Newspaper Article:
Highway Patrolman GOSS Dies in Chowchilla Crash: Funeral services were held at the Jay mortuary in Madera [Madera County], Monday, Nov. 28, for Charles D. GOSS, 39, a state highway patrolman, who was instantly killed Friday morning near Madera when his patrol car collided with another machine in a dense fog.
Donald, as he was known to his friends, was on duty and was bringing three people who had been involved in a minor accident to Chowchilla for first aid. He was a son of the late Jesse GOSS of Jamestown, and grandson of Andrew and Elizabeth GOSS, pioneer settlers of Coulterville.
GOSS was born and raised in Jamestown, Tuolumne county, attended schools there, and later moved to San Francisco, where he was employed by the Bell Telephone Co. He served in the U.S. navy and attended the cadet training school of the highway patrol in Sacramento. He had been in Madera since 1952, where he was assigned upon completing his training.
Highway patrolmen attended the funeral in a large group from nearby valley towns as well as from distant points.
GOSS is survived by his wife, Jean, and three small daughters, Margaret 9, Marilee 6, and Andrea 5; a sister, Mrs. Phyllis BIGELOW of Chico; two uncles, James GOSS of Coulterville and Ben GOSS of Santa Rosa, and several cousins, among them Mrs. Ila BARRETT of Coulterville.