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2B Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
VITAL
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OBITUARIES
Johnee L. Weddle
OnSept. 13, 2011, Johnee L.
Weddle passed away peace-
fully at his Quincy home
following a long battle with
cancer. He was surrounded
by family members. John
was born Dec. 27, 1943, in
Compton, to John H. and
Aletta Weddle. He spent his
childhood in Long Beach
where he attended public
schools through high school.
He later attended Long Beach
City College, Santa Ana Col-
lege, Golden West College
and Orange Coast College.
In the 1960s and early
1970s, John spent nearly 10
years working on the Apollo
space program at Rockwell
International. During the
same period, he served four
years in the Army Reserve
and started a family. He
raised two children, John
Christopher and Jennifer
Marie.
During the 1970s, John
raced boats and off-road race
cars and was the senior mem-
ber of the Weddle Racing
Team. It was then that he
started Weddle Engineering,
a Long Beach based company
specializing in the repair and
service of high performance
off-road transaxles. In 2000
the company was renamed
Weddle Industries, and was
relocated to Goleta, where his
son, Chris Weddle, and
cousin, Ron Weddle, own and
operate the family business,
which continues to flourish.
During his 27-year career
as a firefighter for the city of
Huntington Beach, John
served as an engineer, an ar-
son investigator, a hazardous
materials specialist and a
labor contract negotiator.
Following his retirement in
1999, he and his wife, Mary,
relocated to Quincy.
John served on the Plumas
County Museum board of
directors from 2001 - 2011. He
was a voracious reader and
particularly enjoyed reading
about and discussing history.
John and Mary formed a
monthly reading group in
Quincy. He traveled through-
out the United States and
visited Australia, New
Zealand, Fiji, Canada, South
Africa, Guatemala, .Mexico
and Europe.
John was a loving and
devoted father, grandfather,
husband, son, brother and
uncle.
He is survived by his
wife, Mary; his son Chris; his
daughter Jenny; grandchil-
dren Lola and Desmond; his
father John and stelmother
Mary; stepfather Selman;
sister Gall; brothers Todd
and Mark; and several other
loving family members. John
will be deeply missed by his
family and friends.
A celebration of John's life
will take place Sunday, Oct. 2,
at the grounds of the Plumas
County Museum in Quincy. In
lieu of flowers the family sug-
gfsts donations can be made
to the Plumas County Muse-
um, 500 Jackson St., Quincy,
CA 95971 or to Plumas District
Hospital Foundation, 1065
Bucks Lake Road, Quincy, CA
95971, pdh.org/foundation_
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Faye Cleo Flanery
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On Sept. 16, 2011, Faye Cleo
Flanery (Bamber, Adamson)
lost her courageous battle
with breast cancer. She will
be greatly missed by hey
friends and most especially
her family.
Faye was born Nov. 20,
1937, in Havre, Mont. At the
age of 4, she and her family
moved to Southern Califor-
nia. Faye graduated from
Bellflower High School in
1955 where she was a song
leader and majorette.
Faye relocated to Chico
in 1961 and then to Meadow
Valley in 1974. She worked
many years in the accounting
field for Plumas Unified
School District and Plumas
Rural Services. She was also
a licensed electrologist.
Faye enjoyed spending
time with her children,
grandchildren and her poodle
companion Lucy. Over the
years she was a Girl Scout
leader, a majority member of
the International Order of the
Rainbow for Girls, bowled in
various leagues and enjoyed
antiquing, gardening, camp-
ing and crocheting.
Faye LS survived by her
children: daughfer Kerry
Bamber-Simonds and hus-
band Donald, of E1 Dorado
Hills; daughter Vicki Adam-
son and partner Jerry Alvey,
of Quincy; son Scott Adam-
son and wife Stacy, of Chico;
and daughter Stacy Huffmon
and husband James, of Quincy.
She is also survived by
her grandchildren: Melissa,
Sarah, Trevor, Tristan and
Matthew; her step-father
Virgil Dorr; her sisters Cleta
Ross and Joanne Bolt; and
many nieces and nephews.
Faye's family suggests that
remembrances be made in
her memory to the Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation.
Heather Danae Prosser
Starr
Our beautiful daughter,
sister, friend and mother
Heather Danae Prosser
Start, 25, was taken from us
Sept. 19, 2011. Heatherdoll
was born July 8, 1986, in
Fayetteville, N.C.
At 9 months of age she
moved to Manteca with her
loving mother Sherry. When
she was 9 years old she wel-
comed her younger sister
Taylor into the family. She
graduated from East Union
High School in 2004 where
she played soccer and volley-
ball and was active in cheer-
leading. Heather then attend-
ed the University of Nevada,
Reno where she studied
criminal justice and received
her bachelor's degree in 2009.
Heather will always be
remembered for her saucy
personality, high energy, her
amazing smile and the ability
to light up a room as soon as
she walked in. She was a
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strike up a conversation with
anyone about anything.
Heather's passions included
dancing, shopping, the SF
Giants, the ocean, snow-
boarding and -- just like any
girl -- yearly trips to
NASCAR,races. But above
any of thih, Heather valued
her family members and
would have done anything
for them, especially her
baby boy Ethan. She lived
life to the fullest and took ad-
vantage of every opportunity
she had.
While at UNR, Heather met
the love of her life, Jason
Michael Starr. The two
quickly established a
passionate relationship. On
April 15, 2010, Heather and
Jason were blessed with
a beautiful baby boy, Ethan
David Starr. Ethan exempli-
fies the best of both worlds:
the strong willed tenacity
of his mother, the ardent
passion of his father, and the
intelligence and good looks of
both.
Heather is survived by
her best friend and mother,
Sherry Prosser; fiance Jason
Starr; son Ethan Starr; sister
Taylor Prosser; grandparents
Kelly and Darlene Griffith;
grandfather Leonard Rieb;
great-great-grandma Emma
Rieb; aunt and uncle Lenny
and Teresa Rieb; aunt Tam-
my Trukki; cousins Jaycee
Rieb and Richard and Robert
Milby; parents-in-law Janet
DeWitt and Gary Starr; and
sister- and brother-in-law
Jessica and Ryan Start.
A celebration of life was
held in Heather's honor at
Portola Baptist Church in
Portola Thursday, Sept. 22. A
reception followed at Long-
boards Bar and Grill in
Graeagle. In lieu of flowers,
donations canbe made to
trust funds set up for her
17-month-old son, Ethan. The
locations include Plurnas
Bank in Portola, at 120 N.
Pine St. Portola, CA 96122,
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Carolee Ann Ashbaugh
Carolee Ann Ashbaugh
passed from this life peace-
fully at Eastern Plumas
Health Care's Loyalton
Campus Monday afternoon,
Sept. 19, 2011, following a
courageous battle with back
pain and dementia. Carolee
was 76 years old.
Born in Fresno to A. Dewey
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These two little guys are already buddies.
One's about 5 weeks old, the other about
10 weeks. They were found cruising
Hot Springs Road in Greenville.
Did someone say mouse or cheese?
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Cassie and Cleo are lab mix, about 7 years
old, mostly black and may be related. The -lit I
girls sure kamw each other. Their owner
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passed away so they are a little sad. They've
heard about Girls Night Out in Quincy, so O@]
if someone will just bring the wheels ...
Shelter hours are Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8om-5pm, closed 1-2pm for lunch and
Q@ closed weekends. Plumas Animal Services charges a $ lO fee end license fees are $5 per year. iiilt }
An officer will deliver a pet to the adopting party's veterinary of choice to have the animal
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