Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007 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. Nelson Steward B 891024 p3 Steward Nelson Dies in Ripon; A private service was held in Ripon for Steward Blum Nelson who died in that city Oct. 18 of natural causes. He was 95. He had lived in the Patterson area for 54 years and was a native of North Dakota. The self-employed farmer was a member of the Lutheran Church of Oxnard and the Elks Club of Bullhead, Arizona. Survivors include his wife, Julia Nelson of Patterson; a son, William Nelson of Patterson; a daughter, Margaret Burner of Renton, Washington; four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that remembrances be sent to the donor s favorite charity. Hillview Funeral Chapel of Patterson was in charge of the arrangements.