Santa Clara County CA Archives Obituaries.....Rea, John A July 2, 1931 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002972 September 13, 2023, 6:21 pm San Jose Evening News Extra, San Jose, California, 4 July 1931, page 18, column 1 “John Rea Goes To Last Rest Gilroy, July 4. – Funeral services were held this morning for John “Torchy” Rea, local bank official and scion of a pioneer local family at the Elks lodgerooms [sic] with Exalted Ruler William Fitzgerald directing. The American Legion held graveside services. Archdean Noel Porter of San Francisco delivered the sermon. Mr. Rea died Thursday at Livermore Hospital where he was taken when a long illness became critical. For the past 15 years he has been employed by the Bank of America and the Bank of Gilroy. He is survived by two brothers, Fred and Rocky Rea of Gilroy; two sisters, Mrs. Louis Radin and Miss Virginia Rea, also of Gilroy; his mother, Mrs. Catherine Rea, and his wife, Mrs. Josephine Rea.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/santaclara/obits/r/rea4794gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb