This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rocha, Knight, Mason, Pfitzer, Mayer, Volkenberg, Stockman Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1011 Message Board Post: Transcribed for Cal>>calhmason@yahoo.com Death Certificate Transcription, Merced County. Book 17, page 476 Ida Maude Rocha Death date: Nov 29, 1951 Time: 6:18 a.m. Age: 57 yrs Sex: Female Color/Race: White Marital status: Married Occupation: Housewife/Home Birthdate: May 28, 1894 Birthplace: CA Name and birthplace of Mother: Mary Knight, Iowa Name and birthplace of Father: William Mason, Penn. Name of spouse: Jess Rocha Residence: Rt. 3 box 565, Turlock Place of death: Merced General Hospital, E. 15th St., Merced, Ca Length of stay: x 32 days. Burial date: Dec 1, 1951 Place of burial: Sunnyside Cemetery, Stevenson Funeral director: Hawn Brothers Mortuary, Merced Informant: Millie Klutsenbaker Cause of death: Cerebral metastisis x weeks, Adinocarcinoma of breast x yrs. Edwin A. Oster M.D., Merced ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Certificate transcription. Merced County. Book 27, page 71 Edward Mason Death date: Dec 22, 1966 Time: 1:30 p.m. Age: 86 yrs. Sex: Male Color/Race: White Marital status: Widowed Occupation: Laborer x 50 yrs, Agriculture Birthdate: Oct 3, 1880 Birthplace: Idaho Name and birthplace of Mother: unknown Name and birthplace of Father: unknown SS# 551-44-3525 Length of stay in County of death: 8 yrs, in CA: 75 yrs Usual residence: Cox Ferry Rd., Snelling, CA. Place of death: at home Burial date: Jan 4, 1967 Burial place: Snelling Cemetery Funeral director: Ivers and Alcorn Inc. Informant: Kenneth A. Riggs Coroner Cause of death: Cerebral edema with extensive acute malacia left parietal occipital cortex. Generalized atherrosclerosis, atherosclerotic heart disease. Autopsy performed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Death Certificate transcription, Merced County. Book 9, page 456 Frank Pfitzer Death date: July 24, 1933 Time: 10 p.m. Age: 74 yrs, 5 mon, 3 days Sex: Male Color/Race: White Marital status: Widowed Occupation: Retired Birthdate: Feb 21, 1859 Birthplace: Iowa Name and birthplace of Mother: Theresa Mayer, Germany Name and birthplace of Father: Anthony Pfitzer, Germany Residence: Volta Place of death: Volta Burial date: July 27, 1933 Burial place: Los Banos Cemetery Funeral director: W.A. Davis, Newman Informant: Clarence Pfitzer, Volta Cause of death: Alcholic Psychonis L.R. Hillyer M.D., Los Banos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Certificate transcription, Merced County. Book 19, page 310 Clarence J. Pfitzer Death date: March 1, 1955 Time: 7p.m. Age: 72 yrs Sex: Male Color/Race: White Marital status: Married Occupation: Retired Farmer Birthdate: Aug 6, 1882 Birthplace: Volta, CA SS# none Name and birthplace of Mother: Hester Ann Knight, Iowa Name and birthplace of Father: Frank Pfitzer, Iowa Name of spouse: Dora T. Pfitzer Residence: 590 E. 22nd St., Merced Place of death: Mercy Hospital, 2740 M. St., Merced Length of stay in City or Town of Death: 5 months Burial date: May 4, 1955 Place of burial: Los Banos Cemetery Funeral director: Whitehurst Funeral Chapel, Los Banos Informant: Dora T. Pfitzer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Certificate transcription, Merced County. Book B-1, page 146 Alpheus Elijah Knight Death date: Aug 6, 1908 Sex: Male Color/Race: White Marital status: Widower Occupation: Veternary Surgeon Birthdate: Jan 29, 1837 Birthplace: Indianapolis, Ind. Name and birthplace of Mother: Eleanor Van Volkenberg, New York City, N.Y. Name and birthplace of Father: William Knight, Conneticut Length of residence at place of death: 34 yrs, in CA: 50 yrs Residence: Volta Place of death: Volta Place of burial: Los Banos Cemetery Undertaker: W.J. Stockton, per C.O. Freeman, Asst. Informant: Henry Knight, Volta Cause of death: Heart failure. W.E. Burch J.P., acting coroner. Aug 7, 1908, Los Banos, CA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book 12, page 299 Frank Clarence Pfitzer Born: June 25, 1908 Died: June 6, 1939 Cause: Bronchopneumonia, acute appendicitis Buried: Los Banos Cemetery Father: Clarence Pfitzer, Volta Mother: Dora I. Stockman, Merced Spouse: Florence Pfitzer