Butte County Obituaries

John Elvin Mathews

Submitted by April Hennes 29 Jan 2008

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Oroville Mercury Register, Friday, November 22, 1991

John E. Mathews
Oroville resident for 57 years.
Graveside services for John Elvin Mathews, 75, will take place at 10 a.m. 
Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Larry Walter of First Congregational 
Church will preside. Mr. Mathews died Wednesday at Oroville Hospital. He was 
born in Rawlings, Wyoming, February 14, 1916 and served in the U.S. Army during 
World War II. Raised and educated in Oroville, Mr. Mathews had been a graduate 
of Oroville High School. He worked as shop foreman for the Butte County Public 
Works Maintenance Dept., retiring several years ago. He had been a member of 
the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 196 of Oroville and the 717th Tank 
Battalion Group. Preceded in death by his wife, Lela, in 1981, he is survived 
by his sons, John of Oroville and Todd of Santa Monica; and his sisters, Delpha 
Shull of Auburn and Merle Caboro of Oroville. Services are under the direction 
of Scheer Memorial Chapel