Harold Alexander Patton, 66, of Eureka died at a local hospital following a lengthy illness Thursday. Born in Lebam, Washington, he had resided here for the past 12 years. He had been employed in this area as a carpenter and was a life member of the Alono Club.

Survivors include his children, Virgil, Mahlon and James Patton, Eureka, Harold Patton, Inglewood, and Mrs. Isabelle Kalliokoski, Aberdeen, Wash.; sisters, Mrs. Edna Oliver, Bremmerton, Wash.; Mrs. Monica Goddard and Mrs. Emma Hudson, Aberdeen, Wash.; and Mrs. Elizabeth Everett, Long Beach.

Funeral services will be held Monday at Cooper's Mortuary Chapel of the Ferns at 11 a.m., with Rev. Oscar Link officiating. Interment will follow at Ocean View Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Wesley Petersen, Victor Pringle, Leonard Foster, J. E. Barton, Nils Jacobsen and Scott Messer.

Published in the Eureka Humboldt Standard on January 6, 1961
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Name: Harold A Patton
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 May 1893
Birth Place: Washington
Death Date: 5 Jan 1961
Death Place: Humboldt
Mother's Maiden Name: Dodge

Harold was the son of Addie Louisa Dodge and Alfred Sherman Patton; brother of Edna, John, Emma, Manley, Elizabeth, and Monica Patton.

Home in 1900: Frances, Pacific, Washington
Home in 1910: Lebam, Pacific, Washington

Harold married Minnie F. Alfredson on December 15, 1917 in Montesano, WA.

Home in 1920: South Bend Ward 1, Pacific, Washington

By 1930, Harold and Minnie were living in Hoquiam, WA, and had four children, Isabelle (age 8), Mahlon (age 4), Harold (age 3) and James (age 1).

In 1940, they were back living in South Bend, WA. In addition to the four children listed above, they had one more son, Virgil (age 8).

SOURCE: ancestry.com
- California Death Index
- U.S. Federal Census
- Washington Marriage Records