This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7898 Message Board Post: Visitor Dies After Illness Henry Hoffman, age undetermined, died in the Mojave hospital after being taken there by friends on Sunday, Nov. 21. He was visiting an old friend in Kelso Valley known only as "Pop" when he complained of feeling ill. After vomiting most of Saturday night he asked another friend, Dale V. Hart, to take him to a doctor, This request was complied with according to a report made by Mr. Hart to deputy sheriff Nelson of Mojave substation. An autopsy performed at the hospital revealed the man died of a bowel hemorrhage and the body was shipped to Los Angeles for burial by the O'Donnell Funeral Home. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 25 Nov 1954