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Virginia (Ginny) Ruth Carter passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 5, 2019.  She was born in Santa Cruz on November 7, 1929, and lived in San Jose during her child and teen years.  She attended a Catholic all-girls high school, graduating in 1948 as the senior class secretary. She married Philip (Phil) L. Carter in 1951, and in that same year, moved “out in the boonies” to Garden Grove, knowing it would be the ideal place to raise a family.  They were...

Winifred (Winnie) Clarke Meadows passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 24, 2018.  She was born in Morehead, MN on April 20, 1927.  After losing her father early in life, she and her mother and two sisters took in boarders to make ends meet. Winnie graduated from high school as Valedictorian in 1944 and went on to study at Morehead State University and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. As a member of the Greatest Generation, Winnie served as a veteran of the...