Posted on: SanJoaquin County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/SanJoaquinObits/634 Surname: Kuest, Beglau, Drayton, Downs ------------------------- Lodi (CA) News-Sentinel Newspaper, dated 25 Jan 1989. Richard Kuest, 72, of Lodi, died Tuesday at his home after a long illness. A native of North Dakota, he moved to California in 1934 and settled in Burlingame. He moved to Lodi in 1942, and left to live in Lakeport, and Oregon, before returning to Lodi in 1983. He was a foreman of an Arabian Horse ranch in Lakeport, and he was employed at Vienna Convalescent Hospital in Lodi. He was a member of the Fairmont Seventh-day Adventist Church. His hobbies included guitar playing and gardening. He is survived by his wife, Lillian Kuest of Lodi; two sons, Richard Kuest of Roseville, and Ronald Kuest of Oregon; one daughter, Elaine Roesler of Sonoma; five grandchildren; two brothers, Johnny Kuest of Idaho, Edwin Kuest of Stockton; two sisters, Bertha Drayton of Gridley and Elsie Downs of Carnelian Bay. He was preceded in death by one brother, Fred Kuest. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lodi Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Anthonie Wessels of the Fairmonth Seventh-day Adventist Church will officiate. Committal will be at Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Lodi Funeral Home after 3 p.m. today.