Patricia Louise Holmes was born in California (CA) to Clyde Harlin Holmes and Jean Muldrew (birth name: Hawley) (adopted name: Van Vlear), formerly of Fresno.
Patricia's mother, Jean, was the daughter of Victor Hawley and Laura Bertha Downs. Jean was legally adopted approximately age two, by an aunt and husband, Mr. Van Vlear. Jean was employed prior to being a stay at home parent and an active Parent Teacher Association (PTA) member. Patricia was the eldest child, while her younger sibling became a school teacher after attending the College of San Mateo and University of Riverside (UCR) in San Bernardino county, where Mathematics and the Russian language were studied. Their father, Clyde, was a 'weatherman', metereologist for San Francisco International airport (SFO); previously with the United States Navy as an aerographer in WWII.
A family cabin near Zephyr Point/Cove in the Lake Tahoe area was enjoyed by the Holmes family from the 1930's until about 1999. Patricia (Pat) was a 4-H member for at least eight years before leaving for college (University of Oregon). Pat attended Capucchino High in San Bruno. She was a loving aunt.
Pat was preceeded in death by her father, who passed away in the Sacramento area on August 24, 1996 and by her mother in 2005.
Pat's paternal grandfather is buried in Los Angeles county. www.findagrave.com/memorial/114945518/harlin-v-holmes
Prior to making their home in the central valley, Harlin V. Holmes and family relocated from Meriden, Kansas to Fullerton and eventually Buena Park.
Pat's parents relocated to Citrus Heights from the San Francisco area to be nearer to family. Pat was a co-founder of UrbanDecay. An equestrian, Pat Holmes speciality was with Welsh Cob equine. See link for PDF at http://wpcsamembers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Welsh-Review-2015-Vol-1-for-web.pdf. A memorial bench at Wunderlich County Park (coordinates in gravesite details) exists for Pat, however, the facilitator of the memorial bench is unknown to the author of this bio.
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'Volunteers to Revive Historic Stable' from the East Bay Times by Laura Ernde
PUBLISHED: March 13, 2006 at 8:39 a.m. | UPDATED: August 17, 2016 at 7:30 a.m.
Categories:News
WOODSIDE – With its pink marble baseboards, redwood wainscoting and skylights, the Folger Estate Stable is hardly your typical horse barn.
A testament to the ostentatiousness of the Gilded Age, the stable also symbolizes a bygone Peninsula era when every other household owned a horse and girls took riding lessons along with piano lessons.
It survived the 1906 earthquake, wild Stanford University students parties of the 1960s and the hoofprints of countless horses.
Use and weather have taken their toll on the historic structure, but a group of volunteers is going to make sure the stable is preserved for the long term.
Last week, the Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks reached a crucial milestone when the San Mateo County supervisors signed off on an agreement spelling out how the renovation will proceed.
The county has owned the stable in Wunderlich Park since 1974, but has had little money to spend on upkeep, said Jill Daly, co-chair of the project.
At one point, blue plastic kiddiepools were used to collect rainwater leaking through the roof.
Pat Holmes said the stable has needed work ever since she started boarding and training horses there about 40 years ago. Before the friends group stepped in five years ago, the stable was on the brink of being torn down.
The nonprofit did some minor work to stabilize the structure and then set about preserving it.
It took years, first to get the stable listed on the National Historic Register and then to negotiate the agreement with the county.
Fundraising has already started and the group hopes to have $3.3 million by the end of the year so construction can begin next year. Volunteers need to raise another $1.7 million for an endowment to protect the stable's future.
The county is contributing permits and environmental review work worth about $500,000. Renovation will take about a year. When it's finished, the stable will be open for group tours and educational programs.
"We'd like to create a backyard history lesson," Daly said.
Holmes said she supports the renovation, even though it could put her out of business. If the construction contractor doesn't let her keep her two dozen horses while the work is being done, she'll most likely lose her clients to other stables. But she's hoping to stay on as an employee of the stable.
The friends group wants to continue the boarding operation, which is needed in the area, home to a large contingent of horse enthusiasts.
The stable has a colorful history. It was built by James A. Folger II, president of the Folger Coffee Company. [en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folgers]
Architect, Arthur Brown Jr., went on to design City Hall and the Opera House in San Francisco, the Hoover Tower at Stanford and the Federal Triangle Building in Washington, D.C.
It's one of the last remaining stables from the "Great Estates" period, when wealthy San Francisco families flocked to the Peninsula to escape the fog.
In 1956, the stable and adjoining 942 acres were sold to Martin Wunderlich, who later donated it to the county for parkland.
For a while in the 1960s, Holmes said, Stanford students took up residence in the loft.
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//www.almanacnews.com/morgue/2004/2004_05_26.folger.shtml
'Burn Barbie Burn'
//www.sfgate.com/news/article/PENINSULA-INSIDER-Barbie-s-Maker-Battles-2958094.php
Patricia's mother, Jean, was the daughter of Victor Hawley and Laura Bertha Downs. Jean was legally adopted approximately age two, by an aunt and husband, Mr. Van Vlear. Jean was employed prior to being a stay at home parent and an active Parent Teacher Association (PTA) member. Patricia was the eldest child, while her younger sibling became a school teacher after attending the College of San Mateo and University of Riverside (UCR) in San Bernardino county, where Mathematics and the Russian language were studied. Their father, Clyde, was a 'weatherman', metereologist for San Francisco International airport (SFO); previously with the United States Navy as an aerographer in WWII.
A family cabin near Zephyr Point/Cove in the Lake Tahoe area was enjoyed by the Holmes family from the 1930's until about 1999. Patricia (Pat) was a 4-H member for at least eight years before leaving for college (University of Oregon). Pat attended Capucchino High in San Bruno. She was a loving aunt.
Pat was preceeded in death by her father, who passed away in the Sacramento area on August 24, 1996 and by her mother in 2005.
Pat's paternal grandfather is buried in Los Angeles county. www.findagrave.com/memorial/114945518/harlin-v-holmes
Prior to making their home in the central valley, Harlin V. Holmes and family relocated from Meriden, Kansas to Fullerton and eventually Buena Park.
Pat's parents relocated to Citrus Heights from the San Francisco area to be nearer to family. Pat was a co-founder of UrbanDecay. An equestrian, Pat Holmes speciality was with Welsh Cob equine. See link for PDF at http://wpcsamembers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Welsh-Review-2015-Vol-1-for-web.pdf. A memorial bench at Wunderlich County Park (coordinates in gravesite details) exists for Pat, however, the facilitator of the memorial bench is unknown to the author of this bio.
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'Volunteers to Revive Historic Stable' from the East Bay Times by Laura Ernde
PUBLISHED: March 13, 2006 at 8:39 a.m. | UPDATED: August 17, 2016 at 7:30 a.m.
Categories:News
WOODSIDE – With its pink marble baseboards, redwood wainscoting and skylights, the Folger Estate Stable is hardly your typical horse barn.
A testament to the ostentatiousness of the Gilded Age, the stable also symbolizes a bygone Peninsula era when every other household owned a horse and girls took riding lessons along with piano lessons.
It survived the 1906 earthquake, wild Stanford University students parties of the 1960s and the hoofprints of countless horses.
Use and weather have taken their toll on the historic structure, but a group of volunteers is going to make sure the stable is preserved for the long term.
Last week, the Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks reached a crucial milestone when the San Mateo County supervisors signed off on an agreement spelling out how the renovation will proceed.
The county has owned the stable in Wunderlich Park since 1974, but has had little money to spend on upkeep, said Jill Daly, co-chair of the project.
At one point, blue plastic kiddiepools were used to collect rainwater leaking through the roof.
Pat Holmes said the stable has needed work ever since she started boarding and training horses there about 40 years ago. Before the friends group stepped in five years ago, the stable was on the brink of being torn down.
The nonprofit did some minor work to stabilize the structure and then set about preserving it.
It took years, first to get the stable listed on the National Historic Register and then to negotiate the agreement with the county.
Fundraising has already started and the group hopes to have $3.3 million by the end of the year so construction can begin next year. Volunteers need to raise another $1.7 million for an endowment to protect the stable's future.
The county is contributing permits and environmental review work worth about $500,000. Renovation will take about a year. When it's finished, the stable will be open for group tours and educational programs.
"We'd like to create a backyard history lesson," Daly said.
Holmes said she supports the renovation, even though it could put her out of business. If the construction contractor doesn't let her keep her two dozen horses while the work is being done, she'll most likely lose her clients to other stables. But she's hoping to stay on as an employee of the stable.
The friends group wants to continue the boarding operation, which is needed in the area, home to a large contingent of horse enthusiasts.
The stable has a colorful history. It was built by James A. Folger II, president of the Folger Coffee Company. [en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folgers]
Architect, Arthur Brown Jr., went on to design City Hall and the Opera House in San Francisco, the Hoover Tower at Stanford and the Federal Triangle Building in Washington, D.C.
It's one of the last remaining stables from the "Great Estates" period, when wealthy San Francisco families flocked to the Peninsula to escape the fog.
In 1956, the stable and adjoining 942 acres were sold to Martin Wunderlich, who later donated it to the county for parkland.
For a while in the 1960s, Holmes said, Stanford students took up residence in the loft.
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//www.almanacnews.com/morgue/2004/2004_05_26.folger.shtml
'Burn Barbie Burn'
//www.sfgate.com/news/article/PENINSULA-INSIDER-Barbie-s-Maker-Battles-2958094.php
Patricia Louise Holmes was born in California (CA) to Clyde Harlin Holmes and Jean Muldrew (birth name: Hawley) (adopted name: Van Vlear), formerly of Fresno.
Patricia's mother, Jean, was the daughter of Victor Hawley and Laura Bertha Downs. Jean was legally adopted approximately age two, by an aunt and husband, Mr. Van Vlear. Jean was employed prior to being a stay at home parent and an active Parent Teacher Association (PTA) member. Patricia was the eldest child, while her younger sibling became a school teacher after attending the College of San Mateo and University of Riverside (UCR) in San Bernardino county, where Mathematics and the Russian language were studied. Their father, Clyde, was a 'weatherman', metereologist for San Francisco International airport (SFO); previously with the United States Navy as an aerographer in WWII.
A family cabin near Zephyr Point/Cove in the Lake Tahoe area was enjoyed by the Holmes family from the 1930's until about 1999. Patricia (Pat) was a 4-H member for at least eight years before leaving for college (University of Oregon). Pat attended Capucchino High in San Bruno. She was a loving aunt.
Pat was preceeded in death by her father, who passed away in the Sacramento area on August 24, 1996 and by her mother in 2005.
Pat's paternal grandfather is buried in Los Angeles county. www.findagrave.com/memorial/114945518/harlin-v-holmes
Prior to making their home in the central valley, Harlin V. Holmes and family relocated from Meriden, Kansas to Fullerton and eventually Buena Park.
Pat's parents relocated to Citrus Heights from the San Francisco area to be nearer to family. Pat was a co-founder of UrbanDecay. An equestrian, Pat Holmes speciality was with Welsh Cob equine. See link for PDF at http://wpcsamembers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Welsh-Review-2015-Vol-1-for-web.pdf. A memorial bench at Wunderlich County Park (coordinates in gravesite details) exists for Pat, however, the facilitator of the memorial bench is unknown to the author of this bio.
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'Volunteers to Revive Historic Stable' from the East Bay Times by Laura Ernde
PUBLISHED: March 13, 2006 at 8:39 a.m. | UPDATED: August 17, 2016 at 7:30 a.m.
Categories:News
WOODSIDE – With its pink marble baseboards, redwood wainscoting and skylights, the Folger Estate Stable is hardly your typical horse barn.
A testament to the ostentatiousness of the Gilded Age, the stable also symbolizes a bygone Peninsula era when every other household owned a horse and girls took riding lessons along with piano lessons.
It survived the 1906 earthquake, wild Stanford University students parties of the 1960s and the hoofprints of countless horses.
Use and weather have taken their toll on the historic structure, but a group of volunteers is going to make sure the stable is preserved for the long term.
Last week, the Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks reached a crucial milestone when the San Mateo County supervisors signed off on an agreement spelling out how the renovation will proceed.
The county has owned the stable in Wunderlich Park since 1974, but has had little money to spend on upkeep, said Jill Daly, co-chair of the project.
At one point, blue plastic kiddiepools were used to collect rainwater leaking through the roof.
Pat Holmes said the stable has needed work ever since she started boarding and training horses there about 40 years ago. Before the friends group stepped in five years ago, the stable was on the brink of being torn down.
The nonprofit did some minor work to stabilize the structure and then set about preserving it.
It took years, first to get the stable listed on the National Historic Register and then to negotiate the agreement with the county.
Fundraising has already started and the group hopes to have $3.3 million by the end of the year so construction can begin next year. Volunteers need to raise another $1.7 million for an endowment to protect the stable's future.
The county is contributing permits and environmental review work worth about $500,000. Renovation will take about a year. When it's finished, the stable will be open for group tours and educational programs.
"We'd like to create a backyard history lesson," Daly said.
Holmes said she supports the renovation, even though it could put her out of business. If the construction contractor doesn't let her keep her two dozen horses while the work is being done, she'll most likely lose her clients to other stables. But she's hoping to stay on as an employee of the stable.
The friends group wants to continue the boarding operation, which is needed in the area, home to a large contingent of horse enthusiasts.
The stable has a colorful history. It was built by James A. Folger II, president of the Folger Coffee Company. [en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folgers]
Architect, Arthur Brown Jr., went on to design City Hall and the Opera House in San Francisco, the Hoover Tower at Stanford and the Federal Triangle Building in Washington, D.C.
It's one of the last remaining stables from the "Great Estates" period, when wealthy San Francisco families flocked to the Peninsula to escape the fog.
In 1956, the stable and adjoining 942 acres were sold to Martin Wunderlich, who later donated it to the county for parkland.
For a while in the 1960s, Holmes said, Stanford students took up residence in the loft.
‐---------------------------------------------------------
//www.almanacnews.com/morgue/2004/2004_05_26.folger.shtml
'Burn Barbie Burn'
//www.sfgate.com/news/article/PENINSULA-INSIDER-Barbie-s-Maker-Battles-2958094.php
Patricia's mother, Jean, was the daughter of Victor Hawley and Laura Bertha Downs. Jean was legally adopted approximately age two, by an aunt and husband, Mr. Van Vlear. Jean was employed prior to being a stay at home parent and an active Parent Teacher Association (PTA) member. Patricia was the eldest child, while her younger sibling became a school teacher after attending the College of San Mateo and University of Riverside (UCR) in San Bernardino county, where Mathematics and the Russian language were studied. Their father, Clyde, was a 'weatherman', metereologist for San Francisco International airport (SFO); previously with the United States Navy as an aerographer in WWII.
A family cabin near Zephyr Point/Cove in the Lake Tahoe area was enjoyed by the Holmes family from the 1930's until about 1999. Patricia (Pat) was a 4-H member for at least eight years before leaving for college (University of Oregon). Pat attended Capucchino High in San Bruno. She was a loving aunt.
Pat was preceeded in death by her father, who passed away in the Sacramento area on August 24, 1996 and by her mother in 2005.
Pat's paternal grandfather is buried in Los Angeles county. www.findagrave.com/memorial/114945518/harlin-v-holmes
Prior to making their home in the central valley, Harlin V. Holmes and family relocated from Meriden, Kansas to Fullerton and eventually Buena Park.
Pat's parents relocated to Citrus Heights from the San Francisco area to be nearer to family. Pat was a co-founder of UrbanDecay. An equestrian, Pat Holmes speciality was with Welsh Cob equine. See link for PDF at http://wpcsamembers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Welsh-Review-2015-Vol-1-for-web.pdf. A memorial bench at Wunderlich County Park (coordinates in gravesite details) exists for Pat, however, the facilitator of the memorial bench is unknown to the author of this bio.
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'Volunteers to Revive Historic Stable' from the East Bay Times by Laura Ernde
PUBLISHED: March 13, 2006 at 8:39 a.m. | UPDATED: August 17, 2016 at 7:30 a.m.
Categories:News
WOODSIDE – With its pink marble baseboards, redwood wainscoting and skylights, the Folger Estate Stable is hardly your typical horse barn.
A testament to the ostentatiousness of the Gilded Age, the stable also symbolizes a bygone Peninsula era when every other household owned a horse and girls took riding lessons along with piano lessons.
It survived the 1906 earthquake, wild Stanford University students parties of the 1960s and the hoofprints of countless horses.
Use and weather have taken their toll on the historic structure, but a group of volunteers is going to make sure the stable is preserved for the long term.
Last week, the Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks reached a crucial milestone when the San Mateo County supervisors signed off on an agreement spelling out how the renovation will proceed.
The county has owned the stable in Wunderlich Park since 1974, but has had little money to spend on upkeep, said Jill Daly, co-chair of the project.
At one point, blue plastic kiddiepools were used to collect rainwater leaking through the roof.
Pat Holmes said the stable has needed work ever since she started boarding and training horses there about 40 years ago. Before the friends group stepped in five years ago, the stable was on the brink of being torn down.
The nonprofit did some minor work to stabilize the structure and then set about preserving it.
It took years, first to get the stable listed on the National Historic Register and then to negotiate the agreement with the county.
Fundraising has already started and the group hopes to have $3.3 million by the end of the year so construction can begin next year. Volunteers need to raise another $1.7 million for an endowment to protect the stable's future.
The county is contributing permits and environmental review work worth about $500,000. Renovation will take about a year. When it's finished, the stable will be open for group tours and educational programs.
"We'd like to create a backyard history lesson," Daly said.
Holmes said she supports the renovation, even though it could put her out of business. If the construction contractor doesn't let her keep her two dozen horses while the work is being done, she'll most likely lose her clients to other stables. But she's hoping to stay on as an employee of the stable.
The friends group wants to continue the boarding operation, which is needed in the area, home to a large contingent of horse enthusiasts.
The stable has a colorful history. It was built by James A. Folger II, president of the Folger Coffee Company. [en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folgers]
Architect, Arthur Brown Jr., went on to design City Hall and the Opera House in San Francisco, the Hoover Tower at Stanford and the Federal Triangle Building in Washington, D.C.
It's one of the last remaining stables from the "Great Estates" period, when wealthy San Francisco families flocked to the Peninsula to escape the fog.
In 1956, the stable and adjoining 942 acres were sold to Martin Wunderlich, who later donated it to the county for parkland.
For a while in the 1960s, Holmes said, Stanford students took up residence in the loft.
‐---------------------------------------------------------
//www.almanacnews.com/morgue/2004/2004_05_26.folger.shtml
'Burn Barbie Burn'
//www.sfgate.com/news/article/PENINSULA-INSIDER-Barbie-s-Maker-Battles-2958094.php
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