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Passings
PCCHA mourns the loss of long time friend and member Liz Booth
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Click Here to View Her Obituary.
Viewing - Friday July 16th from 4pm - 8pm at the Eternal Valley Cemetery (23285 Sierra Highway Newhall, Ca. 91321)
Services - Saturday July 17th at 1:00pm at the Eternal Valley Cemetery
Celebration of Life - Immediately following the services at the Booth's home (2149 Carson Mesa rd. Acton, Ca. 93510)
For flight or hotel information please call 800.224.4177 code# 2214
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Bobby Kennedy
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 Bobby Franklin Kennedy, 73, of Prineville, passed away June 13, 2010.
A memorial service will be held at Eastside Church, in Prineville on June 17, 2010, at 1 p.m.
Bobby was born on May 5, 1937, in Stringtown, Okla., to John and Geneva (Jones) Kennedy. He graduated from Salinas High School. He then worked construction and he was a rodeo cowboy.
He quit the rodeo circuit when he was 34 years old, and went back to the construction business. Bobby started his own construction company, Kennedy Homes, in California. He moved to Prineville in 1982 and continued to work as a developer.
Bobby is in the Cowboys Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Okla. He was also a member of the California Cowboys Association. Bobby won All Around Cowboy several times during his cowboy career.
Bobby married Geneva McCaslin on Nov. 12, 1954, in Salinas, Calif.
Bobby had many hobbies. He enjoyed equipment maintenance, and caring for horses and dogs, but his greatest joy was the time he spent with his family.
Bobby is survived by his loving wife, Geneva Kennedy of Prineville; son, Bobby Kennedy II of Prineville; daughter, Cindy Kennedy of Prineville; sister, Patricia Garrett of Chico, Calif.; brother, Danny Kennedy of Santa Maria, Calif; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, two sisters, and one son, Mark Ray Kennedy.
Memorials may be made to the Humane Society of The Ochocos, 1280 SW Tom McCall Rd.m Prineville, OR, 97754.
In the sport of cutting, Bob was a fierce competitor. Best known for piloting the sensational gelding, Hes A Missouri Doc (aka “Bud”), the pair owned the PCCHA Year End Non Pro Championship consecutively for 8 years, from 1995 to 2002 – a record presently unmatched. So impressive was this pair, that an award still stands within the PCCHA honoring this man and horse: The “Hes A Missouri Doc Award”. This prestigious Annual award is given to the horse “that has proven their dominance and durability at PCCHA weekend cuttings.”
Bob Kennedy was a true Icon of the cutting industry. His influence on cutters young and old will remain within our hearts forever.
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PCCHA is saddened by the loss of our long time friend and renowned veterinarian, Dr. Van Snow.
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A mechanical malfunction apparently caused the plane crash Thursday afternoon in San Diego County that killed Santa Ynez Valley veterinarian Van Snow, according to his sister, Gayle Snow Stevens.
“We haven’t received any other information because the investigators are still looking into it, but he said to me just last week if he ever died flying he would go doing what he loved,” she said Friday.
Federal Aviation Administration officials said the crash was under investigation and that Snow had reported mechanical troubles before he crashed just short of the runway at Borrego Valley Airport in Borrego Springs, in the Anza-Borrego desert area near the Salton Sea, south of Palm Springs.
Snow, 58, was a prominent equine veterinarian who was an early pioneer in shock-wave therapy to treat soft-tissue injuries and stress fractures in horses.
He was planning to compete in an air show this weekend in San Diego County and was practicing flying his experimental Harmon Rocket when it crashed, his sister said.
“His family was very important to him, and we are all having a tough time dealing with his death. Van lived life to the fullest, and we will all miss him,” she said.
Snow was raised in Glennville, near Bakersfield, and graduated from UC Davis in 1978 with his doctorate in veterinary medicine. He moved to Virginia to specialize in equine medicine and then to the Valley in the early 1980s, Stevens said.
“Van as a mentor and veterinarian was unparalleled,” said Renee Smith, a spokesperson for Snow’s Santa Lucia Farm. “He stood in a class all his own when it came to knowing the inside and outside of the horse. He was creative, passionate, ingenious and brilliant. His presence and knowledge will be missed by his family, friends and colleagues all over the world.”
Colleagues at UC Davis were saddened to learn of Snow’s death, and said he had made innovative discoveries that moved equine medicine forward.
“Dr. Snow’s contribution to equine medicine and surgery was invaluable. His findings are what veterinarians use today for reference material. Dr. Snow was a valued member of the equine community and we are proud to have him graduate from UC Davis,” said Dr. John Madigan, director of the veterinary medicine teaching hospital.
Snow worked as the veterinarian for Monty and Pat Roberts at Flag is Up Farms outside of Solvang before founding Santa Lucia Farm, where he bred and treated horses.
“I called Monty in Germany this morning and he was devastated,” Pat Roberts said Friday. “Our mutual friends are reeling with shock and sadness for his family. He was the best vet west of the Mississippi, a friend told me.”
Snow’s brother and nephew both worked at Flag is Up, she said, and they have remained close with the family for many years.
Roberts told a story that’s circulated about Snow in which he dropped out of vet school at UC Davis and told his father he wanted to work on the family ranch, so his father put him to work building fences on a mountain of pure rock. After a few days of hard labor, Snow quickly went back to vet school and completed his degree.
“Van was one of the most highly regarded vets, and we are going to miss him terribly. He was a true cowboy,” Roberts said.
In a twist of fate, Stevens noted, it was Snow who sold the plane to John Denver in which the pop singer crashed in October 1997.
In People magazine article shortly after Denver died, Snow said the Long EZ experimental airplane had 800 to 900 hours on it, and Denver had bought it about four weeks before his death. Snow told the magazine that Denver had it checked out by two mechanics, who both gave it a thumbs-up. The singer crashed and died after playing golf in Monterey and taking off from Monterey Peninsula Airport.
Snow is survived by his children April, Amy, Hayley, Tye, Shelbie and Cody, as well as his grandchildren, father, brothers and sisters and extended family.
Arrangements for a memorial or funeral service are pending, according to the Loper Funeral Chapel.
Van Snow Memorial Website (1953-2010): http://www.ilasting.com/vansnow.php
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Lynda Reese
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Neil Rice
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Rich Schinazi
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Laurel “Tex” Lovett
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Bob Samon
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Clark Miller - PCCHA loses one of its finest.
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Joan Ott
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Wayne Havens – Past PCCHA President & Hall of Fame Member
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Carmen Lamb
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Dave Hybarger
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Please click here to view Dave's Obituary.
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