Christine Gossett Ames, actress, widow of actor Leon Ames, 92

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Ames, Christine Gossett
Christine Gossett Ames passed away peacefully October 27, 2005 in
Corona del Mar, CA. and would have been 93 years of age Christmas day.
Born Christine Mae in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Tip and Orrie Gossett and
the last surviving and youngest of three children. She had two
brothers, William Thomas Gossett of Birmingham, MI and Wayne I. Gossett
of Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Mr. and Mrs. Gossett owned and operated hotels
in Oklahoma and then in Salt Lake City, Utah. A beautiful woman,
aspiring to be an actress, Christine Gossett moved with her family to
Salt Lake City, and attended the University of Utah but, after moving
to Hollywood, CA, eventually found herself under contract to 20th
Century Fox Studios where she met her future husband of 55 years and
became Mrs. Leon Ames in 1938. Christine Ames became a devoted
housewife to Leon and mother to Shelley in 1940 and to Leon, Jr. in
1943. The Ames family lived in Studio City, CA, for well over 30 years
and, in addition to the acting profession of her late husband, Leon,
she served as president of their family owned car dealerships,
originally coined Gossett-Ames Ford in Studio City. Leon and Chris Ames
moved to Corona del Mar in 1978 where they enjoyed a warm and
comfortable retirement until the death of Leon in 1993. Christine
remained in their home the remainder of her life. Christine Ames loved
everybody and everybody loved her. She had an uncanny ability to
remember lyrics and wrote limericks for friends and relatives on any
given occasion and always took plenty of time to make decisions. She
adored all animals, loved the theatre, appreciated cabbage and okra,
bet on a horse when she had a hunch, and always rooted for the
underdog. She is survived by her daughter, Shelley of Huntington Beach
and son, Lee, of Indian Wells. In addition to her grandchildren,
Christian and Amber Ames, she was loved and will be missed by numerous
nieces and nephews. The family requests donations to be made to the
Gilda's Club Desert Cities, 67-625 E. Palm Canyon Dr. #7A, Cathedral
City, CA 92234 or Doris Day Animal Foundation, 227 Massachusetts Avenue
NE Suite 100, Washington, DC 20002. Family assisted by Heritage
Memorial Services, Huntington Beach www.Heritagememorialservices.com
Published in the Los Angeles Times on 11/8/2005.
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[Brad Ferguson]

In article <1131467478.2...@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<deb...@comcast.net> wrote:

> Leon and Chris Ames moved to Corona del Mar in 1978 where they
> enjoyed a warm and comfortable retirement until the death of Leon in
> 1993.

Leon Ames worked a little bit during his retirement, most famously in
1983's "Testament" and 1986's "Peggy Sue Got Married."

I've always liked it that, in "Testament," he and Lurene Tuttle played
an old married couple. The two of them had starred together in the
1953 TV series "Life with Father" as Clarence and Vinnie Day.