I have a Rosa Mecchi b. ca 1843 in Lucca who married a Bonrturi. After a time in San Francisco, she and her son moved to Arroyo Grande near San Luis Obispo. She is related to the above Lawrence, Kenneth, Peter et al.

[quote="pink67"]I noticed now the obituary is too little to read ....

here is:

MECCHI, Peter J . of 1422 70th Avenue, Oakland, October 25, 1956, beloved husband of the late Rose Mecchi, loving father of Mrs. Ethel Ferrari of Walnut Creek, Edmund, Lawrence and Kennet Mecchi. A native of Province ...