Obituaries

Julie Cardenas VillaJulie Cardenas Villa, a lifetime resident of Santa Paula and loving mother, daughter and sister, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2001 at Ventura County Medical Center due to health complications.Julie was born June 3, 1966 in Santa Paula. She graduated from Santa Paula Union High School in 1984 and attended Ventura College. She worked for the Santa Paula Times and the Santa Paula Elementary School District. Julie worked for the Santa Paula Elementary School District for 15 years until her death.Julie was very involved with sports programs in Santa Paula. She was team mother for her daughter Ana in tee-ball, baseball, basketball, and most recently coach for Ana?s soccer team. There was never a sport too big for Julie to tackle. In the last several years she served on the board of directors for the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). Julie most recently held the position of Registrar for AYSO in the City of Santa Paula.During her many years at the Santa Paula Elementary School District, Julie was instrumental in establishing programs for computers. One such program was ?Writing to Read.? This program is currently used throughout the Santa Paula Elementary School District.Julie is survived by her loving daughter Ana Carmen Garcia (age 9), loving companion Pablo Garcia, her parents, Albert and Lucy Villa, brother Larry Villa; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Dolores and Elias Valenzuela and Ramona and Ernesto Medrano, all of Santa Paula; grandmother, Virginia Alcoser of Fillmore; four nephews, Anthony Barrios, Ernesto Medrano, Jr., Elias Valenzuela IV and Jesse Villa, and nieces Melissa Valenzuela and Stephanie Valenzuela, all of Santa Paula; aunts and uncles, Anita Salas of Santa Paula, Victoria Alcoser, Jenny Diaz, Mary Torres, Ralph Alcoser and John Alcoser of Fillmore, Josie Alcoser of Piru, Mike Alcoser of Camarillo, Billy Alcoser and Joe Alcoser of Los Angeles, Terri Marquez of San Ramon, Vera Banuelos of Texas, and Irene Maciel of Santa Maria; goddaughter Maria Resendez Meza of Santa Paula; and many cousins and many close friends.Viewing will be Wednesday, October 17 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Church of Angels, corner of 6th and Pleasant Street in Santa Paula. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. October 17 at Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 18 at Our Lady of Guadalupe, with burial following at Santa Paula Cemetery.In lieu of flowers donations may be made in the name of Ana Carmen Garcia at Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, 948 E. Main St., Santa Paula.Nellie Mae SchroederNellie Mae Schroeder, our dear mother, passed away in the arms of daughter Susan and granddaughter Laura and family members on October 12, 2001. She is now at peace.Nellie was a wife, homemaker, grandmother and great grandmother. Nellie and Raymond moved to Ventura from Ohio in 1955. They opened Schroeder Upholstery, and after retiring moved to Santa Paula. Nellie?s greatest joy was being with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; mother, Stella Rose; brothers, George and Robert Cross; and granddaughter Phyllis Schroeder.Nellie leaves behind her dear and loving sister, Marge Eamer; her five children and their spouses, sons Phillip Schroeder, and Edward and Parisane Schroeder, and daughters, Susan and Ronald Mandle, Janet and Jerry Pate, and Kathryn and Lyndon Benson; and Nellie?s great joy, her 15 surviving grandchildren and her 17 great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and friends.Our mother will be deeply missed. Services will be at the Santa Paula Cemetery for family and friends on Thursday, October 19 at 2 p.m., under the direction of Skillin-Carroll Mortuary, Santa Paula.Roy Dean MarshallRoy Dean Marshall, age 63, of Santa Paula, went to meet the Lord on October 13, 2001 after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Gunnison, Colorado on April 14, 1928, the son of Mildred and Delbert Marshall.Roy served with the U.S. Army in Korea 1960-1963. He had been a truck driver all his life. He worked the last 20 years for Weyerhaeuser Company.He leaves his wife Betty E. Marshall, his mother Mildred Marshall, and sister Helen Dixon of Santa Paula; sisters, Wanda Cables of Port Hueneme and Patricia Nadsay of Gilbert, Arizona; three stepdaughters, Vickie Hockett of Keene, North Dakota, Lillian Peabody of Berlin, North Dakota, and Mary Ann Kemp of Boston, Massachusetts; and several nieces and nephews.Memorial services will be held at the Freewill Baptist Church on Acacia Road, Santa Paula, on Saturday, October 20 at 11 a.m.In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cancer Society in Roy?s memory can be made.Arrangements are under the direction of Skillin-Carroll Mortuary, Santa Paula.I?m FreeDon?t grieve for me for now I?m free,