Stockton Daily Evening Record (Stockton, California)
January 26, 1951 (Friday)
"Mrs. Seamands' Rites Slated Tomorrow.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, who died at her home on the San Joaquin River, near Mossdale, Wednesday, will be held tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock in B. C. Wallace & Son Chapel. Interment will follow in the family plot in Rural Cemetery.
Mrs. Seamands, a resident of the Lathrop and Mossdale areas all her life, was weather observer at San Joaquin Bridge for more than a half-century.
She was the widow of Oscar Seamands, for many years bridge tender at Mossdale for the Southern Pacific Company. She leaves a son and daughter, Lawrence Buzzell of Detroit and Mrs. Helen Abart, of Bakersfield, and a foster-daughter, Mrs. Verna Lee of San Francisco, and a brother, Frank E. Lawrence of Lathrop."
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Stockton Daily Evening Record (Stockton, California)
January 25, 1951 (Thursday)
"[caption for portrait} LAST REPORT. Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, weather observer at the Southern Pacific bridge at Mossdale and a resident of the area all her life, died in her home on the banks of the San Joaquin River yesterday afternoon.
AGED WEATHER OBSERVER DIES AT MOSSDALE
The woman who knew the San Joaquin River better than it knew itself died yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, who had lived within sight and sound of the sometimes turbulent stream for most of her many years, died in her home on the levee near the Southern Pacific Bridge at Mossdale. With her passing another link with the days 'the steamers went to Firebaugh' was broken.
A native of the Lathrop area, Mrs. Seamands was the widow of Oscar Seamands, for many years chief bridge tender for the railroad company at Mossdale crossing.
EXPERT OBSERVER
For more than 50 years she was the Weather Bureau observer in rainfall and height of the river at the bridge. Her observations and her knowledge of the vagaries of the unpredictable stream were invaluable. Her predictions of the manner in which the river would behave frequently set at naught the knowledge of expert engineers and hydrographers.
Noted for her charities and her wide sympathies Mrs. Seamands has a host of friends.
Her tales of the early days, starting with the time the present levees first were built to restrain the San Joaquin, spanned four generations, As a girl she saw the river bring prosperity to countless families, then take it away. Her father, Joseph Lawrence, was a ferryman on the San Joaquin near where the present bridges cross it.
Ill for several months with a heart ailment, Mrs. Seamands fainted late Tuesday and fell in her home. She died without regaining full consciousness.
Among survivors are her brother, Frank Lawrence, who made his home with her; a son, Lawrence Buzzell, of Detroit, and a daughter, Mrs. Helen Afart, of Bakersfield."
January 26, 1951 (Friday)
"Mrs. Seamands' Rites Slated Tomorrow.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, who died at her home on the San Joaquin River, near Mossdale, Wednesday, will be held tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock in B. C. Wallace & Son Chapel. Interment will follow in the family plot in Rural Cemetery.
Mrs. Seamands, a resident of the Lathrop and Mossdale areas all her life, was weather observer at San Joaquin Bridge for more than a half-century.
She was the widow of Oscar Seamands, for many years bridge tender at Mossdale for the Southern Pacific Company. She leaves a son and daughter, Lawrence Buzzell of Detroit and Mrs. Helen Abart, of Bakersfield, and a foster-daughter, Mrs. Verna Lee of San Francisco, and a brother, Frank E. Lawrence of Lathrop."
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Stockton Daily Evening Record (Stockton, California)
January 25, 1951 (Thursday)
"[caption for portrait} LAST REPORT. Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, weather observer at the Southern Pacific bridge at Mossdale and a resident of the area all her life, died in her home on the banks of the San Joaquin River yesterday afternoon.
AGED WEATHER OBSERVER DIES AT MOSSDALE
The woman who knew the San Joaquin River better than it knew itself died yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, who had lived within sight and sound of the sometimes turbulent stream for most of her many years, died in her home on the levee near the Southern Pacific Bridge at Mossdale. With her passing another link with the days 'the steamers went to Firebaugh' was broken.
A native of the Lathrop area, Mrs. Seamands was the widow of Oscar Seamands, for many years chief bridge tender for the railroad company at Mossdale crossing.
EXPERT OBSERVER
For more than 50 years she was the Weather Bureau observer in rainfall and height of the river at the bridge. Her observations and her knowledge of the vagaries of the unpredictable stream were invaluable. Her predictions of the manner in which the river would behave frequently set at naught the knowledge of expert engineers and hydrographers.
Noted for her charities and her wide sympathies Mrs. Seamands has a host of friends.
Her tales of the early days, starting with the time the present levees first were built to restrain the San Joaquin, spanned four generations, As a girl she saw the river bring prosperity to countless families, then take it away. Her father, Joseph Lawrence, was a ferryman on the San Joaquin near where the present bridges cross it.
Ill for several months with a heart ailment, Mrs. Seamands fainted late Tuesday and fell in her home. She died without regaining full consciousness.
Among survivors are her brother, Frank Lawrence, who made his home with her; a son, Lawrence Buzzell, of Detroit, and a daughter, Mrs. Helen Afart, of Bakersfield."
