Butte County CA Archives Obituaries.....Mathews, Lela B. December 19, 1981 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: April Hennes April Hennes robertjrsmom@yahoo.com December 14, 2007, 4:51 pm Oroville Mercury-Register, December 21, 1981, Monday, Pg 2 Lela B. Mathews of Oroville died Saturday morning in a Chico hospital. A native of Anderson, Mrs Mathews was born Dec. 21, 1917, the daughter of Frank and Eva Park, members of a pioneer family. She was head bookkeeper for the J. C. Penney Store in Oroville for 25 years, retiring in 1959. Surviving are her husband, John E. Mathews; two sons, John S. of Oroville and Todd Michael of Inglewood; a sister, Isabell Willhite of White Rock, Ore.; and a brother, Torrance Park of Kirkwood, Wash. Graveside services were held today at 1 p.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Richard Uzzel of First Baptist Church officiated. Arrangements were under the direction of Scheer Memorial Chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/butte/obits/m/mathews3113gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb