Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Obituaries for 1922

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Grummett John 221123 p1
Pneumonia Case Proves Fatal in Very Short Time; Stricken down so suddenly as to almost seem uncanny, John
Grummett, lifelong resident of this section, passed away early Tuesday morning at the Kincaid ranch east of Vernalis
where he was employed by Redmond & Braren. Monday night Grummett appeared to be in the best of health and ate a
hearty supper, making no complaint of felling ill in the slightest degree.  Toward midnight he was heard to groan in his
bed by the other men in the bunkhouse, and getting up to attend to him a little later, he was beyond aid and died about 1
a.m..  So sudden was the end that no attempt to call a doctor could be made. The remains were brought to Patterson
Tuesday morning and an autopsy was held at which the cause of death was found to be double pneumonia in a most
aggravated form.  While very unusual, such cases are not unknown, it being probable that Grummett had the malady for
some days but not severe enough to cause trouble until it suddenly developed into a fatal stage. The deceased is well-
known to all old-timers here, his parents having had a ranch between here and Tracy, and at least one brother and a sister
survive him in this section.  He formerly owned a ranch the other side of Vernalis himself, but of late years has been
working for others and has always borne a high reputation. No plans for the funeral had been made at this writing
yesterday.


Grummett John 221130 p1
Grummett Funeral at Tracy Thursday; Funeral services for the late John Grummett, whose sudden death was chronicled
last week, were held at Tracy Thursday, and the Tracy Press gives the following particulars. He was 44 years of age.  He
was a native of California, having been born in Fall River, Shasta county. The funeral was held from the First
Presbyterian church of Tracy Thursday afternoon, interment being made in the Tracy cemetery. Deceased left a father, A.
Grummett, Sr., of Tracy, besides a sister here, Mrs. George Cookson, a brother, A. Grummett, Jr., and sister, Mrs. Myrtle
Mazzera of Oakland.  He also has a nice at Patterson, Mrs. Charles. Fisher, who attended the funeral here. Deceased was
a member of the Tracy Parlor Native Sons and a member of the K. of P. Lodge here also.