Fern Piper
12/12/2000
Fern Piper moved from Iowa with her husband, Clarence, to Paradise in 1931. Four years later, they bought a small café in Orland called the Dutch Treat.
In 1940, Mr. Piper went to work in the timber industry, while Mrs. Piper raised their four children. Then in 1950, they bought the Greyhound bus depot where Mrs. Fern operated the cafeteria. Ten years later, they bought a greeting card company.
They retired in the late '70s. Mrs. Piper died Saturday in a local convalescent hospital at age 89. She had been living in Chico. She was born in Carrollton, Iowa, to Mahlon and Margaret Dillavou. She was the sixth of seven children. Her three brothers and three sisters died before her.
On Dec. 25, 1927, she married Clarence. He died in 1995 at the age of 86. Mrs. Piper enjoyed cooking, sewing quilts, reading historical books and researching the family genealogy.
She is survived by three daughters, Madonna Wychoff and Sharon Schaffert, both of Chico, and Gloria Roundtree of Pollack Pines; a son, Nolan of Chico; 11 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. tomorrow at Paradise Cemetery. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
12/12/2000
Fern Piper moved from Iowa with her husband, Clarence, to Paradise in 1931. Four years later, they bought a small café in Orland called the Dutch Treat.
In 1940, Mr. Piper went to work in the timber industry, while Mrs. Piper raised their four children. Then in 1950, they bought the Greyhound bus depot where Mrs. Fern operated the cafeteria. Ten years later, they bought a greeting card company.
They retired in the late '70s. Mrs. Piper died Saturday in a local convalescent hospital at age 89. She had been living in Chico. She was born in Carrollton, Iowa, to Mahlon and Margaret Dillavou. She was the sixth of seven children. Her three brothers and three sisters died before her.
On Dec. 25, 1927, she married Clarence. He died in 1995 at the age of 86. Mrs. Piper enjoyed cooking, sewing quilts, reading historical books and researching the family genealogy.
She is survived by three daughters, Madonna Wychoff and Sharon Schaffert, both of Chico, and Gloria Roundtree of Pollack Pines; a son, Nolan of Chico; 11 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. tomorrow at Paradise Cemetery. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
Fern Piper
12/12/2000
Fern Piper moved from Iowa with her husband, Clarence, to Paradise in 1931. Four years later, they bought a small café in Orland called the Dutch Treat.
In 1940, Mr. Piper went to work in the timber industry, while Mrs. Piper raised their four children. Then in 1950, they bought the Greyhound bus depot where Mrs. Fern operated the cafeteria. Ten years later, they bought a greeting card company.
They retired in the late '70s. Mrs. Piper died Saturday in a local convalescent hospital at age 89. She had been living in Chico. She was born in Carrollton, Iowa, to Mahlon and Margaret Dillavou. She was the sixth of seven children. Her three brothers and three sisters died before her.
On Dec. 25, 1927, she married Clarence. He died in 1995 at the age of 86. Mrs. Piper enjoyed cooking, sewing quilts, reading historical books and researching the family genealogy.
She is survived by three daughters, Madonna Wychoff and Sharon Schaffert, both of Chico, and Gloria Roundtree of Pollack Pines; a son, Nolan of Chico; 11 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. tomorrow at Paradise Cemetery. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
12/12/2000
Fern Piper moved from Iowa with her husband, Clarence, to Paradise in 1931. Four years later, they bought a small café in Orland called the Dutch Treat.
In 1940, Mr. Piper went to work in the timber industry, while Mrs. Piper raised their four children. Then in 1950, they bought the Greyhound bus depot where Mrs. Fern operated the cafeteria. Ten years later, they bought a greeting card company.
They retired in the late '70s. Mrs. Piper died Saturday in a local convalescent hospital at age 89. She had been living in Chico. She was born in Carrollton, Iowa, to Mahlon and Margaret Dillavou. She was the sixth of seven children. Her three brothers and three sisters died before her.
On Dec. 25, 1927, she married Clarence. He died in 1995 at the age of 86. Mrs. Piper enjoyed cooking, sewing quilts, reading historical books and researching the family genealogy.
She is survived by three daughters, Madonna Wychoff and Sharon Schaffert, both of Chico, and Gloria Roundtree of Pollack Pines; a son, Nolan of Chico; 11 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. tomorrow at Paradise Cemetery. Rose Chapel Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
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