Patterson and Grayson Obituaries 1944, Page 2
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Dunkleberger Marion O 441110 p1
Death of Marion Dunkleberger; Marion O. Dunkleberger passed away Sunday at his Grayson home at the age of 66. A native of Indiana, he had resided in this area for nearly nine years past operating the Azevedo Service Station for a time. He is survived by one son Laurence of Grayson, and one grandson. A sister, Mrs. Ina Hale resides at Alameda; a brother, Oscar, at Minden, Nebraska, and a half-brother, Lewis McMillan is in Arkansas. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Evans Funeral Chapel with Rev. M. B. Cheek officiating, followed by Interment in Del Puerto Cemetery.
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Eggloff A E 441222 p1
Five Die in Trio of Air Crashes: A.E. Eggloff; Vernalis Field, Scene Of Mishaps Friday Night; The aviators' superstition that mishaps come in threes received grim verification Friday night when five died in three separate crashes in the vicinity of the Vernalis Naval Auxiliary Air Station. Entirely unrelated in cause, the three crackups occurred within two hours and within a three-mile radius. Ensign Donald Miller of Couer D'Alene, Idaho, was the first victim, lost in making a forced landing with his fighter plane. Ensign R. K. Henry, Jr., of Egremont, Mass., was lost in the crack-up of his fighter plane about three miles from the field. Finally, a bomber crashed a half mile from the field, killing the three occupants -- Ensign Kevin C. Mead of Greenwich, Conn., Aviation Ordnance man Second Class George R. Hood of Colver, Penn., and Radioman Third Class A. E. Eggloff of Libertyville, Ill.
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Faria Joe 440922 p3
Postpone Wedding Because Of Death; Death of Joe Faria, uncle of the bride-to-be, caused the postponement of a wedding planned for last Sunday when Miss Dorothy Nunes was scheduled to be married to Carl White of Snelling. The ceremony is now planned for next Sunday.
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Faulkner John F 441201 p2
Passes Away After Brief Illness; John Franklin Faulkner, who made his home on the former N. Andersen ranch south of Crows Landing, passed away Sunday noon in the West Side Hospital. which he had entered for treatment three days before. Funeral services were held in the Davis Chapel on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. White, pastor of the First South Baptist Church at Patterson, conducting the rites. Interment was made in Hills Ferry Cemetery. Faulkner was a native of Arkansas and was 48 years old. He is survived by his wife, Agnes, and nine children. They are Mrs. Lela Parker of Westley, Mrs. Margaret Daniel, William, Clifford, Evelyn, Pauline, Carl, Earldean and Lawson, all of Crows Landing.
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Follick Cornelius 440218 p1
Retired Farmer Passes Away; Cornelius Follick, retired rancher, who has resided here, passed away at a Modesto hospital Saturday following an extended illness. He was a native of Indiana and was 70 years of age. Funeral arrangements were made at Modesto.
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Ford Edgar L 441222 p1
Westley Boy Killed in Germany; Edgar Ford Lost In Action On November 24th; Edgar Leon Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ford of Westley, was. killed in action in Germany on November 24th, according to a War Department telegram received by them. Ford was serving with a machine gun company and had been overseas about a year. He was 23 years of age. His father is in charge of maintenance of the Federal Farm Workers Community at Westley and the family has resided there about three years, coming here from Texas. He has a brother, Fay, also in overseas service; a married sister residing in San Diego, and a younger sister residing with her parents.
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Francisco Tony Mrs 440218 p1
Passing of Mrs. Tony Francisco at Crows Landing; Crows Landing, Feb. 17 -- Mrs. Tony Francisco passed away Wednesday afternoon at the West Side Hospital following a short illness. A native of the Azores Islands, she was 45 years of age and had resided in this area for the past 30 years. Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, both in the Army. Pvt. Edward Francisco is stationed at San Francisco; Pfc. Ernest Francisco in Nebraska. Tentative funeral arrangements call for services at the Crows Landing Church at 10 a. m. Monday, depending on the arrival of Ernest from Nebraska, with Rosary Services at the Davis Chapel at Newman at 9 p. m. Sunday.
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Frisvold Ingeborg Mrs 440218 p1
Services Here For Former Resident; Funeral services were held here Monday afternoon for Mrs. Ingeborg Frisvold, former local resident, who passed away at Albany Friday. A native of Norway, she was 88 years of age. She is survived by two daughters -- Mrs. Marie Greening of Oakdale and Mrs. Annie Christopherson of Albany, and three sons -- Carl and Andy of Albany and Martin of Oakland. Her husband passed away in 1927 and the remains were interred in the family plot at Del Puerto Cemetery, where her remains were taken, following the rites at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, with Rev. M. K. Hartmann officiating. Members of the family were here for the services.
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George William J 440407 p1
William George Passes Away in San Francisco; William J. George, former well-known local resident who grew up in the community, passed away at a San Francisco hospital Saturday night following a lengthy illness. Complications following a severe attack of flu a number of months ago caused his death. He was about 33 years of age. Funeral services were held there Wednesday. He is survived by his wife and one child; his mother; a sister, Mrs. Emma Mazoni of Richmond. and a brother, Charles, of Vallejo.
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Gori Louis 441222 p1
Man Drowns as He Slips Into River; The body of Louis Gori, for many years a ranch laborer in this section, was found caught in the limbs of a tree in the middle of the San Joaquin River at Crows Landing Monday morning after he had apparently fallen from the bank the night before. According to authorities who investigated the mishap. Gori had left the auto camp, located south of the Crows Landing bridge to return to his cabin upstream late in the evening. He was not missed until the next morning. In the search which followed, Mrs. M. W. Billstrom, proprietor of the auto court, found markings on the river bank which indicated Gori had slipped and fell some sixteen feet. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Newman, Rev. H. J. von Renner, pastor of St. James Lutheran Church conducting the rites. Interment was made in Hills Ferry Cemetery. Gori was a native of Hungary and was 64 years old.
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Grapen Robert 440804 p6
Nephew of Mrs. Henry Johnson Lost at Saipan; Robert Grapen, nephew of Mrs. Henry Johnson and known to many through visits here was killed in the operations incident to landing on Saipan, it has been reported. He was a Marine mortar gunner and a veteran of Tarawa. His mother. Mrs. Esther Grapen, lives in Burlingame.
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Hall John Sgt 441013 p1
Other West Side Casualties; Tech. Sgt. John Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hall of Newman, has been reported killed in action in the European Theater. His father is well-known here as a member of the P. G. & E. construction crew that spends much time here. Details of the casualty are given by the Newman Index as follows: John would have been 25 years old on November 7th. Born at Ceres, he was a graduate of Yolo School here and of the Orestimba Union High School with the Class of '38. During his school days, he was active in athletics and won his letters in basketball and baseball. dent and entered the service from that district. His last furlough was prior to last Christmas, he departing for overseas soon afterwards.
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Harrelson Walter W 440811 p6
Walter Harrelson Dies In Action In France; He always wanted to be a paratrooper. And so he volunteered two years ago, when he was but seventeen for the vigorous training that led him along the path of adventure to its fatal ending in Normandy. "Private First Class Walter W. Harrelson was killed in action on June 23rd in France," the telegram from the War Department to his parents read, adding another name to Patterson's overlong casualty list. The Harrelson family has resided in Patterson for the past three years. Walter enlisted in November, 1942, and was sent to Ft Benning, Georgia. He received most of his training there and at Camp McCall, North Carolina, before going overseas in December. He landed in Ireland for training there, and was later sent to England for the final preparations before the invasion. He has a brother, Leo, in an infantry outfit at Camp Phillips, Kansas. Beside his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harrelson, he is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Rosa Lee McKee, Emma Jane and Hary Jean Harrelson, and two other brothers, James, Jr., and Billy Ray.
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Henry R K Jr Ens 441222 p1
Five Die in Trio of Air Crashes: R.K. Henry Jr; Vernalis Field, Scene Of Mishaps Friday Night; The aviators' superstition that mishaps come in threes received grim verification Friday night when five died in three separate crashes in the vicinity of the Vernalis Naval Auxiliary Air Station. Entirely unrelated in cause, the three crackups occurred within two hours and within a three-mile radius. Ensign Donald Miller of Couer D'Alene, Idaho, was the first victim, lost in making a forced landing with his fighter plane. Ensign R. K. Henry, Jr., of Egremont, Mass., was lost in the crack-up of his fighter plane about three miles from the field. Finally, a bomber crashed a half mile from the field, killing the three occupants -- Ensign Kevin C. Mead of Greenwich, Conn., Aviation Ordnance man Second Class George R. Hood of Colver, Penn., and Radioman Third Class A. E. Eggloff of Libertyville, Ill.
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Hill Emily 440602 p1
Passing of Mrs. Emily Hill; Mrs. Emily Maude Hill, long-time Patterson resident, passed away at a Modesto hospital Thursday afternoon of last week following an illness of some duration. A native of England, the deceased had been in this country 29 years, 28 of which were spent in Patterson. She is survived by one son, Colton, of Huntingdon Park, and two brothers residing in England. Funeral services were held at the Evans Funeral Chapel Saturday afternoon with Rev. M. B. Cheek officiating, followed by interment in Del Puerto Cemetery.
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Hlywa Edward 440211 p1
Two Die in Crash of Local Bomber Edward Hlywa; Surviving the Battles of Midway ind Coral Sea with citation for heroism, only to die in a routine training flight was the fate of Lt. Com. Harlan Rocky Dickson. 29, skipper of a squadron at the Crows Landing Auxiliary Air Station Saturday. With him died Edward Hlywa, 21, aviation radioman 1st class. The crash occurred near San Luis Obispo, where witnesses saw the dive bomber he was piloting go into a dive from which it never recovered. Dickson was awarded two Navy Crosses. One was for blasting two carriers in the Battle of the Coral Sea; the other for locating the enemy carrier which sent planes to mortally wound the Yorktown in the Battle of Midway and for directing planes to the enemy ship, which was sunk in turn. He also assisted in sinking three other Jap vessels at Midway. In other actions, he participated in the first raids on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands and on Guadalcanal and Tulagi.
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Hogue Henry A 440602 p1
Infant Son Passes Away; Henry Alvie Hogue six-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hogue of Westley, passed away at a Modesto hospital Friday. Two brothers and a sister also survive him. Grave side services were held at Del Puerto Cemetery Monday with Rev. H. C. Vancil officiating.
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Hood George R 441222 p1
Five Die in Trio of Air Crashes: George R. Hood; Vernalis Field, Scene Of Mishaps Friday Night; The aviators' superstition that mishaps come in threes received grim verification Friday night when five died in three separate crashes in the vicinity of the Vernalis Naval Auxiliary Air Station. Entirely unrelated in cause, the three crackups occurred within two hours and within a three-mile radius. Ensign Donald Miller of Couer D'Alene, Idaho, was the first victim, lost in making a forced landing with his fighter plane. Ensign R. K. Henry, Jr., of Egremont, Mass., was lost in the crack-up of his fighter plane about three miles from the field. Finally, a bomber crashed a half mile from the field, killing the three occupants -- Ensign Kevin C. Mead of Greenwich, Conn., Aviation Ordnance man Second Class George R. Hood of Colver, Penn., and Radioman Third Class A. E. Eggloff of Libertyville, Ill.
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Hopper George 440630 p2
Two Fatally Hurt When Truck Overturns: George Hopper; Crows Landing, June 26. -- An overturned truck that immediately burst into flames on Sunday afternoon brought death to a sailor and a 14-year-old boy and inflicted severe burns on the driver of the vehicle. The tragic accident occurred at the Isom turn a mile east of here when the truck went out of control either because of the shifting of the load of lettuce or a locked brake. Headed towards Modesto, the truck capsized about 75 feet east of the sharp turn. The dead sailor is George Hopper, 19, stationed at the Crows Landing Auxiliary Naval Air Station. He was rushed to the Hammand General Hospital at Modesto and died of his injuries and burns at four o'clock the next morning. The second victim was Dale Smith, nephew of Hugh Smith who was driving the truck. The boy was taken to the West Side Hospital at Newman suffering from third degree burns over his entire body. He passed away at eight o'clock Tuesday morning. Also in the same hospital, seriously burned, is the uncle. The three were pulled from the flaming cab by passersby soon after the crash and ambulances summoned. Mrs. Smith came at once from the Watsonville home of the family and stated that her husband had come in from a trip at 1:30 that morning and had been called to make a rush delivery of lettuce to East Side points. When informed that a sailor had been a passenger, she was under the impression that he was the brother of young Dale. The brother is at the Crows Landing station and had asked that his uncle look him up when driving by. Dale was born at Amarillo, Texas, and had been in California for a year and a half, attending high school. The remains were taken to Gilroy where funeral services to be held.
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Howard Herman R 441229 p1
Former Local Man Passes; Word was received here this week of the passing of Herman R. Howard, former local resident, at Antioch. Formerly employed on the Bridgford ranch, he left here about six or seven years ago
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Johnson Ronald E 440915 p1
Infant Dies En Route to Hospital; An 8-mos. old Grayson infant passed away Monday afternoon en route to Modesto as the car that was carrying his mother and other members of the family stalled for lack of gas. Ronald Eugene Johnson became critically ill, and his mother, Mary Frances Johnson, appealed to a neighbor, Leon Stroud, for aid in getting to a hospital. About four miles from Modesto, the car stalled and the sheriff's office was appealed to for aid, but the baby died before the arrival of Deputy Sheriff Cope Hartley. The car had to be towed into Modesto as no gas was available nearby.
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Kellogg Lee D 440421 p1
Son of Local Farm Worker Killed Italy; Pfc. Lee D. Kellogg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Kellogg, residing at the Azevedo Camp, was reported killed in action in a wire received from the War Department Friday. Previously reported missing in action, the second wire stated that he had been killed on February 18th. The deceased was a nephew of David Kellogg, who dropped dead of a heart attack while working in a spinach field last week.
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Kirkman John M 441027 p2
Passing of J. M. Kirkman Sunday in San Francisco; John M. Kirkman passed away Sunday at a San Francisco hospital where he had been taken for treatment a couple of days previously. A native of Visalia, he was 61 years of age. He had spent most of his life in that area until coming to Patterson in 1935. Recently he had been employed by the Forest Service in Tuolumne County until illness caused him to return to the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. L. Spencer, here. Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters -- Mrs. Violet Davis of Escalon, Mrs. Merle La Riviere of San Francisco, and Mrs. June Spencer of Patterson. and one son -- Guy of Visalia. A brother, B. E. Kirkman of Martinez. and a sister, Mrs. Maude Amyx of Hayward, also survive. Funeral services were held at Visalia Wednesday morning with interment in the family plot in the Exeter cemetery.
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