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Rinehart: Florence Alma Rinehart, 89, of Red Bluff died Friday, March 14 in Red Bluff. Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary. Pub- lished Tuesday, March 18 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Tindall: Rick Tindall, age 63, died Monday March 10, at his Red Bluff home. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Crema- tion & Burial. Published Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Death notices must be pro- vided by mortuaries to the news department, are pub- lished at no charge, and fea- ture only specific basic infor- mation about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified adver- tising department. Paid obit- uaries may be placed by mor- tuaries or by families of the deceased and include on- line publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of con - tent, including photos. Death notices thanks to dedicated work by the employees and adminis- tration at the Redding Vet- erans Home. The home opened Oct. 25, 2013 at 3400 Knighton Road. It sits on 27 acres of land and offers views of Mt. Shasta and Mt. Lassen. The home has 155 beds. Amenities include single oc - cupancy rooms, three meals per day with in between meal snacks, weekly housekeep- ing, scheduled transporta- tion, opportunities for wor- ship in all denominations, daily activities and satellite television. The home offers certified nursing care, medication management, weekly enter - tainment and special events. The home is accepting applications for residency in both the residential and skilled nursing facilities. The home is open for Cal - ifornia residents 62 and older, younger if disabled, who served in the US armed forces and were discharged or released under honorable conditions. To apply contact the Red - ding Veterans Home Admis- sions Office at 224-3429, visit the home or apply online. Home From Page 1 lor said she had complained numerous times to the city regarding the tree, which she and neighbors are not allowed to trim. Taylor said following the breaks five years ago she was told the tree was healthy. She said she had a feeling it was just a matter of time. A Red Bluff Public Works employee was at the site around 4 p.m. Monday. Branch From Page 1 There were no injuries to citizens or firefighters. The fire started on the al- ley side of the building, ac- cording to the department, and investigation into the cause of the fire will con- tinue today. The last fire crews left the scene at 2:05 p.m. Sun- day. Blaze From Page 1 By michael Biesecker The Associated Press CHarLoTTe, N.C. » Duke En- ergy was in a bind. North Carolina regulators had for years allowed the na- tion's largest power com- pany to pollute the ground near its plants without pen- alty. But in early 2013, a co- alition of environmental groups sued to force Duke to clean up nearly three dozen leaky coal ash dumps spread across the state. So last summer, Duke En - ergy turned to North Caro- lina lawmakers for help. Documents and inter- views collected by The As- sociated Press show how Duke's lobbyists prodded Republican legislators to tuck a 330-word provision in a regulatory reform bill run - ning nearly 60 single-spaced pages. Though the bill never once mentions coal ash, the change allowed Duke to avoid any costly cleanup of contaminated groundwater leaching from its unlined dumps toward rivers, lakes and the drinking wells of nearby homeowners. Passed overwhelmingly by the GOP-controlled leg - islature, the bill was signed into law by Gov. Pat Mc- Crory, a pro-business Re- publican who worked at Duke for 28 years. "For decades, Democrats have stifled small businesses and job creators with undue bureaucratic burden and red tape," McCrory said at the time. "This common-sense legislation cuts government red tape, axes overly bur - densome regulations, and puts job creation first here in North Carolina." Environmentalists saw the legislation, and its little- noticed provision benefiting Duke, differently. "This sweeping change gutted North Carolina's groundwater law," recounts D.J. Gerken, a senior attor - ney for the Southern Envi- ronmental Law Center. eNviroNmeNT Sources: Tweak to law protected Duke's coal ash pits RANDAll Hill — THe AssoCiATeD PRess Girls play on a soccer field near the l.V. sutton Complex operated by Duke energy in Wilmington, N.C., on Feb. 19. By Chris Tomlinson The Associated Press aUSTiN, TexaS » A third per- son struck by a suspected drunken driver in Austin last week during the South By Southwest festival died Monday, police and family said. Sandy Thuy Le, 26, died from the injuries she sus - tained when she was run over outside The Mohawk music club early Thursday, Austin police spokeswoman Veneza Bremner said. Police say the driver, Rashad Owens, was f lee - ing police when he crashed through a barricade and accelerated his car into a crowd in Austin's Red River Entertainment District, kill - ing two people at the scene and injuring 21 others. Le had been listed in crit- ical condition since she was struck. Dr. Christopher Zie- bell, the emergency depart- ment director at the Univer- sity Medical Center-Brack- enridge, had said the two most critically injured pa- tients suffered life-threat- ening head injuries. S t u a r t G a t e s , L e 's brother-in-law, said she was surrounded by friends and family when she died Mon - day morning. She came from a Vietnamese-Amer- ican shrimping family that had lost their home in