Santa Cruz-San Luis Obispo County CA Archives Obituaries.....Van Gorden, Francesco Josephine December 16, 1968 ************************************************ 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: Steve Harrison raleighwood@juno.com February 14, 2008, 5:04 am Santa Cruz Sentinel, December 18, 1968 Frances Josephine Van Gorden Dies Frances Josephine Van Gorden, a Santa Cruz resident for 13 years, died Monday [December 16] in a local convalescent hospital. A native of Mountain View [Santa Clara county], she was 99. Before coming here she lived 66 years in San Luis Obispo County. Her home here was [at] 145 Laguna St. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Edith Howerd of Santa Cruz, 2 grandchildren, & a niece [Mrs. Irma Jacob of Watsonville]. Private services were today at Sutcliffe Mortuary, San Luis Obispo. Interment followed there at IOOF Cemetery [San Luis Cemetery]. The Ferguson Mortuary handled local arrangements. [The funeral notice included a bit of add'l info] Additional Comments: Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California). December 18, 1968 (Wednesday). Page 16. Francesco "Frances" Josephine Roome was the daughter of Edward and Encarnacion Roome. She was born December 8, 1869. She married Ira J. Van Gorden (1863-1929) on December 18, 1893 somewhere in California. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/santacruz/obits/v/vangorde3560gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb