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Dement, Gerald Bruce Obituary

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Graduation Year Class of 1971
Date of Passing Jan 03, 1979
About Head-On Collision kills 3 Men

Three young men died of injuries suffered in a head-on collision on Roseville Road near the Haggin Oaks Golf Course Wednesday afternoon. Sacramento police said a southbound car driven by Jeffery Ladd Casebolt, 18 veered over the center line on Roseville Road and collided head-on with a car driven by Gerald Bruce Dement, 25, of Elk Grove. Casebolt, who was visiting relatives in the North Area while on leave from the Navy, from Sun Valley, NV died on the scene at 3:20 PM. His passenger Brian Phillip Truesdale, 19 of North Highlands and Dement were transported to American River Hospital where they died about a half-hour later. Witnesses told officers both cars were traveling at approximately 40 MPH.

The Sacramento Bee January 7, 1979

DEMENT, GERALD B in Sacramento on January 3, 1979
Beloved son of Mr & Mrs Ray Dement of Elk Grove. Brother
of Shelia Shook of Shingle Springs. Grandson of Odie
Dozer of Dallas, TX. A native of Texas age 25 years. Friends
are welcome at Mission Chapel at Andrew and Greilich,
3939 Fruitridge Road, and are invited to attend the funeral
Monday at 2:20 PM. Interment at East Lawn Southgate. - Information from the Sacramento Bee
Dement, Gerald Bruce