This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SAELI, PATRUCO, JOHNSON, TURNER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11948 Message Board Post: PJ Obit 8/20/2005 - Samuel R. Saeli Jr., 79, of 600 Baker St., formerly of Olympia, Wash. and Whittier, Calif., died at 8:55 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 17, 2005) in his home. An Olympia resident from 1990 to 2001 and a Whittier resident from 1960 to 1990, he was born Nov. 19, 1925 in Buffalo, a son of Samuel R. and Edvige Patruco Saeli Sr. He was a 1944 graduate of Jamestown High School and served in the United States Army Air Force during WW II. In earlier years, he owned and operated a Mobile Service Station on Harrison Street in Jamestown. He retired as Sales Manager of Ted Jones Ford in California. He was a communicant of St. James Catholic Church and a member of Thomas Stone Post 1996 Am Vets. Surviving are three sons: Randall Saeli of Mira Loma, Calif.; Mark Saeli of Chino Hills, Calif.; Lance Saeli of Santa Maria, Calif.; seven grandchildren: Randall Jr., Nicole, Matthew, Casey, Carly, Nathan and Elisabeth Saeli; a sister, Louise Saeli of Lakewood; and a brother, Joseph Sa! eli of Jamestown. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ella Johnson Saeli, whom he married in 1951 and who died in 2003; and a sister, Frances Turner. A graveside memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. today in Holy Cross Cemetery.