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Obituary : Ernestine McCart Print E-mail
Ernestine McCart Nov. 17, 1915 - Oct. 28, 2009 Resident of Oakland Ernestine McCart was a lifelong resident of Alameda County. She graduated from Piedmont High School in 1933. She attended and graduated from Holy Names University and later received a Masters Degree from Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. McCart was in charge of the Alameda County Adoption Agency and later worked in private practice as a psychiatric social worker, She received awards of appreciation from Alameda County for her involvement with children welfare. Ernestine McCart was preceded in death by her husband Elwood McCart, a longtime Alameda City police officer and her daughter Andrea McCart. She is survived by her sister Norma Cadenasso, a niece Teresa Garland and two nephews Eugene Cadenasso and John Cadenasso. Funeral services and burial will be private at Mrs. McCart request. Grant Miller John Cox Mortuary FDR # 171 510-451-6434