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ALL EDITIONS Saturday, April 14, 1990 The Arizona Republic A7 Quakes jolt a life, beginning to end He lost parents in '06, life in '90 San Jose Mercury News FOR A LIMITED TIME MONTEREY, Calif. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake left John I LJioose rrom our ennre stock or genuine ua-LrDoy cnairs. James McDonald an orphan at the age of 6. Now, another earthquake has claimed his Inc. 1 1 On April 6, he died at age 90 in a Monterey convalescent hospital of ANY ANY ANY ANY FABRIC IN STOCK! All 1500 of our recliners and swivel rockers are priced 2 for $399 to 2 for $1 199 genuine leather injuries he received in a devastating Oct.

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known McDonald since 1938, when he stayed at her mother's San Bernardino boardinghousc. "AH he knew was that he was picked up by someone and taken in and raised for a few years. "He wasn't even sure that his name was McDonald," she said. "He took the name of the family that took him in. McDonald, who was bom in San Francisco on Feb.

7, 1900, left his foster family and "was on his own at the age of 13," Wedlake said. Although McDonald "never went $1 to school, he was literate," she said. -AJEQB Self-taught as a machinist, he JEQR QK worked at his trade for many years in the San Francisco area. He later joined Pan Am as a security guard, retiring in 1967 after working for 10 years at San Francisco International Airport. In recent years, the lifelong bache lor lived alone in his apartment in Belmont.

"He lived a very frugal life all by himself, Wedlake said. His one interest seemed to be in collecting "treasures" he found at garage sales and flea markets around the Bay area, she said. Wedlake said McDonald was injured when he fell in his bathroom during last fall's quake. "Avenger" Twincliner Love Seat "New Generation" Twincliner Love Seat When neither Wedlake nor her Save on every genuine LA-Z-BOY inclining sofa in stock! Over 90 available husband could reach him by telephone for two days, they asked his apartment manager to see whether he was all right. The manager found McDon ald on the bathroom floor with head for immediate delivery.

injuries. "I believe that when the quake hit, he was frightened, and in his anxiety to get out (of the bathroom), he jumped up and fell," Wedlake said. After treatment at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, McDonald was transferred to Monterey Convalescent Hospital to be closer to the Wedlakes "Avenger" Twincliner Sofa "New Generation" Twincliner Sofa and their children. Although he remained lucid at the convalescent hospital, he didn't say any more about this earthquake than N3 he had about the great San Francisco $799 quake more than 80 years before, "Dreamer" Twincliner Sofa Wedlake said. McDonald, who had a driver's license until he died, was "always 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH or Revolving Charge Available "Your Living Room Family Room Source" "Allegro" Twincliner Sofa independent, she said.

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