Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....SMALL , James E.  September 2 2002
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"The Davis Enterprise," Monday, September 9, 2002
James E. Small

James E. Small died on Sept. 2, 2002. Born on May 12, 1921, in Springfield,
Ill., he was 81 years old.

After a phone call from his mother, Catherine, telling him the phone company was
hiring, he came to Santa Rosa and began a career with Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph that lasted almost 42 years. This was interrupted by his service in
the Army Signal Corps during World War II. He return to Santa Rosa afterward and
resumed his career.

He retired in 1983.

He loved to keep busy on projects for family and friends.

He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, a philanthropic
organization of telephone employees and families who perform volunteer work in
the community. With this group he built handicapped access at state parks and
dressed as Santa Claus. They visited orphanages and hospitals in Europe and
Asia, dispensing gifts donated by local merchants at home.

He was a member of SIRS, and was a lifetime member of Theodore Roosevelt Post 21
of the American Legion. He and his wife Olly volunteered at the Luther Burbank
Center and at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

After moving to Davis in 2000 they were auxiliary volunteers at Sutter Davis
Hospital and at the Davis Senior Center.

He was the beloved husband of Olly Small and the loving father of John Small of
Sacramento, and James Small and his wife Susan of Sebastapol. He was the adored
grandfather of Kathryn Small.

He was preceded in death by his brother, George Small, and sisters, Ruth Ross
and Betty MacCallum.

A memorial service will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Saint Phillips Church in
Occidental. Contributions in his memory should be made to the SBC-Pacific Bell
Pioneers, Redwood Council/Redwood Life Member Club, Golden Bear Chapter, P.O.
Box 160633 Sacramento, CA 95816.

Funeral arrangements are being made by Davis Funeral Chapel.


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Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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