From Mariposa Gazette, August 5, 1954 by Steve Miller Last Rites Held for Tony Fournier Here Tuesday A large number of friends and relatives of Tony B. Fournier, 70, lifetime resident of Mt. Bullion and Mariposa, gathered at the Tiscornia-Ivers Funeral Home in Mariposa on Tuesday after- noon, to pay their last respects. Fournier died at the Fremont Hospital on Saturday, where he had been a pnemonia patient for about two weeks. He had been in ill health for several years. He was born May 10, 1884 at Mt. Bullion where he spent his early years. He engaged in mining until about 15 years age. Since that time he has ranched there, in Bootjack and Mariposa. Fournier was superintendent of the B & M Mine near Bridgeport for several years, and a Hunter's Valley mine for another period of years. During the time his children were in school he was active in school affairs and was trustee of the Mt. Bullion school for a time. Services were conducted by the Mariposa I. O. O. F. Lodge No. 39 of which he was a member for 47 years. He leaves his widow, Sadie, seven sons; Russel and Eugene of Mariposa, Milton and Ira of Mt. Bullion, Tony and Earl of Merced, George of San Mateo; two daughters: Mrs. Rebecca Jay of Mt. Bullion and Mrs. Jane Barnhill of Coarsegold; two sisters: Mrs. Sarah Gordon of Lincoln, Calif., and Mrs. Catherine Bruce of Hayward; also 32 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.