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OBITUARY - Vallejo Times Herald, 27 Mar 2005

Cecile Lovelace Bergwall

Nov. 30, 1911 - March 21, 2005

At her request, no services are planned for Cecile Lovelace Bergwall, who died in Santa Cruz on March 21, 2005, at the age of 93. Cecile was born in Dinuba, California, on November 30, 1911. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1934, the same place and year she met and married Phillip H. Bergwall of Vallejo. Cecile obtained a teaching certificate in 1935 and taught for a short time in Oakland. The couple then moved to Vallejo, where Phillip was an engineer at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. They built their first home on Napa Street in 1938-39. Between 1949-52, they built their permanent home on Rincon Way. After Phillip died in 1970, Cecile remained in her Vallejo home until 2000, at which time she moved to Santa Cruz to be near her two grown children.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Cecile enjoyed traveling in foreign countries, in Europe and Southeast Asia, and visiting Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Hong Kong. An active volunteer for many years, Cecile served on the board of the Friends of the Vallejo Library, and volunteered weekly at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. She also loved and supported the Vallejo Symphony. Cecile appreciated fine art and visited numerous museums in the Bay Area and during her travels abroad. Cecile enjoyed playing bridge with her friends and was always ready for a party. All agreed she was a most capable and gracious hostess.

Cecile is survived by her son, John P. Bergwall and partner Gillian Greensite of Santa Cruz; her daughter, Ann Terry and husband Jerry of Rancho Mirage, CA; her grandson, Michael Terry, and wife Elizabeth; her great-grandsons, Nicholas and Brendan Terry of Santa Monica; her sister-in-law, Mimi Bergwall Fitzpatrick of Bodega Bay; and many nieces and nephews. Donations in her name may be made to your favorite charity.

dates per SSDI, last residence Dinuba

OBITUARY - Visalia Times-Delta; Tuesday, July 14, 1998; page 4A.

Melvin Lovelace

Retired

DINUBA - Graveside services for Melvin D. Lovelace, 84, of Dinuba will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Smith Mountain Cemetery. Born in Dinuba to a pioneer family, the lifelong resident died Thursday.

He married his wife of 58 years, Alice "Peggy" Danner in McFarland in 1937. She died in 1996.

Lovelace was one of the first successful independent turkey breeders in the Dinuba area. He was a pioneer in the development of a genetically pure line of turkeys that exhibited uniformity of size and shape. He was a past master of the Dinuba Masonic Lodge No. 385, where he was a member for 41 years.

Surviving are a son, Gerald Lovelace of Milpitas; a daughter, Linda Shawl of Phoenix, Ariz.; a sister, Cecile Bergwall of Vallejo; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Arrangements are by Dopkins Funeral Chapel.

Memorials may be made to the Dinuba Presbyterian Church Building fund, 310 N. K St., Dinuba, Calif 93618 or the American Heart Association, 1495 W. Shaw Ave., Fresno, Calif 93711-3608.

OBITUARY - The Seattle Times; Wednesday, September 07, 1994; page B6

Marian Elizabeth TROFFER

Age 88, died Sept. 3, 1994. Preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Jack. Survived by children, David A. Troffer, Carol Williams, Barbara Edison and Albert Troffer; nine grandchildren and several great grandchildren; and a brother, Robert Hocker, of Corvallis, Ore. Viewing hours 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. EVERGREEN-WASHELLI FUNERAL HOME and Graveside Services Saturday, Sept. 10. 1994 at 10:30 a.m., Evergreen Memorial Park, all at 11111 Aurora Avenue North, Seattle. Garden flowers suggested or memorials to a favorite charity.