Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

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Von Moos Emma 460308 p1
Patterson Girl Killed in Crash; Newman Accident Fatal To Miss Emma von Moos; A Patterson girl was the victim early
Friday morning of the latest highway tragedy in the current crash epidemic on the West Side. Miss Emma von Moos was
instantly killed when her skull was crushed against the windshield of the car in which she was a passenger, while
homeward bound at one a.  m. from a Newman dance. Three other occupants, all Patterson residents escaped with minor
injuries.  Miss Marie Accardo and Americo Bellani incurred cuts about the face and Pete Grischott suffered a badly
wrenched leg.
Hit Culvert; The party was about a half mile north of Newman when, according to Bellani who was driving, they met a
car whose lights caused him to misjudge the pavement width and the machine went off to the right. According to the
report of Highway Patrolman E. L., McCabe, the tire tracks showed that the car traveled about seventy-five feet at an
angle which led it far enough off  the road to strike squarely against the concrete abutment of a highway culvert. The
impact splintered the reinforced concrete as the car was tripped and went completely over to land of its wheels again on
the other side of the ditch.  The blow drove the car engine back under the floor boards.
Funeral Monday; Miss von Moos was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis von Moos, whose home is on Las Palmas
Avenue. She was twenty years old and was a native of the Imperial Valley, where the family resided until they moved to
Patterson two years ago.  She was employed at the Doris Lee Beauty Parlor.  She was a member of the Young Ladies
Institute and the Business Girls' Club. Beside her patents, she is survived by two brothers and two sisters Joe, Mary,
Louis arid Rosie. Rosary services were held In the Evans Funeral Chapel on Sunday evening, followed by funeral rites at
Sacred Heart Church on Monday morning, with Rev. Manuel F. Rose officiating.  Interment followed in St. Mary's
Cemetery