Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 05:03:02 :
Independent Journal
Monday, April 20, 1959
page 4
Prisoner Dies Of Hodgkins Disease
Henry R. LaCroix, 30, serving a five-year-to-life term at San Quentin Prison for selling narcotics to a minor in Los Angeles, died last night of Hodgkins disease, Associate Warden W. D. Achuff reported today. He had been a patient in the prison hospital since his arrival at the institution in October, 1957.
LaCroix, a former cook, was born in Westlake, Mass. Prison officials are awaiting word from his relatives in Massachusetts concerning funeral arrangements.
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The California Death Index adds information: Henry Roland LaCroix was born Nov. 13, 1929; his mother's maiden name was LaValley.
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