Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Elias Ruth E 020620 p5
Ruth Eseudero Elias, 85;  Final rites will be held here Friday for Patterson resident Ruth Escudero Elias, who died Sunday
at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock of natural causes.  She was 85.  She was a native of Silver City, NM, and had lived
in Patterson the past 24 years. She was a homemaker and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She also was a
volunteer worker for the. Salvation Army.  A vigil will be held today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church, with a
Mass to be held Friday at 11 a.m., also at the church.  Burial in the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery near Santa
Nella will follow.  Visitation will be Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at the church. Hillview Funeral Chapel of Patterson is in
charge of the arrangements.  Survivors include her husband, Rufino E.Elias of Patterson; a son, Rufino Rudolph Elias of
San Jose; three daughters, Helen Kimbark of Toluca Lake, Soffie Rodriguez of San Jose, and Rose Mary Henry of Bend,
Ore.; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; three brothers, Mike, Johnny and Anthony Joseph Escudero; and four
sisters, Evangeline Escudero,. Henrietta Bazan, Nelly Flores and Vera Luque.  She was preceded in death by a daughter,
Irene Bryant.