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0 @I1@ INDI
1 NAME J /Wemple/
2 GIVN J.C.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1873
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 APR 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F31@
1 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE At his funeral the compiler, aged 9 at the time, heard a community mem
2 CONC ber saying, He never had an enemy in his whole life.  He was loved b
2 CONC y his whole family and his family sadly missed and mourned him when h
2 CONC e died at the young age 67 in 1940.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay was given the name J.C. at birth. After he and Libby were married
2 CONC , Libby had him change his name to Jay C. to end the confusion over th
2 CONC e mail (with Jay's father, Joseph C). Jay was a farmer in Milford, CA
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT A tribute to J.C. & Libby Wemple from DFD
2 CONT by Dave F. Dozier, M.D.:
2 CONT 
2 CONT This tribute is written for the descendants of two of the most wonderf
2 CONC ul parents anyone could ever know of.  Often it is difficult for child
2 CONC ren to write with the freedom which others may use in telling of a pre
2 CONC cious home and the life therein. Having known the family for seventy y
2 CONC ears, I want to tell of the life in this blessed home.  Such was was t
2 CONC he home of Jay and Libby.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay Wemple and Libby Decious both grew up in Milford and attended th
2 CONC e Milford School.  Grandfather Joseph Wemple named the town and in fac
2 CONC t bought the land which became the base of all the Wemple ranches fro
2 CONC m Peter Lassen himself.*  Truly, this is the story of the beautiful lo
2 CONC ve between husband and wife which thrived as long as life permitted
2 CONC .  Every child was wanted, made welcome and secure within the family a
2 CONC nd the older brothers and sisters.  No one knowing the family ever beh
2 CONC eld a more close knit, happy and affectionate family group - all for e
2 CONC ach and each for all!  There were ten children - five boys and five gi
2 CONC rls.  God called one little fellow early in life and one fine son wa
2 CONC s called in the full glow of manhood.  As this is written, in 1984, th
2 CONC e eight surviving are all known to be fine men and gracious ladies who
2 CONC se friendship is cherished by all who know them. In the early years i
2 CONC t was Jay's great joy after chores were done, to come into the house a
2 CONC nd pick up the youngest, bringing coos and laughs from the infant whil
2 CONC e Libby and the daughters, who were learning priceless cooking skills
2 CONC , readied the evening meal.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The home was a large two story ranch home with generous room for all
2 CONC . And what living and what wonderful food, most of which came right fr
2 CONC om the ranch itself, with chickens, eggs and milk; beef, pork, and lam
2 CONC b; hams, bacon, and sausage expertly prepared by Jay and the boys.  Th
2 CONC ere was a large garden behind the house from which came berries an
2 CONC d a large variety of vegetables which were used fresh, put into dozen
2 CONC s of glasses and jars, or in large bins in the basement cellar.  Fro
2 CONC m the orchard came cherries, apricots, peaches, and a variety of apple
2 CONC s all to be handled in a similar manner.  There was always fresh bake
2 CONC d bread, biscuits, hot cakes, cakes, pies, and doughnuts as only Libb
2 CONC y and her daughters could turn out.  Of course jams, jellies and prese
2 CONC rves to match.  Butter churned on the ranch, plenty of cream, plus ic
2 CONC e from Honey Lake** stored and brought out from the icehouse for the m
2 CONC aking of glorious ice cream in the summer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT What a wonderful life replete with so many products of the land and al
2 CONC l under the mantle of parental, filial and sibling love seen but rarel
2 CONC y. In these later years it is truly wonderful to see the genuine affec
2 CONC tion within all members of the families, the happy friendships and lov
2 CONC e, each and every one for the others.  To have been born a child of Ja
2 CONC y and Libby is to have been truly blest.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Compiler's note: * (1) Joseph C. Wemple bought land from Fairfield an
2 CONC d Whiting, not Peter Lassen.
2 CONT ** (2) Ice was not cut off Honey Lake, as the water was always murky
2 CONC . Rather, it was cut off the reservoirs and saved in ice houses insula
2 CONC ted with saw dust. (3)The author of this note, Doctor Dave Dozier, a
2 CONC s a high school boy, spent a summer with Jay and Libby working on th
2 CONC e ranch for Jay. Doctor Dozier later married Jay and Libby's daughter
2 CONC , Marjel in 1981, after both their spouses had died. (4) The garden th
2 CONC at the author noted was raised largely by Jay. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Tuesday, 16 April 1940
2 CONC , page 1c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JAY C. WEMPLE PASSES AWAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
2 CONT 
2 CONT At the Riverside Hospital Friday night, Susanville lost another of he
2 CONC r old time residents, Jay C. Wemple, who passed away at about 8 p.m. a
2 CONC t the age of 67 years and 12 days, of a very industrious and eventfu
2 CONC l life.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay C. Wemple was well known about Lassen county, having been born an
2 CONC d raised here. He was born in the home farm, March 31, 1873, and in co
2 CONC mmon with his brothers and sister was educated, principally in the dis
2 CONC trict school. As soon as he was old enough to be of use, he began work
2 CONC ing on the ranch, and has been actively engaged in agricultural labo
2 CONC r since. His farm is northeast of Milford, and shows well how his syst
2 CONC ematic methods and excellent judgement brought satisfactory results.
2 CONT 
2 CONT On February 17, 1894, Mr. Wemple married Elizabeth Decious, a daughte
2 CONC r of Irvin Decious, of Modoc county, and into their home 11 children w
2 CONC ere born. Living are Claude C. Wemple of Milford, Mrs. Olga Burrough
2 CONC s of Sacramento, Miss Narnia Wemple and Joseph Irvin Wemple, both of M
2 CONC ilford, Mrs. Marjel Edwards and Raymond J. Wemple of Westwood, Mrs. Ma
2 CONC rguerite Hallowell of Susanville, Mrs. Deesse Theodore of Litchfield a
2 CONC nd Neil Wemple of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was a member of Honey Lake Parlor No. 198 N.S.G.W. (Native Sons o
2 CONC f the Golden West), of Janesville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He is survived by his wife and the above mentioned children and also 1
2 CONC 6 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. One sister, Mrs. Elizabet
2 CONC h Harris of Elko, Nevada and Judge N.V. Wemple and F.O. Wemple, brothe
2 CONC rs, of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Reverand R.G. Green officiated at services in the Methodist churc
2 CONC h at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Martha Torry and Ardith O'Dell sang, while Alfreda Cunningham accompan
2 CONC ied them at the piano.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Members of the Janesville Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member, an
2 CONC d the Susanville Masonic Lodge attended in a body to act as honorary g
2 CONC uests.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pallbearers were all nephews: Lyle Wemple, Fred Wemple, Paul Wemple, O
2 CONC rville Wemple, Lawrence [sic] Wemple, and Guy Wemple.
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth Adelia /Decious/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 DEC 1874
2 PLAC Lake City, Modoc County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 JUN 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMS @F1@
1 NOTE Grandma was a strong Christian who lived her faith. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 8 June 1960
2 CONC , page 1c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT FINAL RITES HELD FOR LIBBY WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Mrs. Libby A. Wemple, 85, of Milford, who died a
2 CONC t a local hospital last Saturday afternoon, were held in the Rogers Fu
2 CONC neral Home on Monday afternoon at two o'clock with the Reverand Russel
2 CONC l Van Alen officiating. Interment was in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Alfreda Cunningham played three organ selections, In the Garden,
2 CONC  Beautiful Garden of Prayer and Open Mine Eyes That I may see.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pallbearers were Don Wemple, Glenn Wemple, David Wemple, David Edward
2 CONC s, Jr., Trent Burroughs and John J. Theordore.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in California on December 7, 1874 and was marrie
2 CONC d at Milford in 1894.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Surviving are three sons, Claude, Milford; Raymond, Dorris; and Col. N
2 CONC eil, March AFB, and five daughters, Mrs. Olga Burroughs, Sacramento; N
2 CONC arnia Wemple, Milford; Mrs Marjel Edwards, Anderson; Mrs. Marguerite H
2 CONC allowell; Susanville; and Mrs. Deesse Theodore, Wendel.
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1894
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1894
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME Claude Clement /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 APR 1896
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1993
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F2@
1 NOTE The above photo is a composite made up of Henrietta and Claude's gradu
2 CONC ation photos. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A man of local prominence.  He was a successful rancher and farmer. Du
2 CONC ring the Great Depression, he took over his father's property when th
2 CONC e bank was threatening to foreclose and take over the family farm. Hi
2 CONC s father had obtained the property from Claude's grandfather, Joseph C
2 CONC rawford Wemple. After taking it over, Claude built this farming busine
2 CONC ss up from about 500 acres of farm land to over 1000 acres of tilled f
2 CONC arm land and another 3900 acres of grazing land.  At the height of hi
2 CONC s operation, he ran about 400 head of cows and another 300 head of hei
2 CONC fers and steers he was readying for market.  His business practices we
2 CONC re beyond reproach his entire life.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Above all, Claude was a horseman.  He loved his horses and  was an act
2 CONC ive rider throughout most of his life.  When he was aged 77, he rod
2 CONC e a ten hour day riding after cattle with the rest of the cowboys.
2 CONC   At this age, his legs began to fail him and riding became too painf
2 CONC ul for him, so he hung up his spurs.   But, he continued actively t
2 CONC o run his ranch for the next several years. His love of horses continu
2 CONC ed for the rest of his life and he would talk horses to any willin
2 CONC g ear until the day he died.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He had artistic skills and during the Depression, he made silver mount
2 CONC ed horse bridles, which he sold for a small profit.  It was during thi
2 CONC s time that he engraved a Thoroughbred horse on a flat piece of Germa
2 CONC n silver. This piece of art was never sold, but was kept as a family t
2 CONC reasure.  It is presently in the possession of his grandson, Daniel C
2 CONC . Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After he retired, at about age 85, he wrote a book about his grandfath
2 CONC er, Joseph Crawford Wemple, which he simple titled Joseph Crawford We
2 CONC mple: A Pioneer of Lassen County, California, 1830-1921.  Then when h
2 CONC e entered his nineties, he wrote a second book, an autobiography title
2 CONC d Memories of a Rancher From the Land of the Never Sweats.  Joseph C
2 CONC rawford Wemple, and other early Lassen County pioneers called the are
2 CONC a they lived in The Land of the Never Sweats because it took littl
2 CONC e labor to live off the land that they had moved onto.
2 CONT 
2 CONT At various times in his lifetime he served on about twelve different a
2 CONC dvisory boards, the most prestigious being the Advisory Board of the B
2 CONC ank of America from 1949-1975 in Susanville, California.  He was a sch
2 CONC ool trustee on the Milford Elementary School, Lassen Union High Schoo
2 CONC l and Lassen Junior College running from 1937-1949, and he was a chart
2 CONC er member and had a thirty year membership in the Lassen County Sherif
2 CONC f's Posse.  He was given recognition by seven different community an
2 CONC d organizational awards, the most notable being recognized as the Far
2 CONC mer of the Year by California Soil Conversation District in 1982.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He died while living on his beloved ranch in 1993 at age 97 in his hom
2 CONC e not far from the house where he was born.  He had spent his entire l
2 CONC ife span in the community in which he was born, save a brief six month
2 CONC s which he spent living with his son, David, in Orland, CA. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following article was sent to the compiler by Lynn Hallowell McDon
2 CONC ald, niece of Claude Wemple, shortly after its publication. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Article from the NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, May 11, 1985:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PLAQUE NOTES HISTORIC PAST OF TINY CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford, California - Motorists along busy Highway 395 between Reno an
2 CONC d Susanville may never have noticed when they passed through the histo
2 CONC ric Lassen County community of Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT But Milford, one of the oldest settlements in the Honey Lake Valley, w
2 CONC ill go unnoticed no longer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Neversweats Chapter of E Clampus Vitus has dedicated a rock plaqu
2 CONC e that recognizes the community at the site of the first important flo
2 CONC ur mill in northeastern California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford, about 25 miles southeast of Susanville, was registered in 197
2 CONC 9 as a state historical point in interest, the first in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Still, the town's historical significance was generally unrecognized u
2 CONC ntil E Clampus Vitus decided to erect the marker.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford got its start in 1856 when Robert T. Scott staked a claim ther
2 CONC e. Joseph Wemple named the town in 1861, taking note of a sawmill an
2 CONC d flour mill there.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude Wemple, 89-year-old patriarch of the Wemple family, was on han
2 CONC d when the marker was dedicated last week.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Honey Lake Valley has seen seven generations of Wemples.  Many sti
2 CONC ll live here.  Claude Wemple has lived in a cluster of homes in the We
2 CONC mple Ranch since 1903.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Records say Robert Scott's first developments - including a cabin, fiv
2 CONC e fenced acres and water for farming - were sold to Peter Lassen, th
2 CONC e county's pioneer settler, in 1859.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Thomas Fairchild of Massachusetts and Frederick Washburne of Pennsylva
2 CONC nia acquired Milford from Lassen's estate.  They built a sawmill alon
2 CONC g Mill Creek in 1860.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A flour mill was constructed a year later by Joseph Wemple and his bro
2 CONC ther-in-law Judson Dakin.  The site of the flour mill is about 200 yar
2 CONC ds from the new historical plaque.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Milford's business district is limited to a store and post office.  I
2 CONC t once featured a saloon, hotel, blacksmith shop, store, butcher shop
2 CONC , school and several mills.
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to Claude Wemple, it was known for crops of apples that wer
2 CONC e shipped along Honey Lake to the railroad.
2 CONT 
2 CONT McClatchy News Service
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 28 Decembe
2 CONC r 1993, page 1c2-4 & 10c6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MILFORD PIONEER DEAD AT 97
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lifelong Milford resident Claude Clement Wemple, 97 died at his home o
2 CONC n Tuesday, December 21.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The first born son of Jay and Libby Wemple, he was born in Milford o
2 CONC n April 3, 1896. A third generation California native, Claude operate
2 CONC d the Wemple Ranch in Milford for 51 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married Henrietta Winchester shortly after graduating from Lassen H
2 CONC igh School in 1916. The couple raised a family of three sons and one d
2 CONC aughter. Henrietta died in 1984.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude worked for his father at farming and ranching from 1915 to 1932
