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William left Missouri to join the Army Air Corps at the age of 18. He spent a hitch of three years in the Air Force. Towards the end of his tour of duty, he became engaged to Dixie Boyles who lived in Clinton, Missouri. She later followed him to San Antonio, Texas, where they were married. After his tour of duty was over in the Air Force, he retumed to Missouri for about a year.
In 1946, he came to Califor- nia settling in Hawthorne. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Torrance, Califomia, where he lived for 30 years and raised his family. In 1981, he moved to
the lake area.
William loved the games of baseball and basketball and it was well known that he was not to be disturbed during a game.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Dixie Alden; one daughter, Sharon Williams of Henderson, Nevada; son, Wil- liam C. Alden of Cucamonga, California; sons David Philip Alden and Wesley J. Alden, both of Torrance, Califomia; 10 grandchildren and one great- grandchild. William will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Arrangements were en- trusted to the Bonnewell family of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home.
George (Bob) Goldbaum
George (Bob) Goldbaum of Bodfish, CA, passedaway June 18, 1995, at Sherman Oaks, CA, after a lengthy illness. Bob was a native Califomian, he
leaves his companion of 8 years, Bemice Hamilton. His father Milton Goldbaum of Van Nuys, CA; 2 sons George Goldbaum of Henderson, NV, and Joseph Goldbaum of Irvine, CA; 1 daughter Marian Heap of Corona, CA; 3 brothers Roy Goldbaum of Missouri, Danny Williams of Moreno Valley, CA, and Scott Jackson of Van Nuys, CA; 2 sisters Mary Sue Nelson of Ridgecrest, CA, and Marilyn Erlandson of Phoenix, AZ; his aunt Rose Marie Cloud of Weldon, CA; four grandsons, two granddaughters; nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
Cremation by Armstong family with ashes to be placed in Palm Mortuaries in Las Ve- gas, NV, in the garden of Moroni. There will be a Memo- rial Service at the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Mt Mesa, on Saturday, July 1, 1995, at 12 noon, fol- lowed by a luncheon at 1 p.m. at the Moose lodge in Lake Isabella. Everyone welcome.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1995
Margaret Jean Seeley
Memorial services will be held on Thursday, July 6, 1995 at 11:00 a.m. at the Highland Chapel United Methodist Church for Margaret Jean Seeley, 77, who died in Moun- tain Mesa on June 23, 1995. She was bom in Massachusetts on September 28, 1917.
During World War II, she worked with TRW Systems. This was followed by nursing training, after which she worked for a while at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank. She later worked as a secretary in her husband's insurance business. After his death, she began a new career in real estate until her retirement about three years ago.
She married her long-time friend Henry Seeley on August 19, 1992 and moved to Lake Isabella. She was a member of the Highland Chapel and the Ladies of the Moose.
She is survived by her loving husband Henry; two sons, Darrel Tumer, whose address is unknown, and Dana Tumer of Artell, Georgia. She is also survived by a sister, Ruth, of New Hampshire. We will all miss her.
At her request, she was cremated and her ashes will be disposed of at a later time.
Immediately following the service, refreshments will be served at the Moose Lodge on Lake Isabella Boulevard.
Peter Bernard Donohue
A recitation of the Holy Ro- sary was said at St. Jude's Catholic Church on Thursday, June 29, 1995 at 7:00 p.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Jude's Catholic Church on Friday moming June 30th at 10:00 a.m. for Peter Bemard Donohue, 71. Com- mittal services and interment were held at the Kern River Valley Cemetery in Wofford Heights. Reverend Godfrey Raffel, interim pastor of St. Jude's, officiated at the ser- vices. Peter passed away in Mammoth Lakes, California, on Sunday, June 25. He was bom in Tacoma, Washington on August 22, 1923. Peter was a World War II veteran serving in the Army Air Corps. He flew 255 combat missions in the China Burma theater. He and his wife Darlene were married on December 15, 1945. He was employed by the U.S. Govern- ment as a salvage specialist for thirty years. Twenty-four of
those years were spent at China Lake Naval Weapons Center. In Peter's younger years he was a boxer and he loved to follow the fights on television and would travel to Las Vegas for some of the bigger fights. He was also an avid gardener. Peter was a member of St. Jude's Catholic Church in Wofford Heights. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Darlene of the family home in Onyx; one son, Brian Donohue of Onyx; four brothers, Larry, John, Martin, and Edward Donohue all of Tacoma, Washington; three sisters, Betty Rosene, Mary Sager and Patricia Van Ryke all of Tacoma; two sisters- in-law, Marcella McGrath and her husband Mac of Woodbridge, Virginia; and Joyce and her husband Ted Tonkoshkur of Detroit, Michi- gan; one brother-in-law, Archie Plante and his wife Carol of Onyx; and by many nieces, nephews and friends by whom he will be greatly missed. The services were entrusted to the care of the Bonnewell Family of the Lake Isabella Funeral
