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     James Guinn was the son of James Russell Guinn and Virginia Alma Williams. James Guinn died in 1984; "of Groveland."¹

     James Lee Guinn was born on 16 February 1919.¹ He married Mildred Guinn after 1940; presumed marriage.² James Lee Guinn died on 25 August 1994 at age 75.¹ He was buried after 25 August 1994 at Divide Cemetery 3:409-B2, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.¹

     Dell Ray Boyce was born on 6 June 1946 at Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah.¹ He was the son of Gilbert Alger Boyce and Ruby (Austin) Boyce Williams.¹

Raymond Howard Stevens married Bonnie (Lind) Lamont Stevens on 24 September 1977 at Audie Collins home, Pine Mountain Lake, Groveland, Tuolumne Co., California. The Rev. Dean Reid Underwood came from Palo Alto to perform the ceremony. It was a joyous morning, with an 11:00 wedding on the lakefront deck of the old Ferretti ranch house. About 50 friends, some from Groveland-Big Oak Flat and others from the Palo Alto area, helped celebrate the day.¹

Raymond Howard Stevens died on 3 March 2007 at 20803 Ferretti Road, Groveland, Tuolumne Co., California, at age 60 after battling lung cancer for 2-1/2 years. His passing was peaceful, with family and friends at his bedside.^1,2 Ray asked that his ashes be scattered off Diamond Head in Hawaii. He loved Hawaii-- the people, the weather, the sense of place. He is also memorialized with a bench at the Divide Cemetery; ashes scattered.¹
     He Brief Bio:
When Raymond Howard Stevens was born on June 6, 1946, in Salt Lake City, Utah, his mother, Ruby, was 17. He had two brothers and two sisters. He died on March 3, 2007, in Groveland, California, at the age of 60. As of 6 June 1946, Raymond Howard Stevens was also known as Dell Ray Boyce.¹ Ray and his younger brother Dee were taken shopping by their mother in Salt Lake City one day. Ruby went to ZCMI, the most upscale department store in the city, and left without her boys. When mom could not be located, the children were eventually taken to the police station and became wards of the LDS church. They were adopted in 1951 by Melvin James Stevens and his wife Sarah Madeleine (Pollock) Stevens. The Stevens' wanted only the 2-year-old, but the LDS church required that the brothers be adopted together. So Ray, too, became a Stevens.

Old enough to remember living with his mother and grandmother, and stubborn enough to hang onto those memories, Ray fought making an emotional commitment to the Stevens family. The Stevens', on their part, saw only a recalcitrant child who wouldn't meet their behavior standards. They frequently described him as a 'naughty boy', and punished him in the only way they found effective -- they took away the things he enjoyed most: violin lessons at school, and the opportunity to study art. LDS artist Arnold Freeberg, whose drawings illustrate most copies of the Book of Mormon published in the last half of the 20th century, as well as many other well-known LDS installations, was a personal friend of Mel and MadeleineStevens. He recognized Ray's talent and asked to have the boy study with him. The Stevens' declined. As of 1951, Raymond Howard Stevens was also known as Ray Stevens.

Ray began military service on 6 June 1964 at Ogden, Davies, Utah. He says he signed up on his 18th birthday to get out of reform school. He did his basic training and Fort Polk, Louisiana and was then stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. When the James Bond movie, "Goldfinger", was being filmed at Ft. Knox, they needed a group of soldiers to get gassed as they were marching around the parade ground. Ray became an "actor" as one of those soldiers.¹ He was discharged from the US Army on 11 April 1968 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.¹

Ray moved to California in January 1974 and settled in Palo Alto, California where he worked for the Episcopal Church. When he and Bonnie moved to Groveland in March, 1977 his three-year residency in Palo Alto was the longest he had ever in his life lived in one place. As staff member at a church, Ray's schedule was flexible, so he was available to help members of the congregation in many ways. He frequently drove "little old ladies" who had either given up driving altogther or preferred not to drive more than a few blocks from home. Cala Lemberger, whose husband had been dean of Bolt Hall, law school at the University of Californa-Berkeley, was one of his favorites. Amy Belle Brenner was often heard referring to him laughingly as "My Gigalo", and even asked if he would accompany her to Europe for a summer. He declined, always uncomfortable at the thought of driving in a strange country on the 'wrong' side of the road. When Kathleen Heinlein needed a break to go to the market or run other errands, Ray stayed with her husband, Rex. Occasionally Rex's brother Bob would be there visiting. Bob is known to most of the world as science fiction author Robert Heinlein. Titles and public recognition meant nothing to Ray. He measured everyone individually by their personal integrity.

