Purl Raymond Wait, 86, of Redding, died at Canyonwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Wait was born in Roseville and moved to Shasta County in the 1930s.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was a truck driver for Don Hawkey and Emmett Baugh trucking companies, and a member of the Moose Lodge, the Elks Lodge and the Teamsters union, all in Redding.
Survivors include wife Bessie; son Frank of Turlock; daughters Sandy Demeny of Chowchilla and Peggy Bostain of Cottonwood; stepson Tom Murray of Redding; stepdaughter Mary Ann Brown of Port Orchard, Wash.; brothers Jim of Stockton and Dick of Anderson; 15 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
No services will be held.
Mr. Wait was born in Roseville and moved to Shasta County in the 1930s.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was a truck driver for Don Hawkey and Emmett Baugh trucking companies, and a member of the Moose Lodge, the Elks Lodge and the Teamsters union, all in Redding.
Survivors include wife Bessie; son Frank of Turlock; daughters Sandy Demeny of Chowchilla and Peggy Bostain of Cottonwood; stepson Tom Murray of Redding; stepdaughter Mary Ann Brown of Port Orchard, Wash.; brothers Jim of Stockton and Dick of Anderson; 15 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
No services will be held.
Purl Raymond Wait, 86, of Redding, died at Canyonwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Wait was born in Roseville and moved to Shasta County in the 1930s.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was a truck driver for Don Hawkey and Emmett Baugh trucking companies, and a member of the Moose Lodge, the Elks Lodge and the Teamsters union, all in Redding.
Survivors include wife Bessie; son Frank of Turlock; daughters Sandy Demeny of Chowchilla and Peggy Bostain of Cottonwood; stepson Tom Murray of Redding; stepdaughter Mary Ann Brown of Port Orchard, Wash.; brothers Jim of Stockton and Dick of Anderson; 15 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
No services will be held.
Mr. Wait was born in Roseville and moved to Shasta County in the 1930s.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was a truck driver for Don Hawkey and Emmett Baugh trucking companies, and a member of the Moose Lodge, the Elks Lodge and the Teamsters union, all in Redding.
Survivors include wife Bessie; son Frank of Turlock; daughters Sandy Demeny of Chowchilla and Peggy Bostain of Cottonwood; stepson Tom Murray of Redding; stepdaughter Mary Ann Brown of Port Orchard, Wash.; brothers Jim of Stockton and Dick of Anderson; 15 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
No services will be held.
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