Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jan 1940 Irvin R. Smith, age 64, passed away at his home, Haxton, Colorado, on December 9th. Old employes will recall that Mr. Smith, some 30 years ago (1909-10-11), worked in the Company machine shops here, and that he was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Chas. Crofts. He leaves to mourn his loss a widow and four grown children. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jan 1940 Frank B. Crumley died at the Wyoming General Hospital Sunday evening. December 10th, following a confinement at that institution for ten days past, although he had been in poor health for many years. He was a native of Ohio and came to Rock Springs in 1903 at the behest of Dr. R. Harvey Reed, then Division Surgeon of the Union Pacific System, to take charge of the “Miner.” In later years he acquired possession of the publication and conducted it up to the time of his passing. He was a staunch Republican in politics, fraternally was a member of the Elks Lodge No. 624, and a communicant of the Episcopal Church. Funeral services were held at that edifice the afternoon of December 12th, Rev. E. L. Tull, Pastor, officiating. A widow survives, together with a brother and a sister, the two latter reside in Ohio. Mr. Crumley was looked upon as the dean of Wyoming newspapermen, and the Fourth Estate loses a valuable member in his passing. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jan 1940 Death of Old Timer Patrick J. Russell There passed away at his home in Denver on the morning of December 5th, Patrick J. Russell. Born at Gilkee, County Clare, Ireland, on February 10, 1862, his first employment in this country was in 1878, with Union Pacific Railroad Company at Armstrong, Kansas, and with The Union Pacific Coal Company at Como, Colorado, in 1883, he quitting for brief periods, only to come back to the fold. His last employment was as Hoisting Engineer at Hanna, where, after a very lengthy service, he took ill, removed to Denver, and was granted a pension August 1, 1926. He was an honored member of the Old Timers’ Association, and wore a badge signifying sixty years in Union Pacific employment. The remains were interred in Mt. Olivet Cemetery at Denver on December 8th. One son, Edward P., survives. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jan 1940 Old Timer August Piethe Passes On August Piethe, for many years in our employ at Superior, but who was retired on pension October 1, 1934, and moved to North East, Pennsylvania, passed away on December 11, 1939, his widow and two grown children surviving. Mr. Piethe was born February 9, 1874, at Brandenberg, Germany, and received naturalization papers in 1917-19. His first employment with the Company was on April 6, 1908, as a miner in “C” Mine, Superior, leaving in November, 1910, upon a visit to his native land, returning to our service in 1912, at Superior. He was stationed at Reliance for a little over two years, and went back to Superior, having a continuous service up to the time of his retirement of 22 years, his duties consisting of miner, driver, blaster, pumper, outside laborer, and watchman. He was a member of the Old Timers' Association, and his many acquaintances will learn with regret of his decease. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 2, 1940 Funeral Services Held Monday for Superior Woman Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Mrs. Frances Zorko, 59, wife of Rudolph Zorko of C hill in Superior, who died Saturday morning in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull officiated. Born December 20, 1880, Mrs. ZOrko had lived in Superior for the past 10 years. In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons, Rudolph Jr., and Albert, and two daughters, Mrs. John Vesco and Mrs. William Davis, all of Superior. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 3, 1940 MANKIN INFANT TO BE BURIED THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services will be held in Farson Community Hall at 2 o’clock this afternoon for Mildred Alene Mankin, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mankin of Farson, who died Sunday night in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.E. Acheson will officiate. Mildred Alene was born October 29, 1939 in Wyoming General hospital. In addition to her parents she is survived by a twin brother. Burial will be in the cemetery at Farson under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 3, 1940 Springs Man Slain In Gun Duel WOUNDS FROM RAWLINS BAR FIGHT FATAL RAWLINS, Jan. 2 (UP)—Sheriff’s officers attempted to piece together tonight the story of a gun duel which climaxed a New Year’s day argument in a Rawlins bar and resulted in the death of a Rock Springs man and the wounding of two others. Eden (Dean) Finley, 37, of Rock Springs, died in a Rawlins hospital today of stomach wounds suffered in the battle. He died in a blood transfusion given in a last-minute attempt to save his life. Troy Gregg, a bartender and Kyle Bromley of Rawlins were in the same hospital, Gregg suffering leg and arm wounds and Bromley bullet wounds in his right arm and shoulder. Sheriff Glenn Penland said Finley came to Rawlins yesterday “with a chip on his shoulder” and that Finley and Gregg exchanged shots in the bar late last night. Bromley told police he was a bystander hit by wild shots. Finley staggered nearly a block carrying his smoking revolver before he collapsed. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 4, 1940 BURLECH INFANT TO BE BURIED THIS AFTERNOON Donald Eugene Burlech, four-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burlech of E Plane, died Wednesday in Wyoming General hospital. Funeral services for the infant will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from Rogan Chapel. Born September 6, 1939, Donald Eugene is survived by a sister, Mary Louise, in addition to his parents. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 5, 1940 Wyoming Resident 60 Years Dies at Green River Home George W. Yund, 89, resident of Green River for the past 40 years, died Wednesday at his home in Green River. Born Dec. 19, 1850 in Pittsburgh, Pa., Yund had lived in Wyoming for the past 60 years. For 20 years he had been a storekeeper for the Union Pacific railroad but recently was retired. He was a member of Washington Lodge 253, A.F. and A.M. in Pittsburgh, of the Knights Templar and Royal Arch Masons in Green River and was a life member of the Knights of Pythias at Laramie. Yund is survived by a niece, Ethel Yund, of Pueblo, Colo. His wife died in 1918. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. His niece is expected to arrive here early this morning to complete arrangements. --- Green River Star, Jan 5, 1940 George W. Yund, G. R. Resident 50 Years, Dies George W. Yund, one of the state’s oldest living residents and a resident of Green River since 1899, succumbed Wednesday to complications resulting from old age. He was 89 years of age and had been active practically up until the time of his death. He was ill but a comparatively short time. Death came while being cared for at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lenhart, long-time friends of the deceased. Yund came to Wyoming from his home state of Pennsylvania 60 years ago, in 1880. He was born December 19, 1850 in Pittsburg, and when about 50 years of age, he married Hattie Bungay in Los Angeles, Calif., returning to Green River to make their home. Mrs. Yund preceded him in death by some 21 years, succumbing in 1918. A member of the Old Timers’ association of the Union Pacific railroad, Mr. Yund was retired from active service on the road in 1921, after 25 years of service, 20 years of which were in the store department. After his retirement he was employed for many years by the Barkalow Bros. at the Union Pacific station. He was a member of Washington Lodge No. 253, A. F. & A. M. of Pittsburg, and was also a member of Baalbec Chapter and Knights of Pythias lodge in Laramie. At one time, in the 1880’s, it was said. Yund was a deputy sheriff of Albany county, Laramie. He is survived by tow nieces, Miss Ethel Yund of Pueblo, Colo., and Miss Janette Jaensen of Los Angeles, California; and a nephew, Earl Y. Park of Salt Lake City. Funeral services have been announced for 2 o’clock p.m. Sunday from the Masonic Temple. The body will lie in state at the Temple from 10 a.m. until time of service. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery beside the body of Mrs. Yund. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 9, 1940 YUND SERVICES HELD SUNDAY AT GREEN RIVER Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in Masonic Temple in Green River for George W. Yund, 89, resident of Green River for the past 40 years, who died last Wednesday at his home in the Sweetwater county seat. The Rev. Harry B. Gordon of the Congregational church officiated. Yund was a high priest of Wyoming Masons. He was a member of Washington Lodge 253, A.F. and A.M., in Pittsburgh, Pa., and of the Knights Templar and Royal Arch Masons in Green River. He also was a life member of the Knights of Pythias of Laramie, and of the Union Pacific railroad Old Timers club in Green River. Born Dec. 19, 1850 in Pittsburgh, Yund had lived in Wyoming for the past 60 years. He had been a storekeeper for the Union Pacific railroad at Green River for 20 years but recently was retired. Yund is survived by a niece, Ethel Yund, of Pueblo, Colo. Burial was in Riverview cemetery in Green River under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 9, 1940 Funeral Services For Mike Grach Will Be Wednesday Mike Grach, 48, of 310 D street, died Saturday in Wyoming General hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Congregational church with the Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiating. His body will be removed to the church at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning where it will lie in state until time of services. Grach was born September 2, 1891 in Ferdinando, Croatia. He is survived by a son, John William Apjoke of Rock Springs; five daughters, Mrs. Margaret Songster of Rock Springs, Mrs. George Sessions of Evanston, Mrs. S.S. Widmaier of Denver, Miss Ethel Grach of Denver, and Miss Isabelle Grach of Rock Springs; and a sister and his mother, living in Europe. Local union 2282, United Mine Workers of America and Rock Springs Aerie 151, F.O. Eagles, will have charge of graveside services. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery, under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 9, 1940 J.B. ANSELMI, LIVED IN AREA 49 YEARS, DIES John Battista Anselmi, 69, of Reliance, a resident of this vicinity for the past 49 years, died Monday morning in Wyoming General hospital. He is survived by a brother, Ole Anselmi Sr., of Rock Springs, and a sister, Mrs. Catherine Piz of Tyrol. He was affiliated with the Moose and Redmen lodges in Rock Springs. Funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning in the North Side Catholic church with the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Six nephews are to act as pallbearers. They include John, Flore, Angelo, Edwin and Ole Anselmi Jr., and Kenneth Mayes. Anselmi’s body will be removed to the home of his nephew, John Anselmi, 1000 Clark street, at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon where it will lie in state until time of services. Rosary will be said at the Anselmi home at 7 o’clock tonight with Knights of Columbus to officiate at a rosary service beginning at 7:15 p.m. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 9, 1940 SUPERIOR WOMAN DIES IN CRASH First Fatality In County this Year Blamed On Icy Highways Sweetwater county chalked up its first highway fatality of the year Sunday with the death in Wyoming General hospital of Mrs. Erminia Coccia (Emma Kotich), 59, of Superior. Mrs. Caccia succumbed to internal injuries and fractures incurred about 12:30 p.m. Saturday when the automobile in which she was riding collided on the icy highway 12 miles east of Rock Springs with a westbound Rocky Mountain Drilling company truck being driven by A.R. Saylor, according to State Highway Patrolman Lloyd Kencke who, with Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay, investigated the accident. Mrs. Caccia died at 2 a.m. Sunday. The accident occurred as Mrs. Caccia and August Moretti, 16, of Superior, driver of the passenger car, were returning to Superior from Rock Springs where they had picked up Mrs. Coccia’s son, Geino, discharged at noon from Wyoming General hospital after receiving treatment for a broken left wrist incurred while playing basketball January 2. They left the hospital about 12:05 p.m., it is said, and were brought back to the institution about 1:15 p.m. by tourists, en route to Washington, who arrived at scene of the accident soon after it occurred. Moretti incurred back and leg injuries in the accident while Geino Caccia lost several teeth. His wrist, which had been broken previously, was not injured again although the metal cast in which it was enclosed was said by hospital attendants to have been dented. County Coroner J. Warden Opie declared Monday that he would conduct an inquest into the accident. He has named George Darling, J.J. Smith and Fred Zancanella as members of the inquest jury. Formal investigation was conducted Monday at scene of the accident by the jury prior to the inquest to be held at a date as yet unnamed. Born April 12, 1888, in Italy, Mrs. Caccia had lived in Superior for the past three months. She is survived by her husband, Charlie, of Superior; a daughter, Lena of Pennsylvania; and four sons, Dominic of San Francisco, Edwin and August of Pennsylvania, and Geino of Superior. Her body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 10, 1940 Rites for John B. Anselmi Are Today Funeral services will be held in the North Side Catholic church at 9 o’clock this morning for John Battista Anselmi, 69, of Reliance who died Monday morning in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. Six nephews of Anselmi, who had been a resident of this vicinity for the past 49 years, will act as pallbearers. They are John, Flore, Angelo, Edwin and Ole Anselmi Jr., and Kenneth Mayes. Burial will be in St. Joseph cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 10, 1940 FORMER STATE OIL OPERATOR DIES IN MIAMI MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 9 (UP)—Funeral arrangements were made tonight for Tom Bell, millionaire oil pioneer who took a fortune out of Wyoming’s Lance Creek field 20 years ago. Bell, who had been living in retirement here for the last 12 years, died Monday. A former cattleman, he saw the possibilities of extracting oil from what has become Wyoming’s biggest oil area and established the Buck Creek Oil company and the Tom Bell Royalty company. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 10, 1940 Dines Resident Dies in Chicago Mrs. Estella L. Turner, 55, a resident of Dines for the past 15 years, died Tuesday in Chicago, Ill., where she had been receiving medical treatment and visiting relatives. She had been in ill health for the past two years. Surviving Mrs. Turner are her husband, Alfred, of Dines; three sons, Arthur of Buffalo, N.Y., Thomas of Dines, and Otis Wilkison of Dines; two sisters, Mrs. Sally Clemmons of Chicago and Mrs. Martha Golston of Bessemere, Ala.; and four brothers, Samuel Hawkins of McAllester, Okla.; Joseph and Bert Hawkins of Chicago and Bert Hawkins of Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Turner’s body is to be shipped to Rock Springs for funeral services and burial, Rogan Mortuary is to be in charge of local funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 10, 1940 George Walters, Life-Long Local Resident, Expires George Walters, 57, of No. 6 district, a lifetime resident of Rock Springs, died Tuesday in the Valley House hotel. Born December 23, 1883, in Rock Springs, Walters had been engaged as a sheepherder in this vicinity all his life. He is survived by four brothers, Harry of Green River, William of Dillon, Mont., and Fred and Frank of Rock Springs; and four sisters, Mrs. Oscar Darling and Mrs. J.B. Kelley, both of Rock Springs, and Mrs. William Lewis and Mrs. J.J. Dankowski, both of Green River. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 10, 1940 CAR CRASH DECEMBER 29 PROVES FATAL TO IOWAN 1939 WYOMING TRAFFIC TOLL UPPED TO 119 Wyoming 1939 highway fatality toll was increased to 199 Tuesday with the death in Wyoming General hospital in Rock Springs of Thomas E. Tabor, 24, of Independence, Iowa. Tabor succumbed to back and pelvic injuries incurred Friday, December 29, when the car in which he was riding struck an icy spot on the Lincoln highway 5 ½ miles west of Little America, skidded from the road and overturned. Tabor was a passenger in an automobile being driven to Beverly Hills, Calif., by Jack Graham. The youth was en route west with Graham to resume his service in the navy following a Christmas leave of absence spent with his parents in Independence. A formal investigation into the accident was begun Tuesday by County Coroner J. Warden Opie who said that no inquest is planned. Tabor’s parents, Mrs. And Mrs. Robert B. Tabor of Independence, were in Rock Springs when he died. They had been called here several days ago when their son’s condition failed to improve. In addition to his parents, Tabor is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Hamlin and Miss Ruth Lucille Tabor, also of Independence. His body is to be sent by Rogan Mortuary to Independence for funeral services and burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 11, 1940 Former Springs Resident Dies Charles Dodd of Evanston, former Rock Springs resident, died Tuesday night at Evanston, according to word received here Wednesday. Born Dec. 18, 1883 in St. Paul, Neb., Dodd had lived in and around Rock Springs since he was 18 years of age. He had been engaged here as a carpenter and was well known throughout the community. Surviving Dodd are his wife, two sons, a daughter, four sisters, two brothers and a granddaughter. Funeral services have been set for 2 p.m. Saturday in Evanston with Durnford Mortuary in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 11, 1940 WINTON MINER KILLED BY TRIP Believed to Die Instantly When Attempting to Halt Loose Cars Wyoming’s first mine fatality of 1940 had been chalked up Wednesday with death of Donald Walker, 25, in Winton No. 3 mine of the Union Pacific Coal company. Walker was killed instantly about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when he was run over by a trip of mine cars in 12 north entry of the mine, according to preliminary investigation conducted by County Coroner J. Warden Opie. Walker was engaged in loading cars when the accident occurred, investigation showed. While there were no eye witnesses to the accident, it is believed that as Walker was loading the cars and letting them down with the hemp rope the rope broke. In an attempt to stop the cars Walker, it is believed, ran around to the front of the trip to set the brakes. As he did so in some manner he fell under the half loaded four-car trip which ran over his body. His body was discovered by E. McKittrick, motorman, upon his arrival in the entry. William Fletcher and John Valco who were working nearby did not know of the accident until notified by McKittrick, Opie said. An inquest into the accident has been called by Opie for 7 o’clock Friday night in Rogan Mortuary where Walker’s body is being held pending funeral arrangements. Thomas Harris, Joseph Rudelich and Milton Harris have been named to the inquest jury. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 11, 1940 Superiorite Succumbs to Crash Hurts Sweetwater county’s rapidly mounting 1940 highway fatality list has risen to two Wednesday night with the death in Wyoming General hospital of August Moretti, 16, of Superior. Moretti died about 6:20 p.m. from back and leg injuries incurred last Saturday when the automobile he was driving collided headon on the icy highway 12 miles east of Rock Springs with a westbound Rocky Mountain Drilling company truck being driven by A.R. Saylor. Mrs. Eminia Caccia, 59, also of Superior, another occupant of the car succumbed Sunday to internal injuries and fractures received in the crash. The accident occurred about 12:30 p.m. Saturday as Moretti and Mrs. Caccia were returning to Superior with her son, Geino, who had been receiving treatment in the hospital for a broken wrist. While Geino’s wrist was not injured again in the accident he lost several teeth. County Coroner J. Warden Opie asserted Wednesday night that date for an inquest into both deaths would be set within the next few days. Opie has named George Darling, J.J. Smith and Fred Zancanella to the inquest jury. Moretti’s death was the third fatality to have occurred from highway accidents in Wyoming this year. --- Green River Star, Jan 12, 1940 SUDDEN HEART ATTACK CLAIMS JOHN H. CROSSON Prominent Pioneer Resident Is Claimed At Home Here Thursday Evening A sudden heart attack, caused by a blood clot, claimed the life early Thursday evening of John Harrison Crosson, 73, one of Green River’s pioneer residents and prominent in the early life of the community. Death came suddenly, it was said, and entirely unexpected by family and friends. It was learned Mr. Crosson had eaten a hearty meal about 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon. The stroke was suffered a couple of hours later. Born on a farm near Bloomington, Illinois, August 31, 1866, Mr. Crosson frist came to Wyoming in 1886, settling in Green River in 1888 and where he and his family have since made their home. He was first employed by the Union Pacific railroad as a carpenter here, later conducting a saloon until Prohibition closed his business. He then became associated with the Taliaferro interests as custodian of its Green River property, from which position he resigned in 1936 to retire from active employment. Mr. Crosson was one of Green River’s most prominent citizens, and in the early days of the community was most active in its business, political and economic affairs. In 1902 he served the county as commissioner and was a state representative in the seventh state legislature, and state senator in the eighth session. He was a stockholder of the Green River Merc. Co., Sweetwater Brewery, First National Bank of Green River and State Bank of Green River. He was a director of both banks at one time. September 26, 1900 he married Anna Marie Mockler of Green River. He was the father of Mrs. Alice Felton and James J. Crosson, both residents here. They, with a granddaughter, survive. Most noteworthy of his many and varied accomplishments in behalf of the residents of Green River was his historical battle against the movement in the state legislature more than thirty years ago to remove the Sweetwater county seat from Green River. As a senator, he fought the measure so effectively and so determinedly that he was given much of the credit for the bill’s defeat. Funeral arrangements have been announced for Tuesday morning at 9:30 from the Catholic church. --- Green River Star, Jan 12, 1940 Theodore D. Joy, Former, Resident, Dies In Laramie Theodore Duane Joy, 67, former Green River resident who had been living in Idaho and Laramie for the past twenty year, succumbed Wednesday to complications arising from an attack of influenza. He died in Ivinson hospital in Laramie. He was the father of Sidney Joy of Green River. Funeral services were held in Laramie Thursday afternoon with the Rev. W. J. Diegelman officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Joy attended the service, and returned here last night. Mr. Joy had been ill for about two weeks, but his condition was not believed to have been serious. Mr. and Mrs. Joy moved to Laramie in 1939, after a short stay in Green River visiting with their son, from residence that had been for several years in Idaho. He operated a small neighborhood grocery. Theodore Duane Joy was born May 15, 1873, in a village in Iowa. He was educated in the public schools there as a boy and went to Laramie early in his youth. He was married in that city and is the father of six children, all living. Besides his widow, Mrs. Cora Joy, he is survived by three sons, Sidney Joy of Green River, Theodore and Albert Joy of Los Angeles, three daughters, Mrs. Katherine Humphreys of Nampa, Idaho, Mrs. Alice Ashton of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Evelyn Richins of Los Angeles. Mrs. Hattie Jones is a sister. Six grandchildren also survive. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 13, 1940 JURY DECLARES WALKER DEATH “UNAVOIDABLE” Death of Donald Joseph Walker, 26, of Rock Springs, killed instantly Wednesday when run over by a trip of four mine cars in No. 3 mine of the Union Pacific Coal company at Winton, was termed “unavoidable” in a verdict returned last night by an inquest jury called the County Coroner J. Warden Opie. The jury found that “this was an unavoidable accident because Mr. Walker used his own judgment the same as anyone else would and was caught between the cars.” Returning the verdict were Thomas E. Harris, Joe Rudelich and Milton Harris, named to the inquest jury by Opie. Walker, investigation revealed, had been loading the trip of cars and dropping them down with a hemp rope when the rope broke, allowing the cars to run free. In an attempt to stop the trip, Walker ran to the front of the cars to apply the brakes but in some manner slipped and fell beneath the cars. Funeral services for Walker will be held at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the family home, 1112 Pilot Butte avenue, with the Rev. E.L. Tull officiating. His body will be removed to the family home at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Walker was born Jan. 7, 1914, in San Francisco. He is survived by his widow, Jane, and two sons, Thomas and Donald Jr. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 13, 1940 Crash Inquest Is Scheduled To Be Tonight Inquest into the deaths of Mrs. Erminia Caccia, 51, and August Moretti, 15, both of Superior, who were fatally injured in a headon auto-truck collision on the icy highway 12 miles east of Rock Springs last Saturday will be conducted at 7 o’clock tonight in the city hall by County Coroner J. Warden Opie. George Darling, J.J. Smith and Fred Zancanella are to serve on the inquest jury. In the meantime funeral arrangements for the two accident victims have been completed. Funeral services for Mrs. Caccia, who succumbed Sunday in Wyoming General hospital to internal injuries and fractures incurred in the crash, will be held at 9 o’clock this morning in the South Side Catholic church with the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Born April 12, 1888 in Italy, Mrs. Caccia had lived in Superior for the past three months. She is survived by her husband, Charlie of Superior; a daughter, Lena of Pennsylvania; and four sons, Dominic of San Francisco, Edwin and August of Pennsylvania and Geino of Superior who also was injured in the accident. Rosary services for Mrs. Caccia were held at 7 o’clock last night in Rogan Chapel. She will be buried in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. Moretti’s services will be held in the South Side Catholic church at 9 o’clock Monday morning with the Rev. Father Welsh again officiating. The youth, who had lived in Superior for the past 10 years, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Moretti of Superior; two brothers, Reno of Superior and Oliver of Carter; and two sisters, Mrs. Theressa Droghini of Carter and Mrs. Marie Zampedre of Superior. Rosary services will be held at 7 o’clock Sunday night in Rogan Chapel. Following funeral services Monday morning, Moretti’s body will be taken to Kemmerer for burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 13, 1940 CROSSON RITES TO BE TUESDAY IN GREEN RIVER Funeral services will be held in the Catholic church at Green River at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for John Harrison Crosson, 73, who died Thursday evening at his home in Green River. The Rev. H. Schillinger will officiate. Born August 31, 1866 in Bloomington, Ill., Crosson had lived in Green River since 1888. He was a retired merchant. He is survived by his wife, Anna Marie; a son, James, deputy county assessor; and a daughter, Mrs. Alice Felton. Rosary will be said at 7 o’clock Monday night in Rogan Chapel. His body will be removed to the church in Green River at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday where it will lie in state until time of services. Burial will be in the Green River cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 16, 1940 Former Resident Dies at Evanston John E. Hodge, formerly of Rock Springs, died in Evanston Saturday evening, according to word received here. Born in Moingone, Iowa, on March 26, 1882, he had come to Rock Springs with his parents Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hodge in 1887. He is survived by his widow, Sadie, of Green River; one son, Thomas of Sacramento, Calif.; four daughters, Mrs. Nick Megas of Rock Springs, Mrs. Peggy Vanderpool of Green River and June and Betty Jo, both of Green River; one sister, Mrs. Henry M. Elliott of Winnemucca, Nev.; four half-sisters, Mrs. Janet Edgar of Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Eleanor Webster of Rock Springs; Mrs. William Thompson of Thermopolis and Mrs. Alva Buckhart of Woodward, Iowa; and four grandchildren. Funeral services, which have not been set, will be held from Rock Springs with the Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiating. Rogan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 17, 1940 Mother of Local Woman Succumbs Mrs. Maude Hansen, mother of Mrs. Elgin Wheelock of Rock Springs, died January 13 at Pocatello, Idaho, after a lingering illness, according to word received here. She is survived by her husband, V.M. Hansen; one son, Milo; a daughter, Bengta, of Pocatello, and Mrs. Wheelock, another daughter. Funeral services were held Tuesday. Mrs. Hansen visited her daughter in Rock Springs many times. --- Green River Star, Jan 19, 1940 Services Today In R. S. For Nathaniel Young, Colored Boy Funeral services will be held today (Friday) at 2 o’clock in Rock Springs for Nathaniel Young, 10, Green River colored youth who died at his home in Green River Tuesday. He was the son of Mrs. Claudia Young. Cause of death was given as dropsy. He was born in Green River November 24, 1929, and had spent his entire lifetime here. He was a student in the grade school. In addition to his mother he is survived by two brothers, Doyle and John; and a grandmother, Mrs. Bessie Ross, all of whom reside here. Services will be held at Rogan Mortuary with burial in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 20, 1940 Services Held for Green River Boy Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Nathaniel Young, 10, son of Mrs. Claudia Young, who died Tuesday at his home in Green River. The Rev. Neil Callahan of Green River officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 20, 1940 HEMORRHAGE IS FATAL TO W.E. BORAH WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UP)—Senator William E. Borah, 74, one of the world’s most famous statesmen and dean of the United States senate, died at 8:45 o’clock tonight (6:45 MST). Death came peacefully and apparently without pain as he lay in a coma brought about by a cerebral hemorrhage that put him to bed Tuesday morning. At his bedside were Miss Cora Rubin, his secretary for the last 30 years, and a nurse. Mrs. Borah, who had been under a heavy strain since she found her husband crumpled on the bathroom floor of their apartment three days ago, was out of the room when the end came. Apparently exhausted by fatigue and grief she was summoned to his beside when it was apparent that the end was near but she arrived after he died. Miss Rubin gave the word of the senator’s death to newsmen who had been maintaining a 24-hour death watch in the senate gallery. “The senator passed away at 8:45,” she said sadly. “The end came peacefully.” The Idaho Republican, who at the age of 18 left his father’s Illinois farm to become first a lawyer then senator-at-large to the world, had waged a valiant but losing fight for his life. Senate Republican Leader Charles McNary of Oregon was one of the first legislative leaders to rush to the apartment to offer his sympathies. Upon leaving the apartment McNary said that tentative plans had been made for a state funeral in the senate chamber Sunday or Monday with burial probably at Boise, Idaho. Mrs. Borah was said to have objected to a state funeral for her distinguished husband but McNary was believed to have won her over. However, he said he would return tomorrow to discuss plans further. As a great citizen of international proportions although he had never traveled beyond the borders of his native land, Borah’s passing leaves a hole in the ranks of those who have fought against intolerance and injustice at home and abroad. To a stunned capital his death meant that the voice of the “lion of Idaho” thundering so often against foreign entanglements including the League of Nations had been stilled forever; that his telling arguments and swift and logical answers would be heard no more in the senate chamber that he loved. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1940 Early Resident Of City Dies In Los Angeles Mrs. Hannah Matthews, 84, early-day resident of Rock Springs, died Saturday in Los Angeles, Calif., where she had made her home for the past 30 years. Born May 8, 1856, in Derbyshire, England, Mrs. Matthews came to Rock Springs in 1875. Soon after her arrival she was married to William Matthews in Blairtown. In 1900 Matthews was killed on the tracks near their home on Front street. Mrs. Matthews left Rock Springs about eight years later and since that time has made her home in Los Angeles. She is survived by a foster daughter, Mrs. Lilly Swanson, of Idaho Falls, and several nieces and nephews. During her residence in Rock Springs, Mrs. Matthews was a member of the Rebekah lodge. Rebekah services will he held at 2 p.m. Friday in Rock Springs Odd Fellows hall with the Rev. E.L. Tull officiating. Mrs. Matthews body is to arrive in Rock Springs early Thursday morning. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1940 Wilson Services Are to Be Held This Afternoon Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the Congregational church for William Francis (Red) Wilson Jr., 26, who died Saturday at his home in the No. 6 district of Rock Springs. The Rev. Keenan Sheldon will officiate. The youth is the third son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Wilson Sr., to have died within the past two years. In addition to his parents he is survived by three brothers, Wilford Bowker of Rock Springs, Albert Wilson of Amarillo, Texas, and John Wilson of Rock Springs; and two sisters, Mrs. Howard Johnson and Mrs. Jack Taylor, both of Rock Springs. His body was removed to the family home at 4 p.m. Monday where it will lie in state until shortly before time for funeral services. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1940 Casper Man Takes Own Life; Grieves Over His Brother CASPER, Jan. 22—Grieving over the accidental death of his brother, Harry Newlin, 32, died of strychnine poisoning at the hospital. He swallowed the death potion, in the apartment of a sister, Mrs. Walter Haggerty, only a few hours after funeral services for Deputy Sheriff A.F. Newlin, whose car left the highway just east of town. There was a deep attachment between the two brothers, and Harry, a WPA worker, had relied a great deal upon his brother Avery. He was visibly upset over the death of his brother and had it much upon his mind, relatives told Coroner William L. Bustard. Coroner Bustard announced yesterday afternoon that death apparently was self-inflicted and that there was no need for an inquest. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1940 Nebraska Woman Killed in Crash SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 22 (UP)—Mrs. O.D. Pickett, 62, of Ogallala, Neb., died in a Salt Lake City hospital today from injuries suffered Saturday when an automobile in which she was riding collided headon with a truck on the Salt Lake City to Ogden highway. The automobile was driven by her husband who told authorities he swerved to go around a stalled bus and hit a truck driven by M.E. Maloud, 45, of Evanston, Wyo. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1940 Hanna Man Killed When Crushed By Truck Wheel INQUEST WILL BE HELD IN CARBON COUNTY RAWLINS, Jan. 22 (UP)—Henry Kuoppala, 59, of Hanna was killed late today as he was about to purchase a load of coal from a mine one mile east of Hanna, Carbon county sheriff’s officers announced. They said Kuoppala followed a truck driven by Elmer Pool under the mine’s coal chute when the other machine pulled forward. However, the truck was thrown into reverse and the man fell or was knocked beneath the vehicle. The left rear wheel of the truck crushed Kuoppala’s head. Coroner M.E. Pickett said an inquest would be held tomorrow. Kuoppala formerly operated a bottling establishment in Hanna and recently had been unemployed. It was the second time within two months that tragedy had struck the family. The son, Reino, was killed in an auto-truck accident near Elk mountain two months ago. Surviving are Mrs. Kuoppala and a married daughter, both of Hanna. Mrs. Kuoppala was visiting in Denver when her husband was killed. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1940 BORAH DEATH TAKES COUSIN OF LOCAL MAN Recent death of Senator William E. Borah, which saddened the nation, meant more than merely the passing of a great statesmen to one Rock Springs man. To John W. Hay, prominent Rock Springs and Wyoming banker and livestockman, it meant the death of a fond relative and a former school chum. Hay and Borah were first cousins. Borah’s father and Hay’s mother were brother and sister. As children, the two men had attended grade school together for four years near Fairfield, Ill., a community in which Senator Borah’s parents were pioneer settlers. Even at that early age, Hay recalled, Borah was “well behaved” and displayed the personality and intelligence which were to carry him to the position of dean of the U.S. senate. The Rock Springs man was undecided Monday whether or not he would attend funeral services for Borah, to be held Thursday in Boise, Idaho. He indicated, however, that he planned to go if weather conditions were favorable. The special train bearing the body of Senator Borah and a 20-man congressional delegation, his widow, close relatives and friends, is tentatively scheduled to pass through Rock Springs late Wednesday afternoon. It was unknown here Monday whether the train would make any stops in Wyoming other than for servicing. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 26, 1940 FINAL RITES FOR M. HARVEY TO BE SUNDAY Funeral services are to be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Congregational church for Moses Harvey, 82, pioneer Rock Springs resident who died Wednesday night in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Keenan Sheldon will officiate. Born Dec. 27, 1858, in Myra, County Down, Ireland, Harvey entered the United States 61 years ago and had made Rock Springs his home since early in March, 1884. Active in political circles during his early residence here, Harvey had served on Rock Springs city council and represented Sweetwater county as state senator for two successive terms, 1903 and 1905. He also was a member of the board of trustees of school district No. 4 for many years. Surviving Harvey are two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Utley of Dawson, N.M., and Miss Sarah Harvey of Rock Springs; two sons, Ben and William Harvey, both of Rock Springs; a brother, Ben Harvey of Rock Springs; and two sisters, Mrs. Ferd Wise of Hudson and Mrs. Emma McDonald of Portland, Ore. Burial will be in the Harvey family mausoleum in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 26, 1940 TWO DEAD IN COLLISION OF CAR, TRUCK WORLAND, Jan. 25 (UP)—Death of Keith Bracken, 27, formerly of Torrington, brought to two tonight the number of victims of an automobile-truck collision three miles north of here. Bracken, drive of the lighter machine, died of injuries in the Worland hospital four hours after the crash. Willis Smith, 38, well known Greybull businessman, was killed instantly and two others were injured critically. Bill Lautenschlager, 29, who was riding with Bracken, suffered critical injuries and doctors at the Worland hospital give him little chance to recover. Mrs. Smith, who was riding with her husband in the truck, also was critically injured. Doctors said Bracken suffered a fractured skull and broken arm while Lautenschlager suffered a crushed chest and brain concussion. The two men worked at the sugar factory here during the recent sugar beet harvest. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 26, 1940 Matthews Rites to Be This Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Hanna Matthews, 84, early-day resident of Rock Springs who died last Saturday in Los Angeles, Calif., will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Rock Springs I.O.O.F. Hall. Her body is to be taken to the hall at 1 p.m. where it will lie in state until time of services. The Rebekah lodge will be in charge of services with the Rev. E.L. Tull officiating. Pallbearers will be Robert D. Murphy, James LeMarr, Harold Cook, Thomas LeMarr Jr., William Chilton and James V. Ferrero. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Green River Star, Jan 26, 1940 Mrs. Jas. L. Smith Dies Thursday At Family Home Mrs. James L. Smith succumbed Thursday evening at 5:15 o’clock to complications resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered Saturday. She had been in a critical condition throughout the week. She was 64 years of age. Funeral services will be held this afternoon in Union Congregational church at 3:30 o’clock, following which the body will be shipped to Grand Island, Nebraska, for interment. Martha Harrison Smith came to Green River in 1923 from the family home at Grand Island, becoming a popular resident of the community. She was a member of the order of Eastern Star, becoming affiliated with Mystic Chapter No. 8 of Green River. She was born at Table Rock, Nebr., Dec. 18, 1875. She is survived by her husband, two sons, Glenn R. Smith of Julesburg, Colorado, and Luke of Scottsbluff, Nebraska; and a daughter, Mrs. T. C. Middleswarth of Bridgeport, Nebraska. Glenn Smith and Mrs. Middleswarth were at the bedside when their mother died, the daughter having been in Green River for several weeks with her parents. She is also survived by a brother, J. H. Harrison of Ravenna, Nebr., and three sisters, Mrs. Edith Heywood of Friend, Nebr., Mrs. J. D. Troyer of Foley, Alabama, and Miss Jean Harrison of Pittsburgh, Pa. --- Green River Star, Jan 26, 1940 M. B. Park, Former Resident, Is Dead Friends of the family have been informed here of the death of M. B. Park in Los Angeles, Calif. Saturday. Park, former resident of Green River when he operated the Tomahawk Hotel about 15 years ago, died suddenly in his sleep, it was learned. Services were held in Los Angeles Wednesday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 27, 1940 Mrs. M. Markisich Expires at Home of Family Mrs. Mary Markisich, 48, died Friday evening at the family home, 1240 Tenth street, in Rock Springs. A native of Austria, Mrs. Markisich is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lois Milkovich of Rock Springs, Mrs. Joseph Kosovich of Dines and Annie Markisich of California; three sons, George and William of Rock Springs and Peter of Dines; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stakich of Rock Springs; three brothers, Peter Stakich of Rock Springs, Bodie Stakich of Superior and William Stakich of Reliance; and two sisters, Mrs. Boja Parysovich of Yugoslavia and Mrs. Sam Marich of Rock Springs. Her husband died in 1921. Her body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 27, 1940 LAST RITES FOR GREEN RIVER WOMAN ARE HELD Funeral services were held Friday afternoon in the Congregational church in Green River for Mrs. Martha Smith, 64, who died Thursday night at the family home, 434 West First street, in Green River. Mrs. Harry Gordon officiated. Born December 18, 1875, in Table Rock, Neb., Mrs. Smith had been a resident of Green River for the past 17 years. She is survived by her husband, James L. Smith of Green River. Her body was shipped early this morning to Kearney, Neb., for burial. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1940 December Injuries LOUIS ZANCANELLI, Tyrol, age 56, single, pit car loader man, Section No. 1, Rock Springs No. 8 Mine. FATAL. Mr. Zancanelli was working in a place being driven up from the entry parting. He and his partner were down at the room neck eating lunch while the shot firer was shooting shots in their place. The motorman was pulling three empty cars off the high side track of the parting with a snubbing rope. His motor was on the low side track and his back was turned toward the place where Louis had been eating lunch. As the motorman was pulling in the cars, Louis, probably without thinking, stepped onto the high side track and was struck by the cars. Louis was knocked down but the wheels of the car did not run over him. He died in the hospital the following day. ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF SAFETY! --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1940 LOUIS ZANCANELLI Louis Zancanelli, single, age 56, who has been employed in Mine No. 8 here for about ten years past, his last occupation being Pit Car Loaderman (contract), stepped on the track on December 21st and was struck by a trip of empty mine cars, receiving severe injuries which caused his death on the day following. Deceased was born in Tyrol in November, 1883, and had resided in the United States for the past fifty years, his first employment with the Company being as a Miner in April, 1930, He was naturalized at Toluca, Illinois, in September, 1919. Funeral service was held at South Side Catholic Church on December 24th, interment in St. Joseph Cemetery. To mourn his loss, a sister living in the old country survives. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1940 Jerry Notar Mr. Jerry Notar, Sr., died on December 22nd at the Wyoming General Hospital following a long illness. He was born at Skofia, Jugoslavia, October 24, 1865, and first entered the employ of this company as a miner in old No. 9 here in July, 1905, also during his thirty years' employment having worked in old mines Nos. 7, 8, 9, 2 (E Plane), and present Nos. 4 and 8, his last job being Pit Car Loader in No. 8. To mourn his departure, a widow, three sons and two daughters, all grown, besides two brothers. He belonged to our Old Timers' Association and several fraternal organizations. Mr. Notar was retired on a pension in May, 1935, due to poor health. The services were conducted at North Side Catholic Church December 25th, the remains being interred at St. Joseph Cemetery, Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1940 John Philipovich There died in the Wyoming General Hospital on December 25, 1939, Mr. John Philopovich, single. John was born in Jugoslavia on September 10, 1876, entered the employ of our company here in Mine No. 10, under Foreman Ben Lewis, in October, 1909, and upon his being retired on pension in January, 1936, had a service record of about 26 years. He lived alone in a company house here, and leaves three brothers and one sister in foreign lands to mourn his loss. During his employment with the Company, he had engaged in old mines Nos. 2, 7, 10, 8, and new mines 4 and 8, his last occupation being a Pit Car Loader. He held membership in U. M. W. A. Local, and in Croation Fraternal Union No. 374. Funeral services were held at the North Side Catholic Church, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. John was a member of the Old Timers' Association. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1940 John Battista Anselmi Dies At the Wyoming General Hospital there passed away on January 8th, John Battista Anselmi. He was born at Brace, Austria, on September 6, 1870, was first employed as a Miner at Rock Springs in 1891 under Superintendent Geo. L. Black. Was transferred to Reliance in 1922 and had been a resident of this locality for close on to fifty years. He was out of our employ several years through illness, also from 1998 to 1918 he was engaged in the saloon business. Was naturalized at Green River in 1892. Was a single man and surviving are a brother (Ole, Sr., living in this city) and a sister in Europe. He was affiliated with the Redmen, Moose, and Knights of Columbus, which latter organization officiated at a Rosary service at the home of a nephew here. The funeral service took place at the North Side Catholic Church January 10th, six of his nephews acting as pallbearers, interment at St. Joseph Cemetery. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1940 Superior Many Superior friends and relatives attended the funeral in Ogden, Utah, of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Gentilini. Mr. and Mrs. Gentilini lived in Superior for a number of years. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1940 Winton Mr. John Easton, Sr., was called to Chicago, Illinois, by the death of his brother-in-law. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 2, 1940 R. Strauss, 50, Prominent Yugoslav, Dies Rudolph Strauss, 50, resident of Rock Springs for the past 30 years, died Thursday morning in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for the past three weeks. Born April 17, 1890, in Poloyana, Yugoslavia, Strauss entered the United States in 1909 coming directly to Rock Springs where in July of that year he entered the employ of the Union Pacific Coal company in old No. 1 mine in Rock Springs. Strauss continued in the employ of the Union Pacific until his retirement in August, 1939. He had been in ill health for the past two years and three weeks ago his condition became serious. Surviving Strauss, one of the best-known of the early-day Yugoslavs to come to Rock Springs, are his widow, Mary; two daughters, Mary and Elsie, all of Rock Springs; a brother, Jerry, and a sister, Jenny, both of Yugoslavia. He was a member of the K.S.K.J. and S.N.P.J. lodges and of the No. 4 mine local. Funeral services are to be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in the North Side Catholic church with the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. His body will be taken to the family home, 912 Eighth street, at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Rosary will be said there at 7 o’clock tonight. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 3, 1940 Superior Matron Dies Friday at Springs Hospital Mrs. Helen Nickolich, 59, of Superior died Friday morning in Wyoming General hospital. Born May 10, 1880, in Kumanovo, Yugoslavia, Mrs. Nickolich had lived in the United States for the past 36 years. Funeral services will be held from the Greek Orthodox church in Rock Springs next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 6, 1940 RAUZI RITES TO BE HELD THIS MORNING Funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock this morning in the South Side Catholic church for John Rauzi, 46, prominent Rock Springs businessman who died Friday night in the Veterans hospital in Cheyenne from pneumonia which followed an operation. The Rev. S.A. Welsh is to officiate. Military services at the graveside will be conducted under the auspices of Yellowstone Post No. 2316 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Archie Hay Post 24 of the American Legion. The two organizations provided a military escort Monday afternoon when Rauzi’s body was taken to the family home, 610 A street, where rosary services were held at 7 o’clock last night. A native of Rock Springs, Rauzi was born here July 30, 1893, the son of John and Minnie Rauzi, both of whom are now dead. At the time of his death Rauzi was head of the grocery department of the Union Mercantile company in Rock Springs and a stockholder in the organization. He entered the employ of the Union Mercantile as a teamster and delivery boy I 1909 and worked for the company in its Rock Springs store for a time then going to the Superior store where he worked until 1913. Rauzi then returned to the Rock Springs store where he continued to work until his enlistment in the army in 1917. Following action overseas, Rauzi returned to Rock Springs in 1919 and reentered the employ of the Union Mercantile as head of the grocery department, a position he held until his death. Always active in the affairs of ex-service men, Rauzi was a charter member of the V.F.W. post in Rock Springs and was a past commander of the organization. He was serving as a trustee of the post at the time of his death. In addition to his membership in the V.F.W. and American Legion, Rauzi belonged to the F.O. Eagles, B.P.O. Elks, and the Woodmen of the World. Members of the V.F.W. and American Legion are to meet at the Western Café corner at 8:15 o’clock this morning and will march in a body to the church to attend funeral services. Representatives of the other organizations with which Rauzi was affiliated also are to attend services. Rauzi is survived by his widow, Elizabeth, three children, Jack, Elvira and Jeannie; and a stepbrother, Gus Endrizzi of Ogden, Utah. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Wildermuth Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 7, 1940 Young Mother Dies After Caesarian Operation Tuesday Mrs. Robert Gunyan, 17, of 820 Connecticut avenue, died in Wyoming General hospital Tuesday following a caesarian operation Monday during which a son was born to the young matron. The infant, late last night was reported to be in a satisfactory condition. He has been named Robert Jr. Born July 2, 1922, in Rock Springs, Mrs. Gunyan had lived here all her life. She is survived by four brothers, James McMurtrie of Richmond, Calif., Dorset McMurtrie of Reliance and Albert and Norman McMurtrie both of Rock Springs; and a sister, Mrs. William McMillan of Rock Springs. Her body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 7, 1940 FINAL RITES HELD FOR JOHN RAUZI Final rites were conducted on Tuesday morning in the South Side Catholic church for John Rauzi, prominent Rock Springs businessman and ex-service man, who died last Friday night in the Veterans hospital in Cheyenne. The Rev. S. A. Welsh officiated. Business associates and representatives of various ex-service men’s and fraternal organizations with which Rauzi was affiliated acted as pallbearers. They were Dillwyn Ramsay, John Coffey, Paul G. Yedinak, Val Anselmi, Morgan Roberts and Fred Magagna. Honorary pallbearers were Franzo Leonardi, Walter Baker, Emil Bertagnolli, Robert Flor, jack Martin, Alfonso Bertagnolli, John Menghini and Joe Magagna. Head of the grocery department of the Union Mercantile company, Rauzi was a former commander of Yellowstone Post No. 2316, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and at the time of his death was a trustee of the post. Rauzi enlisted in the army at Green River on October 2, 1917, and was discharged July 16, 1919, at Camp Mills, Long Island. He served overseas from December, 1917, until July, 1919, as a member of Company A 164th infantry, 42nd division; and as sergeant in company 2, service battalion. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 7, 1940 O. O. DAVIS DIES AT HOME IN GREEN RIVER O. O. Davis, postmaster at Green River and long-time resident of Sweetwater county, died late last night at his home in Green River. Davis, prominent in Wyoming Democratic circles during his lifetime, had been editor and publisher of the Green River Star until his appointment as postmaster when he turned publication of the newspaper over to his wife and son, Raymond. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 7, 1940 A. H. Lenhart, 56, Succumbs at Springs Hospital Abraham Harvey Lenhart, 56, of 460 Railroad avenue in Green River, died Tuesday morning in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for nearly three years. Born August 9, 1883, in Henry’s Fork, Lenhart had lived in this vicinity all his life, engaged as a machinist and stockman. He had been admitted to the hospital July 9, 1937. He is survived by five brothers, Charles F., Jacob, John M. and William H. Lenhart, all of Green River, and David T. Lenhart of Denver; and two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Coope of Green River and Mrs. Lote Kinney of Salt Lake City. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 8, 1940 SERVICES FOR O.O. DAVIS ARE PENDING Funeral services for O.O. Davis, 64, Green River postmaster and publisher who died late Tuesday at his home, late last night were pending as other members of the family awaited the arrival of a son, J.R. Davis, from Colorado Springs, Colo. He was expected early today. Davis, prominent in state Democratic circles, expired after being ill but a few days. He was stricken with the flu and suffered a nervous paralytic stroke from which he never recovered. Orcemas Orvil Davis, who first came to Sweetwater county when he settled in Rock Springs in 1895, was born May 24, 1875, the son of A.M. and Hulda Anna Davis at Briggsville, Ill. After finishing the seventh grade he entered the printing trade on the Daily Avalanche at Glenwood Springs, Colo. After two years he moved to Utah where he took charge of the Brighton Record and later managed the Mercury, Utah, paper. When he was 20 years old he purchased the Lehi, Utah, Hustler which he operated for a year. He came to Rock Springs in 1895 and was foreman of the Rock Springs Miner for four years under Robert Smith. He later directed the Rock Springs Independent and in 1899 moved to Green River where he leased the Green River Star. He operated the Star for six years and then moved to Myssa, Ore., where he established the Nyssa News. Because of illness he was forced to sell his holdings in Oregon and moved to Denver where he established the West End Advertiser and the Five-Point Star, advertising journals. He stayed in Denver a year and then returned to Green River where he bought the Green River Star which he managed until 1936 when he was appointed postmaster. Since that time his son, Raymond M. Davis, has been active manager of the publication. He was married in 1901 to Anna P. Dykes of Rock Springs, who with the two sons and a daughter, Gladys Fern Davis, survives him. He was a member of Mount Moria lodge No. 6, A.F. and A.M., at Green River; past patron of Mystic Chapter No. 8, Order of the Eastern Star; member of the Green River camp, Woodmen of the World, and past consul of the Denver camp of the WOW. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 8, 1940 Lenhart Services To Be Friday At Green River Funeral services are to be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon in the Thomas Coope residence in Green River for Abraham Harvey Lenhart, 56, of Green River who died Tuesday morning in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for nearly three years. The Rev. Alfred Lee Jones will officiate. Lenhart’s body is to be taken to Green River at 9 o’clock Friday morning and will lie in state at the Coope home until time for services. Lenhart is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Coope of Green River and Mrs. Lote Kinney of Salt Lake City; and five brothers, Charles, Jacob, John and William Lenhart, all of Green River, and David Lenhart of Denver. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 8, 1940 Funeral Services For Mrs. Gunyan To Be Held Friday Funeral services will be held in the Congregational church at 11 o’clock Friday morning for Mrs. Robert Gunyan, 17, of 820 Connecticut avenue, who died Tuesday in Wyoming General hospital following a caesarian operation Monday during which a son was born to the young matron. Mrs. Kennan Sheldon is to officiate. Born July 2, 1922 in Rock Springs, Mrs. Gunyan had lived here all her life. She is survived by her husband; her infant son, Robert Jr.; four brothers, James McMurtrie of Richmond, Calif., Dorset McMurtrie of Reliance and Albert and Norman McMurtrie of Rock Springs; and a sister, Mrs. William McMIllian of Rock Springs. Her body is to be taken to the church at 10 o’clock Friday morning where it will lie in state until time for services. Burial will be in the McMurtrie plot in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Green River Star, Feb 9, 1940 Answers Call of “30” DEATH CLOSES CAREER OF STAR PUBLISHER AT AGE OF 64 YEARS Stroke Proves Fatal To Resident of City Since 1899 A stroke, the aftermath of a nervous disorder, and which paralyzed the entire left side of his face, together with complications resulting from an attack of the flu, Tuesday night claimed the life of Orcemas Orvil Davis, publisher of The Star for almost forty years. Death came quietly at 11:50 p.m. after five days of illness, being stricken early Friday morning, about 1 a.m. He was 64 years of age. Funeral services were announced for Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. from the Masonic Temple. Burial will be made in the family plot at Riverview cemetery, beside the body of his second daughter, Hulda Viola, who died May 30, 1911. Orcemas Orvil Davis, known familiarly throughout Wyoming as “Double-O,” was born May 24, 1875 at Biggsville, Illinois, and was the last survivor of his parental family. He was the elder of two children and in his boyhood days attended school in various communities of the middle west where the family resided for short periods. After completing the work of the seventh grade he started out in the business world on his own, first securing a job as a printer’s devil with the Daily Avalanche at Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Since that early beginning in the newspaper fraternity, the remainder of his life was spent in the trade of conducting a newspaper business. From Glenwood Springs he later removed to Brighton, Colo., employed in a newspaper office, then went to Utah where he operated the Mercur newspaper for several months. The purchase of the Lehi (Utah) Rustler was his first business venture, made at the age of twenty years. He operated this business for a year, selling out to journey into Wyoming, settling at Rock Springs. He began as a printer for the old Rock Springs Miner, operated by the late Robert Smith, later becoming foreman and holding this position for four years. He then took over management of the Rock Springs Independent, and in 1899 came to Green River after leasing The Star. About one year later he purchased this newspaper. In 1901, February 20th, he was married to Miss Anna P. Dykes of Rock Springs, and they maintained residence in Green River until 1906, selling the newspaper at that time and moving the family to Nyssa, Oregon. In Nyssa Mr. Davis established the Nyssa News, but due to illness moved the family to Denver, Colo., where he founded the West End Advertiser and Five Point Star, advertising journals, and conducted a job printing plant. After remaining in Denver for almost a year, special inducements to again operate The Star brought him back to Green River late in 1908, residing here ever since and during which time he published and edited this newspaper. In February, 1936, he was named acting postmaster at Green River by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and in April was appointed to a four-year term, the only time in his life he held public office, although active in Democratic party politics more than forty years he was a Wyoming resident. In 1930 he unsuccessfully sought election to the office of Wyoming secretary of state, being defeated by A. M. Clark, Republican. He was a member of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 6, A. F. & A. M. in Green River, and became a 32nd degree Mason when taking the Consistory at Cheyenne in 1925, with the dedicating class. He was also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, affiliating at Denver, later taking a membership at Green River, keeping active in both fraternities. He was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, being a past patron of Mystic Chapter No. 8 of this city, and a past president of the Community Club. Mr. Davis was one who claimed to “have worked form the ground up” during his lifetime of labor, referring to the fact that as a youth he blacked the boots of President Harrison and the great John L. Sullivan. He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Gladys; and two sons, Raymond and Ross. Miss Davis, who has been spending part of the winter in California, returned to Green River late Thursday, and son, Ross, who resides at Colorado Springs, Colorado, arrived here Thursday morning. --- Green River Star, Feb 9, 1940 Death Takes Abe Lenart After 3 Years of Illness Following three years of confinement at the Wyoming General hospital in Rock Springs, Abraham Harvey Lenhart, 56, lifelong resident of Sweetwater county, died at that hospital Tuesday morning. Abraham Harvey Lenhart was born at the Lenhart ranch on the Henry’s Fork, the son of the pioneer family of Frank J. and Margaret Lenhart. He was but six years of age when the family moved to Green River, his father opening blacksmith shop here. As a youth, he learned the machinist’s trade and followed that for several years, before turning to the livestock industry, in which he was employed in various capacities, including that of foreman of ranches, during his later year. He had been a patient at the hospital since July 7, 1937. He is survived by five brothers, Charles F., Jacob, John M. and William H. Lenhart, all of Green River, and David T. Lenhart, of Denver; by two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Coope, of Green River, and Mrs. Lote Kinney, of Salt Lake City. All of the brothers and sisters are able to be here to attend the funeral services, David T. Lenhart coming from Denver and Mrs. Kinney from Salt Lake City. The funeral services are to be held at 2 p.m. this Friday afternoon, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Thomas Coope, with Rev. Alfred Lee Jones of the Episcopal church officiating. The body will lie in state at the Coope home from 9 a.m. this morning until time for the services. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 13, 1940 HEART ATTACK IS FATAL TO S.A. SHOLTY, 83 A heart ailment proved fatal Monday morning to Simon Albertus Sholty, 83, at his home, 201 K street. Sholty had arisen Monday morning and was preparing to dress when he complained to his daughter of a pain in his chest. She suggested that he return to bed and then summoned a doctor. Sholty, however, continued to dress and had just finished when fatally stricken, it is said. Born Dec. 25, 1856 in Galion, Ohio, Sholty had lived in Rock Springs for the past 2 ½ years, making his home with his daughter, Miss Maude Sholty, elementary supervisor for Rock Springs school. In addition to Miss Sholty, the aged man is survived by a son, C.E. Sholty of Estes Park, Colo.; and a sister, Mrs. J.A. Runyan of Columbus, Ohio. His body was sent early this morning by Rogan Mortuary to Loveland, Colo., for funeral services and burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 14, 1940 Railroader Dies At Green River Oren William Chesebro, 38, stock clerk for the Union Pacific railroad in Green River, died on Monday night at the Green River Cottage camp, where he had made his home. Born May 30, 1901, in Maywood, Neb., Chesebro had lived in Green River for the past four months. He is survived by his widow, Irene; and two sons, Benny and Jimmy. His body was shipped early this morning by Rogan Mortuary to Cheyenne for funeral services and burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 14, 1940 Mrs. Bessie West Dies in California Mrs. Bessie West of Rock Springs died at the home of a brother in California February 11, according to word received by her daughter, Shirley West, who is now living in Green River. Mrs. West, who had been ill for several years, left in November to stay with her brother. Her daughter attended high school in Rock Springs before moving to Green River. Funeral arrangements have not been made, according to Miss West. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 14, 1940 Sholty Services And Burial to Be in Colorado The body of S.A. Sholty, 83, who died Monday morning at his home, 201 K street, was sent early Tuesday morning to Loveland, Colo., for funeral services and burial. Sholty, who had made his home in Rock Springs for the past 2 ½ years, was born December 25, 1856, in Galion, Ohio, the eldest of six children of Christian B. Sholty and Lavina Traul Sholty. He grew to manhood in McComb, Ohio and vicinity where he engaged with his father in the lumber business. He was connected with some branch of the lumber business all his life. He married Jennie M. Ruller of Belmore, Ohio, who died more than 30 years ago. Two children, C.E. Sholty, Estes Park, Colo., merchant and Miss Maude Sholty of Rock Springs, still survive. A sister, Mrs. J.A. Runyan of Columbus, Ohio, also survives. Grandson of William Sholty, pioneer minister of northwestern Ohio, Sholty was brought up in the tenets of the church and was active in church work until recent ill health forced him to cease. He had been superintendent of bible schools in various churches the greater portion of his adult life. He also had served as a town councilman for a number of years in Ohio. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 15, 1940 Robert L. Munn, No. 6 Pumpman, Dies at Hospital Robert L. Munn, 74, pumpman at the No. 6 pumphouse just north of Rock Springs, died late Tuesday night in Wyoming General hospital. Funeral services are to be held at the family residence near the pumping plant in the No. 6 district at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon. The Rev. E.E. Acheson is to officiate. Munn is survived by his widow, Editha; a stepson, James Lynip of Rock Springs; a brother, Thomas Munn of Elmira, Mo.; and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Duluth, Minn. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 17, 1940 SPRINGS MAN KILLS WIFE, SELF Woman Is Shot By Husband Who Fires Bullet Into Own Head; Motive Lacking Domenic Melli of Rock Springs early Friday morning shot and instantly killed his wife, Ernesta, 60, and then turned the murder weapon on himself and sent a bullet crashing through his brain. No reason for the murder-suicide was given by police and sheriff’s officers who are investigating the double shooting. The shooting occurred about 4:10 a.m. Friday at the family home, 657 North Front street. Both died instantly. Melli, who had been employed at the Paravacini ranch on the Blacks Fork west of Green River, came to Rock Springs Wednesday to visit his wife but left that night, according to information given Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay. Upon reaching Green River, Melli left the truck in which he was riding and caught an eastbound freight train, arriving here early Thursday morning. He was said to have remained all day in the Capital bar and assertedly had been drinking, although not heavily. Officers have not ascertained yet where Melli was during the hours between the time he left the bar and the time the shooting occurred or where he obtained the bun, a .38 calibre short Iver Johnson revolver. June Benna of Eden Valley a beauty operator at the Central Barber Shop who had been rooming at the Melli residence, notified officers of the shooting. She said that she heard Mrs. Melli go to the kitchen door to investigate a noise, heard her call out “Who’s there” and then heard two shots. Going to the kitchen, she discovered Mrs. Melli’s body lying on the floor near the door. She turned in an alarm which was answered by Patrolmen G.S. Pritchford and William Harvey, Chief of Police Ambrose Hamilton, a physician and Ramsay then were notified. Melli, officers assert, had opened the screen door and then fired through the glass on the inside door at his wife who stood outlined in the glare of a kitchen light. The bullet struck her on the right side of the face a little ahead and below her ear, and then coursed upward into her brain, officers said. Melli then turned the gun on himself and sent a bullet crashing into his head just over his right ear. The bullet went through his brain, emerging at a point almost at the top center of his head, according to authorities. The gun used by Melli in the murder-suicide was found by officers lying at the side of the dead man. Two of the five shells carried in the cylinder had been fired, they said. After the gun had discharged the shot fired at Mrs. Melli, the cylinder spun past the next shell with the third shell being the one that killed Melli. Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, acting coroner in the absence of County Coroner J. Warden Opie, said that an inquest into the double shooting would be held this morning at his office in the city hall. E. Gerardi, John Giovale and Ike Hilson have been named to the inquest jury by Justice Johnson. Mrs. Melli, who was born September 29, 1879 in Piacenza, Italy, had lived in Rock Springs for the past 37 years. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Peterson of Elko, Nev., Mrs. Reed Smith of San Francisco, Calif., and Vera Roncalio; and two sons, Adolph Roncalio of Big Piney and Teno Roncalio, a student at the University of Wyoming. Their bodies are at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 20, 1940 Rites Held for Victims of Murder-Suicide Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Congregational church for Mrs. Domenic Melli, 60, of Rock Springs, who was shot and killed early Friday morning by her husband in what a coroner’s jury summoned Saturday afternoon confirmed as a murder-suicide. The Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiated. Pallbearers were George DeBernardi, Jim Valenzano, Gustand Salvatico, John Giovale, James Ferrero and Cesare Columbo. Mrs. H.A. Lawrence of Reliance sang to selections. Services for Melli had been conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Rogan Chapel with George Washington Society in charge. He was buried in Mountain View cemetery. A jury composted of Ike Hilson, John Giovale and E. Gerardi, called Saturday by Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, acting coroner during the absence of County Coroner J. Warden Opie, found that: “Ernesta Roncaglio came to her death on the 16th day of February, 1940, at about the hour of four o’clock a.m. from a gunshot wound inflicted by one Domenick Melli; “And we further find that the said Domenick Melli, inflicted a gunshot wound on himself that caused his death on the 16th day of February, 1940, at about the hour of 4:10 .m., on the premises of Mrs. Ernesta Roncaglio, 657 North Front street, in the city of Rock Springs, Sweetwater county and state of Wyoming.” Mrs. Melli, who was born September 29, 1879 in Piacenza, Italy, had lived in Rock Springs for the past 37 years. She is survived by two sons, Adolph Roncalio of Big Piney and Teno Roncalio, a student at the University of Wyoming; and by three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Peterson of Elko, Nev., Mrs. Reed Smith of San Francisco, Calif., and Vera Roncalio. Burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 20, 1940 MAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK IN U.P. MINE A coroner’s jury summoned last night by Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, acting coroner in the absence of County Coroner J. Warden Opie, found that Harry Hurst, 63, of Reliance, who died last Saturday morning while walking up the slope of No. 4 mine of the Union Pacific Coal company at Reliance, had succumbed to a heart attack. The jury, composed of E. Gerardi, W.T. LaPier and John Giovale, incorporated into its inquest verdict the findings of an autopsy conducted by Dr. Doyle Joslin and Dr. Silvio Giovale that the cause of Hurst’s death was “coronary sclerosis, with occlusion of the posterior coronary artery by a calcareous ball-valve thrombus.” Hurst, who had just completed his shift, died while walking up the slope. He was about 100 feet from the entrance, still inside the mine, when stricken. Funeral services for Hurst, who had been in this vicinity for the past 11 years, will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the L.D.S. church in Rock Springs with Bishop Cecil James officiating. Hurst was born July 3, 1876 in Scotland. He is survived by his widow, Lily, of Reliance; four sons, Henry of Kent, Wash., and Joseph, Wilford and Clifford, all of Reliance; and four daughters, Mrs. C. Greasar, National City, Calif., Mrs. B.M. Harrington, Bellingham, Wash., Mrs. F. McDonald of San Diego, Calif., and Lillian Hurst of Reliance. His body will be taken to the family home in Reliance at 10 o’clock this morning where it will lie in state until 1 p.m. when it will be returned to the L.D.S. church in Rock Springs for services. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 22, 1940 SUPERIORITE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SAM GILLILAN KILLED WHEN TARGET RIFLE IS DISCHARGED A shot accidentally discharged from a gun which he had given his son for Christmas yesterday afternoon claimed the life of Samuel Gillilan, 49, foreman of D mine of the Union Pacific Coal company at Superior. Gillilan died instantly when the .22 long bullet crashed into his brain. The bullet struck him high on the right temple. While there were no actual eye witnesses, all evidence points to the shooting as having been accidental and it is unlikely that an inquest will be held, according to County Coroner J. Warden Opie who investigated. Gillilan was engaged in target shooting with his son, George, 19, to whom he had given the gun as a Christmas present, when the accident occurred about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Opie said. The mine foreman and his son had been kneeling at the side of their house firing at bottles in a nearby gully, Gillilan suggested that George rearrange the targets and as the youth went down into the gully to comply with his father’s wish, he heard a dull thud as if a gun had been fired. He raced up the gully to find his father slumping slowly to the ground. Mrs. Bernice Dexter, who lives in an adjoining house, also saw Gillilan slump to the ground but failed to notice events preceding the fatal shooting. It is believed that Gillilan had decided to stand up while waiting for his son to rearrange the bottles. It is probably that he attempted to use the gun to assist him in arising and in some manner accidentally struck the trigger, Opie said. Gillilan is survived by his widow, Hannah; five sons, Gibson, Samuel, John Robert, James and George; and four daughters, Mrs. Marino Pierantoni, Mrs. Thomas Sharpe Jr., Flora and Margaret Gillilan, all of Superior. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 23, 1940 Gillilan Rites To Be Held At 2 P.M. Sunday Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Samuel Gillilan, 49, of Superior, who died Wednesday afternoon from a bullet wound in the head inflicted when a gun he was using in target practice accidentally discharge. The Rev. E.E Acheson will officiate. Born in Scotland, Gillilan entered the United States 29 years ago and for the past 12 years had been living in Superior where he was employed as a foreman in D mine of the Union Pacific Coal company. He is survived by his widow, Hannah; four daughters, Mrs. Marino Pierantoni, Mrs. Thomas Sharp, Flora and Margaret Gillilan; and five sons, Gibson, Samuel Jr., John Robert, James and George, all of Superior. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 23, 1940 Final Rites for Henry Krischbaum To Be on Sunday Funeral services will be held at 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the Henry Krischbaum residence, 1021 Arapahoe, for Geroge Krisschbaum, 79, of 1318 Eleventh street who died Thursday night in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Keenan Sheldon will officiate. Born April 20, 1860 in Germany, Krischbaum had lived in the United States for the past 61 years, the last 50 of which he had made Rock Springs his home. He is survived by his widow, Mary; six sons, Henry, Mark, Fred, William and George Krischbaum Jr., and Carl Engstrom; five daughters, Mrs. Grace Rife, Mrs. Rose Strong and Mrs. John Burlech, all of Rock Springs, Mrs. L.D. Sims, Reliance, and Mrs. Phillip Miletich, Frederick, Colo.; and a sister, Mrs. Mary Brown of Los Angeles. Krischbaum’s baody is to be taken to the Henry Krischbaum residence at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Green River Star, Feb 23, 1940 Father of Miss Edith Robertson Dies In Colorado George Robertson, father of Miss Edith Robertson of Green River, principal of Washington School, died Thursday morning at his home in Pueblo, Colorado. He had been in ill health for several weeks. He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter. Funeral arrangements were not learned, but Miss Robertson will be unable to attend the service. She is convalescing at her apartment here following a fall two weeks ago which broke her right ankle in three places, and sprained her left. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 28, 1940 Phillips Services To Be Thursday From LDS Church Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the L.D.S. church for Mrs. Florence Phillips, 27, of 442 M street, who died Tuesday morning in Wyoming General hospital. Bishop Cecil James will officiate. Mrs. Phillips had been taken to the hospital Sunday afternoon for treatment. She had previously been a patient in the hospital but had recently been discharged when her condition showed an apparent improvement. Surviving Mrs. Phillips are her husband, Reese Phillips, of Castle Gate, Utah; three daughters, Susan, seven, Sharon, six, and Janice Lee, four, all of Rock Springs; her father, James A. McPhie; three brothers, Martin of Salt Lake City, Utah, Ronald of Clay Basin, Utah, and Joseph of Rock Springs; and two sisters, Mrs. Mable Birchard of Standardville, Utah, and Mrs. J. Bryan of Rock Springs. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 28, 1940 Former Resident of Green River Is Buried in Ogden Funeral services were held Tuesday morning in St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Ogden, Utah, for Mrs. Pearl Seagraves Petrie, 49, wife of Ben Petrie of Green River who died Saturday in Evanston. The Rev. W.J. Giroux officiated. Born in 1891 in Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Petrie for several years had made her home in Green River where she and her husband operated the Red Feather café and later the Tomahawk hotel. From Green River they went to Kemmerer where they took over the Rock Hotel and later moved to California. While living in California Mrs. Petrie’s health failed and she and her husband returned to Green River to make their home. In addition to her husband she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Douglas Seagraves, of Green River. Her father died three years ago in Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 29, 1940 Phillips Services To Be Held Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the LDS church for Mrs. Florence Phillips, 27, who died Tuesday in Wyoming General hospital. Bishop Cecil James is to officiate. Born December 19, 1912, in Rock Springs, Mrs. Phillips is survived by her husband, Reese Phillips, of Castle Gate, Utah; three daughters, Susan, Sharon and Janice Lee, all of Rock Springs; her father, James A. McPhie of Rock Springs; three brothers, Martin of Salt Lake City, Ronald of Clay Basin, Utah and Joseph of Rock Springs; and two sisters, Mrs. Mable Birchard of Standardville, Utah and Mrs. Jay Bryan of Rock Springs. Her body is to lie in state at Rogan Mortuary until time of services. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 1, 1940 Mrs. Addie Carr Dies at Home In Brown’s Park Mrs. Addie Carr, well known in Rock Springs, died Thursday morning at her home in Browns Park, according to word received by relatives here. Mrs. Carr is survived by her husband, Sam; three children; her parents, and several brothers and sisters. Plans for funeral arrangements had not been completed Thursday night. Mrs. Carr is a sister of Mrs. Dale Scott of Rock Springs who, with her husband, left Thursday for the Carr home in Browns Park. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 1, 1940 Pioneer Resident To Be Buried At Services Today Funeral services are to be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Ned Oscar Darling, 70, pioneer resident of the Rock Springs region, who died Tuesday at his home in the No. 6 district. The Rev. E.L. Tull is to officiate. Born on Christmas Day, 1869, in Lehi, Utah, Darling came to Rock Springs in the spring of 1898 and had made his home in Sweetwater county for the past 42 years. Darling had worked nearly all this time for the Union Pacific Coal company. He was the first stable boss at Reliance and opened up the first big U.P. boarding house there together with his brother-in-law, M.J. Dankowski. He was married to Annie Walters, a sister of Mrs. Dankowski, and member of a pioneer Rock Springs family. In addition to his wife, Darling is survived by a son, Eugene Darling, a draftsman for the Curtis Aeroplane corporation in Santa Monica, Calif., who at present is confined with influenza and will be unable to attend funeral services; a daughter, Mrs. Earle Pulley of Farson; four brothers, John of Seattle, Wash., Charles of American Fork, Utah, and G.A. Darling of Lehi, Utah; and three sisters, Mrs. Oscar Holmstead of Lehi, Utah, Mrs. J.P. Crookston of American Fork, Utah, and Mrs. G.A. Peterson of Albuquerque, N.M. His mother died 10 years ago, his father six years ago, and three other brothers are dead. Darling had been in ill health for the past year but had always maintained a spirit of cheerfulness and was unselfish in his treatment of others. His body is to be taken to the family home at 8 o’clock this morning where it will remain until shortly before time of funeral services when it will be returned to the chapel. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 5, 1940 CONNOR RITES TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY Funeral services for Roger F. (Roy) Connor, 43, well known Rock Springs accountant who died Sunday in Evanston, will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday from the South Side Catholic church. Rosary will be recited at 7:30 o’clock tonight at the Rogan Mortuary chapel. Mr. Connor was born June 18, 1897, in Wood River, Neb., the son of Francis and Mary Connor. He came to Rock Springs with his parents when he was 18 years old and made his home here ever since. His father was assistant superintendent of the Green River Water Works company in Rock Springs. He was graduated from the Rock Springs High school and worked for the F.M. mills company and the Rock Springs National bank. He was city clerk during the last two years of the administration of the late P.C. Bunning. Prior to his employment in Rock Springs he worked at Hanna. After his term as city clerk, Mr. Connor was engaged as a public accountant here. During the World War he served in the U.S. navy and was a member of the American Legion and held several offices in the local post. He also was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was active in athletics and managed the Junior League baseball team here several years ago when the organization won the state Junior League championship. Survivors include three sons, John and Francis of Rock Springs and William of Reliance; one daughter, Margaret of Reliance; and a sister, Mrs. Ray Weimer of Morris, Ill. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 5, 1940 Mrs. Mary Murinko To Be Buried At Services Today Funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock this morning in the North Side Catholic church for Mrs. Mary Murinko, 65, of 1309 Eleventh street who died early Sunday morning in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. Born December 1, 1864, in Suko, Austria, Mrs. Murinko had made her home in Rock Springs for the past 39 years. She is survived by a son, Mike; three daughters, Mrs. John Fabiny, Mrs. Joseph Fabiny and Mrs. David Cuthbertson, all of Rock Springs. Seven grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Murinko’s body was taken to the home of Mrs. Joseph Fabiny, 716 N street, at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon and rosary was said there at 7:30 o’clock last night. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 5, 1940 Funeral Rites for Mrs. David Brown To Be Held Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Mrs. Josephine Olofson Brown, 59, wife of David Brown of 113 Second street, who died Saturday in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Richard Lungren is to officiate. Born February 15, 1881, in Sweden, Mrs. Brown came to the United States with her parents when she was about six months old. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. T. Schwarzman, Mrs. Arthur Warren and Mrs. Oliver McMahon; three sons, Herbert, David and Edward; and three brothers, Olaf, Arthur and Conrad Olofson. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 5, 1940 Jacob Eliason, 65, Springs Resident 50 Years, Expires Jacob Eliason, 76, resident of Rock Springs for the past 50 years, died Saturday in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for the past 13 months. A retired Union Pacific coal miner, Eliason was born in 1864 in Evijarvi, Finland. He is survived by a brother, Matt, of Rock Springs; and a sister residing in Finland. Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the Finn church with John Kiviaho officiating. His both will be taken to the church at noon Wednesday. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Green River Star, Mar 8, 1940 FINDING OF SKULL SOUTH OF HERE PUTS SHERIFF ON HUNT The Sweetwater county sheriff’s office had a mystery dropped into its lap Wednesday, when a human skull, evidently that of a white man, was sent to the office by Blake Anson, of Manila, Utah, who had found the skull in a canyon opening onto the Henry’s Fork river, 46 miles south of this city. The skull was found Tuesday. It was said at the office of Sheriff M. J. Danknowski that Anson is now making a search to determine whether or not any other part of the skeleton could be found, in an effort to learn identity of the dead person. The cause of the death was not indicated by the skull. However, it was said that the condition of the skull lead to the belief the dead person had laid on his back for a considerable period of time, but it was possible the skull had not been exposed to the elements for very many years. It was believed the skull was that of a fairly young person, with a low forehead. The sheriff’s office did not comment upon any record of persons missing from the Linwood-Henry’s Fork district within the past few years. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 9, 1940 JOHN HIGHLEY, JUSTICE HERE 30 YEARS, DIES John H. Highley, 76, resident of Rock Springs for nearly 50 years, died Friday morning at his home, 717 Ridge avenue, of a heart attack. “Judge” Highley, as he was called by his many friends because of his years as a justice of the peace, was born April 25, 1863, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Coming to this country, Highley first worked in the coal mines at Hopkinsville, now Quealy. He later moved to Rock Springs, securing employment in the old No. 1 mine of the Union Pacific Coal company and then in No. 10 mine. He was retired by the coal company about 20 years ago. He had been a justice of peace in Rock Springs at intermittent times for a period of 30 years. A veteran of the Yorkshire regiment, Highley was the oldest member of Rock Springs post No. 50 of the Canadian Legion. He also was affiliated with the local I.O.O.F. lodge for 42 years. His death preceded by less than a month the fiftieth anniversary of his marriage to Mrs. Anna Highley, performed April 4, 1890, in England. In addition to his wife, Highley is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Dan Killian, Mrs. Alfred Walker, and Mrs. Frank Chevalier, all of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Clinton Snyder of Rawlins; and two sons, Tom and Charles Highley, both of Rock Springs. Final tribute to “Judge” Highley will be paid at the funeral services to be held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Odd Fellows Hall. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. His body is to be taken to the family home at 4 o’clock this afternoon where it will lie in state until shortly before time of the funeral. The Canadian Legion will have charge of graveside services in Mountain View cemetery. Burial will be under direction of Wildermuth Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 12, 1940 John Shinazy, 51, Dies Sunday at Springs Hospital John Anton Shinazy, 51, of Rock Springs died Sunday in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for the past three weeks. Born May 6, 1888, in Mount Olive, Ill., Shinazy had lived in Rock Springs for the past 30 years. He had been employed as a coal miner until recently. Shinazy is survived by his wife, Annie, who also has been in the hospital for the past two weeks for medical treatment; a daughter, Mrs. Henry Bertagnolli; a son, Jack, all of Rock Springs; a stepson, William Golden of Portland, Ore.; four brothers, Pete of Rock Springs, Adam of California, and Charles and Joe of Belt, Mont.; and a sister, Mrs. Mary Burch of San Coulee, Mont. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending time of funeral service tentatively scheduled to be held Thursday from the Congregational church with the Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 12, 1940 Redjak Services to Be This Morning Funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock this morning in the North Side Catholic church for Peter Redjak, 66, who died Sunday in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. Redjak, who was born February 18, 1874, in Austria, had lived in this vicinity about 35 years. He was a retired coal miner. He was affiliated with S.N.P.J. lodge No. 310. Redjak is survived by a son, Michael of Rock Springs. Rosary was recited at 6:45 p.m. last night in Rogan chapel. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 12, 1940 Driver Is Exonerated In Girl’s Death ACCIDENT IS FOUND TO BE UNAVOIDABLE GREEN RIVER, March 11 (Special)--A three-man inquest jury called here Sunday afternoon exonerated Edward Schiedel of Louisville, Ill., of blame in the death of Adele Helen Williams, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Williams of Green River, who was fatally injured Saturday when struck by a car being driven by the Louisville man. The jury, composed of Foster Jones, Cecil Rhodes and Mr. Yates, ruled that the accident was “unavoidable” after considering testimony taken from the following witnesses: Larry Davis, Bruce Jensen, Mrs. C.E. Jensen, Charlie Young, George Stevens, Dr. R.C. Stratton, Ed Riley and Boots Dankowski. Death of Adele was the third highway fatality in Sweetwater county this year. According to information presented the inquest jury, the little girl was struck by the Schiedel car as she was crossing the Lincoln highway near Suggs Service station. Schiedel told the jury he noticed the Williams girl and other children playing and had sounded his horn as he approached them. The Williams girl apparently failed to hear the horn, however, and darted out in front of the car, it was said. Schiedel is said to have swerved his car toward the left side of the road in a futile effort to avoid hitting the girl. Adele was dragged about 15 feet before Schiedel was able to bring his machine to a stop, it is said. She died a few minutes after she was freed from the car. Schiedel was said to have been driving at a speed of between 20 and 22 miles an hour. Brakes on the Illinois man’s car were found to be only in “fair” condition in a test conducted by Undersheriff George Stevens. Accompanied by his wife, Rosa, Schiedel was en route to Boise, Idaho, to visit his father when the accident occurred. Funeral services for Adele will be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon in the Congregational church in Green River with the Rev. Harry Gordon officiating. Her body was taken to the family home at 8 o’clock last night. Born December 8, 1933 in Green River, Adele is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, and a brother, Carl. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 15, 1940 John Hero Expires At Local Hospital John Hero, known to Rock Springs residents as “Tamale John,” died Thursday morning in Wyoming General hospital. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 15, 1940 Stevens Infant to Be Buried Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Janice Lee Stevens, 13-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Stevens of 806 Center street, who died Wednesday in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. Janice Lee was born January 24, 1939, in Rock Springs. In addition to her parents she is survived by a brother, Joseph. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 15, 1940 Masonic Rites to Be Sunday for Harry A. Wylam Masonic funeral services are to be held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday in the Old Timers building for Harry A. Wylam, 55, unit foreman for the Union Pacific Coal company at Superior, who died Wednesday night in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Wylam was born August 28, 1884, in Louisville, Colo. He came to Superior 20 years ago from Tono, Wash. He had served as foreman in various mines of the Union Pacific here for a number of years and had served a term as president of the Old Timer’s association of the company. For five years he held the position of postmaster in Superior. He is survived by his wife, Eva; two daughters, Mrs. Rolla Pierce of Bremerton, Wash., and Mrs. Floyd Foresam of Lander; a son, Roy, of Superior; his mother, Mrs. Ella MacCormac of Bremerton, Wash.; a niece, Doris Johnson of Superior; four sisters, Mrs. Al McCorkle of Olympia, Wash., Mrs. P.H. Kilker, Mrs. C.R. McCorkle and Mrs. J.L. Lawson, all of Bremerton; and three brothers, Frank Wylam of Hoquiam, Wash., James MacCormac of Tacoma, Wash., and George MacCormac of Bremerton, Wash. Following services here, Wylam’s body will be sent to Puyallup, Wash., for burial. Mrs. Wylam , Mrs. Rolla Pierce and Stanley Lisher will accompany the body. Wildermuth Mortuary is in charge of local funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 16, 1940 Fall Of Rock In Reliance Mine Fatal To M. Sheldon Maurice E. Sheldon, 26, of 503 Dewar Drive, died Friday afternoon in Wyoming General hospital from head injuries incurred about 10:15 Friday morning in an accident in No. 7 mine of the Union Pacific Coal company at Reliance. Sheldon, according to preliminary investigation, was operating a Joy loading machine when a fall of rock knocked out several timbers. One of the timbers struck Sheldon, knocking him against the loading machine. He was rushed to Wyoming General hospital but because of the nature of his injuries physicians were powerless to save his life. Funeral services for Sheldon will be held at 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Congregational church with his cousin, the Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiating. His body is to be taken to the church at 1 o’clock Sunday from Rogan Mortuary. Born March 16, 1914, in Lewis, Iowa, Sheldon had lived in Rock Springs for the past 2 ½ years. He is survived by his widow, Dorothy; a son, Gary Bradley; and a sister, Mrs. Eleanor Stewart of Omaha, Neb. Following services here, Sheldon’s body is to be sent to Omaha, Neb., and then transported to Ashland, Neb., where the Rev. Keenan Sheldon again will officiate at services to be held there at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. From Ashland, Sheldon’s body will be transported overland to Lewis for burial. County Coroner J. Warden Opie said that he would conduct an inquest into the accident in Rogan Chapel at 7 o’clock next Friday night. A three-man jury is to be named today by Opie to conduct an investigation at the mine. --- Green River Star, Mar 15, 1940 Tragic Accident Claims Life of Williams Child Funeral services for Adele Helen Williams, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, were held Tuesday afternoon from Union Congregational church. The Rev. Harry B. Gordon officiated at the rites held for the little victim of a tragic highway accident, occurring here Saturday morning. The child was fatally injured when struck by an automobile driven by tourists, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schiedel of Louisville, Illinois. They were enroute to Idaho, it was stated. According to testimony given at a coroner’s inquest held here Sunday, the Williams child darted in front of the Illinois machine and Schiedel, who was driving, was unable to avoid striking her although he made a wide swerve to the left side of the street. It was declared that Schiedel was not traveling more than 20 to 22 miles per hour. A test made of the machine by undersheriff George Stephens established this, also the fact that the brakes of the car were “only fair.” The condition of the braking apparatus was not believed to have been the factor in causing death. The Williams girl was returning to her home, accompanied by her brother, Carl, from a trip to the dentist’s office, when the accident occurred, it was said. Witnesses at the inquest stated they believed the child became confused upon hearing the warning of the Schiedel car, and darted directly in front of it. She was dragged approximately 15 feet by the machine, after being struck and died just a few moments after witnesses reached her. A hemorrhage was believed to have claimed her life, attributed to blows received. The jury released the Schiedels of responsibility. Adele Helen Williams was born in Green River December 8, 1933, and was attending her first year of school. She is survived by her parents and brother. Pallbearers at the Tuesday services were playmates of the deceased, Peggy Casteel, Yvonne Boyd, Marilyn Hoover, Nathan Williams, Gilbert Clark and Allen Kiernan. Burial was made in Riverview cemetery. --- Green River Star, Mar 15, 1940 C. E. Melvin, 61, Found Dead In Attorney Office Death removed of Green River’s most prominent characters Monday, when C. E. Melvin, attorney and resident here since 1932, was found dead in his offices at the First National Bank building. Found by other office workers in the building when quitting for the day at five p.m., it was believed Melvin had been dead but a few moments. He was 61 years of age. Funeral services were to be held this weekend at Curtis, Nebraska, old family home. The body was shipped from the mortuary in Rock Springs Wednesday. Born October 7, 1878 in Fairview, Nebraska, he came to Green River from Soda Springs, Idaho, to establish a law practice eight years ago. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. C. E. Melvin of Curtis, Neb.; a brother, George Melvin of Huntington Park, Calif.; and three sisters, Mrs. Earl Watkins of Stockville, Neb., and Mrs. C. A. Hudson and Mrs. C. F. Adams, both of Curtis. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 19, 1940 Californian Dies At Hospital After Stricken on Train James William Walsh, 68, of West Los Angeles, Calif., died Saturday in Wyoming General hospital. Walsh was taken off an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train here last Wednesday and rushed to the hospital for treatment. He was en route to the Veterans hospital in Wood, Wis., when stricken, it is said. Born in Grand Forks, N.D., Walsh is survived by his wife, Martha, living in West Los Angeles. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 19, 1940 RAWLINS WOMAN DIES OF CRASH INJURIES; COUNTY TOLL UP TO 4 2 OTHERS HURT; AUTO STRIKES ICE, OVERTURNS An automobile trip which was to have taken Mrs. I.R. Baker of Rawlins to California to attend the wedding of her son had turned into a journey of death here yesterday for the 61-year-old woman. Mrs. Baker died about noon Monday in Wyoming General hospital from head injuries incurred Sunday morning when the car she was driving struck a slushy spot on the Lincoln highway one-half mile east of Thayer Junction, skidded from the highway and overturned. Mrs. Baker also received a compound fracture of her right wrist in the accident. The elderly woman, accompanied by Mrs. Lola Mac Anderson, 62, and Mrs. Cecil Lane, 42, wife of the former state highway patrolman stationed in Rawlins, was en route to Long Beach, Calif., to attend the wedding of her son who is to be married next Sunday. The women encountered a snowstorm on the highway east of Thayer Junction, according to State Highway Patrolman Lloyd Kencke, who investigated. Rounding a curve about a half-mile from the Junction, Mrs. Baker’s car struck an icy, slushy spot on the highway, skidded off into the borrow pit and overturned onto its top, later coming to rest on its side. The machine was badly damaged in the accident. All three women incurred head injuries and shock in the accident. Condition of Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Lane was described last night as satisfactory and their recovery is expected. No inquest is planned into the accident, according to County Coroner J. Warden Opie. Death of Mrs. Baker was the fourth fatality on Sweetwater county highways this year and brought to 20 the number for the entire state, 13 more than for the corresponding period last year. Mrs. Baker was born February 28, 1879 in Shariton, Iowa. She is survived by two sons, Francis of Rawlins and Lynn, a sailor on the U.S.S. Tennessee; three daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Buell of Los Angeles, Mrs. Barbara Thompson and Miss Jean Baker, both of Rawlins; and six sisters. Her body was taken to Rawlins last night for funeral and burial. Rogan Mortuary was in charge of local funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 19, 1940 Mrs. Rachel Smith, Resident Here for 50 Years, Expires Mrs. Rachel Smith, 64, resident of Rock Springs for more than 50 years died Monday in Wyoming General hospital. Born March 17, 1876 in Wales, Mrs. Smith had made her home in Rock Springs for the past 56 years. She is survived by her husband, Charles C. Smith of Rock Springs; four sons, Reynold of Casper, Robert of Arizona and Edward and Raymond, both of Rock Springs; a daughter, Mrs. Carl Snow of Rock Springs; two brothers, Nephi Griffiths of Salt Lake City and Thomas Griffiths of Springville, Utah; and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services are to be held at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the L.D.S. church with Bishop Cecil James officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 20, 1940 “Tamale John” to Be Buried Today Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel for John Hiro of Rock Springs who died Thursday in Wyoming General hospital. “Tamale John,” as he was commonly known to Rock Springs residents, was born July 3, 1881, in India. He lived as 213 J street. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 22, 1940 Body of Veteran To Be Buried by Milwaukee VFW The body of James W. Walsh, 68, Spanish-American war veteran who died Saturday at the Wyoming General hospital, was sent to Milwaukee, Wis., yesterday for burial by the veteran’s of Foreign Wars post there. Walsh was en route from West Los Angeles to Wood, Wis., to re-enter an old soldiers’ home when he was stricken and had to be removed from a train to the hospital here on March 13. Following his death, the Yellowstone Post 2316 Veterans of Foreign Wars, took charge of making arrangements for burial. After contacting members of his family it was learned that he wished to be buried by the VFW post of which he is a member, General Pearsall Post No. 2028 at Milwaukee. The post there will inter the body in the veterans’ administration cemetery plot. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 26, 1940 Max Bush, 59, Dies At Local Hospital Max William Bush, 59, died Saturday in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for the past two months. Born September 14, 1880, in Butte, Mont., Bush had made his home in Rock Springs for the past nine years. He was employed as a mechanic. He is survived by his wife, Florence; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Paulik and Miss Catherine Bush, all of Rock Springs; and a brother living in South America. His body is at the Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 27, 1940 Funeral Services For Max Bush To Be Held Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the Episcopal church for Max William Bush, 59, of Rock Springs, who died Saturday in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Born September 14, 1880 in Butte, Mont., Bush had made his home in Rock Springs for the past nine years. He had been employed as a general mechanic until his entrance to the hospital two months ago. He is survived by his wife, Florence; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Paulik and Miss Catherin Bush, all of Rock Springs; a son, Ray of San Diego, Calif.; and a brother living in South America. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 27, 1940 Former Resident Dies In Toole Mrs. Effie Cunningham, 3, of Tooele, Utah, former Rock Springs resident, died Tuesday afternoon there, according to word received by Mrs. Annie B. Anderson. Mrs. Cunningham was a sister of Mrs. Willis Cook, also a former resident of Rock Springs. Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. A.R. Hamilton are to attend funeral services for the deceased woman at Toole Friday afternoon. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 28, 1940 Green River Man Expires at Home Joe William Jubb, 55, died about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Green River. Born July 18, 1884, in York county, England, Jubb came to Green River about 18 years ago where he was employed as a storekeeper by the Union Pacific railroad. He is survived by his widow, Bertha; and three daughters, Mrs. Henry Lewis and Mrs. Basil Bryant, both of Green River, and Irene Jubb of Lander. Jubb’s body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 29, 1940 Jubb Services to Be Held Saturday Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon in the L.D.S. church in Green River for Joe William Jubb, 55, who died early Wednesday morning at his home in Green River. Bishop Albert Reinch will officiate. Jubb, who was born July 18, 1884, in York county, England, had lived in Green River for the past 18 years where he was employed as a storekeeper for the Union Pacific Railroad. He is survived by his widow, Bertha; and three daughters, Mrs. Basil Bryant and Mrs. Henry Lewis, both of Green River and Irene Jubb of Lander. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 29, 1940 VAL MAGAGNA EXPIRES AT FAMILY HOME Valentine Magagna, 52, resident of Rock Springs for 32 years, died at 11 .m. yesterday at his home on 411 C street. He had been in ill health for several months and his condition became critical this week. He had been prominent in business activities in Rock Springs since coming here from Italy where he was born. Active in lodge affairs, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is survived by his widow, Adolpha; a son, Victor of Rock Springs; a daughter, Emma of Rock Springs; a brother, Angelo of Martinez, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. John B. Rizzi of Kemmerer and Miss Josephine Magagna of Italy. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday from the South Side Catholic church with the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The body will be taken to the family home at 3 o’clock this afternoon and the Knights of Columbus will recite rosary at the residence at 7 p.m. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Rogan Mortuary. --- Green River Star, Mar 29, 1940 Service Saturday For J. W. Jubb Joe William Jubb, 55, died about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Lewis. He was born July 18, 1884 in Yorkshire, England, and came to Green River about 18 years ago where he was employed as storekeeper for the Union Pacific Railroad. He is survived by his wife, Bertha; three daughters, Mrs. Henry Lewis and Mrs. Basil Byrant, both of Green River, and Miss Irene Jubb of Lander; and a brother, Ernest Jubb of Burdett, Alberta, Canada. The body will be taken to the Lewis home Saturday morning at eight o’clock and will lie in state until funeral services, which will be held at 2 o’clock in the afternoon from the L. D. S. church. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery here. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Apr 1940 Harry A. Wylam Expressions of regret were heard in Superior, and among members of The Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers Association, when it was learned that Harry A. Wylam had passed away at the Wyoming General Hospital Wednesday evening, March 13th, after having suffered a paralytic stroke a few days previous. Mr. Wylam was born in Louisville, Colorado, August 28, 1884. He had worked for the Washington Union Coal Company at Tono, Washington, from 1911 to 1921, when he was transferred to Superior. He was Mine Foreman in various mines at Superior for a number of years, and left the service of this company to serve a five-year term as Postmaster at the same point. At the end of his term as Postmaster, he returned to the mines, and at the time of his death was Unit Foreman in Superior D. O. Clark Mine. During his residence in Superior, Mr. Wylam was active in all Community work. He had been a member of the School Board, and of the Community Council. He was instrumental in organizing the first basketball league at Superior among the Union Pacific Coal Company employes. During 1937-38, he was President of The Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers Association. Funeral services were held Sunday, March 17th, in the Old Timers' Building in Rock Springs, and were largely attended. Members of Rock Springs Lodge No. 12, A. F. & A. M., of which he was a member, turned out in a body, and conducted the Masonic ritualistic services. The Rev. Mr. Tull, of the Rock Springs Episcopal Church, conducted the services, and the music was furnished by the choir from Rev. Tull's Church. Mr. Wylam was a man of extremely fine principles, and he will be greatly missed at Superior. The body was taken to Puyallup, Washington, Sunday evening, March 17th, following the services here. The sympathy of the entire Union Pacific family is extended to his widow and the family of three children who survive. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Apr 1940 Death of Pioneer John H. Highley, born Halifax, England, April 25, 1863, died at the family home, 717 Ridge Avenue, from a heart attack. Shortly after coming to the United States, he obtained employment at Quealy (then called Hopkinsville), later going to old No. 1 Mine, Rock Springs, in after years transferring to No. 10 Mine. Our records disclose that he quit the Union Pacific service in March, 1921. In his early days, he was in the British Army (Yorkshire Regiment) and of late took quite an active interest in matters pertaining to the local Canadian Legion, which organization conducted the service at the grave on March 10th. Rev. E.L. Tull officiated at the obsequies, which were held at the Odd Fellows Hall. His widow, four daughters and two sons survive. For a long interval he served as a Justice of the Peace, and was familiarly called “Judge.” --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Apr 1940 Reliance Mr. Harry Hurst, whose death occurred recently, will be sadly missed by his many friends. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Hurst and family. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 2, 1940 W.J. (BILL) TRAHER IS JAILE IN FATAL SHOOTING OF SPRINGS MAN FORMER TAXI OPERATOR IS SLAIN FOLLOWING ARGUMENT ON $10 LOAN W.J. (Bill) Traher, Rock Springs garage owner, was being held in jail by county authorities last night as the result of the fatal shooting Monday afternoon of Garth Crowe, former taxi operator and an employee of Traher, on the highway south of Eden, 37 miles north of here. Traher was taken into custody by sheriff’s officers at Eden from where the shooting was reported. No charges were filed against Traher late last night pending the completion of the investigation launched yesterday afternoon by Deputy County Attorney E.W. Naab. County Coroner J. Warden Opie, who will conduct an inquest into the death of Crowe, who died from four bullet wounds in his body, said that Traher had declared to him that he shot in self defense after Crowe had threatened his life and two other persons and attempted to shoot him. According to the preliminary investigation made by Naab, who questioned several Eden residents, the fatal shooting developed from an argument which started in Wellington’s store at Eden. Crowe, who was hauling goods for Traher from Rock Springs to Pinedale, stopped at Wellington’s store and attempted to borrow $10 from R.V. (Duke) Wellington, Naab said his questioning revealed. An argument followed when Wellington refused to loan Crowe the money without Traher’s approval, it was revealed. Crowe and Wellington each called Traher in Rock Springs regarding the loan and Traher went to the Eden store after he told Wellington not to loan Crowe the money. Morg VanMetre, Eden rancher who was present in the store at the time of the argument, told Naab that Crowe had threatened “to get” all three of them—Traher, Wellington and himself—before night. Traher and Crowe then left the store in Traher’s coupe and started for Rock Springs, Van Metre said. VanMetre testified at the hearing before Naab that Crowe grabbed a .38 calibre revolver he had in his car to shoot him. Traher knocked the gun out of Crowe’s hand and shot him four times, VanMetre said Traher told him. Coroner Opie declared that Traher had told him that Crowe snapped the gun at him but that it failed to fire. The shooting occurred 1.8 miles south of Eden on the highway and after the shooting Traher turned around and returned to the Eden store with the dead man in his car. When officers arrived on the scene after being summoned by Mrs. R.V. Wellington, wife of one of the men Crowe was said to have threatened to kill, Crowe’s body was slumped in the front seat of the coupe with his head under the dashboard. Crowe was sitting on the right side of the coupe and there were two bullet holes in the upholstery on the inside of the right door. The body was brought to the Rogan Mortuary where the hearing was held late yesterday afternoon. Testifying before Deputy County Attorney Naab were Wellington, VanMetre and Nick Tomicich, all present in the store at the time of the argument and when Traher returned with the dead man. Others, Naab said, whom were present in the store, were Mrs. Wellington, Sherman Ferrell, Fred Garlick and VanMetre’s son, Vern. Coroner Opie named Joe Kelly, ?.W. McComas and Robert W. Greigg to the inquest jury. A time and date for the inquest has not been set, Opie said. Crowe was jailed in Rock Springs last month when he twice attempted to take his own life by slashing his wrists. According to city police, officers were summoned to his residence on Elk street on February 17 and February 24, where they found the man with both wrists slashed. He was jailed after both attempts. Traher was not visibly moved by the incident and waited at Eden for the arrival of authorities to take him into custody. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 2, 1940 George K. Smith Dies at Springs Hospital at 71 George Kelso Smith, 71, custodian of Rock Springs Masonic Temple for the past 18 year, died early Monday morning in Wyoming General hospital. Masonic services for Smith will be held in the Temple at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with the oldest past masters, from the point of rotation, officiating. Archie Auld, John Jamison, William Mathews, William Stark, Alexander Anderson and David Petre will act as pallbearers. Born September 12, 1868, in Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland, Smith came to Rock Springs early in June, 1910, and worked in the old Vandyke mine and in all mines of the Union Pacific Coal company. Eighteen years ago to the day, April 1, 1922, he was appointed custodian of Masonic Temple. He was a member of Rock Springs Lodge No. 12 A.F. and A.M. and of Lawrence chapter No. 11, Royal Arch Masons and had served as tyler in both groups. Surviving Smith are his widow, Margaret; a son, Robert; and two grandsons, George and Hamilton Smith, all of Rock Springs; and two brothers, William and Jimmy, in Scotland. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Wildermuth Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 2, 1940 Mrs. William Pryde Dies at Hospital; Burial at Evanston Mrs. Elsie Snow Pryde, 33, of 215 Angle street, wife of William Pryde, died at 1 a.m. Monday in Wyoming General hospital. A short funeral service is to be held at 4 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel with Bishop Cecil James officiating after which her body will be taken to Evanston where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the L.D.S. church with Bishop Bennett officiating. Stake President J.I. Williams will be speaker at the Evanston service. Born August 5, 1906, in Evanston, Mrs. Pryde had lived in Rock Springs for the past 13 years. She became ill about a week ago and was taken to the hospital two days ago for treatment. In addition to her husband she is survived by a daughter, Darlene, three, a son, William Jackson, 11; her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Forbes; two brothers, Carl and George Snow; all of Rock Springs; and four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Aldax of Madera, Calif., Mrs. Mirana Walton of Evanston, Mrs. Elizabeth Burns of Reading, Ohio, and Miss Selma Forbes of Rock Springs. Her body is to be taken to Evanston at 9 a.m. Wednesday by Rogan Mortuary, which is in charge of local funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 3, 1940 Gus Lindgron, 74, Dies at Hospital Gus Lindgron, 74, of Rock Springs, died Monday in Wyoming General hospital. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 3, 1940 Manila Girl, 5, Dies at Hospital Duwilla Boren, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boren of Manila, Utah, died Monday night in Wyoming General hospital. Funeral services for the little girl will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the L.D.S. church at Manila with Bishop Clifford Christensen officiating. Duwilla was born October 31, 1934, in Manila. In addition to her parents she is survived by two sisters, Mazie and Maxine; and three brothers, Cleo, Reo and Doyle. Burial will be in the Manila cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 5, 1940 FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE IS FILED AGAINST W.J. (BILL) TRAHER CASE TO GO TO COURT ON APRIL 15 First degree murder charges were filed in the district court in Green River yesterday against W.J. (Bill) Traher, Rock Springs garage owner, in connection with the death of Garth Crowe, slain near Eden Monday afternoon. County Attorney Joseph H. Galicich said he filed a direct information in the court charging that Traher did “unlawfully, willfully, feloniously, purposely and with premeditated malice kill and murder one Garth Crowe.” Crow was slain following an argument in the Eden Valley store over a $10 loan, a preliminary investigation conducted the day of the killing by county authorities revelead. Traher, who admitted to officers that he shot five bullets into Crowe’s body as he sat in Traher’s car, claimed self defense, officers have said. Traher said Crowe grabbed a revolver he carried in his car and attempted to shoot him, but the pistol did not fire. The argument arose at the Eden store after Traher refused to approve a $10 loan sought by Crowe from R.W. Wellington, store proprietor, it was brought out at the preliminary hearing, and the two men were en route to Rock Springs from Eden in Traher’s car when the shooting occurred. County Attorney Galicich said that Traher would be arraigned on the charge during the first day of the April term of the district court in Green River, April 15. Meanwhile, Traher was being held in jail without bond. A coroner’s inquest, scheduled for 7 o’clock last night, was postponed at the request of Galicich pending further investigation of the case, officers said. A definite date for the inquest has not been set. Crowe’s body, which has been held at the Rogan Mortuary since the slaying early this week, was sent to Riverton last night for burial. --- Green River Star, Apr 5, 1940 Services For Manila Child On Thursday Funeral services for Duwilla, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boren of Manila, were held in that community Thursday afternoon from the L. D. S. church with Bishop Christensen officiating. The child died Monday night at the Rock Springs hospital. Born October 31, 1934, at Manila, she is survived by the parents, two sisters, Mazie and Maxine, and three brothers, Cleo, Reo and Doyle. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 10, 1940 Joseph Faigl, 45, Dies Monday in Wyoming General Joseph Faigl, 45, of 1321 Clark street, died late Monday night in Wyoming General hospital after a lingering illness. Born February 17, 1895 in Lujublano, Yugoslavia, Faigl had lived in the United States for the past 31 years. He is survived by his wife, Staffie, and a son, Harvey, both of Rock Springs; a brother, Marko, of Red Lodge, Mont., and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lonacaric of Milwaukee and a sister living in Yugoslavia. Funeral services are to be conducted at 9 a.m. from the family home. Marko Faigl and Mrs. Lonacaric are expected to be present. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Wildermuth Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 11, 1940 Father of Springs Man Dies Monday Joseph Mann, father of J.W. Mann of Rock Springs, died Monday night at his home in Savannah, Mo., according to word received by relatives here Wednesday. J.W. Mann had left Saturday for Savannah when notified of his father’s illness. Funeral services are to be held Thursday and Mann is expected to return Saturday to Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 12, 1940 Former Resident To Be Buried Here on Saturday Funeral services are to be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Rogan Chapel for Mrs. Jennie Place Shurtliff, 61, former Rock Springs resident who was found dead in bed in a room of a hotel at Lava Hot Springs Tuesday night. The Rev. Keenan Sheldon is to officiate. Born September 14, 1878 in Cheyenne, Mrs. Shurtliff had moved to Rock Springs with her parents, Lucian and Elizabeth McQueen Place, while still a child. She married Mr. Shurtliff, now deceased, in Rock Springs and they made their home here until 1917 when they moved to Lava Hot Springs. A heart ailment was said to have been the cause of Mrs. Shurtliff’s death. She is survived by three sons, Albert of Lava Hot Springs, Emerson of Pocatello and Ralph of Daniel; and three daughters, Mrs. Alice Schilling of Baker, Ore., Mrs. Ida Wade of Ogden, Utah, and Mrs. Eliase Stewart of Pocatello. Seven grandchildren also survive. Services are to be held this afternoon in Lava Hot Springs after which her body is to be sent to Rock Springs. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 13, 1940 Dines Girl Dies In California; Burial on Sunday Funeral services will be held at 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the South Side Catholic church for Clara Piaia, 20, of Dines, who died Tuesday evening in Lompoc, Calif., of a heart ailment. Born July 17, 1919 in Reliance, Miss Piaia moved to Dines in 1922 with her parents where she had since made her home. She had gone to California about six weeks ago in the interest of her health. Surviving Miss Piaia are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Piaia of Dines; three sisters, Mrs. Elda Matranga of Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs. Carla Menapace of Dines, and Dolores Piaia, a nurse at Mercy hospital, Denver; and three brothers, Carlo, Dante and Roland. Her body is to arrive in Rock Springs this afternoon and will be taken to Rogan Mortuary with rosary to be conducted there at 7:15 o’clock tonight. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 13, 1940 Typpo Services To Be on Sunday Funeral services will be held in Rogan Chapel at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon for Fred Typpo, 70, of Eden who died April 7 in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Born March 27, 1870, in Finland, Typpo had lived in Eden Valley for the past 28 years. He is survived by a son, Otto Carleson, of Fort William, N.H. Burial will be Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 18, 1940 Former Superior Physician Dies At Local Hospital Dr. Augustus Davis, 62, former physician of Superior, died about midnight Tuesday in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday. Born October 16, 1877, in Shady Grove, Ky., Dr. Davis came to Sweetwater county January 1, 1928, and went into partnership with the late Dr. R.H. Sanders at Superior. He remained in Superior until last August when ill health compelled him to quit his practice and he moved to Rock Springs. He was a member of Rock Springs Aerie 151, F.O. Eagles, and of Twin City Post No. 54 of the American Legion at Superior. Surviving Dr. Davis are his wife, Carrie, and four sons, Harold A., Leslie E., Richard and Ross Davis, all of Rock Springs; two brothers and three sisters. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 19, 1940 DAVIS RITES TO BE SUNDAY Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Baptist church for Dr. Augustus Davis, 62, who died late Tuesday night in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.E. Acheson is to officiate. Dr. Davis, who had been a physician at Superior until last August when ill health forced his retirement, had been living in this vicinity since 1928. He is survived by his wife, Carrie, and four sons, Harold, Leslie, Richard and Ross, all of Rock Springs; two brothers and three sisters. His body is to be removed to the church at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon where it will lie in state until time of services. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 23, 1940 MAN IS HELD FOR SLAYING WIFE Mrs. Alfred Robertson Sr. Wounded Fatally in Back As Fleeing From Husband Alfred Robertson Sr., 56, of No. 9 camp, was being held in the city jail late Monday awaiting filing of charges against him after he admitted to county authorities that he fatally shot his wife, Albena, 46, late Sunday night. Mrs. Robertson died in the Wyoming General hospital about 12:30 a.m. yesterday from a rifle bullet wound which struck her low in the back and emerged from her abdomen. Robertson was taken into custody by city police as he was en route downtown from where the shooting occurred to give himself up to authorities. Officers said they obtained a signed statement from Robertson and that he admitted fatally shooting his wife. The shooting occurred about 9:40 p.m. Sunday, officers said, as Mrs. Robertson and Alfred Branch, about 21, a roomer in the Robertson home, fled from the house after Mrs. Robertson ran into Branch’s room and exclaimed, “He’s after me with a gun. Get me out of here.” Branch told County Attorney Joseph H. Galicich in a statement yesterday that preceding the shooting he was in bed in his room which adjoined the room occupied by Mrs. Robertson. She came into the room, Branch related, declaring that Robertson was chasing her with a gun. Branch said he attempted to get the woman, clad only in a nightgown and bare foot, into a small truck parked in front of the house, but when the got there Robertson had gone out the back door and started the chase. They ran around the house and between the house to the south and continued to run toward the railroad tracks about 80 yards away. Robertson fired one shot from the rifle while near the house and then when the two were on the top of the tracks fired again, striking Mrs. Robertson, who fell on the tracks. Branch declared Robertson continued to come toward them so he dragged Mrs. Robertson from the tracks down the embankment on the opposite side to protect her. Robertson came over the embankment to where the wounded woman was lying beside the youth, who said that he fled for the Union Pacific power house where he had employees notify officers. Anton Zupence, a neighbor living nearby, shortly after the two shots were fired, went to the back yard to call in his dog. While he was out there, he said, Robertson called for him to come over to the tracks a few yards away. Zupence said that when he went there Robertson asked him to take his wife the hospital. As he bent over Mrs. Robertson to determine the extent of her injuries, Zupence declared that Robertson picked up the rifle which had been laid on the ground beside the wounded woman. Zupence said he took the rifle away from Robertson. Meanwhile, Mrs. Zupence went to the wounded woman and August Seneshale, another neighbor who went outside when he heard the shots, brought Zupence’s car to the spot where the wounded woman lay. Seneshale and Zupence rushed the woman to the hospital, Zupence taking Robertson’s rifle. After the two men left for the hospital with Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Zupence started to walk toward her home. Robertson accompanied her and told her he was going into town to give himself up. He was arrested by City Patrolmen John Doak, John Zakovich and Jack Hansen as he was driving toward the business section in his car. He was taken into custody by the policemen in the east part of No. 4 district on the highway at the end of Ninth street, as they were answering a call about the shooting placed form the electric power house. A preliminary investigation was conducted Sunday night by County Coroner J. Warden Opie, Sheriff M.J. Dankowski, Deputy Sheriff D. Ramsay, County Attorney Galicich and city police. Opie said yesterday that in inquest would be called later into the death of Mrs. Robertson. He named Sam Sorenson, Harry Swanson and William LaPier to the coroner’s jury. No date was set for the hearing. County Attorney Galicich said yesterday that officers had not definitely established a motive for the shooting in their investigation. Branch, who visited Robertson yesterday, declared the middle-aged man told him that he had had an argument with his wife and that he “lost his head.” Officers said that Robertson had been out to Point of Rocks and Superior and when he came home, went in the house, took his rifle and entered the bedroom where Mrs. Robertson was asleep. The .32-.20 lever action rifle was in possession of sheriff’s officers as were the two empty shells fired from the gun. One of the shells was found a few yards from where Mrs. Robertson fell and the other was found in the road a short distance south of the Robertson home. Mrs. Robertson is survived by her husband; four sons, Alfred Jr., of Rock Springs, Charles of Richmond, Calif., Joseph of March Field, Calif., and William of Scotts Field, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Dan Kelly of Rock Springs, and Louise Robertson of McKinnon; and seven grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 23, 1940 Aged Man Drops Dead in House Charles Crooks, 76, dropped dead Sunday evening in a house at 635 North Front street, Rock Springs. Death was found to be due to natural causes in an investigation conducted by County Coroner J. Warden Opie who said that no inquest is planned. Crooks’ body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 23, 1940 Jepsen Body Sent To Richfield, Utah Body of Dolly Lou Emma Jepsen, 21, who died Friday morning in Wyoming General hospital, was sent Sunday to Richfield, Utah for funeral services and burial. Born in Richfield in September, 1918, Miss Jepsen had lived in Rock Springs for the past year where she had been employed as a waitress. She is survived by her father, Alfred Jepsen of Richfield; five brothers, Read of Oakland, Calif., Marion, Richard and Alfred, Bryce, Utah, and Neil of Boulder, Utah; and three sisters, Mrs. Vera Hansen and Mrs. Ruth Forebush of Monroe, Utah; and Norma Jepsen of Richfield. Rogan Mortuary was in charge of local funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 24, 1940 Passenger Dies on Train Here; Was En Route to Home Mrs. Caroline Christoph of Washington, D.C., passenger on an eastbound Union Pacific train, died at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday as the train on which she was riding reached Rock Springs. Mrs. Christoph, it is said, was en route to her home in Washington from Los Angeles, Calif. She became ill after the train left Green River and a doctor was summoned when the train reached here. She died a few minutes after he arrived. Fred Christoph, 29, her son, a member of the metropolitan police force in Washington, was notified of her death by officers. He has asked that her body be sent to Washington. Her body is to be sent tonight by Rogan Mortuary to Washington, D.C., where funeral services and burial will be held. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 24, 1940 Robertson Inquest To Be Tonight MATE OF DEAD WOMAN WAITS CHARGE FILING Inquest into the fatal shooting Sunday evening of Mrs. Albena Robertson, 46, of No. 9 camp, will be held at 7 o’clock tonight in Rogan Mortuary, County Coroner J. Warden Opie announced Tuesday. S.J. Sorenson, Harry Swanson and William LaPier have been named to the inquest jury by Coroner Opie. In the meantime, Alfred Robertson Sr., 56, husband of the woman, is being held in custody in Rock Springs city jail awaiting filing of charges by county authorities as an outgrowth of the shooting. It is expected that a direct information against Robertson will be filed in district court at Green River today so that he may be tried during the present term of district court. Nature of the charge has not been divulged by authorities. Robertson was taken into custody by city police as he was en route downtown from his home to give himself up to authorities. Officers said they had obtained a signed statement from Robertson in which he admits fatally shooting his wife. The shooting occurred about 9:40 p.m. Sunday, officers said, as Mrs. Robertson and Alfred Branch, about 21, a roomer whom Mrs. Robertson had summoned to assist her, fled from the house. Robertson, according to authorities, fired twice at the fleeing pair. His first shot missed. The second struck Mrs. Robertson low in the back and emerged from her abdomen. She died about 12:30 a.m. Monday in Wyoming General hospital where she was taken by neighbors following the shooting. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 25, 1940 First Degree Murder Charge Is Filed Against Robertson For Slaying Wife Inquest Jury Fixes Blame For Death of Woman; Trial May Be Next Month A direct information charging first degree murder was filed Wednesday afternoon in district court at Green River by County Attorney Joseph H. Galicich against Alfred Robertson Sr., 56 of Rock Springs. The action will permit trail at the present term of district court of Robertson, who officers assert, has confessed that he shot and fatally wounded his wife, Albena, 49, last Sunday night near their home in No. 9 district as she attempted to flee from him after an argument. The fact that Mrs. Robertson died from a wound inflicted by a bullet fired from a hunting rifle in the hands of her husband also was borne out in a verdict handed down last night by an inquest jury summoned by County Coroner J. Warden Opie. The jury composed of S.J. Sorenson, foreman, Harry Swanson and William LaPier, after considering evidence presented at the inquest, found that Mrs. Robertson “came to her death by a 32-20 rifle shot fired by her husband, Alfred Robertson.” Testimony of Dr. E.S. Lauzer and City Patrolmen John Zackovich, John Hansen and James Doak was presented to the inquest jury. Dr. Lauzer described course of the bullet which entered Mrs. Robertson’s back and emerged from her abdomen. He declared that an autopsy performed on order of county authorities also revealed several minor bruises on the woman’s body but that she probably received them in her fall on the railroad tracks after she was shot. Patrolman Zackovich told the jury that he and Patrolman Hansen had taken Robertson into custody when he gave himself up to officers near the power plant. The two patrolmen, answering a red light call reporting the shooting, had slowed the patrol car down to make the turn leading to the power plant when they were hailed by Robertson who was approaching in his auto from the west, Zackovich said. “Where’s Ramsay,” (Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay) Zackovich quoted Robertson as saying. Asked by the officers why he wanted the deputy sheriff Robertson was quoted by Zackovich as saying “I just shot my wife,” and that she had been taken to the hospital. Taking Robertson into custody the two officers continued on to the Robertson home where they were joined a few minutes later by Patrolman Doak. Called to the witness stand, Hansen reiterated testimony given by Zackovich and said the rifle assertedly used in the shooting was turned over to him by Tony Zupence while the officers were at the Robertson home. Hansen also said that they had obtained a signed confession from Robertson after the three officers had taken him back to the city jail. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 25, 1940 SERVICES FOR VICTIM OF SLAYER TODAY Funeral services for Mrs. Albena Robertson, 49, who died early Monday morning in Wyoming General hospital from a gunshot wound through her back and abdomen, will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel with the Rev. E.L. Tull officiating. Born Dec. 23, 1890, in Tacoma, Wash., Mrs. Robertson had lived in Rock Springs for the past 16 years. She is survived by her husband, Alfred Robertson Sr., held in custody awaiting trail on first degree murder charges for the shooting; four sons, Aflred Jr., of Rock Springs, Charles of Richmond, Calif., Joseph of March Field, Calif., and William of Scotts Field, Ill., and two daughters, Mrs. Dan Kelly of Rock Springs and Louise Robertson of McKinnon. Seven grandchildren also survive. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 25, 1940 Sister of Springs Woman Dies in East Mrs. P.D. Rosendale received word yesterday of the death of her sister, Agnes Husselman, of Patterson, N.J. The sister of the local woman had undergone a major operation Tuesday. Funeral services have been tentatively set for Saturday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 25, 1940 Father of U.P. Coal Company Official Expires in Illinois Clark Bayless, father of I.N. Bayless, vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific Coal company, died Tuesday at his home in Marion, Ill., according to word received Wednesday by company officials here. It is not known whether Bayless, who left Rock Springs early Monday morning when notified of his father’s illness, reached Marion before the death of his father. No word regarding time of funeral services for Mr. Bayless, who was past 80 years of age, had been received here Wednesday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 25, 1940 Robert Knox Dies At Vets’ Hospital Robert Knox, 52, of 314 M street, died in the Veterans’ hospital in Cheyenne at 7:15 a.m. yesterday following a long illness, according to work received here. Death was attributed to heart disease. Knox, a member of Yellowstone post 2316, Veterans of Foreign Wars, was admitted to the hospital there last Memorial Day. He had been suffering from a heart ailment prior to that time. He had served overseas with Company M, 353rd Infantry, 89th Divison. He enlisted for service on August 27, 1918, at Raton, N.M. His brother, James Knox Sr., and family were in Cheyenne at the time of his death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 25, 1940 Body of Woman Who Died on Train Is Sent to Washington Body of Mrs. Caroline Christoph was sent last night by Rogan Mortuary to her home in Washington, D.C., where funeral services and burial will take place. Mrs. Christoph died suddenly early Tuesday morning as the Union Pacific passenger train on which she was riding en route from Los Angeles to Washington reached Rock Springs. Mrs. Christoph became ill after the train left Green River and a doctor was summoned when the train reached here. She died a few minutes after he arrived. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 26, 1940 KNOX SERVICES TO BE SUNDAY Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the James Knox resident, 1116 Pilot Butte avenue, for Robert Knox, 51, who died Wednesday morning in the Veterans hospital in Cheyenne where he had been a patient for almost a year. The Rev. E.L. Tull is to officiate. Yellowstone Post 2316, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, of which Knox was a member, will have charge of services at the graveside. Knox was born June 17, 1888 in Pennsylvania. He had served overseas with Company M 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. He enlisted for service on August 27, 1918 at Raton, N.M. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Green River Star, Apr 26, 1940 Indian Grave Relics Excite Curiosity Here Several relics, believed to have been part of an Indian grave, were found last week by D. F. Mahoney and are now being displayed in the lobby of the Tomahawk Hotel. Not revealing where the grave was located, Mahoney believes the relics have particular interest. One, a time-worn and earth deteriorated bridle bit, is of unusual design. Patterned after the tongue-biting type used today in holding hard-mouthed animals, it’s long bit had an extra large ring at its end, evidently an extra precaution against headstrong action of a vicious horse. The large ring no doubt fitted into the horse’s mouth, and pulling on the reins would tend to force the mouth open wide and thus dig the prong deeper into the roof or tongue. Of intricate design and having appearances of being articically [sic] decorated at one time, many who have viewed the bit declare it is probably an old Spanish-type of bit taken by an Indian several centuries ago from the Spanish expeditions that were known to have been made in this region. Other relics taken included a sheathed hunting and skinning knife, curved, and containing three notches in the handle. It was aged considerably but the heavy leather sheath was still in very good condition. A piece of a pack saddle was also found, being of very light wood, well carved, and still showing small holes bored for rope binding. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 30, 1940 Crooks Services Are to Be Today Funeral services are to be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Charles Crooks, 76, of Rock Springs. The Rev. Keenan Sheldon is to officiate. Crooks dropped dead April 21 while visiting in a house at 635 North Front street. Death was due to natural causes, an investigation revealed. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 30, 1940 Mrs. C. McCormick, Resident Here 50 Years, Expires Mrs. Clare Louise McCormick, 79, a resident of Rock Springs for more than half a century, died Monday in the family home, 117 Fourth street. Born May 26, 1860 in St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. McCormick had lived in Rock Springs for the past 51 years. She is survived by two sons, James B. and John C. McCormick, both of Rock Springs. Funeral services are to be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon from the Episcopal church with the Rev. E.L. Tull officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, May 1940 March Injuries MAURICE E. SHELDON, American, age 26, married, Joy operator, Section No. 1, Reliance NO. 7 Mine. FATAL. The working place was in a chain pillar. The timber had been pulled in the worked-out area and a breaking row of timber had been set from the edge of the stump to the low rib of the entry. The area in which the timber had been extracted had caved to within fifteen feet of the breaking row. The men were loading the last car which was to be loaded in this place when the roof broke on the inside of the breaking row and knocked out several timbers. When the rock broke, Maurice apparently started to run toward the back end of the machine but one of the dislodged timbers struck him and knocked his head against the loading machine. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, May 1940 Death of George K. (Geordie) Smith at Rock Springs George Kelso Smith, 71, custodian of the Rock Springs Masonic Temple for the past eighteen years, died early Monday morning, April 1st, in the Wyoming General Hospital. Mr. Smith came to Rock Springs in June, 1910, and worked in several of the Rock Springs mines of The Union Pacific Coal Company. Having been trained in Ambulance (First Aid to the Injured) work in his native country, Scotland, Geordie quickly took hold of this work in Rock Springs and was the first to volunteer for service when the United States Bureau of Mines car first visited Rock Springs in 1911. For several years First Aid classes were held in the old blacksmith shop at the entrance of No. 1 Mine, Geordie having charge of the mine-rescue apparatus, and supervising the First Aid work. He was treasurer of the Rock Springs First Aid Association, which functioned effectively for several years, and, on the occasion of the dissolution of this organization, he turned over a substantial cash balance remaining in the treasury to the Rock Springs Community Council. He participated in several of the International First Aid and Mine Rescue contests, and, after accepting the post of caretaker of the Rock Springs Masonic Temple, he continued to manifest his deep interest in the mine Safety work, and was helpful at the gatherings of the First Aid Field Day. The funeral services were conducted by the members of Rock Springs Lodge No. 12, A. F. and A. M. Geordie possessed a very genial disposition, and was held in high regard by the community. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Margaret Smith, his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, and two grandsons here, and two brothers in Scotland, to whom the sympathy of the community goes out in their time of trouble. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, May 1940 Superior Richard and William Van Valkenberg have just returned from Olympia, Washington, where they were called by the death of their mother, Mrs. Mary McNeil. Mrs. McNeil was a former resident of Superior. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, May 1940 Winton Milton Friel was called to Chicopee, Kansas, on account of the illness and death of his mother. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 1, 1940 Boschetto Rites To Be Held Today Funeral services are to be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Roger Dee Enix Boschetto, four, who died Monday in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.E. Acheson is to officiate. Born March 5, 1936 in Jellico, Tenn., the boy had lived in Rock Springs for the past two years. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Boschetto of Rock Springs; his father, Ancil Enix of Jellico; two brothers, Harold and Gerald, both of Rock Springs; his grandmother, Mrs. Terry Carroll of Rock Springs; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A Enix of Jellico. Burial is to be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 1, 1940 Aged Superior Woman Expires Mrs. Teresia Lubi, 86, died on Tuesday at her home, 151 South Superior. Born June 5, 1853 in Trebelno, Yugoslavia, Mrs. Lubi had lived in Superior the past 30 years. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Josephine Taucher and a brother, Matt Kern. Her body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 1, 1940 PINEDALE MAN DIES FROM ACCIDENT HURT Chest injuries incurred several days ago when he was kicked by or fell from a horse proved fatal Tuesday morning to “Brick” Moore, about 70, of Pinedale. Moore, who worked for William Bayer of Pinedale, incurred his injuries last Saturday, it is said, but was not admitted to Wyoming General hospital here for treatment until Monday. His condition was regarded as “serious” when he entered the hospital. Moore’s body at present is at Rogan Mortuary. It is expected to be removed today to Pinedale by Tanner Mortuary of Big Piney, for funeral services and burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 1, 1940 Mrs. J. Retford Expires at Local Hospital Mrs. Jennie Retford, 52, wife of John Retford of 612 Retford Ave., died early Tuesday morning in Wyoming General hospital where she had been a patient for the past two days. Born December 9, 1887, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, Mrs. Retford had lived in Rock Springs for the past 30 years. She was active in club work as was a member of the Star of Bethlehem Pythian Sisters, and Neighbors of Woodcraft. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dora Guyer of Long Beach, Calif. Her body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 1, 1940 McCormick Rites To Be Held Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the Episcopal church for Mrs. Clara Louise McCormick, 79, who died Monday in the family home, 117 Fourth street. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Born May 26, 1860 in St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. McCormick had lived in Rock Springs for the past 51 years. She is survived by two sons, James B. and John C. McCormick, both of Rock Springs. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 2, 1940 Superior Woman to Be Buried Friday Funeral services will beheld at 9 o’clock Friday morning in the North Side Catholic church for Mrs. Teresia Lubi, 86, who died Tuesday at her home, 151 South Superior. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. Rosary services for Mrs. Lubi will be held at 8 o’clock tonight in Rogan Chapel. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 2, 1940 Retford Services Will Be Saturday Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon in the Episcopal church for Mrs. Jennie Retford, 52, wife of John Retford of 512 Retford Ave., who died early Tuesday morning in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Alfred Smith, Sam Samuels, John Samuels, Clarence Samuels, John Orell and Gardy Ward will act as pallbearers. Her body is to be removed to the home of Mrs. Ted Samuels, 517 E street, at 10 a.m. Friday where it will lie in state until time of services Saturday. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 3, 1940 MAN FOUND DYING NEAR RAIL TRACK County authorities today were seeking to establish identity of a young man found dying Thursday afternoon on the south side of the eastbound Union Pacific railroad track 4 ¾ miles west of Rock Springs. The man was found lying alongside the track in serious condition about 3:25 p.m. Thursday by V.H. Williams, railroad maintainer at Blairtown, according to County Coroner J. Warden Opie. He died before authorities, notified of his presence by Williams, could reach the scene. Opie has ordered an autopsy held this afternoon to determine the cause of the man’s death. The man, believed to be about 22 or 23 years old, had been seen about 11 o’clock Thursday afternoon by a section crew west of Kanda, Opie was informed by M. Fukumori, foreman of the crew. Authorities describe the man as being about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 140 pounds and said that he had light brown hair, blue eyes, a light complexion and a scar on his body which resulted from an operation for removal of his appendix. Fingerprints taken of the man were taken by officers and rushed to the FBI in Washington in an attempt to learn his identity. Authorities also wired Edith Ladd of Fresno, Calif., to determine if she could identify the man. An envelope addressed to the woman was found in the man’s possessions following a search of his clothing by officers. His body is at Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 4, 1940 Retford Services To Be Held Today Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon in the Episcopal church for Mrs. Jennie Retford, 52, wife of John Retford of 612 Retford Ave., who died early Tuesday morning in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Alfred Smith, Sam Samuels, John Samuels, Clarence Samuels, John Orell and Gardy Ward will act as pallbearers. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 4, 1940 Ray Ball Dies Friday From Heart Ailment Rock Springs City Street Commissioner Ray Ball, 43, died at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Veterans’ hospital in Cheyenne where he had been a patient for the past month. Heart trouble was given as the cause of death. An old time member of the state highway department, Ball had been in the service of the department in various capacities for 20 years. He had been appointed city street commissioner by Mayor Albert E. Nelson when the Democratic city administration took office last January. Ball is survived b his wife; four children, Mrs. Don Diers of Sheridan, Willis, John and Joanne; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ball of Boulder; and two brothers, Ward of Rock Springs and Kenneth of Parco. Relatives had gone to Cheyenne earlier this week when notified by doctors at the hospital that Ball’s condition was regarded as extremely critical. According to word received here last night from Cheyenne tentative funeral arrangements call for services there with burial at Gering, Neb. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 4, 1940 UNIDENTIFIED MAN DIES OF PNEUMONIA Pneumonia was revealed as cause of death of an unidentified man found Thursday afternoon alongside the Union Pacific railroad tracks five miles west of Rock Springs in an autopsy conducted Friday afternoon on order of County Coroner J. Warden Opie. The autopsy was performed at Rogan Mortuary by Doctors E.S. Lauzer and Oliver Chambers. It is believed the man had been stricken several days ago. The man, believed to have been about 23 years of age, was found in critical condition lying on south side of the eastbound track by V.H. Williams, railroad maintainer at Blairtown. He died before authorities, notified of his presence by Williams, could reach the scene. Authorities Friday continued attempts to identify the man. They were faced with failure, however, in what appeared at first to be one of their best leads in establishing his identity when they received a reply from Edith Ladd of Fresno, Calif., that she was unable to remember the man’s name or address. A search of the man’s possessions had revealed a letter addressed to the California woman and Coroner Opie had wired here to determine if she could establish his identity. Miss Ladd replied, however, in a telegram received Friday by Opie that while she recalled meeting the man as he was going through California she could not remember his name nor his home address except that it was “somewhere in Georgia.” Fingerprints of the man already have been sent to the FBI in Washington in an attempt to learn his identity. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 7, 1940 Green River Negro Is Jailed In Slaying VICTIM NAMES ASSAILANT BEFORE DYING Arthur Green, 54-year-old Green River negro, was being held in the county jail at Green River yesterday in connection with the fatal shooting Sunday of Clem Ford, 49, another Green River negro. Green was arrested by county sheriff’s officers in his home on the south side of the town a little while after the shooting, which officers said took place at 12:45 p.m. Sunday. Green was held in custody after county attorney’s officers said Ford implicated him in a statement made at Wyoming General hospital shortly before he succumbed to gunshot wounds. According to officers, Green entered Ford’s bedroom and as the negro raised up in bed shot him with a revolver. The shooting, officers said, climaxed an “old sore” over a triangle love affair and followed an argument in a Green River bar the night before between the two men. Ford was taken to the Rock Springs hospital about 2 p.m. Sunday and died at 4:20 p.m. Officers said that Green had denied the slaying although Ford’s statement clearly implicated him. An autopsy performed last night by Drs. A.T. Sudman and R.C. Stratton of Green River at the order of County Coroner J. Warden Opie, showed that Ford had been wounded three times. The first bullet pierced the left upper arm, the second entered the body at the right lower abdomen, crossed through the abdominal cavity and lodge on the left side at the back just under the skin. The third bullet entered the left hip in the back, went through the abdomen, sine and liver and emerged on the front right side. According to the reports of the autopsy either the second or third bullet could have proved fatal. County Coroner Opie named Emil Gaensslen, Gene Costin and R.W. Hill, all of Green River, to the coroner’s jury but a date for the inquest has not been set. Ford’s body was being held at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 7, 1940 Superior Teacher For 15 Years Expires at Home Charles Elmo Hill, 67, teacher in Superior schools for the past 15 years, died early Saturday night at his home in Superior of heart trouble. Hill had suffered a pain in his chest Saturday morning and went to Rock Springs for medical treatment. His condition apparently improved, he had remained for some time in Rock Springs transacting business. Returning home he retired early. He was stricken and died a few minutes later. Hill was born Jan. 15, 1873 in Wisner, Neb. He is survived by his wife and three daughters. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Old Timers Building in Rock Springs with the Rev. E.L. Tull officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Wildermuth Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 7, 1940 BROTHER OF MRS. JOHN VALCO DIES Mrs. John Valco and daughter of Winton left Saturday for Kirksville, Mo., where they were called because of the death of her brother. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 9, 1940 MAN DIES OF FALL DOWN HOTEL STAIRS Aurelio Montoya, 50, Mexican sheepherder who had lived in Rock Springs for about three months, died late Tuesday night in Wyoming General hospital shortly after he was admitted at he institution for treatment of injuries when he fell down the stairs at the Frontier hotel on North Front street. Death presumably was caused by a broken neck. Investigation conducted last night by County Coroner J. Warden Opie revealed Montoya’s fall was accidental and no inquest will be held. Investigation revealed that Montoya and another Mexican, Frank Barela, had been drinking. The two men had begun to descend the stairs, walking with their arms around each other, when they fell, it is said. Police summoned to the scene took Montoya to the hospital and lodge Berela in jail for investigation. He was freed of any blame in connection with the accident following questioning last night but is being held in custody on a charge of drunkenness. Montoya, who was born in 1890 in Questa, N.M., is survived by his wife, Anna, of Taos, N.M.; a brother, Florensio of Questa; two sisters, Mrs. Clofis Romero and Mrs. Adelida Ceseneros, both of Questa; four daughters, Amelia, Enad, Albera and Cecelia, all of Questa; and two sons, Frank, employed by Chilton Brothers in Rock Springs, and Max, employed by a sheep company at Rawlins. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Green River Star, May 10, 1940 Negro Porter Is Held In Slaying of “Slim” Ford Arthur Green, 55, porter for the City Hall and various other houses in Green River, is being held in the county jail here awaiting charges as the result of the shooting, and subsequent death, of Clem “Slim” Ford, well-known Green River colored man, Sunday afternoon. Ford, familiarly known to most Green River residents as “Slim,” was shot three times after being aroused from sleep at his home on the south side. The shooting was said to have taken place about 1 o’clock, Ford dying in the Rock Springs hospital, where he was rushed for medical attention, about 4:30 p.m. One bullet lodged in his abdomen, one in the back and one in his left arm. Undersheriff George Stephens was summoned to Ford’s house and arrested Green. Officers also are holding Jane Lillie, 38, for questioning, it was said. Before death, it was said by Sheriff M. J. Dankowski, Ford named Green as his assailant. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 11, 1940 SERVICES FOR SHOOTING VICTIM SUNDAY Funeral services for Clem Ford, 48-year-old Negro laborer who was fatally shot last Sunday in bed at his home in Green River, will be held at 9 o’clock Sunday morning in the Social Hall at Green River. Ford, who was born September 9, 1892, in Bernice, La., had lived in Green River and community for the past 21 years. He died Sunday afternoon in Wyoming General hospital where he had been taken for treatment of three gunshot wounds in his body. Arthur Green, 54-year-old Negro janitor at Green River, is being held in custody by sheriff’s officers as result of the shooting. Officers said Ford implicated Green in the shooting in a statement made at the hospital shortly before he died. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 14, 1940 Traher Is Acquitted By Jury GARAGEMAN IS FREED ON MURDER COUNT W.J. Traher, Rock Springs garageman, was free today after being acquitted Sunday by a district court jury on charges of first degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Garth Crowe near Eden on April 1. The verdict of “not guilty” was returned by the jury at 11 a.m. Sunday after it had received the case following final arguments at 11:15 p.m. Saturday. The taking of testimony was ended about 3:30 p.m. Saturday and District Judge V.J. Tidball ordered a night session to hear arguments beginning at 7:30 p.m. Final defense witnesses called to testify Saturday included Mrs. R.V. Wellington, Charles Blevins, Charles Price, Joe Bozner, Walter Brewer, James Harris, William Bowman, H.N. Brown, W.A. Muir, James Doak, John Stevens, J.G. Wanner, E.S. Lauzer, J.F. Whalen and A.W. Travelute. County officers were re-called by the state as rebuttal witnesses and included Sheriff M.J. Dankowski, Undersheriff George Stephens, and Deputy Sheriffs D. Ramsay and A. Bertagnolli. The jury after receiving the case Saturday night, went to bed and did not begin deliberation until Sunday morning after taking a walk, it was said. The jury deliberated about an hour before returning its verdict, it was declared. Attorneys for Traher at the trial were W.A. Muir, Glen Stanton and A.E. Nelson. Prosecution attorneys were County Attorney Joseph H. Galicich, Deputy County Attorney E. W. Naab and R.A. McMicken, special prosecuting assistant appointed by District Judge Tidball at the request of Galicich. Traher pleaded self defense, declaring that Crow, whom he had taken from the Eden Valley store following arguments between Crow and R.V. Wellington, store proprietor, over a $10 loan, had threatened him with a gun in the car and in the scuffle Traher obtained the gun and fatally shot Crowe. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 14, 1940 POST OFFICE EMPLOYEE IS FOUND DEAD Joseph Armstrong, 64-year-old Rock Springs post office employee, was found dead about 5:45 p.m. Monday in a garage at 97 Second street. He had evidently fallen as he was getting out of his car. Cause of his death was not immediately ascertained. He had been in ill health for some time, however, and it is believed that heart trouble may have been the cause of death. Armstrong was found by Mrs. Anna Boneberg, who resides in the house at 97 Second street. Armstrong lived in the Tremont apartments and had rented the garage. County Coroner J. Warden Opie who started an immediate investigation into Armstrong’s death said that he had sent a telegram to Mrs. Beatrice Schock of Crisco, Iowa, a niece of Armstrong, notifying her of the man’s death. Armstrong’s body is at Rogan Mortuary pending receipt of word from Mrs. Schock regarding funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 14, 1940 Infant Dies of Burns; Falls Into Hot Water Incurred Saturday morning in an accident at his home proved fatal Monday afternoon to Albert Delgado, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delgado of Reliance. The infant received burns over practically his entire body when he fell into a tub of hot water at his home about 11 a.m. Saturday. He was rushed to Wyoming General hospital where, despite efforts of physicians to save his life, he died at 3:15 p.m. Monday. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 14, 1940 Frontier youth Killed When Hit By Lightning KEMMERER, May 13 (Special)—Jack Roberts Jr., 20, son of John Roberts of Frontier, was killed instantly by lightning on Sunday while on the ranch of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Frank Pomeroy, at Fontenelle. Roberts, who was married less than two months ago to Frances Pomeroy, was struck by the bolt during a storm when he went to shut off irrigation water on the ranch. With his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rathburn, Roberts had left the ranch house in a car. The car became stuck in the mud and Roberts left to get equipment with which to dig out the car. He was struck while on his way after the equipment. Rathburn was knocked down by the bolt but was not injured, it was reported. Funeral services for Roberts, who was a cousin of Chief of Police A.R. Hamilton of Rock Springs, will beheld at 2 p.m. Thursday from the L.D.S. church in Kemmerer. The body will lie in state at the home of his father in Frontier from 4 p.m. Wednesday until time for services. He is survived by his wife, his father, his step-mother, two half-brothers and two step-brothers. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 14, 1940 Bemis Services Will Be Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the L.D.S. church for Mrs. Elizabeth Bemis, 70, of 730 D street, who died Saturday afternoon in Wyoming General hospital. Bishop Cecil James is to officiate. Born October 11, 1869, in Minersville, Pa., Mrs. Bemis had lived in Rock Springs for the past 47 years. She had been in ill health for several months. She is survived by her husband, Charles W. Bemis; two daughters, Mrs. W.H. Powell and Mrs. J.C. Coones; three grandchildren, Jerome and Almy Powell and Ann Peebles; and two great-grandchildren, Betty Peebles and Jerry Powell. Her body was taken to the family home at 4:30 p.m. Monday where it will lie in state until shortly before time of services today. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Wildermuth Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 15, 1940 Delgado Services Will Be Thursday Funeral services are to be held in Rogan Chapel at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon for Albert Delgado, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delgado of Reliance who was fatally burned in an accident at his home last Saturday. The youth incurred second degree burns over his entire body when he fell into a tub of hot water. He died at 3:15 p.m. Monday in Wyoming General hospital. Albert was born July 13, 1938. In addition to his parents he is survived by two brothers, Rudy and Edward; and two sisters, Frances and Rosalie. Burial will be in a local cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 18, 1940 Armstrong Rites To Be Sunday From Elks Home Elks services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in Rock Springs Elks Home for Joseph Armstrong, 64-year-old Rock Springs post office employee found dead Monday afternoon in a garage at the rear of 97 Second street. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Armstrong’s body will be taken to the Elks Home at 11 a.m. Sunday where it will lie in state until time of services. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 21, 1940 Rites for Green River Man to Be Held Wednesday Funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning in the Catholic church at Green River for Thomas P. Quirk, 64, who died Sunday at his home, 156 West First North, in Green River. The Rev. H. Schillinger is to officiate. Quirk’s body is to be taken to the family home at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon. Rosary will be said there at 7 o’clock tonight. Born March 31, 1876, in Colton, Neb., Quirk had lived in Green River for the past 50 years. He is survived by a sister, Ellia Keogh of Green River and two nephews, Lee and Byron Switzer, both of Green River. Burial will be made in the Green River cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 21, 1940 BURNS PROVE FATAL TO SPRINGS MAN Burns incurred May 13 at his home, 1013 Lee street, proved fatal Monday morning to Paul Partington, Rock Springs World War veteran. Partington was burned severely about the lower portion of his body when his clothing was ignited by a cigarette which he had been smoking. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; two daughters, Margaret and Ola, both of Laramie; and a son, John, of Casper. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 23, 1940 Partington Rites To Be Held Friday Funeral services are to be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Paul Partington, Rock Springs World War veteran who died Monday morning from burns incurred in an accident May 13 at his home, 1013 Lee street. Partington was burned severely about the lower portion of his body when his clothing was ignited by a cigarette which he had been smoking. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; two daughters, Margaret and Ola, both of Laramie; and a son, John, of Casper. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 24, 1940 Victim of Tick Fever Burial In San Cristobal Body of Diego Arrelano, 28, Sweetwater county’s first 1940 tick fever victim, is to be sent Saturday to his home in San Cristobal, N.M., for funeral services and burial. Wildermuth Mortuary has been in charge of local funeral arrangements for the sheepherder, who died Wednesday in Wyoming General hospital where he was admitted Tuesday for treatment. --- Green River Star, May 24, 1940 Death Claims City Resident of Half Century Funeral services for Thomas Quirk, a resident of Green River for more than a half century who died Sunday morning, May 19th, at 8:30 o’clock after an illness of nine weeks, was held from the Catholic church Wednesday morning. The Rev. H. Schellinger officiated. Quirk had been in ill health for many months, but his condition became very much worse in the last two months. A former Union Pacific switchman here, he had not been employed in the past 15 years. He was constable for Green River until that office was abolished by legislative act several years ago. He was 64 years of age, being born March 31, 1876, at Colton, Nebraska, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Quirk, both of whom have passed on. He came to Green River 51 years ago this month, making his home here throughout the lapsing years. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ella Keogh, with whom he had made his home. Also surviving are three nephews, Bryan and Lee Switzer of Green River, and Jack Switzer of Kansas City, Missouri; two nieces, Mrs. Mary Lewis of Denver and Mrs. H. R. Dahlstrom of Cheyenne. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Switzer were here to attend the funeral services, and Mrs. Margaret Fisher and Mrs. Dahlstrom were here from Cheyenne. Pallbearers at the funeral rites were Hans Larsen, John Riddle, Thomas Kiernan, J. S. Logan, Phil Riley and Ed Singent. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 25, 1940 STEPFATHER OF ROCK SPRINGS WOMAN EXPIRES Mrs. Edward Mackey of Rock Springs received word yesterday of the death of her stepfather, Peter Wuola, 67, who died at his home in Astoria, Ore. Wuola formerly lived in Rock Springs but left here in 1922 to make his home in Oregon. He is survived by his wife, Anna; three sons, Nestor, Avid and Wayne; and three stepchildren, Mrs. Mackey, Gus and Andrew Luoma. Funeral services and burial will take place in Astoria. --- Green River Star, May 31, 1940 Attend Services For Utah Relative Funeral services were held Wednesday in Ogden, Utah, for Mrs. Emma Betsy Allen, 74, sister of Mrs. Carl Morck, Sr., of Green River. Mr. and Mrs. Morck, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Morck, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Morck and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sutherland attended the services. Services were held in Ogden’s First Methodist church at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, with the Rev. Walter L. French officiating. Born in Oslo, Norway, Mrs. Allen had lived in America and Utah for the past 54 years. Her husband, Thomas R. Allen, was formerly a locomotive engineer for the Southern Pacific railroad. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jun 1940 Death of Mrs. John Retford On April 30th occurred the death of Mrs. John Retford at the Wyoming General Hospital. The funeral service was conducted at the Episcopal Church by Rev. E. L. Tull, Saturday afternoon, May 4th, interment at Mountain View Cemetery. The deceased was born in 1887 at Leigh, Lancashire England, and came to this section when a young woman. She took an active part in community activities, and was connected with several fraternal organizations. Surviving are her husband, John, carpenter for the company at Rock Springs, a daughter, Mrs. H. S. Guyer, Long Beach, California, several grandchildren, two brothers, and a sister, to all of whom is extended deepest sympathy in their hour of bereavement. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jun 1940 Superior Charles E. Hill, a teacher in the Superior schools for the past fifteen years, and former Superintendent of South Superior schools, died May 4th of a heart attack. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 8th, in the Old Timers’ Building in Rock Springs, with Rev. E.L. Tull officiating. Burial was in the Mountain View cemetery. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jun 1940 Winton Mrs. John Valco and daughter left for Kirksville, Missouri, where she was called by the death of a brother. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 1, 1940 SUPERIOR MAN DIES IN CRASH STRUCK WHILE FIXING FLAT FEW FEET OFF HIGHWAY 187 Emil Knudsen, 26, of Superior was killed instantly, early Friday morning when struck by a car near north limits of Rock Springs. James Wilcox, 25, of Reliance, driver of the automobile which assertedly struck Knudsen, is being held in city jail here awaiting complete investigation of the accident by county officers. Deputy County Attorney E.W. Naab indicated Friday afternoon that charged probably would be filed against Wilcox as result of the accident, pending outcome of further investigation. Knudsen’s death brought the 1940 highway toll in Sweetwater county to five and was the first traffic death inside the city limits for more than a year. Knudsen received a multiple fracture of the skull and other injuries when struck while changing a tire on his automobile, which he had parked just off highway 187 on the road leading to No. 6, about 2:30 o’clock Friday morning. Knudsen, accompanied by Marie Kolbus, 25, nurse at Fort Francis E. Warren in Cheyenne, was returning to Rock Springs when the left rear tire on the machine which he was driving, a coupe owned by Charles Gibbs of Superior, went flat. The couple had spent the evening at a cocktail lounge with friends and had gone for a ride in the borrowed car. Driving the car off the oiled highway onto the junction formed by the dirt road leading to No. 6, Knudsen got out of the machine to fix the tire. Assisted by Miss Kolbus, who was holding a flashlight for him, Knudsen began jacking up the car and was apparently engaged in this task when struck. Miss Kolbus could supply officers with but little definite knowledge regarding the accident. She told Naab that she happened to glance up the road while holding the flashlight for Knudsen and saw the lights of an oncoming car, which in the next instant had struck their machine. Wilcox’ machine struck the left rear end of the car Knudsen was repairing and spun it around in the loose dirt of the borrow pit until it was facing the opposite direction, about 15 feet from where it was struck. While knowing Knudsen was killed in impact of the collision, officers were unable to determine whether he had been struck directly by the Wilcox machine or was hit by his own car as it skidded around. Miss Kolbus incurred lacerations in the accident, and was taken to Wyoming General hospital where she was later discharged after receiving treatment. Miss Kolbus left for Cheyenne yesterday afternoon after making her statement. Wilcox was accompanied by Donald Moss, also of Reliance. Moss told officers in his statement that he was asleep at the time of the accident. He was discharged Friday afternoon from the city jail, where he had been held temporarily pending investigation. County Coroner J. Warden Opie has called an inquest into the accident and named Joseph Gras, William LaPier and Charles Korogi to the jury. The three men began an investigation into the accident Friday afternoon. Funeral services for Knudsen are to be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Rogan Chapel with the Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiating. Surviving Knudsen are his father, Thomas Knudsen of Superior; two brothers, Paul R. Knudsen of Cheyenne and Carl A. Knudsen of Superior; and a sister, Mrs. John Melonas of Superior. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 1, 1940 Former Resident Here Dies at Home in Ogden Mrs. August Martello, 60, former Rock Springs resident, died Thursday night at her home in Ogden. Born in Rotzo, Prov. Di Vicenza, Italy, Mrs. Martello had come to Rock Springs with her parents when four years old. She was married here to Martello and they made their home in Rock Springs until 20 years ago when they moved to Ogden, where Martello died about three years later. Mrs. Martello is survived by a sister, living in Los Angeles, who was in Ogden at the time of her death. O.E. Bertagnolli, cashier of the North Side State bank in Rock Springs, left Friday for Ogden to assist in completing funeral arrangements. Mrs. Martello’s body probably will be brought to Rock Springs for burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 4, 1940 Martello Rites Will Be Today Requiem high mass will be said in the South Side Catholic church at 9:30 a.m. today for Mrs. August Martello, 60, former Rock Springs resident who died Thursday night at her home in Ogden. The Rev. J.J. Powers is to officiate. V.J. Facinelli, John Bunning, John Lucas Sr., James Silva and Robert D. Murphy, all of Rock Springs, and Carl Rogers of Ogden are to act as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Ettore Allais, Mike Torisani, Steve Magagna, John Berta and John Rizzi and Joe Piz of Kemmerer. Mrs. Martello’s body was brought here Monday afternoon from Ogden and rosary services were held at 7:30 o’clock last night in Rogan Chapel. Born in Rotzo, Prov. Di Vicenza, Italy, Mrs. Martello had come to Rock Springs when four years old and made her home here until about 20 years ago when she and her husband moved to Ogden. Martello died there 17 years ago. Burial is to be in the family plot in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 5, 1940 Jaramillo Rites To Be in Green River on Friday Funeral services for George Jaramillo, 27, who died Sunday in Lander, are to be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lena Morrison, in Green River. Bishop Albert Reinch of the L.D.S. church is to officiate. Jaramillo, who was born August 17, 1912, in Rock Springs, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Jaramillo, two brothers, Albert and Thomas, and his sister, Mrs. Morrison, all of Green River. His body is to be taken to Green River at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Green River Star, Jun 7, 1940 Church Services Held Today For George Jaramillo Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock for George Jaramillo, 27, of Green River, who died Sunday at Lander. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Jaramillo. Services were conducted from the Catholic church, with the Rev. Father H. Schellinger in charge. Born August 17, 1912, in Rock Springs, he is survived by his parents, two brothers, Albert and Thomas, and a sister, Mrs. Lena Morrison. All resided in Green River. Burial was made in Riverview cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 11, 1940 Milonas Services Will Be Thursday Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Greek Orthodox church in Rock Springs for John Farantt Milonas, 46, of winton, who died Saturday in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull is to officiate. Born Dec. 25, 1894, in Zanda, Greece, Milonas had lived in this vicinity for the past 39 years. He was taken to the hospital early last week. He is survived by his wife, Ellia; and eight children, Anna Gillilan of Superior; Emily Milonas of Tacoma, Wash., and Alix, Helen, Angela, Tony, Mary Lue and Patsy Milonas, all of Winton. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 18, 1940 Funeral Rites for Charles Bohn to Be This Afternoon Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the Congregational church for Charles Eric Bohn, 50, who died Saturday afternoon at his home, 410 Walnut street. The Rev. Kennan Sheldon will officiate. Born July 5, 1889, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Bohn had lived in the vicinity for the past 14 years. At one time he was manager of the dry good department at the Union Mercantile and Supply company. In recent years Bohn became active in local art circles and at the time of his death was president of the Rock Springs Art association. He had gained recognition throughout Rock Springs and southwestern Wyoming with his western silhouettes. Surviving Bohn are his wife; four daughters, Mrs. O. R. Knudsen, Betsy, Dorothy and Jeanette Bohn; and a son, Charles Bohn Jr., all of Rock Springs. Bohn will be buried in the American Legion plot in Mountain View cemetery with graveside services to be conducted by the Legion. Wildermuth Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 18, 1940 MRS. G. H. GOBLE DIES AT HOME IN AKRON, OHIO Mrs. G. H. Goble, 77, a former resident of Rock Springs, died Monday morning at Akron, Ohio, according to word received by her niece, Mrs. Mary Morris. Mrs. Goble was the wife of G. H. Goble, formerly affiliated with the Rock Springs National Bank in Rock Springs and after whom Goble street was named. He died in 1933. The Gobles left here 30 years ago and resided in Spokane, Wash., for several years before going to Akron. Mrs. Goble will be buried near her husband at Baldwinsville, N.Y. She is survived by one daughter and three grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 18, 1940 John Korfanta Sr. Dies at Hospital John Korfanta Sr., well-known Rock Springs resident, died late Monday afternoon in Wyoming General hospital. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 19, 1940 Services Pending For Old-Time Springs Resident Funeral arrangements still were pending Tuesday for John Korfanta Sr., 65, pioneer Rock Springs resident who died Monday afternoon in Wyoming General hospital. Born November 11, 1874 in Rudnov, Abuska, Austria, Korfanta had lived in Rock Springs since 1898. He had been employed as a coal miner the greater portion of his life, working first for the Union Pacific Coal company and later for the Central Coal and Coke company. He is survived by five sons, John Jr., George and Joe, all of Rock Springs, and Frank and Albert, both of Pinedale; and four daughters, Mrs. Mary Conzatti of Superior, Mrs. Kate Auld of Reliance and Mrs. Anna Zueck and Mrs. Cecelia Gatti, both of Rock Springs. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 20, 1940 Korfanta Rites To Be Held At 9 A.M. Today Funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock this morning in the North Side Catholic church for John Korfanta Sr., 65, pioneer Rock Springs resident who died Monday afternoon in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec is to officiate. Rosary services for Korfanta were said last night. He will be buried in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 22, 1940 Rites for Rogers Infant Are Today Private funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the family home, 329 I street, for Carole Rogers, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rogers, who died Friday morning. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Burial of the little girl, born June 11, 1937, in Rock Springs, will be made in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 22, 1940 TRACK WORKER IS KILLED; HIT BY TRAIN William Donald Skilling, 26, of Rawlins, was killed instantly Friday morning when struck by a west bound freight train on the Union Pacific tracks about 50 miles east of Rock Springs. Skilling, who was employed as a section hand on an extra gang working in the vicinity of Monell, incurred a fractured skull and other injuries when struck by the train, which threw him a distance of 50 feet. Engaged in filling in gravel around the newly laid ties on the westbound track, Skilling failed to notice the oncoming freight train until it was only about a rail length away, according to information given County Coroner J. Warden Opie by two eyewitnesses. James Williams of Rawlins and Donald McLaughlin of Ogden, Utah, who were nearby, saw the approaching train and attempted to warn Skilling. Noise of another freight train traveling over eastbound tracks in the vicinity at the time, however, apparently prevented Skilling from hearing shouts of the two men or of noticing the oncoming freight until too late to leap to safety. Opie said that he planned a thorough investigation into the accident, but that it was doubtful he would hold an inquest. Skilling’s body has been taken to Rawlins where funeral services and burial are to take place. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 24, 1940 Mrs. John Sloan Expires Sunday Mrs. Elizabeth Sloan, 55, of 116 M street, died Sunday morning in Wyoming General hospital where she had been a patient for the past week. Born July 28, 1885, in County Down, Ireland, Mrs. Sloan had been a resident of Rock Springs for the past 29 years, coming here from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1911. She is survived by her husband, John, and a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Krasovets, both of Rock Springs; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Market, Teresa Trainor and Mrs. Nellie Peash, all of Cleveland, and Mrs. Patrick Cole of Colton, Calif.; and four brothers, Peter Trainor of Liverpool, England, John and Vincent of County Down, Ireland, and Steven of San Francisco, Calif. Her body is at Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 24, 1940 Services Are Held For Gilbert Infant Funeral services were held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday in Rogan Chapel for Jerald Gilbert, day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ross Gilbert of Green River. The Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiated. The infant was born Saturday in Wyoming General hospital and died there later the same day. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 24, 1940 Negligence Is Held Cause of Knudsen Death Gross negligence on the part of James Wilcox of Reliance was blamed for death May 31 of Emil Knudsen of Superior in a verdict returned Saturday night by an inquest jury called by County Coroner J. Warden Opie. Knudsen was killed when struck by a car allegedly driven by Wilcox as the Superior man was changing a tire on his automobile which he had parked on a side road about 20 feet from the main highway near north city limits of Rock Springs. The jury, composed of Joseph Gras, foreman, Charles Korogi and William LaPier, ruled that Knudsen "came to his death on the morning of May 31, 1940, from injuries by being struck by an automobile driven by James Wilcox and we feel that it was gross negligence on the part of James Wilcox." Charges of manslaughter have been filed against Wilcox as result of the accident. He is scheduled to face trial on the charges during November term of district court. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 26, 1940 Sloan Services at South Side Catholic Church Funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock this morning in the South Side Catholic church for Mrs. John Sloan, 55, of 116 M street, who died Sunday morning in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Father J.M. Powers will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jul 1940 Winton Community sympathy is extended to the Milonas family in the death of their father, John Farantt Milonas, who died at the Wyoming General Hospital June 8th following a short illness. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 2, 1940 SERVICES FOR SUPERIOR MAN TO BE TODAY Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Richard Wales Sr., 80, of Superior, who died Saturday in Wyoming General Hospital. The Rev. Richard Lungren will officiate. Dick Arkle, Matt Arkle, Earl Williams, Louis Buffo, W.S. Fox and Fred Skerbinc will act as pallbearers. Born July 27, 1859, in Northumberland, England, Wales had lived in the United States for the past 19 years. He had served a four-year term as constable at Superior. He was taken to the hospital 10 days ago for treatment following a paralytic stroke. He is survived by his wife, Mary; three sons, Richard Jr., and Jack of Superior and George of Hanna; and four daughters, Mrs. Harry Woods of Superior, Mrs. George Cruikshank of Hanna, Mrs. Charles Sneddon of Diamondville and Mrs. John Sneddon of Tacoma, Wash. Twenty-two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 6, 1940 WOMAN DIES IN CRASH EAST OF HERE One person was killed and two others injured in the only auto accident on Sweetwater county highways the Fourth of July. Mrs. Alta Elizabeth Allen, 67, of Stockton, Calif., died instantly of a broken neck Thursday afternoon when the automobile she was driving plunged from the Lincoln highway 58 miles east of Rock Springs and overturned 2 ½ times. According to preliminary investigation made by sheriff’s officers, Mrs. Allen lost control of the car when a front tire suddenly went flat. Two of the three passengers in the car with Mrs. Allen are receiving treatment in the hospital at Rawlins for injuries incurred in the accident. Mrs. Allen’s husband, William, 69, suffered a mangled right foot, while Marie Allen, 32, of Oakland, Calif., a daughter-in-law, incurred a back injury. Mrs. Eloise Allen, 27, of Stockton, another daughter-in-law, escaped injury. Mrs. Allen’s body was brought to Rock Springs following the accident and is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. The accident, which shot Wyoming’s fatality toll for the year to 47, was the only one reported to officers during the Fourth of July holiday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 9, 1940 BODY OF CRASH VICTIM SENT TO CALIFORNIA Body of Mrs. Alta Elizabeth Allen, 67, killed July 4 in an automobile accident on the Lincoln highway 58 miles east of Rock Springs, was sent Saturday night by Rogan Mortuary to her home in Stockton, Calif., for funeral services and burial. Mrs. Allen died instantly of a broken neck when a tire on the front wheel of an automobile she was driving suddenly went flat, causing the machine to plunge from the highway into the borrow pit where it overturned 2 ½ times. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 10, 1940 FORMER U.P. OFFICIAL DIES IN OGDEN T.H. Butler, 69, former general supervisor of all mines of the Union Pacific Coal company, died at 7 o’clock Tuesday night in Ogden, Utah, following a lingering illness. Butler and his wife had come to Rock Springs last May to visit relatives here and elsewhere in western Wyoming and to attend sessions of the annual Old Timers reunion. He suffered a relapse last week and had returned Sunday to his home in Ogden. Butler had been in the employ of The Union Pacific Coal company since childhood and had risen through the ranks to the position of general supervisor, an office he held at the time of his retirement June 1, 1939. Born November 27, 1870, in the first Union Pacific coal town of Carbon, Butler first entered the service of the coal department of the railroad, the predecessor of the Union Pacific Coal company, as a trapper boy, a position which no longer exits in Union Pacific mines. As trapper boy, it was his duty to guard the heavy wooden doors by means of which the air currents for ventilation purposes were directed throughout the workings and to open the doors for the passage of men or cars, and to close them tightly thereafter. Butler later served in successive stages, as driver, miner, weighman, mine clerk, mine foreman, superintendent at Hanna, superintendent at Superior and superintendent at Rock Springs before becoming general supervisor of all mines of The Union Pacific Coal company. He was a life member of the Older Timers’ association of the coal company by reason of his 58 years of active service with the company. Butler is survived by his wife, Jennie, of Ogden; two sons, Ben of Rock Springs and Thomas Jr., of Ogden; two daughters, Mrs. Jaspar McLennan of Reliance and Mrs. Russell Sholes of Shoshoni; a brother, George Butler of Oswego, N.Y.; and a sister, Mrs. Irvin Rodda of Hanna. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Butler left Rock Springs last night for Ogden after being notified of his death. Arrangements for time and place of funeral services have not been completed. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 10, 1940 Mrs. Lula Murray, Former Resident, Buried at Denver Funeral services were held on Tuesday in St. Peters church at Denver for Mrs. Lula M. Murray, 68, a former Rock Springs resident, who died Saturday in a Kansas City hospital. Mrs. Murray was the widow of Dr. Edward S. Murray, on time mayor of Rock Springs and a state senator from Sweetwater county. The Murrays left Rock Springs about 1905. Surviving Mrs. Murray are three daughters and two sons, all well known in Rock Springs. They are: Mrs. V.F. Wasleski of Kansas City, Mrs. R.H. Fitzgerald of Centralia, Ill., Mrs. George Hughes of New York City, Edward S. Murray Jr., of Tulsa and Thomas M. Murray of Denver. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 10, 1940 Former Springs Man Killed in Auto-Train Crash Norman Ace, 76, of Denver, a former Rock Springs resident, was killed instantly about 7:50 p.m. Sunday when his automobile collided with a Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad passenger train near Denver. Ace was hurled 50 feet and his automobile demolished when the car either struck the side of the locomotive or was hit by the passenger train. He was returning to his home in Denver after a visit at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lavera Tonini of Englewood, when the accident occurred. Ace left Rock Springs about 20 years ago, moving first to Nebraska and later to Colorado. He had made his home in Denver for the past 12 years. Besides Mrs. Tonini, he is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Leora Carrigan of Sterling, Colo., and two sons, Raymond of Denver, and Arthur of Harrison, Neb. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 13, 1940 Fort Bridger Man Dies in Hospital Elef Nelson, 65, of Fort Bridger, died Friday in Wyoming General hospital. Nelson had been a patient in the hospital since May 13. His body is at Rogan Mortuary while attempts are being made to locate a brother, said to be living in Oregon, before funeral arrangements are completed. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 16, 1940 Two Are Killed In Auto-Truck Crash SUPERIORITES DIE WHEN CAR SWERVES INTO TRUCK’S PATH Two Superior men were killed and two others injured slightly early Sunday morning in highway accidents west and east of Rock Springs. Quirino Bertagnolli, 31, was killed instantly and Americo Dalnodar, 25, died in Wyoming General hospital from fractured skulls received when the automobile in which they were riding collided with a Colorado-Wyoming Express company truck on the Lincoln highway seven miles west of Rock Springs. The accident occurred about 12:40 a.m. Sunday at the two men were en route toward Green River. As they approached the eastbound truck for some unknown reason their car, driven by Dalnodar, started to go off the road on the right-hand side. In attempting to get the car back onto the road, the driver evidently turned too quickly, officers believe, causing his machine to head directly into the path of the truck. The action of the passenger car came so quickly, the truck driver, Robert Paul Schade of Salt Lake City, told officers, that he was unable to avoid the crash. His heavily laden semi-trailer transport struck the Dalnodar car directly in the center on the right side, pushing it a distance of 47 feet down the highway before Schade finally was able to bring the truck to a stop. Force of the collision nearly split the passenger car in two. The truck was partially off the highway, the front and right wheels in the borrow pit with the left rear wheels of the trailer off the ground about two feet. It was feared for a time that it might overturn. Bertagnolli, who was riding in the front seat next to Dalnodar, was pushed across to the left side of the car giving the appearance that he had been sitting in the driver’s seat. It was necessary for officials to cut the door post to permit extrication of Bertagnolli’s body. Dalnodar was rushed to Wyoming General hospital by Rogan ambulance following the accident, where he died at 2 a.m. State Highway Patrolman William Bradley, Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay and County Coroner J. Warden Opie investigated the accident. Opie has named Lyman Fearn, Albert Folsic and Math Vehar as jurymen to preside over an inquest, date for which still is pending. About the same time on the Lincoln highway east of Rock Springs another accident occurred in which Spase Nickalich, 49, and Phillip Zagar, 62, incurred lacerations and bruises. The two men were admitted to the hospital at 1 a.m. Sunday. Nickalich left at 9 a.m. the same morning while Zagar was discharged Monday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 16, 1940 DOUBLE RITES ARE SET FOR CRASH VICTIMS Double funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock in the South Side Catholic church for Quirino Bertagnolli, 31, and Americo Bert Dalnodar, 25, both of Superior, who were killed early Sunday morning in a truck-auto collision on the Lincoln highway, seven miles west of Rock Springs. The Rev. S.A. Welsh will officiate. Double rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Rogan Chapel. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Bertagnolli was born February 25, 1909, in Fondo Tret, Tyrol, and had lived in Superior for the past seven years where he was employed in a Union Pacific mine. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bertagnolli both of Europe; four brothers, Alexander and Frank, living in South America, Corado of Superior and Federico, living in Europe; and four sisters, Mrs. Angelo Blasi of South America, Mrs. Leo Bertagnolli of Superior, Mrs. Albino Brugnara of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Adolph Bertagnolli of Europe. Dalnodar, a native of Superior, was born there February 8, 1915. He was employed as an electrician for the Union Pacific Coal company. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dalnodar; and three sisters, Jennie, Olga and Ruby, all of Superior. Dalnodar was a member of the Redman lodge while both he and Bertagnolli were members of the F.O. Eagles. Rogan Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 17, 1940 Clyde Elzie, Son of Former Local Resident, Drowns Clyde Elzie, 14, son of Mrs. S.M. Carnaham of Ripan, Calif., was drowned accidentally Monday at Ripan, according to word received Tuesday by his uncles, Charles and Henry Kappes, ranchers living south of Rock Springs. The body of the youth will be brought to Rock Springs for burial later this week. The boy’s father, William Elzie, was well known in Rock Springs prior to his death about 10 years ago in an accident at the Kappes ranch. Funeral arrangements were pending the arrival of the body. Mrs. Carnham will accompany the body here for services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 19, 1940 Elze Services Will be Today Funeral services for Clyde C. Elze, 14, who was drowned at Pismo Beach, Calif., July 15, will be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon from the Wildermuth mortuary. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. The body of the lad, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. F.M. Carnahan, arrived in Rock Springs yesterday afternoon. The Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of local arrangements. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 19, 1940 FATHER OF T.R. COSTELLO DIES Word was received Thursday of the death of the father of T.R. Costello of Rock Springs. Mr. Costello died early Thursday morning in Des Moines, Iowa. Both Mr. and Mrs. Costello of Rock Springs are in Des Moines, where they were called Wednesday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 20, 1940 Retired Farson Farmer Dies in Springs Hospital Gilbert Keeler, 81, retired Farson farmer, died at 8:10 a.m. Friday morning in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for the past three months. Keeler, who was born May 17, 1859 in Indiana, is survived by a son, A.E. Keeler of Farson. Funeral services are to be held Sunday in the Farson community hall at an hour still to be named. Burial will be in the Farson cemetery. Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 23, 1940 Nelson Services To Be Wednesday Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Rogan chapel for Elof (Axel) Nelson, 62, of Robertson, Wyo., who died July 12 in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Born November 2, 1877, in Sweden, Nelson had lived in the Robertson community for the past 39 years where he was employed as a timberman by the Standard Timber company. He had been in the hospital for two months before his death. Nelson is believed to be survived by a brother living in California. All attempts to locate his brother, however, were unsuccessful. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 23, 1940 Mrs. Julia Kinyon Expires on Monday Mrs. Julia E. Kinyon, 64, of 706 Dewar Drive, died Monday morning in Wyoming General hospital. A resident of Rock Springs for the past 20 years, Mrs. Kinyon was born April 30, 1876, in Nashville, Ill. She is survived by her husband, William; six daughters, Mrs. Victor Bonat of Anaheim, Calif., Mrs. Cody Harris, Mrs. Wiley Harriman, Mrs. Thomas Delgado, Mrs. Herman Hawks and Mrs. Ralph Buxton, all of Rock Springs; two sons, Allan Kinyon of Fellow, Calif., and Lawrence Kinyon of Anaheim, Calif.; three sisters, Maggie Jones and Mrs. John Gould, both of Chicago, and Mrs. Lewis McQuaid of Dinkneville, Ill.; and a brother, Emory Jones of Chicago. Her body is at Wildermuth Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 23, 1940 Services Are Held For Superior Infant Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Robert Arthur Tennant, day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Tennant of Superior. The Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiated. The infant was born Sunday in Wyoming General hospital and lived but a few hours. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 25, 1940 Isaacson Rites This Afternoon Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel for John Isaacson, 72-year-old rancher who died on Tuesday at his home in Cora. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Isaacson, who was born in Finland, came to the United States 42 years ago and for the past 15 years had made his home in the Cora region. He is survived by two sons, Matt of Casper and Henry of Del Rio, Texas; a daughter, Katie of Del Rio; and a brother, Frank, of Cora. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 27, 1940 Collins Infant to Be Buried Sunday Funeral services are to be held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Janet Yvonne Collins, six-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Collins of Dines, who died Wednesday in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.E. Acheson is to officiate. In addition to her parents, the infant is survived by a grandmother, Mrs. Doris Hughes, of Rock Springs, and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Rose Collins of Rock Springs. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 30, 1940 Rites for Young Quealy Mother To Be Wednesday Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Rogan Chapel for Sylvia Marie Wardlow, 19, wife of Raymond Wardlow of Quealy, who died early Sunday morning in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. Richard Lungren will officiate. Born December 24, 1920, in Lucas, Iowa, Mrs. Wardlow had lived in Quealy for the past 2 ½ years. She was admitted to the hosoital six days ago. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Anthony D. and Allred R.; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McClure of Osceola, Iowa; a grandfather, W.J. Fuller of Reliance, and a brother, Alvin McClure of Osceola. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 30, 1940 Deramo Services To Be Wednesday Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday for Mrs. Mary Deramo, 57, who died Sunday afternoon at the Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. S.A. Welsh will officiate and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Mrs. Deramo, who was born in Italy, is survived by two nieces, Mrs. John Olivia and Mrs. Joe Schnapp, both of Rock Springs. Rosary will be said at 7:30 o’clock this evening at the Wildermuth Chapel. Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 31, 1940 Rites for Springs Woman to Be Held Today at Newcastle Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Reed, 88, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Marian R. Bladwin, 610 Gobel street, Monday, will be held this afternoon at Newcastle. Mrs. Reed was born in Inchmarnock, Scotland, August 10, 1851. She has been making her home with her daughter here for some time. The body was sent to Newcastle last night. Local arrangements were in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 31, 1940 Aged Green River Man Dies Tuesday Wilson Miller, 70, of Green River died Tuesday in Wyoming General hospital where he had been for the past 12 days following a paralytic stroke. Miller was stricken at his home near the city dump in Green River. His condition was reported to Police Marshal Chris Jessen who summoned an ambulance which rushed him to the hospital. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. It is not known whether the aged man has any relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 31, 1940 Services for Bale Infant Are Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Allan Ralph Bale of Rock Springs, who died late Monday night in Wyoming General hospital where he was born about 10 hours earlier. Bishop Cecil James of the L.D.S. church is to officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Aug 1940 Death of Old Timer Isaac Roberts, Sr. There passed away on July 6th at Wyoming General Hospital, where he had been under treatment for several weeks past, Isaac Roberts, Sr., a member of the Old Timers' Association, and a former employe of the Company of many years standing. Born at Hanley, England, in 1863, he came to this country in 1887 and started to work for The Union Pacific Coal Company at Almy, the year following, coming to Rock Springs in 1891, where he was employed for a period of 1½ years, moving thence to Iowa. Upon returning to this city, he again accepted service in our mines, and has had continuous employment in Nos. 2, 7, 8, 10, and E Plane as a Miner, Tracklayer, Timberman, etc., being retired in 1929 on a pension due to failing health. Surviving are the widow, seven sons, one daughter, three sisters, 15 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Services were held at the Congregational Church the afternoon of July 9th, interment in Mountain View Cemetery. The sympathy of the community goes out to the bereaved in their hour of sorrow. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Aug 1940 Superior Funeral services were held in the Rogan Chapel on July 2nd for Richard Wales, Sr., who died in the Wyoming General Hospital on June 29th. Richard Arkle, Matt Arkle, Earl Williams, Louis Buffo, W.S. Fox, and Fred Skerbinc, were pallbearers. Mr. Wales is survived by his wife, Mary, and three sons and four daughters. Burial was in the Mountain View Cemetery in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 2, 1940 Man Injured In Auto-Bus Crash Dies DEATH BOOSTS COUNTY TOLL TO 9 FOR 1940 A fractured skull and other injuries incurred Sunday evening in an auto-bus collision near the Sunlight Bakery in Rock Springs claimed the life early Thursday morning on Mike Kufas of Superior. Death of Kufas was the second highway fatality of the year within the city limits of Rock Springs and ninth of the year for Sweetwater county. County Coroner J. Warden Opie has called an inquest into the death of the Superior man and has named a jury composed of Dr. W.C. Miner, Spiro Kallas and Clarence Hoffman to hear testimony. No date has been set for the inquest. According to reports given city police, the accident occurred as George Bobchalk, stepson of Kufas and driver of the automobile in which the two men and four other passengers were riding, attempted to negotiate a left hand turn near the Sunlight Baker. Bobchalk apparently failed to notice the incoming westbound Union Pacific bus, being driven by W.L. Owens of Cheyenne, until too late to avoid the crash. The bus struck right side of the passenger car almost broadside, pushing the lighter vehicle a distance of 13 feet. Kufas’ wife, Sophia, their two daughters, Freda and Zaharania, and Frank Legerski, other occupants of the car, also were injured in the accident. Bobchalk was not hurt. Born in Kaneacrete, Greece, Kufas had lived in Superior for the last 30 years, employed as a coal miner by the Rock Springs Fuel company. He is survived by his wife, Sophia; two stepsons, Andy and George Bobchalk; and five daughters, Mrs. Spiro Mazani, Mary, Helen, Freda and Zaharania Kufas, all of Superior. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Greek Orthodox church in Rock Springs with the Rev. Gavalas of Salt Lake Cit officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 2, 1940 Green River Negro To Be Buried At Rites Saturday Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon in Rogan Chapel for Wilson Miller, 70, negro, of Green River, who died Tuesday in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 6, 1940 Services Will Be Held Today for Kenneth Strayer Funeral services for Kenneth Strayer, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Strayer, will be conducted at 11 o’clock this morning from the First Baptist church. The Rev. E.E. Acheson will officiate. Following the services in Rock Springs, the body will be sent to Denver where services will be held Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. Mr. Acheson officiating and burial made in a Denver cemetery. Kenneth died Saturday morning at the Dee Memorial hospital in Ogden where Thursday he had undergone an operation for the removal of his tonsils. His parents were at his bedside at death. Besides his parents, Kenneth is survived by a brother and a sister. An older brother preceded him in death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 6, 1940 Funeral Rites for Anton Zaversnik Will Be Thursday Funeral services fare to be held at 9 o’clock Thursday morning in the North Side Catholic church for Anton Zaversnik Sr., 60, of 1314 Lowell street, who died Saturday afternoon in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for six days. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec is to officiate. Born January 8, 1880 in Stara Loka, Yugoslavia, Zaversnik entered the United States 34 years ago and came directly to Rock Springs. He had been employed here in the No. 8 mine of the Union Pacific Coal company. He was affiliated with S.N.P.J. lodge No. 10 and J.S.K.J. lodge No. 17 and with the No. 8 mine local. Surviving Zaversnik are his wife, Mary; five sons, Anton Jr., of Klamath Falls, Ore., Frank of Green River, and Lewis, an employee of THE DAILY ROCKET, Robert and Philip, all of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Virgil Ira of Rock Springs and Mrs. John Menapace of Dines; and two brothers, Joseph of Elk, Wash., and Valentine of Portland, Ore. His body is to be taken to the family home at 5 p.m. Wednesday and rosary will be said there at 8 o’clock that night. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 8, 1940 Springs Army Flier Is Killed In Crash ALBERT MASON DIES WHIL EON CADET FLIGHT Albert L. Mason, 22, of Rock Springs, flying cadet with the U.S. army air corps at Kelly Field, Texas, was killed Tuesday night when his training plane crashed and burned near Yokum, Texas. Mrs. James Libby of Rock Springs, an aunt of the youth with whom he made his home before enlisting in the army air service in January, received word of her nephew’s death yesterday morning from Kelly Field officials. Mason was one of 60 Kelly Field cadets who made a training flight Tuesday from their home base to Pawnee, Okla. He was reported missing when the student pilots returned to the field Tuesday night, according to United Press. The youthful flier’s body was found with the burned wreckage of his plane near Yokum. Investigators reported that Mason’s parachute had not been used and the cause of the crash has not been determined. Albert LaFayette Mason was born on January 11, 1918, in Colorado. In 1924 he came to Rock Springs and made his home with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. James Libby. He was graduated from the Rock Springs High school with the class of 1935 and was a student at the University of Wyoming for two years. In January of this year he enlisted in the U.S. army air corps and received his ground school training at Glendale, Calif. Later he was transferred to Randolph Field where he underwent a 10-week course of preliminary flight training and on June 15 was sent to Kelly Field. He would have completed his course on September 1 and would have been eligible for his army “wings.” Funeral services will be conducted at the LDS church in Evanston at 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in the Mason family plot in Almy. Mason is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters. Besides his aunt, Mrs. Libby, also surviving are Mrs. James Rafferty of Reliance, an aunt; Dave Mason of Rock Springs, an uncle; Alex and John Easton of Reliance, cousins. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 10, 1940 MASON RITES WILL BE HELD SUNDAY Funeral services for Albert L. Mason, 32, Rock Springs youth and student flier with the U.S. Army Air Corps, will be held Sunday from the L.D.S. chapel in Evanston at 2 p.m. Mason’s body will arrive at Evanston late today, it was expected, accompanied by an escort. After services in Evanston the body will be taken to Almy for burial in the Mason family plot. Mason was killed when his plane crashed Tuesday near Yokum, Texas, and his body was not discovered until the following day. He was one of 60 cadets who flew from Kelly Field to Pawnee, Okla., and was reported missing when the other planes returned to their base Tuesday night. He would have graduated from Kelly Field on August 30, after enlisting here in January. His aunt, Mrs. James L. Libby of Rock Springs, with whom he made his home, his uncle, Dave Mason, another aunt, Mrs. James Rafferty of Reliance, and other relatives will attend the services. Meanwhile, it was revealed in Laramie, according to press dispatches, that Mason had been secretly married since last spring to Shirle Soteropolis of Laramie. Mason attended the University of Wyoming at Laramie for two years. Mrs. Mason is now making her home in San Antonio, Texas. Her brother, Nick Soteropolis of Laramie has gone to San Antonio to be with her, it was reported in Laramie. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 13, 1940 Winton Miner Suffocates In Mine Fire BLAZE FOUND BY CREW MOVING HOIST Harold Lawrence Morgan, 28, of Winton died Sunday morning of suffocation from gas fumes encountered when fire broke out in 7th south entry, 7 ½ seam, of the No. 1 mine of the Union Pacific Coal company at Winton. Origin of the fire was not immediately learned by company officials who are conducting a thorough investigation to determine the cause. The fire was discovered about 7 a.m. Sunday when Morgan and other members of a crew reported for duty to continue work on moving a slope hoist. For some unknown reason, Morgan left his fellow workmen and walked in to the cloud of gas-laden smoke. He never returned. His body was found several hours later by searching parties. The burning area had been sealed off, George B. Pryde, vice president in charge of operations, said Monday and operations will continue as usual in the remained of the mine. Later, as the fire burns itself out, workmen will enter the area to complete extinguishing the blaze and to determine, if possible, how the fire started. Coroner J. Warden Opie asserted Monday that he would conduct and inquest into Morgan’s death and has named Rudy Cobbler, James McPhie and William S. Dyett to the jury. The inquest will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the mine office at Winton. Morgan was born September 1, 1911, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He had been drum major for Union Pacific Coal company bands in this area and took an active part in Boy Scout activities at Winton. He is survived by his wife, Angela, of Winton; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney L. Morgan of Hanna, and four brothers, Charles, Herbert, Sidney and John, all of Hanna. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Episcopal church here with the Rev. Harry Kellan of the Episcopal church at Hanna, officiating. Burial will be made in the local cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 13, 1940 Marusinski Rites Will Be Held Wednesday Morning Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the North Side Catholic church for Mrs. Mary Marusinski, 44, of 442 M street, who died Sunday in Wyoming General hospital where she had been a patient for the past 12 days. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. Born March 10, 1896 in Rudonk, Czechoslovakia, Mrs. Marusinski had lived in Rock Springs for the past 40 years. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Sr., a son, Joseph Jr., a daughter, Mrs. Mary Seale; seven sisters, Mrs. Annie Young and Mrs. Helen McGraw, both of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Frances Diana and Mrs. Amelia Charles, both of Denver; Mrs. Cecelia Jelosek, Mrs. Irma Rosene and Mrs. William Gildroy, all of Rock Springs; two brothers, Albert Sabo Jr. and George Sabo, both of Rock Springs, and her father, Albert Sabo Sr., of Rock Springs. Her body is to be taken to the family home at 5 o’clock this afternoon. Rosary is to be said there at 8 o’clock tonight. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 13, 1940 Whaley Services To Be Held Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the Methodist church for Mrs. Molly Whaley, wife of Zeb Whaley of Rock Springs, who died August 7 in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Rev. Richard Lungren is to officiate. John L. Dykes, Jacob Klein, Bennett Outsen, Albert Walters, William Griffiths and William Stark are to act as pallbearers. Death of Mrs. Whaley occurred while she and her husband were on a vacation. They had traveled through Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky and were en route home when she was stricken in Cincinnati. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Wildermuth Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 14, 1940 Mrs. Perry Monger Dies in Montana Mrs. Robert Allen of Rock Springs and Mrs. Everett Monger of Durango, Colo., returned from Belgrade, Mont., where they were called by the critical illness of their mother, Mrs. Perry Monger. Mrs. Monger died the day previous to their arrival in the Deaconess hospital in Bozeman following a stroke of paralysis. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church at Roundup, Sunday afternoon, July 28. The Rev. Edward Dover was in charge of the services. Burial was in the Klein cemetery beside her husband who died nine years ago, and a daughter, Mrs. Elsie Schemmel, who died a year ago. The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Allen of Rock Springs, Mrs. Mabel Rheinberger, Kelso, Wash.; three sons, Jess of Klein, Mont., Joe of Belgrade, Mont., and Everett of Durango, Colo.; three sisters, two brothers, 17 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. All of the sons and daughters were present at the funeral. She was well known in Rock Springs, Winton and Superior. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 20, 1940 FINAL RITES FOR T.S. TALIAFERRO WILL BE AT 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON DEATH CLAIMES PROMINENT LOCAL LAWYER Final tribute to one of Wyoming’s most prominent citizens will be paid at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon when funeral services will be held in the Old Timers’ building of the Union Pacific Coal company in Rock Springs for T.S. Taliaferro, Jr. The prominent Rock Springs attorney, banker, livestockman and life-long Democrat died early Saturday morning at his home, 106 Cedar street, following a sudden heart attack. The Rev. Alfred Lee Jones of the Episcopal church in Green River is to officiate at services in the Old Timers’ building with Mt. Mariah lodge No. 6 A.F. and A.M. at Green River, of which Mr. Taliaferro was a member, in charge of graveside services at Mountain View cemetery. Knights Templar of Green River and Rock Springs will form an escort from the Old Timers’ building to the cemetery. Mr. Taliaferro’s body was taken to the family home at 1 o’clock Monday afternoon. At 11 o’clock this morning, it will be removed to the Old Timers’ building where it will lie in state until time of services. Four sons of Mr. Taliaferro—A.L. Taliaferro, Edward Taliaferro, T.S. Taliaferro III and Welford Taliaferro—a son-in-law, Victor Englund and John W. Hay Jr., will be active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will include: John W. Hay Sr., Eugene McAuliffe, George B. Pryde, I.N. Bayless, Claude Matthai, marshall Reynolds, John U. Loomss, D.D. Spani, Claude Elias, James A. Chrisman, E.A. Gaensslen, Dr. J.H. Gilligan, William Rogers, George Erhard, Thomas E. Rogers, Lewis H. Brown, V.J. Tidball, G.A. Knox, V.J. Facinelli, Robert Murphy, Valentine Anselmi, E.R. Jefferis, Hugh McLeod, Albert E. Nelson, Dr. E.S. Lauzer and Otto Schnauber. McAuliffe, president of the Union Pacific Coal company; Matthai, of the Union Pacific railroad legal department in Omaha; Loomis, Union Pacific railroad attorney at Cheyenne; and Reynolds, of Cheyenne, representative of the supreme council of 33rd degree Masons in Wyoming, are to arrive in Rock Springs this morning. Thomas Seddon Taliaferro Jr. was born in Gloucester county, Virginia, July 1, 1865, a son of Major Thomas Seddon and Hariotte (Lee) Taliaferro, the latter a daughter of Cassius F. Lee, a granddaughter of Edmund I. Lee and a great-granddaughter of Richard Henry Lee. The last named was the author of a preliminary declaration of independence that preceded the one penned by Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia in 1776. Through the paternal line Mr. Taliaferro was connected with some of the most distinguished Virginia families, including the Taliaferros, Seddons, Washingtons, Paiges and allied families, while in the maternal line he was a descendant of the Virginia Lee, Ludwell and other notable families of the old dominion. His father was a soldier of the Confederate army. He pursued his education as a pupil in the Episcopal high school of Virginia and in Gloucester Academy. On November 2, 1883, he entered the service of the Union Pacific Railroad company in a minor capacity but steadily worked his way upward. From shoveling coal he was made foreman of car repairers at Green River, was advanced to the position of express messenger in 1886, became chief clerk in the superintendent’s office at Evanston in 1887, was made agent for the Union Pacific Railroad company at Green River in 1888 and thus step by step advanced, and as each forward step brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities he turned to a professional career and carefully prepared for the bar, after which he entered upon the practice of law at Rock Springs in 1900. Through the intervening period he practiced principally as a corporation lawyer and won distinction in this field, representing many of the important corporate interests of his section of the state. Further extending his efforts, he became an active factor in banking, merchandising and stock raising. He was the president of the First National Bank of Green River, president of the Green River Mercantile company, and was also engaged in farming and in the raising of sheep and cattle. Whatever he undertook he carried forward to successful completion, using wisely and well the talents with which nature endowed him and thus reaching a conspicuous position in the professional and business circles. On April 15, 1896, in Christ Church at Alexandria, Virginia, Mr. Taliaferro was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Ramsay, great-great-granddaughter of William Ramsay, first mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, great-great-granddaughter of Colonel Dennis Ramsay who served under General Washington in the Revolutionary war at battles of Princeton and Yorktown, and was the granddaughter of George Washington Dennis Ramsay, and her father was George Washington Ramsay, all of Alexandria, Virginia. Colonel Dennis Ramsay served as a pallbearer at General Washington’s funeral. To Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro there were born seven children as follows: William Ramsay Taliaferro, resident of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Thomas Seddon Taliaferro III, and Arthur Lee Taliaferro of Rock Springs; Beverly Wellford Taliaferro and Edward Ludwell Taliaferro of Green River; and Lucy Ramsay Taliaferro, now Mrs. Victor Englund of Denver, Colo.; and Hariotte Lee Taliaferro of Rock Springs. Mr. Taliaferro was commissioned captain of Company E of the Wyoming National Guard on March 24, 1894, and commanded his company when it stopped and captured a division of Cox’s Army, which was afterward turned over to three companies of the United States regular troops and then was returned to Idaho, where the members of the army were tried and sentenced to imprisonment by the federal judge. Mr. Taliaferro was elected a thirty-third degree Mason in 1899 and received the degree in 1901. He has been grand master of the Masonic lodge of Wyoming and grand commander of the Wyoming Knights Templar. He was a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal church, serving for many years as chancellor of the Diocese of Wyoming, occupying this position at the time of his death. Wildermuth Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 20, 1940 T.S. Taliaferro Jr. All Rock Springs and Wyoming today mourns the passing of T.S. Taliaferro Jr., prominent Rock Springs attorney identified with the growth of the southwestern part of the state and the state as a whole. He came here 14 years after the completion of the Union Pacific railroad and grew up with the organization. Ambitious and energetic, Mr. Taliaferro studied during his spare time while in the employ of the railroad at Green River to later become one of the state’s most prominent attorneys. Successful in his undertakings, he branched into other lines of endeavor, taking an active interest in a Green River bank, in the sheep business and merchandising. Always an active man, Mr. Taliaferro conducted his law business until he was stricken suddenly and died Saturday morning. Widely known through his practice before the bar, his political activities with the Democratic party and his Masonic lodge affiliation, Mr. Taliaferro was one of the most respected citizens of Wyoming. He stood steadfastly by his convictions and was a man who claimed the admiration of those who knew him and with whom he was associated. Sweetwater county and Wyoming lost one of their finest citizens in the passing of Mr. Taliaferro and it is with the utmost of respect that Rock Springs will pause in its daily routine today to pay a final tribute to him whose memory will be held in high regard. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 20, 1940 FOUR DIE IN CRASHES; STATE TOLL UP TO 75 Four fatalities on western Wyoming highways had boosted the state’s auto death toll Monday to 75 for 1940. Three Salina, Kan., residents died Saturday and Sunday from injuries incurred Saturday afternoon in a headon truck-auto collision near Opal with the fourth death registered Monday evening in an accident at Daniel Junction. Mrs. Elmer Bebermeyer, a son Wilbur and a daughter Doris died of injuries incurred when their touring car collided just out of Opal with a truck being driven by Tom Woods of Auburn. Mrs. Bebermeyer died of her injuries soon after she was admitted to the L.C.M. hospital in Kemmerer. Wilbur died later the same day and Doris early Sunday morning after physicians had amputated one of her legs in a futile effort to save her life. Bebermeyer and three other children are said to be in fair condition, recovering from cuts, bruises and shock. The Kansans were taken to the Kemmerer hospital by the Lincoln Mortuary ambulance and in a truck driven by Charley Allis of Opal. Driver of the truck was not injured. A coroner’s inquest into the tragedy will be held as soon as Bebermeyer has recovered sufficiently to testify. Excessive speed was given ad the reason for the accident Monday afternoon at Daniel Junction in which Chris J. Horn, cattle buyer fro the Triangle Livestock commission, Omaha, Neb., was killed. According to reports received here Monday night by State Highway Patrolman William Bradley from Sublette County Sheriff Pat Holt of Pinedale and Coroner Tanner of Big Piney, Horn, who was traveling south from Jackson, was driving too fast to negotiate the curve at the junction. Horn was traveling alone. His car left the road and overturned several times. Bradley said. It is believed that he was instantly killed. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 20, 1940 Blacker Services To Be Today From LDS Church Funeral services will be held at 4 o’clock this afternoon in the L.D.S. church in Rock Springs for Edward George Blacker, 65, of Superior who died at 8:20 p.m. Friday in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he had been a patient for two days. Bishop Cecil James is to officiate. Born May 24, 1875 in Wales, Blacker entered service of the Union Pacific Coal company 10 years later at Almy. He had been in the employ of the coal company since that time with the exception of an eight-year period, 1911 to 1918, when he served as state mine inspector for the No. 2 district of southern and western Wyoming. He is survived by two sons, Edward George Jr., of Rock Springs and Hiram of Laramie; and three daughters, Mrs. William McPhie, Mrs. Clifford Anderson and Mrs. Farrell Wilde, all of Reliance. His two sons, three sons-in-law, a nephew, Grant William of Salt Lake City, and a cousin, DeLos Gardner of Afton, are to act as pallbearers. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 20, 1940 Roccabruna Rites Are to Be Held Wednesday Morning Funeral services are to be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the South Side Catholic church for Mrs. Mary Roccabruna, 34 who died Friday night at her home, 1024 Sixth street. Born October 16, 1905, in Oakley, Wyo., Mrs. Roccabruna had lived in Rock Springs for the past 17 years. She is survived by her husband, Henry; a son, Geno; daughter, Hilda; four brothers, Louis, Benjamen, John and Albert Boschetto, all of Rock Springs; two sisters, Victoria, living in Italy and Mrs. Emma Bettolo of Superior. Her body is to be taken from the Rogan Mortuary to the family home at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Rosary will be said at the home at 7 o’clock tonight. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 20, 1940 Fred Wilhelm Dies In South Dakota; Burial to Be Here Fred A. Wilhelm of 1117 Ninth street, Rock Springs, died at 7:40 p.m. Saturday in the government hospital in Hot Springs, S.D., where he had been a patient. His body is to arrive in Rock Springs this evening and will be taken to Rogan Mortuary. Plans for funeral arrangements are pending awaiting arrival here of Wilhelm’s son, Albert, engaged as a surveyor at Columbus Falls, Mont. In addition to his son, Wilhelm also is survived by his wife, Lillian, of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 21, 1940 SUPERIOR MAN DIES TUESDAY Arron Peter Korhonen, 56, of Superior died Tuesday morning in Wyoming General hospital. Born February 26, 1884, in Haminalami Kupopio, Finland, Korhonen had lived in Superior for the past 37 years. He is survived by his wife, Mary; four sons, Waino, Reno and Toivo, all of Superior, and Uno of Saratoga; two daughters, Ellen and Velma, both of Superior; and two brothers and four sisters living in Finland. Funeral services are to be held at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon in Rogan Chapel with Gust Sturholm officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 24, 1940 Wilhelm Services Are Held Thursday Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon for Fred A. Wilhelm of Rock Springs who died Saturday night at Hot Springs, S.D. Services were held form the LDS church. Jack Fearn representing the Elks lodge, gave a talk at the church. The LDS choir sang several hymns. The body was escorted to the cemetery by the American Legion members. Pallbearers were Ben Harvey, Walter Larsen, Clarence Overy, Jim Overy, Pete Meyers and Thomas Brawley. The F.O. Eagles were in charge of graveside services. Wilhelm, 50 had been a patient in the Veterans’ hospital in Cheyenne for a year following a stroke. He had recently gone to Hot Springs for his health. Wilhelm was born February 18, 1890 in Los Angeles and came to Rock Springs in 1908. He was employed by the fire department and the express company and for the last 20 years was in the employ of the Union Pacific. He is survived by his widow and a son, Albert, both of Rock Springs. Arrangements were in charge of the Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 27, 1940 Former Resident Succumbs in Reno Word of the death of John Avanzini, former Rock Springs resident, at Reno, Nev., Sunday was received here yesterday by friends. Funeral services for Avanzini, who left here about 35 years ago, will be held Wednesday in Reno. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 28, 1940 Sheridan Youth County’s Tenth Road Fatality CAR RUNS OFF ROAD, STRIKES ROCK; DRIVER FALLS ASLEEP Sweetwater county chalked up its tenth highway fatality of the year Tuesday morning with the death of David Livingston, 17, of Sheridan in an automobile accident on the Lincoln highway 20 miles east of Rock Springs. Livingston died instantly of a fractured skull when the car in which he was riding left the highway and crashed into a rock at the side of the road. His brother, Harold, 21, driver of the machine, and John Koenig, 19, third occupant of the car, escaped with but minor cuts and bruises. They are receiving treatment in Wyoming General hospital for their injuries. The three youths were en route to their homes in Sheridan from San Diego, Calif., where they had been on vacation, when the accident occurred about 7:00 a.m. According to information given Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay who investigated the accident, the three youths had driven non-stop from San Diego, taking turns at the wheel. Harold Livingston admitted to Ramsay that he had fallen asleep at the wheel and did not awaken until too late to avoid collision with the rock. The part of the road where the accident occurred is built atop a deep fill. From the time the car left the highway, it traveled a distance of 228 feet on the side of the fill before striking the rock. Force of the collision spun the car around until it was facing west. Right fender and door were torn from the machine, trapping and crushing David between the rock and the door. No inquest is planned into the accident, according to County Coroner J. Warden Opie. Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Livingston, parents of David and Harold, and George Koenig, an uncle of John Koenig, left Sheridan Tuesday morning when notified of the accident and were expected to arrive in Rock Springs last night. Funeral services are pending awaiting arrival of the Sheridanites. David’s body is at Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 28, 1940 Esther Henriksen Dies at Age of 3 Esther Ann Henriksen, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Henriksen, died Tuesday afternoon at the family home, 101 South Side, Green River. Esther Ann was born April 3, 1937 in Evanston. In addition to her parents, she is survived by four brothers, Bob, John, Jess and Carl Jr.; and four sisters, Shirley, Beverly, Rose and Manda Lou. Her body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 29, 1940 CRASH VICTIM TO BE BURIED AT SHERIDAN Body of David Livingston, 17, killed instantly early Tuesday morning in an automobile accident on the Lincoln highway 20 miles east of Rock Springs, will be sent to his home in Sheridan this afternoon for funeral services and burial. Livingston’s brother, Harold, 21, who fell asleep while driving the machine which left the highway and crashed into a huge boulder, fracturing David’s skull, was discharged Wednesday from Wyoming General hospital where he had been receiving treatment for minor injuries incurred in the crash. Third occupant of the car, John Koenig, 19, also of Sheridan, was expected to leave the hospital late last night or early today to return to his home. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Livingston, parents of David and Harold, arrived in Rock Springs Wednesday to complete funeral arrangements with Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 29, 1940 Funeral Services For Bennett Girl To Be Held Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the L.D.S. church for Dovie Catherine Bennett, 4 ½ year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bennett of Winton, who died Saturday in Denver. Bishop Cecil James will officiate. Six playmates of the little Winton girl will act as pallbearers. They are Billy and Bobby Ingle, Billy Henry, Delmar Cuthbertson, Earl Welsh Jr. and Bobby Gregory, all of Winton. Dovie Catherine was born February 28, 1936 in Winton. In addition to her parents she is survived by several brothers and sisters. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Wildermuth mortuary. --- Green River Star, Aug 30, 1940 Henriksen Child Buried Thursday Graveside services for Esther Ann Henriksen, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Henriksen who died Tuesday afternoon at the home of her parents, were held at two-thirty o’clock Thursday afternoon at Riverview cemetery. The Reverend Father H. Schellinger officiated at the rites. She is survived by her parents, there brothers and four sisters. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 31, 1940 Edwards Brooks, 64, Succumbs at Home Edward Brooks, 64, died early Friday morning at his home, 715 O’Donnell street. Born January 7, 1876, in Wigan, Scotland, Brooks had been a resident of Rock Springs for the past 17 years. He had been an invalid for 11 years. Surviving Brooks is his wife, Emma. Masonic funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in Masonic temple with the Eastern Star choir to provide music. His body will be taken to the Temple at 10 a.m. Sunday where it will lie in state until time of funeral services. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Wildermuth Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 31, 1940 NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF MABEL E. ROMISH, Deceased. Notice is herby given that letters of administration have been granted to the undersigned in the above estate, and all persons having claims against said decedent are required within ten months after the first publication is made on August 10th, 1940, to file them, with the necessary vouchers, for allowance, in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Sweetwater County, or to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, to the undersigned administrator at Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, his place of residence or to some competent person at said place, failing in which they shall be precluded from any benefit from said estate and said claims shall be forever barred. Dated, Rock Springs, Wyoming, August 9th, 1940. FRANK M. ROMISH, Administartor. George W. Bird, Attorney for Administrator. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 31, 1940 NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF QUIRINO BERTAGNOLLI, Deceased. Notice is herby given that letters of administration have been granted to the undersigned in the above estate, and all persons having claims against said decedent are required within ten months after the first publication is made on August 17th, 1940, to file them, with the necessary vouchers, for allowance, in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Sweetwater County, or to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, to the undersigned administrator at Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, his place of residence or to some competent person at said place, failing in which they shall be precluded from any benefit from said estate and said claims shall be forever barred. Dated August 16, 1940. CORADO BERTAGNOLLI, Administartor. JOSEPH H. GALICICH, Attorney for Administrator. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 31, 1940 NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF RALPH BOWEN, Deceased. Notice is herby given that letters of administration have been granted to the undersigned in the above estate, and all persons having claims against said decedent are required within ten months after the first publication is made on August 10th, 1940, to file them, with the necessary vouchers, for allowance, in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Sweetwater County, or to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, to the undersigned administrator at Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, his place of residence or to some competent person at said place, failing in which they shall be precluded from any benefit from said estate and said claims shall be forever barred. Dated this 9th day of August, 1940. G. W. Tresler, Administartor. E. W. Naab, Attorney for Administrator. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 31, 1940 The State of Wyoming ) ) ss County of Sweetwater ) In the District Court In the Matter of the Estate ) Of Maria Deramo, Deceased. ) NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE APPOINTED FOR PROVING WILL To all persons interested in said estate: Notice is hereby given that Monday, the 16th day of September, 1940, at ten o’clock in the forenoon of said day, and the Court Room of said Court, in Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, have been appointed as the time and place for proving the will of said Maria Deramo, deceased, and for hearing the application of Flora Oliva for the issuance to her of Letters Testamentary, when and where any person interested may appear and contest the same. Dated August 16, 1940. GRACE SIEGERT. Clerk of the Court. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 31, 1940 Mrs. Olga Johnson Dies at Hospital Olga Winkler Johnson, widow of the late Niels P. Johnson, died at 9:15 a.m. Friday in Wyoming General hospital after a brief illness. Born in the month of April 1873, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mrs. Johnson came to America at the age of 12 with her young brother. Her girlhood was spent in Logan, Utah, where she was married and where she and her husband and family made their home for 22 years. In November, 1917, the family moved to Daniel, Wyo., where they were engaged in the cattle raising business until December 192?, when they moved to Rock Springs so that their children might attend school. They moved to 317 Angle street where they have since resided. Throughout her life, Mrs. Johnson had been an active member of the L. D. S. church. She is survived by two daughters, Olga Niemi of Rock Springs and Mrs. Howard J. Maughan of Preston, Idaho; a son, James J., of Rock Springs; a sister, Mrs. H. M. Pearson of Sandy, Utah; and two brothers, C. O. Winkler and Salt Lake City and J. G. Winkler of Los Angeles, Calif. Nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren also survive. Her body will lie in state at the family home Sunday until time of funeral services, to be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the L. D. S. church with Bishop James officiating. Burial will be in Logan, Utah, cemetery. Rogan Mortuary is in charge of local funeral arrangements. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1940 Death of Harold L. Morgan Harold L. Morgan, Timberman in Mine No. 7½ at Winton, came to an untimely end on Sunday morning, August 1lth, when he was suffocated by gas fumes arising from a fire of unknown origin in the 7th South Entry, which has since been sealed off. Harold was born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 1, 1911, and was brought to Hanna by his parents when quite young. Received his schooling at that point, following which he began work with the Company in September, 1929, being transferred to Winton in May, 1934. Surviving are his widow, his father and mother, and four brothers. The funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, August 15th, at the Episcopal Church, Rock Springs, the Rev. Harry Kellam, Rector of the Episcopal Church at Hanna, officiating, interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Rock Springs. In his school days he was an ardent football player, and was much interested in Boy Scout work. His services as a Drum Major with various bands of this vicinity were in demand by reason of his extreme height. He was popular in other circles, and will be deeply missed. The heartfelt sympathy of the community goes out to the bereaved in their time of sorrow. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1940 Superior Mourns Americo Bert Dalnodar and Guirino Bertagnolli, both of Superior, came to their deaths in a truck-auto collision seven miles west of Rock Springs on July 14th. Americo Bert Dalnodar was born February 8, 1915, at Superior, Wyo., and had lived in this vicinity all his life, attending grade school in So. Superior and then graduating from the Superior High School in 1934. On July 9, 1934, he was employed as an electrician in The Union Pacific Coal Company's shop, the position he held until the time of his death. He was an active member of The Union Pacific Coal Company Band, Local Union 2328, Fratelanza Oteraie Lodge, and Redmen Lodge, Washakie Tribe No. 5. Besides his great many friends, Americo is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dalnodar, and three sisters, Jennie, Olga, and Ruby, all of Superior. Guirino Bertagnolli came to this area from the Tyrol seven years ago and was employed by The Union Pacific Coal Company in “C” Mine on June 9, 1936. Guirino was born in Fondotret, Tyrol, on February 25, 1909. He was a member of Local 2328, Fratelanza Oteraie Lodge, and Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bertagnolli, of Tyrol, Italy; four brothers, Alex and Frank, of South America, Corado, of Superior, and Frederick of Europe; four sisters, Mrs. Angelo Biasi, of South America, Mrs. Leo Bertagnolli, of Superior, Mrs. Albino Brugnara, of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Adolph Bertagnolli, of Tyrol. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1940 Death of E.G. Blacker Edward George Blacker passed away in a Salt Lake City hospital on August 16th. Born at Mountain Ash, Wales, May 24, 1875, he came with his parents to the United States at an early age, his first work being at Almy, Wyoming, as a miner in November, 1885, under Reuben Fowkes, Mine Foreman. He served as State Coal Mine Inspector from 1911 to 1918, and returned to the Coal Company at Cumberland, remaining there until that property was abandoned, thence being transferred to Superior. He carried certificates as Foreman, Gas Watchman and Shot Firer. He was appointed Mine Superintendent at Cumberland February 1, 1928, succeeding the late William McIntosh. Services were held from the L.D.S. Church with burial in Mountain View cemetery afternoon of August 20th. Surviving are the widow, two sons and three daughters. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1940 Anton Zaversnik Passes On Anton Zaversnik, born in Jugoslavia, January 8, 1880, died at the Wyoming General Hospital August 3rd, following a brief illness. He arrived in this country in 1906, stopping at Rock Springs, where he secured employment with our Company, at the time of his passing being a pit-car loaderman in No. 8 Mine here. Surviving are his widow, five sons and two daughters, also two brothers residing on the Pacific Coast. Funeral services were held at the North Side Catholic Church August 7th, Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating, burial in St. Joseph's cemetery. He was a member of the Old Timers’ Association, and was fraternally connected with several organizations. The sympathy of the community goes out to those afflicted. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1940 Fred A. Wilhelm Dies Fred A. Wilhelm (familiarly known as “Blutch”) died in the Government hospital, Hot Springs, South Dakota, August 17th where he had been for a short time. Born February 19, 1890, at Los Angeles, his first employment with our Company was as a miner in September, 1907, at Rock Springs. He was away from our service upon several occasions but the record discloses he had been continuously employed since 1921. He was in France during the World War and put in several years at the front. Was a married man and those surviving are his widow and a son (Albert) now located in Montana. Was a member of local post of the American Legion. The funeral services were held at the L.D.S. Church Thursday, August 22nd, Bishop James officiating, interment in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 3, 1940 Mrs. Anna Pecolar Dies in Superior Mrs. Anna Pecolar, 74, died Sunday at her home, house No. 131, First B Hill, Superior. Born May 28, 1866, in Czechoslovakia, Mrs. Pecolar had lived in this communit for the past 50 years. She is survived by four sons, Mike of Winton, John and Andy of Superior and George of Dinuka, Calif.; and three daughters, Emma and Ann of Superior and Mrs. Mike Kochis of Kelso, Wash. Funeral services are to be held at 9 a.m. Thursday in the North Side Catholic church with the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Rogan chapel. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 3, 1940 Succo Services to Be This Afternoon Funeral services will be held at 4 o’clock this afternoon in Rogan chapel for Teresa Silva Succo, 52, wife of Peter Succo of Fort Lupton, Colo., who died Saturday in the Colorado city. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Succo is survived by a son, John Succo of Fort Lupton; a daughter, Mrs. Grace Besso of Winton; a brother in South America and two sisters in Italy. Burial will be in a local cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 3, 1940 Joseph P. Walsh Succumbs Sunday Joseph Patrick Walsh, 35, of No. 2 Wardell court, Rock Springs, died Sunday in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient less than a day. Born March 8, 1905 in Cheyenne, Walsh had lived here for the past 19 years, employed as a tippleman by the Union Pacific Coal company. He was a member of Rock Springs lodge B.P.O. Elks and Council 2411, Knights of Columbus. He is survived by his stepfather, Frank Tallmire and a sister, Margaret Walsh Wright. Rosary was said at 7:30 o’clock last night at the Tallmire residence, No. 2 Wardell court, and his body was sent to Cheyenne early this morning by Rogan Mortuary where funeral services and burial will take place. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Mary’s Cathedral with the Rev. Fr. Hartman officiating. Two Rock Springs friends and old friends from Cheyenne will be pallbearers. Burial will be Mt. Olivet cemetery beside his mother who died two years ago. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 3, 1940 Morgan Services To Be Held Today Funeral services will be held in Rogan chapel at 2 o’clock this afternoon for Hugh Gwyne Morgan, 47, of Farson, who died Saturday in Wyoming General hospital following an emergency appendectomy performed last Tuesday night. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Born February 17, 1893, in Beaufort, Wales, Morgan had lived in this vicinity for the past 40 years. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. George Parfitt of Rock Springs and Eunice Morgan of Farson. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 4, 1940 KNUDSEN RITES ON THURSDAY Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Episcopal church for Christian Albert Knudsen, 81, pioneer resident and barber of Rock Springs who died Monday evening in Wyoming General hospital. The Rev. E.L. Tull will officiate. Born February 26, 1859, in Trondjhen, Norway, Knudsen came to the United States 60 years ago and for the past 56 years had made his home in Rock Springs. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; a son, Claude, who was associated in the barber business with him here; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Hay of Rock Springs and Mrs. C.A. Elkins of Los Angeles; a brother, John, living in Norway, and a sister, Mrs. A. Stavran of Rock Springs. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 4, 1940 Youth, 13, Former Resident, Killed In Colorado Crash Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the North Side Catholic church for Rudolph Krasovec, 13, former Rock Springs resident, who was killed Monday in an automobile accident at Mt. Harris, Colo. Details of the accident were lacking here Tuesday. The Rev. H. Schellinger of Green River is to officiate at funeral services. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec is to say rosary for the youth at 8 o’clock tonight at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Marushack, 109 L street. Born in Rock Springs, Rudolph had made his home here until two years ago when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Krasovec, moved to Mt. Harris. In addition to his parents he is survived by three sisters, Gloria, Norma and Marlene, all of Mt. Harris, and his two grandmothers, Mrs. Marushack and Mrs. Mary Krasovec, both of Rock Springs. The youth’s body arrived in Rock Springs last night, accompanied by his parents. Rogan Mortuary is in charge of local funeral arrangements. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 10, 1940 LOUIS TANKO FATALLY HURT AT BLAIRTOWN Louis Tanko, 44, miner at Blairtown, was fatally injured Monday in a fall of rock. Tanko was admitted to the Wyoming General hospital at 11:45 a.m. Monday suffering from back injuries which were said to have been caused by a fall of rock. He died at 3:45 p.m. County Coroner J. Warden Opie said last night he would conduct an investigation into the accident today and would set a date for a coroner’s inquest later. Tanko’s body is at Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 11, 1940 Accident Victim Dies; County Toll Now At 11 CRASH HURTS FATAL TO MISSISSIPPIAN Sweetwater county’s highway death toll for the year stood at 11 Tuesday night with the death yesterday of Mrs. Grace C. Lessing of Gulfport, Miss., who succumbed to accident injuries suffered Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Lessing died at the Wyoming General hospital where she had been taken following an auto accident near Tipton, 52 miles east of Rock Springs, Saturday afternoon in which her husband, Dr. Albert Lessing, also was injured. Her death boosts the state traffic toll for 1940 to 82. The Lessings were injured when their car left the highway and overturned, apparently caused by a tire blowout, according to officers. Mrs. Lessing suffered chest, pelvic and arm injuries in the accident and her husband received injuries to his neck and back. Beside her husband, Mrs. Lessing is survived by two sons, Wayland of Peoria, Ill., and Wendell of Chicago. One of the sons arrived in Rock Springs yesterday. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Rogan Mortuary, had not been complete late last night. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 11, 1940 Stanley Yugovich Dies at Hospital; Services Thursday Stanley Frank Yugovich, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Yugovich of 413 Tisdale, died early yesterday morning in the Wyoming General hospital. The well known high school student had been ill but a short while and was admitted to the hospital for treatment Monday. Prominent in activities at Rock Springs High school, Yugovich was student manager of the football squad. Besides his parents he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Frank Pivic Jr., Francis and Ann of Rock Springs; Mrs. Harry Lenzi of Superior and Mary of Denver, Colo. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday from the North Side Catholic church with the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rosary will be said at the Rogan Mortuary chapel at 7:30 p.m. this evening. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 13, 1940 Body of Accident Victim to Be Sent to Chicago The body of Mrs. Grace C. Lessing, Sweetwater county’s eleventh highway fatality this year, will be sent today to Chicago for funeral services and burial. Mrs. Lessing, wife of Dr. Albert Lessing, died Tuesday of injuries suffered in an accident when a tire on the automobile in which she and her husband were traveling blew out causing the car to overturn 52 miles east of Rock Springs Saturday. Dr. Lessing, who suffered severe neck and back injuries, is a patient at the Wyoming General hospital. Surviving her besides her husband are two sons. Rogan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements here. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 13, 1940 TONKO RITES ARE SATURDAY Funeral services for Mike Tonko, Blairtown miner fatally injured Monday, will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday from the North Side Catholic church with the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Friday at the family home in Blairtown. Tonko was injured in the Blairtown mine of the Lion Coal company Monday morning. He was taken to the Wyoming General hospital where he died that afternoon. He is survived by his wife, Theresa; two sons, George and Mike, both of Blairtown; and two brothers and two sisters living in Europe. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under the direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 14, 1940 Body of Infant Is Sent to Evanston The body of Herbert Harry Dunning, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dunning of Green River, who died shortly after birth Thursday at the Wyoming General hospital, was sent Friday evening to Evanston where funeral services will be held today. Rogan Mortuary was in charge of local arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 17, 1940 JURY DECLARES TONKO DEATH IS ACCIDENTAL An inquest jury summoned Monday night by County Coroner J. Warden Opie ruled as “accidental” the death September 9 of Mike Tonko in Blairtown No. 4 mine of the Lion Coal corporation. The jury also confirmed the cause of Tonko’s death was a fall of rock. “We the jury,” the verdict read, “find that Mike Tonko met his death by accident due to fall of rock at No. 4 mine, Blairtown, Lion Coal corporation, on the ninth day of September, 1940. Comprising the jury were Patrick McGarvey, Earthol Jereb and Joe Kolman. Funeral services for Tonko were conducted Saturday morning in the North Side Catholic church with the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. He is survived by his wife, Theresa; two sons, George and Mike, both of Blairtown; and two brothers and two sisters living in Europe. Burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 17, 1940 John Knezevich Dies at Hospital John Knezevich, 75, of 527 C street died Sunday in Wyoming General hospital. Born in 1865 in Yugoslavia, Knezevich had been a resident of Rock Springs for the past eight months, coming here from Gebo, Wyo., where he had been employed as a coal miner. He is survived by his wife, Louise, and two daughters, all of Yugoslavia; and a cousin, Mrs. Sam Mirich of Rock Springs. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 19, 1940 Milonas Services To Be Held Friday Funeral services will be held in the Greek Orthodox church at 3 p.m. Friday for Charles Milonas, 65, of Rock Springs who died Monday in Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for more than a month. The Rev. Fr. Pappas will officiate. Born August 1, 1875 in Zante, Greece, Milonas entered the United States 30 years ago and for the past 28 years had made his home in Rock Springs. He is survived by a daughter, Georgia of Rock Springs. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 19, 1940 Knezevich Rites Will Be Sunday Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Baptist church for John Knezevich, 75, of 527 C street, who died in Wyoming General hospital last Sunday. The Rev. E.E. Acheson will officiate. Born in 1865 in Niksich, Yugoslavia, Knezevich had lived in the United States for 33 years, residing in Rock Springs for the past eight months. He is survived by his wife, Louise, and two daughters, all living in Yugoslavia; and a cousin, Mrs. Sam Mirich of Rock Springs. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 21, 1940 Oscar Johnson, 53, Dies at Hospital Oscar Johnson, 53, of Rock Springs died Friday morning in Wyoming General hospital. His body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Ogden Standard Examiner, Sep 26, 1940 CHARLES B. STEWART EVANSTON, Sept. 26—Funeral services for Charles B. Stewart of Lyman will be held in Green River Friday. Interment will be under the direction of the Durnford mortuary. Mr. Stewart died early Wednesday morning the Dee hospital in Ogden, where he had been a patient for two months. He was born in Clarksville, Texas, Jan. 5, 1863. He came to Wyoming in 1878. He freighted from Colorado into Wyoming, where he resided for 62 years. From 1885 until 1935 he lived in the Burnt Fork country and for the past five years had made his home in Mountainview. His widow, Elizabeth Widdop Stewart, survives, with a son, Jesse Stewart; a daughter, Mrs. Ade Miller, Ashley, Ore., and three granddaughters. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 27, 1940 John H. Walters Of Green River Expires Thursday John Harry Walters, 66, Green River railroad employee, died at his home in Green River early Thursday. Walters, born in Swanek, England, had been a resident of Sweetwater county since 1878. He is survived by his wife, Katherine; two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Seager of Lander and Mrs. Henry Krause of Green River; four stepdaughters; four sisters, Mrs. Oscar Darling of Rock Springs, Mrs. William Lewis of Green River, Mrs. Joseph Kelley of Rock Springs, and Mrs. M.J. Dankowski of Green River; and three brothers, William Walters of Dillon, Mont., Fred and Frank Walters of Rock Springs. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Rogan Chapel with the Rev. A.L. Jones of Green River officiating. Pallbearers will be six nephews. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under the direction of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 27, 1940 INJURIES ARE FATAL TO SPRINGS MINER County Coroner J. Warden Opie today will begin an investigation into the death of Gus Milonas, 46, 114 Sherman street, who was fatally injured in an accident in the Peacock mine of the Colony coal company on Tuesday. Milonas died at the Wyoming General hospital at 3:40 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He was admitted to the hospital suffering from severe head injuries. County Coroner Opie said he would begin his investigation today and would set a time for an inquest to be held later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 27, 1940 Carpenter Fatally Hurt In 20-Foot Fall From Viaduct SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES AT HOSPITAL Thomas Russell, 46, carpenter employed building forms on the “A” street overpass, was fatally injured Thursday afternoon when he fell from the structure to the ground 20 feet below. Russell, employed by Frank M. Kenney, contractor building the overpass, was placing forms at the north end of the large center span when in some manner he fell from the viaduct about 3 p.m. Thursday. He was rushed to the Wyoming General hospital where he died at 7:10 last night from a fractured skull, fractured arms and profound shock. He did not recover consciousness before he succumbed to his injuries. Russell had been a resident of Rock Springs for two months and lived at 633 Pilot Butte avenue. He came here from Denver. He is survived by his wife, Mary. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Wildermuth Mortuary, were not complete last night. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 28, 1940 Inquests Into Two Accidents To Be Held Next Week Inquests into two accidental deaths which occurred Thursday will be held next week, County Coroner J. Warden Opie said Friday. Opie set 7 p.m. Monday as the time for an inquest into the death of Gus Milonas, 46, of 114 Sherman street, who was fatally injured Tuesday while at work in the Peacock mine of the Colony Coal company. Milonas died at the Wyoming General hospital Thursday from severe head injuries. Names to the Milonas inquest jury by the coroner are Richard Orme, Louis Pappas and John Witka. The second inquest, on the death of Thomas Russell, 46, viaduct carpenter who died of injuries received Thursday in a fall from the structure, has been set for 7 o’clock Tuesday evening. The coroner’s jury will be composed of M.D. Horton, Michael E. Warren and C.C. Smith. Meanwhile, funeral services for Milonas will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday from the Greek Orthodox church with the Rev. E.L. Tull, rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under the direction of the Rogan Mortuary. The body will be removed to the family home at 114 Sherman street at 5 p.m. Saturday where it will lie in state until time for the services. Funeral services for Russell will be conducted from the Methodist church at 2:30 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Richard Lungren officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under the direction of the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 28, 1940 Services Held in Green River for George A. Stevens Funeral services for George A. Stevens of Manila, Utah, were held Thursday in the Social Hall in Green River with Bishop Albert Reinsch of the L.D.S. church officiating. Bishop Cecil James of the Rock Springs ward of the L.D.S. church also was a speaker at the rites. LeRoy Johnson of Rock Springs and two vocal solos and was accompanied by Mrs. Margaret Overy. The L.D.S. chorus sang hymns. Members of the American Legion post were pallbearers and the Legion was in charge of graveside services at the Green River cemetery where burial was made. Stevens died Monday in Salt Lake City Veterans hospital. Mrs. Ernest Spicer and Mrs. Bryant Wilde of Rock Springs are sisters of Stevens. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Oct 1940 August Injuries HAROLD L. MORGAN, American, age 29, married, timberman, Section No. 4, Winton No. 7½ Mine. FATAL. Asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide. No. 7½ Mine had been shut down for a period of ten days, during which time the outside hoist had been moved from the old slope to the new one. At starting time a crew of men was coming down the new slope to finish various jobs in order that the mine might start operating the following day. Five of these men, including a Unit Foreman, were going to work in and around 6 South Entry. When the first of the five men entered the parting at 6 South Entry, he noticed smoke about fifty feet from the slope. He turned and ran back up the slope, telling the Unit Foreman and the other men that there was a fire. He was sent up the slope to tell the Mine Foreman, and the other men went down to the scene of the smoke. There is a door in the second crosscut which leads into the second main return air course and Harold apparently thought that if he opened this door it would clear the parting of the smoke. He took a machine bar, went into the smoke and propped the door open. Apparently he became confused and went up the second air course a distance of about 500 feet where he fell exhausted. As the smoke from the mine fires always carries carbon monoxide gas, no one should enter an area filled with smoke unless wearing the proper breathing apparatus and under the proper supervising official. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Oct 1940 Death of Old Timer Edward Brooks There passed away on Friday, August 30th, at his home, Edward Brooks. He was born January 7, 1876, at Wigan, England, and had resided in Rock Springs the past seventeen years, eleven years of that time having been an invalid. His widow is the sole survivor. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, September 1st, at the Masonic Temple, music by the Eastern Star choir, interment in Mountain View Cemetery. His first employment with our Company was at Hanna in 1907. “Ed” was a member of the Old Timers' Association, but, due to his long illness, had not been able to attend any of its functions. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Oct 1940 Joseph P. Walsh Dies "Joe" Walsh succumbed at the Wyoming General Hospital on Sunday morning, September 1st, to which institution he had been taken the day previously. Born at Cheyenne March 8, 1905, he had lived in Rock Springs since 1920, the past few years being employed on the tipple at Reliance. He was a member of the B. P. O. Elks Lodge 624, and of the local Council, Knights of Columbus. The funeral service was held at St. Mary's Cathedral, Cheyenne, September 4th, the Rev. Father Hartman in charge, interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery in the family plot. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Earl Wright, Farson, Wyoming, and his step-father, Frank Tallmire, No. 2 Wardell Court, to whom goes the sympathy of their many friends. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Oct 1940 Rock Springs George Marushack was called to Mount Harris, Colorado, by the death of his nephew, Rudolph Krasovec. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Oct 1940 Superior Mrs. Anna Pecolar died at her home in Superior Sunday morning, September 1st. She had been a resident of Wyoming for fifty years. Funeral services were held at the North Side Catholic Church in Rock Springs September 5th. Mrs. Pecolar is survived by four sons and three daughters. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 1, 1940 Funeral Services For C. Heaberlin To Be Held Today Funeral services for Charles Ralph Heaberlin, 28, who died Saturday at Wyoming General hospital will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Rogan chapel. The Rev. F.L. Tull will preside. Burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. Heaberlin, who had been a resident of Rock Springs for four years, resided at 721 Connecticut street. He was born in Fort Collins, Colo. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Elsie Heaberlin, a brother, Elmer, and a sister, Bertha, all of Rock Springs and another sister, Mrs. William Hanks, Upper Gros Ventre, Wyo. Arrangements are in charge of Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 2, 1940 Milonas Death “Accidental,” Jury Declares “Accidental death” was the verdict returned by a coroner’s jury, at the inquest held Monday night into the death of Gus S. Milonas, 46 of 114 Sherman street. Milonas was injured September 24 while working in the Peacock mine and died two days later as the result of head injuries. He fell from a trip in the mine. The coroner’s jury included Richard Orme, John Wilka, and Steve Kallar. Coroner J. Warden Opie held the inquest at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 2, 1940 Stumble Caused Man To Fall, Inquest Reveals An inquest in to the circumstances causing the death September 26 of Thomas A. Russell, 46, revealed that he fell to his death from the A street viaduct when he stumbled stepping over a four by four timber. Russell suffered several broken bones and head injuries when he fell from the scaffolding of the new viaduct, and lived only a few hours. The coroner’s jury decided that he was “taking a chance by stepping over the timber instead of walking around it,” according to J. Warden Opie, county coroner. The coroner’s jury was composed of M.D. Horton, Michael E. Warren and C.C. Smith. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 3, 1940 Funeral Services For Lopez Baby To Be Held Today Eleanor Irene Lopez, age five months, died Wednesday morning at the Wyoming General hospital after an illness of more than a week. The parents of the baby, Mr. and Mrs. Vedal Lopez, have three other children. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Rogan mortuary. The funeral will be at 5 p.m. today with the Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiating. Burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 4, 1940 Mother of Springs Woman Succumbs Mrs. Edith Lees of Rock Springs yesterday received word of the death of her mother, Mrs. Anna Ames at Chimoton, Wis. Mrs. Lees, who spent the summer with her mother in Wisconsin, will be unable to attend funeral rites. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 8, 1940 Former Springs Resident Dies Word was received here yesterday of the death in Whiteash, Ill., of Mrs. Caroline Sanders, former resident of Rock Springs. Mrs. Sanders left Rock Springs last Sept. 23 to make her home in Whiteash. She had lived here since 1936. The following survivors left yesterday afternoon to attend the funeral services: Theron Sanders, a grandson, of Rock Springs; Mrs. Nora Stevens of Reliance and Mrs. Pearl Andrews of Rock Springs, daughters; Kenneth Stevens of Reliance, grandson, and Mrs. Guardi Ward of Reliance, a granddaughter. Mrs. Ward was accompanied by her husband. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 8, 1940 Rubber Company Sales Engineer Dies at Hospital Donald N. Etchison, 28, whose home was at Billings, Mont., died at the Wyoming General hospital Monday night, where he had been a patient since last Thursday. Etchison was a sales engineer for the Gates Rubber company. Surviving are his wife, Harriet, and a daughter, Betty Ann. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Crosby-Carlson-Meyers mortuary in Omaha, Neb., where the body will be sent for burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 10, 1940 Word Received of Death of Former Resident Word was received here Saturday of the death of Jack Bunten in Monterey, Calif. Matthew Bunten, 817 North Front street is a brother of the deceased. Jack Bunten was a former resident of Rock Springs before moving to California about 17 years ago. Mrs. Matt Bunten Sr., mother of the deceased, and a brother, Dave, live at Pomona, Calif. Another brother lives in Los Angeles. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 17, 1940 Former Resident Of Winton Dies Word was received here yesterday from Herrin, Illinois of the death of Mrs. Jack Lindsey, 32, who before her marriage was Esther Mathis, formerly a resident of Winton. She is survived by two sisters and one brother, Mrs. James Taylor of Johnston City, Illinois, Mrs. John Besso and Andrew Mathis Jr. of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 19, 1940 Savala Rites Are Scheduled for Monday Morning Father S.A. Welsh will officiate at the funeral services for Henry Savala, pioneer Rock Springs resident, who died Tuesday. Services will be held at the South Side Catholic church, 9 a.m. Monday. Savala, who had been a patient at the Mayo clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for 15 days, died there October 15. The body was sent here Thursday. Rosary service will be at the Rogan mortuary, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. A resident of Rock Springs for 25 years, Savala was well known here. His wife, Mary, and four children survive, in addition to several brothers. The family lived at 832 6th street. Two sons, Julian and Henry and a daughter, Lena, live in Rock Springs. Another daughter, Louise, lives in Ogden. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 24, 1940 DEATH CLAIMS AUTOMOBILE CRASH VICTIM Death claimed another automobile accident victim yesterday afternoon when D.I. Guthrie, 61, of Mason was killed in an accident on the highway between Big Piney and LaBarge. Details of the accident, which happened about 5:30 p.m., were not available, but according to William Bradley, highway patrolman, who conferred with Coroner F.W. Tanner, the man was driving alone and was killed almost instantly when his car left the road. Guthrie’s death brings the total for the year to 105, as compared to 85 for the same period last year in Wyoming. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 26, 1940 PEDESTRIAN KILLED NEAR SPRINGS CAR DRIVEN BY JACK VOLSEY STRIKES MIDDLE-AGED MAN; ACCIDENT SAID UNAVOIDABLE A man tentatively identified as M.F. Mullin was killed instantly about 10 o’clock last night when the was struck by a car about two and a half miles west of Rock Springs. Jack Volsey of Rock Springs, driver of the car which hit the man, said he was unable to stop when the hiker suddenly appeared in the middle of the road. The left fender of Volsey’s car struck Mullin, knocking him to the roadway and dragging him several feet. Local authorities were unable to identify the man, but it was thought that he was known locally, since he was not dressed as a hitchhiker, and carried no identification except his name in a pocket wallet. Volsey had a passenger with him, and was driving toward Rock Springs when the accident occurred. Ernest Dunn was his companion. Authorities said the occupants of the car related that the man was walking down the middle of the road toward them, and that as they approached he began waving his arms. The car swerved to the side of the road to avoid the man, but the fender of the car caught the man and killed him almost instantly. Patrolman William Bradley and Deputy Sheriff D. Ramsay investigated the accident. They said they would being an investigation this morning in an attempt to identify the man. It was thought that he may have been employed locally by some construction company. The body was taken to the Rogan mortuary, where an investigation was conducted last night. The body was dragged 30 or 40 feet when it was caught against the car, and the features were badly lacerated, making identification difficult. Authorities said the man was apparently about 55 and about 5 feet 6 inches tall. He was light complexioned, with grey hair and grey eyes. His features were described as “sharp.” The first blood-stain on the highway was almost exactly in the center of the road, but the body was dragged toward the left side before the car came to a stop. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 26, 1940 Mrs. Kate Roberts Succumbs Here Mrs. Kate Roberts, 76, a resident of this community for eleven years, died yesterday morning. Funeral services, not yet completed, were being arranged by the Rogan mortuary. Surviving are two sons, Lenard and James Sawtell. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 29, 1940 Accident Held Unavoidable Man Reported as Killed Identifies Crash Victim The body of a man finally identified as Carl Jacobson, 58, killed Friday night two miles west of Rock Springs when he was struck by a car, was shipped to Kimball, Nebraska, last night for burial. A coroner’s jury, which heard evidence at an inquest last night, ruled that Jacobson “died when struck by an automobile driven by Jack Volsey in an unavoidable accident.” The coroner’s jury was composed of Ole Hansen, Dave Brown and Arthur Warren. The man, first thought to be M.F. Mullen, was identified as Jacobson when authorities investigated Saturday. The identification was completed when Mullen appeared to explain that the body was that of his working companion and partner. The only identification found on the man’s body when he was brought to Rock Springs after the accident was a small coin purse bearing the name of Mullen. Mullen explained that he had given Jacobson the purse the day of the fatal accident. Aside from several cousins who live in Nebraska, Jacobson has no near relatives. One cousin, Florence Cochran, lives in Cheyenne. She came here to take charge of the body. Jacobson was employed as a carpenter on the overpass. He was living with Mullen in a cabin at the west end of Blairtown. No explanation was given as to why he walking on the highway at 10:30 Friday night, when a car driven by Volsey struck and killed him. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 29, 1940 PARTIAL SKELETON IS FOUND HIDDEN IN SPRINGS BUILDING A shriveled left arm and a dried skull, found by workmen in the attic of the old Rock building, occupied now by the Playmore night club, had police and county authorities guessing yesterday. Barney DeCora and Ray Larsen, working in the attic of the building, found a sugar sack lying in a corner and DeCora stuck his hand in it to find out what it contained. His hand met another hand, with long fingernails, contracted into a half-closed fist. After recovering from his first surprise DeCora emptied the contents of the sack and discovered that a skull and the forearm of what was once a human being had been tucked away in the attic. No clue to the identity of the bones was found, but the sugar sack was apparently shipped many years ago from California to the Beckwith and Quinn store, one of the first big stores in Rock Springs. A rusty hatchet was also found in the attic, tucked up under the eaves where it would never have been found unless workmen had cut a hole at that point to install a ventilator pipe. An examination revealed that the skull was dented from a heavy blow, but doctors said the blow had not caused the death of the individual because the wound had apparently healed before the person died. Although some of the front teeth had been broken off, the condition of the teeth in the skull was good, giving rise to the theory that it had been a young man. The hand and large fingernails indicated that the bones were those of a man. Deputy Sheriff D. Ramsay was undecided about what to do with the bones. They were lodged at his office pending further investigation. It was estimated that the skull and arm bones had been lying in their hiding place for more than 50 years. The Beckwith and Quinn firm has not been in business here for the last half century. Authorities searched the building thoroughly for further remains of the skeleton but could find nothing further. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 29, 1940 Daniel Resident Dies in Hospital Louis Brown, 60, a resident of Daniel, died at the Wyoming General hospital at 8 p.m. Sunday. He was brought here by ambulance from Superior Saturday morning. Funeral services will be Wednesday and are in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Nov 1940 “Bob” Baxter Passes There died at Alameda, California, on August 7th, Robert W. (“Bob”) Baxter. He started with the Union Pacific Railroad as telegraph operator, then Train Dispatcher, Trainmaster, Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent, General Superintendent, and General Manager, O. W. R. & N., at Portland. Later on he operated the railroad in Alaska for the United States Government. At various times he was stationed at Laramie, Cheyenne, Rawlins, Green River, Omaha, Portland, Seattle, etc. In 1869, shortly after the completion of the U. P., his father, Robert W. Baxter, was Roadmaster of the old 7th District, Wyoming Division. A sister, Mrs. J. C. Harrington, living at Alameda, is the sole survivor. The station a few miles east of Rock Springs was named after him. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 2, 1940 GREEN RIVER YOUTH DIES OF BULLET WOUND The body of Glen Harsha, 21, Green River youth who was killed in a hunting accident north of Jackson on Thursday, will be brought to Green River for burial tomorrow. Harsha bled to death after a shot from a rifle in the hands of Jess Pelser, his cousin, struck him in the hip, and emerged through the groin. Pelser’s gun caught on some brush as he was walking behind Harsha in pursuit of an elk the pair had spotted. The hunting party had been at Scott’s camp in the Gros Ventre region 60 miles from Jackson since Saturday. Others in the party were Mr. and Mrs. William Harson, and their son Jack. William Harsha is the uncle of the deceased. Harsha was taken immediately to Jackson, but he died en route from loss of blood and shock. A coroner’s inquest held that the death was accidental. The body will lie in state at the Rogan mortuary this afternoon and will be taken to Green River tomorrow for the funeral at 2:30 in the L.D.S. church. Burial will be in the Riverview cemetery. The deceased had lived in Green River 11 years, and was employed as a section hand by the Union Pacific railroad. In addition to his wife, Hanna Marie, he is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harsha, six brothers and two sisters, all of Green River. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 5, 1940 SUPERIOR MAN DIES SATURDAY Americo B. Zanoni, 56, died at the Wyoming General hospital Saturday, where he had been a patient for one day. He had been a resident of the county for more than 30 years. Zanoni was a well known resident of Superior, and was proprietor of the Western Meat market. He is survived by a son, Joseph Leon, of Rock Springs; one brother, Mike Zanoni of Point of Rocks, and two half brothers, Henry Rizzi of Green River and Arthur Rizzi of McGill, Nv. One sister, Mrs. Lena Frank, lives at Salt Lake City. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Rogan chapel. The Rev. S.A. Welsh will officiate at the funeral Thursday morning at 9:30, South Side Catholic church. Burial will be in the St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 5, 1940 INQUEST INTO MINE DEATH TO BE TONIGHT An inquest will be held tonight into the death of Lester Milton Gregory, 19, who was killed in an accident at the Winton mine Saturday. A fall of rock struck the young miner, killing him instantly. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gregory, five brothers, Richard, Hugh, Gladwyn, Allen and Robert; and two sisters, Evelyn and Grace. Named to the coroner’s jury by Coroner J. Warden Opie were Pat Morrison, George Pecolar, and James Benson. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the L.D.S. church. Bishop James officiating. Burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. Gregory was a member of UMWA local union 3830. Mrs. Muriel Lewis, an aunt of the deceased came here from Salt Lake City for the funeral services. The body is at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 19, 1940 Former Springs Resident Dies In Delano, Calif. Funeral services were held Sunday in Delano, Calif., for George Edward Lindsey, former Rock Springs resident who died there last Thursday. Born in Rock Springs, Lindsey served with the A.E.F. in France during the World War and moved to Superior after the close of the war. He was married to Dora Rung of Superior. He left Rock Springs to reside in California about nine years ago. Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Vera and Shirley; a son, Kenneth; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Hicks of Superior and Mrs. P.J. McMahon of Rock Springs; and one brother, who lives in California. His sisters, Mrs. Hicks and Mrs. McMahon, left the last week to attend the funeral services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 19, 1940 Miner Killed When Hit By Loaded Trip CARS BREAK LOOSE WHEN POWER STOPS Dujo Balen, Rock Springs miner, was killed instantly yesterday morning when a loaded trip broke loose in No. 8 mine of the Union Pacific Coal company and ran over him as he was brushing the rib below the 26th entry. He lived at 1207 Ninth street. An inquest will be held tonight at the Rogan mortuary, 7 p.m., according to Coroner J. Warden Opie, who investigated the accident yesterday. He named Louis Mandrich, Ben Blasko and Albert McMurtrie to the coroner’s jury. Balen, whose wife preceded him in death many years ago, is survived by five children, three sons and two daughters. The sons are Don, Mike and Steve, all of Rock Springs. Mrs. John Jelosek, a daughter, lives at 140 J street. Martha Balen is the other daughter. According to Coroner Opie, Bolan was working with John Bitango at the time of the accident. The loaded trip, 16 cars, was on its way up, and at the 23rd entry the power suddenly went off. The cars jerked backward as the power quit, breaking a coupling link and hurtling back down the incline toward the spot where the men were working. Bitango was able to run up on the side of the shaft far enough to avoid being hit, but Balen could not get out of the way and was struck by the run-away cars. The cars passed over him and raced on down into the mine before they were stopped on a lower level. The body is at the Rogan mortuary. Balen, who was about 62, was a member of local union 2174, a member of the F.O. Eagles lodge No. 151, and also belonged to the Croatian fraternal union. He was a resident of Rock Springs for 36 years. Funeral arrangements were tentatively set for Thursday at the Methodist church, the Rev. Richard Lungren officiating. Burial will be in a local cemetery. The Rogan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 19, 1940 DEATH CLAIMS PIONEER, JAMES WARD Death early Saturday claimed James Ward, 67, retired coal miner and well known pioneer resident, at the Wyoming General hospital. He had been ill but a few days. Ward was born in England on May 26, 1876, and had been a resident of Rock Springs since 1881. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Wildermuth chapel with Bishop Cecil James of the L.D.S. church and the Woodmen of the World lodge in charge of the services. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under the direction of the Wildermuth Funeral Home. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 20, 1940 SERVICES FOR JAMES WARD HELD TUESDAY Funeral services were held for James Ward, well known pioneer resident of Rock Springs, at the Wildermuth Chapel at 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon with Bishop Cecil James of the L.D.S. church officiating. The Woodmen of the World lodge, of which Ward was a member, held rituals at the chapel and at the cemetery. The grave was dedicated by Sam Ward, son of the deceased. Pallbearers were Fred Magagna, Harley Jenkins, A.W. Travelute, Ben Harvey, Mary Greenwood and Ray McDonough. Surviving relatives of Mr. Ward are his wife; three sons, A.E. Ward of Rock Springs, Sam Ward of Bancroft, Idaho, and Charles Ward of Butte, Mont.; and one daughter, Mrs. Howard Shelton of Mariemont, Ohio. Two brothers, Louis and S.M. Ward both of Rock Springs, and one sister, Mrs. James Davis of Green River, also survive. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 22, 1940 NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH BY WIFE, WOMAN IS WOUNDED IN FRAY Holiday Meal Is Disrupted By Shooting A negro man was dead, one negro woman was in the hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the chest and another woman was being held in the city jail facing a probably murder charge after an argument which resulted in a shooting fray that interrupted a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday evening. Alonzo Hunt, about 51, was killed almost instantly about 6:30 o’clock last night by his wife, Willie May Hunt, a housekeeper, as he left the dinner table to talk to her in another part of their residence behind the Belmont Inn and just west of K street. Minnie Lee Harper, 30, another negro woman, was wounded as she entered the room after hearing the shots and leaving the table. She was in Wyoming General hospital last night where it was said her condition was not serious. Hunt died of four bullet wounds in his abdomen as he fell to the floor of one of the two bedrooms in the three-room house. Jealousy apparently was the motive for the argument which led up to the shooting, officers said. Miss Harper had made her home with the Hunts since she came to Rock Springs about six months ago, officers said. Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay, who investigated the shooting, said that Mrs. Hunt apparently left the dinner table during the meal during which the argument developed. She went from the kitchen, where the group was eating a dinner of roast goose, and went into the farthest bedroom where she apparently obtained the gun. When Hunt left the kitchen and entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired at him with a .32-.20 caliber revolver. The bullets struck him in the abdomen and he slumped to the floor between a bed and dresser. Upon hearing the first shot, Miss Harper left the table and as she entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired a fifth shot which struck her in the chest. The bullet glanced from her breast bone and she suffered only a flesh wound, hospital attendants said. A fourth member of the dinner party, a negro man believed to be named Sloan, left the house. Sloan has been in Rock Springs but a few days, coming here from Texas with Hunt who visited there and returned but a short time ago. City police were called to the house about 6:45 p.m. and Patrolman Jack Hansen said that when he entered the house Mrs. Hunt had the telephone in her hand and was screaming. Mrs. Hunt was taken to the jail by city police and Miss Harper was rushed to the hospital. Mrs. Hunt told officers that she did not intend to shoot Miss Harper. Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, acting county coroner in the absence of Coroner J. Warden Opie, summoned a coroner’s jury last night which viewed the body of the slain man. Members of the jury are M.D. Horton, C.E. Petty and James Hougard. A time for inquest has not been set. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 22, 1940 YOUTH DIES WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS NEWCASTLE, Nov. 21 (UP)—Robert Larson, 15, Newcastle high school student was killed instantly when the borrowed automobile he was driving overturned tonight. Dale Fyer, about 17, the only other passenger, was in a hospital here suffering internal injuries, including a crushed chest. An inquest will be held tomorrow. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 22, 1940 James Rosetti Succumbs At 37 James F. Rosetti, well-known to Rock Springs residents as “Skip,” died at 5 o’clock yesterday morning at the State Sanitarium at Basin. Rosetti was 37 years old. He is survived by his wife, Kate, of Rock Springs; two daughters, Kathryn and Lena; and a son, Andy. His mother, Mrs. Andrew Rosetti, and two brothers, John and William, also survive. J. Warden Opie left Rock Springs yesterday afternoon to return the body to the Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 23, 1940 Billie Coulston Dies at Age of 14; Ill for Week Bille Mae Coulston, 14, daughter of Cliff Coulston, died at 11 a.m. yesterday, two hours after she was admitted to the Wyoming General hospital. She had been ill for a week, hospital attendants said. The family lives a few miles west of Rock Springs on highway 30. Coulston works for the Union Pacific railroad. No details were available last night concerning funeral arrangements. The body was at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 26, 1940 Coulston Rites Are Held Monday Funeral services for Billie May Coulston, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Coulston of Rock Springs, were held at the Rogan Mortuary at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the Rev. E.E. Acheson officiating. Pallbearers were William Dorrence, William Matthews, Dolphus Coulston, Joe Welsh and Ben Butler. Burial was in the Mountain View cemetery. Three sisters, Mrs. Arthur Carpenter of Pixley, Calif., Mrs. William Dorrence of Rock Springs and Mrs. Albert Dorrence of Superior, and a brother, Dolphus survived beside the father and mother. Billie May was a freshman in the Rock Springs High school. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 27, 1940 Boulder Pioneer Dies At Rock Springs Hospital Edward P. Steele, 81, well known pioneer resident of Boulder, died early Tuesday morning at the Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient since November 13. Born in Lodi, Wis., May 5, 1859, Steele had been a resident of Boulder for 53 years. Funeral services will be held at the school house in Boulder at 2 p.m. Friday with the B.P.O. Elks of Rock Springs holding ritualistic services and the Rev. Gayle Strickler of Pinedale officiating. Burial will be at Boulder. Steele is survived by five sons, John, Frank, William, Louie and Milford; and one daughter, Mrs. Leonard Priebe. Also surviving are 21 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. His wife and one daughter preceded him in death. Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 27, 1940 Father of Winton Woman Succumbs Mrs. J.H. Wise of Winton received word Monday of the death of her father, Dave W. Reese, at Los Angeles. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Wise, are D.W. Reese of San Diego, Calif., and Clyde Reese of Los Angeles, sons of the deceased. Eight grandchildren are also living. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1940 MRS. EBELING SUCCUMBS; RITES MONDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Rudolph Ebeling, 68, pioneer resident of Rock Springs, were held at the Episcopal church at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the Rev. E.L. Tull officiating at the service. Mrs. Ebeling died at the Wyoming General hospital at 1 a.m. Saturday, following a five-day illness. She was born as Helen Dorothy Shultz in Schulp, Germany, and had resided in Rock Springs for the past 40 years. Mrs. Ebeling was well-known in Rock Springs social circles, having taken active part in several clubs and organizations. She is survived by her husband, Rudolph Ebeling; a daughter, Mrs. Louise Harney; and a son, C.A. Ebeling of Spokane, Wash. Five grandchildren, Mrs. Jack Harris, Mrs. James Osborne, Jack Hartney, Carl Ebeling Jr., and Leslie Ebeling, and one great-grandchild, Karen Harris, also survive. Pallbearers for the funeral were: Robert Murphy, James Davis, Arthur Anderson, Walter Johnson, Eddie Bertagnolli and A.W. Travelute. Honorary pallbearers were George Pryde, E.R. Jefferis, Frank Tallmire, Otto Schnauber, V.J. Facinelli, Dr. P.M. McCrann, Walter Muir and Thomas Berta. Burial was in the Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1940 INQUEST TONIGHT WILL HEAR KILLING STORY A coroner’s inquest into the death of Alonzo Hunt, 51, who died of gunshot wounds November 21, was set for tonight, authorities announced yesterday. Hunt was the victim of a Thanksgiving day quarrel during which his negro wife, Willie May Hunt, allegedly killed him with a revolver. A direct information charging her with first degree murder was filed last week by County Attorney Joseph Galicich. Minnie Harper, wounded in the fray, was released last week from the Wyoming General hospital. She received a chest wound when she ran to the room where Mrs. Hunt allegedly killed her husband. Several other guests at the Hunt home at the time of the shooting are expected to testify at the inquest tonight. Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, who acted as coroner in the absence of J. Warden Opie, will conduct the inquest. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1940 Funeral Services Are Held for Mrs. Lozier, Cora PINEDALE, Dec. 2 (Special)—Funeral services were held here Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Pinedale Community hall for Mrs. Earl Lozier of Cora, who passed away on November 20, at the Jackson hospital following a major operation. The Rev. Gayle Strickler conducted the services. During the services Mrs. Oscar Alexander sang “There’s a Goldmine in the Sky.” A quartette composed of Mrs. Lyman Rosendahl, J.F. McCormick, Mrs. R.E. Clark and Chauncy Clark sang hymns, accompanied by Made McHugh at the piano. Pallbearers were Carl Jorgenson, Carroll Noble, Bill Alexander, Jack Alexander and George Pape of Cora, and A.A. Thompson and John Penton of Pinedale. Burial was made in the Pinedale cemetery. Mrs. Mabel Adney Lozier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Adney, was born Sept. 8, 1906, at Mitchell, Neb. In 1927 she came to Cora, where she made her home on a ranch in that community. On Feb. 13, 1929, she was married to Earl Lozier, son of Mr. and Mrs. I.M. Lozier of Cora. A son Nick, and two daughters, Louise and Ruth, survive. Also surviving are: her husband, Earl Lozier of Cora; her father and mother, Mrs. and Mrs. Joe Adney; three sisters, Mrs. Marjorie Chauteau, Mrs. Madeline Bolinger and Mrs. Earl Alexander; and two brothers, Ben and Jim Adney, all of Pinedale. Mrs. Lozier came home from the hospital on November 3, following the birth of their daughter, Ruth. On November 17, she returned to the hospital and passed away on November 29. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1940 JURY BLAMES SPEED, NEGLIGENCE FOR AUTO CRASH DEATH OF WOMAN Four Others Injured As Car Plunges Off Highway A coroner’s jury, at an inquest held yesterday afternoon into the death of Emily M. Meyer, 65, of Lincoln, Neb., killed instantly in an automobile accident four miles west of Green River Saturday night, ruled that Mrs. Meyer net her death “as the result of excessive car speed and negligence on the part of the driver, and furthermore negligence on the part of the owner of the car in allowing strangers to drive his car.” The accident occurred shortly before midnight Saturday on the curve just beyond the Covered Wagon camp. Five young men, also riding in the car, were treated at the Wyoming General hospital for minor injuries. George Roberts, of Piedmont, Calif., owner of the car, suffered a fractured jaw and was still in the hospital yesterday. The other youths were released Sunday. Rocco Francisco, from San Jose, Calif., driving at the time of the accident, received minor injuries. Robert Danelenko of Oakland, Frank Diofotes of Chicago, and George Karvonis of San Jose were the other passengers. Testimony at the inquest revealed that just before the accident occurred Roberts, sitting in the front seat on the outside, reached across in front of the driver, Francisco, to adjust the car heater. Francisco said that he was momentarily distracted and the next moment the car went out of control as it plunged over the right hand side of the road. Patrolman William Bradley, who investigated the accident, said that the front wheels struck a drainage dam across the borrow pit, throwing the car sideways. From there it rolled over twice, finally settling on its wheels. Bradley testified that the car apparently left the highway about 67 yards from where it came to rest, and traveled about 53 yards after it turned over the first time. Although the passengers in the car were paying the owner of the car to transport them to various points east, and had paid a travel agency to secure the ride for them, the car was not licensed as a commercial passenger vehicle, Bradley said. He explained that Wyoming laws stipulate that vehicles commercially operated to carry passengers for hire must be licensed by the Public Service Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission. The passengers testified that under the original agreement Mrs. Meyer was supposed to ride only as far as Salt Lake City, but that, she had decided to go on with them to Lincoln, where her husband lives. Dr. Elmer P. Johnson, of Green River, testified that the woman was dead when he examined her at the scene of the wreck. She was riding in the back seat on the left side. Most of the passengers were asleep at the time, having ridden without stopping overnight since they left California, they testified. The coroner’s jury, summoned by Coroner J. Warden Opie, consisted of E.A. Gaensslen, Arthur Dixon, and Edward Harvey, all of Green River. No charges have been filed against the driver or the owner of the car last night. The body, in charge of the Rogan Mortuary, was shipped to Lincoln last night for funeral services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1940 CRASHES TAKE TWO LIVES NEAR CASPER CASPER, Dec. 2 (UP)—The death toll from a series of weekend auto accidents near Casper rose to two today with the death of Harvey W. Meyers, 69, of Powell. Meyers died in a Casper hospital early today from injuries suffered at noon yesterday when the car in which he was riding struck a bridge abutment 15 miles west of here and overturned. A similar accident earlier yesterday 20 miles east of Casper took the life of Fred Van Cleave of Cheyenne, member of the state bank examiner’s staff. His companion and fellow employee, Claire Carter, suffered minor injuries in the crash. A third accident at the edge of the city limits left five persons injured, one critically. Hospital attaches described as “grave” tonight the condition of J.W. Daniels, Stapleton, Neb., whose car collided headon with a party of Montana people enroute to a Farm Security Administartion meeting in Denver. The Montanans suffered only minor injuries and did not require hospital treatment. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 4, 1940 Superior Infant Is Found Dead Paul Peter Gazdik Jr. two-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Peter Gazdik Sr., of Copenhagen camp in Superior, was found dead in his crib at his home at 4:30 a.m. yesterday. An autopsy performed at the request of the parents revealed the infant died from an enlarged thymus gland. The baby was put to bed about 12 o’clock and the father got up about 4:30 a.m. to look after him and found him dead. Funeral services will be held at the Rogan chapel at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The Rev. E.E. Acheson officiating. Burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 4, 1940 Burrell Services To Be Held Today Funeral services for Charleen Burrell, two-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Burrell, 425 Tisdale street, will be held at 10:30 o’clock this morning at the Wildermuth chapel with the Bishop Cecil S. James officiating at the services. Charleen was born on October 2 and died at the Wyoming General hospital Monday morning. Burial will be at the Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 5, 1940 Superior Miner Dies at Hospital Herman Mikkelson, 72-year-old miner and a resident of Superior for the last 35 years, died at the Wyoming General hospital at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday. Mikkelson was born in Finland and has been in the United States for 40 years. As far as is known, there are no surviving relatives. The body is at the Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 5, 1940 SUPERIOR MAN SUCCUMBS AT HOSPITAL Stephen Dugas, 48-year-old miner of Superior, died at the Wyoming General hospital at 8:40 a.m. Wednesday, following a month’s illness. Dugas was born August 29, 1892 and had lived in the Rock Springs area all his life. He was a member of the United Mine Workers Union. He is survived by his wife, Alice; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Blasko of Rock Springs, Betty Dugas of Wheatland and Mrs. Robert Vukelic of Superior; two brothers, Ervin of Rock Springs and John of Sheridan; and one sister, Mrs. George Liska of Rock Springs. The body is at the Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 7, 1940 Dugas Services Will Be Today Funeral services for Stephen Dugas, 48-year-old miner of Superior who died at the Wyoming General hospital Wednesday, will be held at 9 o’clock this morning at the South Side Catholic church with the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s cemetery. Rosary services were held last night. Rogan mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 7, 1940 Railroader Dies Under Train GREEN RIVER MAN CRUSHED BENEATH CAR Robert E. Banks, about 57, was crushed to death under the wheels of a freight car in the Union Pacific railroad yards at Green River yesterday morning when the train moved ahead as he was repairing a rod support underneath the car. Coroner J. Warden Opie, who investigated the accident, said that Banks, a U.P.R.R. car inspector, and Halvor Hermansen, car inspector leader, were working underneath the fruit train car, fixing a bottom rod support that had come loose and had been temporarily repaired at Granger. The train had been sidetracked to track 10 in the east yards, and by some error the engineer got a signal to move ahead. The cars lurched forward suddenly and caught the two men underneath before they could move out of danger. Banks was killed outright and Hermanson was injured, though not critically. Coroner Opie named a jury of three men to view the scene of the accident and to hear testimony at an inquest. The date of the inquest was not set last night. Jurymen are E.D. Morrison, Dale J. Morris, and Albert Reinch. Banks had been a resident of Green River for about 20 years, and is survived by his widow, Josephine and four children. A son, Ernest, lives in Green River. Mrs. Robert McGee, a daughter, lives in Pueblo, Colo., and two other daughters, Mrs. John F. Borck and Nell Dean Banks, live in Green River. The accident happened Friday morning about 9:55 o’clock. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 10, 1940 Funeral Services For Victim of Train Held Monday Funeral services for Robert E. Banks, 57, who was crushed to death under the wheels of a freight car in the Union Pacific railroad yards at Green River Friday, were held at the Social Hall in Green River at 4 p.m. yesterday, Bishop Albert Reinsch of the L.D.S. church officiating. The body was removed from the Rogan Mortuary to the Frank Williams mortuary at Green River at 11 o’clock yesterday morning. The body was sent from Green River last night at 6:45 p.m. to Montpelier, Idaho, for burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 14, 1940 Chinn Infant Dies At Local Hospital James Chinn, 3-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chinn of 527 North Front street, died yesterday morning at the Wyoming General hospital. The infant had entered the hospital on Tuesday, December 4. He had also been treated prior to that time at the hospital. The body is at the Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 14, 1940 DR. GOODNOUGH SUCCUMBS IN CALIFORNIA Dr. J.H. Goodnough, prominent Rock Springs physician and president of the Wyoming State Medical association died about 4 p.m. yesterday in a Hollywood hospital. He had been a patient there about a week, and had been taken to the hospital from Palm Springs, where he and his wife had gone in the hope of finding some relief from the sickness which had kept him bedfast for several months. Funeral arrangements had not been made last night, but Dr. Oliver Chambers, a close friend of the family, said that the body would probably be brought here for burial. Mrs. Goodnough and her daughter, Ether, were at the beside when Dr. Goodnough died. Esther had gone to California from Laramie, where she attended the University of Wyoming, only the day before her father died. For 25 years Dr. Goodnough had practiced medicine here, starting his career at Reliance after being graduated from the medical school of the University of Nebraska. He was always active in community affairs, and had been a member of the nights Templar, the Rock Springs Masonic Lodge, and Phi Rho Sigma, medical fraternity. He was also a Shriner. At the time of his death he held the position of president of the Wyoming State Medical association. He was prevented from attending the convention of the association last summer because of his illness. For a number of years Dr. Goodnough was the city health officer here, and served a year as president of the Lions Club. He was a member of the Episcopal church. When his health began to give way under the stress of his professional work, Dr. Goodnough withdrew from active practice last April and was confined to his bed for some time. In August he and Mrs. Goodnough went to Denver where the doctor entered St. Joseph’s hospital. He was home for a few days at Thanksgiving before continuing to California. At the time he was here friends described his condition as somewhat improved, but he failed to respond to the treatment he received in California and died about three weeks after his arrival there. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 17, 1940 SERVICES FOR DR. GOODNOUGH WILL BE TODAY Funeral services for Dr. J.H. Goodnough, prominent Rock Springs physician who died in a Hollywood hospital Friday afternoon, will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Episcopal church, the Rev. E.L. Tull officiating. Dr. Goodnough had practiced medicine in Rock Springs and vicinity for the past 25 years, and at the time of his death he was president of the Wyoming State Medical association. For a number of years, he was the city health officer, and served as president of the Lions Club for a year. He was a member of the Episcopal church and prominent in Masonic activities. Active pallbearers for the funeral will be Dr. G.H. Breihan, Dr. E.S. Lauzer, Dr. P.N. McCrann, Dr. K.E. Krueger, Dr. J.G. Wanner and Dr. Frank Bertoncelj. Honorary pallbearers will be Elmer Halseth, Malcolm Condie, E.M. Thompson, W.D. McKinley, Fred Mills, James WHisenand, Dr. C.J. Moon of Omaha, Dwight Jones, Claude Elias, John Bunnign, David Griffiths, J.D. Foster, Walter Muir, Dr. R.C. Stratton and Dr. A.T. Sudman, the latter two of Green River. The Rogan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 17, 1940 SPRINGS MAN DIES SUNDAY Death claimed Justus L. Croy, 61-year-old Rock Springs miner, at the Wyoming General hospital early Sunday morning, following a brief illness. Croy had been a resident of Rock Springs for the past four years. He was born in Louisville, Ohio, on October 10, 1879. His home was at 1016 Lee street. His is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth; three sons, M.H. Croy of Monterey, Calif., Calvin of Henryetta, Okla., and Ralph of Rock Springs; one daughter, Helen Faye Croy of Rock Springs; one brother, David of Mt. Harris, Colo.; and one sister, Mrs. Lydia Ralph of Pleaton, Kan. The body is at the Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 18, 1940 Reliance Infant Dies on Tuesday Clarence L. Compton, 5-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vilias L. Compton of Reliance, died yesterday morning at the Wyoming General hospital. He was born July 17 at the hospital. His parents and one sister, Marjorie Dean, of Reliance, survive. Funeral services for the infant will be held at the Rogan chapel 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. E.E. Acheson of the Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 19, 1940 Compton Services To Be Held Today Funeral services for Clarence L. Compton, 5-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vilias L. Compton of Reliance, who died at the Wyoming General hospital Tuesday, will be held at the Rogan chapel at 2 o’clock this afternoon, the Rev. E.E. Acheson of the First Baptist church officiating. Surviving relatives of the infant are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vilias L. Compton of Reliance; one sister, Marjorie Dean of Reliance; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard August of Richmond, Mo., and Mrs. Ruth Lackey of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 19, 1940 Former Railroader At Green River Succumbs In Ogden Funeral services for Benjamin Benz, 70-year-old retired railroad worker of Wyoming and Utah who died suddenly at his home at Ogden, Utah, Sunday morning, were held there Wednesday afternoon. Benz was born August 18, 1870 in Baden, Baden, Germany. In 1885, he came to the United States by working his way across the ocean on a steamship. For several years he resided in New York City, and at the age of 21, became a citizen of the United States. In New York, he married Emma Westphal, a trained nurse. She died in 1918 in Green River. For several years, Mr. Benz was employed as a Union Pacific railroad car inspector in Green River. He retired August 1, 1937, then went to Ogden, Utah, to make his home. He married Ann Woodward of Ogden on February 6, 1939. He was a member of the Harry A. Young camp, Spanish War veterans, and had served in the famous Rough Rider unit in the Spanish American war. He also was a member of the U.P. Old Timers club and the Modern Woodmen of America. Surviving relatives are his widow and the following sons and daughters: Fred Benz and Mrs. Robert Moss of Ogden, Mrs. Arthur Hitchcock of Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs. E.R. Hill of Green River, Everett Benz of Rock Springs and Bernard Benz of Sidney, Nebraska. Eight grandchildren also survive. Burial was in Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 20, 1940 Mrs. Phoebe Morris Dies at Age of 81 Mrs. Phoebe Morris, 81-year-old resident of Rock Springs, died at the Wyoming General hospital at 5 o’clock Thursday morning. Mrs. Morris lived at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bert Chadwick, 816 Center street. She was born April 3, 1859 in Flint, Wales. Surviving relatives other than Mrs. Chadwick are another daughter, Mrs. Tom Winward of White Plains, New York; one sister in England, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The body is at the Wildermuth Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 21, 1940 Springs Pioneer Woman Dies At Daughter’s Home Mrs. Sarah Sheedon, pioneer resident of Rock Springs, died last night in Boise, Idaho, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ellenor Mason, according to word received here. Mrs. Sheddon had gone to Boise for a visit several weeks ago and was stricken with the illness which proved fatal. Mrs. George B. Pryde, another daughter of Mrs. Sheddon, went to Boise some time ago and was at her mother’s bedside. Mr. Pryde, informed of the death last night, said the body would be returned here Sunday and funeral services have been tentatively set for 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 24, 1940 Funeral Services Held Monday for Mrs. S. Sheddon Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Jane Sheddon, 86-year-old pioneer resident of Rock Springs who died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.E. Mason of Boise, Idaho, were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Congregational church, the Rev. Keenan Sheldon officiating. Mrs. Sheddon is survived by two daughters, Mrs. George B. Pryde of Rock Springs and Mrs. C.E. Mason of Boise, Idaho; one son, John Sheddon of New Jersey; and several grandchildren. Pallbearers for the funeral were six grandsons, Donald, Charles, William and Richard Sheddon, Charles Gregory and Richard Webster. Burial was at Mountain View cemetery. Wildermuth mortuary was in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 24, 1940 Robertson Man, 72, Dies in Springs John E. Westberg, 72-year-old resident of Robertson, died early Sunday morning at the Wyoming General hospital. Westberg had been a resident of Robertson for the past 15 years, and in the United States for 50 years. He was born in Sweden on February 2, 1868. He is survived by one brother, Andrew, of Columbia Falls, Mont. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 25, 1940 RAYMOND ROHR DIES TUESDAY Raymond John Rohr, 25, died at the Wyoming General hospital Tuesday morning after a month’s illness. Rohr was the manager of a local café, and had been a resident of Rock Springs for only nine months. He lived at 202 Logan street. He was born October 27, 1915, in Hill City, Kansas. He is survived by his wife, Florence; his father, Matt Rorh of Hayes, Kan.; four brothers, Alex J. of Valery, Mont., Jake of Green River, Matt Jr. of Rock Springs and Florine of Rock Springs; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Davis of Hill City, Kans., and Mrs. Howard Stonebreaker of Exier, Iowa. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 25, 1940 TRAVIS RITES TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY Mrs. Bridgett Travis, 79, well known pioneer resident of Rock Springs, died at the Wyoming General hospital Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Mrs. Travis was born May 6, 1861, at Starkville, Ireland, and had been a resident of Rock Springs for the past 61 years. She is survived by three sons, Jack, James and William, all of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Gregory and Mrs. Harry Parker of Rock Springs; 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 o’clock Thursday morning at the South Side Catholic church, with the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Six grandsons will act as pallbearers. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s cemetery. Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 26 and 27, 1940 Travis Rites Are Held on Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Bridgett Travis, 79-year-old pioneer resident of Rock Springs who died Monday at the Wyoming General hospital, were held Thursday afternoon at the South Side Catholic church, the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Mrs. Travis is survived by three sons, Jack, James and William, all of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Gregory and Mrs. Harry Parker of Rock Springs; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Six grandsons, Archie, James, Charles and Jack Travis and Pete and Harry Parker were pallbearers. Burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Wildermuth mortuary was in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 31, 1940 TRAVIS RITES TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY Mrs. James Travis, 57-year-old native of Rock Springs, died Sunday morning at the Wyoming General hospital. She was born as Margaret Stuart on November 17, 1893, in Rock Springs. On August 15, 1912, she became the bride of James Travis. She was well known and well liked by Rock Springs residents. Mrs. Travis is survived by her husband, James; two sons, Archie and James; one foster daughter, Vivian; one sister, Mrs. John Collins; three brothers, Nat Stuart of Mt. Harris, Colo., and Robert and Archie of Rock Springs and one grandchild, Albert James Travis. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. E.E. Acheson officiating. Pallbearers will be Richard Bertagnolli, James Knox, Robert Oliver, William Black, Lawrence Latimus and Alex Noble. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 31, 1940 Funeral Services For Superior Baby Held Monday Norman Ropicky, six-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ropicky of Superior, died Sunday afternoon at the Wyoming General hospital. The infant is survived by his parents, two brothers, Gerald John and Richard of Superior; and one sister, Charlotte of Superior. Funeral services were held at the South Side Catholic church at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon, the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Rogan mortuary was in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 31, 1940 WAR VETERAN FOUND DEAD Lorenzo Martinez, 85-year-old veteran of the Spanish American war, was found dead Monday afternoon at 107 Noble Drive. Death came from natural causes. Martinez was born June 14, 1855 in Silver City, New Mexico, and had been a resident of this community for about 37 years. His usual occupation was sheepherding. He is survived by a son and daughter, but they have not been contacted yet. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. ---