In Groveland, Ray held several jobs. Initially, he and Bonnie ran the rental program for Mason Realty, working out of "the little red schoolhouse" -- now the home of Yosemite Bank. Later he worked for Tuolumne County at the Groveland Youth Center, and at Twice as Nice at Half the Price. At Twice as Nice he deveoped a new cadre of "little old ladies" who would come into the store every week, grab a shopping basket, take Ray by the arm and say, "Show me what I should buy today." They always left with a full cart.

One of his favorite jobs was leading group therapy sessions with the Tuolumne County Mental Health therapist, Verna Nosker. It was while he was working with Verna that he got to know Bobbi Bennett, an RN and responder with the Groveland Ambulance. Bobbi was very concerned that the ambulance would frequently take a patient off to the hospital in Sonora and have to leave a distressed spouse at home -- either with no way to get to Sonora, or too distressed to make the drive safely. As they talked they identified other needs among Groveland residence -- feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the lonely, monitoring the well-being of our seniors living alone. Their ideas grew and they organized a meeting in the Groveland Community Hall attended by 30 or so individuals who caught the fire that Ray and Bobbi ignited. The result was Helping Hands of Groveland.

Ray was always an artist, particularly fond of portraiture and cartooning. While on a camping trip at June Lake about 1985 he stopped at a small gallery occupying an old gas station on the main street of June Lake. There he met Gary Burns, the Tree Wizard. Gary carved faces and trees in wood, mostly in pine knots. Ray was enchanted. The rest of us admired the worked and talked about how difficult it would be to do. Ray said, "Piece of cake." He bought one of Gary's pieces and spent a joyful half-hour watching Gary carve. For at least two years afterward we harassed Ray. "If it's really a piece of cake, show us what you can do!" Finally he got out the Dremel tools and tried his hand at carving knots. Before long he became "The Knotty Old Man". He sold from the trunk of the car, at craft fairs, and through several galleries, but his favorite venue was in the garden at Mountain Sage Nursery. He'd sit at his workbench, working on a knot, a cane or a walking stick, and visit with everyone who came by. He loved for people to stop and watch him carve -- something he hated when he was drawing.¹

Ray and Bonnie spent the weekend of February 13-16, 1986 making Cursillo at St. Francis' Episcopal Church in Turlock. It was a wet and nasty weekend, with heavy rains and flooding all over central California. Cocooned as candidates in the retreat weekend, with watches and access to the outside world denied them, Ray and Bonnie experienced only God's unconditional love. As it is for so many, Cursillo was a life-changing experience for Ray. Although he had always believed in God, he really didn't know first had about uncondional love. As a result of his Cursillo experience, he could forgive himself, forgive others, and spend the rest of his own life reaching out to others in need.

Mary Reese, a team member that Cursillo weekend, remembers looking out at the group of candidates and thinking to herself, "I wonder why those two are together? She looks like such a sophisticated lady, and he is so rough -- like he just fell off the turnip truck." Later, she said, she got to knew the beautiful person inside that rough exterior. Even later, she watch Bonnie and Ray function together, reflecting off of each other and truly becoming two halves of one whole. "Then I understood," she said.¹

It was fitting that on Earth Day, 2007, a garden was planted in Ray's memory at Mountain Sage Nursery. The garden where he always carved was remodeled to include a sun-loving variety of Japanese Maple, surrounded by reeds, grasses, and heuchera to provide year-round color either with blooms or foliage. Jack Welch from Greeley Hill made a metal plaque depicting a Knotty Old Man and saying, "In Memory of Ray". Steve Costa, tree-trimmer and former co-worked of Bonnie's at Hetch Hetchy, added a pine bench where Ray always put his carving bench.¹

     Bonnie (Lind) Lamont Stevens was born on 10 April 1943 at Honolulu, Honolulu Co., Territory of Hawaii.¹

Bonnie (Lind) Lamont Stevens married Raymond Howard Stevens, son of Gilbert Alger Boyce and Ruby (Austin) Boyce Williams, on 24 September 1977 at Audie Collins home, Pine Mountain Lake, Groveland, Tuolumne Co., California. The Rev. Dean Reid Underwood came from Palo Alto to perform the ceremony. It was a joyous morning, with an 11:00 wedding on the lakefront deck of the old Ferretti ranch house. About 50 friends, some from Groveland-Big Oak Flat and others from the Palo Alto area, helped celebrate the day.¹ Bonnie (Lind) Lamont Stevens died on 13 October 2016 at Honolulu, Hawaii, at age 73.²
     Her married name was Bonnie (Lind) Lamont.² Bonnie (Lind) Lamont Stevens was also known as Bonnie Pauahi (Lind) Stevens.¹

