Funeral services will be held here tomorrow, Friday, at 2:00 p.m. for William E. Arthur, 71, retired early day blacksmith of Hornitos, who died May 3 at the Fremont hospital, after an extended illness. He was a native of Hornitos, born December 2, 1883. For many years before his retirement he drove the mail stage between Merced Falls and Hornitos.
Surviving are three nieces, Mrs. Harriett Mitchell of Indio, Mrs. Minnie Firto of Hickman, Mrs. May Blauert, Merced, and six nephews, Charles Person of Turlock, Walter, Roscoe, George Elmer and Robert Roduner, all of Merced.
Burial will follow in the Hornitos cemetery.
~ Mariposa Gazette, Thurs., 5 May 1955
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Contributed by Anne Shurtleff Stevens (46947920):
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Funeral services will be held here tomorrow, Friday, at 2:00 p.m. for William E. Arthur, 71, retired early day blacksmith of Hornitos, who died May 3 at the Fremont hospital, after an extended illness. He was a native of Hornitos, born December 2, 1883. For many years before his retirement he drove the mail stage between Merced Falls and Hornitos.
Surviving are three nieces, Mrs. Harriett Mitchell of Indio, Mrs. Minnie Firto of Hickman, Mrs. May Blauert, Merced, and six nephews, Charles Person of Turlock, Walter, Roscoe, George Elmer and Robert Roduner, all of Merced.
Burial will follow in the Hornitos cemetery.
~ Mariposa Gazette, Thurs., 5 May 1955
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Contributed by Anne Shurtleff Stevens (46947920):
Father 15210287
Mother 15210255
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