This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson, Carter, Crotteau, Pernovsk, Shuda Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADE/1753 Message Board Post: Ukiah Daily Journal Friday, July 18, 1969 Shuda Dies of injuries A courageous fight by a Willits logging contractor to recover from critical injuries ended Thursday in a Ukiah hospital when Joseph Phillip Shuda died while undergoing corrective surgery. Mr. Shuda was working in the woods 27 miles west of Ukiah when the tractor he was driving overturned, pinning the driver under the canopy of the heavy vehicle. He was rushed to County Hospital by Elmer Stanley, a choker setter in Mr. Shuda's employ, who was assisted by four young motorbike riders. It was necessary to remove a leg below the knee and physicians had been attempting to save the other leg. Sheriff-Coroner Reno Bartolomie has ordered an autopsy. Services are pending at Anker-Lucier Mortuary in Willits. Among survivors is his wife, Emma Shuda of Willits. Ukiah Daily Journal Monday, July 21, 1969 Rites conducted today for Joseph Shuda, 42 Conducted in Willits this morning were funeral services for Joseph Phillips Shuda, 42, who died Thursday in a Ukiah hospital of injuries sustained when a tractor he was operating on a logging job overturned. The services at Anker-Lucier Mortuary were followed by a requiem mass at 11 a.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic church. Burial was in the Willits Cemetery. The rosary was conducted Sunday at 8 p.m. at the mortuary. A native of Wisconsin, Mr. Shuda held a Carnegie Medal awarded for heroism at the age of 15 for saving the life of a cousin who was drowning. He was a veteran of World War II. His wife, Emma Shuda of Willits survives him as well as sons, Donald and James and a daughter JoAnn Shuda , all of Willits; brothers Lawrence Crotteau of San Francisco and Harold Crotteau of Wisconsin, three sisters Mrs. Irene Pernovsk and Mrs. Rita Anderson, both of Wisconsin; Mrs. Lucille Carter of Willits, and several nephews and nieces. Mendocino County Indexes http://www.pacificsites.net/~pcarna Mendocino County Tombstone Photos http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/