This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1000.2 Message Board Post: Lou, I wasn't able to find an obit in the Los Banos, Dos Palos or Merced newspapers...Here's his dc, hope it helps...Alma Death Certificate transcription. Merced County. Book 64, page 48 Dess Lavone Dabbs Death date: Aug 12, 1986 Time: 1650 Age: 48 yrs Sex: Male Color/Race: Caucasian Marital status: Married Occupation: Equipment operator x 15 yrs, Various Firms, Agriculture SS# 570-50-5772 Birthdate: May 13, 1938 Birthplace: OK Name and birthplace of Mother: Edith Walters, OK Name and birthplace of Father: Haskell Dabbs, Ark. Name of spouse: Alice Fredricks Armed Forces: 1955 - 1958 Usual residence: 925 Illinois Ave., Los Banos Place of death: Merced Community Medical Center, 301 E. 13th St., Merced Burial date: Aug 15, 1986 Burial place: Dos Palos Cemetery, Dos Palos, CA Funeral director: Bucheim Family Kerman Chapel Informant: Steve Dabbs, [brother] P.O.Box 743, Vernalis, CA 95385 Cause of death: A. Cardiac Arrest B. Cancer ? Chest Dr. Ray Hanson, M.D., Merced, CA