Posted on: SanJoaquin County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/SanJoaquinObits/633 Surname: Kuest, Seidler, Beglau ------------------------- Newspaper Obituary found in family bible, date unknown. Fred G. Kuest, 86, of 515 S. Central Ave., died early Saturday morning Aug 10, 1965 in a Lodi hospital following a lengthy illness. Born in Russia, he moved to Kulm, N.D. at the age of 17 and married Mary Beglau in 1910. He farmed there until 1936 then the family moved to Filer, Idaho. In 1942 they moved to Lodi and he operated a shoe repair shop on South Central Ave. until 1974. Mrs. Kuest died in 1969. He was a member of the Fairmont Seventh-day Adventist Church. He is survived by four sons, Fred R. Kuest of Talent, Ore., Richard Kuest of Lodi, John Kuest of Filer, Idaho, and Edwin Kuest of Stockton; two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Drayton of Lodi and Mrs. Elise Downs of Mountain View; 17 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Lodi Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Merlin E. Foll of the Fairmont SDA Church officiating. Burial will be in the Cherokee Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon today.