Patterson and Grayson Obituaries 1918, Page 2

Obituary images open in a new brower window.

Larsen, Gustave L 18-12-14 p1

Another Gold Star for Service Flag; The sad news of the death from pneumonia in a French hospital of Gustave Leonard Larsen, a young man from Patterson who has been serving with the American Expeditionary Force in France, was received here last week by his father, Carl Larsen, a rancher of Barton and Mistletoe Avenues in tile Colony. Young Larsen was one of the first boys to be drafted from Patterson, leaving here over a year ago, and has been in France for some time. Previous to his joining the colors, Larson was an employee of the Patterson Water Company, and the Mineral Products Company, and has a wide circle of friends here. His death adds the second Gold Star to this district's service flag.
Click For Image

Larson, Carl 18-12-28 p1

Little Carl Larson Claimed by Death; Carl Gustav Larson, the six year old son of Edwin Larson, a rancher on Sycamore Ave. died Friday, 19th of December, from tubercular meningitis after an illness of long standing. The funeral service was conducted last Sunday by Davis & Evans, from the Swedish Mission Church. Rev. 0. P. Anderson officiating. Many mourning friends and relatives of the sorrow stricken parents attended the funeral and the casket was buried in floral offerings. Interment took place at the Del Puerto Cemetery.
Click For Image

Lauritsen, Martha B 18-03-09 p1

Death Relieves Mrs. Lauritsen; After suffering greatly from a spreading cancer and undergoing an operation which failed to cure the disease, Martha B. Lauritsen, wife of Peter Lauritsen and sister of Mrs. L. H. Locken of the colony, passed away at the Locken home on Friday of last week, March 1st. Funeral services were held Saturday with Rev. H. J. Thorpe of the Lutheran church officiating and interment was in Del Puerto Cemetery. The arrangements for the funeral were made by Davis & Evans. The deceased was nearly 46 years of age, and leaves her husband and an eight year old daughter. She came from her home at Bella Coola, B. C., last November to spend the winter here with her sister, and on Dec 27 underwent an operation in Turlock. After returning to Patterson she seemed to be on the road to recovery, but later the disease affected her kidneys and her case became hopeless. Mr. Lauritsen aud his little daughter left Tuesday to return to Bella Coola, where two sisters and a brother of the deceased woman reside. Another brother lives at Foston, Minn.
Click For Image

Link, Charles 18-12-28 p1

Influenza Claims Victim in Colony Charles Link Passes Away; After a seven day battle with influenza, Charles Link, a well known and highly respected rancher of Patterson and Anaheim, succumbed to the ravages of the disease at 11 o clock Christmas morning at the residence his brother-in-law, Mr. Matt Fritz, on Mulberry Avenue. Death came just when the relatives of the deceased were hopeful that the worst part of the fight had been safely weathered. Mr. Link was first stricken with influenza a week previous to his death, and while at times the attacks had left him in a very weak condition, ultimate hopes were held out for his recovery. The strain, however, proved too strong. He was a young man, 34 years of age, single, and resided regularly with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Link, at Anaheim, but spent practically every summer here looking after his property interests, and visiting his sister, Mrs. Matt Fritz, and his brother, Mr. William, Link. Besides these relatives, he leaves another brother, Mr. Fred Link, now serving with the United States Army overseas, and a sister Mrs. Joe Lautenbach, in Anaheim. . He was a native of Philadelphia, Pa. The body was shipped Thursday by Davis & Evans to Anaheim, where the interment will take place. Mr. William Link accompanied the remains on the last journey.
Click For Image

Lynam, Thomas J 18-04-13 p1

Thomas J. Lynam Passes Suddenly; Thomas J. Lynam who had been a resident of Patterson almost since the town was started eight years ago, passed away suddenly last Monday morning. April 8th, following a short illness which began with a heart attack on the Friday evening before. The heart seizure caught him while he was in Watson & Mack s place of business about 10 o clock Friday. A physician was summoned immediately, and he was carried upstairs to the Welty rooms. Monday morning he seemed to feel better and was talking about getting up, when he suddenly had a hemorrhage of the lungs and died in a few minutes. The body was taken in charge by Davis & Evans, and the funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Methodist Church, Rev. Fred Trotter officiating. Interment was in Del Puerto Cemetery. The deceased was a native of England, aged 49 years and 6 months. He had lived in California 36 years, the last 8 years at Patterson. He left four brothers— Joseph Lynam of San Jose; W. E. Lynam of Santa Cruz, John Lynam of Arroyo Grande, James Lyman of Newman and one sister, Mrs Ed Menzel of Ingomar. He also left several nieces and nephews, one nephew, Ed Lynman, being a resident of the Patterson colony.
Click For Image

MacDonald, Robert 18-02-23 p2

Former Residents Lose Infant Son The following item from the Los Banos Enterprise of Feb. 16th will interest Patterson people who knew the Macdonald family when they were living here "A. J. MacDonald of the Valley Pipe Line oil station, wife and family are mourning over the death of the infant son Robert. which occurred yesterday morning at the home a few miles out of town, at 3 o clock. The little one passed away as the result of bowel trouble, having been ill since birth two months ago."
Click For Image

Madsen, Carl J 18-04-20 p4

Carl J. Madsen Dies at Vallejo; Carl J. Madsen, who owned land in the north end of the colony, and who was well known here, died suddenly ,of heart disease at his home in Vallejo on April 7th. He left a wife and several children. Madsen was a member of the crew of the Oregon when she made her famous trip around the Horn in the Spanish War, and for years was a valued employee of the Mare Island ammunition depot. . He was buried with military honors, the Naval Training Station band and a firing squad of blue jackets attending the funeral.
Click For Image

Martin, Emma 18-06-22 p1

Child Drowned in Irrigation Ditch; Wandering unobserved from the ranch house, little Emma Martin, the 16 months old daughter of Manuel Martin, the colony rancher on Fig avenue, fell into an irrigation ditch last Saturday and drowned before she was discovered. The body was found by the child s mother who had missed the little one, but life was extinct. Harry J. Wood, Coroner from Modesto, held an inquest on Sunday, when a verdict of accidental drowning was returned. The funeral was conducted Monday from the Church of the Sacred Heart here by Davis & Evans, and the interment took place in the Catholic Cemetery at Newman. Father Diego officiated.
Click For Image

Medlin, Roy 18-03-30 p1

Funeral Monday For Crows Landing Farmer Roy Medlin, a farmer of Crows Landing, who was well known in Patterson, passed away last Saturday at the Evans Hospital in Modesto after undergoing an operation for appendicitis. Funeral services were held Monday at the Presbyterian church in Modesto. Rev. H. K Pitrnan officiating and internment was in the family plot in the Citizen s Cemetery. The funeral was attended by many West Siders. The deceased is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Medlin, three sisters and five brothers– the Misses Effie, Bernice and Ivy Medlin of Crows Landing; C. H. Medlin, D. K. Medlin, Ora Medlin and Richard Medlin, also of Crows Landing, and Arch Medlin, now a student in St. Mary s College at Oakland.
Click For Image

Miranda, Caro 18-12-14 p1

Little Daughter Of Rancher Passes Away; Just on the threshold of life, little Caro Miranda, the two months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Miranda, ranchers of Loquat Avenue, was summoned by death last Thursday afternoon. The little one was buried at the Newman Cemetery on Saturday, Rev. H. J. Thorpe of the Lutheran church officiating at the grave.
Click For Image

Moen, Martin 18-08-03 p1

Well Known Rancher Is Called by Death Following an illness of long standing which had confined him to his bed in the County Hospital at Modesto for four months, Martin Moen, a well known colony rancher of Norwegian extraction, passed away on Wednesday evening. Mr. Moen was a resident here since the inception of the colony and had a wide acquaintance. His nearest relatives, as far as it is known, are a sister living in Montana and a step-daughter residing in Wisconsin. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon from the Patterson Lutheran Church, Rev. H. J. Thorp officiating at the funeral service. The interment took place at Del Puerto Cemetery.
Click For Image

Owen, Evelyn G 18-07-06 p1

Funeral of Little Evelyn Glen Monday; Little Evelyn Glen Owen, the daughter of G. F. Owen who passed away on last Saturday evening, was laid to rest with appropriate services from the Methodist Church on Monday. Rev. T. E. Waller officiated, while a quartet composed of H. P. Bull, S. Terry, Miss Nellie Dorman and Mrs. Fred Burrett rendered hymns. Little friends of the deceased, Naoma Matthews, Bernice Smith, Agnes Dumas and Lillian and Dolores Melinowsky sang "Beckoning Hands" and Mrs. Annie Wall Barnett contributed a poem in memory. The interment, which was arranged by Davis & Evans. was conducted at Newman.
Click For Image

Pinnig, Charles F 18-11-02 p1

Pinnig Charles F.; Five Residents Claimed by Death All Resided in Colony Within forty-eight hours death has claimed five residents of Patterson as the result of the influenza epidemic now prevalent here. Of the victims Charles F. Pinnig, a fire man employed at the Van Ormer pumping station of the Associated Oil Company was the first to succumb, passing away at 11:25 Tuesday morning, his death was closely followed at 11:45 by that of Mrs. Albert Geisler, the wife of a Colony rancher, who died at her home in the Colony. The next death was that of B. M. Bettincourt, a dairy rancher, who abandoned the fight at the Emergency hospital on Wednesday night, but a few hours previous to the death of Mrs. Manuel Silvera and her still born child. Pinning was a young man 28 years ago born in Kansas and a resident of California for 13 years. He has been employed by the Van Ormer station for the past five years and is survived hy his wife, Mrs. Margaret Pinning, three daughters, Ethel, Florence and Elizabeth Pinning, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pinning, and a brother and a sister, Mrs. R. H. Lewis. His body was taken to Fresno yesterday for interment. Mrs. Albert Geisler was a native of Switzerland, a young woman of 27 years of age, who sacrificed her life in aiding the members of her family. In company with her husband and her brother-in-law, W. Imholz, she was stricken on Monday but insisted on caring for the others of her family when ordered by the Doctor to remain in bed. Arrangements have been made to conduct the funeral from Newman. She is survived by her husband and two children. On Wednesday night Mrs. Manuel Silvera, Jr., the wife of a Portuguese dairyman, who was especially badly stricken by the disease, gave birth to a still born child and passed away shortly afterward at the hospital. Her death was closely followed by that of B. M. Bettincourt, a dairy man who leaves a wife and ten children, all stricken with the epidemic. Several other inmates of the emergency hospital are reported low at press time, but both Dr. A. M. Field and his volunteer assistants are lending every effort to pull them through.
Click For Image

Roberts, Grant P 18-09-21 p1

Auto Kills Turlock Man near Westley; Body Brought Here; The lifeless body of Grant Porter Roberts of 601 Marshall Street, Turlock, was found under an overturned auto on the high way between Patterson and Westley, one mile south of Westley, by Frank McConnel of Westley at 12:20 o clock Saturday morning. McConnell was going from Patterson when he found an overturned machine. He saw the body underneath and thought the man was injured. A local physician was summoned and upon his arrival it was found that the man underneath was dead. A registration card secured at Turlock on September 12 furnished the identification of the man. The machine had turned over completely once and a half way again. From the condition of the machine it is thought that Roberts was driving at a high rate of speed and overturned. The machine in which Roberts was riding bore the license number 17044. Roberts is thought to have been a mechanic from Turlock. Coroner Harry Wood was notified of the accident and will hold an inquest at Patterson. The body is at the parlors of Davis & Evans. Robert is survived by a wife and two children.
Click For Image

Roberts, Grant P 18-09-28 p1

Accidental Death, Coroner's Verdict; Inquest He1d Here; "Accidental death, through being crushed under an over turned automobile," was the verdict of the coroner s jury. which was impaneled last Saturday afternoon by Deputy Coroner J. H. Evans to investigate the death of Grant Porter Roberts, a garage man from Turlock, who was killed Friday night of last week. Further evidence given at the inquest elucidated the fact that Roberts was given a car on the afternoon of his death in which to drive a woman to Stevinson Colony. It is believed that after taking the woman home, Roberts lost his way, and passed through Crows Landing and Patterson instead of taking the road to Turlock, finally meeting death in the smash near Westley. There is no doubt but that the deceased was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of his death. He was an employee of the Mission Garage, 33 years of age, and until two and a half months ago a resident of San Francisco. He is survived by a wife and two children. The body was shipped to San Francisco for interment.
Click For Image

Sequeria, Antone 18-08-31 p3

Dairyman Murdered At Crows Landing; Police Hold Wife and Partner; Manuel Cunes and Manuel Currea, two Portuguese ranchmen, are being held by the county authorities as the result of investigations made into the murder of Antone Sequeira, a rancher of Crows Landing, who was killed in the dairy barn last Monday evening, Mrs. Sequeira, wife of the murdered man, is also being held. Sequeira had been hit in the head with a blunt instrument. There is an ugly gash behind and another in the forehead. The skull was crushed in both places. Death must have been instantaneous. After the crime, the body of Sequeira was thrown into a light wagon used by the dairy and covered with manure and dirt. The horse attached was then sent on its way whither it might wander down the highway toward Newman. The animal had been purchased from Peter Stewart, a neighbor, by Sequeira and Currea. Left to its own volition it moved toward the Stewarts and near there was aimlessly browsing when found with its gruesome burden. News of the slaying soon spread and large crowds gathered: at the place, Portuguese predominating. Sheriff Davis was notified and rushed to the scene with Under-Sheriff L. W. Davis. There they proceeded to investigate the killing. Footprints were found in the dairy yard, which had been made by a man and woman. Impressions were taken by Under-Sheriff Davis. Later, followed the arrests. Neighbors also say that Mrs. Sequeira is said to have told that her husband threatened to end his life several times, also the he had paid up his lodge dues.
Click For Image

Silva, Henry 18-03-30 p1

Henry P Silva; Funerals at Newman For Patterson Children; The Patterson children who passed away last week were interred in the Catholic cemetery at Newman Monday forenoon, services being held for them in the Catholic church. One was Henry Silva, the son Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Silva, aged 4 years. 9 months and 19 days. He died March 22nd. The other was Maria Silveira, the 7 day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe A .Silveira, who, passed away March 23rd. Funeral arrangements in both cases were made by Davis & Evans.
Click For Image

Silveira, Maria 18-03-30 p1

Maria Silveira; Funerals at Newman For Patterson Children; The Patterson children who passed away last week were interred in the Catholic cemetery at Newman Monday forenoon, services being held for them in the Catholic church. One was Henry Silva, the son Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Silva, aged 4 years. 9 months and 19 days. He died March 22nd. The other was Maria Silveira, the 7 day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe A .Silveira, who, passed away March 23rd. Funeral arrangements in both cases were made by Davis & Evans.
Click For Image

Silvera, girl 18-11-02 p1

Silvera still born girl; Five Residents Claimed by Death All Resided in Colony; Within forty-eight hours death has claimed five residents of Patterson as the result of the influenza epidemic now prevalent here. Of the victims Charles F. Pinnig, a fire man employed at the Van Ormer pumping station of the Associated Oil Company was the first to succumb, passing away at 11:25 Tuesday morning, his death was closely followed at 11:45 by that of Mrs. Albert Geisler, the wife of a Colony rancher, who died at her home in the Colony. The next death was that of B. M. Bettincourt, a dairy rancher, who abandoned the fight at the Emergency hospital on Wednesday night, but a few hours previous to the death of Mrs. Manuel Silvera and her still born child. Pinning was a young man 28 years ago born in Kansas and a resident of California for 13 years. He has been employed by the Van Ormer station for the past five years and is survived hy his wife, Mrs. Margaret Pinning, three daughters, Ethel, Florence and Elizabeth Pinning, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pinning, and a brother and a sister, Mrs. R. H. Lewis. His body was taken to Fresno yesterday for interment. Mrs. Albert Geisler was a native of Switzerland, a young woman of 27 years of age, who sacrificed her life in aiding the members of her family. In company with her husband and her brother-in-law, W. Imholz, she was stricken on Monday but insisted on caring for the others of her family when ordered by the Doctor to remain in bed. Arrangements have been made to conduct the funeral from Newman. She is survived by her husband and two children. On Wednesday night Mrs. Manuel Silvera, Jr., the wife of a Portuguese dairyman, who was especially badly stricken by the disease, gave birth to a still born child and passed away shortly afterward at the hospital. Her death was closely followed by that of B. M. Bettincourt, a dairy man who leaves a wife and ten children, all stricken with the epidemic. Several other inmates of the emergency hospital are reported low at press time, but both Dr. A. M. Field and his volunteer assistants are lending every effort to pull them through.
Click For Image

Silvera, Manuel Mrs 18-11-02 p1

Silvera Manuel Mrs.; Five Residents Claimed by Death All Resided in Colony; Within forty-eight hours death has claimed five residents of Patterson as the result of the influenza epidemic now prevalent here. Of the victims Charles F. Pinnig, a fire man employed at the Van Ormer pumping station of the Associated Oil Company was the first to succumb, passing away at 11:25 Tuesday morning, his death was closely followed at 11:45 by that of Mrs. Albert Geisler, the wife of a Colony rancher, who died at her home in the Colony. The next death was that of B. M. Bettincourt, a dairy rancher, who abandoned the fight at the Emergency hospital on Wednesday night, but a few hours previous to the death of Mrs. Manuel Silvera and her still born child. Pinning was a young man 28 years ago born in Kansas and a resident of California for 13 years. He has been employed by the Van Ormer station for the past five years and is survived hy his wife, Mrs. Margaret Pinning, three daughters, Ethel, Florence and Elizabeth Pinning, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pinning, and a brother and a sister, Mrs. R. H. Lewis. His body was taken to Fresno yesterday for interment. Mrs. Albert Geisler was a native of Switzerland, a young woman of 27 years of age, who sacrificed her life in aiding the members of her family. In company with her husband and her brother-in-law, W. Imholz, she was stricken on Monday but insisted on caring for the others of her family when ordered by the Doctor to remain in bed. Arrangements have been made to conduct the funeral from Newman. She is survived by her husband and two children. On Wednesday night Mrs. Manuel Silvera, Jr., the wife of a Portuguese dairyman, who was especially badly stricken by the disease, gave birth to a still born child and passed away shortly afterward at the hospital. Her death was closely followed by that of B. M. Bettincourt, a dairy man who leaves a wife and ten children, all stricken with the epidemic. Several other inmates of the emergency hospital are reported low at press time, but both Dr. A. M. Field and his volunteer assistants are lending every effort to pull them through.
Click For Image

Storer, Frank 18-04-20 p2

Editor, Well Known Here, Dies in Oakland; It is with very sincere regret that. the Irrigator notes the death of Frank Storer, who passed away at his home in Oakland on March 21st, a victim of pneumonia, which developed after he had been ill only a few days and which carried him off almost immediately. Frank Storer was a newspaperman. of ability, well known around the bay region. He edited the Elmhurst Review for a number of years, and on two different occasions served as temporary editor on the Patterson Irrigator. While in Patterson Mr. Storer made a number of good friends, who will greatly regret his death and who will join with the Irrigator man in extending sympathy to the widow and her family.
Click For Image

Streiff, Henry 18-08-10 p1

Body of Streiff Is Shipped to Relatives; Following the findings of a coroner's inquest, which brought in the verdict of "accidental drowning,." the body of Henry Streiff, the young Grayson farm hand who was drowned last Wednesday in the San Joaquin River was shipped by Deputy Coroner J. H. Evans to the young man s relatives at Galt. At press time last week the young man was reported as missing and was supposed to have been drowned owing to his having stated his intentions of going swimrning. The body was located next day and brought here for the inquest. As he was alone when drowned, all details are unknown, or entirely theoretical. The deceased was about 25 years of age.
Click For Image

This Web page is sponsored on behalf of the California portion of The USGenWeb Project by Richard S. Wilson. Although believed to be correct as presented, if you note any corrections, changes, additions, or find that any links provided on this page are not functioning properly please contact the Archive Coordinator for prompt attention to the matter.