BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
(By her step-niece, Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Member 47724849)
Nancy's father, Owen, was in the citrus industry business in Santa Paula. In 1959, Owen traveled to Agadir, French Morocco, where he built the first orange packing house in Agadir for Logan International.
While in Morocco, Owen received word that Nancy had become ill with leukemia. Owen flew home to be with her, and she died December 1, 1959. The color photo posted here was taken just a few months before.
Three months after Nancy passed away, on March 1, 1960, a devastating earthquake razed the town of Agadir, killing 12,000 people including her father Owen's replacement.
Nancy's premature death caused great anguish in the family and she is remembered as a very sweet, considerate and giving person.
Nancy is mentioned in a number of articles in the Santa Paula Chronicle in the 1950s. As a girl, she was a "Bluebell" Blue Bird and later a Camp Fire Girl. In high school and later, she was a member of the Methodist Youth, the Future Homemakers of America, the Saturday Dance Club, and Laeta Theta Rho (a girls' club sponsored by the Petrolia Rebekah Lodge No. 59, Santa Paula).
Nancy graduated from Santa Paula High School in 1957. Her activities included F.A.A., Thespians, World Friendship Club, Tri-Y, the Science Club, and the Drill Team. She and other girls also modeled in fashion shows, presenting fashions they had made in their sewing class. In her senior year (1957), she participated as a beauty operator in the Rotary Club's Career Day, but her true aspiration was to teach special education.
OBITUARY (Ventura Star-Free Press, Dec. 2, 1959)
Nancy Priscilla Bird, 20, of 213 N. Sixth Street, Santa Paula, died last night at a local hospital after a long illness.
She was born August 29, 1939, in Ventura and graduated from Santa Paula High School in 1957. She was a member of the Santa Paula Methodist Church. Miss Bird was a playground recreation director.
She is survived by her parents, Owen and Helen M. Bird, her stepmother Mrs. Olive Bird, and a sister Sara, all of Santa Paula; a brother, Owen L. Bird, Pomona; and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feldmann, Sabetha, Kans.
Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the chapel of the Skillin Mortuary, Santa Paula. The Rev. Darrell McCorkle and the Rev. Harold Essert will officiate. Burial at Santa Paula Cemetery will follow.
OBITUARY Santa Paula Daily Chronicle, Dec. 2, 1959, p. 3
Miss Nancy Priscilla Bird, 20, a 1957 graduate of Santa Paula high school and playground activity director for Santa Paula, died Tuesday night in a Ventura hospital, following a long illness.
Miss Bird was born Aug. 9, 1939, in Ventura. Nancy had been a member of the Santa Paula Methodist Church.
Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen C. Bird; her mother, Helen M. Bird; a sister, Sara Bird, all of Santa Paula and a brother, Owen L. Bird of Pomona. She also leaves her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feldmann of Sabetha, Kan.
The Rev. Harold Essert and the Rev. Darrell McCorkell will conduct funeral services from the chapel of the H.B. Skillin mortuary at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in the Santa Paula cemetery.
(Many thanks to Santa Paula Blanchard Library volunteer Craig for Nancy's obituary.)
(By her step-niece, Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Member 47724849)
Nancy's father, Owen, was in the citrus industry business in Santa Paula. In 1959, Owen traveled to Agadir, French Morocco, where he built the first orange packing house in Agadir for Logan International.
While in Morocco, Owen received word that Nancy had become ill with leukemia. Owen flew home to be with her, and she died December 1, 1959. The color photo posted here was taken just a few months before.
Three months after Nancy passed away, on March 1, 1960, a devastating earthquake razed the town of Agadir, killing 12,000 people including her father Owen's replacement.
Nancy's premature death caused great anguish in the family and she is remembered as a very sweet, considerate and giving person.
Nancy is mentioned in a number of articles in the Santa Paula Chronicle in the 1950s. As a girl, she was a "Bluebell" Blue Bird and later a Camp Fire Girl. In high school and later, she was a member of the Methodist Youth, the Future Homemakers of America, the Saturday Dance Club, and Laeta Theta Rho (a girls' club sponsored by the Petrolia Rebekah Lodge No. 59, Santa Paula).
