Matthew Alfred Bailey
1925 - 02/24/2015
Matthew Alfred Bailey left this life February 24, 2015. Born in San Francisco to Matthew and Phoebe Bailey in 1925, Matt spent his childhood in San Francisco and at the family retreat in Boulder Creek. Following graduation from Lowell High School, he enrolled at Cal Poly, San Louis Obispo. When the campus was converted to military use, he took an appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point and graduated a marine engineer in 1946. Following several years at sea, he did ranch work in Montana and California and packed mules in the High Sierras. In 1952 he married Betty Behrens, whom he had met while a midshipman at King's Point. After trying his hand at farming in Pennsylvania, he returned to the west and took a job with PG&E at Lake Spaulding, later transferring to Drum Powerhouse. In 1958, Matt and Betty and their three daughters settled in Dutch Flat. Matt's pursuits were varied, including pivotal roles in establishment of the Dutch Flat Water Company and historic zoning for Dutch Flat. He was an avid reader and life-long student of local and world history, active in both the Golden Drift and Placer County Historical Societies. He was actively involved in a variety of wildlife and land conservation issues, including several terms on the Placer County Fish and Game Commission. His crowning achievement was inclusion os a 38-mile reach of the North Fork of the American River (Heath Springs to Colfax) in the National Wild and Scenic River System, in 1978. The 10-year crusade to protect the North Fork of the American River included formation of the North Fork River Council and a campaign to prevent construction of a proposed dam at Giant Gap. Matt was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Betty Bailey, and his elder sister Phoebe. He is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law: Heidi and Clif Youmans, Gretchen and Richard Dyson and Lisa and Doug Balmain; granddaughters, Amy Balmain and Lizzie Dyson; grandsons Doug Balmain and Peter Dyson and beloved nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life for both Matt and Betty will take place in May, in Dutch Flat.
Published in Gold Country Media Newspapers from Mar. 4 to Mar. 11, 2015.
1925 - 02/24/2015
Matthew Alfred Bailey left this life February 24, 2015. Born in San Francisco to Matthew and Phoebe Bailey in 1925, Matt spent his childhood in San Francisco and at the family retreat in Boulder Creek. Following graduation from Lowell High School, he enrolled at Cal Poly, San Louis Obispo. When the campus was converted to military use, he took an appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point and graduated a marine engineer in 1946. Following several years at sea, he did ranch work in Montana and California and packed mules in the High Sierras. In 1952 he married Betty Behrens, whom he had met while a midshipman at King's Point. After trying his hand at farming in Pennsylvania, he returned to the west and took a job with PG&E at Lake Spaulding, later transferring to Drum Powerhouse. In 1958, Matt and Betty and their three daughters settled in Dutch Flat. Matt's pursuits were varied, including pivotal roles in establishment of the Dutch Flat Water Company and historic zoning for Dutch Flat. He was an avid reader and life-long student of local and world history, active in both the Golden Drift and Placer County Historical Societies. He was actively involved in a variety of wildlife and land conservation issues, including several terms on the Placer County Fish and Game Commission. His crowning achievement was inclusion os a 38-mile reach of the North Fork of the American River (Heath Springs to Colfax) in the National Wild and Scenic River System, in 1978. The 10-year crusade to protect the North Fork of the American River included formation of the North Fork River Council and a campaign to prevent construction of a proposed dam at Giant Gap. Matt was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Betty Bailey, and his elder sister Phoebe. He is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law: Heidi and Clif Youmans, Gretchen and Richard Dyson and Lisa and Doug Balmain; granddaughters, Amy Balmain and Lizzie Dyson; grandsons Doug Balmain and Peter Dyson and beloved nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life for both Matt and Betty will take place in May, in Dutch Flat.
Published in Gold Country Media Newspapers from Mar. 4 to Mar. 11, 2015.
Matthew Alfred Bailey
1925 - 02/24/2015
Matthew Alfred Bailey left this life February 24, 2015. Born in San Francisco to Matthew and Phoebe Bailey in 1925, Matt spent his childhood in San Francisco and at the family retreat in Boulder Creek. Following graduation from Lowell High School, he enrolled at Cal Poly, San Louis Obispo. When the campus was converted to military use, he took an appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point and graduated a marine engineer in 1946. Following several years at sea, he did ranch work in Montana and California and packed mules in the High Sierras. In 1952 he married Betty Behrens, whom he had met while a midshipman at King's Point. After trying his hand at farming in Pennsylvania, he returned to the west and took a job with PG&E at Lake Spaulding, later transferring to Drum Powerhouse. In 1958, Matt and Betty and their three daughters settled in Dutch Flat. Matt's pursuits were varied, including pivotal roles in establishment of the Dutch Flat Water Company and historic zoning for Dutch Flat. He was an avid reader and life-long student of local and world history, active in both the Golden Drift and Placer County Historical Societies. He was actively involved in a variety of wildlife and land conservation issues, including several terms on the Placer County Fish and Game Commission. His crowning achievement was inclusion os a 38-mile reach of the North Fork of the American River (Heath Springs to Colfax) in the National Wild and Scenic River System, in 1978. The 10-year crusade to protect the North Fork of the American River included formation of the North Fork River Council and a campaign to prevent construction of a proposed dam at Giant Gap. Matt was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Betty Bailey, and his elder sister Phoebe. He is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law: Heidi and Clif Youmans, Gretchen and Richard Dyson and Lisa and Doug Balmain; granddaughters, Amy Balmain and Lizzie Dyson; grandsons Doug Balmain and Peter Dyson and beloved nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life for both Matt and Betty will take place in May, in Dutch Flat.
Published in Gold Country Media Newspapers from Mar. 4 to Mar. 11, 2015.
1925 - 02/24/2015
Matthew Alfred Bailey left this life February 24, 2015. Born in San Francisco to Matthew and Phoebe Bailey in 1925, Matt spent his childhood in San Francisco and at the family retreat in Boulder Creek. Following graduation from Lowell High School, he enrolled at Cal Poly, San Louis Obispo. When the campus was converted to military use, he took an appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point and graduated a marine engineer in 1946. Following several years at sea, he did ranch work in Montana and California and packed mules in the High Sierras. In 1952 he married Betty Behrens, whom he had met while a midshipman at King's Point. After trying his hand at farming in Pennsylvania, he returned to the west and took a job with PG&E at Lake Spaulding, later transferring to Drum Powerhouse. In 1958, Matt and Betty and their three daughters settled in Dutch Flat. Matt's pursuits were varied, including pivotal roles in establishment of the Dutch Flat Water Company and historic zoning for Dutch Flat. He was an avid reader and life-long student of local and world history, active in both the Golden Drift and Placer County Historical Societies. He was actively involved in a variety of wildlife and land conservation issues, including several terms on the Placer County Fish and Game Commission. His crowning achievement was inclusion os a 38-mile reach of the North Fork of the American River (Heath Springs to Colfax) in the National Wild and Scenic River System, in 1978. The 10-year crusade to protect the North Fork of the American River included formation of the North Fork River Council and a campaign to prevent construction of a proposed dam at Giant Gap. Matt was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Betty Bailey, and his elder sister Phoebe. He is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law: Heidi and Clif Youmans, Gretchen and Richard Dyson and Lisa and Doug Balmain; granddaughters, Amy Balmain and Lizzie Dyson; grandsons Doug Balmain and Peter Dyson and beloved nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life for both Matt and Betty will take place in May, in Dutch Flat.
Published in Gold Country Media Newspapers from Mar. 4 to Mar. 11, 2015.
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