2 CONC . Then, in 1932, he started to realize his lifelong goal of owning an
2 CONC d operating a cattle ranch. It was in this year that he purchased hi
2 CONC s father's ranch, part of which was originally owned by Peter Lassen
2 CONC . At the time he purchased it, the ranch consisted of approximately 50
2 CONC 0 acres.
2 CONT 
2 CONT By the time Claude retired, he had increased the size of his ranch t
2 CONC o more than 4,700 acres. During his active ranching years, Claude prim
2 CONC arily raised beef cattle, but on various occasions he also raised dair
2 CONC y cattle, hogs and Thoroughbred horses, as well as producing grain, ha
2 CONC y and alfalfa seed as cash crops.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude also developed artistic skills, producing over the years severa
2 CONC l paintings, engravings and pen in ink sketches many of them focusin
2 CONC g on life as it was lived on his ranch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Another of Claude's passions was the preservation of history. He wa
2 CONC s a founding member of the Lassen County Historical Society and, follo
2 CONC wing his retirement from active ranching, he devoted his life to recor
2 CONC ding his own experiences of growing up in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The result is a book entitled MEMORIES OF A RANCHER FROM THE LAND OF T
2 CONC HE NEVER SWEATS. Published by Bornet Books in 1992, Claude's book adde
2 CONC d a whole new chapter to local history and has been praised as a dyna
2 CONC mic and entertaining chronicle of the life as it was really lived i
2 CONC n the vast American west.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude was a member of numerous local organizations, including: Lasse
2 CONC n County Cattlemen's Association (charter member and president from 19
2 CONC 49-1955); Lassen County Farm Bureau (charter member and former Chairma
2 CONC n of the Janesville/Milford Center); Lassen County Fair Board, 1952-19
2 CONC 74; Lassen County Historical Society (charter member and president for
2 CONC m 1963-1967); Advisory Board of the Bank of America; Susanville Branch
2 CONC , 1949-1975; School Board Trustee, Milford Elementary, Lassen Union Hi
2 CONC gh School and Junior College, 1937-1954; the Farmers Home Administrati
2 CONC on Advisory Board, late 1940's; Lassen County Sheriff's Posse (charte
2 CONC r member, 30-year member); and the United Methodist Church of Susanvil
2 CONC le.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Claude is survived by his sons Glenn of Milford and David of Orland; h
2 CONC is brother Neil W. Wemple of Tucson, Arizona; sisters Olga Burroughs o
2 CONC f Sacramento, Marjel Dozier of Anderson, Marguerite Rypkema of Paradis
2 CONC e and Deesse Theodore of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also surviving are eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren
2 CONC , fourteen great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandch
2 CONC ild.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services are scheduled to be held at 11 a.m., December 28, wit
2 CONC h interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Snippites from various newspapers sent to the compiler by Phyllis Met
2 CONC z on May 20, 2000:
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE September 12, 1912:
2 CONT 
2 CONT High School Athletics - Claude Wemple was hit in the eye with a baseba
2 CONC ll while practicing at the grounds Wednesday. He was taken to his hom
2 CONC e in an automobile after the accident. Claude promises to develop int
2 CONC o a good player and it is hoped that his injury will not long keep hi
2 CONC m off the diamond.
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE April 25, 1913:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Doings at the High School:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Tryouts for Reno meet - . . .high hurdles, Wemple.  . . .220 dash, Wem
2 CONC ple.  . . .low hurdles, Wemple
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE April 3, 1914:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lassen High School Notes:
2 CONT 
2 CONT 16 Annual Academic Field Meet at Reno.  . . .Two new records were esta
2 CONC blished, one of them by Claude Wemple of Lassen in the broad jump cove
2 CONC ring a distance of 20'4. Wemple's efforts brings to him a gold metal
2 CONC . In the 120 hurdles 17 2/5 second.  . . .Wemple ran ran a tie for sec
2 CONC ond place and was given the third place award. He also tied in the hig
2 CONC h jump for second place 5'7 1/2.  . . .320 hurdles Wemple 29 1/5 seco
2 CONC nds. . . .
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the LASSEN ADVOCATE February 19, 1915:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Alumni and High School Debate - Resolved that the United States shal
2 CONC l establish a Protectorate over Mexico until a stable government is es
2 CONC tablished. For the negative . . . Claude Wemple . . .
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Olga Adelia /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1897
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUL 2000
2 PLAC Sacramento County, CA
1 BURI
2 DATE 05 AUG 2000
2 PLAC Old Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F32@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Sacramento Bee, July 19, 2000, page B5, c2:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Burroughs, Olga Wemple 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Passing away quietly on July 17, 2000. She was born September 13, 1897
2 CONC , at the family ranch in Milford, Lassen County, California, the thir
2 CONC d of eleven children born to early pioneers Jay C. and Libby Decious W
2 CONC emple. Mrs. Burroughs was married for 29 years to Spencer E. Burroughs
2 CONC , a veteran of WW I and the Chief Attorney for the California Departme
2 CONC nt of Water Resource until his death in November 1948. Mrs Burroughs w
2 CONC as predeceased by her son Spencer Burroughs who was killed in action i
2 CONC n the Pacific in WW II. She is survived by two sons: Trent Burroughs a
2 CONC nd Geoffrey Burroughs, both of Sacramento, a daughter: Brooke Van Zand
2 CONC t, of Phoenix, Arizona, and five grandchildren, and nine great-grandch
2 CONC ildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by he
2 CONC r sister: Margarite Rypkema of Reno, Nevada, and a brother: Neil Wempl
2 CONC e of Tucson, Arizona. Mrs. Burroughs attended the University of Califo
2 CONC rnia at Berkeley, and was a well-known Sacramento artist who had exhib
2 CONC ited her award winning oil paintings at the Crocker Art Gallery. She w
2 CONC as President of the Kingsley Art Club from 1937 to 1939, and was found
2 CONC er and Past President of the World Affairs Council of Sacramento, an
2 CONC d active in many other social events. A private memorial service wil
2 CONC l be held later in Susanville. Remembrances may be made to the charit
2 CONC y the doner's choice, or to the Crocker Art Museum, 216 'O' Street, Sa
2 CONC cramento, CA 95814, or to the Kingsley Art Club's Educational Fund, 21
2 CONC 6 'O' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Arrangements by Harry A Nauman an
2 CONC d Son.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Sacramento Bee, July 21, 2000, page B5, c1,2,3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT (With picture and the following caption)
2 CONT She started her own business after her husband died and she had to rai
2 CONC se three children.
2 CONT 
2 CONT AD PIONEER OLGA BURROUGHS
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her display panels for city trash cans drew praise nationwide
2 CONT By Steve Gibson, Bee Staff Writer
2 CONT 
2 CONT Olga Wemple Burroughs, a member of a pioneer Lassen County family wh
2 CONC o later settled in Sacramento, reared a family and operated her own ou
2 CONC tdoor advertising firm, is dead at 102.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She died in a nursing home Monday of complications from pneumonia, sai
2 CONC d her son, Geoffrey Burroughs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her firm, Emerson & Burroughs, had a franchise from the city during th
2 CONC e late 1940s and early 1950s to display advertising panels on trash co
2 CONC ntainers on downtown street corners.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Burroughs advertising techniques - attaching weatherproof panel
2 CONC s covered with color photos on the containers - were considered so inn
2 CONC ovative that she gained national recognition.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1951, the Advertising Federation of America presented her with th
2 CONC e Erma Proetz Award for pioneering a new type of outdoor advertising.
2 CONC 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Trash cans have long been ugly and dirty, Mrs. Burroughs wrote at th
2 CONC e time. I have designed a waste unit of almost classic dignity (with
2 CONC ) . . . beautiful colored pictures . . . which arouse civic pride an
2 CONC d give people a warm feeling toward the advertiser whose name and cop
2 CONC y is below the picture.
2 CONT 
2 CONT But, as Mrs. Burroughs recalled later, to win the franchise she firs
2 CONC t had to overcome strenuous opposition from the City Council and Sac
2 CONC ramento's two daily newspapers, both of which editorialized against th
2 CONC e concept.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Most of the criticism was based on the hypothesis that our waste unit
2 CONC s would be unsightly, she said later. But once samples were placed o
2 CONC n sidewalks, opposition waned.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Burroughs entered the advertising business out of necessity afte
2 CONC r her husband, Spencer E. Burroughs, a lawyer for the state of Califor
2 CONC nia, died in 1948, her son said.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her oldest son, a Navy officer, had been killed in action, in the Paci
2 CONC fic Theater during World War II, but at the time of her husband's deat
2 CONC h, she still had three children at home and little insurance money, ac
2 CONC cording to her son Geoffrey.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We went from being real comfortable to being on a real tight budget,
2 CONC  her son said. She had to work to support us.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nonetheless, Mrs. Burroughs found time for other interests.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was a Democrat, a political liberal who was active during the 1950
2 CONC s and 1960s in the local chapter of the World Affairs Council of North
2 CONC ern California, serving as president of the group.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In addition, she was an accomplished artist, whose oil paintings wer
2 CONC e displayed in the Crocker Art Gallery. She was a past president of th
2 CONC e Kingsley Art Club.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Olga Wemple Burroughs was born September 13, 1897, on the family ranc
2 CONC h in Milford, Lassen County, the third of 11 children of Libby Deciou
2 CONC s Wemple and Jay C. Wemple. Her father was a rancher in Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was a 1915 graduate of Lassen High School in Susanville, and studi
2 CONC ed art for one year at the University of California, Berkeley. She ret
2 CONC urned home the next year after her mother gave birth to her 11th chil
2 CONC d and needed help caring for the family.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1919 she married Spencer E. Burroughs, a Lassen County lawyer who s
2 CONC erved in the Navy during World War I.
2 CONT 
2 CONT According to her family, she was 13 when became interested in art an
2 CONC d painting, an interest that continued into her 90s.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In addition to her son Geoffrey, who resides in Sacramento, survivor
2 CONC s include a daughter, Brooke Van Zandt of Phoenix; another son, Tren
2 CONC t Burroughs of Sacramento; sister Marguerite Rypkema of Reno; brother
2 CONC , Neil Wemple of Tucson; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildre
2 CONC n and two great-great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family is planning a memorial service in Lassen County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following are excerpts from Olga's daughter, Brooke (Olga)'s, lett
2 CONC er which was available at the reception following Olga's memorial serv
2 CONC ice in Susanville:
2 CONT 
2 CONT (Elegance) was truly Mother on those evenings when she would descend t
2 CONC he stairs, dressed in brilliance for a party; her eyes shining with ex
2 CONC citement, her hair and gown lovely, looking like a girl on her first d
2 CONC ate.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She entertained often in her home, and had many elegant friends who in
2 CONC vited her to their homes.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mother understood sophisticated hospitality. She knew what the menu sh
2 CONC ould be - and what it should not be - and was never ruffled or ill a
2 CONC t ease.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her parties were lovely; her guests those of the art world and those o
2 CONC f politics. Her home was charming; her husband, dynamic, and she ha
2 CONC d a gracious manner of enjoying people.
2 CONT 
2 CONT For years, no liquor was served at her home, and yet a society, who cu
2 CONC stomarily enjoyed cocktails and wine, appeared and stayed the evening.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Even after Dad died, at a much too early age, Mother continued to ente
2 CONC rtain, both the same collection of friends, and new ones she met in ou
2 CONC tside activities.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Although a widow, Mother never seemed interested in finding a second h
2 CONC usband. In fact, she discouraged any would-be suitors. Either she foun
2 CONC d Spencer Senior too difficult on act to supplant, or she enjoyed he
2 CONC r personal freedom. Mother was a very independent person.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ten words describe Mother to me: Elegant, Mercurial, Hospitable, Arbit
2 CONC rary, Aspiring, Admiring, Artistic, Undecided, Emotional, Determined.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Amidst these ten words are a lot of contradictions!
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mother had a wacky sense of humor, yet she was a most prim and traditi
2 CONC onal lady. For example: she thought it VERY FUNNY when a longtime male
2 CONC -friend of the family, who lived in the southern part of the State, ar
2 CONC rived, unannounced, in the middle of the night - climbed through an un
2 CONC locked downstairs window and went upstairs to an extra bedroom to slee
2 CONC p - showing up suddenly at the breakfast table the next morning.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mother liked kookie antics in her friends, thus gathering a number o
2 CONC n the Avant-Garde around her, although her own behavior was strictl
2 CONC y conventional, and she preferred that her own children's behavior b
2 CONC e conventional also.
2 CONT 
2 CONT As a matter of fact, she had a sense of possession about her own child
2 CONC ren, and even a sense of possession about their possessions. Mother wa
2 CONC s very much a matriarch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Yet, as a mother, she did not enter into her children's activities. Sh
2 CONC e never looked at a report card, or entered a school a child her her
2 CONC s attended, or sought a teacher's advice, or helped with homework. He
2 CONC r expectations for scholarship and behavior were high, and that was th
2 CONC at.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She had many too many outside activities in her life to be bothered wi
2 CONC th such details.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She had two main interests in her life: art and politics. Art was an o
2 CONC utstanding talent given her as a gift from Above. Her special talent w
2 CONC as in the oil painting of portraits. With very little training, her po
2 CONC rtraits were truly exquisite and exact images of her subject. She spen
2 CONC t some years in painting family members and friends, generally, anyon
2 CONC e she could get to pose for her. Mother never thought in terms of busi
2 CONC ness or making money.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was really a lady of the old school, and felt that women shoul
2 CONC d be allowed to stay out of the grubby world of making a living.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her other great interest was politics. From the moment she rode all th
2 CONC e way home from Cal, Berkeley, on the train with Spencer Burroughs, wh
2 CONC o was going all the way home from Stanford University, and Spencer ast
2 CONC ounded her by talking nothing but politics the whole trip, Mother wa
2 CONC s captivated by politics.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She learned all her politics from Spencer, and was a rabid Democrat
2 CONC . I often though that, as he grew older, and the world changed, Dad mi
2 CONC ght have mellowed in his politics. But, not so, for Mother. She stoo
2 CONC d by the family point of view, and only progressed past Dad to becom
2 CONC ing, on many issues, absolutely radical.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her intense interest in art and politics brought her some Awards in bo
2 CONC th fields. Among other things, she was President of the elite Kingsle
2 CONC y Art Club of Sacramento, and Founder and President of the World Aff
2 CONC airs Council of Sacramento, which, as I am sure you know, is a Rockef
2 CONC eller gift to the world.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1945, I recall, she dragged me to the first meeting of the United N
2 CONC ations, which was held in San Francisco. It was a gathering of severa
2 CONC l days and very potent with power. I recall being quite blase' about t
2 CONC he event, but now I am quite impressed.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mother also introduced me, at a luncheon, to the Moral ReArmament, Oxf
2 CONC ord Group, whom I later visited in Los Angeles, and some of whom I cor
2 CONC responded with for years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT This was the sort of atmosphere in which I grew up, and, of course, wh
2 CONC en Dad was alive, it was multiplied by Dad, who was, indeed, a uniqu
2 CONC e life in himself.
2 CONT 
2 CONT But, mother, took a long pause after Spencer Jr.'s death, and three ye
2 CONC ars later, after Dad's death, disconnecting the telephone for some tim
2 CONC e. But when she recovered, she took up her activities with even more d
2 CONC etermination.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mother wanted to BE everything, and to KNOW everything, and she did va
2 CONC lue her own acumen.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Therefore, not so very long ago, she was disappointed when she receive
2 CONC d a form in the mail from Who's Who in America, and discovered tha
2 CONC t she could not fill in a single requirement!
2 CONT 
2 CONT Well, what I say is, She RECEIVED the FORM, didn't she? That is bett
2 CONC er than most of us do.
2 CONT 
2 CONT HOWEVER, if Who's Who had a form for Eccentricity in a Restrained L
2 CONC ady-like Manner . . . or Ratings For The Top Tea-Pourer In America
2 CONC  . . . or Ratings For The Woman Who Presented The Same Salad At Dinn
2 CONC er For Well Over Umpteen-Years In A Row . . . or, Ratings For Someon
2 CONC e Who Tried To Be Everything To Everybody And Always, In Her Opinion
2 CONC , Was Right, SURELY, Mother could have filled THAT form to overloadin
2 CONC g and more!
2 CONT 
2 CONT I remember Mother mentioning once, in the early days, that someone s
2 CONC hould write a book just about the daily life of an ordinary person
2 CONC . I got the impression that the someone she was thinking about was her
2 CONC self.
2 CONT 
2 CONT NEVER! NEVER could she have done it!
2 CONT 
2 CONT ANYONE  who knew Mother well, knew that she could not have done it! Sh
2 CONC e could NEVER have become an ORDINARY person.  . . .
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME Hazel Narnia /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 AUG 1899
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 06 DEC 1984
2 PLAC Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 NOTE Obituary from THE SACRAMENTO BEE, 8 December 1984, page A19c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT NARNIA HAZEL WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Narnia Hazel Wemple, a descendant of Lassen County settlers, died Thu
2 CONC rsday in Sacramento after a long illness.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Wemple, 85, moved to Sacramento from Susanville 10  years ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was for many years the post-mistress of her native Milford, Lasse
2 CONC n County.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Wemple raised an orphaned nephew and cared for her elderly mothe
2 CONC r.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She is survived by her brothers, Claude Wemple of Milford, retired Ar
2 CONC my Col. Neil Wemple of Tucson, Arizona, and Ray Wemple of Weed, Siskiy
2 CONC ou County; and sisters, Marguerite Rypkema of Paradise, and Deesse The
2 CONC odore of Susanville, and Olga Burroughs and Marjel Dozier, both of Sac
2 CONC ramento.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was the granddaughter of Joseph Wemple, who settled in Lassen Cou
2 CONC nty in 1859.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Her ashes will be interred next spring in the family plot in the Milf
2 CONC ord Cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family requests that any remembrances be sent to a charity of th
2 CONC e donor's choice.
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Irvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1900
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 DEC 1948
2 PLAC Johnstonville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F33@
1 NOTE Sammy was killed in an automobile accident near Johnstonville, CA. H
2 CONC e was an excellent horseman and truly enjoyed to ride race horses.  I
2 CONC t has been said that he had the skill to ride race horses on any trac
2 CONC k and could have competed with the best of jockeys. He was a conservat
2 CONC ive Christian who loved his Lord. He worked at various times as a mil
2 CONC l worker, farmer, and security guard. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary & article from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 3 Dece
2 CONC mber 1948, page 1c7-8:
2 CONT 
2 CONT WELL-KNOWN LOCAL MAN DIED AS CAR SKIDS INTO BRIDGE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Irvin (Sammy) Wemple Killed As Car Skids Into Bridge Near Johnstonvil
2 CONC le
2 CONT 
2 CONT Irvin (Sammy) Wemple, 48, of Milford, was killed when his car skidde
2 CONC d into the bridge over the Lake Leavitt Slough this side of Johnstonvi
2 CONC lle Wednesday about 7:45 a.m.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Earl Allison of Buntingville, office manager of the Susanville Loggin
2 CONC g company, a passenger in the front seat of the car, is recovering fro
2 CONC m face, head cuts and bruises at Riverside hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Frank Kliewer of Milford, who worked at Lassen Lumber and Box compan
2 CONC y with Wemple, was riding in the back seat of the car, and was not inj
2 CONC ured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services are scheduled Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Methodist c
2 CONC hurch, with the Reverand E.E. Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Mi
2 CONC lford cemetery.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ivan Hudson of Janesville, driving a red pickup immediately behind We
2 CONC mple's car, skidded and struck the bridge, missing the other victims
2 CONC , when he tried to stop, according to highway patrolmen. He was not in
2 CONC jured.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jay Wemple, Irvin's son, was following by about 100 yards of his fath
2 CONC er's car. Seeing the accident, he tried to stop and his car made a sli
2 CONC ding turn through the bridge, striking only a piece of broken guard po
2 CONC st in the road.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The highway was icy when the accident occurred. The victim's car, a 1
2 CONC 946 Dodge sedan, skidded first into the right end of the cement bridge
2 CONC , whirled around and hit the back of the car along the bridge. Wempl
2 CONC e was thrown out of the door which was knocked open and skidded abou
2 CONC t 150 feet on the icy pavement according to the highway patrol. He wa
2 CONC s dead on admittance to the hospital, presumably from skull fractures
2 CONC . The car landed in the ditch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include three sons, Jay, Tremain and Nolan Mark, from abou
2 CONC t 20 to 5; his mother, Mrs. J.C. Wemple of Milford; brothers, Claude o
2 CONC f Milford, Raymond of Redding and Lt. Col. Neil Wemple of Spokane, Was
2 CONC hington; sisters, Mrs. Nolan Hallowell of Susanville, Mrs. Olga Burrou
2 CONC ghs of Sacramento, Miss Narnia Wemple of Milford, Mrs. D.I. Edwards o
2 CONC f Westwood and Mrs. John Theodore of Wendel. His wife, the former Emm
2 CONC a Grayce Tremain, died several years ago.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lt. Col. Wemple flew in by bomber to Reno Thursday night. Other broth
2 CONC ers and sisters are expected to come to the funeral.
2 CONT 
2 CONT This is the tragedy which has struck the family in a week; the funera
2 CONC l of Spencer Burroughs, who was a brother-in-law of Irvin Wemple, wa
2 CONC s last Saturday.
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Marjel May /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1904
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F34@
1 FAMS @F35@
1 FAMS @F36@
1 NOTE Compiler's Note: Marjel was a faithful friend when I needed a friend
2 CONC . I shall ever be grateful to her. DRW
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Raymond Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 OCT 1907
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 APR 1988
2 PLAC Weed, Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F5@
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME Marguerite /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1909
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 FEB 2005
2 PLAC Reno, NV
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F37@
1 FAMS @F38@
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME Deesse Decious /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1911
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 APR 1998
2 PLAC Burney, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Janesville Cemetery
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F39@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 29 M
2 CONC ay 1931, page 8c5:
2 CONT 
2 CONT TWO PROMINENT VALLEY FAMILIES UNITED SUNDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT On Sunday morning, May 24th, Miss Deesse Wemple was married to John T
2 CONC heordore, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Theodore of Litchfield.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The marriage was solemnized at eight o'clock at the home of the bride
2 CONC 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Wemple of Milford, the Reverand Mark P
2 CONC ike of Susanville officiating in the presence of relatives and friends
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT For the wedding music Mrs. J. Irvin Wemple played the favorite select
2 CONC ion from Mendelsohn.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride, the youngest daughter of the family, wore the dress of cre
2 CONC am-white satin and lace worn before her by three of her sisters. Her v
2 CONC eil was of tulle, and short, fastened with tiny clusters of orange blo
2 CONC ssoms, and her bouquet was a shower of cream-white roses and lillies o
2 CONC f the valley. Miss Narnia Wemple, her sister's only attendant, wor
2 CONC e a lavender flowered dress and carried Rose Marie roses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Raymond Wemple acted as best man.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A lovely mass of flowers formed the background for the wedding servic
2 CONC e, and about the house tulips and pastel shades of columbine were used
2 CONC , and spays of hawthorne.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following the ceremony breakfast was served with the wedding party an
2 CONC d near relatives seated at the bride's table.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The young couple are spending their honeymoon at Sacramento, San Fran
2 CONC cisco and cities south.
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME Lowell Stanford /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 03 AUG 1913
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1925
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 NOTE Lowell S. Wemple was a very sensitive boy, who became depressed and di
2 CONC scouraged rather easily.  His parents had gone to visit Libbie's broth
2 CONC er, Frank and his wife Blanche in Lemoore, CA and Lowell wanted to g
2 CONC o very much, but was refused.  This refusal started a series of event
2 CONC s which led to tragedy.  Soon thereafter, he got into trouble in schoo
2 CONC l over little or nothing.  Just before this, but after he missed the L
2 CONC emoore trip, he and a friend of his, Claude (Bud) Harwood, were caugh
2 CONC t stealing cigarettes from the local store and Lowell's older brother
2 CONC , Claude had remarked to him, You'd better be careful.  You could en
2 CONC d up in prison.   When Lowell got into trouble at school, he came hom
2 CONC e at noon sobbing his heart out. Some of the family were gathered in t
2 CONC he kitchen.  When they heard Lowell come in the front door sobbing, Ma
2 CONC rjel Wemple, later Marjel Edwards, Lowell's sister, went to see Lowel
2 CONC l and told him that she would get him something to eat.  Fixing someon
2 CONC e something to eat was always the family cure all for depression, sadn
2 CONC ess and sickness.  Marjel probably had said to Lowell, I'll fix yo
2 CONC u a sandwich.  That'll make you feel better.  Lowell went on upstairs
2 CONC .  It wasn't long before Claude, Irvin, Marjel and a family friend wh
2 CONC o were all sitting about the kitchen, heard a report from a .22 rifle
2 CONC .  Irvin (Sammy), Lowell's brother, bounded up the stairs, two at a ti
2 CONC me, followed closely by Claude.  They found Lowell mortally wounded
2 CONC .  Shortly thereafter, a phone call was placed to Lowell's parents. J.
2 CONC C. and Libby in Lemoore and they hurried home to a sadden and broken h
2 CONC earted family. The pain and heartache of this tragedy still haunts thi
2 CONC s family, even after all these seventy-one years. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lowell died in September of 1925 and he wrote a couple of stories in t
2 CONC he spring of that same year that his sister, Deesse Theodore, has kep
2 CONC t and treasured these many years.  The stories are as follows:  A STO
2 CONC RY.  Once Claude, Heavy (Orville Wemple), Guy (Wemple) and Murph (Fre
2 CONC d Wwmple) bilt (sic) a raft and put it on the lake. Then they got on i
2 CONC t and went out on the lake.  When they got out a little way, the win
2 CONC d came up and drifted them on down to that fense (sic) between Harwood
2 CONC s and Humphries.  Guy got sea sick and Heavy was frightened to death
2 CONC .  Claude and Murph got a hold of the fense (sic) and pulled them in t
2 CONC o shore.  When they got in, it was dark.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The second story is titled: TUMMY BUNNY.  Once there was a bunny name
2 CONC d Tummy.  This was a funny name.  The reason why his name was Tummy wa
2 CONC s because he was a funny bunny.  One day Tunny was running down the pa
2 CONC th merrily, when out jumped Rocket the old hound dog.  Rocket jumped r
2 CONC ight on Tummy.  Hey, what's the  big idea? said Tummy.  I'm catchin
2 CONC g rabbits, said Rocket.  Well, said Tummy, you're going the wron
2 CONC g way because I'm a bunny.  What's the difference? said Rocket.  
2 CONC A rabbit has a black tail and a bunny has a white tail, answered Tumm
2 CONC y.  Oh all right, said Rocket, as he walked down the path. Whow (sp
2 CONC ), that was close, said Tummy, because I have a black tail.  THE END
2 CONC 
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Neil Waldon /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1918
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 OCT 2002
2 PLAC Tucson, AZ
2 SOUR E-mail from David Wemple to Alan Salls dated 11/8/2002.
1 BURI
2 DATE 11 NOV 2002
2 PLAC Tucson, AZ
2 SOUR E-mail from David Wemple to Alan Salls dated 11/8/2002.
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F40@
1 NOTE Farm raised in California, he joined the Army Air Corps in 1940.  He s
2 CONC erved for the next 36-37 years with the flying arm of the U.S. militar
2 CONC y and he retired with the rank of full colonel. Early on during WW II
2 CONC , Helen met with Neil at Neil's assigned base in Latin America and the
2 CONC y flew to Tapachula, Mexico in a O-47A to get married.  During his ten
2 CONC ure with the air force, he mostly flew bombers and was one of the orig
2 CONC inal pilots for the B-29's that were stationed in India.  He flew ove
2 CONC r the hump on many occasions, flying fuel and bombs from India to Ch
2 CONC ina for their own raids over Japan.  He was promoted to major early o
2 CONC n during the war and was known as the boy major by his men, becaus
2 CONC e of his young appearance.  Before his retirement, he was Commander 39
2 CONC 74th Combat Support Group Zaragoza Air Base, Spain.  They presently re
2 CONC side in Tucson, AZ.  DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Service decorations:
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Distinguished Flying Cross, with one Oak Leaf Cluster
2 CONT 2. Bronze Star Medal
2 CONT 3. Air Metal, with three Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 4. Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 5. Meritious Service Medal
2 CONT 
2 CONT Medals, Citations, and Campaignes
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Distinguished Unit Citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters
2 CONT 2. American Defense Campaign Metal with Bronze Star
2 CONT 3. American Campaign Medal with Bronze Star
2 CONT 4. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four Bronze Stars
2 CONT 5. World War II Victory Metal
2 CONT 6. National Defense Service Medal
2 CONT 7. Phuilippine Liberation Ribbon
2 CONT 9. Phillippine Independence Ribbon
2 CONT 10. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
2 CONT 11. China War Memorial Medal
2 CONT 
2 CONT Total Flying Time 5710:45 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Instructor Pilot     586 hours
2 CONT First Pilot           3852 hours
2 CONT Night                    567 hours
2 CONT Instrument           500 hours
2 CONT Command Pilot    147 hours
2 CONT Co Pilot                878 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Instrument and Night also included in other catagories.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Aircraft in which most flying performed:
2 CONT B29                   1500 hours
2 CONT B-17                    750 hours
2 CONT B-47                    600 hours
2 CONT T-33                    400 hours
2 CONT B-24                   250 hours
2 CONT 
2 CONT Command Positions
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Aircraft Commander
2 CONT 2. Commander, 44th Bomb Sq.
2 CONT 3. Commander, 327th Bobm Sq.
2 CONT 4. Deputy Commander, 6th Bomb Wing
2 CONT 5. Deputy Commander, 509th Wing
2 CONT 6. Commander, 3974th Combat Support Group
2 CONT 7. Commander, 3973rd Combat Support Group
2 CONT 8. Deputy Commander, 3800th Air Base Wing
2 CONT 9. Commander, 6592nd Support Group
2 CONT 
2 CONT Promotions
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1. Flying Cadet                25 November 1940
2 CONT 2. Second Lieutenant      12 July 1941
2 CONT 3. First Lieutenant           1 February 1942
2 CONT 3. Captain                        27 July 1942
2 CONT 4. Major                           15 October 1943
2 CONT 5. Lt. Colonel                   18 June 1945
2 CONT 5. Colonel                        19 January 1951
2 CONT 
2 CONT Retired                             01 August 1969 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A great deal of information on Neil can be found on the following webs
2 CONC ite, <a href=http://www.40thbombgroup.orgtarget=#>http://www.40thb
2 CONC ombgroup.org</a>.  When you get to the site, search on each page for t
2 CONC he word wemple. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From <a href=http://classified.tucson.com/index.php?action=view_obit&
2 CONC ticket_id=0001153499-01802target=#>Tuscon.com</a> 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Neil Waldon Wemple, Colonel, USAF Retired, died October 31, 2002 in Tu
2 CONC cson, AZ.  He was born February 26, 1918 in Milford, Lassen County, CA
2 CONC , the 11th child of Jay C. Wemple, a cattle rancher and Libby A. Wempl
2 CONC e (both deceased). He attended elementary school in Milford and gradua
2 CONC ted from Lassen High School and Junior College in Susanville, CA. He c
2 CONC ompleted his education at San Jose State University with a degree in C
2 CONC ommerce. His love of airplanes and flying encouraged him to apply fo
2 CONC r pilot training in the Army Air Corps. On July 11, 1941 he graduate
2 CONC d from flying school at Brooks Field, Texas. Neil was commissioned a 2
2 CONC nd Lt, leading to a 30 year career in Military Service. During his car
2 CONC eer he accumulated 7000 hours of flying. Col. Wemple flew a total of 3
2 CONC 6 different military aircraft, the last being the B-52. His war year
2 CONC s included stations in Puerto Rico and Guatemala, flying submarine pat
2 CONC rol in B-17-E's and B-240's. He served in the CBI (China, Burma, India
2 CONC ) Theater and on Tinian Island, completing a total of 42 months overse
2 CONC as duty. His war record included 28 combat missions against Japan an
2 CONC d in the Asiatic Theater. He returned to CA at war's end, having circl
2 CONC ed the globe and having visited 60 countries. His autobiography is chr
2 CONC onicled in two volumes, written by him for his children, family and fr
2 CONC iends. Col. Wemple is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Helen
2 CONC ; daughter, Forrest W. Levely; sons, Stephen S. (Linda) Wemple, Neil T
2 CONC . Wemple and grandchildren, Karah L. (Frank) Rinaldi, Thomas Scott Lev
2 CONC ely and Krystal Carter; great-granddaughters, Alexis and Kaia Rinaldi
2 CONC . Memorial services with Military Honors will be held Monday, Novembe
2 CONC r 11, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. in the East Lawn Palm Mortuary Chapel, 5801 E
2 CONC . Grant Rd.
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME Henrietta /Winchester/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1897
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1984
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMS @F2@
1 NOTE The above photo is a composite made up of Henrietta and Claude's gradu
2 CONC ation photos. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the LASSEN ADVOCATE, 3 September 1984 page 7c3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT HENRIETTA WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Wemple, 87, who died in a local h
2 CONC ospital, will be held at the Susanville United Methodist Church on Tue
2 CONC sday at 2 P.M. with interment to follow in the Milford Cemetery.  At h
2 CONC er request there will be no visitation.  Arrangements are under the di
2 CONC rection of the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The deceased was born in Standish on Jan. 16, 1897, and had resided i
2 CONC n Lassen County all her life. Her grandfather and great-grandfather Wi
2 CONC nchester settled in Lassen County in 1863 and her great-grandfather fo
2 CONC ught in the Civil War.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Wemple was a member of the United Methodist Church and a charte
2 CONC r member of the Lassen County Cowbells and was selected as Mom of th
2 CONC e Year by the Cowbells.  She was also a member of the Native Daughters
2 CONC .  She was married to her husband, Claude, for 68 years.  For many yea
2 CONC rs they owned and operated the Wemple ranch near Milford.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include her husband, Claude, of Milford; three sons Donal
2 CONC d and Glenn Wemple of Milford and David Wemple of Orland; a daughter
2 CONC , Myra Hunt of Milford, nine children, 16 great-grandchildren and eigh
2 CONC t great-great-grandchildren.
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME Donald Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1917
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 APR 1991
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F3@
1 NOTE Don was a rancher in Milford, CA. He enjoyed chewing tobacco, visiting
2 CONC , riding horses and working cattle, just possibly in that order. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 16 April 19
2 CONC 91, page 1c4-6:
2 CONT 
2 CONT AREA RANCHER DIED SUDDENLY
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lifelong Milford resident Donald J. Don Wemple died at his home in M
2 CONC ilford April 12. As of press time, no cause of death was immediately k
2 CONC nown.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The death of Wemple came unexpectedly and within weeks of Joe Roberts
2 CONC , another long time Milford resident and neighbor of Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born in Susanville, September 16, 1917, and worked on the famil
2 CONC y ranch for 44 years. The Wemple family settled in the Honey Lake Vall
2 CONC ey in the late 1800's.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Among Wemple's many associations were the Lassen County Cattlemen's As
2 CONC sociation, the Farm Bureau, the Lassen County Sheriff's Posse, and th
2 CONC e Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Board.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, the former Gay Corder, son Ken of Milfor
2 CONC d and daughter Donna McClelland of Standish, his father Claude Wempl
2 CONC e of Milford, brothers Glenn of Milford and David of Orland, four gran
2 CONC dchildren and two great grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were scheduled for April 15 at Lucero Carlson Mortuary Chape
2 CONC l with burial at the Milford Cemetery.
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME Myra Dozier /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1919
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1987
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F4@
1 NOTE Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 24 March 19
2 CONC 87, page 7c1:
2 CONT 
2 CONT MYRA WEMPLE HUNT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myra Wemple Hunt, 67 died March 11 at the Lassen Community Hospital.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was born July 20, 1919 in Susanville and had lived in this area un
2 CONC til 1956 when she and her husband moved then returning in 1980 to th
2 CONC e Milford area to retire. She was also a member of the Episcopal Churc
2 CONC h of Susanville.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Myra Hunt was survived by her husband, Leroy Hunt of Milford; son, Sco
2 CONC tt Hunt of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; daughter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka
2 CONC ,  CA, father, Claude C. Wemple and brothers, Donald and Glenn Wempl
2 CONC e of Milford and David of Orland, eight grandchildren and eleven great
2 CONC -grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Services were held March 14 at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary wi
2 CONC th burial in the Milford Cemetery. Family and friends gathered at th
2 CONC e home of Martha and Ardel Torrey after the service.
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 JAN 1925
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 03 JAN 1925
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Glenn Harlen /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 MAY 1926
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F7@
1 NOTE Upon his retirement from the Lassen College board of trustees, he wa
2 CONC s given the honor of having a the main enterence to the college name
2 CONC d Glenn H. Wemple Boulevard.
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME David Raymond /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1931
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F8@
1 NOTE The above photo of David and Donna was taken in 1991. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT A friend and family member, Robert Preston Wemple of Albuquerque, Ne
2 CONC w Mexico, wrote our father and mentioned that there was no biography o
2 CONC f the man who put in the many hours writing letters, making phone call
2 CONC s and following any lead that might add to our knowledge of our famili
2 CONC es. In addition to making inquiries, hundred of hours were spent in fr
2 CONC ont of a computer screen entering the data.  Thanks to Bob's observati
2 CONC on, this short biography is written by his children, Daniel C. and Deb
2 CONC ra S.
2 CONT 
2 CONT David Raymond Wemple was born in Susanville, California on June 13, 19
2 CONC 31 to Claude and Henrietta Wemple.  He is the youngest of four, two br
2 CONC others and one sister.  He has the distinction of being the first on
2 CONC e in his family born in a hospital and not at the family home, or thei
2 CONC r maternal grandmother's home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married Donna L. Rogers on January 2, 1951.  They lived with David'
2 CONC s parents while a house was being built by David's father, Claude.  Cl
2 CONC aude watched David pace and stake off the rooms for the future home, h
2 CONC e  was heard to say, I knew by the way he paced off those rooms it wa
2 CONC s going to be a big house.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He left the family ranch in January 1957 to join the California Highwa
2 CONC y Patrol.  His first assignment was in Alturas, California as a Traffi
2 CONC c Officer.  He made sergeant in November 1966 and moved the family t
2 CONC o Ukiah, California.  Five years later in 1971, he was transferred t
2 CONC o Culver City, California (Los Angeles area) when he promoted to Lieut
2 CONC enant and requested a transfer back to northern California the same da
2 CONC y he reported to the Culver City office.  He was transferred less tha
2 CONC n a year later to Red Bluff, California and finally in 1976 to Willows
2 CONC , California where he was Officer in Charge of the area office.  He re
2 CONC tired seven years later in 1983 and is still living just north of Will
2 CONC ows in Orland, California with his bride of 45 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Our father is, as other fathers, many things.  As a provider he held t
2 CONC wo jobs on numerous occasions to provide us those extra things like br
2 CONC aces for our teeth, a home and of course Christmas presents.  As a fat
2 CONC her he was strict but fair.  He said on many occasions that the two th
2 CONC ings he couldn't abide were a liar or a sneak thief.  Our father is di
2 CONC rect and honest and if you don't want to hear the truth, don't ask hi
2 CONC m the question.  He said that cops either start drinking, chasing wome
2 CONC n or find a hobby.  Our dad had a lot of hobbies.  When our dad take
2 CONC s up a hobby he throws his whole being into it.  He started findin
2 CONC g a few pennies on the floor of our home that we had neglected to pu
2 CONC t in our piggy banks.  Dad didn't look at the pennies as a problem bu
2 CONC t as a source of entertainment.  He started a penny collection.  He bo
2 CONC ught a book about coins and folders to put the pennies in.  He got s
2 CONC o wrapped up collecting pennies that he would take five dollars to th
2 CONC e bank and get five dollars in pennies, return to the house and go thr
2 CONC ough them.  He would then wrap them and return to the bank for five mo
2 CONC re dollars in pennies.  He planted roses and raised them to glorious b
2 CONC looms.  We believe his favorite is the Peace rose.  There have been ot
2 CONC her hobbies but learning our family ancestry holds a special place i
2 CONC n his heart.  He loves to meet family and visit. The genealogy of th
2 CONC e Wemple family has been a passion of his for over 30 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We know one thing that our dad takes great comfort in is his Christia
2 CONC n belief.  Through all life's struggles our dad has felt like Abraha
2 CONC m Lincoln who said, I've been driven to my knees many times with th
2 CONC e overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go.  During hi
2 CONC s visit to Albuquerque in 1996, Dad told Bob that, I only had to dra
2 CONC w my gun once in a 26 year career with the California Highway Patrol
2 CONC , and I thank the Lord I didn't have to shoot.  Dad also told Bob, W
2 CONC hen I started this genealogy project, I sent out many letters to know
2 CONC n family members but got very little response.  I was downhearted.  Do
2 CONC nna and I prayed about this situation, and shortly new doors opened an
2 CONC d leads started to come to me.  This describes our dad.  A honest, ca
2 CONC ring, Christian man who loves his family and cherishes his wife Donna.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We hope this gives you, the reader, a little insight into the compile
2 CONC r of this latest version of the genealogy of our various lines.   If y
2 CONC ou happen to meet Dad, visit with him and tell him a little about you
2 CONC r family.  He will thoroughly enjoy it.
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME Gay Victoria /Corder/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 APR 1918
2 PLAC Snowville, Pulaski County, VA
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F3@
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth Jay /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1940
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F41@
1 NOTE Kenneth Wemple is a rancher and cattleman. He enjoys visiting, ropin
2 CONC g cattle and branding calves. DRW
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME Donna Gay /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1942
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1991
2 PLAC Standish, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F42@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement for the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 1 Sep
2 CONC tember 1961, page 6c4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT DONNA GAY WEMPLE IS RECENT BRIDE OF THOMAS McCLELLAND
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Donna Gay Wemple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wemple of Milfo
2 CONC rd, became the bride of Thomas Pierce McClelland, son of Mr. and Mrs
2 CONC . Pierce McClelland of Standish, in a ceremony performed by the Revera
2 CONC nd Ralph H. Carleton at the Park Wedding Chapel in Reno on Sunday, Jul
2 CONC y 30.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white chiffon gow
2 CONC n and a short circular veil with a fluted head band. She carried a bou
2 CONC quet of white carnations and pink roses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Kathryn French was the bridesmaid and wore an aqua chiffon gown w
2 CONC ith a white carnation corsage.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Charles Shere was the best man.
2 CONT 
2 CONT For her daughter's wedding the bride's mother was dressed in pink an
2 CONC d wore a white carnation corsage. The groom's mother wore blue and als
2 CONC o wore a white carnation corsage.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A dinner hosted by the bride's father followed in the Shore Room of th
2 CONC e Holiday Hotel. The table was centered with a tiered wedding cake top
2 CONC ped with a miniature bride and groom and encircled with an arrangemen
2 CONC t of pink roses, stock, fern and corn flowers.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dinner guests included the bride and groom, Mrs. Ester McClelland, Mrs
2 CONC . Edna Johnston, Messrs. and Mesdames Claude Wemple, Pierce McClelland
2 CONC , Donald Wemple, Elliot Cann, Messrs. Charles Shere, Kenneth Wemple, R
2 CONC onald Farwell, Rodney Cann, Misses Nancy McClelland, Helen McClelland
2 CONC , Kathyrn French and Corrine Cann.
2 CONT 
2 CONT For her going away outfit the bride wore a navy blue ensemble with whi
2 CONC te accessories. Following a honeymoon trip through Oregon, the newlywe
2 CONC ds are now at home in Standish.
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME Paul Leroy /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1915
2 PLAC Salem, Marion County, IL
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 JUL 1990
2 PLAC Milford, Lassen County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMS @F4@
1 FAMS @F6@
1 NOTE Committed suicide by shooting himself due to ill health. He was a part
2 CONC icle board mill superintendent. DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN COUNTY TIMES, Tuesday, 31 July 199
2 CONC 0, page 7Cc3-4:
2 CONT 
2 CONT PAUL LEROY HUNT
2 CONT 
2 CONT Paul Leroy Hunt, 75, died July 15, 1990, in Mifford. He was born Marc
2 CONC h 18, 1915, in Salem, IL, and lived in Lassen County for 60 years comi
2 CONC ng from southern California.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors include his wife, Vivian Mary Hunt, of Milford; son, Scot
2 CONC t Hunt, of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; daughter, Claudia Oliver, of Eureka
2 CONC , sister, Bernice Grismore of San Jose; and eight grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial services were held July 19, 1990, at Lucero-Carlson Colonia
2 CONC l Mortuary Chapel.
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME Claudia Wemple /Hunt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAR 1938
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F4@
1 FAMS @F9@
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME Scott Edwin /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1946
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F4@
1 FAMS @F10@
1 NOTE Scott's first 10 years were spent in Susanville before the family move
2 CONC d to Eureka due to cutbacks in the lumber industry. In 1963 he graduat
2 CONC ed from Arcata High School. He graduated from the University of Califo
2 CONC rnia at Davis with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1968. He immedi
2 CONC ately went to work in Phoenix, Arizona as an engineer for General Elec
2 CONC tric. In January of 1970 he was transferred by GE to Schenectady, Ne
2 CONC w York. This is where he met his wife-to-be, Carole Clark.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1973 he changed employers and went to work for Saint Regis Paper Co