     Gilbert Alger Boyce was born on 17 June 1927 at Meridian, Ada Co., Idaho.¹ He married Ruby (Austin) Boyce Williams on 5 July 1945 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Gilbert Alger Boyce died on 25 October 1986 at North Highlands, Sacramento Co., California, at age 59.¹

     Ruby (Austin) Boyce Williams was born on 15 October 1928 at Treasureton, Franklin Co., Idaho.¹ She married Gilbert Alger Boyce on 5 July 1945 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Ruby (Austin) Boyce Williams married Robert Eldon Williams between 1946 and 1950. Ruby (Austin) Boyce Williams married an unknown person on 25 July 1950; Marriage pr/IGI

25 Jul 1950. She died in 2001 at Salt Lake Co., Utah.¹
     She Brief Bio:

When Ruby Austin Boyce Williams was born on October 15, 1928, in Treasureton, Idaho, her father, Ernest, was 35, and her mother, Louie, was 34. She had one child with Unknown, three children with Robert Eldon Williams, and one other child. She died on May 20, 2001, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 72.

Funeral Card posted on ancestry.com

Ruby Austin Williams
passed away at 72 at Alta View Hospital
in Sandy Utah
married & divorced Gilbert Boyce
married & divorced Dave McNelly
married & divorced Robert Eldon Williams

Survivors:
sons and daughters;

DelRay Boyce
Deval McNelly
Bob Williams
Bonnie Williams
Lynnn Olson

brother Alma and wife June Austin. She was born. She appeared on the census of 1930 at Bannock Co., ID.² She appeared on the census of 1940 at Bannock Co., ID.³ As of 5 July 1945,her married name was Ruby (Austin) Boyce.

     Frank Harley Kinne was born on 14 February 1905 at Texas.¹ He was the son of Frank H. Kinne and Delora R. (Foot) Kinne.¹ Frank Harley Kinne died on 18 January 1982 at Fort Jones, Siskiyou Co., California, at age 76.^1,2
     He appeared on the census of 23 April 1910 as a son in the household of Frank H. Kinne at Monterey Twp, Monterey Co., California.³ Frank Harley Kinne appeared on the census of 1920 as a son in the household of Frank H. Kinne at Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA.⁴ Frank Harley Kinne appeared on the census of 1930 as a son in the household of Frank H. Kinne and Delora R. (Foot) Kinne at Berkeley, Alameda Co., California.⁵

     James M. Kinne was born on 30 January 1907 at California.^1,2 He was the son of Frank H. Kinne and Delora R. (Foot) Kinne.¹ James M. Kinne died in 1969 at Siskiyou Co., CA.³
     He was New Tag.⁴ He appeared on the census of 23 April 1910 as a son in the household of Frank H. Kinne at Monterey Twp, Monterey Co., California.⁵ James M. Kinne appeared on the census of 1920 as a son in the household of Frank H. Kinne at Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA.⁴

     Hattie R (Kinne) Weger was born on 4 May 1909 at El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas.^4,5 She was the daughter of Frank H. Kinne and Delora R. (Foot) Kinne.^2,3 Hattie R (Kinne) Weger married Ernest Elvin Weger on 28 July 1928.¹ Hattie R (Kinne) Weger died on 10 April 1962 at Pittsburg, Contra Costa Co., California, at age 52.^5,6
     Hattie R (Kinne) Weger was also known as Rowena Kinney.⁷ Hattie R (Kinne) Weger was also known as Hattie Rowena Kinne per family records posted at Ancestry.com. Hattie R (Kinne) Weger was also known as Rowena C. Kinne.⁸ Hattie R (Kinne) Weger appeared on the census of 23 April 1910 at Monterey Twp, Monterey Co., California, as a daughter in the household of Frank H. Kinne.³ Hattie R (Kinne) Weger appeared on the census of 1920 at Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA, as a daughter in the household of Frank H. Kinne.⁷

