Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Monday, December 15, 2008 at 03:30:32 :
The Marin Journal
Thursday, April 23, 1908
page 3
Bolinas Pioneer Passed Away
SAMUEL P. WEEKS died at Bolinas April 15, 1908, aged 79. He was a native of Falmouth, Mass., and had been a resident of Bolinas since 1852. A man of exemplary habits, honest to a fault, he had friends wherever he was known and was one of the most honored citizens of Bolinas and Marin County. Mr. Weeks was one of the early pioneers who helped hew the way for those who came after him - helped place California on the map as the great commonwealth of the Pacific Coast. And, after a life of usefulness, he "folds the canopy of his tent about and lies down to pleasant dreams". Peace to his memory.
Deceased was the loving father of Mrs. P. McKinnon of Mexico, Mrs. R.L. Randall of Santa Rosa, Mrs. S. Runckel of Bolinas, Mrs. F.R. Sheaver of Bisbie, Arizona, and Mrs. J.W. Silva of Bolinas.
The funeral took place from the family home at Bolinas. Interment in Bolinas Cemetery.
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