Grandpa was born November 8, 1915, in Seattle, Washington, to Raymond Hamilton Hutton and Helen (Blaine) (Hutton) Higbe.
He married Lorraine Elizabeth Miles on August 22, 1936.
He retired from the Oakland Fire Department in 1969.
He and grandma bought a small cabin on the delta in Antioch, where they lived for close to 20 years.
The cabin had no electricity, but grandpa would turn on the generator once per day for their soap, "Days of Our Lives".
(He loved that show since it's beginning, and there would be hell to pay if anyone dared to call or show up while his show was on!)
They spent a good deal of time socializing with their other retired friends, and fishing. Grandpa loved to take the boat out passed the "slough" and try to catch a stergeon, (or 4!)
He also spent a good deal of time puttering around and building things. He took a broken down cabin and turned it into a paradise that we enjoyed for many, many years. My cousins and I spent most of our summers there, and when we were old enough, grandpa gave us a little boat he named "The Banana", and we would take it out a ways, and more than likely have to be rescued by grandpa.
They lived a simple life and had small pleasures. They had a cat named "Ugly" and two pekingese pups, Mia and Dustin. Mia was very spoiled rotten, and grew very fat, because grandpa would feed her from the table, even before he feed himself. Later, the two dogs died, and they adopted another named "Ginny", and when Ginny died, they got another and named him "Gin". (It got very confusing!)
After the cabin life became to much work, they moved to Marysville, California for the next 11 years, before joining the majority of thier family in Grass Valley, CA, after grandpa was diagnosed with esophagus cancer.
I'm sure grandpa was in alot of pain, but he rarely let it show, and really didn't take to laying down until 3 days before his death We had put his bed into the livingroom and he was surrounded by his entire family. We all had a hold of him, and I ended up with his foot, and after he closed his eyes for the last time, I looked toward the TV and "Days of our Lives" was just ending, and they were showing the sand running out.... We all thought that was special and I think grandpa would have appreciated the irony.
He was survived by his wife, Lorraine, of Grass Valley; daughters, Sharol Lee (Hutton) Barnett of Nevada City, California,Valerie Jean Santos of Grass Valley, California, son Kenneth Blaine Hutton of Cameron Park, California, sister Alleen (Higbe) Brush, California, brother, Robert Eugene Hutton, California.
Grandchildren: Dawn, Terri and Kelli Barnett; Joe, Mark, David, Chris, and Erick Hutton: Stacy and Zak Santos.
10 great-granchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Ruth Eleanor ( Hutton) Swanson, and his parents.
((Thank you, once again to Dana for allowing me access to grandpa's memorial))
He married Lorraine Elizabeth Miles on August 22, 1936.
He retired from the Oakland Fire Department in 1969.
He and grandma bought a small cabin on the delta in Antioch, where they lived for close to 20 years.
The cabin had no electricity, but grandpa would turn on the generator once per day for their soap, "Days of Our Lives".
(He loved that show since it's beginning, and there would be hell to pay if anyone dared to call or show up while his show was on!)
They spent a good deal of time socializing with their other retired friends, and fishing. Grandpa loved to take the boat out passed the "slough" and try to catch a stergeon, (or 4!)
He also spent a good deal of time puttering around and building things. He took a broken down cabin and turned it into a paradise that we enjoyed for many, many years. My cousins and I spent most of our summers there, and when we were old enough, grandpa gave us a little boat he named "The Banana", and we would take it out a ways, and more than likely have to be rescued by grandpa.
They lived a simple life and had small pleasures. They had a cat named "Ugly" and two pekingese pups, Mia and Dustin. Mia was very spoiled rotten, and grew very fat, because grandpa would feed her from the table, even before he feed himself. Later, the two dogs died, and they adopted another named "Ginny", and when Ginny died, they got another and named him "Gin". (It got very confusing!)
After the cabin life became to much work, they moved to Marysville, California for the next 11 years, before joining the majority of thier family in Grass Valley, CA, after grandpa was diagnosed with esophagus cancer.
I'm sure grandpa was in alot of pain, but he rarely let it show, and really didn't take to laying down until 3 days before his death We had put his bed into the livingroom and he was surrounded by his entire family. We all had a hold of him, and I ended up with his foot, and after he closed his eyes for the last time, I looked toward the TV and "Days of our Lives" was just ending, and they were showing the sand running out.... We all thought that was special and I think grandpa would have appreciated the irony.
He was survived by his wife, Lorraine, of Grass Valley; daughters, Sharol Lee (Hutton) Barnett of Nevada City, California,Valerie Jean Santos of Grass Valley, California, son Kenneth Blaine Hutton of Cameron Park, California, sister Alleen (Higbe) Brush, California, brother, Robert Eugene Hutton, California.
Grandchildren: Dawn, Terri and Kelli Barnett; Joe, Mark, David, Chris, and Erick Hutton: Stacy and Zak Santos.
10 great-granchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Ruth Eleanor ( Hutton) Swanson, and his parents.
