San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....MItchell, William A. July 26 2004
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The Record  August 2, 2004
Stockton
William A. Mitchell 
October 21, 1911 - July 26, 2004



William A. Mitchell, 92, passed away Monday, July 26, 2004 in Stockton, CA. 
William was born October 21, 1911 in Raymond, Minnesota. William was a research 
chemist at General Foods having over 70 patents. He was best known for his 
invention of Pop Rocks. He spent most of his youth in Lamar Colorado where he 
trapped muskrats and worked in the melon and sugar beet industries. He was 
educated at Cotner College, Nebraska Wesleyan and the University of Nebraska 
where he received an honorary Doctorate in 1981. William Mitchell and Ruth 
Cobbrey married in 1938. They lived in Rochester, NY, Cedar Grove, NJ, Lincoln 
Park, NJ, and since 1984 in Shelburne, VT. Ruth died in 1999. 
They are survived by seven children, eighteen grandchildren and sixteen great 
grandchildren who remember him as a devoted, stimulating, and loving parent.
A Memorial Service will be held at DeYoung Memorial Chapel, 601 N. California 
St., Stockton, on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at 5:00 p.m. Family services were 
held in Shelburne, VT on Sunday August 1, 2004. Committal at Shelburne Villiage 
Cemetery on Monday, 
August 2, 2004.
Memorial to: Senior First, P.O. Box 45, Stockton, CA 95201 
 




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