Patterson Cemetery District 
Obits listing for 2007

Submitted by Gale Stroud 11 Aug 2009

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit 
or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations 
desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain 
the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of 
the submitter.


Patterson Irrigator, 07/18/2007, p 8
 
Raymond Edwin Hector
Aug. 5, 1915 � July 13, 2007
A memorial service will be Friday for former West Side farmer Ed Hector, 91, who 
died Friday evening at his home.
A third-generation California native, Mr. Hector was born in San Jose but spent 
most of his life farming in the San Joaquin Valley communities of Tracy, Westley 
and Vernalis. He retired to the Modesto area, where he raised backyard crops of 
tomatoes, corn, apples and peaches.
Mr. Hector served on the advisory boards of Diamond Walnut and the California 
Lima Bean Growers Association. 
A man of many interests, Mr. Hector earned his private pilot�s license in 1946 
and took his brideto- be on their first date in his Taylorcraft airplane.
His passion was antique automobiles, and he restored and owned several Ford 
Model T�s and Model A�s, a 1911 Hupmobile, a 1903 Oldsmobile and several other 
vintage cars, as well as a Caterpillar 10 tractor. A past president of Modesto 
and Bay Area Horseless Carriage clubs, Mr. Hector participated with his wife in 
many tours and made countless friends along the way. 
The Hectors were longtime members of the Lutheran church � both Our Savior�s 
Lutheran Church of Patterson and Grace Lutheran Church of Modesto.
Mr. Hector had an insatiable curiosity about how things worked, whether machines 
or nature, and his morning routine of crossword puzzles and reading kept him 
mentally sharp until his death. He will be remembered as a gentleman of great 
integrity, generosity, and humor.
Mr. Hector is survived by his wife of 59 years, Rose; sons, Raymond Hector Jr. 
of Phoenix, Ariz., Richard Hector of Moss Beach and David Hector of Mountain 
Ranch; sister, Mabel Stagnaro of Stockton; 13 grandchildren; four great- 
randchildren; and Ossi Niemimuukko, an AFS student from Finland.
Friday�s memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 617 
Orangeburg Ave., in Modesto. Burial was in Patterson District Cemetery, 10800 
Highway 33, in Patterson.
Memorial contributions in Mr. Hector�s name may be sent to Grace Lutheran Church 
School Building Fund, 617 W. Orangeburg Ave., Modesto 95350; or to UC Davis 
Children�s Hospital Cancer Research Fund, 4900 Broadway, Suite 1150, Sacramento 
95820.
Hillview Funeral Chapel, 450 W. Las Palmas Ave., in Patterson is handling 
arrangements.