Nancy graduated from Santa Paula High School in 1957. Her activities included F.A.A., Thespians, World Friendship Club, Tri-Y, the Science Club, and the Drill Team. She and other girls also modeled in fashion shows, presenting fashions they had made in their sewing class. In her senior year (1957), she participated as a beauty operator in the Rotary Club's Career Day, but her true aspiration was to teach special education.
OBITUARY (Ventura Star-Free Press, Dec. 2, 1959)
Nancy Priscilla Bird, 20, of 213 N. Sixth Street, Santa Paula, died last night at a local hospital after a long illness.
She was born August 29, 1939, in Ventura and graduated from Santa Paula High School in 1957. She was a member of the Santa Paula Methodist Church. Miss Bird was a playground recreation director.
She is survived by her parents, Owen and Helen M. Bird, her stepmother Mrs. Olive Bird, and a sister Sara, all of Santa Paula; a brother, Owen L. Bird, Pomona; and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feldmann, Sabetha, Kans.
Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the chapel of the Skillin Mortuary, Santa Paula. The Rev. Darrell McCorkle and the Rev. Harold Essert will officiate. Burial at Santa Paula Cemetery will follow.
OBITUARY Santa Paula Daily Chronicle, Dec. 2, 1959, p. 3
Miss Nancy Priscilla Bird, 20, a 1957 graduate of Santa Paula high school and playground activity director for Santa Paula, died Tuesday night in a Ventura hospital, following a long illness.
Miss Bird was born Aug. 9, 1939, in Ventura. Nancy had been a member of the Santa Paula Methodist Church.
Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen C. Bird; her mother, Helen M. Bird; a sister, Sara Bird, all of Santa Paula and a brother, Owen L. Bird of Pomona. She also leaves her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feldmann of Sabetha, Kan.
The Rev. Harold Essert and the Rev. Darrell McCorkell will conduct funeral services from the chapel of the H.B. Skillin mortuary at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in the Santa Paula cemetery.
(Many thanks to Santa Paula Blanchard Library volunteer Craig for Nancy's obituary.)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
(By her step-niece, Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Member 47724849)
Nancy's father, Owen, was in the citrus industry business in Santa Paula. In 1959, Owen traveled to Agadir, French Morocco, where he built the first orange packing house in Agadir for Logan International.
While in Morocco, Owen received word that Nancy had become ill with leukemia. Owen flew home to be with her, and she died December 1, 1959. The color photo posted here was taken just a few months before.
Three months after Nancy passed away, on March 1, 1960, a devastating earthquake razed the town of Agadir, killing 12,000 people including her father Owen's replacement.
Nancy's premature death caused great anguish in the family and she is remembered as a very sweet, considerate and giving person.
Nancy is mentioned in a number of articles in the Santa Paula Chronicle in the 1950s. As a girl, she was a "Bluebell" Blue Bird and later a Camp Fire Girl. In high school and later, she was a member of the Methodist Youth, the Future Homemakers of America, the Saturday Dance Club, and Laeta Theta Rho (a girls' club sponsored by the Petrolia Rebekah Lodge No. 59, Santa Paula).
Nancy graduated from Santa Paula High School in 1957. Her activities included F.A.A., Thespians, World Friendship Club, Tri-Y, the Science Club, and the Drill Team. She and other girls also modeled in fashion shows, presenting fashions they had made in their sewing class. In her senior year (1957), she participated as a beauty operator in the Rotary Club's Career Day, but her true aspiration was to teach special education.
OBITUARY (Ventura Star-Free Press, Dec. 2, 1959)
Nancy Priscilla Bird, 20, of 213 N. Sixth Street, Santa Paula, died last night at a local hospital after a long illness.
She was born August 29, 1939, in Ventura and graduated from Santa Paula High School in 1957. She was a member of the Santa Paula Methodist Church. Miss Bird was a playground recreation director.
She is survived by her parents, Owen and Helen M. Bird, her stepmother Mrs. Olive Bird, and a sister Sara, all of Santa Paula; a brother, Owen L. Bird, Pomona; and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feldmann, Sabetha, Kans.
Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the chapel of the Skillin Mortuary, Santa Paula. The Rev. Darrell McCorkle and the Rev. Harold Essert will officiate. Burial at Santa Paula Cemetery will follow.
OBITUARY Santa Paula Daily Chronicle, Dec. 2, 1959, p. 3
Miss Nancy Priscilla Bird, 20, a 1957 graduate of Santa Paula high school and playground activity director for Santa Paula, died Tuesday night in a Ventura hospital, following a long illness.
Miss Bird was born Aug. 9, 1939, in Ventura. Nancy had been a member of the Santa Paula Methodist Church.
Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen C. Bird; her mother, Helen M. Bird; a sister, Sara Bird, all of Santa Paula and a brother, Owen L. Bird of Pomona. She also leaves her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feldmann of Sabetha, Kan.
The Rev. Harold Essert and the Rev. Darrell McCorkell will conduct funeral services from the chapel of the H.B. Skillin mortuary at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in the Santa Paula cemetery.
(Many thanks to Santa Paula Blanchard Library volunteer Craig for Nancy's obituary.)
(By her step-niece, Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Member 47724849)
Nancy's father, Owen, was in the citrus industry business in Santa Paula. In 1959, Owen traveled to Agadir, French Morocco, where he built the first orange packing house in Agadir for Logan International.
While in Morocco, Owen received word that Nancy had become ill with leukemia. Owen flew home to be with her, and she died December 1, 1959. The color photo posted here was taken just a few months before.
Three months after Nancy passed away, on March 1, 1960, a devastating earthquake razed the town of Agadir, killing 12,000 people including her father Owen's replacement.
Nancy's premature death caused great anguish in the family and she is remembered as a very sweet, considerate and giving person.
Nancy is mentioned in a number of articles in the Santa Paula Chronicle in the 1950s. As a girl, she was a "Bluebell" Blue Bird and later a Camp Fire Girl. In high school and later, she was a member of the Methodist Youth, the Future Homemakers of America, the Saturday Dance Club, and Laeta Theta Rho (a girls' club sponsored by the Petrolia Rebekah Lodge No. 59, Santa Paula).
Nancy graduated from Santa Paula High School in 1957. Her activities included F.A.A., Thespians, World Friendship Club, Tri-Y, the Science Club, and the Drill Team. She and other girls also modeled in fashion shows, presenting fashions they had made in their sewing class. In her senior year (1957), she participated as a beauty operator in the Rotary Club's Career Day, but her true aspiration was to teach special education.
OBITUARY (Ventura Star-Free Press, Dec. 2, 1959)
Nancy Priscilla Bird, 20, of 213 N. Sixth Street, Santa Paula, died last night at a local hospital after a long illness.
She was born August 29, 1939, in Ventura and graduated from Santa Paula High School in 1957. She was a member of the Santa Paula Methodist Church. Miss Bird was a playground recreation director.
She is survived by her parents, Owen and Helen M. Bird, her stepmother Mrs. Olive Bird, and a sister Sara, all of Santa Paula; a brother, Owen L. Bird, Pomona; and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feldmann, Sabetha, Kans.
Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the chapel of the Skillin Mortuary, Santa Paula. The Rev. Darrell McCorkle and the Rev. Harold Essert will officiate. Burial at Santa Paula Cemetery will follow.
OBITUARY Santa Paula Daily Chronicle, Dec. 2, 1959, p. 3
Miss Nancy Priscilla Bird, 20, a 1957 graduate of Santa Paula high school and playground activity director for Santa Paula, died Tuesday night in a Ventura hospital, following a long illness.
Miss Bird was born Aug. 9, 1939, in Ventura. Nancy had been a member of the Santa Paula Methodist Church.
Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen C. Bird; her mother, Helen M. Bird; a sister, Sara Bird, all of Santa Paula and a brother, Owen L. Bird of Pomona. She also leaves her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feldmann of Sabetha, Kan.
The Rev. Harold Essert and the Rev. Darrell McCorkell will conduct funeral services from the chapel of the H.B. Skillin mortuary at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in the Santa Paula cemetery.
(Many thanks to Santa Paula Blanchard Library volunteer Craig for Nancy's obituary.)
