A new article has been added to: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=319 California Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=59409 Article title: Fresno Bee Republican Article date: December 7 1953 Article description: Abner Fraser, 90, Alta Resident 80 Years, Dies Article: DINUBA, Tulare Co.- Abner Fraser, 90, a native of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, died in the Alta Hospital yesterday following a long period of ill health. He was a retired rancher and he had lived in the Alta district for 80 years. His father, the late Robert J. Fraser, went to Visalia in 1869, leaving his family in Omaha, Neb., and they joined him in 1870, traveling in Gilroy by train and then by stage to Visalia. Abner Fraser homesteaded 160 acres of land, where he established the family home. Since his retirement he had lived with his son, Clarence. He married Luana Hildreth November 1, 1885. They had three sons and four daughters. Mrs. Fraser died in 1921. He served as trustee of the elementary and Dinuba High Schools, a director of the Alta Irrigation District and was prominent in the formation of the Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Association. He was a member of the Dinuba Masonic Lodge, the Fresno Scotish Rite bodies, the AAHMES Shrine Temple of Oakland, of the Dinuba Eastern Star and he had served as master of the lodge and a past patron of the Easter Star. He is survived by the following children: Clarence L. and Robert H. of Dinuba and E. Philip of Kerman, and four daughters, Mrs. Violet Howard of Earlimart, Mrs. Lucile Weddle of Badger, Mrs. Ione Lewis of Fresno and Mrs. Aileen Williams of Visalia; 11 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM in the Dopkins Chapel. The Dinuba Masonic Lodge will have charge of the services, W. J. Fulton of Orosi officiating. Entombment will be in the Smith Mountain Mausoleum. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com