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21] Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
VITAL
'A.TISTICS
OBITUARIES
Flora Isabelle Ost
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Flora Isabelle Ost was born
on a farm in Piper City, Ii1.,
on Nov. 25, 1917.
Her father farmed with a
horse. As a very .young girl,
she helped prepare the noon
meals for the harvest hands
with her mother and older
sister.
Her family bought their
first car after the 1923 har-
vest to move to California.
Flora was always a good
student and was often the
only girl ila her high school
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math classes. Much of high.
school was outdoors or in a
tent, following the 1933
Long Beach earthquake. She
attended Long Beach Com-
munity College where she
studied bookkeeping.
She was working as a
bookkeeper when she met
her future husband at a
dance. John Sr. and Flora
married in 1940. Flora contin-
ued working after marriage,
and they were soon able to
buy a house in Inglewood.
Flora continued to work until
their first child was born
three years later•
Flora and John wrote
letters to each other daily
while John was in the Army.
Flora worked off and on as a
bookkeeper while raising
three children•
• The home had a large lot
where they planted a small
orchard, kept a large garden
and raised chickens and rab:
bits for food, eggs and skins
to sell. Flora preserved the
orchard and garden produce•
They were active in the com-
munity as founding members
of their church young couple
group, church bridge, club
and the archery club. Flora
sewed the family clothes and
hand painted decorations on
some. Throughout her life
Flora did folk art.
In 1953, the family moved
20 miles to the Palos Verdes
Reservoir of the Metropolitan
Water District in Rolling
Hills. They continued to raise
chickens and had' a large
garden on this 40-acre oasis
in Los Angeles• Part of living
in company housing included
Flora functioning as volun-
teer receptionist and occa-
sional dinner cook for John
Sr.'s•co-workers.
The children attended ele-
mentary through high school
and college while Flora and
John Sr. lived at The Reser-
voir. Flora was involved in
school, church and Scouting
activities. Flora and John
encouraged and enabled
John Jr. to become a medical
technologist, Ann to become
• an elementary school teacher
and Robert to become a civil
engineer.
On the first family trip to
Lake Almanor in 1961, Flora
and John bought a lot in
Prattville to build their re-
tirement home. John had
first visi.ted Lake Almanor on
a motorcycle trip with a
buddy in 1938. After raising
their three children, Flora
and John designed and did
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dream home in 1972.
Flora was active in the
church, the garden club,
senior gleaners and volun-
teeredas a docent at the
Chester Museum• A Chester
Progressive article about the
garden club showed Flora
with one of her handcrafted
Christmas wreaths made
from fir cones and other
dried plant material from the
Lake Almanor Basin.
Flora enjoyed cooking Lake
Almanor trout caught by
son-in-law Dave.
In summer, grandchildren
Johnny, Cathy, Matt, Chris
and Amy were part of life in
Prattville. Swimming, catch-
ing crayfish and picking
blackberries for Flora to
make into delicious cobblers
were frequent activities.
In 2000, Flora and John
moved down the hill to Chico
due to their health• In Chico,
Flora took up acrylic paint-
ing. He r painting of an alpine
lake won a blue ribbon at the
Silver Dollar Fair in 2003.
• . I late fall.2003: John and
Flora moved to Medford,
Ore,, so that their son John
Jr. could oversee their health
needs. In fall 2005, following
her husband's death, Flora
moved with John Jr. and his
wife Helen to Portland to be
close to John Jr.'s children
and grandchildren.
Flora took part in many
activities with her Portland
area grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. Flora
took part in holiday and
family gatherings and deco-
rated Christmas cookies
and Easter eggs at John and
Carolyn's house• She helped
great-granddaughter Autumn
with her numbers by teach-
ing her bingo and great-
granddaughter Trillium with
her arithmetic by teaching
her cribbage• Flora enjoyed
her great-granddaughter
Camila's singing, and her
grandson-in-law Julio play-
ing John Sr.'s banjo at family
gatherings•
She enjoyed Watching
great-grandson Mario do
tricks on his bicycle.
In Oregon, Flora enjoyed
phone calls and visits from
her son Bob (Louise) and
daughter Ann in California•
She liked to visit her friends
in Chester, especially Larry
and Kathryn Larsen, the
Wildwood Senior Nutrition
group, and friends at Lake A1-
manor- Community Church.
In Portland, church con-
tinued to be an important
part of Flora's life with son
John attending church and
church activities with Flora•
Flora was happiest when
all the family could get to-
gether. Flora said she wanted
it to be remembered that
she loved all her family and
was proud of each member's
accomplishments, but most
of all she wanted it to be
remembered that she loved
all her family•
She died Feb. 23, 2011,
following a short illness, with
her son John Jr. and grand-
son John at her side.
She will be buried Satur-
day, May 14, at 2 p.m. at the
Chester Cemetery, with her
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Center or Lake Almanor
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Iobituar00
Daisy ,
J i I It was with heavy hearts that we had,
Ztl ilk I say g°°dbye t° °ur sweet d°g Daisy' F' "
, I 15 years she brought nothing but joy ,
i ] our family and friends aswell. Daisy
!- 1 never showed aggressive behavior to
i 1 anyone• Her tail was always wagging!
She even spent some time during her
,qr I I life entertaining those at Seneca Long-
' "kJ term hospital in Chester, performing
some of her special tricks•
Love is a special gift to be treasured, no matter how it comes
to us. We will miss you dear friend!
Special thanks to Roberta Wiederholt, D.V.M., and her staff,
for the many years of providing loving care to our Daisy. You
are truly appreciated!
• Ken & Cathy Rideout
Obituary
B. Kenneth Roper
Retired Quincy Christian
Life Fellowship Pastor B.
Kenneth Roper peacefully
passed from this life to his
eternal home with the Lord,
with his family at his side
Wednesday morning, April
• 20, 2011, following a long and
courageous battle with
Parkinson's disease.
Born July 9, 1926, to the
late Ira and Clarice (Herd)
Roper in Oklahoma City,
Okla., he lost his mother at
the age Of nine, an event that
led to a somewhat tumul-
tuous childhood. Ken, as
he preferred to be called, left
Oklahoma with his brother
at age 16 to move west to
Richmond, Calif., to work. in
the shipyards.
At age 17, Ken joined the
U.S. Navy and served his
country honorably until his
discharge in 1950.
Ken obtained his GED
while serving in the military
and upon his discharge
entered the Glad Tidings
Bible Institute (later to
become Bethany University)
in Santa Cruz, graduating
with a bachelor's degree in
theology• He served as the
student body president dur-
ing his sophomore year. Ken
was ordained as a minister
in the Assemblies of God in
February 1955 and went on to
serve congregations in Elk
Grove; Sterling City; Covelo;
Tampa, Fla.; Philadelphia,
Penn.; and Quincy; as well as
serving in the radio ministry
in San Diego.and Sacra-
mento. Ken also served as
the Northern California As-
semblies of God vice director
of youth as well as traveling
throughout the United States
spreading the voice of Christ
as an Evangelist.
While evangelizing at a
convention for Christian
youth, he met the former
Ramona York Denna.
Brought together by the love
of God the couple was united
in matrimony in the back
yard of Ramona's daughter's
residence in Corte Madera
Aug. 18, 1981.
Ken loved the outdoors,
was an avid fisherman, and
also enjoyed hunting• His
athleticism was shown via
his talent as a gymnast who
loved teaching the sport to
others, his boxing skills in
the service and his abilities
as a champion diver. He
found great enjoyment in
spreading the word of Christ
to the youth and loved work-
ing with them at the Mineral
Assemblies of God's Camp.
In passing Ken leaves his
loving wife of almost 30
years, Ramona, of Clear
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