Modesto Bee obituary index only Thursday May. 31, 2001 Ex-radio pastor dies at 73       The Rev. Leonard C. "Bob" Wright, a former Modesto radio host, gospel concert promoter and pastor, died May 15 in Cassville, Mo. He was 73. Geneva Allen       Feb. 17, 1929 -- May 27, 2001 George E. Andrade       July 6, 1914 -- May 28, 2001 Nelida C. Asenjo       July 18, 1945 -- May 28, 2001 Gordon W. Berg       Nov. 27, 1902 -- May 28, 2001 Jack L. Coble       June 15, 1916 -- May 28, 2001 Bruce L. Conley       April 26, 1955 -- May 24, 2001 Evon M. Conrad       March 19, 1956 -- May 25, 2001 Nicky Crandell       Nov. 6, 1945 -- May 26, 2001 Frank W. Crider       June 30, 1936 -- May 29, 2001 Encarnacion T. Dioso       July 10, 1918 -- May 26, 2001 Gladys L. Fowler       July 21, 1911 -- May 29, 2001 Roger A. Harrill       Oct. 23, 1957 -- May 27, 2001 Benny E. Hess       Nov. 29, 1946 -- April 3, 2001 Pauline W. Hill       June 24, 1915 -- May 26, 2001 Deloris A. Latner       June 9, 1943 -- May 30, 2001 Lois M. Lewis       Oct. 27, 1915 -- May 28, 2001 Claude V. Ludwig Jr.       Dec. 9, 1946 -- May 28, 2001 Helen Marlow       Sept. 1, 1923 -- May 26, 2001 J.C. McCurdy       Jan. 10, 1932 -- May 28, 2001 John A. Neyman       Jan. 15, 1909 -- May 29, 2001 Myrtle L. Owens-Oberkamper       Aug. 16, 1908 -- May 25, 2001 Beuna M. Pierce       Oct. 11, 1920 -- May 28, 2001 Joao L. Rodrigues       Oct. 17, 1923 -- May 25, 2001 Vincent Tostado       Aug. 6, 1956 -- May 23. 2001 Phillip K. Yates       Dec. 12, 1937 -- May 28, 2001 Jessie O. McKaughan Sr. For the Modesto Bee Front Page http://www.modbee.com/frontpage/index/0,1112,,00.html For the Modesto Bee Obituaries http://www.modbee.com/obituaries/index/0,2131,,00.html

Modesto Bee obit index only Wednesday May. 30, 2001 David E. Adams       June 27, 1942 -- May 27, 2001 Noel J. Bautista       Dec. 24, 1952 -- May 27, 2001 Elizabeth L. Bisi       May 11, 1917 -- May 24, 2001 Charles F. Christensen       Oct. 20, 1946 -- May 26, 2001 Daniel A. Cobb       Nov. 6, 1967 -- May 26, 2001 Florence V. Diaz       Feb. 25, 1931 -- May 27, 2001 Rufus H. Eaves       Aug. 17, 1920 -- May 26, 2001 Irma J. Eldefonso       Jan. 5, 1930 -- May 26, 2001 Artemio O. Garcia       July 27, 1916 -- May 23, 2001 Betty L. Garretson       Jan. 15, 1936 -- May 22, 2001 William L. Guissi       July 11, 1955 -- May 27, 2001 Dorothea Medrano       Feb. 6, 1927 -- May 27, 2001 Pedro B. Mendoza Jr.       May 20, 2001 -- May 20, 2001 Myrtle L. Oberkamper       Aug. 16, 1908 -- May 25, 2001 Walter G. Palmer       June 29, 1931 -- May 24, 2001 Jennie L. Quintero       March 14, 1921 -- May 27, 2001 Brenda L. Rosales       March 4, 1988 -- May 26, 2001 Charles D. Simmons       Jan. 17, 1939 -- May 28, 2001 Clarice L. Williams       Jan. 12, 1915 -- May 28, 2001 For the Modesto Bee Front Page http://www.modbee.com/frontpage/index/0,1112,,00.html For the Modesto Bee Obituaries http://www.modbee.com/obituaries/index/0,2131,,00.html

Posted on: Stanislaus County, Ca Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Stanislaus/11266 Surname: Martin, Aulton, Hamrick ------------------------- Looking for any information on the Martin family who migrated from Iowa around 1860. Joshua MARTIN and Jane AULTON MARTIN were the parents of Benjamin Franklin MARTIN (who settled in Amador County) and Pressly (or Presley) MARTIN, who served in the Nevada Cavalry 1863-1866 and later migrated to Colorado. Joshua MARTIN is listed in Stanislaus County in the 1870 census. He died in February 1876 in California.

