Individual Details

Census

Crews of Vessels
SS FS Bryant, SS RC Stoner
Standard Oil Co. of Calf.
Merchant Marine

among the list of men is:
Collatz, Oscar P. 45, 1 [married], worked 78 hrs last week

Death

Press Democrat, 22 August 1966, pg 4
Sonomans Killed in Crash
By Staff Correspondent
SONOMA Two Sonoma men were killed in a two-car collision on Highway 12 near Glen Ellen at 8:30 a.m. today.
The Sonoma County Coroner's office tentatively identified the victims as Oscar Paul Collatz, 61, of 390 Agua Caliente dr., and Joseph Myrick, 29, of 775 Donald ave.
Mr. Myrick was believed to be a passenger in a car driven by Mr. Collatz. The accident ap parently occurred when one vehicle attempted to make a lefthand turn off Highway 12 and was hit by another car approaching from the rear. Further details were not immediately available.
The victims were the 36th and 37th in Sonoma County this year.
The bodies were taken to Duggan's Mission Chapel, Sonoma.

BULLETINS
SONOMA Two Sonoma men, Oscar Paul Collatz, 61, and Joseph Myrick, 29, were killed in an auto accident at 8:30 a.m. today on Highway 12 in front of the Division of Forestry Station near Glen Ellen.

Press Democrat, 23 August 1966, pg 2
Rites Set for Sonoma Auto Crash Victims
By Staff Correspondent
SONOMA Funeral arrangements have been set for Joseph Allen Myrick, 29, of Sonoma,
and Oscar P. (Blackie) Collatz, 61, of Agua Caliente, who were killed yesterday morning m a
two-car collision on Highway 12 near Glen Ellen.
Injured in the 8:30 a.m. crash was the driver of one of the vehicles, 17-year-old Darold R.
Winn of Sonoma. He was treated at Sonoma Valley Hospital and later released.
Mr. Myrick was a passenger in the Winn auto.
The California Highway Patrol said the crash occurred when Mr. Collatz, eastbound apparently started to make a left turn Into a private driveway a half-mile east of Arnold dr., and crossed over into the path of the westbound Winn car.
Mr. Collatz was thrown out by the impact.
The two men were Sonoma County's 36th and 37th traffice fatalities of the year,
Mr. Myrick had been a mail carrier in the Sonoma area for two years.
He was a native Californian and made his home at 775 Donald Ave. in Sonoma.
He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Myrick, Watsonville sisters, Elizabeth Coelho;
Georgia Mae Ruggerello, Fresno; Esther Myrick and Dorcas Putnam, both of Sonoma; Anna Ramey, Anaheim; and Mary Gilmore, Larkspur; and brothers, Paul Myrick, San Jose; and
Harvey Myrick, Oregon.
Funeral services for Mr. Myrick will be held at noon Thursday at Duggan's Mission Chapel. Burial will follow in Golden Gate National Cemetery.
Mr. Collatz, a laborer, had been employed by the Gobbi Construction Co. for two years. He was a native of Iowa and had made his home at 349 Lake st. in Agua Caliente.
He was a member of the Laborers and Hod Carriers Union Local 139.
Surviving him is his wife, B. Marie Collatz, Agua Caliente.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Duggan's Mission Chapel in Sonoma with burial following at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno.


Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age
COLLATZ OSCAR P 01/29/1905 COLLATZ M SONOMA 08/22/1966 547-16-9239 61 years