Nadine Ysusi

be with her Lord and Savior on April

25, 2016 at around 8:05 PM. Her

sons, David and Mark Ysusi and

their wives Rhonda and Sandi all of

Dinuba, were by her side. After a

short hospitalization, Nadine spent

the last several weeks of her life

in her home, under hospice and

Comfort Keepers care. Her passing

was the end of an approximately

4-1/2 year battle with breast cancer.

Throughout the up and downs of surgery,

radiation, and numerous alternative

treatments, she maintained a positive

and cheerful attitude, always anxious to greet

and be with her family.

Nadine’s father, Harry Richards, moved his family to California

when she was high school age He moved back to Oklahoma

and returned to California shortly thereafter. He again returned

to Oklahoma only to again come back to California. When

her father decided to return to Oklahoma a third time, Nadine

exhibited some of the independent spirit that was an integral

part of her being and would not go with her family but stayed at

her job at a raisin-packing company, West Coast Growers and

Packers in Dinuba.

Her choice to continue her employment with West Coast

turned out to be the only job that she would ever have. She

began working for West Coast in early 1945 when they were

located in Dinuba, California. She began working as a packer

“on the line.” When West Coast moved their packing operation

to Selma in the ‘50s, she continued to work for West Coast,

carpooling much of the time. Her attention to detail and work

ethic won her a position in the lab where her primary responsibility

was tests for raisin Quality Control. At first she worked

under the supervision of the lab supervisor but eventually was

promoted to lab supervisor, a position which she held for most

of her career. Her responsibilities included certifying the quality

of raisins that were to be used in Kellogg’s, Post, General Foods,

General Mills cereals, Brach’s candies, and several specialty

candy companies.

Nadine was born in Glencoe, Oklahoma on September 13,

1927. She met her future husband, Pete Ysusi, at the Maryland

Café (Rabo Bank site). Pete also worked at West Coast at the

time. Pete and Nadine were married in Nevada on December

3, 1945. They lived in Dinuba for their entire marriage. Since

Pete’s passing in 1992, Nadine was able to travel to many locations

in the US and overseas with family and friends on numerous

occasions.

She is preceded in death by her husband, mother and father,

two brothers, a sister, and three nieces. She is survived by her

sons David and Mark of Dinuba, 4 grandchildren, Crystol Ysusi

Springer of Fresno, Matt Ysusi of Fresno, Samuel Ysusi of Denver,

Colorado, Jordan Ysusi Tos of Hanford and 9 (soon to be

11) great-grandchildren.

Memorial service Friday, May 6 at The First Baptist Church in

Dinuba at 11 a.m.

Donations to be made to Dinuba First Baptist Church or

American Cancer Society