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Homer William Patterson

Homer William Patterson

Male 1898 - 1996  (97 years)    Has no ancestors but 4 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Homer William Patterson 
    Birth 17 Jun 1898  Burlingame, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Feb 1996  Contra Costa Co., California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I101762  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2000 

    Family Octavia Del (Tavy) Delap,   b. 17 Jul 1898, Klamath Falls, Klamath Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1978, El Cerrito, Contra Costa Co., California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jun 1927  Richmond, Contra Costa Co., California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
    +2. Living
    Family ID F41334  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

  • Notes 
    • - 1996 - Contra Costa Co., CA

      - Judge

      Lived with parents in Burlingame, and Osage City, KS, and Moberly, MI.
      Graduated from Topeka, KS, High School.

      Came with parents to Richmond, CA in 1916. Worked for Standard Oil Corp.
      briefly. Joined armed forces in 1918. Graduated from Stanford Law School
      in 1923. Worked for Santa Fe railroads between studies. Admitted to
      the bar on 21 Aug 1923. Lawyer in San Francisco until 1925 when he moved
      practice to Richmond, CA. Joined Tinning and DeLap law firm in Martinez
      in 1928. Deputy District Attorney for Contra Costa Co., nine years
      including 1935. Appointed Third Superior Court judge in Contra Co. CA in
      1945 by Earl Warren. Served on the Richmond school board for more than 10
      years. Retired in 1967.

      Charter member of the First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, CA. Member
      of Alpha Shattuck Lodge No. 431, Free and Accepted Masons, Royal Arch
      Mason Lodge No. 113, Richmond York Rite Bodies, Beacon Point chapter No.
      383, Order of Eastern Star, and Benevolent Protective Order of Elks No
      1251, all in Richmond. Member of Sons in Retirement Peralta Branch of
      Berkeley, St. Andrew's Society, Y.M.C.A, Kiwanis Club of Martinez, Rock
      Gardening Club of East Bay, CA Horticultural Soc., State Bar Assoc. of
      CA, Contra Costa Bar Assoc. and Judges Assoc. of CA.

      A very calm and lucid man. He took medium format slides for many years
      and judiciciously showed them in limited quantities to visitors. He and
      wife,Tave, traveled to several places around the USA. and the world. In
      1990, at 92, he was living alone in the house he purchased in 1933. He was
      also driving a large Oldsmobile to restaurants in El Cerito. The next
      year, however, after falling down more than once he moved to a care
      center. He had an angina attack in Dec 1992. Honored in 1994 as a member
      of the Masons for 75 years in Richmond.

      Services at Wilson/Kratzer Mortuary 455 24th Street Richmond, Contra Costa
      Co., CA 94804. at 13:00, a Tuesday. Burial at Sunset Mausoleum, Contra
      Costa Co., CA. Reverend Ron McHattie officiating. Concluding services at
      Sunset Mausoleum, Kensington, CA. The 23 Psalm printed with his program.



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