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From The Camarillo News, serving Santa Rosa Valley, Conejo, Pleasant Valley, Somis, The Los Posas, Vol. II, No. 15, Camarillo, Ventura County, California, Friday, January 20, 1928
Tragic Death Comes to Frank Conrad
Well known Camarillo Man Killed When Thrown From Disc Harrow.
Death in a tragic form came to Frank Conrad, a resident for many years of the Camarillo section about 11 o'clock Tuesday morning when he was thrown from a disc harrow on the A. Camarillo ranch beneath the sharp blades of the implement, which passed over his body. Just how the accident happened will never be known as there were no eye witnesses, but it is assumed that the big double eight foot disc struck a piece of concrete irrigation pipe which had been cast aside between the rows of walnut trees in the orchard which Conrad was cultivating and the jar of the implement passing over the obstruction threw Conrad from the seat. The disc was being pulled by eight mules, and apparently the animals started to run when they found they were driverless. They were caught at the corner of the orchard near the intersection of the state highway and the Santa Rosa Road by some Mexicans employed on the ranch. At about the same time R. L. Bradbury of the Santa Rosa valley, driving into Camarillo, saw the team and inquired for Conrad. He was told that he must be in the orchard somewhere. Driving his car into the orchard, Bradbury retraced the wavering tracks of the disc a few hundred yards came to the lifeless body of Conrad lying between the row of eucalyptus trees bordering the highway and the last row of walnut trees of the orchard. One glance at the prostrate form convinced Bradbury that the man was beyond human aid and he drove into Camarillo and meeting Bob Parr, traffic officer, notified him. Mr. Parr in turn called up Coroner Reardon.
A deep gash in the forehead probably caused instantaneous death. Both wrists were also badly cut by the disc, and numerous cuts and bruises were about the body.
Conrad figured in a similar accident about two years ago when he was driving the same team, hitched to the same disc harrow that ultimately caused his death. At that time he was thrown in front of the implement, but escaped with the loss of one foot.
The inquest into the cause of death was held Tuesday evening at the Diffenderffer mortuary at Oxnard, the jury returning the verdict that death resulted from accidental causes.
William Franklin Conrad known to his many friends merely as Frank was born April 25, 1869, at Grass Valley, Nevada county, California, and came to Ventura County with his parents when he was but 3 years old, in 1872, and has been a resident in the vicinity of Camarillo ever since. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Conrad, and four brothers, Bert, Ray and Jess Conrad of Camarillo and Roy Conrad living in East Orange, New Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. W. D. Alexander, of Los Angeles. His father, J. H. Conrad, for many years justice of the peace of Camarillo township, died about two years ago.
The measure of a man's worth is best given by those who have known him longest and from David Flynn, who went to school with Frank Conrad, grew up with him to man's estate and lived as a neighbor for many years, it was our privilege to hear a simply yet beautiful eulogy of the deceased. "I have known Frank Conrad practically all my life," said Flynn, "and his character was as near the ideal as anything I can conceive. He was kind and generous to a fault. He never did or said anything that would hurt anyone's feelings. He tried to find some good quality in every man, and if he could not find it in his heart to say a good word for a person, he maintained silence. Frank Conrad was my friend; he was everybody's friend. He bore malice against none."
The funeral was held yesterday morning at 10:30 from the Camarillo Baptist church, Rev. Nelson Baker conducting the services. Two musical numbers, "My Heavenly Father Knows" and "Abide with me," were sung by a trio composed of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Ward and E. B. Hamlin, accompanied on the piano buy Miss Lucile Baker. At the end of the church service "The Chimes" were played by Miss Baker.
The pallbearers, all friends of Mr. Conrad for many years, were Ed Stewart, A. Cawelti, Martin Flynn, W. P. Fulton, Alex Hernandez and David Flynn. The church was well filled with the many friends of the deceased, who had gathered to pay their last respects to one who was held in high esteem in the community. As a fitting mark of respect, several business houses closed during the hour of the funeral. Interment took place at Ivy Lawn cemetery, where the grave was banked with many floral tributes.
From The Camarillo News, serving Santa Rosa Valley, Conejo, Pleasant Valley, Somis, The Los Posas, Vol. II, No. 15, Camarillo, Ventura County, California, Friday, January 20, 1928
Tragic Death Comes to Frank Conrad
Well known Camarillo Man Killed When Thrown From Disc Harrow.
Death in a tragic form came to Frank Conrad, a resident for many years of the Camarillo section about 11 o'clock Tuesday morning when he was thrown from a disc harrow on the A. Camarillo ranch beneath the sharp blades of the implement, which passed over his body. Just how the accident happened will never be known as there were no eye witnesses, but it is assumed that the big double eight foot disc struck a piece of concrete irrigation pipe which had been cast aside between the rows of walnut trees in the orchard which Conrad was cultivating and the jar of the implement passing over the obstruction threw Conrad from the seat. The disc was being pulled by eight mules, and apparently the animals started to run when they found they were driverless. They were caught at the corner of the orchard near the intersection of the state highway and the Santa Rosa Road by some Mexicans employed on the ranch. At about the same time R. L. Bradbury of the Santa Rosa valley, driving into Camarillo, saw the team and inquired for Conrad. He was told that he must be in the orchard somewhere. Driving his car into the orchard, Bradbury retraced the wavering tracks of the disc a few hundred yards came to the lifeless body of Conrad lying between the row of eucalyptus trees bordering the highway and the last row of walnut trees of the orchard. One glance at the prostrate form convinced Bradbury that the man was beyond human aid and he drove into Camarillo and meeting Bob Parr, traffic officer, notified him. Mr. Parr in turn called up Coroner Reardon.
A deep gash in the forehead probably caused instantaneous death. Both wrists were also badly cut by the disc, and numerous cuts and bruises were about the body.
Conrad figured in a similar accident about two years ago when he was driving the same team, hitched to the same disc harrow that ultimately caused his death. At that time he was thrown in front of the implement, but escaped with the loss of one foot.
The inquest into the cause of death was held Tuesday evening at the Diffenderffer mortuary at Oxnard, the jury returning the verdict that death resulted from accidental causes.
William Franklin Conrad known to his many friends merely as Frank was born April 25, 1869, at Grass Valley, Nevada county, California, and came to Ventura County with his parents when he was but 3 years old, in 1872, and has been a resident in the vicinity of Camarillo ever since. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Conrad, and four brothers, Bert, Ray and Jess Conrad of Camarillo and Roy Conrad living in East Orange, New Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. W. D. Alexander, of Los Angeles. His father, J. H. Conrad, for many years justice of the peace of Camarillo township, died about two years ago.
The measure of a man's worth is best given by those who have known him longest and from David Flynn, who went to school with Frank Conrad, grew up with him to man's estate and lived as a neighbor for many years, it was our privilege to hear a simply yet beautiful eulogy of the deceased. "I have known Frank Conrad practically all my life," said Flynn, "and his character was as near the ideal as anything I can conceive. He was kind and generous to a fault. He never did or said anything that would hurt anyone's feelings. He tried to find some good quality in every man, and if he could not find it in his heart to say a good word for a person, he maintained silence. Frank Conrad was my friend; he was everybody's friend. He bore malice against none."
The funeral was held yesterday morning at 10:30 from the Camarillo Baptist church, Rev. Nelson Baker conducting the services. Two musical numbers, "My Heavenly Father Knows" and "Abide with me," were sung by a trio composed of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Ward and E. B. Hamlin, accompanied on the piano buy Miss Lucile Baker. At the end of the church service "The Chimes" were played by Miss Baker.
The pallbearers, all friends of Mr. Conrad for many years, were Ed Stewart, A. Cawelti, Martin Flynn, W. P. Fulton, Alex Hernandez and David Flynn. The church was well filled with the many friends of the deceased, who had gathered to pay their last respects to one who was held in high esteem in the community. As a fitting mark of respect, several business houses closed during the hour of the funeral. Interment took place at Ivy Lawn cemetery, where the grave was banked with many floral tributes.
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From The Camarillo News, serving Santa Rosa Valley, Conejo, Pleasant Valley, Somis, The Los Posas, Vol. II, No. 15, Camarillo, Ventura County, California, Friday, January 20, 1928
Tragic Death Comes to Frank Conrad
Well known Camarillo Man Killed When Thrown From Disc Harrow.
Death in a tragic form came to Frank Conrad, a resident for many years of the Camarillo section about 11 o'clock Tuesday morning when he was thrown from a disc harrow on the A. Camarillo ranch beneath the sharp blades of the implement, which passed over his body. Just how the accident happened will never be known as there were no eye witnesses, but it is assumed that the big double eight foot disc struck a piece of concrete irrigation pipe which had been cast aside between the rows of walnut trees in the orchard which Conrad was cultivating and the jar of the implement passing over the obstruction threw Conrad from the seat. The disc was being pulled by eight mules, and apparently the animals started to run when they found they were driverless. They were caught at the corner of the orchard near the intersection of the state highway and the Santa Rosa Road by some Mexicans employed on the ranch. At about the same time R. L. Bradbury of the Santa Rosa valley, driving into Camarillo, saw the team and inquired for Conrad. He was told that he must be in the orchard somewhere. Driving his car into the orchard, Bradbury retraced the wavering tracks of the disc a few hundred yards came to the lifeless body of Conrad lying between the row of eucalyptus trees bordering the highway and the last row of walnut trees of the orchard. One glance at the prostrate form convinced Bradbury that the man was beyond human aid and he drove into Camarillo and meeting Bob Parr, traffic officer, notified him. Mr. Parr in turn called up Coroner Reardon.
A deep gash in the forehead probably caused instantaneous death. Both wrists were also badly cut by the disc, and numerous cuts and bruises were about the body.
Conrad figured in a similar accident about two years ago when he was driving the same team, hitched to the same disc harrow that ultimately caused his death. At that time he was thrown in front of the implement, but escaped with the loss of one foot.
The inquest into the cause of death was held Tuesday evening at the Diffenderffer mortuary at Oxnard, the jury returning the verdict that death resulted from accidental causes.
William Franklin Conrad known to his many friends merely as Frank was born April 25, 1869, at Grass Valley, Nevada county, California, and came to Ventura County with his parents when he was but 3 years old, in 1872, and has been a resident in the vicinity of Camarillo ever since. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Conrad, and four brothers, Bert, Ray and Jess Conrad of Camarillo and Roy Conrad living in East Orange, New Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. W. D. Alexander, of Los Angeles. His father, J. H. Conrad, for many years justice of the peace of Camarillo township, died about two years ago.
The measure of a man's worth is best given by those who have known him longest and from David Flynn, who went to school with Frank Conrad, grew up with him to man's estate and lived as a neighbor for many years, it was our privilege to hear a simply yet beautiful eulogy of the deceased. "I have known Frank Conrad practically all my life," said Flynn, "and his character was as near the ideal as anything I can conceive. He was kind and generous to a fault. He never did or said anything that would hurt anyone's feelings. He tried to find some good quality in every man, and if he could not find it in his heart to say a good word for a person, he maintained silence. Frank Conrad was my friend; he was everybody's friend. He bore malice against none."
The funeral was held yesterday morning at 10:30 from the Camarillo Baptist church, Rev. Nelson Baker conducting the services. Two musical numbers, "My Heavenly Father Knows" and "Abide with me," were sung by a trio composed of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Ward and E. B. Hamlin, accompanied on the piano buy Miss Lucile Baker. At the end of the church service "The Chimes" were played by Miss Baker.
The pallbearers, all friends of Mr. Conrad for many years, were Ed Stewart, A. Cawelti, Martin Flynn, W. P. Fulton, Alex Hernandez and David Flynn. The church was well filled with the many friends of the deceased, who had gathered to pay their last respects to one who was held in high esteem in the community. As a fitting mark of respect, several business houses closed during the hour of the funeral. Interment took place at Ivy Lawn cemetery, where the grave was banked with many floral tributes.
From The Camarillo News, serving Santa Rosa Valley, Conejo, Pleasant Valley, Somis, The Los Posas, Vol. II, No. 15, Camarillo, Ventura County, California, Friday, January 20, 1928
Tragic Death Comes to Frank Conrad
Well known Camarillo Man Killed When Thrown From Disc Harrow.
Death in a tragic form came to Frank Conrad, a resident for many years of the Camarillo section about 11 o'clock Tuesday morning when he was thrown from a disc harrow on the A. Camarillo ranch beneath the sharp blades of the implement, which passed over his body. Just how the accident happened will never be known as there were no eye witnesses, but it is assumed that the big double eight foot disc struck a piece of concrete irrigation pipe which had been cast aside between the rows of walnut trees in the orchard which Conrad was cultivating and the jar of the implement passing over the obstruction threw Conrad from the seat. The disc was being pulled by eight mules, and apparently the animals started to run when they found they were driverless. They were caught at the corner of the orchard near the intersection of the state highway and the Santa Rosa Road by some Mexicans employed on the ranch. At about the same time R. L. Bradbury of the Santa Rosa valley, driving into Camarillo, saw the team and inquired for Conrad. He was told that he must be in the orchard somewhere. Driving his car into the orchard, Bradbury retraced the wavering tracks of the disc a few hundred yards came to the lifeless body of Conrad lying between the row of eucalyptus trees bordering the highway and the last row of walnut trees of the orchard. One glance at the prostrate form convinced Bradbury that the man was beyond human aid and he drove into Camarillo and meeting Bob Parr, traffic officer, notified him. Mr. Parr in turn called up Coroner Reardon.
A deep gash in the forehead probably caused instantaneous death. Both wrists were also badly cut by the disc, and numerous cuts and bruises were about the body.
Conrad figured in a similar accident about two years ago when he was driving the same team, hitched to the same disc harrow that ultimately caused his death. At that time he was thrown in front of the implement, but escaped with the loss of one foot.
The inquest into the cause of death was held Tuesday evening at the Diffenderffer mortuary at Oxnard, the jury returning the verdict that death resulted from accidental causes.
William Franklin Conrad known to his many friends merely as Frank was born April 25, 1869, at Grass Valley, Nevada county, California, and came to Ventura County with his parents when he was but 3 years old, in 1872, and has been a resident in the vicinity of Camarillo ever since. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Conrad, and four brothers, Bert, Ray and Jess Conrad of Camarillo and Roy Conrad living in East Orange, New Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. W. D. Alexander, of Los Angeles. His father, J. H. Conrad, for many years justice of the peace of Camarillo township, died about two years ago.
The measure of a man's worth is best given by those who have known him longest and from David Flynn, who went to school with Frank Conrad, grew up with him to man's estate and lived as a neighbor for many years, it was our privilege to hear a simply yet beautiful eulogy of the deceased. "I have known Frank Conrad practically all my life," said Flynn, "and his character was as near the ideal as anything I can conceive. He was kind and generous to a fault. He never did or said anything that would hurt anyone's feelings. He tried to find some good quality in every man, and if he could not find it in his heart to say a good word for a person, he maintained silence. Frank Conrad was my friend; he was everybody's friend. He bore malice against none."
The funeral was held yesterday morning at 10:30 from the Camarillo Baptist church, Rev. Nelson Baker conducting the services. Two musical numbers, "My Heavenly Father Knows" and "Abide with me," were sung by a trio composed of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Ward and E. B. Hamlin, accompanied on the piano buy Miss Lucile Baker. At the end of the church service "The Chimes" were played by Miss Baker.
The pallbearers, all friends of Mr. Conrad for many years, were Ed Stewart, A. Cawelti, Martin Flynn, W. P. Fulton, Alex Hernandez and David Flynn. The church was well filled with the many friends of the deceased, who had gathered to pay their last respects to one who was held in high esteem in the community. As a fitting mark of respect, several business houses closed during the hour of the funeral. Interment took place at Ivy Lawn cemetery, where the grave was banked with many floral tributes.
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