This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1021.2.1 Message Board Post: Wilma, I was able to get the obit a lot sooner than expected..if you'd like the paper copy you can email me your address to Sto4us@aol.com Be happy to send it....Alma Merced Sun-Star, Merced, CA. Wed. May 21, 1980, page 4 Lena Skarratt Services for Lena Skarratt, 88, a Merced homemaker who died Monday in a local convalescent hospital, are scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Stratford Evans Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Merced District Cemetery. Bishop Jerry Callister of the Merced 2nd Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will officiate. Born April 7, 1892 in Oklahoma City, Okla., Mrs. Skarratt was a seamstress. She had lived in Merced for 16 years. She is survived by nieces, nephews, cousins and stepchildren.