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Michael L. Wiest:
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1. Title: Harold M Wiest.FTW - Media: Other - Text: Date of Import: Jan 24, 2002
Debharrvey:
He was known as a very successful farmer in the San Joaquin Valley of California. First he began farming near Johnstown, Colorado (Weld County) and in 1935 moved with his wife and two children to Fresno County, California (Reedley area). There he and his wife, Katherine (Buxman) Wiest bought a 20 acre farm, planted with Thompson seedless grapes (for raison making) on East Springfield Ave., where he farmed while also working out for wages. In 1943 they bought a 60 acre farm (mostly open land, but planted with 8 acres of peaches) on Dinuba and Porter Avenues, east of reedley, next to Smith Mountain. There he established a large dairy farm (milking up to 140 cows) and (with Darnell) marketed bottled, pasteurized milk under the lable, "Wiest-Darnell Dairy" to retail outlets in Reedley, Dinuba, and Orange Cove. Later the dairy was gradually converted to a peach and nectarine farm, and later he marketed his fruit to Los Angeles and San Francisco under the label, "WWW" for William Walter Wiest. In his last years of
work he was a much valued employee of George Brothers of Sultana where he worked as an intermediary (farmer relations expert) between this large grower/packer company and many fruit individual farmers. The following quoted comments about William W. Wiest were written Sept. 4, 1992 in a letter by his son, William M. to his own children, Bill
III, Suzanne, and Cynthia--all grandchildren of W.W.Wiest. "It's times like this when a person really wants to be close to loved ones. I so much valued the talking times with each of you recently. All of us knew Grandpa was dying and yet, after the fact, it's been harder for me than I expected. I've had a lot of tears of sadness following his death; I guess it's the realization that never again on earth will I get to hear his voice, feel his embrace, and talk to him. But I comfort myself in the knowledge that he had a very long and good life (with much evidence of his whole family's love for him), and that he is now at peace. His death reminds us that we are all heading that way too someday--we hope following a life as rich in love and personal fullfillment as his was." "Grandpa was really a very special and loving man and his caring for all
of us in the family was boundless. He was also one of the unique ones in his generation in seeing that family should be defined very broadly to include all people everywhere. He and I were different in many ways (aren't we all?) yet we always loved and respected each other very deeply. I've learned so much of great value from him in my life, and I
hope we can all carry on his beautiful way of living--his optimism, cheerful and encouraging spirit, compassion, generosity, faith, and genuine concern for the well-being of others. There's so much more to say, but for now I'm needing to be brief." He died at 8:30 p.m. on Friday evening, August 21, 1992, in the Pleasant View Manor in Reedley, having
spent the last hours of his life in the loving presence of his wife, Katherine, and his oldest daughter, Adena. I (Bill M.) boarded a plane in Portland at 8:15 p.m. and learned of his death on arriving in Berkeley to spend the night with niece, Vivian and her husband, Pat McCarthy."
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