Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Monday, May 25, 2009 at 06:07:24 :
Marin Independent Journal
Thursday, August 1, 1985
CHARLES B. PURCELL
Charles B. Purcell, father of Terry Purcell of Greenbrae, died Tuesday at the Sunnyvale Convalescent Hospital. He was 87.
Mr. Purcell was president of the Western Asbestos Co., where he worked 50 years.
He was a native of San Francisco and survived the 1906 earthquake and fire. He later had a summer home in Larkspur.
His wife, Bernetta Purcell, died previously.
In addition to his son, he is survived by a daugher, Peggy Margiotta of Cupertino; another son, Charles Clark of Petaluma; two sisters, Edith Boriolo of Guerneville and Rose Giannini of San Francisco; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was to be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. today at St. Stephen’s Church in San Francisco.
Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. The family prefers spiritual bouquets.
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