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Pete Grechowsky
Graveside funeral services and interment were held in the Kern River Valley Cemetery in Wofford Heights on Saturday, July 1st, 1995 with Dr. James Lee, Pastor of the Valley Com- munity Church officiating for Lake Isabella resident Pete Grechowsky. Pete was bom July 1, 1917 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and passed away at his residence on Wednes- day, June 28. He spent his early years in Pittsburgh and worked for over twenty-five years as a coal miner. He came to Cali- fornia in 1958 and worked for another twenty-five years as a cement mason. He had resided in Lake Isabella for the past thirteen years. Pete is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Helen Grechowsky of Lake Isabella; one son, George, and his wife Ruth Grechowsky of Saugus; one daughter, Jenny, and her husband Richard Brown of Somis, CA; one sis- ter, Annabell Marunich of Van Nuys; and by four grandchil- dren, Kevin, Nicole, Cody, and Stephen and by several nieces, nephews, and friends who will greatly miss him. The services were entrusted to the care of the Bonnewell Family, Lake Isabella Funeral Home.
Gloria Theresa Vester
Private inumment was held with interment in the Kern River . Valley Cemetery in Wofford Heights for Kemville resident Gloria Theresa Vester, 65. She passed away in a Bakersfield Hospital on June 26, 1995. Gloria was bom in Mooresforks, New York on August 10, 1929. Gloria was preceded in death by her husband, Delbert on June 14th of this year. A joint memorial service will be held at a later date. Both Gloria and Delbert enjoyed sitting and fishing at the lake. The com- forting thought is that the two of them are together again. Both will be missed by all who loved and knew them. Gloria is sur- vived by three stepsons, Steven Vester of Wofford Heights, Vincent Vester of Ventura, and Raymond Vester of Oregon. She is also survived by special dear friends, Jack and Denah Timms of Kernville. The ser- vices are entrusted to the care of the Bonnewell Family of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home.
Evelyn Lorene Lindsay
Private family services and interment were held for Evelyn Lorene Lindsay, 72. She passed away at the local hos- pital on Tuesday, June 27, 1995. Evelyn was born in Santa Monica, Califomia on February 18, 1923. She received her education there and resided in the Santa Monica area most of her life. Evelyn worked as a riveter during the second world war. She moved to the Lake Area in 1982 and has resided here since. Her favorite hobbies were gardening and crocheting and she spent many hours in these pursuits. She is survived by one son, Joseph Glasgow of Bakersfield; two daughters, Lorene Mitchell of Mt. Mesa and Virginia Davis of Corona; one brother, Bill Inglehart of Orange County; one sister, Dorothy Smith of Kernville; and by ten grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, and friends. The services are entrusted to the care of the Bonnewell family of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1995
Stanford C. Coleman
Stanford Clovis "Stan" Coleman was bom August 12, 1916, to George and Esther (Rowe) Coleman in Cleveland, Mississippi. He passed away on Saturday, July 1, 1995, at the Good Samaritan Center in Kearney, Nebraska, at the age of 78 years, 10 months and 19 days.
Stan attended school in Mississippi and on December 31, 1942, he joined the United States Army serving in the Southwest Pacific until receiv- ing an honorable discharge on July 3, 1945.
Stan and Cheryl Ann Bretz were united in marriage on November 19, 1977, in Lake Isabella, California.
During his lifetime, Stan worked as a garage mechanic for Southern California Edison.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Beth Coleman; daughter Debra Coleman; son Calvin Coleman and five brothers. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl of Ainsworth, Ne- braska; daughter Sharon Koncel of Wofford Heights, California; brother Travis Coleman of Saraland, Ala- bama; four step-children John Ditter of Grand Island, Ne- braska; Jana Mitchell of Ainsworth; JoDee Saunders of Cleveland, Ohio and Julie Oseka of Cairo, Nebraska; 15 grandchildren and many loving nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at a later date in Wofford Heights. Memorial contributions are suggested to the family in his name. Hoch Funeral Home of Ainsworth was in charge of arrangements.
Stella Marie Abercrombie
Graveside services were held Monday, July 10, 1995, at
11 a.m. at Blue Mountain Cemetery in Woody, Califor- nia, for Stella Marie Abercrombie of Bodfish. Offi- ciating was Pastor Floyd Castillo of Highland Chapel United Methodist Church in Lake Isabella.
