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Lucille England, 90, passed away on April 5, 2019, in Placerville, California.
She was born Dec. 11, 1928, in San Diego, California.
Lucille was a long-time resident of Lake County for 80 years. She worked as a real estate broker for 35 years.
She is proceeded in death by her husband of 54 years, Delbert England. She is survived by her five sons, Rick England of Clearlake, Mick England of El Cajon, Jeff England of Jamul, Ken England of Clearlake and Tim England of Clearlake. She had 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
A visitation will be held at Jones & Lewis on Thursday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to noon with burial at 12:30 p.m. at Lower Lake Cemetery, then a celebration of Life will be held at the VFW in Clearlake at 1:30 p.m.
Lucille will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Care and arrangements entrusted to Jones &Lewis CLMC FD800, www.Jonesandlewismemorialchapel.com, telephone 707-994-6417.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Kathie Reeves, 58, of Jerusalem Valley died March 13, 2019, at home in her own bed as she desired, her husband at her side, after fighting brain cancer for more than four and a half years.
She was wife, lover, teacher, mother. Gardener and Taiko drummer. Lover of books and candlelight. Sandcastle builder extraordinaire. Poet and patron of the arts. Fragile and unbreakable in the exact same moments. Independent and introspective. Fiercely loyal. Intentional Muse to a thousand students. Inspiration to all who knew her.
Born Kathryn Lynette Hindalong on Halloween Day 1960, she lived and loved as playfully as her birthday portended.
Kathie grew and came of age in Montebello, California. She attended college in Santa Barbara, California. In both places she met friends that she kept close to all of her life.
After obtaining her teaching credential in 1983 she moved to the Mendocino Coast, where she met her husband in 1986. Her two children were born in 1988 and 1989.
Kathie and her family moved to Lake County in 1990 when she was hired by Middletown Unified School District. She taught mostly second grade from that time, teaching at Coyote Valley Elementary school from the day it opened until her illness forced her retirement in 2014.
She was greatly responsible for envisioning and creating what is now the thriving and beautiful Coyote Valley Elementary School Garden.
Her spirit was never broken by her terrible diagnosis.
She is survived by both of her parents, her only sibling, her husband of 31 years and her two adult children.
A celebration of her life will be held in Middletown at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11. For more information call 707-888-0882.
In lieu of everything else, Kathie requests that you take a favorite child outside to the backyard garden dirt (or mud!) and play, play, play. Explore. Find worms and bugs, spiders and ladybeetles. Encourage them to get the dirt under their fingernails (and yours!). Ruin their clothing with the good great earth. Marvel at the miracle of the easily overlooked. Because she understands to the core of her being that such a thing is in fact Sacred, she very much wishes to instill the same knowledge in the children she hasn't yet taught, it's just that she needs your help with that now. If this seems a little too much to ask, then she requests the following of you instead: Turn off the TV and the telephones, snuggle in, and read a (chapter) book together with a favorite child. She promises you won't regret it.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Barbara Jean (Gross) Schnabl was born March 2, 1931, in Berkeley, Calif.
She passed away peacefully on April 2, 2019, in Kelseyville where she had lived since her move with her family in 1936.
She is survived by her four children (and respective spouses), six grandchildren (and respective spouses), eight great-grandchildren, and various other family members and friends.
She graduated from Kelseyville High School (home of the Indians) with the class of 1948. During high school she played in the band, on volleyball and basketball sports teams and was a life member of the California Scholarship Society.
The last semester of her senior year she worked at the title company in Lakeport. She and August (Gus) were married the summer after her senior year in Reno and she continued to work at the title company until the birth of their first child in 1951.
She became a stay-at-home mom until she and Gus started an automotive repair business in a barn on his parents’ property, located at Sixth and Church streets in Kelseyville on July 19, 1954.
She was also a room mother for her children's classes, an assistant Girl Scout leader and a volunteer parent with many of the organizations her children joined.
She supported her family in every way and was a very positive, encouraging lady to her family and friends.
She will be missed, but she is back with Gus once again.
We would also like to thank Kelseyville Fire Department, Dr. Kirk Andrus, Dr. Alan Sampson, Dr. Lou Ivanovic, Dr. Jeffrey Southard of UC Davis, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Rocky Point Care Center and Hospice of Lake County.
At Barbara’s request, there will be no services. Private interment in Kelseyville.
A celebration of Barbara's life will be held on Saturday, April 20, at 7985 Kelsey Creek Drive in Kelseyville. Celebration to begin at 1 p.m.
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