2 CONC mpany as a process control engineer.  He reentered school and receive
2 CONC d his Master's degree in electrical engineering in 1977.  Saint Regi
2 CONC s was acquired by Champion International in 1984.
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Vivian Mary /Preppernau/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1911
2 PLAC Kent, King County, WA
1 DEAT
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMS @F6@
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME Joan Rae /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 JAN 1939
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 AUG 1996
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Weed, Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F5@
1 FAMS @F11@
0 @I28@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Vivian /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1941
2 PLAC Westwood, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F5@
1 FAMS @F12@
0 @I29@ INDI
1 NAME Verna Rae /Fraley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1932
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMS @F7@
1 NOTE Wedding Announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Thursday, 2
2 CONC 0 September 1951, page 5c2-3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT VERNA FRALEY AND GLENN WEMPLE MARRIED SUNDAY
2 CONT 
2 CONT On the lawn at the home ranch home of the Ray Fraleys at Litchfield
2 CONC , their daughter Verna Fraley became the bride of Glenn Wemple, Sunday
2 CONC , September 16, at 3 p.m. The Reverand E.E. Wilson read the double rin
2 CONC g ritual in the presence of immediate members of both families and a f
2 CONC ew close friends.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Decorations for the ceremony consisted of white satin streamers conne
2 CONC cting short white poles which formed an aisle leading to the improvise
2 CONC d altar. White circular trellises decorated with Virginia creeper an
2 CONC d white asters, formed the background. At each side of the trellis wer
2 CONC e tall baskets of large white chrysanthemums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Their only attendants, the bride's sister, Mrs. Robert Katen, matro
2 CONC n of honor, and Norman Mosier, best man, walked informally to the alte
2 CONC r and waited as Verna was escorted by her father, who gave her in marr
2 CONC iage.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride was attired in a gray wool suit and gray and white accessor
2 CONC ies. She carried white gladioli and stephanotis.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mrs. Katen wore a Maroon colored suit, brown accessories and a corsag
2 CONC e of white mums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The reception was held in the home where the dining table was centere
2 CONC d with a three tiered wedding cake, partly surrounded by small white m
2 CONC ums and fern; tall white tapers stood on each side of the cake, whic
2 CONC h was cut by the bride and bridegroom in the traditional manner. The r
2 CONC oom decor was in white with bouquets of carnations, asters and mums.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The couple left for a short motor trip to the coast. They will make t
2 CONC heir home in Milford, where Glenn is engaged in farming.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Invited to the wedding and reception were: Messrs. and Mesdames Claud
2 CONC e Wemple, Don Wemple, Ken and Donna, David Wemple and small son Dannie
2 CONC ; Leroy Hunt, Claudia and Scott; Robert Katen and son Bobby; Robert Pi
2 CONC neo; Mrs. Fannie Winchester, Mrs. Jay Wemple, Norman Mosier and Jim Fr
2 CONC aley.
0 @I30@ INDI
1 NAME William Neil /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 OCCU ,
1 FAMC @F7@
1 FAMS @F43@
1 NOTE He owns and operates a beauty parlor, with about a dozen operators i
2 CONC n it, in Susanville, CA. DRW
0 @I31@ INDI
1 NAME Glenda Fern /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 JUN 1954
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F7@
1 FAMS @F44@
1 NOTE Wedding announcement from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Wednesday, 1
2 CONC 4 February 1973, page4c1-3:
2 CONT 
2 CONT GLENDA WEMPLE RECENT BRIDE OF RANDY AZEVEDO
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Glenda Fern Wemple became the bride of Randall Robert Azevedo i
2 CONC n a double ring ceremony performed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Churc
2 CONC h in Susanville by Father John Hannan on Saturday, December 16. Gilber
2 CONC t Azevedo, father of the groom, assisted as commentator.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The theme colors of the wedding were chosen to coordinate with the tra
2 CONC ditional purple of the Advent season. Bouquets of lavender star chrysa
2 CONC nthemums against a background of white flowers, decorated the sanctuar
2 CONC y of the church. The family pews were marked with lavender satin bow
2 CONC s which matched the delicate draperies the nuns had made to cover th
2 CONC e tabernacle doors on each altar.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wemple of Milford, was give
2 CONC n in marriage by her father. She was dressed in modern bridal origina
2 CONC l designed with empire waistline, high collar, and long bouffant sleev
2 CONC es fastened tightly at the wrist. The traditional floor length gown o
2 CONC f satin had scattered bouquets of embroidered appliqued flowers center
2 CONC ed with tiny seed pearls. The skirt ended in a flounce which extende
2 CONC d into a long train. The elbow length illusion veil was held in plac
2 CONC e by a head piece of satin and lace with appliques matching those of h
2 CONC er dress. The bride chose to carry the prayer book she received at th
2 CONC e time of her confirmation. Her prayer book was covered with bridal la
2 CONC ce and a cascade of stephanotis and white roses centered with a cattel
2 CONC eya orchid. For something old she carried a handmade lace handkerchie
2 CONC f made by her great-grandmother. For something borrowed she wore a pai
2 CONC r of opal earrings belonging to her aunt, Mrs. David Wemple. For somet
2 CONC hing blue she wore the traditional blue garter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Miss Debra Wemple, cousin of the bride, served as maid of honor. She w
2 CONC ore a floor length dress of purple velvet and white nylon trimmed wit
2 CONC h tiny pastel flowers. Her head piece was of purple ribbon trimmed wit
2 CONC h flowers, matching those of her dress, secured in place with a whit
2 CONC e velvet ribbon. To complement her gown, the maid of honor carried a c
2 CONC olonial bouquet of azalea and pink feathered carnations with gypsophil
2 CONC ia and daisy chrysanthemums accented with purple satin.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also in the bridal procession were the two demure little flower girls
2 CONC , Kristine Wemple and Rebecca McClelland, cousins of the bride. Thei
2 CONC r gay nosegays of multicolored carnation petals and tiny white daisy c
2 CONC hrysanthemums with baby breath accented their tip-toe length dresses o
2 CONC f purple and white styled exactly like that of the maid of honor's. Th
2 CONC e flower girls' head pieces were styled of lavender ribbon trimmed wit
2 CONC h the pastel flowers matching their dresses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred Wemple served as ring bearer for his sister.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Serving as best man was Fred Mallery. Ushers were Terry Azevedo, broth
2 CONC er of the groom with Bill Wemple, brother of the bride.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The bride's mother wore a lime green floor length long sleeved dress o
2 CONC f polyester knit. The groom's mother was attired in a blue floor lengt
2 CONC h long sleeved dress also of polyester knit. Both mothers wore cymbidi
2 CONC um orchid corsages.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Each one of the four gracious grandmothers, Mrs. Rose Azevedo, Mrs. Fr
2 CONC ed White, Mrs. Ray Fraley and Mrs. Claude Wemple, were complimented wi
2 CONC th a corsage of white jappette orchids.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. and Mrs. Randy Azevedo were honored at a reception immediately fol
2 CONC lowing the ceremony in the Pyrenees Room at the St. Francis Hotel. Th
2 CONC e luscious wedding cake with each of its four tiers, edged with fres
2 CONC h lavender chrysanthemums and fern, topped with bride and groom, stoo
2 CONC d in all its glory on a crocheted table cloth handmade by the bride'
2 CONC s great-grandmother, Mae Waldorf of Soquel.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In charge of the guest book were Mrs. Renelle English and Fred Wemple
2 CONC . Serving the wedding cake were Ginger Pinneo, Debra Azevedo and Rond
2 CONC a Mallery. Those serving punch and hors d'oeuvre were Melanie Brines
2 CONC , Rita Mallery and Cheri Flux.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following a short honeymoon in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area, the bride an
2 CONC d groom are now at home in Milford. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil
2 CONC bert Azevedo of Doyle, is engaged in ranching with his father.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Out of town guests included Mrs. Rose Azevedo, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White
2 CONC , Mr. and Mrs. David Wemple and Debi, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Peacock, Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. Dibbie Azevedo and Debbie, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Settlege, Mr. an
2 CONC d Mrs. Tony Welander, Robert Leavell, Mr. and Mrs. Mike English, Mr. a
2 CONC nd Mrs. David Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Machado.
0 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME Frederick Paul /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Susanville, CA
1 FAMC @F7@
1 FAMS @F45@
1 NOTE The following article came from the CHESTER PROGRESSIVE, WESTWOOD PIN
2 CONC E PRESS dated September 11, 1996.
2 CONT 
2 CONT THE WEMPLE RANCH
2 CONT by Joseph Kriss, Staff Writer
2 CONT 
2 CONT What's kept the Wemple family in business was their willingness to ch
2 CONC ange, explains Fred Wemple as he and his wife, Lena (actually Dena DR
2 CONC W), bounce around in the cab of their old pickup truck while crossin
2 CONC g a field of alfalfa.
2 CONT 
2 CONT With a tank trailer of diesel fuel in tow, the couple heads out to a f
2 CONC ar corner of their 1,000-acre Milford ranch to gas-up a large green an
2 CONC d yellow tractor operated by Fred's dad, Glenn.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The senior Wemple, now 70, is the last of the family actually born o
2 CONC n the ranch.  He's supposed to be retired, says Lena.  It's hard t
2 CONC o keep him off a tractor.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Wemple Ranch, located in Milford along Highway 395, is a househol
2 CONC d name in south Lassen County.  Most school-age children know about th
2 CONC e ranch, having had the opportunity to get pumpkins during October fie
2 CONC ld trips to the well known pumpkin patch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT There have been many changes and many memories made on this sandy, alk
2 CONC aline patch of dirt over the past 100 years.  Originally, the Wemple
2 CONC s used the property as a dairy farm and horse ranch.  Then they went i
2 CONC nto the cattle business.  The cattle operation lasted until the proper
2 CONC ty was split (abt. 1989 DRW).  The Wemples still run cattle but now le
2 CONC ase about 3,000 acres for grazing in the desert near Herlong.
2 CONT 
2 CONT We had to diversify, Fred said, when asked how the ranch stays solve
2 CONC nt during these hard economic times for agriculture.  We're always lo
2 CONC oking for new ideas, and we're willing to accept change.  We might no
2 CONC t like it, but we have to be more business minded.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1998, the ranch will celebrate its 100 year anniversary.  The prop
2 CONC erty has changed hands many times, Fred said, but it's always been (
2 CONC sold) to a Wemple.
2 CONT 
2 CONT J.C. Wemple (Sr. DRW), Glenn's great-grandfather, originally bought th
2 CONC e property back in 1859.  He came to California from Michigan where h
2 CONC e had operated a grist mill.  (This is an error.  He operated the gris
2 CONC tmill in Milford.  It was his first business venture after moving to C
2 CONC alifornia and highly successful.) He had to give up the gristmill beca
2 CONC use of failing lungs and he went into farming, mostly  raising vegetab
2 CONC les, and then branched off into other farming as time passed.  DRW)
2 CONC .  When the pioneering Wemple ended up in northern California, he boug
2 CONC ht a parcel of land from Peter Lassen.  On closer inspection of the de
2 CONC ed, Wemple found the purchased property, supposed to be in Susanville
2 CONC , ended up actually being in Milford where the ranch is today.  The or
2 CONC iginal ranch stretched from Highway 395 to the shores of Honey Lake.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The ranch is now split in two with Fred's cousin, Kyle Wemple, an ex-p
2 CONC ro rodeo saddle bronc rider, now working the land adjacent to his. (Ac
2 CONC tually Kyle's father, Kenneth is the owner of this part of the ranch
2 CONC .  DRW).
2 CONT 
2 CONT The elder Wemple's memories of the place he has called home for 70 yea
2 CONC rs are many.  Most are good, some bring back times that were not so pl
2 CONC easant, like the big fire that raced through Milford.  September 2, 1
2 CONC 950, Glenn says, recalling the date like it was last week.  I rememb
2 CONC er we were gathering cattle off (the) summer range when the fire start
2 CONC ed. It was real close to where we were.  The fire started on the sout
2 CONC hwest side of the mountain and quickly burned over the ridge (and int
2 CONC o the valley). Wemple motions across the valley towards the mountains
2 CONC , still showing the scars of wildfire.  Once it hit the top of the hi
2 CONC ll, it took only 20 minutes to burn all the way down to the lake.
2 CONT 
2 CONT All the barns and out buildings on the ranch were destroyed. Miraculou
2 CONC sly, the old farm house(s) was saved from the flames.  It just abou
2 CONC t wiped us out completely, added Fred.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemples were grazing cattle in the valley long before the Forest Servi
2 CONC ce and grazing allotments were in existence, according to Glenn.  The
2 CONC y used to run horses in the valley, too.  Old Tom Doyle ran hogs ove
2 CONC r the hill at one time, Wemple recalls.  But he had a heck of a tim
2 CONC e getting them back home.  Cattle - they'll find their way back, but n
2 CONC ot hogs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The most significant change he has seen over the years is the switch f
2 CONC rom horse power to tractor power.  I saw it change from horse to al
2 CONC l tractors, said Glenn.  It used to take seven men to put up the hay
2 CONC , and we only we only put up a third of what we do now.  Generally, w
2 CONC e use just three men now, he said.  One tractor is equal to four tea
2 CONC ms of horses.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Making the slow transition to mechanized farming, Glenn's father, Clau
2 CONC de Wemple, bought a Fordson tractor back in 1930.  He had quite a tim
2 CONC e keeping the tractor running, he remembers.  My most vivid memory i
2 CONC s seeing that tractor tipped over on its side in the field with him ge
2 CONC tting a team of horses to pull it upright again, he said with a chuck
2 CONC le.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Another big change in farming is the high cost of the equipment.  Th
2 CONC e cost of machinery now - it'll take your breath away, says Glenn.  
2 CONC We bought a John Deere tractor in 1936 with a plow and mower for $1,20
2 CONC 0. Now a small garden tractor can cost $6,000 and a large farming trac
2 CONC tor can cost up to $100,000 or more.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Wemples buy used equipment and make repairs at the ranch.  Repairi
2 CONC ng farm equipment is a constant, on-going project.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Even back in the days of horse-drawn plows and mowers, repairs were al
2 CONC ways cause of tearing out one's hair.  Glenn remembers how a team o
2 CONC f horses got spooked in the field one day and ran off.  There was mow
2 CONC ing machine parts scattered from here to the barn, 'cause that's wher
2 CONC e the team always ended up.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred now collects the old Poppin' Johnny style tractors.  One of th
