Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Obituaries for 1923

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Hitch Rosemary 230712 p1
Bodies of Three River Victims Recovered: Rosemary Hitch; The last of the bodies of the victims of the triple tragedy that
marred the Fourth of July in this vicinity was recovered Sunday when the body of 7-year old Rosemary Hitch of Modesto
was recovered from the San Joaquin river about six miles below the scene of the drowning. The little girl was a member
of a picnic party along the Tuolumne at the bridge about five miles northeast of Grayson on the Paradise road to Modesto.
She fell into a deep hole and Harry Sorensen, another member of the party tried to save her. He was unable to swim and
also went. under.  Miss Nova Bowman leaped in to assist and was in danger also but was saved by Mrs. Sorensen while
Sorenson and the little girl swept away. The body of Sorensen was found the same day, but the other victim was not
recovered until Sunday. The other tragedy occurred at the Merced river bridge east of Newman when Charles Eastman,
18-year old son of a Turlock pastor, was downed while in swimming.  His body was recovered Friday morning.