Rock Springs Miner, Jan 4, 1948 Resident of Green River 66 Years Dies Mrs. Albertena Chrisman, 84, of Green River, widow of John William Chrisman, died early Saturday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where she had been a patient for a week. She had been in ill health for two years. Mrs. Chrisman had lived in Green River 66 years, going there as a ride in 1881. She was born in 1863 in Leipzig, Germany, and was brought to the United States by her parents when she was one and one-half years old. Her family first lived in Minnesota and then moved to California. When a young woman she met John William Chrisman in Los Angeles where he was engaged in newspaper work. She married him there in 1881 and they came directly to Green River where they lived the rest of their lives. Chrisman, who died there several years ago, was engaged in the newspaper and store business in Green River in the early days. Mrs. Chrisman is survived by two sons, James A. Chrisman, vice president of the First National Ban of Green River, with whom she made her home, and Chester S. Chrisman of Evanston, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. S. Dankowski of Green River, also survives. She was a member of the Green River chapter of Eastern Star. Tentative arrangements are to hold the funeral at the Masonic Temple there Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Harry Haydis of the Green River Episcopal church conducting the rites. Burial will be in the Riverview cemetery under the direction of the Wildermuth mortuary. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 4, 1948 Local Residents To Attend Funeral Rites For Fletcher A number of Rock Springs residents will leave today for Wellsville, Utah, to attend funeral services Monday afternoon for Alexander S. Fletcher, former Rock Springs resident, who died Thursday in Young Ward, Utah, following a short illness. Relatives who will leave are Isaac Fletcher of 118 First street, a brother; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fletcher, brother and sister-in-law; and Mr. and Mrs. James J. Johnson and family, all of 214 K street. Mrs. Johnson is a niece of Fletcher. Accompanying them are Mrs. Andrew Fletcher, sister-in-law, and her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Fletcher. Fletcher, 74, who died at the home of his son-in-law, Lee Olsen, resided in Rock Springs from 1887 to 1902. He was born Aug. 23, 1878, in Coalville, Utah. He had lived in Wellsville from 1910 until he moved ten years ago to the Olsen home. He is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Catherine Olson, Young Ward; Eugene Fletcher, Newman, Calif.; Esther Fletcher, Wellsville; Elizabeth Wilcox, Anchorage, Alaska. The following brothers and sisters who survive: Robert and Isaac of Rock Springs, Hyrum, Joseph and David, Ogden; and Adam of California. Six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive him. Sweetwater county residents who survive him in addition to the above-mentioned are George of Green River, George of Baxter, and Robert Fletcher, 319 Angle street, Rock Springs, all nephews. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 4, 1948 Inquest Set For Today in Crowley Death An inquest will be held at 4 o’clock this afternoon at the city hall to determine the cause of the sudden death December 1 of Emmett Joseph Crowley of 590 Railroad avenue, County Coroner J. Warden Opie said. Investigation into the cause of Crowley’s death was delayed pending the receipt of the report of findings of a pathologist. Crowley died en route to the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital, where he was being taken by ambulance after he became suddenly ill at his home. Jury members called by Opie are N.H. Lescoe, George Parfitt and John Sloan. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 4, 1948 PAUL E. SCHWIEGER Paul E. Schwieger, 40, of Gustine, California (typesetting error) Sweetwater County memorial hospital of injuries incurred in an automobile accident near Little America December 14. The body was sent to Gustine Saturday for funeral services and burial. Schwieger and his wife and their infant son, John Francis, were en route from their home to Nebraska to spend the holidays at the time of the accident. Schwieger received chest and back injuries. Mrs. Schwieger and their son were not injured. Schwieger was born Sept. 4, 1907, in Grand Island, Neb. Besides his wife, Margaret, and their son, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schwieger of Grand Island, and several brothers and sisters. He was chief engineer for the Aveset Dairy company at Gustine. --- Green River Star, Jan 8, 1948 Cauzer Dies In Police Car Ambrose Cauzer, well-known local resident, died in the car of Night Marshal Ray Dupont about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday as the officer was taking him to the county jail to receive medical care. In ill health for many months, Cauzer is said to have called the police from an apartment located in the building formerly occupied by the V.F.W. Club. He had been doing janitor work for the Castle Rock Bakery and Narrow Gauge. He is survived by a brother, John, of Price, Utah, and a sister, Mrs. Jennie Barbaglio of Helper, Utah. --- Green River Star, Jan 8, 1948 Mrs. Albertina Chrisman Rites Tuesday Burial Office and Requiem Eucharist of St. John's Episcopal Church were conducted by the Rev. Harry J. Haydis Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock for Mrs. Albertena Chrisman, 84, who passed away Saturday morning at Memorial Hospital in Rock Springs following injuries received in a fall at the James A. Chrisman home December 20th. Funeral rites of the Order of Eastern Star followed the Episcopal service, in charge of officers of Green River's Mystic Chapter No. 8. In ill health the past two years, the fall the middle of last month was not believed to have been too serious in injury, although she was hospitalized several days before it was discovered she had suffered a broken leg above the knee. Advanced age and the shock of the fall was responsible for her death, it was said. She is survived by two sons, James A. Chrisman, vice-president of the First National Bank of Green River, and Chester S. Chrisman of Evanston; a sister, Mrs. S. Dankowski; and six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Born in Leipzig, Germany in 1863, Mrs. Chrisman was brought to the United States by relatives when she was one and one-half years of age. Her family first resided in Minnesota, later moving to California. She married John William Chrisman in 1881, coming to Green River to establish her home soon afterwards. Her husband preceded her in death in 1942. The Chrismans were engaged in newspaper and mercantile businesses in early Green River. She was a member of O. E. S., becoming a member of that organization in March, 1909. Pallbearers at the service were William Hutton, Jr., E. L. Taliaferro, Dale Morris, Carl M. Morck, Jr., R. C. Cameron and T. E. Rogers. Honorary pallbearers at the rites were E. A. Gaensslen, Sr., J. H. Jacobucci, M. J. Dankowski, William Rogers, John Grundell and Chris Waechter. Relatives here from out-of-town for the funeral included Mr. and it Mrs. Marshell Huddleston of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Huddleston being a granddaughter; Mrs. Harriett and Mamie Chrisman of LaBarge, Wyo., nieces; Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Johnson and children of Ogden, Mrs. Johnson being a granddaughter; Mrs. Jean Jeffers, a niece, of Lynndyl, Utah; and Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Dankowski of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1948 Mrs. Katherine Sorenson Dies In Los Angeles Word was received here Saturday of the death of Mrs. Katherine Sorenson of Los Angeles, wife of the late Charles Sorenson, former deputy game warden and old time resident of Rock Springs. Mrs. Sorenson died at her home Saturday morning and funeral services will be conducted at one of the Catholic churches of Los Angeles. She is survived by one son, Lawrence; and a daughter, Mrs. Ray Evans. Also surviving her are a brother, Barney Taggart of Rock Springs, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Radar of Omaha, Neb. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1948 Mike Spanos Dies in Coast Vets Hospital Mike Spanos of 302 M street died Friday at the veterans hospital in Oakland where he had been a patient for nearly seven weeks. Mrs. Spanos and their son, John, who were in Oakland with him arrived in Rock Springs by plane Saturday afternoon. The body will be brought here for the funeral service and burial. Spanos was about 58 years old. He was born in Crete, Greece, but had lived most of his life in Rock Springs. He had been in ill health for more than a year and was treated at Sweetwater Memorial hospital here and at the veterans hospital in Salt Lake City before going to Oakland. A veteran of World war I, he was an enlistee from Sweetwater county. Survivors besides his wife and son are two daughters, Goldie and Jean Spanos of Rock Springs. A son, Mike Spanos, was killed in a railroad bridge accident near Granger about 15 months ago. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1948 DAVID ARNOLDI Graveside services for David Arnoldi, one-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Arnoldi of 801 White Mountain addition, were held Tuesday in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The infant was born Sunday, January 4, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital and died there that day. Besides his parents, David is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Arnoldi of the Oasis camp and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wilcox of White Mountain addition. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1948 JACOB VOLCIC Funeral services for Jacob Volcic, 75, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Terrence McGovern of the South Side Catholic church conducted the rites and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Volcic, who lived four miles west of Rock Springs, died Tuesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital following an 18-month illness. Born July 25, 1872, in Jugoslavia, Volcic had lived in the Rock Springs area for 27 years, coming here from Oklahoma in 1920. He is survived by his wife, Rose; one daughter, Mrs. Ann Johnson of Rawlins; four sons, Albert of Winton, Frank and Jack of Rock Springs and Tony of Arvada, Colo.; ten grandchildren; a sister who lives in Jugoslavia, and a brother who lives in Orient, Ill. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1948 AMBROSE CAUSER Ambrose Causer of Green River died Tuesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. The body is at the Rogan mortuary pending funeral arrangements to be made by a sister, Mrs. Jenny Baroglio of Helper, Utah, and a brother, John Causer of Price, Utah. Causer had lived at Dines before going to Green River to make his home. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 18, 1948 FRED E. VEHAR Funeral services for Fred E. Vehar, 42, Sweetwater county deputy assessor, were held Satuday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Henry Schillinger of the Catholic church in Green River said the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Vehar died early Wednesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital of injuries received in an automobile accident last Sunday morning. He was returning from Superior, where he had played for a dance Saturday night, when his car skidded on an icy spot on the highway at the east edge of the city and turned over. Vehar’s skull was fractured and he lapsed into unconsciousness within a few minutes after the accident and never regained consciousness before he died. Vehar was born March 15, 1905, in Graz, Austria, and had lived in Sweetwater county since he was seven years old, coming here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math Vehar, in 1912. After living for about four years in Superior the family moved to Rock Springs and have since resided here. He was educated in the city schools and then worked for his father in the Vehar Tailor shop for a while. Eleven years ago he became deputy county assessor under Assessor Harry Thuesen. A talented pianist, he organized the Fred Vehar orchestra here several years ago after playing in a number of orchestras in the community during his early years. He was married to Mary Ferlic of Rock Springs 11 years ago. Mrs. Ferlic and their three daughters, Patricia Ann, 9, Mary Kathryn, 7, and Joan, 3, survive. He also leaves his parents, three brothers, Erwin Vehar of Green River, Matthew Vehar of Claremont, Calif., and Robert Vehar of Rock Springs; and two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Lowham of Evanston and Mrs. George French of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 18, 1948 MIKE SPANOS Funeral services for Mike Spanos, 58, of 302 M street were held Thursday at the Greek Orthodox Church with the Rev. Gust Koukakis conducting the rites. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Gregory Micheletos of Manteca, Calif., Joe Varros of Reliance, John Leventis of Bingham City, Utah, and George Fanos, Paul La?akis and Spiros Mazanis, all of Rock Springs, served as pallbearers. Spanos died Friday at the veterans hospital in Oakland following a several months’ illness. He was born in 1890 in Crete, Greece, and first came to Rock Springs to live about 1910. After living in Colorado and California during the following few years he returned to Rock Springs during World war I and entered service from Sweetwater county. He returned at the end of the war and had since made his home here. Spanos is survived by his wife, one son, John, and two daughters, Goldie and Jean Spanos. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 18, 1948 SAM ENDRIZZI Funeral services for Sam Endrizzi, 67, of 611 Second street were held Saturday at the South Side Catholic church. The body was shipped Saturday night to Denver for burial in Fairmount cemetery. Endrizzi, a retired coal miner who had lived in the area for 23 years, died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Wednesday. He was born Aug. 15, 1880, in Tyrol, Austria. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W.A. Smith and Mrs. H.J. Clark, both of Denver. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 18, 1948 CAUSER SERVICES Funeral services for Ambrose Causer, 48, were held Wednesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. George W. Ridgway of the Episcopal church conducted the rites. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Causer, who died Tuesday, January 6, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital, had been living at Green River and at one time resided at Dines. He was born Feb. 15, 1899 in Mexbro, England. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Jenny Baroglio of Helper, Utah and a brother, John Causer of Price, Utah. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1948 Adams Funeral Services Set For Saturday Funeral services for William A. Adams, early Sunday morning accident victim, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rogan chapel. The Rev. George Ridgway, rector of the Episcopal church in Rock Springs, will conduct the services and burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. Graveside rites will be conducted by the American Legion and Fraternal Order of the Eagles. The Rogan mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1948 Acheal Lauder, Retired U.P. Employee, Dies Acheal Lauder, 69-year-old retired Union Pacific Coal company employee, died yesterday evening at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He had been a patient at the hospital since November. Born April 15, 1878, in Echo, Utah, he came to Rock Springs about 27 years ago. He terminated his services with the coal company in March, 1947, after 40 years of service. He was married in Evanston, April, 1907. He is survived by his wife, Minnie and a son, Glen, both of 1016 Lincoln avenue; one brother, Frank Lauder of Schenectady, New York; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Sayer of Seattle, Wash., Ann Lauder of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. P.M. Lehew of Independence, Mo. Funeral arrangements, under the direction of Rogan mortuary, are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 23, 1948 Pontin Funeral Rites Will Be Held Today Funeral services for Arthur Pontin, 48-year-old Rock Springs resident who died at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital Monday, will be held at the Wildermuth chapel today at 2 p.m. The Rev. George Ridgway will conduct the services and the body will be sent for burial to Olympia, Wash. The former coal miner and Grand theater projectionist had resided in the Rock Springs community since coming here from his native Wales 28 years ago. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1948 Lauder Funeral Services Set For Tuesday at 2 Funeral services for Acheal C.B. Lauder, 69, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Episcopal church. The Rev. George W. Ridgway will conduct the rites. Lauder, resident of southwestern Wyoming for many years, died Thursday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where he had been a patient since November. He was a member of the Union Pacific Coal company’s Old Timers association and was a member of the 40-year-service group. He had worked at intervals in Hanna, Reliance, Superior and Rock Springs. Lauder was born April 15, 1878 in Echo, Utah. He was married to Minnie Glen on Aug. 7, 1907, in Evansotn and went to Superior to live shortly afterwards. Mrs. Lauder and one son, Glen Lauder, 1016 Lincoln avenue, survive. He also is survived by one brother, Frank Lauder of Schenectady, N.Y.; three sisters, Ann Lauder of St. Louis, Mo., who arrived in Rock Springs Saturday to attend the funeral services, Mrs. Margaret Sayer of Seattle and Mrs. P.M. Lehew of Independence, Mo. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1948 Jack Soulsby, Resident Here 60 Years, Dies Jack Soulsby, 65, resident of Rock Springs for 60 years, died early Saturday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He had been in ill health for four years but his illness did not become acute until last October. He lived at 141 Watts court. He was taken to the hospital Thursday. Soulsby was born Feb. 4, 1882 in Bloomington, Idaho, and was brought to Rock Springs at the age of five by his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Soulsby, pioneer residents of the city. In his early years he followed the retail grocery business and worked for the Rock Springs Commercial and later for the J.P. McDermott company here in the early days. He spent five years between 1909 and 1914 working in a grocery store at Billings, Mont., and served Sweetwater county as road supervisor between 1918 and 1921. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Paul Schwab of 717 Ludvig street; two brothers, Roy Soulsby of Rock Springs and Edward P. Soulsby of Bear Creek, Mont., and one sister, Mrs. Hannah Welker of St. Anthony, Idaho. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel with Bishop Joseph Savage of the L.D.S. church conducting the rites. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1948 WILLIAM HABBICK NOBLE Funeral services for William Habbick Noble, 47, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the home of his mother, Mrs. Eliza Noble, 914 Potter street. Bishop Joseph Savage of the L.D.S. church will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. The body will be taken from the Rogan mortuary to the home this afternoon. Noble, a lifelong resident of Rock Springs, died Thursday at the Noble home following an illness of several years duration. He was born here on May 2, 1900, son to Mary Eliza Noble and the late Alexander Noble. He was educated in the city schools and at one time was a driver for the Union Mercantile company and later worked for the old Central Coal and Coke company. Besides his mother, Noble is survived by two brothers, Murray C. and Alex Noble, and one sister, Mrs. Lester Bluemel, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1948 KELLY BROWN Kelly Brown, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. K.B. Brown of Green River, died Sunday, January 18, in the Coalville, Utah hospital of injuries incurred in a jeep accident Saturday night, January 17, on the Apen tunnel road 19 miles east of Evanston. The body was sent to Riverside, Calif., for funeral and burial services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1948 EVERETT HERNANDEZ Funeral services for Everett Hernandez, 42, of Reliance were held Thursday at the Wildermuth chapel. The Rev. George W. Ridgway, rector of the Episcopal church, conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery in Rock Springs. Hernandez died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital here Sunday night of a bullet wound from a .22 caliber automatic pistol which he suffered Sunday while apparently cleaning the pistol at his home. His wife and their 17-year-old son, Everett, found him lying unconscious on the floor when they returned from Rock Springs where they had attended the theater matinee. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital but died about two hours later without regaining consciousness. Hernandez was a unit foreman at the Union Pacific Coal company’s No. 7 mine at Reliance where the family had lived for five years. They came here from Mt. Harris, Colo., where they had lived for seven years. He was born July 1, 1905 at San Jose, Mexico. Besides his wife and son he is survived by a brother, Amacio A. Hernandez, who lives in Mexico, and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1948 ARTHUR PONTIN Funeral services for Arthur Pontin, 48, were held Saturday at the Wildermuth mortuary chapel. The Rev. George W. Ridgway, rector of the Episcopal church, conducted the rites. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pontin, who had lived in Rock Springs for a number of years died Monday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital of a heart affliction. Pontin had worked in the mines for a number of years but four months ago he accepted a position of projectionist at the Grand theater. He was born in 1899 in Aderdare, Wales, and came to the United States in 1920. After residing in the state of Washington for a few years he came to Rock Springs about 20 years ago. He is survived by a brother who is thought to reside in Washington but who could not be located by friends of Pontin here; two sisters, who live in England; a stepson, Robert Demorest, and a stepdaughter, Shirley LeMaster, both of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1948 MRS. FIDEL MESTAS Funeral services for Teofila Mestas, 65, wife of Fidel Mestas of 124 Sherman street, were held Saturday, January 17, at the Catholic church in Rainesville, N.M. Mrs. Mestas, who was visiting two sons in Rainesville, died there on January 15. She was buried in Rainesville. Mrs. Mestas is survived by her husband, six sons and five daughters. The sons are Alfonso, L??, Herman and Joe, all of Rock Springs, and Sam and Albert both of Rainesville. The daughters are Cora Mestas, Mrs. Eloisa ???pes, Mrs. Della Branch, Mrs. ???phia Lucero and Mrs. Lucy Fresques, all of Rock Springs. When advised of his wife’s death, Mr. Mestas, accompanied by his four sons and their wives and his four daughters and their husbands, went to Rainesville. Cora Mestas was unable to attend the funeral and burial services. A sister of Mrs. Mestas, Mrs. Dan Lopes, of Vernal, Utah, accompanied the other members of the family to Rainesville. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 1, 1948 A.L. McKinley Dies in Tulsa Word was received in Rock Springs Saturday of the death of A.L. McKinley which occurred Tuesday in Tulsa, Okla. He was the father of W.D. McKinley of Prescott, Ariz., former Rock Springs resident. The elder McKinley frequently visited the W.D. McKinley home in Rock Springs before the McKinleys left the city a few years ago. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 1, 1948 CLINTON D. LAING Funeral and burial services for Clinton D. Laing, who died at his home in Green River Saturday, January 24, were held at Sidney, Neb., former home of the Laing family, last week. The body was accompanied to Sidney by Laing’s daughters, Clara and Maud Laing, both of Green River. Laing was born in New Jersey 81 years ago. He operated a farm near Sidney for many years and nine years ago went to Green River to make his home with his daughters, who teach in the Green River schools. Mrs. Laing died there in April, 1947. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 1, 1948 Powell Death Attributed to Natural Causes Arrangements for funeral services for George Powell, 57, who was found dead at his home at 928 Lincoln avenue Friday, were incomplete Saturday, pending receipt of word from a son, Richard Evan Powell, who is in the army. Funeral services will be held in Rock Springs at a date to be announced later and burial will be in Brigham City, Utah. Powell, an employee of the Colony Coal company here, was found by his son-in-law, Hugh William Jr. and Richard Smith when alarm was felt at his non-appearance. He spent last weekend with his family in Ogden and had left there by train Tuesday night which is believed to have been the last time he was seen alive by any one who knew him. It is thought he had been dead since Wednesday. J. Warden Opie, county coroner, said Saturday there would be no inquest because investigation revealed that he had died of natural causes. Mrs. Powell arrived from Ogden early Saturday accompanied by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Drollette of Brigham City. Other survivors are three sons, Edward Lee and James Ray Powell, who live with their mother in Ogden, and Richard Evan Powell who is with the armed forces in the Pacific; six other daughters, Mrs. Vernon McClelland of Wyoming, Iowa, Mrs. Hugh Williams of Rock Springs, Hazel, Claudine, Rachael and Patricia, of Ogden, and a brother, Griff Powell, of Superior. Powell was born July 18, 1890, at old Carbon and had spent all of his life in Wyoming. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 8, 1948 FRANK W. FEENEY Funeral services for Frank W. Feeney, 66, were held Friday at the South Side Catholic church. The body was taken to Murray, Utah, for interment. A stepdaughter, Mrs. Grace Cole of Salt Lake City, who came to Rock Springs when advised of his death, accompanied the body to Murray. Feeney died Wednesday at Memorial hospital of injuries incurred in a fall from a scaffold at one of the Mountain Fuel Supply company’s buildings on Connecticut avenue where he was painting. He had lived in Rock Springs for 20 years and for the last several years had been in the employ of the William Rogers Contracting company. He was a painter by trade. Born in Davenport, Iowa, on April 7, 1881, Feeney is survived by five brothers, Joseph L. R.E., Raymond and Leo Feeney, all of Davenport, and Charles Feeney, who lives in California, and one sister, Mrs. J.J. Kennedy of Omaha. His wife died here several years ago and is buried at Murray. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 8, 1948 JON ROBIN NOBLE Funeral services for Jon Robin Noble, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Noble of 1028 Ninth street, were held Tuesday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the rites and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The infant was born on February 1 at Sweetwater County memorial hospital and died there a few hours after birth. Besides his parents, Jon Robin is survived by two brothers, Raymond Rodger and Earl Eric Noble, both at home, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kauchich and Mrs. Mary Noble, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 8, 1948 DOUGLAS EUGENE MEYER Graveside services for Douglas Eugene, one-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Meyer of Blairtown, were held Thursday at Mountain View cemetery. Bishop Lyman Fearn of the L.D.S. church conducted the rites. The infant was born Tuesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Besides his parents he is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Meyer of Farson and Mrs. Jennie Twitchell of Green River, and his great-grandfather, Henry Meyer of Farson. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 8, 1948 MRS. CHARLES WORKMAN Funeral services for Mrs. Beulah Virginia Workman, 45, wife of Charles Workman of Green River, were held Friday at the L.D.S. church at Manila. Bishop Timothy Potter conducted the rites and burial was in the Manila cemetery. Mrs. Workman, a resident of Green River for five years, died Monday at Memorial hospital following a major operation. She was born Sept. 21, 1902, at Linwood, Utah. Besides her husband she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Jennie Twitchell of Green River; four sons, Howard Porter, Fred, Robert and Bruce Lowe, all of Green River, two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Meyer of Rock Springs and Jean Lowe of Green River; two stepdaughters, Mrs. John Cudney and Mrs. Lester Blakely, and two stepsons, Norman and Dale Workman, all of Green River. Three brothers and five sisters also survive. The brothers are Robert Twitchell of Green River, George Twitchell of Ft. Washakie and Gerald Twitchell of Evanston. The sisters are Mrs. Alex Ringdahl, Frances Twitchell and Dorothy Church, all of Green River, Mrs. Russell Mann of Rock Springs and Mrs. Ward Grange of Montalvo, Calif. --- Green River Star, Feb 12, 1948 Funeral Rites to Be Friday For Sarah Jane Peters Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Jane (E. E.) Peters, who succumbed early Wednesday morning, about 7:25 a. m., following an illness of several months, have been announced for Friday afternoon at two o'clock, when Christian Science services will be conducted. Graveside services will be conducted by the Order of Eastern Star, of which she was a prominent and last charter member. One of Green River's best loved residents, Mrs. Peters had been failing in health since late fall, caused by advanced age. She was in her eightieth year. Strong and active up to her fatal illness, she had always been prominently identified with the social and community activities of the city. She was very highly respected, and thus deeply mourned, because her life was exemplified by kindness, helpfulness and gentleness. Sarah Jane Peters was born in Ballynahnih, Ireland, April 22, 1867, coming to America with her family when a child. She was married to Elmer E. Peters in October, 1894, coming to Green River to make her home as a bride. Her husband preceded her in death in August 1942. She is survived by three children, daughter, Edith of Green River, and two sons, Ernest of Omaha and Kenneth of Green River. She is also survived by five grandchildren. Ernest Peters was at his mother's home at the time of her passing, having arrived from Omaha Monday. Pallbearers at the funeral service will be T. G. Jones, Earl Hall, Raymond M. Davis, T. E. Rogers, C. E. Jensen and A. C. Timothy. Wildermuth Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 15, 1948 MRS. MARIE HANSEN Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Hansen, 75, widely known and beloved Rock Springs pioneer, were held Saturday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Fred K. Swett conducted the rites and burial was in the Hansen family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Hansen died suddenly Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Parr, at 821 Ridge avenue. She and Mrs. Parr had been in the downtown district when Mrs. Hansen became ill and was taken by Mrs. Parr to the Parr home. Death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born Aug. 4, 1872, in Aarhus, Denmark, Mrs. Hansen came to Rock Springs in 1891. Here she met and married Anton Hansen on Dec. 10, 1893. The ceremony was performed at the old Congregational church b the Rev. H.N. Smith, an early day pastor of the church, with S.J. Sorensen, who still lives in Rock Springs, and the late Boletta Pedersen as the attending witnesses. The ceremony was followed by a dinner at the O.D. Rasmussen home. The Hansens then started housekeeping at the home at 825 Ridge avenue in which Mrs. Hansen lived the rest of her life. Her husband died here in June, 1915, during his second term as Sweetwater county assessor. Mrs. Hansen was the last of the charter members of the Rock Springs Danish Sisterhood which was organized on Feb. 12, 1899. She was treasurer of the organization at the time of her death and had held the office for a number of years. Besides her daughter at whose home she died, Mrs. Hansen is survived by three sons, Fred and Leonard Hansen, both of Rock Springs and Hans B. Hansen of Palo Alto, Calif. One son and two daughters preceded her in death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 15, 1948 HARRY M. YOUNKIN Harry M. Younkin, 66, of Renova, Pa., died at Memorial hospital Sunday, February 8. He had been taken off an eastbound Union Pacific train two days before and taken to the hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. Accompanied by Mrs. Younkin, he was en route from San Diego to his home. The body was taken to his home for burial. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 15, 1948 MRS. SARAH J. PETERS Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah J. Peters, 80, of Green River, were held Friday at the Masonic Temple in Green River. Mrs. H.E. Buckles of Reliance, reader for the Christian Science society, conducted the rites and burial was in Riverview cemetery there. Mrs. Peters, a resident of Green River for 54 years, died Wednesday at her home in Green River. She had been ill for several weeks. She was born April 22, 1867, in Ballynahinch, Ireland. Survivors are one daughter, Edith Peters, a teacher in the Green River high school, two sons, Ernest Peters of Omaha and Kenneth Peters of Green River, and five grandchildren. Her husband, Elmer E. Pters, died in 1942. Mrs. Peters was a charter member of the Green River chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. Pallbearers were Raymond Davis, Earl Hall, Ainard Jensen, Thomas Jones, Tom Rogers and A.C. Timothy, all of Green River. The Eastern Stars held short services at the cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 15, 1948 GEORGE M. BURUM Funeral services for George M. Burum, 27, were held at the Rogan mortuary chapel Wednesday night with the Rev. George W. Ridgway conducting the rites. The body was taken to Raton, N.M., for final services and burial. Burum was found dead in his automobile two miles west of Evanston on Sunday, February 8. Authorities who investigated the incident said he died of carbon monoxide gas which escaped through a broken exhaust pipe. Burum at one time worked in the mines at Reliance. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Helen Burum of Raton; a sister, Mrs. Frank Gott of Raton, and two brothers, John Burum of Rock Springs and Joe Burum of Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 22, 1948 CHARLES R. MANLEY Funeral services for Charles R. Manley, 52, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Fred K. Swett will conduct the services and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. The body will be taken to the church from the Rogan mortuary at 1 o'clock. The pallbearers will be Albert Lewis, Finis Mitchell, Steve Orester, Paul Schwab, Paul Sheffer and Wilbur Warren, all of Rock Springs. Manley, Union Pacific railroad car foreman here, died suddenly of a heart attack at Memorial hospital Thursday. He had gone to work that morning but within a short time suffered extreme pains in his chest and returned to his home where a doctor was summoned. He entered the hospital at 1 p.m. and died there 40 minutes later. Manley was born March 28, 1896, in Meridan, Kan. He lived for several years in Manhattan, Kan., and came to Rock Springs in 1920. He served to two years in the navy, enlisting in Kansas City, in World war I. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, the American Legion and the Union Pacific railroad's Old Timers association. Survivors are his wife, Nettie Hendrickson Manley, who was visiting in Los Angeles at the time of his death and who returned to the city Friday; three daughters, Mrs. Ernest Beardsley of Denver, Mrs. Vern Hale of Laramie and Mrs. Paul Wataha of Rock Springs; his mother, Mrs. Minnie Manley, who lives in California; two sisters, Mrs. Paul Beem of Oskaloosa, Kan., and Mrs. Fred Jungemann of Halstead, Kan.; three brothers, John and C.E. Manley, who live in California, and Vic Manley who lives in Walla Walla, Wash.; and two grandchildren, Michael and Sandra Beardsley of Denver. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 22, 1948 JAMES WALTER TRENT The body of James Walter Trent, 32-year-old Stansbury coal miner, was sent Thursday night to Ardmore, Okla., for funeral services and burial. Trent died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital Tuesday of injuries incurred in a mine accident at the Stansbury mine that day. A coroner's jury which investigated the accident ruled that a fall of rock resulted in Trent's death. The body was accompanied by a brother, Stanley Trent, who came to Rock Springs from Ardmore when advised of the accident. Trent's wife, Ella Mae Trent of Oklahoma City, and a brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. Holt of Ardmore, who also came to Rock Springs when advised of the accident, returned by car to Ardmore. Trent was born April 27, 1912, in Decatur, Texas. Besides his wife and the brother and sister who were here, he is survived by two sons, James W. Trent Jr. and Donald W. Trent, both of Oklahoma City; his mother, Mrs. Ruby Trent of Brock, Okla., and several other brothers and sisters. Trent had lived in the Rock Springs area for eight months. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 22, 1948 CHURCH RITES Funeral services for Ace Church, 75, were held at the Rogan mortuary chapel Saturday. The Rev. George W. Ridgway of the Episcopal church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Church, who had lived in the Pinedale country for a number of years, died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital here on Saturday, February 14. He was born March 29, 1872, in Melton, Ore., and had no known relatives. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 29, 1948 Last Rites for John Krza to Be Held Tuesday Funeral services for John Krza, Rock Springs resident who died Saturday at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital, will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will conduct the services and burial will be in the St. Joseph’s cemetery. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday at the Krza residence at 821 Center street. Krza, who had been in failing health for several years following a mine injury, had been a patient at the hospital since Thursday. Born June 29, 1888, in Gora Sodrozica, Yugoslavia, Krza had lived in America 46 years and in the Rock Springs vicinity for the past 25 years. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the S.N.P.J. No. 10. He is survived by his wife, Frances, and one son, Albert, of Rock Springs; three brothers, Charles of Hibbing, Minn., Frank and Louis of Gora Sodrozica, Yugoslavia; two sisters, Mary Prajitle of Austria and Agnes Vesel of Hibbing, Minn. Two grandchildren also survive him. Rogan mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 29, 1948 LEO M. McHUGH The body of Leo M. McHugh, Cheyenne man who died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday in Green River, was sent to Cheyenne for funeral and burial services. McHugh, 48, had gone to Green River as Union Pacific railroad relief storekeeper, temporarily replacing R.F. Snelling, who is ill. McHugh is survived by a sister, Mrs. Katherine McCormick of Cheyenne; two brothers, Alonzo McHugh, a chaplain at Letterman General hospital in San Francisco, and John T. McHugh of Sheridan. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 29, 1948 INFANT MANNING Graveside services were held Wednesday in Mountain View cemetery for an infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Manning of Reliance. The Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church conducted the rites. The infant was born at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital Monday, February 23, and died there the same day. --- CATHERINE ANN DONA Graveside services for Catherine Ann Dona, one-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Dona of Winton, were held Wednesday in Mountain View cemetery. The infant was born Monday, February 23, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital and died there the same day. Besides her parents, Catherine Ann is survived by tow grandfathers, John Dona and Mike Pecolar, both of Winton. --- CATHERINE ANN DONA FLOYD RAY DUPAPE Graveside services for Floyd Ray Dupape, six-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dupape of 829 Bushnell avenue, were held Tuesday in Mountain View cemetery. Bishop Joseph Savage of the L.D.S. church conducted the rites. The infant was born February 17 at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital and died there on Sunday, February 22. Besides his parents, Floyd Ray is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dupape and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ashby of Midvale, Utah. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 7, 1948 Former Resident Dies in Ogden Requiem mass for Rudolph August Daz, 43, former Rock Springs resident, will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. at the St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Ogden. Daz died Thursday in an Ogden hospital of a heart ailment. Born Aug. 3, 1904, son of August and Angelina Ziller Daz, he attended the Rock Springs schools. In 1919 he moved to Ogden and attended the Smithsonian Business college. He was employed for five years at the Ogden Elks club and later managed the Bank Smokery in Ogden for two years until his health failed. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 7, 1948 THEODORE A. TRONQUET Funeral services for Theodore August Tronquet, 45, were held Wednesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Tronquet had been missing since last October when the sheriff’s office instituted an intensive search for him. His body was found in a dry gulch one mile east of Four Mile canyon northwest of Rock Springs on Sunday, February 29, by H.C. Livingston and V.O. Murray who were horseback riding in the area. Examination of the body revealed a bullet had entered Tronquet’s head an inch below the left eye. A .38 caliber Smith and Wesson special revolver was found a few feet from where the body lay. Coroner J. Warden Opie said Saturday that an inquest into Tronquet’s death would be conducted as soon as further details could be secured relative to Tronquet’s whereabouts prior to last October 29 when he failed to report for work at a construction job he was employed on at Green River. He was a carpenter contractor. Tronquet was born May 18, 1902, in Rock Springs and was a resident here all of his life. He served in World war II. Survivors are two brothers, Peter Tronquet of Rock Springs and Marcel Tronquet of Boulder, Wyo.; a brother-in-law, John Miller, of Rock Springs, with whom he made his home a part of the time, and several nieces and nephews, including Mayvene Miller, Edith Tronquet and Gordon Tronquet, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 7, 1948 JOHN KRZA Funeral services for John Krza, 59, were held Tuesday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec said the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were Steve Kaucich, Tony Pivik, John PUtz, Frank Remitz, Frank Vehar and Frank Yamnick. Krza died Saturday, February 28, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He had been in failing health for several years as result of ????? injury. Born June 29, 1888, in Gora Sodrozica, Yugoslavia, Krza had lived in the United States for 46 years and in the Rock Springs area for 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Frances; one son, Albert Krza of Rock Springs; two grandchildren, Paul and Albert Krza, Rock Springs; three brothers and two sisters, Charles Krza and Agnes Krza Vesel, both of Hibbing, Minn.; Frank and Louis Krza, both of whom reside in Yugoslvia, and Mary Krza Prajitle, who resides in Austria. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 11, 1948 Graveside Services Today for Infant Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today for Terry Lee Andrews, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews, 412 Q street. Bishop Joseph Savage of the L.D.S. church will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery in Rock Springs. The child died at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 14, 1948 ROBERT EDWARD SHAW Funeral services for Robert Edward Shaw, eight-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett E. Shaw Jr., of Laramie, will be held at the Episcopal church at Eden at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The Rev. George W. Ridgway, rector of the Rock Springs Episcopal church, will conduct the services and burial will be in the Farson cemetery. The infant died early Friday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for 11 days. Robert Edward was born in Laramie last July 2. Besides his parents, he is survived by his grandparents, Everett E. Shaw Sr., of Cheyenne and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greig of Farson. The infant’s mother, Bonnie Greig Shaw, had taken her son from Laramie to the Greig home for a visit with her parents when he was taken ill and brought to the hospital here where he underwent an emergency major operation on the advice of Rock Springs and Salt Lake City physicians. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 14, 1948 DR. SAMUEL C. PAGE Funeral services for Dr. Samuel C. Page, 74, resident of Rock Springs for 27 years, were held Friday at the Rogan chapel. The Rev. George W. Ridgway of the Episcopal church conducted the services and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Dr. Page died Tuesday, March 9, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He had been in failing health for five years and had been bedfast at the Page home at 89 Second street since early this year. Dr. Page, a veterinarian, was born Sept. 11, 1873, and at the age of 19 came to Wyoming to make his home. He located first at Cokeville where he acquired a 5,000 acre ranch which he sold in 1914 to Steve Covey of Salt Lake City. Survivors are his wife, Ellen, and two daughters, Mrs. A.E. Harter and Mrs. John A. Carollo, both of Phoenix, Ariz., who have been in Rock Springs for several weeks; three grandchildren; two sisters, Agnes Page Elgin and Elizabeth Page, who live in the Los Angeles area. Pallbearers who served at the funeral and burial services were Jack Dewar, Charles and Ralph Gilpin, Sam Leckie and Pete and Harry S. Parker. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 14, 1948 DAVIS OSCAR OJALA Funeral services for Davis Oscar Ojala, 72, resident of the Rock Springs community for 17 years, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. George W. Ridgway of the Episcopal church conducted the rites and the body was taken to Kemmerer for burial. Ojala, who lived at 336 Gale street, died Monday, March 8, in Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He was born Feb. 12, 1876, in Wampula, Finland, and had lived in the United States for 42 years. He is survived by one son, Reino, of Denver, and two grandchildren. Four brothers, two of whom live in the United Staes and two in Finland, also survive. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 21, 1948 ANDREW SANTISTEVEN JR. Graveside services were conducted Tuesday in St. Joseph’s cemetery for Andrew Santisteven Jr., seven-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Santisteven of Superior. The infant was born March 7 at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital and died there on March 13. Besides his parents, the infant is survived by one brother, Emil; six sisters, Catherine, Lorraine, Anna, Edith, Emrald and Rose, all at home. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 21, 1948 Funeral Services For Jane Cameron Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Cameron, mother of W.K. Cameron of Rock Springs, will be held today in Colorado Springs, followed by burial in the Cameron family plot there. Mrs. Cameron was in her early 90s at the time of her death at Victor, Colo., Thursday night. Besides her son here she is survived by another son, James, of Victor and two daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron left Rock Springs Thursday morning when advised of her illness and arrived in Victor shortly before her death that night. They will return to Rock Springs early this week. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 23, 1948 Former Resident Of Rock Springs Commits Suicide RAWLINS, March 22—(UP)—A coroner’s jury today returned a verdict of “suicide” in the death of Fredelino (Fred) Trujillo, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the heart Saturday. Trujillo shot himself early Saturday morning in a local rooming house. He was found Saturday afternoon by a chamber maid who called officers. Dr. R.B. Baker, physician who testified at the inquest, said the man had been dead for eight hours when he was found on the bed in his room. Roomers testified that Trujillo had been in the rooming house for three days and appeared to be a quiet man. He did not seem despondent, they said. The day before he shot himself he approached a woman roomer and asked to borrow a dollar to eat, it was brought out in the testimony. However, he was to have gone to work this morning for a local sheep company. Officers said there was no reason that they knew of for the suicide. Trujillo is survived by his divorced wife and son, Bobby, 11, both of Rock Springs. He had resided in Rock Springs and before coming to Rawlins he had been working as a section hand at Tipton. The body will be shipped to Rock Springs. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Rogan chapel. Rosary services will be conducted this evening at the chapel at 6:45. Trujillo was born Jan. 25, 1902, in Taos, N.M. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 28, 1948 BOBBIE LEE INGLE Funeral services for Bobbie Lee, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Ingle of Eden, were held Wednesday at the Episcopal church in Eden valley, followed by interment in the Farson cemetery. The Rev. George W. Ridgway of the Rock Springs Episcopal church conducted the rites. The infant was born March 17, 1947 in Lander and died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital here Monday, March 22. Besides his parents, Bobbie Lee is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingle of Rock Springs and Mrs. Michael Folston of Lander. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 28, 1948 DAVID W. TRAHER Funeral services for David William Traher, 31, were held Saturday at the Traher home at 117 Grant street. The Rev. George W. Ridgway, rector of the Episcopal church, conducted the rites and burial was in the family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Graveside services were held by the Rock Springs post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Traher was injured fatally early Wednesday morning when the car he was driving careened off the left side of the road and skidded onto the railing of the Little Bitter creek bridge, 16 miles south of Rock Springs. He was en route to Clay Basin where he was employed as meter station operator for the Mountain Fuel Supply company when the accident occurred about 5:45 a.m. He died en route to Sweetwater County Memorial hospital after he was extricated from the wrecked car by rescuers led by J. Warden Opie, Sweetwater county coroner. Traher was born Dec. 26, 1916 in Rock Springs, a son of Mrs. Edith Traher of 117 Grant street, and the late Fred Traher. He was graduated from the Rock Springs high school in 1935 and entered service in World war II on Sept. 26, 1942. He served until Feb. 9, 1946, when he was discharged as a sergeant in the 94th fighter control squadron after lengthy service in the Pacific theater of operations. Besides his mother, Traher is survived by a brother, Norman Traher, of Elko, Nev., and a sister, Ella Mae Tatro of Rock Springs. Pallbearers were jack Bevridge, Tom Healey, John Kovacich, Mike Palko, Frank Remc and Morgan Roberts, Jr. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 28, 1948 FRANK X. LEHMAN The body of Frank X. Lehman, 63, who died at his home in Green River Thursday, was sent to Roscoe, S.D. for funeral and burial services. Lehman had resided in Green River for six years where he was employed by the Union Pacific railroad. He was born June 26, 1884, in Baker county, Minn. Survivors are his wife, Katherine, of Green River; one son, Sidney H. Lehman of Boston; two daughters, Mrs. Edna Hille of Frazee, Minn., and Mrs. Alice Grey of Elma, Wash.; four grandchildren and several brothers and sisters. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 28, 1948 HENRY BASCOM MILLER Funeral and burial services for Henry Bascom Miller, 54, of Oklahoma City, were held in Rock Springs Friday. The services were held at the Rogan mortuary chapel followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery. Miller was one of two men whose bodies were found in a refrigerator car at Green River on March 10. Investigation by county officials revealed that the deaths were caused by carbon monoxide gas. Miller is survived by a brother, E.L. Miller of Alex, Okla. The body of the other victim of the refrigerator car, Kenneth Lloyd Slimmer, 38, was sent to Pueblo, Colo. for burial. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 4, 1948 PETER ZANCANELLA Funeral services for Peter Zancanella, 54, of Superior were held Friday at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. S.A. Welsh said the funeral mass and burial was in the American Legion plot in the city cemetery. Zancanella, who had lived in the Rock Springs area for 22 years, died Saturday, March 27, of a prolonged illness at the veterans hospital in Cheyenne. Zancanella was born July 28, 1893, at Russell Gulch, Colo. He is survived by his wife, Adeline; one daughter, Mrs. Harold Swanzy of Cheyenne; one son, Ernest Zancanella, of Dearborn, Mich.; a brother, Emanuel Zancanella of Rock Springs and a stepsister, Mrs. V.J. Facinelli of Rock Springs. One sister resides in Italy. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 11, 1948 MRS. THOMAS McQUILLAN Funeral services for Rose Ann McQuillan, 57, wife of Thomas McQuillan of 119 L street, were held Friday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Terrence McGovern of the South Side Catholic church conducted the rites and burial was in the St. Joseph section of the city cemetery. Mrs. McQuillan, lifetime resident of the city, died Monday at Sweetwater County memorial hospital following a prolonged illness. She was born here on April 1, 1891. Besides her husband she is survived by three sons, Jack, William and Robert, all of Rock Springs; three daughters, Martha, at home, Mrs. George Joyce of Stockton, Calif., and Mrs. William Hicks of Big Piney; seven grandchildren and two brothers, John and Chris Coffey, both of Rock Springs. Friends of the family who served as pallbearers were John Freeman, George Harris, Joe Miller, Robert D. Murphy, Irvin Rodda and John Sloan, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 11, 1948 ANDREW P. BUGAS Funeral services for Andrew P. Bugas, 82, Sweetwater county pioneer, were held Saturday at the South Side Catholic church with burial in the St. Joseph section of the city cemetery. Bugas died Wednesday in Henry Ford hospital in Detroit where he was visiting a son, John S. Bugas, a vice president and director of industrial relations of the Ford Motor company. He suffered a paralytic stroke at his son’s home three weeks before his death. With exception of eight and one-half years, Bugas had been a resident of Sweetwater county for nearly 63 years. He was born Oct. 13, 1865, in the section of Austria that later became Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the United States at the age of 20. He first located at Mahoney, Pa., where he worked for a few months in the hard coal fields. He went to the old Carbon coal camp in Carbon county early in 1885 and came on to Rock Springs in June of that year. He was married to Helen Ladamus, also a native of Czechoslovakia, here in 1902. On Jan. 1, 1909, the family moved to Wamsutter to engage in the hotel business from which they retired in 1929. Bugas served Sweetwater county in the state legislature in 1901, 1903, 1905 and 1907. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Marvin Emery of Ogden and Helen Bugas of Denver; seven sons, John of Detroit, Carl of Coalinga, Calif., William of Ft. Collins, Andrew P. Bugas, Jr., and Paul Edward Bugas, both of Laramie, Russell Lee of Denver and Theodore of South Bend, Ind. A niece, Mrs. A.P. Russell of Cheyenne, and two nephews, George Grinch of Wamsutter and Steve Grinch of Tacoma, Wash., whom Mr. and Mrs. Bugas raised, also survive. Mrs. Bugas died in 1936. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 11, 1948 JOHN FRANK GANLEY The body of John Frank Ganley, 60, who died Friday on an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train between Evanston and Green River, was sent to his home in Minneapolis for burial. Ganley, accompanied by his wife, was en route to his home from California. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 11, 1948 MAX LUIS LOPEZ Funeral services for Max Luis, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lopez of White Mountain addition, Rock Springs were held Thursday at the North Side Catholic church, followed by burial in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The infant was born April 24, 1947, in Rock Springs and died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital here on Tuesday, April 6, after f three-day illness. Max Luis is survived by his parents, a brother, Thomas Jr., and a sister, Pauline Dolores, at home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Lopez of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Max Martinez of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 18, 1948 GUL L. STEVENSON Funeral services for Guy L. Stevenson, 66, chief electrician of the Union Pacific Coal company, were held Thursday at the Masonic Temple. The Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Stevenson died Sunday, April 11, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He suffered a heart attack at his home at 622 A street the previous day when he was taken to the hospital where he suffered a second attack Sunday evening which resulted in his death. Stevenson had lived in Rock Springs since 1903 when he came here from his boyhood home at Emporia, Kan., where he was born Jan. 5, 1882. His service with the Union Pacific Coal company started with his arrival in Rock Springs. He was active in Masonic circles and was a member of Rock Springs lodge No. 12, A.F. and A.M.; Lawrence chapter No. 11, Royal Arch Masons; the Knights Templar and Korein Temple of the Shrine at Rawlins. Survivors are his wife, Hanna Walters Stevenson, whom he married here on May 12, 1909; two sons, Guy F. Stevenson of Rock Springs and Albert Stevenson of East Gadsen, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Margaret) Elliott, Jr., of Rock Springs, Mrs. J. Philip (Ruth) Donovan, Jr., of Ft. Collins, Colo., and Mrs. Clifford W. (Merlyn) Rose of Longview, Wash.; nine grandchildren and one brother, O.H. Stevenson of Tacoma, Wash. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 18, 1948 MRS. FRANK KERSHISNIK SR. Funeral services for Mrs. Frances P. Kershisnik, 68, wife of Frank Kershisnik Sr., of 425 M street, were held Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Kershisnik died early Sunday, April 11, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Although she had been in failing health for some time her final illness was but a few days duration. Born Nov. 18, 1879 in Poljane, Yugoslavia, Frances Perko Kershisnik had spent most of her life in Rock Springs, coming here when a girl to make her home with her sisters, Mrs. Frank Ferlic and the late Mrs. Jelosek. She was married to Frank Kershisnik 47 years ago. Besides her husband she is survived by three sons and four daughters. The sons are Frank Kershisnik Jr., and Max Kershisnik, both of Rock Springs, and John Kershisnik of Twin Falls, Idaho. The daughters are Mrs. Robert (Amelia) Worthman of Madison, Wis.; Mrs. Gerald (Frances) Kellogg and Mrs. John (Ann) Godfrey, both of Cheyenne, and Mrs. Daniel (Cecelia) Wilson of Rock Springs. One son, Joseph Kershisnik was killed in an airplane accident in 1942. She also is survived by 19 grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Ferlic, who now lives in Santa Monica, Calif.; one brother, Frank Perko who resides in Yugoslavia, and several nieces and nephews. Friends of the family who served as pallbearers were Joseph H. Galicich, Eldon Johnson, Fred Magagna, Val Marcina, Don Pipkin and John Putz. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 18, 1948 MRS. GEORGE H. YARGER Funeral services for Mary Ellen Yarger, 90, of Winton, widow of George H. Yarger, will be held at 3 o’clock today at the Episcopal church of St. Andrew of the Pines at Pinedale. The Rev. Dr. Judson, rector of the church, will conduct the rites and burial will be in the Yarger family plot in the cemetery at Daniel. Mrs. Yarger died Thursday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Franch, in Winton, with whom she had lived for 14 years. She went to Winton in April, 1934, from Pocatello where her husband died in 1933. Born April 26, 1858, in Elmville, Ohio, Mrs. Yarger, whose maiden name was Gall, with her husband and their family came west in 1897, locating in the Daniel area where they lived until 1912. They traveled from St. Lous, Mo., in covered wagons, going into what now is Sublette county by way of Yellowstone National park. Mrs. Yarger always took great delight in relating her experiences in Yellowstone park “before lots of people even knew there was a Yellowstone park,” as she was accustomed to say. Her children were all born in Ohio with exception of Mrs. Franch, who was born in the Yager’s log cabin at Daniel. After leaving Daniel, the Yargers lived for four years at Blackfoot, Idaho, for four years at Grand Junction, Colo., returning to Idaho where they lived until Yarger’s death and Mrs. Yarger’s going to Winton. Besides her daughter, with whom she lived, Mrs. Yarger is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Cora A. Davison, of Bandon, Ore.; four sons, Grover A. and walter S. Yarger, both of Daniel; Albert A. and Jasper A. Yarger, both of Bandon, Ore.; 23 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 28, 1948 Manager Evanston Store Dies (Special to The Miner) EVANSTON, April 24.—Elmer Leo Meadowcroft, 34, manager of Reed’s Riteway store in Evanston, died at 6:30 a.m. Friday, April 23, in a Salt Lake city hospital of complications following pneumonia. He was born June 25, 1913, in Evanston, a son of Leo and Lillie Whittle Meadowcroft. His entire life was spent in Evanston. He graduated from the local high school in 1930; was a member of the Evanston volunteer fire department, the chamber of commerce, Eagles lodge, Aerie 2359, the L.D.S. church, and at the time of his death was the manager of Reed’s Riteway store here. He married Carma Rollins, September 10, 1943. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Elma Lynn and Susan Lee; his parents, all of Evanston; two sisters, Mrs. Eleanora DeWitt, Chicago, Ill.; and Laura Meadowcroft, Evanston; one brother, Arthur Meadowcroft, U.S. coast guard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Funeral services will be announced later, pending the arrival of the brother from Hawaii. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 28, 1948 Advised of Former Winton Woman’s Death in Colorado Mrs. Mattie Horn of 112 Center street was advised yesterday of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. James Harris, which occurred Friday at Lafayette, Colo. Funeral services will be held there Tuesday afternoon. The Harris family lived at Winton at one time, leaving there about 15 years ago. Besides her husband, who is a brother of Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Harris is survived by three sons and two daughters. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 28, 1948 DOROTHY FESSLER BOSCHETTO Funeral services for Dorothy Fessler, Boschetto, 13, daughter of Mrs. Ben Boschetto of 833 Eighth street, were held Thursday at the L.D.S. church. Bishop Eugene Sellers conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Dorothy Marie died Monday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital following a three-month illness. She was born Jan. 14, 1935, in Rock Springs and was a sixth grade pupil at Washington school at the time of her fatal illness. Death was caused by a heart affliction which resulted from rheumatic fever. Besides her mother and stepfather, she is survived by her father, Floyd Fessler, of Evanston; two stepbrothers and one stepsister, Ben Jr., Fritz and Derlee Boschetto, at home; her grandmother, Mrs. James Overy Jr., of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 28, 1948 MRS. ROBERT W. KIDMAN Mrs. Robert W. Kidman, 76, an early day resident of Rock Springs, died Sunday, April 18, at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Deras Bradshaw, in Lyman. She had lived in Bridger valley for 57 years. Funeral services were held at the Lyman L.D.S. church Wednesday, followed by burial there. Born July 10, 1871, in Southook, Ayrshire, Scotland, Jessie Cunningham Kidman came to Rock Springs with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cunningham, when she was eight years old. She was married to Robert W. Kidman July 25, 1888, in Menden, Utah. They lived in Rock Springs for three years and then moved to Bridger valley. Her husband died there in 1932. Mrs. Kidman is survived by seven daughters, three sons, 41 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and two sisters. One daughter, Mrs. Agnes Fackral, and two sons, George and Mark Kidman, preceded her in death. Her sons and daughters are Orson Kidman, Rock Springs; Lew Kidman, Oregon City, Ore.; Robert W. Kidman, Mountain View; Mrs. Thomas Overy, Mrs. Everett Gordon and Mrs. Evan Graham, all of Rock Springs; Mrs. Jess Graham, Mountain View; Mrs. Lester Walker, Green River; Mrs. Gene Brown, Evanston; Mrs. Jergon Johnson, Walden, Colo. Two sisters, Mrs. Claude Alexander of Lander and Mrs. Elizabeth Hollingshead of Green River, also survive. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 28, 1948 EMIL J. MEYER Funeral services for Emil J. Meyer, 53, will be held at the Farson community hall at Farson at 2 p.m. Monday. The Rev. James E. Shapland of the Methodist church here will conduct the rites and burial will be in the Farson cemetery under direction of the Rogan mortuary. Meyer, resident of the Farson section of Eden valley for 39 years, died Tuesday, April 20, in the vets hospital in Albuquerque, N.M. Mrs. Meyer was with him at the time of his death. He was a veteran of World war I and three of his five sons served in World war II. Meyer was born April 30, 1895 in Pawnee City, Neb., and went with his parents to Eden valley at the age of 14 years, where he since resided. Besides his wife he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles Stout of Eden; five sons, Raymond, who is with the army air force at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Emil Meyer of Daniel, Arthur, LaVerne and Willard Meyer, all of Farson; three brothers, Edward Meyer of Omaha, Ark., and Fred and Paul Meyer, both of Farson; three sisters, Pauline Meyer of Rock Springs; Mrs. Pat Brooks of Pinedale and Mrs. Bertha Spence of Grand Rapids, Minn., and two grandchildren. His entire family with exception of the one brother in Arkansas, who is ill and unable to make the trip to Farson, will be present for the funeral services tomorrow. The son, Raymond, who is with the air force in Cuban territory, came to Rock Springs by plane, arriving here Saturday afternoon. --- Green River Star, Apr 29, 1948 Joe Hyde Found Dead; Officers Are Investigating Orson Joe Hyde, well-known Green River railroad employee and extensive property holder, was found dead in bed late yesterday afternoon at his apartment located on the South Side with preliminary estimates of authorities being that he had been dead for about five days. The body was found by Mrs. Gladys Closson, an occupant of the Hyde apartments, Mrs. Betty Shaw, a next-door neighbor. These ladies investigated Mr. Hyde's apartment when Mrs. Closson became aware of an odor presumably coming from that location. Although Hyde had been in ill health for several months, being a patient at the Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City in January, when his condition was stated to County Coroner J. Warden Opie yesterday in a phone conversation with a Dr. Hatch of the hospital as being "very sick.” He was last seen about the city last Friday, as far as known now by authorities Harry Markle being the last person to talk with Hyde. His only known relative is a sister, Mrs. W. H. Crosbie, of Sacramento, Calif., who has been notified by authorities of the death, and circumstances surrounding the sudden passing. It was believed that Hyde died of natural causes, probably of a heart attack, although both Sheriff Mike Maher and Coroner Opie stated today that they were making a definite report in the matter. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 2, 1948 MRS. JOSEPH ZAMBAI Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda Zambai, 84, widow of Joseph Zambai, pioneer resident of Rock Springs and Superior, will be held at 9:30 o’clock Monday morning at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. S.A. Welch will conduct the funeral mass and burial will be in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7 o’clock at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Mrs. Zambai, resident of this community for 56 years, died Thursday night at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where she had been a patient since February 7. She was the mother of Mrs. Mike Zanoni of Rock Springs and Mrs. Marko Zamboni of Superior. She also was the mother of Reverend Mother Matilda who at present is stationed at a camp for about 300 war orphans just outside the city of Rome. Reverend Mother Matilda, by special dispensation of the Pope, visited her parents for a year which ended in September of 1933, about one and one-half years before the death of her father which occurred here March 9, 1935. Mrs. Zambai was born in Tyrol, Austira, on Nov. 20, 1863, where she spent her early life. Nephews will serve as pallbearers at tomorrow morning’s funeral services. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 2, 1948 JOHN ABRAHAMS John Abrahams, 84, an early day resident of Rock Springs, died Sunday, April 25, at his home in Byron, Wyo. Funeral services were held in Byron Tuesday followed by burial there. Abraham came as a boy from Wales where he was born in 1864 and worked in the old No. 7 mine here. He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Walt Stevens and Mrs. Archie Aims; two sons, Griff and George Abrahams, all of Byron; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Holmes, who lives in Utah and Mrs. Marie King of Kemmerer. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 2, 1948 AUGUST SENESHALE Funeral services for August Seneshale, 44, of No. 9 camp, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel followed by burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Rosaries were recited at the chapel Friday night. Seneshale was killed instantly Tuesday when he fell beneath a coal car he was braking at the Stansbury mine tipple. Born May 15, 1903 in Hastings, Pa., he had lived most of his life in Rock Springs, coming here with his parents 38 years ago. Survivors are his wife, Mary Zaversnik Seneshale; one daughter, Ruth, 13, and one son, August Jr., 12, both at home; his mother, Mrs. Sadie Seneshale; one sister, Alice Seneshale; two brothers, William and Morris Seneshale, and an uncle, Fred Delso, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 2, 1948 MRS. BEN F. SMITH Mrs. Ben F. Smith died Tuesday, April 27, in Ogden where the Smiths have lived since leaving Rock Springs three years ago. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 2, 1948 ALFRED ANDERSON Alfred Anderson, 68, resident of Rock Springs for 50 years, died Monday, April 26, at his home in Riverside, Calif., where the family has lived since leaving here five years ago. Burial was in Riverside. While a resident here Anderson was employed by the Union Pacific Coal company. He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Margaret Anderson Bowers, of Los Angeles and Lorna Anderson Venable of Janesville, Wis., and two sons, Alfred and Walter Anderson, both of Riverside. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 2, 1948 LORETTA ANNE ARCHULETA Arrangements for funeral and burial services for Loretta Anne Archuleta, one-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Archuleta of Green River, were still pending Saturday night. Graveside services will be held at Riverview cemetery in Green River at a time to be announced today. The infant was born Thursday at Aspen and died there a few hours later. Besides her parents, Loretta Anne is survived by a sister, Lora Corrine, at home. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 2, 1948 ORSON JOSEPH HYDE The body of Orson Joseph Hyde, 43, who was found dead Wednesday night at his living quarters in Green River, has been sent to Heber City, Utah, for burial. A sister and his only immediate survivor, Mrs. W.H. Crosby of Sacramento, Calif., went to Helper for the rites. Hyde’s death was the result of natural causes, County Coroner J. Warden Opie said, after the coroner’s office had conducted an investigation. Hyde had lived in Sweetwater county for about 20 years and had lived at Green River since October, 1943. He was a carhelper for the Union Pacific railroad. He was born Jan. 17, 1905 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 2, 1948 MRS. GROVER STRICKLAND Final funeral services and burial for Mrs. Catherine Phyllis Strickland, 34, wife of Grover Strickland of 29 Blair avenue, will be held Monday or Tuesday in Kasson, Minn., where her stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. O.T. Anderson, reside. Mrs. Strickland died Friday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. The family has lived in Rock Springs for five years. She was born Feb. 2, 1914 at Duluth, Minn. Survivors are her husband, one son, Daryl, at home; her mother, three brothers and five sisters who reside in Minnesota and North Dakota. Several of her sisters arrived in Rock Springs a few days before her death and remained here to accompany her body back to Minnesota with her husband and son. Funeral services were held at the Rogan mortuary chapel yesterday morning, conducted by the Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 2, 1948 WILLIAM F. PARTON Funeral services for William F. Parton, 79, pioneer Rock Springs merchant who died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital here Tuesday, April 27, were held Friday at the Methodist church. The Rev. James E. Shapland conducted the rites and the body was taken to Denver that night for burial in the Denver Mausoleum. A sister, Mrs. S.B. Brand, of Denver, came to Rock Springs when advised of her brother’s death and accompanied the body to Denver Friday night. Parton came to Rock Springs in 1905 when he and his cousin, J.C. Penney, opened the Golden Rule mercantile store on North Front street. The two men had been in business together in Kemmerer. Later Parton purchased Penney’s interest in the store here and Penney purchased his interest in the Kemmerer store. Later Parton established stores at Globe, Ariz., Park City and Coalville, Utah, and Superior. He sold his interests in his Golden Rule store here to J.C. Penney company in the late 1920s and since then had maintained his headquarters in Rock Springs and at the Brown Palace hotel in Denver. During World war I Parton was one of several Sweetwater county residents who were in charge of Red Cross activities in the county. Parton was born in 1868 in Washington county, Mo. Mrs. Brand is his only survivor. --- Green River Star, May 6, 1948 FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY FOR ARCHULETA INFANT Funeral services were held Sunday in Green River for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Archuleta of Aspen. The infant died soon after birth Thursday. Mrs. Lena Morrison of Green River is a grandmother of the deceased. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 9, 1948 MATTHEW WILLISON Funeral services for Matthew Willison, 77, resident of western Wyoming for 58 years, were held Thursday at the L.D.S. church. Bishop Eugene Sellers conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Willison died Monday, May 3, at Sweetwater County memorial hospital where he had been a patient since before Christmas. Born Aug. 18, 1870 in Hamilton, Scotland, Willison and his wife located at Afton, in Lincoln county, in 1890. From there they moved to Evanston and later to Rock Springs where Willison worked in the mines. Mrs. Willison died here in 1944. Survivors are one son, Matt Willison, of Thermopolis; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Wilde of Rock Springs and Mrs. Minnie Taylor of Fairbanks, Alaska; one grandson; two granddaughters and six great-grandchildren. Friends who served as pallbearers at Thursday’s services were Curtis Burrell, Arnold Corbridge, Richard James, William Smith, Archie Sawyer and Hugh Thomas, all of Rock Springs. The Rogan mortuary was in charge of burial arrangements. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 9, 1948 Adkison Funeral Services to Be Held Tomorrow Funeral services for Clyde Adkison, 65, resident of Rock Springs for nearly 40 years, will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. The Rev. George W. Ridgway will conduct the ritualistic service for the death and burial will be in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Adkison died Thursday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital following a four-month illness caused by an occupational disease of the lungs and resultant complications. A tailor by trade, Adkison was forced to give up his work the first of the year after noting the first indications of his illness last September. James Clyde Adkison was born in Missouri on Aug. 12, 1882, but spent his early years in Rushville, Ill. In 1905 he accepted a position with E.J. Young, an early-day Rock Springs tailor. In 1908 he was married to Carrie Hougard of Rock Springs and they returned to Illinois where they lived for two years. In 1910 they came back to Rock Springs when Adkison again worked for the late E.J. Young before establishing his own tailor shop in Superior which he operated until Young’s death in 1918 when he returned to Rock Springs to take over the Young shop, which he operated until last January. Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Joseph W. (Kathryn) Hunter of British Columbia, Canada, who visited her parents in January; one son, Forrest Adkison of Cheyenne; one brother, Hugh Adkison of Cheyenne and one sister, Mrs. Homer Black of Rushville, Ind. One son, who died in infancy, preceded him in death. Adkison was a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges and served as a vestryman of the Episcopal church here for a number of years. The Masons will hold services at the graveside Monday. Alex Christie, Claude Elias, John D. Foster, Walter Larsen, Bennett Outsen and Frank Tatman will be the pallbearers and the Wildermuth mortuary will be in charge of the burial. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 16, 1948 V. Yugovich, Resident for 42 Years, Dies Valentine Yugovich, 66, of 413 Tisdale, resident of Rock Springs for over 40 years, died at his home yesterday at 9:50 a.m. Born Feb. 2, 1882 at Skofja Loka, Yugoslavia, Yugovich came to Rock Springs 42 years ago. He was employed as a caretaker at Washington grade school. Survivors include his wife Frances, five daughters, Mr. E.R. Adams, Mrs. Frank Pivik, Mrs. Victor Menghini and Mrs. Pete Roich, of Rock Springs and Mrs. Henry Lenzi, Superior; two brothers, George and Matt Yugovich and one sister, Mrs. Mary Mlinar, all of Yugoslavia, and three grandchildren. He was a member of the S.N.P.J. lodge No. 10. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at the North Side Catholic church, conducted by Father Albin Gnidovec. Rosary will be read at the Rogan chapel at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Interment will be in the St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 16, 1948 PAUL ALONZA ROWELL Paul Alonza Rowell, 18-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. Rowell of Superior, died Monday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. The body was sent by United Airlines to Andalusia, Ala., the child’s birthplace, for burial. He was born there Aug. 2, 1946 and went with his parents to Superior about one year ago. Besides his parents he is survived by one brother, Edmund Jr., and a sister, Merna Loyce, at home. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 16, 1948 PETER STARMAN Funeral services for Peter Starman, 65, resident of Rock Springs for 44 years, were held Wednesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Burial was in the city cemetery. Starman was born May 16, 1884 in Trata, Yugoslavia and came to Rock Springs in 1904 when he started to work for the Union Pacific Coal company after working for one year in the coal fields of Pennsylvania. Survivors are his wife, Frances; one son, Joseph Starman of Ketchum, Idaho; two grandchildren; two brothers, Frank Starman of Homedale, Idaho, and Tony Starman of Rock Springs; one sister, Mrs. John Putz of Rock Springs. K.S.J.S. lodge No. 86 conducted the funeral services. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 16, 1948 NELS GUST NELSON Funeral services for Nels Gust Nelson, 79, of Eden, were held Saturday at the Rogan chapel. The Rev. Robert Midgley, Green River Congregational minister, conducted the services. Nelson, resident of Eden valley for nearly 20 years, died Wednesday at his home three miles south of the Eden post office. He was born Dec. 19, 1868 in Sweden. Survivors are two sons, F.M. Nelson of Omaha and G.E. Nelson of Eden. Four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. The body has been taken to Omaha for burial. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 18, 1948 Graveside Services Held for Infant Graveside services were conducted yesterday at 4 p.m. at St. Joseph’s cemetery for Fred Zambai, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zambai, Superior. The baby died Sunday at the Memorial hospital. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, May 20, 1948 Body Found Near Baxter Identified The body of a man found near Baxter, Wyo., May 7 has been identified through the Sommerset, N.J., county jail as that of William Simko, alias Wasyle Symkio, between the ages of 65 and 70, Sweetwater County Coroner J. Warden Opie, announced yesterday. The body was found May 7, by Hugh Erwin, signal maintainer for the Union Pacific railroad. The man apparently died of natural causes, Opie states in the original report. Simko has been arrested in Sommerset in May 1938. The charges were not known. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 23, 1948 SUSAN ANDERSON Funeral services for Susan Anderson, eight-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Anderson Jr., of Lyman, were held Friday at the home of the infant’s maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Maxfield, in Lyman. Bishop Donald M. Field of the Lyman L.D.S. ward conducted the rites and burial was in the Lyman cemetery. Susan died Thursday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Besides her parents she is survived by a sister, Sharon; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jospeh Anderson Sr., of Lyman and the Maxfields. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 23, 1948 DANIEL G. ICE Funeral and burial services for Daniel Gardner Ice, 54, of Green River, will be held early this week at Polk, Neb. The body will be taken from the Rogan mortuary to Polk today. Ice died Thursday at St. Benedict’s hospital in Ogden. He is survived by a son, Daniel, of Green River; a brother, Jesse W. Ice of Bandon, Ore., and a sister, Mae Ice Johnson of Polk. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 30, 1948 Last Rites Held For First of War Dead Here An assembly of relatives, friends and former comrades gathered Saturday at 2 p.m. in the L.D.S. church to pay last honor and respects to Corp. Melvin Groutage, the first World War II dead to be interred here. Corporal Groutage’s body was met Saturday morning by an American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars escort and borne to the Rogan chapel. From there the body was taken to the L.D.S. church for funeral services, under the direction of Bishop Eugene Sellers. The ceremony marked the first such tribute paid to war dead of Rock Springs and vicinity. Corporal Groutage died in the invasion of Normandy in July 1944, where he served with the 90th Division under command of the late General George S. Patton. He visited his home in Rock Springs for the last time in February, 1944, four months before he died in action. He was one of the first to land in the Normandy invasion. Twenty former comrades of the 90th Division attended the services. Lyman Fearn, a longtime friend of the Groutage family, was the first speaker. He gave a brief summary of the life of the deceased. A poem, “In Flanders Field” was also read. Martin Botero sang “I Shall Not Pass Again This Way,” and James Johnson sang “A Perfect Day,” followed by James Rawling, who sang, “Just a Wearying’ for You.” Bishop Eugene Sellers then delivered the final message, remarking upon the price men must pay for freedom. “All through the history of the world,” he said, “men have been called to pay the price for freedom. Let us be thankful that we have such men. Without them, we would not have the freedom we enjoy today.” Following the address by Bishop Sellers, a male quartet, James Johnson, LeRoy Huntzinger, Elwood Robins and George Tipp sang “Sleep, Soldier Boy.” James Johnson then delivered the benediction. Following the church services, the American Legion color guard, under command of Steve Kovacich, led the procession to Mountain View cemetery. Corporal Groutage’s former 90th Division comrades and other servicemen who knew him marched by the flag draped casket’s side. The grave was dedicated by LeRoy Huntzinger. A farewell salute was fired over the grave, and a plane of the Civil Air Patrol, piloted by Captain Gomer Sneddon, zoomed low in final tribute. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 30, 1948 FAUSTINO DELAURANTE Funeral services for Faustino Delaurante, 77, of 633 Elias avenue, were held Friday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Anton Gnidovec conducted the funeral mass and burial was in the Fraternal Order of Eagles plot in the city cemetery. Delaurante, a resident of Rock Springs for more than 55 years, died Monday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital after a four-day illness. He was a retired coal miner. Delaurante was born Aug. 4, 1870 in Turine, Italy. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. John Cameron of Chicago and Mrs. Nato Barto and Mrs. Martin Krake, both of Rock Springs, and nine grandchildren. Mrs. Delaurante died here in 1932. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 30, 1948 BYRON CORDER Funeral services for Byron Corder, 27, who was killed in an accident at the Sweetwater mine at Quealy Wednesday were held Friday at the Rogan chapel. The Rev. James E. Shapland of the Methodist church conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Corder had lived in the Rock Springs area for the last nine years. He was born March 4, 1921 in Cambridge, Neb. Survivors are his wife, Bonnie Louise Williamson Corder; his father, Don Corder, of Dines; his mother, Mrs. Lottie Corder, of Cambridge, Neb.; two brothers, Boyd of Cambridge and Bernard of Indianola, Neb.; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Decker, of Holbrook, Neb.; an uncle, H.L. Corder, and a cousin, David Corder, both of Nampa, Idaho. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 30, 1948 SPIRO DOZET Funeral services for Spiro Dozet, 79, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Greek Orthodox church. The Rev. Costas Kouklakis will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View section of the city cemetery under direction of the Rogan mortuary. Dozet died Friday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He lived at 1030 Pilot Butte avenue and had been a resident of the Rock Springs area for 23 years. Born May 20, 1869 at Karinca, Yugoslavia, Dozet came to the United States about 40 years ago. He was a retired coal miner. Survivors are two daughters who live in Yugoslavia and 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren who all live in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 6, 1948 WILLIAM BLACK Funeral services for William Black Sr., 62, of 605 Massachusetts avenue, were held Thursday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. The Rev. Fred K. Swett, pastor of the Congregational church, conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View cemetery. Black, a resident of Rock Springs for almost 50 years, was killed in an automobile accident Sunday, May 30, near Daniel in Sublette county. Accompanied by Mrs. Black and Robert Vukelic of Rock Springs, Black was en route to the Jackson Hole country to spend the Memorial day holidays. The Black car, a 1947 DeSoto sedan with Black at the wheel, failed to make a turn in the highway only a few hundred yards west of Sargeant’s inn which stands a the junction of the Pinedale-Big Piney-Jackson roads. Sheriff Robert Carlson of Sublette county reached the scene of the accident within a few minutes and started with Black to Pinedale but he died before Carlson reached there with him. Mrs. Black, who was injured badly, was administered first aid in Pinedale and then brought to Sweetwater County Memorial hospital here where she still remains a patient. Vukelic was bruised badly in the smashup. Black had been on of the custodians at the high school building since its completion in 1932. About 20 years ago he lost an arm in mine accident here. He was born July 9, 1885, in England and came to Rock Springs with his parents at the age of 9. With exception of three years he has lived in Rock Springs since. He was married here to Helen Maxwell, daughter of a pioneer Rock Springs family. Besides his wife he is survived by two sons, William Black Jr., and Robert Ray Black, both of Rock Springs; four daughters, June Black Emery, Mrs. Marshall (Laurice) Martin and Mrs. Kenneth (Kathleen) Gordon, all of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Ormo (Betty) Kilburn of Reno, Neb., six grandchildren and one great-grandson; four brothers, Howard and Albert Black, both of Littleton, Colo., Cecil Black of Louviers, Colo., and Martin Black of Littleton, Colo. --- Rock Springs Miner, June 13, 1948 WILLIAM MUNIZ Graveside services for William, one-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ruben Muniz of Rock Springs were held Saturday in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. The infant was one of the twins born at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital on June 7. One of the infants died at birth and William died at the hospital Thursday. Prematurity was given as cause of both deaths. Besides their parents, the infants are survived by a sister, Rosana Vigil Muniz. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 13, 1948 WILLIAM FRANK ANDERSON JR. Funeral services for William Frank Anderson, seven-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Anderson of 119 Meade street, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The infant died Friday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Death was attributed to failure of the circulatory system to function, complicated by pneumonia. He was born in Rock Springs Oct. 25, 1947. Besides his parents, William Frank is survived by one sister, Pearl, and two brothers, Paul and Fred, at home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Anderson and Fred Robertson, all of Rock Springs. Burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 13, 1948 MRS. WILLIAM JACKSON Funeral services for Elizabeth Westwell Jackson, 62, widow of William Jackson, were held Wednesday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. The Rev. Fred K. Swett, pastor of the Congregational church, conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Jackson, who had been a resident of Rock Springs for 39 years, died Sunday, June 6, at Sweetwater County memorial hospital. Survivors are three daughters, Lillian Jackson McPhie, who is with her husband, Joseph McPhie in Tokyo, Japan; Mrs. Frank Kaumo and Mrs. E.D. Daniels, both of Rock Springs and eight grandchildren. Her husband died here in 1934. Mrs. Jackson was born Dec. 30, 1885 in Leigh, Lancashire, England. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 13, 1948 MARTIN KNUDSEN Funeral services for Martin Knudsen, 65, were held Tuesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Fred K. Swett, pastor of the Congregational church, conducted the services and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Knudsen, resident of Rock Springs for 46 years, died of a heart attack on Saturday, June 5. He was born Aug. 11, 1882 in Trondjheim, Norway. Survivors are his wife, Karen; two daughters, Mrs. Gerald Cotter of Dubois and Mable Knudsen of Rock Springs; two grandchildren; three brothers, Olaf Knudsen of Rock Springs and Carl and Andy Knudsen, both of Idaho Falls. One other brother and three sisters live in Norway. --- Rock Springs Miner, June 20, 1948 ALVINO ARCHULETTA Funeral services for Alvino Joseph Archuletta, 34, of Superior were held in Walsenburg, Colo., followed by burial there. The rosary was said at the Rogan mortuary here Thursday night and the body was taken to Walsenburg that night. Mr. Archuletta died Saturday, June 12, at the state hospital in Evanston. He was injured in the Copenhagen mine at Superior on May 25 and received treatment at Sweetwater Memorial hospital until he was taken to Evanston. He was born March 1, 1914 in Walsenburg where his parents and several brothers and sisters reside. He is survived by his wife, five sons and one daughter, all of Superior. Coroner J. Warden Opie ordered an autopsy performed to determine cause of Mr. Archuletta’s death. --- Rock Springs Miner, June 20, 1948 WANDA IRENE FENTON Funeral services for Wanda Irene, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Fenton of Superior, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. James E. Shapland of the Methodist church conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. The child died Thursday at the Fenton home. Besides her parents, Wanda Irene is survived by one sister, Alice, and three brothers, Frank, John and Fred Fenton, all at home. --- Rock Springs Miner, June 20, 1948 STEVE DECHEFF Funeral services for Steve Decheff, 65, were held Thursday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Byron K. Chalker of the Seventh-Day Adventist church conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Decheff, who resided at 657 North Front street, died Monday, June 14, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He had no known relatives and his occupation was listed as sheepherder. --- Rock Springs Miner, June 20, 1948 JAMES PARSONS Funeral services for James Parsons, 77, of 149 Noble drive were held Friday at the Wildermuth mortuary chapel. The Rev. James E. Shapland of the Methodist church conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Parsons, a retired coal miner, was born Sept. 18, 1870 in Wales and came to Rock Springs in 1911. He had no known relatives. --- Rock Springs Miner, June 27, 1948 LOUIS JOHN KORITNIK Funeral services for Louis John Koritnik, Sr., 40, of Blairtown were held Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Koritnik, resident of the community for more than 30 years, died Sunday, June 20, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Pneumonia was the cause of death. Born April 19, 1908, in Yugoslavia, Mr. Koritnik came to Rock Springs with his parents when he was ten years old. He is survived by his wife, Josephine; his parents, who live at Blairtown; three sons, Louis Jr., Joseph and Stephen, at home; five brothers, Isador of Quealy, Albin of San Diego, Cyril, Peter and Valentine Koritnik, all of Rock Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Jack Lebar, Louise Koritnik Kure and Mrs. Dan Teslich, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, June 27, 1948 WILLIAM H. MCPHIE Funeral services for William H. McPhie, 78, were held Friday at the L.D.S. church. Bishop Eugene Sellers conducted the rites and the body was taken to Kemmerer for burial. Mr. McPhie had made his home in Rock Springs with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. William McPhie at 119 Hancock street for four years and prior to coming here he lived in the Kemmerer area. He died Tuesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He was born July 4, 1870 in Scotland and came to the United States in 1882 with his parents who located at Almy in Uinta county. Survivors are two sons, Philip of Ogden and Darwin, who lives in Texas; one daughter, Mrs. Ida Stevenson of Kemmerer; 17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; five brothers, Charles of Heber City, James of Provo, Joseph of California, Martin of Helper and Andrew McPhie of Ogden; two sisters, Sarah McPhie Overy of Rock Springs and Mrs. James Osborne of Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Miner, June 27, 1948 CHARLES GRIFF Funeral services for Charles Griff, 49, were held Friday at the Lincoln mortuary in Kemmerer. Mr. Griff, a native of Rock Springs, died of a heart attack Monday night in Casper where he and his family had lived for three years and where he was shop foreman for the Triangle Motors. Mr. Griff spent his boyhood in Rock Springs and then went to Kemmerer where he lived until 1928 when he returned here to live until 1945 when he went to Casper. He is survived by his wife, one son, Charles Jr. of Kemmerer; two daughters, Penny Kay, at home, and Mrs. George Valentine of Long Beach and several brothers and sisters. Mr. Griff was a member of Rock Springs aerie of Fraternal Order of Eagles. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 4, 1948 Double Rites for Cave-in Victims To Be Tuesday A double funeral services for the two small boys who were victims of a cave-in embankment in the city Wednesday will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Congregational church. The boys, George Lee Crowell Jr., 4, and William Matthew Phelps Jr., 5, were cousins. The Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church and the Rev. James E. Shapland of the Methodist church will conduct the services and burials will be in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. George Lee Crowell Jr. was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Crowell of 507 G street and William Matthew Phelps Jr. was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Phelps, also of 507 G street. Mrs. Phelps and Crowell are brother and sister. The cousins came to their deaths Wednesday afternoon when an estimated ton of dirt and debris caved in on a driveway at 507 G street where the boys were playing. Both were completely buried by the falling dirt. The Phelps boy died of a crushed chest and suffocation and the Crowell boy died of suffocation. Both children were born in Herrin, Ill., and came together to Rock Springs with their parents a year ago. The Crowell boy was born on Oct. 14, 1944 and the Phelps boy on Aug. 26, 1943. Besides his parents, William Matthew Phelps is survived by a brother, Clifford Lee, 13 months. George Lee Crowell was the only child of his parents. Mrs. Kate Crowell, who resides at 704 Elk street, Rock Springs, was the grandmother of both boys. Mrs. William Phelps, paternal grandmother of the Phelps boy, of Herrin, Ill., arrived in Rock Springs last night to attend the funeral services. Mrs. R.E. Puyper, maternal grandmother of the Crowell boy, accompanied by her son, Benjamin of Picayune, Miss., will arrive in Rock Springs today. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 4, 1948 ARCHIE AULD SR. Funeral services for Archie Auld Sr., who died Tuesday, were held Friday at the Wildermuth funeral chapel. Bishop Eugene Sellers of the L.D.S. church conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Both the Masonic lodge and United Mine Workers of America conducted graveside services. Mr. Auld, who had lived in the Rock Springs area for 41 years, was born in Argyle, Scotland, July 19, 1878. He is survived by his wife, Ellen; two sons, Robert of Reliance and Archie Auld Jr. who is in Alaska; two daughters, Mrs. William Barwich of Superior and Mrs. Joe McCormick of Thermopolis; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mr. Auld was a member of the Rock Springs Masonic lodge and the Winton local, United Mine Workers. The Auld home was at 1205 Elk street, Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 4, 1948 CHARLES FRANKLENFELD The body of Charles Franklenfeld, 55, who died suddenly at a local café where he was employed as cook on Monday, June 28, has been sent to Las Vegas, Nev., for burial. Franklenfeld arrived here on June 24. He lived formerly at Las Vegas. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 20, 1948 Coal Miner Killed As Legs Severed in Crawling Under Train A 48-year-old coal miner died last Saturday night at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital about 15 minutes after both legs were cut off as he crawled beneath a freight train in the railroad yards here, Coroner J. Warden Opie announced yesterday. The man was identified as Alfonso Barrious Cabral, 48, of Del Carbon, Colo., who had moved to Winton about 11 days ago and obtained employment there. Opie said that his investigation showed that Cabral was trapped beneath the train while attempting to cross the tracks. He added that Cabral apparently crawled underneath the train shortly before it moved, to take advantage of a shorter distance to his parked car. Cabral, according to informants here, was born at Zacatecas, Mexico, on Jan. 22, 1900. Survivors include three sons and six daughters. The body had been sent to Walsenburg, Colo., for funeral arrangements there, Opie announced. --- Green River Star, Jul 8, 1948 War-Dead Son of Mrs. Pearl Bundy To Be Buried In Montpelier Mrs. Pearl Bundy received word last week that the body of her son, Donavan Kunz, who was killed in action in Army service in Europe in World War II, was being shipped to the United States and would, as she had previously requested, be shipped to Montpelier, Idaho, the former family home, for interment. Mrs. Bundy is now in Montpelier awaiting arrival of the body and to make arrangements for funeral services. No further information was available here regarding Kunz' Army service, or details of his death in the European Theatre. --- Green River Star, Jul 8, 1948 Funeral Services Tuesday for Crash Victim Funeral services for Titus Graham, 54, of Ogden, Utah, former resident of Green River, were conducted here Tuesday morning from Church of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic) Church, the Rev. Father H. Schellinger in charge. Graham died Friday morning in an Ogden hospital of injuries sustained in an auto accident Tuesday of last week. He suffered a fractured back, leg, arm and ribs, and had internal injuries. He was injured when he was standing beside his parked car, which was struck by another auto. Graham came to Green River when a very young man and employed here by the Union Pacific as a boilermaker's helper, and later was employed at Red Feather Cafe on the kitchen staff. Four years ago he left Green River and the U. P. accepting a position as boilermaker helper with the Southern Pacific at Ogden. He is survived by a brother, Fillmore Graham, and a sister, Mrs. Rose Carrillo, both of Green River. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 11, 1948 GLENN NELSON Funeral services for Glenn (Kenchy) Nelson, 25, were held Friday at the Seventh-Day Adventist church. Burial was in the cemetery at Farson. Mr. Nelson died July 5 in Lander as result of injuries incurred in an automobile accident which occurred during the night of July 3 in Red canyon between South Pass and Lander. Glenn Nelson was born July 19, 1922 at Farson and had lived in Rock Springs and at Farson all his life with exception of eight years when the family moved to South Dakota in 1929. At the time of his death he was employed at the Leonard Hay ranch. He is survived by his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Smith of Bitter Creek and one sister, Mrs. Harold Forshaw and one niece, Judith Mae Forshaw, both of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 11, 1948 PFC. THOMAS KRAGOVICH Funeral services for Pfc. Thomas Kragovich, 27, Rock Springs man who lost his life on New Guinea in World war II, were held at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion Saturday, followed by burial in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. The soldier’s body, under army escort, arrived in Rock Springs that morning from the west coast after its arrival there from the pacific theater a couple of weeks ago. A Veteran of Foreign Wars delegation escorted the body from the station here to the Rogan mortuary where it remained until the funeral hour. Born Aug. 21, 1920, in Glencoe, Wyo., Private Kragovich had lived most of his life at Winton. He attended high school at Reliance where he starred in football and basketball. He enlisted in the army in July, 1942, as was assigned to the Pacific in January of 1943. He was killed in action on July 16, 1944. Private Kragovich is survived by his father, Nick Kragovich Sr., who now lives at Stansbury; three brothers, Joe of Winton, Paul of Stansbury and Nick Kragovich Jr., of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 11, 1948 TITUS GRAHAM Funeral services for Titus Graham, 54, were held at the Catholic Church in Green River Tuesday, followed by burial in Riverview cemetery there. Mr. Graham died July 2 at Dee Memorial hospital in Ogden. He was a boiler maker at the time of his death for the Southern Pacific railroad in Ogden but had lived near Green River for several years. Graham was born Feb. 19, 1894 in Gordon, Colo. The Rogan mortuary was in charge of the burial. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 11, 1948 PVT. MICHAEL P. RODZINAK Final funeral and burial services for Pvt. Michael P. Rodzinak, Rock Springs man who died in service in Australia on June 11, 1943, were held at the North Side Catholic church Thursday. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. The body, under escort, arrived in the city Wednesday following its arrival on the west coast early in June. Private Rodzinak was born Aug. 24, 1912 in Rock Springs. He attended the city schools and was a member of the local council of Knights of Columbus and aerie 151, Fraternal Order of Eagles. He entered service on April 10, 1942. Survivors are his father, Steve Rodzinak of 225 Sherman street; four brothers, John and George Rodzinak of Rock Springs, Steve Jr. of Melbourne, Wyo., and Andrew of Cheyenne; three sisters, Mary Rodzinak and Mrs. Francis Doser, both of Rock Springs, and Helen Rodzinak of Los Angeles. The Rock Springs post of Veterans of Foreign Wars met the body on its arrival at the Union Pacific station here and escorted it to the Rogan mortuary where it remained until the funeral. The post also conducted military graveside services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 11, 1948 MRS. ROBERT CONKLIN, SR. Funeral services for Nellie Kane Conklin, 76, widow of Robert Conklin Sr., were held Saturday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Fred K. Swett conducted the rites and burial was in the Conklin family plot in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Conklin died Thursday at Evanston where she had been a resident for six years. She and her husband were among the early settlers in Eden valley, locating on a farm at the north end of the valley a number of years ago. When they retired from farming they moved into Rock Springs and lived on West Flat. Mr. Conklin died here about 15 years ago. Mrs. Conklin was born June 22, 1872 in Chippewa Falls, Wis. She is survived by one son, Robert, of Denver, a nephew whom the Conklins adopted, Frank Conklin, a brother of Robert whom the Conklins also adopted, died in Rock Springs a number of years ago. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 11, 1948 JOHN LEWIS Funeral services for John Lewis, 51, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the I.O.O.F. hall. The American Legion, Archie Hay post, will have charge of the services and burial will be in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Lewis died suddenly Thursday of a heart attack in Jackson where he was spending a vacation. Born April 10, 1897 in Rock Springs, Mrs. Lewis had spent his entire life here. He was a son of the late Richard and Elizabeth Lewis, pioneer residents of the city. At the time of his death he was in the employ of the city and prior to two years ago worked in the mines. He is survived by one sister, Bessie Lewis Schultz, of Denver, who came to Rock Springs when advised of his death, and one brother, Richard Lewis, of this city; three nieces, Melba Schultz Bellwood of Los Angeles, who arrived in Rock Springs yesterday to attend the funeral, and Betty and Helen Lewis, both of Rock Springs. Pallbearers for the funeral services will be R.C. Barrass, Harry Barrass, George Hardin, Thomas McQuillan, Cecil Outsen and Frank Walters. Mr. Lewis was a veteran of both World wars. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 18, 1948 MRS. FRANK DENNISON Funeral services for Mrs. Frank H. Dennison, 80, were held Wednesday at the Methodist church. The Rev. James E. Shapland conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Dennison died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital on Sunday, July 11, after suffering two paralytic strokes within the last 15 months. She had been a patient at the hospital for ten days. Effie Mae Jansen Fry was born March 29, 1868, in Buffalo, N.Y., and was married to Frank Dennison in Lackawanna, N.Y., on Sept. 24, 1918. They came to Wyoming shortly after their marriage, locating first in Rawlins and then in Lander before coming to Rock Springs in January of 1921 where she had since made her home. Besides her husband, Mrs. Dennison is survived by one brother, Wilford Jansen of Palm Springs, Calif. Friends who served as pallbearers were Willard and LaVerne Meyer, both of Farson; Rudolph N. Carlson; Walter Lietz and Douglas and Pete Worley, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 20, 1948 Superior Woman Dies at Hospital Here Mrs. Eliina Maria Konster Hekkanen, 61, a Superior resident for 18 years, died Saturday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. The cause of death was not disclosed. Mrs. Hekkanen was born in 1887 in Iaihia, Finland. She had lived in the United States for 39 years. Survivors other than husband, Ernest at Superior, include a daughter, Virginia Hill, Laramie; and two sons, Edward Minet, North Dakota, and Ernest Edmonds, Washington. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at the Rogan mortuary.  --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jul 20, 1948 John Sloan Dies Here Monday Of Heart Attack John Sloan, 66, a Rock Springs resident for 39 years, died at 12:30 a.m. yesterday at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Pending a hospital announcement, the cause of death was attributed by his family to heart failure. Sloan was born in Lower Glenlonghan, Ireland, on April 12, 1882. A retired hoist engineer, he had lived in the United states for 41 years. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. Survivors include his wife, Teresa, 116 M street; a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Krasovetz, 704 O'Donnell street; a brother, James, in Ireland; two sisters, Mrs. Catharine Doran, Ireland, and Sister Mary Elizabeth, New Zealand; and two granddaughters. Funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the South Side Catholic church by the Rev. S. A. Welsh. Burial will be at St. Joseph's cemetery.  --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 25, 1948 MRS. ERNEST HEKKANEN Funeral services for Eliina Maria Konster Hekkanen of Superior, were held at the Rogan mortuary chapel Thursday. The Rev. Elmer O. Luessenhop of the Evangelical Lutheran church conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Hekkanen died Saturday, July 17, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. She was born in Finland Oct. 29, 1887 and had lived in the United States for 39 years. Survivors, in addition to her husband, are one daughter, Mrs. John (Virginia) Hill of Laramie; two sons, Edward of Minot, N.D., and Ernest Hekkanen of Edmonds, Wash., and five grandchildren. Mrs. Hekkanen had lived in Superior for 18 years. She was married in Kemmerer in 1911. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 25, 1948 JOHN SLOAN Funeral services for John Sloan, 66, of 116 M street were held Thursday at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. Terrence McGovern, assistant priest at Rawlins who formerly was assistant priest at the South Side and a close friend of Mr. Sloan, was celebrant at the funeral high mass, with the Rev. S.A. Welsh, pastor at the South Side, and the Rev. Father Meyers of the Catholic orphanage at Torrington, assisting. Mr. Sloan died suddenly of a heart attack at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital early Monday, July 19. He suffered the attack on the preceding afternoon. Born April 12, 1882 in Lower Glenlongham, Ireland, Mr. Sloan had lived in Rock Springs for 39 years, coming to the United States two years previously when he located in Butte, Mont. He was a retired hoist engineer for the Union Pacific Coal company. He is survived by his wife, Teresa, whom he married in 1942; one daughter, Mrs. Stanley Krasovetz, of Rock Springs; two granddaughters, Mary Elizabeth and Sheila Ann Krasovetz; one brother and a sister, James Sloan and Catherine Sloan Doran, both of whom live in Ireland, and another sister, Sister Mary Elizabeth, who is in New Zealand. His first wife, who died here in June 1940, and a son, John Sloan Jr., who was killed on July 24, 1935, preceded him in death. Friends who served as pallbearers were Patrick Burns of Reliance, Edward Delaney, Robert D. Murphy, John Moran, Oscar Olsen and John Zueck, all of Rock Springs. Rosaries were recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel on Wednesday night. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 25, 1948 Ed (Buster) Sutton Jr. Ed (Buster) Sutton, Jr., 22, former Rock Springs and Winton boy, died of polio Thursday in the veterans’ hospital at Cheyenne. Burial will be at Longmont, Colo. Young Sutton was a graduate of the Rock Springs high school and served with the marines during the war. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Flossie Sutton; two brother, Ken and Jack Sutton, and one sister, Norah Jean Sutton, all of Hanna. The family formerly lived at Winton and Rock Springs. He was employed in the mines at Hanna when he was taken ill a week ago. His father, Ed Sutton, Sr., a former deputy coal mine inspector, died a little more than a year ago at the veterans’ hospital in Cheyenne. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 25, 1948 FRANK FISHER Funeral arrangements for Frank Fisher, who died Monday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital, remained pending Saturday. Mr. Fisher’s home was at 518 R street and he had been in the hospital since May 29. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 25, 1948 ALFONSO BARRIOUS CABRAL The body of Alfonso Barrious Cabral, 44, who died at Sweetwater County memorial hospital on Saturday night, July 17, was sent to Walsenburg, Colo. He died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital of injuries incurred in the railroad yards here a short time earlier. Apparently he attempted to crawl under a freight train on a short cut to where his car was parked. Both legs were severed by the moving train. Mr. Cabral had worked in the mines at Winton 11 days before his death. He was born Jan. 22, 1900, at Zacatecas, Mexico, and had been living at Del Carbon, Colo. He is survived by three sons and six daughters. Coroner J. Warden Opie investigated the accident that resulted in Mr. Cabral’s death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 25, 1948 JAMES T. KINGAN The body of James T. Kingan, 71, of Muscatin, Iowa, has been sent to Pocatello for burial. Mr. Kingan died on a westbound Union Pacific streamliner near Point of Rocks Thursday while en route to Pocatello to visit a sister. Mrs. Kingan was with him. He was born Jan. 25, 1877, in Muscatin. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Robert Kingan, of St. Paul, and a daughter, Mrs. Lillian Griener of Muscatin. Arrangements here were handled by the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 1, 1948 FRANK FISHER Funeral services for Frank Fisher, 59, were held Wednesday at the South Side Catholic church, followed by burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Mr. Fisher, a retired sheepherder, died July 19 at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Caroline Sotos of Hansen, Idaho; a cousin, Mrs. Herman Fresques of 518 R street, Rock Springs, and a niece, Mrs. John Cordova of Ft. Collins. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 1, 1948 MRS. FRED WALTERS Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Walter, 53, were held Friday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Fred K. Swett conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Six nephews, Charles and Harold Crofts, Clyde and Harry Crofts, Joe Kelly and John Wilson, all of Rock Springs, served as pallbearers. Mrs. Walters died Monday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. She was stricken with a paralytic stroke at the Walters home at No. 6 Sunday, July 25, and was taken to the hospital that night. She was born Anna Elizabeth Crofts on Jan. 27, 1895 in Rock Springs and spent her entire life in the city. When a young woman she married John Shinazy of Rock Springs who died here eight years ago. Later she married Mr. Walters who survives. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crofts, Rock Springs pioneer residents. Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Henry Bertagnolli of Rock Springs; two sons, John Shinazy and William Golden, both of Portland; four grandchildren; three sister, Mrs. William F. Willson of Rock Springs and Mrs. Harry Carle and Mrs. Louis Stevens, both of Portland. Mrs. Walters entire family, including her three sisters, were in Rock Springs for the funeral services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 1, 1948 PIERRE E. ERRAMOUSPE Funeral services for Pvt. Pierre A. Erramouspe, 19-year-old son of Gaston Erramouspe, were held Monday at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. S.A Welsh was the celebrant at the funeral mass. Pallbearers, selected from Archie Hay post of the American Legion, were Thomas Delmastro, Max McCurtain, Jack Manning, Eldon Spicer, Louis Yakse and a visiting Legionnaire from Worland whose name was not available for Miner publication. The American Legion color guard and firing squad escorted the body to the church from the Rogan mortuary chapel and met it and the funeral procession at the gates of the cemetery to escort it to the grave site in St. Joseph’s cemetery where military burial rites were conducted. Legionnaires who composed the color guard were John Crouch, T.Sgt. Richard T. Dunagan, T.Sgt. Neal Vinson and Dee Slaughter. The firing squad or honor guard, was composed of William Brack, James R. Easton, Steve Kovacich, Allan Pack, Kenneth Pile, Philip Percich, Elmer Meeks, George Schmidt and Mickey Zanoni. Private Erramouspe was killed in action on Luzon in the Philippines on March 29, 1945. He was born Aug. 28, 1925 in Rock Springs and attended grade schools here, continuing his education at Canon City, Colo., where he was graduated from high school and where he starred in football and basketball. He entered service in May, 1944. Private Erramouspe is survived by his parents who operate a sheep outfit in Eden valley and who maintain their home at 108 Second street, Rock Springs; three brothers, John B. Joseph, J. and Paul S. Erramouspe; six sisters, Mary Jane, Anna Mary, Catherine, Bernadette, Margaret and Grace, all at home; his maternal grandfather, Jean Larre, who resides at Baigorry, France. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 1, 1948 NICK THOMAS Funeral services for Nick Thomas, 64, of 209 Meade street will be held at the Greek Orthodox church at 2 p.m. Monday. The body will be removed to the family home at 10 o’clock that morning and will be taken from there to the church. Mr. Thomas, resident of Rock Springs for 35 years, died Friday at Sweetwater County memorial hospital after a long illness. He was born Dec. 6, 1883 at Canea, Crete, Greece. He is survived by his wife, Emily; three sons, Mike of Savory and George and Harry, both of Rock Springs; three daughters, Kathryn, at home, Mrs. James Lowey of Worland and Jennie Thomas of Jackson, and two grandchildren. Six sisters who live in Greece also survive. The Rev. Costas Kouklakis, pastor of the Greek church, will conduct the funeral service and burial will be in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery, in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 1, 1948 CPL. JOHN E. LOGAN Funeral services for Cpl. John E. Logan of Green River, who was killed May 29, 1945 in Germany, were held at the L.D.S. church in Green River Saturday. The body arrived in Rock Springs Friday under military escort and remained at the Rogan mortuary chapel here until noon the day of the funeral when it was taken to the church in Green River. The Green River posts of Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion participated in the services, providing full military honors. Corporal Logan was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Logan of Green River and a brother of Marjorie Logan, Sweetwater county deputy treasurer. --- Green River Star, Aug 5, 1948 McInturff Rites Held Tuesday James Walter McInturff, aged 72, father of Mrs. W. H. McAllister, was buried in Riverview cemetery Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock, following graveside services conducted by the Rev. Harry J. Haydis of St. John's Episcopal Church. Rogan Mortuary was in charge of the body. Mr. McInturff passed away at his home in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, July 29th. He was a retired agent of the Union Pacific Railroad. He formerly resided in Green River, being a cashier at the freight depot from 1910 to 1911. He was also a former station agent at Rawlins, residing there from 1913 to 1922. He is survived, besides Mrs. McAllister, by another daughter, Mrs. Ferne Reed of Ogden; a brother, Frank, of Seattle; a sister, Mrs. Catherine Killough of Blackrock, Ark., three grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was interred beside a daughter, Geneva, who passed away here in 1910. Mr. and Mrs. McAllister and Mrs. Reed accompanied the body to Green River for burial, making the trip to Oakland following news of their father's death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 8, 1948 Body of Walter Wilcox Will Be Returned Aug. 12 The body of F/1c1 Walter Wilcox, one of Rock Springs war dead, is due to arrive at San Francisco, Calif., on Aug. 12, according to word received here yesterday. A son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilcox, Stansbury, Walter was killed in action at the age of 17 in a naval engagement in Philippine waters on Dec. 11, 1943. His ship, the destroyer U.S.S. Woodworth, was sunk in a Japanese bombardment, after he was brought ashore. He was born in Kemmerer on June 29, 1926. When he was three years old the family moved to Rock Springs. He enlisted in the navy after his first year in Rock Springs high school. Survivors other than his parents are two sisters, Mrs. Mickey Zanoni, Rock Springs, and Mrs. James Arnoldi, Oasis Camp, Wyo.; and a brother, George Wilcox, Jr., Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 8, 1948 Kuitunen Rites To Be Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Kuitunen, 68, Superior, will be conducted by the Rev. E.O. Luessenhop at the Rogan chapel 3 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be at Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Kuitunen, a resident of Superior for more than 35 years, died Friday from pneumonia at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. She was born Nov. 5, 1879 at Aiaharmaa, Finland. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 8, 1948 JOSEPH B. STASER Funeral services were held for Joseph B. Staser, 321 West Fourteenth, Denver, at Kemmerer, Thursday at 2 p.m. Staser was killed instantly near Laramie, Saturday, July 31 in an automobile accident. His wife, also seriously injured in the accident, is a sister of Mrs. Ed Williams of Rock Springs. Staser, who formerly worked in the coal mines at Rock Springs, is survived by three children, Dorothy Jean, Connie and Larry. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 8, 1948 MARY S. CALLIGARO Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Stella Calligaro, 59, Rock Springs resident for 17 years, were held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the South Side Catholic church, with the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Mrs. Calligaro died Sunday, Aug. 1 at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Members of the family attributed the death to cancer. A widow, Mrs. Calligaro worked as a cook at the county infirmary for 13 eyars. She was born in Italy, Nov. 11, 1888. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Batistina Mechetto, Sopris, Colo.; a son, Lawrence, Evanston; two daughters, Mrs. Francis Etcheverry and Mrs. Frank Gentilini, Rock Springs; and 11 grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 8, 1948 GEORGE ALFRED DAVIS Funeral services for George Alfred Davis, 66, Bitter Creek, were held at Rogan chapel, Thursday at 2 p.m. by Bishop Joseph Savage of the L.D.S. church. Burial was at Mountain View cemetery. A veteran of the Spanish-American war, Davis was a Bitter Creek trapper and stockman. He died at his home Monday of undisclosed causes. Survivors include two stepsons, Barney Conley, Cheyenne, and Eugene Conley, Bitter Creek. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 8, 1948 ELLENOR S. MASON Funeral services for Mrs. Ellenor S. Mason, 76, Boise, Idaho, former Rock Springs school teacher, were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Congregational church and the body was sent to Mountain Home, Idaho, for burial. Mrs. Mason died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital Thursday at 10 a.m. after a lingering illness. She had suffered a stroke a year and a half ago. She was born in Nesquehannock, Pa., Feb. 21, 1872, the daughter of William B. and Sarah Patterson Shedden. She came to Rock Springs in 1876. After her graduation from the University of Wyoming in 1900, she taught in Rock Springs elementary and secondary schools. In 1902 she began teaching in Idaho and married the Rev. C.E. Mason of Mountain Home. In 1932 they moved to Boise where Mr. Mason died. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. George B. Pryde of Rock Springs; and a brother, John Shedden of New Jersey; a daughter, Mrs. Lorenz Hansen of Upper Darby, Pa., and a son, Edward F. Mason of Iowa City, Iowa. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 8, 1948 OWEN CASEY HOWELLS Owen Casey Howells, 58, Ferguson, Mo., newspaper publisher and former Rock Springs resident, died Wednesday at Beaumont General hospital, Sherman, Texas. He was admitted to the hospital for treatment of cancer, relatives said. Howells was publisher of Town Talk in Ferguson and was the son of the late Mrs. Rachel Howells. Survivors include his wife, six sons, a daughter, seven nieces and a nephew and his brother-in-law, Herman Nelson of Rock Springs. The body was sent to St. Louis for burial. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 8, 1948 CHARLES W. KARNES Graveside services for Charles W. Karnes, 80, Rock Springs, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Mountain View cemetery by the Rev. James E. Shapland. Wildermuth mortuary will be in charge of burial. Karnes died early Thursday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital from illness aggravated by old age. He was a Wyoming resident since 1923 working as an oil driller in the Rock Springs area. He was born in President, Pa., Nov. 7, 1867. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Walter Ainsworth, San Francisco, Calif.; and a niece, Mrs. Louis Henry, Findlay, Ohio. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 15, 1948 8-Year-Old Girl Dies After Brief Illness Lucy Delores Romero, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abel Romero of 627 O’Donnell street, died at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. She entered the hospital at 11:30 that morning. The child had been ill for three days, relatives reported, and the cause of death was given by attending physicians as auto-intoxication, complicated by convulsions. Thorough tests were made for polio and there was no evidence of the disease at all, doctors said. Lucy Delores, who was born Nov. 6, 1940, in Rock Springs, is survived in addition to her parents by five brothers, Eloy, Pat, and Steve Romero of Pasadena, Calif., and Louis Romero of Trinidad, Colo.; two sisters, Rosemary Romero and Mrs. Floyd Martinez, both of Rock Springs, and her grandmother, Mrs. Nat Pacheco, all of Rock Springs. Funeral arrangements in charge of Rogan mortuary are pending word from relatives. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 15, 1948 MARY KUITUNEN Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Kuitunen, 68, Superior, were held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Rogan chapel, the Rev. Elmer O. Luessenhop of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church officiating. Burial was at Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Kuitunen died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital Friday of pneumonia. She was born in Alamarmaa, Finland, Nov. 5, 1879, and had lived in Superior for 35 years. Survivors include her husband, Erik, Superior; two daughters, Mrs. Toini Lahti, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Saima Hyppa, Buckley, Wash.; a sister, Mrs. Fiina Nelson, South Porcupina (cq), Ontario, Canada; a brother, Gus Sarri, Rock Springs, and three grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 15, 1948 MRS. WALTER ANDREW Funeral services for Mrs. Walter H. Andrew of Salt Lake City, who died Sunday at 1:10 a.m. in a Salt Lake hospital were held Wednesday at noon at 250 E. South Temple and burial was in Wasatch Lawn Memorial park. Mrs. Andrew was known throughout the Rocky Mountain area in Canadian Legion circles. She was past district president of Canadian Legion auxiliaries in this area and had visited at various times in Rock Springs. The former Winifred May McKnight was born in Liverpool, England, in 1891 and was married to Walter Andrew in 1915 in Liverpool. They came to Salt Lake City in 1919. She is survived by her husband and a brother, H.E. McKnight, both of Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 15, 1948 GAVIN SIMPKIN Funeral services were held in Grand Elm, Ill., last week for Gavin Simpkin, 60, former Rock Springs resident, who died July 29 at Ogilsbeer, Ill. Simpkin lived here about 25 years ago. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 15, 1948 HENRY DOW COLLINS Funeral services are pending for Henry Dow Collins, 26, son of Mrs. George H. Collins, 1020 Sixth street, who died Friday at 3 p.m. at his home after a long illness. He is survived by his mother, two brothers, Robert Thomas and Emmett Arthur, of Rock Springs; and three sisters, Mrs. Gelina E. Robinson, Chicago, Ill., Emma Fay of Ogden, Utah, and Frances Rose of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 15, 1948 JERNEY BERTONCELJ Funeral services were held Friday at 10 a.m. at North Side Catholic church for Jerney Bertoncelj, 76, who died Tuesday at son Andy’s ranch at Point of Rocks. He was born Aug. 24, 1868 at Skofja Loka, Yugoslavia and came to the United States in 1903. He lived in Rock Springs several years and then moved to Boulder. Surviving him are four sons, Dr. F.J. Bertoncelj, Rock Springs; Andy, Point of Rocks; Peter, Boulder and Antone, Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Mollie Seneshale, Cora, Wyo., Mrs. Angela Kleinhans, Point of Rocks and 13 grandchildren. Rosary services were read at Rogan’s chapel Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 15, 1948 EDWARD A. PRIESHOFF Funeral services for Edward A. Prieshoff, 51, of Cheyenne, who died suddenly Saturday morning at Memorial hospital there, were held at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Mary’s cathedral in Cheyenne, with the Rev. Fr. William Delaney celebrating the requiem mass. Burial was in Olivet cemetery. Honorary pallbearers who were members of the fourth degree of the Knights of Columbus included Vincent Mulvaney, George Launderville, Felix Wilkinson, J. Joe Cahill, Dr. W.J. Ryan, Harry Roeseler, Al Ahern, Ray Cahalane, Carl Eberhart and Dr. S.J. Giovale. Active pallbearers R.W. Baker, Sr., William Norris, Jr., Sam J. Brown, James Anselmi, Earl Wright and Joseph Weppner. A resident of Cheyenne for the last five years, Mr. Prieshoff went there from Rock Springs where he had lived for 18 years. He was born Nov. 9, 1896, in Crawford, Neb., and was graduated from the Crawford high school and from Creighton university at Omaha. He was a veteran of World war I. Survivors include his wife, Vera, and four sisters, Marian and Ann Prieshoff of Crawford, Neb.; Mrs. M.C. Wolf of Columbus, Ga., and Mrs. L.L. Brown of Portland, Ore. An infant son preceded him in death. --- Green River Star, Aug 19, 1948 Funeral Rites For S. Dankowski Will Be Friday The body of Stanislaw Dankowski, Green River's late beloved old veteran who died Tuesday in the Veterans' Hospital at Cheyenne, where he has been a patient for the past three and one-half years, were shipped Wednesday to Rock Springs for preparation for funeral services which will be conducted here Friday afternoon at two p. m. Death was attributed to complications resulting from old age. The rites will be held at Masonic Temple, the Rev. Robert Midgley of Union Congregational Church officiating. Following the service, the body will be sent to Salt Lake City for cremation, and the ashes will be buried in the veterans' plot of Riverview cemetery. Dankowski, who would have been 90 this coming November, was believed to be the oldest veteran of World War I, serving in the Navy during that conflict while past the age of fifty years. He served in the Navy as a youth from 1876 to 1878, and through personal intercession of the late U. S. Senator John B. Kendrick was permitted to enlist for World War II service "without benefit of any considerations as to age." He made thirteen round trips on Atlantic Ocean crossings on the old U. S. S. Susquehana. His enlistment was from Aug. 28, 1917, serving throughout the war and not discharged until in 1921. At a national convention of the American Legion in 1933 at Chicago, Dankowski issued a challenge to been an enlisted man in World anyone who could claim to have War service at a more advanced age, but none could match his remarkable record of service to his country. He was also believed to have been the oldest active member in the Legion. Other military service included that of service at Leadville, Colo., and as a first lieutenant of Co. C, Wyoming militia, more than forty years ago, when the late T. S. Taliaferro, Jr. served as captain. Born in Poland in Nov., 1858 he came to the U. S. with his parents soon after the Civil War, settling in Chicago. In 1880, as a barber, he came west, working for many years in mining camps and on construction crews. He arrived in Green River in 1886, and it was here that he married Miss Anna Miller, who was visiting here from Minneapolis. The couple's sixtieth wedding anniversary was observed in 1946, but the aged veteran was unable to come to his home here for the family gathering. He was an early day peace officer here, and also served at one time as justice of the peace. He was one of the organizers of Tom Whitmore Post 28, American Legion of Green River. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Elder of Green River and Mrs. Jean Jeffers of Lynndyl, Utah; one brother, M. J. Dankowski of Rock Springs; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 22, 1948 STANISLAW DANKOWSKI Funeral services for Stanislaw Dankowski, 89, of Green River, were held at the Masonic Temple there Friday. The Rev. Robert Midgley of the Congregational church conducted the rites and the body was taken to Salt Lake City for cremation. The ashes will be buried in Riverview cemetery at Green River with military honors. Mr. Dankowski died Tuesday at the veterans hospital in Cheyenne where he had been a patient for four years. He was the oldest member of the American Legion in the United States, having served in World war I after he passed his 60th birthday. He had served in the navy as a young man and was permitted to re-enlist in 1917 by special dispensation of congress through the efforts of United States Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming. He was first commander of the Tom Whitmore post, American Legion, at Green River. Mr. Dankowski was born in Poland on Nov. 14 1858 and came to the United States early in the 1870s. After serving in the navy he came west, locating at Green River in 1883. He operated a barbershop there and also served Sweetwater county as a peace officer at intervals. He lived in Colorado and Idaho before going to Green River. He married Anna Miller in Green River on Jan. 25, 1886. Mrs. Dankowski, two daughters, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one brother, M.J. Dankowski survive. The daughters are Mrs. Nellie Elder of Green River and Mrs. Jean Jeffers of Lynndyl, Utah. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 22, 1948 MRS. ARTHUR KING Graveside services were held Thursday in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery for Mrs. Marie King, widow of Arthur King, who died suddenly at her home in Kemmerer Sunday, August 15. Funeral services were held in Kemmerer that morning. Mrs. King and her husband, who died in 1929, lived in Rock Springs for several years while Mr. King was manager of the Union Pacific Coal company’s store here. They moved to Kemmerer about 1910 where Mrs. King has been Lincoln county librarian for a number of years. She is survived by one son, Clifford Milton King of San Francisco, and one sister, Mrs. John Holmes of Salt Lake City. Both attended the funeral and burial services. Mrs. Clarence Overy of Rock Springs was a niece of Mrs. King. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 22, 1948 CARR SMITH Funeral services for Carr Smith, 60, of 823 Center street, were held Saturday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. The Rev. George W. Ridgway conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View section of the city cemetery under direction of the Rogan mortuary. Mr. Smith, a resident of Rock Springs for 38 years, was found dead in the Lion Coal company’s No. 4 mine at Blairtown Wednesday. Investigation of the mine at the time showed that he had been overcome by black damp. Mr. Smith was born Nov. 10, 1887 in Houston Square, England and had lived in Rock Springs since 1910. He is survived by his wife, Ellen; two sons, James William Smith and George Samuel Smith; one daughter, Mrs. George Healey and six grandchildren, all of Rock Springs. Several brothers and sisters who live in England also survive. One daughter, May, who died here in 1932, and one son, Jack Smith, who died in 1935, preceded their father in death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 22, 1948 ROMERO RITES Funeral services for Lucy Delores Romero, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abel Romero of 627 O’Donnell street, were held Tuesday at the South Side Catholic church. Burial was in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Lucy Delores died Saturday, August 14, following a short illness. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 22, 1948 COLLINS FUNERAL Funeral services for Henry Dow Collins, 26, of 1020 Sixth street, were held Monday at the Wildermuth funeral chapel. Mrs. H.E. Buckles, reader of the Church of Christ, Scientist, conducted the rites which were followed by burial in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Collins died Friday, August 16, at the Collins home following a prolonged illness. He was born Feb. 14, 1922 in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 22, 1948 JOHN IVAN RUSIN Funeral services for John Ivan Rusin, 67, of Superior, will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church will conduct the rites and burial will be in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Rusin, a retired coal miner, died of a heart attack at Superior Wednesday. He was born in Austria in 1881 and had lived at Superior for 35 years. One sister, Mrs. John Kusilenko of Waterbury, Conn., survives. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 22, 1948 MRS. PETER RISKUS Funeral services for Hazel Edna Riskus, 39, wife of Peter Riskus of 723 Wendt avenue, were held Saturday evening at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church conducted the rites and the body was taken to Hayden, Colo., for final services and burial. Mrs. Riskus died Thursday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Cancer caused her death. Born in Kewanee, Ill., in 1919, Mrs. Riskus had lived in Rock Springs for 11 years. She is survived by her husband and one son, Gerald Lee Parker, both of Rock Springs; her mother, Mrs. Nora Robson of Milner, Colo., and several brothers and sisters, all residing at points in Colorado. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug. 22, 1948 MRS. JAMES LESTER Funeral services for Lucille Lester, 39, wife of James Lester of 1412 Lowell street, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church will conduct the services and burial will be in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Lester died Wednesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Born in Phoenix in 1919, Mrs. Lester had lived in Rock Springs for five years. Besides her husband she is survived by an uncle and aunt who reside in Casper. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 29, 1948 MRS. FRANK GRABER Mrs. Frank Graber, 55, of 1419 Ninth street, died Sunday, August 22, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where she had undergone a major operation a week previously. An embolism caused her death. She had lived in Rock Springs for 27 years and is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. John Fermelia of 216 H street, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Joe Kruljac of Riverside, Calif., and five grandchildren. Mrs. Graber was born Feb. 13, 1893 in Rozzo, Austria. Accompanied by Mr. Graber and Mr. and Mrs. Fermelia and their daughter, Anita, the body was taken to Portland where a daughter of the Grabers, who died in infancy, and a sister of Mrs. Graber are buried. Mrs. Krujlac and members of her family went from Riverside to Portland to attend the funeral and burial services. The rosary was said at the Rogan mortuary chapel Tuesday night before the family left with the body for Portland. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 29, 1948 FRANKLIN TAYLOR WEST Funeral services for Franklin Taylor West, 65, of Ogden, former Rock Springs resident and merchant, were held Saturday at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Ogden. Mr. West died early Wednesday at an Ogden hospital following a prolonged illness. He and his wife left Rock Springs in 1946 to make their home in Ogden because of his ill health. Mr. West was born June 5, 1883, in Perryville, Ky. Besides his widow, Harriett Elizabeth Kanzler West, he is survived by five brothers, William H. West of Springfield, Mo.; J.G. West of San Diego, Cecil West of Denver, M.Q. West of Pasadena and Charles A. West of Salt Lake City. He was associated with his brother, Charles, in the C.A. West store on North Front street during the time that he and Mrs. West lived in Rock Springs locating here about 1935. Mr. West was a member of the Episcopal church, the Masons and the Eastern Star. He belonged to El Monte commandery No. 2, Knights Templar, and El Kalah temple, Ancient and Accepted Order of the Mystic Shrine and the Ogden Shrine club. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 29, 1948 DICKIE URTADO Funeral services for Dickie, 6-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Abdon Urtado of Superior, were held Saturday at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. Charles Bartek conducted the services and burial was in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. The infant died Wednesday at Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City where he was born August 20. Besides his parents, Dickie is survived by one brother, Albert, who is serving with the United States armed forces in Panama; three sisters, Lillian, Linda and Loretta, all at home; two grandfathers, Urbano Urtado of Moro, N.M. and Samuel Berg of Raton, N.M. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 29, 1948 BLANCHE HILL MICHEALS Funeral services for Blanche Hill Micheals, 32, wife of George Micheals of Denver, were held in Denver Wednesday, followed by burial in Fairmont cemetery there. Mrs. Micheals was born in Rock Springs, the daughter of Mary Nelson Hill and the late Robert W. Hill, longtime Green River residents, and granddaughter of Herman Nelson of Rock Springs, Sweetwater county pioneer. The Rev. Harry Kiplinger of Denver, an early day minister of the Rock Springs Methodist church, conducted the funeral rites at the Horan mortuary chapel. (The Rev. Mr. Kiplinger was associated with members of the Nelson family during his pastorate in Rock Springs and made many references to that association during the services). Mrs. Micheals died in a Denver hospital on Sunday, August 22, following childbirth. Besides her husband, mother and maternal grandfather, she is survived by two sons, Jerry, 18 months, and Robert, three days; several brothers and sisters and aunts, uncles and cousins. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sept 5, 1948 GEORGE STANTON The body of George Stanton, 56, of Peru, Wyo., was sent to Chicago Tuesday for burial. Stanton, Union Pacific railroad laborer, was killed in an automobile accident on highway 30 four miles west of Green River on August 21. He was born June 21, 1892 in Washington, D.C., and had lived at Peru for three and one-half years. His wife, Mary; two daughters, Lucille and Dorothy, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph Jackson, live in Chicago. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 5, 1948 John Forndran, Retired Fire Chief, Dies John E. Forndran, 79, who retired as chief of the Rock Springs fired department three years ago after 47 years in the job, died early yesterday at his home at 927 Lincoln ave. He had been seriously ill of toxic poisoning since July 4. A member of the Rock Springs fire department for 57 years at the time he retired, Mr. Forndran had been honorary chiel fof the department since he was retired at full pay in December of 1945. He was in the plumbing business at the time of his death. Rosary services will be read at his residence today at 7 p.m. and funeral services will be Monday at 9 a.m. at the South Side Catholic church, the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Burial will be at Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Forndran was born in Austin, Minn., May 17, 1869. On Nov. 1, 1899 he married Mary E. Gleason of Rock Springs, who survives him. Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.F. ANtwiler and Mrs. William Malo of Rock Springs and Mrs. Walter Savage of Casper; one son, Jack Forndran of Seattle, Wash.; a sister, Josephine Ayera of Oxnard, Calif., and a brother, William Forndran of Seattle. Mr. Forndran had three grandchildren, J.F. Antwiler Jr., of Los Angeles, Calif., Tommy Savage of Casper and Mary Lynn Malo of Rock Springs, and one great-grandchild, Sheryl Ann Antwiler of Los Angeles. The history of fire fighting in Rock Springs is almost the personal history of Mr. Forndran, for he grew up with it. He first joined the old Clark Hose company, the first volunteer fire company in Rock Springs, in the spring of 1889, when he was 19 years old. When he retired as active chief of the Rock Springs paid fire department, Dec. 15, 1945, he was retired at full pay by city council at the suggestion of Dr. T.H. Roe, who was mayor at that time. In 1891 Mr. Forndran was named captain of Clark Hose and in 1895 he was made assistant chief. He was elected chief of the W.K. Lee Fire company in 1898 and was appointed every year after that until 1908 when the cit took over the fire department. Each succeeding city administration reappointed him until he was retired from active duty and made permanent chief in 1945. In the early days of fire fighting, the Rock Springs volunteers used to haul two wheel carts to the fire. Some times a public spirited citizen would drive by the fire house with his horse and wagon and hitch the cart to the wagon. First fire truck purchased by Rock Springs was in 1902 which was a hose and chemical rig drawn by horses. In 1916, the first motor truck was purchased for the firemen. This truck is still in service at No. 2 station. In 1937 the modern pumper now at No. 1 fire house was purchased. Some of the early fires with which Chief Forndran and his men had to cope with were the Edgar Opera house fire, at the site of the present labor temple, in 1894; the hospital building on the site of the present hospital, in 1897, the Union Pacific roundhouse, near the present Park hotel site, and others. During Mr. Forndran’s long career as a fire chief many tournaments were won against fire companies from other towns and many millions of dollars worth of property in Rock Springs and surrounding area was saved. There was one thing about which Chief Forndran liked to boast. In all his years as fire chief, not a Rock Springs fireman ever was killed in the line of duty. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sept 5, 1948 MARGARET WHEELER Funeral services for Margaret Wheeler, 40, were held at the Rogan mortuary chapel Saturday followed by burial in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Wheeler was the victim of a shooting affray that occurred in the South Pass bar on Saturday, August 21. She was born March 26, 1908 in Kansas City and so far as is known here is survived by a half-brother, Perry Piper, of Kansas City and a stepdaughter, Rita Ann Wheeler of New Marlborough, Mass. First degree murder charges are facing Nick Montoya who, a coroner’s jury decreed, fired the shot that resulted in Mrs. Wheeler’s death. Montoya, who suffered a self-inflicted bullet wound in the chest in the same affray, will be charged as soon as he is released from Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Both he and Mrs. Wheeler were taken to the hospital immediately following the shooting and Mrs. Wheeler died there Thursday, August 26. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 12, 1948 F/2 WALTER WILCOX Funeral services for Walter Wilcox, fireman second class, who was killed on Leyte in the Philippines on Dec. 11, 1944 when he was 19 years old, were held Thursday at the L.D.S. church. His body arrived in the city from Ogden Wednesday and was met at the Union Pacific railroad station by members of the Archie Hay post, American Legion. Walter was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilcox Sr. of Stansbury. When he enlisted in the navy the family lived at 106 M street, Rock Springs. He was born June 29, 1925 in Kemmerer. Besides his parents, Walter is survived by one brother, George Wilcox Jr. of Stansbury; two sisters, Mrs. James Arnoldi of the Oasis, east of Rock Springs and Mrs. Mickie Zanoni of Rock Springs and his grandmother, Mrs. Caroline Keywotz of Stansbury. Bishop Eugene Sellers conducted the funeral rites and final burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. The pallbearers were Fred Clark, Eugene Cox, Elmer Meeks, Dewey Wilcox, a cousin, and John Zubal, all of Rock Springs, and Ernest Nigra of Winton. The Archie Hay post conducted military services at the graveside. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 12, 1948 MRS. MERTON C. GROVER Mrs. Anna Grover, 70, widow of Merton C. Grover, died Monday, September 6, of a heart attack at Jackson where she was visiting two daughters, Mrs. J.W. Reese of Rock Springs and Mrs. Marguerita Curran of Los Angeles who were vacationing at Jackson. Mrs. Grover made her home with Mrs. Reese at 316 O street, Rock Springs. The body was taken from Jackson to Torrington, former home of the Grovers, for funeral services and burial. Besides her daughters, who were with her in Jackson, Mrs. Grover is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Carl Bracken of Miles City, Mont., and one son, Theodore Grover of Boulder City, Nev. Her husband died in 1934. Mrs. Grover had lived in Rock Springs for 12 years. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 12, 1948 ARTHUR SHARP Funeral services for Arthur Sharp, 69, of 858 Elk street, were held Thursday at the Rogan mortuary chapel with the Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church conducting the rites. Burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Sharp, resident of Rock Springs for 20 years, died Monday, September 6, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks, suffering with a heart affliction. Survivors are his wife, Martha; two sons, Arthur Sharp Jr., of Coos Bay, Ore., and John P. Sharp of Rock Springs; two daughters, Betty Sharp McMillan of Rock Springs and Mary Sharp Gruenich of Walla Walla, Wash., and 12 grandchildren. --- Green River Star, Sep 16, 1948 Father of Mrs. Ross Blonquist Succumbs Joseph H. Hopkin, 78, father of Mrs. L. R. Blonquist of Green River, died Saturday at his home in Coalville, Utah, following an illness of about three years. Funeral services were held in Coalville Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Blonquist and children went to Coalville Sunday, while Mr. Blonquist departed Monday. They returned to Green River Wednesday. --- Green River Star, Sep 16, 1948 Dead Man Found West of Here Still “Mystery” Although an autopsy found that a man identified as Clifford A. Mardis, 48, Reno, Nevada, had died of natural causes, it was still not learned by the office of Sheriff Mike Maher why the fellow went out three miles on the prairie west of Green River to lay down and die. Mardis' body was found late last Thursday by a Southern Wyoming Utilities Co. line crew. It lay approximately 50 yards south of the highway, between it and the U. P. tracks. A wallet on his person determined his identity and residence. He was born Jan. 27, 1900, in Denver. Mardis had registered Sept. 5 at a hotel in Rock Springs, but had not shown up at the hostelry after Tuesday morning. The body has been shipped to Denver. --- Green River Star, Sep 16, 1948 J.R. Lamb, Well Known Manila Pioneer, Is Dead Funeral services are being held today at two p. m. from the L. D. S. Ward Chapel in Manila for James Rogers Lamb, 88, who succumbed at his home Sunday from complications resulting from age. Bishop Timothy Potter will officiate at the services, and interment will be at Manila. Born Feb. 14, 1860, in Salt Lake City, Mr. Lamb had lived in northern Utah area all of his life. In his youth, he was an ammunition wagon driver to government forts and installations in this area. Surviving are his wife, Liddie May; four sons, George Dewey and Archie of Manila, James Arthur of Dubois, Idaho, and Theodore of Oakland, Calif.; and two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Heffner of Green River and Mrs. Edith Anson of Manila. Also surviving are forty grandchildren and thirty-seven great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 19, 1948 MRS. RUDOLPH L. PIVIK Funeral services for Flossie Mae Pivik, 24, wife of Rudolph L. Pivik of 801 White Mountain addition, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel followed by burial in St. Joseph's section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Pivik died Tuesday, September 14, at Holy Cross hopsital in Salt Lake City. She was born March 28, 1924 at Highbee, Mo., and had lived in Rock Springs for several years. Mrs. Pivik's death resulted from complications which followed a major operation with pneumonia the last of the complications to develop. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Rudolph Terry, 5, and Daryl Franklin, 2; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sturgeon, one brother, Frank Sturgeon, and one sister, Betty Ann Sturgeon, all of Rock Springs, and another sister, Mrs. Pete Madden of Salina, Kan., who went to Salt Lake City during her final illness and then accompanied the body back to Rock Springs with other members of the family. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 19, 1948 JOSEPH MYSKA Funeral services for Joseph Myska, 74, were held Friday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph's section of the city cemetery. Mr. Myska died Wednesday, September 15, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital following a several months illness. He had lived in Rock Springs for 36 years. Mr. Myska was born March 25, 1874 in Russian Poland. Survivors are four nephews and four nieces, Steve, John and Stanley Myska, all of Rock Springs; Alex Myska of Wheatland, Mrs. Joubert Larson, of Oakland, Mrs. E.L. Purifov of Bakersfield, Calif., Mrs. E.W. Garrison and Mrs. Ralph Gilmore, both of Rock Springs. Mr. Myska never married. Two nephews who live in Rock Springs, Steve and Stanley Myska, with Shando Angelovic, J.V. Knoll, John Ribovich and Thomas Twardoski served as pallbearers at the funeral and burial services which were in charge of the Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 19, 1948 MRS. EVAN McGREGOR Funeral services for Jessie Busby McGregor, 74, wife of Evan McGregor of 809 Dewar drive, were held Saturday at the L.D.S. church. Bishop Eugene Sellers conducted the rites followed by burial in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mrs. McGregor, who had lived in Rock Springs since 1916, died Wednesday at her home following a prolonged illness. She had been seriously ill for two days. Mrs. McGregor was born Sept. 19, 1874 in Sidney, Australia, and had lived in the United States since she was four years old. Besides her husband she is survived by a granddaughter, Louella Pauline McGregor. The pallbearers at the funeral and burial services were Flore Anselmi, George Blackledge, Howard S. Johnson, Leno Kaumo, Morgan F. Roberts and Thomas H. Smith. The Wildermuth mortuary was in charge of arrangements. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 19, 1948 JOSEPH U. ALLARD Joseph U. Allard, an early day southwestern Wyoming newspaperman, died Sunday, September 12, at Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City. The body was taken to Evanston, former home of the Allard family, for funeral services and burial Wednesday. Mr. Allard was well known throughout Rock Springs and Sweetwater county. He worked for both the Rocket and Miner a number of years ago and later maintained an accountancy office in the Rock Springs National bank building. When he left here he served as chief of the Wyoming unit of the federal alcohol tax division for ten years, retiring from the office in 1946. He founded the first newspaper, the News Register, in southwestern Wyoming, which he operated in Evanston. Mr. Allard is survived by two sons, Ambrose and Armand Allard, both of Pinedale; four grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Murray Wolfe of Portland, who formerly lived in Evanston. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 26, 1948 MRS. DAVID V. BELL Funeral services for Mrs. David V. Bell, 75, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Masonic Temple with the Rev. James E. Shapland of the Methodist church, and Mountain Lily chapter, Order of Eastern Star, conducting the rites. Burial will be in the Bell family plot in the Rawlins cemetery that afternoon. Mrs. Bell died Wednesday night in a Pocatello hospital when she failed to rally from a serious operation. The body will arrive in Rock Springs on Union Pacific train No. 12 this morning and will remain at the Wildermuth mortuary chapel this afternoon and until the services tomorrow where friends of the family may call. Members of the family left Pocatello by automobile this morning and are expected to arrive in the city early this afternoon. Mrs. Bell, a widely known Rock Springs resident, died Wednesday night in Pocatello where she had resided the last couple of years so that she might be near her daughter, Mrs. Louis Haller and family. Death resulted when Mrs. Bell failed to rally following a serious operation in a Pocatello hospital. Born Mamie A. Morrison in Pennsylvania on July 6, 1873, Mrs. Bell spent most of her life in Rawlins and Rock Springs. She was married to David V. Bell in Rawlins on Sept. 18, 1893 where they lived until they came to Rock Springs in 1912. Mr. Bell, who died here in 1943, was superintendent of the Green River Water Works for a number of years prior to his retirement in 1933. Mrs. Bell was a charter member of the Rawlins Eastern Star chapter and became affiliated with the Rock Springs chapter in 1912. She served the chapter here as secretary for 20 years and was on of its past matrons. She was an active member of the Methodist church and its allied women's organizations. Survivors are six sons and daughters, Orren Bell of Rozelle Park, N.J., Carl Bell of Cheyenne, Mrs. William E. Black of Cody, Edna Bell of Joliet, Ill., Margaret Bell of Chicago, and Mrs. Haller; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 26, 1948 EDWARD S. McKAY Edward S. McKay, 78, resident of Sweetwater county for 37 years, died at his home in Veradale, Wash., on Labor day and was buried in Pine cemetery at Opportunity, Wash., on September 9. After living at Green River and Rock Springs since 1911, Mr. McKay moved to Washington state seven months before his death. For several years prior to last February when he moved to Washington he had been employed by Sweetwater county as bridge foreman. Mr. McKay first came to Wyoming in 1911 when he located at Green River to work for E.E. Peters in the Peters blacksmith shop. Later he was employed by the Union Pacific railroad in Green River and then returned to the employ of E.E. Peters at the Evers Garage and Construction company. He is survived by his wife, Eileen McKay; three daughters, Mrs. C.H. Jones and Mrs. Lois Sluder, both of Rock Springs, and Vera Ross of Lubbock, Texas; five sons, Jack E. McKay of Wallace, Idaho, Glenn of Lewiston, Idaho, Brent of Boise, Edward of Schenectady, N.Y., and Ethan McKay whose home is in Michigan. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 26, 1948 LUCY FRANCES MONTOYA Lucy Frances Montoya, three-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andres Montoya of Bitter Creek, died Wednesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday at the South Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph's section of the city cemetery. Lucy Frances was born June 18 and besides her parents is survived by one brother, Eliso, and four sisters, Rosa, Martha, Elba and Andrenas, all at home. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 26, 1948 OWENS RITES Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Anne Owens, 50, of Superior, were held Friday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Mr. H. Heard of Hanna conducted the rites and burial was in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Owens died Saturday, September 18. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 26, 1948 BARTHOLOMEW JEREB Funeral services for Bartholomew Jereb, 57, who died Wednesday at the state's tuberculosis sanitarium in Basin, will be held Monday at 9 a.m. at the North Side Catholic church, the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph's cemetery. Rosary services tonight (Sunday) at 7 p.m. at 514 I street. Mr. Jereb, a resident of Rock Springs for several years, had been a patient at the sanitarium for three and one-half years. Prior to that time he worked in the coal mines here and was injured in a mine accident in February 1945 after which he was unable to work. Born in Idria, Austria in 1891, Mr. Jereb came to the United States in 1921. He is survived by four sons, Lawrence Jereb of Rock Springs, John of Laramie, Bart of Denver and Frank Jereb, who is with the army in Maryland; one grandchild, and three brothers and one sister who live in Yugoslavia. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 26, 1948 Last Rites Monday For Anton Jelaco Funeral services for Anton Jelaco, 60, who died Friday at 5:56 p.m. will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Rogan’s chapel with the Rev. George Ridgway of the Church of the Holy Communion officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery with Rogan’s mortuary in charge. Mr. Jelaco died of cancer in Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. He had been a resident of this community for 39 years, coming here from Yugoslavia, where he had been born at Gospic, June 10, 1888. He is survived by two brothers, Joe of 822 McCarty Rock Springs, and George, of Yugoslavia; a sister, Antonia Kosovich of Yugoslavia, his mother, Mrs. Ann Jelaco of Yugoslavia; a niece, Ann Green, Los Angeles and three nephews, John, Joe and Nick Jelaco, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 3, 1948 THOMAS TABONE Funeral services for Thomas G. Tabone, 71, retired coal miner, were held Wednesday at the South Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Mr. Tabone died Saturday, September 25, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Born Feb. 10, 1877 in Italy, he had lived in this country for 50 years, and had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Castiliano of 318 Angle street. He is survived by two stepsons and one stepdaughter, James Oliver, whose home is in California, and Clyde Olivero and Mrs. Elizabeth Hakala, both of Longview, Wash., a brother, James Tabone, of Castlegate, Utah, and a sister, Mrs. Albert Pannico of Somers, Mont. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 3, 1948 PFC. ALBERT TAIT Funeral services for Pfc. Albert Tait, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Tait of Winton, were held at the L.D.S. church in Winton Wednesday. Albert was killed in action on Leyte in the Pacific on Feb. 20, 1945 and was awarded the silver star posthumously. He was born Sept. 17, 1919 in Cumberland, attended school at Cumberland and at Winton and was working in the mines at Winton when he went into service on May 19, 1942. Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers, William and Robert, and his grandmother, Mrs. Agnes Tait of Roosevelt, Utah. Friends who served as pallbearers at the funeral and burial services were Allen Easton, Nick Korich, Ernest Nigra, Bill Shalata, Joe Tardoni, all of Winton; Ray Cutherbertson, Joe Melinkovich and Dee Slaughter, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 3, 1948 MIKE SIKICH Funeral services for Mike Sikich, 53, resident of Rock Springs for 15 years, who died Sunday, Sept. 26, were held Thursday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. George W. Ridgway of the Episcopal church conducted the rites and burial was in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Mr. Sikich had been a coal miner here for a number of years. He was a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union No. 306 and Fraternal Order of Eagles, Rock Springs aerie 151. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 3, 1948 MRS. MONTE PULHAM Funeral and burial services for Mrs. Florence Davis Pulham, 55, of Rock Springs, wife of Monte Pulham, were held Saturday at Orem, Utah. Mrs. Pulham died Thursday in a Salt Lake hospital following a prolonged illness. She had lived in Rock Springs for five years and before coming here had lived in the McKinnon area for 20 years. Mrs. Pulham was born July 10, 1893, in Provo, Utah. Besides her husband she is survived by five sons, Monte, Arland and Marvin, all of Rock Springs, Ronald of Seattle and Clive Pulham of Orem; five daughters, Mavis Pulham and Bessie Pulham Webb, both of Salt Lake City, Fern Pulham Jensen of Harrisburg, Ore., Colleen Pulham and Laurine Pulham Zumbrennen, both of Rock Springs; nine grandchildren. Mrs. Pulham was an active member of the L.D.S. church. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 3, 1948 PETER RIZZI Peter Rizzi, 66, resident of Superior for 25 years, died Thursday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital here. He was born Dec. 25, 1882 in Brez, Tyrol, Austria, and is survived by his wife, Olivia; two daughters, Florida Rizzi Zuech and Thelma Rizzi, both of Superior; one brother, Celeste Rizzi of Stockton, Calif., and one sister, who lives in Italy. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at South Side Catholic church with the Rev. S.A. Welsh officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s cemetery with Rogan mortuary in charge. Rosary services will be read at Rogan’s chapel, Monday at 7 p.m. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 10, 1948 JOHN STROCK Funeral services for John Strock, 70, of 301 M street were held Monday at the Methodist church followed by burial in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Strock, resident of Rock Springs for 30 years, died Saturday, October 2, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Death was caused by double pneumonia. Born April, 15, 1878 in White Gate, Va., Mr. Strock was a World war I veteran and was an active member of Archie Hay post, American Legion. He had been employed as pump man and machinist for the Union Pacific Coal company. Survivors are his wife, Ruby, and one daughter, Jean. A son, Stanley Strock, lost his life in World War II. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 10, 1948 ALBERT LEO SCHLANG Funeral services for Albert Leo Schlang, 70, retired Winton miner, were held at the Rogan mortuary Saturday. The Rev. George W. Ridgway of the Episcopal church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Schlang died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday at the Winton boarding house where he made his home. Born March 29, 1878 in Germany Mr. Schlang had lived in the Rock Springs area for 35 years. He is survived by a stepdaughter, Mrs. Thomas E. Hughes, of Winton and one stepson, W.H. Toy of Redondo Beach, Calif. Mrs. Schlang died at the hospital in Rock Springs on Jan. 31, 1937. Friends who served as pallbearers at the funeral and burial rites yesterday were Gene Aguilar, John Kobler, William Lowe, Joe Pallapier, Mike Pecolar and Robert Slaughter, all of Winton. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 17, 1948 PVT. RONALD LEMARR Final burial services for Pvt. Ronald LeMarr, Rock Springs man who died in a Japanese prison camp in Manila in World war II, were held Wednesday in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Private LeMarr was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James LeMarr. The Rev. George W. Ridgway of the Episcopal church conducted the committal service and the American Legion, Archie Hay Post, conducted the military rites. A military escort, composed of members of the Archie Hay Post met the body at the train earlier in the day when it arrived from the American Graves distribution center at Ogden and escorted it to the Wildermuth mortuary where it remained until mid-afternoon. Private LeMarr was born in Rock Springs Sept. 10, 1909 and was inducted into army service on Jan. 11, 1941, landing with American troops in the Philippines on Oct. 24, 1941. He served with the air forces and was stationed at Clark field in Manila when it was bombed early in the war with Japan. It is presumed that he was taken prisoner when the Philippines fell and died on June 12, 1942. Martha Samuels sang “At Home on the Range” by special request of the soldier’s mother at the graveside service. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 24, 1948 HOWARD SCHULTZ Funeral and burial services for Cpl. Howard Schultz, who was killed in Germany Feb. 23, 1945, were held in Green River Wendesday. Corporal Schultz was serving with the 1276th engineers combat battalion when he was killed at the age of 32 years. Corporal Schultz is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Schultz of Green River; four sisters, Mrs. Joe Mosley and Mrs. Fred Paulsen, both of Ogden; Mrs. Clarence Morrison and Mrs. Lyle Kelsey, both of Green River; four brothers, Leland, Wilson, Carl and Max Schultz Jr., all of Green River. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 24, 1948 EDWARD JOHN JULIUS Funeral services for Edward John Julius, 35, of 1023 Sixth street, were held Tuesday at the North Side Catholic church followed by burial in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Julius was killed Friday, October 15, when he was struck by a train at Liberal, Kan., where he was employed. Survivors are his mother, three children and five brothers. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 24, 1948 TONY HERRARA The body of Tony Herrara, 40, who died Sunday, October 17, at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital, was sent to Monte Vista, Colo., for funeral services and burial. Mr. Herrara was a sheep herder in the employ of the Mau sheep outfit at the time of his death. He was born in Taos, N.M. in 1908 and is survived by two daughters, his mother and several brothers and sisters, most of whom live in the Monte Vista area. His wife preceded him in death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 30, 1948 Soldier's Body Due to Arrive Here Wednesday The body of Pfc. Arthur J. Veronda, killed in World war II, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Veronda, 440 Evans street, will arrive in Rock Springs, Wednesday, November 3, an announcement from the American Graves Registration service said yesterday. Time of arrival is tentative pending confirmation, and the body will be delivered to Rogan's mortuary, 106 K street. Accompanying the body from Ogden will be Sgt. James E. Giessel of the Sixth Army Escort detachment in Ogden. Funeral arrangements will be announced after arrival of the body. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 30, 1948 Man Killed As Truck Hits Car on Bridge DOUGLAS, Oct. 29--(UP)-- A Denver man identified as J. P. Oberhauser was killed early today when his car collided with a truck on a snow-slickened highway bridge eight miles east of Douglas. Investigators said E. A. Taylor or Casper, driver of the truck, was not hurt. Sheriff Al Lass of Converse county reported the car and truck met on a narrow bridge. The accident raised Wyoming's highway death toll for 1948 to 119 and was the state's ninth fatality since last Sunday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 30, 1948 Zeb R. Whaley Dies In Indiana Zeb R. Whaley, 74, for many years coal chute foreman for the Union Pacific railroad company in Rock Springs, died yesterday at the home of his son, James Whaley, in Angola, Ind. He was en route here to visit his daughter, Mrs. Barney Marietta of 308 D street. Mr. Whaley who had been retired by the railroad company, had been spending a greater part of his time in Indiana and Florida. The body will be sent to Rock Springs for funeral services and burial. Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 31, 1948 ZEB R. WHALEY Funeral services for Zeb R. Whaley, 74, resident of Rock Springs for more than 40 years, have been set tentatively for 2 p.m. Wednesday. They will be held at the Baptist church with the Rev. William Webster conducting the rites. Mr. Whaley died suddenly Friday while visiting his son, James Whaley, in Angola, In. The son will accompany the body to Rock Springs where it will be received the Wildermuth mortuary. Mr. Whaley came to Rock Springs in 1907 and worked for the Union Pacific railroad as coal chute foreman until his retirement in 1941. He was born Nov. 3, 1874 in Kinston, N. C., and was a member of the Rock Springs Masonic lodge. Besides his son in Indiana, Mr. Whaley is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Barney Marietta of Rock Springs and six grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Ed Vaughn of Okala, Fla., with whom he had visited before going to his son's home, also survives. Mrs. Whaley died in Ft. Wayne, Ind., in 1940 when she also was visiting at the son's home in Angola, and was brought to Rock Springs for burial. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 31, 1948 PAUL WILLIAM MEMOVICH Funeral services for Paul William Memovich, 53, Rock Springs businessman, were held Wednesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. George W. Ridgway, rector of the Episcopal church, conducted the rites and burial was in the Memovich family mausoleum in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Memovich died of a heart attack Saturday night, October 23, at the Memovich home on Bridger avenue. Death struck without warning. He was manager of the J. C. Penney store and had worked at the store until 9 p.m. when his son, Robert Memovich, took him home in the family automobile. He complained of not feeling well. His son returned to the home within a few minutes and found him dead on the davenport. Paul Memovich was born Oct. 4, 1895 in Denver where he spent his boyhood and where he married Ann Dugan in 1916. He first came to Rock Springs in 1924 and worked for two years for the late Will F. Partin in the old Golden Rule store. After working at the Golden Rule store in Clovis, he went to Evanston where he worked for the J. C. Penney company and returned here early in 1928 to take over the management of the new Penney store. Survivors are his wife, two sons, William Memovich of Elko, Nev., and Robert of Rock Springs; five daughters, Mrs. Robert Dodds, Alice Memovich Welch, Lillian, Mary Ann and Shirley Memovich, all of Rock Springs. Four grandchildren and one brother and six sisters also survive. The brother and sisters are John and Julia Memovich and Mrs. Theresa Michalo, all of Minneapolis; Mrs. Rose Woodward, Mrs. Susan Giba and Mrs. Helen Jones, all of Denver, and Mrs. Elizabeth Kozak of Council Bluffs, Iowa. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 2, 1948 Mrs. Guy Dona Dies Tuesday At Hospital Mrs. Guy Dona, 63, 818 D street, well-known resident of Rock Springs died yesterday at 1:15 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where she had been ill for several days from a heart condition. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Mrs. Dona is survived by her husband; two sons, Alphonse of Rock Springs and Dr. Aldo Dona of Laramie; one daughter, Irma, who teaches in Yellowstone school, Rock Springs; one sister, Mrs. John Endrizzi, Rock Springs, and a brother, Steve Magagna, Rock Springs. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Betty Rose and Guy of Rock Springs; Patsy of Laramie and Norma Jean, who is in nurses training at Denver. She will arrive in Rock Springs today. Mrs. Dona was born in Italy and had lived in the Rock Springs area for 50 years. She lived in Superior before moving here 42 years ago. She suffered a heart attack at her home on D street, last Friday afternoon and was taken to the hospital where she lay near death until yesterday. Mrs. Dona had been in ill health for many years. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 2, 1948 Arthur Veronda Funeral Service To Be Friday Funeral services for Pfc. Arthur J. Veronda, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Veronda, 440 Evans street, will be Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the South Side Catholic church with the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph's cemetery, Rogan mortuary in charge. The body of Private Veronda who was killed during the Battle of the Bulge, will arrive this moring at 10:39 o'clock on Train No. 4 and will be escorted to Rogan chapel by a military escort. Graveside services will be conducted by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Surviving are his parents; three brothers, Charles of Phoenix, Ariz.; Harry of Rock Springs and George of Casper; two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Hudachko and Mrs. Catherine Constantino, both of Rock Springs, and his grandfather, John Veronda of Coeme, Italy. Mr. Veronda was born in Rock Springs, Nov. 17, 1922, and died at Lingberg, Germany, Dec. 19, 1944. Rosary services will be read at Rogan's chapel, Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 2, 1948 John W. Hartney Dies at Rochester Funeral services for John William Hartney, 55, of Cheyenne, a former resident of Rock Springs, will be conducted Wednesday at Cheyenne. Mr. Hartney died Saturday night in Rochester, Minn., from complications following a major operation which he had undergone October 4 at St. Mary's hospital affiliated with the Mayo clinic. He had been in ill health for several months. The body accompanied by his wife arrived Monday night in Cheyenne. A native of Wyoming, Mr. Hartney was born Aug. 23, 1893 in Rock Springs, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hartney, early day residents of this city. he received his education in the Rock Springs schools and in 1918 went to Cheyenne where he has since resided. He is survived by his wife, Daisy of Cheyenne; a daughter by a former marriage; one sister, Mrs. Howard Kellogg of 414 B street; one brother, Thomas Hartney of Cheyenne, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kellogg will leave today for Cheyenne where they will attend the funeral services which tentatively have been set for Wednesday morning at St. Mary's cathedral. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 7, 1948 MRS. JOHN NAGY By Mrs. Margaret Pearce, Lyman Funeral services for Mrs. John Nagy, 57, of Lyman were held Saturday at the Whitman Funeral home in Soda Springs, Ida., followed by burial there. Mrs. Nagy, a resident of Lyman and Church Buttes for 18 years, died Nov. 1 at a hospital in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., where she was visiting her daughter, Staff Sgt. Evelyne M. Nagy, who is stationed there. She was stricken ill while attending a movie with her daughter and two of the latter’s friends on Sunday night, Oct. 31, and was taken at once to a hospital at the fort where she died 24 hours later. Mrs. Nagy was on her way home from a month’s visit with relatives at points in New York and New Jersey, including her aged mother who lives at Newark. Matilda Fabry Nagy was born in Budapest on Sept. 19, 1891, and was married to John Nagy in Soda Springs in September, 1913. Besides her husband and daughter, Staff Sergeant Nagy, and her mother, she is survived by two sons, Arthur Nagy of Groveland, Calif., and Raymond Nagy of Lyman; two daughters, Helen Nagy Ault of Imperial Beach, Calif., and Wanda Nagy Fouquet of Lyman; three grandsons, five sisters and three brothers. Mrs. Nagy was a talented artist and had exhibited her work at a number of state exhibits. Her painting of Church butte, a landmark of southwestern Wyoming, which hangs in the Nagy service station at Church Buttes, has attracted thousands of tourists and has gained much favorable comment. Mountain scenery and forms of wild life were her favorite subjects for her art. She had traveled extensively and with the rest of her family was cosmopolitan in views. Her friends were legion. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 7, 1948 GERTRUDE MARTHA KENNEY Funeral and burial services for Gertrude Martha Kenney, 22, were held in Evanston this weekend. Miss Kenney was found dead in her apartment at 421 North Front street Monday. She had lived in Rock Springs for several months and at the time of her death was employed at the Rollnick shoe store. Early Monday morning she advised her employer that she would not report for work that day because of illness. It is known that she left her apartment during the morning to purchase medicine, which was the last time she was seen alive. When her body was found a telephone directory was on the floor nearby, indicating that she may have attempted to call for help when she became violently ill. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 7, 1948 PFC. ARTHUR VERONDA Funeral services for Pfc. Arthur J. Veronda, Rock Springs boy who was killed in World war II, were held Friday at the South Side Catholic church followed by final burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Graveside services were conducted by the Rock Springs posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Private Veronda, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Veronda, was born in Rock Springs on Nov. 17, 1922. He was killed in action in the Battle of the Bulge in Germany on Dec. 19, 1944 at the age of 22 years. Besides his parents the soldier is survived by three brothers, Charles of Phoenix, Harry of Rock Springs, and Geroge Veronda of Casper; two sisters, Evelyn Veronda Hudachko of Salt Lake City and Catherine Veronda Constantino of Rock Springs. His grandfather, John Veronda, who lives in Croeme, Italy, also survives. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 7, 1948 JOHN M. TARRIS Funeral services for John M. Tarris, 42, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the North Side Catholic church, followed by burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. The rosary will be said at 7 and again at 7:30 o’clock Monday night at the Tarris home at 938 Eighth street. Mr. Tarris died Friday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where he had been a patient since July 6. Death resulted from the effects of virus pneumonia. John Mike Tarris was born Dec. 24, 1906 in Rock Springs, the son of the late Andrew Sr. and Mary Tarris, pioneer residents of the city. He was educated in the city schools, graduating from the high school in 1925. On Sept. 14, 1935, he married Anne Russold of Rock Springs. Besides his wife, Mr. Tarris is survived by two brothers, Michael Tarris of Rock Springs and Stephen of Cheyenne; two sisters, Mrs. Tony Radly of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. James Gerrard of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 7, 1948 PETE ARAMBEL Funeral services for Pete Arambel, 23, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the South Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. The rosary will be said at 7 o’clock and again at 7:30 tonight at the Arambel home at 231 H street. Pete died of injuries he suffered Friday when his wearing apparel became entangled in the gears of an electric post-hole digger which he was operating at the Arambel ranch 32 miles north and east of Farson. He died en route to Sweetwater County Memorial hospital in Rock Springs. He was born July 24, 1925 in Rock Springs, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Arambel. Pete served in the army between December 1944 and April 1946 and was wounded in combat in France. He was a graduate of the Rock Springs High school and was a member of the Rock Springs council of Knights of Columbus and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 624. Besides his parents, Pete is survived by four brothers, John, Robert, Michael and Joseph Arambel, and two sisters, Ann Marie and Rosemary Arambel. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 7, 1948 MRS. GUY DONA Funeral services for Angela Magagna Dona, 63, wife of Guy Dona of 818 D street, were held Thursday at the South Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Dona died Monday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where she had been a patient for ten days, following a heart attack which she suffered at her home. She had not been well for several years. Mrs. Dona was born Jan. 18, 1885 in Brez, Tyrol, Austria (now Italy), and came to Rock Springs in 1903 at the age of 18 years. She had lived here and at Superior ever since. Besides her husband, Mrs. Dona is survived by one daughter, Irma, a teacher at Yellowstone school; two sons, Alfonse Dona of Rock Springs and Dr. Aldo Dona of Laramie; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. John Endrizzi of Rock Springs; two brothers, Steve Magagna of Rock Springs and Louis Magagna, who lives in Italy. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 7, 1948 MRS. EVERETT HARRIS Gertrude Maude Harris, 35, wife of Everett Harris of Superior, died Wednesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital after a prolonged illness. The body was taken to Newtonia, Mo., for funeral and burial services. Besides her husband, Mrs. Harris is survived by six children, Betty, Leona, Barbara, Donald, Larry and Kenneth, all at home; her mother, Mrs. Janie Hilton of Ritchey, Mo., and several brothers and sisters. The Harris family has lived at Superior for about one and one-half years. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 11, 1948 A.C. Carter Dies Wednesday After Illness Albert Carlton Carter, 63, of 1013 Pilot Butte avenue, died yesterday at 2:30 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital after a long illness. Funeral services, with Wildermuth mortuary in charge, will be announced pending arrival of Mr. Carter’s mother from San Francisco, Calif. Mr. Carter is survived by his wife, Delphia, and five daughters, Mrs. Leona Forshaw, Mrs. Adam Medill, Mrs. Leno Como, Mrs. Glen Scott and Miss Agnes Carter, all of Rock Springs. Also surviving is his mother, Mrs. Agnes L. Carter of San Francisco and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Highstreet and Mrs. Thomas Marshall of San Francisco. He is survived also by a niece and nephew in California and two grandsons, Jerry Neal Como and Carl Leno Como, and a granddaughter, April Judy Medill, all of Rock Springs. Mr. Carter, known familiarly as “A.C.” was born in Little Rock, Ark., May 24, 1885, while his mother was on a visit there. The Carter family were Rock Springs residents at the time. He grew up in Rock Springs and attended school here. He started working for the Union Pacific Coal company at Superior, April 1, 1909, and continued to work for them at Superior and at Cumberland, Reliance and Rock Springs. At the time of his death, Mr. Carter was mine clerk at the mine office of the Union Pacific Coal company. Three weeks ago Mr. Carter was taken to Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City where he underwent a major operation. Following the operation he was brought to Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where he died. Mr. Carter was a member of the Masonic lodge in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 12, 1948 Burial Today for Ellingsworth Baby Graveside services for Ellen Louise Ellingsworth, one-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ellingsworth of Superior, who died November 4, at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital, will be held at 10:30 o’clock this morning in Mountain View cemetery. The Rev. James E. Shapland, pastor of the Methodist church will conduct the services. Arrangements are in charge of Wildermuth mortuary. The baby, who was taken suddenly ill at the home of her parents in Superior, died shortly after she was brought to the hospital. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 14, 1948 EMERY ANDREW PAL Funeral services for Emery Andrew Pal, 42, of Green River, were held Thursday at the Episcopal church in Green River followed by burial in Riverview cemetery there. Mr. Pal, who operated a ranch with his brother, Andrew Emery Pal, north and west of Green River, died Monday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital in Rock Springs. He was born Jan. 13, 1906, in Cleveland, Ohio, and had lived in the Green River area since 1923. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 14, 1948 PVT. JOHN MELVIN YOUNG Funeral services for Pvt. John Melvin Young, Rock Springs soldier who lost his life in World war II, were held at the L.D.S. church Friday, followed by final burial in the family plot in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Private Young's body arrived in Rock Springs under military escort on Armistice day from the American Graves distribution depot in Ogden and was met by representatives of the American Legion, Archie Hay post, which also conducted graveside military services. John Melvin Young was born May 19, 1921 in Rock Springs. He was graduated from the city's high school in 1939 and after taking post-graduate work at the high school for one year enlisted for service in the army air forces in the summer of 1940. He was assigned to the now famous 19th Bombardment squadron at March Field, Calif., where he trained until August, 1941, when he was transferred to Albuquerque until October, 1941, when he was sent to the Philippines. Private Young was reported missing in action in August, 1942, but it was not until 1946 that it was known that he had died in a Japanese prison camp on Luzon on May 8, 1942. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. J.B. Young of Salt Lake City; one brother, Nephi Young of Washington, D.C., and one sister, Mrs. Rudy Moeller of Rock Springs. His father, John B. Young, pioneer Rock Springs resident, died in 1946. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 14, 1948 RODNEY E. FOSTER The body of Rodney E. Foster, 68, of Roberts, Idaho, who died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital here Monday of injuries incurred in an automobile accident near Little America on November 7, was taken to Dillon, Mont., for burial. A son, Walter F. Foster, of Dillon came to Rock Springs when advised of the accident and accompanied his father's body to Dillon. Mr. Foster was born Jan. 19, 1880 in Dundee, Mich., and had been a stockman in Idaho for many years. His wife and a trained nurse were in the car at the time of the accident and both were hospitalized here. Another son, George Foster of Roberts, also survives. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 14, 1948 RICHARD YBARRA Arrangements for funeral services for Richard, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ybarra of 915 Lee street, were still pending late tonight but were expected to be made today at the Rogan mortuary. Richard died Thursday at a Salt Lake City hospital after an illness of more than one month. He was born July 22, 1944 in San Antonio, Texas, and came to Rock Springs with his parents three months ago. Besides his parents Richard is survived by three sisters, Elia, Olga and Rachael, all at home, and his grandmother, Mrs. Frances Ramirez of San Antonio. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 14, 1948 Last Rites for John Titmus Will Be Tuesday John Titmus, 69, of 1275 Lowell street, died yesterday at his home at 10:30 a.m. after a long illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the L.D.S. chapel with Bishop Eugene Sellers officiating. Burial will be at Mountain View cemetery with Rogan mortuary in charge. Mr. Titmus was born in Derby county, England, Feb. 20, 1879, and had lived in the United States for many years. He was married to Miss Nellie Dunn at Paris, Idaho, May 18, 1917 and is survived by his wife; three sons, John of Evanston and Jack and Sigurd, both of Rock Springs and three daughters, Mrs. Rhoda Anderburg, Evanston, and Mrs. Frank Romish and Mrs. Otto Gabardi, both of Pinedale. Also surviving are two brothers, George and William, both of Evanston, and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Boryce and Mrs. Rhoda Lucas, both of Taft, Calif. Mr. Titmus had been a coal miner most of his life and had worked for the Union Pacific Coal company in the Rock Springs area for 19 years. Before that he worked for the same company at Cumberland, Wyo. He has been ill for the past four years and had not worked in that time. --- Green River Star, Nov 18, 1948 Services For T. S. Huffman Held Here Wednesday Graveside services at four p. m. Wednesday were conducted here for Thomas S. Huffman, former resident of Green River, who was killed in an electric power line accident in Salt Lake City Saturday. Funeral services had been conducted in Salt Lake Wednesday morning, the body immediately brought to Green River for interment. Graveside service was in charge of the L. D. S. Church. Huffman was employed by a private electrical contractor in Salt Lake and was at work laying a reconversion power line. He accidentally touched a 12,000-volt power line while at work on a pole and then fell on a jumper wire. He-died immediately. A veteran of World War I, he was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He was born August 14, 1899, at Fulton, New York. Surviving are his wife, Anna, Salt Lake City; a step-daughter, Mrs. Erwin J. Vehar of Green River; his father, Dr. S. G. Huffman and step-mother, Mrs. Jennie Craig Huffman of California. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 21, 1948 EARL JOHN LEAK Funeral services for Earl J. Leak, 48, of 512 Q street were held at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. William Webster of the Baptist church conducted the rites and burial was in the Leak family plot in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. The pall bearers were H.P. Allison, Thomas Delmastro, Alex Smith, Lee Steers and Pete and Douglas Worley, all of Rock Springs. Mr. Leak, a house-moving contractor, was killed Wednesday when a house he was moving at Gunn, six miles northeast of Rock Springs, shifted from its blocks and crushed him. Earl John Leak was born July 14, 1890 near Clinton, Mo., where he spent his boyhood. As a young man he went to Denver and from there to Cheyenne where he met Ellen Pettis, whom he married in Greeley, Colo., on May 25, 1915. The couple homesteaded near Cheyenne where one daughter, Ruth, now Mrs. Charles Stewart of Rock Springs, was born. In 1919 the Leaks moved to Riverton where a second daughter, Mary, now Mrs. Raymond Allis of Longview, Wash., was born. The family moved to Dines in 1923 where Mr. Leak worked in the coal mine until 1927 when the family moved to Rock Springs. Mrs. Leak died and was buried in the family plot in Mountain View cemetery here in 1936. Mr. Leak later married Lila Fryburger who survives him. Besides his wife and two daughters he is survived by six grandchildren, his father, Frank John Leak, of Clinton, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary White of San Bernardino, Calif., and Mrs. Frank Whitlock, of Clinton, Mo.; two stepchildren, Fay and Charles Fryburger, both of Peoria, Colo. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 21, 1948 GLADYS ZEIHER Graveside services were held Saturday in Mountain View section of the city cemetery for Gladys Zeiher, 35, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Zeiher of Kemmerer, former Rock Springs and Reliance residents. Gladys died Thursday at the Zeiher home. She had been an invalid all her life. The Rev. George W. Ridgway of the Episcopal church conducted the committal rites. Gladys was born March 26, 1913 at Hannary, Minn. At the age of 11 she went to Reliance when the Zeiher family went there to live in 1924. Later the family moved to Rock Springs where they lived until last May when they moved to Kemmerer. Besides her parents, Gladys is survived by one brother, George Rodda, and three sisters, Mrs. Howard Rodda of Kemmerer, Mrs. James Partington and Mrs. Arthur Tirre, both of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 21, 1948 ISAAC LAURUNEN Funeral services for Isaac Laurunen, 73, of 368 H street, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Emer O. Luessenhop of the Lutheran church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Laurunen, resident of the city for 22 years, died Tuesday night at St. Luke's hospital in Denver where he underwent a major operation Monday. He was born Feb. 18, 1875, in Finland, and came to the United States in 1901. The family lived in Wisconsin for six years and then moved to Hanna in 1907 where they lived until 1926 when they moved to Rock Springs. Mr. Laurunen was a retired coal miner. Survivors are his wife; three sons, Matt and Toivo Laurunen, both of Rock Springs, and Andy of Englewood, Colo.; three daughters, Mrs. John Dolinar, Mrs. Alex Clark and Mrs. Emil Branch, all of Rock Springs; six grandchildren; one brother, Alfred Laurunen of Rock Springs and another brother who lives in Finland, and two nephews. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 21, 1948 EMILY SUTTON ANDERSON Funeral services for Emily Sutton Anderson, 77, of 213 B street, widow of A.H. Anderson, were held Saturday at the Tapley funeral parlors in Los Angeles followed by burial there. Mrs. Anderson, resident of Rock Springs for 72 years, died of a heart attack early Thursday at the home of her son, Fred Anderson, in Los Angeles where she had been visiting for several weeks. She was born Oct. 15, 1871 in Springfield, Ill., and had lived in Rock Springs since she was five years old, coming here in 1876 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sutton, early day residents of the city. Besides her son in Los Angeles she is survived by another son, Arthur L. Anderson of Rock Springs who, with his wife, left for Los Angeles Thursday; two granddaughters, three sisters and one brother, Mrs. T.F. Lange, Mrs. Margaret Thomas, Minnie Sutton and Fred Sutton, all of Los Angeles. Mr. Anderson died on June 1, 1938. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 21, 1948 MATT TOLAR, SR. Funeral services for Matt Tolar, Sr., who died Friday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the North Side Catholic church with the Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph's cemetery with Rogan mortuary in charge. Mr. Tolar was born in Skofja, Loka, Austria, Feb. 24, 1870 and came to the United States 49 years ago. He worked as a coal miner until his retirement some years back. He died Friday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital at 4:30 p.m. after he had been a patient there 12 days. He is survived by four sons; Matt Tolar, Jr., John, August and William Tolar, all of Rock Springs and two daughters, Mrs. Ernest Mazzolini of Rock Springs and Mrs. Roy Straw of Nebraska City, Neb. Also surviving are five grandchildren. The body will be taken to 118 Sherman street at 4 p.m. Monday where it will remain until it is taken to the church for services. Rosary services will be recited at 118 Sherman street Monday at 7 p.m. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 23, 1948 Mrs. S.V. Edman Dies at Home of Daughter Here Mrs. S.V. Edman, 58, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.M. Watson, 414 Cedar street, yesterday morning. Family members attributed her death to a lingering illness. A former resident of Vernal, Utah, Mrs. Edman came to Rock Springs about year ago. She was born at Jensen, Utah, on Feb. 9, 1890. Survivors other than her husband, a house painter at Bartlett, Calif., include two sons and two daughters of a former marriage; E.V. Decker, Rock Springs; Arnold F. Decker, Ely, Nev.; Mrs. C.M. Watson and Mrs. T.J. Steneck of Rock Springs. Four sisters, Mrs. Mark Hall, Mrs. Dave Jones and Mrs. Alfred Ainge of Vernal, Utah, Mrs. W.H. Gurton, McMinville, Ore.; a brother, Joseph A. Arnold, ????er, Utah, and numerous granchildren. The body has been taken to the Wildermuth mortuary. Funeral arrangements are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 23, 1948 Rabbit Hunt Accident Fatal To Loel Hatch Loel Kay Hatch, 21, of 29 Blair avenue, was shot and killed early Sunday afternoon in a hunting accident which occurred about 30 miles south of Rock Springs. Hatch was hunting rabbits, about one mile east of the Brooks Gate with two companions, Jack Kessner and Bill Sims, both of Rock Springs, when the accident occurred. An inquest will be held at a later date at which time the exact circumstances surrounding the death will be established, J. Warden Opie, county coroner, said yesterday. Hatch was hit in the chest by a .22 caliber bullet. A rabbit was shot by one of the hunters about 12:30 Sunday afternoon and took refuge in a brush-covered hole. Sims was trying to force the rabbit from the hole and the other two hunters were standing nearby when Hatch was shot. Sims and Kessner brought Hatch to Rock Springs and he was dead on arrival at the local hospital. Hatch, a veteran of World war II, was born an Bancroft, Idaho, and for the past 15 years had been a resident of Rock Springs. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, daughter, Sandra Kay; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hatch, all of Rock Springs. Also by his twin sister, Mrs. Lois Fay Foster of Laramie; and two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Lea Hall and Miss Francis Hatch, both of Rock Springs. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the L.D.S. church with Bishop Owen West officiating. Burial will be at Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 23, 1948 Mrs. A. Johnson Dies Saturday In Salt Lake Word was received in Rock Springs Sunday of the death of Mrs. Alex Johnson in Salt Lake City Saturday night. A well known former resident of Rock Springs, she had been ill for several months. The family lived here from 1930 until 1945, while Johnson was in the employ of the Union Pacific Coal company. They moved from here to Salt Lake City. Mrs. Johnson was born April 4, 1884 at Chariton, Iowa. She is survived by her husband; two sons, Walter of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Howard of Salt Lake City and two nieces whom the Johnsons raised, Mrs. James Sabodski of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Arlie Fortune of Memphis, Tenn. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Zion Lutheran church in Salt Lake City followed by burial in Wasatch Lawn cemetery there. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 23, 1948 Edman Rites To Be Today Funeral services for Mrs. S.V. Edman, 58, who died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.M. Watson of 414 Cedar street, will be held at 2:30 this afternoon at the Methodist church. The Rev. James E. Shapland will conduct the services and burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Edman, who had been ill during the past two years, spent a part of the time with her daughter. Her husband, who is a painting contractor at Bartlett, Calif., will come to Rock Springs for the funeral rites. Pallbearers will be Lloyd Fordyce, H.L. Crawford, Robert Elliott, Floyd Redman, Evers Simms and Anthony August. “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” and “In the Garden,” two favorite songs of Ms. Edman, will be sung during the services. Mrs. Edman was born at Jensen, Utah on February 9, 1890. Survivors in addition to her husband, are two sons and two daughters by a former marriage, E.V. Decker, Rock Springs; Arnold F. Decker, Ely, Nev.; Mrs. C.M. Watson and Mrs. T.J. Steneck, both of Rock Springs and several grandchildren. She is survived by four sisters. The body is at Wildermuth mortuary where friends may call until the funeral services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 23, 1948 Funeral Today For Matt Tolar Funeral services for Matt Tolar, Sr. will be held at 9 a.m. today at the North Side Catholic church with Father Gnidovec officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph's cemetery with Rogan mortuary in charge. Rosary services were held last night at 118 Sherman street. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 23, 1948 Laramie Man Is Found Dead At Ranch Home CHEYENNE, Nov. 22--(UP)-- A 68 year old pioneer Laramie county rancher was found shot to death at his home seven miles southwest of Granite canyon Sunday. County Coroner Wesley Schrader said today the death of the man, A.C. Willadsen, apparently was accidental. Willadsen, who had lived in the southeast Wyoming area for 67 years, was found by his son, Mason, when he and his wife returned from Rock River Sunday night. The rancher's body was lying beside a truck in a barn. The gun lay in the truck seat in a position which indicated it discharged accidentally. Funeral services will be held Wednesday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 23, 1948 Three Highway Deaths Make Year's Toll 134 The 1948 Wyoming highway fatality toll rose to 134 Monday following the deaths of three persons during the weekend. Highway patrol records showed the toll was 30 higher than it was a year ago and 23 higher than the full year of 1947. Safety officials continued to issue warnings to motorists to drive carefully on the slick highways in Wyoing as the toll mounted to near-record levels. William Hazeltine, 41, of Buffalo, Jesus Montoya, 25, Rawlins, and Private First Class Edward Talon, Ft. Warren soldier, were the latest victims. Hazeltine was fatally injured Saturday afternoon when struck by a loaded lumber truck on a mountain road one mile west of Buffalo, J.W. Jackins was injured slightly. Montoya died in Rawlins Memorial hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident three miles east of Rawlins on Highway 30 last Sunday morning. His was Carbon county's sixth highway death this year. Authorities said the Ft. Warren soldier died when his vehicle went out of control and overturned. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 27, 1948 Robert Philpot Funeral Rites To Be Monday Funeral services for Robert Philpot, who died Thursday at his home in Reliance, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Rogan chapel. The Rev. James Shapland of the First Methodist church will officiate. Burial will be at Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Philpot is survived by his wife, Minnie, Reliance; three daughters, Mrs. J.M. Donethan, Casper; Mrs. B.J. Simmons, Longmont, Colo.; Miss Delores Ann Philpot, Reliance; two sisters, Mrs. Cecil Brymmer, Sharon, Ill., Mrs. Jessie Broshear, Royalton, Ill.; four grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 28, 1948 ALICE AGNES HACKETT Alice Agnes Hackett, 80, widow of William Hackett, died Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albino Ruggero on Sixth street. She had been ill for a long time. Funeral services were held Saturday at the South Side Catholic church followed by burial in the city cemetery. Born Alice Agnes Cronin of Irish parents in London, April 11, 1868, Mrs. Hackett came to the United States at the age of 16. After living with an aunt in Boston she went to Plymouth, Pa., where she married William Hackett. The family moved to Rock Springs, arriving here on August 6, 1900. Mr. Hackett died more than 20 years ago. Mrs. Hackett is survived by two sons and four daughters, James Hackett of Lafayette, Colo.; Richard Hackett, Mrs. Frank Bulitch and Mrs. Ruggero, all of Rock Springs; Mrs. Pete Kritner of Denbo, Pa., and Mrs. Edgar Borndolar of North Charterio, Pa.; 32 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Michael Breean of Hingman, Mass., and Mrs. A.J. Miner of Dorchester, Mass., and one brother, James Cronin of Vallejo, Calif. Six of Mrs. Hackett's grandsons served as pallbearers at the funeral and burial services. They were Harry Hackett, Jack and Leo Mitchelson, James and Wayne Mitchelson and Thomas Mitchelson, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 28, 1948 MRS. S.V. EDMAN Funeral services for Mrs. S.V. Edman, 58, who died Saturday, November 20, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.M. Watson of 414 Cedar street, were held Tuesday at the Methodist church. Burial was in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mrs. Edman was born Feb. 9, 1890 at Jensen, Utah. She is survived by her husband of Bartlett, Calif., who was in the city for the services; two sons and two daughters by a former marriage, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. T.J. Steneck and E.V. Decker, all of Rock Springs, and Arnold F. Decker of Ely, Nev. --- Salt Lake Tribune, Dec 4, 1948 Upton McElfish ROCK SPRINGS Wyo.—Funeral services for Upton McElfish, 78-year-old retired coal miner of Superior, who was found dead at his home early last Saturday morning, was held at the Rogan mortuary chapel at 2 p.m. Friday Rev. Dean G. S. Ridgway of the Church of Holy Communion (Episcopal) officiating. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery at Rock Springs. He had been a resident of the county since 1922. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 5, 1948 ALEX STODDARD LOGAN Funeral services for Alex Stoddard Logan, 64, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Bishop Owen West of the L.D.S. church will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. Logan’s lifeless body was found Thursday noon on ice-covered Bitter creek behind the 1000 block on Clark street. He left the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Miller, at 936 Adams street about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. When he left he told Mrs. Miller that he was going out to look after some sheep so no concern was felt for his non-appearance that afternoon and the following day. However, the Miller family became alarmed Thursday when he did not return and was about to institute search for him when they were advised that his body had been found. County Coroner J. Warden Opie will conduct an inquest into his death. Mr. Logan was born Aug. 1, 1884 in Wellsville, Utah, and came to Rock Springs with his parents when a boy. He worked for different sheep outfits of the community for many years and because of his knowledge of the range and the sheep business often served flockmasters for several days at a time after his retirement from regular work. It was on one of those missions that his family thought he was on when he failed to return home. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Miller of this city and Mrs. Richard Hecox of Cora who came to Rock Springs when advised of her father’s death; two sons, Harry S. Logan of Rock Springs and Grover Logan of Stansbury; 11 grandchildren and five brothers, Robert Logan of Ogden; John, Dave and Grover Logan, all of Green River, and William Logan of Rock Springs. Mrs. Logan died here in May 1927. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 5, 1948 MARY AMELIA HAUTALA Funeral services for Mary Amelia Hautala, 74, widow of Gus Hautala, were Wednesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Elmer O. Luessenhop, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran church, conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends of the family who served as pallbearers were Raymond and Elmer Aho, Richard Karvonen, Walter Lassha, William Ranta and Walter Singo, all of Rock Springs. Mrs. Hautala had lived in the Rock Springs area for 50 years, coming here from her native Lohtaja, Finland, in the late 1890s. Her maiden name was Mary Jokela and she was married to Gus Hautala of Rock Springs in 1901, the marriage taking place in Rawlins. She is survived by three sons, Ben and Roy Hautala of Rock Springs and Wayne Hautala of Portland; one daughter, Jennie Hautala, of Rawlins, three grandsons and one brother, Leander Jokela, who live in Finland. Mr. Hautala died here in 1937. Mrs. Hautala had been in ill health for several months and three weeks before her death was taken to Sweetwater County Memorial hospital where she died early Monday, November 29. Her daughter, who is a registered nurse and a member of the staff of Carbon County Memorial hospital in Rawlins, cared for her at the hospital here. Mrs. Hautala made her home with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hautala, and their son, Dickie, at their home at 1009 Vermont street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 5, 1948 ALEX KATONA Funeral services for Alex Katona, 65, of 828 Seventh street, were held Tuesday at the North Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Mr. Katona died at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital Sunday, November 28. He had been a resident of the Rock Springs community most of the time since he first came here in 1907. Born Feb. 2, 1883 in Nograd, Megye, Hungary, Mr. Katona came to the United States in 1906 and lived for a year in Illinois before coming to Rock Springs. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Andrew Havrilo of this city and Mrs. R.K. Murphy of Saratoga. Pallbearers who served at the funeral and burial rites were Steve Bucho of Reliance, George Bender, Mike Evans, James Kiriakis, Mike Layos and John Pastor, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 5, 1948 LAWRENCE PIVIC Funeral services for Lawrence Pivic Sr., 63, of 1418 Lowell street, were held Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s section of the city cemetery. Mr. Pivic died at Sweetwater County memorial hospital Monday after a prolonged illness. Born Aug. 10, 1885 at Skofja, Loka, Yugoslavia, he came to the United States in 1904 and located in Rock Springs where he worked in the coal mines of the area. Survivors are his wife, Mary; six sons, Joseph Pivic of Chicago, Frank, Max, Anton, Lawrence Jr. and Stanley Pivic, all of Rock Springs; five daughters, Mrs. Joseph Salvatico, Jean Pivic and Mrs. Malcolm McLeod, all of Rock Springs, Mrs. Robert Floyd of Tacoma and Mrs. Frank Zamboni of Price, Utah. Nine grandchildren and one brother, Matt Pivic of Ferryy, Mich., also survive. Mr. Pivic’s six sons served as pallbearers at the funeral and burial rites. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 5, 1948 UPTON McELFISH Funeral services for Upton McElfish, 78, of Superior were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. George W. Ridgway conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View section of the city cemetery. Mr. McElfish died Saturday, Nov. 27, at the home of his son, George W. McElfish at Superior. He had lived in Sweetwater county for 26 years. Survivors are his wife, Emma, of Mulberry, Kans.; four sons, George of Superior, Ernest of Mulberry, Kan., Lester of Escondido, Calif., and Charles McElfish of Osawatomie, Kan.; one daughter, Elsie McElfish LeCoure of Pittsburg, Kan. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 5, 1948 JOHN M. ATKINSON The body of John M. Atkinson, 63, who died Wednesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital, was sent to Lonaconing, Md., for funeral and burial services. His mother, four sisters and one brother live at Lonaconing. Mr. Atkinson was born May 20, 1885 in Maryland and had lived in Sweetwater county for 40 years. He had been ill for several years. Several cousins and an uncle, David Muir, reside in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 5, 1948 Ruth Anderson Dies in Lusk Friday Afternoon Ruth Anderson, 49, mother of Jack Anderson and Mrs. Walfred Hensala, both of Rock Springs, died at Lusk Friday afternoon. When advised of her death her son left immediately for Lusk to make arrangements to bring the body to Rock Springs for funeral and burial services. Details of her death were not known here yesterday other than that she had been found in bed presumably following a heart attack. Ruth Brison Anderson was born Oct. 39, 1899 in Chicago and was the daughter of J.H. Brison of 128 I street, Rock Springs. Early in life her father moved to Denver where she was graduated from high school. The family moved to Rock Springs about 30 years ago and Ruth entered nurses training at Wyoming General hospital, where she was graduated. She practiced her profession most of her life. It is thought here that she was nursing at the hospital in Lusk when she died. Besides her son and daughter and father, Mrs. Anderson is survived by a brother, Hadley Brison of Oakland, who is expected to come to Rock Springs for the funeral services. Her mother died about 38 years ago. Funeral services will be held at the Episcopal church Wednesday. Final arrangements for the services will be made after Mrs. Anderson’s son returns to Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 7, 1948 Anderson Rites Will Be Held Wednesday Funeral services for Ruth Brison Anderson, 49, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Episcopal church. The Rev. George W. Ridgeway will conduct the services and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. The body will be taken from the Wildermuth mortuary to the home of Mrs. Anderson’s daughter, Mrs. Walfred Hensala, at 220 Blair avenue this afternoon to remain until the hour of the funeral. The pallbearers will be Dr. John P. Muir, William Rogers, Robert Jack, C.D. Blevins, Glen G. Stanton and Paul Ryan. Mrs. Anderson died Friday in Lusk where she had been on the nursing staff of the Lusk hospital. She was found dead in bed and physicians at the hospital said she had suffered a heart attack. Her son, Jack Anderson, went from Rock Springs to Lusk when advised of her death. Mrs. Anderson was a daughter of J.H. Brison of 128 J street. Although she was born in Chicago on Oct. 30, 1899 and spent her girlhood in Denver, she spent most of her life in Rock Springs where she was graduated several years ago from nurses training at Wyoming General hospital, now Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Besides her son and daughter and her father, Ruth Anderson is survived by a brother, Hadley Brison of Oakland, Calif. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 7, 1948 Zubatch Infant Dies Monday Wayne Zubatch, one-week-old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Zubatch of 806 Center street, died yesterday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Graveside services will be held in Mountain View cemetery at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Rev. Fred K. Swett of the Congregational church will conduct the rites and the Wildermuth mortuary will be in charge of the burial. Besides his parents, Wayne is survived by an 18-month-old sister, Stephani. He was born at the hospital November 29. --- Pinedale Roundup, Dec 9, 1948 FATHER OF MRS. RICHARD HECOX FOUND DEAD AT ROCK SPRINGS THURS. Alex Stoddard Logan, 64, of Rock Springs, father of Mrs. Richard Hecox of Kendall, was found dead Thursday morning in Bitter creek. His face showed cuts and bruises which authorities believed were suffered as the man fell. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at the Rogan Chapel by Bishop Owen West of the LDS church. Burial was made at Mountain View cemetery. A stockman, Logan had lived in Sweetwater county for 58 years. He was born at Wellsville, Utah. He is survived by two sons, Grover of Reliance, Harry of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Miller of Rock Springs and Mrs. Richard Hecox, Kendall, and five brothers, Robert B., Ogden, Utah, John, David and Grover of Green River and William of Rock Springs. Mildred and Helen Logan, students in Pinedale high school attended the funeral services for their grandfather. --- Green River Star, Dec 9, 1948 Services Friday For Pvt. Jerry Tripp, War Hero Military funeral services for Pvt. Jerry Tripp, returned war-dead hero, will be conducted Friday afternoon at one o'clock from Union Congregational Church, the Rev. Robert Midgley officiating. Pvt. Tripp, was twenty years of age at the time he was killed in action with the Ninth Armored Division in the battle of Leipzig on April 10, 1945. He was inducted into the Army Aug. 28, 1944, and was sent to Ft. Knox, Ky., to receive his basic training as a member of the armored force. Following this training, Tripp was sent overseas, arriving in Belgium March 8, 1945, and was immediately assigned to the 9th Armored Div. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Anna M. Tripp of Granger; five a brothers, John and Charles of Mt. View, Hugh of Carter, and Raymond and William of Granger; six sisters, Margaret Petersen of Ly man, Ellen Gordon of Carter, Anna May Henery, Robertson, Katherine Dodds Rock Springs, Florence Moore and Mary Alice Tripp of Granger. --- Green River Star, Dec 9, 1948 Third Army War Hero’s Body Returned Home The body of Pvt. 1/Class Robert D. Behunin, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Behunin of McKinnon, was received in Green River Wednesday following shipment from Germany, and taken to McKinnon this morning by Rogan Mortuary of Rock Springs for graveside services this afternoon at two p. m. The war hero lost his life while serving with General Patton's famous Third Army in Germany on April 7, 1945. He was 33 years of age at time of death. He is survived, in addition to his parents, by two brothers, Melvin and Orson, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Bullock and Miss Pat Behunin of Green River. Bishop Reulon Anderson of the L. D. S. Church at McKinnon, and Melroy Luke, commander of the American Legion post there, were in charge of the services. Veterans of Green River assisted in the service program. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 12, 1948 PETER MUSICH SR. Funeral services for Peter Musich Sr., 71, of Blairtown will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the North Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph's section of the city cemetery. Mr. Musich, a retired coal miner, died Friday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. The rosary will be said at the Rogan mortuary chapel at 4 o'clock Monday night. Mr. Musich was born Feb. 8, 1877 in Yugoslavia and had lived in the Rock Springs community for 23 years. He is survived by his wife, Mary; one son, Peter Musich Jr., of this city; one daughter, Mrs. Kathryn Musich of Dearborn, Mich.; two grandchildren and one brother, Anton Musich of Willard, Wis. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 12, 1948 GEORGE JACKSON O'DELL Funeral services for George Jackson O'Dell, Rock Springs chef who shot and killed himself with a .44 caliber pistol early Tuesday at the O'Dell apartment at 121 Grant street, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. William Webster of the Baptist church will conduct the rites and burial will be in the Mountain View section of the city cemetery. O'Dell's lifeless body was found by the city police department after it had been reported that trouble was brewing in vicinity of the O'Dell apartment. Mrs. O'Dell, who was at the Grant and Center streets intersection when police arrived, told them that her husband had been drinking and that he had either shot himself or shot into the air. County Coroner J. Warden Opie has sent the gun to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for identification of finger prints. O'Dell came to Rock Springs about four months ago. He originally came from Oklahoma and was about 45 years old. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 12, 1948 BABY GIRL STODGEL Graveside services were conducted in Mountain View section of the city cemetery Wednesday for the three-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Stodgel of Superior. The infant died Tuesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. She is survived by her parents, two brothers and one sister, Albert, Michael and Edith Louise Stodgel, at home. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 19, 1948 Elderly Couple Found Dead Here Yesterday Horace L. Levesque, 75, shot and killed his wife and then himself a few minutes later in their home at 612 D street yesterday morning at 11:30 according to Coroner J. Warden Opie. Friends said that the elderly couple had both been in failing health for several months, and despondency was the probable cause of the two deaths. Mrs. Fred A. Parr, who lived next door to the Levesques, discovered Mrs. Levesque about 11:45 lying on the sofa as she attempted to take her a receipt for an insured letter she had mailed for her. When she discovered Mrs. Levesque had been shot she called her husband, who with Mrs. Carl Hafner Jr. returned and then found Horace Levesque lying in the kitchen. Parr immediately called the police and Dr. F.J. Bertoncelj. Deputy Sheriff Art Pentila said that when he arrived a few minutes later with Dr. Bertoncelj, the physician pronounced the couple dead. A note pertaining to the deaths was discovered, but its contents are being withheld by the coroner. Mr. and Mrs. Levesque were well known in and around Rock Springs. Levesque had been store keeper for the U.P. Coal company in Superior and Cumberland and later worked in the bank at Superior until it was discontinued ten years ago. When the bank in Superior closed Levesque came to Rock Springs as head bookkeeper for the Rock Springs National bank. The Levesques are survived by their daughter, Mrs. John Nagle, Pullman, Wash., and Mrs. Levesque’s sister, Mrs. Eva Carron of Minnesota. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at the South Side Catholic church with Father Charles Bartek officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Rosary will be recited Monday evening at the Rogan chapel. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 19, 1948 GWYNNE KEENEY Funeral services for Gwynne Keeney, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Keeney of Laramie, were held Saturday at the Presbyterian church in Laramie. Miss Keeney, teach of commerce at the Reliance high school, died suddenly Tuesday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital in Rock Springs. Her death was believed to have been caused by a virus infection from a sore throat. Gwynne Keeney was born May 6, 1927 at Greybull and spent most of her life at Superior when her father was superintendent of schools there from 1931 to 1944 when he resigned to become dean of men at the University of Wyoming. She was a graduate of the Superior high school and the University of Wyoming. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 19, 1948 PVT. ROBERT BEHUNIN Final burial services for Pvt. Robert Dick Behunin, McKinnon man who was killed in World war II, were held Thursday at the McKinnon cemetery. Private Behunin was killed in action in Germany on April 7, 1945. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Behunin of McKinnon. Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers, Melvin and Orson Behunin and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Bullock and Hattie Behunin. Private Behunin was born in 1913 in Altona, Utah. He was 32 years old at the time of his death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 19, 1948 PVT. JERRY TRIPP Funeral services for Pvt. Jerry Tripp of Granger were held at the Congregational church in Green River Friday followed by burial in the Tripp family plot in Riverview cemetery there. He was killed in action in World war II. Jerry Edman Tripp was born Dec. 25, 1924 at Mountain View, a son of the late Garie H. Tripp and Mrs. Anna M. Tripp of Granger. He spent his boyhood at Mountain View and moved with his parents in 1931 to their ranch near Granger. He was inducted into the armed forces on Aug. 28, 1944 and trained for the armored tank division at Ft. Knox, Ky. He was home on a ten-day furlough in January 1945 and in February was assigned to overseas duty after three weeks more of training at Ft. Meade, Md. He arrived in Belgium about March 8, 1945 and assigned as a gunner to 9th armored division of the 14th army and crossed the Remagen bridge about ten days after establishment of the first Allied bridgehead over the Rhine. He then fought through many of the toughest battles toward Berlin. Private Tripp was killed in April 10. 1945 in the battle for the encirclement of Leipzig, Germany. He was first buried in Germany and later re-buried in Holland. Besides his mother, Private Tripp is survived by five brothers and six sisters, John and Charles Tripp of Mountain View, Hugh of Carter, Raymond and William of Granger, Margaret Tripp Petersen of Lyman, Ellen Tripp Gordon of Carter, Anna May Tripp Henery of Robertson, Kathryn Tripp Dodds of Hawk Springs, Florence Tripp Moore, and Mary Alice Tripp, both of Granger. His father died on April 11, 1944. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 22, 1948 Lundin Funeral To Be Today Funeral services for Waino Lundin, Superior, are scheduled for 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Rogan chapel. The Rev. Ridgway will officiate. Burial will be at the Mountain View cemetery. Lundin is survived by three sons, Robert Wayne, Donald Jean, and Jessie Leanord, Bell, Calif.; his mother, Mrs. Mary Lundin and two sisters, Mrs. Shuping and Mrs. Pentila, Downey, Calif. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 23, 1948 Mrs. Oakley Dies Tuesday in Salt Lake Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Oakley, who died Tuesday at Salt Lake City, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the L.D.S. church. Bishop Eugene Sellers will conduct the services. Burial will be at the Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Oakley had lived in Rock Springs five years before moving to Salt Lake City last May. Survivors are her daughters, Mrs. Clarence Dursch, Racine, Wis.; Mrs. LeRoy Hunsaker, Rock Springs; Mrs. Eldon Mayer, Wakonda, S.D.; Miss Eleanor and Louise Oakley, Salt Lake City, and her sons, Lawrence and Jesse, Racine, Wis., and Joseph and Rolan, Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 30, 1948 Charles Hall Services Set Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. today for Charles Hall, who died at the hospital December 25. The Rev. Fred K. Swett will officiate. Mr. Hall was born Aug. 4, 1882 in Omaha, Neb. He had lived in Rock Springs for 39 years. --- Green River Star, Dec 30, 1948 EARL KINCAID ENTERS PLEA OF GUILTY TO MURDER OF FATHER; CLAIMS MIND BLANK Pleading guilty to a charge that he "did unlawfully, willfully, feloniously, purposely and with premeditated malice kill and murder Barney Kincaid," Earl Kincaid, 41, life-long Green River resident, Wednesday was bound over to district court for trial on a murder charge involving his father. The preliminary hearing was conducted by Justice of the Peace Walt Siegel yesterday afternoon at two o'clock. Kincaid, it is alleged, shot and killed his father, 69 years of age and retired U. P. switchman, following an argument Monday morning at the elder Kincaid residence here. According to information given Sheriff Mike Maher, the father and son became embroiled in a hot argument over Earl Kincaid's nine-year-old son. Earl struck his father with a heavy stick, then ran from the house out to his truck, obtaining a .38 Colt revolver. As the father came out from the house, supposedly in pursuit of his son, Earl shot, striking the older man in the left eye. He died almost at once. Immediately following the tragic incident, Earl told officers, he put the gun back in the truck and then ran to the railroad yards, circled over the railroad bridge, and then returned to the family home. He was picked up by Sheriff Maher and Police Chief Chris Jessen upon his return, offering no resistance. When he had departed from the scene of the shooting, and was observed to enter the railroad yards, it had been assumed by Sheriff Maher that Earl intended flight via train. Officers were sent to Granger to cover that point in the event such took place. Following the preliminary hearing, Kincaid was bound over for trial without bond. It was not learned whether the information to be filed against him by County Attorney Albert E. Nelson will be for first-degree murder or not, but the charge read in justice court yesterday, prepared by Nelson, indicates such may be the present plan. According to Sheriff Maher, Earl declared that he and his father had been having several arguments of late, over Earl's boy and over the truck. Earl and his two small sons had been residing with his parents here since last summer, moving in from the Kincaid ranch ten miles south of town, on the river, after Earl and his wife had separated. Earl declared he could not remember anything about the shooting, stating he “got mad” and everything else was a blank. At the inquest held Monday, the coroner's jury comprising J. L. Logan, John Grundell and William Evers, found that Barney Kincaid came to his death "from a gunshot wound in the head, entering the left eye. Said gun was held in the hand of one Earl Kincaid." The jury was told by Mrs. Barney Kincaid, widow of the slain man and mother of the accused, that the two had been arguing concerning the spanking of the younger man's son, Bernard. With a jury session of district court to be held in January, it is likely the Kincaid case will be heard at that time. The dead man, who has been almost totally blind for a number of years and which affliction had forced his early retirement, will be interred in Riverview cemetery Friday afternoon, following funeral services to be conducted at two o'clock from the family home, the Rev. Harry J. Haydis of St. John's Episcopal Church officiating, --- Green River Star, Dec 30, 1948 SERVICES HELD MONDAY FOR ESTES INFANT Services were held Monday at two p. m. from St. John's Episcopal Church for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Estes of Clay Basin. Born Thursday, Dec. 23, prematurely, the child succumbed Saturday. She had been given the name. Susan Irene. Services were conducted by the Rev. Harry J. Haydis, and interment was made in Riverview cemetery. Besides her parents, the infant is survived a sister, Nancy Lynn, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Casteel of Green River and Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Estes of Oakland, Calif. Mrs. Estes' is the former Peggy Casteel. ---