Kern County Obituaries

Percy Hamilton

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 25 March 1954

Percy Hamilton Laid To Rest Sunday
Testifying to the respect in which he was held, over 100 people attended when 
funeral services for Percy W. Hamilton, 65, were conducted last Sunday at the 
O'Donnell Funeral Home Chapel in Mojave.
Mr. Hamilton was born in Colton, Calif., on February 12, 1889 and moved to 
Mojave in 1913 where except for a few years he spent in Taft, Calif., he had spent 
the past 35 years as an employee of the Southern Pacific R. R., in the position of 
yard clerk. It was in Taft where he met his wife. He was with the company since 
1913.
He is survived by his wife, Marie; a daughter, Mrs. Audrey Hix; a son, Buddy 
Hamilton, both of Tehachapi, and a sister, Mrs. Lillie B. Stults of Los Angeles and 
five grandchilren. Also a cousin, Edward Hamilton of Los Angeles and a niece, 
Thelma Beck of Bell.
The funeral was conducted by the I. O. O. F. Lodge No. 457, pall bearers were 
Elden Smith, Everett Moore, Allen Carol, Herb Henson, George Hodges and 
Winfield Adduddell.:
Percy was an Oddfellow of 44 years standing having joined the Colton Lodge No. 
326, in February of 1910. He was intensely interested in mining ,and owned a claim 
near Mojave. His hobby was the collection of pencils of which he owned some 
2,000.
Last Thursday he became ill and was in a state of coma when he was taken to the 
local hospital, from which he never recovered, passing away the same evening. 
Interment took 'place in the Mojave Cemetery.