Amador Dispatch, 10/22/1954: "MRS. GUSTA A. LOCKE IS TAKEN BY DEATH AT HOSPITAL IN JACKSON." Gusta Annabelle Locke passed away Friday evening, October 15th, at the Old Amador County Hospital after a long illness that followed an accident four years ago. She made her home at the Old Amador County Hospital where the kindness and wonderful care of everyone made her life pleasant and contented. She was born January 7, 1870, at Sidney, New York. Her parents passed away when she was a child, her father from injuries sustained in the Civil War, and her mother soon after. She made her home with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart of Stanford, New York. When a young lady, she came with an uncle and aunt to Grand Junction, Iowa, and here she met and married John H. Locke, who passed away at his ranch near Lodi on March 20, 1936. During World War II, Mrs. Locke sold her ranch near Lodi and moved to Ione to be near her son, George W. Locke, and daughter, Florence S. Jensen. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter, Denison, Iowa, and the Baptist Church in that community. During her residence in Lodi and Ione she was a member of the WSCS of the Methodist Church, doing all she could in her way to help, and enjoying her work with the ladies. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, October 19th, at two o'clock from the chapel of Hale and Bawden in Lodi, with interment in the Ione cemetery. Reverend Charles Winter of the Methodist Church in Jackson, who visited her every week in the hospital, conducted the services. She was the loving mother of Gordon C. Locke of Chevy Chase, Maryland; Florence B. Jensen of Ione; grandmother of Mrs. Dorothy Matulich of Jackson; Ensign Barrie B. Locke, USN and Lt. Douglas Locke USAF, and great-grandmother of Diane and Kathie Matulich of Jackson. Jackie in California [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________________________ >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > >