Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA Obituaries for 1929 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. Brown William J H 291129 p7 Newman Index; Father of Mrs. Minnie Hansen Passes Away; William J. H. Brown, aged father of a large family of children, now living at various points in the San Joaquin, passed away Tuesday at his home near Newman, only four days before his eightieth birthday. Saturday next would have made him an octogenarian. The old gentleman was a native of Germany, but had spent most of his long and busy life in America and much of it in California. He is survived by seven children, all living in different parts of the valley. They are August Brown of Chowchilla, Ferdinana Brown and Annie Brown of Newman, E .J. Brown of Reedley, Mrs. Minnie Hansen of Patterson; Mrs. Lena Lowrey of Oakdale and Mrs. Emma Hoegh of Tulare. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Lutheran Church in Newman, Rev. von Renner officiating, with interment at the local cemetery.