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untitled : california house 32 house building images / scribed in pen in verso :

1) sand & rock before foundation poured
2) foundation forms. shack in background. bedroom.
3) foundation ditch outlined. builders truck in background. our car behind trees.
4) south side of house. first bit of frame work. wednesday june 26th
5) first framework section. south side 6/26/46
6) mr dickey working on roof
7) construction
8) mr dickey working on roof
9) merrill
10) dorothy
11) construction
12) merrill acting dopey
13) bedroom and front door
14) construction service porch
15) construction service porch & living room
16) house outlined between 2 trees in front. right tree later removed to give clearance for driveway.
17) merrill chatting with mr dickey
18) car with house in background & mail box in between
19) merrill in front of our lot sept. 1947
20) first coat stucco & plaster oct. 1946 (sic)
21) our house sept. 1947 front
22) our house sept. 1947 front
23) dorothy in living room door. sept. 1947
24) pile of rocks dorothy dug up near cement slab
25) shack before tearing down jan 1947
26) shack before tearing it down jan. 1947
27) the shack which we lived in from june, 29, 1946 to oct 10, 1946
28) the shack, treated lumber, & builders trailer
29) hurry or you will miss the boat
30) our first christmas tree dec. 24, 1946
31) dorothy & christmas tree dec. 24 1946
32) merrill & dorothy dec. 24 1946



from a previous post :

Riverside County, CA, The Press Enterprise, July 02, 2003


DOROTHY MAY DOOLITTLE (TAYLOR)


Dorothy Doolittle passed away on June 26, 2003 at 2:45 P.M. in Fairfax, Virginia. She was 88 years old and suffered from Alzheimer's disease.


Born in Ogden, Utah on June 9, 1915, to John Rich Taylor and Mary Alice Siddoway Taylor, Dorothy moved with her family to Southern California in 1930.


On July 08, 1939, she married Merrill Taylor Doolittle, who passed away at the age of 86 in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 19, 2000. Merrill had retired from Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. in 1974, where he had worked at their Sunnyvale and Van Nuys, California installations.


Dorothy and Merrill were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They enjoyed square dancing during much of their married life together. Dorothy was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. She was the great-granddaughter of John Taylor, 3rd president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.


Dorothy and Merrill lived in Rocklin, California from 1989-1997. In 1997, they returned to Hemet, California, where they have lived previously from 1976-1989.


Prior to Hemet, they resided in San Jose, California, from 1964-1976 and prior to that in Southern California including over 20 years in North Hollywood.


In 2000, Dorothy and Merrill moved to Fairfax, Virginia, to be near their son and daughter-in-law, Rep. John Doolittle (R-Rocklin) and Julia Harlow Doolittle, and to be able to receive better care for Dorothy's Alzheimer's disease.


Dorothy is survived by her brother, Jack S. Taylor of Newport Beach, California and her sister, Mary Lou Maloy, of Toluca Lake, California; by her sister-in-law Jeanne Aytes of Reno, Nevada; and by her daughter, Sharon Bauer of Apache Junction, Arizona and her son, John T. Doolittle of Rocklin, Calif; and by her grandchildren, J. T. Doolittle and Courtney Anne Doolittle.


Funeral services will be private. Interment will be at Fairfax Memorial Park.