     Mildred Guinn was born on 23 November 1923 at Colorado.^1,2 She married James Lee Guinn after 1940; presumed marriage.¹ Mildred Guinn died on 13 October 1995 at Tuolumne Co., California, at age 71.^1,3 She was buried after 13 October 1995 at Divide Cemetery 3:409-A2, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.¹
     Mildred Guinn was also known as Midge Guinn. As of 23 November 1923, Mildred Guinn was also known as Mildred Marie Crocker.⁴

     Lester Vaughn Guinn was born on 25 July 1933 at Texas.^1,2 He died on 2 February 1996 at age 62; Is Lester buried at the Divide Cemetery or at Standard?^1,2,3 He was buried after 2 February 1996 at Standard, Tuolumne Co., California.¹

     Kenneth Lee Guinn was born on 21 December 1945 at Colorado.^1,2 He died on 11 March 1973 at Stanislaus Co., California, at age 27.^1,2 He was buried after 11 March 1973 at Divide Cemetery 3:409, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.³

     John P Wilson V was born on 1 April 1953 at California.¹ He died on 28 August 2000 at Springfield, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, at age 47; Monterey County Herald, CA Aug. 31, 2000
John P. Wilson V, April 1, 1953-August 28, 2000 Beloved husband of Barbara (Nee) Duby of Springfield, PA; devoted son of John P. IV and Mary (Nee) James Capson of Carmel, CA; brother of Signe Eve Wilson and uncle of Aaron and Erlong Thompson. Memorial services Saturday, 11:00 a.m. in the Church of the Holy Conference, Decel Hill, PA. In lieu of flowers, Memorial gifts may be sent to Jefferson Home Care, Bryn Mrws< PA. Arrangemtns by The Frank C. Vidoe Funeral Home, PA.

Copyright (c) 2015 The Monterey County Herald

John P. Wilson V 572-90-3202 Last Residence: 19064 Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA BORN: 1 Apr 1953 Died: 28 Aug 2000 State (Year) SSN issued: California (1968.)^1,2 He was buried after 28 August 2000 at OLMC, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.³
     John P Wilson V was also known as John Wilson.⁴

     Stuart Scofield was born in April 1907 at California.² He was the son of James J. Scofield and Adeline (Douglas) Scofield.¹ Stuart Scofield married Mrs. Belva [Alva] (Graham) Scofield before 1930.¹ Stuart Scofield married an unknown person in 1963 at Carson City, NV; pr/Carson City, Nevada, Marriage Index, 1855-1985

Name:     Stuart J. Scofield
Gender:     Male
Marriage Date:     18 Sep 1963
Marriage Place:     Carson City, Nevada, USA
Spouse:     Ardith E. Western
Marriage Description:     Carson
Marriage Record Number:     39793986. He died in 1983 at Mariposa Co., CA.²
     Stuart Scofield was also known as James S Scofield called James S in 1920 census. He appeared on the census of 1930 at Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA.³

     Mrs. Belva [Alva] (Graham) Scofield was born circa 1908 at IA; pr/1930 census. She married Stuart Scofield, son of James J. Scofield and Adeline (Douglas) Scofield, before 1930.²
     Mrs. Belva [Alva] (Graham) Scofield appeared on the census of 1930 in the household of Stuart Scofield at Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA.³ Mrs. Belva [Alva] (Graham) Scofield was school teacher in 1930 at Stanislaus Co., CA.⁴

     Minnie Repetto was born in 1880.¹ She was the daughter of John Repetto and Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto.² Minnie Repetto died in 1903.³ She was buried at Divide Cemetery 5:53, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.³
     Minnie Repetto appeared on the census of 1900 at Twp 3, Tuolumne Co., CA, as a daughter in the household of Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto.⁴

     Victor Repetto was born on 10 October 1872 at California.^1,3 He was the son of John Repetto and Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto.² Victor Repetto died on 13 July 1936 at Tuolumne Co., California, at age 63.^1,4 He was buried after 13 July 1936 at Divide Cemetery 5:54, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.¹
     He appeared on the census of 1880 as a 7 year old California-born son in the household of John Repetto and Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.⁵ Victor Repetto Visited Sonora in June 1893 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.⁶ He was Miner between 1894 and 1896 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.⁷ He appeared on the census of 1900 as a son in the household of Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto at Twp 3, Tuolumne Co., CA.⁸ Victor Repetto was The Union Democrat reported that VG Repetto of Big Oak Flat was seen in Sonora on Wednesday (11 July). on 14 July 1900.⁹ He was a witness to In Sonora w/friends with Charles P. Hall on 14 July 1900 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.^9,6 Victor Repetto was a witness to Visited Sonora with Paul Loeffler on 4 June 1901 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.⁶ Victor Repetto was a member of the IOOF Yo Semite Lodge, IOOF on 16 November 1901 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California, and appointed to also be a member of the associated Rebekah Lodge.¹⁰ He and George E. Watson were members of Big Oak Rebekah Lodge No. 259 on 16 November 1901 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.¹⁰ Charles P. Hall was a member of Rebekah Lodge No. 259. on 16 November 1901 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., CA.¹¹ Victor Repetto was Postmaster

