A woman who was a pillar of Murrieta history has passed away.
Arlean Garrison, 97, died Thursday, July 11 in her Historic Downtown Murrieta home on Washington Avenue, The Press-Enterprise’s John Hunneman reported.
Garrison and her then-fiance, Victor, moved to Murrieta in 1939 from South Dakota, Hunneman wrote. The couple owned and ran the Murrieta Machine Shop, next door to which Garrison still lived, and where Murrieta’s first fire engine was parked prior to a station being built.
Garrison was the first president of the Murrieta Garden Club when it was formed in 1974.
In 1963, she authored a 181-page book titled, “My Children’s Home: A History of Murrieta, California.”
A family member could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.
Click here to read Hunneman’s full report, as well as for information on memorial proceedings that are scheduled for Friday.
Garrison and her then-fiance, Victor, moved to Murrieta in 1939 from South Dakota, Hunneman wrote. The couple owned and ran the Murrieta Machine Shop, next door to which Garrison still lived, and where Murrieta’s first fire engine was parked prior to a station being built.
Garrison was the first president of the Murrieta Garden Club when it was formed in 1974.
In 1963, she authored a 181-page book titled, “My Children’s Home: A History of Murrieta, California.”
A family member could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.
Click here to read Hunneman’s full report, as well as for information on memorial proceedings that are scheduled for Friday.
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