2 CONC e restored old timers is used to pull school children around the far
2 CONC m when the pumpkin patch is open.
2 CONT 
2 CONT To help keep the earth producing high quality alfalfa - there's a bi
2 CONC g difference in dollar value between the quality levels of hay - the W
2 CONC emples use wheat and carrot seed as rotation crops.  It's pretty inte
2 CONC resting to try different crops, said Glenn.  Sometimes you make mone
2 CONC y, sometimes you don't.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Rotating crops in between a six-year cycle of alfalfa planting help
2 CONC s get the ground broken up and cleaned of weeds and unwanted pests, s
2 CONC ays Fred.  The rotation is usually planted for two years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Carrot seeds are harvested from carrot plants that are left to flowe
2 CONC r and seed.  This crop accounts for 15 acres on the ranch right now
2 CONC .  The seed is shipped to a seed company in Woodland, Calif.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The farming seems to agree with the Wemples.  I'd have a hard time i
2 CONC f I had to get up to go to work everyday, Fred states.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Born in Susanville, he attended Janesville School and Lassen High Scho
2 CONC ol.  My college education consisted of horse shoeing and rodeo, he s
2 CONC ays.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Lena, also a Susanville native, now works on the ranch full-time wit
2 CONC h her husband.  Her main passion this time of year is readying the man
2 CONC y varieties of pumpkins for their annual pumpkin patch.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fred, 35, says he never thought about doing anything else but ranchin
2 CONC g and farming.  This is all I could think about since I was old enoug
2 CONC h to walk.  Fred and Lena have been married for 10 years and have a s
2 CONC ix-year-old son, Matt.
2 CONT 
2 CONT They enjoy the farming lifestyle.  We're always busy, but it's a rela
2 CONC xed pace, Lena says.  Sometimes, we can take for granted the lifesty
2 CONC le we enjoy, she said.
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME Donna LaRue /Rogers/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUN 1932
2 PLAC Manassa, Conejos County, CO
1 FAMS @F8@
1 NOTE The above photo of David and Donna was taken in 1991. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT This family file is dedicated to the compiler's wife, who unselfishl
2 CONC y gave of herself for many years while he confined himself in front o
2 CONC f the computer for hours at a time. Thanks millions, Donna. I love you
2 CONC . DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT In November of 1938, when Donna was six, Donna, her sister Betty and h
2 CONC er mother and father moved from Colorado to Westwood, California. Gold
2 CONC ie, Donna's mother, started working at what was called The Club almo
2 CONC st immediately. Heber (also called Ricky) apparently couldn't find emp
2 CONC loyment and even tried finding work in Redding at Shasta Dam, which wa
2 CONC s in its early beginnings of construction. Unable to find employment
2 CONC , and discouraged by summer's end, Ricky returned to Westwood and anno
2 CONC unced to Goldie that he was going back to Colorado. Goldie and Ricky a
2 CONC greed upon an amiable separation. Ricky went his way taking Donna wit
2 CONC h him and they returned to Colorado with the understanding that when s
2 CONC chool took up in the fall, Donna would return to Westwood.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ricky soon took up with a second lady and went to Telluride to work i
2 CONC n the Silver mines. Donna was placed with her paternal grandmother an
2 CONC d grandfather Rogers. She began the second grade in Manassa, while sti
2 CONC ll living with her grandparents. Donna had little or no contact with h
2 CONC er father while she was in Colorado, except she did spend one weeken
2 CONC d in Telluride. It was not a pleasant experience and, since she was se
2 CONC nt to bed before the sun was down, she felt that she was more in the w
2 CONC ay than wanted.
2 CONT 
2 CONT When school started, Donna was not returned to Goldie as agreed upon b
2 CONC y everyone. Several times Goldie appealed to have Donna returned to he
2 CONC r. She could see that her daughter was never going to be returned to h
2 CONC er, unless she took matters into her own hands. So Goldie borrowed $50
2 CONC .00 from the local Westwood credit union, $50.00 from her mother, Jose
2 CONC phine Hartley and as Goldie was getting ready to leave Westwood for Co
2 CONC lorado, a friend gave her another $20.00. So with $120.00 at her dispo
2 CONC sal, she headed for Colorado to retrieve her daughter.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Before leaving California, Goldie consulted with a Susanville attorney
2 CONC , named Finn Berry. Finn gave Goldie a signed letter explaining the ci
2 CONC rcumstances and explicit instructions on how to handle the situation a
2 CONC nd charged her $10.00 for the legal advise.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A friend drove Goldie to Reno, where she bought train tickets for Alam
2 CONC osa. When she arrived at Alamosa, she stayed with her aunt, Nellie Win
2 CONC ters. Early the next morning, Goldie sought out a local attorney and p
2 CONC ounded on the door of his house until it was finally answered. After a
2 CONC n explanation the attorney signed Finn Berry's letter and charged he
2 CONC r another $5.00 for his signature.
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was early on Sunday morning when Goldie hired a local taxi in Alamo
2 CONC sa to drive her to Manassa, with plans to drive onto Santa Fe, New Mex
2 CONC ico. When Goldie arrived in Manassa, she went to the local Morman chur
2 CONC ch with the certainty Donna would be there for Sunday school. Disguise
2 CONC d with a bandanna and dark glasses, Goldie had the driver pull up to t
2 CONC he front of the church and tipped a child .25c and asked her to tell D
2 CONC onna Rogers to come to the car that was waiting. Donna's grandparents
2 CONC , who she was with at church, were upstairs at service, while Donna wa
2 CONC s downstairs attending Sunday school.  Not having the slightest idea o
2 CONC f who wanted her, Donna immediately went out and innocently got into t
2 CONC he taxi with this strange lady in the bandanna and dark glasses. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT When Donna got in the car, Goldie immediately gave the order to driv
2 CONC e away. When they got over the state line into New Mexico, Goldie ha
2 CONC d the taxi driver stop by a phone and called back to Manassa and tol
2 CONC d Ella Haynie, Donna's cousin, that she was taking Donna home with he
2 CONC r to Westwood. The three of them, Donna, Goldie and the taxi driver ar
2 CONC rived in Santa Fe, where Goldie paid the taxi driver $25.00 for the ri
2 CONC de. This was in a day when lots of men were working for a dollar a day
2 CONC .
2 CONT 
2 CONT After arriving an Santa Fe, Goldie immediately got Donna out of her M
2 CONC orman clothes which consisted of silk stockings, with the runs sown u
2 CONC p, and a plain, print cotton dress and bought her a pink slack suit fo
2 CONC r the trip home. Now Donna felt all dressed up for the trip home.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Donna and Goldie did arrive in Susanville with no further difficulty
2 CONC . Finn Berry was waiting for them. He immediately took Goldie's purs
2 CONC e from her and looked into it. He finally found where the money was ke
2 CONC pt and all that was left was $2.00. Finn commented, Just as I thought
2 CONC .   It's not every child who can say that they were kidnapped by thei
2 CONC r mother.
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel Calvin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 02 AUG 1951
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F8@
1 FAMS @F27@
1 NOTE The above photo of Dan and Donna was taken around 1985. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Daniel Calvin Wemple was born to David R. and Donna LaRue Rogers Wempl
2 CONC e on August 2, 1951 in Susanville, Lassen County, California.  He rece
2 CONC ived his first nine years of education in the public schools of Altura
2 CONC s, Modoc County, California. At this time in his life his parents move
2 CONC d to Ukiah, Mendocino County, California, so Daniel finished his publi
2 CONC c education in Ukiah, graduating from Ukiah high school in 1969. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Soon after graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT His Naval assignments were: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1969 to 1970 Boot training at Great Lakes, Ill. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1970 Machinist Mate A School at Great Lakes, Ill. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1970 to 1972 the USS Buck DD 761. MMFA TO MM2 (E-2 to E5) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1972 to 1973 the USS Southerland DD 743. MM2 (E5) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1973 to 1975 USS Berkeley DDG 15.  MM2 to MM1 (E5 to E6) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1975 to 1979 Recruit Training Command, San Diego (MM1 (E6) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1979 to 1982 the USS Marvin Shields FF 1066. MM1 to MMC (E6 to E7) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1982 to 1987 COMNAVSURFPAC Mobile Training Team, San Diego. MMC to MMC
2 CONC S (E7 to E8) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1988 to 1991 Fleet Training Center, San Diego. MMCS to MMCM (E8 to E9
2 CONC ) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On February 17, 1971, he married Constance Arlene Hass in Reno, Nevada
2 CONC . After their marriage, their naval assignment was to San Diego, wher
2 CONC e they spent the balance of their career, with Dan's assignments as de
2 CONC scribed above. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dan returned to college by attending Chapman University in San Diego i
2 CONC n the early 1980's. He graduated from Chapman with Magna Cum Laude hon
2 CONC ors in 1991. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dan and Connie have a daughter, Alison Lynne, who was born July 1, 197
2 CONC 6 in a suburb of San Diego. On May 23, 1998, Alison married Michael Jo
2 CONC seph Kelley in Chula Vista. They also live in Chula Vista, right nex
2 CONC t door to Dan and Connie. Michael was in the Marines when he married A
2 CONC lison but is presently working for G. Scott Asphalt, Inc. Michael an
2 CONC d Alison have been blessed with a daughter, Mackenzie Ailis, who was b
2 CONC orn January 13, 2002. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT After retiring from the Navy on a Friday, Dan went to work for Gerry S
2 CONC cott, owner/operator of an asphalt paving company on the next Monday
2 CONC . Dan was hired as an estimator for this paving company and worked i
2 CONC n that capacity until March 2, 1998, at which time he and his partner
2 CONC , Lionel Kahn, bought Gerry Scott's company. Dan and Lionel's compan
2 CONC y is known as G. Scott Asphalt, Inc., with Dan acting as CEO and Lione
2 CONC l as CFO. The company has flourished under the leadership of Dan and L
2 CONC ionel and now grosses more than $3,000,000.00 a year. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME Debra Susan /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JAN 1956
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F8@
1 FAMS @F28@
1 FAMS @F29@
1 NOTE Debra Susan Blanchette was born to David R. and Donna LaRue Wemple o
2 CONC n January 11, 1956 in Susanville, Lassen County, California. Debra wa
2 CONC s educated in the public schools in Alturas, Ukiah and Red Bluff, Cali
2 CONC fornia. While attending high school in Red Bluff Debra was chosen to r
2 CONC epresent Red Bluff High School as delegate to the State convention i
2 CONC n 1973. She graduated from Red Bluff high school in 1974.  Upon her hi
2 CONC gh school graduation, Debra traveled to England where she worked for a
2 CONC bout three months at a hotel in Brighton, which is a resort town on En
2 CONC gland's south Atlantic shore. After finishing her work contract, she a
2 CONC nd a high school friend traveled by rail throughout Europe, includin
2 CONC g Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland and Italy.  After about a six-
2 CONC month stay in England and Europe, Debra returned home and moved to Nap
2 CONC a, California where she attended Napa Community College training a
2 CONC s a psychiatric technician. After graduation from psychiatric technici
2 CONC an school and obtaining her California State license, Debra went to wo
2 CONC rk for the state mental hospital in Napa. It was here that Debra met D
2 CONC aniel James Cox, her first husband. They were married in Napa's Episco
2 CONC pal church on May 20, 1978. Their daughter, Ashley Christine, was bor
2 CONC n June 10, 1980 in Vallejo's Kaiser Hospital. Debra and Daniel Cox div
2 CONC orced in September of 1983.  Debra was a single mom for the next twelv
2 CONC e years. It was during this time that she moved from Napa State Hospit
2 CONC al to Sonoma Developmental Center. After working at Sonoma for few yea
2 CONC rs she promoted to shift lead. In a few more years she was promoted t
2 CONC o Unit Supervisor and was placed in charge of her own unit. A this tim
2 CONC e she was responsible for about 30 clients and 30 support personal. Sh
2 CONC e held this position for the next several years and received memos o
2 CONC f recognition for her outstanding service. She also received a Sustain
2 CONC ed Superior Accomplishment Award from the State for her outstanding wo
2 CONC rk for the years of 1994-1995.  The summer of 1994 Debra was asked b
2 CONC y her aunt, Betty Rogers Murphy, to take Kelly Murphy, her granddaught
2 CONC er in and to give her a home. In December of 1994 out of love Debra re
2 CONC ached out and provided Kelly a secure home. Kelly was fourteen years o
2 CONC ld at this time.  On October 7, 1995, Debra and Tom Blanchette were ma
2 CONC rried in Del Mar, California at Tom's mother's home. Debra quit her St
2 CONC ate job and moved along with Ashley and Kelly to Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii
2 CONC . Tom is employed by the US Department of Defense as a welder.  Sinc
2 CONC e living in Hawaii, Debra worked in a variety of sales jobs. This is s
2 CONC omething she has always been interested in. She has discovered she lov
2 CONC es sales and working with people.  Tom and Debra plan on moving back t
2 CONC o the contingent forty-eight when Tom retires from federal employmen
2 CONC t in 2006.  Shortly before Debra's divorce became final to Daniel Cox
2 CONC , she and Ashley, who was about two and a half at the time, were drivi
2 CONC ng from Napa, California to Orland, California to visit her parents. A
2 CONC shley was asleep on the front seat, next to Debra. As they were travel
2 CONC ing along the deserted I-505, an older car passed Debra and Ashley, pu
2 CONC lled right in front of them, and slowed down to about 35 mph. Debra pa
2 CONC ssed this car and the older car passed them again and slowed down agai
2 CONC n, but even slower to about 25, then 15 miles an hour. This man did th
2 CONC is same thing several more times, when finally anger weld up inside De
2 CONC bra. She got out paper and pen and wrote down everything she could abo
2 CONC ut this car traveling so slow in front of her. She then pulled up alon
2 CONC g side of this car and looked directly at the driver. Debra saw this m
2 CONC an clearly, with his right eye appearing to droop lower than the lef
2 CONC t eye and looking as though he had two different faces put together a
2 CONC s one; his hair was ugly and graying. By this time, Debra was not onl
2 CONC y very angry, but determined to get this man to stop harassing her an
2 CONC d her baby. She looked directly into his eyes and mouthed, Come on yo
2 CONC u son-of-a-bitch, I'll kill you! With this the guy in the older car b
2 CONC acked off and Debra drove onto her parents house and reported this inc
2 CONC ident to them.  Within days of this incident, Debra saw a picture of H
2 CONC enry Lee Lucas and positively identified him as the man she had an enc
2 CONC ounter with. He was convicted of ten murders in Texas and confessed o
2 CONC f murdering over 100 women across America. On June 27, 1998 Governor G
2 CONC eorge W. Bush spared Henry's life by commuting his sentence to life. H
2 CONC e is still serving his life sentence in Texas.  It was in 1959 that He
2 CONC nry Lee Lucas killed his mother and in interviews that followed, he ad
2 CONC mitted to killing many other women, including his former live-in gir
2 CONC l friend, Frieda Becky Powell, who was only fifteen at the time.  He h
2 CONC as a glass eye from an injury when he was a child. This caused his ey
2 CONC e to look as if it is drooping as it appeared to Debra on that day. La
2 CONC ter investigations have revealed Lucas may have exaggerated the numbe
2 CONC r of women he killed, but this doesn't change the fact that he tried t
2 CONC o assault Debra on this encounter she had with him.
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME Richard Calvin /Oliver/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 06 MAR 1930
