This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rider, Thornton, Goltz, Wilkins Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GW.2ADE/955 Message Board Post: The Fresno Bee May 23, 1966 Lawton Arthur Rider, 64, of 4048 E. Grant Ave., a former contract newspaper carrier for The Fresno Bee, died yesterday in a Fresno hospital after a long illness. A native of Greeley, Colo., he had lived in Fresno County 22 years. He was a contract carrier for 13 years and retired in 1964. He formerly was employed by the Fresno Unified School District. He and his wife, Genevieve, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary March 17. In addition to his widow, he is survived by his two daughters, Mrs. Connie Goltz of Clovis and Mrs. Lee Thornton of Burbank, Los Angeles County. A brother, George C. Rider of Montana and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the Lisle Calaveras Chapel. Internment will be in the Belmont Memorial Park. His wife was born Genevieve Wilkins.