Chico Record (Chico, California) 04 Jan 1938, Tuesday Page 1: Death Claims Robert Black. Robert C. Black, 72, a native of Bloomfield, Nevada County, and a resident of Chico for 21 years, died last night at the home of his brother-in-law, H.H. Dicks of Durham.
Black was the first conductor to make the Sacramento-Chico run on the then new Sacramento Northern Railroad and was the oldest conductor from the point of service on the system.
He was prominent in fraternal and lodge circles, having been a member of Golden West Lodge No. 332, I.O.O.F.; Oriental Encampment and Templar Rebecca Lodge No. 19 of San Francisco; Occidental Lodge No. 22, F.&A.M.; Ben Ali Shrine of Sacramento; Chico Commandery, Knights Templar; Chico Chapter 42, R.A.M., and Josephine Chapter, O.E.S.
He is survived by his widow, Mary M. Black of Chico. Funeral arrangements are being completed at Westfall Funeral Home.
Black was the first conductor to make the Sacramento-Chico run on the then new Sacramento Northern Railroad and was the oldest conductor from the point of service on the system.
He was prominent in fraternal and lodge circles, having been a member of Golden West Lodge No. 332, I.O.O.F.; Oriental Encampment and Templar Rebecca Lodge No. 19 of San Francisco; Occidental Lodge No. 22, F.&A.M.; Ben Ali Shrine of Sacramento; Chico Commandery, Knights Templar; Chico Chapter 42, R.A.M., and Josephine Chapter, O.E.S.
He is survived by his widow, Mary M. Black of Chico. Funeral arrangements are being completed at Westfall Funeral Home.
Chico Record (Chico, California) 04 Jan 1938, Tuesday Page 1: Death Claims Robert Black. Robert C. Black, 72, a native of Bloomfield, Nevada County, and a resident of Chico for 21 years, died last night at the home of his brother-in-law, H.H. Dicks of Durham.
Black was the first conductor to make the Sacramento-Chico run on the then new Sacramento Northern Railroad and was the oldest conductor from the point of service on the system.
He was prominent in fraternal and lodge circles, having been a member of Golden West Lodge No. 332, I.O.O.F.; Oriental Encampment and Templar Rebecca Lodge No. 19 of San Francisco; Occidental Lodge No. 22, F.&A.M.; Ben Ali Shrine of Sacramento; Chico Commandery, Knights Templar; Chico Chapter 42, R.A.M., and Josephine Chapter, O.E.S.
He is survived by his widow, Mary M. Black of Chico. Funeral arrangements are being completed at Westfall Funeral Home.
Black was the first conductor to make the Sacramento-Chico run on the then new Sacramento Northern Railroad and was the oldest conductor from the point of service on the system.
He was prominent in fraternal and lodge circles, having been a member of Golden West Lodge No. 332, I.O.O.F.; Oriental Encampment and Templar Rebecca Lodge No. 19 of San Francisco; Occidental Lodge No. 22, F.&A.M.; Ben Ali Shrine of Sacramento; Chico Commandery, Knights Templar; Chico Chapter 42, R.A.M., and Josephine Chapter, O.E.S.
He is survived by his widow, Mary M. Black of Chico. Funeral arrangements are being completed at Westfall Funeral Home.
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