Sadie Rhoda SMITH

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1885, Vermont
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Piru, Ventura County, California
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Piru, Ventura County, California

Notes:

Obituary Notice - Fillmore Herald dtd Oct 24, 1968, pg. 6

BUCKHORN AREA PIONEER, MRS. PADELFORD DIES

Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the Piru United Methodist Church for Mrs. Sadie Rhoda Padelford, who died Thursday, Oct 17 in the Acacia Nursing Home at Ojai. The Rev. Shuey Fujishiro officiated with the Rev. Fred Edwards, Jr., of Ojai, former pastor of the Piru church. Interment was in Bardsdale cemetery at the side of her late husband, Frank H. Padelford, who preceded her in death in November, 1963.
Like her husband, Mrs. Padelford was born in Vermont on Feb 6, 1884. She attended normal school in her home state to prepare for a teaching career, then came to California with her sister to visit a great aunt at San Jose. it was then she decided to remain in this state. her parents followed later and lived in South Pasadena. Because California teacher requirements differed fro those in Vermont, Mrs. Padelford enrolled at a preparatory school at Los Angeles.
She met her husband, then clerk of the board, when she applied for a teaching post at the Buckhorn School, and was accepted after taking an examination at Ventura. She taught there in 1908 and 1909 and then went to Pasadena as a substitute.
On Sept. 7, 1910 she became Frank H. Padelford's bride and went to live on the ranch he had homesteaded for 70 years. they celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on Sept. 7, 1960.
Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Padelford went to Grey Gables at Ojai to make her home. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, and the Methodist Church.
She leaves two sons, Frederick Padelford of Buckhorn, and Sumner Padelford of Fillmore; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Cooper and Mrs. Walter Parker of Tipton; three grandsons and three granddaughters, and nine great grandchildren. A daughter, Allene W. preceded her in death.
Family friends serving as pallbearers were Rodney Peyton, Stephen Warring, Jack Warring, Thurman Tate, Eliza Smith and Donald Vedder.

Fillmore Herald October 24, 1968, pg. 8
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our grateful thanks and appreciation to our friends and neighbors for messages of condolence in cards and flowers, and encouragement given at a time of need:
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Padelford
Mr. and Mrs. F. Sumner Padelford
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Urner
Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. Padelford and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Don Noel and Family
Mrs. Peggy McBurney and Daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Urner and Family
Lt. and Mrs. Ronald Urner and Family
Miss Marlene Urner
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parker
Mrs. Frank A. Cooper

Sadie married Frank Henry PADELFORD on 07 Sep 1910 in South Pasadena, California. Frank (son of Hosea PADDLEFORD and Sophia Miranda WILLARD) was born on 20 Apr 1871 in Quechee Gorge, Vermont; died on 16 Nov 1963 in Fillmore, Ventura County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frank Summer PADELFORD was born on 20 Feb 1912 in Ventura County, California; died on 30 Dec 1995 in Fillmore, Ventura County, California.
2. Frederick W. PADELFORD was born on 21 Nov 1913 in Fillmore, Ventura County, California; died on 10 Dec 1970 in Fillmore, Ventura County, California.
3. Allene PADELFORD was born about 1916 in California; died on 31 Dec 1956 in Escondido, California.