Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

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Gill Mary C 040616 p5
Macy C. Gill   April 2, 1902 -- June 13, 2004
A rosary will be recited and a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Thursday for Mary C. Tosta Gill, 95, of
Gustine, who died Sunday at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.  Mrs. Gill was a native of Riberinha, Terceira, Azores,
and she lived in Gustine 92 years.  She and her husband, John, owned the Gill Family Ranch and Dairy for 30 years, and
she operated it for 45 years after his death.  Mrs. Gill was a member of Our Lady of Miracles Catholic Church in Gustine,
the Catholic Daughters of America, the Portuguese organization SPRSI, Our Lady of Miracles Society and the Golden
Agers of Newman.  She is survived by her children, Frank Gill of Patterson, Eleanor Salsa of Gustine and Hilda Menard
of Turlock; brothers, John Tosta of Visalia and Henry Tosta of Tracy; a sister Belmira Coelho of Eugene. Ore; 11
grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, John Martin Gill, who died in
1946; a son., John Gill, who died in 1995; a daughter, Elsie Dutra, who died in 1999; and three brothers.  Visitation will
be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Hillview Funeral Chapel, 515 First Ave., Gustine.  The rosary and Mass will take place 10
a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Miracles, 370 Linden Ave., Gustine.  Burial will follow at Hills Ferry Cemetery, 1834
Stuhr Road, Newman.  Hillview Funeral Chapel in Gustine is conducting services.

Gill Mary C 040623 p9
Mary C. Gill   April 2, 1901 -- June 23, 2004
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Thursday for dairy farmer Mary C. Tosta Gill, 95, of Gustine, who died
Sunday at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.   A native of Riberinha, Terceira, Azores, Mrs.  Gill lived in Gustine  92
years.  She and her husband, the late ,John Martin Gill, owned the Gill family ranch and dairy 75 years.  She was the
owner and operator of the dairy after his death in 1946.  Mrs. Gill was a member of Our Lady of Miracles Catholic
Church in Gustine, the Catholic Daughters, S.P.R.S.I., the OLM Society and the Golden Agers of Newman.  Mrs. Gill is
survived by three children.  Frank Gill of Patterson, Eleanor Salsa of Gustine and Hilda Menard of Turlock; two brothers,
Henry Tosta of Tracy and John Tosta of Visalia; a sister, Belmira Coelho of Eugene, Ore.; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-
children; and two great-great-grandchildren  Her husband; a son, John Gill; a daughter; Elsie Dutra; and three brothers
preceded her in death.  Thursday's Mass and rosary recital was at Our Lady of Miracles Catholic Church, in Gustine, and
burial followed at Hills Ferry Cemetery, in Newman.