REDFIELD, Edith Eve

Mohave Daily News, Mohave Valley, Arizona - Published in Mohave Daily News Online from March 20 to March 27, 2011 - Edith Eve Redfield, age 93, 22 year resident of Bullhead City, died Monday, January 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nev. Edith was born August 28, 1917 in Algiers, LA to Chief Petty Officer Thomas McRorie and Edith Watson McRorie. She attended Sacred Heart Parochial School, Jefferson Junior High and David Hickman High School in Columbia, Miss. as well as the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, Washington University in St. Louis, Miss. In her early years, she was a dress designer and then a tool designer. A pioneer among women, she became an electrical designer for a well known electrical engineering firm in the Southern California area. Projects included many Long Beach City buildings and churches, the Shoreline Village development and the Marina Pacifica Shopping Center. She belonged to the Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Association of Electrical Inspectors. Holder of a private pilot's license, Edith belonged to the American Bonanza Society, the Skylarks, and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Edith was a water color and batik artist, a signature member of the National WaterColor Society and has had several works in the Long Beach Art Museum and the Las Vegas Art Museum. Edith received numerous awards and exhibited in many juried shows. Edith is named in "Who's Who in Art" and "Women of the World Who's Who"; she is published in two editions of Poetry Collections and was a member of the Famous Poet's Society. Edith was a former member of the Los Coyotes Country Club in Buena Park, Calif. and of Chaparral Country Club and the CWGA in Bullhead City, Ariz. In recent years, she belonged to the Desert Daisies, the Senior Circle, the Happy Hatters, and a Birthday Luncheon Club. She was preceded in death by her sister; her parents, and husbands J. Earl Gummels in 1955, and Thomas W. Redfield in 1988. She is survived by three step-children, Dotti Schloss and Thomas Redfield of California, and Patty Behrends of Colorado; and two nieces, Mary Tolson of Texas and Paula Harlow of New Mexico and their families, which consist of numerous grandchildren, great nieces, and great nephews. Services were previously held.