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11021 Surname: JOHNSON, CONVERSE, HOPKINS ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Monday, June 3, 1963, pB-1 87 YEAR OLD COULTERVILLE NATIVE DIES Ida Mae Johnson, daughter of a California pioneer and a Coulterville, Mariposa County, resident for 78 years, died yesterday in a Modesto hospital after a long illness. She was 87. Mrs. Johnson had lived in Modesto for nine years. She was born on Greeley Hill, near Coulterville, in 1876. CALIFORNIA PIONEER Her father, John L. Converse, came to California from Iowa in 1851 and mined in the Mariposa County area before homesteading the 280 acre Converse ranch which today is run by his son, John L. Converse, Jr. and a grandson. Mrs. Johnson's mother came to California from Massachusetts in 1859. SURVIVORS Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Daisy L. Hopkins of Modesto, a son Peter C. Johnson of Carson City, Nev., her brother, John L. Converse, Jr.; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Graveside services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Modesto Cemetery. The Rev. R. F. Winkelman will officiate. The Franklin & Downs Funeral Home is in charge of services. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County, Ca Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Stanislaus/11265 Surname: YEAKEL ------------------------- Searching for George Yeakel, born 1874 in Kansas, and lived in Modesto,Stanislaus, CA in 1912. George Yeakel died in San Joaquinn Co., March 15, 1950. Looking for his family.

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11020 Surname: TATE, NAYLOR, RIGGINS ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Sunday, Febraury 23, 1975, p D11 BERT LEE TATE A funeral service is pending at Franklin & Downs Funeral Home, Modesto, for Bert Lee Tate, 82, who died yesterday in a local convalescent hospital, following a long illness. Born in Arkansas, he had lived here since 1931 and was a retired carpenter. He is survived by his widow, Guthrie; five daughters, including Lena Naylor and Margaret Riggins, both of Modesto; a son, a brother and a sister; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11019 Surname: HARDER, STRICKLAND ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Monday, June 3, 1963, p B3 CLARA A. HARDER ESCALON, San Joaquin Co. - Last rites will be conducted at 2 pm tomorrow in the Deegan Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Clara Adeline Harder, 88, who died Saturday in Stockton after a long illness. Mrs. Harder had lived in Escalon all her life until moving to Stockton two years ago following the death of her son, Cecil F. Harder. She was a charter member of the Gustafson Thompson American Legion Auxiliary which will have charge of the services. She leaves a son, R. J. (Bob) Harder of Stockton, a daughter Adeline Strickland of Placerville, seven grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. The Rev. Quincy Hamilton of the Escalon Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Burwood Cemetery. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11018 Surname: SPRAGUE, SMITH ------------------------- Obituary from Modesto Bee, Thursday, Dec. 5, 1957. CLARENCE L. SPRAGUE Clarence Lawrence Sprague, 71, a retired meat cutter, died suddenly yesterday. Funeral services are pending at the Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel. A native of Missouri, he had lived here for 20 years. He leaves his widow, Marie E. Sprague of Modesto; one son, Myrle Sprague of Modesto; two brothers Lee H. Sprague of Chicago and Wilburt Sprague of New Jersey and one sister, Ruth P. Smith of Texas. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11017 Surname: MARCHBANK, COCKRELL, TROUT ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Friday, December 25, 1987, p B-3 ETHEL MAY MARCHBANK, 89, of Modesto, died Thursday. SERVICES: Graveside 2 p.m. Monday at Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Lakewood Funeral Home. BACKGROUND: Native of San Francisco. Lived in Modesto eight years. Grocery checker 22 years with various grocery stores. SURVIVORS: Three children, Ernest Gerald Marchbank II of Escondido, Eleanor Joyce Cockrell of Alhambra and Barbara Jean Trout of Modesto. Seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11016 Surname: HOLMES, JOHNSON, MEFFORD, DINSDALE, WELKER, NELSON, ESSMAN ------------------------- Obituary from The West Side INDEX (Newman), Thursday, May 22, 1986, Page TWO LEROY HOLMES Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) in Los Banos at Whitehurst Funeral Chapel, at 1 p.m. for Leroy Holmes, age 63, who passed away Saturday morning at a Turlock hospital following an extended illness. A native of Arkansas, he attended schools in Oklahoma and settled in California in 1935. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and worked in construction following the war. He retired in 1972 and has lived in Newman since that time. Survivors include his wife Joyce, of Newman; three daughters, Dorothy Johnson, Nancy Mefford and Brenda Dinsdale, all of Sacramento; three sons, Jimmie Holmes of Washington, David Holmes of Lancaster and Walter Welker of Newman; two sisters, Bertha Nelson of Los Banos and Ollie Essman of Oklahoma; a brother, Tommy Holmes of Kentucky; and 19 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Los Banos Cemetery. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

