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Mabel Stiehl ('23) was Lodi's first female mayor, elected in 1952. Stiehl also served two terms as a city council-woman. She began her career as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in Glenn County and was a former president of the Lodi Business and Professional Women's Club. Velma Alverta Caywood ('27) died on June 30, 1999. She worked as a teacher in the Santa Barbara School District for thirty years and was a member of the P.E.O. and the Chico Horticultural Society. Helen Colledge ('27) was born in Chico, moved to Napa, and was a substitute teacher for twenty years. In 1949, she became a full-time teacher and retired in 1966. She was a member of the Hall of Fame at CSU, Chico and a member of the University Women. Helen Armour ('30) died on July 7, 1999. She was an elementary school teacher at Sutter and Nelson schools. In 1974, she was honored as Teacher of the Year. She was a member of the Chico Christian Women's Club, Chico Exchange Club, University Women, Embroidery Club, and lifetime member of the Parent Teacher Association and the Elk's Ladies. Clara Brown ('33) was an elementary school teacher in the Oroville and Chico areas, including the education department at Chico State. Harriett Denlay ('34) was a member of the P.E.O. Altacal Audubon Society and Prime Timers at CSU, Chico. She was a teacher. Cleo Lange ('35) was a member of Omega Nu, Cosmos, Sigma Kappa, and O.E.S. She helped operate Jesse Lange Distributing. Florence Roseland ('35) volunteered in a local hospice program and the Adult Literacy Program. She taught the first grade at Eastside School in Oroville until 1977. LeRoy Vernon Granville ('37) was a retired superintendent of the Salinas City School District. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a first lieutenant from 1942 to 1946. Jay Garner ('39) served in World War II as a captain in the Army Air Corps, where he flew B-24s in Europe. He raised cattle and hogs on his ranch and was active in Christian ministry, helping provide food to the needy. Mercedes Lappin ('45) was secretary to the principal at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico. She enjoyed traveling, was a member of Sigma Kappa Sorority, Chico Alumni, and Las Senoras, and she loved Hawaii. Donald Brown ('48) died on June 3, 1999. He worked in the Anglo Bank in Chico for eight years and then worked in real estate in Chico. Brown was the sales manager for Hignell and Hignell and later for Tracy Realty, and finally he opened his own office as a broker. He taught real estate courses at Butte College. John (Jack) Wesley McGee ('49) died on April 11, 1999. He graduated with a teaching degree in physical education and English. In 1988, he was inducted into the Chico State Athletic Hall of Fame for outstanding achievementin basketball, tennis, track, golf, and boxing. Ruth Haffner-Warner ('50) taught elementary school for three years in Vina. She moved to Fair Oaks and taught art in the San Juan School District for thirty-five years, retiring in 1988. Graham Whitney ('52) served in the Navy Medical Corps from 1945 to 1947 and was employed with AT&T for thirty-six years. He was president of the Chico Chapter of the Alumni Association, president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, and founder of the Chico Chapter Scholarship Development program. Robert Wiebe Jorritsma ('53) taught business and coached for twenty-eight years in the Fairfield Unified School District at Armijo and Fairfield High Schools. He belonged to and supported a variety of animal organizations, and was a legendary angler. Rubye Craggs ('60) was a speech therapist for Butte County schools. Gueda Lee Brandy McDonald ('61) was raised in Sonora and worked as an elementary school teacher. Charlie Olmsted ('61) was a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at CSU, Chico and owned a trucking company in Old Station. He was also an independent contractor with the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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Carole Anne (Birleffi) Vermeil ('63) is remembered as a caring person who was deeply involved with her family. Vermeil was an elementary school teacher and a huge fan of her three sons' automobile racing endeavors. Richard Allen Plimpton ('65) taught school at Karachi American School in Pakistan and was a school administrator in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He became superintendent of schools for the Corning Elementary School District in 1990. Plimpton loved music and belonged to barbershop groups. Thad Jackson ('68) served in the National Guard and worked for Jimmy's Cab Company. He was also an emergency medical technician and a building inspector. Gary Matson (attended '74-'75) and Winfield Mowder ('99) were slain in their home in July. Matson was a well-known horticulturist who co-founded the Carter House Natural Science Museum and the Redding Arboretum. He also helped establish the Redding Farmer's Market in 1975. Mowder recently graduated from Chico State with a degree in anthropology. Matson and Mowder lived together in Happy Valley, outside of Redding. Lynn Marie Rianda ('75) died in 1999. She spent many years abroad teaching English as a second language. She traveled through Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. She received her master's degree from San Francisco State University. Larry Ford (B.A., Liberal Studies, '77) passed away last summer. A third-grade teacher in the Auburn Union Elementary School District for twenty years, he also was the creator of a LifeLab and an aquarium with spawning salmon in the library. Ford was Teacher of the Year and a Fulbright Exchange teacher to England. He is survived by his wife, Lori Tibbett Ford, and his daughter, Natalie. Teresa M. Lee ('84) was a native of San Francisco and a homemaker. She was fond of arts and crafts, photography, and camping. John Byron Evan ('85) managed several restaurants and bars in Southern California and San Francisco, and he owned the Blue Max Night Club in Chico. He booked bands Nirvana and Jellyfish before they made it big. Evan was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and president of the chapter from 1983 until 1984. Joell Williams (B.A., Psychology, '92) died last October in a car accident. The Joell A. Williams Memorial Scholarship for psychology students has been established with a goal of building a $10,000 scholarship fund. Joie Armstrong (B.S., Parks and Natural Resources Management, '96) was killed in Yosemite National Park last July. She had been working for the Yosemite Institute, a nonprofit group that organizes environmental programs and tours for children. Paul DiGirolamo (B.A., Political Science, '96), who was AS. executive vice president during 1995-96, died in a car accident in June. John M. Welles ('96) worked for the Money Store at the time of his death. He leaves behind his fiancˇe, Patricia Guay, and his two pit bulls, Poncho and Clancy. Monica Leann Mayer ('96) was attending CSU, Chico at the time of her death. She was planning to receive her teaching credential in May. Matthew Elwell Goss ('98) was a senior at CSU, Chico at the time of his death in a plane accident, which also took the lives of his parents, William and Karen Goss. Jen O'Hare, a women's studies major who loved poetry and music, was killed in a car accident in September. The Jen O'Hare Women's Studies Scholarship was established. Year Unavailable David George John Shelton
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