Obituary for Martin E. Boka, The Uvalde Leader-News, Section 1, Pg 5, 1 Dec 1960
Graveside servicies for Martin Boka, 52, of Watsonville, Calif., will be held Saturday in the Concan cemetery. He is Mrs. Manza Hale's step-father. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning from Mehl's Colonial Chapel in Watsonville.
Mr. Boka was killed Sunday morning when the panel truck in which he was riding was hit by a train at an unguarded farm crossing near Watsonville. The dead were Lee McKerigan, 42, the driver and lineman for Western Union, of South San Francisco, Calif.; and Boka, southern Pacific lineman from Watsonville.
The two men had worked together repairing telegraph lines on the south side of the Southern Pacific railroad yard and were driving on a muddy road that paralleled the track when McKerigan turned left in front of the Del Monte train.
The train which had already made its Watsonville stop hit the truck at a speed of 45 miles per hour. The truck flattened out on the front of the diesel engine and stuck to the train for 1,100 feet while the train ground to a stop. McKerigan was pinned behind the wheel. Boka was thrown 90 feet from the point of impact.
Boka is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Marie Boka and a daughter, Alice Ann Boka of Watsonville, Calif.; stepdaughter, Mrs. Manza Hale, Uvalde; two brothers, Harold Basquez of Milpitas, Calif. and Dale Basquez of Santa Rosa, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Jubelt of Santa Maria, Calif. and Mrs. Jean Sashion (sic s/b Velma Fachin) of Gilroy, Calif.; and his mother, Mrs. Gracia Basquez of Morro Bay, Calif.
Graveside servicies for Martin Boka, 52, of Watsonville, Calif., will be held Saturday in the Concan cemetery. He is Mrs. Manza Hale's step-father. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning from Mehl's Colonial Chapel in Watsonville.
Mr. Boka was killed Sunday morning when the panel truck in which he was riding was hit by a train at an unguarded farm crossing near Watsonville. The dead were Lee McKerigan, 42, the driver and lineman for Western Union, of South San Francisco, Calif.; and Boka, southern Pacific lineman from Watsonville.
The two men had worked together repairing telegraph lines on the south side of the Southern Pacific railroad yard and were driving on a muddy road that paralleled the track when McKerigan turned left in front of the Del Monte train.
The train which had already made its Watsonville stop hit the truck at a speed of 45 miles per hour. The truck flattened out on the front of the diesel engine and stuck to the train for 1,100 feet while the train ground to a stop. McKerigan was pinned behind the wheel. Boka was thrown 90 feet from the point of impact.
Boka is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Marie Boka and a daughter, Alice Ann Boka of Watsonville, Calif.; stepdaughter, Mrs. Manza Hale, Uvalde; two brothers, Harold Basquez of Milpitas, Calif. and Dale Basquez of Santa Rosa, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Jubelt of Santa Maria, Calif. and Mrs. Jean Sashion (sic s/b Velma Fachin) of Gilroy, Calif.; and his mother, Mrs. Gracia Basquez of Morro Bay, Calif.
Obituary for Martin E. Boka, The Uvalde Leader-News, Section 1, Pg 5, 1 Dec 1960
Graveside servicies for Martin Boka, 52, of Watsonville, Calif., will be held Saturday in the Concan cemetery. He is Mrs. Manza Hale's step-father. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning from Mehl's Colonial Chapel in Watsonville.
Mr. Boka was killed Sunday morning when the panel truck in which he was riding was hit by a train at an unguarded farm crossing near Watsonville. The dead were Lee McKerigan, 42, the driver and lineman for Western Union, of South San Francisco, Calif.; and Boka, southern Pacific lineman from Watsonville.
The two men had worked together repairing telegraph lines on the south side of the Southern Pacific railroad yard and were driving on a muddy road that paralleled the track when McKerigan turned left in front of the Del Monte train.
The train which had already made its Watsonville stop hit the truck at a speed of 45 miles per hour. The truck flattened out on the front of the diesel engine and stuck to the train for 1,100 feet while the train ground to a stop. McKerigan was pinned behind the wheel. Boka was thrown 90 feet from the point of impact.
Boka is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Marie Boka and a daughter, Alice Ann Boka of Watsonville, Calif.; stepdaughter, Mrs. Manza Hale, Uvalde; two brothers, Harold Basquez of Milpitas, Calif. and Dale Basquez of Santa Rosa, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Jubelt of Santa Maria, Calif. and Mrs. Jean Sashion (sic s/b Velma Fachin) of Gilroy, Calif.; and his mother, Mrs. Gracia Basquez of Morro Bay, Calif.
Graveside servicies for Martin Boka, 52, of Watsonville, Calif., will be held Saturday in the Concan cemetery. He is Mrs. Manza Hale's step-father. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning from Mehl's Colonial Chapel in Watsonville.
Mr. Boka was killed Sunday morning when the panel truck in which he was riding was hit by a train at an unguarded farm crossing near Watsonville. The dead were Lee McKerigan, 42, the driver and lineman for Western Union, of South San Francisco, Calif.; and Boka, southern Pacific lineman from Watsonville.
The two men had worked together repairing telegraph lines on the south side of the Southern Pacific railroad yard and were driving on a muddy road that paralleled the track when McKerigan turned left in front of the Del Monte train.
The train which had already made its Watsonville stop hit the truck at a speed of 45 miles per hour. The truck flattened out on the front of the diesel engine and stuck to the train for 1,100 feet while the train ground to a stop. McKerigan was pinned behind the wheel. Boka was thrown 90 feet from the point of impact.
Boka is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Marie Boka and a daughter, Alice Ann Boka of Watsonville, Calif.; stepdaughter, Mrs. Manza Hale, Uvalde; two brothers, Harold Basquez of Milpitas, Calif. and Dale Basquez of Santa Rosa, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Jubelt of Santa Maria, Calif. and Mrs. Jean Sashion (sic s/b Velma Fachin) of Gilroy, Calif.; and his mother, Mrs. Gracia Basquez of Morro Bay, Calif.
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