Monday, December 15, 2008

JULIA BUCK TICHENOR

Julia Tichenor, 90, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, at Cambridge Place, Marysville.

A memorial service, following a noon luncheon, will be Dec. 28 at United Methodist Church, Paradise.

Cremation is planned and her ashes will be scattered at the farm at Fairport.

Julia Tichenor was born Oct. 20, 1918, at Sawyer, the oldest child of Bert and Emma Banker Buck.

She attended school at Sawyer. She went to Fort Hays State College and majored in art and education. She earned a teaching certificate and taught in the Sawyer area.
She became an accomplished violinist.
She married Robert D. Tichenor on June 2, 1942, at Los Angeles.
She worked at Northrup Aircraft during World War II.
That factory produced the Flying Wing, a prototype of the stealth bomber. In 1951, the family moved to the Tichenor
farm at Fairport. She taught at Fairport and Natoma schools.
She was a member of the Paradise United Methodist Church and was known for her quilting.

Survivors include two brothers, Herbert and Riley Buck, Cerritos, Calif.; a sister, Gloria Lindenmuth, Adams, Neb.; three sons, Steve, Marysville, Stuart, Okmulgee, Okla. and Scott, Lawrence; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; two sisters, Erma and Blanche; and a brother, Brenton.

Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church, Paradise.

Marysville Advocate Dec. 11,, 2008

Julia and Robert's sons were Paradise graduates.
Steve - 1965
Stuart -1968
Scott - 1972

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