This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.stanislaus/5979.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Modesto Bee and News-Herald, 27 October 1947: "Resident of Modesto For Three Years Dies Dorothy Stark, 40, died here Saturday after a brief illness. She was a native of Iowa and had lived in this community for three years. She was a member of the official board and teacher in the Nazarene Church. She leaves her husband, Richard Stark; two children, Mrs. Lowell Coey of Chicago and James Elton Stark of Modesto; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Reid of Polo, Ill; three brothers, John Reid of Polo, Ill, Charles T. Reid of Oregon and James L. Reid of Buffalo Lake, Minn.; three sisters, Cella B. Waite of Polo, Ill, Lola A. Seaman of Litchfield, Minn., and Susie A. Harris of McBrides, Mich.; mother in law, Mrs. Antonia Stark of Modesto, and two aunts, Mrs. A. L. Powell of Chicago and Mrs. Myrtle Hayne of Webster City, Ia. Funeral services will be announced by the Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel."