Description
The collection contains administrative records, manuals, scrapbooks, and publications Daughters of Rebekah and Independent
Order of Odd Fellows in California, mostly Greenville.
Background
Marion Adair Larison Stroing was born December 1, 1923 in Redding California. She attended Greenville High School graduating
in 1941. She then went to Heald Business College in San Francisco. She married Clifford Stroing around 1941. They had two
daughters Susan (Greco) and Kathleen. She worked as a secretary for the United States Forest Service her entire career in
Greenville. Adair was very involved socially in the Daughters of Rebekah of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Adair
belonged to Freja Historical Rebekah lodge No. 284, I.O.O.F. of Saratoga, Plumas Rebekah Lodge No. 27 I.O.O.F. of Greenville,
Almanor Theta Rho Club No. 49 I.O.O.F. of Greenville, Plumas Ladies Encampment Auxiliary No. 63, I.O.O.F. of Quincy, Willows
Rebekah Lodge No. 163, I.O.O.F. of Willows, Orland Rebekah Lodge No. 191, I.O.O.F. of Orland all in California from 1967-1989.
She held the office of Outside Guardian Rebekah Assembly of California 1967-1968. She died June 18, 1991 in Chico California.
Clifford Ivan Stoing was born October 23, 1917 in Westwood California he attended Red Bluff High school. He spent his career
driving logging truck. Clifford belonged to Greenville Lodge No. 252, I.O.O.F. of Greenville, Plumas Rebekah Lodge 27 I.O.O.F.
of Greenville, Orland Rebekah Lodge No.191, I.O.O.F. of Orland, Stoney Creek Lodge 218, I.O.O.F. of Orland all in California
from 1976-1997. He died in Elk Creek, CA September 10, 2010.