Posted on: Stanislaus County, Ca Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Stanislaus/11264 Surname: Sprague ------------------------- Can anyone give me info on Clarence Lawrence Sprague born 4/22/1885 and died 12/04/1957 in Stanislaus Co. CA. I would like to know the name of his children and any other info you may have about him and his family.

There is also this one. COLE  CHARLES  P  12/16/1876  ISLIP  COLE  M  CALIFORNIA  <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/CA/SanJoaquin">SAN JOAQUIN</A>    12/18/1951    75 yrs  In a message dated 5/28/01 11:14:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, drifter& partner@telus.net writes: > Posted on: Stanislaus County, Ca Query Forum > Reply Here: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Stanislaus/11262 > > Surname: COLE > ------------------------- > > I am looking for any information on a Lum Cole. I believe he and his family > lived in Stanislaus County, not sure which town. He had a daughter by the > name of Clara Ada Cole who married Ernst or Ernest Harder. Clara had at > least one brother who was called Lem. Clara would have been born around > 1875? Any information would be most appreciated. > >

I think this is the family that you are looking for. COLE  LEMUEL  N  05/15/1879  ISLIP    M  CALIFORNIA  <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/CA/SanJoaquin">SAN JOAQUIN</A>    12/21/1962  <A HREF="http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?ssn=561-26-9117">561-26-9117</A>  83 yrs  HARDER  CLARA  A  09/23/1874  ISLIP    F  CALIFORNIA  <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/CA/SanJoaquin">SAN JOAQUIN</A>    06/01/1963    88 yrs  HARDER  ERNEST  CHRISTOPHER  05/28/1864  SPRECKLES  HARDER  M  REST (OTHER)  <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/CA/SanJoaquin">SAN JOAQUIN</A>    07/08/1951    87 yrs  <http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT that you visit the online CADI database http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi (or in the case of births http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi) and use the "ADD" link at the far right to leave any other information you might have - when you get further details by way of a generous volunteer remember to edit your postem to share as much as you can. This keeps genealogy free and available to all. (The password is something you create so no one can edit your entry). Also, use the Social Security Number which is linked to the SSDI at rootsweb if it appears and leave a message there the same way using the POSTEM link. In a message dated 5/28/01 11:14:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, drifter& partner@telus.net writes: > Posted on: Stanislaus County, Ca Query Forum > Reply Here: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Stanislaus/11262 > > Surname: COLE > ------------------------- > > I am looking for any information on a Lum Cole. I believe he and his family > lived in Stanislaus County, not sure which town. He had a daughter by the > name of Clara Ada Cole who married Ernst or Ernest Harder. Clara had at > least one brother who was called Lem. Clara would have been born around > 1875? Any information would be most appreciated. >

Posted on: Stanislaus County, Ca Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Stanislaus/11262 Surname: COLE ------------------------- I am looking for any information on a Lum Cole. I believe he and his family lived in Stanislaus County, not sure which town. He had a daughter by the name of Clara Ada Cole who married Ernst or Ernest Harder. Clara had at least one brother who was called Lem. Clara would have been born around 1875? Any information would be most appreciated.