Mrs. Abercrombie was born November 11, 1930 in Bakersfield, California, and passed away on July 5, 1995 in Mt. Mesa, California. She was 64 years of age.
Stella attended East Bakersfield High School and has lived in and around Kem County for 43 years. She was a member of the DAR and the Sierra Neighborhood Club in Woody, California.
Mrs. Abercrombie was pre- ceded in death by her husband Jack Abercrombie. She is sur- vived by her daughter Melissa Mckinney of Lake Isabella; son Jake Abercrombie of Bodfish; son Patrick Abercrombie of Gitroy, California; sơn John' Abercrombie of Arkansas; sis- ter Navada Hand of Bakersfield; and eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
Clarence DeWayne Grigsby
Funeral services were held in the Rose Chapel of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home for Clarence Grigsby, age 77, on July 11,. 1995, at 10 a.m. Committal services and inter- ment followed in the Kem River Valley Cemetery in Wofford Heights.
DeWayne, as he was better known, was a native Califor- nian. He was bom in Orange, California, on October 29, 1917, and entered into rest on July 2, 1995, at the local hospital in Mt. Mesa.
During the early part of his life, he lived in Oregon, Kansas and Colorado. He returned to Califomia in 1952 and settled in the Long Beach area where he remained until 1984 at which time he moved to the Lake Isa- bella area.
DeWayne served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Sergeant. He had a great love for fishing and he followed all sports ardently. He attended Arizona Tech. for several years. His employment consisted of working in the oil fields for 20 years. He also was employed : as a truck driver for several companies.
His hobbies were fishing and sports. He especially liked football and followed it very closely.
DeWayne is survived by two sons Raleigh of Bodfish, Cali- fornia, and Paul of Lemoore, Califomia; one daughter Juanita Quinn, also of Bodfish; one brother Raleigh; 10 grandchil- dren and 10 great-grandchil- dren; and a great host of friends. He will be greatly missed by all his family and friends.
Services were entrusted to the care of the Bonnewell family of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1995
Paul Edward Traver
Private inumment was held for Lake Isabella resident Paul Edward Traver, age 78. Mr. Traver passed away at Kem Valley Hospital in Mt. Mesa on July 8, 1995.
Paul was bom in Harvard, Illinois, on July 16, 1916. He served his country from 1943 to 1945 as a Sergeant in the Army. He served during WWII.
Mr. Traver left Harvard, Iffi- nois, when he was 38 years old and moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he lived for five years. He then moved when he was 43 to Orange, California. He remained in Orange for 18 years. He came to the lake area in 1978 at the age of 61.
Paul worked as a barber. He also was an artist and a handyman. He boasted that he could fix anything. He also loved horseracing and frequented the track often.
He is survived by his son Phil of Wofford Heights and his four children - Courtney, David, Rachel and Steven; one daughter, Paula Espiritu and her son George Wooley. Also surviving Paul are four great- grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Services were entrusted to the Bonnewell family of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home.
William F. Smith
Private family services will be held at a later date for Wil- liam Franklin Smith, age 93, of Weldon. Bom March 24, 1902 in Pocahontas, Arkansas, Mr. Smith was a 52-year area resident.
Hewas a retired construction worker and a resident of Weldon for over 35 years. He and his wife, Belvia, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on November 25, 1994.
Survivors include his wife, Belvia, of Weldon; son William F. Smith, Jr., of Weldon; son Billy Ray Smith of Fontana; daughter Vivian Short of Weldon; daughters Norma Hitchcock and Joyce Oliver, both of Rancho Cucamonga; and daughter Roxie Collins of Springfield, Oregon. He is also survived by two sisters, Dorothy Jaco and Thelma Friar, both of Stockton; 15 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1995
James A. "Jim" Berg
Graveside funeral services were held in the Kem River Valley Cemetery on Saturday, July 22, 1995, at 11:30 a.m. for Jim Berg, 57. He passed away in a Lakewood hospital on Wednesday moming, July 19. Jim was born in Faribault, Minnesota on October 10, 1937. He has resided in Garden Grove for the past 29 years and has been employed by Couts Heating and Air Conditioning for over 39 years. Jim enjoyed skeet shooting, fishing, drag racing, motorcycle racing and dune buggies and loved the out of doors. He and his family have been coming camping to the Lake Isabella area for years and they have owned property in Bodfish for the past six years. The following thoughts on pa- per entitled "Feelings" were written in loving tribute to Jim by Lena Distler on July 18, 1995. You've heard the phrase 'It's the beginning of the end", well that's the phrase I think about now sitting in the hospital
waiting for Grandpa to recover. Well, that's not really what I'm expecting I guess. I think of the beginning of the end; because it's the end of the rest of his life. But right now it's the end of the rest of his life. But why him, such a good man? He's never really done anything wrong. The pain he is probably going through; I am sure I can't even comprehend. Everyone is scared. He means so much to everyone; we're all just waiting and expecting. In his case we have need to expect the worst, but still why the worst for him? Such an honest decent person, you just wonder what he is thinking about and how much of this he really understands. It makes me wonder if I have really let him know how much he means to me. Will he die and never know how much I love him? Personal feelings have to be one of the hardest things to express, and now I don't think anyone really knows what the other person is feeling. The moans of his pain send chills down my spine, and the
coughing make my eyes flood with sympathetic and scared tears. The mumbling when he talks make me think he really would be better off dead. The way we love him makes it so hard to let go.
