Tulare County Confirms First H1N1 Death

I am trying to locate a friend of mine from Visalia, when I last spoke to him on the 10th of Oct. he had had the flu for a week already. I am scared to death that he is the man who died of H1N1.
Of course I am in massachusetts, have been checking obituaries for two weeks, in your paper, when I saw the report of the first death in Tulare, being a man from Visalia. I do beleive it is my lost friend...I desparatly need to contact his family, if anyone knows them, or who they are, could you notify me, or tell them someone is trying everything to find them. I can emailed at Debbie957@aol.com. thanks you god bless you all.

Hi Debbie, I don't know the name of the person who passed away from H1N1. It has been confidential. I'll try and research it some more for u and get back to u here....Good luck ..i hope its not him, but sad for whoever it is. God bless you too!!!...Deborah

Deborah, thank you very much, would appreciate any help I can get. I don't know what else to do, short of hiring a private detective. I keep checking the obituaries but nothing fits.
Its all just too much of a coincidence not to be him.....I have to know.
my deepest sympathies to his family and friends.
god bless us all with this flu.

Debbie, you can't get ahold of the family members to find out? I saw today in the paper the mention of the tulare co. person who passed from h1n1, but no name. I really doubt that will ever be posted. Keep checking obits. God bless you.

Im up a creek without a paddle here, and going nowhere...I do not have a phone number or an address...have tried all the lookup sites, reverse email, the whole bit and nothing.
I guess I'll never know. I will not give up, I will keep looking, hope someday I learn something.
Thank you very much.

I hope you find out, Debbie........Here is some more info for you..tulare co. lost another male age 24 to swine flu today. saddd!!:( i have a name if you want it.

My deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones to this flu virus, to those that are sick and to those who become sick...bless them all.

But I am only looking for one man, the one who died from Visalia, thats where my friend is from.
The day they say he died, that was the 21st of October. My friend was a 54 year old man. OMG
Its been 3 weeks tonight since I last talked with him. I miss him so much, and love him dearly.
Please god help me....

Debbie, i am still searching around for your friend... did you see this link? http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/2009...

Debbie, I don't think they consider age 54 to be young. That is generally "mid aged". Do you have a physical address for your friend?

yes I have left my message on that link too thank you. that was originally where I saw it...I have also posted pictures on there of him and his sister. 54 isnt normally young but for a virus that affects the young and the old.....hes on the young end of the old. No, have no address or phone number..thats why Im in this mess. Have those pictures only.

Debbie, you haven't seen anything in the obits since the first h1n1 death? I noticed the 2nd person to pass away from h1n1 was already in the obits. I would think u would have already seen the name if it were him. This is so weird.....wow..hope u find him.

Well, there is a good possibility that they will post it much later and have a memorial service or something like that......I have seen Obits on here this month for people who have died in sept. so its not too far fetched that they still could.... I don't know if I ever will find out, or find his sister. Or his final resting place.

from Visalia wrote:

Debbie, i am still searching around for your friend... did you see this link? http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/2009...

check it on a daily basis

I have an idea. Have you thought about calling Visalia Cemetary?

from Visalia wrote:

I have an idea. Have you thought about calling Visalia Cemetary?

Is there only one in the city?

hopefully the last :-(

Has Anybody heard the name of the the man who was rhe first death. The man from Visalia...I am still trying to locate his family. I beleive he has a sister Pat...I am desparate to find her and find out what happened to him. Please if anyone out there knows the family....please pass this on. I thank you and god bless you and yours on this thanksgiving.

Hi Debbie, I am still reading the Visalia times delta daily and haven't seen any names mentioned. So sorry...yes, only one cemetary here in visalia.

from Visalia wrote:

Hi Debbie, I am still reading the Visalia times delta daily and haven't seen any names mentioned. So sorry...yes, only one cemetary here in visalia.

I thank you very much, I am keeping an eye on it myself. Still haven't heard a thing. It will actually be a month on saturday the 21st. Can't beleive how time flies. I so wish I knew what happened to him. Miss him so much.
I'd like to wish you and yours a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

I cannot believe it, it has been two full months since my friend and the love of my life, has passed away from the H1N1 flu,the first in Visalia.
I still havent seen anything in the paper, obits or whatever, and have still not heard from the family. God rest his soul....god bless his family, and merry christmas to us all.
If any body knows how to get in contact with the family please help me..... Debbie957@aol.com thanks and God Bless.