Logan County, Colorado

Monasses and Alice L. (Symes) Litch, Sterling



MONASSES' FAMILY

In 1860 Lawrence County, Ohio, Manasses Litch is 48, Rachael Litch 42, Anna M. Litch 22, John T. Litch 20, James E. Litch 18, William M. Litch 13, Romaine C. Litch 11, Manasses Litch 7, George Litch 4, Susan Litch 1, and Julia M. H. Myers 6.

In 1880 Weld County, Colorado,(which then included Sterling) Mannasses Litch is a laborer, working for Simon Fisher, farming, and his wife Sarah J. 34.

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Alice Symes, whose parents and two sisters also came from England to Colorado, married in Sterling on October 26, 1887.
married Monasses Litch, whose brothers also lived in Logan County.

July 1918 "James Litch, who has been ill at the home of his brother, M. Litch, for some time past, left yesterday morning for the Soldiers' Home at Hot Springs, South Dakota, where he will enter a sanitarium for medical treatment."

August 1918

December 1889 Sterling "Mrs. James Litch, of Ft. Lupton, is spending the holidays with M. Litch of this city."

September 1898 Sterling

January 1904 "One birthday - One keg of beer in a temperance town.
One keg of beer - one celebration.
One celebration - four drinks around.
Four drinks around - four fines in police court.
Four fines - four cases of appeal by one man.
And thereby hangs a tale. The story occasioned heated argument in the court of appeals yesterday morning as to whether a man has a right to treat his friends to liquid refreshments in a temperance town.
"This is on me, boys," M. Litch of Sterling is alleged to have announced to about thirty friends on his birthday. Further, the complaint states that the friends responded, and that the town marshal was invited in. There were four drinks around, it is held, and as the ordinance of Sterling states that ho one shall sell or give away intoxicating liquor, Attorney McConley, representing the town, declares that he has four cases against Litch, one for every drink. Allen and Webster argued for Litch, and declared that their client had a right to "set 'em up" if he chose. Further, it was alleged that Litch did not own the wet goods, but that the beer belonged to another. The case was submitted, and a decision will be handed down in February."

July 1907 Denver

Albert McGinnis Litch BIRTH 21 Jul 1900 DEATH 30 Sep 1907 BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 54697389.
"DIED - on Monday Albert Litch the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Litch of diphtheria. He was between six and seven years of age, a bright manly little fellow, the light of his father's home. His parents have the sympathy of all in their bereavement. "

January 1908 " Mrs. M. Litch and her father Mr. Jas. Syme, are spending a few days in Denver visiting relatives."

March 1908 Sterling

August 1917 " Mrs. M. Litch and sons Norman and Ed, and Miss Bernice Jefferies, left Sunday for Boulder, where they were joined by Miss Flora Dalgleish From Boulder the party will go Georgetown, Estes and Cherokee parks and Cheyenne."

August 1923 Sterling " Mrs. M. Litch and sister . Mrs. Robert Mehaffey of Tacoma, Wash., will leave Monday for Georgetown, Colo., where they will be joined by their brother, A. J. Syme, of Goldendale, Wash., and a sister from Denver. This will be the first reunion of the three sisters and brother in thirty-one years."

Georgetown, Colorado " A. J. Symes and son of Goldendale, Wash., and Norman Litch and wife of Sterling, Cola, were visiting Mrs. Alice Litch laat week. Mrs. Litch'a sister left the latter part of the week for Tacoma, Wash. "

March 1923 "M. Litch was called to Denver today on account of the serious illness of his sister, Mrs. Schlatter. Mr. Litch will leave this evening. "

Manasses Litch BIRTH 22 Jul 1853 DEATH 17 Aug 1945 BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 57361559 .

January 13, 1955 Brush
Alice L. Symes Litch BIRTH 5 Jan 1869 DEATH 11 Jan 1955 BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 57361563.

FRED

January 1916 Sterling " Wauled to buy - Furs of all kinds. Fred Litch, 123 Douglas St. "

August 1916 Sterling " Fred Litch and Cliff McCormick succeeded in getting five chickens and twelve doves yesterday. The m«n didn't have a dog, but nevertheless they had some excellent shots."

March 22, 1917 "Frederick James Litch, son of M. Litch, died at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. Fred had been a sufferer for some time and he spent several weeks at Excelsior Springs recently in the hope that he would be benefited. He returned home feeling much better and his parents were much rejoiced over the changed condition. But a few days ago he got worse again and finally was forced to give up the battle. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

April 12, 1917

May 1923

ED
Ed's wife Bernice was in Hillrose, Morgan County, Colorado in 1910, Spencer C. Jefferies 55, Anna Bell Jefferies 47 Wife, Walter B. Jefferies 20 Son, Joe H. Jefferies 18 Son, Bernice L. Jefferies 16 Daughter, Fitch C. Jefferies 14 Son, and Cecil C Jefferies 9 Son .

Bernice Leo Jeffries and Manasses E. Litch married on 2 Sep 1917 in Hillrose, recorded in Logan County.
"Miss Bernice Jefferies and Manasses Edward Litch were married Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride's brother, W. B. Jefferies, at Hillrose, Rev. J. L. Cameron of Brush officiating. The ceremony took place in the presence of immediate friends of the family, and Miss Flora Dalgleish.
It was planned that the marriage should be maintained a deep, impenetrable secret, and all day Tuesday the young people worked together in the local postoffice, with no intimation of their little affair. However, late Tuesday evening, members of the Sterling fire department, of which the bridegroom is a member, learned of the marriage and an unsuccessful hunt for the couple was commenced, with the purpose in view of giving them a rousing impromptu celebration.
The bride is a graduate of the Logan county high school and the Greeley Teachers' college. For the past 15 months she has been general delivery clerk at the postoffice here. The bridegroom is a graduate of the Logan county high school also, and for the past two years has been mail dispatcher at the postoffice. He is one of the selected draft army of Logan county and has been called to report for service September 19, and in view of the possible long absence from his native county, he and his bride decided that their marriage should take place sooner than it was planned a few weeks ago.
A wide circle of friends extend them well wishes and regret that it is necessary that the honeymoon should be interrupted by the bridegroom's call to war."

October 1918 Sterling "Mrs. M. Litch is in receipt of a letter from her son, Ed, stating that he is on the firing line in France for the first time. He is chief gunner to one of the "75's" and states that while they are receiving quite a bit from the Hun, they are giving him just a little bit more."


January 1919 "Miss Helen Jeffries and sister, Mrs. Ed Litch, will leave on the evening train for Denison, Texas, for an extended visit with an uncke. They will go by way of Denver, where they will make a short stop."

Bernice's brother died in November 1927 "Joe Jefferies of Hillrose was born at the Trowel Ranch, near the present town of Hillrose, November 6, 1891 and died at the Slocum hospital in Brush Sunday, November 20 at 4 o'clock at the age of 26 years and 14 days, after an illness of some five weeks of Bright's Disease. The deceased leaves to mourn his going: a daughter Viola, Keenesburg, Colo., his mother, Mrs. Annabele Jefferies of Hillrose, two sisters, Mrs. Helen Barton, of Hill City. Kansas, and Mrs. Bernice Litch, of Sterling. Three brothers, Brooks and Fitch of Hillrose, and Cecil of Casper, Wyo. Miss Hilda Kiechers of Brush, fiance, to whom Mr. Jefferies would have been married soon. Funeral services will be held at the Brush Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. F. E. Edwards of Denver in charge, Rev. Kitchin of Hillrose assisting. Burial will be made in the local cemetary."

April 1928 Brush, Colorado "Mrs. Henry Riechers and daughter, Hilda, accompanied by Mrs. W. B. Jeffries of Hillrose, motored to Sterling today (Thursday) and spent the day visiting Mrs. Ed. Litch."

In 1930 Sterling, M. Edward Litch 35 is a garage proprietor, Bernice L. Litch 36 Wife, Bernice H. Litch 9 Daughter, Dorothy A. Litch 7 Daughter, Edna M. Litch 3 Daughter, and Anna B.Jefferies 73 Mother-In-Law.

May 1946 Brush "Mrs. Anna Bell Jefferies of Sterling, is visiting this week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. E. Litch and Mr. Litch.
Miss Bernice Litch of Denver, Miss Dorothy Litch of Holyoke, and Miss Edna Mae Litch of Greeley will spend the weekend at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch."