Stockton Daily Evening Record (Stockton, California)
January 26, 1951 (Friday)
"Mrs. Seamands' Rites Slated Tomorrow.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, who died at her home on the San Joaquin River, near Mossdale, Wednesday, will be held tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock in B. C. Wallace & Son Chapel. Interment will follow in the family plot in Rural Cemetery.
Mrs. Seamands, a resident of the Lathrop and Mossdale areas all her life, was weather observer at San Joaquin Bridge for more than a half-century.
She was the widow of Oscar Seamands, for many years bridge tender at Mossdale for the Southern Pacific Company. She leaves a son and daughter, Lawrence Buzzell of Detroit and Mrs. Helen Abart, of Bakersfield, and a foster-daughter, Mrs. Verna Lee of San Francisco, and a brother, Frank E. Lawrence of Lathrop."
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Stockton Daily Evening Record (Stockton, California)
January 25, 1951 (Thursday)
"[caption for portrait} LAST REPORT. Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, weather observer at the Southern Pacific bridge at Mossdale and a resident of the area all her life, died in her home on the banks of the San Joaquin River yesterday afternoon.
AGED WEATHER OBSERVER DIES AT MOSSDALE
The woman who knew the San Joaquin River better than it knew itself died yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, who had lived within sight and sound of the sometimes turbulent stream for most of her many years, died in her home on the levee near the Southern Pacific Bridge at Mossdale. With her passing another link with the days 'the steamers went to Firebaugh' was broken.
A native of the Lathrop area, Mrs. Seamands was the widow of Oscar Seamands, for many years chief bridge tender for the railroad company at Mossdale crossing.
EXPERT OBSERVER
For more than 50 years she was the Weather Bureau observer in rainfall and height of the river at the bridge. Her observations and her knowledge of the vagaries of the unpredictable stream were invaluable. Her predictions of the manner in which the river would behave frequently set at naught the knowledge of expert engineers and hydrographers.
Noted for her charities and her wide sympathies Mrs. Seamands has a host of friends.
Her tales of the early days, starting with the time the present levees first were built to restrain the San Joaquin, spanned four generations, As a girl she saw the river bring prosperity to countless families, then take it away. Her father, Joseph Lawrence, was a ferryman on the San Joaquin near where the present bridges cross it.
Ill for several months with a heart ailment, Mrs. Seamands fainted late Tuesday and fell in her home. She died without regaining full consciousness.
Among survivors are her brother, Frank Lawrence, who made his home with her; a son, Lawrence Buzzell, of Detroit, and a daughter, Mrs. Helen Afart, of Bakersfield."
January 26, 1951 (Friday)
"Mrs. Seamands' Rites Slated Tomorrow.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, who died at her home on the San Joaquin River, near Mossdale, Wednesday, will be held tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock in B. C. Wallace & Son Chapel. Interment will follow in the family plot in Rural Cemetery.
Mrs. Seamands, a resident of the Lathrop and Mossdale areas all her life, was weather observer at San Joaquin Bridge for more than a half-century.
She was the widow of Oscar Seamands, for many years bridge tender at Mossdale for the Southern Pacific Company. She leaves a son and daughter, Lawrence Buzzell of Detroit and Mrs. Helen Abart, of Bakersfield, and a foster-daughter, Mrs. Verna Lee of San Francisco, and a brother, Frank E. Lawrence of Lathrop."
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Stockton Daily Evening Record (Stockton, California)
January 25, 1951 (Thursday)
"[caption for portrait} LAST REPORT. Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, weather observer at the Southern Pacific bridge at Mossdale and a resident of the area all her life, died in her home on the banks of the San Joaquin River yesterday afternoon.
AGED WEATHER OBSERVER DIES AT MOSSDALE
The woman who knew the San Joaquin River better than it knew itself died yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Seamands, 81, who had lived within sight and sound of the sometimes turbulent stream for most of her many years, died in her home on the levee near the Southern Pacific Bridge at Mossdale. With her passing another link with the days 'the steamers went to Firebaugh' was broken.
A native of the Lathrop area, Mrs. Seamands was the widow of Oscar Seamands, for many years chief bridge tender for the railroad company at Mossdale crossing.
EXPERT OBSERVER
For more than 50 years she was the Weather Bureau observer in rainfall and height of the river at the bridge. Her observations and her knowledge of the vagaries of the unpredictable stream were invaluable. Her predictions of the manner in which the river would behave frequently set at naught the knowledge of expert engineers and hydrographers.
Noted for her charities and her wide sympathies Mrs. Seamands has a host of friends.
Her tales of the early days, starting with the time the present levees first were built to restrain the San Joaquin, spanned four generations, As a girl she saw the river bring prosperity to countless families, then take it away. Her father, Joseph Lawrence, was a ferryman on the San Joaquin near where the present bridges cross it.
Ill for several months with a heart ailment, Mrs. Seamands fainted late Tuesday and fell in her home. She died without regaining full consciousness.
Among survivors are her brother, Frank Lawrence, who made his home with her; a son, Lawrence Buzzell, of Detroit, and a daughter, Mrs. Helen Afart, of Bakersfield."
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