Rollo Dewitt Tolladay |
| Posted 2010-04-04 by Pat R |
| Wickenburg (AZ) Graphic Friday, August 14, 1931, p 5 c 1 Well Known Mining Man Dies At Quartzsite Rollo D. Tolladay, pioneer mining and cattle man of Quartzsite, passed away July 22 at the age of 53. Tolladay was also constable of that district. He was buried in Quartzsite. ----------------------------- The Lompoc (CA) Record Friday, July 31, 1931 Funeral services were held here yesterday for Rollo Dewitt Tolladay, 49, former resident of Lompoc who died in Quartzsite, Arizona last Sunday. Internment took place at Evergreen Cemetery under the auspices of the Odd Fellows Lodge of which the deceased had been a member. Mrs. Lester Douglass sang two solos during the ceremonies which were conducted by Rev. Wilfred Kent of the Methodist Church. Rollo Tolladay died from the effects of sunstroke last Sunday. He had been working last Friday in the hot sun of Arizona, and on the way home stopped to repair a flat tire on his automobile. When he arrived home he complained of distress and on Sunday he passed away of apoplexy. He was married on December 31, 1928 to Mrs Virginia Lucas, who passed away from pneumonia within ten months. Surviving relatives are three sisters, Mrs. Paul Fox of Santa Maria, Mrs. H. R. Crews of Ventura and Miss Hattie Tolladay of Lompoc. See Also: Death Certificate |
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