Portola, California
Death/Obituary Index from 1927 through 1935

This index covers the newspaper from June 2, 1927 through May 9, 1935. It was compiled by Tim I. Purdy  as part of the research process on the Western Pacific’s Highline Route.

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Abell , John W. – 5 April 1934 1;4
Abdencia , Ricardo – 13 September 1928 1;5
Addis, Maude – 12 July 1934 1;5
Albee , Irwin – 30 July 1931 2;5 [died at Reno , NV ]
Allen, Mary E. – 4 December 1930 1;4
Allman , Grace – 31 May 1934 1;5
Alston, John – 6 December 1934 1;3
Anderson, Alfred – 1 June 1933 6;3
Anderson, Hokan – 19 March 1931 1;1
Anderson, John – 2 October 1930 1;4
Andrews, Stanley – 19 December 1929 1;1
Arbaird , Falk – 19 March 1931 1;1
Archer, Allen – 27 September 1928 1;3 [died at Wadsworth , NV ]
Arguilar , Margaret – 23 February 1933 3;1
Arkin , James A. – 26 March 1931 1;2 [died at Los Angeles , CA ]
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Baccala , Stacy W. – 16 June 1932 1;6 [died near Milford , CA ]
Baker, Joe – 21 May 1931 1;1
Baldi , Frank – 17 May 1928 1;2
Baldwin, Louis – 16 October 1930 1;3
Ballentine , Bob – 27 February 1930 1;3 [died at Winnemucca , NV ]
Barker, Annabelle – 24 December 1931 1;2
Bateman, Campbell A. – 8 May 1930 8;3 [died at Manor, CA]
Belideau , Mrs. P.L. – 23 August 1928 1;1
Bellato , Olivia – 11 October 1934 1;5
Belmont, Eddie – 16 June 1932 6;3 [died at Placerville , CA ]
Benninger , Louis – 10 September 1931 1;4 [died at Marysville , CA ]
Bernardo, L.V. – 25 October 1934 1;3 [died at Loyalton , CA ]
Besio , Martin – 17 May 1934 1;3
Bevington , Minnie Allen – 16 June 1927 1;2
Biaggi , Joe – 28 April 1932 8;4
Bioggi , Margaret – 18 June 1931 1;4 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Blatchley , Lafayette – 11 January 1934 1;2 [died at Oroville , CA ]
Blatchley , Mark – 24 March 1932 1;5 [died at Sierraville , CA ]
Bonetto , Antonio – 21 June 1934 1;5
Bonta , Rose – 29 October 1931 1;5 [died at Reno , NV ]
Booth, J.H. Jr., – 2 August 1934 1;5
Bosley , Frederick Conrad – 24 October 1929 8;4
Bosley , Frederick Earl – 30 January 1930 4;2
Braden, A. Wayne – 7 May 1931 1;1
Bradamila , Angelo – 7 December 1933 1;3 [died at Reno , NV ]
Brake, J.B. – 12 December 1929 1 ;2
Brake, Petrina C. – 14 February 1935 1 ;5
Brandt, J.E. – 25 August 1927 1 ;1
Brown, Annie – 18 July 1929 1 ;4
Brown, Aubrey Donaldson – 16 August 1934 1 ;1
Burk, Edward – 12 May 1932 1 ;6
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Callahan, William – 6 March 1930 1 ;2
Cally , Ruperto – 29 September 1932 1 ;2
Campbell, Roy – 22 September 1932 1 ;2 [died at Sierra City , CA ]
Caranzi , John – 11 February 1932 1 ;4
Carey, Cecil T. – 27 November 1930 1 ;5
Chantes , Rose – 17 May 1934 1 ;5
Cheek, Mrs. M. – 5 October 1933 1 ;1 [died at Oakland , CA ]
Church, Bessie Wilson – 1 March 1934 1 ;6
Cole, Fred L. – 9 November 1933 1 ;1
Cole, Ida May – 14 January 1932 1 ;4
Cole, Lucien Llewellyn – 17 September 1931 1 ;6
Collins, Allen – 5 May 1932 1 ;2
Colton , George – 12 September 1929 1 ;2
Conklin, Louis W. – 17 September 1931 1 ;2
Conner, Martha Penman – 19 February 1931 1 ;1 [died at Oroville , CA ]
Cooley, Fred George – 9 March 1933 1 ;5
Corbin, George E. – 1 February 1934 1 ;1
Counts, Barbara – 25 August 1932 1 ;2 [died at Woodleaf , CA ]
Counts, Beverly – 25 August 1932 1 ;2 [died at Woodleaf , CA ]
Counts, Howard – 25 August 1932 1 ;2 [died at Woodleaf , CA ]
Coval , Leda – 1 Novembefr 1934 1 ;4 [died at Folsom, CA]
Craig, W.E. – 18 June 1931 1 ;3
Cronin, Edith Irene – 13 April 1933 1 ;2 [died at Oroville , CA ]
Crow, Samuel H. – 28 July 1932 1 ;1 [died at Martinez , CA ]
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Davis, Mary – 17 December 1931 1 ;1
Day, W.H. – 30 March 1933 1 ;4
Dearwater , Joseph – 15 March 1934 1 ;4 [died at Sierraville , CA ]
Denson, J.K. – 18 February 1932 1 ;6
Dillon, Jane – 1 March 1934 4 ;3 [died at Sierraville , CA ]
Donnenwirth , Mary Jenner – 4 August 1932 1 ;3 [died at Oroville , CA ]
Dotta , Elmer Leon – 24 May 1928 1 ;2
Douglas, Mrs. W.G. – 9 June 1932 6 ;4 [died at Virginia City , NV ]
Drisdale , Donald F. – 30 June 1927 1 ;1
Droege , Margaret Sauer – 17 December 1931 7 ;2
Dryden, J.J. – 21 May 1931 1 ;1
Dudley, Mrs. J.L. – 15 December 1927 1 ;4 [died at Sacramento , CA ]
Duffin , Frank – 22 November 1928 1 ;2 [died at Oakland , CA ]
Dunwell , Dorothy – 23 July 1931 1 ;3 [died at Reno , NV ]
Durham , Dean – 26 June 1930 1 ;3
Dyson, Joe – 10 April 1930 1 ;5
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Easting, Isora – 21 February 1935 1 ;5 [died at Loyalton , CA ]
Eaton, Herbert – 19 April 1934 1 ;1
Ede , Eugene S. – 5 January 1933 1 ;1
Edgerton, Nancy – 22 March 1934 1 ;1
Edmundson , Aaron – 19 March 1931 1 ;1
Edwards, Dr. J.B. – 17 April 1930 1 ;2 [died at Madison , WI ]
Elam , Charles – 29 November 1934 1 ;2
Elias, Jack – 25 August 1932 1 ;3
Espinal , Martina – 11 July 1929 1 ;2
Eston , Harvey aka Rough House Harvey – 9 June 1932 1 ;6 [died at Lakeview , OR ]
Evans, Everett – 29 January 1931 1 ;2
Ewers, Blackie – 1 October 1931 1 ;1 [died near San Francisco , CA ]
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Fanti , Simone – 2 January 1930 1 ;2
Farnsworth, John F. – 1 August 1929 1 ;4 [died at Georgetown , CA ]
Faure , Mrs. Pascal – 12 July 1934 1 ;2
Fenton, Charles – 10 December 1931 5 ;1
Flaherty, Michael Joseph – 23 March 1933 1 ;3
Forth, W.E. “Bill” – 10 March 1932 1 ;6
Foster, A.R. – 12 November 1931 5 ;4
Foster, Edward – 1 November 1928 1 ;3
Freeman, Donald E. – 17 November 1932 4 ;5
Freeman, Mary – 6 December 1928 1 ;1
French, Harold M. – 13 April 1933 1 ;3 [died at Oakland , CA ]
Frohlich , Anne Marie Durner – 1 January 1931 1 ;2 [died at Reno , NV ]
Frost, Jean – 19 December 1929 1 ;2
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Garcia, Casey – 19 January 1933 1 ;5
Gardner, Sherman – 12 October 1933 1 ;1
Gavin, Belle – 27 November 1930 2 ;4 [died at Oakland , CA ]
Genasci , John – 2 March 1933 1 ;4
George, C.S. – 31 May 1934 3 ;3
Ghidossi , Angelina Muzzini – 4 April 1935 1 ;1
Ghidossi , George – 14 July 1932 1 ;6