February 1949 " Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch took their daughter, Mrs. R. G. Morrison, Jr., of Denver to her home after she and Miss Edna Mae Litch of Greeley and Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Johnson and son of Beloit, Kans., spent the weekend at home."

In 1950 Brush, M. Edward Litch is a mail carrier, 55, Benice Litch 56 Wife.

July 1955 "Little Ronnie Gustafson of Eaton is visiting this week with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch."

July 1957 " Little Alice Marie Gustafson, 13-month-old daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Harold Gustafson of Eaton, visited last week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch. Mrs. Gustafson and Ronnie and her niece, Miss Lois Brown, came after Alice Marie Monday."

March 1959 "Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch returned home Friday following a month's vacation spent in Mesa, Ariz., and Lakewood, Calif. Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Litch Sunday were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gustafson, and children of Eaton."

January 1960 " Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gustafson and Ronnie, Alice Marie and Donald of Eaton plan to visit this weekend with Mrs. Gustafson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch."

June 1960 "Mr. and Mrs. Joe Barton and children of Lakewood, Calif., arrived Saturday to visit at the M. E. Litch and the F. C. and W. B. Jefferies homes. On Saturday and Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Barton will attend the 20th high school graduation reunion in Sterling. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gustafson and children of Eaton will join the group Friday at the Litch home."

August 1961 " Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch spent several days last week and the weekend in Eaton with their daughter, Mrs. Harold Gustafson, and family."

Manasses Edward Litch BIRTH 15 Oct 1894 DEATH 28 Nov 1964 BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 57361578.

Bernice Leo Jefferies Litch BIRTH 14 Oct 1893 DEATH 2 Jul 1974 BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 54884651.

September 1946 " Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch announced this week the marriage of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Litch, to Mr. Robert G. Morrison Jr. of Denver. The wedding took place Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. The bridal couple will reside in Greelev at 1221 12th Street in Greeley, where Mr. Morrison is attending college.
Those attending the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Litch, Mrs. Norval Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Brook Jeffers and Joe Barton, 2c of the United States Navy of Brush, and Mr. and Mrs. Fitch Jefferies and Marilyn of Hillrose."

In 1950 Denver, Archie Morrison, Sr. is 60, Laretta A. Morrison 58 Wife, Frances V. Morrison 22 Daughter, Thais A. Morrison 21 Daughter, Robert G. Morrison, Jr. 26 Son, Dorothy A. Morrison 27 Daughter-in-law, Margaret L. Morrison Granddaughter, and Blanche Myers 59 Sister-in-law.

"Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Morrison of Denver are the parenta of a boy born Sept. 19, 1954. Mrs. Morrison will be remembered as the former Miss Dorothy Litch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch."

February 1962 Denver

July 15, 1976 Greeley " Funeral services were held for Mrs. Dorothy Litch Morrison of Denver, a teacher at George Washington High School, died Tuesday, July 13. She was 53. She was graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 1944 and taught school at Holyoke before going to Denver. Survivors include her husband, Robert G. Morrison, two daughters, Peggy Morrison Sacramento, three sons,
One post says "Buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Denver, Colorado. Dorothy was a math teacher in Smiley Jr. High in Denver. She lived at 1106 Detroit, Denver, Colorado "

Robert Goudy Morrison BIRTH 20 Oct 1923 DEATH 18 Sep 2009 BURIAL Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA PLOT 9-1-6-MNE MEMORIAL ID 248782573.


November 1947 Brush "Baskets of yellow chrysanthemums and bronze pompoms graced the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch Sunday, when wedding vows were exchanged by their daughter, Miss Bernice Helen, and Richard L. Johnson of Beloit, Kans. The Rev. William Faulds of Sterling officiated at the single ring ceremony at two o'clock. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a brown suit with an aqua feather hat and brown accessories and a corsage of Talisman roses. Her sister, Miss Edna Mae Litch, was maid-of-honor and wore a beige suit with black accessories and a corsage similar to that of the bride. Robert J. Johnson was best man for his brother.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held for 26 guests with Mrs. Helen Barton of Sterling, pouring. The wedding cake was decorated with the same decorations that graced the wedding cake of the bride's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Litch, 60 years ago. The bridal couple left on their wedding trip to Denver, after which they will make their home in Beloit.
The bride was graduated from the Sterling high school and attended the Park college at Parkville, Mo., She has recently been employed at the credit department of Montgomery Ward and Co. in Denver.
Mr. Johnson was graduated from the Beloit school and served in the armed forces for four years. He is engaged in business in Beloit with his father.
The out-of-town guests attending the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Johnson of Beloit, Kans., Mrs. A. B. Jefferies, Mrs. Helen Barton, Mrs. Alice Litch, and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Litch and Norma Lorraine of Sterling, Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Barton of Long Beach, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Morrison, Jr. of Denver.
Mrs. Johnson was feted last Thursday evening at a surprise pre-nuptial shower at the W. B. Jefferies home. when Mrs. Jefferies, Mrs. F. .C. Jefferies and Mrs. Norval Bates entertained. A pink and white umbrella centered the dining room table, behind which the shower gifts were concealed. The evening was spent in playing pencil and paper games by the 26 guests. The loser of each game was requested to do a special stunt and the bride-to-be was asked to give a history of her romance. Miss Edna Mae Litch and Mrs. Lester Wind assisted the honoree in opening the gifts."

August 14, 1947

August 1947 "Bernice Litch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch, who has been confined to Mercy in Denver following a car accident, was brought to Brush Monday. Miss Litch is reported to be improving satisfactorily."

Bernice Helen Johnson BIRTH 8 Sep 1920 DEATH 10 Aug 1998 BURIAL Elmwood Cemetery Beloit, Mitchell County, Kansas, MEMORIAL ID 84256058 .


Richard Lee Johnson BIRTH 30 Nov 1917 DEATH 26 Nov 2007 BURIAL Elmwood Cemetery Beloit, Mitchell County, Kansas, MEMORIAL ID 84256069.

EDNA

January 1950 Greeley " Bridal shower given last week at the home of Mrs. Shirley Bush, 1628 Falracres drive, honored Miss Edna Mae Litch, fiancee of Kay Gustafson. The couple will exchange marriage vows Jan. 22 at Brush, the home of Miss Litch's parents. A pink and white motif was used in party appointments, the table centerpiece of flowers. The same colors were used in the love bird ice cream molds.
Evening's diversion was canasta, after which the honored guest was presented gifts. Hostesses wer Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Dorothy Foste, and Mrs. Nina Ohlson. Present were Mesdames Nancy Roberts, Barbara Herdegan, Jean Bosley, Doris Strauch and Pegg McMahan. Unable to attend but sending gift was Mrs. Mildred Tegtman."

January 26, 1950 Brush "Miss Edna Mae Litch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch of Brush, became the bride of Harold G. Gustafson, son of Mrs. Armanda Gustafson of Eaton. Colo., at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Rankin Presbyterian church. The Rev. Francis N. White of Sterling and Dr. A. G Wallace of Brush officiated at the double ring nuptial rites. The altar was decorated with baskets of white carnations and lighted white tapers in white candelabra. Mrs. Harold Smith played the traditional wedding march and accompanied Mrs Franklin Mercer who sang 'Thru the Years." 'I Love You Truly, and “Th* Lord's Prayer.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore an ivory satin wedding gown styled with a sweetheart neckline, fitted bodice, long pointed sleeves and the skirt ending in a long train. The fingertip veil was attached to a net half bonnet trimmed with orange blossoms. She carried her Rainbow bible topped with a green orchid and streamers tied with steponitis. Her only jewelry was a seventy-five year old necklace that had been her grandmother's, the late Mrs. A. B. Jefferies. Mrs. Richard Johnson of Beloit, Kans., sister of the bride, was matron-of-honor and wore a pale green satin dress, with long matching mitts and braided headband. Her bouquet was of white carnations. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Elmer Gustafson of Eaton. Ushers were Arthur Gustafson, also a brother of the bridegroom, and Richard Johnson of Beloit, Kans., brother-in-law of the bride.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held in the church parlors for sixty guests with background music played by Miss Carla Talbott. Mrs. Robert G. Morrison, Jr., of Denver, sister of the bride, and Mrs. Helen Barton, aunt of the bride, poured at a table centered with a three-tier wedding cake, tall green candles in silver holders, and silver coffee and tea service. Topping the cake was an ornament the bride's Grandparents Litch had used at their wedding sixty-three years ago.
Mrs. Gustafson was graduated from the Sterling high school and attended C.S.C.E in Greeley. For the past two years she has been employed by the Greeley National bank. Mr. Gustafson was graduated from the Eaton high school and apent three years in the Navy during the war. After a short honeymoon in Colorado, the couple will reside near Eaton, where Mr. Gustafson is engaged in farming."

In 1950 Eaton, Colorado, Harold Gustafson is 24, Edna Mae Gustafson 23 Wife, and Amanda Gustafson 65, born in Sweden, Mother .

"Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Gustafson of Eaton are the parents of a baby boy, Ronald Gordon, born Saturday, Nov. 14, 1953. Mrs. Gustafson will be remembered as the former Miss Edna Mae Litch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch."

July 1955 "Little Ronnie Gustafson of Eaton is visiting this week with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch."

July 1957 " Little Alice Marie Gustafson, 13-month-old daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Harold Gustafson of Eaton, visited last week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch. Mrs. Gustafson and Ronnie and her niece, Miss Lois Brown, came after Alice Marie Monday."

January 1960 " Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gustafson and Ronnie, Alice Marie and Donald of Eaton plan to visit this weekend with Mrs. Gustafson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch."

August 1961 " Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch spent several days last week and the weekend in Eaton with their daughter, Mrs. Harold Gustafson, and family."

Edna Mae Litch Gustafson BIRTH 1926 DEATH 2009 BURIAL Sunset Memorial Gardens Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, PLOT Christus Section MEMORIAL ID 170188384.

Harold G. 'Kayo' Gustafson BIRTH 29 Oct 1925 Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, DEATH 15 Mar 1974 Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, BURIAL Sunset Memorial Gardens Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 147512182.

NORMAN

February 21, 1918 Denver marriage licenses "Norman L. Litch and Flora Dalgleish, Sterling, Colo."

In 1920 Sterling, Norman Litch 27 is a garage mechanic, Flora Litch 26 Wife.

July 1924 " Announcement was made today by Norman Litch, Sterling automobile ! dealer and former service man, that ihe will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the office of sheriff. Mr. Litch's candidacy adds another “native son” to the political campaign, he having been born and reared at Sterling. His father, M. Litch, is one of the pioneers of the communityl, having been well known i among cowboys and early settlers of i Northeastern Colorado. ! Norman Litch is 32 years old. He | has spent his entire life in Sterling. . with the exception of eighteen months, which time he spent in the military I service during the World War. He | became associated with the garage l business in 1912, being in the employ of J. B. Smith. Later he was with i three different companies. In March, 1 1917, he and his brother, Ed. Litch, I entered the automobile business for 1 themselves, having the agency for Kissel automobiles and trucks. After four months, Norman Litch resigned, to enter the military service. Because of his long association with the Sterling Fire department, he was assigned to a fire truck and hose company at Camp Funston and Fort Riley and continued in that line of duty for the larger part of the war' duration. He was in the artillery for a short time, holding the non-commis-sioned office of corporal. Returning to Sterling, Mr. Litch and his brother re-entered the automobile business, obtaining the agencies for Hudson and Essex cars. They continue in that business, and have at- ' tained large success. He has driven ! over all parts of the county many i times in the automobile and livery! I business, and knows the country ( thoroughly, a distinct advantage to a i sheriff Mr. Litch has been a member of the Sterling fire department for almost ten years. He has served as adjutant of the Sterling post of the American Legion. He is a member of the Ma--1 sonic lodge of Sterling and of the Presbyterian church. If elected, Mr. Litch declares, he will see that the laws are enforced 1 without discrimination. He will place especial emphasis, he says, on the prohibition laws, demanding of all the ' same strict observance of the Volstead law and the eighteenth amendj ment to the Constitution."

In 1940 Sterling, Norman L. Litch 47 is managing a garage, Flora A. Litch 46 Wife, and Norma Lorraine Litch 9 Daughter.

Norman L. Litch BIRTH 6 Jul 1892 DEATH 4 Dec 1959 BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 57658090.
"Norman L. Latch, 67, brother of Ed Litch of Brush, was buried Tuesday afternoon in Sterling with Masonic and full military services. The two brothers had gone to Denver Friday evening to attend the automobile show, when Norman Litch was suddenly stricken while in their car and died before his arrival at St. Luke's hospital Mr. Litch, who was a resident of Sterling, is also survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Joe Cresto of Salinas, Cahf Mr and Mrs. Cresto and two children weTb present for the services as were the two daughters of the Ed Litch family of Brush, Mrs. Robert Morrison of Denver and Mrs. Harold Gustafson and Mr. Gustafson of Eaton."

Flora D. Dalgleish Litch BIRTH 16 Jul 1893 DEATH 3 Dec 1981 BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 57658093.

February 1953 "Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Litch attended the wedding of Miss Norma Loraine Litch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Litch of Sterling and niece of M. E. Litch, and Joe Cresto in the Christ the King chapel in Denver Sunday afternoon. The bride wore a ballerina length wedding gown of illusion net over ivory satin, fashioned with a bodice of Chantilly lace. Her finger tip veil was held in place by a Juliet cap and she carried a heart-shaped colonial bouquet of white carnations bordered with red carnations with white satin ribbons tied with feather carnations. Miss Patricia Kastler, as bridesmaid, wore a nile green ballerina length gown of net over satin and carried a colonial bouquet of red carnations tied with nile green ribbons."

August 1955 Salinas, California teachers included "Joseph A. Cresto, Jr, sixth grade. Mr. Cresto has been in the Salinas area for the last two years, having been stationed at Fort Ord in the army. He holds an AB degree from Colorado State college where he was graduated in 1952. Mr. Cresto is married and the father of one child. He is a member of the Catholic church and Phi Epsilon Phi. His former home was in Canon City, Colorado."

"Norma Lorraine Cresto (dying November 14, 2013) was born on July 28, 1930 in Sterling, Colorado. She had an idyllic childhood in a charming mid-western town on the Colorado Great Plains; the only child of Norman and Flora Litch. Her entire extended family lived in and around Sterling and she often told her children of all of her fun days skating around Sterling with her cousin, Bud and her dog, Mickey.
She met her husband of 60 years, Joseph Cresto, at Colorado State College in Greeley. They married soon after graduation and Lorraine followed Joe to California, where he was stationed at Fort Ord. She often reminisced about their days in Pacific Grove - walking along the beach paths, looking out over the Monterey Bay. Lorraine and Joe moved to Salinas in 1956, where Joe taught school and Lorraine began teaching part-time in between raising three little ones.
They moved their three young children, Susan, John and Antoinette (Toni) to Redding in 1963.
In 1964, Lorraine began her 30-year career at Shasta College, teaching business classes, including a very successful block program called "Secretarial Skills'. In the two-semester program, Lorraine taught a comprehensive list of business skills including writing and grammar, accounting, business machines, typing, business math and many other disciplines necessary to give young adults all the skills needed to become employed in an office setting. She worked with local businesses in career development and assisted nearly all of her students in landing good jobs. Many of her students made a point of telling her children that she was their favorite teacher. Lorraine was an accomplished pianist delighting all of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and keeping Joe entertained most evenings. Her apple, cherry, peach and pumpkin pies are legendary, and her sugar cookies were perfect. Lorraine and Joe made numerous journeys to Europe and enjoyed art, music, history and the beautiful sights. When they weren't traveling abroad, they toured the United States in their RVs - many trips with the friends she enjoyed so very much.
Most of all, Lorraine enjoyed her many friends and her family. She was the perfect mother - high standards and unconditional love.
Lorraine leaves behind her husband and best friend, Joe. She also leaves behind her children: Susan Baker (Steve), John Cresto (Bridget), and Antoinette (Toni) Johnson (Jon); grandchildren: Elisabeth White (Doug), Alexander Ball, Joseph Cresto III, Ellen Cresto, Mark Johnson (Sophia) and Roseanne Johnson; step-grandchildren: Matthew, Meghan and Sarah Baker; great grandchildren: Emma, Elise and Andrew White.
Lorraine has always lived up to the song that her family always believed was written just for her: "Sweet Lorraine". Lorraine had a sweet twinkle in her eye, a keen sense of humor and a lovely spontaneous laugh.
Services will be held at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Burial will follow at 12:30 p.m. at the Northern California Veteran's Cemetery. The family is hosting a reception at Riverview Country Club at 3:30 p.m. "

ED

April 1959

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