San Francisco — The last survivor of the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 has died, a relative confirmed Monday. William A. “Bill” Del Monte died at a retirement home in nearby Marin County on Monday. He was 11 days shy of his 110th birthday. His niece, Janette Barroca of San Francisco confirmed his death of natural causes. He’d been doing “great for 109 years old,” Barroca said Monday. Del Monte was just three months old when the quake struck, forcing…
Last survivor of 1906 San Francisco quake dies at 109
