It is with regret that we
record the passing of Patron
member Miriam
икп.еаг
Koroel.
Her xorbsars came to Petaluma
in the middle 185o's. Another
link with our past is severed.
b/
22/78
Miriam McNear
Korbel
MIRIAM McNEAR
KORBEL
Miriam McNear Korbel,
daughter of Petaluma
pioneers Mr. and Mrs.
George P. McNear, died
Tuesday in Greenbrae at the
age of 89.
Mrs. Korbel was bom and
raised in Petaluma, and spent
most of her life here and in San
Francisco, living in Greenbrae
the past few years.
She attended the Sarah Dix
Hamlin School of San Fran¬
cisco and Miss Scovill's School
of New York before marrying
the late Leo V. Korbel of the
Korbel Winery family in 1912
in Petaluma.
Mrs. Korbel was a past
president and member of the
Womans' Club of San Fran¬
cisco and the Towne and
Country Club of San Fran¬
cisco. She was a founding
member of the Petaluma
Woman's Club and a founder
of the former Congregational
Church of Petaluma.
She is survived by her
daughters, Louise K. Hart of
Piedmont, Mary K. Johnson of
Lafayette, Frances K.
Ferguson of Stockton and
Georgia K. Wood of Phoenix,
Ariz. She was the sister of E.D.
(Denman) McNear of
Petaluma, Mrs. H.C. Naffziger
of San Francisco, Clara
McNear Leppo of Marin
County and the late George P.
McNear Jr. She was the
grandmother of nine and the
great-grandmother of one.
Friends are invited to at¬
tend the Memorial services
Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the
United Church of Christ in
Petaluma. The Rev. Herbert
Bauck will officiate. Inurn¬
ment will be in Cypress Hill
Memorial Park.
Those who prefer may make
contributions to their favorite
charity.
Ella Noonan dies
GLEN ELLEN — Ella Monahan
Noonan, 91, a member of a family
which has lived in Glen Ellen for six
generations, died yesterday in a
Santa Rosa hospital.
She was the daughter of Patrick
and Elizabeth Monahan, who came
to Glen Ellen in the 1860s. Patrick
' Monahan was a pioneer grape grow¬
er and wine maker in the Valley of
the Moon and Bennett Valley.
When root disease wiped out
most of his vines, he sold his proper¬
ty to the Spreckles Ranch and
moved his family to the Mervyn Ho¬
tel in the resort community of Glen
Ellen.
Ella Monahan was born on the
ranch and spent her childhood years
helping in the operation of the hotel.
The family also owned and operated
the Shamrock Inn, which later be¬
came the Rustic Inn, destroyed by
fire several years ago.
While it was operated by the
Monahan family, the inn was steadi-
i ly patronized by Jack London after
the author came to his Beauty
Ranch above Glen Ellen in the Val¬
ley of the Moon.
In the 1940s Ella was married to
the late Paul Noonan, former Santa
Rosa butcher. Noonan died in 1951.
Elian Noonan worked in nursing
homes in Santa Rosa and Sonoma
Valley and in he^ late years lived
in Santa Rosa.
She is survived by her sister.
Bernice Bradley, San Rafael, and
her nieces, A. Bernice Nemanic and
Betty Bradley, both of Glen Ellen.
Among sixth generation descen¬
dants are Matthew and Stephanie
Marie Scribner. Glen Ellen.
JT
Second member of
Bodega Rancho
family dies at 84
SEBASTOPOL — An 84-year-old
member of the Bodega band of
Coast Miwok died Friday, the day
after funeral services were held for
her 97-year-old sister.
Rosalie Anne Coady died at a Se¬
bastopol rest home after a long
illness.
Her sister, Sarah Smith Ballard
died last Monday in a Santa Rosa
convalescent hospital.
They were granddaughters of
Captain Stephen Smith, who settled
at Bodega Bay in 1841 and owned
the Bodega Rancho. He is credited
with beginning the industrial revo¬
lution in California and Sonoma
County with his steam-operated saw
mill.
Mrs. Coady was one of 11 chil¬
dren born to William and Rosalie
Smith. Her father built the Smith
Brothers fishing fleet, which was
active until the late 1960s. and his
efforts are said to have made fish¬
ing one of Sonoma County's major
industries.
Mrs. Coady was also instrumen¬
tal in preserving the Smith family
legends, which she told to Mary
Anne Wood, who wrote and pub¬
lished the book, "Thunder Bear,” of
Miwok Indian stories in 1975.
Mrs. Coady spent all her life in
Sonoma County, working for many
years as a waitress at the former
Guidotti’s restaurant, where Mich¬
elle's is currently located. Her
home was in Sebastopol.
She was born at Bodega Bay and
was a charter member of the Bode¬
ga Bay Grange. She was also a life¬
time member of the Bartenders and
Culinary Workers Union and a
member of Santa Rosa Druids,
VFW Auxiliary in Santa Rosa, and
The Fleet Reserve Association, San¬
ta Rosa.
She is survived by her daughter,
Rosalie Oneita Engert, Las Vegas;
her grandchildren, Arthur “Tooch”
Colombo, Santa Rosa; Carole Ann
Colombo, San Diego; and Jeani
Buck, Las Vegas; and her sister,
Aileen Hall, Santa Rosa.
Services begin at 10; 15 a.m. Mon¬
day at O’Leary Funeral Home with
a Mass of Christian Burial at 11
a.m. at St. Theresa's Catholic
Church in Bodega. Burial will be at
Sebastopol Evergreen Lawn.
Recitation of the Rosary is 7 p.m.
today at the funeral home.
Memorial donations to the Bode¬
ga Bay Rescue Service are pre¬
ferred by the family.