Jim is survived by his wife Eva Berg of Garden Grove, one son James A. Berg Jr. of Fullerton, one daughter Loretta Fay and her husband Daniel of Riverside, his mother Eva Berg of Bodfish, two brothers Edgar Berg and William Berg and his wife Marcia all of Bodfish and by nine grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends. The services were entrusted to the care of the Bonnewell Family of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home.
George Washington Candelet
George W. Candelet, 77,
died July 19, 1995 at Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, CA. He was bom in Philadelphia, PA, July 17, 1918. An army veteran of World War II, George attained the rank of Sergeant with Bat- tery A228 Field Artillery Unit. Battles included Central Eu- rope, Normandy, Rhineland and Northern France. He earned EALE Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and Soldiers Medal. He resided in Lambertville and Whiting, New Jersey until 1989, then moved to Lake Isabella. He was a member of the Lambertville, N.J. volunteer Fire Department for over 40 years. He also be- longed to Leni Lanapi Lodge #15 order of Odd Fellows. He retired from Luggage Craft Corporation in Lanbertville, N.J. after 36 years as a luggage assembler and sewing machine operator. Son of the late William
and Elsie Candelet, he is sur- vived by his wife of 54 years, Josephine Colello Candelet; twodaughters, Joanne Teeples of El Monte, CA and Jeanne Burd of Sciota, PA; five grand- children and one great grand- child; two sisters, Elsie Poland of Philadelphia, PA, and Blanche Kelly of Zylrhills, Florida; and several nieces and nephews. George will be greatly missed by his family and many friends. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of For- est Lawn Memorial Park, Covina, CA.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1995
Zeta Mae Hall
Memorial services were held Saturday, July 21, 1995 at 10:00 a.m. at the South Fork Woman's Club for Zeta Mae Hall of Mt. Mesa. Officiating was Pastor John Carpenter of the Weldon United Methodist Church. Zeta
on April 19, 1899 and passed away July 20, 1995 in Mt. Mesa, CA. She was 96 years of age. She has been a resident of the Kern River Valley for over 31 years and very active in com- munity services. She was a member of the Eastem Star, the Rebekah Lodge, South Fork Women's Club, Business and Professional Women's Club and Woman of the Year in the AARP in 1994. She was also president of the Jesters Band. She was preceded in death by her husband 20 years ago. She is survived by her adoptive daughter Ruth Johansen of Perth, Westem Australia. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Kern Valley Hos- pital Foundation, P.O. Box 1628, Lake Isabella, Ca 93240. Proceeds will go to a plaque on the Tree of Life. Arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1995
Travis Shane Whitehouse
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 29, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. at the Family Life Center in Wofford Heights for Travis Shane Whitehouse of Riverkern. Officiating was Pastor Brian Polston.
Travis was born July 21, 1981 in Northridge, Califomia, and passed away on July 25, 1995 in Bakersfield following an ac- cident. Travis was 14 years old and was a student at Woodrow Wallace Jr. High.
He was a good athlete in all sports and he loved chocolate. He was a member of the Family Life Center in Wofford Heights.
Travis is survived by his mother Jeannie Whitehouse- Pagan and brother Ricky Whitehouse, both of Riverkem; his grandmother and grandfa- ther Richard and Jean Grzeck of Woodland Hills, Califomia; grandfather Wilford Pagan of New York; great-grandmother Mary Ramos of Las Vegas, Nevada; uncle Rudy and aunt Linda Pohlert of Agoura Hills, Califomia; and many cousins. He will be missed by all his family and friends.
Arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
Mary Jane Wolf
Memorial services were held Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. at Highland Chapel United Methodist Church in Lake Isabella for Mary Jane Wolf of Mt. Mesa. Officiating was Pastor Floyd Castillo. Mrs. Wolf was born on October 29, 1913, in Los Angeles, Califor- nia and passed away on July 20, 1995, in Mt. Mesa, Califor- nia. She had been a resident of the Kern River Valley for 20 years and belonged to various Masonic and philanthropic or- ganizations here in the valley.
Mary Jane is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jacqueline and Donald Auwarter of Arizona; three grandchildren Kane Auwarter of Montrose, California; Todd Auwarter of Washington; and Jennifer Shelby of Westlake Village, California; four great- grandchildren Carrie, Amanda, Kathleen and Taylor. She is also survived by her brothers Albert E. Kirby of Washington and Jack Kirby of Nebraska.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Bum Center, 3160 Geneva St., Los Angeles, Califomia 90020, in memory of Princess Mary Jane Wolf, daughter of the Nile.
Arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
Estelle Hedges
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church in Lake Isabella at 2:00 p.m. for Estelle Hedges of Bodfish. Of- ficiating was Pastor Francis Edge. Interment was Wednes- day, July 26, 1995, at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Mrs. Hedges was bom on May 10, 1887, in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma and passed away on July 22, 1995, at her home in Bodfish. She was 108 years of age. She had been a resident of the Kem River Valley for 20 years.
She is survived by her son Forest Hedges of Oklahoma; son Walter Hedges of Weldon; daughter Lorene Busby of Squirrel Valley; daughter Thelma Smith of Washington; daughter Lucille Shamblin of Bodfish; 27 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, fourgreat- great grandchildren, and three great-great-great grandchil- dren.
Arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
Marcelle E. Engel
Long an important figure on the local art scene, Marcelle Eugenie Engel died at age 95 on July 27, 1995, at Kem Valley Hospital in Mt. Mesa. Mrs. Engel had a long, productive and eventful career.
Bom in Paris, France, nee Launspach, on December 23, 1899, she passed her childhood years in that city during World War l. She attended several art schools, graduating from the Paris Philippon Art Institute. She worked as a fashion designer and critic for the "Daily Mail" and "Figaro." She married Oliver Butler, Commerce Atta- che at the American Embassy. After a sojoum in Spain, the couple held various diplomatic posts in Latin America and the Philipines. Recalled to Wash- ington, Oliver served as advisor to President Hoover. Marcelle taught French in the Berlitz In- stitute for several years and became an American citizen in 1933.
Upon herhusband's untimely death, Marcelle moved to San Francisco and attended the Rudolph Schaefer Art Institute and was self-employed as a fashion designer. She returned to the Philipines by herself in 1938, where she rejoined her friends in the international community. She establishedan art studio, designed fabrics for the British-American Textile Firm in Manila, designed fumi- ture for local manufacture and taught.French and drawing in her spare time.
Marcelle was captured by the Japanese in 1942, follow- ing the fall of Manilla. She was offered an opportunity to de- clare herself a citizen of Vichy France and thus remain at lib- erty. She flatly refused, declar- ing herself a United States citizen and a supporter of the Free French. Consequently she was interned in the prison camp at Santo Tomas University until released in 1945 when the United States retook the Philipines. During her stay in the camp, she taught art and French in a high school set up by her future husband, Dr. Rene L. Engel. She made numerous sketches of life in the camp, which she has displaved in San
Francisco and Los Angeles. Later she wrote a book about her internment and included many of the sketches in it. Upon release, General Douglas MacArthur awarded her the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, the Philipine Defense and Philipine Liberation medals for her con- tributions to maintaining mo- ·rale in the camp.
In 1945, she returned to the United States, worked in the City of Paris Women's Store in San Francisco and continued with her drawing and painting. At a reunion of the prisoners of war, she met Dr. Engel again and they were married in De- cember 1950. After a short time in Cuba, from which they were expelled by Batista, they settled in Wofford Heights. They es- tablished a tungsten mill on a hillside near Kelso Creek. In 1957, Dr. Engel began work in oceanography at the Naval Ordinance Test Station at China Lake and they moved there for a few years where she contin- ued giving lessons in French and art. In 1966, Rene retired and they returned to Wofford Heights.
She continued her involve- ment with various art and his- torical groups and made many paintings of flowers and land- scapes. Much of her earlierwork was in portraiture, in micro- graphically detailed pen and ink sketches and paintings of scenes around the world. As she grew older and her eyesight began to deteriorate, she con- centrated on floral studies. Al- though most of her earlier work was finely detailed, she became in the later years a neoimpressionist.
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