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/VW.2ADE/988.2 Message Board Post: Here's her dc, her obit wasn't in the Merced Express. I ran out of time so I'll check the Merced Sun-Star this week..Alma Transcription of death certificate. Merced County. Book 14, page 147 Martha (nmn} Blow Death date: May 1, 1943 Time: 5:15 p.m. Age: 79 yrs, 4 months, 6 days Sex: Female Color/Race: White Marital status: Widowed Usual occupation: Old age security Birthdate: Dec 25, 1863 Birthplace: Iowa Veteran: No SS#: No Residence: none listed Name and birthplace of Mother: not known Name and birthplace of Father: James Hamilton, Iowa Place of death: Merced General Hospital, Merced, CA Length of stay in hospital or institution: 3 months, 25 days Place of burial: Stevenson Cemetery Burial date: May 5, 1943 Funeral director: Ivers and Alcorn, Merced, CA Informant: Hospital records, Merced, CA Cause of death: Terminal Bronchopneumonia x 2 days Due to: Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease x 6 ? Other: Recent Cerebral Hemorrhage. I herby certify, That I attended the deceased, 1-9-43 to 5-1-43 James L. -----, M.D., Merced, CA