Wendy; I have it on my list to get the death certificate transcription. (hopefully this next week) PETERS RHODA CATHERINE 05/16/1885 MESSER DUNCAN born TX died Stanislaus 11/17/1959 ss548143870 age 74 It would also be great if you could post the obits that you mention in your letter at the rootsweb. Here is the link <http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/CA/Stanislaus/> Just in case you need this. Please page down to the bottom of this page and select the appropriate puzzle piece link. click on it, and it will take you to the page to submit. Thanks, Cathleen In a message dated 5/28/01 11:48:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, queeny@iname.com writes: > Sandra, > > I couldn't help notice an obituary posted by Judy Ewbank for Rhoda > Peters that you requested. > > My sister was married to Herman Wayne Peters son of Herman Peters listed > as a son in Rhoda's in the obituary. I have a tiny bit of genealogy on > this family. I can also provide headstone photos for Rhoda, her husband > Jessie, Herman, his second wife Lydia Marie, and Herman "Wayne"..... all > buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Hughson California. > > I have a few obits too....... > > I am really not related to the family by blood and only collected what > the family knew about them in hopes that one day my niece and nephew > would want a bit on their great grandparents (Rhoda & Jessie)..... > > Let me know if there is something I can help fill you in on. I am also > in touch with Ron Peters who has all the old photos and stuff of his > father (Herman Duncan Peters). > > Please check out my website that has their headstone photos and > obituaries posted. > > Wendy > http://www.nasoncousins.com > >

--part1_7a.1589d492.284402cc_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable History of Lakewood Cemetery News Article dated May 28, 2001=20 Hughson, Stanislaus County, CA=20 Pioneer section off-limits to shovels because graves, as well as stories, li= e=20 hidden among the headstones there By PATRICK GIBLIN=20 Modesto Bee Monday May. 28, 2001=20 =20 Pioneer section off-limits to shovels because graves, as well as stories, li= e=20 hidden among the headstones there By PATRICK GIBLIN=20 BEE STAFF WRITER=20 (Published: Monday, May 28, 2001) =A0=A0=A0HUGHSON -- No more burials take p= lace in=20 one section of Lakewood Memorial Park. =A0=A0=A0It is not for lack of room.=20= It is=20 for lack of knowledge. =A0=A0=A0The section is the original Hughson-Empire=20 cemetery, located in what is now the center of Lakewood Memorial Park.=20 Details are sketchy on who is buried where, so cemetery crews do not dig=20 there anymore, said Glen Byrd, field supervisor at Lakewood. =A0=A0=A0What r= ecords=20 are available indicate that the cemetery has a long history and some lively=20 stories associated with those who rest there. =A0=A0=A0One person, buried mo= re than=20 100 years ago, had been hanged in Empire (then the Stanislaus County seat)=20 after being convicted of stabbing another man to death. =A0=A0=A0The killer=20 warranted no headstone. "They didn't even indicate where his grave was," Byr= d=20 said. =A0=A0=A0The cemetery is believed to have been started by Col. John C.= =20 Fremont as he marched his troops through California while fighting the=20 Mexican army during the Mexican-American War, 1845-48. =A0=A0=A0"Several of=20= his=20 soldiers died from dysentery and were buried here," Byrd said. =A0=A0=A0Thos= e=20 soldiers also did not get proper grave markers. =A0=A0=A0The oldest headston= e in=20 the cemetery belongs to Mary F. Hudelson, who died on April 13, 1855. =A0= =A0=A0"Not=20 lost, but gone before," her marker reads. Other Hudelsons surround her.=20 =A0=A0=A0Just a few feet away is the grave belonging to Jane Turpen, who was= =20 "Leveled by the hand of death" on Jan. 14, 1865. =A0=A0=A0A few feet south i= s a=20 grave marked "Unknown." =A0=A0=A0Over the years, the Hughson-Empire cemetery= became=20 overgrown with weeds until the cattails became so high that most people did=20 not even know it was a cemetery, Byrd said. =A0=A0=A0Then, in 1953, Lakewood= came=20 into being, with land acquired around the original cemetery. =A0=A0=A0"The o= wners=20 said if all the county records were turned over to us, the old cemetery woul= d=20 be put under endowment care and be maintained by us," he said. =A0=A0=A0Work= ers=20 mapped all the graves in the original cemetery. Then they removed the=20 headstones, cleared the land of rocks and weeds, and installed a sprinkler=20 system before returning the headstones, Byrd said. =A0=A0=A0The cemetery now= is=20 part of Lakewood's Pioneer Garden, the only area in the 55-acre park where=20 headstones are allowed.=20 =20 (for archives) =20 --

Modesto Bee obituary index only Monday May. 28, 2001 Hilmar dairyman Souza, 85       HILMAR -- Arnold Souza, a dairyman and school board member, died Thursday at his home. He was 85. Georgia Bengtson       June 8, 1906 -- May 25, 2001 Charles F. Christensen       Oct. 20, 1946 -- May 26, 2001 Albert Mendes       Dec. 4, 1952 -- May 24, 2001 Arnold Souza       Jan. 31, 1916 -- May 24, 2001 James Bell, city official in Tracy       TRACY -- James T. "Jim" Bell was a big man with a big heart. For the Modesto Bee Front Page http://www.modbee.com/frontpage/index/0,1112,,00.html For the Modesto Bee Obituaries http://www.modbee.com/obituaries/index/0,2131,,00.html

Sandra, I couldn't help notice an obituary posted by Judy Ewbank for Rhoda Peters that you requested. My sister was married to Herman Wayne Peters son of Herman Peters listed as a son in Rhoda's in the obituary. I have a tiny bit of genealogy on this family. I can also provide headstone photos for Rhoda, her husband Jessie, Herman, his second wife Lydia Marie, and Herman "Wayne"..... all buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Hughson California. I have a few obits too....... I am really not related to the family by blood and only collected what the family knew about them in hopes that one day my niece and nephew would want a bit on their great grandparents (Rhoda & Jessie)..... Let me know if there is something I can help fill you in on. I am also in touch with Ron Peters who has all the old photos and stuff of his father (Herman Duncan Peters). Please check out my website that has their headstone photos and obituaries posted. Wendy http://www.nasoncousins.com

from http://www.criis.com/stanislaus/sdeath.htm MARCHBANK, ETHEL MAY 12/24/1987 Female STANISLAUS from CADI: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT that you visit the online CADI database http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi (or in the case of births http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi) and use the "ADD" link at the far right to leave any other information you might have and maybe someone will contact you. (The password is something you create so no one can edit your entry). Also, use the Social Security Number link to the SSDI and leave a message there the same way using the POSTEM link. SSDI: http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi ETHEL MARCHBANK 16 Aug 1898 24 Dec 1987 95351 (Modesto, Stanislaus, CA) (none specified) 571-20-7946 California SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Once you get a dct transcription and obituary details it would be nice if you revisit the SSDI and CADI sites and edit your postems to add the new information. If you need clarification on any point, please include the previous message in your response. Colleen Norby Rootsweb sponsor ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø MARCHBANK ETHEL MAY 08/16/1898 ROBERTSON MILLER F CALIFORNIA STANISLAUS 12/24/1987 571-20-7946 89 yrs Add ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dragonflygirl231@aol.com> To: <CASTANIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [CASTANIS] Requests Question ? Stanislaus Volunteers > > Tom; > > I can get the DCT for you. > > Cathleen > > In a message dated 5/27/01 9:42:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > tgpol@forterie.com writes: > > Hi, > > I was unsuccesful with a previous request for a DCT to the Castanis list (no > > response). If you are going to do this service, would you mind looking up > > the following? > > Ethel May Marchbank, b. Aug. 16, 1898, d. Dec. 24, 1898 in Stanislaus Co. > > Her mother's maiden name - Robertson. Her father's name Miller. S.S. # > > 571-20-7946 > > I live in Canada and previously order DC's from the gov. and it took six > > months to get. I would be more than pleased to pay any costs incurred or a > > reasonable fee. > > Tom Pollard > > > > > >

Tom; I can get the DCT for you. Cathleen In a message dated 5/27/01 9:42:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tgpol@forterie.com writes: > Hi, > I was unsuccesful with a previous request for a DCT to the Castanis list (no > response). If you are going to do this service, would you mind looking up > the following? > Ethel May Marchbank, b. Aug. 16, 1898, d. Dec. 24, 1898 in Stanislaus Co. > Her mother's maiden name - Robertson. Her father's name Miller. S.S. # > 571-20-7946 > I live in Canada and previously order DC's from the gov. and it took six > months to get. I would be more than pleased to pay any costs incurred or a > reasonable fee. > Tom Pollard >