Patterson Cemetery District Obits listing for 2009 Submitted by Gale Stroud 11 Aug 2009 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. Patterson Irrigator, 08/06/2008, p 3 Three Killed, One Injured in Highway 33 Crash Written by James Leonard | Patterson Irrigator Tuesday, 05 August 2008 Updated 3:05 p.m., Aug. 05 Three people were killed � including a 3-year-old boy from Westley � and one suffered major injuries in a fiery head-on collision on Highway 33 late Monday night, the California Highway Patrol reported Tuesday. A CalTrans worker replaces a damaged railroad sign Tuesday morning near the scene of Monday's accident on Highway 33, south of Rogers Road. Photo by Elias Funez / Patterson Irrigator The accident occurred around 10:50 p.m. Monday, when a 26-year-old Patterson man, driving a 1999 Chevrolet Blazer, drifted across a solid double yellow line while traveling southbound on Highway 33 just south of Rogers Road. A second vehicle, a 2003 Mazda6, was traveling northbound on Highway 33 and was unable to avoid the collision. After the collision, the Mazda came to rest on the east shoulder of Highway 33 and was consumed in flames. The Blazer overturned and came to rest on its wheels on the west shoulder. The driver of the Mazda, a 27-year-old Westley woman, was killed in the collision � as was her passenger, the 3-year-old boy. The driver of the Blazer was also killed. His passenger, a 43-year-old man from Patterson, suffered major injuries and was taken by helicopter to Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, according to CHP spokesman Tom Killian. His condition was not known as of Tuesday morning, and Killian said the man had no identification. A representative with the Stanislaus County coroner�s office said Tuesday afternoon that the bodies had not all been positively identified yet, and no names would be released until all three were identified and all the families had been notified. According to Patterson fire chief Jeff Gregory, who was on the scene along with 12 members of the Patterson Fire Department and eight from the Westley Fire Department, the spot where the accident occurred is not particularly unsafe. The accident happened just south of an S-curve over railroad tracks near the Patterson District Cemetery. �There�s no more accidents there than anywhere else,� Gregory said. It is unknown whether alcohol played a role in the accident. The accident was the third with at least one fatality in the past three weeks in the Patterson-Westley area. On July 15, seven people � six farm laborers from Lodi and the driver of a septic truck � died when two vehicles collided and plunged into the Delta-Mendota Canal at Needham Road. Their bodies were later recovered from the canal. Two days later, an 89-year-old Patterson woman died after a two-car crash at Sperry and Del Puerto avenues. Also, on July 19, a 54-year-old Patterson woman suffered a severed foot when she was hit head-on on Highway 33 near Ward Avenue. Patterson Irrigator, 08/09/2008 lists dead as Mario Saldivar, Eloy Bahena, and Monica Martinez Patterson Irrigator, 08/09/2008, p 12 Eloy Bahena 11/17/2004 � 08/04/2008 A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday for Eloy Bahena of Westley, who died with his mother, Monica Martinez, on Monday in an automobile accident in Patterson. Eloy, age 3, was a native of Modesto and a lifetime resident of Westley. Eloy is survived by his father, Rodolfo Bahena of Los Angeles; grandmothers, Maria Guadalupe Delgado Martinez of Westley and Maria Reyes of Los Angeles; grandfather, Pablo Trujillo of Mexico; aunts, Perlita Martinez of Westley and Rocio Bahena, Erica Bahena and Blanca Bahena all of Los Angeles; and uncles, Saul Martinez of Westley and Eduardo Martinez of Texas. Eloy was preceded in death by his grandfather, Jesus Antonio Martinez. Wednesday�s Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 529 I St., in Patterson. Burial will follow in Patterson District Cemetery, 10800 Highway 33, in Patterson. Visitation will be observed from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. at the church. Hillview Funeral Chapel, 450 W. Las Palmas Ave., in Patterson, is handling arrangements.