San Joaquin-Sacramento County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Owens, Florence Desmond August 20, 2005 ********************************************************** 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: Vickie Stone VctrStV4U@aol.com September 3, 2005, 2:19 am Lodi News-Sentinel Sep 2, 2005 Florence Desmond Owens Florence Desmond Owens, a 46 year resedent of Lodi who lived the last five years in Walnut Creek, died after a brief illness in Alamo, California on August 20, 2005. Florence, the oldest of five children, was born in Genoa County, WI and spent her early years in Galena, IL. The Desmond Family moved to the San Joaquin Valley in the 1920's, and Florence married Jay owens in 1938. They lived in Newman, Manteca and settled in Lodi in 1954. Florence is survived by her children, Sally Reimers and son-in-law, William of Danville and Dan Owens and daughteer-in -law, Ginny of Sacramento; sister, Jean (Sug) Lange of Manteca and sister-in-law, Lonore Jensen of Santa Maria. She has five grandchildren, four great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Florence was preceded in death by her husband, jay in 1993; siblings, Margaret (Peggy) Wilbe, James Desmond and Mildred Naumann. A family service was held at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Danville. Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice of Contra Costa. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/owens8969gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb