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Updated 4/22/2014
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H. J. “Jim” Madigan (April 13, 2014) After having been surrounded by family and friends,
H. J. “Jim” Madigan died peacefully at home; he was 90 years old. He lived in Modesto for
almost 40 years.
Mr. Madigan was the former executive with JCP for almost 30 years. He was store
manager of JC Penney’s at Vintage Faire mall in Modesto from 1977 to his retirement in
1984. He also managed the downtown JCP store in 1970 and 1971. Prior to that he was the
JCP district manager in Southern California and then promoted to regional manager in San
Francisco and then Denver, Colorado where he was responsible for the sales and
merchandise promotions for 250 stores in an 18 state area including Alaska. A heart attack in
1967 at 44 years old brought him back to store management in Modesto. In 1972 he opened
the Tanforan Center store in San Bruno; it was the largest store in the JC Penney Company.
After a second heart attack he requested to come back to Modesto and manage the new
Vintage Faire store.
While in Modesto Madigan was a director on many non-profit boards, President of the
Associated Business Credit Bureau in 1982-83, held leadership positions with numerous
retail organizations, and was an advisor for MJC business classes. Always considered an
excellent merchant, he was best known as a “people person.” He was a fair minded and
wonderful man with a ready smile and a kind word for all. It was amazing how he could
remember everyone’s name and important details about their life; right up until his last
breath he was concerned about others.
As a captain in the infantry in World War II, he commanded a company at the age of 21
during the Pacific Campaign in the Philippines. During the occupation of Japan he
commanded a Military Police unit in Nagoya and Osaka and had both the Counter
Intelligence Corps and CID attachments. He was involved in capturing and holding a Japanese
war criminal. He was commissioned in both anti-aircraft and infantry; he was awarded
numerous medal and ribbons from the Army.
Madigan was a native of Monrovia, CA and a highly regarded Southern California athlete
in High School and College prior to WWII. He had several college athletic scholarships in
football, basketball and track. He held his high school high jump record for 15 years. He
made a number of all conference teams and was captain of the track team. In 1942,
Madigan was captain of two outstanding army basketball teams. In late 40s and early 50s he
was on many Southern California AAU and all-star teams.
He and his late wife, Marguerite, successfully bred and raced thoroughbred horses
throughout the west and Midwest. He was a well-respected horseman and did consulting
work for people buying horses. In his later years he was a highly regarded horse handicapper
and won many national contests. The Modesto Bee ran a wonderful article about one of his
championships.
He was married to the former Marguerite Reardon also of Monrovia, CA. They were loving
partners for 56 years until her passing in August, 2005. Jim Madigan is survived by: Dr.
Kathleen Madigan Rebarber (daughter) and her husband Theodor Rebarber, and Sandra
Madigan (daughter); Keith Ornelas (grandson), his wife Sarah and their two children Chase
and Mia (great children) and Ryan Madigan (grandson); several nieces, nephews, and loving
friends who adopted him as their grandpa and dad.
He will be missed by all. Please send remembrances in his name to Community Hospice,
Inc. 4368 Spyres Way, Modesto · http://www.hospiceheart.org/
It is never easy sharing sad news. But I wanted you all to know that my Dad passed away on Sunday. He was
alert and brilliant until the end—his heart just couldn’t keep working. Thank you all for your love and
support. He was truly blessed to have such good friends and family. Dr. Kathleen Madigan Rebarber
Lew Bushey (February 13, 2014). Lew worked for JCP for 35 years and retired in 1996 out
of the Stockton Ca. store.
Lew was in Stores in Las Vegas, NV, Lodi CA, Chico CA, Great Falls MT, Kennewick WA,
Yakima WA., and Sacramento Ca.. He had a rare form of cancer of which there is only 15,000
cases known worldwide.
His wife Sherie Bushey can be reached at 5039 Southside Ranch Rd. in Rocklin Ca. 95677
Information provided by Don Blythe
Mary Ann Salts (November 19, 2013). Mary Ann was a resident of the Modesto
community at the Alexander Cohen Hospice House in Hughson, California.
Mary was born on October 28, 1919 in Pixley, California, the daughter of the late Dan and
Adele Della. She was raised and received her education in the Tulare community having been
a graduate of Tulare High School with the Class of 1937.
She was united in marriage to Joseph Salts on May 16, 1968 at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Following their marriage, Mary and Joe resided in the community of Atherton and Pine
Mountain Lake prior to moving to Modesto in 1992.
After graduation, Mary was a bookkeeper for Southern California Edison Company. Among
her special interests, Mary enjoyed golf, playing bridge, being active at the hospital guild in
Visalia.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, Rose, Anita, Nate and Dan. She is
survived by her husband, Joseph Salts; her stepdaughter and son in law, Beverlee and Henry
Edwards; and her grandchildren, Tara Edwards and Jason Edwards.
Condolences can be sent to Franklin & Downs Funeral Home, 1050 McHenry Avenue,
Modesto, California. Burial will follow at Tulare Public Cemetery, Tulare, California.
Donna Wiuff
Three days before her death, her health in obvious decline, Donna Wiuff could not be dissuaded
from hosting her women's group from the church at her Windsor home. She had survived three
different cancers over the previous decade through force of will, positive attitude and refusal to let
illness get in her way. And even after she had to discontinue treatment, she insisted on living up to
her commitments, said her twin sister, Dolores Huffman of Roanoke, Va.
Wiuff, a woman who enjoyed nothing more than spending time with family and friends,
succumbed to the cancer Friday, May 18th. She was 72. “Everyone who knows her and has known
her life journey since her cancer started in 2003 say and believe that she has touched their life in a
way — because of her response to the cancer — that has changed and inspired their lives,” Huffman
said.
Wiuff and her twin were the youngest of four children born to an Iowa farm country couple who
had moved to the East Coast so their father could work for the postal service, her husband, Carl
Wiuff, said. Born in Washington, D.C., she was raised in Arlington, Va., and grew up listening to
classical music. She was a serious music student and played violin, earning a scholarship to Indiana
University. She met her husband, a business student, at the Presbyterian Student Center.
They married after she earned her bachelor's degree and drove west to their new home in
Sacramento, where she earned a master's degree in music at Sacramento State University.
Carl Wiuff worked for JC Penney, and over the next three-and-a-half decades, the couple moved
about eight times, including stops in Dallas, Tex., Spokane, Wash., and Hawaii.
Each time, Wiuff said, his wife landed on her feet, teaching strings to elementary and middle school
students. They moved 18 years ago to Windsor, where she retired from teaching.
They traveled extensively, visiting parts of Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and even Antarctica.
Wiuff had had a mastectomy three weeks before one trip to Tanzania, her sister said. Only last
summer, when she was stricken with cancer a fourth time, did they cancel a trip to Russia so she
could start treatment. She and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary a short time
later.
Wiuff was active in the Church of the Incarnation Episcopal parish in downtown Santa Rosa and
served on the Council for the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California. She also played violin with
the Santa Rosa Chamber Orchestra, formerly the Baroque Sinfonia of Sonoma County.
In addition to her husband and twin sister, Wiuff is survived by sister Maxine Richmond, of
Minneapolis, Minn., and brother Ralph Northrop of Rockville, Md..
A memorial celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Church of the Incarnation in Santa
Rosa. Donations in Wiuff's memory be made to the American Cancer Society, 1451 Guerneville Road,
Suite 220, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, or to the Church of the Incarnation, 550 Mendocino Ave., Santa
Rosa, CA 95401.