U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Name: Victor J Repetto Post Office Location: Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne, California Appointment Date: 27 Oct 1904 Volume #: 75 Volume Year Range: 1891-1930 in 1904 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California. He appeared on the census of 1910 as a son in the household of Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto at Twp 3, Tuolumne Co., CA.¹² Victor Repetto witnessed the association of James John Lumsden Sr on 31 July 1915 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co; Member of IOOF #97.⁶ Victor Repetto Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges meet in Big Oak Flat:
Yosemite Lodge No. 37 I.O.O.F. and Big Oak Flat Rebekah Lodge No. 259, held a joint installation last Saturday evening in the Odd Fellow's hall, Big Oak Flat, that proved conclusively that the fraternal spirit is keenly alive across the river....

Victor J. Reppetto, Treasurer

There are 55 members in the Yosemite lodge. Barna N. Fox, upon whose venerable head rests the weight of at least 96 summers, is a member of this lodge and the oldest Odd Fellow in the State, and perhaps in the United States. J. J. Lumsden, who is a member of the lodge has five sons who are also Odd Fellows and members of Yosemite No. 97. on 31 July 1915. He was Owned the Red Jacket Mine, 1 mile east of Big Oak Flat in 1916.¹³ He was installed electric lights on 18 November 1916 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., CA.⁶ He was postmaster in Big Oak Flat between 1917 and 1918 at Tuolumne Co., California.³ He appeared on the census of 1920 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California; where he worked as a miner.¹⁴ He appeared on the census of 1930 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., CA; construction worker.¹⁵ He was Shoemaker before 1936 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.¹⁶

     Louise (Repetto) Raymond was born in 1870 at Italy.^2,3 She was the daughter of John Repetto and Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto. Louise (Repetto) Raymond married William (?) Raymond before October 1893.¹ Louise (Repetto) Raymond died in 1898; Tuolumne City?⁴ She was buried in 1898 at Divide Cemetery 5:55, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.²
     Louise (Repetto) Raymond was also known as Miss Repetto.¹ Louise (Repetto) Raymond was also known as Louise Repetto.² She appeared on the census of 1880 as a 10 year old Italian-born daughter in the household of John Repetto and Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.³

     Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto was born in 1849.² She married John Repetto circa 1869; Presumed marriage-- John and Antoinetta are the only two Repettos at the Divide Cemetery who appear to be contemporaries and therefore candidates for marriage.³ Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto was buried in 1935 at Divide Cemetery 5:56, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.⁴ She died in 1935.²
     Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto was also known as Mrs. Antoinetta Repetto.⁴ She and John Repetto appeared on the census of 1880 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.⁵ Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto appeared on the census of 1900 at Twp 3, Tuolumne Co., CA.⁶ She appeared on the census of 1910 at Twp 3, Tuolumne Co., CA.⁷ She witnessed the association of James John Lumsden Sr on 31 July 1915 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co; Member of IOOF #97.⁸ Victor Repetto appeared as Head of Household on the census of 1920 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California; where he worked as a miner.⁹

     John Repetto was born in 1830 at Italy.^1,2 He married Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto circa 1869; Presumed marriage-- John and Antoinetta are the only two Repettos at the Divide Cemetery who appear to be contemporaries and therefore candidates for marriage.¹ John Repetto died in 1898; Tuolumne City?¹ He was buried in 1898 at Divide Cemetery Plot 5:57, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.³
     John Repetto was also known as Gio Batto Repetto Is this the same person? Gianbattiata Repetto, Declaration of Intention in Vol 116, pg 329 of Northern California District Court. [NARA Microfilm Series T1220, Role 3, "Selected Indexes to Naturalization Records of the US Circuit and District Courts, Northern District of California, 1952-1928." aka US Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 [database online], Provo UT, Ancestry.com Operations, 2007. He and Antoinetta (Sanguine) Repetto appeared on the census of 1880 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., California.² John Repetto was shoemaker between 1886 and 1887 at Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne Co., CA.⁴