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![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Richard Nixon is Winning Orator Yorba Linda Star March 29 1929 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Congressman Tells Y. L. Audience How Communist Spy Ring Works Yorba Linda Star October 8 1948 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Yorba Linda Does Her Little Part in Electing Favorite Son Yorba Linda Star November 10 1950 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Yorba Linda Signally Honored by Visit of Favorite Son Yorba Linda Star October 31 1952 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Responsibility of Government Passes into Republican Hands as Voters Approve Ike and Dick Yorba Linda Star November 10 1952 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Vice-President's Visit to Yorba Linda Enjoyed by Large Crowd Yorba Linda Star November 4 1954 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Many Yorba Lindans, Many Guests Pay Tribute to the Vice President Yorba Linda Star January 15 1959 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Big day for Yorba Lindans when the vice-president visits Yorba Linda Star June 18 1959 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Yorba Linda leads nation with first “Nixon for President” Club Yorba Linda Star September 3 1959 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Home town gives Nixon big vote Yorba Linda Star November 10 1960 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Brown elected; Rafferty wins Yorba Linda Star November 14 1962 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | City Jubilant over Nixon victory 1968 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Form committee to preserve Nixon birthplace Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | North Hollywood man pays $250 for president-elect Nixon's hat Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Nixon Birthplace Foundation organized here Yorba Linda Star December 4 1968 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Dedication on President's birthday Yorba Linda Star January 12 1972 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Nixon wins big in birthplace city Yorba Linda Star November 15 1972 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Nixon Impeachment Rally Staged At Local Park by Julia Carey, Yorba Linda Star November 7 1973 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Residents saddened by Nixon resignation by Julia Carey, Yorba Linda Star August 14 1974 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | 10-year effort ends with sale of Nixon home by Margaret Anderson, Yorba Linda Star July 15 1978 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Archives Find Yorba Linda Home by Janette Neumann, Yorba Linda Star December 10 1987 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Nixon library site deemed historic by commission Yorba Linda Star June 9 1988 page 3 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Library groundbreaking date set by Janette Neumann, Yorba Linda Star July 21 1988 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Nixon Library to break ground by Janette Neumann, Yorba Linda Star December 1 1988 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Ground broken for Nixon library by Janette Neumann, Yorba Linda Star December 8 1988 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Fanfare greets Nixon Library by Bruce Bailey, Yorba Linda Star July 26 1990 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | 5,000 pay their respects to former first lady Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Time for tears, celebration by Bruce Bailey, Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993 page 1 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Man of vision, man of history by David Montero, Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 3 |
![View the document View the document](http://www.yorbalindahistory.org/gsdl/images/itext.gif) | Residents cherish Nixon's ties to city by Bruce Bailey, Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 1 |
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5,000 pay their respects to former first ladyYorba Linda Star July 1 1993 ![Open this page in a new window Open this page in a new window](../images/printpage.gif)
The lady is dead, but charisma lives on.
An estimated 5,000 people filed past the mahogany casket of former first lady Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan Nixon after waiting for hours in the hot afternoon sun beating down on the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace.
Mrs. Nixon, 81 died of lung cancer at her home in Park Ridge, N.J., June 22.
Though most had never met Mrs. Nixon, all knew of her and loved her for her inner strength and gracious manner.
Gwen Becker of Yorba Linda, who said she knew Mrs. Nixon slightly, said, “she was a perfect lady, I must say.”
That sentiment was echoed by Jeanne Webb of Garden Grove.
“Pat handled everything gracefully and raised a perfect family.”
By the time the library doors opened, well-wishers formed a line more than two blocks long along the front of the library grounds.
Some wore Air Force uniforms. Others came in T-shirts and jeans. Some wore black. Some carried flowers, others brought cards.
All were received, as Mrs. Nixon undoubtedly would have wanted.
They came from Mission Viejo and San Juan Capistrano, Corona, Fullerton, Long Beach, Cypress, Placentia, Brea, Los Angeles, Pasadena and Whittier.
Eighty-year-old Anne Teta, dressed in a knitted cap, rode a series of buses from Pasadena to say farewell to her old acquaintance.
“I once met Pat at Whittier College in the 50's,” Teta said.
“Pat had been an honored guest at a function and I gave her some information about a teacher and she really appreciated that.”
Teta's return trip was easier. Moved by the woman's effort, library staffers decided a bus wasn't good enough.
They provided a car and a member of the city's newly formed Community Action Patrol chauffeured her right to her doorstep.
When Teta left, other lined up in her place.
Karen Danskin, a 17-year-old Yorba Linda resident, made her first visit to the library.
Barbara Pinge said she admired Mrs. Nixon for her loyalty to her husband and family.
Flowers and cards lined the reception counter. Some bore a simple address, “For the Nixon family,” or “Mr. Nixon.” One said “former President Mr. Richard Nixon and Family.”
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