Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11046 Surname: WILLIAMS, BRANNON, HYATT ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Dec. 20, 1979 p D17 JESSIE L. WILLIAMS OAKDALE - Final rites will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Oakdale Memorial Chapel for Jessie Littleton Wiliams, 74, who died Tuesday at an Oakdale hospital after a short illness. Burial will be in Burwood Cemetery, Escalon. A native of Tennessee, he had lived in the Oakdale-Riverbank-Escalon area since 1941. He was a dairy worker for Emory Miller. He leaves his wife, Lillian; son, Bill of Modesto; two daughters, Mary Brannon of Oakdale and Barbara Hyatt of Torrance; brother, Roy of Visalia; a sister, 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11045 Surname: WILLIAMS, BRANNON, HYATT ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Sunday, June 10, 1973 pB4 CARL JAMES WILLIAMS Carl James Williams, 47, a Modesto resident for 10 years, died Friday in a local hospital from heart disease. A native of Texas and former resident of Escalon, he is survived by his son Carl J. Williams Jr. and his daughter, Linda Williams, both of Oregon; his brother, Bill Williams of Modesto; sisters Mary Brannon of Oakdale and Barbara Hyatt of Torrance; and his father, Jess Williams of Oakdale. A funeral service will be conducted at 1 o'clock tomorrow in the Oakdale Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Burwood Cemetery, Escalon. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11044 Surname: Hanna, Wiley, Buttrum ------------------------- The Modesto Bee Tuesday, January 8, 1985 Page B-3 OBITUARIES Luther H. Hanna (Oakdale) A funeral has been scheduled at 10:00 AM Wednesday in the Oakdale Memorial Chapel for Luther "Chris" H. Hanna, 89, who died Saturday in Oakdale. Visitation is planned between 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Park. He was born in Arkansas and had lived in Oakdale 37 years. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife Ethel, two sons, Don Hanna of Texas; two daughters, Pauline Wiley of Oakdale and Kathryn Buttrum of Arkansas; two sisters in Oklahoma; ten grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11043 Surname: Dunn, Vance ------------------------- The Modesto Bee Friday, April 7, 1972 Page B-8 Vital Statistics Dunn -- In Modesto, April 6, 1972. Ethel Alice Dunn, Aunt of Eugene Dunn Vance of Livermore. A native of Sonoma County, California. Aged 89 years. The Modesto Bee Friday, April 7, 1972 Page B-8 OBITUARIES Ethel Dunn Ethel Alice Dunn, 89, a resident of Keyes 16 years, died yesterday in a local hospital following a long illness. A native of Sonoma County, she lived in California all her life. She was a writer and genealogist and a member of the Methodist Church and the Rebekah Lodge 249 of Woodland. Survivors include a nephew Eugene Dunn Vance of Livermore. Private services are to be held this afternoon in Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel. Inturnment will be in the Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield.

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11042 Surname: Cannon, Basalda, Bustamante, Price, Landice, Briles ------------------------- Lucille Cannon July 4, 1922 - March 13, 1999 Lucille Cannon, 76, of Oakdale died Saturday at Memorial Medical Center, Modesto. Mrs. Cannon was a native of San Luis Obispo. She lived in Oakdale 26 years. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Wayne Cannon of Oakdale; children Chris Basalda of Oakdale, Billie Jean Bustamante of San Diego and Sharon Price of Nevada; brothers, K. M. Landice of San Luis Obispo; sister, Betty Briles of Napa; and eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Private services. Colonial Chapel of Franklin & Downs in charge of arrangements.

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11041 Surname: Williams, Roy ------------------------- Book 68, page 63, cert #427 Myrtle O. Williams, dod 3/9/1973 8:50 p.m. 550-62-1405, 71 years of age, female, white born 8/25/1901, MO, housewife, never married m - Maudie Roy f - Paul S. Williams place of death - Oakdale Hospital 16 years in Stanislaus county 20 years in CA usual residence - 5261 Lon Dale Road, Oakdale informant - Howard H. Williams, same address burial Oaklawn Cemetery, 3/13/1973 Oakdale Memorial Chapel cardiac arrest, pulmonary edema, arteriosclerotic heart disease, senility transcribed by Colleen Norby WILLIAMS MYRTLE O 08/25/1901 F MISSOURI STANISLAUS 03/09/1973 550-62-1405 71 yrs Add

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11040 Surname: Williams, Dusa ------------------------- Book 89 page 424 WILLIAMS, JESSIE LITTLETON did 12/18/1979 Male, white, born 4/17/1905 TN, 74 years of age m - unknown f - unknown married Lillian Dusa 546-64-1006 occupation: Dairy worker, employer Emery Miller usual residence - 153 West St., Oakdale, CA place of death - Oak Valley District Hospital, Oakdale cause of death - myocardial infarction 6 days, coronary thrombosis 6 days, arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Dr. G. G. Foster, Oakdale burial 12-21-1979 Burwood Cemetery, Escalon, CA Oakdale Memorial Chapel transcribed by Colleen Norby CADI WILLIAMS JESSIE LITTLETON 04/17/1905 M TENNESSEE STANISLAUS 12/18/1979 546-64-1006 74 yrs Add

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11039 Surname: Hicks, Taylor, James ------------------------- Book 38, page 74, cert #676 Celia Jane Hicks, dod 11/15/1957, 12:45 born 8/31/1879, UT female, white, widowed, housewife, 78 years of age mother - Agnes Taylor, born Scotland father - William James, Scotland spouse - John W. Hicks, deceased informant - hospital records #16528 place of death - Modesto State Hospital length of stay - 6 months, 17 days last residence: 745 N. Barton, Fresno Dr. Chisholm attended 3/29/1957 - 11/15/1957 removal, 11/15/1957 to Fresno Franklin & Downs, Modesto bronchopneumonia, uremia, chronic brain sysndrome with senile brain disease with psychotic reaction transcribed by Colleen Norby CADI: HICKS CELIA JANE 08/31/1879 TAYLOR JAMES F UTAH STANISLAUS 11/15/1957 78 yrs Add

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11038 Surname: Switzer, Robinson ------------------------- Book 28, page 386 James Alexander Switzer, dod 2/28/1949, 2:15 p.m. white, male, married, born 11/22/1883 Winnipeg Canada, US citizen 65 years of age, retired newspaper printer f - Daniel J. Switzer m - Mary Porter Robinson 549-05-7588 place of death - Modesto spouse Leatha Switzer no military in community 44 years usual residence 2209 Downey, Modesto burial 3/3/1949 IOOF cemetery, Modesto Funeral home: F. J. Salas Dr. Barbour, Stockton attened deceased 8/26/1947 - 2/28/1949; last seen alive 2/9/1949 no autopsy transcribed by Colleen Norby

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11037 Surname: Wejmar, Anderson, Charlotte, Wymer ------------------------- Book 34 page 209, cert #643 Carl Magnus Wejmar, dod 1028/1952, 11:05 AM male, white, married, dob 10/15/1861, Sweden; 91 years of age rancher, retired; US citizen f - Nils Anderson, born Sweden m - Beata Charlotte, born Sweden spouse Ida C. Wejmar informant - Stanley Wymer place of death - at home, Rt. 3 Box 46, Turlock in city 49 years physician Paul Johnson, attended 10/4/1947 - 19/28/1952 burial Turlock Cemetery, 10/30/1952 Hale Funeral Chapel transcribed by Colleen Norby CADI: WEJMAR CARL MAGNUS 10/15/1861 CHARLOTTE ANDERSON M REST (OTHER) STANISLAUS 10/28/1952 91 yrs Add

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11036 Surname: Wejmar, Danielson, Wymer ------------------------- Book 34 page 616, cert #579 Ida Catherine Wejmar, dod 9/14/1953, 1:20 p.m. female, white, widowed, born 6/14/1869 Sweden, 84 years of age housewife, US citizen f - John Danielson born Sweden m - Lisa unknown born Sweden informant: Stanley Wymer place of death - Emanual Hospital, Turlock in county 50 years usual residence - Rt. 3 Box 46, Turlock physician Paul Walstad attended 6/15/1953 - 9/14/1953 burial 9/17/1953, Turlock Memorial Park Allen Mortuary transcribed by Colleen Norby

