Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

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Eddlemon John R 430219 p7
Newman, February 18  -- Special  Pioneer Newman resident Passes; John R. Eddlemon, resident of Newman for thirty-
eight years, passed away on Saturday in the West Side Hospital, where he had been moved on Tuesday of last week for
treatment after several months of failing health. Funeral rites were conducted Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock in the
Davis Chapel by the Orestimba Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which he had long been a member, with Rev. Paul Hall, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church, assisting.  Interment was made in the family plot in Hills Ferry Cemetery. Eddlemon, a native
of Missouri, was 75 years old.  He came directly to Newman from his native state.  An excellent mechanic, he soon
established a garage business in the building now occupied by Harry Lorenson.  Later, he became mechanic with the
Simon Newman Company, a position that he held until his retirement  He is  survived by his wife, Ida, and three children.
They are Mrs. Thelma Hunt of Gustine, Mrs. Gaynell Chapman of Newman, and Kenneth Eddlemon of San Francisco.
His two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Alexander and Mrs. Jessie Amos, and a brother, A. J. Eddlemon, all reside at Oakland, while
another brother, J. D. Eddlemon, lives at Fresno.