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Bessie J. <I>Wood</I> Gustason

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Bessie J. Wood Gustason

Birth
Vacaville, Solano County, California, USA
Death
14 Feb 1936 (aged 59)
Collegeville, San Joaquin County, California, USA
Burial
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Serenity (cremains)
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Funeral director & embalmer. Female mortician in Oakland, California. First woman member of the California State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, she herself being an embalmer (quite a rarity in those times). She owned the Bessie L. Wood Mortuary in Oakland until 1930 when it merged into Grant Miller Mortuary who was her brother-in-law.
Funeral director & embalmer. Female mortician in Oakland, California. First woman member of the California State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, she herself being an embalmer (quite a rarity in those times). She owned the Bessie L. Wood Mortuary in Oakland until 1930 when it merged into Grant Miller Mortuary who was her brother-in-law.


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