A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Contra Costa http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=561 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37662 Submitted by: SherylRodda Article Title: Antioch Ledger Article Date: December 20 1939 Article Description: Services for Antioch Man Easton Funeral Here -- Tomorrow Article Text: Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow from the Preston Funeral Home for Joseph Wendell Easton, well-known Antioch man, who died here suddenly yesterday following a stroke. The service will be in charge of the Rev. Kenneth Adams of the Methodist church. Mr. Easton was born in Somersville, August 20, 1899, and had lived in this region during the 40 years of his life. He attended Antioch high school, and later went to Standard Oil Company where he worked in this district. He has several relatives and a large number of friends in this region. Mr. Easton apparently was in good health before he was stricken yesterday morning. He was taken to the Antioch hospital where he died a few hours later. Surviving are his wife, Lillian Easton, and 17 year-old daughter, Hazel. Interment will be in the Masonic and Odd Fellows cemetery near Antioch. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com