((Thank you, once again to Dana for allowing me access to grandpa's memorial))
Grandpa was born November 8, 1915, in Seattle, Washington, to Raymond Hamilton Hutton and Helen (Blaine) (Hutton) Higbe.
He married Lorraine Elizabeth Miles on August 22, 1936.
He retired from the Oakland Fire Department in 1969.
He and grandma bought a small cabin on the delta in Antioch, where they lived for close to 20 years.
The cabin had no electricity, but grandpa would turn on the generator once per day for their soap, "Days of Our Lives".
(He loved that show since it's beginning, and there would be hell to pay if anyone dared to call or show up while his show was on!)
They spent a good deal of time socializing with their other retired friends, and fishing. Grandpa loved to take the boat out passed the "slough" and try to catch a stergeon, (or 4!)
He also spent a good deal of time puttering around and building things. He took a broken down cabin and turned it into a paradise that we enjoyed for many, many years. My cousins and I spent most of our summers there, and when we were old enough, grandpa gave us a little boat he named "The Banana", and we would take it out a ways, and more than likely have to be rescued by grandpa.
They lived a simple life and had small pleasures. They had a cat named "Ugly" and two pekingese pups, Mia and Dustin. Mia was very spoiled rotten, and grew very fat, because grandpa would feed her from the table, even before he feed himself. Later, the two dogs died, and they adopted another named "Ginny", and when Ginny died, they got another and named him "Gin". (It got very confusing!)
After the cabin life became to much work, they moved to Marysville, California for the next 11 years, before joining the majority of thier family in Grass Valley, CA, after grandpa was diagnosed with esophagus cancer.
I'm sure grandpa was in alot of pain, but he rarely let it show, and really didn't take to laying down until 3 days before his death We had put his bed into the livingroom and he was surrounded by his entire family. We all had a hold of him, and I ended up with his foot, and after he closed his eyes for the last time, I looked toward the TV and "Days of our Lives" was just ending, and they were showing the sand running out.... We all thought that was special and I think grandpa would have appreciated the irony.
He was survived by his wife, Lorraine, of Grass Valley; daughters, Sharol Lee (Hutton) Barnett of Nevada City, California,Valerie Jean Santos of Grass Valley, California, son Kenneth Blaine Hutton of Cameron Park, California, sister Alleen (Higbe) Brush, California, brother, Robert Eugene Hutton, California.
Grandchildren: Dawn, Terri and Kelli Barnett; Joe, Mark, David, Chris, and Erick Hutton: Stacy and Zak Santos.
10 great-granchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Ruth Eleanor ( Hutton) Swanson, and his parents.
((Thank you, once again to Dana for allowing me access to grandpa's memorial))
He married Lorraine Elizabeth Miles on August 22, 1936.
He retired from the Oakland Fire Department in 1969.
He and grandma bought a small cabin on the delta in Antioch, where they lived for close to 20 years.
The cabin had no electricity, but grandpa would turn on the generator once per day for their soap, "Days of Our Lives".
(He loved that show since it's beginning, and there would be hell to pay if anyone dared to call or show up while his show was on!)
They spent a good deal of time socializing with their other retired friends, and fishing. Grandpa loved to take the boat out passed the "slough" and try to catch a stergeon, (or 4!)
He also spent a good deal of time puttering around and building things. He took a broken down cabin and turned it into a paradise that we enjoyed for many, many years. My cousins and I spent most of our summers there, and when we were old enough, grandpa gave us a little boat he named "The Banana", and we would take it out a ways, and more than likely have to be rescued by grandpa.
They lived a simple life and had small pleasures. They had a cat named "Ugly" and two pekingese pups, Mia and Dustin. Mia was very spoiled rotten, and grew very fat, because grandpa would feed her from the table, even before he feed himself. Later, the two dogs died, and they adopted another named "Ginny", and when Ginny died, they got another and named him "Gin". (It got very confusing!)
After the cabin life became to much work, they moved to Marysville, California for the next 11 years, before joining the majority of thier family in Grass Valley, CA, after grandpa was diagnosed with esophagus cancer.
I'm sure grandpa was in alot of pain, but he rarely let it show, and really didn't take to laying down until 3 days before his death We had put his bed into the livingroom and he was surrounded by his entire family. We all had a hold of him, and I ended up with his foot, and after he closed his eyes for the last time, I looked toward the TV and "Days of our Lives" was just ending, and they were showing the sand running out.... We all thought that was special and I think grandpa would have appreciated the irony.
He was survived by his wife, Lorraine, of Grass Valley; daughters, Sharol Lee (Hutton) Barnett of Nevada City, California,Valerie Jean Santos of Grass Valley, California, son Kenneth Blaine Hutton of Cameron Park, California, sister Alleen (Higbe) Brush, California, brother, Robert Eugene Hutton, California.
Grandchildren: Dawn, Terri and Kelli Barnett; Joe, Mark, David, Chris, and Erick Hutton: Stacy and Zak Santos.
10 great-granchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Ruth Eleanor ( Hutton) Swanson, and his parents.
((Thank you, once again to Dana for allowing me access to grandpa's memorial))
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