2 PLAC Rudy, AR
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 MAY 1997
2 PLAC Eureka, Humboldt County, CA
1 FAMS @F9@
1 NOTE Richard was a lumber mill worker living in Eureka, CA. DRW Rest in pe
2 CONC ace, Brother.
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME Diana Kay /Oliver/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 APR 1955
2 PLAC Susanville, Lassen County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F2458@
1 FAMS @F2459@
1 FAMS @F2460@
1 FAMS @F2461@
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME Cassie Denise /Oliver/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 JUN 1956
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F2462@
1 FAMS @F2463@
1 FAMS @F2464@
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME Michael Richard /Oliver/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 MAR 1958
2 PLAC Redding, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F2466@
1 FAMS @F2467@
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME Darla Jeanne /Oliver/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAY 1959
2 PLAC Redding, Shasta County, CA
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F2468@
1 FAMS @F2469@
1 FAMS @F2470@
1 SOUR E-mail from David Wemple to Alan Salls dated 1/2/2003.
0 @I41@ INDI
1 NAME Carole Catherine /Clark/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAY 1947
2 PLAC Saratoga Springs, NY
1 FAMS @F10@
1 NOTE Graduated from Wagner College with a B.S. in elementary education. Wor
2 CONC ked as a case worker in Schenectady County, New York, working with dis
2 CONC advantaged children. After her marriage worked as a case worker in Har
2 CONC lem and South Bronx sections of New York City. in 1998 she received he
2 CONC r Master's degree in guidance & counseling. DRW
0 @I42@ INDI
1 NAME Kevin Roy /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1976
2 PLAC Westwood, NJ
1 FAMC @F10@
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME Elaine Stephanie /Hunt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAR 1978
2 PLAC Englewood, NJ
1 FAMC @F10@
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME Kyle David /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 JUN 1981
2 PLAC Newburgh, NY
1 FAMC @F10@
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME Darren Timothy /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 SEP 1984
2 PLAC Newburgh, NY
1 FAMC @F10@
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME Sydney Decatur /Smith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAY 1937
1 FAMS @F11@
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME Stephen Decatur /Smith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 OCT 1964
2 PLAC Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME Dana Denise /Smith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAR 1966
2 PLAC Siskiyou County, CA
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F459@
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME John Henry /Chipman/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 DEC 1941
1 FAMS @F12@
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME John Henry /Chipman/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1964
2 PLAC Napa County, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F460@
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Jane /Chipman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 OCT 1965
2 PLAC Napa County, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F461@
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Vivian /Chipman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 JAN 1970
2 PLAC Solono County, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F462@
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME Dorothy Ann /Chipman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUL 1973
2 PLAC Alameda County, CA
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME Johannes Reyer /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 APR 1732
2 PLAC probably Schenectady, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1814
2 PLAC Woestine, NY
1 FAMC @F101@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 FAMS @F16@
1 FAMS @F17@
1 NOTE The following will was sent to the compiler by Bernard Woods, of Eurek
2 CONC a, CA about 1995: DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Last Will and Testament of John Wemple
2 CONT 
2 CONT IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN:      I, JOHN WEMPLE, of the third ward of th
2 CONC e City and County of SCHENECTADY and STATE OF NEW YORK being weak in b
2 CONC ody but of perfect mind, memory and understanding, praised be God fo
2 CONC r the same, do make and publish and declare this as and for my Last Wi
2 CONC ll and Testament, and I do hereby revoke and annul all and every forme
2 CONC r will and testament heretofore by me made, hereby declaring this, an
2 CONC d no other to be my last will and testament.
2 CONT FIRST:  I resign my immortal soul into the hands of God my creator hop
2 CONC ing for mercy and pardon of my sins through the merits and mediation o
2 CONC f Jesus CHRIST my REDEEMER.
2 CONT ITEM:  I give devise and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, Ester, th
2 CONC e lowest part of my farm so called whereon I now live the said lowes
2 CONC t part to be bounded by what is called the foot of the Sandt Hooghti
2 CONC n with the rent or income from my Tan Yard for and during her widowhoo
2 CONC d, also a colt called the White Stocking and such personal propert
2 CONC y as she brought with her at our intermarriage, which devise to my sai
2 CONC d wife is to be in lieu and bar of her dower out of my estate.
2 CONT ITEM:  I give devise and bequeath unto my son NICHOLAS V. WEMPLE ALL T
2 CONC HE REST AND RESIDUE of my said farm and real estate situate in the Cou
2 CONC nty of Schenectady (excepting) THERE OUT Twenty-five acres situate i
2 CONC n the town of Princetown and which I have herein divided to my grandso
2 CONC n JOHN W. PEEK to have and to hold the same to my said son NICHOLAS fo
2 CONC r his Natural life and my will is that the said estate so divided fo
2 CONC r life to my said SON shall not by subject to any encumbrances whatsoe
2 CONC ver to be caused by or though my said SON, and in case my said son, NI
2 CONC CHOLAS, shall in the opinion of my executors by remiss and inattentiv
2 CONC e to his business and shall not manage and husband the real estate her
2 CONC eby demised to him in a discreet and prudent manner for his family's i
2 CONC nterest, I do hereby authorize and empower my said executors to rent o
2 CONC ut the said estate from year to year and during such period of my sai
2 CONC d SON'S life estate therein as they may deem necessary and proper an
2 CONC d to apply the proceeds thereof the support of my said SON, and his fa
2 CONC mily.
2 CONT ITEM: From and immediately after the decease of my said son, NICHOLAS
2 CONC , which he now has or may have by his present wife, NANCY VEEDER, an
2 CONC d to their heirs and assigns forever the West half or moiety of the fa
2 CONC rm whereon I now live (excepting) the twenty-five acres about mentione
2 CONC d.
2 CONT ITEM: From and immediately after my son, NICHOLAS, decease, I give dev
2 CONC ise bequeath the East half or moiety of the farm whereon I now live un
2 CONC to my grandson, JOHN WEMPLE, son of NICHOLAS V. WEMPLE, for and durin
2 CONC g his natural life, and from and immediately after his decease to hi
2 CONC s lawful issue (if he should die leaving Lawful Issue) and to their he
2 CONC irs and assigns forever share and share alike.  But in case of the dea
2 CONC th of said grandson, JOHN WEMPLE, without issue then my will is, an
2 CONC d I do hereby give devise and bequeath the East half or moiety of my s
2 CONC aid farm to granddaughter, MARIA WEMPLE, daughter of my said son, NICH
2 CONC OLAS V. WEMPLE for and during her natural life and from in immediatel
2 CONC y after her decease to her lawful issue (if she should die leaving Law
2 CONC ful Issue) and to their heirs and assigns forever share and share alik
2 CONC e.  But in case my said granddaughter, MARIA WEMPLE, should die withou
2 CONC t lawful issue then my will is and I do hereby give devise and bequeat
2 CONC h the said easterly half or moety of my said farm to such children m
2 CONC y said son, NICHOLAS V. WEMPLE, as he now had or may have by his prese
2 CONC nt wife, NANCY VEEDER, and to their heirs and assigns forever.
2 CONT ITEM: I give devise and bequeath unto my grandson, JOHN W. PEEK, provi
2 CONC ded it shall be ascertained that he shall be living at any time withi
2 CONC n seven years after my decease to his heirs and assign twenty-five acr
2 CONC es of land situate in Princetown and being part of the farm whereo
2 CONC n I now live and subject to the payment of one supply of winter whea
2 CONC t annually forever after my decease in and upon the 25th day of Marc
2 CONC h in each year to the heirs of my son, Nicholas, by his present wife
2 CONC , NANCY VEEDER.  But in case it should not be ascertained within seve
2 CONC n years after my decease that my said grandson, JOHN W. PEEK, shall st
2 CONC ill be alive, then my will is, and I do in such case give devise and b
2 CONC equeath the said twenty-five acres of land to the children my said son
2 CONC , NICHOLAS, now had or may have by his present wife, NANCY VEEDER, o
2 CONC r to their heirs and assigns forever.
2 CONT ITEM: I give devise and bequeath to DEBORAH FREYMIRE, daughter of Mich
2 CONC ael Freymire, fifty acres of land out of the lot in the Town of Lysand
2 CONC er, which was granted to Moses Styles and one cow to help her, the sai
2 CONC d DEBORAH, and to her heirs and assigns forever.
2 CONT ITEM: I give and bequeath to MARIA, my granddaughter, and daughter o
2 CONC f Christopher Peek, MARIA, my granddaughter, and daughter of George He
2 CONC wson (Heuston), and MARIA, my granddaughter and daughter of Christia
2 CONC n Haverly, all my household furniture to be divided equally between th
2 CONC em share and share alike.
2 CONT ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son, NICHOLAS V. WEMPLE, a span of h
2 CONC orses, at his own choice out of my horses, and all of my implements o
2 CONC f husbandry.
2 CONT ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my grandson, JOHN, son of my son, Nicho
2 CONC las V. Wemple, my gun and silver watch to be delivered to him by my ex
2 CONC ecuters here-in-after named when he should arrive at the age of twenty
2 CONC -one years of sooner if they shall deem it proper.
2 CONT ITEM: The rest and residue of my personal property (slaves excepted) a
2 CONC nd horses and cows I give and bequeath to my following grandsons, to w
2 CONC it: JOHN W. PEEK, JOHN HAVERLY, John HEWSON (Heuston), and JOHN WEMPLE
2 CONC , son of my son, Nicholas V. Wemple, to be divided equally between the
2 CONC m share and share alike, excepting that if my grandson, JOHN W. PEEK
2 CONC , should not return in time that this my request takes effect, that pa
2 CONC rt of share hereby bequeathed to him, I then give and bequeath unto b
2 CONC y grandson, JOHN, son of my said son, Nicholas V. Wemple.
2 CONT ITEM: It is my will and I devise that my Negro man (BOLT) shall remai
2 CONC n on the farm with my son, NICHOLAS V. WEMPLE, during his life as a sl
2 CONC ave or servant, but not to be disposed of and as to the rest and resid
2 CONC ue of my slaves not mentioned, I order to by free(d) if they or eithe
2 CONC r of them can furnish security to indemnify the city or my representat
2 CONC ives and if not my Executors hereinafter named shall have power to sel
2 CONC l them and to appropriate the avails to the benefit and best advantag
2 CONC e of my estate.
2 CONT ITEM: I recommend that my Executers cause me to be directly interred o
2 CONC ut of my estate, and I do earnestly desire that they cause a tombston
2 CONC e to be put to my grave with the inscription of the time of my decease
2 CONC , my age and that of my three wives, MARIA VISSCHER (or Visher), VOLK
2 CONC E WEMPLE, and if I should survive my present wife, ESTER VAN ARNHAM (A
2 CONC rnhem) to cause her name with what shall be necessary to be added an
2 CONC d to inscribed on the same, and to collect and receive all monies du
2 CONC e to me by note or otherwise and to appropriate the same to the benefi
2 CONC t and best advantage of my estate as aforesaid.
2 CONT LASTLY, I do hereby nominate and appoint GERRET L. VEEDER JR., esquire
2 CONC , JACOB DELLEMONT and JOHN DELLEMONT, Executors of this my Last Will a
2 CONC nd Testament, hereby revoking all and every former will by me made.  I
2 CONC n witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
2 CONT thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hund
2 CONC red and twelve (1812).
2 CONT Signed,
2 CONT John Wemple
2 CONT 
2 CONT Signed, sealed, published and declared by the Testator to be his Las
2 CONC t Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribe
2 CONC d our names as witnesses in the presence of the Testator.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Will was offered for Probate Oct. 1812 (1814?)
2 CONT This Will is recorded in Book A of Wills, Page 202
2 CONT 
2 CONT In the office of Surrogate Court, County of
2 CONT Schenectady, N.Y.
2 CONT 
2 CONT From THE HISTORY OF SCHENECTADY DURING THE REVOLUTION,  Individual Rec
2 CONC ords of Service:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Wemple, John R.: Born at Fort Hunter, April 18, 1731; died September 1
2 CONC 4, 1814 (note discrepancy with his Family Page. DRW).  He served a
2 CONC s a private and a sergeant in the 2nd Albany County Militia.  On may 2
2 CONC 0, 1777, he testified before the Committee of Safety that his shoulde
2 CONC r had been put out of joint and that he was therefore unfit for milita
2 CONC ry duty.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following is from a manuscript sent to the compiler on September 2
2 CONC 8, 2000 by Michael Lee Wemple of Bay City, MI. This manuscript was wri
2 CONC tten by William Barent Wemple, compiler of the first part if this gene
2 CONC alogy from 1885-1913. The manuscript was never published.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was baptized in Schenectady April 18, 1732. Married, first, to Mari
2 CONC tie Visscher, daughter of Nicholas Visscher of Schenectady, and for wh
2 CONC ich a bond was issued May 7, 1764. He was next married to Volkje Wempl
2 CONC e, (daughter of Barent and Debora Wemple), May 29, 1800, in Schenectad
2 CONC y, who was at that time the widow Dellamont,  . . . ; she was baptize
2 CONC d January 4, 1741. Johannes third wife was Esther Van Arnham, who wa
2 CONC s born in 1734, made her will March 22, 1821, which is on file in th
2 CONC e Surrogate's office of Schenectady County, and died January 2, 1822.
2 CONT 
2 CONT On January 5, 1758, he was commissioned an Ensign in Captain Andrew Tr
2 CONC uax's company at Schenectady and so reported on the original muster-ro
2 CONC ll of May 1767, which is preserved in volume 14, page 214 of SIR Wm. J
2 CONC OHNSON MANUSCRIPTS in the State Library, Albany, NY.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He served through the Revolutionary War as a private and sergeant in t
2 CONC he regiment of Colonel Abraham Wemple, under captains John Van Pette
2 CONC n and Jelles Fonda.  . . .
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME Maritie /Visscher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 02 SEP 1744
2 PLAC NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1800
2 PLAC NY
1 FAMS @F13@
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME Debora /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 12 FEB 1769
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1864
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F102@
0 @I57@ INDI
1 NAME Anaatje /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 09 JUN 1771
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1866
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F103@
0 @I58@ INDI
1 NAME Catalyntje /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 JAN 1777
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 FEB 1812
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F104@
0 @I59@ INDI
1 NAME Nicholaas Visscher /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAY 1780
2 PLAC probably Schenectady, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 JAN 1826
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F18@
1 FAMS @F19@
1 NOTE The following is from a manuscript sent to the compiler on September 2
2 CONC 8, 2000 by Michael Lee Wemple of Bay City, MI. This manuscript was wri
2 CONC tten by William Barent Wemple, compiler of the first part if this gene
2 CONC alogy from 1885-1913. The manuscript was never published.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born May 28, 1780. Married Maria Toll, who was baptized in Sche
2 CONC nectady, November 22, 1778 and was the daughter of Johannes Toll and C
2 CONC atherine Vedder. He married, secondly, Nancy Veeder on January 14, 180
2 CONC 9, who was born May 9, 1794 and died July 5, 1876. He lived near Rotte
2 CONC rdam Junction, Schenectady County, NY and died there January 18, 1826.
0 @I60@ INDI
1 NAME Susannah /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 14 APR 1782
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 JUN 1842
2 SOUR E-mail from David Wemple to Alan Salls dated 11/1/2002.
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F105@
0 @I61@ INDI
1 NAME Johannes Arentsen /Bratt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE (22 MAR 1740/41)
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1781
1 FAMC @F107@
1 FAMS @F14@
0 @I62@ INDI
1 NAME Volkje /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BEF. 4 JAN 1740/41)
2 PLAC Schenectady, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1812
1 FAMC @F109@
1 FAMS @F14@
1 FAMS @F15@
1 FAMS @F16@
1 NOTE The following is from a manuscript sent to the compiler on September 2
2 CONC 8, 2000 by Michael Lee Wemple of Bay City, MI. This manuscript was wri
2 CONC tten by William Barent Wemple, compiler of the first part if this gene
2 CONC alogy from 1885-1913. The manuscript was never published.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was baptized January 4, 1741, in Schenectady. Married first on Mar
2 CONC ch 4, 1761, Johannes Bradt, in Schenectady. He was Captain of a compan
2 CONC y of Rangers at the time of the Revolution and was killed during the w
2 CONC ar. She married, second, June 30, 1782, Abraham Delemont, who marrie
2 CONC d for his first wife Annatje Vedder, December 4, 1766; Annatje died Ju
2 CONC ly 21, 1779. After Abraham's death on December 23, 1792, Volkje marrie
2 CONC d for her third husband John Reyer Wemple, as his second wife, on Ma
2 CONC y 29, 1800. She died between 1800 and 1812.
0 @I63@ INDI
1 NAME Debora /Bratt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1760
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1855
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F110@
0 @I64@ INDI
1 NAME Andries /Bratt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 06 DEC 1761
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 03 JUL 1763
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I65@ INDI
1 NAME Andries /Bratt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 03 JUL 1763
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 14 OCT 1768
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I66@ INDI
1 NAME Andries /Bratt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1768
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1858
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I67@ INDI
1 NAME Abraham /Dellamont/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1740
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1792
1 FAMS @F15@
0 @I68@ INDI
1 NAME Esther /Van Arnhem/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1734
1 DEAT
2 DATE 02 JAN 1822
1 FAMS @F17@
0 @I69@ INDI
1 NAME Maria Vedder /Toll/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE BEF 22 NOV 1778
2 PLAC NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE ABT 1808
2 PLAC probably Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 FAMS @F18@
0 @I70@ INDI
1 NAME Maria Ann /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JUN 1800
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 AUG 1876
1 FAMC @F18@
1 FAMS @F20@
0 @I71@ INDI
1 NAME Catharina /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 AUG 1802
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1812
1 FAMC @F18@
0 @I72@ INDI
1 NAME John N. /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 JUL 1805
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 DEC 1841
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 BURI
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 FAMC @F18@
1 FAMS @F21@
1 NOTE Nothing is known about him, his occupation, etc., except that he die
2 CONC d young at age 34. The compiler's cousin, Joseph Jay Wemple visited hi
2 CONC s grave about 1993 in Rotterdam Junction. After his death his widow an
2 CONC d six children eventually moved on to Michigan, where his widow marrie
2 CONC d John C. Haynes. DRW
0 @I73@ INDI
1 NAME Aaron Toll /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1807
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1811
1 FAMC @F18@
0 @I74@ INDI
1 NAME Annatje Nancy /Veeder/
1 NAME Nancy Veeder
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 09 MAY 1794
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 JUL 1876
1 FAMC @F4285@
1 FAMS @F19@
1 SOUR E-mail info from David Wemple to Alan Salls dated 10/16/2002.
0 @I75@ INDI
1 NAME Jane Helen /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 DEC 1809
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 NOV 1876
1 FAMC @F19@
1 FAMS @F22@
0 @I76@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1812
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1870
1 FAMC @F19@
1 FAMS @F23@
0 @I77@ INDI
1 NAME Peter Vrooman /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAY 1815
2 PLAC Schenectady, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 04 NOV 1870
2 PLAC Orchard Grove, Lake County, IN
1 BURI
2 PLAC Orchard Grove Cemetery, Lowell, Cedar Twp., Lake County, IN
1 FAMC @F19@
1 FAMS @F24@
1 NOTE In 1850, Peter V. Wemple removed from New York State to Lake County, I
2 CONC N, and on June 10, 1850, purchased 40 acres of school land @@ $1.25 pe
2 CONC r acre from the Auditor of Lake County, Indiana.  He then returned t
2 CONC o New York State.  In 1855, he removed with his wife from New York Sta
2 CONC te to his farm in Indiana, situated on the Robinson Prairie, in the ar
2 CONC ea commonly referred to as Orchard Grove, located about 5 miles east o
2 CONC f the town of Lowell, Indiana. GJW
0 @I78@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret Veeder /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1817
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 NOV 1894
2 PLAC Columbia, SC
1 FAMC @F19@
1 FAMS @F25@
0 @I79@ INDI
1 NAME Harmon /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 FEB 1820
2 PLAC Rotterdam, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1885
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 FAMC @F19@
1 NOTE The following is from an unpublished manuscript, written by William Ba
2 CONC rent Wemple II,  compiler of the first part if this genealogy from 188
2 CONC 5-1913 and grandson of William Barent Wemple I, sent to the compiler o
2 CONC n September 28, 2000 by Michael Lee Wemple of Bay City, MI.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born February 19, 1820,  in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, NY
2 CONC , where he lived and died; made his will April 13, 1882, in which he s
2 CONC peaks of his sister Rebecca; never married.
0 @I80@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1822
2 PLAC Rotterdam, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 APR 1887
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 FAMC @F19@
1 NOTE The following is from an unpublished manuscript, written by William Ba
2 CONC rent Wemple II,  compiler of the first part if this genealogy from 188
2 CONC 5-1913 and grandson of William Barent Wemple I, sent to the compiler o
2 CONC n September 28, 2000 by Michael Lee Wemple of Bay City, MI.
2 CONT 
2 CONT She was born September 28, 1822, in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, NY
2 CONC , where she always resided. In her will, made, she speaks of her siste
2 CONC r Margaret V. Magill and of her brother Myndert and his daughter Anna
2 CONC . Never married.
0 @I81@ INDI
1 NAME Myndert Veeder /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1824
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT 1895
2 PLAC West Plains, MO
1 FAMC @F19@
1 FAMS @F26@
1 NOTE The following is from an unpublished manuscript, written by William Ba
2 CONC rent Wemple II,  compiler of the first part if this genealogy from 188
2 CONC 5-1913 and grandson of William Barent Wemple I, sent to the compiler o
2 CONC n September 28, 2000 by Michael Lee Wemple of Bay City, MI.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born September 12, 1824, in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, NY
2 CONC ; married Sarah C. Dakin, September 24, 1847, who was born August 28
2 CONC , 1830 and died June 25, 1894; he resides with his daughter Jane in We
2 CONC st Plains, Howell, County, MO.
0 @I82@ INDI
1 NAME John Baptist /Van Horst/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1800
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1895
1 FAMS @F20@
0 @I83@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy /Crawford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 OCT 1809
2 PLAC NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1883
2 PLAC MI
1 BURI
2 PLAC MI
1 FAMS @F21@
0 @I84@ INDI
1 NAME Nicholas Visscher /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 FEB 1829
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 AUG 1905
2 PLAC Dansville, MI
1 FAMC @F21@
1 FAMS @F72@
0 @I85@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Crawford /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1830
2 PLAC Rotterdam Junction, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 MAR 1921
2 PLAC Milford, CA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Milford Cemetery, Milford, CA
1 FAMC @F21@
1 FAMS @F31@
1 NOTE After his father died in 1841, he left New York as a young man, alon
2 CONC g with his mother and older brother, Nicholas Visscher.  Sometime befo
2 CONC re this Joseph worked on the Erie Canal as a mule driver, pulling th
2 CONC e ships, boats and barges through the canal.   Before they moved he al
2 CONC so taught school in the Schenectady area for a short time.  After leav
2 CONC ing New York, the family moved to Michigan. Joseph married there in 18
2 CONC 55.  In 1857 or '58, leaving a wife and baby daughter home, he moved o
2 CONC n looking for gold. He first stopped at Pikes Peak, Colorado.  He me
2 CONC t more men coming down the mountain than going up, all of whom told hi
2 CONC m that there was not a bit of gold in that thar hill.  He headed fo
2 CONC r California, and according to his granddaughter, Marjel Wemple Edward
2 CONC s, coming by way of the Lassen Trail.  He arrived in Honey Lake Valley
2 CONC , the Land of the Never Sweats, in 1859.  He was one of the first 50
2 CONC 0 settlers in what is now Lassen County, California.  After working a
2 CONC t carpentering and in a sawmill near what is now Janesville on Parke
2 CONC r Creek, he and James Christie, his brother-in-law, started a the firs
2 CONC t gristmill in Lassen County which was located in Milford.  He was on
2 CONC e of the first settlers in Milford and is credited with being instrume
2 CONC ntal in naming the village.  He did well and accumulated property in a
2 CONC nd around Milford, numbering about 400 to 600 acres.  He was a man wh
2 CONC o was very generous to his sons and had given all his property away t
2 CONC o them long before his death, except his son, John, who had used up hi
2 CONC s portion of his inheritance long before this time.  In his old age h
2 CONC e always carried a dime in his pocket, So that I'll never be broke.
2 CONC  DRW
2 CONT 
2 CONT Obituary from the Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE, Friday, 1 April 1921:
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOSEPH CRAWFORD WEMPLE
2 CONT 
2 CONT Last Monday morning, March 28, 1921, Joseph Crawford Wemple died at hi
2 CONC s home at Milford where for more than sixty years past he had been a c
2 CONC ontinuos resident. He was on of the few remaining pioneers of Lassen C
2 CONC ounty, and one who had written his personal activities and influence i
2 CONC n living letters upon the early-day history of the country. Few men ha
2 CONC ve surpassed Joseph Crawford Wemple in length of days or in his recor
2 CONC d of service to his fellow men.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Mr. Wemple was the third Assessor of Lassen County, filling that offic
2 CONC e for two terms, and it is a rather significant fact that two of his s
2 CONC ons have served in the same capacity, former Assessor N.V. Wemple, an
2 CONC d present Assessor Frank O. Wemple. Later he represented his distric
2 CONC t as Supervisor for some ten years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Coming to this valley in 1859, Mr. Wemple was one of the builders of t
2 CONC he first grist mill in Lassen County and for many years of this life h
2 CONC ere he was prominent as a stock raiser and rancher. He was born in Sch
2 CONC enectady, N.Y., December 30, 1830, and was within a day or two of thre
2 CONC e months over 90 years of age at the time of his death.
2 CONT 
2 CONT There are six surviving children, Mrs. Thomas Harris of Elko, Nevada
2 CONC ; and five sons, John B. Wemple of Standish,, N.V. and Jay C. of Milfo
2 CONC rd, and Frank O. and Orlo E. of Janesville. There are numerous grand a
2 CONC nd great-grandchildren.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The funeral took place from the late residence of the deceased Wednesd
2 CONC ay March 23, and was largely attended by people from all parts of Hone
2 CONC y Lake Valley and other localities.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following is from an unpublished manuscript, written by William Ba
2 CONC rent Wemple II,  compiler of the first part if this genealogy from 188
2 CONC 5-1913, sent to the compiler on September 28, 2000 by Michael Lee Wemp
2 CONC le of Bay City, MI.
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was born December 20, 1830, nine miles west of the city of Schenect
2 CONC ady, NY on the south side of the Mohawk river; went to Michigan in 184
2 CONC 7, crossed the plains to California in 1859; married Eliza J. Christie
2 CONC , March 25, 1855; owns 617 acres of land near Milford, CA, and is a we
2 CONC althy farmer; was elected County Assessor in 1869 for six years; was e
2 CONC lected supervisor in 1882 for six years; was re-elected to the latte
2 CONC r office in 1894 for four years.
0 @I86@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ann /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1833
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 SEP 1883
1 FAMC @F21@
1 FAMS @F73@
0 @I87@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 AUG 1836
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1931
1 FAMC @F21@
1 FAMS @F74@
0 @I88@ INDI
1 NAME Jane H. /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JUN 1839
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 APR 1857
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I89@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 JUN 1842
1 DEAT
2 DATE SEP 1857
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I90@ INDI
1 NAME Martin /Gardinier/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1805
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1895
1 FAMS @F22@
0 @I91@ INDI
1 NAME Aaron /Crawford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1810
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1900
1 FAMS @F23@
0 @I92@ INDI
1 NAME Adeline Louise /Van Slyck/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 08 MAR 1837
2 PLAC Montgomery County, NY
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 APR 1926
2 PLAC Crown Point, IN
1 FAMS @F24@
0 @I93@ INDI
1 NAME Melisse /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1857
2 PLAC Orchard Grove, Cedar Creek Twp. Lake County, IN
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 MAY 1931
2 PLAC Crown Point, IN
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F111@
1 FAMS @F112@
0 @I94@ INDI
1 NAME Anna /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JAN 1859
2 PLAC Orchard Grove, Cedar Creek Twp. Lake County, IN
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 JAN 1934
2 PLAC Hebron, IN
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F113@
1 FAMS @F114@
0 @I95@ INDI
1 NAME Susan Ida /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 APR 1861
2 PLAC Orchard Grove, Cedar Creek Twp. Lake County, IN
1 DEAT
2 DATE 05 JAN 1938
2 PLAC Crown Point, IN
1 BURI
2 PLAC Hebron Cemetery, Hebron, IN
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F115@
0 @I96@ INDI
1 NAME Emma Alelia /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 APR 1863
2 PLAC Cedar Creek Twp., Lake County, IN
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUL 1953
2 PLAC Crown Point, IN at home of daugher, Nellie S.
1 BURI
2 PLAC Maplewood Cemetery, Crown Point, IN
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F116@
0 @I97@ INDI
1 NAME Edwin /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 07 SEP 1865
2 PLAC Orchard Grove, Cedar Creek Twp., Lake County, IN
1 DEAT
2 DATE 01 SEP 1955
2 PLAC Oneida County, Rhinelander, WI
1 BURI
2 PLAC Northland Memorial Park, Rhinelander, WI
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F117@
0 @I98@ INDI
1 NAME Jesse Vrooman /Wemple/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 04 FEB 1868
2 PLAC Orchard Grove, Cedar Creek Twp., Lake County, IN
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 DEC 1940
2 PLAC Logansport, IN
1 FAMC @F24@
1 FAMS @F118@
0 @I99@ INDI
1 NAME Clara /Wemple/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JUL 1870
2 PLAC Cedar Creek Twp., Lake County, IN
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1870
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I100@ INDI
1 NAME William /Magill/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1803
2 PLAC Georgetown, SC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 FEB 1865
2 PLAC Athens, GA
1 FAMS @F25@
0 @I101@ INDI
1 NAME Irvina /Magill/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE (BET.