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11035 Surname: McLaughlin ------------------------- Book 27 page 503 Darrel Alson McLaughlin, dod 10/30/1948, 3 p.m. place of death - residence, rural Modesto in community 11 years in CA 24 years 555-05-6242 male, white, married wife Elsie McLaughlin born 4/11/1902, OH, 46 years, 6 months, 19 days of age typist canning industry f - McLaughlin, no record of birthplace m - no record usual residence - rural Modesto, Rt. 2 Box 855 B Dr. Tonge coronary thrombosis, arteriosclerosis Shannon Chapel, embalmer John Agen informant - Elsie McLaughllin entombment, 11/2/1948, Rural Mausoleum, Stockton transcribed by Colleen Norby CADI: MCLAUGHLIN DARREL ALSON 04/11/1902 MCLAUGHLIN M OHIO STANISLAUS 10/30/1948 555-05-6242 46 yrs Add

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11034 Surname: FINK, POTTS, WILSON ------------------------- Obituary from Modesto Bee, March 18, 1953, p 10 ROY LEE FINK Funeral services for Roy Lee Fink, 49, Hughson, killed when a car in which he was a passenger collided with a milk truck Sunday afternoon, will be held at 3 PM tomorrow in the Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel. Stanislaus Lodge No. 206, FAM, will officiate. Interment will be in the Masonic Cemetery. Death Notice from the Modesto Bee, March 17, 1953, p 8 FINK - Near Empire, March 15th, Roy Lee Fink, father of Wanda Fink, Mrs. Marjorie Potts, Dorothy Jean Fink, all of Hughson, Mrs. Betty Ann Wilson of Santa Monica; cousin of James Fink. A native of Texas, aged 49 years. Funeral services are to be announced later by Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel, 419 Scenic Drive. Funeral Notice Modesto Bee, Wednesday, Mar 18, 1953, p 10 FINK - Friends are invited to attend funeral services for the late Roy Lee Fink, Thursday, March 19th at 3 PM in the Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel, 419 Scenic Drive. Stanislaus Lodge No. 206, FAM, officiating. Interment, Masonic Cemetery. ----------------- Notice: Members of Stanislaus Lodge, No. 206 are requested to attend services for our late brother. Signed: Roy E. Greenlee, Master All of the above Transcribed by Judy Ewbank.

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11033 Surname: SNYDER, BUNCH ------------------------- Obituary from the Manteca Bulletin, December 14, 1944 Funeral Rites Held Here Saturday for Modesto Resident Funeral services were held in the chapel of P.L. Fry & Son at 2:30 P>M> Saturday for John Helsey Snyder, who died in Modesto Wednesday, December 13. Elder Paul Scoggins of the Manteca Seventh Day Adventist Church officiated and committal was at Park View Cemetery. Mr. Snyder was 87 years of age and was born in Pennsylvania. He was the brother of A.M. Snyder of Manteca and Levy Snyder and Anna Bunch of Soquille, Oregon. He had been a resident of Modesto for several years. Transcribed by Karen Herndon, Manteca

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11032 Surname: TURNER, ROBINSON, HILL, BALDRIDGE, SERVICE, SAVAGE ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Thursday, Apr 5, 1962 County and Valley Column CLARENCE E. TURNER Mariposa, Mariposa Co. - Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 pm in the Ivers & Alcorn Funeral Home for Clarence Edward Turner, 57, a Hornitos, Mariposa County, rancher who died Tuesday in Ceres. The Rev. Charles Anderson of the Ceres First Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Hornitos Cemetery. Turner was a native of Hornitos and a lifetime resident of that area. He leaves hiw widow, Ann; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Robinson of Modesto; three sons, Arthur of Modesto, Eugene of Stockton and John of Hornitos; four sisters, Mrs. Grace Hill, Mrs. Ethel Baldridge and Mrs. Mary Service, all of Ceres and Mrs. Alice Savage of San Francisco; two brothers, Elton Turner of Ceres and William Turner of Fresno and six grandchildren. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11031 Surname: WISSNER, MCGIFFIN, HART, HIGGINS, BLANCO, RIETJENS ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Friday, Feb. 9, 1968 pB9 EX-NURSE AT DOWNEY HIGH DIES Margaret Virginia Wissner, 62, the nurse at Downey High School from the time it opened until she retired a year ago, died yesterday in a local hospital after a brief illness. Long active in nursing fields, Mrs. Wissner was a native of Great Falls, Mont. She graduated from Deacons Hospital School of Nursing in Great Falls in 1926. A registered nurse, she was interested in and promoted the nursing educational system in Modesto for 35 years and worked with the Stanislaus County Health Department in the 1930's. She was a nurse at the old Hammond General Hospital in Modesto during World War II. Mrs. Wissner had lived in California 37 years and in Modesto 35 years. She was a member of St. John's Chapel of the Valley. She also held membership in the National and California Retired Teachers Associations and Electa Chapter 72, Order of the Eastern Star. She leaves five sisters and brothers, Katherine McGiffin of Auburn, Madalynne Hart of Glendale, Dr. Earner Higgins of Kalispell, Mont., Harold Higgins of Black Eagle, Mont., and Arthur Higgins of Great Falls, Mont.; a niece, Karen Blanco of Modesto, and a nephew, John Rietjens of Auburn. Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel. Private burial will be in the Acacia Memorial Park. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County, Ca Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Stanislaus/11276 Surname: Turner, Laughlin, McCartor, Swanson ------------------------- Does anyone have access to the papers to find obits? I would like the obituary for any or all of the following-- Horace Carman Turner - died July 16, 1993 in Stanislaus Daisy Lauretta[Turner] Laughlin - died Nov. 15, 1988 in Stanislaus Myrtle Lillian [Turner] McCartor - Nov. 8, 1988 in Modoc Mabel [Turner] Swanson - died June 8, 1954 in Stanislaus William Fletcher Turner - died Jan. 14, 1993 in Stanislaus Thankyou Nancy Turner

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11030 Surname: HORTON, DEWHIRST, HARMON, ALLEN, MITCHELL ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Saturday, Dec. 17, 1949, p3 RESIDENT OF EMPIRE FOR 20 YEARS PASSES Mrs. Ann Horton, 68, a resident of Empire for the last 20 years died yesterday at her home after a long illness. She was born in Missouri. Mrs. Horton leaves four children, Ambrose Dewhirst and Beulah Harmon, both of Empire, Lillian Allen and Z. A. Mitchell, both of Santa Maria; eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 am Tuesday in the Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel. Rev. W. R. Baird will officiate. Funeral Notice states Ann Horton was born in Douglas County, Missouri. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11029 Surname: DE RYKE, RIETJENS, WISSNER, MCGIFFEN, HARTER, HIGGINS ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Wednesday, SNov. 14, 1951, p4 GRACE C. DE RYKE DIES IN MODESTO HOME Grace Christine De Ryke, 47, died suddenly in her home here yesterday. She had lived here one year. Mrs. De Ryke was a native of Great Falls, Mont. She was the mother of Karen and Buddy Rietjens, both of Modesto; the sister of Margaret Wissner and Catherine McGiffen of Modesto, Madelynne Harter, Fresno; Harold and Arthur Higgins, Great Falls, and Dr. E. P. Higgins, Kalispell, Mont. Funeral services will be announced later by the Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Home. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County, Ca Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Stanislaus/11275 Surname: Barnett, Peckham, Bailey, Carpenter ------------------------- I am looking for info on Annie Wall Barnett. I need husband's name and children's names. Annie was in Stanislaus Co. around 1917 or before. Annie's maiden name was Carpenter. She was born in 1860 in Muscoda, WI and died in 1942 in Stanislaus Co. I have been told she wrote poetry. Her mother was Paulina Bailey Carpenter Peckham. Paulina died in 1917 in Stanislaus Co. She was married to Halsey Peckham. I am also looking for info on the Peckhams.