FOURTH GENERATION

51. Evelyn Lenoi OLSON ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ was born on 17 Feb 1907 in Lily, Day Co., South Dakota. She died on 16 Aug 1985 in Santa Clara Co., California. She was buried in Mountain Shadow Cemetery. She had Social Security Number. Obituary of Evelyn Daniel
Evelyn Peckham Daniel, Co-publisher of the Sonora Daily, died Friday in Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto. She was 78.
Mrs. Daniel, a native of Lily, S. D., was co- founder of the newspaper with her husband, O.K. Peckham. She helped run the paper from its founding in October, 1938, until its sale in July, 1958, when it was incorporated into the Union Democrat.
She functioned in all capacities at the Daily during its20 years of puplishing, from answering phones and taking classified ads to layout, pasteup and organizing the delivery boys.
She saw the paper grow from a letter-size mimeographed sheet filled with advertising to a full-fledged, photo-offset newspaper.
The offset printing method, which up to 1950 hadn't been used by the competing, letterpress weeklies in the country, led to a landmark legal decision.
When the competition, led by The Union Democrat, attempted to block legal adjudication, the case went all the way to the California Supreme Court. The Sonora Daily was victorious. The decision paved the way for newspapers throughout the state.
A plaque noting the history of the Sonora Daily was dedicated in 1983 at the original site of the office on North Washington Street.
After the paper was sold, Mrs. Daniel continued to be active in the community.
She volunteered her time and business knowledge for numerous organizations. She was often seen in downtown Sonora, selling tickets to drawings for any number of causes.
One of her efforts was a fund-raising crusade for the American Cancer Society. She worked for a number of years in the 1970's soliciting contributions from area businesses.
Mrs. Daniel was named Emblem Club member of the year in 1973 for her contributions to that organization.
She also belonged to the Sonora Soroptimist Club and Church Women United of St. Matthews 's Lutheran Church.
She volunteered her time for Sonora Community Hospital, the Tuolumne Co. Humane Society and the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Daniel is survived by her husband, Charles Daniel of Sonora; two sons, Elwyn Peckham of San Francisco and Charles Peckham of Covallis, Oregon; two daughters, Donna Dawson of Chico and Betty Mitchell of Palo Alto; two brothers, Kenneth Olson of Corvallis and Pershing Olson of Turlock; a sister, Jean Barry of Berkeley, 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Terzich-Wilson Funeral Home with the Rev. Wallace Brookfield of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain Shadow Cemetery.
The Family requests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or the donor's favorite charity.

Charles Wesley DANIEL ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ was born on 28 Apr 1924.

She was married to Kenneth PECKHAM on 1 Jun 1929 in Brookings, South Dakota. Kenneth PECKHAM ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ was born on 19 Jul 1907. He died on 15 May 1988 in Santa Clara Co., California. Evelyn Lenoi OLSON and Kenneth PECKHAM had the following children:

+121 i. Elwyn Kay PECKHAM.
+122 ii. Donna Jean PECKHAM.
+123 iii. Elizabeth Jane PECKHAM.
+124 iv. Charles Wesley PECKHAM.