Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Needham Roy E 770616 p 1
Roy. Needham Services Held Monday; Well-known community leader and retired farmer Roy Elwood Needham, 84,
died last Thursday morning at the local hospital after collapsing at the end of a Rotary Club meeting Wednesday.
A native of Tracy and member of a pioneer California family, Needham had lived here 60 years.  He was president of the
Rotary Club when a committee was appointed to initiate the drive to form a hospital district in Patterson.  A veteran of
World War I, Needham was past commander of the local American Legion post; served on the Patterson High School
board of trustees; was a Boy Scout leader, past president of the Farm Bureau and 50-Plus Club and was an active layman
in the Federated Church. He is survived by a son, Ha1 Needham of San Francisco; daughter, Marjorie Fulton of San
Mateo; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were held Monday morning at the Federated Church
with interment in the Patterson District Cemetery. The family requests that any remembrances go to the Federated
Church.