Source 838: Obituary

Source Record 838

Description:

Source Type} Obituary

Family History} Hancock

Bee Ella Lacaze. Napa Valley Register, Napa, California, 28 Sep 2005. Copied from no longer online.
Bee Ella Lacaze, 92, passed away at Napa Nursing Center on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. Bee was born in Parks Victory Hospital, Napa, on May 22, 1913 to Wilfred and Nora Hancock. She graduated from Napa High School and Highland School of Nursing in Oakland. She worked as a registered nurse at Parks Victory Hospital in Napa, and then married Henry Lacaze on Sept. 30, 1934. Bee and Henry bought and managed Napa Special Delivery, and started Lacaze Trucking. Bee was the bookkeeper and secretary for the businesses until they retired in 1960. From the late '40s to the early '70s, Bee and her husband were very active in the Napa Buzzsteppers Square Dance Club. They danced all over Northern California, and were invited to Canada to dance at the Calgary Stampede.

After retirement, Bee and Henry, with close friends Orrin and Mary Martin, purchased travel trailers, and traveled throughout the United States. They loved to travel, fish and dance.

She is survived by her children Jeanette Pometta and her husband, Louie of Oakville, Andrea Wolff of Palo Alto, and Ralph Lacaze and his wife, Linda, of Napa; six grandchildren, David Pometta of Napa, Scott and Kimberly Pometta of Piedmont, Tom and Susan Murphy of Corpus Christie, Texas, and Lisa and Darren Morris-Wolff of Seattle, Wash., Scott and Carrie Newman of Citrus Heights, and Jeffrey Lacaze of Vallejo. Bee leaves six great-grandchildren.

Bee was a third generation Napan, preceeded in death by her parents, three sisters, and one brother. The family wants to thank the staff at the Napa Nursing Home for their concerns and loving care given to Bee.

At Bee's request, there will be a visitation and viewing at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Services are under the direction of Treadway and Wigger at 623 Coombs St., Napa. Contributions may be made in Bee's name to the Hospice of Napa, 414 S. Jefferson St., Napa CA 94559.

Source Cost } $ 0.00
Kind of Evidence} Reproduced copy

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 16 Nov 2023
Date Created} 29 Sep 2005

Repository:

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Hancock
1059 Southridge Drive
Auburn, California 95603-5851

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