Monday, February 13, 2012

Two Obituaries & a Death Certificate

Calipatria, CA

    Desiderio Binsacca was a pioneer in the region near the Soledad Mission in Monterey County. With only his year of death to go on, I was able to locate the following obituary more quickly in the The Salinas Californian by assuming that he died in the same month in which he was born -- September.
    (The English equivalent of Desiderio is David.)
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Desiderio "Dave" BINSACA
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Death Notice
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Friday September 28, 1934 Salinas Index-Journal, p. 2
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BINSACCA -- At his home in the Mission district, near Soledad, September 27, 1934, Desiderio Binsacca, aged 84 years of age.
    The funeral cortege will leave from the late residence in the Mission district on Sunday morning, September 30, 1934, at 9:30 o'clock; thence to the Soledad Catholic church, where mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul at 10 o'clock. Graveside services will be under the auspices of the Foresters' of America. Burial in Soledad cemetery. Friends are respectfully invited to attend the services. (Fuor's? funeral service).
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Obituary
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Friday September 28, 1934 Salinas Index-Journal, p. 10
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Funeral Sunday For Binsacca at Soledad
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    Desiderio Binsacca, pioneer risident of the Mission district, died yesterday at his home, at the age of 84 years. He had made his home in the Mission district for about 50 years, engaging in farming until his retirement from active business life. He is survived by six daughters and six sons.
    Funeral services will be held from the family home at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning, followed by mass at the Soledad Catholic church at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Soledad cemetery, with graveside services under the auspices of the Foresters' America.
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Pansy Ida Estes REYNOLDS
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Obituary
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Wesnesday 8 December 1976 The Desert Sun [Palm Springs, CA], p. A2
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    Graveside services will be held Thursday for Pansy I. Reynolds, 82, 1090 Marshal Way, who died Monday morning in Desert Hospital.
    A native of New Mexico, she had lived in California for 40 years, and had been a local resident for three months.
    Mrs. Reynolds was a member of the Eastern Star, Glendale Chapter, and the San Bernardino Chapter of the Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem.
    She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Cook of Palm Springs; two sons, Alexander Reynolds of White City, Ore., and Harry Reynolds of Los Angeles; and a brother, Green Estes of Mesa, Ariz.
    Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Mountain View Cemetery in San Bernardino.
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    The following is a transcription of Orange County Death Certificate #3000 02923 for Velma Dunlap Lemmon, likely the third wife of my great-uncle George Calvin Lemmon.
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Name of Deceased: Velma Dunlap Lemmon
Date: 4-10-1976 Time: 12:50 p.m.
Sex: Female Race: Cau Birthplace: Arkansas
DOB: 2 Aug 1902 Age: 73
Father: Mose Dunlap, Arkansas
Mother: Maude Langham, Arkansas
Citizen of USA SS#: 547 16 3159 Widowed
Homemaker for c50 yrs Self-employed in Own Home
Place of Death: Fullerton Community Hospital, 100 E. Valley View
Fullerton, Orange County, Lived in CA for 42 yrs
Res: 510 North Raymond Ave, Fullerton, Orange County, CA
Informant: Mrs. Irene Hanna [dau], 734 S. Walnut, Brea, CA 92621
Coroner's Investigation conducted
Burial, 13 Apr 1976, Memory Garden Mem Pk, Brea
Funeral Director: McAulay & Wallace.
Cause of Death: Memothorax; Fractured ribs, spine (T-11) & pelvis
Trauma caused by an accident in the 1300 block of E. Chapman, Fullerton
Time: 11;10 a.m.
Decedent, a pedestrian, struck by auto.
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Links (My two will be updated as time permits):

  • Desiderio's Binsacca's page on the 1957 SCHS Faculty & Staff web site
  • Pansy Estes Reynolds' page on the Adams Family of Parke County, IN, World Connect site
  • George C. Lemmon's page on the Hugh Lemmon & Descendants website

Sa 11 Feb Actual Route: Wiest Lake - Brawley - Wiest Lake

Su 12 Actual Feb Route: Wiest Lake

M 13 Feb Actual Route: Wiest Lake - Calipatria - Red Hill Marina

T 14 Feb Actual Route: Red Hill Marina - Calipatria - Brawley - El Centro - Vaction Inn RV Park

W 15 Feb Actual Route: Vaction Inn RV Park - Calexico - Yuma, AZ, Walmart

Th 16 Feb Actual Route: Yuma, AZ, Walmart - Wellton

F 17 Feb Actual Route: Wellton - Dateland - Gila Bend - Butterfield Trail Dry Camp

Sa 18 Feb Actual Route: Butterfield Trail Dry Camp - Gila Bend - Casa Grande

Su 19 Feb Route: Casa Grande - Eloy - Marana - Catalina State Park

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