Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jan 1943 The community of Hanna was shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Miss Lola Taylor, who succumbed to a heart attack in Laramie on November 18th. Miss Taylor was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company since September in Laramie. She was born Verna Lola Fitch, in Hanna, June 19, 1917, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fitch. Her mother died when she was five months old and she was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Taylor, who loved and raised her as one of their own. She leaves to mourn her passing her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Taylor, of Hanna, her father, Samuel Fitch, and sister, Mae Fitch, of Kansas City, and one brother, Samuel B. Fitch, who is in the U.S. Navy. Lola was a graduate of the Hanna High School of the class of 1937. She was a member of the Methodist Church and Pythian Sister Lodge of Hanna. Funeral services were held in Laramie on November 22nd at 2 p.m., at the Shannon Funeral Chapel, with Rev. J.R. Palmer, of the Hanna Methodist Church officiating. The Hanna Methodist choir sang and they Pythian Sisters gave their service. Interment was in Green Hill Cemetery, Laramie. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jan 1943 November Injuries MIKE SEMOS, Greek, age 50, married, faceman, Section 1, Reliance No. 7 Mine. FATAL. The top part of this room was pulling pillars left by the old Joy rooms which had been driven on the strike. This crew was just starting into one of these pillars. After they came on shift several cars of loose coal had been loaded, then two shots were drilled and shot in the top coal of the old room. Semos was working on the left side of the ratchet pan, and two of the tree props on that side were taken out so the ratchet pan could be moved over. About half a car had been loaded when the remainder of the top coal in the old room and some rock fell down. The edge of the rock struck Semos, killing him instantly. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jan 1943 Superior Leo Tognolli died at the Wyoming General Hospital Saturday morning, November 14th. Mr. Tognolli lived in Superior for more than thirty years, where he worked for the Company until his retirement a few years ago. Funeral services were held the following Thursday from the South Side Catholic Church in Rock Springs. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jan 1943 Superior Funeral services were held at the L.D.S. Church in Rock Springs on Friday, December 11th, for William E. Ferrell, who died very suddenly from a heart attack at his home in Superior. Mr. Ferrell had worked for the Company since November, 1921, and was a member of the Old Timers’ Association. He is survived by his wife and three step-children, Mrs. William Edwards and Nicholas Moser, of Superior, and Catherine Moser, of Casper. Burial was in Salt Lake City, where Mr. Ferrell resided before coming to Superior. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 1, 1943 Pechenino Succumbs From Injuries In Peacock Accident WAS INJURED ON MAN TRIP ON DECEMBER 15 August Pechenino, 47, died at Wyoming General hospital Thursday afternoon shortly after 4:30 o’clock. He was the fourth miner to die as result of the accident at the Colony Coal company’s Peacock mine on Tuesday, Dec. 15, when the outcoming mantrip failed to stop at the mine portal and ran wild over the switching trestle to crash to the ground 40 feet below. Pechenino’s condition, consisting of a pelvic injury, was regarded from the first as serious. Mike Karamonas and C.D. Masters were killed instantly and William Miteff died a short time later at Wyoming General hospital. Pechenino was one of three miners who were seriously injured. The others were John Denshar and George Srunot who are reported to be in a satisfactory condition at this time. Pechenino was born in Canischio in northern Italy Feb. 11, 1895. He is survived by one brother, Tony Pechenino, who came to Rock Springs from Coullo, Ill., shortly after the accident and who is still in the city and will be in charge of funeral arrangements. Pechenino’s parents and several brothers and sisters reside in Italy although he had not heard from them since shortly before outbreak of the war. After the accident, J. Warden Opie, county coroner, summoned Victor Krasnak, Peter Fiskus and John Anselmi to serve as jurors at an inquest, the date of which has not been set. Both officials of the Colony Coal company and the state mine inspector’s office investigated the accident immediately, as well as county officials. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 2, 1943 Pechenino Rites Sunday at 2:30 Funeral services for August Pechenini, 47, who died at 4:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon from injuries incurred as a result of an accident at the Peacock mine, Colony Coal company, on Dec. 15, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. S.A. Welsh will officiate and Fraternal Order of Eagles will conduct the graveside services. Survivors include his parents and several brothers and sisters who reside in Italy. Pechenino had not heard form his family in Italy since shortly before the outbreak of the war. One brother, Tony Pechenino of Coullo, Ill., is in Rock Springs, arriving here shortly after the accident. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 8, 1943 Coroner’s Jury Places Blame For Mine Deaths The coroner’s jury returned its verdict at 12:45 o’clock this morning in the mine accident here last December 15 which cost the lives of four miners, deciding that they came to their deaths “through the fault of Henry Potter” and “the Colony Coal company.” The finding of the coroner’s jury read as follows: “Find that the said Mike Karamanus, William Miteff, August Pechenino and Cecil D. Masters came to their deaths when the man trip in which they were riding was pulled over the switching trestle. We find that this was caused through the fault of Henry Potter, hoisting engineer in not stopping the trip as it came out of the mine, and the fault of the Colony Coal company in not having a second hoist man on duty as required by law, but we further find that the fault of Henry Potter and the officials of the Colony Coal company was not culpable or criminal. The responsibility for the death of the four men in one of the most serious coal mine accidents in the Rock Springs area in recent years was placed in the hands of the jury at five minutes after 12 Friday morning after a five hour inquest held Thursday night at the Rogan Mortuary. Members of the coroner’s jury are John Anselmi, Pete Reskus and Victor Kvasnak. The following witnesses were sworn in, questioned and cross-questioned: William Dyett, Lewis Hostar, James Parr, Frank S. Overy, Harry Potter, Henry Potter, Evan Reese, Edwin L. Swanson, Merl Crofts and Charles Daniels, Louis LaSalle, Dr. P.M. McCrann, Dr. K.E. Krueger and Dr. E.S. Lauzer. The accident occurred Dec. 15, 1942, when the out-coming day shift, man trip of the Peacock mine of the Colony Coal company failed to stop at the mine portal and some of the cars went over the trestle. Dr. P.M. McCrann, the first witness, said he had examined the first two men, Mike Karamonas and C.D. Masters, who were killed outright and said Master’s death was caused by a crushed skull and broken neck. Karamonas was found to have a crushed chest, broken leg and skull fracture. William Miteff and August Pechenino died later from injuries received from the accident, according to the testimony of Dr. K.E. Krueger and Dr. E.S. Lauzer. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 9, 1943 Former Resident Dies in Nevada After Operation Roland Bates, former Rock Springs boy, died Thursday in a Reno, Nev., hospital. Death followed an appendectomy which he underwent there ten days ago. His mother, Mrs. William Bates, left Rock Springs New Year’s eve when advised that his condition was serious. Roland was a son of the late William Bates, early day sheepman of this community. The Bates family lived here for many years. Their home was what is now the J.N. Crocker home on B street. The family left here in the early 1920s. The father died several years ago. Roland attended the grade school in Rock Springs and after completing his first year of high school here the family moved to Ogden and later to Idaho. He has live din Reno for several years, where he was a government photographer. He is survived by his wife, his mother, three sisters, Mrs. Barbara Ramsay, Mrs. Frances Pelko and Mrs. Henry Robinson, who all reside in this community, and two brothers, Joe and Edward Bates. The body will arrive in Rock Springs tonight. Funeral services will be arranged following arrival of his wife and mother, who are accompanying the body that will be received here by the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 12, 1943 Andrews Funeral Services Will Be Held Thursday Funeral services for Tom Andrews, 57, well known Rock Springs resident, will be held at ? p.m. Thursday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. E.L. Callahan, rector of the Green River Episcopal church, will officiate and interment will be in Mountain View cemetery. Andrews died at 11:35 p.m. Friday at the Wyoming General hospital. Pneumonia was the cause of his death. John Thomas Andrews was born April 28, 1885 at Aurora, Ill. He had lived in Rock Springs for the last 33 years, and at the time of his death was in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad company here. He is survived by his wife, Tena; two sons, Thomas Lester and John Martin Andrews; three daughters, Mrs. J.H. McGee of Pasadena, Calif., Mrs. Ione Krasovec of Rock Springs and Mary Jacqueline Andrews, at home, and one half brother, Jess Brumbough of Seattle. Both sons are serving in the United States navy. Thomas is outside continental United States and John, who is stationed at Sqantum, Mass., is en route to Rock Springs for the funeral. The body will be taken to the Andrews home at No. 2 camp at 10 a.m. Wednesday to remain until Thursday afternoon, when it will be returned to the mortuary for the services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 12, 1943 Harry Hartle Passes After Long Illness Harry Hartle, 69, 335 H street, died at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Wyoming General hospital, where he had been ill for a month. Hartle, a retired blacksmith, had been in poor health for several years. A native of England, Hartle was born in Sheffield, Oct. 15, 1873. As a young man, he came to Rock Springs where he has lived for 45 years. Survivors include two sons in the engineering corps of the armed forces. Max is serving overseas and Clark is stationed in Los Angeles. Funeral arrangements are pending word from the son stationed in California. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 12, 1943 Rites for Roland Bates Scheduled This Afternoon Funeral services will be held at the Wildermuth chapel at 2 o’clock this afternoon for Roland Bates, 40, a native of Rock Springs but for many years a resident of Idaho, who died at a Reno, Nevada, hospital Thursday from an appendectomy which he underwent ten days ago. The Rev. Kennan Sheldon of the Congregational church will conduct the services. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery in the family plot. Ronald Bates, son of the late William Bates and Mrs. Bates, was born in Rock Springs May 7, 1902, and was educated in the local schools and in the Ogden schools. The Bates family, prominent early day residents, lived here for many years. Mr. Bates, who always made photography a hobby, served the army as photographer and recently was appointed as a member of the Chief Bureau of Identification for the Sierra Ordnance depot in Herlong, Calif., near Reno, where he and Mrs. Bates resided. Bates was prominently identified with the activities of the Masonic lodge and at the time of his death was past worth patron of the Easter Star lodge, chapter 44, Mackey, Idaho. Mr. Bates had worked in various capacities in the Montgomery Ward company stores for eight year sin Montana and Idaho before his army appointment. Survivors include his wife, his mother, two brothers, Joseph Bates of Boise and Edward (Billy) Bates of Pocatello, Idaho; three sisters, Mrs. Barbara Ramsay, Mrs. Frances Palko of Rock Springs and Mrs. Mary Jane Robinson of Clay Basin. Pallbearers will be Lloyd Ling, R.V. Wellington, Jack Ord, Tony Ramsay, Sam Megeath and Dillwyn Ramsay. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 13, 1943 Resident Here 16 Years Dies Tuesday O.L. Thomas, 79, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient for ten days. He lived at 653 North Front street and had been ill there for several months before going to the hospital. Thomas was a native of Aurora, Ill., where he was born March 11, 1863. He had lived in Wyoming since 1901 and in Sweetwater county for 16 years. He lived at Gebo for a number of years and did contract hauling between there and Crosby and Kirby, Wyo., before coming to Rock Springs. He had no known relatives. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 13, 1943 Anthony J. Ruane Dies Here Tuesday Anthony J. Ruane, 49, 421 Pine street, a resident of Rock Springs for 14 years, died after a three months’ illness at 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, at the Wyoming General hospital. Ruane was born in New York City, August 12, 1893. Several years later his parents decided to return with the little boy to their native Ireland, where he received his education. As a youth of 15, Ruane came back to the United States for the second time and followed the occupation of mining in Montana and Utah. He came to Rock Springs in 1928 and was employed by the Lion Coal company at Blairtown until six months ago when he took a job with the Union Pacific Coal company. Anthony Ruane was a member of the United Mine Workers of America, E-Plane local, and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. John Jordan, who resides in Carrah county, Ireland; a stepdaughter, Mrs. James Hackett, and two grandchildren, Jerry Wayne Hackett and Marjorie Hackett. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary, will be made upon receipt of word from relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 14, 1943 Anthony J. Ruane Funeral Services To Be Held Friday Funeral services for Anthony J. Ruane, 49, 421 Pine street, will be held at the Congregational church at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Mr. Ruane died Tuesday at the Wyoming General hospital after a three months’ illness. The Rev. Kennan Sheldon, pastor of the church, will read the funeral services and burial will follow in the Mountain View cemetery. Graveside services will be in charge of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Pallbearers will be James Hackett Sr. of Lafayette, Colo.; Alan Fletcher, James Tiller, Charles Frazier, Harry Walkup and Pat McGarvey. Survivors, besides his wife, include his mother, Mrs. John Jordan, Carrah county, Ireland; a stepdaughter, Mrs. James Hackett, and two grandchildren, Jerry Wayne and Marjorie Hackett. The body will be taken from the Wildermuth mortuary to the family home, 421 Pine street, on Thursday evening. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 14, 1943 Pneumonia Fatal To Six-Months-Old Lucas Infant James Lucas, six-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Lucas, 626 O’Donnell street, died at 12:15 p.m. yesterday at the Wyoming General hospital. Death was caused by pneumonia. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Rogan mortuary. The Lucas family has lived in Rock Springs since November, 1941. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 15, 1943 Services For Lucas Infant Will Be Held Saturday Funeral services for James Lucas, six-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Lucas of 626 O’Donnell street, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. C.L. Callahan of the Green River Episcopal church will officiate, and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. James died of pneumonia Wednesday at the Wyoming General hospital. He had been ill only a few days. He is survived by his parents and one brother, Jack, aged four. The Lucas family has lived in Rock Springs since November, 1941. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 15, 1943 NOTIFIED OF FATHER’S DEATH IN NEW JERSEY Mrs. P.D. Rosendale, 829 Bushnell avenue, was notified by telegram yesterday of the death of her father at Paterson, N.J., Thursday morning. Mrs. Rosendale will be unable to attend the funeral on account of her own ill health. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 15, 1943 Hartle Funeral Services Will Be Held Sunday Funeral services for Harry Hartle, 69, of 335 H street, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Wildermuth mortuary chapel. Bishop Cecil James of the L.D.S. church will officiate, and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Hartle died Monday at the Wyoming General hospital. He was a retired blacksmith and had lived in Rock Springs for 45 years. He was born in Sheffield, England, Oct. 15, 1873. He is survived by two sons, Max, who is serving overseas with the armed forces and Clark, who is stationed at an army camp near Los Angeles. Clark Hartle was expected to arrive in the city last night. --- Green River Star, Jan 15, 1943 Christian Science Services Are Held For Nicoll Christian Science services were conducted' Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Bustard funeral home in Casper for Charles Nicoll, former Green River businessman, who died January 7 at Casper following a short illness. Casper Lodge No. 15, A. F. and A. M., conducted Masonic services at the grave for the Green River home lodge, of which Nicoll had been an active member during his long residence here. Burial was in the Masonic plot in Highland cemetery. Nicoll was born about 68 years ago in Kerrie Muir, Scotland, and came to the United States in 1903. He first settled in Denver and later moved to Eaton, Colo., where he was employed by the Great Western Sugar company. In 1907 he moved to Green River where he was employed as head of the grocery department of the Morris Mercantile company until that concern was purchased by the Green River Mercantile company. He then founded his own business in 1914 which he operated until the time he moved to Casper in 1933. Since his arrival in Casper, he had been floor manager for the Casper Commissary. During his residence in Green River, Nicoll was active in Masonic circles, continuing this activity following his departure for Casper. He was a past master of Mount Moriah lodge No. 6, A. F. and A. M., and also had served -as commander of Ascalon Commandery, Knights Templar; and as high priest of Baalbec Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, in Green River, and was a member of the Korein Shrine Temple at Rawlins. He had served as a member of Green River school board and on the town council for a number of years and officiated as mayor of Green River 1925 to 1927. Surviving Nicoll are his wife, Etta; three sons, Donald S., of Casper; Bruce, in an officer's candidate school at Ft. Custer, Mich., and Angus, who is with the army air corps in Australia; a brother, William Nicoll of Denver; a nephew, William Nicoll, Jr., of Denver; and a granddaughter, Donnell. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 16, 1943 Thomas Services to Be Held Sunday Graveside services will be held for O.L. Thomas, 79, at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Thomas, who had been ill at his home for several months, died on Tuesday, ten days after he entered the Wyoming General hospital. He was born in Aurora, Ill., March 11, 1863 and arrived in Wyoming in 1901, where he worked in the vicinity of Crosby and Kirby until 1927 when he came to Sweetwater county. He had no known relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 20, 1943 Miner Killed in Highway Accident West of Lyman Julian Field, 50, Rock Springs miner, was instantly killed Monday at 8 p.m. when a car in which he was riding overturned on U.S. Highway 30, one and one-half miles west of Lyman, according to word received from Preston C. Eyre, deputy sheriff of Uinta county, who investigated the accident. Field’s home is at Lyman. Erwin Eyre, 19, also of Lyman, driver of the car, sustained minor injuries. The accident occurred when Eyre, whose vision was impaired by a frosted windshield, reached up to wipe off the frost and the car swerved too far to the left of the road, traveling 200 feet on the shoulder. Eyre succeeded in getting the car back on the highway but after traveling a distance of approximately 180 feet, the car swerved again, running over an embankment and turning over. The car, a 1941 Plymouth coupe, was owned by Mike Vercimak of Lyman, who with Eyre and Field, work in the coal mines at Rock Springs. Eyre and Field were on their way to pick up Vercimak to return to Rock Springs when the accident occurred. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1943 Boulder Woman Dies As Husband’s Condition Serious Mrs. Maude Mabel Washam, 57, well known resident of the Boulder section, died of pneumonia at 11 p.m. Thursday at the Wyoming General hospital. Her husband, James H. Washam, is a patient at the hospital. Their daughter, Elsie, was released from the hospital only a few hours before her mother’s death and is staying with relatives in the city. She also was ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Washam was a sister of James Miller of Rock Springs and John Miller of Boulder. She and her husband and their children have lived at Boulder since 1916. She was born July 14, 1885, in Green River. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. William Miller, early day residents of Sweetwater county. Maude Mabel Miller was married to James H. Washam in Green River Oct. 22, 1900. Besides her husband and daughter, Elsie, who is at home, Mrs. Washam is survived by a son, Harvey, of Farson, and two other daughters, Mrs. Denis Mitchell of Boulder and Mrs. Beulah Tatro, whose home is in Colorado, and eight grandchildren. Another brother, Claude C. Miller, lives in Lander, and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Baker, resides in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Washam was a sister of the late Mrs. Florence Hallett, whose husband, William Hallett, was an engineer for the Union Pacific Coal company. Although Mr. Washam’s condition is regarded as serious, members of the family advised him yesterday afternoon of his wife’s death. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Boulder school. The Rev. Keenan Sheldon of the Congregational church of this city will conduct the services, and burial will be in the Boulder cemetery in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 29, 1943 Green River Man Dies at Hospital Here Thursday Frank Jones, 72, of Green River died at Wyoming General hospital yesterday. He had been a patient there since January 6, suffering with a heart affliction. The body is at the Rogan mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1943 December Injuries MIKE KRPAN, American, age 32, married, machine man, Section No. 2, Reliance No. 7 Mine. FATAL. JOHN VASE, Greek, age 50, married, timber puller, Section No. 2, Reliance No.7 Mine. FATAL. Mike was the machine man on a conveyor crew and John, with two other men, came in to install a breaker row and pull timbers as soon as loading was finished in a pillar pocket. This pocket was finished except for some loose coal on the point and it was necessary to move the Duckbill back to get it. Ahead of the swivel there was a nine-foot and a thirteen-foot pan besides the Duckbill. In order to move the Duckbill into position, it was necessary to remove the thirteen-foot pan and take out one of the timbers near the inside end of this pan. After the pan was taken out and carried back, John started to take out the prop. This prop was evidently the key prop holding a long narrow piece of rock extending the length of the removed pan. Just before the rock fell, Mike, who had been carrying back material, walked up to the end of the nine-foot pan. When John removed the prop the rock fell, catching both John and Mike. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1943 Miss Gladys James Gladys James, the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry James, of 1009 Pilot Butte Avenue, Rock Springs, who died of burns suffered at the family home the evening of December 18th. Her father, Harry James is janitor at the General Office Building. She is survived by her parents, a sister, Mrs. Joe Robertson, and a brother, Edward James. Funeral services were held December 22nd at Rogan mortuary, Rev. Kennan Sheldon in charge, with interment in Mountain View cemetery. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1943 Rock Springs Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Anthony Ruane and family in the death of Anthony Ruane, which occurred at the Wyoming General Hospital. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Feb 1943 Superior Superior friends were saddened by the death of Rosalie Battisti, 19-year-old former Superior girl, which occurred in Salt Lake City on December 11, 1942. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Candido Battisti, and a brother, Charles. She was born in Livingston, Illinois, on July 20, 1923. The funeral services were held at the South Side Catholic Church, in Rock Springs, with Father S.A. Welsh officiating. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 3, 1943 Peter Lemich, 48, Dies Tuesday at General Hospital Peter Lemich, 48, of 907 Seventh street, died at 3:55 a.m. Tuesday at Wyoming General hospital. He had been ill for several months. Lemich had lived in this community for the last 12 years. He was born April 14, 1894 in Podlapac, Yugoslavia. Besides his wife, Helen, he is survived by several nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Superior, where he formerly lived; the C.F.U. No. 36 lodge of Rock Springs, and the United Mine Workers of America No. 905. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 9, 1943 Former Resident Dies in Glendale, Calif., Saturday Mrs. Walter Larsen received word Sunday of the death of her brother-in-law, Rodney Burks, who died Saturday evening at his home in Glendale, Calif., after a lingering illness. Burke, a former resident of Rock Springs was employed by the Wyoming highway department for several summers. After the death of his wife, the late Dorothy Walker Burks, Burks and his family moved to California. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Johansen, Mary and Lois Burks, one son, Rodney Jr., three grandchildren and his mother, Mrs. William Smith, all of Glendale, and one brother, Charlie Burks of Los Angeles. The body, accompanied by the mother and son, will be brought to Rock Springs for burial. Funeral arrangements will be made upon arrival here. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 10, 1943 Burks Services Here Saturday Funeral services for Rodney Burks, former Rock Springs resident, who died Saturday in Glendale, Calif., after a lingering illness, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Wildermuth mortuary. The body, accompanied by the mother, Mrs. William Smith, and son, Rodney Burks Jr., will arrive in Rock Springs Friday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 10, 1943 Eden Infant Dies Here Tuesday Mitchell Folston Jr., 6-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Folston of Eden, died at Wyoming General hospital at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday. The infant was brought to the hospital Sunday suffering with pneumonia. Besides his parents, he is survived by several brothers and sisters. Tentative arrangements are to hold the funeral services Thursday, but final plans will be made today. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 11, 1943 Funeral Rites for Eden Infant Will Be Held Thursday Funeral services for Mitchell Folston, six-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Folston of Eden, will be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon at the Episcopal church in Eden. The Rev. C.L. Callahan of Green River will officiate. Burial will be in Eden. Mitchell died of pneumonia at Wyoming General hospital Tuesday. He is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 11, 1943 Earl of Portsmouth, Former Wyoming Rancher, Dies at Colorado Springs COLORADO SPRINGS, Feb. 10—The Wyoming rancher who relinquished his United States citizenship to become the Eighth Earl of Portsmouth—ninth ranking seat in the English House of Lords—is dead. The 82-year-old dignitary, Oliver Henry Wallop, died last night in Colorado Springs after a year’s illness, his family disclosed today. Wallop came to the United States, via Canada, in 1883 at the age of 22. He became an American citizen at Sheridan in 1904 and became owner of the oldest ranch in Wyoming—the O.P. Hanna ranch in Little Goose canyon, near Big Horn in Sheridan county. He became Earl of Portsmouth in 1925 upon the death of his elder brother. After some debate, the aged rancher decided to leave his ranch and moved to England. His eldest son, Viscount Lymington, was born at Sheridan but was educated in England and had made his home there for many years. Another son, Oliver Jr., now a major in the United States air corps, owns and operates the home ranch. The latter is a brother-in-law of Edward S. Moore Jr., of Cheyenne. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 11, 1943 Services for One Day Old Infant To Be Held Today Judy Marie, one-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Evers of Green River, died at the Wyoming General hospital yesterday morning. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the Evers family plot in Riverview cemetery at Green River. Rev. C.L. Callahan of the Episcopal church in Green River will conduct the services. Besides her parents, the infant is survived by a brother, John Frederick. Mrs. Evers is the former Julia Gaensslen of Green River. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 12, 1943 Burks Funeral Rites Will Be Held Saturday Funeral services for Rodney Burks, former Rock Springs man who died Saturday night in Glendale, Calif., will be held at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Wildermuth mortuary. Rev. C.L. Callahan, rector of the Episcopal church of Green River, will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. The body will arrive in Rock Springs tonight, accompanied by the decedent’s son, Rodney Burks Jr., and his mother, Mrs. William Smith, both of Glendale. Burks wife, Dorothy Walker Burks, died here several years ago. Brothers and brother-in-law of the late Mrs. Burks will serve as pallbearers at the service tomorrow. They are Walter and Otto Larsen, Alfred, Charles and Joseph Walker. Besides his mother and son, Burks is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Johansen and Mary and Lois Burks, all of Glendale. --- Green River Star, Feb 12, 1943 Graveside Services For Evers Infant Are Held Thursday Graveside services were conducted at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Evers family plot in Riverview cemetery for Judy Marie, one-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Evers of Green River. The Rev. C. L. Callahan of the Episcopal church conducted the services. Born Wednesday morning at Wyoming General hospital in Rock Springs, Judy Marie died a short time after birth. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a brother, John Frederick. --- Green River Star, Feb 12, 1943 Father Of Local Man Dies In New Mexico Funeral services were held at 8 o’clock Monday morning at San Antonio Catholic church for John D. Valencia, 77, father of Percy Valencia of Green River. The elder Valencia died Friday night, January 29, at Pocos, N.M. In addition to his son, Percy, Valencia is survived by three sons, John, Julio and Pete, and two daughters, Ursula and Lucinda. Interment was at San Antonio under direction of the Baca Gonsales mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 13, 1943 Funeral Services Monday for Victim Of Mine Accident Funeral services for Ceasar Colombo, 59, Colony Coal company miner who was killed Thursday at the company’s No. 11 mine at Dines, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the North Side Catholic church. Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. The rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Sunday at the home of Robert Colombo, 207 Hancock street. Colombo is survived by his wife, Mary; two sons, Robert of Rock Springs and Paul, at home; two daughters, Mrs. N. Gagliardi of Diamondville and Mrs. Nick Exzich of Vancouver, Wash. Two brothers also survive, one residing in Johnson City, Ill and the other in Chicago. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery in charge of the Rogan mortuary. Coroner J. Warden Opie announced yesterday an inquest into Colombo’s death would be held Saturday evening. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 16, 1943 City Attorney’s Son Dies Here Sunday Morning John Edwin, 11-month-old son of City Attorney and Mrs. Edwin Magagna, died at 1 o’clock Sunday morning at Wyoming General hospital. A violent attack of croup was the cause of his death. Although John Edwin had had a slight cold Friday and Saturday, his condition did not become alarming until early Saturday evening, when croup developed. He was taken to the hospital at 8:30 o’clock that night and died four and one-half hours later. He was born March 8, 1942 in Rock Springs. Besides his parents, John Edwin is survived by his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Anna Magagna of Rock Springs, and his maternal grandfather, Michael Sarlengo of Denver. Zarlengo, accompanied by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Persichitte, a daughter-in-law, Mrs. James Zarlengo, and a son-in-law, Arthur Gaglia, arrived from Denver yesterday to remain here until after the funeral. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 o’clock this morning at the South Side Catholic church. Burial, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The body was taken to the Magagna home at 216 D street last evening to remain until the funeral hours. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 16, 1943 Menghini Funeral Rites Will Be Held Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Felix Menghini, 61, of Superior, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the South Side Catholic church with Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 o’clock tonight at Rogan’s mortuary. Mrs. Menghini died Friday night at her home in Superior. She had been ill for several weeks. Mrs. Menghini was born 61 years ago in Brez, Italy. When a young woman she came to the country, going first to Great Falls, Mont., where she married Felix Menghini. Her maiden name was Josephine Anselmi. She and her family have lived at Superior for 30 years. Besides her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Thomas Lavery, Anna Menghini and Mrs. John Tomich, all of Superior, and Mrs. Otto Visintainer of Brigham, Utah; two brothers, V.A. and Tony Anselmi, of Rock Springs and one brother and one sister who reside in Italy. Burial, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 19, 1943 Rudolph Krasovec Dies in Salt Lake Hospital Thursday Rudolph M. Krasovec, 36, of 308 Angle street, unit foreman for the Union Pacific Coal company at Winton, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City. His death was due to pneumonia following a major operation which he underwent February 9. Krasovec had been in failing health since early in Decmeber. A Rock Springs resident for 15 years, Krasovec was born Sept. 18, 1906 in Mohawk, Mich. He received his education in Michigan, Butte, Mont., and Sand Point, Idaho. He came to Rock Springs in 1928 to visit his sister, Mrs. John Russold, and accepted employment with the Union Pacific Coal company. His mother and other members of the family came here later to make their home. Krasovec was one of the two surviving men who were injured in a mine explosion in Winton in 1936. Three of the men died. In September, 1937, he was married to Nellie Hesketh, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Hesketh, well known Rock Springs resident. Krasovec is survived by his widow; his mother, Mrs. Mary Krasovec; three sisters, Mrs. John Russold of Benica, Calif., Helen and Dorothy Krasovec of Rock Springs; two brothers, Jack Krasovec of Mount Harris, Colo., and Frank Krasovec of this city. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 19, 1943 Blairtown Resident Succumbs Thursday Felix Pole, 63, died Thursday afternoon at his home in Blairtown, after several months’ illness. Pole, who has resided in this community for the last four months, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Olive Pole, two sons, Louis and Alfred, and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 19, 1943 Superior Resident Dies at Hospital John Acker, 52, resident of Superior for 32 years, died Wednesday at the Wyoming General hospital, where he was taken Monday. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Anna Acker, three sons, Alfred, Willie and Leno; two stepsons, Albert and Rudy Acker; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Lena Prevedel and Mrs. Emma Oliver, all of Superior. Funeral arrangements will be in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 20, 1943 Acker Funeral Will Be Held Monday Morning Funeral services for John Acker, 52, of Superior, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. C.L. Callahan of the Green River Episcopal church will officiate. Acker, who had lived at Superior since 1911, died Wednesday night at Wyoming General hospital following a week’s illness. He was brought to the hospital Monday. Acker was born in Glenwood Springs, Colo., March 6, 1891. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 20, 1943 Funeral Services For Felix Pol Will Be Sunday Funeral services for Felix Pol, 63, who died Thursday at his home at Blairtown, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the South Side Catholic church. Pol was born June 14, 1879 in Abscon, France, and was a veteran of World war I. He is survived by his wife, Aline, and two sons, Alfred and Louis. The family has lived in this community for the last four months. Rosary services will be said at the Rogan mortuary chapel at 7 o’clock tonight. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 20, 1943 Pioneer Resident Of this County Dies Thursday William Stoll, 73, pioneer resident of the Burnt Fork area, died Thursday night. He had been in failing health for several months. Stoll, who spent his entire life in Sweetwater county, was born at Fort Bridger on April 3, 1869. He is survived by his wife, Ida; four sons, Ray of Portland, Lester of Salt Lake City, Kenneth of Green River and Stanley, who is in the service and stationed at Myrtle Beach, S.C., and one daughter, Mrs. Lester Stiteler of Denver. One brother, John Stoll, of Burris, Wyo., and five sisters, also survive. His sisters are Mrs. Voorhees Pearso and Mrs. Mollie Welch of Green River, Mrs. Edith Bremm of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Alice McMIllan and Mrs. Lizzie Kirkendall of Pocatello, Idaho. The funeral will be at Burnt Fork, but final arrangements had not been made late last night. The Rogan mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Green River Star, Feb 26, 1943 William Stoll Services Held Wednesday Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Burntfork school house for William Stoll, 73-year-old pioneer resident of that community, who died Thursday night, February 18. The Rev. C. L. Callahan of the Episcopal church in Green River officiated. Death of Mr. Stoll marks the passing of another man who helped develop the stock and agricultural industry of Sweetwater county and western Wyoming. The Stoll family has resided in western Wyoming almost 90 years, the father having first come to the frontier post of Fort Bridger soon after the U. S. army took possession of that wilderness oasis. Stoll was born in 1869 in Burntfork, where the family had already moved to become frontier settlers in the midst of an Indian-infested land. He and his brother, the late George Stoll, spent their lives on the lands their father had chosen-lands that are historic in the annals of the west. Upon the Stoll ranch are the scanty remains of what, as a boy, he knew as "the old trappers' cabins," now identified as having been the site of Ashley's first rendezvous in the west in 1825. Piles of stones still mark the fireplace sites. During the past few years, Stoll's health had failed rapidly and the historic ranch has passed from the family. Surviving Stoll are his wife, Ila; a daughter, Mrs. Lester Stiteler of Denver; four sons, Kenneth W. Stoll of Green River, Lester Stoll of Salt Lake City, Ray Stoll of Portland, Ore., and Stanley Stoll in the U. S. army; a brother, John Stoll of Burris, Wyo.; and five sisters, Mrs. Vorhees Pearson and Mrs. Mollie Welsh of Green River, Mrs. Edith Bremm of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Alice McMillen and Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkendall of Pocatello, Idaho. Burial was in the Burntfork cemetery, where his parents are buried, under the direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 27, 1943 William Delaney Dies Friday at General Hospital William J. Delaney, 70, of 230 I street, died at 8 a.m. Friday at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient for two weeks. He was a retired Union Pacific switchman and had lived in Rock Springs for many years. Delaney was born in Springfield, Ill., Oct 8, 1872 and came west when a young man, locating in Rock Springs. He is survived by his wife, Sarah; one son, William of Green River; two daughters, Mrs. Della Lackey of San Bernardino, Calif., and Mrs. Mayme Johns of Colton, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Sam Ryder of Rock Springs and Mrs. Mary Fulkerson of Smithfield, Utah, and three brothers, Edward Delaney of Rock Springs and Thomas Delaney of Wishram, Wash. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The body is at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 28, 1943 STOLL FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT BURNT FORK Funeral services for William Stoll, 73, Sweetwater county pioneer who died Thursday night, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Burnt Fork schoolhouse. Rev. C.L. Callahan of the Green River Episcopal church will officiate. Stoll was born at Fort Bridger on April 3 1869, and spent his entire life in Sweetwater county. He is survived by his wife, Ida; four sons, Ray of Portland, Lester of Salt Lake City, Kenneth of Green River, and Stanley, who is in the service and stationed in South Carolina and who will attended the funeral, and one daughter, Mrs. Lester Stiteler of Denver. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Mar 1943 Superior John Barwick, well-known Superior resident, died January 9th at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leon Madsen, in Los Angeles. Mr. Barwick had been Postmaster in Superior for nine years and had gone to California for his health. He worked for the Company at Superior for a number of years and was at one time a member of the Old Timers’ Association. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Leon Madsen, and two sons, Ernest, of Rock Springs, and William, of Superior. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Mar 1943 Miriam Ann Sharp, age 3 years 8 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sharp, 411 Railroad Avenue, Rock Springs, who died December 20th, at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lawson. She had been ill for three months, death caused by aplastic anemia. She was born April 16, 1939, and had two brothers, John and Robert Lee, and two sisters, Joyce and Janice. The late Old Timer Samuel Samuels was her great-grandfather. Her father is employed in the Winton mines. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 3, 1943 Mrs. G.W. McCarty Dies Tuesday in Green River Mrs. Harriet Jane McCarty, 78, wife of George W. McCarty Sr., of Green River, died at 10:20 a.m. yesterday at the McCarty home in Green River. She had been ill for several months. Mrs. McCarty had lived in Green River and the Burnt Fork area in southern Sweetwater county for 46 years. She is survived by her husband, four sons and four daughters. The sons are Ezra McCarty of Aberdeen, Wash.; George Jr., of Green River; Ura of Hoquim, Wash., and Marvin, who is in the armed forces and out of continental United States. Her daughters are Mrs. Mable Adamson of Linwood, Utah; Mrs. Zona Wiseman of Seattle; Mrs. Iva Parker of San Francisco, and Mrs. Enola Large of Green River. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 4, 1943 McCarty Funeral At Green River Friday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. George W. McCarty Sr., of Green River will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Congregational church in Green River with Rev. James Allen, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Mrs. McCarty, a resident of Sweetwater county for 46 years, died Tuesday at her home in Green River. She had been ill for several months. Interment will be in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 4, 1943 Rock Springs Man Notified of Death Of Son in Service Merrill Smith, 28, son of Jesse B. Smith of Rock Springs and Mrs. Jesse Smith of Evanston, died at the Post hospital at Fort Lewis, Wash., Sunday of peritonitis following an operation for a ruptured appendix. Merrill Smith was born in Evanston, Aug. 17, 1914, and spent most of his life there. He was graduated from the Evanston high school with the class of 1932 and was active in the work of the L.D.S. church of which he was an elder. Smith enlisted in the Army on April 24, 1941, and was assigned to the 115th mechanized cavalry, Headquarters troop at Fort Lewis. He was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was assigned to coast patrol. Survivors are his parents, two brothers, Jesse B. Smith Jr., who is taking officer’s training at Camp Davis, N.C., and Claude Smith of Evanston and two sisters, Mrs. Harold George and Mrs. Alvin Hutchinson, both of Evanston. Funeral services, in charge of the Durnford mortuary, will be held Friday afternoon in Evanston. The body will be brought to Evanston by Col. C. Clarence Neslen, Army chaplain at Fort Lewis. --- Green River Star, Mar 5, 1943 Funeral Rites For Mrs. McCarty To Be Held Here Today Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Union Congregational church for Mrs. George W. McCarty, Sr., 78, who died Tuesday at her home in Green River following an illness of several months. The Rev. James Allan will officiate. Mrs. McCarty had been a resident of Sweetwater county for the past 16 years, living in Green River and in the Burntfork area. She is survived by her husband; four sons, George, Jr., of Green River, Ezra of Aberdeen, Wash., Ura, of Hoquim, Wash., and Marvin, who is in the armed forces and out of continental United States; and four daughters, Mrs. Enola Large of Green River, Mrs. Mable Adamson of Linwood, Utah, Mrs. Zona Wiseman of Seattle, and Mrs. Iva Parker of San Francisco. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 9, 1943 George Vernakis Instantly Killed in Mine Accident Sunday at Reliance George Vernakis, 57, was killed instantly in the Union Pacific Coal company’s No. 7 mine at Reliance Sunday. The accident occurred at 9:50 a.m. as Vernakis and Charles O. Nelson were pulling props in room on e in the south sixth entry. Nelson escaped uninjured. Vernakis, a native of Greece, had been in the employ of the Union Pacific Coal company continuously since 1912, with the exception of three and one-half years he spent in Greece. He returned to Greece in 1914 and remained there for one and one-half years and again in 1919, when he remained for two years. The family has resided at Reliance during the time Vernakis was in the coal company’s employ. Vernakis is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Paul Mavrakis of Sheridan and Jean Vernakis, who is in the employ of school district No. 7 as a clerk in the office of Superintendent C.V. Irvin of the Reliance schools. Mrs. Vernakis was at the home of her daughter in Sheridan at the time of her husband’s death but returned to Reliance Monday morning. He also had a sister, Mrs. George Simvoulakis of Modesto, Calif., and two brothers, Mike and Joe Vernakis of American Fork, Utah. Mike Vernakis arrived here yesterday and Mrs. Simvoulakis is en route from Modesto. Funeral arrangements will not be made until after her arrival. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending burial arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 9, 1943 CORONER’S JURY RETURNS VERDICT Coroner J. Warden Opie announced that a coroner’s jury had returned a verdict in the death of George Vernakis, who was instantly killed Sunday at Reliance. The jury was composed of William Uzelac, Dorset McMurtrie and Emil Bertagnolli. The jury found “that George Varnakis came to his death as a result of an unexpected fall of rock, and also find that the place was well timbered.” --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 10, 1943 Varanakis Rites At Greek Church Here Thursday Funeral services for George D. Varanakis, 57, Union Pacific Coal company miner, who was killed instantly in the Reliance No. 7 mine Sunday, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Greek Orthodox church. Rev. P. Pappas of Pocatello, Idaho, will conduct the service. Varanakis, a native of Crete, Greece, had lived at Reliance since he entered the employ of the Union Pacific Coal company in 1912, with the exception of three and one-half years he spent in Greece. He is survived by his wife, Florence, and two daughters, Mrs. Paul Mavrakis of Sheridan and Jean Varanakis, at home. He also had two sisters, Mrs. George SImvoulakis of Modesto, Calif., and another who resides in Greece, and four brothers, Mike and Joe Varanakis of American Fork, Utah, and two who live in Greece. The body will be taken at 8 o’clock Thursday morning to the Varanakis home in Reliance to remain until the funeral hour. Burial, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 16, 1943 Mother of Rock Springs Woman Dies at Kearney Mrs. Franklin West, 824 Rhode Island avenue, received word late Sunday night of the death of her mother, Mrs. H.M. Kanzler, 85, widely-known resident of Kearney, Neb. Mrs. Kanzler died from a heart attack in her sleep Sunday afternoon at her home. Several months ago she had incurred a broken hip, but was recovering and apparently seemed to be in good health. The news of her death came as a shock to Mrs. West. Mrs. Kanzler was the mother of nine children, six sons and three daughters. Fie are living, two daughters, Miss Lucille Kanzler of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. West of Rock Springs; three sons, Fred C. Kanzler of Salt Lake City, former residents of Rock Springs and Harr Kanzler of Oakland, Calif.; 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mr. Kanzler died March 10, 1931. Mrs. Kanzler was well known in Rock Springs, where she has visited. She spent six months here last year with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. West. Mrs. West left Monday night for Kearney, where funeral services will be held after the arrival of relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 17, 1943 Mother of Rock Springs Resident Dies in Denver Word was received in Rock Springs Tuesday of the death of Mrs. Rose Stiner, mother of O.E. Bertagnolli, cashier of the North Side State bank. Mrs. Stiner died in a Denver hospital at 8 o’clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Bertagnolli had been with his mother since last Wednesday, when he was called to Denver by her critical illness. Mrs. Bertagnolli left Tuesday night to attend funeral services for Mrs. Stiner, which will be held Thursday in Denver. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 17, 1943 Portillo Funeral Services Today Funeral services for Peter James, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Isabel Portillo who reside at the east end of South Front street, will be held at 3:15 p.m. today at the South Side Catholic church. Rev. S.A. Welsh will officiate. The infant died Monday at the Portillo home following a three-day illness. He is survived by his parents, five brothers and seven sisters. Interment, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 17, 1943 Former Resident Of Rock Springs Dies in Sheridan Funeral services were held Monday in Sheridan for Mrs. N.B. Bennett, prominent club woman of that city who died late last week of pneumonia. Mrs. Bennett was born in 1884 in Rock Springs, daughter of Mrs. George Haywood, who now resides in Sheridan, and the late George Haywood. At the time of her birth the Haywoods resided at No. 6, their home being on the present site of the pump station. Their home was one of the first built at No. 6. Her maiden name was Mable Haywood. Her father was a brother of the late Mrs. Joseph Baker, a longtime resident of this city. Mrs. Bennett visited in Rock Springs for the last time three years ago. She was a cousin of Mrs. Albert Hardin, Vera Baker and Mrs. Robert Oliver. Besides her husband and mother, she is survived by two sons who are in the armed forces. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 17, 1943 COMIN FUNERAL RITES THURSDAY Tentative arrangements made yesterday in Phoenix, Ariz., were to hold the funeral of Clark M. Comin, former Rock Springs man, there Thursday afternoon, according to word received here last night by Mrs. Perrina Morrow. The arrangements were made pending the arrival in Phoenix of Clark Comin Jr. Comin died suddenly at his home in Phoenix Saturday night. A heart attack was the cause of death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 20, 1943 UNION PACIFIC ENGINEER DIES AT GREEN RIVER The body of Albinus S. Clark, 67, an engineer for the Union Pacific railroad, was found dead in bed at Green River Thursday, was taken to Rawlins yesterday by the Collins-McKelvey mortuary of that city. Clark suffered a heart attack and died in his sleep. He had just completed his run into Green River. Clark is survived by his wife, Emma J. Clark. He was a native of Silver Creek, Neb., where he was born April 20, 1875. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 23, 1943 Ethel Radakovich Dies Sunday at General Hospital Mrs. Ethel Radakovich, 43, wife of Joseph Radakovich of 1310 Tenth street, died at 10:50 a.m. Sunday at Wyoming General hospital. She had been ill for several weeks. Mrs. Radakovich had lived in Rock Springs for a number of years and she and her family are well known here. She was a native of Salem, Ind., and besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Nick, who is serving with the armed forces in England, and two daughters, Helen Marie, 11, and Carol Jean, 5. A brother, Peter Miller, and a sister, Mrs. Forest Green, both of Lockport, Ill., also survive. Funeral services will beheld at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Radakovich home. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. The body will be taken to the family home Tuesday evening. Burial, in charge of the Wildermuth funeral home, will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 23, 1943 Edwin Parr Dies Following Stroke Monday Morning Edwin J. Parr, 59, of 302 D street, died at the Wyoming General hospital at 7:45 o’clock Monday night. Parr, who had been employed at the Union Pacific mines at Reliance, suffered a stroke at 8 o’clock Monday morning and was rushed to the hospital for medical attention. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Parr, two stepsons, George Earl and Bill Demorest of Ogden; four daughters, Mrs. Ione Deneley, Mrs. Grace Herrin and Miss Evelyn Parr, all of Rock Springs and Mrs. Florence Wilkerson of Ogden, and ten grandchildren. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary. Funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of out-of-town relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 24, 1943 James Besso Dies In Hospital Here James Besso, 74, of 611 Euclid avenue, died Monday night at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient for more than two weeks. Besso was an old-time resident of the city, coming here in 1890. He was a charter member of the Union Pacific Coal company’s Old Timers’ association. Besso was born July 25, 1868, at Baldissero, Italy. Fifty-three years ago he came to this country, coming almost directly to Rock Springs. He is survived by his wife, two sons, John of Ogden, and Charles of Winton. He had a brother in Italy. The rosary will be said at 7 o’clock tonight in the Rogan mortuary chapel and funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the South Side Catholic church. Rev. S.A. Welsh will officiate and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 24, 1943 Wilma Wildermuth Dies Monday From Disease of Heart Wilma Jean Wildermuth, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo L. Wildermuth, died at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City. She had been a patient there since last Friday when her parents took her there by ambulance in the hope that a lower altitude would prove beneficial. Wilma was stricken with a heart ailment two years ago. At that time her condition remained serious for several months, but a year ago she began to improve. Her condition was such that she was able to enter the first grade at Yellowstone school last September but several weeks ago she suffered a relapse. Three weeks ago she was taken to Wyoming General hospital, and remained under an oxygen tent most of the time. Wilma Jean Wildermuth was born August 21, 1935. Besides her parents, she is survived by one brother, Robert, and two sisters, Leola and Donna. The body will be brought to Rock Springs from Salt Lake City today. Funeral arrangements will be made after arrival here. She will be buried in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 24, 1943 Pinedale Resident Dies at Hospital George Drummond, 47, of Pinedale died Monday at Wyoming General hospital. He had been a patient there since March 4. Francis Tanner, Big Piney mortician, was expected to arrive in Rock Springs last night to take the body to Pinedale for burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 25, 1943 Funeral Services For Edwin J. Parr Saturday Morning Funeral services for Edwin J. Parr, 59, of 320 D street will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the L.D.S. church. Bishop Cecil James will officiate. Immediately following the services the body will be taken to Lehi, Utah, for interment late that afternoon. Parr died Monday night at Wyoming General hospital. He suffered a paralytic stroke at his home early that morning and was taken immediately to the hospital. He had not been well since last Friday. Edwin John Parr was born at Old Carbon in Carbon county, May 31, 1884, the son of the late John and Ellen Parr. He first came to Rock Springs in 1902 with his parents, who later that year moved to Spring Valley, near Evanston. They returned here in 1905 and he had made his home here since that time. Parr will be buried beside a son, Edwin John, who was killed in a coal mine accident here in 1937, and a daughter, Mable, who died in 1922. Members of the Parr family will accompany the body to Lehi. The Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 26, 1943 Rock Springs Man Dies in Evanston John Skorup, 48, died in Evanston Wednesday. The body is at the Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. Skorup was born in Loainac, Austria. He was a resident of this community for 27 years and a member of the Eagle lodge. The only surviving relative is a cousin, Mrs. Martha Skorup of Rock Springs. Services will be held Sunday at 2 o’clock from the Rogan chapel. Burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 27, 1943 Skorup Services Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for John Skorup, 48, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 151, will conduct the services, and the Archie Hay post of the American Legion will conduct a military burial service at the graveside. Skorup died Wednesday. He was a cousin of Mrs. Mathilda Skorup of Rock Springs and had lived in this community for 27 years. He was a native of Austria. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 27, 1943 Former Resident Dies in Veterans Hospital on Coast Bert O’Fallon, husband of a former Rock Springs woman, died Wednesday in a United States veterans’ hospital in Los Angeles. Mrs. O’Fallon, before her marriage, was Harriett Moffitt. O’Fallon was stricken with pneumonia a year ago while he was stationed in the upper sections of Taylor park in Colorado. At the time, park rangers encountered considerable difficulty in getting him down out of the park for medical care. He never fully recovered from the illness and last September he and Mrs. Moffitt went to Los Angeles, where he entered the veterans’ hospital. Only two weeks before his death, O’Fallon, a World war I veteran, was advised from Washington, that his only son, Hugh, was killed in action while serving on a torpedo boat. Mrs. O’Fallon’s brother, Howard Moffitt of Green River, went to Los Angeles when advised of O’Fallon’s death. Irene Moffitt of 107 Sherman street is a sister of Mrs. O’Fallon. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 30, 1943 Mrs. Mike Maher’s Mother Dies at Lava Hot Springs Friends in Green River and Rock Springs have been advised of the death of Mrs. Charles Joseph McGuinn, 77 of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, mother of Mrs. Michael Maher of Green River. Mrs. McGuinn, who had been ill for the past two years, died at 9 o’clock Sunday morning. She has been a resident of Lava Hot Springs for many years. Sheriff and Mrs. Mike Maher were called to Idaho last week because of Mrs. McGuinn’s illness and were with her at the time of her death. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the Catholic church at Lava Hot Springs. Survivors include two sons, Charles McGuinn and Frances McGuinn, of Lava Hot Springs, two daughters, Mrs. Maher and Mrs. Arthur J. Fagnant of Lava Hot Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 30, 1943 Dominio Donato Dies Here After Lingering Illness Dominio Donato died Sunday evening at the Wyoming General hospital after a lingering illness. Donato, who had lived in this community for many years, is a former employee of the Lion Coal corporation at Blairtown. His only known relative is a cousin, who will arrive in Rock Springs today from Utah and make funeral arrangements. Donato was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 30, 1943 Funeral Rites for Mrs. Cora King Here Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Cora King, 44, 729 Rugby avenue, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Temple. Rev. E.E. Acheson of the Baptist church will officiate and Mountain Lily chapter No. 10, Order of the Eastern Star will hold its ritualistic service. Friends of the family may call at the Wildermuth mortuary chapel to view the body between 2 p.m. today and 11 a.m. Wednesday. Mrs. King died Saturday morning at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient for a month. She went to the hospital for treatment for injuries she incurred in a fall and subsequently suffered heart complications which caused her death. She had lived in Rock Springs for 22 years. Her husband, Wilford King, died here in 1935. Mrs. King was born Nov. 27, 1898 in Ziegler, Ill. She is survived by two sons, Edward and Wilford, and two daughters, Mrs. Lyman Draft and Carolyn, all of Rock Springs. She had two grandchildren, Louana Jean Kraft and Robert Ray King. Her father, W.A. Ray of Ziegler, Ill., also survives her. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 30, 1943 Dines Boy Killed Instantly Sunday Morning by Bullet from 30-30 Rifle Accidental discharge of a 30-30 Winchester carbine rifle at Dines Sunday morning instantly killed a five-year-old boy, Darold Clifford McWilliams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. McWilliams, who have resided at Dines for five months and where McWilliams is employed by the Colony Coal company. The bullet struck the child in the head. The accident occurred about 11:30 a.m. A preliminary investigation by County Coroner J. Warden Opie revealed that the father of the victim and Robert Hayden, also of Dines, were preparing to drive to Fourteen Mile hill, north of Rock Springs. Three of the McWilliams children, Alfred, 11; Evelyn, 3, and Darold, were to have accompanied them. The children got into the back of a Ford panel truck, Darold taking a position at the extreme right and immediately back of the seat. It is believed that the gun was on the right-hand side of the seat and it is surmised that the child leaned over the back of the seat and took hold of the muzzle. Coroner Opie will conduct an inquest into the tragedy at 7 o’clock tonight at Dines and has named W.B. Cook, Ervan Kilburn and Paul Nelson, all of Dines, as juror to hear evidence in the case. Besides the two McWilliams children, who were in the truck at the time of the accident, there are three other children—Edward, Edna and Genevieve. The mother, who suffered from intense shock, was brought to Wyoming General hospital immediately following the accident and continued to remain a patient there last night. The victim of the tragedy would have observed his fifth birthday Monday, the day following his death. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Rogan mortuary. The Rev. Walter Cobb of the Methodist church will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 31, 1943 Coroner’s Jury Returns Verdict In Boy’s Death That Darold Clifford McWilliams, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. McWilliams of Dines, came to his death as a result of carelessness in placing a dangerous weapon in the truck where the little boy was riding, was the verdict returned by the jury which investigated the child’s death. The jury further found that the discharge of the said weapon was accidental. The jury, composed of W.B. Cook, foreman; Edward Kilburn and Paul D. Nelson of Dines held the inquest before Coroner J. Warden Opie at 7 o’clock Tuesday night at Dines. The little boy, who would have been five years old Monday, was killed instantly when Sunday morning in company with his brother and sister he got into the back end of a truck with his father and Robert Hayden. The two men were planning to drive to Fourteen Mile hill. It is surmised that the child reached over and took the gun that way lying on the right hand of the seat in the truck. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 31, 1943 Dominio Donato Funeral Services Here Thursday Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the I.O.O.F. hall for Dominio Donato, 49, a native of Italy, but for many years a resident of Rock Springs. Donato died Sunday evening at Wyoming General hospital after a lingering illness. The officers of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge will conduct the services and burial will be in the Odd Fellows plot in the Mountain View cemetery. The only surviving relative in this country is a cousin, Joe Marcovecchio of Murray, Utah, who arrived in Rock Springs Tuesday to attend the funeral services. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Apr 1943 Obituary Of Peter Lemich Peter Lemich, 48, of 907 Seventh Street, Rock Springs, died Tuesday, February 2nd, at the Wyoming General Hospital, following an illness of several months. He had been employed by The Union Pacific Coal Company for twelve years, coming here from Bingham, Utah. Lemich was born April 14, 1894, in Podlapac, Jugoslavia. He was a World War veteran. He was a member of I. O. O. F. Lodge at Superior, where he formerly lived, also C. F. U. No. 306 Lodge, of Rock Springs, and United Mine Workers Local 905, of Reliance. Funeral services were held Sunday, February 7th, at Rogan's Mortuary Chapel, with Rev. C. L. Callahan officiating, and burial was at Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Nick Mistovich, Nick Graovac, Mito Ristich, Janko Vinich, Mike Baserich, and Steve Klasna. Lemich is survived by his wife, Helen, and several nieces and nephews, including Margie Lemich, who was reared by Mr. and Mrs. Lemich since the death of her mother when she was 9 months of age, also Mrs. Herbert B. Simpson, of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Adam Bugay, of Superior, Miss Bette Lee Vukelic, of Rock Springs, and four nephews in the Army. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Apr 1943 Winton Mr. and Mrs. John Kobler have returned from Bear Creek, Montana, where they attended the funeral of Mr. Kobler’s brother, who was killed in the disastrous mine explosion there recently. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Apr 1943 Superor John Acker, a longtime resident of Superior, passed away February 17th, following a week’s illness. He is survived by his wife, three sons, Alfred, Leonard, and William, and two stepsons, Albert and Rudolph Battista. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Apr 1943 Superior Mrs. Felix Menghini, longtime resident of Superior, passed away at her home Friday night, March 5th. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. John Tomich, Jr., Mrs. Tom Lavery, and Anna Menghini, of Superior, and Mrs. Otto Visintainer, of Brigham City, Utah, and several brothers and sisters. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 1, 1943 Allen Infant Will Be Buried Today Graveside services for an infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Allen of Greystone, Colo., will be held at 4 p.m. today in Mountain View cemetery with Bishop Cecil James of the L.D.S. church officiating. The infant died shortly after its birth Tuesday night at Wyoming General hospital. The Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 1, 1943 Mother of Molly Zupanc Dies in General Hospital Mrs. Margaret Zupanc, 51, mother of Molly Zupanc, secretary to the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce, died at 8:20 o’clock Wednesday morning at Wyoming General hospital where she had been a patient since Monday afternoon. She was taken ill Sunday afternoon at her home at 429 Elias avenue. It was determined Monday noon that her condition was serious and she was taken to the hospital immediately. Complications, resulting from a heart condition, caused her death. Mrs. Zupanc had lived in Rock Springs since 1932, coming here at that time from Cleveland, Ohio. Her daughter came here a year before she did. She was born June 9, 1891, in Austria. When she was 21 years old, she came to this country, locating in Cleveland in 1912. She had several brothers and sisters residing in her native country. Mrs. Zupanc was a parishioner of the South Side Catholic church. Funeral and burial arrangements are expected to be made today. The body is at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 1, 1943 Funeral Services for Gilbert Infant Today Hugh Charles, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Gilbert of 114 Logan street, died at 7:10 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital. The infant died at birth. Burial will be at 10 a.m. today in Mountain View cemetery. Rev. Keenan Sheldon will preside at graveside services. The Rogan mortuary is in charge of interment. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have no other children. --- Green River Star, Apr 2, 1943 Funeral Rites Held For Mother Of Mrs. Mike Maher Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the Catholic church in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, for Mrs. Charles Joseph McGuinn, mother of Mrs. Mike Maher of Green River, who died Sunday morning following a two-year illness. Called to Lava Hot Springs last week by Mrs. McGuinn’s serious condition, Sheriff and Mrs. Maher were present at the time of her death. In addition to Mrs. Maher, Mrs. McGuinn is survived by two sons, Charles and Francis, and another daughter, Mrs. Arthur J. Fagnant, all of Lava Hot Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 3, 1943 Funeral Rites for Clement Gilleard Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Clement Gilleard of Cheyenne, who died early Friday morning following a major operation, will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Rogan mortuary. The Rev. Henry Link, pastor of the Episcopal church will officiate. Gilleard’s condition was considered serious after an operation performed a week ago at the Memorial hospital in Cheyenne, and his son, Lieut. George Gilleard of Camp Murphy, Fla., was called to Cheyenne. After his term of office expired, he continued to make his home there. Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England in 1880, he came to Rock Springs in 1908. He was married to Clara Ann Sommerscales, who died here some years ago. Gilleard took an active part in politics and labor problems. He was prominent in the Democratic party and served Sweetwater county in the state legislature during the years 1927 and 1933. He was active in lodge circles and was a charter member of the Rock Springs Moose lodge of which he was a past governor. He was also a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 151. He is survived by his wife, Lucy Ann Gilleard of Cheyenne; two sons, Lieutenant Gilleard of Camp Murphy, Fla., and Ronald, 12; a grandson, Gregg Lake Gilleard; two brothers, Dick and Tom Gilleard; two sisters, Clara Gilleard and Mrs. Elizabeth Collier, who reside in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. The body, accompanied by his widow, his sons, Lieutenant Gilleard and Ronald Gilleard, will arrive here early Sunday morning. Interment will be in the Moos plot in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 3, 1943 Wilford Marceau Missing in Action Mrs. Catherine Marceau, postmistress of Winton, received word Thursday that her son, Wilford Marceau, 25, is missing in action somewhere in the Pacific. Marceau, who enlisted in the armed forces soon after Pearl Harbor, has been in the Navy since May, 1942. He is the only son of the late Louis R. and Catherine Marceau. His father died April 1, 1929, exactly 14 years before the day Mrs. Marceau received the telegram from the War department. Marceau attended schools in Winton and Reliance and before his enlistment was employed by the Union Pacific Coal company. He was married to Helen Cheriker on February 14, 1942, in Salt Lake City. His wife is at present employed in Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 3, 1943 Funeral Services For John B. Smith Held in Kemmerer KEMMERER, April 2—Funeral services for John Berkin Smith, 85, who died Tuesday at the hospital, were held Friday afternoon at the Kemmerer L.D.S. church, with Bishop Vincent Ord officiating. Interment was in the Diamondville cemetery. Smith had been a patient at the hospital six weeks prior to his death. He was born August 11, 1857, at Highbridge, England, a son of John G. and Frances Berkin Smith. He came to West Jordan, Utah, from England on August 10, 1870, and in 1872 moved to Rock Springs, where he worked in the coal mines several years before going to Almy as a barn boss. He moved to Hanna in 1893 and came to Diamondville Sept. 1, 1897, thence to Sublet for several years until the closing of the mine, when he retired. Since then he had lived in Salt Lake City and in Kemmerer with his children. He was married in the old Salt Lake Endowment house on March 28, 1878, to Mary Elizabeth Wardel. Six sons and daughters survive. They are Mrs. W.S. Little and Mrs. William Robin of Diamondville; Mrs. P.J. Kirkwood of Kemmerer, Horace F. Smith and Mrs. George Voshell of Salt Lake City and James C. Smith of Kenilworth, Utah. He is also survived by 32 grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren. His wife died April 8, 1933. Smith was the grandfather of Mrs. Harry Armstrong and John Little, both of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 3, 1943 Pioneer Railroader Dies at Evanston EVANSTON, April 2 (Special)—Charles Edgar Truesdall, 66, retired Union Pacific railroad employee, died at his home Wednesday after a long illness. Truesdall was born May 3, 1876, at Union, Ore., a son of Joseph and Ella Shores Truesdall. He worked for 33 years for the Union Pacific railroad company in Ogden, retiring three years ago because of poor health. He came to Evanston because the high altitude was recommended as beneficial. He is survived by his widow, Margaret Daly Truesdall, and one son, Eugene Trusdall of Los Angeles and several nieces and nephews. Rosary was read at the Durnford mortuary Thursday evening and the body was taken to Ogden Friday. Rosary was read at the Kirkendall mortuary in Ogden, and funeral services will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph’s church. Interment will be in the Ogden cemetery under the direction of the Durnford mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 6, 1943 Pioneer Resident of Rock Springs Dies After an Operation in Ogden Richard Bertagnolli Sr., resident of Rock Springs for 50 years, died Sunday morning at Dee Memorial hospital in Ogden, following a major operation he underwent there a week ago. He had been making his home with a nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bertagnolli, in Ogden. Bertagnolli was born July 7, 1873 in Tret, Tyrol, Italy, and came to Rock Springs when he was 19 years old. He made his home here since that time with exception of three years, 1911-1914, that he and his family spent in Tyrol. He was engaged in the mercantile business, working first in the store department of the Union Pacific store and the Union Mercantile company. Later he went to the Miners Mercantile company, in which he acquired an interest, disposing of it when he retired from active work 15 years ago. He is survived by one son, Richard Bertagnolli Jr. Mrs. Bertagnolli died here 15 years ago and his only daughter, Mrs. Alex Bertagnolli, died 16 years ago. He also is survived by six grandchildren and a brother who resides in Italy. When advised of his father’s illness, Richard Bertagnolli Jr. went to Ogden and remained there until his death, returning with the body early yesterday morning. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church, with the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. The rosary will be said at 7 o’clock tonight at the Richard Bertagnolli home at 408 Soulsby avenue. Burial, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 6, 1943 Funeral Services For Mrs. D. Muir Held Last Night Funeral services for Mrs. David Muir, 75, were held last night at the Rogan mortuary with Rev. E.E. Acheson of the Baptist church officiating. The body was sent to Lonaconing, Md. for burial, accompanied by Mrs. Muir’s son, Willis Cook, of Tooele, Utah. Mrs. Muir died Saturday at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient for a week. She had been a resident of Rock Springs for more than 35 years, coming here in 1908 from Lonaconing. She is survived by her husband, David Muir; her son, Willis Cook, and two sisters, Mrs. H.N. Morris of Thermopolis and Miss Anna Anderson, who lived with the Muirs. A nephew, Matthew Anderson, whom the Muirs reared and whom is stationed with the Army at Ft. Washington, Md., will go to Lonaconing for the final services and interment. Mrs. Muir’s death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 14, 1943 Miner Killed in Roof Cave-in at Gunn Late Monday William F. Kribbs, 62, 160 Elk street, was killed instantly at 11:05 p.m. Monday in No. 8 south entry, room 1, of the Gunn-Quealy Coal company’s C mine at Gunn. Kribbs was working with several men, who were engaged in pulling props. He was carrying the props out of the section where they were working when a part of the roof caved in. Kribbs started to run but was caught in the crash. Coroner J. Warden Opie said yesterday an inquest into the accident will be held within the next few days. Kribbs is survived by his wife, Clara, and a son, Hubert, who live in Rock Springs. Four other sons, Frank, Leonard, Eldon and Donald Kribbs, live in Moberly, Mo. Four daughters also survive. They are Mrs. Marjory Frazier, Mrs. Mary Davidson and Mrs. Cleo Preston, all of Moberly, and Mrs. Dorothy Bloss of St. Louis, Mo. The body will be shipped to Moberly for funeral services and interment. Mr. and Mrs. Kribbs had lived in Rock Springs for four months. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 14, 1943 Young Denver Boy Admits Murder of Lakewood Youths GOLDEN, Colo. April 13 (UP)—Sheriff Howard Vincent reports a 16-year-old Denver boy has admitted pushing two youngsters over a cliff after taking their shoes, stockings and a cheap wrist watch. Deputy District Attorney Martin Nolholm says a charge of murder will be filed against the boy, identified as William Eugene Wymer. The victims were eight-year-old Donald Mattas and 11-year-old Milo Flindt, both of Lakewood. Their bodies were found at the foot of a 175-foot cliff on lofty Castle Rock, near Golden, last Sunday. Officers at first believed the two had fallen accidentally while trying to scale the rock. But then the Wymer boy and his 14-year-old brother and another 14-year-old Denver boy were arrested when they were found asleep in a Golden hotel. Sheriff Vincent says Howard confessed during a routine questioning. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 14, 1943 Draft Delinquent Is Killed at Sea NEW YORK, April 13 (UP)—For some time Donald Sanford of New York was one of the most hunted men in America. The FBI wanted him as an alleged draft delinquent. And the Queens county district attorney’s office has been after him since last June for alleged failure to support his three children. Today the search is over. Authorities have learned that Sanford died while a crew member aboard a United Nations ship which was torpedoed last November. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 14, 1943 Funeral Services held Tuesday for Superior Resident Funeral services for Mrs. Roy Billington, 42, of Superior were held at 12:30 p.m. yesterday at the Rogan mortuary chapel with Bishop Gordon of the L.D.S. church at Superior officiating. The body, accompanied by the Billington family, was taken to Salt Lake City yesterday afternoon for final services and burial. The service will be held at 2 p.m. today from the Taylor funeral home there. Mrs. Billington died Saturday at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient for eight days. She had lived at Superior for about 20 years. Besides her husband, Mrs. Billington is survived by four daughters, Mrs. John Wales, Jr., Mrs. Harold L. Walker, Lorine and Claudine Mary Billington, all of Superior; her father Thomas R. Williams, and a sister, Mrs. Al McMillan, both of Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 15, 1943 Former Dines Woman Dies of Burns at Cody Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Sarah Cammock, 56, former Dines woman, who died April 6 in a Cody hospital. Death resulted from burns she incurred the preceding day as she was lighting a fire with kerosene at a ranch home near Meeteetse. Mrs. McCammock was a sister of Robert Allen of Rock Springs. She was born Feb. 4, 1886 in Riverton, Ill., and had lived in Wyoming for 53 years. She and her family went to Dines in 1938 where they lived for a couple of years. Prior to that time the family lived at Gebo where her husband, William Cammock, died several years ago as a result of a mine accident. Mrs. Cammock is survived by three sons and two daughters. They are William of Gebo; Dave, who is in service in Alaska, and Wallace Cammock who is in service in California; Mrs. Valeria Lawler of Meeteetse and Mrs. Isabel Young of Kirby, Mont. Besides her brother here she had another brother, John Allen of Wallula, Wash.; four sisters, Mrs. Belle Haynes of Los Angeles, Mrs. Jennie Hoadley of Lewiston, Mont., Mrs. Emma Peterson and Mrs. Edith Sothman of Meeteetse; and four grandchildren. The funeral was held Saturday, April 10, from the community church in Thermopolis followed by burial in Riverside cemetery there. Members of the Women’s Benefit association and American War Mothers League, of which Mrs. Cammock was a member, attended the services in a body. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen and family, Mrs. Frank Volsey and Mrs. C.L. Baker, all of Rock Springs, attended the funeral. Mrs. Cammock’s son, Pvt. Wallace Cammock, came to Thermopolis from San Diego, but the family was unable to contact Pvt. David Cammock in Alaska. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 16, 1943 Mrs. Sevanovich Dies in Hospital Wednesday Night Mrs. Sophie Sevanovich, 60, resident of Rock Springs for the past four years, died Wednesday night at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient for three weeks. Her home was at 914 Sixth street. Mrs. Sevanovich was born in Yugoslavia and had lived in this country for 31 years. She is survived by one son, Sgt. Dan Sevanovich, who is in training at Camp Barkley, Texas, and three daughters, Mrs. Stonna Galinski, Mildred and Katherine Sevanovich, all of Rock Springs. She was a member of the S.N.P.J. lodge. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Rogan mortuary and will not be completed until word is received from Sergeant Sevanovich, who is expected to come to Rock Springs for the funeral. Present plans are to bury Mrs. Sevanovich at Hudson, Wyo., former home of the Sevanovich family. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 17, 1943 Well-Known Rock Springs Man Dies In Hospital Here Dr. F.J. Schultz, 57, a practitioner of chiropractic here for the last 19 years, died at Wyoming General hospital Thursday night. He had been in ill health for the past six years and several days ago became quite ill in Rawlins, where he conducted an office. When advised of his illness, Mrs. Schultz went to Rawlins and brought him to their home at 602 Second street Tuesday. He entered the hospital Wednesday. Dr. Schultz was born Aug. 1, 1885 in Germany. When a young man, he came to this country, locating first in Baltimore, Md., and later in Lead, S.D. He worked in the gold mines at Lead and it was while he was employed there that he met with an accident in the mine which resulted in the loss of sight of both eyes. He then attended the National College of Chiropractic in Chicago and at completion of the course located, with his family, in Rock Springs. He is survived by his wife, Louise Thum Schultz, whom he married March 27, 1920, in North Dakota, and four sons. The sons are Ray and Adolph Schultz of Rock Springs; Virgil, who is with the armed forces at Ft. Knox, Ky., and John, at home. He also had two brothers, Rudolph Schultz of Nisland, S.D. and Gust Schultz of Ardmore, S.D. Funeral arrangements will be made today after it is known what time Virgil Schultz will arrive here from Ft. Knox. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 17, 1943 Former Resident Dies Suddenly in California Town Steve Kvasnak of No. 6 received word Thursday of the sudden death of his sister, Mrs. Albert Smith, 27, the former Pauline Kvasnak of Rock Springs. Mrs. Smith died at 9:15 a.m. Thursday in Vallejo, Calif. Pauline Kvasnak Smith was born and reared in Rock Springs and was graduated from the local high school. After her marriage to Albert Smith, the couple moved to Lovelock, Nev., to make their home. She is survived by her husband, one son, aged seven, and a daughter, aged three; three brothers, Victor and Steve of Rock Springs and Alec, now serving with the armed forces in the south Pacific, and one sister, Mrs. Dom Colletti of Winton. Her parents died here many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kvasnak and daughter, Carol; Mrs. Colletti and Steve Kvasnak left Thursday night for Lovelock, Nev., where funeral services will be held Sunday. Burial will be in Lovelock. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 20, 1943 Former Resident Dies at Home in Morris, Illinois Frank Tallmire, auditor for the Union Pacific Coal company was advised by telegram Saturday of the death of Ray S. Weimer, superintendent of the Northern Illinois coal company. Mr. Weimer died early Saturday morning at his home in Morris, Ill. Mrs. Weimer is a niece of Mr. Tallmire. Weimer is well known in Rock Springs, where he lived for a number of years when he was chief engineer for the Central Coal and Coke company (now Colony Coal Company). He resigned his position here to take a position with the Northern Illinois company, and received several executive advances after joining the Illinois company. He is survived by his widow and daughter, Mary Jo, a student at Stevens college, Columbia, Mo. Mrs. Weimer is the former Mabel Connor, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Connor, pioneer residents of Sweetwater county. Connor, at the time of his death, was assistant superintendent of the Green River Water Works company. Mr. and Mrs. Weimer were in Rock Springs three years ago when they came here to attend funeral services for the late Roy Connor, brother of Mrs. Weimer. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 20, 1943 RETIRED MINER FOUND DEAD IN M STREET ROOM Emmanuel Bekakis, retired coal miner, was found dead at 1:45 p.m. Sunday at his home at 315 M street. It is believed he had been dead approximately 13 hours. Mrs. Alfonso Zueck of 323 M street, from whom Bekakis rented his living quarters, discovered his lifeless body when she instituted a search for him after not having seen him about his place for several hours. Mrs. Zueck immediately notified J. Warden Opie, county coroner, who took charge of the case and ordered an autopsy, which was performed on Monday morning. The autopsy revealed that Bekakis died of pneumonia. Mrs. Sam Cherios of 711 Ludvig street, a niece of Bekakis, had seen and talked to him Friday on the street. She said Bekakis did not complain of being ill at that time. It is believed Bekakis was about 67 or 68 years old. He had lived in Rock Springs for more than 25 years and at one time was employed by the Union Pacific Coal company as a miner. He is survived by a brother, Paul Bekakis, who lived in Rock Springs until a year and a half ago when he moved to San Francisco, and a sister who lives in Chicago. Besides Mrs. Cherios, he had a nephew, Mike Bekakis of this city. Funeral arrangements are pending receipt of word from Paul Bekakis in San Francisco. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 21, 1943 Prominent Springs Matron Dies Here Tuesday Evening Mrs. Mary O’Farrell, wife of Timothy J. O’Farrell, 428 Pearl street, died at 5:45 o’clock Tuesday evening at the Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient since last Friday. Though Mrs. O’Farrell’s condition was considered serous from the time she entered the hospital, her death came as a great shock to her family and many friends. She had been ill at her home for several weeks and her sister, Alice Kirby, a registered nurse, arrived Friday from Parsons, Kan., to care for her. Survivors include her husband and eight children, six sons, Pvt. Ted O’Farrell, stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.; William, Jack, Bobby Jim, Dennie and Dannie, twins; two daughters, Mary Agnes and Kathie. Another daughter, Margaret, 12, died in January, 1942. Besides Miss Kirby, another sister lives in Chicago and two brothers reside in Boston. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 21, 1943 Conductor Dies After Completing Green River Run William J. Holmes, 69, a passenger conductor for the Union Pacific railroad, died of a heart attack Monday night at the Union Pacific hotel in Green River. He had completed his run from Ogden to Green River when he was taken ill early Monday. A son, William J. Holmes Jr., arrived in Rock Springs yesterday morning and last night accompanied the body back to Ogden. Holmes had been in the employ of the Union Pacific railroad for 30 years. He is survived by his wife, one son and two daughters. The Wildermuth mortuary was in charge of arrangements here. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 21, 1943 Victim of Rail Accident Dies Tuesday Morning Thomas Ford, 42-year-old section worker for the Union Pacific railroad, who was found Sunday in the railroad switching grounds here suffering with amputation of his left leg, died early yesterday at Wyoming General hospital. Ford was found by a switch engine crew on the tracks near the coal chutes. He was unconscious and was suffering from shock and loss of blood. It was believed that his leg had been amputated when he was crushed beneath a string of coal cars that passed by the chutes only a few minutes before he was discovered lying along the tracks. There were no eye witnesses to the accident. Identification of Ford was established through papers found on his person. Ford’s father was notified at Nashville, Tenn., and the Wildermuth mortuary in Rock Springs was notified Tuesday night to send the body to Nashville for funeral services and burial. Ford was a member of the International Typographical union . He came to Rock Springs about a month ago from Ely, Nev., where he had been employed on a newspaper and applied for work with the railroad upon his arrival in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 21, 1943 Funeral Services For Mrs. Nelson 10 A.M. Today Mrs. George B. Nelson, 52, died at 5:45 o’clock Tuesday morning at her home at 416 Elias avenue. She had been ill for nearly nine months and for the past four months had been confined to her home. She was taken ill last August and went to Ft. Collins, Colo., her former home, where she underwent a major operation. Although she was critically ill at that time, she recovered to the extent that she was able to return to Rock Springs but within a few months she again began to fail in health. For the past several weeks her condition has been critical. Mary Gladieux Nelson was born Sept. 25, 1890, in Chillicothe, Mo., where she spent her early life. She married Roy Cranmer, who died April 3, 1918. Ten years later, June 14, 1928, she married George Nelson, the marriage taking place in Ft. Collins. Prior to that time, she had lived in Denver and Ft. Collins. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson came to Rock Springs in 1933 and made this city their home since that time wit the exception of a few months they lived in Powell. She is survived by her husband and a daughter, Florence Cranmer Cundy, wife of Cpl. Jack Cundy; one sister, Mrs. Charles Schneider of Ft. Collins, who has been at the Nelson home here for several weeks, and four brothers, Edward Gladieux of Boise, Idaho; N.A. Gladieux of Ft. Collins; R.H. Gladieux of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and R.E. Gladieux of Detroit. Requiem high mass will be said at 10 a.m. today at the South Side Catholic church. Rev. Henry Bauer will say the mass and Rev. S.A. Welsh will give the funeral sermon. The rosary was said last night at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The body, accompanied by Mrs. Cundy, will be sent to Denver tonight for interment in Mount Olivet cemetery Thursday. A short service will be held at the Horan mortuary there at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. Eugene O’Sullivan of Ft. Collins will officiate. Mr. Nelson and Mrs. Schnieder, accompanied by Mrs. Ed Palanck, will leave for Ft. Collins and Denver by automobile immediately after the service this morning. The funeral party will be met in Denver tomorrow morning by Mrs. R.H. Gladieux, a sister-in-law. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 22, 1943 W.D. Rickert of Pinedale Dies Here Wednesday Walter D. (Doc) Rickert, 66, of Pinedale, died at 2 a.m. Wednesday at Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for 17 days. Heart trouble and resultant complications caused his death. Rickert was a widely known resident of the upper country where he had resided since 1913. For the last 20 years he had been associated with Lee Cooper and Paul Hagenstein in the lumber business and with them owned and operated a sawmill on upper Green river. He had been in ill health much of the time for the last several years. Rickert was a United States forest ranger between 1914 and 1920 when he was in charge of the Kendall ranger station on upper Green river. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edith Medernich of Chicago and a brother, Howard Rickert, of Colorado Springs, who will attend the funeral. Rickert was a native of Illinois. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the community church in Pinedale with Rev. Keenan Sheldon of the Rock Springs Congregational church officiating. Burial, in charge of Francis Tanner, Big Piney mortician, will be in the Pinedale cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 23, 1943 O’Farrell Funeral Is Planned for Monday Morning Funeral services for Mrs. T.J. O’Farrell, 43, will be held Monday morning at the South Side Catholic church. Mrs. O’Farrell died Tuesday evening at Wyoming General hospital where she had been a patient since last Friday. She had been ill for a month at the O’Farrell home at 428 Pearl street. Pvt. Ted O’Farrell, eldest son of the O’Farrels, arrived in Rock Springs early this morning from Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., where he is stationed with the armed forces. Mrs. Peter Mitchell of Chicago, sister of Mrs. O’Farrell and Mrs. R.L. Despaine of Minneapolis, sister of T.J. O’Farrell, will come to Rock Springs for the funeral. Miss Alice Kirby of Parsons, Kan., another sister of Mrs. O’Farrell, has been in the city since last Friday and will remain here until after the funeral. Mrs. O’Farrell was born April 24, 1900 in Leavenworth, Kan. Had she lived until next Saturday she would have been 43 years old. Her maiden name was Mary Kirby. She was a graduate of nurse of St. Joseph’s hospital in Denver. On January 10, 1923, she married Timothy J. O’Farrell, the ceremony taking place in Denver. Mr. and Mrs. O’Farrell came to Rock Springs 18 years ago and have since resided here where O’Farrell is in the offices of the Union Pacific Coal company. Mrs. O’Farrell is survived by her husband, six sons and two daughters. The children are Ted, William, Jack, Bobby Jim, Dennis and Daniel, Mary Agnes and Katherine. One daughter, Margaret, preceded her in death. Although burial plans were not complete last night it is expected the rosary will be said Sunday night at the Rogan mortuary chapel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 23, 1943 Former Resident Of Rock Springs Dies in Colorado Word was received Thursday by relatives in Rock Springs of the death of R.T. Still, 68, of Denver, Colo., former resident of this city. Still died yesterday at his home after a lingering illness. He is a son-in-law of Mrs. Ada Collins and a brother-in-law of Mrs. Dave Mason, Ms. William Weir and John Collins, all of Rock Springs. Survivors include his widow and two sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Still lived in Rock Springs for a number of years before leaving for Denver to make their home. Still is a charter member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 151. Funeral arrangements will be made pending arrival of relatives and burial will be in Denver. Mrs. Ada Collins, accompanied by Gordon weir, will leave today for Denver to attend the funeral services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 23, 1943 James Thomsen of Green River Killed Thursday Night in Highway Accident James Thomsen, 65, well known resident of Green River was instantly killed at 6:40 p.m. Thursday, when a pick-up truck overturned eight miles south of Green River and he was pinned beneath the vehicle. Another man, Chris Waechter, who was riding with him, was slightly injured. Thomsen, owner of the Chief Service station on North First East street, and Waechter were en route to McKinnon in the truck with two drums of gasoline, which they planned to deliver to Glen Walker. Thomsen, who was driving the truck, lost control of the truck going down a hill and the car jumped over a borrow pit, went out into the sagebrush and turned over. Thomsen was thrown from the truck but was crushed when it overturned. Waechter remained in the cab of the vehicle. The accident was discovered by David Logan, foreman of county road work, at 6:45 p.m., when he was returning to his home in Green River. He and his men succeeded in raising the truck from Thomsen’s body. Coroner Warden Opie left immediately for the scene of the accident. Alex McPherson, deputy sheriff; Bill Evers, owner of the Tomahawk hotel, and Chris Jessen, Green River chief of police, also drove to the scene of the accident. Thomsen is survived by his widow; four daughters, Mrs. John Ruston of Green River, Mrs. Al Emery of Denver, Martha and Ann Thomsen of Santa Monica, Calif., and one grandson, James Ruston. --- Green River Star, Apr 23, 1943 James Thomsen Killed In Car Crash Thursday James Thomsen, 69, prominent in Green River life for the past 48 years, met death tragically shortly after 6 o'clock Thursday evening, when the pickup truck he was driving overturned on the Green River-Manila road, eight miles south of Green River. Chris Waechter, who was accompanying Mr. Thomsen on an emergency delivery of gasoline to the Henry's Fork Valley, escaped with painful bruises, so far as had been learned Friday morning. According to the information available, the two closed the Chief Service station, owned by Mr. Thomsen, about 6 o'clock Thursday evening, leaving with two drums of gasoline in the back of the truck. Taking a lunch with them, they stopped on top of the ridge south of Green River to eat. Shortly after starting on southward, and after leaving the crest of the ridge, Mr. Thomsen apparently attempted to right the car after it swerved on the dirt road. The truck went out of control across the soft shoulder of the road, bounced through the barrow pit and into the sage brush, pinning Mr. Thomsen beneath it as it overturned. Mr. Waechter was also imprisoned beneath the truck and was unable to extricate himself. Within a few minutes after the accident, Dave Logan, county roadcrew foreman, returning to Green River from work on county roads, arrived at the scene of the accident, and pulled the truck upright, releasing Mr. Waechter and finding that Mr. Thomsen had lost his life. James Thomsen was born in Denmark 69 years ago, but came to America when 16 years of age, first settling in Nebraska. When he was 21, he came to Green River, spending the remainder of his life here. He was braumeister for the old brewery for a time; later entered the garage business which he operated until a few years ago. Of recent years, he has been in the wholesale and retail gasoline business. In Green River, he has been active in the life of the community, and much real estate development in the city has been as the result of his interest. A good citizen, he has left a lasting imprint upon Green River and his going causes a vacant place in the life of the community. He was active in Masonic orders and in the Eastern Star. Besides his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Misses Martha and Grace Ann, both in Santa Monica, Calif.; Mrs. John Ruston of Green River, and Mrs. Evelyn Emory of Denver; a sister, Mrs. Carrie Smith of Rock Springs, and one brother, Thomas, residing in Nebraska. Funeral arrangements had not been completed this morning, remaining pending until the arrival of the daughters. The body rests o at the Rogan mortuary in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 24, 1943 Thomsen Services Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for James Thomsen of Green River will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Masonic Temple in Green River. The Rogan mortuary of Rock Springs will have charge of the arrangements. Thomsen, well known Green River business man, lost his life Thursday evening when a pickup truck he was driving left a county road eight miles south of that city and overturned. He was crushed under the vehicle and died instantly. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 24, 1943 Bekakis Funeral Services Today Funeral services for Emanuel Bekakis, retired coal miner, who was found dead last Sunday in his living quarters at 315 M street, will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon in the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Henry Link of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion will conduct the service. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mike Bekakis, brother of the dead man, arrived in Rock Springs early yesterday from his home in San Francisco and made arrangements for the services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 24, 1943 Ranch Worker Is First Tick Fever Victim in County Dick Harmon, 59, an employee of the Guy T. Rife ranching interests for a number of years, died of Rocky Mountain spotted fever at 6:15 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital. He was the first victim of tick fever this year in the Rock Springs area and is believed to have been one of the first in the entire Rocky Mountain region. Harmon was brought to the hospital here about a week ago. Efforts are being made to contact a brother who is known to be employed at the Jack Morton sheep ranch near Douglas. He is the only known relative of Harmon in this section of the country. The body is at Wildermuth mortuary pending burial arrangements. Harmon’s death was the third resulting from spotted fever since Jan. 1, 1940, in Sweetwater county, and was the 16th tick fever case reported in the same period, according to the April 17 report of the state department of health at Cheyenne. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 24, 1943 Death Calls Well Known Reliance Resident Friday Samuel Gilpin, 53, of Reliance, well known resident of this community for 20 years, died at 7:25 o’clock Friday evening in the Wyoming General hospital. He had been a patient there since April 16. Gilpin, a World War veteran, was active in the work of Archie Hay Post No.24, American Legion. He has been employed by the Union Pacific Coal company since 1923 and at the time of his death was a timberman. Gilpin is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose Gilpin. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 24, 1943 Carlos Trujillo Dies in Hospital Friday Afternoon Carlos Trujillo, about 50, employed on the Sparks’ ranch in Brown’s park, died at 3:50 o’clock Friday afternoon at Wyoming General hospital from injuries received when he was thrown from a horse about 6 o’clock last Sunday evening. Trujillo was brought from the ranch immediately. He entered the hospital at midnight, where he was treated for pelvic injuries and a punctured lung. Trujillo, who had worked for the Sparks Livestock company over a period of 15 years, is survived by hiw widow, three sons and a daughter. Two sons are serving in the armed forces and one son lives in Colorado. Mrs. Trujillo and daughter live in Arroyo Hondo, N.M. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary, are pending word from relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 24, 1943 Friend Confirms Death of Winton Youth in Action Mrs. Catherine Marceau, Winton postmistress, who received word April 1 that her son, Wilford Marceau, was missing in action somewhere in the Pacific was informed by a letter from one of Marceau’s friends that her son is dead. The letter, dated April 21, reads as follows: “Dear Mrs. Marceau: I don’t know what to say, there isn’t much one can say in a case like what happnened. I saved some of Wilford’s things. I’m having my nephew in San Francisco mail them to you. “Marceau, as we always called him, was on of the six who had been together ever since we have been in the Navy. It was a dark night and everything was peaceful. Then all hell broke loose. We were the first ship to get hit. There were 11 men all told that never knew what hit them and Marceau was one of them. They were all buried at sea. The cigars he bought for his grandfather, I think. “As ever, a friend, “LEO GASSNER.” “P.S. We just got back to the States.” Marceau, who enlisted in the armed forces soon after Pearl Harbor, had been in the Navy since May, 1942. He was the only son of Mrs. Marceau and the late Louis R. Marceau. He attended school in Reliance and Winton. Before his enlistment, he was employed by the Union Pacific Coal company. Marceau was married to Helen Cheriker on Feb. 14, 1942 in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Helen Marceau is residing in Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 27, 1943 Gilpin Services Are Held Monday Funeral services for Sam Gilpin, 53, of Reliance were held yesterday at the I.O.O.F. hall. The Odd Fellows and the Archie Hay post of the American Legion conducted the services. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were William Graham, Jack Hensley, Edgar Lewis, Fay Morton, Henry Walters and Henry Verstraten. Gilpin died Friday at Wyoming General hospital. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 27, 1943 Pacheco Funeral Rites Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Conspicion Pacheco of Reliance will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church, with the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Mrs. Pacheco died at 9:15 a.m. Sunday at the Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient for the past 11 days. She died at the age of 58 years old and is survived by her husband, Elidio Pacheco of Reliance, and two brothers who reside in Mexico. She has been a resident of this community for the past 20 years. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 28, 1943 Werner Delfors of Green River Dies In Hospital Here From Blow on Head Werner Delfors, Green River machinist, died early Tuesday afternoon at Wyoming General hospital as a result of a skull fracture incurred at LaBarge about 8 o’clock Monday night. Delfors, it is alleged, was struck from behind with a club wielded by Jack Swanson, an oil field worker at LaBarge, following an argument at the Swanson home. Returning home from a fishing trip to Pinedale, Delfors and his wife stopped in LaBarge early Monday evening, and, according to information received by Sheriff Mike Maher in Green River, Mr. and Mrs. Delfors drove to the Swanson home for a short visit. During an ensuing argument, Swanson is alleged to have gone outside to secure a club. On his return, Delfors was struck down. He never regained consciousness. Delfors was brought to Green River Tuesday morning, and was brought to the hospital in Rock Springs shortly before noon. He died at 1:20 p.m. Al DePauw, coroner of Lincoln county, and other Lincoln county officials were conducting an investigation of the case and Swanson was reported to be under questioning last night in Kemmerer. Besides his wife, Delfors is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Delfors, and two brothers, all of whom reside in Green River. The body is at the Wildermuth’s mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 29, 1943 Dalfors Killed By Blow on Head Is Jury Verdict A coroner’s inquest, conducted at the Rogan mortuary in Rock Springs last night by A.A. DePauw, Lincoln county coroner, found that Werner Dalfors of Green River “came to his death by hemorrhage of the brain, caused by a blow on the right side of the head by an instrument in the hands of one Jack Swanson.” The verdict was signed by Archie Neil, A.M. Gilchrist and John Mischler, all of Lincoln county. Only three witnesses were questioned, the widow of the dead man, and Dr. A.T. Sudman of Green River and Dr. P.M. McCrann of Rock Springs, who conducted an autopsy at the Wildermuth mortuary here immediately preceding the inquest. Dalfors died early Tuesday afternoon in Wyoming General hospital, where he was brought that morning for treatment. Dalfors was struck over the head Monday night at LaBarge, allegedly by Jack Swanson, an oil field worker. Swanson was placed under arrest Tuesday by Sheriff Earl Ellsworth of Lincoln county after charges of murder in the first degree had been filed by County Attorney William S. Edmonds of Kemmerer. He was bound over to the district court by Judge H.R. Christmas and was released under $7,500 bond. Swanson is represented by Attorney Ivan S. Jones of Kemmerer, who attended the inquest here last night. Testifying at the inquest, Mrs. Berda Dalfors, widow of the dead man, testified that she and her husband stopped at the Swanson home in LaBarge early Monday evening en route to their home in Green River from a fishing trip to Pinedale. Mrs. Dalfors, under questioning by the jury, said she had heard no argument between the two men; that she had sat on the Swanson porch during most of the time the men were talking. She said she had returned to the kitchen of the Swanson home for a cup of coffee when Swanson left the room, to return a moment later with a child’s baseball bat. As Swanson approached her husband, Mrs. Dalfors asserted, she was unaware of his intentions. Without speaking a word, she testified, Swanson struck her husband over the head with the instrument. She told how she assited her husband into their car, after Swanson had attempted to revive him by pouring cold water over his head. She said she drove to the home of other friends in LaBarge, who assisted her removed her husband into their home. When his condition did not improve Tuesday morning, Dalfors was brought to Green River, and later, upon a physician’s advice, was removed to the hospital in Rock Springs. The dead man is survived by his widow; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dalfors of Green River; two brothers, Rudolph, who resides in Alaska and Ray A. Dalfors of Green River, and two sisters, Mrs. A.C. Genz of Green River and Mrs. R.D. O’Bannon of Rawlins. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon in Green River with the Rev. C.L. Callahan officiating. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 29, 1943 Dalfors Funeral Will Be Held at 2 P.M. Friday Funeral services for Werner Dalfors, 41, of Green River will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the social hall in Green River. Rev. C.L. Callahan of the Episcopal church will officiate and burial, in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary, will be in Riverview cemetery there. Dalfors died Tuesday as a result of a skull fracture incurred at LaBarge, north of Kemmerer, Monday night. He was brought to Wyoming General hospital here early Tuesday and died a few hours later. He was born July 6, 1901 in Furudal, Sweden and had lived in Green River for the past eight years where he was employed as a machinist. Dalfors is survived by his wife, Birdia Dalfors; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dalfors of Green River; two brothers, Rudolph, who is in Alaska, and Ray A. Dalfors of Green River; and two sister, Mrs. R.D. O’Bannon of Rawlins and Msr. A.C. Genz of Green River. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 29, 1943 James Noble Dies Wednesday at Hospital Here James Noble, 67, who resided at 716 Center street, died at 11:30 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for 11 days. He had lived in Rock Springs for the last 18 years. Noble was born Sept. 13, 1875 in Alfreton, England. He and his family came here in 1925 from England. For several years he was in the employ of the Lion Coal company, but 12 years ago was forced to retire from active work because of ill health. Two weeks ago his illness became serious. He is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Noble; three sons, Ronald, James and Raymond Noble; four daughters, Mrs. Max Notar, Mrs. Matt Oblock, Mrs. George Hawkins and Mrs. Mike Redjak, all of Rock Springs and seven grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs. Charles Walker and one son, John, preceded him in death. Funeral services, in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary, will be announced today. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 30, 1943 Noble Rites Will Be Held Saturday Funeral services will be held at 10 o’clock Saturday morning at Wildermuth chapel for James Noble, 67, who died at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Wyoming General hospital. Noble had been a patient there for 11 days. The Reverend Kennan Sheldon will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Green River Star, Apr 30, 1943 Rose L. Harvey County Pioneer, Dies Thursday One of the last of the early day residents of western Wyoming passed on Thursday when death claimed Mrs. Rose Harvey at Evanston after a long illness. She was 76 years of age at the time of her death and had spent her entire life in this section of the state. Mrs. Harvey was the widow of the late Sam H. R. Harvey, early day rancher of the Henry's Fork valley. Mr. Harvey preceded her in death on June 29, 1931, in Green River. Rose L. Mass was born at Evanston, Wyoming, June 26, 1867, the daughter of Phillip Mass, who was one of the real pioneers of the West, and said to be among the very first settlers in the Henry's Fork valley. Mass mountain bears the name of this pioneer family. Mrs. Harvey grew up and spent most of her active life in the atmosphere of the old West, retaining during her life time that indomitable spirit that was her heritage. She is survived by two sons, Charles R. Harvey of Green River and Edward A. Harvey of Ogden; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Peterson of Kamas, Utah, and Mrs. Will Perry of La Point, Utah; one brother, Phillip Mass; two grandchildren, Miss Irma Rouse of Washington, D. C., and Dale Rouse now in the United States army. Funeral services for Mrs. Harvey will be held at the Congregational church at 2 p. m. Sunday, Rev. James Allen officiating. The body will be taken from the Rogan mortuary chapel in Rock Springs to the Harvey home in Green River at 9 a. m. Sunday to lie in state until 1 p. m. when Mrs. Harvey will be taken to the church. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, May 1943 March Injuries GEORGE VARANAKIS, Greek, age 57, married, prop puller, Section No. 1, Reliance No. 7 Mine. FATAL. The working place was a room pillar. George and another workman were in the act of completing the timber pull which had been started the day before. There were two or three 20-foot crossbars ahead of the breaker row in this room and two 12-foot crossbars to the right of them in the pillar pocket. Several timbers were set between the 20-foot and the 12-foot bars before the men attempted to pull the 12-foot bars. The prop puller was anchored just above the breaker row, and the chain was fastened around the high-side leg of the 12-foot bar farthest away from them. When the leg was pulled loose, the place started to cave and rode out all the timber to the breaker row. The man on the low side of the prop puller stepped through the breaker row and was not injured, but George was caught near the edge of the cave. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, May 1943 Obituary, James Besso Old Timer James Besso passed away at the Wyoming General Hospital Monday, March 22nd, after a short illness. He was born July 25, 1868, at Baldissero, Italy, and started to work for this company in 1893 at Rock Springs. He was a charter member of the Old Timers' Association, his service totaling 50 years. Funeral services were held March 25th at the South Side Catholic Church, with Rev. S. A. Welsh officiating. The Rosary was said the night before at the mortuary chapel, and interment was in St. Joseph's cemetery. Pallbearers were Alex Borra, James V. Ferrero, Morris Ferrero, John Ferrero, Enrico Scala, and James Silva. There were two honorary pallbearers, Adelo Raimondo and Dominik Ferrero. Mr. Besso is survived by his wife; two sons, John, of Ogden, and Charles, of Winton; six grandchildren; a niece, Mrs. Paul Crippa, Rock Springs; and a nephew, Ernest Besso, Winton. He had one brother in Italy. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, May 1943 The Passing Of Mrs. Mary O’Farrell On Tuesday, April 20, Mrs. Mary O'Farrell, wife of Mr. T. J. O'Farrell, employed in the Auditing Department of The Union Pacific Coal Company, passed away at the Wyoming General Hospital, after but a short stay in the hospital, her illness, however, of several weeks' duration. Surviving Mrs. O'Farrell, in addition to her husband, are eight children, Pvt. Ted O'Farrell, stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., William, Jack, Bobby Jim, Dennie and Dannie, the last two boys twins, and two daughters, Mary Agnes and Kathië. Mrs. O'Farrell was a splendid wife and mother, and our deepest sympathies go out to her husband and children. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, May 1943 Superior Mrs. Arthur R. Billington passed away at the Wyoming General Hospital on April 10th, following an illness of several months. Mrs. Billington is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. John Wales, Mrs. Harold Walker, Lorene and Claudine BIllington, and four grandchildren, all of Superior. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 1, 1943 Pioneer Resident Dies Friday at Daughter's Home Mrs. Jane Storey McCourt, 87, died at 5:50 p.m. Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bert Jones in Green River. Mrs. McCourt, a resident of Sweetwater county for a half century, had been in poor health for the past two years. Mrs. McCourt, affectionately known to her friends as "Grandma" McCourt, lived for many years at 510 Ludvig street and was unusually active until shortly after her 85th birthday, which she celebrated with "open house" at her home. She was born Aug. 20, 1855, and came to Rock Springs in 1893. Survivors include two sons, Matthew McCourt of Salt Lake City and Samuel McCourt of Laramie; three daughters, Mrs. Lucy Gregory of La Barge, Mrs. Jones of Green River and Mrs. Sarah MacDonald of Glendale, Calif.; 24 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. A grandson, Elton Rife of Bremerton, Wash., was cared for by Mrs. McCourt since infancy. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 4, 1943 Funeral Services Tuesday Morning For Harold Black Funeral services for Harold P. Black, 60, will be held at 10 a.m. today at the congregational church. In the absence of rev. Keenan Sheldon, Mrs. Sheldon will conduct the service. Active pallbearers will be Arthur M. Hafey, Walter Larsen, Earle Lawless, E.W. Naab, John Wataha and Glen D. Wilson. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. H.J. Arbogast, Dr. T.E. Krueger, Dr. Edward S. Lauzer, Dr. P.M. McCrann, Bernard T. McManus and Dr. T.H. Roe. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. The body will remain at the Wildermuth mortuary chapel, where friends may call up until the funeral hour. Black died about 7:30 o’clock Saturday night at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient since Easter Sunday. A heart attack caused his death and came within a few hours of the time he had hoped to return to his home at 710 Ludvig street. He had been in the hospital for treatment of a threatened congestion of the heart. Harold P. Black was born Jan. 12, 1883, in Fulton, Mo. He spent his early life in his native state and then went into the southwest, where he remained for several years until he went to Salt Lake City 19 years ago to become associated with the Schramm-Johnson Drug company, now Walgreen’s. He was sent to Rock Springs in February, 1931, to take charge of the company’s store here and since that time has made this city his home. At the time of his death he was manager of the new Bi-Rite store at Grant and Elk Streets. In January, 1942, he suffered a physical breakdown due to a heart condition. At that time he was ill for several months but had partially regained his health when he was taken ill ten days ago. Black is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. S.H. Palmer, two granddaughters, and a brother, Sam Black, of Springfield, Mo. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 4, 1943 Funeral Rites at Green River Today For Mrs. McCourt Funeral services for Mrs. Jane McCourt, 82-year-old pioneer resident of Rock Springs, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the Episcopal church of the Holy Communion, with the Rev. Henry A. Link officiating. Burial, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in the McCourt family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jack Logan, Green River; Harry Boice, M.J. Dankowski, Sam F. Ramsay, G. Thum and Albert Walters, all of Rock Springs. Mrs. McCourt died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bert Jones, in Green River. She was born Aug. 20, 1860, in County Durham, England, and had lived in Sweetwater county for 60 years. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lucy Gregory of La Barge, Mrs. Sarah McDonald of Glendale, Calif., and Mrs. Jones, and two sons, Matt McCourt of Salt Lake City, and Samuel McCourt of Laramie. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 7, 1943 Funeral Services For Green River Citizen Saturday William Ellsworth Davis, 76, died early yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rose Bedard, in Green River. He has been a resident of this community for 24 years and was a retired carpenter. Davis was born May 27, 1866, in Terre Haute, Ind. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Holderby of Kansas City, Kans., and Mrs. Bedard; three sons, Robert W. and Harold A. of Green River and Richard E. Davis who is serving with the armed forces in North Africa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the social hall in Green River. Rev. J.A. Nordstrom of the Baptist church and Bishop John Taylor of the L.D.S. church there will officiate. Burial, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in Riverview cemetery. The body will be taken to the Bedard home at 10 a.m. Saturday, where it will remain until 1 p.m., when it will be removed to the social hall. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 7, 1943 Former Resident Dies April 20 At Columbia, Mo. Word was received in Rock Springs yesterday of the death of Thomas Hammer, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Hammer of Columbia, Mo., former Rock Springs residents. Tommie was injured while playing football here in the fall of 1941. Both legs were broken and he was a patient at Wyoming General hospital for some time. He was a junior in the Rock Springs high school at the time of the accident which ultimately resulted in his death. He became a victim of rheumatic fever. The Hammer family resided at 101 Clark street during the time they lived in Rock Springs. Mr. Hammer was employed at the Rock Springs municipal airport. The family left here in January, 1942. Tommie is survived only by his parents, as he had no brothers or sisters. His death occurred April 20 and he was buried in Columbia. The report of his death was received here by Mrs. Ora Ferguson of 821 Walnut street, a friend of the Hammer family. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 8, 1943 Former Resident Dies at Home in Long Beach, Cal. Word was received in Rock Springs yesterday of the death of Robert Muir, former general master mechanic for the Union Pacific Coal Company on April ?? in Long Beach, Calif. With a service of 60 years with the company, Mr. Muir was dean of the Union Pacific Old Timers association of which he served as president in 1929. He was retired by the company in 1925 and shortly afterward went to California to reside after making Rock Springs his home for nearly 50 years. He was born July 16, 1860 in Scotland. At the age of nine years he came to the United States and started working in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. He came to Rock Springs in 1880. Officials of the Union Pacific Coal Company were the first in this community to learn of his death. In commenting on his services with the company, George B. Pryde, vice president in charge of operations said “Mr. Muir was a splendid example of a self-made man. He was a constant student of technical literature and until his retirement, new more about the coal company’s mechanical activities than did any other official of the company. No mechanical work was ever undertaken without Mr. Muir’s advice and this included the design and construction of the steam plants and the large steam hoisting engines in the several districts where operations were carried on.” The Muir family owned the home a 98 Second street, now owned by the Mungo Brown family, and lived there for many years. --- Green River Star, May 7, 1943 Final Rites For Mrs. Harvey Held On Last Sunday Final rites for Mrs. Rose Lee Harvey, 76, who died at Evanston on April 29, were held at the Congregational church in Green River at 2 o’clock last Sunday afternoon, Rev. James Allan officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery under the direction of Rogan mortuary. Pallbearers were Dave Logan, William S. Mortimer, W. O. Yates, J. H. Jacobucci, James A. Chrisman and Joe Wilson. Mrs. Harvey was a pioneer resident of western Wyoming, having been born in Evanston, but having spent almost all of her life in the Henry’s Fork Valley or in Green River. --- Green River Star, May 7, 1943 FUNERAL SERVICES HELD THURSDAY FOR INFANT Family funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Riverview cemetery for the infant son of Vilas and Ruby Crawford Larimore. The baby was born Tuesday at the Wyoming General hospital and lived but a few hours after birth. Rogan mortuary was in charge of the services. Mr. and Mrs. Larimore have one other son, Ronald. --- Green River Star, May 7, 1943 Funeral Services for Mrs. McCourt Held on Tuesday Long time residents of the county were saddened Saturday night when Mrs. Jane McCourt, 82, and a pioneer of this county, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bert Jones, in this city, after having been a resident of the county for more than a half century. It had been Mrs. McCourt's fortune to participate in the development of Sweetwater county from small coal and livestock area to the state's richest county, seeing the area also grow to be the West's greatest coal producer. Both Rock Springs and Green River people will mourn her passing. She was born Aug. 20, 1860, in County Durham, England, coming to America and to Sweetwater county as a young woman. She was the widow of the late Edward O. McCourt, who died in 1926. She is survived by two sons, Matt McCourt of Salt Lake City and Sam McCourt of Laramie; by three daughters, Mrs. Bert Jones of this city, Mrs. Lucy Gregory of La Barge and Mrs. Sarah McDonald of Glendale, Calif.; 24 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the Church of the Holy Communion (Episcopal) at Rock Springs at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. Henry Link officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Mountain View cemetery at Rock Springs. Pallbearers were J. S. Logan of Green River, H. J. Boice, M. J. Dankowski, Sam F. Ramsay, G. Thum, and Albert Walters, all of Rock Springs. --- Green River Star, May 7, 1943 Wm. E. Davis Dies Thursday; Here 25 Years Death came Thursday to William Ellsworth Davis, 76, retired carpenter and long time resident of Green River. Ailments incident to his advanced age brought his death. Although retired from active life he retained an active interest in life around him, and maintained property in Jamestown. He was born in Terre Haute, Ind., May 27, 1866, dying at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Rose Bedard, in Green River, on May 6, 1943. Mr. Davis is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Rose Bedard of Green River and Mrs. Ruby Holderby of Kansas City, Kans.; by three sons, Robert W. Davis and H. A. Davis, both of this city and R. E. Davis, now with the United States Navy in the North African theatre of war; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The body will be taken from the Rogan mortuary chapel in Rock Springs to the home of Mrs. Bedard in Green River at 10 a. m. Saturday, to lie in state until 1 o'clock that afternoon. The funeral services will be held at the Social hall at 2 p. m. Saturday, with Rev. J. A. Nordstrom of the Baptist church and Bishop John Taylor of the L. D. S. church conducting services. Burial will be in the local cemetery. He had lived continuously in Green River since 1918 with the exception of two years spent in Oregon. On May 14, 1929, his wife preceded him in death, dying at Roseburg, Ore. Active pallbearers will be Glenn Turner, Charles Johnson, Frank Sherrod, Bryan Switzer, Voorhees Pearson and Dominick Rasseheart. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 11, 1943 Mungo Brown Killed Instantly Sunday Morning at Colony Coal Company Mine Mungo Brown, 40, was killed instantly by fall of rock shortly after 9 o’clock Sunday morning at the Colony Coal company’s No. 2 mine. Brown had just started his day’s shift when the accident occurred. He had been a resident of Rock Springs since 1924 and had been in the employ of the Colony Coal company most of that time. He and his family resided at 806 McKeehan avenue. Brown was born July 3, 1902 in Lochgelly, Fifeshire, Scotland, and came to this country in 1923. After spending a year in the vicinity of Amhurst, Ohio, he came to Rock Springs. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Mungo Brown St., who reside at 98 Second street and who came to Rock Springs from Scotland in 1928. He is survived by his wife, Dolly Baker Brown, and two sons, Robert, 13, and Ronald, 11. Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. William Forsythe and Mrs. Harry Foster, and five brothers, John, James, William and Richard Brown of Rock Springs and Howard Brown of Riverton. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Temple. The body will be taken from the Wildermuth mortuary to the temple at 10 o’clock that morning. The Masonic lodge will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. Henry A. Link of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be Claude Elias, Richard Webster, Ed Roessler, Jack Foster, Evan Griffiths and Dave Petrie. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 11, 1943 INQUEST HELD MONDAY NIGHT At an inquest Monday night into the death of Mungo Brown, Jr., ordered by Coroner J. Warden Opie, a jury rendered a verdict that: “Brown died from an accidental fall in the Peacock mine.” Members of the coroner’s jury were Vic Kvasnik, John Pastor, Jr., and Lewis Hostar. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 12, 1943 Murlin Moosman, Manila, Utah, Dies Here of Tularemia Murlin Moosman, 38, of Manila, Utah, died at 11:20 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital. Death was due to tularemia and was the first attributed to that cause is the Rock Springs area this season. He had been a patient at the hospital for nine days. Moosman had lived in the vicinity of Vernal for five years. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Delbert and Gilbert, and two daughters, Lurrine and Velma; his mother, Mrs. John H. Moosman of White Rock, Utah, and four brothers, Earle of Honolulu, T.H., Leland, Walter and Boyd, all of White Rock; five sisters, Mrs. Irma Sessions and Mrs. Della Wooley and Mrs. Fontella Taylor, all of LaPoint, Utah; Mrs. Ora Ellingsworth of Tridell and Mrs. Edna Evans at Mt. Emmons, Utah. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the L.D.S. chapel in Tridell, Utah, with Bishop H. LeRoy Morrill officiating. Burial will be in Tridell. The body will be taken to the home of the mother, Mrs. John Moosman, in White Rock, Utah, on Thursday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 13, 1943 Former Superior And Lyman Girl Dies in Seattle LYMAN, May 12 (Special)—Word was received here yesterday o the death of Patricia Ann (Pak) Vercimak, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vercimak of Seattle, former Lyman and Superior residents, that occurred Sunday in Seattle. Death resulted from burns but no details of the accident that resulted in the burns were received. Patricia Ann was born June 1, 1936 in Lyman. Two years ago the family moved to Superior where they lived until a year ago when they went to Seattle to locate. Besides her parents she is survived by a sister, Ruth, and a brother, Frank Jr. The body will arrive in Evanston tonight and the funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday from the Catholic church there. --- Green River Star, May 14, 1943 Mrs. Mary Pal Dies Thursday At Ranch Home Mrs. Mary Pal, 60, prominent Green River valley ranchwoman, died suddenly at her ranch home near Big Island Thursday afternoon, a heart ailment having been the cause of her death. Mrs. Pal and her two sons, Andrew and Emery, had developed their ranch near Big Island until it is one of the outstanding places on the river, in this county. Her death came as a shock to her many friends because of her apparent good health and active life. A native of Budapest, Hungary, she had spent much of her life in her chosen country of America and had, with her sons, operated the ranch near here since 1924. The twos sons survive, her husband, Andrew Pal, having preceded her in death in 1934. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal church in Green River at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, burial to be in Riverview cemetery. She will lie in state at the church from 1:30 o'clock until the hour of the services. During Sunday morning, friends may call at the Rogan mortuary chapel in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 15, 1943 Funeral Services For Mrs. Mary Pal Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Mary Pal, 59, resident of Sweetwater county for 19 years died suddenly Thursday afternoon at the ranch home of her sons, Andrew and Emery Pal, 30 miles north of Green River. She had been ill for several days and had been in Green River for medical care early this week. She incurred a fall at the ranch several days ago, which is regarded as a possible contributory cause to her death. Mrs. Pal was born Dec. 23, 1883, in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States 40 years ago. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Episcopal church in Green River with the Rev. A.L. Callahan officiating. The body will be taken to the church at 1:30 p.m. Interment, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in Riverview cemetery at Green River. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 18, 1943 William A. Dorris Dies Here Monday Of Heart Ailment William Arthur Dorris, resident of Sweetwater county for the past 16 years, died from a heart attack at 7:30 o’clock Monday morning at his home, 141 Noble Drive. He had been afflicted with a heart ailment for many years and for several weeks had been confined to his home, but his condition was not considered critical. Born in West Frankfort, Ill., on Feb. 25, 1879, he received his education there and for many years was manager of the West Frankfort Mercantile and Feed store. Because of ill health, he was advised to come west and in 1924 arrived in Lander. Three years later, Dorris came to Sweetwater county, living in Rock Springs and Green River, where he made many friends. He was known for his courteous and kindly manner and was called “Senator”, a nickname given to him by his friends. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Isabell Dorris, to whom he was married Dec. 3, 1929; two sons and a daughter by a previous marriage, Royal Dorris stationed with the United States navy; Ralph of West Frankfort; Mrs. John Taylor of Cincinnati, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements, in charge of Rogan mortuary, will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 18, 1943 Long-Lost Brother Is Identified at Mortuary Here by Pinedale Residents Two Pinedale brothers were called to Rock Springs yesterday to identify the body of a brother who died Friday in Clifton, Ariz. The brothers were Michael and Charles Woods and the brother whom they identified was Frank Woods, 50. Michael, the elder of the two Pinedale brothers, had not seen his brother since 1907, and Charles, the younger brother, had never seen him. The body of Frank Woods arrived in Rock Springs early Monday morning. The first the two Pinedale men knew of their brother’s illness or his whereabouts was last week when Sheriff Mike Maher of Sweetwater county received a wire from Clifton, Ariz., authorities, stating that Frank Woods, a Southern Pacific railroad engineer, was critically ill and that the name of “Michael Woods, Rock Springs, Wyoming” had been found among his personal effects. Sheriff Maher relayed the message to the Woods brothers at Pinedale. The two men then contacted the hospital at Clifton to learn that a man by the name of Frank Woods had died only a short time before their call was received in Clifton. The brothers checked the records of the Southern Pacific railroad to learn that the man who died under the name of Frank Woods had been an engineer for the company since 1928. He gave his birthplace as Jessup, Iowa, the ancestral home of the Woods family. Frank Woods left his home at Jessup, Iowa, in 1907 and no member of his family had since heard anything from him. Meantime, the parents died and some members of the family left Iowa, including the brothers who located in Pinedale. After 36 years, Michael Woods was able to identify his brother because of a strong family resemblance, aided by the records that the dead man had submitted for the files of the Southern pacific railroad. Papers accompanied the body showing that Frank Wood was a World War I veteran. The body was shipped from Rock Springs last night to Jessup, Iowa, for burial in the Woods family plot. Identification of the body was made at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 18, 1943 Services Held for Month-Old Infant Graveside services were held yesterday in Mountain View cemetery for Francis Duane, one-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Spencer of West Reliance. The infant died Saturday night at the Spencer home. The Rogan mortuary was in charge of the interment. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 18, 1943 Minneapolis Woman Dies on Train Miss Etta E. Campbell, 61, of Minneapolis, Minn., died on the eastbound Union Pacific passenger train at 1:15 a.m. Sunday as the train pulled into Green River. A heart attack caused her death. Miss Campbell was en route to Minneapolis from Los Angeles and was taken ill before the train reached Salt Lake City. The body is at the Rogan mortuary and will be sent to Minneapolis tonight. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 19, 1943 Funeral Services Thursday Morning For John Travis John (Jack) Travis, 55, resident of Rock Springs for more than 40 years, died Monday noon at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient since Wednesday of last week. Death was due to stomach complications of which he had been a victim for several months. He resided at 214 Grant street. John Joseph Travis was born Dec. 22, 1887, in Old Carbon in Carbon county, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter James Travis, who came to Rock Springs in 1901 to reside. He was in the employ of the Colony Coal company for several years. Travis is survived by two sons, Jack and Charles Travis, both of Rock Springs; two grandsons; two brothers, James Travis of Rock Springs and William Travis of Seattle; three sisters, Mrs. Harry G. Parker, Mrs. Charles Gregory and Mrs. Anna Hansen, all of Rock Springs. His wife, who died in 1918 and one son preceded him in death. Travis was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 151. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the South Side Catholic church, followed by interment in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary will be said at the Wildermuth mortuary chapel at 7 o’clock tonight. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 19, 1943 Arthur Moore Dies At Hospital Here Arthur Moore, 22, of Reliance, died at 3:05 p.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital. He was admitted to the hospital Monday. Moore and his wife, Viola, had lived at Reliance only since April 1. He was born Sept. 18, 1921 at Sciolaville, Ohio. Burial arrangements are in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 20, 1943 2 Year Old Girl Killed When Hit By Passing Car Ruth Lacey, two-year-old daughter of Edgar Lacey, 29 Furnas street, Lincoln, Neb., died at 9:27 o’clock Tuesday evening from injuries received when she was knocked down earlier in the evening by a car driven by Dr. Morris Dressler of Portland, Ore. The accident occurred about a mile west of Wamsutter at 6:30 last night. Lacey with his mother and four small children were occupants of a car en route to California when he ran out of gasoline. He parked the car on the opposite side of the road and returned to Wamsutter for gas with a passing California motorist. When the little children saw their father returning with the gas, they became excited and started to run across the road. Three crossed the highway safely but the youngest got away from her grandmother and ran around the front of the parked car and reached the middle of the highway, in the path of the Oregon car, which struck her. Dr. Dressler stopped immediately. The child was taken to the Rawlins hospital by Russell Hull, section foreman. The baby was attended by Dr. Baker of Rawlins who said the child was badly bruised on the left side of the face and suffered a skull fracture, which caused her death. The little girl would have been two years old the 28th of this month. Patrolman E.C. Morgan of Rock Springs and John Neske, deputy sheriff at Wamsutter, investigated the accident. Morgan said an inquest will probably be held by Warden Opie, county coroner. Dr. Dressler and the Lacey family are in Rock Springs awaiting the coroner’s inquest. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 21, 1943 Rosary Services for Arthur Moore Held Rosary was said at Wildermuth chapel at 5:30 o’clock Thursday evening for Arthur Moore, 22, of Reliance, who died Tuesday afternoon at Wyoming General hospital following a brief illness. The Reverend Albin Gnidovec was in charge of the rosary services. The body, accompanied by his widow, was sent Thursday evening to his old home in Sciolaville, Ohio, where funeral services will be held. Burial will be made in the family plot in the Sciolaville cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Moore had lived in Reliance since April 1. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 21, 1943 Coroner’s Jury Returns Verdict A coroner’s jury investigating the accidental death of William F. Kribbs at the Gunn-Quealy Coal company’s Gunn mine April 12, Wednesday night found that “W.F. Kribbs came to his death as result of fall of rock which we conclude was accidental.” Jurors hearing the evidence were Charles Ingle, John Jakovich and John Wallace. Kribbs was killed instantly in the accident. His body was sent to Moberly, Mo. for interment. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 21, 1943 Springs Residents Attend Funeral for Mrs. Hannah Jones Thomas E. Schofield, accompanied by his daughters, Mrs. William Simms and Mrs. Thomas Edwards left Wednesday night for Ogden to attend funeral services for Mrs. Hannah Williams Jones, 65, which were held Thursday afternoon. Dr. John Edward Carver, pastor of Ogden First Presbyterian church, officiated. Mrs. Jones, former Rock Springs resident, was burned to death in her one-room frame home at the rear of 346 Eighty street. Called to the scene of the fire at 4:40 a.m. by an alarm sent in by neighbors, Ogden city firemen, headed by Captain O.A. Owens found the charred body of Mrs. Jones sitting in a chair. The victim reportedly had been suffering for some time form a heart ailment and whether she had been sitting in the chair and had had a heart attack or whether she attempted to flee the flames and had been unable to get only to the chair, could not be determined. Mrs. Jones was born in Wales in 1878, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones Williams. She was married to George Jones in Wales in 1897 and came to Rock Springs in 1904. Fifteen years later went to Ogden. Mr. Jones died in 1921. Surviving of six sons and daughters are two daughters, Mrs. J.W. Schow and Mrs. Thomas Higgs Jr. of Ogden. Nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive. --- Green River Star, May 21, 1943 $10,000 Sought For Death Of 2-Year Old Girl Edgar T. Lacey of Lincoln, Nebraska, Thursday filed suit in the Sweetwater county district court to recover $10,000 damages from Dr. Morris Dressler of Portland, Ore., following the death of Lacey's two-year-old daughter, Ruth, on the Lincoln highway one mile west of Wamsutter Tuesday night, the suit being filed in the office of Grace Siegert, clerk of the court. A coroner's jury Wednesday night had charged Dressler with negligence but absolved him in the jury's verdict, of criminal negligence. It is alleged in the investigation conducted by State Highway Patrolman E. C. Morgan that Dressler drove between two cars parked along the highway, just as the little girl dashed across the road, Dressler's car striking and fatally injuring her. Lacey, with his mother and his four children, were en route to California, when he ran out of gas. He secured a ride into Wamsutter and had returned to the car with gasoline, when the youngster ran across the road from one automobile to another. It is alleged that Dressler was driving on the highway at the time and passed between the parked cars, one being on each side of the road. The petition asks damages allegedly arising from the loss of the girl's life. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 25, 1943 Superior Resident Dies at Hospital Monday Afternoon Thomas H. Tremmeling, 63, resident of Superior for a number of years, died at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient since May 19. Tremmeling started to work for the Union Pacific Coal company at Cumberland in June, 1903, and after the mine there was closed came to Superior to work for the coal company. Survivors include his widow and several children. Funeral arrangements, in charge of Rogan Mortuary, will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 26, 1943 Funeral Services Held for Mrs. Dial JACKSON, May 25 (Special)—Funeral services for Mrs. Paul Dial, who died May 20 at St. John’s hospital after a lingering illness, were held Saturday afternoon, May 22. Services were conducted at the American Legion hall by Bishop James M. Robertson of the L.D.S. church. Burial was in the Jackson cemetery. Alice Irene Baux Dial was born May 4, 1911 at Hiteman, Iowa. On Oct. 22, 1927, she was married to Paul Dian at Unionville, Mo. One child, who passed away in infancy, was born to the couple. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Rose Brown of Rock Springs and Mrs. Emma Phillips of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and seven brothers, Philip Baux of Jackson, Charles and Donald Baux of Wichita, Kans., Fred, Arnold and Jap Baux of Pershing, Iowa, and Albert Baux of Los Angeles. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 26, 1943 Services Today for Aged Colored Man Funeral services for William Banks, aged colored man who died here May 5, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. Henry A. Link of the Episcopal church of the Holy Communion will officiate. Banks was 82 years old. All attempts by Sweetwater county authorities to locate relatives failed although it is known that Banks had at least one brother. He had lived in Rock Springs only a few days before he was taken ill shortly before his death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 26, 1943 Tremelling Rites Set for Thursday Funeral services for Thomas H. Tremelling, 65, of Superior, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the L.D.S. church in Rock Springs with Bishop Gordon of Superior officiating. Tremelling, a resident of Superior for 13 years, died Monday at Wyoming General hospital. Thomas Hansen Tremelling was born June 27, 1879 in St. Charles, Idaho. He had been an employee of the Union Pacific Coal company for a number of years. Before going to Superior in 1930 he was employed by the company at Cumberland and went to Superior when that camp was closed down. Surviving are his wife, Mary; three sons, Dougold, Gerald and Thomas LeRoy Tremelling, all of Superior; seven daughters, Mrs. Nick Beyda of Frontier, Mrs. Ralph Widdop of Green River, Mrs. Earl Riley of Rock Springs, Mrs. Frank Jelouchan of Superior and Lois, Elizabeth and Mary Lou, at home. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery in charge of Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 27, 1943 Frank Remitz Sr. Dies Tuesday At Hospital Here Frank Remitz, 84, of 1034 Pilot Butte avenue, died at 5:50 a.m., yesterday at Wyoming General hospital following a three-day illness. He was a retired coal miner. Mr. Remitz had lived in Rock Springs for four years. He was born Jan. 28, 1859 in St. Martin, Austria and came to this country 34 years ago. For a number of years he lived in the Kemmerer district and then went to New York City where he lived for several years until he returned to Wyoming, locating in Rock Springs in 1939. He is survived by one son, Frank Remitz Jr., of Rock Springs; three daughters, Mrs. Mike Selan and Mrs. Joseph Bider, both of Flycreek, N.Y., and Josephine Remitz of Sacramento; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Tentative arrangements are to hold the funeral service Saturday but final arrangements will not be made until word is received from all his daughters, Mrs. Selan and Mrs. Bider will arrive in the city Friday night but the family is awaiting word from his daughter in California. Mrs. Remitz died in New York City in 1938 and is buried there. Mr. Remitz will be buried here and the arrangements are in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 29, 1943 Mrs. McMahon Was Resident of City Over Half Century Mrs. Sophia McMahon, 66, who died Thursday as she was being taken by ambulance from her home at 1117 Ninth street to Wyoming General hospital, lived in Rock Springs for 55 years. She came here at the age of 11 from Coalville, Utah, with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsey, early-day residents of the city. She was born Nov. 9, 1876 in County Durham, England. Sixty-two years ago the family came to the United States, locating first at Coalville where they resided for seven years before coming to Rock Springs. Mrs. McMahon is survived by eight sons, four daughters, 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one brother, Thomas J. Lindsey of San Francisco and one sister, Mrs. Albert Hicks of Superior. Her sons are John of Los Angeles, Edward K. of Glendale, Calif.; Dewey, whose address is unknown here; Sherman of San Francisco, Grant of Warsaw, Wis.; Oliver of Lamont, Wyo.; Nephi, who is in army service and Keith of Rock Springs. Her daughters are Mrs. Fred Wilhelm of Rock Springs, Mrs. Lee Brown of Terre Haute, Ind., and Mrs. Jerry Stack and Ms. Lawrence Harp of Boulder City, Nev. Although Mrs. McMahon had been in failing health for several months, her death was unexpected. She suffered a paralytic stroke at her home shortly after the noon hour Thursday and died without regaining consciousness while she was being taken to the hospital. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jun 1943 Old Timer Robert Muir Passes General regret was expressed when the news of the death of Robert Muir was made public. Mrs. Muir advised that he had died at Long Beach, California, April 30th, from a heart attack. Mr. Muir was widely known in all the mining districts of The Union Pacific Coal Company, as he was made General Master Mechanic in the early '90's, continuing in that position until his retirement in 1925. He was a fine example of a self-made man; he had a natural bent for machinery, and from the time he started in with The Union Pacific Coal Company until his retirement, he kept pace with all the modern developments in mechanics. Born in Scotland, he came to the United States with his parents, settling for a time in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and coming to Rock Springs from there in 1880. He entered the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company in that year, and saw this company grow from very small beginnings to one of the largest coal-mining companies in the Western United States. He had general supervision over all the machinery at all the districts and, as General Master Mechanic, supervised the installation of all machinery, such as power plant, boilers, hoisting equipment, fans, and all other machinery which goes into the operation of a modern mine. No machinery installation was undertaken without Mr. Muir being consulted. He was held in high esteem by the employes under his charge for the wide experience and knowledge that he brought to the work under his jurisdiction. He made many friends during his long years as an official both within and without The Union Pacific Coal Company organization. Probably his most important accomplishment in the later years of his active work was the installation of the turbines at the Rock Springs power plant. On the third of these turbines there is a brass plate which reads “This Turbine Ordered July 12, 1921. Excavation Started July 17, 1921. Turbine Received Sept. 12, 1921. Turbine Started Oct. 18, 1921. Turbine in Service Oct. 25, 1921. ROBT. MUIR GENERAL MASTER MECHANIC D. C. McKEEHAN CHIEF ELECTRICIAN CHAS. E. SWANN CHIEF ENGINEER.” Mr. Muir enjoyed his work, was resourceful and competent, and brought all his talents to bear on solving the varied mechanical problems that came up from time to time. He had a deep and abiding loyalty to the Company and his associates. When it became necessary for him to retire, he decided to make his home in Long Beach, California, but he took every opportunity to return to Rock Springs to renew old friendships, and he was a frequent attendant at the Old Timers' Reunions, in which he took a deep interest, serving during the year 1929 as President of the Association. He traveled widely after his retirement, and continued to maintain a deep interest in modern installations of machinery, particularly those connected with the water system at Los Angeles. These mechanical and electrical installations he visited frequently, and kept in touch with all modern developments. The news of Mr. Muir's death came as a distinct shock to all of the Coal Company personnel, many feeling that they had lost a close personal friend. Mr. Muir was genial and friendly, and his associates regret his passing. Sympathy is extended to his widow and other members of his family. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jun 1943 Wilfrid Marceau Killed In Action The second gold star to be placed on The Union Pacific Coal Company's service flag for World War II is for Wilfrid Marceau, of Winton, the first of our employes to be reported “killed in action." His mother, Mrs. Katherine Marceau, received notification from the Navy on April 1st that he was missing in action, and a short time later she received a letter from Leo Gasner, a shipmate of Wilfrid's, stating that their ship had been torpedoed and that Wilfrid had been killed in the explosion. Wilfrid enlisted in the Navy in May, 1942, taking his training at San Diego, California, where he made rapid advancement, and at the time of his death was Gunner's Mate First Class. He was born in Bingham, Utah, October 15, 1917, the son of Louis R. Marceau and Katherine Marceau. Wilfrid moved with his parents in 1922 from Bingham to Superior, Wyoming, where his father entered the service of The Union Pacific Coal Company, and his mother was employed as a clerk in the company store. In January, 1923, the Marceau family moved from Superior to Winton, where the father was employed as a tippleman and Mrs. Marceau was again employed in the company store. Wilfrid attended grade school at Winton, and high school at Reliance, leaving high school during his senior year to accept employment with The Union Pacific Coal Company at Winton on May 29, 1936, as a slate picker on the tipple. He was later transferred inside the mine where he worked on mechanical loaders. In January, 1942, Wilfrid was married to Miss Helen Chereker, of Rock Springs, the young couple making their home with his mother until he entered naval service. Wilfrid, like hundreds of thousands of other American youth, did not hesitate to respond to the call of his country, becoming the first battle sacrifice among the 600 employes of The Union Pacific Coal Company now in the armed forces of the United States. War has its tragedies, not alone for those who suffer and die on the sands of Africa, in the jungles of the islands that lie in the broad Pacific, in the Aleutians, in the air, and on the sea, but likewise for the wives, parents, brothers and sisters of those who make the great sacrifice, compared with which our own problems, mostly imaginary, sink into insignificance. The heartfelt sympathy of the Union Pacific family goes out to the surviving young wife, residing in Salt Lake City, and the sorrowing mother, a resident of Winton. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jun 1943 Reliance Reliance was saddened by the death of two old-time residents, Mrs. E. Pacheco and Mr. Sam Gilpin. Sympathy is extended to the bereaved. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 1, 1943 McMahon Funeral Rites Wednesday At L.D.S. Church Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia McMahon, 66, resident of Rock Springs for 55 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the L.D.S. church with Bishop Cecil James officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. The body was taken to the McMahon home at 1117 Ninth street last night, where it will remain until the funeral hour. Mrs. McMahon died Thursday while she was being taken to Wyoming General hospital following a paralytic stroke she suffered shortly after noon that day at her home. She is survived by eight sons, four daughters, 17 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, one brother, Thomas J. Lindsey of San Francisco, and one sister, Mrs. Albert Hicks of Superior. Her sons are John of Los Angeles, Edward K. of Glendale, Calif.; Dewey, whose address is unknown here; Sherman of San Francisco; Grant of Warsaw, Wis.; Oliver of Lamont, Wyo.; Nephi, who is in the Army, and Keith of Rock Springs. Her daughters are Mrs. Fred Wilhelm of Rock Springs, Mrs. Lee Brown of Terre Haute, Ind., Mrs. Jerry Stack and Mrs. Lawrence Harp, both of Boulder City, Nev. The Rogan mortuary is in charge of burial arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 1, 1943 Well-Known Rock Springs Man Dies Monday Afternoon John G. (Johnnie) Taucher, 38, well known Rock Springs man, died at 2:30 o’lock Monday afternoon at Wyoming General hospital, where he was taken May 20 suffering with pneumonia. Johnnie Taucher, son of Mrs. Taucher and the late George Taucher, was born in Rock Springs in August 1904. He received his education in the Rock Springs schools, and for many years has been in business for himself as a sign painter. Survivors include his wife and two children, Glen, 7, and Connie, 6; his mother and one brother, Frank Taucher of Frontier. Funeral arrangements, in charge of Rogan mortuary, will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 2, 1943 Mrs. A. Radford Dies at Winton Mrs. Arthur Radford, 61, died yesterday at 2 p.m. at her home at Winton. She had been seriously ill since the first of the year and was a patient at Wyoming General hospital here from January until March. Mrs. Radford had lived at Winton for 19 years. She was a native of Worchestershire, England. She is survived by her husband and one daughter, Alice. Two sisters, Mrs. Frank Tatman of Rock Springs and Mrs. Laura Arrowsmith of East Liverpool, Ohio, also survive. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 2, 1943 BABY’S FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON Carol Sue, 16-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bush of E-Plane, died at Wyoming General hospital Monday night. Death was due to pneumonia. She had been in the hospital for eight days and was taken to her home Sunday when it was thought she was improving. She was returned to the hospital early Monday. Graveside services will be held in Mountain View cemetery at 4 p.m. today. The body will be taken to the home at E-Plane at 10 a.m. this morning where it will remain until the burial hour. The Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Besides her parents, Carol Sue is survived by two sisters and a brother. The family moved to E-Plane five months ago from Illinois. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 4, 1943 Mrs. C. Menapace Dies Last Night At Hospital Here Mrs. Kate Menapace, 51, a widely-known resident of Rock Springs, died at 8 o’clock Thursday evening at Wyoming General hospital where she had been a patient for ten days. Mrs. Menapace had been in ill health for several years and entered the hospital for treatment a month ago. A native of Illinois, she was born July 14, 1891, in Roanook, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Barbero. She was married November 17, 1907, to Charles Menapace in Frontenac, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Menapace first came to Rock Springs in 1921 and several years later moved to Colorado, returning in November 1933, where they have since resided. Mrs. Menapace is survived by her husband, Charles Menapace; two sons, John and Charles, Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. Angelina Succo and Maxine Menapace at home; her mother, Mrs. Bob Ceretto; four grandchildren, Ronald Succo, Shirley Ann Menapace of Rock Springs, and Patricia and Charlene Menapace of Dines; four brothers, Alec and Mike Barbero, who are in military service; Robert Barbero of Rock Springs and Charles Barbero of Diamondville; two sisters, Mrs. Pete Succo of Denver and Mrs. Anita Redding of Cheyenne. Funeral arrangements in charge of Rogan Mortuary will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 4, 1943 Radford Funeral Services Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Arthur Radford, 61, of Winton will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Masonic Temple. The body will be taken to the temple at 11 a.m. to remain until the funeral hour. Order of Eastern Star, Mountain Lily chapter, will conduct the service and the Rev. Henry A. Link of the Episcopal church will assist at the service at the grave. Burial, in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary, will be in Mountain View cemetery. The pallbearers will be William Yates of Green River, Gerald Neal of Winton, Harry and Jed Orme, Jr., and William and Fred Rogers of Rock Springs. Mrs. Radford died Tuesday at her home at Winton. She had been ill for several months. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 4, 1943 Former Resident Dies Thursday in Veterans Hospital Staff Sergeant Darwin Kendall Minnick, 25, died at 10:15 a.m. yesterday at Fitzsimons hospital in Denver. The report of his death was received here yesterday afternoon by Mrs. T.H. Smith. Sergeant Minnick was brought to the states from Australia in March and placed in Fitzsimons. Prior to March he was in an Australian hospital for several months following an illness he suffered last fall while stationed near there with the armed forces. Before going into service, he was married to Mary Ellen Maxam of Green River. She was teaching at Powell at the time he was brought from Australia and resigned her position to go to Denver, where she had since been with him. Kendall Minnick, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Minnick, well-known former Rock Springs residents who now live in Cheyenne, was born March 18, 1918. The family came here from Salt Lake City in the late '20s and lived here for about ten years. They left here two and one-half years ago. Sergeant Minnick was graduated from the Rock Springs high school in 1935. No funeral arrangements had been made late last night, according to L.D. Minnick who was in Denver at the time of his son's death. Mrs. George Maxam of Green River left Thursday night for Denver to be with her daughter. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 5, 1943 Minnick Services In Denver Today Funeral services will be held in Denver at 11 o’clock Saturday morning for Kendall Minnick, 25, former Rock Springs man who died Thursday at Fitzsimmons hospital. Immediately following the service the body will be cremated. Memorial services will be held at 5 p.m. Monday at the Methodist church in Cheyenne. Minnick was a staff sergeant with the armed forces in the southwest Pacific. He was taken ill last fall and was a patient for several months in an Australian hospital. Last March he was brought to the states and placed in Fitzsimmons hospital. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Minnick of Cheyenne, formerly of Rock Springs. Before going into service he was married to Mary Ellen Maxam of Green River, who resigned her teaching position in the Powell schools and went to Denver when he was taken there. She remained there until his death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 9, 1943 Aged Retired Miner Dies Here Tuesday Vincent Minka, 86, retired coal miner, died Tuesday morning at the home of his son, Victor Minka in Blairtown. He had lived in this community for 30 years. Minka, a native of Austria, was born Nov. 22, 1856 in Ziminchize. He came to the United States in 1904 and nine years later arrived in southwestern Wyoming where he has since resided. Survivors include three sons, Victor of Rock Springs; Joe and Conrad of Arizona. Funeral arrangements, in charge of Rogan mortuary, will be made following word from relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 9, 1943 Receives Word of Death of Brother Andrew Bone of 605 Potter street received word Monday of the death of his brother, Ebie Bone, 62, of Victoria, B.C., Canada. Ebie Bone died May 24, after a seven day illness at the Royal Jubilee hospital in Victoria, where he was taken for treatment for lockjaw. Pneumonia complications caused his death. Funeral services were held May 26, in Victoria, and he was buried in Colwood cemetery. His only son, Sgt. George Bone, is serving with the Canadian forces in Britain. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 10, 1943 Funeral Services For Vincent Minka To Be Held Friday Funeral services will be conducted at 9 o’clock Friday morning in the North Side Catholic church for Vincent Minka, 86, veteran miner, who died Tuesday morning at the home of his son, Victor Minka in Blairtown. Death was attributed to causes incident of age. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will have charge of the funeral services and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Rosary services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Rogan’s chapel. Born in Ziminchize, Austria on November 22, 1856, Mr. Minka came to the United States in 1904. He had lived in this community for 30 years. Survivors include three sons, Victor of Rock Springs; Joe and Conrad of Arizona. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 10, 1943 Mrs. John Baird Dies Wednesday Mrs. John Baird, 65, died at 9:10 a.m. yesterday at her home at 709 B street. Mrs. Baird had been in ill health for the last 18 months. Accompanied by her daughter, Anna, she went to Mayo’s at Rochester, Minn., early in April where they were given little encouragement relative to her illness. Shortly after their return she began to decline rapidly and six weeks ago it became evident that no hope was held for her ultimate recovery. She had been a resident of this community for 35 years, seven of which she lived in Winton. Jemima Burt Baird was born March 1, 1878 in Lanardshire, near Glasgow, Scotland, a daughter of Robert and Margaret Baird. When she was 15 years old she came with her parents to the United States, locating first at Florence, Colo., and lived in Colorado until 1908, when she came to Rock Springs. She was married to John Baird in June 1897, the marriage taking place in Raton, N.M. Two daughters, Margaret and Anna, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Baird. Margaret died in 107 and Mr. Baird died here 10 years later, in April 1917. Besides her daughter, Anna, Mrs. Baird is survived by a son by adoption, Jack Sterling, and an aunt, Mrs. Bella Baird of Ogden, who also was her sister-in-law, and who has been at the Baird home here for several weeks. Mrs. Baird was a member of the Baptist church. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will not be made until today. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 11, 1943 George W. McCarty Dies Thursday at Age of 82 Years George W. McCarty, 82, a resident of Sweetwater county for a number of years, died yesterday at his home in Green River. His death occurred only six weeks after that of his wife who also died in Green River. Mr. McCarty was a retired rancher. He is survived by four sons and four daughters. His sons are Ezra M. McCarty, Aberdeen, Wash.; George W. McCarty Jr., Green River; Ura, who resides in the state of Washington, and Marvin, who is serving with the armed forces in Alaska. His daughters are Mrs. Mable Adamson, Linwood, Utah; Mrs. Zona Wiseman, Seattle; Mrs. Iva Parker, San Francisco and Mrs. Enola Large, Green River. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Rogan mortuary. --- Green River Star, Jun 11, 1943 Geo. H. McCarty Dies Thursday Death claimed another of the old time residents of the Green River area Thursday morning when Geo. W. McCarty, 82, died suddenly at the home of his son, George W. McCarty, Jr., in Green River. Mr. McCarty had arisen and was preparing to dress for the day when death overtook him, heart failure being thought to have been the immediate cause of his death. Born in Missouri in 1860, he grew to manhood in the Reconstruction days that followed the Civil war. His younger manhood was spent as a farmer in his native state, but almost 50 years ago he brought his family west, first settling at Jensen, Utah, and remaining there a few years before the family moved to Burntfork-in 1898. Until 1917, he was active as a rancher of the Henry's Fork valley. That year he moved to Green River to make his home until his death. For eight years, he was custodian at the Washington grade school, retiring from active life six years ago. Mrs. McCarty preceded him in death on March 2 of this year, and since that time he had made his home with the son residing in Green River. According to tentative arrangements, which had been completed Friday, funeral services will be held at the Congregational church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, under direction of Rogan mortuary, with burial to be in Riverview cemetery. Surviving are four sons, Ezra M. McCarty, of Aberdeen, Wash., Ura McCarty of Hoquaim, Wash., Marvin, who is serving with the U. S. armed forces overseas, and George W. McCarty, Jr., of this city; four daughters, Mrs. Mable Adamson of Linwood, Utah; Mrs. Zona Wiseman of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Iva Parker of San Francisco, and Mrs. Enola Large of this city. --- Green River Star, Jun 11, 1943 Minnick Services Were Held In Denver Saturday Staff Sgt. Darwin Kendall Minnick, who served in the Australian Sector, passed away Thursday morning, June 3, at Fitzsimons hospital in Denver. Sergeant Minnick was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, March 18, 1918. He spent his early boyhood in schools of Iowa, Colorado and Utah, moving to Rock Springs in June, 1929, and completing his high school work in that city in 1935. He studied engineering at the University of Wyoming and University of Southern Idaho. He enlisted in the 69th engineers company, Topographical at Salt Lake City July 3, 1940. He was ordered to foreign service May, 1942, and was in service with his unit in Australia until last November, when he was wounded and entered Combat hospital and later removed by ship and train to Fitzsimmons hospital. He arrived there on his 25th birthday, March 18, 1943. He was married to Mary Ellen Maxam of Green River on May 14, 1942. Mrs. Minnick has been teaching for the past two years as instructor in home economics in the high school at Powell, Wyo. She resigned her position when her husband was brought to Fitzsimmons and has been in Denver near him until his death. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Minnick, moved to Cheyenne in 1941, residing at 2610 Pioneer. Services were held at the Nash Miller mortuary in Denver, Saturday morning at 11 a. m. After which the body was cremated. Memorial services were held in the Methodist church in Cheyenne at 5 p. m. Monday. The Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Terry officiating for the civil and Major Overby and staff for the military. The hour of retreat was chosen for the military committal. Honorary pallbearers were John Hudak, Rock Springs; Richard Mills, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Staff Sgt. James Campbell, Tech. Sgt. Howard D. Hodnett, Sgt. Ray Twelves, First Sgt. Art Harris, Staff Sgt. Lee Groves, all in service overseas; M. R. Sgt. Joe Zimmerman, and John Dykes in the service. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Maxam and son, David, attended the services in Cheyenne and Denver, returning home Tuesday evening. Mrs. Minnick accompanied them home and will spend the summer here. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 12, 1943 McCarty Funeral Will Be Sunday In Green River The funeral of George W. McCarty, 82, who died Thursday at Green River, will beheld at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Congregational church in Green River. The body will be taken to the church before noon where it will remain until the funeral hour. Mr. McCarty was a retired rancher and had lived in Sweetwater county for a number of years. He was born Nov. 17, 1860 in Clinton, Mo. The Rogan mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 15, 1943 Mrs. Agnes Panion Dies Sunday at General Hospital Mrs. Agnes Panion, 70, wife of Frank Panion of Rock Springs, died at 7:15 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient for four days. Mrs. Panion was taken to the hospital shortly after her arrival in Rock Springs last week from Denver, where she had been making her home with a son. She came here when her son entered the armed forces. Her husband and another son have been working here for several weeks. She is survived by her husband and son, John, of Rock Springs, and two other sons, Joseph, who is stationed with the armed forces in North Carolina, and Tony Panion, who is stationed at a camp in Texas. The Panion family lived in Rock Springs for several years prior to 1940. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending receipt of word from Mrs. Panion’s two sons in service. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 15, 1943 Funeral Services For David W. Bell Will Be Wednesday Funeral services for David V. Bell, 79, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Temple. The body will be taken to the temple at 11 o’clock. Services will be in charge of the Knights Templar. Immediately following the services, the body will be taken to Rawlins for interment. Rawlins Masonic lodge No. 5, A.F. and A.M., will conduct graveside services. Mr. Bell, who was a past grand commander of the Grand Commandry of Wyoming and a past high priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Wyoming, was a member of Rock Springs Malta Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, and the Rawlins lodge No. 5 as well as Korean Temple at Rawlins. There will be a Knights Templar escort both for the services here and at Rawlins. Pallbearers will be Soren G. Jensen of Green River, past grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming; John L. Dykes, S.F. Ramsay, Guy L. Stevenson, Albert Walters and Richard S. Webster, all past commanders of Rock Springs lodge No. 12 A.F. and A.M. Honorary pallbearers will be E.E. Carver, Green River; Kenneth Darling, A.V. Elias, Claude Elias, John W. Hay Sr., Eugene McAuliffe, George B. Pryde and Frank Tatman. Mr. Bell died Saturday at Wyoming General hospital. He had been a resident of Rock Springs since 1908, when he became superintendent of the Green River water works, Rattlesnake water company and the Union Pacific Water company. He had been assistant superintendent for four years prior to that time with headquarters in Rawlins. He became associated with the Union Pacific in 1889 and became foreman of the company’s water service in 1893 with headquarters in Rawlins. He was retired from service Feb. 1, 1933. Mr. Bell is survived by his wife, two sons, four daughters, 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. His children are Orin Bell of Roselle Park, N.J.; Carl, Cheyenne; Mrs. Louis Haller, Pocatello, Idaho; Edna Bell, Denver; Ada Bell Black, Cody, and Margaret Bell, Chicago. All members of the family, excepting Orin Bell, will be in Rock Springs for the funeral. Mr. Bell was born June 15, 1863 on a farm near Elizabeth Furnace, Blair county, Pa. The Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of the funeral and burial arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 16, 1943 G.G. McCombs Dies At Home on Coast Word was received in Rock Springs Monday of the death in Los Angeles of G.G. McCombs, who died suddenly Monday noon at his home in that city following a stroke. He was a salesman for a checkwriter company. Mr. McCombs was the husband of Tena Maxwell McCombs, former Rock Springs girl. She is the daughter of Mrs. John Maxwell and a sister of Mrs. William Black, 605 Massachusetts, and Bob Maxwell, all of this city. Funeral services will be held for Mr. McCombs this morning and cremation will follow the services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 16, 1943 Former Resident Dies Suddenly At Rawlins Home Mrs. Alice M. Garvin, formerly a resident of Rock Springs, died suddenly of a heart attack Monday at her ranch home near Rawlins. She owned the Garvin dairy in Rawlins and lived on the ranch from which she supplied the dairy with products. Mrs. Garvin was the widow of John Garvin, a Union Pacific railroad brakeman, who died of a heart attack in the caboose of his train while on his run several years ago. The Garvins lived in Rock Springs at the time of his death. They had no children but Mrs. Garvin had several sisters and nieces who live in the vicinity of Denver. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 16, 1943 Pioneer Resident Dies Here Tuesday Mrs. Janett Willison, 72, of 1210 Ninth street died Tuesday evening at Wyoming General hospital after a lingering illness. She had been a patient at the hospital for about three months. A native of Scotland, Mrs. Willison has been a resident of this community 54 years and was widely known in Rock Springs. She is survived by her husband, Matthew Willison; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Wilde of Rock Springs and Mrs. Minnie Taylor of Ogden; one son, Matthew Willison Jr., of San Diego, Calif.; a sister, Ellen Sharp of Los Angeles, and two brothers, Jack Hunter of Rock Springs and Jimmy Hunter of Vancouver, B.C. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon and the complete arrangements will be announced later. The Rogan mortuary will be in charge. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 18, 1943 Lawrence M. Davis Dies at Hospital Lawrence M. Davis, 50, colored, died at Wyoming General hospital yesterday. He has been in ill with pneumonia for several days. Davis, who was an ex-service man, had lived in this community for about 30 years. He was employed in the mines for a number of years and recently went to work on the extra gang for the Union Pacific railroad. The Rogan mortuary is attempting to contact a sister, who is believed to reside in Des Moines. Arrangements will be made later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 18, 1943 Abeyta Baby Dies Here Yesterday A one-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Candelario Abeyta of 348 P street died early yesterday at Wyoming General hospital. Besides her parents, the infant is survived by a brother, Joseph William Abeyta, at home; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fresques of Rock Springs and Mr. and Mrs. S. Abeyta, who reside in New Mexico. Burial arrangements, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 19, 1943 Abeyta Services This Afternoon Funeral services for the one-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Candelario Abeyta of 348 P street who died Thursday at Wyoming General hospital will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Burial will be in the city cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 19, 1943 Brother of Local Woman Is Reported Killed in Action Staff Sgt. Harold Joseph Hunter, 27, of Casper is reported to have been killed in action in the north Pacific, according to a message received here Friday by his sister, Mrs. Jesse W. Paul, 602 A street. Sergeant Hunter, who joined the Army in California two years ago last March, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rose Hunter of Los Angeles, who received word that he was killed in action, from the War department Thursday; three brothers, Staff Sgt. James R. Hunter in Africa; Sgt. John Hunter, Ft. Riley, Kan., and William Hunter of Rock Springs; two sisters, Mrs. Earl Carrol of Casper and Mrs. Paul. His parents are dead. Mrs. Paul said when they last heard from her brother he was stationed at Attu. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 19, 1943 Panion Services This Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes Panion, 70, wife of Frank Panion, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the North Side Catholic church, with the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Mrs. Panion died Monday at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient since arriving in the city four days earlier from Denver, where she had been making her home with a son. Her husband and another son, John, reside in Rock Springs. Besides her husband and son here, she is survived by two other sons, John and Tony, who are in service and who are in the city for the funeral services. Burial, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 22, 1943 Aged Green River Woman Expires Mrs. Rozina Fidelia Solomon, 78, of Green River, died Sunday at her home there following a prolonged illness. She had lived in Green River since 1907. Mrs. Solomon was the mother of George M. Stephens, former undersheriff of Sweetwater county, and Mrs. Jessie Walters and Mrs. Carl Yowell, all of Green River. Besides her son and two daughters in Green River, she is survived by another son, Ray Stephens of Roseville, Calif., and two other daughters, Mrs. Tille Lacey of Della, Kan., and Mrs. Lily Tedrow of Valley, Neb. One brother, Orrin Puffer of Beaver City, Utah, and one sister, Mrs. Linda Johansen of Rock Springs also survive. Mrs. Salomon was born in Beaver City, Utah, Sept. 4, 1864. Funeral arrangements will not be made until today following receipt of word from Mrs. Solomon’s son and daughters who live at distant points. The body is at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 22, 1943 Services Thursday For George Kozas George E. Kozas, 47, of Green River died at Wyoming General hospital at 1:40 a.m. Monday. He had lived at Green River for 30 years and had been in the employ of the Union Pacific railroad there. He was born March 29, 1896, in Thevon, Greece. He is survived by a brother, Samuel, of Green River; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ependas Kozas, one sister and two brothers who reside in Greece. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. in Green River, with the Rev. Pappas of the Greek Orthodox church of Pocatello, Idaho, officiating. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery at Green River in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 22, 1943 Requiem High Mass Held in Salt Lake For Thomas Durkin Requiem high mass for Lieut. (j. g.) Thomas F. Durkin, Jr., nephew of T. J. O’Brien, vice president of the Gunn-Quealy Coal company, was recited at 9 o’clock Monday morning at the Cathedral of the Madeline in Salt Lake City. Monsignor Patrick A. Kennedy officiated. Lieutenant Durkin who was an instructor in the Army Air Corps, was killed in a crash near Block Island, R.I., on Jun 9. Early in the war he and his gunner on patrol duty from the aircraft carrier Enterprise were forced down when their plane ran out of gas. They drifted for 14 days in a rubber boat before being picked up by head hunters and rescued by troops on an island. His wife, Mrs. Kathryn Jane Kearns Durkin, lives at 1602 Mill Creek Way, Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 22, 1943 Former Resident Dies in Salt Lake Matt Amio, 71, died at 9:30 o’clock Monday morning in the Salt Lake City hospital of a heart ailment, according to a message received yesterday by Mrs. James Fornengo, his sister-in-law. Amio had been in failing health for two months. A native of Italy, he formerly lived in Diamondville before moving to Salt Lake City, a year ago. He was well known in Rock Springs, living here about 11 years ago when he was employed as a butcher at the Fulton market. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Amio; one son, John, of Park City, Utah; two daughters, Mrs. Tony Fontack and Mrs. Charles Barbero, both of Diamondville, and five grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Fornengo and son and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Welsh will leave this morning to attend the funeral services, which will be held Wednesday morning. Mrs. Welsh is a niece of Amio. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 22, 1943 HEART ATTACK IS FATAL TO J. N. CROCKER J. N. Crocker, 74, widely known optometrist and jeweler of the city, died suddenly of a heart attack in his office at the Rex Optical and Jewelry store sometime Sunday between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. His body was discovered at 2:15 p.m. by Lawrence Engstrum, jeweler for the company. Engstrum had gone to the store to wind watches and clocks that were being tested by the company. He found Mr. Crocker slumped over his desk and immediately called Dr. Edward S. Lauzer, who reached the store within a few minutes. Dr. Lauzer found that Mr. Crocker had been dead for an undetermined length of time and pronounced his death due to a heart attack. It was established that Mr. Crocker left his home at 424 B street, now occupied by the Forrest Blunk family, between 10 and 10:30 o’clock that morning, and it is thought that he went almost immediately to the store. He was writing a letter, which remained unfinished, when he was stricken. Mr. Crocker had returned to Rock Springs from North Hollywood, Calif., only a week before his death. Three weeks ago Saturday, he accompanied Mrs. Crocker to North Hollywood, where their son, John Earle Crocker, resides. He was taken ill after reaching California but was able to return to Rock Springs in two weeks. It was known that he suffered from a heart affliction. He had suffered a severe attack more than two years ago. Members of the Crocker family were advised at once. His son, Dr. Harold S. Crocker, accompanied by his wife, arrived during the night from Cheyenne. Mrs. Crocker and other members of her family arrived last night and Mrs. Howard S. Ray, a daughter, is expected to arrive within a day or two from Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Ray had expected to leave Columbus today for southern California, where she planned to spend some weeks with her mother. John Newell Crocker was born in April, 1869, in Pana, Ill. When a boy, he went with his parents to Nebraska and after spending several years at different points in that state he went to Evanston, Wyo., in 1893, and lived there until he came to Rock Springs in 1903. Since then this city has been his home, although his family lived in Eugene, Ore., from 1911 to 1922. He was in Eugene a part of that time but maintained his business headquarters here. While he lived in Nebraska he learned the trade of a watchmaker and jeweler and went to Evanston, where he was employed by the late Victor A. Engstrum, watchmaker and jeweler, who was the father of Lawrence Engstrum, the jeweler now in the employ of the Rex Optical and Jewelry company and who discovered his lifeless body Sunday. While a resident of Evanston he went to Lincoln, Neb., where he studied optometry at what later became a branch of the University of Nebraska’s school of medicine. Several years ago he completed his course in Los Angeles where he received the degree of doctor of optometry. During his residence in Rock Springs, Mr. Crocker acquired considerable real estate and continued to operate much rentable property in various sections of the city at the time of his death. He had long been interested in the natural resources of the state and at one time held extensive holdings in the Spring Valley oil section near Evanston. Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Howard S. Ray of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. William Rozelle of Salt Lake City; four sons, Clarence N. Crocker of Eugene, Ore.; Dr. Harold S. Crocker of Cheyenne, John Earle Crocker of North Hollywood, and Stephen S. Crocker, who has been in armed service for several months and who now is at Tacoma, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Loucks of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Edith Cutler of Eugene, Ore. Two brothers, Frank R. Crocker, jeweler here for many years who died in Rock Springs in October, 1941, and one brother, Ellsworth Crocker, who died several years ago, preceded him in death. Funeral and burial arrangements will not be made until today, but tentative plans are to bury him in California. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary pending final arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 22, 1943 Kemmerer Resident Dies in Salt Lake KEMMERER, June 21 (Special)--Mrs. George Symes, 72-year-old pioneer Kemmerer resident, who had been making her home in Salt Lake City, with her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Silvast, died Saturday morning as a result of a fall the week before, in which she fractured her hip. She underwent an operation for it the following day. Her daughter, Mrs. B. F. Rosenberg of Kemmerer, who was called last week when Mrs. Symes condition became serious, was present at her bedside until the time of her death. Also with her were two other daughters, Mrs. Charles Clark and Mrs. Siffvast, and a son, Clinton, of Salt Lake City. Two other sons also survive, Foster Symes of Phoenix, and Kenneth Symes of Pinedale. Funeral services are pending the arrival of relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 22, 1943 Three Rail Men Die Near Missoula MISSOULA, Mont., June 21 (UP)— The body of one of three men trapped in a Great Northern locomotive when a logging train plunged into the Bitterroot river has been recovered. The 17-car train was broken up last night when a bridge collapsed. Railroad officials say the 15-year-old structure had been weakened by high water. The accident occurred 24 miles south of Missoula. Engineer C. A. McFarland, fireman C. M. McGregor and Head Brakeman F. A. O’Orazi, all of Missoula, were the victims. McFarland’s body was recovered today. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 23, 1943 Funeral Services At Green River For Mrs. Solomon Funeral services for Mrs. Rozina Fidelia Solomon, 78, of Green River, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Episcopal church there with the Rev. C.L. Callahan officiating. The body will be taken at 10 o’clock this morning to the home of Mrs. Stephen’s son, George M. Stephens in Green River, and will be taken to the church at 1 o’clock. Mrs. Solomon died Sunday at her home following a prolonged illness. She was born Sept. 4, 1864, at Beaver City, Utah, and had lived in Green River since 1907. Besides her son, George M. Stephens, she is survived by another son, Ray Stephens of Roseville, Calif., and four daughters, Mrs. Jessie Walters and Mrs. Carl Yowell of Green River and Mrs. Tillie Lacey of Delia, Kan., and Mrs. Lily Tedrow of Valley, Neb. One brother, Orrin Puffer of Beaver City, Utah, and one sister, Mrs. Linda Johansen of Rock Springs, also survive. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 23, 1943 Former Resident Of Lyman Dies in Evanston Thursday LYMAN, June 22 (Special)—Funeral services for Edwin M. Wall, 59, of Evanston, former resident of Lyman who died in Evanston last Thursday, were held in the Lyman ward chapel Sunday afternoon with Bishop Clem G. Eyre officiating. Speakers included Darius M. Syme and Amber C. Davidson of the stake presidency and Bishop Eyre. Special musical numbers were given by Mrs. Evelyn Syme, Mrs. Verna Bradshaw, Ervin E. Larsen and a choir directed by Ted L. Anderson. Active pallbearers were Otto Wall, William Powers, John Brinton, Earl Erickson and Adolph Youngberg. Honorary pallbearers were Harry Buckley, Heber Wall and John Ellison. Burial was in the Lyman cemetery, where James M. Syme said the graveside prayer. Edwin Mahonari Wall was born in Holladay, Utah, in September 1884, a son of Jensine Hendrickson and Joseph Wall. Survivors include his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Elanor Wall Powers and Mrs. Marjorie Wall Fillin of Lyman; a son, Pvt. Norman Wall of Camp Phillips, Kan.; two stepsons, Clarence Hendrickson and Carl Hendrickson of Evanston; two brothers, J. William Wall of Lyman and Leonard Wall of San Jose, Calif.; five half brothers, nine half sisters and 16 grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 23, 1943 T.A. Colley Dies At Hospital Here T. A. Colley, who resided at 110 Grant street, died at Wyoming General hospital yesterday. He had been a patient there since June 8. It is known that he has a sister, Mrs. Mary McKienstry residing in Bevier, Mo. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary and attempts are being made to contact Mrs. McKienstry. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 23, 1943 Funeral Services for J.N. Crocker To Be Held Thursday at Family Home The body of J.N. Crocker, 73, widely-known Rock Springs business man who died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday in the office of the Rex Optical and Jewelry store, which he owned and operated here for several years, will be taken to the Crocker home at 424 B street Thursday afternoon. Friends and neighbors may view the body there between 4 and 6:30 o’clock that afternoon. Private funeral services will be held at the home at 7:30 o’clock that evening, with the Rev. E.E. Acheson of the Baptist church officiating. The remains will be laid to rest in Forest Lawn cemetery at Glendale, Calif. Mr. Crocker had been a resident of Rock Springs since 1903, coming here at that time from Evanston, where he had lived since 1893. He was born April 11, 1870, in Pana, Ill. His sudden death, Sunday, came as a distinct shock to his family. He had gone to the store between 10 and 10:15 o’clock that morning. When Lawrence Engstrum, his watchmaker, went to the store at 2:16 o’clock that afternoon he discovered Mr. Crocker’s lifeless body slumped over his desk. Engstrum immediately notified Dr. E.S. Lauzer, who arrived at the store within a few minutes. Mr. Crocker had suffered a heart attack. Mrs. Crocker, who had been at the home of a son, John Earle Crocker, in North Hollywood, Calif., for several weeks, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. William Rozelle of Salt Lake City, arrived in Rock Springs Monday night. Dr. Harold Crocker, accompanied by his wife, arrived late Sunday night from their home in Cheyenne. All other members of the Crocker family are expected to arrive in the city today and tonight. Besides his wife, Mr. Crocker is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Hoawrd S. Ray of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. William Rozelle of Salt Lake City; four sons, Clarence N. Crocker of Eugene, Ore.; Dr. Harold S. Crocker of Cheyenne, John Earle Crocker of North Hollywood, and Stephen S. Crocker, who has been given a medical discharge after serving with the armed forces in Australia for several months and who now is in Tacoma, Wash. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Alice Loucks of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Charles E. Cutler of Eugene, Ore. Mr. Crocker had returned to Rock Springs from North Hollywood only a week before his death where he had spent two weeks with Mrs. Crocker and other members of his family. Mrs. Cutler and Mrs. Loucks will be in Rock Springs for the funeral services. Arriving with Mrs. Loucks will be her son, Elton Loucks of Omaha, Neb. Pvt. W.W. Rozelle of Baltimore, Md., is expected to arrive in the city today. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 24, 1943 Mrs. E.H. Grinder Dies Yesterday at General Hospital Mrs. Edward H. (Marie) Grinder, 74, of Boulder, died at 12:20 p.m. Wednesday at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient since June 12. Mrs. Grinder was thought to be very much improved on Tuesday and her husband, who had been with her during her illness, left that day for Boulder. A native of Germany, Mrs. Grinder was born at Bremen, May 1, 1869. She came to the United States at the age of 27 and was married to Adam J. Ploesser in 1887 in New Jersey, where they resided until his death. She came to Buffalo, Wyo., in 1930. In May, 1934, she was married to E.H. Grinder at Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. Grinder came to Boulder in March, 1939, where they have made their home for four years. Survivors include her husband; a son, Alex J. Ploesser of Hackensack, N.J.; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Ploesser Grinder, who is married to her stepson, William E. Grinder. Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Grinder reside at 415 I street. Several other step-children also survive. Three children preceded Mrs. Grinder in death. Funeral arrangements, in charge of Rogan mortuary, will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 26, 1943 Mrs. Eliza Glenn Dies in Laramie Thursday Morning Word has been received in Rock Springs of the death of Mrs. Eliza Glenn of Laramie, mother of Lucille Glenn of Rock Springs, a student nurse at Wyoming General hospital. Mrs. Glenn died at her home, 614 South Seventh street, at 7:30 o’clock Thursday morning. She was well known in lodge circles throughout the state. She was Patriarch Militant and Past Noble Grand of the Rebekah lodge and was a prominent member of the Neighbors of Woodcraft. Survivors include five children, Smart, Joseph and Joan, all of Laramie; Lucille of Rock Springs and Ross of Butte, Mont., and one grandchild, Kay Glenn. Her husband, the late Ralph H. Glenn, preceded her in death 20 years ago. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smart, pioneer residents of Laramie. --- Green River Star, Jun 25, 1943 Pioneer Woman Of Vicinity Dies Here On Sunday Mrs. Rozina Fidelia Solomon, 78, who had spent the greater portion of her long life in Green River and this area, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Yowell, in Green River, Sunday after a prolonged illness that had confined her to her bed for months. Born at Beaver City, Utah, Sept. 4, 1864, of pioneer Utah parents, she had made her home in Green River for the past 36 years, before which she had spent several years in the Henry's Fork valley. Until her health failed more than a year ago, she had maintained an active life. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Episcopal church, Rev. C. L. Callahan officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery here, under direction of Rogan mortuary. Prior to the funeral, the body rested in state at the home of a son, George M. Stephens, of this city. Surviving Mrs. Solomon are four daughters, Mrs. Carl Yowell and Mrs. Jessie Walters, both of Green River. Mrs. Tillie Lacey of Delia, Kan., and Mrs. Lily Tedrow of Valley, Nebr.; two sons, George M. Stephens, Green River town councilman, and Ray Stephens of Roseville, Calif.; one brother, Orrin Puffer of Beaver City, Utah, and Mrs. Linda Johansen, of Rock Springs. --- Green River Star, Jun 25, 1943 G. Kozas Dies At Hospital George E. Kozas, employed by the Union Pacific railroad here, died at the Wyoming General hospital in Rock Springs Monday morning. Mr. Kozas was a longtime resident of Green River, having resided here since 1912, and having come to Green River as a boy from his native land of Greece. He had spent most of his life here as an employe of the railroad company. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Episcopal Church, Rev. T. Pappas of the Greek Orthodox church at Pocatello, officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery, under direction of Rogan mortuary. A brother, Sam Kozas, resides in Green River. Besides the latter, Mr. Kozas is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Kozas, in Greece, one sister and one brother also in the native country. Kozas was born in Theron, Greece, on March 29, 1896. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 29, 1943 Green River Wife Dies Here Monday Violet May Winkley, 30, wife of Wyman Winkley of Green River, died at 3:16 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient since last Thursday. She had been ill only a few days when she was taken to the hospital. Mrs. Winkley had lived in Green River for six years and her husband has been employed by the Union Pacific railroad. She was born Sept. 27, 1912 in North Platte, Neb. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Wyman Dee and William Elmer, and one daughter, Virginia May, at home. She is also survived by her mother, Mrs. Hannah Warby of Green River, seven sisters and three brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Hannah Pelzer, Mrs. Elsie McCune and Mrs. Thelma Walters, all of Green River; Mrs. Edith Riggs of Manila, Utah, Mrs. Mary Pickford and Mrs. Mable Staton of Kearney, Neb., and Mrs. Blanche Snelson of DeWitt, Iowa. The brothers are Wayne Deck, Glen and Gerald Dean Warby, Green River. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Manila followed by interment, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, in the Manila cemetery. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jul 1943 May Injuries Gust FOUROS, Greek, age 49, single, driller, Section No. 2, Hanna No. 4-A Mine. FATAL. The working place was a strike room in pioneer work. Some very pronounced slips, running nearly parallel to the room, are present in this area. Four men, who composed the cutting and drilling crew, came into this room, and the top was tested while the tracklayers were completing the track. The face was cut, the machine pulled back, and the drillers had completed drilling on the right side of the face. They were standing in front of the last hole drilled, sharpening a drill bit, when a large piece of coal broke off from one of the slips in the top. Gust was caught by the fall of coal. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jul 1943 Mike Rodzinak Is War Casualty THIRD GOLD STAR IS ADDED TO COMPANY'S SERVICE FLAG Mike Rodzinak, of Rock Springs, has been re111 ported as the third war casualty among employes of this Company in this greatest of all global conflicts, and a gold star has been added to the Rock Springs service flag in his honor. His death was revealed in a telegram received from the War Department by his father, Stephen Rodzinak, on June 16th. No details were given, and the telegram stated a letter would follow, giving more information. Mike was born in Rock Springs in 1912, and attended the Rock Springs schools. He entered the service of The Union Pacific Coal Company in Rock Springs No. 4 Mine on October 24, 1934, and worked there until his induction into the Army on April 2, 1942. He was a motorman at the time he left our employ to serve his country, and he has been in Australia since January of the present year. In addition to his father, Mike is survived by four brothers and three sisters. One brother, John, is also in the Army, and another brother, George, is employed by The Union Pacific Coal Company at Reliance. The third brother, Steve, lives at Ft. Bridger, and Andy lives at Rock Springs. His three sisters, Mrs. Francis Dozier and Mary and Helen Rodzinak are all residents of Rock Springs, and his brother-in-law, Francis Dozier, is employed in the Rock Springs Store. The sympathy of Mike's fellow employes is extended to his family, and we know that everyone will work harder and mine all the coal possible—and buy all the War Bonds necessary—to bring this war to a speedy conclusion, so that instead of gold stars on a flag we will have our friends and buddies back home again. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jul 1943 Old Timer David V. Bell Passes The many friends of David V. Bell were saddened by his death which occurred at the Wyoming General Hospital Saturday, June 12th. David Vinton Bell was born on a farm near Elizabeth Furnace, Blair County, Pennsylvania, on June 15, 1863. He entered the service of the Union Pacific Railroad Company as a driller and tool dresser in November, 1889, serving in various capacities until February, 1904, when he was made Assistant Superintendent of Water Companies, with headquarters at Rawlins, Wyoming. On September 1, 1908, he was made Superintendent of the Green River Water Works Company, Union Pacific Water Company, and The Rattlesnake Creek Water Company, with headquarters at Rock Springs, which positions he held until his retirement on February 1, 1933. Mr. Bell was highly regarded in the water works field, where he was widely known. He was an excellent mechanic and had an intimate knowledge of everything pertaining to the handling and distribution of water. He had an unusually retentive memory and could, until the time of his death, remember every detail of the system and equipment which had for so many years been under his jurisdiction. Much of the present water system was constructed during his years of tenure, some of the major improvements being: Doubling of the main line from Green River to Rock Springs; installation of filter plant at Green River; construction of 1,000,000gallon sedimentation tank at Green River; construction of 1,000,000-gallon tank adjacent to the reservoir at Rock Springs, and 500,000-gallon tank in the rear of the Hospital. He was always willing to impart to others the knowledge acquired through years of experience, and his advice was always sound and of value to those who sought it. He also was prominent in Masonic circles throughout the state, serving as grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming and as high priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Wyoming from 1931 to 1932. He was a member of Rawlins Lodge No. 5, A. F. and A. M.; of Lawrence Chapter No. 11, Royal Arch Masons, and Malta Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, Rock Springs; and of Korean Temple, Rawlins. He also was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Mountain Lily Chapter, of Rock Springs. On September 18, 1893, Mr. Bell and Mamie A. Morrison, a native of Butler County, Pennsylvania, were married in Rawlins. Mrs. Bell and six of their ten children survive him. The children are Orin Bell, of Roselle Park, New Jersey; Carl S. Bell, of Cheyenne; Mrs. Louis Haller, of Pocatello, Idaho; Edna Bell, of Denver; Ada Bell Black, of Cody; and Margaret Bell, of Chicago. Two daughters and two sons preceded him in death. Besides his immediate family, he is survived by four brothers, J. Wilson Bell and Simpson A. Bell, of Nampa, Idaho, and James and A. Dean Bell, who reside in Pennsylvania; and two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Marfing and Miss Anna Bell, who also reside in Pennsylvania. Funeral services were conducted at the Masonic Temple, Rock Springs, the morning of June 16th, by Malta Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, the body then taken to Rawlins, where services at the grave were held by Rawlins Lodge No. 5, A. F. & A. M. Interment was in the Rawlins cemetery. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Jul 1943 Reliance Mrs. Steve Bucho was called to Pennsylvania because of the death of her mother. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 2, 1943 LOCAL WOMAN IN GRAVE CONDITION AT HOSPITAL FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS JIM GOETTINA HELD IN JAIL IN SHOOTING FRAY Mrs. Frances Goettina, late last night was in a critical condition at Wyoming General hospital suffering from gunshot wounds believed to have been inflicted by her husband, Jim Goettina. At 1:40 Thursday morning the police received a telephone call from Jim Goettina, husband of the injured woman to come to the Belmont Inn, his place of business, and when they arrived found Mrs. Goettina lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Goettina awaited the arrival of the police, and told officers he had shot her. The gun which Goettina used, a .32 caliber revolver, contained two empty chambers. Mrs. Goettina was rushed to the hospital in the police car, and Goettina was lodged in the city jail. The path taken by the bullets could not be immediately determined, but apparently, one bullet entered the left side of her chest, passed through the upper part of her body, and then entered her arm. The second bullet struck her in the back. Because of the excessive loss of blood and undetermined internal injuries, her condition is considered grave. No witnesses were believe to have been present, and the circumstances which preceded the shooting have not been disclosed. The couple had been estranged for several months, and Mrs. Goettina had arrived in Rock Springs only a few days ago. The injured woman formerly lived on a ranch in Idaho. Her mother, Mrs. Charles Howell of Chilly, Idaho, has been notified of her daughter’s condition. No charges as yet have been filed against Goettina. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 3, 1943 Infant Dies Friday At Green River Jose Alfredo Maes, 22-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Maes of Green River, died Friday morning at the Maes home. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery at Green River this afternoon. Besides his parents the infant is survived by a sister, Marcela. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 3, 1943 Wife of Saloon Owner Dies From Gunshot Wounds Mrs. Frances Goettina, a victim of gunshot wounds, died at the Wyoming General hospital yesterday morning at 5:50 a.m. Mrs. Goettina was taken to the hospital early Thursday morning following a shooting fray at the Belmont Inn. Her husband, Jim Goettina, admitted to the police that he had inflicted the wounds with a .32 caliber revolver. The county attorney’s office indicated that murder charges will probably be filed against Goettina today. Goettina has been lodged in the city jail since the shooting of his wife, but was transferred to the county jail at Green River yesterday morning. The case will probably be set at the next term of district court, and will be tried either in November of the first week in December. The parents of the dead woman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howell of Chilly, Idaho, have arrived in Rock Springs. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Warden Opie, county coroner, has not set the date for the inquest. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 3, 1943 Brother of Emil Gaensslen Dies In Paris, France Otto R. Gaensslen, 66, died October 26, 1942 in Paris, France, according to an official notification received this week by Emil A. Gaensslen of Green River from the department of state, Washington, D.C. Previous to the receipt of this notification Mr. Gaensslen and his brother, Carl Gaensslen of Chicago, Ill., have had no direct communication with him for nearly two years. Otto R. Gaensslen, a native of Chicago, Ill., was born in 1877, and after completing his school work, studied art under several well known teachers at the Chicago Art institute. He left for Munich, Germany, in 1897, where he studied for three years. Mr. Gaensslen went to Paris in 1900 where he continued his studies and kept up an artist’s studio which he maintained up to the time of his death. His talents were expressed both in paintings and sculpture and he was the recipient of several high honors at the annual exhibits held at the Paris Academy. Although Gaensslen lived in Paris for more than 40 years, he still retained his American citizenship, and during World War I was connected with the American Red Cross, in charge of a distribution depot in Paris. Otto Gaensslen last visited the United States in 1934 and the fall of that year he visited his brother in Green River, where he made many friends. He was also a brother of the late Hugo F. Gaensslen, early day resident of Green River. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 10, 1943 Montpelier, Idaho Man Dies Friday In Hospital Here Deamar Drake, 69, of Montpelier, Idaho, died at Wyoming General hospital shortly after noon yesterday. He had been a patient there since June 30 when he was taken ill on a Union Pacific westbound train at this point. He was en route to Montpelier at the time. So far as could be learned here, Drake has no immediate family but has several sisters, one of whom in Mrs. D.S. Olinghouse of Elkhart, Ind., who has been in touch with hospital authorities during the time that he was a patient there. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending instructions from Mrs. Olinghouse. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 13, 1943 Sidney Wood Rites Will Be Held at Steamboat Springs The body of Sidney Wood, 38, Union Pacific Coal miner who was killed Friday night in the company’s No. 4 mine, was taken to Steamboat Springs, Colo., yesterday for funeral services and burial. Services will be held Wednesday in the Methodist church there. The body was accompanied by Mrs. Wood and her parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Wood of Steamboat Springs, who came to Rock Springs Saturday when advised of their son’s death. Wood and Alex Angelovic were pulling timber in room 36 of the 19th north entry of the mine when the accident occurred. Angelovic escaped uninjured. Wood’s body was not recovered from the debris of fallen coal and rock until 3:30 a.m. Saturday. The accident occurred at 8:30 o’clock Friday night. No date has been set for the inquest but jurors have been selected to hear the evidence. They are Albert Valdez, Clarence Cregger and Charles Highley. The Rogan mortuary was in charge of arrangements here and took the body overland to Steamboat Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 14, 1943 Station Agent at Superior Dies in Denver Hospital Wallace Richardson, Union Pacific station agent at Superior for 17 years, died early Tuesday in Mercy hospital in Denver, where he had been a patient for a week. Mrs. Richardson, who went to Denver with him, and their daughter, Mrs. Henry Klukas of Veteran, Wyo., and Betty Jane Richardson, who is attending the University of Wyoming at Laramie, were in Denver at the time of his death. Richardson had lived in this community for 20 years. Before coming to Superior, he was station agent at Thayer Junction for three years. Besides his wife and daughters, Mrs. Klukas and Betty Jane, he is survived by another daughter, Mary Ben Richardson, who teaches in the Ely, Nev. schools, and two sons, Capt. Roger Richardson, who is stationed with the armed forces at Dayton, Ohio, and Sgt. Wallace Richardson Jr., who is in training at Tucson, Ariz. His mother, who lives in Marlow, Okla., also survives. Funeral arrangements are indefinite, but according to word received here shortly after his death, he will be buried at Marlow, Okla. Although it was known that Richardson had been in ill health for several months, the report of his death was a shock to friends of the family as at no time was his condition thought to be serious. It is believed he was about 55 or 56 years old. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 20, 1943 Mrs. Mary Myska Dies at Hospital Sunday Morning Mrs. Mary Myska, 57, who resided at 906 Sixth street, died at 8:40 a.m. Sunday at Wyoming General hospital. Heart complications caused her death. She had been in ill health for several weeks and early last week her condition became critical and she was taken to the hospital last Wednesday. Mrs. Myska was born in April 1886 in Poland and had lived in Rock Springs since she was eight years old. She is survived by five sons, three of whom are in the armed forces and three daughters. They are Joe and Stanley Myska who are stationed in California; John, who is stationed in Louisiana; Alex and Steve Myska of Rock Springs, Mrs. Jubert Larson of Rock Springs, Mrs. Anna Krauss of Reliance, Mrs. Victoria Pirfet, who lives in Texas, and Mary Myska at home. Her husband, John Myska, was killed here four years ago. She also had five grandchildren. The body is at Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 20, 1943 Pioneer Resident Of Rock Springs Dies Here Monday Mrs. Mary Ward, 79, resident of Rock Springs for more than 50 years, died at 3:40 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital. Mrs. Ward was taken to the hospital at 9 o’clock Sunday night after suffering a sudden collapse at her home at 141 J street. She apparently had been in good health up until she was taken with her fatal illness. Mary Bowker Ward was born in England in October 1863. When a young woman she came to this country with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bowker, who located in Rock Springs and who for many years resided in the No. 6 section of the city. She was married July 1, 1885, to James Ward, the wedding ceremony taking place at her parents’ home. Her husband died here in November 1940, five months after they celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Ward is survived by four sons, Albert of Rock Springs, Charles, who lives in Idaho; Sam of Salt Lake City; Fred, who lives in California, and one daughter, Mrs. Howard Shelton, of Marimont, Ohio. A sister, who lives in Portland, Ore., also survives. Funeral arrangements are pending receipt of word from Mrs. Ward’s daughter and sons. Burial will be in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 3, 1943 Green River Man Dies Here Monday Harry Marriott, 58, an employee of the Union Pacific railroad at Green River, died at Wyoming General hospital at 8 o’clock Monday night after a brief illness. A widower, he is survived by a son and daughter, who are believed to reside in California. Marriott formerly resided in Rock Springs and at one time was employed in the coal mines here. The body is at Wildermuth’s mortuary awaiting word from relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 21, 1943 Body of Wildermuth Found in Green River THREE WEEKS’ SEARCH ENDED HERE TUESDAY Utah Rancher Finds Remains on Sandbar Washed onto a sandbar in Green river in an almost inaccessible section of Daggett county, Utah, the body of Robert (Bob) Wildermuth, who was drowned Sunday, June 27, near the Covered Wagon camp west of Green River, was found Monday by Oscar Sweat, a rancher living about 11 miles south of the Wyoming line. Notified of the discovery, Sheriff Mike Maher, Coroner J. Warden Opie, Highway Patrolman E.C. Morgan and Bill Evers of Green River left for the Sweat ranch about 6 p.m., but the rocky terrain and darkness prevented the recovery of the body Monday night. Securing horses at the Sweat ranch, the four Wyoming men, Deputy Game Warden Dick Bennett of Daggett county, Sweat and his brother-in-law, Henry Osik of Vernal, Utah, made their way through the thick growth of timber and over rocks and cliffs early Tuesday morning, reaching the sandbar about 8:30 o’clock. Sheriff Maher and Opie immediately identified the body, which was lying face down on the sand and gravel. The trek back to the road—a distance of about three miles—was started soon afterward, and the party arrived in Rock Springs about 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Sweat, who reported discovery of the body, told Sheriff Maher he made the find quite by accident. He had gone to the region on his horse to look at some winter calves he had released along the river. From the river’s bank, he first caught sight of the body, and to be certain he rode to a high cliff along the river where he had a better view. He said he did not go near the body, but hastened at once to notify authorities. Confident from the day of the drowning that Wildermuth’s body would be recovered, Sheriff Maher requested The Daily Rocket to express his thanks to all persons who aided in the search and especially to those who furnished boats to the searching parties. He also expressed his thanks to Game Warden Bennet, Rancher Sweat and Henry Osik for the use of horses and assistance in removing the youth’s body from the sandbar. Inducted into the Army at Ft. Warren only the day before his death, Robert was enjoying a short furlough at home before entering active service at the time of the tragedy. With four of his schoolmates—Evan Reese, Eddie Kruljac, Charles Barnabe and James Harris—a swimming party was planned west of Green River, near the Covered Wagon camp. Arriving at the river about 4 o’clock, Robert quickly undressed and was one of the first in the stream. Swept into the strong current, he called for help and two of the boys succeeded in reaching the drowning youth. However, he fought off his rescuers in a moment of panic and was carried downstream. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo L. Wildermuth, prominent Rock Springs residents, Robert was born in Park City, Utah, March 19, 1924, and attended high school here, graduating with the class of 1943. He was an honor student, and a star athlete. In 1941 and 1942, Robert was named on the mythical all-state high school football teams and in the springs of 1942 and 1943 he was named on the all-state high school basketball teams. He was nominated to the Tiger club during his sophomore year and was president of club during his senior year. He also was a member of the National Honor Society, whose membership is chosen on a basis of scholarship and athletic ability. He is survived by his father and mother and two sisters, Leola and Donna. Another sister, Wilma Jean, died in a Salt Lake City hospital last March 22. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 21, 1943 BERTIE SERVICES WILL BE HELD HERE SATURDAY Funeral services for August Bertie, 80, retired coal miner, who died Saturday evening at Wyoming General hospital after a lingering illness, will be held at 9:30 o’clock Thursday morning at the Wildermuth chapel. Rosary will be said at 7 o’clock Wednesday evening at the Wildermuth mortuary. Mr. Bertie had lived 45 years in Rock Springs. He resided for many years on No. 1 hill and for the past two years has been a patient at the hospital. Survivors include two nieces, Mrs. Mary Mocellin of Superior and Mrs. Fannie Cady of Ogden, and three nephews, Louis Morocchi and Leno Morocchi, all of Ogden. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 22, 1943 Funeral Services For August Bertie To Be This Morning Funeral services for August Bertie, 80, retired coal miner, who died Saturday evening at Wyoming General hospital after a lingering illness, will be held at 9:30 o’clock this morning at the Wildermuth chapel. Rosary was said at 7 o’clock Wednesday evening at the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 23, 1943 Army Officer Here to Learn Details of Soldier’s Death Lieut. Col. Tom Hembree of the judge advocate general’s office at Ft. Warren was in Rock Springs Thursday to investigate the death here last Saturday morning of Lee John Rupp, whose home address was Ellis, Kan. Rupp died in Wyoming General hospital about an hour after he suffered loss of a leg under a moving freight train in the Rock Springs yards. The unfortunate man, an army private, either was attempting to board the moving train or intended to alight here. The accident occurred west of the Union Pacific depot, near the C street underpass. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 23, 1943 Constante Anselmi Instantly Killed In Mine Accident A runaway trip of coal cars claimed the life of Constante Anselmi, 48, of Superior while he was unloading timbers in the D.O. Clark mine. Anselmi was killed instantly when he failed to notice the heavy line of mine cars as they broke loose and descended on him. County Coroner J. Warden Opie was called to the scene of the accident and will set the date for the inquest at some future date. A coroner’s jury consisting of David Davis, Roy Phillips and Fred Yount will examine the evidence and determine the cause of death. The man was killed at 8:15 a.m. Thursday morning in the Union Pacific Coal company’s D.O. Clark mine. Anselmi was born at Bras, Tyrol, Oct. 11, 1894, and arrived in the United States in October, 1913. He has been employed by the Union Pacific Coal company in this vicinity most of the time during the past 30 years. Anselmi, who was single, is survived by his mother and three sisters, Anna Bertolussa, Virginia Prevedel and Gemma Zamboni and two brothers, August and Guido, all living in Tyrol. His brother, Florian Anselmi, and brothers-in-law, Ernest Prevedel and Leno Bertolussa, live in the United States. --- Green River Star, Jul 23, 1943 Brother of Local Man Dies In Honolulu Hospital O. T. Thrasher of this city received word last week of the death of his youngest brother, L. W. Thrasher, in Queen's hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii. Mr. Thrasher was in the employment of a ship company, transporting government supplies and had made numerous trips to foreign ports. They were engaged upon such a mission when he was stricken with a fatal illness which resulted in his death on July 2. He had resided in Green River at one time and has many acquaintances and friends here. L W. Thrasher was the youngest son of Mrs. Myra Thrasher of Twin Falls, Idaho, and is survived by his mother and six brothers and sisters. Cremation and burial took place in Honolulu. Memorial services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Thrasher on July 23 at 7:30 p. m., with Rev. C. L. Callahan officiating. All friends of the family are invited to attend. Mrs. Myra Thrasher and daughter, Mrs. C. R. Henderson of Twin Falls, Idaho, are expected to arrive in Green River for the service. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 24, 1943 Infant’s Funeral Held Here Friday Funeral services for John LeRoy, 36-hour-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Aguirre of Quealy, were held yesterday morning at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. John E. Lutze of the Evangelical Lutheran church conducted the services. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. The infant was born at Wyoming General hospital Monday and died Wednesday. He was the only child of his parents. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 29, 1943 Blairtown Citizen Dies at Hospital Joseph F. Miller Sr., 83, who resided at Blairtown, died at 11 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient since Tuesday. He was a retired coal miner and had lived in this community for 45 years. Mr. Miller was a native of Washington, D.C., where he was born May 18, 1860. He is survived by three sons, William and Joseph, both of Rock Springs, and Frank of Sunnyside, Utah, and two daughters, Mrs. Bert Bennett of Alpine, Utah, and Mrs. Anna Bider of Rock Springs. Plans for funeral services have not been made, pending receipt of word from the son and daughter who reside in Utah. The Rogan mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 29, 1943 John A. Despain Dies Near Washam John A. Despain, 35, a lifelong resident of Sweetwater county, dropped dead Tuesday afternoon at his ranch home near Washam in the southern section of the county. He had complained of not feeling well for several weeks but was able to continue at his ranch work. He was cutting timber when he is believed to have suffered a heart attack. Despain was born March 4, 1908, in Grantsville, Utah. He is survived by his wife, Mary; four daughters, Velva, Velma, Verla and Vernetta, and one son, John, all at home; his mother, Mrs. Mable Adamson and one brother, George, both of Washam, and one sister, Mrs. Flora Broadhead of Nephi, Utah. Funeral services will be held today at the L.D.S. church at Manila, Utah, with Bishop Cliff Christensen officiating. Burial will be at Manila. Arrangements here are in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 30, 1943 Miller Funeral Services Sunday Funeral services for Joseph Francis Miller Sr., 83, resident of Rock Springs for 45 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Rogan mortuary chapel, Bishop Cecil James of the L.D.S. church will conduct the services, and burial will be in the Miller family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Miller died Wednesday at Wyoming General hospital. He was a retired coal miner. His survivors are three sons, William and Joseph of Rock Springs and Frank of Sunnyside, Utah, and two daughters, Mrs. Bert Bennett of Alpine, Utah and Mrs. Anna Bider of Rock Springs. Mr. Miller was a native of Washington, D.C., where he was born May 18, 1860. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 4, 1943 Philip Zogar Dies Here Monday Night Philip Zogar, who had lived in this area for several years, died Monday night at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient since April 24. He was about 65 years old. Zogar lived at Superior, where he worked the mines for 14 years. About two years ago he went to Reliance to work and was residing there when he was taken ill early last springs. He had no known relatives. Funeral arrangements will be in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 4, 1943 Pioneer Resident Of Rock Springs Dies Yesterday Mrs. James Moon Sr., 89, died at 1 p.m. yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Marietta, 702 Pennsylvania avenue. She had been ill since Thursday. Mrs. Moon had been a resident of southwestern Wyoming for 69 years and had lived in Rock Springs for 39 years. She and her family were well known throughout this area, where several of her ten children continue to reside. Her husband, James Moon, Sr., who was the first president of The Union Pacific Old Timers association, died here in 1934. Rachael Lewis Moon was born April 1, 1854, in Wales. Following her marriage to James Moon they came to this country in 1874, locating first at Almy, near Evanston, where Mrs. Moon was in the employ of The Union Pacific Coal company. They resided there until 1904, when they moved to Rock Springs. Mrs. Moon survived by four daughters and six sons. Her daughters are Mrs. Mary Armstrong of Midvale, Utah; Mrs. Clara Coffey and Mrs. Marietta, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Joseph Martin, Irwin, Idaho. Her sons are William Moon, Winton; Isaac and Morgan Moon, Evanston; Dave, Twin Falls, Idaho; Jack, Pueblo, Colo. and James Moon, Jr., Frontier. She also is survived by 50 grandchildren and 60 great grandchildren. Mrs. Armstrong and James Moon, Jr., with others of her family residing in this area, were with her at the time of her death. Funeral arrangements will be made after word is received from members of the Moon family. The Wildermuth Mortuary will be in charge of plans. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 6, 1943 ZAGAR RITES TO BE HELD SUNDAY Funeral services for Philip Zagar, 65, who died Tuesday morning at the Wyoming General hospital, will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the South Side Catholic church with the Rev. Welsh officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Rogan chapel and mass will be held at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Zagar, a retired coal miner had reside din this vicinity for 19 years. He had been a patient at the hospital for four months. He is survived by his wife and three daughters, who live in Europe; one brother at Roslyn, Wash., and one son living in Canada. --- Green River Star, Aug 6, 1943 Three Deaths in One Family Recently Three deaths have occurred in the McCarty family of this vicinity within the past five months, it was said here this week after the burial of John Despain at Manila, Utah, last Thursday. Mr. Despain, who died at his ranch on Henry’s Fork, near Linwood, after a heart attack, was the nephew of George McCarty Jr., of this city. The other two deaths were those of Mr. McCarty’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. George McCarty, Sr., both occurring in this city. Among those from Green River to attend Mr. Despain’s funeral were Mr. and Mrs. McCarty and Agusut Seyersdahl. --- Green River Star, Aug 6, 1943 Charles Kelley Dies In Action Sgt. Charles A. Kelley, 22, who for two years was attached to the CCC camp here, and who became widely acquainted in the city, died in action on March, of this year, it was learned when his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Kelley, of Chicago, visited in Green River recently. The parents had already received the posthumous award of the Order of the Purple Heart and had been informed that their son’s bravery has earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, which they are to receive in a posthumous award soon. They were visiting here to become acquainted with the friends their son had made in Green River. Kelley enlisted in the Army Air Corps in February, 1941, taking his training at Chanute Field, Rantour, Ill. In January, 1942, he was assigned to overseas duty with the Air Corps, first being sent to an Australian base and later into the thick of the New Guinea fight, where he met his death in action. According to the information received by his parents, Kelley was handling the plane at the time of his death, with none of the crew surviving. --- Green River Star, Aug 6, 1943 Harry Marriott Dies Monday Evening Thursday evening, funeral arrangements had not yet been completed for Harry Marriott, longtime employe at the U. P. hotel and club here. Mr. Marriott, clerk at the clubhouse at the time of his death, suffered a heart attack while resting on the steps at the club house last Sunday afternoon. He died at the Wyoming General hospital in Rock Springs on August 2. He had lived here about 20 years and had been in ill health for some time. Attempts are being made to locate relatives. The body rests at the Wildermuth mortuary in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 7, 1943 Former Resident Dies Saturday in West Coast City Leon Powell, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Hawkins, 531 C street, died early Saturday in a Los Angeles hospital. Mrs. Hawkins left last night for Los Angeles to attend the funeral service. Powell lived in Rock Springs for three years prior to two years ago when he and Mrs. Powell went to California because of his health. He suffered from a heart affliction that resulted in his death. While a resident of this city he married Frances Hawkins. He was about 30 years old. Besides his wife, he is survived by his parents, Ward B. Powell of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Lee Stanger of Butte, Mont.; a brother, Carl Powell, who left Rock Springs recently for service in the armed forces, and a sister, who also lives in California. Funeral services will be held in Los Angeles early next week and burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery there. Carl Powell, who is stationed at Camp Perry, Va., is in the camp hospital there and will be unable to attend the funeral. His wife, Marguerite Faddis Powell, left last night for Camp Perry to remain until he is improved. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 10, 1943 DEWAR FUNERAL SERVICES AT ELKS HOME THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services for James R. Dewar, 76, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Elks Home. The Elks’ ritualistic service for the dead will be read, with B.J. Hoppe, exalted ruler, and other officers of lodge No. 624 officiating. Rev. Henry A. Link, rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, will assist at the service. The body will lie in state in the auditorium from 12 to 2 o’clock. Members of the lodge will act as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. G.H. Breihan, Lewis H. Brown, I.N. Bayless, C.R. Hetzler, John W. Hay Sr., E.T. Jefferis, Glen A. Knox, Dr. K.E. Krueger, Howard Kellogg, Dr. Edward S. Lauzer, H.C. Livingston, Eugene McAuliffe, A.L. McCurtain, Robert D. Murphy, William T. Nightingale, Dr. H.A. O’Malley, George B. Pryde, Frank Tallmire and Jack A. Smith. James Dewar, resident of Rock Springs since 1919, died at 7 o’clock Saturday night at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient since Thursday. He had been in ill health for 16 months, following a collapse he suffered in April, 1942. Mr. Dewar was retired Oct. 1, 1941, after serving 55 years in the employ of the Union Pacific railroad and its subsidiaries. He was chief clerk of the coal company between 1917 and the date of his retirement, coming to Rock Springs in 1919 when the company’s headquarters were transferred here from Cheyenne and Omaha. He was a native of London, Ontario, Canada, where he was born Jan. 30, 1867. Accompanied by his son, Jack Dewar, the body will be sent tonight to Inglewood, Calif., for interment beside the grave of his wife, Carline Aulthouse Dewar, who died in 1930. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 10, 1943 BISHOPP RITES THIS AFTERNOON AT GREEN RIVER Funeral services for Mrs. Ira Bishopp of Green River will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Congregational church in Green River with the Rev. James Allen officiating. Mrs. Bishopp died here Saturday evening at Wyoming General hospital where she had been a patient for a week. She was 60 years old and had live din Green River since 1907. Mrs. Bishopp was born March 14, 1883 in Monticello, Iowa. In 1907 she went to Green River to teach school and on July 3, 1919, she was married to Ira L. Bishopp, who was at that time superintendent of the county farm at Eden. The Bishopps lived at Eden until 1937 when they returned to Green River. Her maiden name was Clara Ricklefs. Mrs. Bishopp had been in ill health for several weeks. She underwent a major operation Monday, August 2, at Wyoming General hospital, her death occurring five days later. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Rex, who is with the armed forces at Camp Wolters, Texas, and who arrived in Green River Saturday night, shortly after his mother’s death; one daughter, Pauline; two brothers, Rex Ricklefs of Monticello, Iowa and Emil C. Ricklefs of Pacific Grove, Calif., and one sister, Emma Ricklefs of Monticello. A nephew, Weller Bishopp, who made his home with the Bishopps, is with the armed forces in Australia. Burial, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in Riverview cemetery at Green River. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 10, 1943 Funeral Services This Afternoon For Anthony Gras The body of Anthony Gras, 54, forest ranger in the Turpin Meadows area of the Jackson Hole country who died last week while on duty, was brought to Rock Springs Sunday. His brothers, Victor and Raymond Gras, of this city, accompanied by Leo L. Wildermuth of the Wildermuth mortuary, went to Jackson Saturday night and returned with the body yesterday. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at the Wildermuth chapel with the Rev. Henry A. Link, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion officiating. Burial will be in the American Legion plot in Mountain View cemetery and there will be an American Legion escort from the mortuary to the cemetery. Gras’ body was discovered early Saturday in Turpin Meadows, near Black Rock river a few miles south of the southern boundary of Yellowstone national park. A few hours earlier Gras’ riderless pack horse was sighted in the vicinity and apprehension arose immediately about the rider’s safety, within a few hours a man by the name of Carl James, who was riding for cattle, reported that he had accidentally located Gras’ body. Apparently Gras suffered a heart attack as he was making camp. His body was found collapsed over his radio which he apparently had just removed from his pack outfit. It is thought that he died Wednesday of last week. Anthony Gras was the son of the late Joseph and Marie Gras, early day residents of Rock Springs, who came here 50 years ago from Pennsylvania, where they had lived for some time after coming to this country from France. He was born Sept. 14, 1888 at Lamar, Colo., and came to Rock Springs at the age of five years. He lived here until he entered the armed forces in World War I. When he returned from service he went into the Jackson Hole country and since that time resided in that locality. He is survived by four brothers, Pete of Green River, and Joseph, Victor and Raymond of Rock Springs; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lewis of Rock Springs and Mrs. Fred Johnson of Washington, D.C. He was unmarried. All his brothers and sisters, except Mrs. Johnson, will attend the services today. His four brothers and two nephews, John and Albert Lewis, will act as pallbearers. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 10, 1943 Accident Victim Dies Sunday at General Hospital Sgt. Smith Hammond of the station hospital at Lemoore Army Air Field, Lemoore, Calif., died shortly before noon Sunday at Wyoming General hospital in Rock Springs of injuries incurred when the automobile in which he was traveling turned over Friday on the Lincoln Highway, 18 miles east of Point of Rocks. His commanding officer from Lemoore, Lieut. Conrad Jarvis, arrived by plane Saturday night and was at the sergeant’s beside when he died. Lieut. Col. Hembree of Ft. Warren, Wyo., is expected to arrive in Rock Springs today to investigate the accident and take charge of the body, which is at the Rogan mortuary pending arrangements. It is expected the body will be sent to Sergeant Hammond’s mother, Mrs. Mary E. Hammond, at Doylesburg, Calif., following investigation by army officials. The sergeant was en route to his base with several other service men when the accident occurred. The car was driven by Joseph Carey of Woodbridge, N.J., who was en route from the Great Lakes training station in Illinois to his receiving ship in San Francisco. He and the other servicemen were dismissed from the hospital Saturday night after treatment and they boarded a train for the coast. Investigation of the accident by Highway Patrolman E.C. Morgan and Deputy Sheriff Pat Lepenske revealed that Carey lost control of the car, which plunged into the barrow pit on the left side of the highway and then bounded back to the right side and overturned. Hamilton [sic] incurred a skull fracture and died without regaining consciousness. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 11, 1943 Mrs. Agnes Simpson Succumbs at Ogden Word has been received in Rock Springs of the death of Mrs. Agnes Simpson, wife of William Simpson of Ogden, which occurred Saturday at Dee Memorial hospital there. Accompanied by Simpson, the body has been taken back to Mrs. Simpson’s old home at Topeka, Kan., for funeral services and interment. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson at one time lived in Rock Springs, leaving here about nine years ago. Simpson was in business with Burt Collect, and Mrs. Simpson operated a beauty shop here. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 11, 1943 Elderly Man Dies From Head Bruises John Byman, elderly resident of the infirmary here, who was struck by Train No. 22 Sunday evening, died yesterday about 1:50 p.m. in Wyoming General hospital, where he was taken for treatment. Byman was struck while crossing the tracks east of the coal chutes and suffered head bruises and a broken right arm. The body is at the Rogan mortuary, pending arrangements. The deceased has no known relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 12, 1943 Soldier’s Body Sent East for Interment The body of Sgt. Smith Hammond, who died Sunday at Wyoming General hospital, was sent by the Rogan mortuary last night to Mt. Union, Pa., for interment. Sergeant Hammond died of injuries incurred in an automobile accident last Friday on the Lincoln highway, 18 miles east of Point of Rocks. He was en route to his base at the station hospital at Lemoore air field at Lemoore, Calif., when the accident occurred. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 12, 1943 Hitchcock Rites Held in Laramie Tuesday Morning Edwin Arthur Hitchcock, 84, father of Ernest B. Hitchcock of Rock Springs died Sunday morning at Ivinson Memorial hospital in Laramie. Funeral services were held at the Stryker mortuary at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Hitchcock was one of Laramie’s best known and most highly respected old time citizens. For many years he was head of the repair department of the university. Energetic and ambitious, he had unusual zest ofr life and was proud of his sons, daughters, and grandchildren, who had grown up here and had taken leading positions throughout the state. He was born in Steuben county, New York state, Feb. 27, 1859. He moved with his family to a farm near Springfield, S.D. in 1870. There he met Mrs. Hitchcock, the former Blanche Niles. They were married at Bon Homme, S.D. in 1882. Mr. Hitchcock operated a ferry boat across the Missouri river at Springfield. Afterwards he became a building contractor there and later he became head maintenance mechanic at Southern State Normal school in South Dakota. With is family he came to Laramie in 1918 where he established the university repair department of which he was head until his retirement in 1941. Survivors include his wife, three sons, Ernest B. Hitchcock of Rock Springs, Edwin N. Hitchcock of Laramie and Samuel Hitchcock of Cheyenne; one daughter, Mrs. Carrie Miller of Laramie, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A fourth son, Wilbur A. Hitchcock died in 1930. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hitchcock attended the funeral services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 13, 1943 Miner at Reliance Dies in Hotel Room John Simpson, a miner for the Union Pacific Coal company at Reliance, died suddenly shortly before 7 o’clock yesterday morning at the Trails hotel on Ninth street. A heart attack was the cause of death. Simpson had been in Rock Springs a month and seven days, coming here from Pittsburg, Kan. Authorities are attempting to contact relatives thought to be living in Pittsburg. --- Green River Star, Aug 13, 1943 Harry Marriott Services Monday Funeral services for Harry Marriott, 58, longtime resident of this city who died at the Wyoming General hospital on August 2, were held at the Congregational church at 2 p.m. Monday, Rev. James B. Allan officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery, under direction of the Wildermuth mortuary. Pallbearers were E. L. East, R. Brady, William Hutton, Jr., Luke Fern, George L. Carroll, and S. Hall. Marriott, who came to Green River in 1922, was an employe of the Union Pacific club house here. He was born in England in 1885. Efforts to locate any living relatives prior to the funeral services failed. --- Green River Star, Aug 13, 1943 Mrs. Ira Bishopp Died Saturday; Services Tuesday Death came to one of Green River's most respected women Saturday when Mrs. Clara Bishopp, wife of Ira L. Bishopp, died at the Wyoming General hospital in Rock Springs after a period of ill health that extended over the past few years. A major operation had been undergone prior to her death, the second operation in recent years. Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Rex Bishopp, stationed at Camp Wolters, Tex.; a daughter, Pauline Bishopp; and by a nephew, Weller Bishopp, with the army in the South Pacific; two brothers, Rex Ricklefs of Monticello, Iowa, and Emil Ricklefs of Pacific Grove, Calif.; a sister, Miss Emma Ricklefs of Monticello. Clara Ricklefs was born in Monticello, Iowa, on March 14, 1883, being 60 years of age at the time of her death. In 1907 she first came to Green River to teach in the city schools, and scores of Green River people of the present day look back with pleasant memories on the days during which she was their teacher. She taught in the local schools for 12 years. In July, 1919, she was united in marriage to Ira L. Bishopp who was then superintendent of the county farm at Farson, in the Eden Valley. There the family made its home for most of the time until the county decided to dispose of the farm, and Mr. Bishopp in 1938 was elected county commissioner. During her stay in Eden Valley, Mrs. Bishopp took an active part in the educational and religious life of the Eden Valley, earning friendships that have endured through the years. Always active in the life of the community about here, she took a leading part in club and church affairs in Green River, serving in various offices in the Congregational church, the Green River Woman's club, the Reading club, the Homemakers' club, Democratic Women's club, Order of Eastern Star and other fraternal orders. The high esteem in which she was held by the community and by the people of Eden Valley was attested in the large number of people from both communities who attended the funeral services at the Union Congregational church at 3 o'clock last Tuesday afternoon, with Rev. James B. Allan officiating. Beautiful floral offerings also testified as to her friendships. Burial was in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan mortuary. Pallbearers were William Evers, Carl Evers, William S. Mortimer, William Hutton, E. A. Gaensslen, all of this city, and Andrew Arnott of Farson. Rex was summoned from his army camp when it was learned his mother was in serious condition, but was not able to arrive here until Saturday night. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 17, 1943 Simpson Funeral Services Tomorrow Funeral services for John Simpson, 66, who died suddenly from a heart attack at the Trails hotel in Rock Springs last Thursday, will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Burial will be in the UMWA plot of Reliance local Lodge No. 905, Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Simpson, who worked at the Union Pacific Coal company’s Reliance mine, had only lived in this community a little over a month. He was born Jan. 1, 1877, at Pittsburg, Kan. Survivors include four brothers and one sister living in Pittsburg. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 24, 1943 Body of California Man Shipped Monday The body of H. Mathison, 74, California man, who died suddenly at 3:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon at Wyoming General hospital, was sent to Long Beach Monday by the Wildermuth mortuary. Mr. Mathison, who with two companions from California were fishing near Daniel, complained Saturday morning of not feeling well. He was brought at once to the hospital for treatment. He became seriously ill at 3 o’clock that afternoon and died a half hour later. Mathison is survived by his wife in Long Beach. She was notified of his death Saturday evening. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 24, 1943 Robertson’s Body Will Arrive Today Funeral arrangements have not been completed for Flight Officer William J. Robertson of Peterson Army air field, Colorado Springs, who was killed when the P-38 fighter plane he was flying crashed two miles from Casper. The body will be sent here from Casper, arriving today. The Rogan mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Flight Officer Robertson was flying alone and the plane caught fire and burned as soon as it landed. Other details of the crash have not been received. Survivors include his wife, a bride of a month, the former Margaret Anderson; his father, Alfred Robertson of San Diego, Calif., three brothers, Joe Robertson, a war prisoner in the Philippines, Charles of San Diego and Alfred of Rock Springs, and two sisters, Mrs. Dan Kelly of McKinnon and Louise Robertson of Rock Springs. Alfred Robertson Sr. and his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robertson of San Diego, will arrive in Rock Springs today. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 24, 1943 Albert Rees Dies Sunday from Mine Accident Injuries Albert Rees, 65, of 1104 Elk street, died at 10:45 o’clock Sunday evening at Wyoming General hospital from injuries received when he was struck by a loaded trip at Lion Coal company’s Star No. 1 mine at Blairtown. The accident, which resulted in the death of Mr. Rees occurred about 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon and he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Rees had been a resident of this community for about 32 years and had worked for many years for the Lion Coal corporation. He had been ill for several years and had returned to work a little over a year ago. A native of England, Rees was born at Staffordshire, June 20, 1878. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Rees; two daughters, Mrs. Florence Van Valkenberg and Mrs. Agnes Burdess of Rock Springs; a son, J.W. Rees, who preceded him in death on Nov. 25, 1942; three sisters, Mrs. D.M. Auld of Roswell, N.M.; Mrs. Agnes Brown of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Ada Abernathy of Lafayette, Colo.; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements, in charge of Rogan mortuary, will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 25, 1943 Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict A coroner's jury which investigated the death of Albert Rees, who was fatally injured Sunday when he was struck by a loaded trip at the Lion Coal company's Star No. 1 mine at Blairtown, returned the following verdict last night: "We find that Albert Rees came to an accidental death, but we do find that the company failed to give the required clearance between the cars and dropping drums as required by law." The inquest was conducted by J. Warden Opie, county coroner. Members of the jury were Huston Martin, John Bynon and George Rogers. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 25, 1943 Funeral Services for Albert Rees This Afternoon Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Episcopal church, for Albert Rees, 65, who died at 10:45 o'clock Sunday evening after he had received injuries in a mine accident. He was struck by a load trip at Lion Coal company's Star No. 1 mine at Blairtown about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rites will be conducted by the Rev. H. A. Link and burial will be at Mountain View cemetery. He had been employed by the Lion Coal corporation for a number of years and had lived in this community for 32 years. Among survivors are his wife, Elizabeth and two daughters, Mrs. Florence VanValkenburg and Mrs. Agnes Burdess, both of Rock Springs. A son, J. W. Rees preceded him in death on Nov. 25, 1942. Three sisters, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 25, 1943 Robertson Rites 2 P.M. Thursday Funeral services for Flight Officer William J. Robertson, 23, who was killed Saturday in an airplane crash, two miles west of Casper, will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Robertson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Anderson, 1103 Ninth street. The Rev. H.A. Link, pastor of the Episcopal church, will conduct the services. Military honors will be accorded Flight Officer Robertson at Mountain View cemetery by Veterans of Foreign Wars, Yellowstone Post No. 2316. The pilot, who was flying a P-38, landed at the Casper base on a routine training mission and took off a few minutes before the fatal crash occurred. The plane burned. W.J. Robertson was commissioned May 20, 1943, and was assigned to Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, last July 6. He was married to the former Margaret Anderson on July 23. A board of qualified officers flew from Peterson Field to Casper to determine the cause of the crash. Survivors are his wife, his father, three brothers and two sisters. The body will be taken from the Rogan mortuary to the Anderson home at 5 o’clock today. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 25, 1943 Pinedale Resident Killed Instantly Ben Adney of Pinedale was killed instantly Sunday afternoon when he was crushed beneath heavy machinery while attempting to move rock in a stone quarry on Snake river. The accident happened about a quarter of a mile north of the Jackson-Wilson bridge. Adney is survived by his wife, who is in the Jackson hospital, twin sons recently born to the couple within the last several days; and one other child. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 25, 1943 Superior Resident Dies Tuesday Night William H. Gebo, 50, died suddenly Tuesday evening at his home in Superior. He is survived by his wife, Emma; two daughters, Mrs. Mike Croney and Margaret Gebo, and a son, Billy, all of Superior. Funeral arrangements, in charge of Rogan mortuary, are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 27, 1943 Funeral Services For William Gebo Will Be Saturday Funeral services for William Henry Gebo, World War I veteran, will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock in the chapel of Rogan’s mortuary. Interment will follow in the American Legion plot of the Mountain View cemetery. Gebo, a resident of Superior for nearly seven years, died suddenly at his home in Superior Tuesday afternoon. He was 51 years of age and a member of the American Legion. He was a coal miner in the Union Pacific mine at Superior. The deceased was a native of Red Lodge, Mont. Survivors are his wife, Emma Gebo of Superior; daughters, Margaret and Billy Ann Gebo of Superior, and Mrs. Mike Croney of Superior; brothers, Leo Gebo of Oakland and Wayne Gebo of San Francisco, and sisters, Mrs. W.S. Potts of Kevin, Mont., Mrs. A.M. McClean of Oakland and Mrs. W.S. Wren of Los Angeles. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1943 July Injuries SIDNEY S. Wood, American, age 38, married, timber puller, Section No. 2, Rock Springs No. 4 Mine. FATAL. Sidney and his partner were pulling timber in the last pillar pocket of a room pillar place. After the lunch period, they returned to their work. They pulled seven timbers, and then the place started to work, so these men decided to take their tools out of the place and stop pulling timber until it quieted down. Wood was standing on the left side, above the breaker line, when a large piece of roof rock fell, striking him. Thereafter, additional caving made rescue work very dangerous, and the men who performed this work are to be complimented for the efficient and careful manner in which they did the job. CONSTANTE ANSELMI, Austrian, age 49, single, Section No. 4, No. 15 Seam, D. 0. Clark Mine, Superior. FATAL. Four timbermen had been sent to unload some old ratchet pans on the inside of an entry parting. They were instructed to disconnect the power before starting to unload the pans and putting them up on some cross-bars above the trolley wire. These pans were to be used as a floor of an overcast. The regular motorman was showing a new motorman the run in this entry. When the two motormen brought out the first loaded trip, Anselmi was on the parting, waiting to disconnect the power. Anselmi and the regular motorman blocked the trip with a prop, extending from the high side track to the wheels of the sixth car of the seven-car trip. The pans were in a truck in the empty trip, and the motorman was to signal Anselmi to pull the power switch after the pans were pulled in to the place where the men were working on the overcast, which was about two hundred feet from the parting. While the motormen were pulling in the empty trip, they noticed the loaded trip running back and speeded up their motor in order to avoid a collision of the two trips at the switch. The loaded trip did not run as far as the switch, and the regular motorman went back to couple the trips so they could push the loads back in place. The motorman missed Anselmi, and a search revealed that he was under the inside car of the loaded trip. He had been standing in the center of the loaded track and apparently did not hear the loads running back. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1943 James R. Dewar Passes Old Timer James R. Dewar, until his retirement Chief Clerk of The Union Pacific Coal Company with offices in Rock Springs, died at the Wyoming General Hospital at 7 p. m., Saturday, August 7th. Mr. Dewar had been in failing health for some time, but his death came quite unexpectedly. Mr. Dewar came to Rock Springs from Omaha in 1919, as Chief Clerk, when then Vice President Frank A. Manley's offices were moved here. During his residence here Mr. Dewar was quite active in the civic and social affairs of the City, having been first President of the Dead Horse Canyon Golf Club, and he was very active in the Lions Club of Rock Springs. He was also a prominent Elk, and interested in all the affairs of the local B. P. O. E. lodge. He was a past exalted ruler of Omaha Lodge No. 39, B. P. O. E., and had held an honorary life membership in that lodge since April 5, 1901. Mr. Dewar was born in London, Ontario, Canada, January 30, 1867, and entered the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad as a stenographer in the office of the General Storekeeper, Omaha, at the age of 19. With the exception of a short period, he had been continuously employed by the Railroad and Coal Company for a period of 55 years prior to his retirement on September 30, 1941. He had served in the offices of both presidents and vice presidents of the Railroad. Three of the vice presidents were Samuel R. Callaway, Thomas J. Potter, and William H. Holcomb. From 1893 to 1898, he was in the office of S. H. H. Clark, President, and between 1898 and 1904 he was in the office of Horace G. Burt, president of the Railroad during those years. Mr. Dewar was intimately acquainted with many of the early officials of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and liked to reminisce on those early days of his Railroad work. In 1919, Mrs. Dewar and their son Jack accompanied Mr. Dewar to Rock Springs. Mrs. Dewar's health failed, and she died on October 4, 1930, in Glendale, California. Mr. Dewar for several years had made his home with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Dewar, in Wardell Court. He was proud of his long period of service with Union Pacific interests, and was a loyal and efficient employe. He was a prominent member of the Old Timers' Association, and until his retirement he served as General Secretary of the committee in charge of the annual Reunion of that organization. Funeral services were held at the Elks Home Tuesday, August 10th, with Rev. Henry A. Link officiating. The body was taken to Inglewood, California, for burial beside the grave of his wife. Although Mr. Dewar was the eldest of fourteen children, there are but three who survive him, a sister, Mrs. Allie Freeland, of Omaha, Nebraska, and two brothers, Ed A. Dewar, of London, Ontario, and Jack Dewar, of Toronto, Ontario. He is also survived by a son, Jack R. Dewar, and a grandson, James R. Dewar. The sympathy of The Union Pacific Coal Company staff is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Dewar and family, and his other surviving relatives. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1943 Obituary—Joseph F. Miller, Sr. Old Timer Joseph Miller, Sr., passed away at the Wyoming General Hospital Wednesday, July 28th, after a short illness. He had been taken to the hospital from his home in Blairtown just the day before. Mr. Miller was born in 1860 in Washington, D. C., and started to work for this company in August, 1900, at Rock Springs. He was in and out of the service on several occasions, and worked at several different occupations both inside and outside the mines. He was transferred to Reliance in 1921, and was employed there as outside laborer and night watchman until the time of his retirement on December 1, 1938. Mr. Miller is survived by three sons, William and Joseph, of Rock Springs, and Frank Miller, of Sunnyside, Utah, and two daughters, Mrs. Bert Bennett, of Alpine, Utah, and Mrs. Anna Bider, of Rock Springs. His wife died in 1915. Funeral services were held Sunday, August 1st, at the mortuary chapel in Rock Springs, with Bishop Cecil James, of the L. D. S. Church, officiating. Burial was in the Miller family plot in Mountain View cemetery, Rock Springs. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1943 Superior Lessell Lewis was called to Paris, Arkansas, because of the death of a sister. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 1, 1943 Young Housewife Dies Here After Four-Day Illness Mrs. LaRue Jenkins Murray, 27, wife of William Murray of 837 Seventh street, died at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient for four days. She had been in ill health for several years but intestinal influenza was the direct cause of her death. Mrs. Murray had lived in Rock Springs for eight years, coming here at the time of her marriage to William Murray, who is employed by the Union Pacific Coal company at Winton. She was born April 12, 1916 in Provo, Utah. Besides her husband, Mrs. Murray is survived by a son, James, six; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Jenkins of Conda, Idaho; two brothers, Wilson and David Jenkins and two sisters, Rhea and Lois Jenkins, all of Conda, Idaho. Funeral arrangements will be made today. Her parents and other members of her family were expected to arrive in the city last night. The body is at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 2, 1943 Funeral Services Friday Afternoon For Mrs. Murray Funeral services for Mrs. William Murray, 27, of 837 Seventh street, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Rogan mortuary chapel with Bishop Cecil James of the L.D.S. church officiating. The body will be sent to Soda Springs, Idaho, where final services will be held Sunday afternoon at the L.D.S. church. Interment will be in the Soda Springs cemetery. Mrs. Murray died early Tuesday morning at Wyoming General hospital. Death resulted from intestinal influenza. She had lived in Rock Springs for eight years and is survived by her husband; a son, James, 6; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Jenkins, several brothers and sisters, all of whom live at Conda, Idaho. Mrs. Murray was a native of Provo, Utah, where she was born April 12, 1916. Her maiden name was LaRue Jenkins. She was married to William Murray, an employee of the Union Pacific Coal company, eight years ago. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 2, 1943 Pioneer Resident of Rock Springs Dies Wednesday Pete Menghini, 77, died at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon at his home at 725 Rugby avenue. He had been ill only about three weeks. Mr. Menghini had lived in Rock Springs for 43 years and his family is one of the oldest Tyrolese families in the city. He had been in the employ of the Union Pacific railroad in the city for at least 30 years, working in various capacities. He acquired extensive property interests here and held an interest in the Miners Mercantile company and other business concerns in the city. He continued at his work with the railroad company up until about three years ago. Mr. Menghini was born Feb. 21, 1886, in Brez, Carnalez, Tyrol. He is survived by his wife, Angela; three sons, Emmett and Leno Menghini, both of Rock Springs, and Capt. R.R. Menghini, who is in the Army dental corps in the southwest Pacific, and two daughters, Mrs. Adolph Floretta and Mrs. Lena Hastings, both of Rock Springs. He also has two sisters, Mrs. Filomena Marchetti of Pence, Wis., and Mrs. Serafina Fedel of West Alice, Wis. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 3, 1943 Former Resident Dies on Coast Word was received yesterday of the death of a former Rock Springs resident, John Lammi, in Wilmar, Calif., Wednesday morning. Lammi, who worked in the local mines, left for the coast ten years ago. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hilma Lammi; a daughter, Mrs. Emery Lee of Tulare, Calif.; and three sons, John Lammi of the armed forces in Delaware, Walter Lammi of the United States Navy in San Diego, Calif., and Walfred Lammi of Colorado. Mrs. Lammi is a sister of Mrs. Annie Pentila, who resides in Rock Springs and who left yesterday to attend the funeral services in Wilmar. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 4, 1943 Mrs. William Allred Dies at Home Here Funeral arrangements for Mrs. William Allred are pending upon receipt of word from a sister. Mrs. Allred died at 9:40 o’clock Thursday night at her home after a lengthy illness. She was widely known in Rock Springs. Mrs. Allred was the wife of William Allred of 31 First street. Arrangements are being handled by the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 7, 1943 Funeral Services Monday for Infant Funeral services for Reynold Jacob, two-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Isobel Portillo, who reside at the east end of South Front street, were held yesterday afternoon at the South Side Catholic church. The child died at 6:10 a. m. Sunday at Wyoming General hospital. Besides his parents, he is survived by six sisters and four brothers. Interment, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, was in St. Joseph's cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 8, 1943 Ben Tomasi Dies At Hospital Here Ben Tomasi, 62, of 445 Fifth street died at 5:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient for three weeks. Mr. Tomasi, who entered the hospital August 16, had been in ill health for the past two years. Ben Tomasi was born Dec 19, 1880, in Baselga Pine, Tyrol. He came to the United States in 1900 and for 18 years was employed in the coal mines in Wyoming. He has been manager of the Empire hotel in Rock Springs for the past 20 years. He is survived by his wife, Oliva; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Otto Canestrini and Mrs. Sam Canestrini of Reliance, Mrs. W. A. Reinmiller of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. John Metelko of Rock Springs, and a sister, Theresa Tomasi of Baselga Pine. The body is at Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 11, 1943 BART DALNODOR DIES FRIDAY AT SUPERIOR HOME Bart Dalnodor, 52, of Superior died at his home there early Friday morning following an illness of several weeks duration. Dalnodor had been in the employ of the Union Pacific Coal company at Superior since 1913, with the exception of two years, from 1918 to 1920, until he had to give up his work because of illness last summer. He was born in Fondo, Italy, in 1891, and is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Sasair Stonga and Olga and Ruby Dalnodor. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 14, 1943 PIONEER RESIDENT OF ROCK SPRINGS DIES HERE MONDAY George R. Hunter, 85, resident of Rock Springs for 52 years, died at 10:30 a.m. yesterday at the home of his son, F.A. Hunter, 407 B street. He had been in ill health for 18 months and had been bedfast for six weeks. Mr. Hunter was one of the oldest residents of the city, both in years and in residence. He had lived here since 1891 and prior to that time had lived for eight years at old Carbon in Carbon county. During his entire residence in the sate he was closely identified with the merchandising business and for 20 years owned and operated the Library grocery on C street, near the Blair avenue intersection. He went to Carbon in 1883 where he worked in the Beckwith and Quinn Mercantile store until 1891, when he was transferred to the company’s store in Rock Springs, located in the building now occupied by the Playmore ballroom. After remaining with Beckwith and Quinn for some time he went to the Tim Kinney Mercantile company as manager of the grocery and hardware departments. He remained in that position through successive ownerships of the store that subsequently became known, and continues to be known, as the Stock Growers Mercantile company. He resigned the position in 1915 and went into business for himself, establishing the Library grocery. He retired eight years ago when he sold his interest to James MacGregor. Mr. Hunter was born April 19, 1858 in Elsie, Mich. While a resident of Carbon he met and married Anna Elizabeth Parker, the wedding taking place there Nov. 15, 1884. Mrs. Hunter died here Sept. 10, 1936. One son, F.A. Hunter and a daughter, Mrs. M.L. Kommel of Salt Lake City; three grandchildren, George R. Hunter, an army aviation cadet in training at San Antonio, Texas, Audrey Hunter and Georgiann Kommel, survive him. One son, Jack Hunter, died Oct. 13, 1901. Two brothers, Frank Hunter of Mason, Mich. and Fred Hunter of Ithica, Mich., and one sister, Mrs. Eva Krom of Bannister, Mich., also survive. Mr. Hunter was a charter member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Rock Springs lodge 624. In his younger years, he was active in the civic affairs of Rock Springs, serving four years as city treasurer under the late Robert Forsythe, who served the city as mayor for two terms between 35 and 40 years ago. He also at one time served as a member of the city’s board of education. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements, which will be made after arrival of Mrs. Kommel from Salt Lake City. His granddaughter, Audrey Hunter, who has been in Long Beach for a few weeks, is en route to Rock Springs for the funeral. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 14, 1943 Facinelli Rites To Be Held Here Thursday Morning Funeral services for Mrs. Madelina Facinelli, former Rock Springs resident, who died Saturday in Long Beach, Calif., will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the South Side Catholic church. Rev. S.A. Welsh will officiate and burial will be in the family plot in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary will be said at 7 o’clock Wednesday night at the home of her son, Joseph Facinelli, 702 A street. The body, accompanied by her son and Mr. and Mrs. Earle Vensel, son-in-law and daughter, with whom she made her home in Long Beach, arrived in Rock Springs last night. Mrs. Facinelli, widow of Anton Facinelli, lived here for 28 years prior to 1923, when she and her husband went to Long Beach to make their home. Mr. Facinelli died there six years ago and was brought back to Rock Springs for burial. She was a native of Revo, Trentino, Italy, where she was born October 15, 1877. She was taken ill two weeks ago and shortly afterwards her son here was notified that her condition was serious and he left for Long Beach, arriving there several days before her death. She was a victim of pneumonia. Mrs. Facinelli was a sister of Mrs. Albert Facinelli, also and old time resident of the city. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 15, 1943 MOTHER OF MRS. DAN MARSHALL SUCCUMBS HERE Mrs. Pauline Yates, 75, died at midnight Monday at Wyoming General hospital. Mrs. Yates was the mother of Mrs. Dan Marshall of Rock Springs and Mrs. Stanley Crouse of Brown’s Park. Although she had lived here at intervals over a period of several years, she came to Rock Springs only three weeks ago from Eldorado Springs, Mo., intending to maker he home her permanently. She was ill at the time of arrival and entered the hospital almost immediately. Mrs. Yates was a native of Slater, Mo., where she was born Aug. 6, 1868, and was a resident of Missouri the greater part of her life. She had been in failing health for several weeks and in August, Mrs. Crouse went to Eldorado Springs and accompanied her mother to Rock Springs. It was planned for her to make her ome here with the Marshalls. Two daughters and four grandchildren are her survivors. Her husband, the late Harry B. Yates, died in 1923 and is buried in Yuma, Colo. The body will lie in state from 2 p.m. til 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Wildermuth mortuary. Graveside services will be held Thursday in Ogden. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 16, 1943 Yates Services at Ogden, Utah, Today Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Yates, 75, mother of Mrs. Dan Marshall of Rock Springs and Mrs. Stanley Crouse of Browns Park, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the chapel at Ogden Memorial park in Ogden, followed by interment there. Mrs. Yates died Monday night at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient since coming to Rock Springs from Eldorado Springs, Mo., thee weeks ago. She had expected to make her home here with the Marshalls. The body will be taken to Ogden this morning by the Wildermuth mortuary. Members of the Marshall and Crouse families went to Ogden yesterday to complete arrangements for service and burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 16, 1943 Facinelli Funeral Rites at 9 Today Funeral services for Mrs. Madelina Facinelli, 65, early-day resident of Rock Springs, will be held at 9:30 a.m. today at the South Side Catholic church. Rev. S. A. Welsh will officiate and burial will be in the family plot in St. Joseph's cemetery. Mrs. Facinelli was the widow of Anton Facinelli, who died six years ago and is buried here. Pallbearers will be Rudolph Anselmi, Emil Bertagnolli, Albert Bertagnolli, Edward Bertagnolli, E. D. Crippa, Franzo Leonardi, Adolph Magagna, Fred Magagna, Emmett Menghini, Edward Palanck and John Wataha. Mrs. Facinelli died Saturday in a Long Beach, Calif., hospital. The body, accompanied by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Earle Vensel of Long Beach, with whom she made her home, and her son, Joseph Facinelli of Rock Springs, who went to Long Beach when advised of her illness, arrived in the city Monday night. The rosary was said at the Joseph Facinelli home last night. Interment is in charge of Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 17, 1943 Dalnodar Funeral Rites Wednesday Funeral services for Bert Dalnodar, 52, who died last Friday at his home in Superior, were conducted Wednesday morning at the South Side Catholic church. Pallbearers were Joseph Bertagnolli, Joseph Abram, Corado Bertagnolli, Louis Bertagnolli, ??lph Rizzi and Pete Genetii. Honorary pallbearers were Joe ???tanelli, Enrico Guarez, Jo ???d, Narcison Moser, Joe Anapeli and Joe Arnoldi. Interment was in the family plot of St. Joseph's cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 17, 1943 Pioneer Resident Of Rock Springs Dies at Hospital Henry Sturm, 79, pioneer resident of Rock Springs, died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Wyoming General hospital. He had been in the hospital for a week following a paralytic stroke which he suffered while at work at 112 Sherman street, his old home. Mr. Sturm was the father of G. Thum of Rock Springs, Henry Sturm, Jr., of Ogden and Mrs. Henry D. Keck of Chicago. Mrs. Keck, who is the former Elizabeth Sturm of this city, arrived in Rock Springs shortly before her father's death, and with her two brothers was at his beside when death came. Mr. Sturm was born Feb. 14, 1864, in Wurtemberg, Germany. He was married there and in 1890 brought his family to the United States, arriving in Rock Springs in May of that year. He became a citizen of this country in 1896. The well-known pioneer had resided here continuously since that time, with the exception of 20 months which he spent with his daughter in Chicago. He returned to Rock Springs last April to make his home with Mr. and Mrs. Thum. When Mr. Sturm first came to Wyoming, he worked on the ranch of his mother's uncle, Solomon Rouff, about 65 miles south of Rock Springs. The ranch is now owned by the Charles Sparks estate. Later he went to work for the Union Pacific railroad in the mechanical department as a car repairman and inspector. He left the railroad in 1911 to engage in the plumbing business until his retirement. He was associated with Matt Steffensen in the plumbing business for several years. In addition to his two sons and daughter, Mr. Sturm is survived by ten grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. One of his nieces, Bessie Sparks McKay, resides in Rawlins, and two grandsons are servicemen, Lieut. Robert Thum of the United States Navy and Aviation Cadet Harry W. Keck. Mrs. Sturm died here Dec. 4, 1916. Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night with the exception of the interment, which will be in the family plot in Mountain View cemetery. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Green River Star, Sep 17, 1943 Robert Bramwell Dies Suddenly Robert James Bramwell, 40, son of an early day Wyoming family, died suddenly this, Friday morning, at the Wyoming General hospital, after an illness of only a few hours. He was completing a furlough from the army, having been taken ill on the final day of his leave from Fort Summers, N. M. Bramwell, who entered the service from Green River Sept. 12, 1942, was a private first class in the Quartermaster corps, being assigned to a combat unit. Robert James Bramwell was born in Evanston, Wyo., June 30, 1903, the son of the late Henry W. Bramwell and of Clara Bramwell, early residents of this area. He grew to manhood in Green River, gaining his education in the Green River schools. At the time he entered the armed forces of the United States in World War II, he was employed by the Union Pacific railroad company as an electrician. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Clara Bramwell of this city, five sisters, Mrs. Ed Mumm of Rawlins, Mrs. Charles Lenhart, Mrs. Harry Layton, Mrs. George Widdop, and Mrs. Lee Switzer, all of Green River; and one brother, William J. Bramwell, of Green River. Funeral services were pending Friday morning, awaiting instructions from his commanding officer in the army. Tentative plans provide for a military funeral to be in charge of the American Legion. Pfc. Bramwell's funeral will be the first to be held here for a World War II service man. The body rests at the Rogan mortuary in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 18, 1943 Mrs. Simpkins Dies At Hospital Friday Mrs. Elizabeth Simpkins, 60, died at 6:20 o’clock Friday evening at Wyoming General hospital after a ten-day illness. She was the wife of E.J. Simpkins and the family home is at 719 Rhode Island. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 18, 1943 Soldier Home on Furlough Dies In Hospital Here Pfc. Robert James Bramwell, 40, of Green River, died at 3 a.m. Friday in Wyoming General hospital. He was taken ill suddenly Thursday while in Green River on furlough from Ft. Sumner, N.M., where he had been in training. Gastric hemorrhage was the cause of his death. Private First Class Bramwell was the son of Mrs. Clara Bramwell, 80-year-old Green River resident. He enlisted for army service Sept. 12, 1942, and was an electrician in the army. In addition to his mother, he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Edward Munn of Rawlins, Mrs. Charles Lenhart, Mrs. Harry Layton, Mrs. George Widdop and Mrs. Lee Switzer, all of Green River, and one brother, William J. Bramwell, also of Green River. His father, Henry Bramwell, died there in 1931. Private First Class Bramwell was born June 30, 1903 in Evanston. The Bramwell family has lived in Green River for nearly 40 years. He was an electrician for the Union Pacific railroad before going into service. The body is at the Rogan mortuary here and funeral arrangements will not be made until the Bramwell family receives instructions from Private First Class Bramwell’s commanding officer at Ft. Sumner. The soldier died the day he was to have started back to Ft. Sumner. --- Green River Star, Sep 24, 1943 Leonard Lowry, Jr. Dies In Air Mission A former Green River boy, Leonard Lowry, Jr., died in an air crash in Latin America recently according to press dispatches. A lieutenant in photographic section of the U. S. Air forces, young Lowry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lowry, now of Omaha, and formerly of Green River, where the lieutenant at one time attended school. His father was a member of the U. P. clerical forces here, and later was auditor for the state and federal work relief agencies during CWA, ERA and WPA. --- Green River Star, Sep 24, 1943 Robert Bramwell Funeral Services Held On Monday Funeral services for Robert James Bramwell, 40, of Green River, who died suddenly on September 17, while at home on an army furlough, were held at the Social hall at 2 p. m. Monday, burial in Riverview cemetery. Mr. Bramwell was a private first class in the quartermaster corps, stationed at Fort Sumners, N M., and was just completing his furlough when the fatal illness attacked. Rev. C. L. Callahan of the Episcopal church conducted the funeral rites, both at the Social hall and at the graveside. Military honors were paid, being under the direction of the American Legion, with the V. F. W. cooperating. Pallbearers were T. E. Rogers, Charles Harvey, S. G. Thornhill, Warren Hoover, Jesse McCall, and Paul Fish, all ex-service men of World War I. Honorary pallbearers were Leonard Kiernan, Lawrence Narramore, Jesse Hill, Sam Baily, Thomas Fye and Joe Wilson. The Military Police detail at Green River sent guards of honor while Mr. Bramwell lay in state at the Social hall and the color guard for the military service at the cemetery was from the same unit. The firing squad was composed of members of Troop I of the Wyoming State Guard. Jimmy Lowe sounded "Taps." The funeral was directed by Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 25, 1943 Former Resident Dies in Ogden J.F. Giovanini, 56, died at 9:10 p.m. Thursday in Ogden, following a prolonged illness. He and his family live din Rock Springs prior to seven years ago when they went to Ogden to reside. Giovanini is survived by his wife, Virginia; one daughter and one son, two stepsons and three grandchildren, all of Ogden, with the exception of one son who is in the armed forces. A number of relatives reside in Rock Springs. Funeral services and burial will be in Ogden Monday morning. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 25, 1943 Mother of Springs Woman Dies Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Hendrickson, 73, of Frontier, who died at 11:30 o’clock Friday morning at the Lincoln County Memorial hospital, will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Episcopal church in Kemmerer. Mrs. Hendrickson, a native of Finland, had lived in Wyoming for 43 years. She was the mother of Mrs. Alex Smith and Mrs. Jack Reese, both of this city. They were with their mother in Kemmerer, where they were called early this week by her serious illness. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 28, 1943 Father of Springs Man Dies Saturday E.R. Cody, 928 Lincoln avenue, has been advised of the death of his father, Thomas F. Cody, 85, which occurred Saturday at his home in Highland, Wis. He also was the father of Dr. M.M. Cody of Chicago, who lived in Winton about 15 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Cody visited the elder Mr. Cody last June at his home, but are unable to attend the funeral, which will be held in Highland today. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 28, 1943 YOUNG WOMAN KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT HERE MONDAY NIGHT A young woman identified as Mrs. Ruth Latinis, 24, of Superior was killed in an automobile accident nine miles east of Rock Springs, past the Pontgrantz well toward Gunn, last night about 7 o’clock. Highway Patrolman E.C. Morgan found the car, a Plymouth sedan, overturned at the side of the road about 7:30 o’clock. Officers said the automobile victim has relatives residing at the Marquette hotel in Casper. Mrs. Latinis’ former husband, who is remarried, resides in Superior. Three children also survive her in Superior. Morgan said the driver of the car, Elmer Dimmick, 29, of Superior was injured and is in Wyoming General hospital. The officer said the man apparently was speeding and driving recklessly, and the car hit the bank and overturned. He then got out of the car, walked a mile toward the highway and appealed to the driver of an approaching car for help. He took Dimmick to town to inform the police radio. Dimmick led Morgan to the accident scene. Deputy Sheriff Pat Lepenske came on the scene later, then took Dimmick to the hospital. When Coroner J. Warden Opie, Chief of Police Rex Erlewine, Sheriff Mike Maher and Dr. P.M. McCrann joined Morgan at the scene of the accident later for photographs and a checkup, a yellow hair-ribbon worn by the woman, her brown oxfords, purse and a small suitcase were found near her body. She had been thrown 36 feet from the car and suffered deep gashes on her head, thighs and legs. She was a slightly-built blond and was wearing a mustard colored pleated skirt, white blouse and a light plaid jacket. A light rain and flashes of lightning marked the scene as the victim’s body was placed on a stretcher. The couple were driving north on the road officers said. The body of the woman is at Rogan’s mortuary, pending coroner’s inquest and funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 28, 1943 George T. Heitz Dies on Coast Funeral services for George T. Heitz, 36, a former Rock Springs and Superior resident, were held yesterday in Visalia, Calif. Heitz was a nephew of Jack Smith of this city and a brother of Mrs. Wendall Clark, formerly of Superior, who recently moved to Visalia. He was born in Kemmerer and spent his early life there and in the Rock Springs area. Since then, he had visited here a number of times. He is survived by his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Heitz, former Rock Springs residents, and two other sisters, Mrs. H.M. Currier of Oakland and Grace Heitz of Visalia. He had been ill only a short time, according to information received by relatives here. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Sep 29, 1943 August Seyersdahl Funeral Services Thursday Morning Funeral services will be conducted Thursday morning at 8 o’clock in the L.D.S. church in Green River for August C. Seyersdahl, 49, who died Sunday before noon after firing a shot into his right temple. Bishop John Taylor will officiate, and the body will then be taken to Vernal, Utah, for interment. The American Legion will conduct the services at Vernal, and the Rogan mortuary is in charge of local arrangements. Seyersdahl was a veteran of World War I and was employed by the Green River city waterworks. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sophia Seyersdahl; two sons, August Chris and Henry Carl, both of Green River; six daughters, Mrs. Oscar Negeline of San Springs, Okla.; May Emma, Geraldine and Emeline, twins; Frances Meryl and Lola Mae Seyersdahl, all of Green River; two brothers, Grover Syeresdahl of Nebraska and Carl Seyersdahl of California, and two sisters, Mrs. George Fouts of Omaha and Mrs. Lydia Spence of California. Seyersdahl shot himself with a .38 Colt revolver in his home in Green River Sunday at 11:45 a.m. and died a few minutes later. Sheriff Mike Maher, Undersheriff George Fox and Chief of Police Chris Jessen were called to the home by neighbors ten minutes after the shooting, but found the man unconscious. Officers believe despondency led to the shooting. Coroner J. Warden Opie said an inquest was not necessary. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Oct 1943 Pioneer Resident Of Rock Springs Passes On September 13, 1943, death removed a real pioneer, when George R. Hunter, father of F. A. Hunter, Purchasing Agent of The Union Pacific Coal Company, passed away. Born in the State of Michigan April 19, 1858, Mr. Hunter left his native State and came to Wyoming in 1883, arriving at the town of Carbon, Carbon County, where he found a thriving coal mining community, and real frontier atmosphere. He entered the employment of The Beckwith Quinn Mercantile Company soon after his arrival in Carbon and continued in its employment until 1891 when he was transferred to the same Company's store at Rock Springs. He was also employed in the Stores of the Timothy Kinney Mercantile Company and the Stock Growers Mercantile Company at Rock Springs, and for some years operated the Library Grocery. Mr. Hunter was married at Carbon to Elizabeth Baker who predeceased him by seven years. He had a great number of friends in this vicinity who will regret his passing. Besides his son, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. M. L. Kommel, three grandchildren and two brothers and one sister. The sympathy of The Union Pacific Coal Company Staff is extended to F. A. Hunter and relatives. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Oct 1943 Death Of Peter Menghini Rock Springs lost an old-time resident and a highly respected citizen in the death of Peter Menghini, who passed away on Wednesday, September 1st. He was a native of Brez, Carnalez, Tyrol, but had lived in Rock Springs for the past forty-three years. For more than thirty years he was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad, retiring some five years ago. Funeral services were held on Saturday, September 4th, from South Side Catholic Church, the Reverend S. A. Welsh officiating. Burial was in the family plot in St. Joseph's Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Angela Menghini; three sons, Emmett, who is Head Clerk, Wage Accounts, in the Company's Accounting Department, Leno, of Rock Springs, and Captain R. R. Menghini, who is a member of the Army Dental Corps and who is now in the Southwest Pacific; two daughters, Mrs. Adolph Floretta and Mrs. Lena Hastings, of Rock Springs; six grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Filomena Marchetti, of Pense, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Alice Fedel, of West Alice, Wisconsin. Ernest Fedel, of this city, is also a nephew. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 1, 1943 John Blair Dies Thursday Night At Vets Hospital Death of John Blair, a native of the Rock Springs community, Thursday at the veterans hospital at Sheridan was revealed last night in a telephone call from his brother, B. Blair of Grand Junction, Colo. A prominent sheepman and veteran of World War I, the deceased entered the hospital at Sheridan about two years ago. His parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John Blair Sr., were pioneer residents of Wyoming. The father and his brother, Archie Blair, came to the new town of Rock Springs in the early seventies and the settlement at what is now Blairtown was named for them. The family home was at 103 Second street in Rock Springs. The body will arrive here Saturday, and funeral services are tentatively set for Sunday. The Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of local arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 1, 1943 Services Held for Green River Infant Bishop John Taylor read the funeral rites for Barbara Jean Bryant, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Bryant of Green River, Thursday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis of Green River. Interment was scheduled in the Riverview cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of the Rogan mortuary. The child, two days old, died at Wyoming General hospital Monday night. Her parents reside at 165 First South in South Side, Green River. In addition to the parents, survivors are three brothers, Basil Jr., Leonard Gale and Joseph William Bryant; sister, Jacqueline Bryant; grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Jubb, all of Green River; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant of Greeley, Colo. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 1, 1943 Funeral Services For Ruth Latinis To Be Held Today Services in the chapel of Rogan’s mortuary are set for this morning at 11 o’clock for Mrs. Ruth Richard Latinis, 25, who was killed Monday night when the car in which she was riding turned over nine miles east of Rock Springs on the north Baxter road. Interment will follow in Mountain View cemetery. Walter E. Richards, her father, of Elmcreek, Neb., and Mrs. Mary C. Richards, her mother, of Casper, are in Rock Springs for the funeral services. Mrs. Latinis was born Nov. 29, 1917, in Sidney, Neb. She was a waitress and had been in the Rock Springs vicinity eight years. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two sons, Walter Latinis Jr. and John LeRoy, both of Superior; a daughter, Josephine Mary Latinis of Superior; two brothers, Eber Richard of Arizona and Arthur Richard in the armed forces. Mrs. Latinis was killed instantly when thrown 36 feet from an automobile. The driver of the car, Elmer Dimmick of Superior, was treated for cuts and bruises at Wyoming General hospital and was released Wednesday night. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 1, 1943 Funeral Services Held Thursday for August Seyersdahl GREEN RIVEr, Sept. 30--American Legion graveside services were held yesterday in Vernal, Utah, for August Chris Seyersdahl, Green River World War I veteran. Services were read by Bishop John Taylor in the L.D.S. church in Green River at 8 a.m. Syersdahl, 47, a native of Clearmount, S.D., died Sunday, September 26, at his home after firing a shot into his right temple. He was employed by the Union Pacific railroad. The deceased, who had lived in Green River a year, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sophia Augusta Seyersdahl; two sons, August Chris and Henry Carl Seyersdahl; six daughters, Mrs. Oscar Negeline of Sand Springs, Okla.; Mary Emma, Farnces Myrl, Lola Mae, and Geraldine and Emeline, twins; two brothers, Grover Seyersdahl of Nebraska and Carl Seyersdahl of California; two sisters, Mrs. George Fouts of Omaha and Mrs. Lydia Spence of California, and his father, Chris Seyersdahl, who lives in Denmark. --- Green River Star, Oct 1, 1943 A. Seyersdahl Services Held On Thursday Funeral services for August C. Seyersdahl, 49, who died at his own hand Sunday morning, were held at the L. D. S. church at 8 a. m. Thursday, Bishop John Taylor officiating. Following the services the body was taken to Vernal, Utah, former family home, for burial under direction of Rogan mortuary of Rock Springs. According to information gained through the office of County Coroner J. Warden Opie, Mr. Seyersdahl, in a fit of despondency, ended his life by firing a .38 caliber bullet into his head, while he was standing in the bedroom of his home in Green River shortly before noon Sunday. At home at the time of the tragedy was Mrs. Seyersdahl and members of the family. A veteran of World War I, Mr. Seyersdahl had left for the service from Green River in 1918, having been a resident of the Henry's Fork_valley at various times during the past 25 years. He was a member of the American Legion, and ex-servicemen were the pallbearers and members of the color guard at the funeral services here. He was a native of South Dakota. Besides his wife, Mrs. Sophia Seyersdahl, he is survived by two sons, August Chris and Henry Carl Seyersdahl, of Green River; six daughters, Mrs. Oscar Negeline of Sand Springs, Oklahoma; May Emma, Geraldine, Emeline, Frances Merle and Lola Mae, all of Green River; two brothers, Grover Seyersdahl of Nebraska and Carl Seyersdahl, living in California, and two sisters, Mrs. George Fouts of Omaha, and Mrs. Lydia Spence, also residing in California. Seyersdahl was employed at the water plant at the time of his death. --- Green River Star, Oct 1, 1943 Mrs. John Dick Died Thursday Mrs. John Dick of North Platte, Nebr., mother of Mrs. A. T. Sudman died at her home in Nebraska, Thursday night. Mrs. Dick had only the past summer visited in Green River with Mrs. Sudman. Mrs. Sudman left Thursday evening for North Platte, and this morning Dr. Sudman and the children left to attend the funeral. Besides Mrs. Sudman, Mrs. Dick is survived by one other daughter and by her husband, a railroad engineer. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 5, 1943 John Filipovich Dies at Hospital Monday Morning John Filipovich, 52, of 1028 Eight street, died early yesterday at Wyoming General hospital, where he has been a patient since September 10. Miner's asthma was the cause of his death. Fiilipovich had lived in the community for 34 years and at the time of his fatal illness was in the employ of the Gunn-Quealy Coal company. He is survived by his wife, Mary; two sons, Benjamin, who is in the Army and who is stationed at Colorado Springs, and Michael of Salt Lake City. Both sons are expected to attend the funeral service. A cousin, Mike Filipovich, resides in Butte, Mont. He was born in 1891 in Ceklinje, Serbia. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Rogan mortuary chapel with Rev. J. V. Crane of the Congregational church officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. Filipovich was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 151, Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 5, 1943 Dines Soldier Is Killed in Action In Africa Theater Sgt. Rito Hernandez of Dines has been killed in action in the North African war theater, according to an announcement made Monday by the war department. Sergeant Hernandez wrote in a letter to his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hernandez, 1119 Vermont street, in August: "As for death the first casualty you see gives you a shock after that it becomes an everday occurrence. Funny how cheap life becomes in times like these--but it is much worse to see men carried out who will be cripples the rest of their lives." Sergeant Hernandez enlisted with the armed forces in July, 1941, and was advanced to rank of sergeant several weeks ago. He was born May, 1919, in old Mexico. When he was 11 years old, his parents died and he and his sister, Josephine, 9, were raised by Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hernandez. He attended schools of Walsenberg, Colo., and three years ago moved with his uncle and aunt to Dines, where his uncle was employed by the Colony Coal company there until recently when he moved to Rock Springs to work for the Union Pacific Coal company. Besides his uncle and aunt of Rock Springs and sister, Josephine, of Denver, he is survived by a half brother, Raul Lopez, who also makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez on Vermont street. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 5, 1943 Funeral Services For Samuel Rodda Thursday at Hanna Samuel Irvin Rodda, 61, a native of Rock Springs and a resident of Hanna for 35 years, died at 1 a.m. Monday at his home at 106 L street. He had been a victim of sciatic rheumatism for eight years. The body will be shipped to Hanna tonight and funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Episcopal church there with Rev. Henry Heard, rector, officiating. Burial will be in the Hanna cemetery. Rodda was born Jan. 5, 1882, in Rock Springs, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Rodda, pioneer residents of the city. He lived here until he was 25 years old and then went to Hanna. Accompanied by Mrs. Rodda, he came to Rock Springs a month ago. He was the father of Howard Rodda and brother of William J. Rodda, both of this city. Rodda was an old-time employee of the Union Pacific Coal company. Besides his wife, Alberta, who was a sister of the late Thomas Butler, Sr., widely-known resident of the Hanna and Rock Springs sections, and his son who resides here, he has two other sons, John, who lives in Brownwood, Texas, and Thomas, who lives in Hollydale, Calif. Both sons are expected to go to Hanna for the funeral. He also had four grandchildren. The body will be accompanied to Hanna by Mrs. Rodda, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rodda and W. J. Rodda. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Hanna. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 5, 1943 Kathleen Kiernan Dies Monday Night In Salt Lake City Relatives in Rock Springs were advised Monday that Kathleen Kiernan, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kiernan, Jr., of Ogden, died at 5 o'clcok last evening in Salt Lake City General hospital. Miss Kiernan was stricken Wednesday with infantile paralysis and the following day was placed in an iron lung at the hospital. She is the granddaughter of Herman Nelson of Rock Springs and her paternal grandmother is Mrs. T. J. Kiernan, Sr., of Green River. She is a niece of Mrs. Clyde Crofts, Mrs. James Harris, Mrs. Finis Mitchell, Mrs. Charles McDowell and Mrs. Elsie Oakley, all of Rock Springs, and Mrs. R. W. Hill of Green River, who was with the Kiernan family in Salt Lake City at the time of her niece's death. The Kiernan family are former residents of Rock Springs and Green River. Funeral services will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 5, 1943 Hovorka Funeral Rites to Be Held Thursday Morn The body of Sgt. Leonard Hovorka, Rock Springs youth who died Friday at the Army air base at Eglin Field, Fla., will arrive in Rock Springs tonight on Union Pacific train No. 21, due to arrive at 8:55 o'clock. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the South Side Catholic church. The rosary will be said at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night at the home of Sergeant Hovorka's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Hovorka, 1004 Pilot Butte avenue. Sergeant Hovorka died of injuries incurred in an aircraft accident at Eglin Field. He was a radio technician in the communications division. Details of the accident that caused his death remained unknown here last night. His parents were advised at midnight Friday that he had died at 1:45 p.m. that day at Eglin Field. Leonard was born Jan. 22, 1922, at Grand Junction, Colo. His parents moved to Rock Springs when he was six years old. He entered the first grade here and was graduated from the city's high school in 1940. After attending the University of San Francisco for two years he was inducted into army service last November. Sergeant Hovorka trained at the Truax radio school at Madison Wis., and subsequently at Tomah, Wis., being assigned to Eglin Field for advanced training last March. He visited his home here on furlough last July. In addition to his parents, Sergeant Hovorka is survived by a sister, Rosemary, and two brothers, Richard and Paul, all younger than he. His sister, who had been in San Francisco for several weeks, accompanied by two aunts, Mrs. Florence Duffy and Mrs. Ruth Augsbury, both of San Francisco, arrived in Rock Springs last night. An uncle, Joseph F. Hovorka, Jr., of Prescott, Ariz., brother of L. P. Hovorka, is expected to arrive in the city today to attend the funeral service. Mrs. Duffy and Mrs. Augsbury are sisters of Mrs. Hovorka. Immediately after the funeral service Thursday, the body, accompanied by the Hovorka family, will be taken overland to Grand Junction for interment. The T. H. Callahan mortuary of that city will transport the body to Grand Junction. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 6, 1943 Kiernan Funeral Rites in Ogden Friday Morning Funeral services will be held at 10 o’clock Friday morning at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Ogden for Kathleen Kiernan, 19, who died at 5 o’clock Monday afternoon at Salt Lake General hospital. Burial will be in Ogden. Miss Kiernan, a defense worker in Ogden, was stricken with infantile paralysis last Wednesday and immediately place in an iron lung at the Salt Lake City hospital, in an effort to save her life. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kiernan Jr., of Ogden. The family formerly lived both in Rock Springs and Green River. She was graduated from Ogden high school in 1943. Survivors include her parents, one brother, Thomas J., who is serving with the Army Air Force in Missouri; two older sisters, Mrs. Mary Wall and Mrs. Margaret Stanley; her maternal grandfather, Herman Nelson, longtime resident of Rock Springs; her paternal grandmother, Mrs. T.J. Kiernan Sr., of Green River, and several aunts and uncles. Relatives who will attend the funeral are Herman Nelson, aunts, Mrs. Charles McDowell, Mrs. Finis Mitchell and Mrs. James Harris and son James, of Rock Springs; and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Morris, cousins, of Green River. An aunt, Mrs. Robert Hill of Green River, was with the family at the time of her niece’s death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 6, 1943 Father of Springs Man Dies Sunday Dr. T.R. Finney received word Sunday of the death of his father, H.H. Finney. Mr. Finney died Sunday at the home of another son, Edwin Finney at East Lansing, Mich., with whom he made his home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at his old home in Meadville, Pa. Mr. Finney was prominent in civic affairs in his county and at one time served in the Pennsylvania state legislature. Survivors include his two sons. Dr. Finney will be unable to attend his father’s funeral. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 6, 1943 Body of Leonard Hovorka Arrives Here Last Night The body of Sgt. Leonard Hovorka, 21, with a military escort, arrived in Rock Springs at 9:30 o’clock last night from Eglin Field, Fla., where he died from injuries incurred in an accident. Details were not immediately available. Members of the American Legion met the train and provided an escort to the Rogan mortuary, which was in charge of arrangements. The body will be taken to the family home at 1004 Pilot Butte avenue at 10 o’clock this morning and will remain there in state until the funeral services tomorrow morning at 9:30 o’clock. Sergeant Hovorka died Friday at the Army air base at Eglin Field, Fla., of injuries incurred in an aircraft accident. He was a radio technician in the communications division. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Hovorka, received news of the accident at midnight Friday. He died at 1 p.m. that day. The rosary will be recited in the Hovorka home at 7:30 o’clock this evening. A funeral mass will be conducted in the South Side Catholic church tomorrow morning at 9:30 o’clock. Members of the family will take the body to Grand Junction, Colo., for interment following the local services. The T.H. Callhan mortuary of Grand Junction is in charge of burial. Sergeant Hovorka, a native of Grand Junctoin, came to Rock Springs with his family when six years of age. He attended schools here, graduating from the high school with the class of 1940. He then attended the University of San Francisco for two years and entered the armed forces last November. His training was completed at the Truax radio school at Madison, Wis.; the Tomah, Wis., school and the advanced training center at Eglin Field. He was on a furlough in Rock Springs last July. In addition to his parents, Sergeant Hovorka is survived by a sister, Rosemary; two younger brothers, Richard and Paul; two aunts, Mrs. Florence Duffy and Mrs. Ruth Augsbury, both of San Francisco, and an uncle, Joseph F. Hovorka Jr., of Prescott, Ariz. --- Green River Star, Oct 8, 1943 THOS. J. LEWIS DIED IN UTAH ON THURSDAY Mrs. Fred Cruz learned Thursday evening of the death of her brother, Thomas J. Lewis, former Rock Springs resident, in Salt Lake City that day. He died at his home there of a heart ailment. He was employed at the Remington Arms plant in Salt Lake City at the time of his death. For many years, Lewis was a member of the Rock Springs police force, and is also well-known here. He also worked in the coal mines at Rock Springs prior to moving to Utah. He was a native of Lancaster, in England, where he was born July 1, 1887. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lillie Pearl Stoddard Lewis; two sons John E. Lewis of Salt Lake City and Leonard R. Lewis of Holladay, Utah; four daughters, Mrs. Emma E. Vaughn of Lewiston, Utah; Mrs. LaVern Day and Miss Maxine P. Lewis, of Holladay; and Mrs. Eva Marie Frakes of Salt Lake City; his stepmother, Mrs. Florence Lewis of Logan; a brother, Robert Lewis of Los Angeles; a half-brother, Richard Lewis of Logan; one sister, Mrs. Rhoda Cruz of Green River, and six grandchildren. Two nephews, William W. Williams and Lawrence Williams, and one niece, Mrs. W. A. Dow, reside in Green River, and a nephew, Eddie Williams, in Rock Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Cruz expect to attend the funeral which will be held in Salt Lake City Monday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 9, 1943 Funeral Services for W.A. Cox to Be Held Today Funeral services for W. A. Cox, 76, will be held at 2:30 p. m. today at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. J. Vincent Crane of the Congregational church will officiate, and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Cox died Tuesday night at Wyoming General hospital following an illness of several months. He had lived in the community for 25 years and as a carpenter had followed his trade until he retired because of failing health. Until recently he was an official of the Central Labor Union here. Two sons, Wesley Cox of Victor, Colo., and Ralph Cox of Cripple Creek, are in the city for the funeral service. He had another son, John, who resides in Butte, Mont., and a daughter, Mrs. Erma Tyler, who resides at 118 Thomas street, this city. Mrs. Cox died here in 1930 and is buried in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 15, 1943 Former Resident Dies in Spokane William (Bill) Pickering, 38, of Spokane, Wash., former resident of Green River, died Monday morning in Spokane after a long illness. Pickering, born June 9, 1905, in Payson, Utah, was a son of William and Ruth Pickering. He lived in Green River nearly 20 years, and was associated with the Conway-Warriner Drug and Jewelry company. He left several years ago to work for M.F. Dudley in Ogden as a watch repairer, later going to Spokane to work as a jeweler. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Albert Manwaring of Ogden; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Creighton of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Mrs. Grace Mills of Green River. The body arrived in Ogden Wednesday night. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 16, 1943 Graveside Services Are Held for Baby Graveside services were held at 4:30 p.m. yesterday for Diane Hansen, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans B. Hansen of 823 Ridge avenue. The infant died yesterday morning at Wyoming General hospital, eight hours after her birth. Rev. J. Vincent Crane of the Congregational church officiated at the commitment service in Mountain View cemetery. Burial was in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 19, 1943 Mother of Mrs. G.H. Blackledge Dies Here Sunday Mrs. Helen Brown, 84, mother of Mrs. G.H. Blackledge, died at 5 a.m. Sunday at the Blackledge home at 1313 Lowell street. She had been in ill health for several years. Mrs. Brown made her home in Rock Springs, residing with the Blackledges, for 20 years. She was born March 22, 1859 in Aberdeen, Scotland and came to this country 55 years ago, locating in Kansas where a brother, who came to this country before she did, was located. Her maiden name was Helen Mearns. Fifty-four years ago she married Archie Brown, the wedding taking place in Colorado Springs. Mr. Brown died in 1928. Besides Mrs. Blackledge she is survived by a son, William M. Brown of Las Vegas, Nev., and five grandchildren, including Lieut. (j.g.) Kenneth Blackledge of the U.S. Navy. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Wildermuth mortuary chapel. Rev. C.B. Ware of the Methodist church will officiate. The body, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Blackledge, will be taken to Colorado Springs for burial in the Brown family plot. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 21, 1943 Funeral Rites for Infant Tomorrow Robert Thomas Martinez, two-month-old son of Mrs. and Mrs. Isias Martinez of Superior died at Wyoming General hospital at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday. The infant had been in the hospital for two days suffering with pneumonia. Survivors are the parents; two brothers, Frank and Jerry, at home; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Bacca, of Dines, and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Vivinita Martinez of Welsenburg, Colo. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the South Side Catholic church with Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 21, 1943 John Tennant Dies Tuesday Morning At Local Hospital John Tennant, 53, died at 5:40 a.m. Tuesday at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient since Friday. He had been in ill health for several months. The Tennant family moved to Rock Springs 18 months ago from Superior, where they had lived for 14 years. Tennant was in the employ of the Rock Springs Fuel company and worked at the Copenhagen mine while the family lived in Superior. Since coming to Rock Springs, in April 1942, he was in the employ of the Union Pacific Coal company and worked in the No. 8 mine. Tennant was born April 29, 1890, in Republican City, Kan. When he was two months old, his parents moved to Hanna. He married Johanna Christopher in Hanna and they lived there several years before moving to Superior in 1928. Before going to Superior, they lived at short intervals in Sheridan and Casper. Survivors are his wife; two sons, John Tennant Jr., of Superior and Arthur C. Tennant, who is with the navy in the Pacific; one daughter, Mrs. Edward Ainsworth of Rock Springs; four grandchildren; two brothers, James and Arthur Tennant of Hanna, and one sister, Mrs. Belle McNess of Rawlins. Tennant was a member of United Mine Workers of America, Knights of Pythias and Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 151. The family resided at 209 M street. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 21, 1943 Body of Missing Girl Located in Sagebrush County Officials Will Investigate Strange Death of Frances Archuleta By Veda Kuzmanic County authorities have ordered an inquest into the death of seven-year old Frances Archuleta, who perished in the raging snowstorm in the Kanda vicinity sometime Tuesday afternoon, according to Sheriff Mike Maher and Coroner J. Warden Opie. The slight, huddled body of the child, who wandered away from home because she feared a whipping, was found yesterday at 12:15 p.m. by Harry G. Parker, member of a searching party which thoroughly searched the region yesterday morning and Tuesday night. The Roosevelt school first grader was found lying face down, between two small clumps of sagebrush about a half mile east of her home, between the railroad tracks and the right-of-way wire fence. Judging from the position of the body, officers suggested the child might have been running and had fallen on her face. However, her little red anklets bore no marks or indication of heavy running. Officers were puzzled by the fact that her black oxfords were found tucked in at the right of her body. A black lumber jacket—the only warm clothing she wore—was wrapped about her hips as though in a pitiful attempt to keep warm. She was brown-haired and brown-eyed, and wore a white cotton frock dotted with navy blue stars. Her white shirt and dress were badly torn. A posse searching Tuesday night under the leadership of Sheriff Mike Maher, Deputy Sheriff Pat Lepenske, city police officers, H.E. Tannehill and Highway Patrolman E.C. Morgan, apparently passed near the site of the body, but the search was hampered by the blinding storm. The father of the child, Fidenco Archuleta, a railroad laborer, was brought by the posse to identify the body upon its discovery and broke down. He admitted the child had been away from school Monday afternoon, and had spent the night in a dugout south of her home that night. He said she ran away toward the tracks when he started after her. Previously he had stated the child ran away after missing the school bus near the Log Inn Tuesday morning. Highway Patrolman Morgan questioned the girl’s ten-year-old brother yesterday and the boy declared he’d received a severe “licking.” Teachers at the Roosevelt school, where Frances was a student, said her brothers, Joe, 10, and Fidel, 12, were in school yesterday morning, but left before noon with officers for questioning. Fidel was apparently with the little girl Monday afternoon, as only Joe reported to classes. None of the children reported for school Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon, while radio calls were sent out in an effort to locate the girl, Archuleta told a Daily Rocket reporter his little daughter was afraid of a spanking which he had promised her and was probably sheltered in a nearby ranch home. About 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon Deputy Sheriff Pat Lepenske went to Kanda upon hearing the story from Archuleta, and searched for three or four hours. He questioned residents of the neighborhood and found no clue to the girl’s whereabouts. Yesterday’s posse left Rock Springs about 11:15 o’clock under the leadership of Tannehill and Chief of Police Rex Erlewine. Green River officers rounded up horses and men for the search, while Highway Patrolman Morgan covered the area throughout the morning and questioned the girl’s parents and two brothers. Other Sweetwater county officers and Rock Springs residents responded to Maher’s call. A posse of 50 high school boys was to have gone on the search at 1:15 p.m. with Maher, Morgan and Lepenske. Before they were organized, the call came through from the posse headquarters at the Log Inn that the body had been found and identified. A Rocket reporter accompanied officers and Coroner J. Warden Opie to pick up the body. In the home of the Archuletas opposite the Log Inn, the mother of the child became hysterical. A two-year old brown-eyed child strongly resembling her dead sister, whimpered. The Archuletas also have an infant of about eight months. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 23, 1943 Archuleta Funeral Services Saturday Funeral services for seven-year-old Frances Martina Archuleta, who perished in a snowstorm in the Kanda vicinity Tuesday, will be conducted from the South Side Catholic church this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Father S.A. Welsh will officiate. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. An inquest into her death will be held at 10 o’clock Sunday morning at the city hall in the office of Justice of Peace E.E. Johnson. Members of the coroner’s jury will be Henry Wisniski, George Lightner and Louis Ruiz. Coroner J. Warden Opie will be in charge. Meanwhile, an investigation of the case is being handled by the sheriff’s office. The body of the child, who was reported missing by her father, Fidenco Archuleta, late Tuesday afternoon, was found by a searching party at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday. A posse had searched the area without success Tuesday night. In addition to her father, Frances is survived by her mother, Mrs. Serfina H. Archuleta; two brothers, Joe and Fidel; two sisters, Virginia and Marina, and a grandfather, Cleo Archuleta of Sanford, Colo. The Archuleta family has been in Rock Springs and vicinity for two years. Frances was born in Coyote, N.M. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 23, 1943 Robert Bollinger Dies Friday at General Hospital Robert John Bollinger, 45, of Winton died Friday afternoon at Wyoming General hospital after a three weeks’ illness. He was a car inspector for the Union Pacific railroad. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Rogan mortuary, and interment will be at Pinedale, with services from the community church there. Formerly a fireman for the Union Pacific, Bollinger engaged in ranching a few years ago in the Big Piney section. About 18 months ago he moved to Winton, and since that time has been employed at the Union Pacific car shops in Rock Springs. He was born Oct. 23, 1898. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Edna Bollinger; one son, Henry, in the United States Army; two daughters, Mrs. Sam Hicks of Bondurant, Wyo., and Dorothy Bollinger of Winton; five brothers, David and Fred Bollinger of Daniel; William Bollinger of Winton; Woodrow Bollinger of the United States Army in Australia, and Clayton Bollinger of the United States Army; a sister, Mrs. Charles Coger of Daniel, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bollinger, also of Daniel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 26, 1943 Inquest Ordered In Death Here of Railroad Worker An inquest into the death of Robert John Bollinger, 44, will be held sometime this week, according to Coroner J. Warden Opie. Services for Bollinger will be conducted this morning at 11 o’clock from the community church in Pinedale. Rev. Walter McNeil of Jackson will officiate. Bollinger was taken to Wyoming General hospital, where he died Friday, October 22, after a fall from a railroad car in Winton on September 29. He was a car inspector for the Union Pacific railroad. He was a native of Imogene, Iowa, and was a resident of Daniel for 33 years. The family has been residing in Winton for the past 18 months. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Edna Bollinger of Winton; one son, Henry, in the Army; two daughters, Mrs. Sam Hicks of Bondurant, and Miss Dorothy Bollinger of Winton; five brothers, David and Fred Bollinger of Daniel; William Bollinger of Winton, Woodrow Bollinger of the United States Army in Australia and Clayton Bollinger, also in the Army; a sister, Mrs. Charles Coger of Daniel, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bollinger of Daniel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 26, 1943 Mrs. Frank Overy Dies Monday Night In Salt Lake City Word was received in Rock Springs late Monday evening that Mrs. Frank Overy died that day at the home of her son, Edward Overy, in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Overy is the mother of James S. Overy, 830 D street and Frank S. Overy, 417 Q street. Mrs. Overy, the former Dorothy Soulsby, was born and reared in Rock Springs and is a member of a pioneer family of Sweetwater county. Other survivors include Edward Overy, Arthur Overy and Frank S. Overy of Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Overy and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Overy will leave today for Salt Lake City to attend funeral services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 27, 1943 John Dettra Dies At Superior Home John B. Dettra, 58, well known resident of Superior, died suddenly Monday night at the family home in Superior. Dettra, who owned and operated the Alberta Barber shop, had lived in the community 17 years. He was a native of Rushville, Ill., and was born March 28, 1885. When he was still a youngster, his parents moved to Curtis, Neb., where he received his education. Sometime ago Dettra purchased a home in Medford, Ore., where he planned to move after the first of January. He was a member of the Barber’s union. The survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ida Dettra of Superior; a son, Sgt. Dean Preston Dettra of the United States Army at Hunters Field, Ga.; three daughters, Mrs. Fred Flohr of Superior, Mrs. Ralph Coates of Medford, Ore., and Mrs. Harlan Wiley of Washington, D.C.; his mother, Mrs. Mary Dettra of Curtis, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. C. Hinton of Curtis and Mrs. Homer Robinson of Stockville, Neb., and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending receipt of word from relatives, including his son, Sergeant Dettra. The body is at Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 28, 1943 CORDOVA INFANT DIES WEDNESDAY Juan Frank Cordova, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Cordova, who was born Tuesday, October 26, died yesterday afternoon in the family home in Green River. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 28, 1943 Funeral Services Sunday afternoon For John B. Dettra Rev. J. Vincent Crane will officiate at services Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Rogan chapel for John Benjamin Dettra, 58, well-known Superior resident who died Monday night at his White City home. Interment will follow at Mountain View cemetery. Dettra, a native of Rushville, Ill., owned and operated the Alberta Barber shop in Superior, where he had lived 17 years. He had purchased a home recently in Medford, Ore., where a daughter lives and had planned to move there after the first of the year. Dettra was affiliated with the barber’s union. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Ida Dettra of Superior, the survivors are his son, Sgt. Dean Preston Dettra who is stationed at Hunters Field, Ga.; three daughters, Mrs. Fred Flohr of Superior, Mrs. Ralph Coates of Medford, and Mrs. Harlan Wiley of Washington, D.C.; his mother, Mrs. Mary Dettra of Curtis, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. C. Hinton of Curtis and Mrs. Homer Robinson of Stockville, Neb., and seven grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 28, 1943 Inquest Is Held Wednesday in Bollinger Death A jury of three, Carl Carlson, Aaron Denley and Barney Taggart, last night decided that Robert J. Bollinger died Friday, October 22, from injuries received in an accident on September 29 in Winton, when he was knocked from a coal car to the tracks. Bollings fell when the dog on the brake flew out, causing the wheel which held the brake stick, fly around with sufficient force to knock him from the car, the jury said. Dr. E.S. Lauzer testified the injury led to complications which resulted in death, and Anthony H. Charles of Winton and John Peter Dorrence of Rock Springs, coworkers of Bollinger, who came upon the scene of the accident on September 29, quoted the deceased as saying he was trying to fix the brake on the car and was hit by the wheel hub on his left jaw. He was jarred considerably from the fall, and had been unconscious several minutes before the men reached him, according to Charles, who was first to reach Bollinger. Coroner J. Warden Opie conducted the inquest. Bollinger was buried Tuesday morning after services in the Community church in Pinedale. His widow, Mrs. Edna Bollinger, resides in Winton. He also has a son, Henry, who is in the army, and two daughters, Mrs. Sam Hicks of Bondurant and Miss Dorothy Bollinger of Winton. The family had lived in Winton for the past year or so, and before that time Bollinger resided at Daniel for 33 years. Bollinger was a car inspector for the Union Pacific railroad at Winton. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 29, 1943 Mrs. U. Jelosek Dies Thursday at Pueblo, Colorado Mrs. Urban Jelosek, 60, owner of the Wee Shop here until she closed out the business a few months ago, died at 5 a.m. Thursday in a Pueblo, Colo., hospital. She had been in ill health for several years and last May developed a heart condition that necessitated her retirement from business last summer. The heart affliction caused her death. Mrs. Jelosek had been in business in Rock Springs for 16 years. She came here in 1902 and then went to Pueblo, where she resided for a number of years and where she operated a shop similar to the one she later operated here. Her maiden name was Katherine Perko. When a young woman she married Valentine Stalick who died in Pueblo several years ago. It was after his death here that she came to Rock Springs and went into business. After returning to this city she married Urban Jelosek. Mrs. Jelosek was born in April 1883, in Poljona nad Skofjo Loko, Yugoslavia. She was a sister of Mrs. Frank Kershisnik Sr. of Rock Springs and Mrs. Cecelia Ferlic of Santa Monica, Calif., a former resident of this city. She is survived by her husband, nine children and 19 grandchildren. Her children are Mrs. Anna Guttorneson of Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Amelia Gorshe, Mrs. Mary Babich, Mrs. Frances Stewart, Mrs. Katherine Gachnik, all of Pueblo; Mrs. Joseph H. Galicich, Rock Springs; Rudolph Stalick, Denver; Victor Stalick, Douglas, Wyo., and Lieut. John Stalick, who is stationed with the Army Air Corps at San Marcos, Texas, and who visited his mother in Pueblo for several days, leaving there for his camp only a week ago. One brother, Frank Perko, resides in Yugoslavia. Funeral services and burial will be in Pueblo, but the time of the services have not been announced. When advised of her death, Mr. Jelosek and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Galicich left yesterday for Pueblo to remain until after the funeral. Frank Kershisnik Sr., will go to Pueblo for the funeral, but Mrs. Kershisnik will not be able to make the trip because of ill health. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 29, 1943 William Brinegar Dies Suddenly at General Hospital William Thomas Brinegar, 65, a longtime resident of Wyoming and a prominent sheepman throughout the state, died at 12:10 p.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital, where he was taken early in the day when he suffered a stroke. He had been in failing health for the past few years. Mr. Brinegar was a director of the North Side State bank for many years and held the position until his death. He was well known among ranchers and sheepmen throughout the west, and had extensive holdings in Sweetwater county. He was affiliated with the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. A native of Traphill, N.C., where some of his relatives still reside, Mr. Brinegar was born Nov. 30, 1878. He came to Wyoming in 1901. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Martha Spicer Brinegar, he is survived by three sons, W. Vaughn Brinegar, formerly a teacher in the Rock Springs junior and senior high schools and now principal of the high school in Evanston; E. Vernon Brinegar, in the air forces stationed at Amarillo, Texas, airfifeld; and LeeRoy Brinegar of Rock Springs; three brothers, John, Abe and Dary Brinegar of Traphill, N.C.; a sister, Martha, in Indiana, and a grandchild, Marilyn Brinegar. Funeral arrangements, which are being handled by the Wildermuth mortuary, and pending receipt of word from Vernon and his wife, who is in Los Angeles, Vaughn Brinegar and his family arrived yesterday morning upon hearing that his father’s condition was critical. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 29, 1943 Louise Marie Croy Dies at Hospital Mrs. Louise Marie Croy, 22, wife of David Croy of 525 G street, died Wednesday night at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient for four months. The Croy family has resided in Rock Springs for three years. Besides her husband, Mrs. Croy is survived by a son, Daniel David Croy, and a daughter, Betty Jo. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 30, 1943 Aged Superior Man Found Dead in Bed Michael (Texas) Kelly, familiar character and resident of Superior nearly 30 years, was found dead in his home in White City late yesterday afternoon. He was about 67. A hired girl, who came several times a week to his home to assist with housework, found the body of the aged man in bed. He had been in poor health for some time neighbors said. He had no known relatives. The body is at the Rogan mortuary. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Nov 1943 Sergeant Leonard Hovorka, Jr., Dies In Service Of His Country Seargeant Leonard Hovorka, Jr., son of Mr. Leonard Hovorka who is an employe of The Union Pacific Coal Company, Store Department, at Rock Springs, was killed in line of duty at Eglin Field, Florida, Friday, October 1, 1943. Sergeant Hovorka was born in Grand Junction, Colorado, on January 22, 1922, and moved to Rock Springs with his parents fifteen years ago. He entered grade school here and graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1940. He then attended the University of San Francisco for a period of two years and was inducted into the United States Army in November, 1942. He received training in radio at Madison, Wisconsin, and subsequently at Tomah, Wisconsin, thereafter being assigned to advanced training at Eglin Field in March of the present year. Sergeant Cassidy of the Army Air Corps Ground Forces accompanied the body to Rock Springs. Funeral services were held at the South Side Catholic Church, with Father Welsh officiating. Subsequent to the services, the body was taken to Grand Junction, Colorado, for interment. Our sympathy is extended to the Hovorka family in the loss they have sustained by the death of one very near and dear to them. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Nov 1943 Bortolo (Bert) Dalnodar passed away at his home in Superior, Wyoming, September 10, 1943. Born in Fondo, Tyrol, Italy, November 21, 1890, he was 52 years of age at the time of his death. He entered the service of the Superior Coal Company (later absorbed by The Union Pacific Coal Company) in 1913, and continued in service until the time of his death. He was a member of Local Union No. 2328, Superior F. 0. E. Aerie 151, Redmen Tribe, and Fratallenza Operia. Surviving him are his widow, Erminia, and three daughters, Mrs. Isador Stanga of Superior, Olga Dalnodar of Cheyenne, and Ruby Dalnodar of Salt Lake City. Funeral services were held at the South Side Catholic Church, conducted by Rev. S. A. Welsh. Interment was in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Rock Springs. . Our sympathy is extended to his surviving relatives. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Nov 1943 Superior Miss Olga Dalnodar has returned to Cheyenne, and Miss Ruby Dalnodar to Salt Lake City after attending the funeral of their father. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 2, 1943 MRS. ROSE FOOTE DIES THURSDAY IN LOS ANGELES Graveside services for Mrs. Rose Welles Foote, 83, of Los Angeles, former Evanston resident will be held Wednesday in Evanston. Arrangements for the services are in charge of the Bryan mortuary. Mrs. Foote died Oct. 25 at her home in Los Angeles, after a two weeks illness. She was born Nov. 25, 1859 in Avoca, N.Y. After her marriage to Mark Wallace Foote, the couple came to Wyoming to make their home in Evanston. After Mr. Foote’s death 25 years ago, Mrs. Foote moved to California. Survivors include one son, Donald C. Foote of Rock Springs, engineer for the Union Pacific Coal company; one daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Crosby of Los Angeles, five grandchildren, Donna Jean, Grace and Billy Foote of Rock Springs and Betty and Ruth Foote of Los Angeles. D.C. Foote left last week for Los Angeles when notified of his mother’s death and will accompany the body to Evanston. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 5, 1943 KELLEY FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY Funeral services for Michael (Texas) Kelley, 67, who died suddenly at his home in Superior last Friday will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. J.V. Crane of the Congregational church will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Kelley had lived in Superior for 30 years and was well known throughout the community. He had no known relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 9, 1943 Randolph Funeral Rites Wednesday Funeral services for J. W. Randolph, Sr., 80, an old-time Negro resident of the city, will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Edward E. Acheson of the Baptist church will officiate, and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. He died Saturday morning at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient since the preceding Thursday. Mr. Randolph had been a resident of Rock Springs for 44 years, coming here in 1899 to work in the mines. He was retired by the Union Pacific Coal company several years ago. His wife died here in 1924. He was born Oct. 10, 1863, in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Randolph is survived by five sons, two daughters and 14 grandchildren. His children are Cyrus of Los Angeles; John W. Randolph, Jr., Clinton and Victor of Rock Springs; Mark Randolph of Cheyenne; Mrs. Mary Hamilton and Mrs. Alice Arthur of Los Angeles. His son, Mark, will come from Cheyenne to attend the funeral service. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 9, 1943 SAN FRANCISCO CHILD DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE It will be a tragic homecoming for Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Smith of San Francisco when they reach the Pacific coast this week. For they will arrive with the body of two-year-old Larry William Smith, their only child, who died en route home from a visit with his mother to grandparents in Kansas City, Mo. Larry became stricken on a train, and was taken off at Rock Springs on Monday noon and rushed to the hospital. His father in San Francisco was immediately notified. Larry died Monday night at 9:40 o’clock. Smith arrived yesterday to accompany his wife and the body to San Francisco. Wildermuth’s mortuary handled the local arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 9, 1943 MARGARET BOYER DIES SATURDAY IN LOS ANGELES Mrs. Margaret Boyer, former Rock Springs woman and widow of the late John P. Boyer, died Saturday in a Los Angeles hospital, according to word received here Sunday. She suffered a paralytic stroke early in October and had been in the hospital since that time. Mrs. Boyer had been private nurse to Carrie Jacobs Bond, nationally famed son writer, for several years and it was while she was with Mrs. Bond at the Bond home in Hollywood that she suffered the stroke causing her death. She left Rock Springs in the early 30s and since that time had lived in California. For a number of years prior to 1930, Mrs. Boyer was nurse for the city schools. Her husband died in the early 20s, during the time he was cashier of the old First National bank of Rock Springs. Mrs. Boyer is survived by a son, Jack, who is associated with the Prudential Life Insurance company at its headquarters in Newark, N.J. A sister, Mrs. Earl Poulton, lives in Los Angeles and a brother, George Farrell, lives at Big Piney; two nieces, Mrs. Bob Luman and Mrs. Dick Luman, reside at Pinedale. Tentative arrangements are to hold the funeral in Los Angeles Wednesday, pending the arrival of her son there today. Burial will be in Los Angeles. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 10, 1943 Former Resident Dies Monday in Kansas Hospital Word has been received in Rock Springs of the death Monday night of Myron Everton Doom, 56, at a hospital in Salina, Kan. Doom, who left this city in June, shortly after he was stricken with a stomach ailment, had been making his home with a sister, Mrs. Florence Vaughn, in Kansas City. Doom, a native of Oberlin, Kan. was a teacher and farmer at Ada, Kan., before coming to Wyoming in 1939. He was employed at the tipple in Reliance, and lived at 214 Logan street. He is the father of Lieut. Lawrence Myron Doom of Rock Springs, who is serving overseas, and of Pvt. Harold Lloyd Doom, also serving overseas. He also has a daughter, Anita Mabel Doom, of Salina. A five-weeks-old granddaughter, his only grandchild, survives him in Rock Springs. She is Lawren Lue Doom, daughter of Lieutenant Doom. The child and her mother, the former Eileen Harrington, reside at the Barracks. Services will be held in Kansas City tomorrow. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 11, 1943 Mrs. Frank Jenkins Dies Suddenly at Lander Wednesday Word has been received by Mrs. L.A. Baker of Rock Springs of the death of her sister, Mrs. Frank Jenkins, at Lander Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Jenkins had been in Lander a little over two weeks. The body will be brought to Rock Springs for services and interment Friday. Mrs. Baker and her brother, Pete Worley of Rock Springs, left for Lander last night to accompany the body here. Mrs. Jenkins is survived by two other brothers, Douglas Worley of Rock Springs and Elijah Worley of Browns Park; her mother, Mrs. Dellar Worley of Browns Park; her father, Charles Worley of Rock Springs, and two other sisters, Mrs. Lona Snyder of Colorado and Bertha Worley of Hiawatha. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 11, 1943 Thomas Ward Dies At Hospital Here Thomas Ward, 75, resident of Rock Springs for 43 years, died Tuesday night at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient for several days. Prior to that time he had been in ill health at his home at 929 Eighth street. Ward was a son of Ralph Ward, an early day resident of the city. He was born Jan. 12, 1868, in England. Funeral and burial arrangements are in charge of the Wildermuth mortuary but had not been completed late last night. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 11, 1943 Pioneer Resident Dies Wednesday at General Hospital Mrs. Josephine Barp, 63, wife of Pio Barp of 1016 Eighth street, died at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday at Wyoming General hospital after a prolonged illness. She had been a resident of Rock Springs for 43 years and was a sister of Mrs. August Crippa, Mrs. Alf Flor and Mrs. Mike Toresani, all of this city. Mrs. Barp’s son, Cpl. Rudy Breda, who is stationed at Camp Carson, Colo., was called to Rock Springs last Friday and will remain here until after the funeral services. Mrs. Barp was born June 6, 1878 in Banco, Trentino, and came to Rock Springs in 1900. Her maiden name was Josephine ZIller. She married Harry Breda here in 1901. Mr. Breda died in 1920 and in 1922 she married Pio Barp. Ever since their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Barp have lived at their present home, 1016 Eighth street. Besides her husband, son and three sisters here, Mrs. Barp is survived by a fourth sister, who lives in her native country. Her husband, son, three sisters and a niece, Mrs. Pete Goettina, were at her beside at the time of her death. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the South Side Catholic church with Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating, followed by interment in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joseph Deru, Joseph Giovanni, Raymond Fedele, Dan Prevedel, Charles Tordeschi and Louis Vesco. The rosary will be said at 7:15 o’clock Friday night at the Rogan mortuary chapel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 12, 1943 Services Today for Pioneer Resident Graveside services for Thomas Ward, 75, who died Tuesday night at Wyoming General hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Mountain View cemetery. S.M. Ward of the L.D.S. church will officiate at the commitment service. Mr. Ward had been a resident of Rock Springs for 43 years, coming here from England, where he was born Jan. 12, 1868. He was a son of Ralph Ward, an early day resident of the city. The burial will be under direction of Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 12, 1943 Peter Compestrini Dies Here Thursday Peter Compestrini, 61, died early yesterday morning at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient for nearly six weeks. Born in Tavel, Tyrol, Italy, Compestrini had lived in Rock Springs since 1911, when he came here from Pennsylvania to work in the Union Pacific Coal company mine at Superior. He came to the United States in 1907. Compestrini, who is unmarried and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Maria Mimiola of Tyrol, has made his home in Rock Springs with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Augustino of 620 Rugby avenue, nearly 25 years. Funeral and interment arrangements are being handled by the Rogan mortuary and are pending receipt of word from a close friend in California. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 13, 1943 Funeral Rites for Peter Compestrini To Be Held Sunday Funeral services for Peter Compestrini, 61, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. S.A. Welsh of the South Side Catholic church will officiate. Compestrini died Thursday at Wyoming General hospital. He had lived in Rock Springs for 32 years, coming here from Tavel, Tyrol, where he was born April 12, 1882. He is survived by one sister, who lives in Tyrol. He was a member of the Italian-American lodge of this city. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 13, 1943 Funeral Services For Mrs. Jenkins Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Jenkins, 32, who died in Lander Wednesday, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Baptist church. The Rev. Edward A. Acheson will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Jenkins was a former resident of the Browns Park country, where the family lived before going to Lander. She had been in ill health for several years. Mary Worley Jenkins was born in 1911 in Virginia. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Helen, 13, and a son, Lloyd, 11. Other survivors are her parents, Mrs. Della Worley of Browns Park and Charles T. Worley of Rock Springs; three sisters, Mrs. L.A. Baker of Rock Springs, Mrs. Neal Simpkins of Hiawatha and Mrs. Cliff Snyder of Maybelle, Colo., and three brothers, S.W. Worley, Douglas Worley and Elijah Worley, all of Rock Springs. The body was brought to Rock Springs yesterday and is at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 16, 1943 SMILEY FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Rogan chapel for Clarence Smiley, who died in Rock Springs on October 9. Efforts made to contact relatives of Smiley, were not successful. The Rev. A.J. Eleby, pastor of the A.M.E. church will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 17, 1943 Former Resident of Rock Springs Dies at Stockton Report of the death of Mrs. Demetrius Powell, well known Rock Springs woman who died in Stockton, Calif., was received in the city yesterday. Mrs. Powell died either Saturday night or Sunday morning, according to the information received here. She and Mr. Powell went to Stockton, where a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Benedict, resides, several months ago because of Mrs. Powell’s health. The body will arrive in Rock Springs tonight, accompanied by Mr. Powell. Although funeral arrangements will not be made until members of the family arrive in the city, it is thought that services will be held Thursday from the Masonic temple. Mrs. Powell was a member of Mountain Lily chapter No. 10, Order of Eastern Star. She had lived in Rock Springs for nearly 40 years, during the time Mr. Powell was associated with the Union Pacific Coal company here. He started to work for the company in 1906 and at the time of his retirement several years ago was power plant operator. Besides her husband and daughter, who lives in Stockton, Mrs. Powell is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Elsie Rowe, who also lives in California; two sons, Morgan Powell, who lives in Oklahoma and Lynn Powell who lives in Pennsylvania, and seven grandchildren. The body will be received here by the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 17, 1943 Dan Daniels Dies At Hospital Here Dan Daniels, 62, a brother of David Daniels, former county commissioner, died at Wyoming General hospital yesterday shortly after 3 p.m. following a week’s illness. He was employed as a coal miner at Dines. Daniels was a native of Dinas, Wales and came to the United States in 1888. He came to the Rock Springs vicinity in 1913. His affiliations include the United Mine Workers of America. The survivors, in addition to his brother, David Daniels of Rock Springs, are two daughters, Mrs. Earl Welsh and Mrs. Vic Donna, both of Winton; three sons, Dan and Clyde Daniels of Winton and Laddie Daniels of Rock Springs, and three other brothers, Elijah Daniels of El Monte, Calif., Sam Daniels of Vancouver, Wash., and John Daniels of Superior. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 18, 1943 Funeral Services To Be Held Today For Mrs. Powell Funeral services for Mrs. Demetrius Powell, 67, who died Saturday in Stockton, Calif., will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Masonic temple. Mountain Lily chapter No. 10, Order of Eastern Star, will officiate at the service, followed by interment in Mountain View cemetery. Accompanied by Mr. Powell and two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Benedict and Mrs. Elsie Rowe of Stockton, the body arrived in Rock Springs Tuesday night and will be taken from the Wildermuth mortuary to the Masonic temple at 10 o’clock this morning, where it will remain until the funeral hour. Morgan F. Roberts, Chester Roberts, Hayden Williams, Dave Williams, Milton D. Horton, nephews of Mrs. Powell, and Morgan Roberts Jr., a grand-nephew, will serve as pallbearers. Mrs. Powell was born March 5, 1876 in Wales. Besides her husband and two daughters, she is survived by two sons, Morgan Powell, who lives in Oklahoma and Lynn Powell, who lives in Pennsylvania. The Powells are old time residents of Rock Springs where they lived for nearly 40 years before going to California two years ago. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 18, 1943 Eugenio Lagarza Dies at Hospital Eugenio Lagarza, 55, died at Wyoming General hospital at 9 a.m. Wednesday. He had been at the hospital since October 29, following an injury at the Gunn-Quealy mine. Lagarza resided at the Trails hotel. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Rogan mortuary, an attempt is being made to locate relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 18, 1943 Funeral Services For Dan Daniels Friday Afternoon Funeral services for Daniel H. Daniels, 62, Winton, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the L.D.S. church. Bishop Cecil James will officiate. Interment will follow in Mountain View cemetery. Daniels died Tuesday at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient since last Friday. He was a native of Dinas, Wales, where he was born Oct. 28, 1881. He had been a resident of this community for 16 years. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Earl Welsh and Mrs. Vic Dona of Winton; three sons, Dan and Clyde Daniels of Winton and Laddie Daniels of Rock Springs; four brothers, David Daniels of Rock Springs, Elijah Daniels of El Monte, Calif., Sam Daniels of Vancouver, Wash., and John Daniels of Superior. The Rogan mortuary is handling arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 18, 1943 Workman Funeral Services Friday Bishop A.D. White of McKinnon will read the funeral service Friday at 2 p.m. in the Lonetree schoolhouse for Eugene (Gene) Workman, 58, who shot himself with a .32 revolver Saturday morning in a sheepwagon at the Green River stock yards. Workman died at Wyoming General hospital Monday. Burial will be at the Lonetree cemetery, under the direction of the Rogan mortuary. Workman, who said he shot himself just above the heart because he wanted to “end it all,” was brought to the hospital for medical attention, but was pronounce din a critical condition by Dr. V.L. Looney of Green River. Dr. Looney was summoned to the sheepwagon by J.C. Meeks and Pat Watson, both of Mountainview, who lived with Workman, a sheep man in the Lonetree section. The survivors are three sisters, Phyfrona Wilson, Museta Shirtz of Haley, Idaho, and Lois Lewis of Lakeview, Calif., and a brother, Robert Workman, also a sheep man in the Lonetree area. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 18, 1943 Evanston Resident Dies After Attack EVANSTON, Nov. 17, (Special)-- George Frederick Osborne, 72, died early Tuesday morning following a heart attack. Osborne, a Spanish war veteran and native of Wyoming, was born in Evanston on Dec. 23, 1870. He has been a barber here for many years. He was active in the Masonic and Modern Woodmen of America lodges. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mae Mills Osborne; one son, George E. Osborne of Ogden; two daughters, Mrs. Delia Corson of Omaha and Mrs. Vera Behymer of Pocatello, Idaho; one granddaughter, Frieda Osborne, and several brothers and sisters. The body is at the Roy Bryan mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 19, 1943 Alex Anderson Dies at Home in Rawlins Alex Anderson of Rawlins died there Sunday, according to word reaching Rock Springs yesterday. He was foreman of the Olson Sheep company and was well known throughout southwestern Wyoming. At one time, Anderson lived at Reliance where he was in the employ of the Union Pacific Coal company. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Lillian, also of Rawlins. Tentative arrangements are to hold the funeral service in Rawlins Wednesday, followed by burial there. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 19, 1943 Colored Resident Dies at Hospital Henry Wright, 82, a colored resident of the city for 39 years, died at 4 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient for three weeks. He was a retired coal miner. Survivors are his wife, Sally; two sons, Wesley of Oakland, Calif., and Charles of Rock Springs and two daughters, Mrs. James Harvey of Chula Vista, Calif., and Mrs. Zona Mae Johnson of Rock Springs. The Wright family resided at 728 Booker street. Wright was born Jan. 26, 1862, in Meys county, Tennessee. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Rogan mortuary chapel with the Rev. E. E. Acheson of the Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 19, 1943 Mrs. E. Thienpont Dies at Wyoming General Hospital Mrs. Elizabeth Thienpont, 58, who resided as 32 Blair avenue, died at Wyoming General hospital yesterday shortly after 2 p.m. She had been in ill health for several months and her final illness was of six weeks duration. Mrs. Thienpont had lived in Rock Springs for three years, coming here at that time from West Terre Haute, Ind. She was born July 7, 1885, in Walnut Creek, Iowa. Her survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Anita Sims and Mrs. Thelma Martin, both of Rock Springs; and Lorraine, at home; three sons, Melford, Raymond and Leon, all of Rock Springs; five grandchildren; one brother, Paul Herbin of Ringo, Kan. Her husband and one son preceded her in death. Mrs. Thienpont was a sister of Leon Herbin, who was killed in a Reliance mine accident in 1923. The body is at the Wildermuth mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Green River Star, Nov 19, 1943 Suicide Victim Buried At Lonetree This Afternoon Funeral services for Eugene Workman, 58, of Lonetree, are being held at Lonetree this afternoon. Workman, who is a long-time resident of the Henry's Fork valley, fatally shot himself in the chest while lying in a sheepwagon bunk at the Green River stock yards last Saturday morning. Bishop A. D. White of the L D. S. church at McKinnon conducted the ceremonies this afternoon and burial was in the Lonetree cemetery under direction of the Rogan mortuary of Rock Springs. Workman and two other men, Pat Watson and J. C. Meeks, both of Lonetree, had trailed in a bunch of sheep for shipment and were camped at the stock yards here. Early Saturday morning the two were awakened when a shot roared through the wagon, and they found that Workman had shot himself. They summoned Dr. V. L. Looney and Sheriff Mike Maher. Workman was taken to the Wyoming General hospital where he died Monday. Workman is said to have told attendants, after he had shot himself that he wanted to "end it all." He is survived by a brother Robert Workman, of Lonetree; and three sisters, Phyfrona Wilson and Museta Shirtz, both of Haley, Ida., and Lois Lewis of Lakeview, Cal. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 24, 1943 Aldo Bertagnolli Dies Suddenly in Hospital at Ames Aldo Bertagnolli, 28, of Superior, died at 2:45 p.m. yesterday at the naval hospital in Ames, Iowa. Pneumonia was the cause of his death. He had been in service only since August and several weeks ago was assigned to the Naval Specialized Training program at Iowa State college at Ames. After completing boot training at Camp Farragut, Idaho, early in October, Also visited briefly in Superior and Rock Springs while en route to Ames. Shortly after noon yesterday his wife, Georgia Jackovich Bertagnolli, and his father, Joe Bertagnolli, former mayor of Superior, were advised by wire that he was critically ill. An hour later they received a second telegram stating that he had died. His father came to Rock Springs immediately after receiving the first message, expecting to leave last night for Ames but when advised of his son’s death he gave up the idea of going to Ames. Also Anthony Bertagnolli was born May 1, 1915 in Superior and spent his entire life there. He was graduated from Superior high school in 1934 and shortly afterwards entered the employ of the Union Mercantile company there. He was head clerk at the store at the time he went into service. Four and one-half years ago he was married to Georgia Jackovich of Rock Springs. Survivors are his wife and a nine-months-old daughter, Adele; his parents; one sister, Ada Bertagnolli, who is employed in the state welfare office at Cheyenne, and one brother, Emil Bertagnolli, who is in the Navy and who is training at Farragut, Idaho. The body will be brought to Rock Springs, members of the Bertagnolli family said last night. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 24, 1943 Mother of Local Resident Dies at Billings, Montana Mrs. J.J. Brueggemann received word yesterday of the death of her mother, Mrs. E.W. Szitnick, at Billings, Mont. Mrs. Szitnick, 86, died early Tuesday morning. She had been in ill health for six months in a Billings hospital. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Brueggemann of Rock Springs; Mrs. William Hampton and Mrs. Roy C. Scott, both of Billings; Mrs. A.F. Crowe of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Herbert C. Harris of Idaho Falls, Idaho. A brother resides in Madison, Wis. Her husband preceded her in death on Nov. 8, 1935. Mr. and Mrs. Brueggeman left Tuesday for Billings to attend the funeral services. Burial will be in Billings. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 24, 1943 Aged Rock Springs Woman Found Dead At Home in City Mrs. Charlotte Longland, 81, widow of the late Albert Longland and an old-time Rock Springs resident, was found dead in her bed at her home at 935 Eighth street yesterday morning. When a neighbor woman, Mrs. Mary Williams, who resides as 931 Eighth street, noticed that the blinds of the Longland home had not been raised and that no smoke was emitting from the chimney, she called John Firmage Jr., who resides at No. 6. Firmage, who with Mrs. Firmage, has been looking after Mrs. Longland’s comfort for many months, went immediately to the Longland home. When there was no response to his knock he forced an entrance to the house to find her dead. He immediately notified Coroner J. warden Opie, who took charge of the case after a physician examined the body and found that the aged woman had been dead for several hours. It is thought that her death occurred in the early hours of yesterday. Mrs. Longland had no relatives living here. She was born in England and has a sister, Mrs. Annie Burkett, who resides in Connelsville, Pa. Her husband died here in 1936. At the time of his death he was justice of the peace for the South Side of the city, succeeding the late David G. Thomas to the office. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 25, 1943 Longland Funeral Services Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Albert Longland will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Rogan mortuary chapel, with Rev. J. Vincent Crane of the Congregational church officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Longland was found dead in her bed at her home at 935 Eighth street Tuesday. It is believed she died early that morning. She had lived in Rock Springs for 41 years, coming here from Sheffield, England, where she was born Oct. 15, 1864. Mrs. Longland was 79 years old. Her husband, Albert Longland, died here in 1936. Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Annie Burkett, who lives in Connelsville, Pa., and several nieces and nephews, including Richard, Adam, Steve, Harry and Fred Barrass, Mrs. Richard Lewis and Sarah Barrass, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 26, 1943 Former Resident Succumbs in Utah The death of William Jensen, who entered the wool growing business in Rock Springs in 1899, was announced here yesterday. Mr. Jensen, 72, died Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in Colley Memorial hospital at Brigham, Utah. Mr. Jensen was a native of Sten, Denmark, and came to this country 58 years ago. He lived in Utah since 14 years of age, when his family came to the state as L.D.S. converts. The family settled in Hyrum for a short time and alter lived at Mantua. He served as high priest of the L.D.S. first ward at Brigham City, and as a ward teacher. In 1913 he returned to Denmark as a missionary for two years. He entered the wool growing business in 1899 with his brother, Antone Jensen, in Rock Springs, and has been active in the business until his retirement several years ago. His wife, Helana Carter Jensen, preceded him in death two years ago. Survivors are his sons, Williams C. Jensen of Brigham and Gordon C. Jensen of the army, a daughter, Mrs. Jess D. Field of Spokane, Wash., four grandchildren and two brothers, Antone Jensen of Brigham and Peter Jensen of Mantua. Funeral arrangements, which are not complete, are being handled by the Harold B. Felt funeral home at Brigham City. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 26, 1943 OKLAHOMAN DIES ON U.P. TRAIN AT GREEN RIVER Charles Wesley Markum of Wynnewood, Okla., died on the westbound Union Pacific train No. 17 yesterday shortly after the train pulled out of Green River at 4 a.m. The body was removed from the train at Granger and placed in charge of County Coroner J. Warden Opie who went to Granger when notified of the death. Markum was en route to Portland, Ore., to work in the Kaiser shipyards. He was a painter by trade and is thought to be about 45 years old. While it is thought he died of a heart attack, an autopsy will be held, Coroner Opie said last night. County officials immediately wired the sheriff’s office of the county in which Wynnewood, Okla., is situated, advising them of Markum’s death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 27, 1943 Man’s Body Ordered Sent to Oklahoma The body of Charles Wesley Markum, who died Thursday on Union Pacific passenger train No. 17 between Green River and Granger, will be sent tonight to his home at Wynnewood, Okla. He was about 45 years old and was en route to Portland, Ore., to work in the Kaiser shipyards. N.R. Markum of Wynnewood, Okla., his father, yesterday ordered the body sent to Wynnewood. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 27, 1943 CONSTRUCTION WORKER DIES FRIDAY FROM KNIFE WOUNDS Earl Cox, 39, local construction worker who has been in a critical condition at Wyoming General hospital following a stabbing Monday night in a downtown hotel room, died yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Coroner J. Warden Opie said an inquest will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Rogan mortuary. Louis (Blackie) Veslir, who has been held in the city jail in connection with the stabbing, admitted to Mike Maher that he slashed Cox during an argument over a dice game in the hotel room. The construction worker had been cut on the chest, back and wrists. Sheriff Maher removed Veslir to the county jail in Green River last night. Very little is known about the dead man, except that he was a native of Chanute, Kan., and resided at a Rock Springs hotel. It was in his room the fatal stabbing took place. Cox came to Rock Springs last September 22 from Idaho. Before that time, according to his employment record, he worked on construction projects in Alaska. No relatives have been located. Veslir, an itinerant, came here from Rawlins. County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph H. Galicich yesterday said charges will not be file until after the inquest. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Dec 1943 Old Timer Passes John Wallace Randolph, Sr., resident of Rock Springs since 1899, died at 8:30 A. M., Saturday, November 6th, at the Wyoming General Hospital, death coming after a short illness. He was widely known in the Rock Springs district. He was quite prominent in his younger days in the activities of the United Mine Workers of America, having been elected several times as a delegate to union conventions. He worked in Rock Springs Nos. 4, 7, 8, and 10 Mines of The Union Pacific Coal Company and was retired on pension June 1, 1929. After his retirement, he lived in California at different times, but in 1939 returned to Rock Springs to make his home. Mr. Randolph was also a member of the Old Timers' Association from the time of the first meeting held in Rock Springs, June 13, 1925, continuing his membership until his death. He was also a member of the 40-year Class, receiving his button in 1942, and he was very proud of this distinction. Mr. Randolph was born October 10, 1868, in Mannikan, Virginia. He is survived by five sons, Cyrus of Los Angeles; John W., Jr., Clinton, and Victor of Rock Springs; and Mark of Cheyenne; and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Hamilton and Mrs. Alice Aurther, both of Los Angeles. Mr. Randolph was a lay preacher in the colored church at Rock Springs and gave much of his time and energy to this work. Our sympathy is extended to his surviving relatives. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Dec 1943 Winton The Winton community wishes to extend its deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of Robert H. Bollinger. Mr. Bollinger recently died of injuries incurred when he fell from a railroad car. --- Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Dec 1943 Superior Mr. John Dettra passed away at his home on October 26. He was a well-known resident at Superior. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 1, 1943 Pioneer Resident Dies Suddenly at General Hospital Sam Zueck, 61, resident of Rock Springs for 35 years, died at 2:10 a.m. Tuesday at Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for 48 hours. Death resulted from double pneumonia. Zueck was taken ill Saturday and was taken to the hospital early Sunday morning. He was janitor at Roosevelt school and worked there Saturday before going to his home ill that afternoon. Zueck was born Aug. 16, 1882, in Revo, Tyrol, and came to Rock Springs in 1908. Survivors are his wife, Tullia; three sons, Geno, who is in the army and is stationed at Camp Lee, Va., and Renaldo and Raymond, both of Rock Springs; two brothers, Joseph and Narciso, who reside in Tyrol, and two sisters, Mrs. Cesira Facinelli of New York City and Rose Zueck, who lives in Tyrol. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 151, and the Improved Order of Redmen, Washakie Tribe No. 5. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the South Side Catholic church and interment, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary will be said at the Zueck home at 132 M street at 7:15 o’clock Friday night. Following the rosary, the Improved Order of Redmen, Washakie Tribe No. 5, will conduct its ritualistic service for the dead. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 2, 1943 Rites for Layos Infant Thursday Services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from the Rogan chapel for Mike Layos III, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Layos Jr., of 333 A street. The infant died at birth early yesterday morning. Rev. J.V. Crane will read the funeral rites. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 2, 1943 Alexander Funeral Rites at Pinedale Tuesday Afternoon Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Pinedale for Mrs. Grace Alexander, sister of Roy Bird, a former Rock Springs resident. Mrs. Alexander was born in Iowa in 1888, and came to Wyoming from Missouri in 1899. Her family settled at Dry Piney, and later moved to Cora. In 1904, she married Charles Alexander, who preceded her in death 21 months ago. Mrs. Alexander is survived by seven children, Lloyd Alexander of Roy, Utah; Lawrence Alexander of Cora; Mrs. Art Modle of Lyman; Charles Herbert Alexander of the United States navy, and Mrs. Bill Allen and Gloria Alexander of Spokane; seven grandchildren; a sister and brother, Lura and Claude Bird of Kansas City, Mo., in addition to her brother, Roy, who resides at Huntsville, Utah. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1943 Coroner to Hold Inquest Into Cox Death Last Week An inquest into the death last Friday of a construction worker, Earl Cox, 39, following a stabbing in a Rock Springs hotel room, supposedly over a dice game, will be conducted tonight at 7 o’clock at the Rogan mortuary. Coroner J. Warden Opie and Sheriff Mike Maher will be in charge. At the hearing will be four persons who have been subpoenaed by county authorities as witnesses. They were allegedly in the hotel room on the night of the fatal stabbing, Nov. 22. These witnesses are Duke Wellington of Eden, Vern Ondorf of Rock Springs, Claude Whitefield, formerly of Wamsutter and Craig, Colo., and Cynde Lou Rogers, also known as Mrs. Merry L. Martin Rogers. Louis (Blackie) Veslier, who has been held in the Green River jail in connection with the death of Cox, will tell his story at the inquest. He has admitted to Sheriff Maher that he slashed Cox during an argument. Findings of a Salt Lake pathologist, Dr. John Carlquist, who was called to Rock Springs last Sunday for an autopsy, are expected to be disclosed at the hearing. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 8, 1943 Abraham Funeral Services Will Held Here Today Funeral services for David Abraham, 76, will be conducted from the local Baptist church at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. Edward E. Acheson will officiate. Interment will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of the Wildermuth mortuary. Friends may call at the mortuary until 1:30 o’clock this afternoon, members of the family said. Mrs. Morgan Powell of Talihina, Okla., arrived last night to attend the services. She is a daughter of Mr. Abraham. A resident of Rock Springs nearly 65 years, Mr. Abraham died at 1:55 p.m. Sunday at Wyoming General hospital. He had been a patient at the hospital for a week. He was a native of Karfely, Wales, and was born May 8, 1867. He came to this country as a youngster, and lived in Pennsylvania and Utah prior to moving to Rock Springs. He had worked for the Union Pacific Coal company from 1881 until his retirement in 1931. For the last 25 years with the company, he was an electrician. The survivors, in addition to his daughter, Mrs. Powell, are his son, John Abraham of Cheyenne; three other daughters, Mrs. Clarence Overy of Rock Springs, Mrs. Esther Gravelle of Denver and Mrs. Donald Grimes of Etworth, Iowa; ten grandchildren; one brother, John Abraham of Lovell, and three sisters, Mrs. A.M. King of Kemmerer, Mrs. J.H. Dicky of Dillon, Mont., and Mrs. J.H. Holmes of Salt Lake City. Most of them arrived this week in Rock Springs to attend the funeral. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 9, 1943 Aged Green River Resident Is Dead Mrs. Margaret Theresa Riley, 84-year-old Green River widow, died at 7:20 o’clock last night at her home. Surviving relatives are two sons, Edward J. Riley and Phillip Riley of Green River; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Maher of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Grace Touhey and Mrs. William Coutts, both of Butte, Mont.; one brother, Phillip Goodwin of Butte, and two grandchildren. She had been a resident of Sweetwater county for 61 years and was widely known in Green River. Rosary will be said at her home in Green River Friday night. Funeral services will be held in the Catholic church at Green River at 9:30 o’clock Saturday morning. The Rogan mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 10, 1943 Funeral Services For Knife Victim Friday Afternoon After unsuccessful efforts to locate relatives, funeral services have been arranged for Earl Cox, 39, construction worker. He died Friday, November 26, at Wyoming General hospital from wounds received in a stabbing at a local hotel on November 22. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Rogan chapel. The Rev. Henry A. Link of the Episcopal church will officiate. Interment will be in the city cemetery. Cox had been employed as a construction worker by the Morrison-Knudsen company, whose employment records show he came here from Idaho, and previously from Alaska. He was a native of Chanute, Kan., and lived at the Park hotel while in this city. Accused of the murder of Cox is Louis (Blackie) Velsir. He admitted knifing the construction laborer during a heated argument over a dice game. Velsir is in the county jail at Green River, awaiting a jury trial in district court. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 10, 1943 Sheepherder Dies Early Thursday Of Heart Attack Carlos Lucero, a sheepherder for the Stoner Sheep company, died about 4 a.m. yesterday in his sheep wagon, stationed four miles south of the Wells and about four miles west of the Rock Springs-Pinedale highway. Ramon Martinez, camp tender for Lucero, made his way to another camp stationed in the same vicinity, at daylight and summoned help. Julio Rodarte, tender at the camp nearby, rode horseback to the Wells, where he was picked up by a passing motorist. He was brought into Rock Springs, where he notified County Coroner J. Warden Opie, who went to the sheep camp for the body. It is thought Lucero died of a heart attack, but Coroner Opie said last night that a physician would examine the body to determine the cause of death. Lucero had been in the employ of the Stoner Sheep company, whose headquarters are in Cokeville, for 26 years. He has a wife and seven children who reside at Taos, N.M. He was a veteran of World War I and two of his sons are serving in World War II. It is thought that he was about 55 years old. He had been in ill health for several months. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending directions from the Stoner family, but it is expected that the body will be sent to Taos for burial. --- Green River Star, Dec 10, 1943 Mrs. Riley Dies Wednesday after Long Illness One of Green River's most respected women passed to her reward Wednesday evening when Mrs. Margaret Theresa Riley, 84, died at her home after several years of ill health attendant to her advanced age. Mrs. Riley was widely known in the community, having made her home her for the past three score years. Margaret Theresa Goodwin was born in Columbus, Nebr., on Oct. 29, 1859, and when a girl accompanied her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Goodwin to western Wyoming to take part in the early life of the state. In 1883, at Evanston, she was united in marriage with Barney Riley, who died in 1903. With the steadfast courage that marked her life, Mrs. Riley faced life alone and raised her family here. Her deep religious faith set an example for those around her. Funeral services will be held at the Catholic church at 9:30 a. m. Saturday, burial to be in Riverview cemetery, with Rev. H. Schellinger conducting the ceremonies. This evening, she is being brought to her home to lie in state, rosary to be said at 7:30 p. m. at the home. Rogan mortuary is in charge of arrangements. She is survived by two sons, Edward J. Riley and Phillip Riley of this city; two granddaughters, Jerry and Mary Riley, also of Green River; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Maher, of Salt Lake City, and who was married at the same time Mrs. Riley was in a double wedding ceremony; Mrs. Grace Touhey and Mrs. George Cutts, both of Butte, and one brother, Phillip Goodwin, also of Butte. The brother and sisters are expected to arrive tonight to attend the funeral tomorrow. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 14, 1943 Funeral Services For John Wilfan Here Thursday John Wilfan, 64, died Sunday at Wyoming General hospital. He was a retired coal miner and had lived in this community for 20 years. He had been living at 302 N street. Wilfan was a native of Yugoslavia and had no relatives in this country, except a nephew, William Yugovich, who resides at Blairtown. The body will be taken to Slovenski Dom Wednesday afternoon, where it will remain until the funeral at 9 a.m. Thursday at the North Side Catholic church. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery under direction of the Rogan mortuary. The rosary will be said at Slovenski Dom at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday night. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 16, 1943 Alesynak Stefan Dies at Hospital Alesynak (Peanuts) Stefan, 96, of Superior, one of Sweetwater county’s oldest residents, died early Wednesday morning at Wyoming General hospital. He had been a patient there for eight days. Stefan, a retired coal miner, had lived in the county for the past 45 years. He has no known relatives. The body is at Rogan Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 17, 1943 Robert Anderson Dies at Hospital Robert Anderson, 81, who resided at 144 J street, died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Wyoming General hospital where he had been a patient for nine days. Mr. Anderson was a retired coal miner and had lived in Rock Springs for 31 years. He was an uncle of Mrs. Joseph Dominiski and Mrs. Lizzie Reese of this city. A daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Patterson, resides in Pueblo, Colo., and a brother, George, lives in England. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements that will not be made until after the arrival of his daughter in the city. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 17, 1943 Mrs. Eliza Chilton Dies Thursday at Rock Springs Home Mrs. Eliza Chilton, 82, pioneer Rock Springs resident, died shortly after 6 o’clock Thursday morning at the Chilton home, 114 South Front street. She had been ill since last July and had been in failing health prior to that time. Mrs. Chilton had lived in Rock Springs for 61 years, coming here in 1882 with her husband, the late George Chilton. She was born Feb. 16, 1862 in Ibstock, Leicestershire, England. On Jan. 20, 1879, she was married in England to Mr. Chilton, who came to this country the following year, locating first at Almy, near Evanston. Mrs. Chilton went to Almy in 1881 and the next year the couple moved to Rock Springs. Mr. Chilton became one of the community’s first sheepmen and at the time of his death in 1925 was one of the industry’s leading operators. Mrs. Chilton also was active in the industry and was interested in real estate holdings. She was a sister of the late Mrs. Herbert Crofts and the late Adam Barrass, also pioneer residents of this community. Mrs. Chilton is survived by four of her ten children. They are William Chilton, Rosie and Eliza Chilton and George Chilton, all of Rock Springs. She also has six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Congregational church followed by interment in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 21, 1943 Henri Pellet Dies At Local Hospital Henri Pellet, 69, well known resident of Rock Springs since 1908, died shortly after 1 a.m. yesterday at Wyoming General hospital. He suffered a heart attack Sunday evening and was taken to the hospital about 9 o’clock that night. Mr. Pellet came to Rock Springs 35 years ago and for a number of years worked in the mines here. He was born at Besseges, in southern France. A year after he came to Rock Springs, his wife and their two children came from France. Mrs. Pellet died here in 1927 and his two children, Rene A. Pellet Jr., and Mrs. Ray Sell, survive him. He also is survived by a grandson, Rene A. Pellet Jr., and several nieces and nephews in the east. A sister still lives in France and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Sam Morgan, who was a sister of Mrs. Pellet, resides in Rock Springs. He lost his only brother in World War I. Funeral arrangements are pending receipt of word from Chief Petty Officer Ray Sell, U.S.N., and the return of the Rene Pellet family from Salt Lake City, where Mrs. Pellet and her son had gone for the holidays. The body is at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 21, 1943 Death Claims Aged Springs Resident At Local Hospital Mrs. Antonia Barecevich, 81, wife of Gasper Barecevich, died at 5:40 a.m. Sunday at Wyoming General hospital, where she had been a patient for four days. Mrs. Barcevich was the mother of Mrs. Mike Bartolic of 407 Bridger avenue and had lived in Rock Springs for four years. She and her husband resided at 112 Grant street. Mrs. Barecevich was born June 13, 1862, in Austria. She came to this country in 1921 and went directly to Red Lodge, Mont., where she and her husband lived until they came to Rock Springs. Besides Mrs. Bartolic and her husband, she is survived by a son, Mike Barecevich of Rock Springs, and two other daughters, Mrs. Matt Stacevich of Los Angeles and Mrs. Dan Klepich of Red Lodge, Mont. Funeral services and burial will be in Rock Springs, but the time for services will not be set until word is received from Mrs. Starcevich and Mrs. Klepich. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 22, 1943 PELLET FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD THURSDAY Funeral services for Henry Pellet, 69, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Congregational church with the Rev. J. Vincent Crane officiating. Pellet died early Monday at Wyoming General hospital following a heart attack he suffered late Sunday evening. He had lived in Rock Springs for 35 years, coming here in 1908 from France, where he was born Oct. 13, 1875 at Besseges, in southern France. Survivors are a son, Rene A. Pellet Sr., and a daughter, Mrs. Ray Sell, both of Rock Springs. A grandson, Rene A. Pellet Jr., also survives. Burial, in charge of the Rogan mortuary, will be in the Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Arambel, Leon Erramouspe, Gaston Erramouspe, Joe Espitallier, Frank Gentilini and Adelino Ramondo. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert (Bob) Erramouspe, Adolphe Etcheverry, Prosper Ferraux, Joseph Marcy, Louis Maurel and Peter Minhondo. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 22, 1943 Friends Mourn Death Here of Glen A. Knox Well-Known Mine Executive Dies Of Heart Attack Glen A. Knox, 62, Superintendent of the Gunn-Quealy Coal company and prominent Wyoming coal operator, died shortly after 6 o’clock Tuesday morning at Wyoming General hospital. A heart attack, aggravated by a minor skin ailment, caused his death. Knox was taken to the hospital Saturday, December 11, but his condition did not become alarming until only a few hours before his death, when the heart complication, with which he had been afflicted for some time, complicated his illness. Unaware that he had taken a serious turn, his many friends and acquaintances throughout the entire community and even beyond the confines of the state, received the report of his death with distinct shock. Many of them were not aware that he had been ill and in the hospital. Knox was widely known throughout the state, as he had been identified with a number of activities other than his association with coal operators and miners. He was secretary of the Wyoming Taxpayers association, was a member of the state mining board of examiners and only a week ago was appointed by Gov. Lester C. Hunt as a member of the post-war planning board, formed to develop the natural resources of Wyoming. He was a former member of the state legislature from Sweetwater county. Knox was interested in many activities, both civic and social, in his own community. It was during his term as president of the Dead Horse Canyon Golf club that the clubhouse at the golf course was enlarged to its present size. He was a member of both the Rock Springs Lions club and the city’s Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally he was a Mason and an Elk, holding his Masonic membership with Kemmerer lodge No. 33 and his Elk membership with Rock Springs lodge No. 624. As a prominent operator of the coal industry of the intermountain west, he gained wide recognition in the field of his profession that extended to the activities of the American Mining Congress. At one time he was chairman of the Wyoming section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. He was keenly interested in all phases of the coal industry and of its commercial use within the Rock Springs area, which led to his being instrumental in the installation of hundreds of stokers now in use throughout the community. Because of his wide and well founded knowledge of the industry, Knox always foresaw a great future for coal and one of his hobbies, as expressed in many of his talks and featured in articles he wrote, was the possibility of producing gasoline from coal. He began his career with the coal mining industry of the west in 107 when he became identified with the late P.J. Quealy of Kemmerer, prominent coal operator, financier and banker of the state. His first connection was with the Kemmerer Coal company in its engineering department. After serving as foreman of the company’s Kemmerer No. 4 m mine for several years he was sent to Gunn in 1918 as superintendent of the Gunn-Quealy Coal company. When the company closed the Gunn mine down several years ago and established its headquarters at Quealy, Knox took up his residence there which he continued until his death. It was under his direction that the company’s Gunn mine was reopened a few years ago, and again operated with the Sweetwater mine at Quealy. In October, 1939, Knox extended his interests and established the Greenhouse Floral company with its own greenhouse at Blairtown. This business enterprise had been continued both at the flower-growing plant and a downtown business location. Glen A. Knox was born Feb. 2, 1881, at Hillsboro, Texas, the son of John Angus and Artelia Knox, Texas pioneers. He came to Wyoming in 1907 for the Union Pacific railroad in its engineering department, leaving the railroad that year to become affiliated with the Quealy coal interests. He was married Nov. 8, 1927 in Denver to Grace Johnston of this city, who, with a daughter, Staff Sgt. Betty Knox, survives him. Also surviving are a brother, William G. Knox of Los Angeles, and three sisters, Mrs. Y.M. Hill of Denver, Mrs. T.B. Williams of Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. W.H. Johns of Spokane, Wash. Because of the inability yesterday to contact his daughter, who is with a W.A.C. detachment in Florida, there was little hope last night that Staff Sergeant Knox would be able to attend her father’s funeral. Plans for the funeral and burial remained incomplete last night, other than that he would be buried in Rock Springs. The body is at the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 22, 1943 Cutler Services This Afternoon Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today in Mountain View cemetery for James Cutler, 54, who died Monday at Wyoming General hospital. He was in the employ of Seddon Taliaferro of the Green River Livestock company at the time of his death and had been in the company’s employment for a number of years. He had no known relatives. The Rev. Henry A. Link of the Church of the Holy Communion will officiate and burial will be under direction of the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 25, 1943 Radosevich Rites Will Be Held at Catholic Church Frank Radosevich, 57, a resident of Rock Springs for a year, died at 11:10 p.m. Thursday at Wyoming General hospital, where he had been a patient for four months. Before coming to Rock Springs, Radosevich’s home was in Walsenburg, Colo., where his wife and three of his eight children reside. Mrs. Radosevich, with two daughters and two of their sons, came to Rock Springs several days ago and were with him at the time of his death. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters and six sons. One of his daughters and three of his sons are in service. The daughters are Lieut. Kathryn Radosevich, who is with the Army Nurses Corps and is stationed at Fitzsimons hospital in Denver, and Mary, also of Denver. The sons are John, who is stationed at Ft. Ord, Calif.; Joe, who is somewhere in the Pacific; Jack, who is somewhere in England, and Frank, Anthony and Albert, at home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the North Side Catholic church and will be held at the same time services are held for Gasper Barecevich, 81-year-old resident of the city, who died at the Wyoming General hospital the same night Radosevich died. Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate at the double service. Rosaries for the two men were said last night in the Rogan mortuary chapel. Both burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 25, 1943 Aged Couple Are Joined in Death Four Days Apart An aged Rock Springs couple were joined in death Thursday when Gasper Barecevich, 83, died at 9:40 p.m. that day, less than 12 hours after he attended the funeral services for his wife, Antonio, 81, who died last Sunday at Wyoming General hospital. Mr. Barecevich was taken ill Thursday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mike Bartolic at 407 Bridger avenue and was taken to the hospital at 6 o’clock that evening. He was born Jan. 6, 1860 in Austria and he and Mrs. Barecevich had lived in Rock Springs for four years, coming here from Red Lodge, Mont., where they had lived since 1921 when they came to this country from Austria. When the mother died, a daughter, Mrs. Matt Starcevich came from Los Angeles and was here when her father died. Another daughter, Mrs. Dan Klepich, who resides in Red Lodge, was unable to come to Rock Springs when advised of her mother’s death and will not be here for the father’s funeral. Besides the three daughters, Mrs. Bartlic, Mrs. Starcevich and Mrs. Klepich, the aged couple are survived by a son, Mike Carecevich, who lives in Rock Springs. They are also survived by 18 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Four of their grandsons and one great-grandson are in service. Two grandsons came to Rock Springs for the grandmother’s funeral and will remain for the grandfather’s funeral. They are Sgt. William Butkovich, who came from Santa Monica, Calif., and Cpl. Emil Bartolic, who came from San Diego, Calif. Mr. Barecevich’s funeral will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the North Side Catholic church, at the same time services will be held for Frank Radosviech, who died at the hospital less than two hours after Mr. Barecevich did. Rev. Albin Gnidovec will officiate at the double service. Rosary was said for both men at the Rogan mortuary chapel last night. Mr. Barecevich will be buried beside the grave of his wife in St. Joseph’s cemetery here. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 28, 1943 James Flannery Killed Monday in Navy Plane Crash James V. Flannery, aviation ordnance man second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Andrews, 214 McClelland street, was killed in the crash of a navy patrol plane in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, N.Y., early today, according to an announcement made by the navy. The parents received the word late Monday afternoon. Early in the war, James V. Flannery, his brother, Dennis Flannery, and their stepfather, Lester Andrews, enlisted in the navy. Andrews was honorably discharged several months ago and returned to Rock Springs. Dennis is spending a leave in Rock Springs at the present time. Two other men killed in the crash were identified and two others are missing. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 28, 1943 Easton Services Will Be Held at L.D.S. Church Funeral services for Alexander C. Easton, 64, a longtime resident of this community, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the L.D.S. church with Bishop Cecil James officiating. Easton died last Wednesday. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1, 1879. Survivors are his wife, Gertrude; two sons, George, who is with the merchant marines and James, who is in the navy; four daughters, Mrs. Harve Hazen of Russell, Iowa, Mrs. Emil Allais of Seattle, Kay Easton of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Mike Motto of Seattle; three brothers, Andrew and William of Salt Lake City and Albert Easton of Price, Utah; six sisters, Mrs. Henry Peterson and Mrs. Norval Stafford of Logan, Utah, Mrs. James Jensen of Preston, Idaho, Mrs. William Peterson of Sacramento, Calif., Mrs. Guy Cutler of San Bernardino, Calif., and Mrs. David Egan of Salt Lake City. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 28, 1943 Dan Daniels Jr., Dies in Hospital After Operation Dan Diels Jr., 36, of Winton, died at 3 a.m. Sunday at the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City where he underwent a major operation a week before his death. He was an employee of the Union Pacific Coal company at Winton and had worked for the company for 16 years. He was born at Cumberland, Wyo. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Tom Wilde of Rock Springs; two sisters, Mrs. Earle Welsh and Mrs. Vic Dona of Winton, and two brothers, Clyde and Laddie Daniels, also of Winton. His father, Dan Daniels Sr., died here six weeks ago. The body was brought to Rock Springs yesterday for funeral services and interment. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 28, 1943 Joseph Likwartz Succumbs Sunday At Home in City Joseph Walter Likwartz, 59, resident of Rock Springs and Superior for 30 years, died suddenly of a heart attack early Sunday at his home at 210 Thomas street. The Likwartz family lived at Superior for more than 20 years and for the past several years has resided in Rock Springs. Likwartz was a native of Austria, where he was born March 5, 1883. He worked for the Union Pacific railroad while residing in this community. Survivors are his wife, Josephine; two daughters, Mrs. Paul Bachlet of Boulder, Wyo., and Mrs. M.J. Thompson of San Diego, Calif.; four sons, Frank and Stanley of Rock Springs, Michael, who is in the armed forces in New York, and Henry, who is with the armed forces in California. A brother, Stanley Likwartz, resides in Tomahawk, Wis., and one brother and three sisters reside in Austria. Tentative arrangements are to hold funeral services Friday morning at the North Side Catholic church, which will permit time for his sons in training to arrive in the city. If the funeral is Friday morning, the rosary will be said at 7 o’clock Thursday night at the Rogan mortuary chapel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 28, 1943 Former Resident Dies in Spokane Word has been received here of the death of James B. Case, 68, who passed away at Spokane, Wash., on Christmas day after a lingering illness. Although suffering from a heart ailment and complications, the deceased led an active life until several months ago when he was forced to resign his position and confine himself to his home. His condition became critical several weeks ago and he has been confined to his bed most of that time. Mr. Case was an old time resident of Carbon county and Hanna, spending a greater part of his life there. Prior to making his home in Spokane, he lived for several years in Rock Springs where he was employed. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Gertrude of Spokane, two daughters, Mrs. Lucy Thomas of Spokane, Mrs. Betty June Lamb of Rock Springs; five sons, Marvin of Pasadena, Calif., Frank of Pendleton, Ore., Donald, who is serving in the army at Dalhart, Texas, Roy, also of the armed forces and who has been stationed in Hawaii for over three years, and James W., who is serving with the navy somewhere in the South Pacific; a sister, Mrs. Hazel Hansen of Spokane; a brother, Alphus Case of Casper, and one granddaughter, Patsy Thomas. He is an uncle of Mrs. Joe Lemoine and Mrs. James Finch of Hanna. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 28, 1943 Former Margaret Fabreque Dies at Home in Illinois Alban Fabreque, 724 Euclid avenue, received word Christmas day that his sister, Mrs. James McCormick of Chicago, the former Margaret Fabreque of Rock Springs, had died Friday at her home, 445 Corston avenue, following an illness of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at 10 o’clock this morning at the Cathedral of Mary of the Lake in Chicago. Burial also will be in Chicago. Mrs. McCormick is survived by her husband, her brother, Alban Fabreque of Rock Springs, and a sister, Violet Fabreque, who live sin France. Mr. Fabreque will be unable to attend his sister’s funeral. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 29, 1943 Mrs. Alec Varady Dies Suddenly at General Hospital Mrs. Alec Varady, 55, 621 Ludvig street, died at 6 o’clock Tuesday evening at Wyoming General hospital after a two days’ illness. She entered the hospital on Monday. Elizabeth Haydu was born Jan. 6, 1888 in Hungary and came to the United States at the age of 14. She was married to Alec Varady at South River, N.J., in 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Varady and their children came to Sweetwater county in 1922. Survivors include her husband; five sons, Alec Varady Jr., Joseph Varady and William Varady, all of Rock Springs; Julius Varady, who is serving with the navy in the Pacific, and Jimmy Varady of Windsor, Colo.; one daughter, Mrs. Roy Witchell of Reliance, and ten grandchildren. A twin sister, Mrs. Frank Torak, resides in Erie, Pa. Funeral arrangments are in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 31, 1943 Funeral Services For Granger Man Sunday Afternoon Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the L.D.S. chapel in Mountain View for Claude Smith, 53, of Granger, who died at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, at Wyoming General hospital. Bishop W.S. Tanner will officiate and burial will be in the Ft. Bridger cemetery. Smith, an employee of the Union Pacific railroad, entered the hospital on December 26. Survivors include his wife; one son, Robert of Granger, and four daughters, Mrs. Rhoda Evans of Salt Lake City, Claudia, Marjorie, and Josephine, all of Granger; three brothers, Gus Smith of Carter, Wyo., Lewis Smith of Blackfoot, Idaho, and James Smith of Robertson, Wyo., and one sister, Mrs. Florence Smith of Ogden. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 31, 1943 Mrs. Charles Oja Dies in Washington Word was received in Rock Springs yesterday of the death of Mrs. Charles (Tilda) Oja on December 17 at her home in Hockinson, Wash. Mrs. Oja, is a former resident of Superior, where she and her family lived for a number of years. She is survived by her husband and four sons, Reedy, John, Clarence and William. Mrs. Oja was an aunt of Ike, Arne and Eino Oja of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 31, 1943 Pfajfar Funeral Services Friday Funeral services for Andrew Pfajfar, 63, will be held at 4 o’clock this afternoon at the Rogan chapel. The Rev. J.V. Crane, pastor of the Congregational church will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Pfajfar, a retired coal miner, died at Wyoming General hospital December 17. He had lived in this community for 27 years and had no known relatives. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 31, 1943 Likwartz Funeral Rites This Morning Funeral services for Joseph W. Likwartz, 59, will be held at 11 o’clock this morning at the North Side Catholic church with Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. The rosary was said last night at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Likwartz died of a heart attack Sunday at his home at 210 Thomas street. He had lived at Superior and Rock Springs for nearly 30 years. He was born March 5, 1883, in Austria. Survivors are his wife, two daughters and four sons. Two of his sons, Michael and Henry, are in service. Likwartz was an employee of the Union Pacific railroad company. Pallbearers will be his four sons, Frank Likwartz, Stanley Likwartz, Pvt. Henry Likwartz and Pfc. Mike Likwartz, a son-in-law, Paul Bachlet and Stanley Bachlet. Pvt. Henry Likwartz arrived here Thursday from Ft. Ord. Calif. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 31, 1943 Springs Residents Notified of Death Mrs. Rudolph Anselmi and James Shuster of this city have been advised of the death of an uncle, Bart Benedict, who was killed Tuesday in a mine accident at Price, Utah. His funeral will be held in Price, Sunday, but neither Mrs. Anselmi or Shuster will be able to attend. Benedict is known in Rock Springs, where he has visited a number of times. He is survived by four daughters and a son. --- Green River Star, Dec 31, 1943 Granger Man Dies At Rock Springs Claude Smith, 53, who has been employed as a pumper for the railroad at Granger for several years, died at the Wyoming General hospital in Rock Springs, Wednesday of a stomach ailment. He was a veteran of World War I. Funeral services will be held at the L. D. S. chapel at Mountain View at 1 p. m. Sunday, burial to be at the Fort Bridger cemetery. He is survived by his wife; one son, Robert, of Granger, and four daughters, Mrs. Rhoda Evans of Salt Lake City, and the Misses Claudia, Marjorie and Josephine, all of Granger, and by three brothers and one sister. --- Green River Star, Dec 31, 1943 Mrs. D. O. Wilson Dies in Missouri Word was received in Green River today that Mrs. D. O. Wilson, mother of Mrs. R. C. Stratton, had passed away at her home in Rothville, Mo. on Christmas day. Mrs. Wilson has many friends in Green River, having visited with the Strattons during their residence in Green River, prior to Capt. Stratton being called into active army service. ---