Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11024 Surname: HARDER, COLE, STRICKLAND ------------------------- Obituary from Modesto Bee, Monday, July 9, 1951, p 8 ERNEST C. HARDER, 87, PASSES AT ESCALON McClatchy Newspapers Service ESCALON, July 9 - Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 3 PM for Ernest Christopher Harder, 87, at Battee Funeral Chapel. Rev. Noel E. Carden will conduct the rite. Burial well be in Burwood Cemetery. Harder died yesterday. He was born in Holstein, Germany, May 28, 1864. He came to the United States at the age of 16, settling first at Grand Island, Neb. He moved to Escalon in 1883. He was married to Ada Cole of Snelling in 1891. They recently celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Harder was an Escalon and Merced area rancher for several years. In addition to his widow, Harder leaves one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Strickland of Placerville, and two sons, Rudolph Harder of Stockton and Cecil Harder of Escalon. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank