Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/10999 Surname: FINDLEY, GALVAN, STAGGS, SMITH, SHERMAN, LEE, BAKER ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, September 10, 1969 p C-10 ED J FINDLEY Ed Jesse Findley, 71, a farmer who had lived in the Empire-Modesto area 15 years, died yesterday in a local hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Texas. Survivors are his widow, Ira E. Findley of Empire; two sons, Troy Dewey Findley of Stockton and Elwyn Coy Findley of Oregon; a daughter, Lucille Galvan of Tulare; four sisters, Delilah Staggs of Tulare, Susie Smith and Ruby Sherman, both of Oklahoma, and Dixie Lee of Sacramento; a brother, Willie Baker of Oklahoma; 24 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Services are pending in the Franklin & Downs Funeral Home. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank