Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Delphia Dorothy I 960521 p10
Dorothy Irene Delphi, 83;  A graveside service was held Monday afternoon at Patterson District Cemetery for long time
local resident Dorothy Irene Delphia.  She died last Thursday at the Turlock Nursing and Rehab Center, where she had
been in failing health for some time.  She was 83.  A native of Manchester in the Mendocino area, she moved here with
her family when she was 5.  She was a member of the Federated Church and had served as an elder; and was a member of
both the Order of the Eastern Star and the Salvation Army.  A homemaker, she also was active in the Girl Scouts, serving
as district chairman and director of the Muir Trail Council.  According to her nephew Claude Delphia, she worked for the
Ielmini brothers in the Patterson Bakery in the 1930s.  After marrying Elwyn Delphia, she cooked huge meals twice a day
and delivered them to the Delphia harvesting crews for a number of years.  She also sang in the Federated Church choir
for over 30 years.  Cunningham's Affordable Burial & Cremation Centers was in charge of the arrangements.  Survivors
include two daughters, Joan Wah-Delphia of Orinda and Marlene Podesto of Chico; a son, Clark Delphia of Modesto; 10
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; a sister, Virginia Usadel of Patterson; and two brothers, Robert Carr of
Yuma, Ariz., and Wesley Carr of Huron.  Remembrances should be sent to the Federated Church Memorial Fund.