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VERILL, LYDIA G. Grenz
Born June 19, 1911, died March 20, 2002, at the age of 90. A resident of Sacramento for 80 years. Survived by two sons, Edward Averill and wife Sue of Lake of The Pines and Jasper Averill of Sacramento. Adopted daughter Kathleen Averill-Rogers of Carmichael.
Lydia was a homemaker and had a great love of family, enjoying all aspects of family life. She loved to travel and spent many years traveling around the United States, visiting almost every state as well as Alaska and Hawaii. She had also visited Sweden and Mexico. She treasured friendships that were made through her travels.
She was preceded in death by her husband Vyron "Dutch" Averill and daughter Evelyn Hart, two brothers and three sisters. Survived by one brother and one sister.
She is survived by 8 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and 3 great/great grandchildren. She was loved by all and will be missed by all who knew her.

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The Litigator Volume 4, Issue 6 Nov/Dec 2005 found on line:

Lydia Averill had a pioneer spirit and was filled with boundless energy. Born on June 19, 1911, she survived the depression, raised 3 beautiful children, and at age 86 was still driving and traveling across the country pulling amotor home. Lydia's freedom was priceless. That is why her slow death (asphixiation due to being physically restrained) was so tragic.

On Nov 2001, Lydia was admitted to a local nursing home for rehabilitation and physical therapy following hip surgery. For a 91 year old nursing home patient, she was in good physical condition. For staff convenience, the nursing home placed her in physical restraints while in bed (via a posey belt) and chemically restrained her with medications. She was restrained like this for the next 4 months. In March, she died of asphyxiation, (a slow death) from the physical restraints. There was evidence that this facility was understaffed and her escape occurred on a shift change when few people were around. Before she died, she had "Sentinel Events" or other near misses at attempts to escape from restraints. The nursing home was given an AA citations and was fined $90,000 by DHS for regulatory violations.