Terri Schaaf: 1933-2016
Terri Schaaf 1933 – 2016 A funeral mass will be held at 11am Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church for long-time Bishop resident, Teresa “Terri” Marie Vinez Schaaf. Father John Gracey will officiate the service. Inurnment will be at...
‘Bobbi’ Schaefer: 1945-2016
Roberta Claire “Bobbi” Schaefer, age 71 of Gardnerville, passed away in her home on December 8, 2016. She was an only child born to the late Henry Edward Jirak and Gladys McLean Jirak on January 5, 1945 in Southern California. She made her home for many years in the...
Charlotte Walecke: 1918-2016
Charlotte Walecke was born October 28th 1918 in northern Ontario, Canada in the area of Monteith Iroquois Falls to Parents Dominic & Alice McAndrew - whose occupation was running the Family Farm which consisted of mostly sheep and other domestics wool - shipped...
Juanita Inez (Ruiz) Ellis: 1925-2016
Juanita Inez (Ruiz) Ellis joined her Lord God on December 2, 2016. A lifelong Owens Valley resident, she is reunited with her beloved sisters, Gracie, Vina, and Pauline, and brother, Carl. Juanita was born in Lone Pine on December 8, 1925 to Pauline (Valdez) and C.D....
Richard Leroy Williams: 1945-2016
Richard Leroy Williams 1945-2016 Richard was born in Lee Vining, CA on August 22, 1945 and raised by his grandmother Vina Williams. In 1959, Alice and Art Dumas became his foster parents and moved him to Big Pine, CA where they finished raising him. He attended Big...
Phyllis Joan Myers: 1941-2016
Phyllis Joan Myers, a resident of Bishop CA for 14 years, passed away on December 1, 2016 at home after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Phyllis was the youngest of 3 children and was born in Eglantine Arkansas on April 16, 1941 to John Wirte Hunt and Inez Hunt. In...
Norma Dorothy McFadden: 1927-2016
Norma Dorothy McFadden 1927-2016 Norma Dorothy McFadden, age 89, resident of Big Pine, CA for 5 years, born in Pittsburgh, PA on April 3, 1927 passed away on November 25, 2016 at the Bishop Care Center. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa, passed on 11/25/2016 at the age of 89...
Tommie lone Longest: 1916-2016
Tommie lone Longest 1916-2016 Tommie lone Longest, age 100, passed away peacefully, at the Bishop Care Center on November 22, 2016. She was born in Kildare, Texas on January 16, 1916 to Thomas and Sarah Porter. As a young child, her family relocated to Los Angeles...
A toast to ‘Gebby’ McMurry: 1919-2016
GERALDINE "GEBBY'' VALENTINE AUBREY-MCMURRY 1919-2016 We, the loving family of "Gebby'', would like to "Toast'' to the the full and adventurous life of one tough fun-loving lady! Gebby was nearly a life-long "Bishop-ite" of 97 years. She was born in Goldfield, NV. to...
Patricia Rae Vance: 1944-2016
Lifelong Big Pine resident, Patricia Rae Vance, age 72, born in Bishop, California on June 4, 1944 to parents Norma and Willard Spratt, passed away peacefully on October 29, 2016 at home with her family by her side. Patricia, known to many as “Patsy” or “Patty”,...
