The following is a complete listing of obituaries as they appeared in the Feb. 4, 2010 edition of The Inyo Register.

Madalynne Grace Clark
1922-2010

A celebration of life will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Neighborhood Church in Bishop for Big Pine resident Madalynne Grace Clark. A potluck reception will follow at the church. For more information call (775) 225-2891.
Born in Big Pine on Jan. 29, 1922 Madalynne died Feb. 1, 2010 at her Sterling Heights bungalow. She was 88.
Madalynne graduated from Big Pine High School in 1940. She then attended Pasadena College and graduated with honors in Business in 1942. A job took her to Reno where she found her first love, a Marine and soon to be husband, Lloyd Fields. After the war, they moved back to Big Pine and had a beautiful daughter, Melanie Jane Fields on Aug. 9, 1949. In 1959 she remarried Walter Lloyd Clark, who she remained with until his death in 1998.

The following is a complete listing of obituaries as they appeared in the Feb. 2, 2010 edition of The Inyo Register.

Richard G. Churchill
1958-2010

A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Big Pine Town Hall for 11-year Big Pine resident Richard G. Churchill.
Born in Burbank on May 4, 1958, Richard died Jan. 22, 2010 at Renown Medical Center in Reno. He was 51.
Richard was a 1976 graduate of Big Pine High School. He served in the U.S. Army in the late 1970s until discharged in 1980.
Richard is survived by his son, Dustin Churchill; daughter, Shannara Roberts; mother, Susan Maynard; stepmother, Sharon Churchill; brothers, Daniel Maynard and Jason Churchill; sisters, Christine Wilsey and Lisa Shippey; and grandchildren, Aunika Light, Emma Light, Kristopher V. Roberts, Trinity Roberts, Johnathon Roberts and Bevin Churchill.

The following is a complete listing of obituaries as they appeared in the Jan. 30, 2010 edition of The Inyo Register.

Bobbie Jo Checo
1965-2010

Private services will be held for immediate family for Bobbie Jo Checo.
Born Feb. 25, 1965 in Lone Pine, Bobbie died Jan. 16, 2010.
“May she rest in peace,” the family said.                         
She was preceded in death by her father, Melvin Checo.
She is survived by her mother, Bobbie Checo; son, Kalem Checo; daughter, Esther Checo; granddaughter, Lillian James; and sister, Esther Fillingame.

The following is a complete listing of obituaries as they appeared in the Jan. 28, 2010 edition of The Inyo Register.

Leslie Button
1922-2010

Funeral services for Leslie Button will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribal Gymnasium, located at 1145 E-Sha Rd. Burial services will follow at Mt. Whitney Cemetery.
Born June 25, 1922 in Lone Pine, Leslie died at Loma Linda Medical Center in Loma Linda on Jan. 24, 2010. He was 87.
Although born and raised in Lone Pine, some of Leslie’s fondest memories as a young boy were traveling on horseback all over the Eastern Sierra with his grandfather, Skidoo George. Leslie spent part of his youth growing up in Death Valley during the construction of Scotty’s Castle and some seasonal living on the hay ranches in Fish Lake Valley. He grew up with a love of camping, fishing and hiking that carried on into his adult life.
Leslie served in the U.S. Navy on the U.S. NAS Kaneohe as a seaman first class from March 25, 1944 to April 16, 1946. When he returned home, he married the love of his life, Irene Hackett, in July of 1947 and they started their family. Leslie continued his love of hiking, fishing and camping with the Boy Scouts, and he enjoyed rock hunting and searching for crystals with his pal “Little Joe.”

The following is a complete listing of obituaries as they appeared in the Jan. 26, 2010 edition of The Inyo Register.

Evelyn Frances Taylor
1916-2010

A grave side service will be held at 11 a.m. at the Mono Lake Cemetery with a 3 p.m. memorial service and reception to follow at the Big Pine Methodist Church on Saturday for Evelyn Frances Taylor, formerly Evelyn Davis.
Born May 29, 1916 in Ingersoll, Alfalfa County, Okla., Evelyn died Jan. 22, at the Renown Medical Center in Carson City with her daughter Mary Jane and grandson Greg Snyder at her side. She was 93.
Born in Oklahoma to Julian and Iva Jane Hendricks, she was raised on her parent’s large farm near Cherokee, Okla., then arrived in Whittier as a teenager with the rest of her family. She and her siblings loved spending their free time dancing to the big bands at many famous dance halls in Southern California. She moved to Inyo County at the tender age of 19 to work as a waitress at Glacier Lodge and later helped cook and serve food for the Patridge family at their pack station on Big Pine Creek where she would meet her future husband, Albert Davis. They both loved to dance and attended the “Old Time Dances” for many years. They married Oct. 3, 1937 and in November 1941 they moved to Birch Creek west of Bishop where Albert became a caretaker for Southern California Edison, later SCE. They were snowed in all winter and used snowshoes to go to town, carrying their first child in a knapsack. They lived at most of the plants on Bishop Creek until about 1946 when they moved to Rush Creek Power Plant on the June Lake Loop.

The following is a complete listing of obituaries as they appeared in the Jan. 26, 2010 edition of The Inyo Register.

Evelyn Frances Taylor
1916-2010

A grave side service will be held at 11 a.m. at the Mono Lake Cemetery with a 3 p.m. memorial service and reception to follow at the Big Pine Methodist Church on Saturday for Evelyn Frances Taylor, formerly Evelyn Davis.
Born May 29, 1916 in Ingersoll, Alfalfa County, Okla., Evelyn died Jan. 22, at the Renown Medical Center in Carson City with her daughter Mary Jane and grandson Greg Snyder at her side. She was 93.
Born in Oklahoma to Julian and Iva Jane Hendricks, she was raised on her parent’s large farm near Cherokee, Okla., then arrived in Whittier as a teenager with the rest of her family. She and her siblings loved spending their free time dancing to the big bands at many famous dance halls in Southern California. She moved to Inyo County at the tender age of 19 to work as a waitress at Glacier Lodge and later helped cook and serve food for the Patridge family at their pack station on Big Pine Creek where she would meet her future husband, Albert Davis. They both loved to dance and attended the “Old Time Dances” for many years. They married Oct. 3, 1937 and in November 1941 they moved to Birch Creek west of Bishop where Albert became a caretaker for Southern California Edison, later SCE. They were snowed in all winter and used snowshoes to go to town, carrying their first child in a knapsack. They lived at most of the plants on Bishop Creek until about 1946 when they moved to Rush Creek Power Plant on the June Lake Loop.