Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Gervasoni Attilio F 720907 p1
Pioneer Gervasoni Rites Today; A requiem class was celebrated this morning, Thursday, in Oar Lady of Fatima Catholic
Church, Modesto, for Attilio Frank "Jerry" Gervasoni, who was stricken at home last Sunday at the age of 95. Born in
Locarno, Switzerland, he came to Crows Landing in 1893 and worked on both the Simon Newman and Cash Crow
ranches before going into business for himself.  In 1907 he bought the McCullough ranch on Crows Landing Road and
operated his own dairy. Active as a livestock dealer, Gervasoni built a slaughterhouse on Marshall Road, and operated
packing houses in Patterson and San Francisco.  He also ran a few dairies, a store at the corner of Crows Landing
Highway and River Road, and the Red-White Grocery Market in Patterson where the Coast to Coast store is now.
Gervasont owned the property on which Catfish Camp now stands when the rivet boats docked there.  Boats also docked
behind his slaughterhouse when it was active.  He retired in 1952. He was a long time member of the Druids Lodge in
Newman and a member of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Patterson. His wife, the former Rose Crocco, died
Aug. 3. Survivors include a son, Charles Gervasoni of Modesto; a grandson, two granddaughters, three great
grandchildren, and sisters-in-law, Freda Gilligan, Laura Dickinson, Ida Bassett and Amelia Scheaone, all of Modesto.