San Joaquin-Calaveras-Tuolumne County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Wentland, Matthew Cullen August 16 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com August 31, 2004, 6:06 pm The Record August 29, 2004 Vallecito Matthew Cullen Wentland Sept. 9, 1961 - August 16, 2004 Matthew Cullen Wentland, 42, passed away on August 16, 2004, at Sonora Community Hospital in Sonora, CA. Matthew was born September 9, 1961, in Seattle, Washington. He was a resident of Vallecito for the past year. He was a Heavy Equipment Operator with the Operating Engineers Union Local #3, a member of the N.R.A., C.R.P.A., and also The Gem and Mineral Society of Alameda. Matt will be remembered as a fun loving and free spirited individual who enjoyed fishing, the outdoors, playing his guitar and socializing with relatives and friends. He was well liked by many, with a quick wit and funny disposition. Matt would become the life of the party in any social setting. His ultimate source of enjoyment came from riding the open roads on his motorcycle and living in his adoptive home in the Murphys area. He will be immensely missed by his family and the many who came to know him. Matt is survived by his mother, Judie Cain-Papais, of Murphys; father, Ervin C. Wentland, of Akron, OH; grandfather, Edwin L. Whitesell, of Mokelumne Hill, CA; step-father, Lou A. Papais, of Murphys; brother, Stan Wentland, of Sacramento; sister, Stacie Dominick, of Murphys; nephew, Ryan D. Rosario, of Angels Camp; niece, Jessica L. Dominick, of Murphys. A Celebration of his Life will be held at Arbuckles Restaurant at Forest Meadows Golf Course, Murphys, on September 11, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. Contributions can be made to National Rifle Association, 11250 Waples Mill Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030, or Sonora Regional Medical Center, 1000 Grennley Rd., Sonora 95370. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/ob1024wentland.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb