Funeral rites will be held tomorrow morning at St. Dominic's Catholic church here, for Joaquin Machado Medina, who died early Tuesday at his home northwest of Orland, after a long period of ill health. He was born on July 15, 1890, in the Azores, and came to California 50 years ago. He had been a dairy rancher here for 16 years, coming to Orland from Humboldt County. He was a member of two Portuguese lodges, the UPEC and the IDES.
Fr. A. J. Dosch will conduct a requiem mass at 10 A.M. . tomorrow in the Catholic church, to be followed by burial in the Catholic cemetery. A rosary will be held tonight at 8:30 in the Sweet mortuary chapel.
Medina is survived by his wife, Gertrude; four daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Lourenco, Mrs. Mary Simons and Mrs. Ruby Simmons, all of Orland; and Mrs. Albertina McCann of San Francisco.* There is one sister, Mrs. Maria Teixeira, of San Francisco, and two brothers, Frank Medina of San Diego and John Medina of the Azores.
Published in the Orland Unit, Orland, CA, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1958 (front page)
*2 sons, Joaquin and Walter were inadvertantly omitted from the obituary.
Fr. A. J. Dosch will conduct a requiem mass at 10 A.M. . tomorrow in the Catholic church, to be followed by burial in the Catholic cemetery. A rosary will be held tonight at 8:30 in the Sweet mortuary chapel.
Medina is survived by his wife, Gertrude; four daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Lourenco, Mrs. Mary Simons and Mrs. Ruby Simmons, all of Orland; and Mrs. Albertina McCann of San Francisco.* There is one sister, Mrs. Maria Teixeira, of San Francisco, and two brothers, Frank Medina of San Diego and John Medina of the Azores.
Published in the Orland Unit, Orland, CA, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1958 (front page)
*2 sons, Joaquin and Walter were inadvertantly omitted from the obituary.
Funeral rites will be held tomorrow morning at St. Dominic's Catholic church here, for Joaquin Machado Medina, who died early Tuesday at his home northwest of Orland, after a long period of ill health. He was born on July 15, 1890, in the Azores, and came to California 50 years ago. He had been a dairy rancher here for 16 years, coming to Orland from Humboldt County. He was a member of two Portuguese lodges, the UPEC and the IDES.
Fr. A. J. Dosch will conduct a requiem mass at 10 A.M. . tomorrow in the Catholic church, to be followed by burial in the Catholic cemetery. A rosary will be held tonight at 8:30 in the Sweet mortuary chapel.
Medina is survived by his wife, Gertrude; four daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Lourenco, Mrs. Mary Simons and Mrs. Ruby Simmons, all of Orland; and Mrs. Albertina McCann of San Francisco.* There is one sister, Mrs. Maria Teixeira, of San Francisco, and two brothers, Frank Medina of San Diego and John Medina of the Azores.
Published in the Orland Unit, Orland, CA, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1958 (front page)
*2 sons, Joaquin and Walter were inadvertantly omitted from the obituary.
Fr. A. J. Dosch will conduct a requiem mass at 10 A.M. . tomorrow in the Catholic church, to be followed by burial in the Catholic cemetery. A rosary will be held tonight at 8:30 in the Sweet mortuary chapel.
Medina is survived by his wife, Gertrude; four daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Lourenco, Mrs. Mary Simons and Mrs. Ruby Simmons, all of Orland; and Mrs. Albertina McCann of San Francisco.* There is one sister, Mrs. Maria Teixeira, of San Francisco, and two brothers, Frank Medina of San Diego and John Medina of the Azores.
Published in the Orland Unit, Orland, CA, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1958 (front page)
*2 sons, Joaquin and Walter were inadvertantly omitted from the obituary.
