounded by loved ones after a long struggle with breast cancer.
She was born in Bend, Ore., on March 5, 1940, to Frank and Vivian Ward.
She married her high school sweetheart Terrence L. Moore on Dec. 2, 1956. She and Terry moved to Corning in1987. Her home was always open to anyone who needed her.
She was a loving wife, mother, daughter, aunt, grandmother and friend. She was a waitress for many years and then a Realtor, where she sold a million dollars worth of real estate in one year!
She was a member of TOPS, Elk Creek High School Booster Club, the Red Cross, American Legion, Christian Foreign exchange student program and past president of the Middletown Cemetery Board.
She served as president of local TOPS 1711 for many years. She loved teapots. Anyone who had been to her home knew it. She had more than 1,000 of them.
She is survived by her mother, 101-year-old Vivian Ward of Redding; her daughter, Chonne Murphy of Elk Creek; sons, Ken Moore of Clovis and Kelly Moore of Rio Linda; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and more friends than you could count.
Services are planned for 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Neighborhood Full Gospel Church, 901 South St. in Corning.
She is to be interned with her loving husband at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo at a later date.
Please send flowers to the church (bright ones); she loved them so.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – After a five-year battle to recover from a stroke, Marthe DiGiovanna Lanza finally went home to the Lord at 1:31 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at her home in Kelseyville. She was 88 years old.
Marthe was a French war bride, married her husband GI Joe (a Normandy invader) in Paris.
Aside from her love of family, especially her four children, she had a passion for dressmaking. She worked as a seamstress at a factory until she was able to open her own bridal shoppe. She was gifted in designing, pattern making, beading, and creating that special dress. She took pride in being able to make every bride into the most beautiful princess.
Later she tried other creative arts. She was gifted at crochet, knitting and macramé. She took art classes and was gifted at drawing, water color and oil painting. She made something beautiful out of everything she touched.
Marthe moved to Lake County in 1988. She was an active member of a singles club, followed the dance route for the seniors around the lake, was an active Christian at Lakeport Christian Center, loved the Lord and it showed in her constant smile, sweet loving attitude and giving heart.
She was a longtime member of TOPS, a group that continued to support her after her stroke with cards and letters.
Her oldest son Denis went on before her but she is survived by her sister, Charlette, who always made her laugh till she wet her pants; her remaining three children, Tina of Kelseyville, Joseph of St. George, Utah, and Michael of Glendora, Calif.; along with daughters-in-law whom she loved; 17 grandchildren; and multiple great-grandchildren.
She was loved by many and will be missed by more. Sing on Mom … and keep on dancing!
We will be celebrating your life at a memorial in January ... we love you Mom.
Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, Lakeport.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Paulita Saavedra Nimerfroh was promoted to Heaven on Nov. 30, 2014, in Glenhaven.
She was born on the family ranch in Carrazozo, New Mexico. She spent her youth with cousins and brothers and sisters.
Paulita graduated from Encinal High School in Alameda, Calif. She attended secretarial college and worked for the phone company.
As a single mother, she raised Steven and Kathy.
She happily married Allen Nimerfroh in 1990 and they later retired to Clear Lake.
She was surrounded by family and friends in the weeks before her passing.
A celebration of Paula’s life will take place on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 12:30 p.m. at the Chapel of the Lakes, 1626 N. High St., Lakeport.
Flowers can be sent to the Chapel of the Lakes. Tax-deductible donations can be made to Northlake Adult Day Center, 1026 Compton St., Lakeport, California 95453.