Thurman Clifton Peterson was born March 2, 1943. He left us on March 28, 2010. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Viki Carol Peterson and three daughters, June, Pam and Becky; three son-in-laws, Phil, Dave and Anthony; seven grandchildren, Kayla, Ashley, Kassie, Eric, Drew, Brandon, and Jordan; and two great-grandchildren. Chuck and Kaydn. Pete was a beloved man. He was friend and father to all his nieces and nephews. He may have left us in his body  but his memory will with us through his friends and family.

Published in the Modesto Bee 

This is more old news that is new to me so I am passing it along. I didn’t know Thurmnan that well. I remember him as being even shyer than I was. That may be just an impression that I got or a result of how we interacted with each other. He, I and Ken Hall spent a week together at a LDS orchard helping with the peach and pear harvest whe we were about 16. The orchard was in Littlerock near Palmdale. The other thing I remember about Thurman was how good he was at high hurdles. Coach Long kept wanting me to run them. I tried but I could never overcome my fear landing on one the wrong way.

Former Trona resident Barbara Corrion Sherman died in her sleep of a cerebral hemorrhage on Sunday July 29 in her Santa Barbara home. She was 62. A Mass of Burial will be held at St. Madeleine Catholic Church in Trona at 9 am on August 4, followed by the burial at the Searles Valley Cemetery.

Barbara was born on December 28, 1938, in Detroit, Michigan, the first child of Maurice and Phillis Dill Corrion. The family moved to Trona in 1947 to join Phyllis’ parents Frederick and Amy Dill. Barbara attended the Trona Unified School from second grade until she graduated in 1957. She graduated from San Jose State College in 1961 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education.

Barbara married Trona resident George Sherman in San Jose in 1959; they raised five children and were divorced in Santa Barbara in 1987. The family relocated several times, living for a few years in Savannah, Ga, Culver City, Ca, Rochester, N.Y., Lexington, Mass., and Ridgefield, Conn. They settled in Santa Barbara in 1983 where Barbara lived the rest of her life. After graduating from San Jose State College, she taught in elementary schools for eight years until she retired to become a full-time homemaker in 1969.

She worked in the healthcare field for several years in Santa Barbara and most recently has been working at Magellan’s Travel Supplies.

Barbara is survived by her life partner Stephen Keating, brother Gregory Corrion, sister Jennifer Corrion Smith, ex-husband George Sherman, daughter Rebecca Sherman Harmon, daughter Laura Sherman Wilkinson, son Wayne Sherman Middleton, daughter Alison Sherman, and five grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests remembrances in her honor be sent to the Searles Valley Cemetery Association, 13772 Elm St., Trona, CA 93593-2336, or the Trona Senior Center Club, 13187 Market Street, Trona CA 93592.

Daily Independent Newspaper Ridgecrest CA Kern County
August 2, 2001

BARBARA CORRION SHERMAN