Black Oak Cemetery, Canelo, Arizona

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 Black Oak Cemetery, established in 1917, is a pioneer cemetery in southern Arizona. It is about 14 miles south of Sonoita on Arizona Highway 83 at a mile high in the Coronado National Forest. Click here to read a short history of the cemetery and Canelo.

 This site is a continually updated listing of burials and memorials at Black Oak. Many entries have images of stones and some have personal histories and photos. Use landscape mode on a cellphon and tablet. To submit corrections/comments/additions email Corbin Smith (nibrocla1@me.com) with "Black Oak Cemetery" on the subject line.

Information for Q-Z surnames is on this page;
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It is said that we each have 3 deaths:
The First when we die,
The Second when we are laid to rest,
And the Third when our name is never spoken again.

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Click underlined name for headstone image. This symbol means that there is a photo/bio and/or additional headstone images.

Ramsey, Polly L.
b. 1910
d. 1977

Ramsey, Troy L. Jr
b. July 25, 1915
d. October 1, 1988

Rector, Sina (see Heavner, Sina)

Reidhead, Loretta E. Heavner
b. November 15, 1941
d. July 7, 2022

Riggs, Elizabeth Druscilla Hudson
b. September 27, 1840 Georgia
d. April 12, 1905 Safford, Arizona
~ wife of James Monroe Riggs
~ mother of Mattie Riggs Johnson & Elizabeth Riggs Hinson
~ mother of Florence Riggs McGregor & Luka K. Riggs Duncan
First buried in City (Court Street) Cemetery in Tucson;
when it closed in 1909, Mattie Riggs Johnson
moved her to Canelo and the area that became Black Oak.

Riggs, John Dorsey
b. 1874
d. 1918
~ son of James Monroe & Elizabeth Druscilla Hudson Riggs?

Riggs, Lula K. (see Duncan, Lula)

Roath, Helen Bresee
b. April 2, 1881 Pennyslvania
d. Nov. 2, 1958 Canelo, Arizona
~ daughter of Dr. John M. & Mary Howell Bresee
~ wife of H. Ward Eason (first husband)
~ wife of Willard Tyler Roath (second husband)
~ mother of John Jack Bresee & Robert Gillford Eason
~ elected Justice of the Peace, Santa Cruz County, in 1914

Roath, Willard Tyler
b. March 6, 1876 Colorado
d. June 7, 1959 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Tyler & Florence Choat Roath
~ husband of Helen Bresee Roath

Robbins, Barbara Miller
b. March 7, 1916
d. February 7, 1998 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ wife of Lawrence Shattuck 'Larry' Robbins Jr.

Robbins, Lawrence Shattuck 'Larry' Jr.
b. September 12, 1907 Cleveland, Ohio
d. December 19, 1999 Tucson, Arizona
~ husband of Barbara Miller Robbins
~ LCDR USNR, WWII

Robbins, Peter Miller
b. 1944
d. no death date on stone

Robbins, Tyler Barkwill
b. 1948
d. no death date on stone
~ Chief Journalist, US Navy

Roberson, Daniel 'Robe'
b. December 28, 1946
d. April 17, 2014
~ husband of Katherine Scott 'K.K.' Mann Roberson

Roberson, Katherine Scott 'K.K.' Mann
b. January 14, 1950
d. August 3, 2019
~wife of Daniel 'Robe' Roberson

Rodgers, Anna Eason
b. March 19, 1861 Pennsylvania
d. March 27, 1956 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of David Eason & Mary Steck
~ wife of Robert A. Rodgers
~ mother of Pauline Rodgers Young & Helen Rodgers Faurot
~ sister of Mal Eason & H. Ward Eason
~ second postmaster of Canille Post Office from 1906 - 1910

Rodgers, Robert Andrew
b. September 20, 1860 (1861?) Corsica, Pennsylvania
d. November 12, 1947 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Mark M.D. & Rebecca Corbett Rodgers
~ husband of Anna Eason Rodgers
~ father of Pauline Rodgers Young & Helen Rodgers Faurot
~ 1st Postmaster of Canille Post Office 1904 - 1906
~ early Forest Ranger
~ early homesteader

Roest, Elizabeth M.
b.December 18, 1912
d. June 1971
~ wife of Guy Roest

Roest, Guy
b. August 2, 1909 Grand Rapids, Michigan
d. January 11, 2010 Elgin, Arizona
~ husband of Elizabeth M. Roest
~ B2 US Navy, WWII

Rowley, Jean Flora Fraizer
b. November 13, 1922 Nogales, AZ
d. April 10, 1997
~ daughter of James & Carrie Swigart Fraizer
~ sister of Samuel 'Sam' J. Fraizer

Ruback, Leonard Marvin
b. March 4, 1929 Omaha, Nebraska
d. June 23, 1994 San Diego County, California
~ husband of June Stoddard Ruback

Rue, John Benjamin
b. June 26, 1848 Longwood, Colorado
d. April 1921 Elgin, Arizona

Sabow, Col. James Emery
b. August 5, 1939 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
d. January 22, 1991 Irvine, California
~ husband of Sally Townsend Sabow
~ Col. USMC, Vietnam

Sanders, Gilbert Carl 'Red'
b. January 27, 1910 Solomon, Arizona
d. December 11, 1969
~ husband of Kathryn Mildred Balke Sanders

Sanders, Kathryn Mildred Balke
b. April 29, 1919 Clifton, Arizona
d. March 19, 1966 Fairbank, Arizona
~ wife of Gilbert Carl 'Red' Sanders

Schenck, Margaret
b. November 22, 1893
d. March 12, 1966
~ wife of Roy Wayne Schenck

Schenck, Roy Wayne
b. June 22, 1884 Iowa
d. June 16, 1940 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Charles & Lettie Gould Schenck
~ husband of Margaret Schenck
~ WWI

Schmitt, Alice Hastings
b. November 22, 1918 Virginia
d. March 11, 1987
~ wife of Robert Mikkelsen Schmitt
~ memorial stone

Schmitt, Robert Mikkelsen
b. January 18, 1917
d. October 15, 1992
~ husband of Alice Hastings Schmitt
~ memorial stone

Schock, Leslie Franklin
b. January 19, 1919 Los Angeles, California
d. July 20, 1979 Mescal Gap Ranch, Santa Cruz, Arizona
~ son of Raymond Leroy & Nellie Irene Pike Schock
~ husband of Caroline Lucille White Holtz Schock
~ father of Raymond Leslie Schock

Schock, Nellie Irene Pike
b. June 22, 1885 Clarinda, Iowa,
d. October 11, 1943 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Henry & Eva Richards Pike
~ wife of Raymond Leroy Schock
~ mother of Leslie Franklin Schock & Raymond D. Schock

Schock, Raymond D.
b. August 14, 1908
d. September 8, 1996
~ son of Raymond Leroy & Nellie Irene Pike Schock

Schock, Raymond Leroy
b. December 13, 1880 Illinois
d. August 26, 1967
~ husband of Nellie Irene Pike Schock
~ father of Leslie Franklin & Raymond D. Schock

Schock, Raymond Leslie
b. January 11, 1952 District of Columbia, USA
d. August 6, 2006 Arizona
~ son of Leslie Franklin & Carrie Lucille White Holtz Schock
~ husband of (divorced from) Shirley Lynn Benz
~ US Army, Vietnam

Schorr, Glenn John
b. March 7, 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d. Feb. 15, 1992 Tucson, AZ
~ son of Wagner 'Wag' J.G. & Marie Gibbons Schorr
~ brother of John Edward Schorr

Schorr, John Edward
b. April 30, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d. March 23, 1985 Denver, Colorado
~ son of Wagner 'Wag' J.G. & Marie Gibbons Schorr
~ brother of Glenn John Schorr

Schorr, Marie Kathryn Gibbons
b.December 3, 1913 Honesdale, Pennsylvania
d. October 27, 2010 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Thomas V. & Emma L. LeStrange Gibbons
~ wife of Wagner 'Wag' J.G. Schorr
~ mother of Glenn John & John Edward Schorr

Schorr, Wagner 'Wag' J.G.
b. August 3, 1911 Baltimore, Maryland
d. December 4, 2001 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of John E. & Catherine Graeber Schorr
~ husband of Marie Kathryn Gibbons Schorr
~ father of Glenn John & John Edward Schorr

Schout, David Neil
b. June 11, 1997
d. March 20, 1998 Illinois
~ son of Mary Jean Hutchinson and Pat Schout

Schout, Mary Jean Hutchinson
b. November 10, 1959 California
d. March 19, 1998 Illinois
~ daughter of Ned & Kirsten Loft Rasmussen Hutchinson
~ wife of Pat Schout

Schrader, Charles 'Chuck'
b. July 7, 1926
d. June 25, 2015 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ husband of Helen Schrader
~ father of Jill and Jon Schrader

Schrader, Helen
b. March 27, 1926
d. May 27, 1997
~ wife of Charles 'Chuck' Schrader
~ mother of Jill and Jon Schrader

Schrader, Jill
b.
d. July 2, 2017
~ daughter of Charles 'Chuck' and Helen Schrader

Schrader, Jon
b.
d. June 30, 2012
~ son of Charles 'Chuck' and Helen Schrader

Scott, Mildred (see Feldmann, Mildred)

Sharples, Mary Elaine 'Layne' Lenzi
b. June 19, 1922 La Grange, Illinois
d. Nov. 12, 1981 Boston, Massachusetts
~ wife of John David Warfield III (first marriage)
~ wife of Philip Price Sharples (second marriage)
~ mother of Joan Phoebe & Winston Scott Warfield

Shields, Orville J.
b December 28, 1915 Patagonia, Arizona
d. October 13, 1930 Bisbee, Arizona
~ son of John Clyde & Melissa Jane 'Janie' Teague Shields

Shimskey, Barbara
b. November 2, 1955
d. October 22, 2019

Silva, Brett Matthew
b. September 4, 1960 Patagonia, Arizona
d. September 4, 1960 Patagonia, Arizona
~ infant son of Daniel & Sharon Spencer Silva
~ (no headstone)

Skutt, Frank
b. June 25, 1859, Michigan
d. February 25, 1950 Prescott, Arizona
~ son of Andrew & Amy Hays Skutt
~ husband of Lena Dalstrom Skutt

Skutt, Lena Dalstrom
b. July 12, 1859 Minnesota
d. September 18, 1928 Rain Valley, Arizona
~ daughter of H. J. & Ellen Carlsen Dalstrom
~ wife of Frank Skutt

Smith, D. Scott
b. December 31 1953
d. February 16, 2001
~ husband of Rebecca Jo Moss Smith

Smith, Rebecca Jo Moss
b. October 25, 1958
~ living
~ daughter of Austin E. and Marka Collie Moss
~ wife of D. Scott Smith

Smith, Sig Corbin
b. June 13, 1943 Tucson, Arizona
~ living
~ great-grandson of Robert A. and Anna Eason Rodgers
~ son of Justin Gardner and Virginia Eason Young Smith
~ husband of Paul Gerard Desany

Smith, Viginia Eason Young
b. December 5, 1914 Nogales, Arizona
d. March 14, 1990 Boise, Idaho
~ granddaughter of Robert & Anna Eason Rodgers
~ daughter of Arthur Benjamin & Pauline Rodgers Young
~ wife of Justin Gardner Smith
~ mother of Sig Corbin, Scott Gardner, & Craig Eason Smith
~ sister of Sig Rodgers Young

Soza, Suzanne Ambrose
b. July 24, 1962 Arizona
d. May 22, 2016 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of William 'Bill' & Jane Kuhn Ambrose
~ wife of David Soza

Speed, Ernest
b. July 30 1855 Madisonville, Kentucky
d. March 8, 1941 Elgin, Arizona
~ son of Robert B. & Laura Summers Speed
~ husband of Minnie E. Morton Speed

Speed, Minnie E. Morton
b. 1860 Kentucky
d. 1914
~ daughter of William & Sarah Morton
~ wife of Ernest Speed

Spencer, Alonzo Franklin 'Jokey' III
b. June 26, 1937 Tucson, Arizona
d. January 10, 1997 Elgin, Arizona
~ son of Alonzo Franklin II 'Slim' & Dora May Lowe Spencer
~ husband of Dawne Schofield Spencer

Spore, Maria Louise Martha DeShano
b. December 5, 1911 Belgium
d. February 10, 1997 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ daughter of Alphonse Jerome Seynaeve & Maria Louise Lommens
~ wife of Frank Spore (widowed 1962)
~ mother of Patricia 'Pat' May DeShano Basinger

Spradlin, Suzan Ann
b. 1963
d. 1991

Stoddard, Ann Olive Douglas
b. October 18, 1910 Sonoita, Arizona
d. August 4, 2002 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Irvin & Maude 'Daisy' Jacobs Douglas
~ wife of Emory Arthur Stoddard
~ mother of Herald Emory, Rodney, June, Alice, Verna, Nolan 'Pete', & Arthur Stoddard
~ sister of Grace Mary, Volney Marx, & Irvin, Jr. 'Dick' Douglas

Stoddard, Della (see McLoy, Della)

Stoddard, Dorothy (see Knipe, Dorothy)

Stoddard, Emory Arthur
b. May 19, 1903 Bisbee, Arizona
d. September 1981 Santa Cruz County, Arizona
~ son of Harry Lyman & Lulu Belle Brizzee Stoddard (Douglas)
~ husband of Ann Olive Douglas Stoddard
~ father of Herald Emory, Rodney, June, Alice, Verna, Nolan 'Pete' & Arthur Stoddard

Stoddard, Evan Douglas
b. June 8, 1958 Douglas, Arizona
d. May 11, 1986 Borrego Springs Desert, California
~ son of Rodney and Peggy Darlene Moll Stoddard

Stoddard, Glen Russel
b. Apri 13, 1955 Douglas, Arizona
d. January 3, 2019 Spokane, Washington
~ son of Rodney and Peggy Darlene Moll Stoddard

Stoddard, Guy Bradley
b. December 6, 1957 National City, California
d. April 17, 2010 Winter Haven, California
~ son of Rodney and Peggy Darlene Moll Stoddard

Stoddard, Herald Emory
b. August 1, 1929 Elgin, Arizona
d. January 20, 1935 Nogales, Arizona
~ son of Emory Arthur & Ann Olive Douglas Stoddard
~ 'A Grand Little Feller'
~ died after being kicked in the head by a horse

Stoddard, Harry Lyman
b. December 24, 1869 Woodstock, Vermont,
d. May 31, 1941 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Lyman Brown & Rhoda Mehitable Douglas Stoddard
~ husband of Lulu Belle Brizzee Douglas (first marriage)
~ father of Stanley William, Emory Arthur, Wesley Lyman,
~ & Shirley Henry & Della Bell (McLoy)

Stoddard, Lulu Belle (see Douglas, Lulu Belle Brizzee)

Stoddard, Nolan 'Pete'
b. February 3, 1942 Sonoita, Arizona
d. September 22, 1962 Sonoita, Arizona
~ son of Emory Arthur & Olive Douglas Stoddard
~ died piloting small plane that crashed on neighboring ranch

Stoddard, Pauline
b. February 12, 1933
d. February 17, 1933
~ daughter of Shirley & Rose Markle Stoddard

Stoddard, Peggy Darlene Moll
b. August 19, 1931 Olathe, Kansas
d. February 1, 2014 Spokane, Washington
~ daughter of Guy W. & Mabel Anderson Moll
~ wife of Rodney Stoddard
~ mother of Evan, Glen, & Guy Stoddard

Stoddard, Rodney
b. April 13, 1931 Elgin, Arizona
d. July 2, 2014 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Emory Arthur & Olive Douglas Stoddard
~ husband of Peggy Darlene Moll Stoddard
~ father of Evan, Glen, & Guy Stoddard
~ husband of Wanda Stoddard (second marriage)
~ no stone, ashes scattered on family plot

Swanson, Ben
b. January 5, 1885 Sweden,
d. June 11, 1935 Tucson, Arizona
~ husband of Alice Swanson

Swigart, Carrie (see Frazier, Carrie)

Swigart, Rhoda (see McCarty, Rhoda)

Telles, Ethlyn Houston
b. May 22, 1926 Ray, Arizona
d. July 10, 2003
~ mother of Ralph Lawton & William Lyon 'Bill' Telles
~ wife of Ralph Telles

Telles, Ralph
b. March 25, 1920 Tombstone, Arizona
d. February 4, 2003 Santa Cruz County, Arizona
~ husband of Ethlyn Houston Telles
~ father of Ralph Lawton & William Lyon 'Bill' Telles
~ Cpl. US Army, WWII

Telles, Ralph Lawton
b. November 28, 1953 Elgin, Arizona
d. January 24, 1954 Elgin, Arizona
~ son of Ralph & Ethlyn Houston Telles

Telles, William Lyon 'Bill'
b. April 8, 1956 (1957?) Elgin, Arizona
d. June 23, 1979 Nogales, Arizona
~ son of Ralph & Ethlyn Houston Telles

Thomas, Everett Francis
b.October 2, 1900 Missouri
d. December 25, 1960 Tucson, Arizona
~ husband of Lucille Thomas
~ son of Wesley & Martha Bayne Thomas

Thomas, Louise Stoddard Knipe 'Winty'
b. December 5, 1910 Washington D.C.
d. September 9, 1951 Tucson, Arizona
~ sister of Frederic Orlando Knipe, Jr.
~ daughter of Frederic Orlando & Dorothy Athalia Stoddard Knipe

Townsend, Elizabeth Benziger
b. June 21, 1904
d. February 17, 1989
~ daughter of Adelrick & Elizabeth Benziger
~ wife of Robert C.N.Townsend
~ mother of Sally Townsend Sabow

Townsend, Robert C. N.
b. December 17, 1914
d. June 20, 1995
~ husband of Elizabeth Benziger Townsend
~ father of Sally Townsend Sabow

Turney, Ida Speed
b. July 17, 1879 Kentucky,
d. December 3, 1962
~ daughter of Ernest & Minnie Morton Speed
~ wife of Mark Coleman 'Bill' Turney

Turney, Mark Coleman 'Bill'
b. February 25, 1884 Coleman, Texas
d. September 9, 1951 Pima County, Arizona
~ son of Hansboro Bell 'H.B.' & Mary Jane Wood Turney
~ husband of Ida Speed Turney

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Valenzuela, Constancia 'Mama'
b. 1888
d. 1930
~ mother of Dolores S. Valenzuela
~ wife of Jesus Valenzuela

Valenzuela, Dolores S.
b. 1929
d. 1931
~ daughter of Jesus & Constancia Valenzuela

Valenzuela, Jesus 'Papa'
b. 1886
d. 1966
~ father of Dolores S. Valenzuela
~ husband of Constancia Valenzuela

Varner, Lillian Starfelt
b. 1890 Kansas
d. March 8, 1970
~ wife of Robert E. Varner
~ mother of Iva Anita Varner Vermillion

Vensel, A. George
b. July 25, 1945
~ living

Vensel, Linda Brooks
b. May 5, 1948
~ living

Vermillion, Iva Anita Varner
b. September 29, 1912 Douglas, Arizona
d. 1960 Tucson, Arizona
~ wife of Orie Vermillion
~ daughter of Robert E. & Lillian Starfelt Varner

Warfield, Totten Kenneth, Sr.
b. July 25, 1924 Chicago, Illinois
d. April 30, 2022 Tucson, Arizona
~ husband of Leila Marie Hammel Warfield
~ father of Totten Kenneth 'T.K.' Warfield, Jr.
~ nephew of Mary Katharine Hutchinson

Warfield, Totten Kenneth 'T.K.', Jr. DVM
b. March 1, 1949
d. March 16, 2022
~ son of Totten Kenneth, Sr. & Leila Marie Hammel Warfield

Warfield, Leila Marie Hammel
b. November 9, 1925 Oak Park, Illinois
d. August 3, 2020 Tucson, Arizona
~ wife of Totten Kenneth Warfield, Sr.
~ mother of Totten Kenneth 'T.K.' Warfield, Jr.

Watts, Chester
b. April 16, 1926 Magoffin County, Kentucky
d. September 5, 2001 Tucson, Arizona
~ husband of Ernestine Watts
~ US Navy WWII

Watts, Ernestine
b. September 2, 1931
d. November 18, 1997
~ wife of Chester Watts

Wearne, Eva Maxine
b. October 6, 1932
d. February 11, 2016
~ wife of William Nicholas Wearne

Wearne, Rose (see Brooks, Rose Celia)

Wearne, William Nicholas
b. November 11, 1926
d. April 26, 2005
~ husband of Eva Maxine Wearne

White, Lucille
b. July 15, 1902
d. June 1977
~ wife of Van Buren White

White, Van Buren
b. January 14, 1903
d. August 1969
~ husband of Lucille White

Whiteside, John R.
b. October 1, 1930 New York
d. July 30, 2019 Arizona
~ son of John R. & Edith Rabe Whiteside
~ husband of Rosemary Ashburn Whiteside

Whiteside, Rosemary Ashburn
b. February 2, 1932 Arizona
d. November 27, 2018 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Marshall & Helen Ellicott Ashburn
~ wife of John R. Whiteside

Williamson, Jonse Wade 'Jack'
b. May 10, 1868 Chapel Hill, Missouri
d. June 2, 1951 Nogales, Arizona
~ son of William Dudley & Melvina A. Bledsoe Williamson
~ husband of Rose Mayer Williamson
~ father of Merna Margaret Williamson Brown
~ early homesteader

Williamson, Rose Mayer
b. June 6, 1879 Goff, Kansas
d. June 4, 1944 San Rafael Valley, Arizona
~ daughter of F.S.& Margaret Cobb Mayer
~ wife of Jonse W. 'Jack' Williamson
~ mother of Merna Margaret Williamson Brown

Wilson, Elizabeth (see Grant, Elizabeth)

Wilson, Virginia Helen Hathaway
b. May 31, 1920 Nogales, Arizona
d. February 22, 2001 Anchorage, Alaska
~ daughter of James W. & Virginia Parker Hathaway
~ sister of F. Marion Hathaway McClellan & Howard Hathaway

Wing, Donna L.
b. October 22, 1954
d. January 22, 2018

Wood, Henry
b. March 6, 1871
d. June 16, 1962
~ husband of Myrtle McDaniel Wood
~ father of Mac Owen & Warren H. Wood

Wood, James Henderson
b. April 1, 1954
d. November 22, 1998

Wood, Mack Owen
b. September 4, 1925
d. August 2, 2004
~ son of Henry & Myrtle McDaniel Wood
~ husband of Edna May Williamson Wood

Wood, Myrtle McDaniel
b. Aug. 17, 1894 Texas
d. July 26, 1982
~ wife of Henry Wood
~ mother of Mac Owen & Warren Henry Wood

Wood, Warren Henry
b. July 19, 1921 Nogales, Arizona
d. August 26, 1943 Idaho
~ son of Henry & Myrtle McDaniel Wood
~ husband of Maxine Brown Wood
~ Sgt. 411th Bomb Sq. A.C.

Wood-Morris, Cindy Lee Fullam
b. March 4, 1958 Long Island City, New York
d. April 23, 2015 Tulsa, Oklahoma
~ wife of James Wood (first husband)
~ wife of Robert Morris, Jr. (second husband)

Young, Pauline Rodgers
b. March 20, 1887 Brookville, Pennsylvania
d. March 28, 1975 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Robert & Anna Eason Rodgers
~ wife of Arthur Benjamin Young (divorced)
~ mother of Virginia Eason Young Smith & Sig Rodgers Young
~ sister of Helen Rodgers Faurot

Young, Sig Rodgers
b. April 23, 1913 Los Angeles, California
d. June 3, 1982 Tucson, Arizona
~ Col. US Air Force, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
~ son of Arthur Benjamin & Pauline Rodgers Young
~ father of Viki Sue Young Portrey
~ brother of Virginia Eason Young Smith

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