Gilbert, Roy – 21 July 1932 1 ;3 [died at Reno , NV ]
Gillett, Howard A. – 15 March 1928 1 ;3 [died at Oroville , CA ]
Gregory, Comma N. – 13 September 1934 1 ;5
Gregory, Nancy E. – 11 February 1932 1 ;5
Griffith, Charles – 17 July 1930 1 ;1 [died at Reno , NV ]
Grother , Gave – 17 October 1929 1 ;3
Groves , Nellie – 13 September 1934 1 ;5
Guidici , Leopold – 5 December 1929 1 ;1
Guidici , Louis Attilio – 18 May 1933 1 ;2
Gulling, Charles – 16 August 1928 1 ;4 [died at Reno , NV ]
Guscetti , Duietta – 21 February 1935 1 ;1
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Haggerty, Harold – 10 May 1934 1 ;3 [ Sprague River , OR ]
Hall, Arthur N. – 8 September 1932 1 ;5
Hamilton, Josephine A. – 28 November 1929 1 ;3
Hamilton, Martin Clinton – 16 February 1928 1 ;4
Hamilton , Myrtle – 7 June 1934 1 ;5
Hamilton, Robert John – 1 December 1927 1 ;5
Hamilton, William – 23 February 1933 1 ;6 [died at Los Angeles , CA ]
Hamlin, Mrs. Edmund – 19 October 1933 1 ;6 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Hampson , Mary Jane – 9 August 1934 1 ;5 [died at Truckee , CA ]
Harrington, A.C. – 13 September 1934 1 ;6 [died at Oroville , CA ]
Harrington, W.P. – 23 July 1931 1 ;4
Harris, J.P. – 2 November 1933 1 ;1 [died at Oakland , CA ]
Harrison, Herbert Lee – 17 October 1929 1 ;1
Hazzard , C.D. – 21 July 1927 1 ;1
Herdman , Rolla – 31 December 1931 1 ;4
Herring, Sylvia Olivia – 25 August 1932 3 ;5
Higgins, James M. – 26 January 1928 1 ;1 [died at Reno , NV ]
Hoag, William – 1 February 1934 4 ;1 [died at Loyalton , CA ]
Hogan, Fred W. – 6 December 1928 1 ;5
Hoke , George W. – 2 July 1931 1 ;3
Hoke , Ira – 10 October 1929 1 ;2 [died at Fresno , CA ]
Honor, Henry – 27 July 1933 1 ;3 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Hoover , Virginia – 3 March 1932 1 ;1
Hostetter , Catherine Elizabeth – 15 August 1929 1 ;3 [died at Janesville , CA ]
Houge , Mrs. Robert L. – 27 October 1927 1 ;4 [died at Richmond , CA ]
Howard, Earl – 10 May 1934 1 ;5
Howman , William C. – 27 December 1928 1 ;5
Hughes, L.H. – 5 February 1931 1 ;3 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Hughes, Laura L. – 23 July 1931 1 ;2
Humphrey, Herbert – 11 August 1927 1 ;1 [died at Palo Alto , CA ]
Hunter, William – 28 June 1934 8 ;4
Hutchins, Warren A. – 11 February 1932 1 ;4
Huntley, Herbert H. – 18 September 1930 1 ;1 [died at Reno , NV ]
Huyck , Mrs. E.A. – 7 April 1932 3 ;2 [died at Stockton , CA ]
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Ingram, George – 21 January 1932 1 ;6
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James, Helen – 8 September 1932 1 ;5
James , Virginia – 8 September 1932 1 ;5
Jamison, Harry B. – 27 July 1933 1 ;2 [died in Southern California ]
Jenner , Leona – 4 May 1933 1 ;3 [died at Oroville , CA ]
Johnson, August N. – 8 March 1934 1 ;4
Johnson, Charles – 16 October 1930 1 ;3
Johnson, Hugo – 19 March 1931 1 ;1
Johnson, R.L. – 5 January 1933 1 ;2
Johnston, Jimmy – 1 December 1932 1 ;6
Jones, Franklin – 7 July 1932 1 ;5
Jones, Fred C. – 20 December 1928 14 ;2
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Kapitanakis , Antonio – 13 September 1928 8 ;3 [died at Sparks , NV ]
Karageorge , Andrew – 16 July 1931 1 ;4
Kelley, Joseph – 8 September 1927 1 ;2
Kellogg, William W. – 7 July 1932 1 ;1
Kendall , E.C. – 12 May 1932 1 ;3
King, Charles D. – 9 August 1934 1 ;2
Kling, B.H. – 14 April 1932 1 ;6 [died at Elko , NV ]
Kostanko , Olga – 16 April 1931 1 ;5
Kramer, Lola – 30 March 1933 1 ;1 [died at Klamath Falls , OR ]
Krueger, H.C. – 17 March 1932 1 ;6 [died at Vallejo , CA ]
Kuhlawie , Walter – 20 April 1933 1 ;3
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Lacharm , Pete – 19 October 1933 1 ;1
Laffranchini , Charles – 29 November 1934 1 ;6 [died at Hayfork, CA]
Langberg , Walter H. – 15 September 1932 1 ;3
Langhorst , Louisa Meyer – 31 October 1929 1 ;4
Larson, Minnie – 5 October 1933 1 ;3 [died at Sacramento , CA ]
Lavassar , Fred – 29 September 1932 1 ;4
Leighton, Robert – 1 November 1934 1 ;1
Lemay , Oscar W. – 22 January 1931 1 ;3 [died at Reno , NV ]
Lewis, I.J. “Slim” – 3 July 1930 1 ;5
Lewis, John – 7 July 1932 1 ;5 [died at Reno , NV ]
Lewis, Thomas Gibson – 21 February 1929 1 ;2
Lindwell , William – 25 December 1930 1 ;3
Long, Robert – 16 April 1931 1 ;1
Looseley , Mrs. DeEtte – 2 January 1930 1 ;2 (died at Valley Ford, CA]
Lucas, Paul – 17 May 1934 1 ;3
Lumpkin, Harvey – 13 April 1933 1 ;1 [died at Elsie , Nebraska ]
Lund , Gus – 19 March 1931 1 ;1
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Maddalena , Theresa – 22 February 1934 1 ;1 [died at Eldridge , CA ]
Malm , George I. – 3 January 1935 1 ;6
Manchester , Bouton – 11 August 1927 1 ;5 [died at Sacramento , CA ]
Martinetti , Ermineo – 15 December 1932 1 ;6
Mast, Robert – 2 July 1931 8 ;2
Mastelotto , Brunetta – 29 October 1931 5 ;3 [died at Reno , NV ]
Maxwell, Amos – 2 February 1933 1 ;1 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Maxwell, George Albion – 17 April 1930 1 ;1
McAlister, Ward R. – 4 December 1930 1 ;2
McCabe, John – 13 October 1932 1 ;4 [died at Sierra City , CA ]
McCarcon , Paul – 13 September 1928 1 ;2
McClaren , L. – 5 January 1933 1 ;5 [died at Sierra City , CA ]
McDermott, Tom – 6 November 1930 1 ;3
McFarland, Thomas Carroll – 29 March 1934 1 ;6
McGlashan , Charles Fayette – 8 January 1931 1 ;2 [died at Truckee , CA ]
McIntosh, Mrs. T.E. – 11 February 1932 1 ;2 [died at Salt Lake City , UT ]
McKenzie, Elva – 27 October 1927 1 ;3
McKenzie, Pearl – 14 July 1932 1 ;3 [died at Reno , NV ]
McKenzie, Robert – 14 July 1932 1 ;3 [died at Reno , NV ]
McKissick , Leland – 10 January 1935 1 ;3
McPhall , Emma – 23 March 1933 1 ;5
Meadows, Arthur – 8 September 1932 1 ;3
Meech , Mary – 12 March 1931 1 ;1
Meneses , Juan – 2 February 1933 1 ;5
Mercer, Camilla Huntley – 27 July 1933 1 ;4
Merkle , Nicholas – 9 February 1927 1 ;1
Meyers, Everett – 26 April 1934 1 ;2
Meyers, Michael – 3 January 1935 1 ;6
Middleton, Clinton – 1 December 1927 1 ;1
Middleton, John – 1 December 1927 1 ;1
Miller, W.E. – 14 April 1932 1 ;6 [died at Grass Valley , CA ]
Mollen , Mrs. George – 30 January 1930 1 ;1 [died at Stockton , CA ]
Morgan, Sophia – 8 March 1934 1 ;5 [died at Fort Bragg , CA ]
Mullen, Jerry – 27 March 1930 1 ;5
Murray, Maurice James – 8 September 1932 1 ;5
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Nail, J. – 13 October 1932 1 ;4
Neville, John – 5 January 1933 1 ;5 [died at Los Gatos , CA ]
Newman, Albin K. – 15 August 1929 1 ;5
Newman, George – 30 March 1933 1 ;4
Noee , Annie – 2 June 1927 4 ;4 [died at Alameda , CA ]
Noee , Philip – 13 March 1930 1 ;2 [died at Oakland , CA ]
Nowing , Harry Francis – 14 December 1933 1 ;5
Nowland , Fred – 15 November 1928 1 ;4
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Olsen, Martin – 24 October 1929 1 ;5 [died at Wheatland , CA ]
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Palmer, Joyce – 27 September 1934 1 ;6
Parker, Arnold – 13 October 1932 1 ;4
Parker, Beatrice – 24 July 1930 1 ;1
Pasquetti , F.D. “Charley” – 17 May 1934 1 ;6
Paulsiud , Olaf – 9 November 1933 1 ;2
Pearson, F.D. – 19 October 1933 1 ;1
Penman, William F. – 23 March 1933 1 ;4
Perrini , Natalie A. – 2 June 1932 1 ;6
Pezzola , John Duffy – 21 April 1932 1 ;2
Pilcher , Charles McKinley – 13 October 1927 1 ;4
Podolosky , Henry John – 17 July 1930 1 ;2
Pollock, George – 15 January 1931 1 ;2 [died at Reno , NV ]
Popple , Clara Mabel – 8 May 1930 1 ;3 [died at Oroville , CA ]
Porter, James L. – 5 April 1928 1 ;2
Potter, George S. – 1 March 1934 1 ;5
Powles , Roy E. – 16 August 1928 1 ;2
Pratt, Edward – 29 December 1933 1 ;3
Purcell, Mrs. M. – 21 April 1932 2 ;6 [died at Oakland , CA ]
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Quigley, Isabelle May – 13 February 1930 1 ;3 [died at Downieville , CA ]
Quinn, Cora W. – 23 February 1933 1 ;6
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Rafferty, Ed – 23 April 1931 1 ;5
Ramelli , Joseph – 5 January 1933 1 ;4 [died at Palo Alto , CA ]
Raphael, Bagland – 31 January 1935 1 ;1
Rapp, George – 17 September 1931 1 ;6
Rausseau , Joe – 27 October 1932 1 ;6
Reinking , Mary Antonia – 8 January 1931 1 ;3
Reynolds, Mary Tognazzini – 26 November 1931 1 ;5
Rice, Charity Belle Hood – 22 October 1931 1 ;3
Rider, Michael – 28 September 1933 1 ;6
Riihle , Oliver N. – 5 April 1928 1 ;2 & 12 April 1;4 [died at Carmel , CA ]
Roberti , Leonard – 18 May 1933 1 ;3
Ruse , Harry C. – 2 August 1928 1 ;1
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Samarzich , Sam – 21 September 1933 1 ;3
Schmidt, Tom – 19 July 1934 1 ;2
Schuen , Gene – 22 February 1934 1 ;1 [died at Reynard, NV]
Scott, Hazel Russell – 22 June 1933 1 ;2
Segur , Frank Eugene – 29 September 1927 1 ;4 [died at Oroville , CA ]
Sharkey, Tom – 13 December 1928 1 ;4
Sheehan, Mike – 6 November 1930 1 ;3
Shields, John – 11 December 1930 1 ;3
Shelley, Glen – 6 September 1928 1 ;3
Shorer , Alexander H. – 22 March 1934 1 ;5 [died at Oakland , CA ]
Singh, Thaker – 11 April 1935 1 ;3
Skinner, Elmer – 27 September 1934 1 ;6
Skoulee , Angelus – 24 March 1934 2 ;1
Smith, Joe – 23 July 1931 1 ;2
Smith, L.F. “Louie” – 20 February 1930 1 ;2
Smith, Mrs. Frank – 19 April 1928 1 ;1
