Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007 This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. Backles Herman 300808 p1 Pipeline Worker Passes Away at Ahwahnee; Herman Backels, employed as pipe fitter on the Standard Oil pipe line division for over 15 years past, died at Ahwahnee sanitarium Sunday, following a two years stay there in a losing battle to regain his health. The deceased was a native of Finland, aged 53 years, and had been in this country 35 years past. He was unmarried. Funeral services were held from the chapel of Davis & Evans Wednesday morning, with Rev. Ullman of the Turlock Swedish Lutheran church presiding. Services at the grave at Del Puerto cemetery were in charge of Patterson Lodge, 1. 0. 0.F., of which the was a member.