Archive - Obituary
October 22nd, 2010
Jessaline B. Fetterman
1915-2010
A memorial will be held in Bishop, in the spring of 2011 for Jessaline B. Fetterman.
Born in Minneapolis, Minn. on March 20, 1915 to Charles Walter Grafft and Neva Belle (Briggs) Grafft, Jessaline B. Fetterman, passed away on October 10, 2010. She was 95.
Velma M. Axford
1926-2010
No services will be held for Velma M. Axford.
Born May 12, 1916 Velma deid Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010 in her home in Topaz, where she has lived for 22 years. She was 94.
Velma and her husband Frank have had many businesses together, starting in 1958 in Bishop, they then moved to Mammoth where they opened a hardware store and two mini markets along with their plumbing contracting business.
October 21st
Earl Raymond Duarte
1935-2010
Funeral services will be held for 13-year Lone Pine resident Earl R. Duarte at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 at the Turner Barnes VFW Post 8036 on Gene Autry Lane in Lone Pine. Burial will be private at Mt. Whitney Cemetery.
Born in Long Beach on Aug. 6, 1935, Earl died Oct. 15, 2010 at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center in Loma Linda. He was 75.
Ralph Voetberg
1927-2010
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church at 105 N. Mt. Whitney Dr. in Lone Pine for Ralph Voetberg.
Born July 25, 1927 in La Grande, Ore., Ralph died at the Bishop Care Center on Oct. 10, 2010, after suffering a severe stroke on Father’s Day, June 20, 2010. He was 83.
Don Redmon
1922-2010
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date for former Bishop resident Donald Everett Redmon of Mountain Home, Ark.
Born Sept. 25, 1922 in Santa Rosa, Donald died Oct. 13, 2010. He was 88.
Don and his wife Jaylyle relocated from Bishop to Mountain Home in 2003.
October 18th
Ruth Alice Nielsen
1938-2010
Memorial services for Ruth Alice Nielsen will be held some time around Thanksgiving. The time and date will be announced at a later date.
Born April 5, 1938 in Chicago, Ill., Ruth died Oct. 10, 2010.
October 14th
Mildred Lorine Eggers Bopp
1915-2010
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Concordia Lutheran Church in Kirkwood, Mo. for Mildred Lorine Eggers Bopp. Mildred’s remains will be laid to rest beside those of her late husband at St. Lucas Cemetery in Sappington, Mo.
Born Sept. 20, 1915, Mildred died peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 in Moraga with two of her children at her bedside, 15 days after celebrating her 95th birthday.
October 12th
Lewis Thomas ‘Tom’ Miners
1936-2010
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday at the Bishop Christian Center for former Big Pine resident Lewis Thomas “Tom” Miners.
Born on February 15, 1936, in Ishpeming, Mich. to Allyvion and Signa (Oust) Miners, Tom died Oct. 1st, 2010, at home with his family in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He was 74.
October 7th
Linda ‘Susie’ Zucco
1950-2010
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Independence Cemetery for lifetime Lone Pine resident Linda “Susie” Zucco. A cry dance ceremony will be held from 9 p.m.-midnight Friday, Oct. 8 at the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Community Center at 975 Teya Rd. in Lone Pine.
Born Feb. 28, 1950 in Lone Pine, Linda died Oct. 3, 2010 in Bishop. She was 60.
October 5th
Thornton Jay ‘T.J.’ Marker
1922-2010
Private burial services will take place at Santa Barbara Cemetery in Santa Barbara for 17-plus-year Bishop resident Thornton Jay “T.J.” Marker.
Born in Long Beach on Sept. 4, 1922, T.J. died Sept. 6, 2010 at Northern Inyo Hospital from complications of diabetes. He was 88.
