Death Record - John Wesley Meek

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Death certificate: Los Angeles County certificate no. 5346, year 1920.
John W. Meeks, died at Seaside Hospital, Long Beach, California.
Widower.
Birth: Jan 10 1843 Kentucky.     Age: 77 yrs, 8 mos, 3 days.
Occupation: retired
Father: unknown Meek   Mother: unknown Henderson
Length of residence in Long Beach and California: 25 years.
Informant: Mrs. Myrtle Randall, 2278 Walnut St.
Date of death: Sep 13, 1920 5:10am
Cause of death: Uremia sepsis from prostatectomy on 9/7/1920.
Did operation precede death? yes
Autopsy? no
Signed R.M Johnson, MD 9/16/1920, 1st National Bank Building
Physician saw patient from 9/7/1920 to 9/13/1920.
Interred in Sunnyside Cemetery 9/16/1920
Undertaker: Holt and Son, Long Beach, California
Embalmers License No. 178
Filed Sep 16 1920 by Ralph L. Taylor, MD