This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rowe, Hill, Buckman, Sutton, Wiseman, Goodwin, Terzich, Cooper Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1082 Message Board Post: Requested by: nshsviking@sierratel.com (rubie myers) Merced Express, Merced, CA. Friday, May 23, 1924, front page MEETS DEATH IN AUTO ACCIDENT Mrs. Rose Rowe, is Killed in An Automobile Accident Near Oakdale Mrs. Rose Rowe, for many years a resident of Merced, received injuries which caused her death, and Mrs. J. B. Langley and W. T. Holland, also residents of this city, were less seriously injured in an automobile accident near Oakdale at about 6:30 o'clock Monday evening. With Holland driving, the party was on the way to Sonora to attend a social function of the Knights of Pythias, and when they were about 2 miles west of Oakdale a runaway team hitched to a mowing machine dashed from a side road onto the highway and crashed into the rear of the automobile, overturning the vehicle and pinning the occupants underneath it. The injured persons were taken to Robinson Sanitarium at Modesto for treatment, but Mrs. Rowe passed away before reaching the hospital. Mrs. Langley received a broken collar bone and severe cuts about the face and it was at first thought she was fatally injured, but it is now reported she will recover. Holland escaped with minor cuts and bruises and was able to return to Merced Wednesday. The auto was badly wrecked, and one of the horses was killed. Mrs. Rose Rowe was a native of Columbia, Tuolumne county, and was aged 51 years, 3 months and 7 days. She had been a resident of Merced for many years and was respected and esteemed by a large circle of friends and acquaintances, who sincerely regret her tragic death. She leaves her husband, J.A. Rowe, and two grown sons, Harvey and Hubert Rowe, all residents of Merced. Other surviving relatives are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Hill of Stockton, and the following named sisters and brothers; Delia Buckman, Stockton; Mrs. Joseph Sutton, Oakland; Mrs. Lillie Wiseman, Tracy; Mrs. Clara Goodwin, Sacramento; Mrs. Lavonia Terzich, Sonora; Miss. Ida Hill, Tuolumne; Chas. Hill, Santa Clara; George Hill, Columbia; Henry Hill, Stockton; Fred Hill, Linden; John Hill El Portal; Ed Hill, Tuolumne, and Leslie Hill of Sacramento. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. J. S. Stubblefield, were held in the Central Presbyterian Church in this city at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and were attended by a large gathering of relatives and sympathizing friends and acquaintances and by the members of the local lodges of Rebekahs and Pythian Sisters, of which organizations Mrs. Rowe had been an active member for many years. Interment was in Asphodel cemetery, the services at the grave being conducted by the Rebekahs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merced Sun-Star, Merced, CA. Jan. 31, 1947, page 8 ROWE FUNERAL TO BE HELD HERE TUESDAY Services for Jacob Albert Rowe, 78, who died yesterday in Oakland, will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock in the Ivers and Alcorn chapel with burial following in Evergreen Mausoleum. A native of Watford, Cal., Rowe had lived in Merced 55 years. He leaves two sons, Harvey and Hubert Rowe of Merced, one brother, George Rowe of Santa Cruz, and a sister, Mrs. May Cooper of San Francisco.