This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Latour, Alvord, Stavros, Pine Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1052 Message Board Post: requested by: Rick Miller rdm@neteze.com Merced Express, Merced, Ca. Friday, Sept. 24, 1926. Front page. EDGAR LATOUR CALLED BY DEATH. Edgar Latour, for many years a well-known resident of Snelling, passed away at Mercy Hospital at 7 o'clock last Saturday night, following an illness of less than a week resulting from apoplexy. Mr. Latour was a native of Stockton and was aged 69 years. He came to Snelling with his parents in the early 60's, residing there continuously since then. He was a butcher by trade, and for about forty years had served as Constable of the Snelling-Merced Falls township and at the recent primary election was nominated for another term. He was a competent and capable public official and an honest and upright citizen and commanded the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Johanna Latour and the following named daughters and sons: Mrs. Edith Alvord and Mrs. Bertha Stavos of Merced and Miss. Selma Latour and Gene and Boy Latour of Snelling. A brother, George Latour, resides in Merced. Mr. Latour was an honored member of Merced Camp No. 352 Woodmen of the World, and the funeral was held under the auspices of that fraternal order, the services being held in the Welch & Griffin chapel Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was in the family plot in the Snelling cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merced Sun Star, Merced, CA. Nov. 29, 1944. Page 3. Mrs. Alvord's Mother is Dead. Mrs. Jack Hinton, 71, native of Merced county and mother of Mrs. Edith Alvord of Merced, died Nov 28 at her home near Isleton, Sacramento county. Mrs. Hinton was born in Hornitos and had been a lifelong resident of California. She had lived in Sacramento county for the past nine months. Besides her husband and daughter here, she leaves two sons, Eugene and Edgar Latour of Isleton, and a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Stavros of Sacramento. She was the mother of the late Mrs. Thelma Pine.