Camilla Gertrude Patterson-Brumley, 96, of Elk Grove, Calif., died Friday, Aug 5, 1994 at Elk Grove Convalescent Hospital where she had lived for the past six years. She was born Nov. 28, 1897 in Miller County to William and Camilla Nixdorf Patterson. On March 13, 1916 she as married in Ulman to William Carroll Brumley, who died May 27, 1977.
Mrs. Brumley and her husband moved to Ceres, Calif., in 1942. They operated a dairy farm for many years and she worked as a cook at a Ceres restaurant for a time. She and her husband had been presented with a flag flown over the White House during the Eisenhower Administration and they received a presidential telegram during the celebration of their 60th wedding anniversary in 1976. She was an avid quilt maker and her bicentennial quilt was on display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Brumley was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. She moved to Elk Grove, Calif., in 1983.
Surviving her are six daughters, Mildred Marguerite Stone of Elk Grove, Calif., Hazel Evans of Olney, Md., Betty Deaver of Americus, Ga., Ruby Smith, Helen Koskey and Alice Hedgecock all of Ceres, Calif.; 21 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and 33 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Franklin Downs Funeral Home in Ceres, Calif. Rev. Adrian Condit officiated. Burial was in Lake Wood Memorial Park in Hughson, Calif.
Camilla Gertrude Patterson-Brumley, 96, of Elk Grove, Calif., died Friday, Aug 5, 1994 at Elk Grove Convalescent Hospital where she had lived for the past six years. She was born Nov. 28, 1897 in Miller County to William and Camilla Nixdorf Patterson. On March 13, 1916 she as married in Ulman to William Carroll Brumley, who died May 27, 1977.
Mrs. Brumley and her husband moved to Ceres, Calif., in 1942. They operated a dairy farm for many years and she worked as a cook at a Ceres restaurant for a time. She and her husband had been presented with a flag flown over the White House during the Eisenhower Administration and they received a presidential telegram during the celebration of their 60th wedding anniversary in 1976. She was an avid quilt maker and her bicentennial quilt was on display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Brumley was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. She moved to Elk Grove, Calif., in 1983.
Surviving her are six daughters, Mildred Marguerite Stone of Elk Grove, Calif., Hazel Evans of Olney, Md., Betty Deaver of Americus, Ga., Ruby Smith, Helen Koskey and Alice Hedgecock all of Ceres, Calif.; 21 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and 33 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Franklin Downs Funeral Home in Ceres, Calif. Rev. Adrian Condit officiated. Burial was in Lake Wood Memorial Park in Hughson, Calif.
Family Members
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Perry Tolbert Patterson
1880–1966
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Fred Oscar Patterson
1882–1973
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Edward Ragan "Rig" Patterson
1884–1949
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Carrie June Patterson Myers
1886–1974
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Fairy Belle Patterson Dawson
1888–1966
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James Willard Patterson
1890–1983
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Joseph P. Patterson
1893–1916
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William Wesley Patterson
1895–1959
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Junia Zell Patterson Groff
1900–1994
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