Hur- ricane Katrina and had to stop working during the BP gulf oil spill. "She was super-intelli - gent, one of those types that never let college get in the way of her education," he said, adding that she had moved to Austin three years ago to finish her college de - gree. "She was a brilliant person, a wonderful per- sonality and bubbly in a fun way, real outgoing. A live life to the fullest type." Gates said Le's family was praying and offering support to the family of the other critically injured vic - tim, DeAndre Tatum. They planned a funeral for Le in her hometown of Pass Christian, Miss., on Satur - day. The victims who died T hu rsday were St even Craenmehr, a 35-year-old Dutchman who was on a bi - cycle, and 27-year-old Jamie West of Austin, who was rid- ing on a moped when the car plowed into her. Five of the injured re- mained hospitalized Mon- day at University Medical Center, including one per- son in critical condition and two in serious condi- tion, spokeswoman Kendra Clawson said. Two other patients remained hospital- ized elsewhere. O wens, 21, has been charged with capital mur- der and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle. He's accused of driving drunk and fleeing from police, then intentionally driving into the festivalgoers. The as - piring rapper from Killeen has been jailed on $3 mil- lion bond, and prosecutors are expected to seek addi- tional charges against him from a grand jury. TexaS 3r d pe rs on d ie s fr om South By Southwest crash MARGUERITE OLIVIA WILLIAMSON May 28, 1915 - March 11, 2014 Marguerite Olivia Williamson was delivered up to our heavenly Father on March 11, 2014, at Red Bluff Health Center in Red Bluff, California. Marguerite was born in Collinsville, Illinois to John and Alberta Tartaglia. Mar- guerite grew up in a loving home where she helped work in the family store until moving to to Santa Rosa, Califor- nia with her family. Marguerite was married to the love of her life, Don Esrey Williamson for 49 years, until his passing in 2003. Marguerite was a wonderful, loving and hardworking person who worked at Sears, co-owned a trucking busi- ness and later helped run a registered Angus cattle ranch with her husband. She will be dearly missed by many friends but is now at peace with the Lord. Graveside services will be held Friday March 21st, 11:00 at Sunset Hill Cemetery, 4470 Oren Ave., Corning, CA. DENVER C. LATIMER August 9, 1921 ~ March 6, 2014 Denver C. Latimer (Dennie) passed on peacefully March 6,2014 surrounded by his family. He was born on August 9,1921 in San Francisco. His parents were Denver C. Latimer Sr. and Dora Latimer. He was predeceased by the woman he loved, Kathleen Latimer. They were married for 67 years. As a youth, Dennie spent his years in Butte Creek Can- yon where his father operated the DeSabla Power House. He attended high school at Chico High and graduated in 1938. He graduated from the University of California School of Pharmacy (San Francisco) in 1943. In that year, he joined the Navy as a lieutenant and served his country in World War 11 in the Pacific. After the war, Dennie moved back to Chico and worked as a pharmacist. In late 1946, he moved to Los Molinos and opened Latimer's Pharmacy, which he operated for over 30 years. After he sold his pharmacy, he man- aged and worked in other pharmacies in Northern Cali- fornia until his retirement. Dennie was a very active member of the Los Molinos community serving as President of the Los Molinos School Board, the Los Molinos Cemetery Board, and the Tehama County Planning Commission. In addition, he was a long time member of the California State Board of Pharmacy where he served as President. He was an old-fashioned mortar and pestle pharmacist Early In his career, he created an analgesic ointment de- signed to control an outbreak of mastitis in the local dairy community. He modestly named it Lat-i-Balm. It al- so worked to cure muscle strain and athletic injuries and he manufactured and sold it until he retired. Dennie loved his family, his work, and his community. He had a strong faith in God and his fellow human be- ings. He closely followed the Los Molinos "Bulldogs". He was an ardent and optimistic and long forgiving fan of the Cal Bears. He was a sweet but lethal trout fisherman. He enjoyed the Tuscan hillscape and the canyons and streams that drained the western slopes of Mt Lassen. He fished them all and especially where these waters entered the Sacramento River. The mouth of Mill Creek was his favor- ite spot. He was asked many times why he was moved to leave Chico to open a pharmacy In Los Molinos, a town that didn't have at that time a medical doctor that wrote pre- scriptions. His answer was that "Los Molinos had better fishing." Dennie was predeceased by his two brother-in-laws. Jer- ry Horan and Tom Horan, and Tom's wife, Virginia, his sister-in-law, and several cousins. Dennie is survived by and was a loving father and father-in-law to Dennis B (MaryAnn) Latimer, Mary Jo (Steve) Fox, Kathleen (James) Stadler, Elizabeth (George) Coffey, and Patrick (Cheryl) Latimer. He loved his 13 grandchildren: Denver, Dylan, Uzzie, Katie, Megan. Kelly, Jimmy, Patrick, Christopher, Michael, Kylie, Maureen and Brendan, and 15 greatgrandchildren, Bailey, Connor, Brendan, Chloe, Jacob, Matthew, Daniel, Joseph, Abigail, Zoey, Lucas, Bridgett, Kira, Colton and Cooper. Dennie is also survived by his sister-in-law, Lynne Horan, 4 nephews, 2 nieces and several cousins. A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Fri- day, March 21,2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of the Im- maculate Conception, 814 Solano Street, Corning, Califor- nia. A brief graveside service will be held after the funeral at the Los Molinos. Cemetery with a reception following at the Los Molinos Veteran's Hall. