Funeral services for Edmond Dixon Van Dorsten, 100, will be at 2 p.m. today at Miller-Jones Mortuary in Hemet. Burial will follow in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery in San Jacinto. He died Thursday at his home. The cause of death is undetermined pending a doctor's report.
Mr. Van Dorsten, who was born in Escondido, lived in Hemet 68 years after living in Temecula four years. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War I. He had been a hauler for McSweeny Ranch, a bus driver and a farmer, and he owned and operated Hemet Fuel Supply from 1941-1951, all in Hemet.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 615, the Farm Bureau, World War I Barracks No. 549 and the American Legion, in which he had been a post commander. He enjoyed traveling and had been to every state in the union and throughout Canada and Mexico.
Survivors include two daughters, Joan Greer and Marjorie Gottula, both of Hemet; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Hemet/San Jacinto Edition
Tuesday, April 20, 1999, page B-4
Funeral services for Edmond Dixon Van Dorsten, 100, will be at 2 p.m. today at Miller-Jones Mortuary in Hemet. Burial will follow in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery in San Jacinto. He died Thursday at his home. The cause of death is undetermined pending a doctor's report.
Mr. Van Dorsten, who was born in Escondido, lived in Hemet 68 years after living in Temecula four years. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War I. He had been a hauler for McSweeny Ranch, a bus driver and a farmer, and he owned and operated Hemet Fuel Supply from 1941-1951, all in Hemet.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 615, the Farm Bureau, World War I Barracks No. 549 and the American Legion, in which he had been a post commander. He enjoyed traveling and had been to every state in the union and throughout Canada and Mexico.
Survivors include two daughters, Joan Greer and Marjorie Gottula, both of Hemet; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Hemet/San Jacinto Edition
Tuesday, April 20, 1999, page B-4
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