Sohat , George – 2 June 1932 1 ;6 [died at Westwood , CA ]
Sorracco , Areglia – 9 May 1935 1 ;3
Spahr , J.W. – 24 November 1932 1 ;2 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
Sproat , Dr. Benjamin – 17 November 1932 3 ;3 [died at Chillicothe , OH ]
Sproat , Dr. Samuel – 22 November 1934 1 ;3 [died at Chillicothe , OH ]
States, Silas J. – 21 February 1935 1 ;1 [died at Reno , NV ]
Stephens, Annie Hannah – 10 July 1930 1 ;4
Stevenson, W.A. – 8 February 1928 1 ;2
Stewart, Robert – 16 April 1931 1 ;1
Stratton, Leslie J. – 8 October 1931 1 ;2 [died at Santa Cruz , CA ]
Sullivan, Maurice – 6 November 1930 1 ;3
Sweetman , Robert – 27 December 1934 1 ;1
Sweetman , Sadie Alieen Lipscombe – 20 December 1928 1 ;1
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Taylor , Lena – 17 August 1933 1 ;2 [died in Sierra County , CA ]
Taylor, Ted – 1 May 1930 1 ;3
Terzich , Mitchel “Bimbo” – 20 November 1930 1 ;5
Thomas Everett “Boots” – 8 February 1934 1 ;4
Thomas, Sarah – 20 October 1932 1 ;3
Thompson, Ann (Maidu) – 10 March 1932 1 ;6
Thompson, William – 3 January 1935 1 ;6 [died at Loyalton , CA ]
Thomson, Ted – 11 December 1930 1 ;3
Thorne, Nancy – 1 February 1934 1 ;6
Tribelcox , George – 27 September 1928 1 ;2
Troisi , Frank – 11 June 1931 1 ;1
Trosi , Angelo – 8 December 1932 1 ;2
Troshen , Russell – 9 July 1931 1 ;4
Tudor, Billy – 4 August 1927 1 ;1 [died at Palisades Park , NJ ]
Turner, Fred – 16 July 1931 1 ;6 [died at Oroville , CA ]
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Uhalt , Bernard – 6 June 1929 1 ;1
Uren, John – 29 June 1933 1 ;2
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Vairo , Domeniro – 18 February 1932 1 ;6
Van Cleave, Arthur M. – 16 November 1933 1 ;3 [died at Loyalton , CA ]
Vann, Francis Marion – 25 September 1930 8 ;5
Varnum , Daniel W. [died at Reno , NV ]
Virgin, William T. – 17 April 1930 1 ;5 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
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Walker, Frank – 27 February 1930 1 ;4 [died at Loyalton , CA ]
Walker, Harold W. – 15 February 1934 1 ;2
Watson, Wilma – 29 November 1934 1 ;4 [died at Los Angeles , CA ]
Webber, D.J. – 20 December 1928 1 ;1
Weston, Nancy Lewis – 1 June 1933 1 ;3 [died at Berkeley , CA ]
White, Mrs. Dreyden – 7 July 1926 1 ;2
Wilde, H.L. – 16 July 1931 1 ;5
Wiley, W.J. – 25 August 1927 1 ;3
Williams, Mrs. M. Rowe – 1 February 1934 1 ;6
Wilson , C.C. – 22 September 1927 1 ;2
Wing, Charles M. – 3 September 1931 2 ;3
Wise, Mrs. Jack – 1 January 1931 1 ;4
Wood, Fremont – 16 August 1934 1 ;6
Wood, Mrs. J.G. – 16 November 1933 1 ;2
Woods, Floyd – 31 May 1928 1 ;3
Woods, William – 1 November 1934 1 ;6
Woolsey, Harvey – 17 August 1933 1 ;3
Wormer, Mark – 8 September 1932 1 ;1
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Yerrington , Hall – 26 April 1928 1 ;3
Young, R.B. – 4 September 1930 1 ;4 [died at San Francisco , CA ]
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Zabalza , Jack – 26 October 1933 1 ;6

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