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. Bower Ralph 920908 p2 Ralph Bower, 74; A funeral service was held Sunday afternoon in Gustine for Ralph E. Bower, 74, a farmer in that area for the past 30 years. He died last Thursday at West Side Hospital. He was 74. A native of Missouri, he was well known in the Patterson area. The service was held at the Hillview Funeral Chapel in Gustine. Burial in Hills Ferry Cemetery will be today, Tuesday, at 10 a.m. Survivors include his wife, Muriel Bower of Gustine; a son, David Bower of Clovis; two brothers, Claud of Gustine and Bob Bower of Templeton; and four sisters, Hazel Wilfong of Oregon, Mabel Rennie of Merced, Winona Osterhout of Merced, and Bonnie Lucas of Turlock.