ASPDEN

Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Tuesday, August 03, 2010 at 05:35:38 :

Marin Journal
Thursday, May 19, 1921
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O. A. Aspden Dies After Long Illness

Funeral services were held last Monday for O. A. Aspden, who passed away Saturday at the Cottage Hospital after an illness of more than 9 months.

He had been in Marin county for 32 years, residing continuously at Las Gallinas, where he conducted a boarding house for the employees of the Patent Brickyard for 10 years and later engaged in ranching. He was 61 years of age.

Mr. Aspden was a highly respected citizen and his death caused sorrow to scores of citizens who had known and admired him. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Jane A. Aspden and two nephews, and a niece.

The funeral services held Monday at St. Raphael’s church included the celebration of a requiem high mass. Burial was made by the F. E. Sawyer Company in Mt. Olivet cemetery, San Francisco.