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Los Molinos High School Alumni As- sociation, in care of the Brusie Funeral Home or directly to the school. Condolences may be sent to the family on- line at www.brusiefh.com. VIRGINIA J. DERBY July 31, 1921 ~ March 10, 2014 Virginia Derby was born to Oliver and Carolyn Dierker in Tumalo, Oregon. At an early age she moved to the Red Bluff area. She graduated from Red Bluff High School in 1939 and continued her education with some secretarial classes in Sacramento. Her strong work ethic kept her employed as a bookkeeper until her health de- clined at age 89. Virginia spent over forty years working for the state of California at CalTrans. During all those years she traveled and kept up with her diverse interests in art, sewing and reading. Virginia and the late Chet Derby were married from December 24, 1951 until his death on June 23, 2006. They had one daughter and sev- en grandchildren. At present the family also includes six great grand children. Services for Virginia will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Red Bluff 545 Berrendos Ave. on Friday, March 21 at 10:30 a.m. DESCYGNE "DEE" ESKRIDGE Long time Red Bluff resident Dee Eskridge passed away Monday, March 10th at her home in Red Bluff. Christened Bertha Descygne Rushing, Mrs. Eskridge was known as "Dee" throughout her adult life. She was born November 8, 1930 in Lexington, Oklahoma to Irvin and Vera Rushing. The family moved to California in 1942. She was graduated from Hayward Union High School in Hayward, California in 1948. Over her four-year high school career, the future Mrs. Eskridge missed only five days of school. Before her senior prom she was courted by her future husband Virgil Eskridge, who would even- tually precede her in death in 2010. Three months after high school graduation, Virgil and Dee Eskridge were married at the Methodist Church in Hayward. Her sister Ruth Rushing was maid of honor. Fay Eskridge, the groom's brother, was best man. After meet- ing at the wedding, the bride's sister and the groom's brother courted and eventually married. Brothers married sisters. Mrs. Eskridge had three children: Yvonne Weems of Lawrence, Kansas, Lonnie Eskridge of Porterville, Califor- nia, and Melanie Annes of Gaston, Oregon. Moving to Red Bluff in 1972, Mr. and Mrs. Eskridge owned Merchants Janitorial and later Red Bluff Janitorial Service serving many Red Bluff area businesses and homeowners until Virgil's retirement in 1988. Throughout all those years, and years after, Mrs. Eskridge also did vol- unteer work for various Red Bluff organizations. She was secretary-treasurer-clerk for First Southern Baptist Church of Red Bluff. She served similar positions at Stewardship Baptist Church in Hayward and First Southern Baptist Church Los Molinos. Mrs. Eskridge also served the Red Bluff chapter of the Business and Professional Women's organization as treasurer and, in 1983, president. In 2012 she concluded a 25 year position as treasurer for the Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society. She also volunteered for decades with the Porterville Glean- ers. The loves of her life include her grandchildren of which she has nine: Mark Weems, JoDee Pelkey, Ross Eskridge, Katie Sam, Samuel Annes, Daniel Annes, Lydia Annes, Brook Phelps and Cassandra Phelps; and her great grand- children, of which she has four: Levi Saving, Clayton Sav- ing, Easton Weems, and Jade Eskridge - born two days before Mrs. Eskridge's death. She loved working on her computers after having re- ceived her first Tandy 2000 in 1991. She was often to be found creating scrapbooks for her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was an avid scrapbooker and has scrapbooks going back to her childhood. As her given name, Descygne translates out of French as swan, she was an avid collector of swans and has more than 400 in her collection. She also was an avid fan of the San Francisco Giants, hardly ever missing a televised ballgame and enjoying a trip now and again to AT&T Park in San Francisco. Apart from the Genealogical Society, Mrs. Eskridge also researched her family history and has traced family roots as far back as Great Britain and Europe before the Ameri- can Revolution. Two traditions are especially treasured by her family. The first: In 1957 she began having dinner guests autograph a tablecloth. Everyone who has eaten at her table for the past 57 years has signed that cloth. The second family tradition: A photo album containing a photograph from every Christmas since she and Virgil married. Mrs. Eskridge will be buried alongside her husband of 62 years at Northern California Veterans Cemetery. (Mr. Eskridge was a World War II Navy veteran.) She is sur- vived by her sister, Ruth Eskridge; brother Ken Rushing; brother-in-law Fay Eskridge; her three children; her nine grandchildren; her four great grandchildren; sisters-in-law Carol Rushing and Eva Shumate; many beloved nieces and nephews; and four grandchildren married into the family; Tammi weems, Rick Pelkey, Dana Sam and Jenni- fer Eskridge. Obituaries TuesDAy, MARCH 18, 2014 ReDBluFFDAilyNeWs.CoM | NEWS | 7 a