Mrs. Dora Moles Key, mother of Santa Cruz county Supervisor Russ McCallie, died yesterday in her Watsonville home, apparently of a heart attack. She was 79.
A native of Arkansas, she had resided in Watsonville for 30 years. She was a member of the Gold Star Mothers there and the Foursquare church in Salinas.
Besides McCallie, she is survived by her husband, Charles W. Key; two other sons, Wesley McCallie of Iowa, and Charles McCallie of Oregon: five daughters, Mrs. Newte Thornton, of Kansas, Mrs. Bill Key of Arizona, Mrs. Orville Hanner of Elk Grove, Mrs. Lee Dunbar of Texas, and Mrs. Barrington Hilliker of Salinas; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Walker and Nancy Gass, both of Oklahoma; 28 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in White's Memorial Chapel, 609 Main street, Watsonville, with the Rev. Boyett R. Helton of the Foursquare church of Salinas officiating. Interment will be in Pajaro Valley Memorial park. The family requests donations to the Heart Fund.
Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on March 30, 1967
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First married John Roy McCallie in 1904 in Oklahoma
Sister: Nancy (Moles) Gass (66976058)
Mrs. Dora Moles Key, mother of Santa Cruz county Supervisor Russ McCallie, died yesterday in her Watsonville home, apparently of a heart attack. She was 79.
A native of Arkansas, she had resided in Watsonville for 30 years. She was a member of the Gold Star Mothers there and the Foursquare church in Salinas.
Besides McCallie, she is survived by her husband, Charles W. Key; two other sons, Wesley McCallie of Iowa, and Charles McCallie of Oregon: five daughters, Mrs. Newte Thornton, of Kansas, Mrs. Bill Key of Arizona, Mrs. Orville Hanner of Elk Grove, Mrs. Lee Dunbar of Texas, and Mrs. Barrington Hilliker of Salinas; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Walker and Nancy Gass, both of Oklahoma; 28 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in White's Memorial Chapel, 609 Main street, Watsonville, with the Rev. Boyett R. Helton of the Foursquare church of Salinas officiating. Interment will be in Pajaro Valley Memorial park. The family requests donations to the Heart Fund.
Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on March 30, 1967
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First married John Roy McCallie in 1904 in Oklahoma
Sister: Nancy (Moles) Gass (66976058)
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Maudie Belle McCallie Thornton
1910–1978
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Goldie Elizabeth McCallie Hanner
1913–1976
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Elzie Merle McCallie
1915–1962
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James Wesley McCallie
1917–1969
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John Russell "Russ" McCallie
1922–1984
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Logan Howard McCallie
1924–1927
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Charles Franklin McCallie
1925–1983
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Stella Key Hilliker
1931–2009
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Ella Key Dunbar
1931–2017
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Ruth L Key
1932–1932
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