Bertha JOHNSON

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she has had three children, two still living.

Bertha filed for divorce from Oscar on 9 Nov 1921.

Died:
FS’s California Death Index has 6 December

Bertha married Peter Oscar THOMPSON on 25 Feb 1903 in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah. Peter was born on 13 Oct 1878 in Arizona; died on 1 Feb 1951 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was already Norma Chiodo in September of 1920, at which time she was a senior in high school.

She was an eyewitness to her father killing her mother and aunt. She was “too ill to testify” but was able to give a deposition.

By January of 1922, as a “pretty 18 year-old” and “a little slip of a girl” expecting a baby in March of 1922, she testified against her father “even if it sends my father to the gallows!”

She may have had a daughter Norma, born in about 1924. An article in the San Pedro News-Pilot in August of 1923 referred to Mrs Norma Chiodo having a little daughter named Jean.

An article mentioning the marriage license for “Mrs. Norma Chiodo of San Pedro” and Wright said that she had been a resident of San Pedro for a number of years and was prominent in San Pedro social circles. She was a former student at San Pedro High School where she was president of the Girls’ League in 1921.

In the 1940 census, she and Jean live in Pasadena at 1987 Paloma Street, a home Norma owns that is worth $3500. This is the same place, but not the same house, that they lived in 1935. Norma, a widow, works as an escrow clerk at a bank. Jean, who only had three years of high school, is a “new worker” at a school cafeteria.

The California Voter Registration has her still living at 1987 Paloma, as Mrs. Norma I Wright, in 1948.

She may be the Mrs. Norma Wright in an L A Times article in 1952 on vocational nursing trainees.

Norma married Joseph P CHIODO on 10 Sep 1920 in Los Angeles County, California, and was divorced about 1923. Joseph was born in 1891 in Nebraska; died in 1977 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Norma married Arthur Kendrick WRIGHT on 4 Sep 1926 in Los Angeles County, California. Arthur was born on 28 Aug 1885 in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He died from asthma and pneumonia.

Notes:

He witnessed his father murder his mother and aunt and was the main witness at his father’s trial. He testified against his father, saying that he wanted his father to hang.

He was a 21 year-old single man in the 1930 census. He was living in Los Angeles County with Roscoe Kelsey. Boyd was an oil field pumper.

The SSDI has the Boyd Thompson born 4 Mar 1909 as dying Oct 1993 in Clark County, Nevada.

Birth:
“on a ranch in Santaquin, Utah”; his birth seems not to have been recorded until June 18, 1941

Died:
as Boyd A Thompson

Boyd married Fanchon RICHARD on 14 Mar 1931, and was divorced. Fanchon was born about 1911 in California; died on 27 Jan 2005 in Malheur County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He took the surname of his mother’s 2nd husband. As his gravestone says, he was born and died in Alamo, Nevada.

Newton Andy Holaday, age 84, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 16th at his home in Alamo, Nevada, a few hundred feet from where he was born.

Born June 10, 1932 to Fanchon Richard Holaday, Newt grew up in Alamo, attending schools there and graduating from Pahranagat Valley High School. He was a proud member of the 1950 Basketball Team which won Pahranagat Valley’s first state championship title.

Newt enlisted in the Navy after High School and became a member of the Sea Bees. During the Korean War he served in Korea, Guam, and Japan, as well as attaché duty in the mainland United States.

Newt returned to Alamo after his military service and began his career in construction. During this time back in Alamo he met Ina Sharon Ryder and they married on July 5th, 1958. Together they raised three children, attended and traveled to countless ball games and school activities. Newt and Ina spent many weekends taking their family and many friends into the wide open spaces of Nevada, hunting, fishing, camping, and chasing cows.

Newt was well known for his Dutch Oven cooking, which he cooked for family and friends and even the entire town once in a while, be it the annual High School Rodeo or the Alamo 4th of July celebration. He always cooked with his wife Ina by his side, they were an inseparable team and were together for over 58 years.

Newt was always quick to jump in and help those in need. He repaired cars and equipment for anyone and everyone around the valley. He performed Search and Rescue, served as a volunteer firefighter, and was an active member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He volunteered his time coaching, driving, umpiring and refereeing. He was fiercely proud of his family and his home town of Alamo. He delighted in all the successes of his children and grandchildren. He was especially proud that he started a tradition that spawned three generations of Pahranagat Valley High School State champions.

Newt is survived by his wife Ina and his three children – his son Vern of Alamo Nevada; his daughter Charis Foremaster and her husband Kelly of Las Vegas Nevada; and his son Wade and his wife Cinda of Springfield Oregon. He was also proud Papa Newt to his seven grandchildren – Andy, Judd, Scout, Joel, Brant, Garret, and Taron and two great grandchildren, Sophia and Clara. Newt also is survived by two sisters and two brothers; Ione Woods, Norene Tolmie, Cyril Holaday Jr., and Merl Holaday. He was preceded in death by his parents Cyril and Fanchon Holaday as well as his sister Ila Shankle.

Newton married Ina Sharon RYDER on 5 Jul 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]