Posted on: SanJoaquin County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/SanJoaquinObits/10704 Surname: WEST, HASKER, SAUNDERS, HYATT ------------------------- Stockton Daily Evening Record May 5, 1912 MRS. WEST OF TRACY IS DEAD Wife of Tracy Physician Succumbs to Heart Failure Following a Long Illness Correspondence Record. TRACY, May 14. Mrs. Anna West, wife of Dr. Joseph West, and one of Tracy's most venerable matrons, answered the summons of her Maker yesterday afternoon after having been confined to her bed with heart trouble during the last seven months. Despite the fact that the passing of the deceased was expected, her death has cast an extreme feeling of regret upon this city. Mrs. West was 66 years of age and was a native of Virginia. Her early life was spent in that city, which was during the Civil War, she saw much of the conquest between the residents of the nort and south of the Mason and Dixon line. Her father, John Hasker, was chief engineer on the Mrrimac at the time that Ironclad war vessel did battle with the Monitor. The deceased witnessed the naval engagement from shore. Later she was in Richmond at the time that city was besieged by the Federal troops. To mourn her death are her husband. Dr. Joseph West of this city, and five children - Dr. R. C. West of Alturas, Dr. S. V. West of San Diego, W. W. West of DeSable, Butte county, Paul A. West of this city and Mrs. Russell Hyatt of Los Angeles. The remains of the deceased will be shipped to Colusa, Colusa County, a former home, Thursday morning, and the interment made in the family plot there. DIED WEST - In Tracy, May 13, 1912. Annie A. West, wife of Dr. Joseph S. West, mother of P. A., S. V., R. C., and W. W. West of Tracy and Mrs. M. M Hyatt of Los Angeles, a native of Virginia and aged 66 years, 2 months, and 16 days.