Yolo-Sacramento County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....PUGH, Dorothy M. April 6 2000 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/ca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy B. Perazzo pbperazzo@comcast.net October 13, 2004, 11:13 pm “Winters Express,” Thursday, April 13, 2000 Dorothy M. Pugh Dorothy M. Pugh, 89, died of stroke complications on April 6, 2000, in Sacramento. Born in 1910 to Henry J. Hansen and the late Kate F. Eggleston, she grew up on a ranch outside Davis. She was a member of the Tremont Church Mite Society. As a girl, she attended the old Tremont Church on Montgomery Road, near the present Willowbank. A bright, studious child, she went regularly to the Davis Library, which was situated in Hattie Weber’s home. Though the family had almond and fruit trees in Davis and Chico, her mother taught School in Elmira to assure Dorothy’s higher education. Her first job after graduation from San Jose State College was as a teacher in Winters and it was there that she met her husband, Bill Pugh, a Winters High School teacher and coach. The houses on her grandmother Lucy Eggleston’s property on University Avenue, near the UC Davis campus, were designated as historic structures by the city of Davis. She rented them to graduate students and families at unrealistically low rents over the years because she felt that young people needed a chance, family members said. She raised her family in Winters and directed the first children’s choruses at the Winters schools. She was the organist for more than 30 years for Yosolano Chapter No. 218 in Winters, commuting in later years from her home in Sacramento. She was a member and organist for nearly 30 years for Palm Shrine and White Shrine of Jerusalem in Sacramento. She was honored by being chosen as grand organist for The Order of Eastern Star in the state of California 1977 by Patricia Quibell, worthy grand matron, and traveled with the senior officers of the order for that year, visiting Eastern Star chapters throughout the state. She is survived by two sons, William Pugh of Stockton and Richard Pugh of Sacramento; two daughters-in-law, Josie and Dale Pugh; four adult grandchildren, Jason, Josh, Thomas and his wife Barbara and Beth and her husband Ingo; and one great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry J. and Kate F. Hansen; grandparents, J. W. and Lucy Eggleston; and brother Willis E. Hansen. Visitation will be held from 12-7 p.m. at the Nicoletti, Culjis and Herberger Funeral Home at 5400 Folsom Boulevard, Sacramento, Thursday, April 13. Interment at Winters Cemetery, Friday April 14 at 11 a.m., where an Eastern Star Service will be performed. A memorial service and a celebration of her life will be held the next day at 10:30 a.m. at Nicoletti, Culjis and Herberger, with a reception to follow at Mrs. Pugh’s Sacramento home. Additional Comments: Submitted with the permission of the “Winters Express,” 312 Railroad Ave., Winters, CA 95694 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/obits/gob1996pugh.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb