Rock Springs Miner, Jan 4, 1953 MRS. ISHAMEL HAYES Funeral services for Ethel Prudence Dunn Hayes, wife of Ishamel Hayes of 313 Barracks, were held Friday at the LDS church. Bishop James Barnes conducted the services and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were William and James Moon, William Matthews, Robert Sherwood and Siguard and Jack Titmus. Mrs. Hayes died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Sunday, Dec. 28. She was born June 1, 1900 in Laramie and was married to Mr. Hayes in Kemmerer Oct. 19, 1917. Besides her husband she is survived by one son and two daughters, John Lee Hayes, electrician’s mate, who is serving with the navy in Alaska, and who came to Rock Springs when advised of her death, Mrs. Joseph (Mary Ann) Nagy of Ogden and Mrs. Oral (Ethel) Baillie of Laramie; three granddaughters, Bari Jean and Peggy Baillie and Ethel Shireen Nagy; three sisters, Mrs. Arthur Luteh of Rock Springs, Mrs. Sigurd Swanson of Nampa, Ida., and Mrs. William Matthews of Salt Lake City, and one brother, Caleb Dunn of Winnemucca, Nev. One son, Grant Hayes, died while the family lived in Superior. Mrs. Hayes had lived in Rock Springs for 35 years. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 4, 1953 CHRIS DADICH Chris Dadich, 62, resident of Rock Springs for 32 years, died Friday, Dec. 26 in William Beaumont hospital in El Paso, Tex., where he had been a patient for 52 days. Mr. Dadich had gone to El Paso for hospitalization because his son, Lieut. Matthew Dadich was stationed at nearby Ft. Bliss. Mrs. Dadich had gone to El Paso a week before his death to spend the holidays with her husband and their son and his family. The body was brought to Rock Springs, accompanied by Mrs. Dadich and Lieutenant and Mrs. Mathew Dadich and their daughter, Deanne Marshall Dadich. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec said the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were Joe Roksich, Tony Begovich, John Frolic, Pete Glavata, Philip Majhanovich and Sam Toly. Mr. Dadich was born May 27, 1890 in Sujuras Sipan, Yugoslavia, and came to the United States in 1914. He located in Butte, Mont., and came to Rock Springs in 1917. In 1918 he went back to Butte and returned to Rock Springs in 1920 where he had lived continuously since that time. Mr. Dadich and Helen Andreosovich were married in Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic church here Sept. 4, 1921. Survivors are his wife, one son, Lieut. Matthew Dadich and two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Helen) Steele of Delake, ore., and Mrs. David (Mary) Timlin of Alburquerque, N.M.; four grandchildren and two sisters, Magdalena Gombac of Trieste and Victoria Arkulin of Sujuras Sipan, Yugoslavia, and several nieces and nephews. The rosary was recited at the Dadich home at 728 N street Tuesday night. Mr. Dadich was a member of United Mine Workers of America and Fraternal Order of Eagles aerie 151. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 4, 1953 MRS. MARY RADOR Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Rador Sr., former longtime resident of Point of Rocks, were held Saturday at the South Side Catholic church, Rev. S.A. Welsh said the funeral mass and burial was in the Rador family plot in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Friday night. Members of the family who came to Rock Springs for the services were two sons, Clarence Rador of Ogden and his wife and their son, James, and Charles Rador of Wimmer, S.D.; a daughter, Mrs. R.S. (Mayme) Turner and her son, C.R. Turner, both of Omaha, and a grandson, James Rador and his wife from Council Bluffs. Mrs. Rador died Tuesday in St. Catherine’s hospital in Omaha. Mrs. Rador and her husband, the late Charles Rador, who died several years ago, operated the first boardinghouse at Point of Rocks, which for many years they operated in the old stage station which was built during the days of the Pony Express. They also were in the sheep and cattle business. They expanded the business and later sold their interests to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Zanoni, in 1926. She had lived in Omaha for 20 years. She was born March 5, 1871, in England. All of her immediate survivors were in Rock Springs for the funeral and burial services. Friends of the family who served as pallbearers were Rudolph Anselmi, Louis Boschetto, V.J. Facinelli, Robert D. Murphy, Fred Magagna and Sam Thornhill of Green River. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1953 E.T. BALDRIDGE Funeral services for E.T. Baldridge, 66, auditor of the Union Pacific Coal company, were held Thursday at the Congregational church. Rev. Frank M. Blish conducted the rites and the body was taken to Ogden for burial Friday. Pallbearers were George Asmussen, Ernest B. Hitchcock, Elmer Likes, Ralph Neick, Richard S. Webster and John Willson. Honorary pallbearers were R.S. Olson, traveling auditor for the Union Pacific Coal company and personal representative of R.M. Suton, vice president and general auditor of the coal company with headquarters in Omaha; I.N. Bayless of Omaha, president of the company; George B. Pryde, retired coal company executive; Andrew Arnott and the following Union Pacific Coal company officials: Arthur Anderson, I.M. Charles, Kenneth Darling, J.D. Foster, V.O. Murray, J.L. Rawlings and Harry Tibbs. Mr. Baldridge suffered a heart attack in his office at the coal company’s general office building Monday shortly after he started the day’s work. He was taken to his home and a physician summoned. He was removed to Sweetwater Memorial hospital and died there at 3:15 that afternoon. Mr. Baldridge became auditor for the company in 1944, succeeding Frank Tallmire who retired. He entered the service of the auditing department of the company in Cheyenne in 1915. he came to Rock Springs in the early 1920s when the company’s offices were moved here. Eugene Tyman Baldridge was born in December in 1880 in Irvington, Ill., where he received his elementary and high school education. He came west in 1905, locating in Colorado where he worked until 1907 when he entered Dodds commercial college in Canon City, Colo. His studies there prepared him for his work later with the Union Pacific Coal company. Survivors are his wife, Rachel Justice Baldridge whom he married in Cheyenne in 1918; three daughters, Mrs. Jack (Frances) Hilpertshauser of Portland, ore., Mrs. Lloyd (Eula Mae) Woods of Butte, Mont., and Mrs. LeeRoy (Betty) Anderson of Ogden; two sons, Gene, a student at the University of Wyoming, and Robert, a student at Pacific university in Forest Grove, Ore.; eight grandchildren and one brother, C.R. Baldridge, of Greeley, Colo. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1953 MRS. LOUIS HOSTAR Funeral services for Mrs. Louis Hostar, 54, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at the North Side Catholic church. Rev. Albin Gnidovec will say the funeral mass and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary will be recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel at 7 o’clock tonight. Pallbearers will be Ben Blasko, Val Kalan, Vic Kvasnak, Val Marcina, William Yugovich and Edward Yugovich. Mrs. Hostar died early Friday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital following a prolonged illness. She was born Mary Katherine Kolman, Nov. 2, 1898 in Trobada, Yugoslavia and had lived in Rock Springs for 30 years. Survivors are her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Donald Avery of Rock Springs and Pauline Hostar, at home; three grandchildren; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kolman of Rock Springs; three brothers and two sisters, Albert Kolman and Frances Kolman, both of Rock Springs, John and Joseph Kolman, both of Los Angeles and Mrs. Ann Robertson of Lander. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1953 THOMAS TWARDOSKI Funeral services for Thomas Twardoski, 74, were conducted Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church. Burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Mr. Twardoski had been in ill health for several months and was found dead at his home at 616 Ludvig street on Sunday, Jan. 4. Born in 1878 in Poland, Mr. Twardoski had lived in Rock Springs for 61 years. He was a retired blacksmith for the Union Pacific Coal company, a position he held for 24 years. Mr. Twardoski is survived by his wife. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1953 2 Cadets Killed; Planes Collide In Formation GARDEN CITY, Tex., Jan. 10.—(UP)—Two Webb Air Force Base cadets were killed today when their T-28 propeller-driven planes collided and crashed four miles south of Garden City. They were identified by base officers as Cadets Ronald W. Brauer, 23, of St. Paul, Minn., and Albert P. Burkhardt, 23, of Akron, Ohio. Officers said the planes were flying on a routine training mission as part of a four-plane formation. The two small aircraft collided at an altitude of 6,500 feet. Pilots of the other two planes had no idea what caused the collision, officers said. The planes went down on open ranch land, about 300 yards off state highway 38. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 11, 1953 Train Conductor Falls 1500 Feet to His Doom MOLCANO, Colo., Jan. 10—(UP)—The conductor of a Denver & Rio Grande passenger train opened the door of a coach last night to find out why the train had stopped near this little mountain station, and stepped out into eternity. The train had stopped on a trestle, 1,500 feet above a canyon floor. The train crew found the body of the conductor, Harry N. Ralston of Denver, at the bottom of the canyon. The train had stopped on the trestle because the engine had hit a small rock on the track. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 18, 1953 WILLIAM T. McQUILLAN Funeral services for William T. McQuillan, 79, were held Tuesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Richard Barrass, Aaron Deneley, Hugh Harrigan, James Harris, Joe Milter and Charles Walker Sr. Mr. McQuillan lived with his sister, Mrs. Martha Soulsby at 124 J street where he died Sunday, Jan. 11. Born Aug. 24, 1873 in Durham, England, he had lived in Rock Springs for 68 years and was a retired coal miner. He was a member of United Mine Workers and a 50-year member of Knights of Pythias. Besides his sister, Mr. McQuillan is survived by a brother, Thomas McQuillan, also of Rock Springs and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 18, 1953 MRS. GROVER JOHNSON Funeral and burial services for Aline Johnson, 35, wife of Grover Johnson of 728 Booker street, were held last week in Arkadelphia, Ark. Mrs. Johnson, a resident of Rock Springs for six years, died in Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City Sunday, January 11. She had been ill for several months. Besides her husband, Mrs. Johnson is survived by three sons and two daughters, at home. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 18, 1953 MRS. JOHN BENEVIDEZ Funeral services for Emma Benevidez, 70, wife of John Benevidez of No. 6, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. Marshall A. McKinnie of the Baptist church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were E.A. Chester, Leon Doan, Emilio Jaramillo, Eugene Kincaid, William Lambert and Vinton Lane. Mrs. Benevidez was born Sept. 25, 1882 in Iowa and had lived in Rock Springs for 29 years. She died Tuesday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. Besides her husband, she is survived by a grandson, John O. Ripley of Battle Mountain, Nev.; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Daves and Mrs. Edith Walford, both of Martinez, Calif., and two brothers, Chris Lane of Winnemucca, Nev., and Frank J. Lane of San Leandro, Calif. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1953 MRS. MARY BUYNOSKI Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Buynoski, 81, resident of Rock Springs for 48 years, were held Thursday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec said the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were Albert and Andy Angelovic, Joe Angelovic, John and Anton Angelovich and Mike Palko Jr. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Wednesday night. Mrs. Buynoski died Monday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital following a long illness. She was born Dec. 8, 1871 in Toricia, Czechoslovakia. Mrs. Buynoski is survived by four daughters, 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The daughters are Mrs. Frank Popp of Hollywood, Mrs. Vera Laubach of Rock Springs, Mrs. Stanley Walters of Lafayette, La., and Mrs. Oreste Allias of Denver. Mrs. Popp and Mrs. Walters had visited their mother during her illness but were unable to attend the funeral services. Mrs. Allais came when notified of her death. One brother, Alex Angelovic of Rock Springs also survives. Mrs. Buynoski’s husband, Emro Buynoski died in Rock Springs 36 years ago and two daughters and two sons also preceded her in death. The Buynoski home is at 836 Seventh street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1953 MRS. ELLEN WILLIAMS Funeral services for Ellen Williams, 87, widow of Thomas Williams, were held Tuesday at the Congregational church followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery. The Rev. Frank M. Blish conducted the services and the choir of the church sang. Pallbearers were four grandsons of Mrs. Williams, Grover and Harry Logan, both of Stansbury, William Spence of Rock Springs and James Spence of Green River, and two grandsons-in-law, Joe Miller of Stansbury and Curtis Simkin of Rock Springs. Mrs. Williams, resident of Rock Springs for 67 years, died Friday night, January 16, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Harrigan at 119 M street. In addition to Mrs. Harrigan another daughter, Ms. William Spence of Rock Springs, ten grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren survive. Born Jan. 9, 1866 in South Wales, Mrs. Williams came to the United States in 1888, Mr. Williams died here in 1906. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1953 MRS. CHALRES V. POTTER Funeral services for Hattie Potter, 78, of Green River, widow of Charles V. Potter, will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the L.D.S. chapel in Manila, Utah. Six grandsons, Argie Boren, Farren and Lonnie Boren, Blaine and Weldon Potter and Charles Potter will service as pallbearers. Mrs. Potter died Wednesday at her home in Green River. She was born April 20, 1874 in Beaver, Utah, and had lived in Green River for 50 years. Survivors are four sons, Orval Potter of Linwood, Utah, Charles Gardner and Cyril Potter, all of Green River; two daughters, Ms. Roy Boren of Manila and Mrs. Casper Fox of Renton, Wash., 36 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Ellingsford, of Lehi, Utah, and Mrs. Laura White who lives in New Mexico and one brother, Orval Hoopes of White Rocks, Utah. Mr. Potter died in Green River Feb. 4, 1944. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jan 25, 1953 MRS. STEPHEN TEDROW Funeral services for Margaret Kraft Tedrow, 59, wife of Stephen Tedrow, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Earl Griffeth of the Watchtower society conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Tedrow was found dead in her home at Blairtown Wednesday. She was born June 16, 1893, in San Francisco, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kraft who moved to Rock Springs when she was a child. Besides her husband, Mrs. Tedrow is survived by two sons, Charles and Allen Tedrow, both of San Francisco; five brothers, John Kraft of Ogden, William Kraft of Green River, Dr. Raymond Kraft of Omaha and James and Virgil Kraft, both of San Francisco. Her sons and all her brothers with exception of Dr. Kraft came to Rock Springs for the funeral services. Friends who served as pallbearers were Henry Ferris, Floyd Hindman, Dan Lovato, William Martin, Fedel Mestas and Joe Paulek Jr. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 27, 1953 Texan Dies in Mishap; Springs Man Is Injured RAWLINS, Jan. 26—(UP)—A Texas man was killed in a one-car turnover on a Sweetwater county road north of Wamsutter late Saturday afternoon, boosting state traffic fatalities to seven this year. Jimmy V. Thomason, 34, Ryan, Tex., drive of a 1950 four door sedan, was found dead in the car by investigating officers from Carbon county. Highway Patrolman C.B. Ryon said he believed death had been immediate but did not know the cause of death. Thomason’s wife, Verna, is hospitalized in Carbon County Memorial hospital with a broken jaw, and J.B. Garrett, and oil worker is being treated at Memorial hospital for bruises. Ryon reported conditions of both persons as good. The fourth passenger, J.H. Jerome of Rock Springs, received bruises and a face cut. Thomason lost control of the car on a dirt road two and one-half miles north of Wamsutter as he was rounding a curve. The car turned over two and one-fourth times, coming to a rest in the barrow pit. The accident occurred between 5 and 5:15 p.m. The vehicle was demolished. Thomason was employed as a driller by the Oil Corporation of America at a well being drilled 40 miles north of Wamsutter. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 27, 1953 Man Dies After Fall In Jail Joe Alexander, of Rock Springs, died Monday morning in Memorial hospital as the result of a fall Sunday down the steps leading to the basement cell of the Rock Springs jail, according to Police chief John Zakovich. The stairway has narrow, concrete steps with a metal hand-railing. At the bottom is a right-hand turn, with a concrete wall about three feet from the last step. Apparently Alexander hit the wall, as the blood was still on the floor in the corner. He was taken to the hospital immediately where he died Monday morning. “Alexander was arrested by officers John Hansen and Oscar Olsen at 2:30 p.m. on North Front street for drunkenness,” said Zakovich. “He was taken to the cell downstairs. Hansen asked him if he could get down the steps all right, and Joe said, ‘Sure, I’ve been down these steps a lot more times than you have.’ “Halfway down he lost his balance and fell to the bottom,” said Zakovich. He is survived by his widow, Madge, and daughter, Yvonne, of California; two brothers, Bill, of McAllister, Okla., and Paul, of Winters, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 27, 1953 Former Resident Dies in Colorado Word was received here Monday of the death of William (Billy) Lane, about 85, former Rock Springs resident, in Lafayette, Colo., on Sunday. Funeral services will be held in Lafayette Wednesday. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. James Hackett Sr., of Lafayette; a brother, John of Rock Springs; a grandson, Harry Hackett of Rock Springs; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Lane first came to Rock Springs in 1880 and started work in the coal mines here. He lived here until about 20 years ago when he went to Lafayette to make his home with his daughter. Rock Springs residents who will attend the funeral include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hackett and Mrs. Grover Martin. Mr. Lane’s brother, John, will not be able to attend because of illness. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jan 29, 1953 Rites Saturday For Springs Man Funeral services will be held Saturday in the Villanova Funeral home for Arthur Tod Roberts, 59, who died Saturday in the Veterans hospital in Cheyenne. The Rev. F.M. Blish will officiate at the 2 p.m. services and burial will be in the Veterans of Foreign Wars plot in Mountain View cemetery. A veteran of World War I, Mr. Roberts had been a resident of Rock Springs for about 30 years, employed by various sheep companies. He was born in California, Mo. April 3, 1893. His is survived by a brother, Josh and a sister, both of California, Mo. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 1, 1953 URBAN JELOVSEK Urban Jelovsek, 72, a longtime resident of Rock Springs, died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for six weeks. He had been in ill health for a year and had been hospitalized here and in Salt Lake City at intervals. The funeral mass was said by Rev. Albin Gnidovec at the North Side Catholic church Friday and burial was in the Jelovsek family plot in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan chapel Thursday night. Pallbearers were George Bertagnolli, a grandson-in-law; three sons, John, ernest and Victor Jelovsek; John Radosevich, a son-in-law; and Joe E. Radosevich, a grandson. Mr. Jelovske was born May 25, 1880 in Yugoslavia. He was married there and he and his wife, Ursula, came to the United States about 45 years ago. After living a short time in Pennsylvania they located in Rock Springs where he has since resided. Mrs. Jelovsek died here about 28 years ago. In 1928 Mr. Jelovsek married Mrs. Katherine Stalick, prominent Rock Springs resident who died in October, 1943. He was a retired coal miner and was a member of United Mine Workers and S.N.P.J. lodge 10. Survivors are four sons and two daughters, Ernest, Rudolph and Victor Jelosek, all of Rock Springs, John Jelosek of Albuquerque, N.M., Mrs. O.H. Littrell of Lafayette, Colo., and Mrs. John Radosevich of Rock Springs. Fourteen grandchildren and one great-granddaughter also survive. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 1, 1953 EDWARD JOHN POTTER Edward John Potter, 74, brother of the late Dan Potter of Rock Springs, died Friday, January 23, in Long Beach after a short illness. A veteran printer, Mr. Potter and his wife moved to California from Pocatello after he retired as an instructor at Idaho State college in Pocatello four years ago. He started his apprenticeship as a printer at the age of 12 under the guidance of the late Frank B. Crumley on the old Rock Springs Miner. He was born Aug. 2, 1878 in Salt Lake City, a son of George and Lucy Alice Dukes Potter who moved to Rock Springs when he was only a few years old. He moved to Blackfoot, Idaho in 9108 and to Pocatello in 1918 where he resided until his retirement. For many years he was associated with the Graves and Potter Printing company in Pocatello. After dissolution of the firm he accepted a position as instructor in L.S.C. Mr. Potter married Mabel Jeffery in Bingham Canyon, Utah in 1901 and in 1951 they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal church and Keystone lodge 81, A.F. and A.M. in Pocatello and the International Typographical union. Survivors are his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Edward Nanson of Pocatello, Mrs. Paul Payne of Palm Springs, Calif., and Mrs. Burling V. Lee of Long Beach; one sister and two brothers, Mrs. Hazel Nichols of Pocatello, Roy A. Potter of Kellogg, Idaho, and George F. Potter of Lewiston, Idaho; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was an uncle of Mrs. Ernest Fedel and Clarence Potter, both of Rock Springs. Funeral services were held in Long Beach Monday and burial was in the family plot in Mountain View cemetery in Pocatello Wednesday. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 1, 1953 DAVID BEVERIDGE Funeral services for David Beveridge, 65, lifelong resident of Rock Springs will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rogan chapel. Bishop James Sines and Sam M. ward of the L.D.S. church will conduct the services and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be Thomas McQuillan, Frank Walters, Fred Walters and three nephews of Mr. Beveridge. Mr. Beveridge died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Friday. He had been in ill health for several months. He was Nov. 12, 1887 in Rock Springs, a son of Alexander and Helen Beveridge early day residents of the city. His only direct survivor is a sister, Mrs. James D. (Robena) Duncan of Salt Lake City who was in Rock Springs Wednesday and Thursday because of his illness. When advised of his death, Mrs. Duncan, accompanied by her husband, returned to Rock Springs Friday to remain until after the funeral services. Mr. Beveridge was a World War I veteran and burial will be in the American Legion plot in Mountain View cemetery. The Archie Hay post will conduct graveside services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 1, 1953 MRS. FOREST BRUNNER Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Brunner, wife of Forest Brunner, will be held at the Rogan mortuary chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. B.B. Byus of the Methodist church will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be Hugh Crouch Sr. of Green River, Thomas Carter, Earl Dotsey, Egla Emanuel, Tyree Jenkins and Leonard page, all of Rock Springs. Mrs. Brunner, resident of Rock Springs for 25 years, did Friday morning at her home in Watts court following a prolonged illness. She was born March 12, 1886 in Vicksburg, Miss., and besides her husband is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Meadows of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 1, 1953 Services for Lyman Pioneer Held Thursday LYMAN—(Special)—Mrs. Christina Larson Anderson, 86, of Salt Lake City, former long-time resident of Lyman, died early Monday morning at her Salt Lake City home, and was buried Thursday in the Lyman cemetery. Funeral services were held in Salt Lake City Wednesday and the body brought to Lyman Thursday. Born in Sweden, Sept. 27, 1867, Mrs. Anderson came to Utah at the age of 15, as a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was married to Jonas Anderson in the Logan LDS Temple, Oct. 27, 1887. He preceded her in death. The Anderson family was among the first pioneers of the Bridger valley and they homesteaded in the Lyman area in June, 1897. Mrs. Anderson is survived by five daughters: Mrs. Emma Daniels of Superior; Mrs. Annie Hansen of Bountiful, Utah; Mrs. Rachel Kimball and Mrs. Mary Thompson of Salt Lake City; and Mrs. Myrtle Foster of Olathe, Colo.; four sons: Clifford of Superior; Edwin H of Sandy, Utah; Joseph W. of Magna, Utah; and Eldon of Lyman; 35 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 8, 1953 JOSEPH F. DOMINISKI Funeral services for Joseph F. Dominiski, 69, were held Tuesday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. Rev. E. Thomas Rodda conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Gus Christoff, Herman Gerras, Colin Hamilton Jr., Ferdnand Marcy, John Samuels and Harry Walkup. Mr. Dominiski died Saturday, Jan. 31, at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had been in ill health for three and one half years. He was a retired coal miner and had been employed by Colony Coal company. Joseph Felix Dominiski was born Sept. 16, 1883, in Pittsburgh, Pa., and had lived in Rock Springs for 39 years. Survivors are his wife, Esther; two sons and a daughter, Joseph Carl and Leo Edward Dominiski, and Mrs. Milton Friel, all of Rock Springs; five grandchildren and one great-grandson; two stepdaughters, Alice Bradly of Los Angeles and Mrs. Joseph Huntley of Chillecothe, Mo., who both were in Rock Springs for the funeral services; one brother and one sister, Leo F. Dominiski of Akron, Ohio and Katherine Hendershott of Dover, N.J. The Dominiski home is at 331 I street. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 12, 1953 Frank J. Kershisnik Dies Here Frank J. Kershisnik Jr., prominent Rock Springs resident and state highway commissioner, died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night at his home, 110 Pine street, in Rock Springs. Born in Rock Springs, Mr. Kershisnik was in the insurance business here, and took an active interest in civic affairs. Former Gov. Frank A. Barrett appointed Mr. Kershisnik to the state highway commission Feb. 20, 1951, a position he held until his death. Mr. Kershisnik, while serving as state highway commissioner, was instrumental in gaining the start of the Rock Springs-Green River superhighway and approval of other southwestern Wyoming highway improvement projects. A graduate of the University of Wyoming, his early education was received in Rock Springs public schools. Mr. Kershisnik is survived by his widow, Edna; four sons, David of Tulsa, Okla.; Jack of Cheyenne, Frank T., and Joseph of Rock Springs; two daughters, Marilyn and Jean of Rock Springs; two brothers, John of Twin Falls, Ida., and Max of Rock Springs; four sisters, Amelia of Madison, Wis., Mrs. Francis Kellogg and Mrs. Anne Godfrey of Cheyenne, and Mrs. Cecilia Wilson of Rock Springs; his father, Frank Sr. of Rock Springs, and one grandson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 12, 1953 Charles Swann, Former Springs Resident, Dies Word was received here Wednesday by City Engineer Ellis Hudman of the death of Charles E. Swann, 79, retired chief engineer for the Union Pacific Coal company and a former Rock Springs resident, in Long Beach, Calif., Saturday night of a heart attack. His last visit to Rock Springs was in the summer of 1952. He had been chief engineer for the U.P. Coal company since 1920 and retired on June 1, 1941, shortly after which he moved to California. Mr. Swann started his work with the Union Pacific in Rock Springs on Dec. 5, 1898 under General Superintendent Black. He left the company in 1907 to work for the Parkview mine in Colorado Springs, Colo., but returned to the U.P. company in 1917 under General Superintendent Frank Manley. He served as mine foreman at Reliance until he became chief engineer three years later. He was a graduate of Colorado A & M college at Ft. Collins with a degree in civil engineering. He was born Dec. 31, 1873 in New York state. He was a member of the Rock Springs Masonic lodge and the Shriners. Funeral services will be held today at 10 a.m. in Long Beach and the body will be flown to Denver for burial alongside his wife in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Swann, who was active in clubwork and social life in Rock Springs for many years, died in 1912. A sister of Mrs. Swann, Mrs. Z H Hutchins of Denver, has been in charge of funeral and burial arrangements. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 12, 1953 F.B. McFadden Funeral Friday Funeral services for F. B. McFadden, 59, who died in Memorial hospital early Tuesday evening, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Masonic temple. The Rev. Frank Blish of the Congregational church and officers of the lodge will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 12, 1953 Frank Bergamo Funeral Friday Funeral services for Frank Bergamo, 76, who died here Sunday evening, will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the South Side Catholic church. Rev. Father Charles Bartek will conduct the rites and burial will be in a local cemetery. The rosary will be recited tonight at 7 o’clock in the Rogan chapel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 13, 1953 Andrew Bone, 80, Dies Wednesday Andrew Bone, a resident of Rock Springs for the past 40 years, died Wednesday afternoon in his home at 108 M street. He was 80 years of age. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Rogan chapel and the Rev. F.M. Blish will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. A retired coal miner, Mr. Bone was born Sept. 23, 1872 in Kilmaurs Ayrshire, Scotland. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. Survivors include his widow, Jessie of Rock Springs; three brothers, George, Victoria, B.C., Canada, John of New York and Jimmy of Boston, Mass.; a niece, Mrs. Arne Oja, Rock Springs, and a nephew, John Jameson of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 15, 1953 OSCAR LINDROOS Funeral services for Oscar E. Lindroos, 76, resident of Rock Springs for 53 years, were held Wednesday at the Villanova funeral home. Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were John Huhta, Nestor Johnson, John Kangas, Abraham Mekanen, Nestor Niami and Ade Ruotsala. Mr. Lindroos died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Saturday, Feb. 7. Born Feb. 20, 1877 in Merikarvia, Finland, he came to the United States 60 years ago locating in Rock Springs in 1899. After working for the Union Pacific Coal company in Spring Valley, Cumberland, Hanna and Reliance, he retired in November 1945. Mr. Lindroos is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Tronquet of Rock Springs and Mrs. Walter Rookela of Hanna; four sons, Frank, Edward and John Lindroos of Rock Springs and Eric Lindroos of Dragerton, Utah; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Rantamaki of Auburn, Mass., and two who live in Finland. Mrs. Lindroos died here three years ago. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 15, 1953 MRS. JOHN KATANA Mary Katana, 69, wife of John Katana, died Monday in a Cheyenne hospital. The body was brought to Rock Springs where funeral services were held Saturday at the North Side Catholic church. Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were Mike Bartolic, Emil Blazovich, Philip Crnich, Rudy Jackovich, John Katana and Albert Kruzich. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Friday night. Mrs. Katana had lived in Rock Springs for 20 years prior to November 1951 when she and Mr. Katana moved to Cheyenne. She was born Jan. 1, 1884 in Mrkapolj, Yugoslavia. Survivors are her husband, two sons, Tony Katana of Superior and Jack Katana of Cheyenne; one daughter, Mrs. Victor Starkovich of Rock Springs and seven grandchildren. Two sisters, Mrs. Slavka Jurkovich who lives in Yugoslavia and Mrs. Antonia Klarich of Denver and three brothers, Fred Crnkovich, who lives in Yugoslavia, Vinko Crnkovich of Longmont, Colo., and Rudy Crnkovich of North Bend, Ore., also survive. One son, John and a daughter, Katherine, preceded her in death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 15, 1953 FRANK J. KERSHISNIK JR. The funeral mass for Frank J. Kershisnik Jr. will be said at the South Side Catholic church at 9:30 Monday morning. Rev. S.A. Welsh will say the mass and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary will be said at the family home at 110 Pine street at 7 o’clock tonight. Friends who will serve as pallbearers will be Rudolph Anselmi, Joseph H. Galicich, Leland Johnson, Elden Johnson, Edwin V. Magagna and Gordon Morris. Honorary pallbearers will be John Anselmi, Howard Brittain, Joe Bertagnolli, Arthur Hafey, Freeman Huntley, Carl Johnson, Dr. K.E. Krueger, S.E. Kellogg, Fred Magagna, Joe Melinkovich, Pete Saroretto and Charles Terragno. Mr. Kershisnik, a lifelong resident of Rock Springs, died suddenly at his home Wednesday night. He had complained of not feeling well early that evening after he had returned from a business trip to Superior. He retired in his home and died at 9:30 before his attending physician could reach his bedside. He had suffered from high blood pressure for months. Frank J. Kershisnik Jr. was born July 29, 1902 in Rock Springs, a son of Frank J. and the late Frances Kershisnik. He was educated in the city’s schools and attended the University of Wyoming. He married Edna Brownfield of Douglas on July 3, 1923. As a young man he started selling insurance and 20 years ago established his own insurance agency. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Elks lodges. Frank A. Barrett, then governor of Wyoming, appointed Mr. Kershisnik as state highway commissioner on Feb. 20, 1951 and he was serving in that capacity at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, four sons and two daughters and one grandson. His sons and daughters are David of Tulsa, Okla., Jack, a student at the University of Wyoming, Frank T. who has been associated with his father in the insurance business, and Joseph, Marilyn and Jean, at home. Other survivors are his father, Frank J. Kershisnik Sr. of Rock Springs; two brothers, John of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Max Kershisnik of Rock Springs; four sisters, Mrs. Robert (Amelia) Wortham of Madison, Wis., Mrs. Gerald (Frances) Kellogg and Mrs. John (Anne) Godfrey, both of Cheyenne and Mrs. Daniel W. (Cecelia) Wilson of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 15, 1953 FRANK BERGAMO The funeral mass for Frank Bergamo, 76, was said at the South Side Catholic church Friday morning. Rev. Charles Bartek said the mass and burial was in the Bergamo family plot in the city cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Pio Barp, Enrico Bergamo, Peter Flaim, John Giovale, August Ravenelli and Tim Zadra. Mr. Bergamo, a resident of the United States for 55 years and a resident of Rock Springs for 39 years, died Sunday, Feb. 8, at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He was a retired Union Pacific Coal company miner. Born Feb. 20, 1876 in Tyrol, Austria, Mr. Bergamo came to this country in 1896. After working in the mines in Ohio he went to Colorado in 1900 where he worked in the quartz mines until 1901 then he went to Clear Creek, Utah. In 1913 he came to Rock Springs and had since made his home here. His home was at 920 Sixth street. He visited his native country in 1919 and 1920. Survivors are three daughters to whom he had devoted his life since the death of Mrs. Bergamo in 1919. The daughters are Mary Bergamo of Denver, Mrs. Kenneth (Clara) Lusk of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Bart (Ida) Jereb of Alhambra, Calif. The daughter with the exception of Mrs. Jereb attended the funeral services. Mrs. Jereb was unable to come to Rock Springs, but Mr. Jereb was here for the services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 15, 1953 F.B. McFADDEN The funeral of F.B. McFadden, 59, Rock Springs businessman, was held Friday from the Masonic Temple. The Rock Springs Masonic lodge and Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Anderson, Gaston Erramouspe, Notsie Garnik, John Hay Jr., John Lee and John Schnauber. Mr. McFadden died Tuesday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital following a prolonged illness. He lived in Rock Springs for 19 years and owned and operated McFadden Wholesale company on Elk street. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and was a Royal Arch Mason. He also was a member of the Rock Springs Fraternal Order of Eagles, the American Legion Archie Hay post, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Yellowstone post. Feildon Benona McFadden was born Sept. 6, 1893 in Mount Vernon, Ind., a son of Benona Stinson and Ora Dell McFadden whose families had settled in southern Indiana and Kentucky before they were admitted to statehood. Mr. McFadden was graduated from the public schools in Indiana and attended college in Wyona Lake, Ind., and Indiana State normal. He taught in the schools of North Dakota for three years before entering the army in World War I. After the war he entered the general mercantile business and in 1922 was married to Mary Eliza McDurmon. The family moved to Wyoming in 1928, locating in Pinedale where he was general manager of Pinedale Cash and Carry store. In 1933 the family moved to Rock Springs. Survivors are his wife, four sons and two daughters, John S. McFadden of Casper, Elbert H., Pat, Michael B. McFadden and Mrs. Alex Unguren, all of Rock Springs and Alice Jean McFadden of Ogden; two grandchildren, Maureen McFadden of Casper and Gene McFadden of Rock Springs; his mother, Mrs. Louis Holtzmeier and a brother, Goebel McFadden, both of Mount Vernon, Ind. The McFadden home is at 710 Soulsby avenue. --- Green River Star, Feb 20, 1953 Magoulos Services 2 p.m. Saturday; Died Suddenly Funeral services for George Magoulos, 63, employe of the Union Pacific railroad here for the past 41 years, will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday afternoon at St. John's Episcopal church with the Rev. Timothy Zagorianos of the Rock Springs Greek Orthodox church officiating. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan mortuary. Mr. Magoulos, who was an employe of the Union Pacific mechanical department, was well known among the rail employes, and widely liked. He died Monday night when seized of a heart attack while walking over the viaduct, he having been found lying near the head of the stairs leading to the store department. A native of Greece, he had come to Green River when he was 22 years old. He is survived by a brother, Gus Magoulos of Cheyenne, and a sister, Fannie, residing in Greece. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 22, 1953 FRANK BRLOGAR Frank Brlogar, 73, retired coal miner and resident of Rock Springs for 38 years, died Sunday morning, February 15, at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. The funeral mass was said at the North Side Catholic church Thursday. Rev. Albin Gnidovec said the mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were John Frolich, Frank Grum, Joseph Galicich, John Kmetich, Val Marcina and Frank Oblasnik. Mr. Brlogar was born Feb. 6, 1880 in Yugoslavia. He came to the United States in 1913 and after living for a year in Pennsylvania, he came to Rock Springs in 1914. Survivors are one daughter and two sons, Mrs. George C. (Mary) Harris of Rock Springs, Frank Brlogar of Vacaville, Calif., and Harry Brlogar of San Francisco, and 13 grandchildren. Mr. Brlogar was a member of United Mine Workers and S.N.P.J lodge No. 10. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary Wednesday night. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 22, 1953 BRENT ODEKIRK Funeral services for Brent Odekirk of Hope, Idaho, were held Friday at the Rogan chapel. Bishop James Sines of the L.D.S. church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Four uncles, Chris Gras, Matt Morrow, Eric Stelter and Herbert Wall, served as pallbearers. Brent, three-and-one-half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Odekirk was drowned in Hope Wednesday, Feb. 11. He was born in Rock Springs Aug. 16, 1949 and was a grandson of the late Fred Wall of Superior. His mother is the former Edna Wall. Besides his parents, Brent is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Adams of Hope. His parents are staying with Mrs. Odekirk’s sister, Mrs. Chris Gras and family of 719 Muir avenue while in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 22, 1953 MRS. ROSE VOLCIC Mrs. Rose Volcic, 69, died Friday night, February 13, at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. She had been ill for three months and had been in the hospital for a month. The funeral mass was said at the North Side Catholic church Tuessday and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Rev. Albin Gnidovec said the mass and the rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Monday night. Friends who served as pallbearers were John Frolich, Joseph Galicich, Frank Gamnik, Frank Grum, John Kmetich and Frank Oblastnik. Mrs. Volcic was the widow of Jacob Volcic who died here Jan. 6, 1948. Her survivors are four sons and one daughter, Frank of Stansbury, Albert of Winton, Tony of Arvada, Colo., Jack Volsey of Rock Springs and Mrs. LeRoy (Ann) Johnson of Rawlins, 11 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and two sisters who live in Yugoslavia. She was born Oct. 16, 1883 in Yugoslavia and had lived in Rock Springs since 1920. She was a member of SNPJ lodge 10 and the Western Slovanic lodge. Her home was four miles west of Rock Springs on U.S. highway 30. --- Rock Springs Miner, Feb 22, 1953 HARRY J. JAMES Harry J. James, 62, lifelong resident of Rock Springs and veteran of World War I, died Friday night, February 13, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. Pneumonia was the immediate cause of death but he had been ill for 15 years with a service-connected disability. During the years of his illness he was hospitalized here and in the veterans’ hospital in Cheyenne much of the time. The cause of his illness was an accident which occurred while he was stationed at Ft. Lewis, Wash., in World War I. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Rogan chapel. Bishop James Barnes of the L.D.S. church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Ben F. Butler, Ernest Cameron, John Collins, James Partington, Morgan Roberts and Robert Stuart. Mr. James was born Dec. 2, 1890 in Rock Springs. He is survived by his wife, Annie; one daughter and one son, Mrs. Joseph Robertson and Edward H. James, both of Rock Springs; three grandsons and four brothers, James of Ogden, Jack of Jackson and Edward and William James, both of Rock Springs. The James home is at 1009 Pilot Butte avenue. Mr. James was a member of Archie Hay post, American Legion; Fraternal Order of Eagles and United Mine Workers. In his younger years he was a coal miner. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Feb 25, 1953 Rock Springs Man, 63, Dies Tuesday Evening Christ Frederick Deutsch, 63, died Tuesday evening in Rock Springs at the age of 63. Funeral services are pending arrival of survivors. --- Green River Star, Mar 6, 1953 Valley Pioneer Woman Dies; Services Monday Death came to one of Sweetwater county’s real pioneers last Friday when Lillian McDougall Stoll, widow of the late George Stoll, Jr., died at the ranch home of her daughter, Mrs. Earl Gamble, at Burntfork of ailments incident to her advanced age. Until just the past two or three years, Mrs. Stoll had made her home at her ranch at Burntfork and had maintained an active life. Born in 1869 at Muscatine, Iowa, she came West to teach in the schools of the Henry’s Fork alley somewhere around 1890. There she met George Stoll, Jr., son of the pioneer George “Dutchie” Stoll, one of the original settlers of the Henry’s Fork valley, the young couple being married at Evanston. Of this union, three sons, Earl Stoll of Ogden, Fred Stoll of Green River and Louis Stoll of Burntfork, and one daughter, Mrs. Earl (Alta) Gamble, of Burntfork, survive. Mr. Stoll preceded her in death on February 7, 1939. Also surviving are one sister, Jeane McDougall and one brother, Fred McDougall, of Muscatine; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Stoll was long a beloved and respected resident of the Henry’s Fork valley and her passing also marks the passing of a pioneer woman who has left her mark upon her community. Family prayer services were held at the home of Mrs. Vorhees Pearson in Green River prior to the services, Mrs. J. A. Casteel singing “In The Garden.” Funeral services were held at St. John’s Episcopal church at 2 p.m. Monday, the Rev. C. B. Traill officiating. Mrs. Casteel was in charge of the church music, and a short sketch of her life was given. Burial was in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan mortuary. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 8, 1953 HARRY M. MASTERS Harry M. Masters Sr., 47, died Monday afternoon as he was being taken to Sweetwater Memorial hospital after he had suffered a heart attack. He worked in Reliance No. 11 and had lived in Rock Springs for 11 years. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Norman Gray, Ben Maki, Elvo Moss, Silvio Pedri, Thomas Sneddon and James Songster. Harry Marvin Masters was born Nov. 16, 1905 in Exline, Iowa. Survivors are his wife, Flossie Merrill Masters whom he married in Iowa in 1929; two sons, Harry Jr. and Donald, both of Rock Springs; one granddaughter; his mother, Mrs. Ethel Masters of Ottumwa, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Lloyd Johnston of Peoria, Ill., four brothers, Marvin of Ottumwa, Ray and John, both of Peoria and Charles Masters of Cheridan, Iowa. Mr. Masters’ mother, his brother, Marvin Masters and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnston, attended the funeral and burial services. Mr. Masters was a member of Reliance United Mine Workers union 905 of which he had served as secretary. He also was a member of aerie 151, Fraternal Order of Eagles. The Masters home is at 830 Gobel street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 8, 1953 MRS. CHRISTINA CYNTHIA DAVIS Funeral services for Mrs. Christine Cynthia Davis, 67, mother of Mrs. Rudolph Yardas of Superior, will be held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. B.B. Byus of the Methodist church will conduct the services and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Davis died Thursday noon at the Yardas home in Superior. She had been in ill health for a year. She was born July 27, 1885 in Liberty, Ill., and had lived in Superior for six years. She was a member of the Methodist church. Survivors are her daughter and three sisters, Mrs. Lennie Baxter and Mrs. Jennie Crilly, both of Yusiapa, Calif., and Mrs. Onie Copeland of Tecumseh, Okla. Mrs. Copeland was present for the funeral rites. Mrs. Davis’ husband, Marcellus Davis, died Oct. 9, 1931 in Wichita, Kan. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 8, 1953 JOSEPH C. MARCY Funeral services for Joseph C. Marcy, 75, were held Thursday morning at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. E. Thomas Rodda of the Episcopal church conducted the service and burial was in the city cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Louis DeCora, Libro DeBernardi, Leo Dominske, Colin Hamilton, Ronald Hamilton and Paul Jelouchan. Mr. Marcy had lived in the Rock Springs area for 41 years. He was a retired coal miner and had been in ill health for two years. He died in Sweetwater Memorial hospital Monday night. Joseph Casmir Marcy was born Feb. 15, 1878 in Meyrannea, France; where he spent the early part of his life and where he was married to Augustine Ginies May 5, 1906. The Marcys came to the United States in January of 1907, locating first in West Virginia. From there they moved to Oklahoma, where they lived a short time before going to Sweetwater (now Quealy) in the Rock Springs area in 1911. In 1912 the family moved into Rock Springs where they have since resided. Survivors are his wife, Augustine; three daughters, Regia, Augustine, and Mrs. Herman (Frances) Gerres; one son, Fernand Marcy, all of Rock Springs; three granddaughters and one grandson and several nieces and nephews who reside in France. One daughter, Alphansine Kennedy, who died in 1946, preceded him in death. The Marcy home is at 309 I street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 15, 1953 MRS. ANNA C. GILDROY Funeral services for Mrs. Anna C. Gildroy, 85, a resident of Rock Springs for 16 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Congregational church. Rev. Frank M. Blish will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Bynon, Charles Bynon, Tony Behring, George Nimmo, Robert Watkins and Douglas Worley. The body will remain at the Villanova chapel where friends may call today and up until the funeral hour Monday. Mrs. Gildroy died Thursday morning at Sweetwater Memorial hospital where she had been since Sunday night. Although she had not been in good health for a year, she was up and around until only a few days before she entered the hospital. Mrs. Gildroy resided at 514 Evans street near where her daughter, Mrs. James Bynon, resides at 144 J street. Anna Crawford Selkirk was born July 27, 1867, in Monmouth, Ill. She married James E. Gildroy there in 1889 and after living in Illinois and Iowa they came to Wyoming and located in Gebo. Mr. Gildroy died in 1929 and Mrs. Gildroy came to Rock Springs in 1937. Besides her daughter, Mrs. James Bynon, in Rock Springs, Mrs. Gildroy is survived by another daughter, Mrs. James Anderson, of Livingston, Mont., and two sons, John E. and William E. Gildroy, both of Everett, Wash.; 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Two sisters, Mrs.l Daisy Ogle of Oak Park, Ill., and Mrs. Mary Crockett, of Pasadena, both of whom have often visited her in Rock Springs, also survive. All of her sons and daughters are in Rock Springs for the funeral and burial services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 15, 1953 MRS. JOSEPH J. TRAHER Margaret Lewis Traher, 71, wife of Joseph J. Traher of Salt Lake City, died Sunday in a Salt Lake City hospital. Mrs. Traher and her family lived in the Rock Springs community for 43 years before they moved to Salt Lake City in 1941. She and Mr. Traher were married in Wilkes Barre, Pa., in 1898 when she came to Rock Springs to maker her home. Mr. Traher already was located where he was a mine superintendent for the Union Pacific Coal company. The Trahers also lived in Superior for a few years while he was associated with the coal company. She was born Aug. 26, 1881 in Nancutt, Pa. When Mr. Traher resigned his position with the coal company the family moved back to Rock Springs where they operated the Traher Motor company for a number of years. Mrs. Traher was a charter member of the Rock Springs Baptist church in which she was active during her residence in the city. Mrs. Traher is survived by her husband and two sons, Russell Traher of Provo, Utah, and William J. Traher of Salt Lake City; one grandchild and two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Thomas Anthony of Allentown, Pa. The funeral was held Friday afternoon from the Archer mortuary in Salt Lake City followed by burial in the Salt Lake Masoleum --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 15, 1953 CHARLES SHIELDS Funeral services for Charles Shields, 87, were held Saturday at the Seventh Day Adventist church. Rev. Iverson conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were L.G. Emanuel, William M. Howard, I. Johnson, Dave McGregory, Clinton Randolph and James Thomas. Mr. Shields, resident of the Rock Springs area for almost 60 years, died Tuesday morning in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He was a retired coal miner. He was born into slavery in Alabama July 4, 1865 and never knew who his parents were. Several years after he came to Rock Springs, he made a trip into the south in hope that he would find some person who had known his parents but he was unsuccessful in his mission. Mr. Shields resided at 706 Randolph street. His wife died here several years ago. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 15, 1953 MRS. L.F. MCNALLEY Funeral services for Mrs. L.F. McNalley, 73, were held Saturday in the Seventh-day Adventist church in Ft. Collins, Colo., followed by burial in the Ft. Collins cemetery. Mrs. McNalley died in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City Wednesday. She had lived in Rock Springs and in Eden valley for 18 years before moving to Salt Lake City. She was born Aug. 4, 1879 in Jennacy county, Michigan. Survivors are her husband, five daughters, four sons, 24 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and one brother. Her daughters and sons are Mrs. Thelma Greenwood, Mrs. Frances Skorz and E.L. McNalley, all of Eden valley; Lewis M. McNalley of Superior, Mrs. Jerry Kallas of Rawlins, Mrs. Florence Weir, of Flint, Mich., Mrs. Grace Dexter of Laporte, Colo., L.W. McNalley of Ft. Collins and H.E. McNalley of Salt Lake City. Her brother is Will Maxwell of Flint, Mich. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 15, 1953 MIKE PECOLAR Funeral services for Mike Pecolar, 65, were held Wednesday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. Rev. Thomas Rodda conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Pecolar died Sunday, March 8, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had lived in the Rock Springs area for 35 years and before he entered the hospital he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. William McMillan in Kemmerer. He was born in 1888 in Czechoslovakia. In addition to Mrs. McMillan, Mr. Pecolar is survived by three sons and three other daughters, ten grandchildren, a brother John Pecolar of Kelso, Wash., two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Shubert of Superior and Mrs. Mike Kochis of Kelso. The sons and daughters are Mrs. McMillan, William Pecolar of Kelso, Raymond of Rock Springs, George Pecolar and Mrs. George Milojevich, both of Stansbury, Mrs. Ben Dona of Rock Springs and Mrs. Serafino Lenzi of Superior. Mrs. Pecolar died in 1927 in Louisville, Colo. Mr. Pecolar was a member of the Stansbury United Mine Workers local. --- Green River Star, Mar 20, 1953 Robert Civils Dies Suddenly At His Home Robert Civils, Union Pacific mechanical department employee and whose ability as an instructor in music had gained him widespread friendships during his residence in Green River, died suddenly at his home here early Wednesday as the result of a heart ailment. Born December 25, 1904, at Franklin, Ida., he had spent much of his life in Idaho. During World War II he served as a musician in the 14th Air Force band at Lincoln, Nebr., air base. Three years ago he came to Green River to make his home. He is survived by his wife, Rose, whom he married in Rupert, Ida., in 1936; one son by his first marriage, Master Sgt. Lee Civils, Elmdorf, Alaska Air Force base; three grandchildren; three brothers, Barney, Leonard, and Bart Civils, of Pocatello, and two sisters, Mrs. Viola Thompson of Pocatello and Mrs. Lavina Palmer of Arco, Ida. Funeral services in Green River will be held at the LDS chapel here at 4 p. m. Saturday with Bishop, L. R. Blonquist of the Second Ward, officiating. Later, services will also be held at Pocatello, with burial to be at Auburn, Wyoming. Francom-Villanova mortuary is in charge of local arrangements. --- Green River Star, Mar 20, 1953 Otto Larsen Dies In Utah Wednesday Otto Larsen, 61, employe of the Union Pacific railroad at Green River since 1927, died early Wednesday morning at the LDS hospital in Salt Lake City after having been in ill health for several years past. Despite ill heath, he had continued at his work whenever possible. Mr. Larsen was one of the charter members of the Firemen and Oilers union here, haying assisted in Its organization several years and having been first financial secretary for the Green River lodge. He had also been active in the Woodmen of the World, occupying various offices in that lodge. Born in Alborg, Denmark, February 19, 1892, he was orphaned at an early age, and when 12 years old came to America with an LDS missionary. He grew up in the Bridger valley around Lyman, and worked on various ranches in the vicinity. When the United States entered World War I, he became a member of the armed forces, and served at Ft. Lewis, where, because of his army service, he received his citizenship papers. Following his discharge from the army, he came back to Wyoming, residing in the Lonetree vicinity until he went to Lake Creek, near Laramie, to work in the lumber camps there. At Laramie, he was united in marriage on February 17, 1923, with Louise Powers. Of this union, two sons, Gerald and Dean, of Green River, and two daughters, Mrs. C. E. (Mary Alice) Johnston of Billings, Mont., and Mrs. Marion (Edith) Woodring, of Grand Junction, Colo., survive, Mrs. Larsen having preceded him in death in 1944. In 1927, the Larsen family moved to Green River, where at first he was employed as a railroad machinist helper, but a short time later transferred to the company's steam power house, where he remained until the time of his passing. On September 27, 1945, he was united in marriage with Ione Evans, who survives. Also surviving are four step-children, Day N. and Myrle Evans of Green River, Bennett Evans, in the United States armed forces, and Mrs. Myrtle Edwards of Evanston. His widespread acquaintanceship will always remember Mr. Larsen for his friendly hand in time of need, his love for children, and his love of growing things. Besides his membership in his union and the WOW, he was also a member of Tom Whitmore Post No. 28, American Legion, which will conduct graveside rituals. Funeral services will be held at the Congregational church at 2 p. m. Saturday, with burial in Riverview cemetery under direction of Francom-Villanova mortuary. The Rev. Donald Mills will conduct the services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 22, 1953 MRS. ENOCH SIMS Funeral services for Mrs. Enoch Sims, 39, well known former Winton resident, will be held at the Congregational church at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, Rev. Frank M. Blish will conduct the services and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who will serve as pallbearers will be Don Bolen, Joe Rudelich, Alfred Sims and Bud Wilson, all of Rock Springs; Joseph Sims of Reliance and Carlo Tarufelli of Stansbury. The Sims family moved from Winton to San Pablo, Calif., in May, 1952. Mrs. Sims had returned to Rock Springs and was visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Runyan, of 81? McCarty street when she was taken suddenly ill early last week. She was taken to Sweetwater memorial hospital Tuesday and died there Wednesday. Margaret Runyan was born Oct. 29, 1913, in Scamon, Kan., and spent her early life in Mulberry, Kan. In 1930 the family moved to Walsenburg, Colo., and a few years later came to Rock Springs. She married Enoch Sims in Glenwood Springs, Colo., March 31, 1939. Survivors are her husband who arrived in Rock Springs only a few hours after her death; two daughters, Audrey Lee of San Pablo, who came here as soon as she was notified of her mother’s death, and Catherine Sims of Rock Springs; one stepdaughter and two stepsons, Emily Hobday who lives in New Mexico, Alfred Sims of Rock Springs and Joseph Sims of Reliance; her parents, two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Lester Waldren of Zanesville, Ohio, Mrs. Tony Amadie of Rockvale, Colo., and Ernest Runyan of Columbia, Utah. Her sisters and brother are in Rock Springs for the funeral services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 22, 1953 FORREST BRUMMER Funeral services for Forrest Brummer, 66, were held Saturday at the Rogan chapel. Rev. B.B. Byus of the Methodist church conducted the service and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Earl Dodsey, Lennard page, Willis Overton, Clifford Randolph, Milford Robinson and Robert Sweet. Mr. Brummer, a World war I veteran, died in the veteran’s hospital in Cheyenne Saturday, March 14. He had been a patient there for several weeks. He was born July 4, 1886 in Albia, Iowa, and had lived in the Rock Springs area for 45 years. His wife died here January 30. Mrs. Thomas C. Meadows of Rock Springs was a stepdaughter of Mr. Brummer. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 24, 1953 Mike Yarmosh, Retired Miner, Dies Sunday Mike Yarmosh, 64, a retired coal miner, died Sunday morning in Sweetwater Memorial hospital after an illness of over a month. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Rogan chapel, the Rev. E.T. Rodda officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. A resident of Winton since 1943, Mr. Yarmosh came to the United States 47 years ago. He was born April 26, 1888 in Russia. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America and the Croatian Fraternal Union of Walsenburg, Colo. Mr. Yarmosh is survived by three nieces, Mary Morton of Cheyenne, Ann Collins and Alice Carner, both of San Bruno, Calif. and three nephews, Alex Henetz of Cheyenne, Fred of Oceanside, Calif., and Mike in Korea, both with the United States marine corps. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 24, 1953 Lydia Williams Dies Monday in Hospital Here Mrs. Lydia Williams, a resident of Rock Springs for the past 21 years, died Monday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital after being there since Feb. 7. She was 88 years old. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the LDS church in Rock Springs, Bishop James Barnes officiating. Immediately following services, the body will be moved to Coalville, Utah, for burial. Born Jan. 15, 1865 in Blue Morganshire, Wales, Mrs. Williams came to Rock Springs in 1932. She is survived by three sons, Howard of Rock Springs, Roy of Ogden, Utah and J.A. Williams of Riverside, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. James Reese and Mrs. Ruth Ackerlund, both of Rock Springs; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 24, 1953 Ernest Zuick, 54, Dies In Superior Monday Ernest Zuick, 54, died at his home in Superior at 4 p.m. Monday. Funeral services are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 26, 1953 John Jerasha, Superior, Dies Here Tuesday John Jerasha, 59-year-old Superior coal miner, died in Sweetwater County Memorial hospital at 10:35 p.m. Tuesday, three hours after being admitted to the hospital. He had been a resident of Superior for the last 42 years. He was born in Slovania, Yugoslavia, Aug. 6, 1893. Survivors include two brothers, Louis of Superior and joseph of Yugoslavia; five sisters in Yugoslavia; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Jerasha was a member of the United Mine Workers of America and the S.N.P.J. Lodge No. 134. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the North Side Catholic church. Father William Delaney will conduct the rites and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Friday in the Rogan chapel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 27, 1953 Former Superior Miner Killed in Utah Accident Nicholas M. Lorince, 37, a former Superior resident, was killed in a mine mishap at Sunnyside, Carbon county, Utah, early Wednesday morning. Funeral arrangements are pending, but the body was to arrive in Rock Springs Thursday for services and burial. Lorince was killed when he threw a switch to run loaded cars onto the mine’s main line and he was run over by a trip of the mine cars. At the time of the accident, he was listed as a nipper and was assisting the motorman switch out the loaded mine cars. When Lorince threw the switch it allowed the cars to come on the tracks where he was standing and struck him. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 27, 1953 Funeral Today for Superior Railroader Funeral services for Ernest Zuech, 54-year-old railroad worker who died in his home at Superior Monday afternoon, will be held today at 2 p.m., in the Rogan chapel. The Rev. Father William Delaney will officiate and burial will be in the city cemetery. The rosary will be recited at Rogan chapel tonight at 8 o’clock. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Mar 27, 1953 Funeral Services Held For Green River Tot Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 9:30 for Beverly Kay Moore, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moore of Green River. Father Albin Gnidovec officiated at the services and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Born Monday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital, she died on Tuesday. She is survived by her parents, her maternal grandmother, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bernard and her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sutherland of North Platte, Neb. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 29, 1953 Funeral Monday For Miner Killed In Accident Funeral services for Nicholas M. Lorince, 37-year-old former Superior resident who was killed in a mine accident in the Kaiser company coal mine at Sunnyside, Utah Wednesday morning, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Rogan chapel. The Rev. Father William Delaney will conduct the rites and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Mr. Lorince was born April 5, 1915 in Detroit, Mich. Survivors include his widow, Bertha May Lorince, formerly of Superior; two daughters, Trudy and Nikki; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Barby of Detroit and a brother, also of Detroit. --- Rock Springs Miner, Mar 29, 1953 Hans Larsen Dies In Rock Springs at 94 Hans Larsen died Thursday morning at the county infirmary in Rock Springs at the age of 94. Born in Sweden April 21, 1859, Larsen has no known survivors. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Villanova mortuary. The Rev. Frank M. Blish will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 2, 1953 Nick George, 60, Dies in Springs Nick George, a resident of Rock Springs for the past 30 years, died in his home at 228 Grant street at 5:30 Wednesday morning. He was 60 years old. Funeral services are pending. A retired railroader, Mr. George was a member of the Rock Springs I.O.O.F. lodge, Eagles Aerie 151 and the Redman’s lodge of Rock Springs. He is survived by his widow, Jennie, of Rock Springs and several nieces and nephews. --- Green River Star, Apr 3, 1953 Fred Rasschaert Dies in Nebraska Dominic and Joe Rasshaert have returned from Spalding, Nebr., where they have been several weeks, called by the serious illness and death of their father, Fred Rasschaert, who died in that city March 10, at the age of 89 years, 9 months and 18 days. He was a native of Belgium. Mr. Rasschaert had been a pioneer of the Spalding area, and was highly respected by all persons. He was preceded in death by his first wife in 1927, and by three daughters. Besides his two sons who reside in Green River, he is survived by his wife Philomena whom he married in 1928 and six other children; 39 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and a brother residing in Belgium. He had moved to Nebraska from Belgium in 1894. --- Green River Star, Apr 3, 1953 Burial Services For D. R. Villa Wednesday Funeral services for David Ronquilla Villa, 47, who died at the Veterans hospital in Salt Lake city Friday, March 27, were held at the Francom-Villanova mortuary chapel in Green River, at 2 p. m. Wednesday, the Rev. Robert Little of the Assembly of God church officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery. Born at Perell, N. M., July 12, 1905, he had lived most of his life in Wyoming, having accompanied his family to Evanston when he was six gears old. In 1923 he came to Green River to enter employ of the Union Pacific railroad working for the railroad until 1946, when he left the railroad to go into the trucking business. More recently he has been associated with the Star cafe at Green River. On January 5, 1949, he was united in marriage to Esther Akins Doty. He is survived by his wife and four step-children, Betty L. Turner of Hermosa Beach, Calif., Rose Marie Doty of Sheridan, James Paul Akins of the Marine Corps and Herbert Roy Doty, also in the Marine Corps. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 5, 1953 JOSEPH A. LEWIS Joseph Lewis, 46, son of Mary Gras Lewis of 213 M street, Rock Springs, died of a heart attack Friday, March 27, in Ogden. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Lindquist mortuary in Ogden and burial was in the Ogden city cemetery. Mr. Lewis was a welder by trade and had reported for work riday morning when he suffered the attack. Joseph A. Lewis was born in Rock Springs Oct. 3, 1906. He learned the welding trade when a young man and in 1920 went to Ogden to live. After working for the George A. Lowe company there for a number of years he started working at the Ogden arsenal in 1941. He was married Oct. 14, 1924 to Florence Mary McFarland of Ogden. Survivors are his wife, one son and two daughters, Joseph Ray Lews, Mrs. Lowell S. Stokes and Mrs. LaVon Packer, all of Ogden; his mother, two brothers and two sisters, John C. Lewis, Mrs. Raymond Pecolar and Louise Lewis, all of Rock Springs and Albert L. Lewis of Salt Lake City. Mr. Lewis was a member of the L.D.S. Marriott ward in Ogden and the Weber Wildlife association. Six nephews served as pallbearers and Bishop Marion Powell of the Marriott ward conducted the services. A niece, Lucille McFarland, sang “The Lord’s Prayer” and “While I Pray.” His mother and all his brothers and sisters attended the funeral services. Other relatives who attended were his aunts and uncles, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gras and their daughter, Mrs. Elmo Anderson of Salt Lake City, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gras of Dragerton, Utah; an aunt, Mrs. Martha Brown and her daughter, Mrs. Martha Hardman and a cousin, Mrs. Annie Murdock, all of Salt Lake City. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 5, 1953 JAMES MacGREGOR Funeral services for James MacGregor, 63, will be held at the Congregational church at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon. Rev. Frank M. Blish will conduct the services and burial will be in the MacGregor family plot in Mountain View cemetery. The Masonic lodge will hold graveside services. Mr. MacGregor suffered a heart attack Friday afternoon and died a few minutes after he was taken to Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had lived in Rock Springs for about 30 years and has been active in the city’s business life. He also was an active member of the Masonic and B.P.O. Elks lodges. James MacGregor was born Dec. 9, 1890 in Ballendaloch, Scotland. He married Jean Crawford, a niece of the late John Park of Rock Springs on May 7, 1915. In the early 1920s he and his brother, the late Alex MacGregor, came to Rock Springs. Mrs. MacGregor and their son, Ronald, who was born in Scotland, followed the two brothers to Rock Springs within a few months. Mr. MacGregor worked for the old Union Pacific Coal company’s store at No. 4 after his arrival in the city and then took over management of the Stock Growers’ grocery department under direction of the late James Rumsey. When he left the Stock Growers he went into business for himself and for several years owned and operated the old Piggly Wiggly store on West Flat and later owned and operated the Library grocery on C street. In the early 1940s Mr. MacGregor accepted the position of manager of the Union Mercantile company’s grocery department and became manager of the entire store in February 1948. He held the general manager’s position until last January 1. Mr. MacGregor served Rock Springs ward I as a councilman during the time that the late Dr. T.H. Roe was mayor and during the first term of the present mayor, Edwin E. James. Survivors are his son, Ronald MacGregor of Rock Springs and two daughters, Mrs. Grace Schmidt of Rock Springs and Mrs. Jean Heins of Cheyenne and four grandchildren. Mrs. MacGregor died here Oct. 20, 1950. Friends of the family may call at the Villanova funeral home up until the hour of the funeral Monday. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 9, 1953 Rites Set for Wreck Victim Funeral services for Jack Johnson, 65-year-old ranch hand who died Sunday from injuries sustained in a one-car turnover near Pinedale Saturday afternoon, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Villanova Funeral Home. The Rev. F.M. Blish will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Johnson had been a resident of the Pinedale area for less than a year and prior tot hat had worked as a ranch hand in the Cokeville area for nearly ten years. No survivors have been located by county officials, but sheriff’s officers are attempting to locate a brother believed to be living in Duluth, Minn. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 9, 1953 Rites Tuesday for Superior Infant Graveside services for Paul Montoya, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Montoya of Superior who died at birth Tuesday afternoon, will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Father Charles Bartek will officiate and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 10, 1953 Springs Resident For 27 Years Dies in Hospital Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Traeger, 805 Muir avenue, died Thursday at 2 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. She was 64 years old. Funeral arrangements are pending. A resident of Rock Springs for the past 27 years, Mrs. Traeger was born at Elk Mountain on Oct. 31, 1888. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star of Denver. Survivors include her husband, John, and a brother William Widdowfield of Englewood, Colo. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 11, 1953 Mrs. Anna Traeger Rites to Be Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Traeger, 64, who died here Thursday afternoon, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Rogan chapel. The Rev. E.T. Rodda will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Traeger had been a resident of Rock Springs for the last 27 years. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 11, 1953 Springs Resident For 46 Years Dies Thursday Allan Summerscales, 63-year-old retired coal miner, died in Sweetwater County memorial hospital Thursday at 11:35 p.m. He had been a resident of Rock Springs for the last 46 years, making his home at 442 M street. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. in the Rogan chapel. The Rev. F.M. Blish of the First Congregational church will conduct the rites and burial will be in the Eagles plot in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Summerscales was born Feb. 20, 1890 in Yorkshire, England. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America Local No. 2708 and the Eagles lodge. Survivors include a cousin, Mrs. Lucy Fitchett of Cheyenne and a nephew, George Gilliard of Palos Heights, Ill. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 11, 1953 Dr. N.E. Bonner Rites in Colorado The body of Dr. Norman E. Bonner, 58, of 446 South Front street, who died form a bullet wound Tuesday night, was sent to Alamosa, Colo., Friday night. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in the Sharp funeral home at Alamosa. Burial will be in the family plot in the Blancs cemetery at Blancs, Colo. Dr. Bonner had been a resident of Rock Springs for the last seven years. He was born on April 1894 in Chicago, Ill., and was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Masonic lodge. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 11, 1953 Funeral Monday For Evanstonite Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the L.D.S. ward chapel in Evanston for Mrs. Mary Lake Morby, 67, who died in her home in Evanston last Wednesday night of a heart ailment. Bishop William M. Harris will officiate and burial will be in the Evanston city cemetery. She was born November 18, 1885, at Paradise, Utah, a daughter of John and Mary Fife Lake. She came with her parents to Evanston when two years old and has resided here since that time. She received her education in Evanston schools, graduating from Evanston high school. She was married to William T. Morby Feb. 23, 1904, at Evanston. She was a member of the L.D.S. church and worked for several years with the Relief society. She was also a member of the Women’s Benevolent Association and the auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Survivors include her husband, William of Evanston; one daughter, Mrs. John (Faye) Haines, Evanston; one son, Ellsworth Morby, Salt Lake City; four grandchildren; four brothers, George and Alec Lake, Ely Nevada; Joe Lake, Ogden, Utah; Roy Lake, Green River; one sister, Mrs. Ethel Smith, Green River. --- Green River Star, Apr 17, 1953 William Rogers Passes; Had Illustrious Service Career Death came Monday to a Green River citizen whom everyone for several generations had held in high respect and esteem--who had honored public office and public trust with integrity and courage William Rogers died at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital at the advanced age of 90. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church here at 2 p. m. Thursday, burial being in Riverview cemetery. William Rogers was born December 4, 1862, in Breckonshire, South Wales, coming to this country when only eight years of age. He grew up in Missouri, and in 1890, two months after Wyoming gained statehood, he came to Sweetwater county, going to Rock Springs to work in the coal mines. Loving his fellow men, he was at their service for six years on the school board. In 1902 he was appointed county treasurer to fill a vacancy and then was re-elected two terms, at that time the limit allowed by law. He had already pinned his faith on Green River, to 'use Mr. Rogers' own words of several years ago, and was to continue with that faith up to the time of his death. He served as postmaster of our town for eight years, between 1907 and 1915. He had served in the county assessor's office and in time became associated with the State Bank, in which he remained a dominant force during his active years. He often recalled that when he went on the Green River school board, the district owned but one piece of property--the building now known as the Masonic Temple. Then, during his long tenure on the board, Washington school, two high schools, and Jefferson school came into being. Because of his integrity and his skill in finances, he was the finance man of the board during trying times of expansion, depression, as well as lush times, aiding in keeping the district on an even keel. He served as city councilman and as city mayor, acquitting himself proudly. He had recalled often that when he first came to Green River it was a town of less than a 1000 persons--and always believed that it would be a town of importance. He had helped make it one of Wyoming's good towns. Mr. Rogers was one of the original organizers of the American Red Cross in Green River and long was one of the mainstays in keeping it going. Deep believer in the faith of the Republican party, he was a member of the Wyoming delegation that nominated Hoover and was on the notification committee that notified Curtis of his nomination for vice president. He had long service as deacon and as a trustee of the Congregational church. He was one of the founders of the Green River Community Club (now the Chamber of Commerce) and during his active life, was the only treasurer it ever had. Mr. Rogers was with the Green River Mercantile for two years before being elected county assessor for the 1917-1919 term, after which he became cashier of the State Bank, remaining in that position for almost 30 years. His Masonic lodge history is one of the most illustrious of any Mason in the Intermountain region, and only recently his son, T. E. Rogers, presented him a 50-year pin on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. Mr. Rogers had the distinction of holding office in the Masonic orders longer than any known Mason in Wyoming, and possibly in several nearby states. He received his first degree in Masonry here May 1903, and completed the third degree June 8, 1903. On December 18, 1903, he became secretary of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 6 in Green River., and continued in that office until ill health forced his retirement in 1947, a period of 44 years. In 1907 he became a member of Baalbec chapter of Royal Arch Masons and of Ascalon Commandery of Knights Templar. In December of 1907, he became secretary of these bodies, serving actively for 40 years. Upon his retirement he was elected secretary emeritus of all three bodies for life. In 1937, he and Mrs. Rogers had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. She preceded him in death several years. Mr. Rogers is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank Viox of Cheyenne and Mrs. Harry Dakin, of Green River, and one son, Thomas E. Rogers, of Green River; four grandchildren, Francis Viox of Cheyenne, Robert Dakin of Wichita, Kans., William T. Rogers of Casper, and Mrs. John Crandall of Green River and by four great-grandchildren. A brother, John, resides in Mexico. Mr. Rogers' children have the satisfaction and the pride of knowing that it is from men like their father that our country has sprung, and upon them its integrity has been founded. Music for the services was from the choir of the church he had so long served. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Francom-Villanova mortuary. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 19, 1953 Rites Held For Victim Climax Accident Here Rosalind Rodriguez, age 11 months, was buried in Mountain View cemetery in Rock Springs Saturday afternoon, the pathetic climax of a Friday morning truck accident involving 50 people, migrant workers and families, en route from Brownsville, Tex., to Nampa, Ia., to work in the sugar beet industry. “There’s a possibility the two trucks making the trip will leave Sunday morning with those that can travel,” said Captain D. Hazel Welch of the Salvation Army, who has cared for the group ever since the accident, “and those in the hospital will stay ‘til they can be released.” Out of the 14 people hospitalized Friday after the truck turned over a mile and a half west of Rock Springs, eight remained in the hospital on Saturday. All those released were children. Captain Welch, who on Saturday had not been to bed since Thursday night, reported that 53 of the occupants of the two trucks making the trip spent Friday night in the small quarters of the Salvation Army rented store at 524 South Front street in Rock Springs. “We made cubicles our of chairs,” said Captain Welch, “and each family had its own cubicle. Everyone slept pretty well, too.” Measles added to the disaster, when it was discovered Antonio Lopez, four, son of the driver of the wrecked truck, Trinidad Lopez, had them and had to be isolated. Saturday found the families—some of the workers brought families numbering up to 11 children—being bathed and redressed. The bloody clothing that resulted from the accident was gone, and each child was bathed and given new clothing contributed by Rock Springs residents. In the afternoon more contributed clothing was doled out to the accident victims, preparatory to the remaining miles to be covered. Shoes seemed to be the one item that presented difficulty in fitting, but Captain Welch said everyone would have shoes. Adding the people released from the hospital on Saturday there were 56 people who spent the night in the cramped quarters of the Army building Saturday night. They were fed partially by volunteer food contributions. Mrs. Alberto Rodriguez, mother of the baby who died of a broken neck and back, shouldered the family burden alone, as her husband, Alberto Rodriguez Sr., and one-month-old son, Alberto Jr., were still in the hospital, the father unable to attend the funeral or see the child before burial. Local help came form Mrs. Chauncey Lane, who also went sleepless caring for the stranded group and on Saturday Mrs. Pauline Santisteven and Mrs. Adelina Bustos of Rock Springs volunteered their time and effort. Both trucks were in repair and ready to continue the journey pending settlement of insurance difficulties, said Captain Welch. “A few years back they had a similar accident emergency at the Salvation Army post in Cheyenne and I heard about it from the workers there,” said the weary Captain, “but this is the first such emergency we have handled in Rock Springs.” --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 19, 1953 WILLIAM ROGERS William Rogers, prominent Green River and Sweetwater county resident, died Monday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital in Rock Springs. He was 90 years old. He had lived in Sweetwater county since 1890, coming here two months after Wyoming gained statehood. After living in Rock Springs for a short time he moved to Green River where he lived the rest of his life--almost 60 years. That he served his community well is attested by the fact that he served on the Green River school board for years, starting from the time that the town had one schoolhouse until it gained status as one of the state's best school systems, with a large high school building and gymnasium and a large and modern grade school building. He served Green River as postmaster, a councilman and later as mayor. He served Sweetwater county as treasurer for two terms when state law limited a treasurer's term of office to the two terms he served. He was elected county assessor in 1917. Mr. Rogers was a Mason and had the distinction of holding office in the Masonic lodge longer than any known Mason in Wyoming. In his early years in Green River he worked for the Green River Mercantile and in 1919 became cashier of the Green River State bank, a position he held for almost 30 years. Survivors are two daughters and one son, Mrs. Frank Viox of Cheyenne, Mrs. Harry Dakin and Thomas E. Rogers, both of Green River; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a brother, John Rogers, who lives in Mexico. Mr. Rogers and his wife, who preceded him in death, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Green River in 1937. William Rogers was born Dec. 4, 1862 in Breckonshire, South Wales. When he was eight years old his parents brought him to the United States. They located in Missouri where he lived before coming to Wyoming. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Congregational church in Green River and burial was in Riverview cemetery. Mr. Rogers had served the Congregational church as deacon and trustee over a period of years. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 19, 1953 MRS. LEE BALCH Funeral services for Josephine Elizabeth Balch, 51, wife of Lee Balch of Superior, were held Tuesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. E. Thomas Rodda of the Episcopal church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Earl Alstatt, Ted Eisenhower, Floyd Hansen, Lawrence Kladianos, Everett Meadows and Stewart Stice, all of Superior. Mrs. Balch died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital here Saturday night, April 11, following a short illness which was caused by a heart condition. Mrs. Balch was born Jan. 6, 1902 in Collinsville, Mo. Ten years ago the family moved from Brighton, Colo., to Superior where they have since resided. Besides her husband, Mrs. Balch is survived by two sons and seven daughters, John and Lee Brent Balch, Susie and Becky Jo Balch, Mrs. Tivi C. DeBacca, Mrs. Bertha Lorine, all of Superior, Mrs. George Schwindt of Chester, Mont., Mrs. William Lyons of Boulder City, Nev., and Mrs. Donald Salthouse of Brighton, Colo., 13 grandchildren; four sisters and one brother, John Putnam of Brighton, Colo., Mrs. Ella Stockbury of Queen City, Mo., Mrs. Racheal Hopper of St. Louis, Mrs. Midget Martin of Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Catherine Gross of Lincoln, Neb. All of the Balch sons and daughters were in Rock Springs for the funeral and burial rites. Two sisters, Mrs. Gross and Mrs. Stockbury and the brother, John Putnam and his family, also attended the services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 26, 1953 GUSTAVE JOHNSON Funeral services for Gustave Johnson, 67, were held Friday at the Villanova funeral home followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Johnson, resident of Rock Springs for 46 years, died Monday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had been ill for three weeks. He was born May 29, 1886 in Ulrika, Sweden and was a carpenter by trade. Survivors are two brothers, John and Carl Johnson, both of Rock Spring and two sisters who live in Sweden. --- Rock Springs Miner, Apr 26, 1953 MARY ELIZA NOBLE Funeral services for Mary Eliza Noble, 77, widow of Alexander Noble, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the L.D.S. church. Bishop James Sines of the first ward will conduct the rites and burial will be in the Noble family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Friends of the family may call at the Rogan mortuary chapel after 10 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Noble, pioneer resident of the city, died Thursday night in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. She had been in the hospital since March and early in April underwent major surgery from which she failed to recover. Mary Eliza Potter was born March 24, 1876 in England. She was a daughter of Henry and Anne Matthews Potter who came to the United States and located in Rock Springs when she was a child. The city's Potter street was named after her family. She married Alexander Noble in Rock Springs 60 years ago and they established their residence immediately at 914 Potter street where she lived until her death. Mr. Noble died here 33 years ago. Survivors are two sons, Alex and Murray Noble, and one daughter, Mrs. Lester (Ann) Bluemel, all of Rock Springs; six grandchildren and three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Lydia Hickerson, Mrs. Ruth Fitchett, Mrs. Nettie Clark and Albert Potter, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 3, 1953 MRS. MINNIE BUSTON Minnie Buston, 73, widow of Robert Roger Buston, died in Sweetwater Memorial hospital early Tuesday. She had been ill for two years and during that time she was hospitalized seven times. Her illness and death were the result of a chronic heart condition. The funeral was held from the Episcopal church Thursday and burial was in the Buston family plot in Mountain View cemetery. The Rev. E. Thomas Rodda conducted the rites. Friends who served as pallbearers were Horace Ainscough, Milton Friel, James McPhie, Lon Ritchie, Thomas Schofield and James Tiller. Mrs. Buston had lived in Rock Springs for 65 years, coming here with her parents, Hans and Augusta Petersen from their native Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark, when she was eight years old. She had seen the city grow from a straggling coal camp to a population of 10,000. She attended the first school that was conducted in Rock Springs. Some early day happenings in Rock Springs that Mrs. Buston would recall in later years were the U.S. soldiers that were stationed here after the Chinese riot of 1885, the Chinese New Year's celebrations and Chinese funerals and the blowing up of the No. 6 powder house. Mrs. Buston was a member of the Episcopal church, Neighbors of Woodcraft, and Royal Neighbors. Survivors are two sons, Robert and James Buston, both of Seattle; three daughters, Mrs. Harry Faddis of Seattle, Mrs. Leo Dominske and Mrs. Ben Hautala, both of Rock Springs; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Mr. Buston died here March 4, 1932. Three sons also preceded her in death. They were Richard, 22 years, Roger, 21, and William, an infant. The Buston home is at No. 6. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 3, 1953 MRS. DAVID RASMUSSEN Funeral services for Mrs. David Rasmussen, 78, pioneer Rock Springs resident, will be held at 2 p.m., Monday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. E. Thomas Rodda of the Episcopal church will conduct the services and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be Charles Harvey and C.A. Horton, both of Green River; Harold Hansen, Judson McCormick, Robert D. Murphy and William D. Thompson. Mrs. Rasmussen, resident of the city for 68 years, died at 9:20 a.m. Thursday in Sweetwater County Memorial hospital. Although she had been in failing health for a few years, her death was unexpected. She had entered the hospital Wednesday, expecting to be there but a few hours. Margaret Ann Urwin was born Sept. 6, 1884 near Pelton Fell in England. Her parents were John and Ann Urwin who came to the United States and located in Rock Springs when she was 10 years old, arriving here one year before the Chinese Riot of 1885. Her father was one of the miners who fought to benefit the white miners' lot and although he sacrificed much because he was barred form work by the coal company, Mrs. Rasmussen always took great pride in the stand he took, yet deploring the horribleness of the riot. Like many of the west's pioneer women she was accustomed to hardships of which the present generation knows little. Mrs. Rasmussen is survived by her husband whome she married in 1906, a daughter, Mrs. Burt (Gladys) Collett of Rock Springs; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Weiner of Nampa, Calif.; four brothers, Ned Urwin of Denver, Henry Urwin of Cheyenne, William Urwin of Kemmerer and Joseph Urwin of Manila, Utah. The Rasmussen home is at the Collett residence at 107 Reed street. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 3, 1953 MICHAEL PAVLOVICH Michael Pavlovich, 74, Eden valley rancher died Tuesday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday at the North Side Catholic church and burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. Mr. Pavlovich was born Sept. 26, 1878 in Yugoslavia. He had lived in Eden valley for 20 years. He had a wife, one son and two daughters who live in Yugoslavia. --- Green River Star, May 8, 1953 M. KARICIAN DIES TUESDAY IN GREEN RIVER A man who escaped from the terrorism of the Turks in his native Armenia to find sanctuary in the United States forty years ago, died at his home here early Tuesday morning of a heart attack. He was Misak "Mike" Karician, 63, widely known and respected citizen of Green River. Born June 1, 1890, in Horror, Armenia, the son of Harry and Marian Karcian, he came to the United States in 1914, and entered the employ of the Union Pacific maintenance of way department. On November 1, 1917, he entered the United States army and a few weeks later was overseas with the AEF, serving in France from December 6, 1917 until January, 1919. After his discharge in February, 1919, he returned to Green River to enter the employ of the baggage department of the railroad. When this department became a joint operation with the express company, he remained in that service and at the time was the senior man on the baggage express force roster at this point. He held membership in the UP Old Timers association, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. His wife, the former Louise Baghdoian, joined him in America soon after the end of World War I. The two had lost their family in the Armenian massacres, but in the freedom of their adopted country, raised an outstanding family. Besides Mrs. Karician, he is survived by two sons, Sam and Harry, each of Green River, and one daughter, Mrs. Mary Williams of Denver. Mr. Karician rests in state at the Francom-Villanova mortuary here until 9 a. m., Saturday, at which time he will be removed to the family home until time for services at the Episcopal church at 2 p. m. Saturday, the Rev. C. B. Traill officiating. At the graveside in the family plot in Riverview cemetery, the VFW and the American Legion will hold joint military services. Mr. Karician was a fine husband and father, and highly regarded, especially by the men with whom he worked. All but one of his pallbearers will be his fellow workmen. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 10, 1953 JOSEPH B. KELLY Funeral services for Joseph Boyd Kelly, 77, retired coal miner and resident of Rock Springs for 56 years, were held Friday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Gilbert Esquibal, Jeffery Orme, John Stefic, Thomas Sims, Ben Taucher and Mike Wright. Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducted the services. Mr. Kelly died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Wednesday. He was born March 19, 1876 in Larksville, Pa. He was a member of United Mine Workers of America. Survivors are his wife, Gertrude Walters Kelly; four sons and four daughters, Theodore and Joseph Kelly, Mrs. Martha Parker and Mrs. Albert Jereb, all of Rock Springs, Howard Kelly of Louisville, Colo., Oscar, who is serving overseas with the armed forces, Mrs. Hubert Routh of Green River and Mrs. Nora Scott of Salt Lake City; 14 grandchildren and a brother, Clarence Kelly who lives in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly were married May 4, 1908 in Rock Springs. The Kelly home is at 114 Sheridan street. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 10, 1953 MRS. GEORGE ALLEN Isabella Cowan Allen, 68, wife of George Allen of North Platte, Neb., died Thursday, May 7, in a North Platte hospital following a two day illness. Funeral services were held in North Platte and the body was taken to Salt Lake for final services and burial in the Allen family plot in a Salt Lake City cemetery. Mrs. Allen was a sister of Margaret Stenhouse Forester and Nan Cowan Thompson, both of Rock Springs, who went to North Platte when advised of her illness and death and then accompanied the family to Salt Lake City. Mrs. Allen was born March 9, 1885 in Scotland. She married Mr. Allen in Scotland in 1906 and in 1912 they came to the United States, locating in Rock Springs. Mr. Allen became interested in the motion picture business and worked for the late Thomas Berta, motion picture operator. He has since followed the show business in Idaho, Salt Lake City and at other places in the intermountain west. The family moved to North Platte in 1940 where Mr. Allen operates the State theater. Survivors are her husband and a son, George Allen Jr., of Denver, two grandchildren; the two sisters in Rock Springs and another sister, Mrs. Effie Moulding of Ogden and three brothers, Walter Cowan of Balboa, Calif., and Robert and Tom Cowan, both of Jersey City, N.J. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 10, 1953 JOHN JACK RAINES Funeral services for John Jack Raines, 74, will be held at the Rogan mortuary chapel at 2 p.m., Monday. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Raines, a retired coal miner and longtime resident of the Rock Springs area, died Sunday, May 3, at Sweetwater Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for more than two months. He was born Sept. 29, 1878 in England. At one time he worked for Gunn-Quealy Coal company at its Gunn camp where he lived for several years. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 10, 1953 WILLIAM BURKE Funeral services for William Burke, 65, of Superior were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Rev. E.T. Rodda officiating. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Burke died at St. Mark's hospital in Salt Lake City at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday. He had been a Superior resident for 30 years. Survivors are his widow, Cecilia M. Burke of Superior; two daughters, Mrs. William Ainsworth of Okinawa and Mrs. Lillian Zelinski of Superior; one son, George E. of Green River; and seven grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 12, 1953 MRS. JOHN TRAEGER Funeral services for Mrs. John Traeger, 64, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. E. Thomas Rodda of the Episcopal church and members of the Eastern Star, Mountain Lily chapter, will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Traeger died Wednesday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital following a prolonged illness. She had been hospitalized at intervals over a period of years and had been in the hospital here for six months prior to her death. Anna Elizabeth Widdowfield was born Oct. 31, 1888 in Elk Mountain in Carbon county. Her parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Widdowfield, came from England and were the first persons to locate in the Old Carbon coal camp. Her uncle, Deputy Sheriff Robert Widdowfield, of Carbon county was killed on the side of Elk Mountain as he attempted to capture Big Nose George and Dutch Charley in 1878 after they attempted to hold up a Union Pacific train between Medicine Bow and Old Carbon. (Wyoming history records that both bandits were lynched by Carbon county mobs when they were captured because they had killed Widdowfield and another deputy). Mr. and Mrs. Traeger were married in Denver in March, 1913, and have since lived most of the time in the Union Pacific Coal company’s camps of Hanna, Superior, Reliance and Rock Springs. At one time they lived in Denver where Mrs. Traeger became a member of Electa chapter 40, Order of Eastern Star. Friends who will serve as pallbearers at Monday’s funeral and burial services will be Fred Bradley, Jackson R. Forbes, Primo Gatti, John Meeks, J.L. McLennan and William Wilkes. The Traeger home is at 805 Muir avenue. Mrs. Traeger is survived by her husband and a brother, William Widdowfield, of Englewood, Colo. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 12, 1953 ALLEN SUMMERSCALES Funeral services for Allen Summerscales, 63, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Summerscales, a retired coal miner, died Thursday at Sweetwater memorial hospital. He had lived in Rock Springs for 46 years and resided at 422 M street. He was born Feb. 20, 1890, in Yorkshire, England, and was a member of United Mine workers, local 2708, and Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 151. Survivors are a cousin, Mrs. Lucy Fitchett, of Cheyenne and a nephew, George Gilleard, of Palo Heights, Ill. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 17, 1953 LAURI MATILAINEN Lauri (Larry) Matilainen of No. 6 died of a heart attack on Saturday, May 10, while he was visiting friends in Kemmerer. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Frank M. Blish, pastor of the Congregational church conducted the services and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Graveside services were in charge of Robert Ghormley, chaplain of Reliance local union No. 905 and the Rev. Mr. Blish. Mr. Matilainen was born in Tornio, Finland, Feb. 23, 1903, and had lived in the united States since he was 12 years old. In 1917, he came with his family to Wyoming and had lived in Hanna, Diamondville, Frontier, Superior and Rock Springs. He came here from Superior ten years ago. He attended the Diamondville schools. In 1924, Mr. Matilainen was married to Ethel Romero in Green River. She survives him as do his mother, Mrs. Gustave Matilainen, two brothers and two sisters, Mrs. Gilbert Roberts, Mrs. Dewey Wilcox, William Matilainen, all of Rock Springs, and Veko Matilainen of Farson. Mr. Matilainen was employed at the Reliance mine and was a member of union No. 905, and of the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge, Aerie No. 151. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 17, 1953 MRS. ARCHIE AULD SR. Mrs. Archie Auld, Sr., 77, a long-time resident of Rock Springs, died in Sweetwater Memorial hospital Friday. Mrs. Auld had made her home at 1205 Elk street. She was born in Leigh Lancashire, England, May 5, 1876, and was married to Edward Cook in England, and the couple came to the United States in 1905. Mr. Cook died here in November 1928. Several years later Mrs. Cook married Archie Auld Sr., who died here June 18, 1948. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the L.D.S. church. James Barnes, bishop of the church, will conduct the services and burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Auld was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. John Firmage and Mrs. David Brown Jr., both of Rock Springs, and Mrs. William Faddis of Kemmerer; and three sons, Arthur Cook and Harold Cook, who is the grand master I.O.O.F. lodge, state of Wyoming, both of Rock Springs, and Thomas Cook of Pocatello, Idaho; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 17, 1953 NICK FESSUK Funeral services for Nick Fessuk, 74, of Winton were held Saturday at the Greek Orthodox church Rev. Timoty Zagorianos conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Fessuk died Saturday, May 9, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had lived in this country for 37 years and in the Rock Springs area for 23 years. He was born in May, 1879, in Russia. He was a retired coal miner. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 17, 1953 THOMAS HANKS Thomas Hanks, 75, died Monday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had lived in the Rock Springs area for 58 years and was a member of United Mine Workers of America. He had been in ill health for about three years. Thomas Morgan Hanks was born Nov. 27, 1877 in Traphill, N.C. Survivors are two sons and three daughters, William and Lloyd Hanks and Mrs. George N. Nimmo, all of Rock Springs; Mrs. Clarence Henry of Jackson, Mont., and Mrs. Otto F. Thumb, who resides in Panama; and 11 grandchildren. His wife, Rebecca Oliver Hanks, whom he married in Rock Springs in 1911, died here in 1938. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Rev. B.B. Byus of the Methodist church conducted the rites and burial was in the Hanks family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Alex Davidson, John Easton, Ernest Faler, James Hansen, David Medsker of Stansbury and Harry Orme. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 17, 1953 CHARLES GILLESPIE Charles Gillespie, 42, a former mechanic for the White Eagle service station, died following a heart attack Friday at 1 p.m. in Provo, Utah, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lorn Cameron. He had been in ill health about a year and had gone to Provo for the benefit of his health. He was born in Salida, Colo., in 1901, and attended the schools there. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie who celebrated their 32nd anniversary May 9, were married in Salida. The family came to Rock Springs about 12 years ago. Several members of the Gillespie family left Friday for Provo and will accompany the body to Rock Springs for funeral services, which are tentatively set for Tuesday in the Episcopal church of the Holy Communion. Mr. Gillespie, who lived at 686 Ahsay avenue, is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Clyde Faler, three sons, Lawrence, Norman and Russell Gillespie, all of Rock Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Cameron of Provo, Mrs. Pearl Villotta of Salida, Mrs. Frank Parton of Rock Springs; and four grandchildren. --- Green River Star, May 22, 1953 William Nolan Dies in Denver; Services Here William J. "Billy" Nolan, 68, former Green River resident, and a retired master mechanic of the Union Pacific railroad, died unexpectedly Tuesday at his quarters in the Tremont hotel in Denver. Funeral services will be in Green River, the arrangements pending arrival of members of the family. Francom-Villanova will be in charge of the Green River ceremonies. Mr. Nolan was the brother-in-law of C. A. Viox, Eleanor Viox and Mrs. Frank Kidd of this city. His wife, the former Ida Viox, preceded him in death by several years. Their son, Norman, lost his life in his country's service during the second World War. Mr. Nolan is very well remembered among railroaders and old residents of the town and has visited here many times since his retirement 13 years ago. He started his railroad career in Green River as a call boy, then became a machinist and for many years headed the mechanical department at this point. When he retired, he was master mechanic at Denver. He had made his home in Denver for the past 20 years. Surviving are one brother, Frank, residing in California, a sister, Mrs. Anna Nuzum, of Los Angeles, and a grandson, Pat Nolan, of Wentzville, Mo. --- Green River Star, May 29, 1953 Caroline M. Eggs Funeral Services This Morning Funeral services for Caroline Mary Eggs, 77, pioneer Green River lady who died at the Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City Wednesday morning, will be held in the Catholic church here at 9:30 a. m, this Friday morning. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery beside her father and mother, the late Charles and Caroline Eggs. Rogan mortuary of Rock Springs will be in charge. She was born on January 28, 1876, in St. Louis, Mo., and was only nine years old when the family moved to Green River to become an important part in the business and social life of the community. She grew up and spent her life in Green River, except for the past year, when she has made her home in Salt Lake City. She was a member of the altar society of the Catholic church here, and as long as her health permitted was a very active member. She was a devout member of her church. When her mother passed away in 1924, she made her home with Mrs. E. A. Gaensslen, a sister, until going to Salt Lake City. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Gaensslen and Mrs. Clara Harris, of Green River, and two nephews, Dr. E. A Gaensslen of Green River, and Carl Gaensslen of Boise, Ida., and one niece, Mrs. F. R. Schofield of Green River, all of whom have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. Mrs. Gaensslen and Mrs. Harris were in Salt Lake City with their sister when the end came, having been called there by her serious illness. Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Schofield went to Salt Lake City to accompany them home. Rosary was said at the E. A. Gaensslen residence at 7:30 p. m. Thursday evening. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 31, 1953 MRS. CHARLES W. BEMIS Funeral services for Mrs. Charles W. Bemis, 68, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Congregational church. Rev. Frank M. Blish will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Claude Elias, Claude Littrell, Robert D. Murphy, Joe Radosevich, Sam Ryder and James Smith will serve as pallbearers. Mrs. Bemis died Friday morning at Sweetwater Memorial hospital where she had been a patient for ten days. Born Ida Mae Manteuful July 24, 1884 in Salt Lake City, Mrs. Bemis lived many years of her life in Rock Springs. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Manteuful, moved to Rock Springs when she was a child. She married Mr. Bemis, an oldtime resident of the city, in Salt Lake about ten years ago. She was a member of the Women's Benefit association, the Pythian Sisters and the Royal Neighbors. Survivors are her husband, a daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Ann Pebbles of Rock Springs, a senior at the University of Wyoming; two nephews, Jerome Powell of Rock Springs and Almy Powell of Longview, Wash. The Bemis home is at 730 D street. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 31, 1953 WILLIAM SMITH Funeral services for William Smith, 74, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Bishop James Sines of the L.D.S. church will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Smith, a resident of the Rock Springs community for 52 years, died Tuesday at his home on the Bill Logan Sage creek ranch south of Rock Springs. He was born April 12, 1879 in West Virginia and served in the Spanish American war. Survivors are four sons, James H. Smith who is stationed at Lowry field in Denver, William S. of Salt Lake City, Clarence M. of LaBarge and Stewart E. Smith of Bremerton, Wash.; two daughters, Mrs. Darrel Tatro of Rock Springs and Mrs. Cecil Culpepper of LaBarge, and 11 grandchildren, Mrs. Smith died Feb. 14, 1931. All his sons and daughters with exception of Stewart E. Smith are in Rock Springs for the services. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 31, 1953 ALEXANDER NELSON Funeral services for Alexander Nelson, 50, were held in Hanna Friday. Burial was in the Hanna cemetery. Mr. Nelson entered Sweetwater Memorial hospital Saturday, May 23, and died there the following Monday. He was a coal miner and he and his daughter, Joyce Nelson, lived at 114 Sherman street. He had lived in Rock Springs for ten years. Mr. Nelson was born May 22, 1903 in Medicine Bow and lived most of his life there and in Hanna. He was a member of the Eagles lodge and United Mine Workers. Besides his daughter, Joyce, he is survived by a son, Bill, and three brothers, Andrew, Matt and Emil Nelson, all of Medicine Bow. --- Rock Springs Miner, May 31, 1953 LUCILLE MERRILEE MARTINEZ Funeral services for Merrilee Martinez, three-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Martinez of Reliance, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will conduct the rites and burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. The body will be taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ortiz, the godparents, in White Mountain addition today. Besides her parents, the infant is survived by one brother, Jimmy; five sisters, Carol Jean, Maxine, Delores, Sharon and Gloria, all at home. She died early Tuesday at the Martinez home. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 7, 1953 VICTORIA JOSEPHINE ARAMBEL Funeral services for Victoria Josephine, three-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Arambel of 532 Gobel street, were held Friday morning at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Charles Bartek of the South Side Catholic church conducted the service and burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. Victoria Josephine was born Monday, June 1, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital and died there Thursday. Besides her parents, she is survived by one brother, Robert 4 1/2 years old. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 11, 1953 Services Today for Rock Springs Infant Graveside services for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shedden of 701 Pennsylvania avenue, who died shortly after birth Tuesday at 5:05 p.m., will be held today at 6 p.m. in Mountain View cemetery. Bishop Syme of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will conduct the rites. --- Green River Star, Jun 12, 1953 R. H. Harsha Services Held On Thursday Funeral services for Richard Henry (Dick) Harsha, 63, who passed away at a hospital in Ogden Monday, June 8, were held at the Francom-Villanova mortuary chapel in Green River at 2 p. m. yesterday, Thursday, afternoon, with Bishop Frank Stevens of the Green River First Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery here. Mr. Harsha had lived in Green River for the past 33 years, and was employed as a sheetmetal worker in the mechanical department of the Union Pacific railroad. He was a member of Sweetwater Aerie No. 2350 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. His passing is mourned by a wide circle of friends, won by his likeability. Born in Pittsburgh, Kans., June 5, 1890, he was united in marriage with Mabel Mae Doty on February 10, 1917. Of this union, seven sons and one daughter survive: Alfred L., George A., Gerald T., Richard H., John B., Ronald H., and Gene Harsha, and Mrs. Helen D. Martinez. Also surviving are nine grandsons and seven granddaughters and four brothers: George Harsha of Rock Springs; Frank and James B. Sherrod of Green River and John Sherrod of Ogden. Mr. Harsha had been seriously ill at the hospital for several weeks prior to his death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 14, 1953 PAUL C. McCONNELL SR. Funeral services for Paul C. McConnell Sr., 48, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Frank M. Blish will conduct the rites and the concluding service will be in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be William Haney, office supervisor for the American Telephone and Telegraph company here; Carl Frandsen, Raymond Parkin, Jay Ruchti, Coleman Shadrick and Frank Workman. The Masonic lodge No. 12, A.F. and A.M., will conduct graveside services. Mr. McConnell was found shot to death early Thursday morning in his A.T. and T. truck in the 100 block on Noble drive. Mystery continued to surround the fatal shooting late Saturday as city and county authorities awaited results of a ballistic test. Mr. McConnell's .22 calibre rifle with one empty shell in the chamber was found partially replaced in the gun rack behind the driver's seat. He was found in an upright position behind the wheel with his right hand on the wheel and the left on the door on the driver's left. The bullet entered the victim's chest, pierced the apex of the heart and came to rest on the left side. Paul McConnell was born Dec. 21, 1904 in Belmont, Ohio. As a young man he started to work for the A.T. and T. in Ohio and worked for the company for 28 years. After working through sections of Ohio and Indiana he was transferred to Rock Springs ten years ago. He was a combination section lineman at the time of his death. Before coming to Rock Springs the family resided in Waterloo, Ind. He became a member of the Masonic lodge after he came to Rock Springs. Survivors are his widow, Margaret; two sons, Paul S. Jr. and Ronald Gene, both of Rock Springs; two grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Howard Lee of St. Clairsville, Ohio, Mrs. Edward Modie of Barnsville, Ohio, Mrs. John Barr and Helen McConnell, both of Morristown, Ohio. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 14, 1953 GRESHAM INFANT Graveside services for an infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gresham of 820 White Mountain addition will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Mountain View cemetery. The Rev. E.T. Rodda of the Episcopal church will conduct the rites. The infant was born at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Wednesday and died there shortly after birth. Besides the parents he is survived by two sisters, Diane and Shelia, at home, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gresham Sr. and Mrs. Juanita Roach, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 14, 1953 SHEDDEN INFANT Graveside services for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shedden of 701 Pennsylvania avenue were conducted Thursday in Mountain View cemetery. Bishop James Sines of the L.D.S. First ward conducted the service. The infant was born late Tuesday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 21, 1953 STEVE JESSE MARTINEZ Steve Jesse, three and one-half month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Otoniel Martinez of Tipton, died Monday as his parents were bringing him to Sweetwater memorial hospital in Rock Springs. Graveside services were held Tuesday in St. Joseph’s cemetery with the Rev. William Delaney of the Superior Catholic church conducting the rites. Besides his parents, Steve Jesse, is survived by five brothers and four sisters. He was a grandson of Mrs. Ezequias Martinez of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 21, 1953 FRANK PRYBLSKI The body of Frank Pryblski, 61, has been sent to Kenosho, Wis., for funeral and burial services. Mr. Pryblski, resident of Rock Springs for 30 years, died Thursday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for two days. He was a retired coal miner and was born June 15, 1892 in Wisconsin. He has a brother, Louis, and a sister, Mrs. Pearl Nichi, who live in Wisconsin. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the American Legion Archie Hay post. He also was a member of the Rock Springs Elks lodge 624. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 23, 1953 Graveside Rites Set for Infant Graveside services for the infant girl Fortner, who died Sunday at 1:31 a.m. in Sweetwater county Memorial hospital, will be held today at 9 a.m. in Mountain View cemetery. Capt. Hazel Welch of The Salvation Army will conduct the rites. The baby was born in a service station at Table Rock Saturday afternoon and taken to the hospital by ambulance. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Fortner, of Blackfoot, Ida.; two brothers, Bobby and Merrill, and a sister, Dorothy, all of Blackfoot. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 28, 1953 MRS. CHARLES GREGORY The funeral of Mrs. Charles Gregory, 64, was held Thursday from the Congregational church. The Rev. Frank M. Blish conducted the service and burial was in the Gregory family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Aaron Deneley, Hugh Harrigan, Pete Shinazy, Martin Sturman, Joseph Seppie and Robert Wilde. Mrs. Gregory, resident of Rock Springs for 48 years, died Sunday noon at Sweetwater Memorial hospital following a prolonged illness. She was born Laura May Travis March 17, 1889, in Carbon, Wyo., a daughter of Peter and Bridget Travis, early day residents of Carbon and Rock Springs. When a young girl the Travis family moved to Rock Springs where she had since resided. She was married to Charles Gregory here in April, 1916. Mr. Gregory died Aug. 22, 1951. Survivors are one son and two daughters, Charles A. Gregory of Omaha and Mrs. John (Nellie) Hansen and Mrs. Harry (Mildred) Orme, both of Rock Springs. Six grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive. Mrs. Gregory was a member of the Rock Springs Royal Neighbor lodge. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 28, 1953 MRS. MATILDA SIKICH The funeral mass for Mrs. Matilda Sikich, 77, was said Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec said the mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Tuesday night. Mrs. Sikich had lived in Rock Springs 43 years and resided at the Frank Naglich residence at 701 Wendt avenue. Her only immediate survivor is s sister who lives in Yugoslavia and several cousins. Her husband, Jack Sikich, died in Rock Springs several years ago. Cousins who came here for the funeral and burial services were Mrs. Eva Culjat, and son, Steve, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Knezovich and son, John, of Fredrick, Colo., and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sikich and son of Kemmerer. Mrs. Sikich died in Sweetwater Memorial hospital Saturday night, June 20. Pallbearers were Steve Culjat of Council Bluffs, John Knezovich, Frank Naglich Sr., Frank Naglich Jr., Robert Pezely and William Yugovich. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 28, 1953 MRS. MIKE MOTICHKA Funeral services for Mrs. Susanna Motichka, 71, widow of Michael Motichka, will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will say the mass and burial will be in the family plot in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary will be recited at the John Motichka home at 522 Sidney street at 7 o’clock Monday night. Mrs. Motichka, resident of Rock Springs for 31 years, died Thursday at the home of her son. She was born Susanna Petrum Nov. 8, 1881 in Micholonce, Czechoslovakia. The survivors are four sons and four daughters. They are Michael, George and John Motichka, Mrs. Sylvester (Mary) Tynski, Mrs. Orson (Margaret) Kidman, all of Rock Springs; Andrew Motichka of Carter, Mrs. John (Anna) Rodzinak of Hiawatha and Mrs. Dellas (Dorothy) Larson of Lyman. There are 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Two sisters and three brothers also survive. Mr. Motichka died here in 1939. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jun 28, 1953 FRANK CILENSIK The funeral mass for Frank Cilensik, 65, will be said at the North Side Catholic church at 9 a.m. Monday followed by burial in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7 o’clock tonight at the Villanova funeral home. Mr. Cilensik died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Thursday night. He had lived in Rock Springs for 40 years. He was a stationary fireman for the Union Pacific railroad and resided at 220 H street. Survivors are his wife, Frances Adovnik Cilensik, whom he married here June 5, 1918; two sons and six daughters, Frank Cilensik Jr., Mrs. Frances Liska, Mrs. Mary Schreck, Mrs. Elsie Zelenka and Mrs. Richard Stanton, all of Rock Springs, Louise and Ursula Cilensik, both of Ogden, and Carl Cilensik who is serving with the air force. Fourteen grandchildren also survive. Friends who will serve as pallbearers at the funeral and burial services are John Eusek Jr., John Fermelia, Anton Rudolph, Frank Yugovich, Anton Yugovich and Leno Zancanella. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 5, 1953 JOHN ZUPENCE The funeral mass for John Zupence, 54, will be said at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec will say the mass and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary will be recited at the Villanova funeral home at 7 o’clock Monday night. Mr. Zupence died Friday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital after a 15-month illness. He was born May 13, 1899 in Germany and was brought to Rock Springs by his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Anton Zupence, when he was five years old. He had lived here since that time. Mr. Zupence married Anna Zembo in Rock Springs Oct. 30, 1929. Survivors are his widow, six brothers and one sister. The brothers and sisters are Anton, Frank, Peter, Paul, Rudy Zupence, all of Rock Springs, Fred Zupence of Detroit and Mrs. Paul Parkinson of Lakeside, Calif. Pallbearers at the funeral and burial services will be Rudy Cukale, Mike Evans, Angus J. Hatt Sr., Frank Lebar, Frank Yamnik and Michael Yakimovich. The Zupence home is at 823 Ridge avenue. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 5, 1953 LEE RAYMOND ABEYTA Funeral services for eight-year-old Lee Raymond Abetya were held Saturday at the South Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Lee Raymond died in Sweetwater Memorial hospital Wednesday. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Candelario Abeyta of 420 R street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 5, 1953 HENRY J. HARRIS The body of Henry J. Harris, 44, Rock Springs coal miner, was sent to Rainelle, W. Va., early today for funeral services and burial at Steedman, W. Va. Harris’ widow, Mrs. Clara Harris, lives at Cambridge, W. Va. Harris, a resident of Superior since December, 1952, died Wednesday. --- Green River Star, Jul 10, 1953 C.B. PIRTLE PASSES AWAY WEDNESDAY Carter B. Pirtle, Union Pacific railroad agent at Green River, and active in the town's community life for more than 20 years, died at his home here early Wednesday morning, after several weeks of illness with a heart ailment. Mr. Pirtle, who had been active in the Congregational church and in Masonic circles as well as in railroad work, has a large host of friends throughout western Wyoming and as far westward along the rails as Ogden who feel a personal loss in his passing. He was born January 22, 1890, in Hermitage, Ark., and learned telegraphy when only a boy. He early turned to the railroad telegrapher's work and worked over many states in the south and the southwest. At one time he worked for several years on the old narrow gauge railroads of the Rio Grande Southern at a time when they were great tourist attractions and served many famous mining camps that are now ghost towns. His recounting of those days and times was a saga of railroad days now gone. He entered the employ of the Union Pacific railroad in 1917, coming to what is now the Wyoming division. He held agencies and operator positions between Green River and Ogden under the railroad seniority system, finally coming to the telegraph office here. His family joined him in 1931 here, and they have since made Green River their home. At Green River, he rose to be day chief telegraph operator, before first becoming agent here during the last war. Mr. and Mrs. Pirtle were married November 7, 1911, at Hillsboro, Texas, and, besides Mrs. Pirtle, of this union there survive two sons, C. B. Pirtle, Jr., of Crescent City, Calif., and Edelle, of Green River, two granddaughters and one grandson. Three sisters also survive: Mrs. Ida Appling of Longview, Wash., Mrs. M. D. Wallace of Mena, Okla., and Mrs. William Sullivan of Tulsa, Okla. Mr. Pirtle was a member of the Masonic blue lodge and of the Royal Arch Masons, being secretary of that body. He was also a member of the Railway Telegraphers' union and of the Union Pacific Railroad Old-Timers association. He and his family have taken an active part in the Congregational church during the years, aiding materially in keeping it active in the community at various times. He had served at times upon the church's various boards, currently being a member of the board of trustees. C. B. Pirtle, Jr., and family had been visiting here and left only Tuesday morning for New Mexico on their vacation trip. Efforts were being made through Colorado and New Mexico Thursday morning to locate them so that final arrangements could be made for the funeral services. Tentative time has been set for Saturday afternoon at the Congregational church. The body rests at the Rogan mortuary in Rock Springs. Because of Mr. Pirtle's deep interest in the church, the family has asked that no flowers be sent, but that gifts in his memory be made to the church organ fund of the Congregational church. --- Green River Star, Jul 10, 1953 GRANDDAUGHTER DIES IN WICHITA, KANSAS Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dakin have returned from Wichita, Kans., where they attended funeral services for their granddaughter, Sarene Kay Dakin, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Dakin. The baby passed away at birth in St. Francis hospital in Wichita, Tuesday, June 30. Robert, who is one of Green River's own boys, has the sympathy of all of his Green River friends in his loss. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 12, 1953 MRS. JULIANE TANNER Funeral services for Mrs. Juliane Tanner, 74, widow of Frank H. Tanner, were held at St. John’s Episcopal church in Jackson Friday afternoon. The Rev. W.A. Thomas conducted the services and burial was in the Tanner plot in the Jackson cemetery. Mrs. Tanner died unexpectedly Monday noon in Sweetwater Memorial hospital in Rock Springs. She made her home with her daughter, Mrs. John E. Stacey at 123 First street and had gone to the hospital to be cared for while the Staceys were in San Francisco for the graduation of their daughter, Frances Stacey, from St. Luke hospital’s school of nursing in late June. Mrs. Stacey returned to the city at midnight Monday to learn of her mother’s death. Mrs. Tanner went to Jackson to teach school in 1898. Before that she taught school in the Kemmerer area. She was born Juliane Hammond Nov. 21, 1878 in Laramie. She was reared in Nebraska and was educated in Omaha. During her first year of teaching in Jackson, she met Frank H. Tanner and married him the following year. He died 18 years ago. The original Tanner ranch home was situated four and one-half miles south of Jackson and later Mrs. Tanner established her residence in Jackson. Mrs. Tanner had been called “the mother of Teton county” for her work in creation of the county in 1922. She served the county as its first clerk, holding the office from 1923 to 1933. She was the county’s first librarian, serving in that capacity for five years after 1933. Mrs. Tanner was the mother of ten children. She lost two sons in the influenza epidemic of 1918 and a daughter died in infancy. Her survivors are four sons and three daughters. They are William and Arthur Tanner of Jackson, Bard Tanner of Rawlins, M/Sgt. Wayne Tanner who is stationed with the armed forces in Frankfurt, Germany, Mrs. Eileen McPherson of Chicago, Mrs. Margaret Brown of Eugene, ore., and Mrs. J.E. Stacey of Rock Springs. She had 18 grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Georgia Ingals of Salt Lake City, also survives. All of Mrs. Tanner’s sons and daughters with exception of the son who is in Germany and Mrs. McPherson were in Jackson for the funeral and burial services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 12, 1953 CARTER B. PIRTLE Funeral services for Carter B. Pirtle of Green River were held at the Congregational church in Green River Saturday afternoon. Burial was in Riverview cemetery. Mr. Pirtle, Union Pacific railroad agent at Green River, died Wednesday morning at his home. He had been ill with a heart ailment for several weeks. He had lived in Green River since 1931 when he was transferred to the company’s telegraph office there. He was promoted to the position of agent during World war II and before that had advanced to chief day telegraph operator. Mr. Pirtle entered the employ of Union Pacific in 1917, working on the Wyoming division. Before going to Green River he worked as a telegrapher at points between Ogden and Green River. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and Royal Arch Masons. He was a member of the railroad’s Old Timers association and the Congregational church. Carter B. Pirtle was born Jan. 22, 1890, in Hermitage, Ark. He learned telegraphy early in life and worked as a railroad telegrapher through a number of southern states before coming to Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Pirtle were married Nov. 7, 1911, in Hillsboro, Tex. Survivors are his widow and two sons, Carter B. Pirtle Jr. of Crescent City, Calif., and Edelle Pirtle of Green River. Two granddaughters and one grandson and three sisters also survive. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 12, 1953 MIKE GAVIOTIS Funeral services for Mike Gaviotis, 65, were held Friday at the Greek Orthodox church. The Rev. Timothy Zagorianos conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Gaviotis died Tuesday in Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City where he had been a patient for 20 days. He had been in ill health for several months and last October he and some of the Gaviotis family moved to Salt Lake City because of his failing health. Their home there is at 807 East Third South. He was associated with the OK bar in Rock Springs and still held his interest in the business at the time of his death. Emmanuel Gaviotis was born June 30, 1888 in Stellos, Crete, Greece. He came to the United States in 1910 and 36 years ago located in Rock Springs. He married Helen Sergakis in Salt Lake City in 1921. His survivors are his widow, five sons and daughters, Manuso Gaviotis and Gust, both of Rock Springs, Elsie, Joseph and Bella Gaviotis, all of Salt Lake City. He had two granddaughters, Georgia Ann and Rosemary Gaviotis of Rock Springs. One brother, Gust and two sisters, Mary Manatakis and Stella Nicholakakis, who live in Greece, also survive. The Gaviotis home in Rock Springs is at 117 M street. Mr. Gaviotis was a member of the Pancretan association, a national Cretan organization, and the Greek Orthodox church. Friends who served as pallbearers were John Apostolakis, George Fanos, Eli Koloff, Nick Manatos, Spiro Nicholas and Alec Perakis. --- Green River Star, Jul 17, 1953 Services for Infant Friday Morning Graveside services are being held today, Friday, for Gail Renee Gasson, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Gasson. The little girl passed away at birth at 2 a. m. Thursday, July 16, at the Memorial hospital in Rock Springs. Survivors include her parents and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Harrie Gasson. Mr. and Mrs. Gasson have the deep sympathy of the entire community. The Rev. Charles B. Traill of St. John's Episcopal church will conduct the services. Burial will be under the direction of Francom-Villanova. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 19, 1953 ROBERT ALLEN Funeral services for Robert Allen, 60, were held Monday afternoon at the Methodist church. The Rev. B.B. Byus conducted the service and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Alvin Christian Sr., Joe Giovanini, Modesto Grasso, Ed Lynch, George Nimmo Sr. and Robert Watson served as pallbearers. Four of the pallbearers, Mr. Christian, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Nimmo and Mr. Watson, had been close friends of Mr. Allen for 35 years. Mr. Allen, resident of Rock Springs for 16 years, died Thursday, July 9, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had been in ill health for 17 yeas, following multiple injuries incurred in a mine accident in Gebo, Wyo., in 1936. He had been a member of United Mine Workers of America for 48 years. He started to work in the coal mines at the age of 12. He also was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 151. At one time Mr. Allen served as vice president of Wyoming State Federation of Labor and was a board member from district 1 of district 22, U.M.W. of A. for several years. He was born June 4, 1893 in Cambria, Wyo., and was married to Marie Monger in Roundup, Mont., March 11, 1914. Survivors are his widow, two sons, four daughters and 11 grandchildren. The sons and daughters are Robert Allen Jr. of Oakland, Ore., Kenneth Allen, Mrs. C.L. Baker, Mrs. Frank Volcic and Mrs. Kent Pulley, all of Rock Springs. One brother and three sisters, John W. Allen, Mrs. F.P. Hoyne, Mrs. Jennie Hoadley, all of Lewistown, Mont., and Mrs. Edith Wood of Thermopolis, also survive. All of his sons and daughters and his brother a sisters with exception of Mrs. Wood were in Rock Springs for the funeral services. Several nieces and nephew and friends from out of the city also were in attendance. There were Mr. and Mrs. John Robert McTee of Pocatello, Lawrence McTee and Mrs. Arnold Lawler, both of Meeteetse, Mr. and Mrs. William Cammock of Thermopolis and Mrs. Myrtle Green of Cody, nieces and nephews, and Mrs. J.E. McInnes and Sarah Meacham, both of Thermopolis and friends of the Allen family. The Allen home is at 124 First street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 19, 1953 FRANK MAROCKI Frank Marocki, 48, died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday, July 12, at the ranch home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Paravicini, 15 miles west of Green River. Accompanied by Mrs. Marocki and their daughter, Gilda, he had driven to the Paravicini ranch for dinner and was starting back to Rock Springs when he suffered the attack. He had been ill with a heart ailment for at least three weeks. Mr. Marocki had lived in Rock Springs 16 years. At the time of his death he was sales manager for the White Eagle Motor company where he had worked for a year. Before that he worked for 13 years for the James Johnson Furniture company. Born July 22, 1904 in Cumberland, he was married to Katherine Young in Paris, Idaho, Oct. 23, 1924. They lived in Cumberland until 1929 when they moved to Superior where they lived until 1937, when they came to Rock Springs. Survivors are his widow, two sons, four daughters, four grandchildren, his mother, Mrs. Gilda Marocki of Kemmerer; two sisters, Mrs. Louis Sanoli of Ft. Bridger and Mrs. B.J. Archer of Laramie and several nieces and nephews. His sons and daughters are Merwin and James Marocki, Mrs. Jack (Jean) Douglas, Gilda Lee and Judy Irene, all of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Richard (Donetta) Paravicini. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the L.D.S. church followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Steve Majhanovich, Alma Mills, Albert Miller, John Shubert, C.F. Tomsik and Jack Volsey. The Marocki home is at 315 Angle street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 19, 1953 MICHAEL FECH SR. Funeral services for Michael Fech Sr., 52, were held Saturday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec said the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Rosaries were recited at the Rogan mortuary Friday night. Pallbearers were Alex Angelovic, John Fabiny, Frank Oblasnik, John Parkel, Frank Remitz Sr. and Michael Yakimovich. Mr. Fech was city councilman from the city’s ward III and had lived in Rock Springs 27 years. He died Monday at Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City following a lengthy illness during which he was hospitalized here and in Salt Lake City most of the time he was ill. His wife was with him in Salt Lake City at the time of his death. Michael Fech was born Nov. 17, 1900 in Majira, Czechoslovakia. He was married in Czechoslovakia and his first son, Michael Fech Jr., was born there. The family then came to the United States and soon located in Rock Springs where two other sons, George and Andrew, were born. Mr. Fech was a miner by occupation and the last place he worked was in the Stansbury mine. He was a member of United Mine Workers of America. The Fech home is at 1321 Tenth street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 19, 1953 JOHN J. KOMAN Funeral services for John James Koman, 60-year-old Superior miner, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in the city cemetery. Mr. Koman, resident of the Rock Springs area for 24 years, died Sunday, July 12, at his home. Known survivors are a brother and a sister, Henry Koman of Chicago and Mrs. Fannie Kadlukec of Olderson, Okla. --- Green River Star, Jul 24, 1953 Walt Siegel Passes Away At His Home One of the men who has had a very active part in the life of Green River for more than four decades died at his home here of a heart ailment the morning of July 19. He was Walter Siegel, 65, for 16 years justice of the peace, police judge and weighmaster here. He first came to Green River in 1903 from Chicago to work with his cousin, Hugo Gaensslen in the old Sweetwater brewery. Funeral services for Mr. Siegel were held at the Eagles Home here at 3 p. m. Tuesday, the Rev. C. B. Traill of St. John's Episcopal church officiating, with Francom-Villanova in charge. Burial was in Riverview cemetery. Mr. Siegel is survived by his wife, Lillian Whitmore Siegel; two daughters, Mrs. C. A. (Margaret) Kemp of Green River, and Mrs. Lillian McCall of Chicago; one son, Thomas of Cheyenne, and two grandchildren, Margaret and Julia Siegel, of Cheyenne. Mr. Siegel was the first automotive dealer in Green River, having opened the Sweetwater Motor, a Buick agency, in 1914, with E. S. McKay as a partner. He was elected county commissioner in 1916, serving two years. Then, until 1923, he was manager of the stock yards here, and during that period also represented Sweetwater county in the state legislature. For a brief period in the early 1930's, he and his family resided in his native Chicago, after he had operated the Stanley hotel here for a period. Returning to Green River, he later, in 1937, was elected justice of the peace here and appointed police judge, positions he held until the time of his death. He was also manager of the veterans apartments. After Mr. Siegel, who was born in Chicago on March 6, 1888, first came to Green River, the ranges of western Wyoming beckoned, and in 1904 he rode as a cowpuncher in the Daniel-Pinedale area, worked for a time as a miner at Glencoe and as a butcher in Diamondville and Kemmerer. He arrived in San Francisco shortly after the earthquake in 1906, but returned to the life of a cowpoke in the Pinedale area in 1908 to remain until he returned to Green River in 1910 to work for a store here. In 1912, he and Lillian Whitmore Harris, daughter of the pioneer, Tom Whitmore, were united in marriage. Between this time and the opening of the garage, he was employed by Whitmore and Waechter. He was much interested in his fellow man, and maintained an active part in the Episcopal church, at one time serving a long period as vestryman. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 2350, and of the sportsmen's organization here. Widely known and respected for his work for the city and county, as a just man desirous of seeing justice properly administered, his passing so suddenly came as a blow to the community. Many are the people he befriended, and many that he helped set on the right track, who will deeply grieve at his passing. The community extends its sympathy to his family. His son and family, and Mrs. McCall came to Green River to be with their mother and for the services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 26, 1953 WALTER SIEGEL Funeral services for Walter Siegel, 65, resident of Green River for nearly 50 years, were held Tuesday at the Eagles Hall in Green River. The Rev. Charles B. Traill of St. John’s Episcopal church conducted the services and burial was in Green River’s Riverview cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Edward Bishop, Joe Desmond, Charles Harvey, Alton Hermansen, Homer Horton and Del Morris, all of Green River. Mr. Siegel died of a heart attack at 5 a.m. Sunday, July 19, at his home at 180 West Fifth North street. He was a justice of the peace and city police judge and had been in his office each day of the week preceding his death. However, he had been in failing health for several months. At the age of 16 he went to Green River to work for his cousin, Hugo Gaensslen in the Green River brewery. From 1920 to 1923 he was manager of the Green River stockyards for the Union Pacific railroad. He had served Sweetwater county as commissioner and as a member of the state legislature. He was a member of the Green River Fraternal Order of Eagles, Woodmen of the World and the Isaac Walton League. He had served St. John’s Episcopal church as a vestryman for many years. In 1912 he married Lillian Whitmore, daughter of the late Tom Whitmore, Sweetwater county pioneer and one of its early day sheriffs. Survivors are his widow, one son and two daughters, Thomas Siegel of Cheyenne, Mrs. Allen Kemp of Green River and Mrs. Lillian McCoy of Green River. Two granddaughters, Margaret and Julia Siegel, both of Cheyenne, also survive. --- Rock Springs Miner, Jul 26, 1953 EVERETT J. SMITH The body of Everett J. Smith, 36, will be taken to Jennings, Okla., for funeral and burial rites. Mr. Smith was killed instantly Thursday when he was caught in the tail pulley machinery of an underground conveyor belt in the trona mines of the Intermountain Chemical company at Westvaco. He had lived in Rock Springs for two years and he and his wife, Alberta, and their son, Dennis, resided at 214 McClelland street. A brother, Bradley Smith, of Tulsa, Okla., came to Rock Springs when advised of his death and will accompany Mrs. Smith and her son back to Oklahoma where they plan to make their home. Everett J. Smith was born April 12, 1917, in Jennings, Okla. An inquest into the death was conducted Friday night by James McPhie, acting coroner. The jury composed of Lawrence Calligaro, Kenneth Reiter and Andrew Selig, all of Rock Springs, brought in a verdict of accidental death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 ANTON MRAK Anton Mrak, 75, longtime Rock Springs resident, died July 23 in St. Francis' hospital in Blue Island, Ill., after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday, July 27, at Swen Holy Founders parish in Calumet Park, Ill., with the Rev. Alphonse Mattucci saying the funeral mass. Burial was in the Calumet cemetery. Mr. Mrak was born June 15, 1878, in Yugoslavia. He came to Rock Springs in 1905 and lived here until a year ago when his daughter, Mrs. Frank (Rose Mary) Danalewich, took him to her home in Chicago because of his failing health. He retired as a coal miner in 1944. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Danalewich and Mrs. Ann Peck of Los Angeles, and five grandchildren. Two brothers, John Mrak of Rock Springs and Jack, who lives in Yugoslavia, and four sisters, Mrs. Frank Vehar, Apolonia Mrak, Mrs. Urban Taucher, all of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Andrew Petros of Pueblo, Colo., also survive. His wife, Mary, who died here in 1944, three sons, four daughters and one granddaughter, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Danelewick (sic), preceded him in death. His sister, Apolonia Mrak, visited him three weeks before his death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 MRS. MARY BROZOVICH Mrs. Mary Brozovich, 76, mother of Mrs. Peter Sikich Sr., of Rock Springs, died July 22 in St. Joseph's hospital in Joliet, Ill. Mrs. Brozovich lived in Superior, Rock Springs and Winton during the early 1940s. Funeral services were held July 25 in St. Mary's Croatian church in Canton, Ill. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. Mrs. Brozovich was born Feb. 2, 1877 in Yugoslavia. As a young woman she came to the United States, locating near Joliet, where she lived the rest of her life excepting the years she lived in the Rock Springs area. She is survived by two sons and four daughters, Joseph and William Brozovich, both of Joliet; Mrs. Kasemer (Bernice) Polich of Nebech, Minn., Mrs. Albert (Amelia) Yelencich of Richmond, Mich.; Mrs. William (Victoria) Brene of Joliet and Mrs. Steve (Helen) Sikich Sr. Two brothers, Vance Jackovich of Nebech, Minn, and Cyril Jackovich of San Diego, formerly of Rock Springs, also survive. Her husband, Joseph Brozovich died in Illinois March 13, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Sikich attended the funeral services and burial. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 VALENTINE HOMEC The funeral mass for Val Homec, Rock Springs businessman, was said Thursday at the north Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the rites and burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. Pallbearers were Joseph Bogataj Sr., Thomas Kos Sr., Anton Kuseck, John Mrak, Edward Pallanck, John Putz, Anton Starman Sr., and Robert Utzinger. Mr. Homec died at his home at 1011 Ninth street Sunday, July 26. He had been ill for four months during which time he was hospitalized in St. Mark's hospital in Salt Lake City at three different times. He was born Feb. 9, 1895 in Dobrava Nad, Skofja Loka, Yugoslavia, and had lived in Wyoming for 38 years. He came to Rock Springs 24 years ago from Hudson and Dubois where he had lived since 1915. He had been associated in business with Tom Kos at Tom's Place on Pilot Butte avenue for 22 years. Mr. Homec and Mary Demshar of Rock Springs were married Feb. 24, 1941 at the North Side Catholic church. His widow and two daughters, Mary Ann, 11 and Jeanie, 9, survive. He also is survived by four brothers and three sisters. They are John of Cleveland, Ohio, Antone of Detroit, Mich., and Frank and Leopold Homec, Mrs. Frances Taucher, Mrs. Mary Chadez and Paula Homec, all of whom live in Yugoslavia. Relatives who came to Rock Springs for the funeral and burial were Mrs. Antonia Homec, a sister-in-law, a nephew, Jack Homec, and two nieces, Maxine Homec and Mrs. Henry Frappart, all of Hudson; Mrs. Max Kershisnik of Riverton, a niece, and Mr. Kershisnik; Mrs. Frank Starman of Homedale, Idaho, a cousin, Mrs. John Wompey Jr. of Denver, a sister-in-law and her children, Raymond and Fran, Martin Reiva, a friend came from Ogden for the services. The rosary was recited at the Homec residence Wednesday night. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 CHAUSSART FUNERAL The funeral mass for Arther Chaussart, 48, of Superior, Sweetwater county commissioner, was said Tuesday at the South Side Catholic church with burial in St. Joseph's cemetery. Active pallbearers were James Draycott, George and Wiliam McIntosh, all of Superior, Fred Mariette of Rock Springs and Arthur Rizzi and Joseph Zanoni, both of Salt Lake City. Honorary pallbearers were James Reese of Rock Springs and George Stevens of Green River, the other members of the county's board of commissioners; William and Alfred Acker, both of Superior, and G. E. Kessner and Edmund F. Sullivan, both of Rock Springs. Mr. Chaussart was mayor of South Superior at the time of his death. He died at his home Friday night, July 24. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 ANDREW HOHOSH The funeral of Andrew Hohosh, 62, was held Friday from the Villanova funreal home. The Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. The pallbearers were James Zelenka of Reliance, a co-worker of Mr. Hohosh in the Union Pacific Coal company's No. 11 mine in Reliance, and five members of Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 151, Frank Goglio, James Kelley, Joe E. Parr, William Sneddon and Robert Smith. Mr. Hohosh died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Monday of injuries incurred in a mine accident in the Reliance mine that morning. He had lived in Rock Springs since June 1923. Born July 29, 1891 in Yugoslavia, he came to the United States at the age of 17. He first lived in Pennsylvania and then went to Clinton, Ind., where he lived for several years before coming to Rock Springs. He was married in June 1923 to Neoma Ann Dinwiddie in Clinton, who with two sons, Andrew of Ogden and Raymond of Rock Springs, survive. He also is survived by three grandsons. The Hohosh home is at No. 3. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 MRS. GEORGE BLAKELY Mrs. George Blakely, 72, resident of Rock Springs for 29 years, died early Tuesday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital where she had been a patient for eight months. Mrs. Blakely fell and broke her hip August 11, 1951, which was the start of her long illness. She was the mother of five sons and two daughters. They are Victor of Hayward, Calif.; Ranson of Elk Grove, Calif.; Albie of Maywood, Calif.; and Howard and Lester Blakely, Mrs. Thomas (Bertha) Robertson and Mrs. William R. (Mamie) McCurtain, all of Rock Springs. All of the sons and daughters with exception of Ransom Blakely attended the funeral services. The services were held Thursday at the Congregational church with the Rev. Frank M. Blish officiating. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. The four sons, Victor, Howard, Alvie and Lester Blakely, and the two sons-in-law, William R. McCurtain and Thomas Robertson, served as pallbearers. Maude Ora Philbrick was born March 30, 1881 in Tamaroa, Ill. where she married George Blakely April 6, 1901. The family lived in Benton, Ill., before coming to Rock Springs in 1924 where Mr. Blakely had located a year previously. Mrs. Blakely was the last of seven Philbrick brothers and sisters to survive. Besides her husband, five sons and two daughters, there are 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 LEOPOLDO ESPINOZA Funeral services for Leopoldo Espinoza, 23, were held Friday at the South Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph's cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary Thursday night. Mr. Espinoza died Monday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital of injuries incurred in an automobile accident five days previously. Survivors are his widow, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Espinoza, two sisters, Rebecca and Mary, all of Guadalipito, N.M., and a brother, Thomas who is serving with the United States air force. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 Rites Held for Evanston Man EVANSTON--(Special)-- Funeral services for Leo M. Sacho, a resident of Evanston for the past 49 years, were held Saturday morning in the Catholic church. Mr. Sacho, 66, died Tuesday night of a heart ailment while returning to his residence at 516 Sage street after visiting a brother-in-law. Burial was in the Evanston cemetery. He was born Aug. 11, 1886, at Oshkosh, Wis., a son of Mary and Frank Sacho. He came to Evanston in 1904 and married Edith May O'Hara Feb. 20, 1906, in Evanston. For many years he was employed as a clerk at Blyth and Fargo and Beeman and Cashin. He was a member of the St. Mary's of Magdalene Catholic church. Survivors include his widow; Evanston; a son, Leon J. Sacho, Poulsbo, Wash., a daughter, Mrs. Theresa Gerrard, Idaho Falls, Ida., nine granchildren and two great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 Melinda Luke, McKinnon, Dies In Hospital Here Mrs. Melinda Luke, McKinnon, died Saturday afternoon in Sweetwater Memorial hospital where she had been a patient for four days. She was 78. Funeral services are pending. Born May 28, 1875, Mrs. Luke had been a resident of McKinnon for the past 39 years. She was born in Ephraim, Utah. She is survived by three sons, Melroy of McKinnon, Leland of Ogden and Gerald of Idaho Falls; two daughters, Mrs. Harold Johnson, Monerva, Calif., and Mrs. James Small, Lander; a sister, Mrs. Archie Buchanan of Centerfield, Utah, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 2, 1953 Funeral Wednesday for Westvaco Accident Victim EVANSTON--(Special)-- Funeral services for Orme Greene, 31, who died in an accident at Westvaco Friday afternoon, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the L.D.S. chapel at Mountainview. Bishop Wilford Stoddard will officiate and burial will be in the Ft. Bridger cemetery. Mr. Greene died when he was crushed between a conveyor belt and chute. He was born Sept. 30, 1921, at Halfway, Ore., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Greene. At the time of his death, Mr. Greene was employed as an electrician for the Intermountain Chemical company at Westvaco. A veteran of World War II, he was married to Mary Velde Davis in Evanston Feb. 18, 1943. The couple had two children who survive, a son, Robert John, and a daughter, Mary Elaine. Other survivors in addition to his widow, are his parents of Robertson, Wyo., two brothers, Arnold of Evanston and Harry W. of Robertson; and two sisters, Marian Hilma Jenkins Robertson and Winifred Isablee Dovey of Hammond, Ind. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 4, 1953 McKinnon Woman’s Funeral Set Today Funeral services for Mrs. Melinda Luke, 78-year-old McKinnon resident who died Saturday afternoon in Sweetwater County Memorial hospital, will be held today at 2 p.m. in the L.D.S. chapel in Green River. Bishop Chrystal Youngberg will conduct the rites and burial will be in Riverview cemetery at Green River. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 4, 1953 Lt. Horn Dies of Injuries Lieut. Guy Winton Horn, 33, Green River, died Sunday night in a Prescott, Ariz., hospital of injuries suffered when he was forced to parachute from his crippled jet plane last July 25, the U.S. navy announced Monday. Horn was found more than 12 hours after he bailed out of his navy Panther jet, dangling from a tree in which his parachute had carried him. Doctors said Horn suffered chest and spinal injuries, but at last report had been improving. Early last week his condition had been described as “fair.” He was on a routine flight from Albuquerque, N.M., as the leader of a two-plane flight en route to their home base at Miramar, Calif., at the time of the accident. His wingman said the flight hit heavy, ice-laden clouds 200 miles out of Albuquerque and went on instruments. Then Horn radioed that he was in an uncontrollable spin and was bailing out. That was at 7:30 p.m., July 25. His wingman returned to Albuquerque and a search was launched. He was found at 9:30 a.m., July 26, and taken to the Prescott hospital where he died a week later. Lieutenant Horn was born Nov. 23, 1920, in Winton. He was graduated from Rock Springs high school and served with the navy air force in World War II. He served in a reserve squadron after the war and was called back into active service last Jan. 7. He was married to Rosalie Marie Cuback, Astoria, ore., in 1945 and shortly afterwards came to Rock Springs to live. They resided here until two years ago when the family moved to Green River where Lieutenant Horn was affiliated with a brother in the service station business until he was recalled to active duty with the navy air force. He is survived by his widow, three daughters, Suzanne, Teresa and 3-month-old Nancy Rose; his father, Thomas Horn Sr., of Salt Lake City; his mother, Mrs. Mattie Horn of Rock Springs; two brothers and a sister, Thomas Horn Jr. of Rock Springs, Wade Horn of Oakland, Calif., and Mrs. Thomas Cook of Pacatello, Ida. Funeral services will be in Boulder, Colo., with burial there where a brother, Harry Horn, is buried. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 4, 1953 Trona Worker’s Death Accident, Jury Declares A coroner’s jury Saturday night found that Orme Green, 32-year-old Mountainview resident, came to his death as a result of an accident in the Intermountain Chemical plant at Westvaco Friday afternoon, Coroner J. Warden Opie said here Monday. Green’s death was the second within a week at the plant. The report of the coroner’s jury read: “We, the jury, find that Orme Green came to his death by accident when he was carried into a feeder hopper by belt conveyor which started suddenly while he was sitting on it.” Members of the jury were Jack Mitchelson, Richard W. Sherwood and Enoch Tynsky. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 4, 1953 Jackson Tot, 4, Dies Of Bullet Wound JACKSON, Aug. 3—(UP)—Russell Vern Yeary, 4, died instantly today when a .22 calibre rifle with which he and a five-year-old brother Donald, were playing accidentally discharged. The bullet entered his heart. The accident occurred before the parents were awake. The brothers apparently, it was believed, found a bullet and put it in the gun as taught by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Yeary. Funeral services will be later this week. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 4, 1953 Dr. Crocker Rites To be Today in Episcopal Church Funeral services for Dr. Frank Richard Crocker Jr., 37, Rock Springs optometrist who died of polio in a Salt Lake City hospital early Saturday morning, will be held today at 2 p.m. in the Episcopal church. The Rev. E. Thomas Rodda will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Paul J. Wataha, Rock Springs; Dr. J.J. Cullen, Cheyenne; Dr. C.J. Hein, Sheridan; Dr. Stephen Crocker, Casper; Dr. George Jessen, Chicago and Dr. S.L. Elkins, Evanston. Honorary pallbearers will be Claude Elias, Jack Jones, Art Hafey, Guy Stevenson, John W. Hay Jr., John Lee, Alphonse Dona, Harry Parker, Notsie Garnick, Orlo Hetts and George Sturholm, all of Rock Springs, and Waldo Cluff, Salt Lake City. Dr. Crocker was admitted to Sweetwater County Memorial hospital last Monday evening as a possible polio patient and Wednesday evening was flown to Salt Lake City, in an iron lung. He was paralyzed from the neck down at the time of his death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 4, 1953 Death Car Driver Is Sentenced James Frank Sena, 21, of Rock Springs, driver in the accident July 23 in which 23-year-old Leo Espinoza died, was sentenced to six months in Sweetwater County jail and a $100 fine in Judge Tom Cole’s court Monday afternoon. Charged with speeding and reckless driving by Highway Patrolman Andy Apostolou, Sena will serve two of the six months’ sentence. The remaining four months were suspended on condition of his good behaviour, and Cole said Sena will be on probation until Jan. 1, 1955. Apostolou reported this was Sena’s second reckless driving offense, the first recorded in October, 1952. He said it would be recommended that Sena’s license be suspended for 120 days. Sena was driving a car occupied by his brother, Henry; Almita Rogers and Espinoza, all of Rock Springs, on the morning of July 23, when his excessive speed caused him to collide with the rear of a truck making a left-hand turn off the highway 1.9 miles west of Rock Springs. Sena said he had intended to make the same turn, but excessive speed made it impossible. His sedan undershot the rear of the two-ton dump truck, tearing the car top off, and putting all four in the hospital. The Sena brothers were released after first aid treatment; Espinoza died five days later, and Miss Rogers, who was also in critical condition for a while, was released Friday. An inquest Saturday afternoon stated Sena’s reckless driving was responsible for the accident resulting in Espinoza’s death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 4, 1953 Seven Die in Weekend Wrecks By UNITED PRESS Wyoming’s highway death toll bounced to 91 for the year over the weekend with the deaths of six persons in five separate smash-ups. According to highway officials, the dead were Mrs. Gerald Lyons of Sheridan, Mike Stanko Jr., of Sheridan, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Fite of Walla Walla, Wash., Marion J. Hodson of Burlington, Wyo., and Joseph S. Arenas of Milwaukee, Wis. A seventh death over the two-day holiday, that of Marlene Joy Hildebrand, 17, of Billings, Mont., was reported as occurring just over the state line on U.S. highway 12 Saturday night. However, highway officials said they were checking the death before adding it to the state’s toll. The four deaths brought the total for the year to seven more than a year ago at this time, when it stood at 84. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 8, 1953 Funeral Today For McKinnon Woman, 78 Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Behunin, 78, who died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital the morning of Aug. 6, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the McKinnon L.D.S. Ward Chapel. A resident of McKinnon for 1? years, Mrs. Behunin was born in Ohio and came to Wyoming in 1905. She married the late John Behunin in 1942. Survivors are two stepsons, Mel and Orson Behunin of McKinnon and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Emma Bullock and Hattie Behunin of Evanston. Friends may call at the church prior to funeral services. Bishop Crystal Youngberg will officiate and burial will be in the McKinnon cemetery. --- Green River Star, Aug 7, 1953 Melinda Luke Dies After Useful Life Mrs. Melinda Luke, 78, widow of Albert Edward Luke, and a long time resident of the McKinnon district, died at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital in Rock Springs Saturday after a brief illness there. Funeral services were held at the LDS ward chapel in Green River at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Bishop Chrystal Youngberg of the McKinnon ward officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan mortuary. Melinda Luke had been a resident of the Henry's Fork valley since 1915, raising her family there after her husband died during the influenza epidemic of 1918. She had been very active in the LDS church there, during her younger days often walking long distances to carry out her Sunday school work, and to help in the Relief Society's program. She was one of those stalwart souls who believed devoutly in her religion and who worked to make her community a better one. Born Melinda Alstrom, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Alstrom at Ephraim, Utah, May 25, 1875, she grew to womanhood in Manti, Utah. There, in the Manti Temple, she was united in marriage to Albert Edward Luke December 18, 1895. Of this union, eight children were born. Two daughters died in young girlhood, and the third, Mildred, as a young woman. Three sons, Melroy Luke of McKinnon, Leland Luke of Ogden and Gerald Luke of Idaho Falls, survive. Two daughters, Mrs. Harold Johnson, California, and Mrs. James Smail of Lander; a sister, Mrs. Archie Buchanan of Centerfield, Utah, and eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive. In 1915, the Lukes moved to the Lucerne valley for a time, and then over into Henry's Fork valley near McKinnon, she making her home there ever since. When Mr. Luke died three years later, she faced the fact that she had the family of six children to raise, which she did creditably despite hardships often endured. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 8, 1953 Springs Man Dies After Lying in Coma 5 Years John Dasovich of Rock Springs died in Denver late Thursday after lying in a coma for five years as a result of brain injuries received in a 1948 automobile accident. He was 30. Dasovich, one-time top athlete at Rock Springs high school and the Colorado School of Mines, was injured only a month before he was to have graduated as an honor student from the Golden school. Dasovich lay helpless and in a state bordering on coma since the accident occurred on May 7, 1948. He was paralyzed and unable to talk to visitors at his bedside. “There were times when he seemed to understand what was being said,” Mrs. Rose Langlee of Denver, his sister, said. “He could laugh and see—but that was about all.” Dasovich was a passenger in a car driven by James R. Torpey of Denver when the accident happened. The Torpey car attempted to pass a truck which was parked on a shoulder of the street in Denver. The Torpey car sideswiped the truck then rolled over after skidding 438 feet. Torpey suffered minor head and leg injuries in the crash. The accident which incapacitated Dasovich occurred just before his graduation from Colorado School of Mines in Golden. The school graduated him with his class but because of his condition he never knew of his graduation. John Dasovich was born June 24, 1923, in Rock Springs and was graduated from high school here in 1941. He served in the navy in World War II and after his discharge entered the School of Mines at Golden. He was to have married Joan Brannaman of Denver after his graduation from the School of Mines. Miss Brannaman entered the clerical department in the Veterans hospital where he was hospitalized and worked there until two months ago when she was transferred to a government hospital in Alaska. Besides his father, Pete Dasovich of Dines, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Don (Rose) Langlee of Denver. His mother died here in 1935. He was a nephew of Mrs. Joseph Kruljac, Joe and Frank Radosevich, all of Rock Springs. Mr. Dasovich was a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union 306, the American Legion and the Veterans of Denver. Mrs. Joe Radosevich went to Denver by plane Friday morning and returned by plane with Mrs. Langlee that night. Mr. Langlee will accompany the body to Rock Springs for funeral and burial services that will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 9, 1953 MRS. MARTIN STENCIL Funeral services for Mrs. Martin Stencil, 41, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Episcopal church of the Holy Communion. The Rev. Charles B. Traill of the Green River Episcopal church will conduct the services and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be Oreste Christofoline, Howard McTee, David Ruggera, Joseph Rudelich, Alma Thomas and Bud Wilson. Mrs. Stencil died Thursday of a heart attack. She had been in ill health for two months. Eleanor Hardin Stencil was born Oct. 4, 1911 in Rock Springs, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hardin of 111 Logan street and a granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baker, pioneer Rock Springs residents. She married Martin Stencil in Rock Springs in November, 1932. She was a nurse and worked at the hospital here for several years. Survivors are her husband and parents, one brother, George Hardin of Rock Springs, and five sisters, Mrs. Shando (Audrey) Bacskay of Reliance, Mrs. William (Louise) Fletcher and Mrs. Robert (Lois) Wilde, both of Rock Springs, Blanche Russell of Stockton, Calif., and Mrs. Richard (Vera) Barrass of Pocatello, Idaho. All members of the Hardin family are in Rock Springs for the funeral and burial services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 9, 1953 LIEUT. WINTON HORN Lieut. Winton Horn of Green River, who died in a Prescott, Ariz., hospital Sunday night, August 2, was buried Friday in the Horn family plot in Boulder, Colo., city cemetery. Funeral services were held that afternoon at the Howe mortuary in Boulder. Lieutenant Horn was piloting a navy jet on a routine flight from Albuquerque, N.M., to his base in Miramar, Calif., when he hit heavy, ice-laden clouds over Arizona. He went into on uncontrollable spin and attempted to parachute to safety. Twelve hours later searchers found his dangling in a tree in which his parachute had caught. He was removed and taken to the Prescott hospital where he died one week later. Winton Horn was born Nov. 23, 1920 in Winton. He was graduated from Rock Springs high school and served as a pilot with the navy air force in World War II. He served in a reserve squadron after the war and was recalled for active service last Jan. 7. Survivors are his widow, Rosalie Cuback Horn whom he married in Astoria, Ore., in 1945; three daughters, Suzanne, Teresa and three-month-old Nancy Rose; his mother, Mrs. Mattie Horn of Rock Springs; his father, Thomas Horn Sr. of Salt Lake City; one sister, Mrs. Thomas Cook of Pocatello and two brothers, Wade Horn of Oakland and Thomas Horn Jr., of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 14, 1953 Harold Homan Funeral Today in Rock Springs Military honors by the Evanston American Legion Post will mark the burial of Harold T. Homan of Superior in Evanston today. Bishop Louis McNalley of the Superior LDS church will officiate at funeral services at 10 a.m. today at the Rogan chapel in Rock Springs, prior to burial in the American Legion plot in Evanston cemetery. Mr. Homan, 62, died Monday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 14, 1953 Leonard Salmey, 60, Dies in Hospital Here Leonard Salmey, 60, of Rock Springs died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital at 10:15 Thursday morning. A longtime resident of the city he had made his home at 507 G street. --- Green River Star, Aug 14, 1953 Harry Carle Dies Sunday In Portland Funeral services for Harry Carle, 81, former Green River resident, were held at Union Congregational church here at 2 p. m. Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Donald Mills officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery under direction of Rogan mortuary. Mr. Carle passed away at Portland, Ore., last Sunday. He resided in Green River between 1922 and 1943, having been employed as a carman by the Union Pacific railroad. He was a member of the Carman's union. Mr. Carle was born one of ten children in Ulster county, New York, August 6, 1872. At about the age of eight, he moved with his family to the state of Kansas where he lived on and operated farms near Burlingame until 1922 when he came to Green River. He retired from the railroad in 1943 and moved to Portland, interrupting his retirement during the war years to work in Portland Shipyards, although in his 70's. He had been in good health until a year ago, when he became afflicted with the illness which finally resulted in his death last Sunday. Mr. Carle was a man of vital interest in community affairs. In Kansas he was a leader in the game, serving for many years as Sunday school superintendent. He was also a member of the school board there. In Green River, he was an active member of the Union Congregational church during his residence in the community. On May 13, 1938, he was united in marriage to Lavinia Maude Karg in Rock Springs, who survives. Other survivors include one son, Leslie H. Carle of Salt Lake City; three brothers, Leslie Carle of San Diego, Calif., William Carle of Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif., and Ray Carle of Cleveland, Ohio, a number of stepchildren; many grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends to whom his passing is a very real loss. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 16, 1953 ANTON DeMULLIER Funeral services were held Friday in the Rogan chapel in Rock Springs for Anton DeMullier, 82-year-old retired coal miner who died late Monday afternoon after a brief illness. Services were conducted by the Rev. F.M. Blish and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. A resident of Rock Springs for 50 years, Mr. DeMullier made his home at 1019 Seventh street prior to his death in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He came to the United States at the age of 22 from France. He was born in Sallaumines, France, June 19, 1871. Pallbearers were two step-sons, Cecil Duncan and Theodore Duncan, both of Rock Springs, and four step-sons-in-law, Dee Moyes, Henry Hafner, Robert Ferguson and William St. Croix. Besides his widow, Mary, and two step-sons, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Verneta Moyes, Green River; Mrs. Margaret Hafner, Rock Springs; Mrs. Blanche St. Croix, Church Buttes and Mrs. Robert Ferguson, also of Rock Springs. He is also survived by 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 16, 1953 HARRY CARLE Harry Carle, former Green River resident, died at Portland, Ore., last Sunday. He was 81. Funeral services were held in the Union Congregational church in Green River Thursday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Donald Mills officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery. Mr. Carle resided in Green River between 1922 and 1943, working as a carman for the Union Pacific railroad. He was born in Ulster county, New York, Aug. 6, 1872 and at the age of eight moved to Kansas with his family where he lived until he came to Green River in 1922. He retired from the railroad in 1943 and moved to Portland. During the war years he interrupted his retirement to work in the Portland shipyards, although he was in his 70s. He was an active member of the Union Congregational church in Green River and a member of the Carmen’s union. He married Lavinia Maude Karg in Rock Springs May 13, 1938. He is survived by his widow, a son, Leslie, Salt Lake City; three brothers, Leslie of San Diego, Calif.; William of Twenty Nine Palms, Calif.; and Ray of Cleveland, Ohio; a number of step-children and many grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 16, 1953 SOPHIA SMITH Funeral services were held Thursday for Mrs. Sophia Smith, 78, who died late Monday afternoon in Sweetwater Memorial hospital after a short illness. A resident of Rock Springs for more than 35 years, Mrs. Smith made her home at the rear of 129 J street in Rock Springs. Funeral services were held in the North Side Catholic church at 10 a.m. with the Rev. A. Gnidovec officiating. Rosary was said at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Rogan chapel and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born Aug. 25, 1877 in Ruzalin, Poland. She is survived by her husband, Stephan, two sons, Andrew of Rock Springs and Frank of Reliance, three daughters, Mrs. Robert Wilde Jr., Rock Springs; Mrs. Sylvia Scarpas, Rawlins and Mrs. Tony Bobeck, Stansbury. Seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 16, 1953 ALVA DRUMMOND The funeral services for Alva Drummond, former Rock Springs resident who died Wednesday in Hanna, were held Saturday afternoon in the Rogan chapel. Mr. Drummond, 48, died early Wednesday morning at his home in Hanna. Services were held 4:30 Friday afternoon in Hanna and at 2 p.m. Saturday in Rock Springs, with the Rev. F.M. Blish officiating. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery in Rock Springs. A foreman of the Union Pacific Water company in Hanna, Mr. Drummond was employed by the affiliate firm in Rock Springs during his residence here. He was transferred to Hanna about eight years ago. An ardent baseball fan, Mr. Drummond played with several baseball teams while a resident of Rock Springs and was manager of the Hanna team for the two years it was a member of the Southwest Baseball league four years ago. He is survived by his widow, Pauline, a daughter, Aliene, a son, Robert, three sisters, Mrs. Robert Jolly, Trinidad, Colo., and Mrs. Joseph Seppie and Mrs. William Fleming, both of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 16, 1953 DARWIN ELGIN MEACHAM A former Rock Springs resident, Darwin E. Meacham, died Wednesday afternoon in his home in Logan, Utah, at the age of 76, of a heart ailment. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the River Heights L.D.S. chapel and burial will be in the Logan City cemetery. A builder and contractor, Mr. Meacham was born Feb. 15, 1877, in Ogden and came to Rock Springs in 1921 where he was employed by the Union Pacific Coal company for 23 years. He retired in 1945 and moved to Logan. He was a high priest in the L.D.S. church and married Lillie May Rogers Oct. 11, 1899 in the Logan L.D.S. temple. He is survived by his widow, of River Heights, three sons, Ruben, River Heights; Darwin E. Jr., Ogden and Clarence R., of Layton, Utah; four daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Ressa) Jacobsen, Richmond, Calif.; Mrs. Bonnie Stevenson of San Lorenzo, Calif.; Mrs. Allie Pitchford and Mrs. Hazel Vondra, both of Layton; 22 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 16, 1953 ANTHONY WILLIAM GREEN Private funeral services for Anthony William (Bill) Green, 41, who died in an iron lung at 8:15 p.m. Thursday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital, were held at the Congregational church here Monday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Frank M. Blish conducted the services and full military graveside rites were accorded him by the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Mountain View cemetery where he was buried. Pallbearers were Eric Dolence, Milford Eversole, Thomas Kershisnik, Emil Bartolic, David Ruggera Jr., and George Giovanini. A bulbar polio victim Green was admiteed to the hospital Saturday afternoon, August 1, and his condition grew steadily worse until the time of his death. He was placed in an iron lung on Tuesday night and his wife was with him constantly until he died. He was the second polio death in Sweetwater county this year. Green was the son of pioneer settlers of the South Pass and Atlantic City area in Wyoming and was born at Atlantic City, June 8, 1912, the son of Mrs. (Zoie) Green of Lander and the late William A. Green. The family resided for a few years in Rock Springs. He was reared and educated in Wyoming. He entered military service in 1940 and was discharged just before Pearl Harbor. He was recalled to service in February, 1942 and participated in the North African campaign and fought through Africa up to Sicily and Rome. He was awarded three bronze stars for service in the Italian campaigns. He was discharged from the army in 1945 and in September of that year he was married to the former Ethel Lou Pratt at Camp Cook, Calif. Following his army discharge, he came to Rock Springs and was employed as a mechanic by Bill Edwards at the corner of Elk and Elias. When the Edwards shop was destroyed by fire Mr. Green started to work as a mechanic at the Excelsior Motor company where he had been employed for about six years. He was vice president of the Mechanic’s local union 143, and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 151, and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by his widow, Ethel; three children, a son, William Wayne, and two daughters, Celia and Roberta, of 515 Q street; his mother, Mrs. Zoie Green of Lander who had been bedridden for more than a year; two sisters, Mrs. Peter Marrin of Rock Springs and Mrs. Fred Fuller of South Pass; two nieces and one nephew, Clarence Marrin, who was granted an emergency leave from army service to attend funeral services for his uncle. Mrs. and Mrs. Roy Short of San Gabriel, Calif., parents of Mrs. Green, her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Payne, Colorado Springs; her uncle, Dale Bingham, Longmont, Colo., and Mrs. Fuller, South Pass, sister of Mr. Green, all attended the funeral services. His mother is hospitalized at Lander. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 20, 1953 Graveside Rites Set for Infant Graveside services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Kerrens Jr., of 807 Massachusetts avenue will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Mountain View cemetery. Thomas Lou Kerrens is survived by one sister, Sharon Marie, paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Kerrens Sr., Roy, Utah, and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Emma Sims of Rock Springs. He is also survived by several aunts and uncles. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 21, 1953 Salmey Rites Saturday Funeral services for Leonard Salmey, 60, who died Aug. 13, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rogan Chapel in Rock Springs. The Rev. Frank Blish will officiate, and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 25, 1953 Superior Rail Worker Dies Jesse Ernest Richardson, 63, of Superior died late Wednesday night at the Sweetwater Memorial hospital after a brief illness. A railroad section hand, Mr. Richardson had lived in Superior for the last four years. Born in Luray, Kan., he was a veteran of World War I and was not married. He is survived by one niece, Mrs. Emma Richardson of Hemelet, Calif. He was a member of the Maintenance of Way Local 918 and the Castle Rock Lodge. Funeral services are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 26, 1953 Graveside Rites Set Today for Daughter of Clarence Carter Graveside services will be held today at 2 p.m. for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Carter of Quealy. She died Friday morning in Sweetwater Memorial hospital shortly after birth. Baby Girl Carter was born at 8:20 p.m. Sept. 24, 1953 and died at 2 a.m. Sept. 25, at the age of five hours and forty minutes. Besides her parents, she is survived by two brothers, William and Buddy and one sister, Carol Jane, all of Quealy; and several uncles and aunts. The Rev. B.B. Byus will be in charge of the graveside rites to be held in Mountain View cemetery. --- Green River Star, Aug 28, 1953 Father of Green River Men Dies in Evanston Funeral services for Joe John Bertagnolli, 75, of Evanston, who died in that city Saturday, were held at the Evanston Catholic church at 10 a.m. Tuesday, the Rev. John Marley officiating. Burial was at Evanston. Mr. Bertagnolli, a former resident of Cumberland and Rock Springs before moving to Evanston in 1919, was the father of Joe Bertagnolli and Floyd Bertagnolli of this city. He is survived by three daughters, four sons, three brothers and four sisters. --- Green River Star, Aug 28, 1953 Grandson of David J. Cottle Dies of Polio in Rock Springs Tuesday Brent Gosar, 11, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. David J. Cottle of Green River, died at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital Tuesday morning of bulbar type polio. He was the eighth person attacked by polio in Sweetwater county, and the third to die, this year. His home is in Provo, Utah, he having been in Sweetwater county on a summer vacation visit. Private funeral services were held at the Green River chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 2 p. m. Thursday, burial being in Riverview cemetery. He was visiting his father, John Gosar, in Rock Springs when stricken, he living with his mother, Donna Cottle Gosar in Provo. He is survived by his father and mother, two brothers, Jay, 18, Greg, 16 (who at one time suffered polio), and a sister, Jan Dayle, 9; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cottle, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gosar of Rock Springs. The family has the sympathy of a wide circle of friends and relatives in Green River. It is understood that gamma globulin has been administered young friends with whom he had visited in this city prior to being stricken. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 30, 1953 MRS. CLAY BRANSON Funeral services for Stella Branson, 66, wife of Clay Branson, of Green River, will be held a 2 p.m. Monday at the Episcopal church in Green River. Rev. C.B. Traill will conduct the services and burial will be in Riverview cemetery at Green River. The body will be taken to the church at 10 o’clock Monday morning. Mrs. Branson died Thursday at the Branson ranch home 30 miles northwest of Green River. She had been in ill health for several months and had been hospitalized in Rock Springs. She was born Oct. 13, 1886 in Denmark and had lived in Sweetwater county 34 years. Besides her husband she is survived by two nieces and two nephews who live in Green River. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 30, 1953 HENRY ROCCABRUNA The funeral of Henry Roccabruna, 52, was held from the South Side Catholic church Saturday morning. The Rev. S.A. Welsh said the mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were William Borzaga, Oreste Cistofolini, Ernest Fedel, Eugene Paoli, Louis Plancher and Olindo Roccabruna, a cousin. Mr. Roccabruna died Wednesday while he was being taken to Sweetwater Memorial hospital after suffering a heart attack at his home at 1024 Sixth street shortly after the noon hour. He had lived in Rock Springs for 32 years and was a carpenter in the employ of Kellogg Lumber company. He was a member of Carpenters union 1620 and of aerie 151 of Fraternal Order of Eagles. Mr. Roccabruna was born Oct. 8, 1900, in Nogara, Italy. Survivors are his widow, Alma Vilotti Roccabruna whom he married in Rock Springs July 7, 1946; a son, Gino Roccabruna, and a daughter, Hilda, by a former marriage; one grandson, Rickey Roccabruna; his mother, Mrs. Rose Roccabruna, who lives in Italy and three brothers and two sisters, Edwino and Giacinto, who live in Belgium, Joseph, Angelina and Farncisca who live in Italy. The first Mrs. Roccabruna was Mary Boschetto, who died here Aug. 16, 1940. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, Mr. Roccabruna visited his relatives and their families in Italy and Belgium in 1949. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary Wednesday night. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 30, 1953 BRENT GOSAR Funeral services for Brent Gosar, 11, were held Thursday at the L.D.S. chapel in Green River followed by burial in Riverview cemetery there. Brent was a son of John Gosar of Rock Springs and Mrs. Donna Gosar of Provo and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gosar of Rock Springs and Mr. and Mrs. David J. Cottle of Green River. He died of polio early Tuesday morning in Sweetwater Memorial hospital in Rock Springs. He was visiting his father when he was stricken. Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers, Jay and Greg, and a sister, Jan Dayle, all of Provo. Brent was born in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 30, 1953 DR. DOYLE JOSLIN NEW YORK CITY (Special to the Sunday Miner under date of August 18)—Doyle Joslin, M.D., Ph. D., research associate in the department of surgery, Cornell university medical college, died this morning while on vacation in Canada, a victim of heart disease. Born in 1895, Dr. Joslin received his A.B. degree from Colorado college and his M.D. degree from Harvard university in 1921. He engaged in the practice of general and traumatic surgery in Salt Lake City, Utah, and in Rock Springs until 1940 when he entered military service. During World War II he served for six years as a surgeon and was discharged with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Following World War II, Dr. Joslin came to Cornell university medical college as an instructor in physiology, and, in 1950, received a Ph. D. in biophysics and physiology. For the last three years, Dr. Joslin had been associated with the plastic surgery section of the department of surgery at Cornell where he devoted his time to research upon problems of homologous transplantation of skin, utilizing a transparent tissue chamber which he devised, and on the problems of hypertrophied scars and kaloids. He was a member of the New York Pathological society, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Joslin lived at 6 Round Hill Drive, Bronxville Heights, Yonkers, N.Y., with his wife, Vera Catherine Signorelli Joslin, and his daughter, Daphne Gina Joslin, who survive. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Morten Joslin of Toronto, Canada; two children by a previous marriage, Morten Joslin, Dupont, Wash.; and Mrs. Helena Mai Pommert, Pacific, Wash.; and a sister, Mrs. G.G. Tyrrell, Markham, Ontario, and four grandchildren. Funeral services for Dr. Joslin were held Thursday at Markham, Ontario, Canada. He and his family had been visiting his mother and sister at the home of his sister, Mrs. Tyrell, and died Monday August 18, at his sister’s home. Doyle Joslin was born in London, England, and when about ten years old came to the United States with his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Morten Joslin. The family first lived in Colorado Springs and later went to Laramie during World War I where the Rev. Mr. Joslin was active dean of the Episcopal cathedral while Dean Thornberry was in army service. The family moved to Rock Springs in October 1919 and Rev. Joslin succeeded the late Dr. A.F. Schepp as rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion until death Oct. 5, 1921. Following her husband’s death Mrs. Joslin served as librarian for the Carnegie public library in Green River for a number of years. Dr. Joslin suffered a severe heart illness in 1952 but had apparently recovered and had returned to his work at Cornell. Dr. Joslin was a charter member of the American Legion Archie Hay post No. 24 and was a colonel in the reserve officers corps. He was active in musical circles in Sweetwater county and was a member of the Union Pacific Coal company band. Dr. Joslin was recalled as major in the field artillery in World War II and left Rock Springs late in 1939. He was serving in London during World War II and while on duty suffered injuries in a motorcycle accident and was hospitalized there. The hospital was bombed and he incurred severe leg injuries. After his recovery he was transferred to the medical corps. His son, Morten Joslin, went from Dupont, Wash., to Markham for the funeral and burial services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 30, 1953 ALBERT J. BOSWORTH The funeral of Albert J. Bosworth, 75, brother of Mrs. Oliver Chambers, was held Tuesday from the Villanova funeral home followed by burial in the Chambers family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers, selected from the Rock Springs Masonic lodge, were Claude Elias, Chris Gras, Ambrose Hamilton, Robert Hitchcock, William R. McCurtain and Emmett Lynch. Mr. Bosworth died early Sunday in a Salt Lake City hospital. He was stricken with a heart ailment while visiting at the Chambers home the preceding week and was flown to Salt Lake City for hospitalization. His home was in Salt Lake City where he was a member of the Masonic lodge, but he had spent much of his time over a period of years at the Chambers home here. Mr. Bosworth was born Nov. 30, 1877 in Central Falls, R.I., a son of Eugene A. and Maria Bosworth. He was a retired Salt Lake City businessman. Besides Mrs. Chambers he is survived by another sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Putnam of Monterey Park, Calif. --- Rock Springs Miner, Aug 30, 1953 DAN SUSICH Funeral services for Dan Susich, 53, of Superior were held Saturday, August 22, at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. William Delaney, pastor of the Catholic church in Superior, said the funeral mass. Burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were Mike Bullett, John Saban, John Sorich and Tony Stelling, relatives from Midvale, Utah; Nick Nicksich of Rock Springs and Frank Subic of Superior. Mr. Susich was killed in a mine cave-in in the D.O. Clark mine in Superior Tuesday, August 18. He was born Sept. 8, 1899 in Yugoslavia and came to the United States in February, 1924. He went directly to Superior and had since lived there. He married Anna Saban of Midvale, Utah, July 26, 1931. His survivors are his wife, two daughters, Helen, who teaches in St. Mary’s parochial school in Cheyenne, and Margaret, who is in nurses’ training in Denver, and one son, Adam, a senior in Superior high school. Mr. Susich was a member of United Mine Workers of America and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 151. --- Green River Star, Sep 4, 1953 Mrs. Branson Dies At Ranch Home Aug. 27 Mrs. Stella Branson, 66, wife of P. C. Branson of the Green River valley, died at her home above Big Island Thursday, August 27, after a long period of ill health that at times had made hospitalization necessary. Mr. and Mrs. Branson had made their home on the Green River since 1935, and only last year had sold the ranch. They remained at their old home, however, Mr. Branson being employed by the purchaser. Stella Branson was born in Denmark October 13, 1886, and came to the United States in 1920, settling at Rock Springs. In 1928, she and Mr. Branson were married, and made their home on ranches at Boulder and Eden Valley before going to the Carl Edd ranch on the Green River in 1935, purchasing it two years later. Funeral services were held at St. John's Episcopal church in Green River at 2 p. m. Monday, the Rev. C. B. Traill officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery under the direction of Rogan mortuary. Such was Mrs. Branson's nature that she faced her long illness with fortitude, she being of that sturdy stock from which true pioneers spring. Mr. Branson is the only survivor, and he has the sympathy of an acquaintanceship that spreads throughout western Wyoming. Pallbearers were Dominick Rasseheart, Carl Evers, Ernest Nott, Chet Johnson, Joe Gosar and George M. Stephens. --- Green River Star, Sep 4, 1953 Boy Drowns In River Tuesday The Green river tragically claimed another youthful life Tuesday when a 12-year-old boy, Albert Dominguez, visiting here from Bingham, Utah, perished at the sand beach at the southwest corner of Island park, while two companions looked on without knowing what was happening. He was drowned at 11:45 a. m. Tuesday, and his body was recovered near the Green River Sand & Gravel company's river plant, a half mile down stream, Wednesday morning, 22 hours later. Albert had been here for a week visiting with his aunt, Mrs. Frank Cordova, and family, and Tuesday morning was playing at the Island with his cousin Herbert Cordova, 14, and a neighbor boy, Nicky Visaragas. Father of the boy, Romulo Dominguez, after the arrival of himself and Mrs. Dominguez Tuesday evening from Bingham, said that the boy could not swim. Wednesday, the two companions said that Albert was wading along the edge of the quiet water, near where a swift current sets in, and suddenly disappeared beneath the water. When he did not reappear they went for help, and Sheriff Mike Maher and Chief of Police Chris Jessen were called. The town disaster whistle brought volunteer workers, and the county's river rescue squad was called. Tuesday afternoon, boats dragged the river in the vicinity of the Island, and an underwater search of the deep holes was carried on by local diving experts. Cables were placed across the river at the hanging bridge below town, and foot and horseback riders patrolled the banks. Late in the evening, dynamite was resorted to. Wednesday morning, the search was started again, and one shot was fired near the Island, then the crew moved to the sand plant. While Deputy Sheriff C. D. McWilliams and A. K. Reynolds were wading into the river to place the dynamite charge, Albert's body was discovered by Reynolds in about two feet of water, just above the sand company's dredging ditch in the river bottom. Sheriff Maher Wednesday lauded the efforts of Green River citizens, and their willingness to aid in time of tragedy, especially praising those who carried out the diving work, and those who furnished and handled boats. Others he thanked for obtaining emergency material and other The coroner's investigation of the accident was carried on by County Coroner J. Warden Opie, who said the drowning was plainly accidental. Albert Dominguez was born April 8, 1941, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Romulo Dominguez of Bingham, Utah. In addition to his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Ray, John and Paul; four sisters, Dora, Roma, Helen and Bernida, all of Bingham; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Romulo Dominguez of Taos, N. M. The body is being returned to Bingham for funeral services and burial. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 6, 1953 MRS. FRANK O’CONNELL Funeral services for Mrs. Frank O’Connell, 61, of Superior were held Wednesday morning at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. E. Thomas Rodda of the Episcopal church conducted the rites and burial was in the Rock Springs cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were John Croney, Ben Caine, John E. Kettle, Louis Kladianos and Einor M. Maki, all of Superior and John Yedinak Jr., of Rock Springs. Mrs. O’Connell died Saturday, August 29, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital at Rock Springs. She had been ill for about three months. A lifelong resident of Sweetwater county, Josephine Conzatti O’Connell was born April 2, 1892, in Rock Springs, the daughter of the late John and Catherine Conzatii, early day residents of the city. She had lived in Superior for about 40 years where she met and married Frank (Pat) O’Connell who survives her. Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jack Kish of Rock Springs and a grandson, Patrick Kish; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ferrell of Superior and Mrs. Ruel Jenkins of Cokeville; three brothers, Felix Conzatti of Cokeville, and Edward and Nick, both of Centralia, Wash., and several nieces and nephews. Her brothers, Edward and Nick Conzatti who visited her after she had taken ill were not present for the funeral rites but all other members of her family were in attendance. Mrs. O’Connell was a member of the Superior Rebecka lodge and the Superior American Legion auxiliary. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 6, 1953 DAVID C. PEMBERTON The funeral of David C. Pemberton, 73, was held Thursday afternoon from the Rogan chapel. The Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducted the services and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Mike Layos Sr., Val Marcina, Walter Radosevich, Gust Sturholm, John Veronda and William Wiggen. Mr. Pemberton died Sunday, Aug. 30, at the home of his son, H.C. Pemberton, at 89 Second street. He had been ill since April. He had lived in the Rock Springs community for 24 years and for the last several years operated the Big Four second hand store on Pilot Butte avenue. David Colard Pemberton was born June 3, 1880, in Jackson, Ohio, a son of Joseph and Ruth Pemberton. He came west in 1912 and had lived in Montana and Utah before locating in Wyoming. Survivors are his wife, Anna, who has been living with their daughter, Matilda, in Billings, Mont.; the daughter in Billings and the son in Rock Springs; two grandchildren and two brothers, John and Sam Pemberton, who live in Ohio. Mrs. Pemberton and the daughter, Matilda Pemberton, came to Rock Springs by plane when advised of his death. Honorary pallbearers for the service Thursday were Ben Ashlock of Slater, Colo.; Romeo Paravicini of Green River; Joe Angelovic, William Allred, Elmer Aho, William Chilton, Bryon Conway, James Harris, Ben Harvey, Jack Hansen, Frank T. Kershisnik, Tom Kos, Eli Koloff, George Lebakis, John Mrak, John Marietta, Victor Paravicini, George Radosevich Sr., William Spani and Sam Xerakis, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 6, 1953 HARRY MARRIOTT Funeral services for Harry Marriott, 63, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Villanova funeral home. The Rev. Marshall A. McKinnie of the Baptist church will conduct the rites and the body will be taken to Salt Lake City for cremation. Mr. Marriott had been a resident of Rock Springs for 31 years, coming here directly from England in 1922. He was a retired miner and was a member of the Union Pacific Coal company’s Old Timers association. He was born Oct. 1, 1889 in Oakerthorte, England, and married Edith Wright there in 1920. His wife, who survives him, came to Rock Springs in 1923. Mr. Marriott was a member of United Mine Workers of America and at one time was active in teaching first aid when first aid became one of the coal company’s major projects. As result of his teaching he produced winning teams in first aid contests held annually in Rock Springs in conjunction with the Old Timers association reunions. The Marriott home at 1313 Eleventh street has long been noted for its yard and garden production as Mr. Marriott followed gardening and flower raising as a hobby. In former years he entered the coal company’s garden and yard contest, and gradually his property became one of the city’s show places each summer and fall. Mr. Marriott died in his sleep early Friday morning. Besides his widow he is survived by six brothers and six sisters all of whom live in England. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 6, 1953 CYRIL STIFANOVIC Funeral services for Cyril Stifanovic, 86, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery. He died Thursday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. Born Sept. 22, 1866 in Czechoslovakia, he had lived in the Rock Springs area for 50 years. He has two brothers and two sisters who live in Czechoslovakia. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 6, 1953 CRISTOBAL MARTINEZ Funeral services for Cristobal Martinez, 42, were held Saturday at the Rogan Mortuary followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Martinez died suddenly Wednesday morning. He was born Oct. 18, 1911 and had lived in the Rock Springs area for several years where he had been employed by the Union Pacific railroad. He had two brothers, John and Nuesa, who live in Cleveland, Ohio. --- Green River Star, Sep 11, 1953 Karl Spinner Dies—Services Set For Saturday Another one of the sturdy men who were an integral part of the life that built Green River into its present status has gone to his final reward. Karl Spinner, for more than a half century a resident of Green River, and long a businessman here, died at the Sweetwater county Memorial hospital in Rock Springs Tuesday at the age of 80, of ailments incident to his advanced age. Many are the persons in Green River who have memories of a kindness and helping hand that came unostentatiously from Mr. Spinner in time of need of neighborly, friendly gestures that won him the friendship and respect of the community. Mr. Spinner was devout in his faith, and had always been an active member of the Catholic church here as long as his health permitted. He retired from business in 1938, and until two years ago, came and went from town every day, usually walking from his home. Born in Renchen, Germany, on January 30, 1873, he first came to Green River in 1890 to join his uncle, the pioneer, George Spinner. He remained here seven years, than returned to Renchen. In 1901 immediately following his marriage to Therese Weber, he returned to Green River, he and his bride remaining here ever since. His retirement came in 1938, after 20 years of owning and operating the Green River Meat market, his uncle have well taught him the meat cutting business. His death came 15 years to the day, after his retirement. Besides Mrs. Spinner, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Geo. Graf of Green River, and one granddaughter, Mary Louise Graf who is in nurses' training at Salt Lake City. Mrs. E. A. Gaensslen, Sr., and Mrs. Clara Harris are cousins. Mr. Spinner lies in state at the Francom Villanova mortuary chapel, where friends may call until he is removed to the family home on South Fourth West at 6 p. m. this, Friday, evening. Rosary will be said at the home at 7:00 p. m. Funeral services will be at the Catholic church at 9:30 a. m. Saturday, the Rev. Charles Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 13, 1953 MRS. KEITH CURRAN Thelma Kumer Curran, 37, wife of Keith Curran, died almost instantly in a two-car headon collision on the Rock Springs-Pinedale highway Saturday afternoon, September 5. Mrs. Curran with her husband and Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Blevins and their son, John DeVere Blevins, were en route to Idaho Falls for the weekend when their car collided with a car driven by John L. Williams of Idaho Falls. Mr. Blevins and his son and Mrs. Curran all died as the result of the impact. Riding in the Williams car were Mr. and Mrs. Williams and their 20-month-old daughter, Lynette. Mr. Williams and his daughter escaped with minor injuries but Mrs. Williams was injured seriously. Mrs. Blevins was critically injured and Mr. Curran incurred a broken arm and collarbone. Mrs. Blevins, Mrs. Williams and Mr. Curran are still in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. Mrs. Curran was born Aug. 4, 1916 in Rock Springs, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kumer Sr. She was graduated from Rock Springs high school in 1933 and married Keith Curran in August of 1941. She is survived by her husband, her parents, a brother, John Kumer Jr., and three nephews. Mrs. Curran was employed by Freed Finance corporation for about eight years. Following her graduation from high school she worked in the offices of Dr. James T. Lane and the Rock Springs medical clinic before entering the employ of Freed Finance. The funeral was held from the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion Thursday with Rev. E. Thomas Rodda conducting the rites followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were C.S. Barry, Ronald L. Frame, Robert jack, Walter J. Muir, John Shuster and Edwin Soderlund. Mrs. Curran’s mother, who has suffered from a heart ailment for several months has been in Sweetwater Memorial hospital since the night of the accident and was unable to attend the services. Mr. Curran also was unable to attend. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 13, 1953 CHARLES D. BLEVINS and JOHN DeVERE BLEVINS Double funeral services for Charles D. “Chick” Blevins, 46, and John DeVere Blevins, his 18-month-old son, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Congregational church. The Rev. Frank M. Blish conducted the services and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Floyd Bailey, Ronald L. Frame, Al Lokanc, Glen G. Stanton, Edwin Soderlund and M.R. Wieler of Salt Lake City, business manager of the Freed Finance corporation. Mr. Blevins had been manager of Freed Finance’s Rock Springs office for 20 years, coming here June 20, 1933. Mr. Blevins and his son were two of three persons killed in a two-car collision on the Rock Springs-Pinedale highway two miles south of Farson, Saturday, Sept. 5. Mrs. Keith Curran also was killed in the same accident. Mr. Curran and Mrs. Blevins are in Sweetwater Memorial hospital where both are suffering with major injuries incurred in the accident. The Blevinses and the Currans were en route to Idaho Falls to spend the Labor day holidays with an uncle of Mr. Blevins at the time of the accident. Charles Daniel Blevins was born Feb. 16, 1907, in St. Anthony, Ida. He was educated in the schools there and then attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He is survived by his widow, Jean Watson Blevins, and a son, Danny Blevins, by a former marriage; two sisters and one brother, Mrs. William McDonald of Los Angeles, Mrs. W.C. Sayer of Tucson, Ariz., and John H. Blevins of Monterey Park, Calif. John DeVere Blevins was born Feb. 20, 1952, in Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 13, 1953 JAMES D. THOMAS SR. The funeral of James D. Thomas Sr., 50, was held Saturday morning from the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. Rev. E. Thomas Rodda conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Louis Barto, John Georgis, Frank Kaumo, Monte Preece, Richard Stanton, a brother-in-law, and Lester Williams. Mr. Thomas a lifelong resident of Rock Springs, died Wednesday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had been ill for 17 months and had been hospitalized at intervals during that time. He was a coal miner but was forced to retire because of his illness. James Dave Thomas Sr. was born June 4, 1903, in Rock Springs, a son of Thomas and Anne Jane Thomas. He was married to Frances Jelouchan of Rock Springs in 1928. Mr. Thomas was an ardent outdoor man who spent much time fishing and hunting in the north country each year. Survivors are his wife, three sons, Thomas J., James Dave Jr. and Franklin Thomas, all of Rock Springs; two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Alfonse Dona, Mrs. Richard Stanton, Matthew Thomas, all of Rock Springs, and John Thomas of Denver. He was a member of United Mine Workers, local 2282, and Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 151. The Thomas home is at the rear of 1205 Clark street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 13, 1953 CLARENCE BAKER Funeral services for Clarence Baker, 68, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Villanova funeral home. The Rev. E. Thomas Rodda of the Episcopal church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Baker died suddenly of a heart attack at his home at 125 M street Saturday, September 5. He was born June 18, 1885, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baker, pioneer residents of the city. He had been employed by Chilton brothers sheep outfit for 35 years. Survivors are three brothers and four sisters, Joe Baker of Maywood, Calif., Walter and Fred Baker, Mrs. Albert Hardin, Mrs. Robert Oliver, Mrs. John Balkie and Vera Baker Kennedy, all of Rock Springs. His brother, Joe Baker, was unable to come to Rock Springs for the funeral and burial services. Friends who served as pallbearers were George and Calvin Chilton, Howard McTee, Joe Rudelich, Harold Simkin and David “Bud” Wilson. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 13, 1953 ANNABELL REGINA VIGIL Funeral services for Annabelle Regina Vigil, 23-months, are pending the locating of the father, Seferino Vigil, who is in the employ of the Seddon Taliaferro sheep company and is out in the hills with the sheep. The infant died of pneumonia in Sweetwater Memorial hospital Wednesday. Her parents live at 1135 McCabe street. She was born Sept. 27, 1951 in Rock Springs. Besides her parents the survivors are five brothers and sisters, Tony, 17; Damacio, 15; Marcella, 8; Olivia, 6; Mabel, 4, and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Eliza Gardner of Denver who came to Rock Springs when advised of her death. --- Green River Star, Oct 9, 1953 Robert Fosdick Dies Wednesday At Age of 94 Robert L. Fosdick, for 61 years identified with the growth of Sweetwater county, died at the home of his daughter, Ms. Charles Harvey, Wednesday of ailments incident to his advanced age of 94 years. Mr. Fosdick was born in Illinois August 23, 1859, the Civil War being fought during his early boyhood. In 1892, he came to Green River to enter the employment of the Union Pacific railroad, but a few years later occupied what is known to many yet today as the Fosdick ranch, on the east slope of Cedar Mountain, 45 miles south of town. The ranch was true to the spirit of western hospitality and became known throughout the area. When he sold the ranch and retired from ranching life, he came back into town and erected the Fosdick apartments in Green River, later selling them to the late Pete Argeres, when they became known as the Argeres apartments, the town's largest apartment house, For a time in his later years, still urged by the spirit of building, he had a tourist camp in Colorado but several years ago returned here to make his home with his daughter. In 1896, he became a member of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 6 AF&AM, and held that membership to the time of his death. He had been awarded the 50-year pin of the organization, and at the time of his death was the oldest living member of the local Masonic lodge, and probably the oldest in the state. Survivors include his two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Madge) Harvey and Maie Mahoney, each of Green River; a grandson, Captain Lowell Shafe of the United States army, and three great-grandchildren. Masonic services for Mr. Fosdick will be held at the Masonic temple in Green River at 2 p. m. today, Friday, according to present plans. Minister will be the Rev. C. B. Traill of the Episcopal church and burial will be in Riverview cemetery under direction of Francom-Villanova mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 14, 1953 SUPERIOR MAN DIED ON TUESDAY Josie A. Bovee, 68, a retired railroader and ranch hand, died in Sweetwater Memorial hospital Tuesday morning. He had been confined to the hospital for five days prior to his death. A resident of Superior for 32 years Mr. Bovee was a former car cleaner for the railroad. He was born March 9, 1885 in Three Rivers, Mich. There are no survivors. Funeral services are pending. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 20, 1953 WILLIAM BYNON Final funeral services for William Bynon, 33, of Rock Springs were held Saturday in Carbon Hill, Ala., old home of the Bynon family. Burial was in Carbon Hill cemetery. Mr. Bynon died Sunday, Sept. 13, in the veterans’ hospital in Denver. He was injured in an automobile accident west of Rawlins Aug. 18 and never regained consciousness. With him at the time of the fatal accident were Junior Sawyer and Ed Borven, both of Rock Springs. The three were en route to Rawlins when their car struck a wet spot on the pavement and skidded from the highway. He had lived in Rock Springs for seven years and was employed at Westvaco. William Bynon was born December, 1920, in Carbon Hill, Ala., where he spent the early part of his life. He is survived by his widow, Aldine Ardnet, whose home was in Loveland, Colo., at the time of their marriage two years ago, and an infant son, Jack, who was born here in June; his mother, Mrs. T.A. Bynon of Carbon Hill, who went to Denver shortly after the accident in August; two brothers, George of Birmingham, Ala., and Tom (Alabam) of Santa Ana, Calif., and one sister, Bea Bynon of Carbon Hill. His maternal grandmother, Mrs. John Harper, also lived in Carbon Hill. Funeral services were conducted at the Howard mortuary in Denver Wednesday. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 20, 1953 MRS. GEORGE E. MENGEL Final funeral services for Mrs. George E. Mengel, 50, of Green River were held Thursday in North Platte, Neb., followed by burial there. Services were held Wednesday at the Congregational church in Green River. Mrs. Mengel died Sunday, Sept. 13, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital here after a short illness. She had lived in Green River since 1927 and had been employed by the Union Pacific railroad there for several years. Since 1949 she had held the position of crew caller. She was born April 2, 1903, in Vienna, Ill., and was married to George Mengel in North Platte in 1925. Besides her husband she is survived by a son, Robert, and a daughter, Mrs. Wanda Hall, both of Green River; three grandchildren and six brothers and sisters, including a brother, Coy Kiser, of Green River. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 20, 1953 JAMES JAMIESON The funeral of James Jamieson, 87, was held Thursday from the Villanova funeral home with the Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducting the service. Burial was in the Jamieson family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Art Linden, Sam Megeath, Adolph Magagna, Arne Oja, W.D. Thompson and Pete Shinazy. Mr. Jamieson, an early day Sweetwater and Lincoln county sheepman, died Sunday, Sept. 13, after a prolonged illness. He was a brother of the late John Jamieson, also an early day rancher and sheepman. Born June 18, 1866, in Kilmaurus, Ayrshire, Scotland, he came to the United States and located in Sweetwater county in 1887. Survivors are one daughter and one son, Mrs. C.H. Harriss and James H. Jamieson, both of Long Beach; four grandchildren and four sisters, Mrs. Jessie Bone of Rock Springs and three who live in Scotland. His son and daughter attended the funeral and burial services. Mrs. Arne Oja and John Jamieson Jr. were a niece and nephew of Mr. Jamieson. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 27, 1953 JOHN WATAHA The funeral mass for John Wataha, 65, was said at the North Side Catholic church Wednesday. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec said the mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were Shando Angelovic, Steve Bartek of Jackson, John Ribovich Jr., Steve Ribovich, David Ruggera and John J. Wataha. The rosary was recited at the home of a brother-in-law, John Ribovich Sr. at 919 North Front street Tuesday night. Mr. Wataha died Monday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital following a five year illness. Born April 2, 1888 in Jakubjan, Czechoslovakia, he came to Rock Springs 50 years ago to work in the coal mines. He was a member of United Mine Workers of America and Fraternal Order of Eagles, aerie 151. Mr. Wataha is survived by one brother, Joseph Wataha of Rahway, N.J., who visited him at the hospital only a few days before his death. Six nieces and five nephews also survive. They are John Wataha, John Jr. and Steve Ribovich, all of Rock Springs; Steve Bartek of Jackson and Everett Wataha of Lindon, N.J.; Katherine Ribovich and Mrs. Anna Ruggera, both of Rock Springs; Mrs. Anna Guidas of San Gabriel, Calif.; Mrs. Kate Korfanta of Pinedale, Mrs. Arlene Martin of Rahway, N.J., and Mrs. Dorothy Tatarka of Woodbridge, N.J. --- Rock Springs Miner, Sep 27, 1953 ANTON PIVIK SR. Funeral services for Anton Pivik Sr., 60, of 436 Bridger avenue were held Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were John Frolic, Frank Golob, Anton Kuseck, Val Marcina, John Mrak and Frank Oblaznick. Rosaries were recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Tuesday night. The first one was a 7 and at 8:30 St. Monica’s Sodality recited the second one. Mr. Pivik died Sunday night, September 20, at his home after a three and one-half year illness. He was a retired Gunn Quealy Coal company miner and had lived in the Rock Springs area for 44 years. Born Nov. 1, 1892, in Rovte, Yugoslavia, he came to Rock Springs in 1909. Survivors are his widow, Mary; one son and one daughter, Anton Pivik Jr. and Mrs. Ann Novak, both of Quealy, and three grandchildren. His father, one sister and five brothers also survive. The father and his sister, Anna, and two brothers, Leo and Louis, all live in Yugoslavia. The other brothers are John H. Pivik of Blairtown, Martin of Quealy and Matthew Pivik of Thermopolis. The three brothers in this country and a niece, Mrs. Louis Taubert of Casper, came to Rock Springs when advised of his death. Mr. Pivik was a member of United Mine Workers of America, the S.N.P.J. lodge and the American Fraternal Union. --- Green River Star, Oct 2, 1953 Funeral Services of Jessop Infant Today Funeral services for Ronald Edward Jessop, day-old son of Edward and Rachel Jessop, are being held at the graveside in Riverview cemetery at 2 p. m. this Friday, afternoon, with the Rev. Norman Harvey of the Seventh Day Adventist church of Lander officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Francom-Villanova. The little boy was born at the Sweetwater Memorial hospital in Rock Springs Tuesday and passed away Wednesday. He is survived by his parents, a brother Donald and a sister Beatrice, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Monahan and Mr. and Mrs. William Jessop, all of this city. The family has the sympathy of their many friends. --- Green River Star, Oct 2, 1953 Mrs. Narramore’s Mother Dies Sat. Mrs. Leonard Narramore was called to Evanston when she received the sad news Saturday that her mother, Mrs. Sarah Maude Willoughby, 73, had passed away that day, after a lifetime in that city. She was born August 28, 1880, at Evanston, the daughter of Phillip and Mary Shopp. On June 27, 1898, she was united in marriage with John H. Willoughby. She was a member of the LDS church and of the Neighbors of Woodcraft. Besides her husband, she is survived by five sons and three daughters, Floyd of Milwaukee, Wis., John of Kemmerer, Gilbert of Hastings, Nebr., Mrs. Lawrence (Jesse) Narramore of Green River, Mrs. T. L. (Lorraine) Lawson of Ogden; Fern and Glen and Mrs. Verlum (Ella Mae) Moore of Evanston; 20 grandchildren, including: Keith, Francis and Gerald Narramore of Green River, and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Evanston Second Ward chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, at 2 p. m. Tuesday, with burial at Evanston. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 11, 1953 MRS. ENOCH TYNSKY Funeral services for Mrs. Enoch Tynsky, 42, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Baptist church. The Rev. Marshall A. McKinnie will conduct the services and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will include two nephews, Robert and Edward Tynsky, and Alvin Christian and Thomas Horn Jr. Mrs. Tynsky died Wednesday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. She had been in ill health for several years and had been hospitalized at intervals. Born Pearl Foley May 29, 1911 in Marquez, Texas, she had lived in Rock Springs for 20 years. She married Enoch Tynsky in 1933 in New Buransfels, Texas, and came to Rock Springs immediately after their marriage. Mrs. Tynsky is survived by her husband and one son, Joseph, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Foley, who live in Texas; two brothers and a sister, Leon and Vann Foley and Mrs. Irene Foley, all of Houston, Texas. The brothers and sister will attend the funeral services. The Tynsky home is at 229 B street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 11, 1953 OTTO WIEDERANDERS Funeral services for Otto Wiederanders, 79, Rock Springs watchmaker, will be held at 5 o’clock this afternoon at Trinity Lutheran church. The body will be taken to Mr. Wiederanders’ old home in Gothenburg, Neb., for burial. His son, Ted Wiederanders and his wife of Pinedale will drive to Gothenburg to attend final funeral and burial services. Mr. Wiederanders died unexpectedly of a heart attack Friday morning in his living quarters in the rear of his place of business at 205 C street. He was born Nov. 20, 1873 in Blackhawk county, Iowa, and was of German parentage. His wife preceded him in death by several years. He had followed the watchmaking and watch repairing business for 58 years and after living in Pinedale came to Rock Springs several years ago to follow his trade. He was a faithful member of the Lutheran church. Besides his son, Mr. Wiederanders is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Sandberg of San Diego and four brothers and three sisters. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 11, 1953 ROBERT FOSDICK The funeral of Robert L. Fosdick, 94, of Green River was held from the Masonic Temple in Green River Friday followed by burial in Riverview cemetery. Mr. Fosdick had been identified with the growth of Sweetwater county for 61 years, going to Green River in 1892 as an employee of the Union Pacific railroad. Later he went into the ranching business which he operated for several years until he returned to Green River to enter the apartment house business. In 1896 Mr. Fosdick became a member of Green River Masonic lodge and for many years was its oldest living member. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Charles Harvey and Marie Mahoney, both of Green River; a grandson, Capt. Lowell Shafe of the United States army and three great-grandchildren. He died Wednesday at the Harvey home. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 11, 1953 SANDRA JO APODACA Sandra Jo, two-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Apodaca of 128 Grant street, died Wednesday and funeral services were held Friday at the South Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The infant was born August 7 in Pueblo, Colo., and is survived by her parents and a brother, Billy, at home. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 14, 1953 Mrs. T.S. Taliaferro Jr. Dies in Rock Springs After Lengthy Illness Mrs. Thomas Seddon Taliaferro Jr., 81, died at the Taliaferro home at 106 Cedar street at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. She was stricken with a paralytic stroke August 24 and since then had been in a semi-conscious condition much of the time until she sank into a complete coma. Although she was afflicted with failing eyesight for four years, she was comparatively active until last January when she suffered what was thought to have been a slight stroke. Since then she was unable to participate in the many activities which had made her an outstanding personality in Rock Springs, Sweetwater county, the state of Wyoming and beyond the state’s boundaries. During her final illness she was cared for in the home in which she had lived 39 years and which long has been known for its hospitality and as a center for social and civic affairs. It is rich with material links of America’s “Heritage of ‘76” in which Mrs. Taliaferro took great pride and which long ago became a part of her living. Most of these relics are pieces of furniture that came down through generation of her own family and the family of her late husband and which has been in daily use in the home for years. Prominent in Democratic political circles in the county and state, in women’s clubs and church circles, also in the county and state, the Taliaferro home, with Mrs. Taliaferro as its center, has been the scene of countless social gatherings through the years. Mrs. Taliaferro gained national prominence in 1936 when she was appointed a member of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, an organization which is responsible for and owns George Washington’s national shrine at Mount Vernon. The appointment was for life and she was one of the few women west of the Mississippi river ever to receive the high honor which membership in the association carries. She served as national Democratic committeewoman from Wyoming for 12 years, resigning the office in 1940 to be succeeded by Mrs. P.J. Quealy of Kemmerer. In 1912 and 1916 she organized women’s Woodrow Wilson clubs under auspices of the Woman’s National Democratic League and was credited by the National Democratic committee as having assisted in giving Woodrow Wilson a large majority of Wyoming votes in both presidential elections. During World War I she was actively engaged in Red Cross work and was the first chairman of the membership committee when the American Red Cross was organized in Rock Springs. She also served as chairman for national defense in Sweetwater county in World War I. She was a charter member of the American Legion auxiliary, Archie Hay post. Although her own state had granted women equal voting rights with men since 1869, she worked for ratification of the 19th amendment to the United States constitution which gave women of the entire nation the right to vote. Her work in the movement brought her in close contact with Carrie Chapman Catt one of the most prominent workers for women’s suffrage in the nation and with whom she appeared on the same platform on different occasions. STATE LEADER Mrs. Taliaferro was president of the Wyoming State Federation of Women’s clubs form 1925 to 1927. She was a life-long member of the Episcopal church and was active in its Ladies guild. She was president of the Women’s auxiliary in the diocese of Wyoming for many years. Lucy Ramsay Taliaferro was born Nov. 26, 1871 in Alexandria, Va., a daughter of George William and Harriet Ramsay. She was a direct descendant of William Ramsay, a founder and first mayor of Alexandria at whose home General George Washington was a frequent visitor and at whose funeral Washington, according to his own diary, “walked as a Brother Mason.” One of her forebears was Col. William Ball, grandfather of Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington. Mrs. Taliaferro was a member of Mount Vernon chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Alexandria and a visiting member of Pilot Butte chapter in Rock Springs. She was the only member of the Mount Vernon chapter ever appointed to membership in the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union. MARRIAGE Lucy Ramsay and Thomas Seddon Taliaferro Jr. were married April 15, 1896 in old Christ’s Church in Alexandria where the Washington pew has been preserved for posterity. Mr. Taliaferro traced his heritage back to Richard Henry Lee, the famed Virginian. One month after their marriage, Mrs. Taliaferro went to Green River where in 1888 Mr. Taliaferro had started his swift rise from station agent for the Union Pacific railroad to prominence as an attorney in Wyoming and the intermountain west and that of a legal adviser to the Union Pacific railroad. Mr. Taliaferro died here Aug. 17, 1940. In 1901 the Taliaferros moved to Rock Springs and in 1914 purchased the August Kendall home which was destined to become known widely at the Taliaferro home. The Taliaferros were the parents of nine children, four of whom preceded them in death. Those who survive are Ramsay, who lives in Rapidan, Va.; Seddon of Rock Springs, Edward of Green River, Mrs. V.J. Englund of Spokane and Hallie, at home. Nine grandchildren also survive. Two sons, Beverly Wellford and Arthur Lee Taliaferro, died in 1947 and two children, Virginia Lee and Ann Ramsay, died in infancy. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 14, 1953 Springs Woman’s Death Is Listed Apparent Suicide Mrs. Lucia Aurelia Sanchez, 50, died at her home, 1223 Clark street, Tuesday morning about 10:15 as a result of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to County Coroner J. Warden Opie. Mrs. Sanchez was found by her neighbor, Mrs. Salina Lucero about 10:30 when she went over to the Sanchez house to visit, Opie said. Ben Cassias, who lived with the Sanchez’s was apparently the last to see Mrs. Sanchez alive. He told county coroner Mrs. Sanchez had sent him to the store shortly after ten o’clock to get some grapes. Mrs. Sanchez, who had been in ill health for some time, apparently ended her own life with a .22 caliber shot in the temple. Coroner Opie said he did not know yet if there would be an inquest. Lucia Aurelia Sanchez was born in Clayton, N.M., Oct. 6, 1903 and died at her home in Rock Springs, Oct. 13, 1953 at the age of 50 years and seven days. Besides her husband, Solomon, she is survived by two sons, Joseph and Moses, both of San Francisco, Calif.; two brothers, Falo Belarde, Walsenburg, Colo.; and Thomas Belarde of Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Sanchez is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Susie Leyba, San Francisco, and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements have not been made. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 14, 1953 Darling Funeral Set Thursday at 2 p.m. Funeral services for George N. Darling, a Rock Springs resident nearly 70 years, will be held Thursday at two o’clock in the Rock Springs Episcopal church with the Rev. E.T. Rodda officiating. Mr. Darling died Monday evening in the Sweetwater Memorial hospital after a lengthy illness. He would have been 92 on October 23. Friends may call at the Villanova Funeral home all day today and Thursday till time of the services. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 15, 1953 BOVEE FUNERAL SET SATURDAY IN ROCK SPRINGS Funeral services for Josie Bovee, retired Superior railroader, will be held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Rogan Mortuary chapel with the Rev. Frank M. Blish and the Rev. David Choate officiating. Burial will be in Mountainview Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 18, 1953 MRS. T.S. TALIAFERRO JR. The funeral of Mrs. Thomas Seddon Taliaferro Jr. was held Friday from the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. The Rev. E. Thomas Rodda conducted the ritualistic service, assisted by the Right Rev. James Wilson Hunter, bishop of the missionary district of Wyoming. Mrs. Taliaferro, prominent Rock Springs and Wyoming resident, died Tuesday afternoon at the Taliaferro home where she was stricken August 24 with a paralytic stroke and from which she never rallied. She had lived in Sweetwater county for 57 years going to Green River as a bride in 1896. In 1901 the Taliferros moved to Rock Springs and in 1914 purchased the August Kendall home at 106 Cedar street. Mrs. Taliaferro was prominent in social, club, church and Democratic party circles for many years and since 1936 was a member of the Mount Vernon Ladies association of the Union which own and controls George Washington’s national shrine at Mount Vernon. She was a member of the Alexandria, Va., chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and a visiting member of Rock Springs’ Pilot Butte chapter. She was a past president of the Wyoming Federation of Women’s clubs. The body was taken to the Taliaferro home Wednesday afternoon and remained there until the funeral hour. Mr. Taliafeerro, a widely known Wyoming attorney, died Aug. 17, 1940. Mrs. Taliaferro was born Nov. 26, 1871 in Alexandria, Va., a daughter of George William and Harriet Ramsay. Besides her sons and daughters and grandchildren, Mrs. Taliaferro is survived by two brothers and two sisters, Dennis and Douglas Ramsay, both of whom live in Virginia, and Mrs. R.M. (Rebecca) Reese and Hallie Ramsay Conger, both of whom live in Alexandria, Va. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 18, 1953 GEORGE N. DARLING George N. Darling, resident of Rock Springs for almost 70 years, died Monday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He would have been 92 years old October 23. George Newman Darling was born Oct. 23, 1861 in Astoria, Ill., and at the age of 22 came to Rock Springs to work for Buzzy and Kinney, early day merchants. Six years later he went to Chicago where he worked for a short time in Marshall Field’s department store. When he returned to Rock Springs he entered the employ of the Union Pacific Coal company, and after many years of service with the company was retired as weighboss in 1945 at the age of 84. He was a member of United Mine Workers and was secretary-treasurer of his local for a number of years. His wife, Katheryn Toller Darling whom he married Nov. 3, 1889 in Astoria, Ill., died here Sept. 9, 1941. He is survived by two sons and a daughter, Kenneth Darling and Dorothy Darling Waller, both of Rock Springs, and Benjamin C. Darling of El Segundo, Calif. He also had three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral was held from the Episcopal church Thursday followed by burial in the Darling family plot in Mountain View cemetery. The Rev. E. Thomas Rodda conducted the services which were attended by Eugene McAuliffe of Omaha, past president of Union Pacific Coal company; George B. Pryde of Rock Springs, past vice president of operations, and a number of the present officials of the company. Pallbearers were T.W. Blalock, Claude Elias, V.O. Murray, vice president of operations of Union Pacific Coal company; E.H. Roeseler, Morgan F. Roberts and Haydn Williams. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 18, 1953 JOSIE A. BOVEE Funeral services for Josie A. Bovee, 68, of Superior were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Frank A. Blish and the Rev. David Choate conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Bovee, a retired Union Pacific railroad employee, died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Tuesday. He was born March 9, 1885 in Three Rivers, Mich. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 18, 1953 MRS. SOLOMON SANCHEZ Funeral services for Lucia Aurelia Sanchez, 50, wife of Solomon Sanchez of 1223 Clark street, were held Saturday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the service and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited Friday night at the mortuary. The body of Mrs. Sanchez was found at her home Tuesday morning. Apparently she had shot herself through the temple with a .22 caliber gun. She had been in ill health for a long time. J. Warden Opie, county coroner, said there would be no inquest into the death. Besides her husband, Mrs. Sanchez is survived by two sons, Joseph and Moses, and several grand children, all of San Francisco. Several brothers and sisters also survive. --- Green River Star, Oct 23, 1953 Services for Mrs. Waechter This Afternoon Funeral services for Margaret Lucinda Waechter, 77, long time resident of Green River who passed away Wednesday morning of ailments incident to her advanced age, will be held at St. John’s Episcopal church at 3:30 p.m. this, Friday, afternoon, the Rev. C. B. Traill officiating. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery beside her husband, the late Chris Waechter, with Rogan Mortuary in charge. Mrs. Waechter had been a resident of Green River since 1910 and until ailments of age prohibited, she was ever a helping hand to those in misfortune, and many persons in Green River remember her for a kindness done, or a helping hand extended in time of illness or other need. Margaret Lucinda Flannery was born November 20, 1875, at Springfield, Mo., and in 1910 came to Green River, where she met Christ Waechter, early day business man. They were married in 1911 to remain in Green River for the remainder of their lives, prominent in business and public affairs. Mr. Waechter preceded her in death December 22, 1949. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors, and had taken an active part in St. John’s Guild. During World War I she was active in Red Cross work. During her active life, she was prominent in the Woman’s club. Only survivors are a niece, Lucillee Snowden of Denver, and the ???er’s children, Howard Snowden of Hawthorne, Calif., and Mrs. Alfred (Betty) Walker of Cheyenne. Mrs. Walker came to Green River Wednesday upon receipt of the word of Mrs. Waechter’s death, and Mrs. Snowden came Thursday morning. --- Green River Star, Oct 23, 1953 Mrs. T. H. Fye Dies Suddenly At Her Home Death came suddenly to Edith Elizabeth Fye, wife of Thomas H. Fye, in her home Saturday evening, a heart ailment believed to have caused her death. Her death was discovered by her husband early Sunday morning, Her sudden death came as a shock to her family and the many friends she had made during her 35 years of residence in Green River. Funeral services were held at the Union Congregational church at 3 p. m. Wednesday, the Rev. Donald Mills officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery under the direction of Rogan mortuary. She was born Edith Elizabeth Campbell at Spencer, Iowa, on April 21, 1892, being 61 years, five months and 26 days of age at the time of her passing. She was the daughter of Harry and Mary Ellen Campbell Active in the life about her, Mrs. Fye had been a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars here, and of the Loyal Star, auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, Mr. Fye being a member of both organizations. Mrs. Fye is survived by her husband, T. H. Fye, well-known in ex-servicemen's circles, and as a railroad carman, and by one sister, Florence, residing in Canada. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 25, 1953 MRS. PAUL SIKORA Elizabeth Sikora, 62, wife of Paul Sikora of Blairtown, died Saturday, October 17, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the North Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Tuesday night. Mrs. Sikora was born Sept. 19, 1891, in Tesin, Austria and had lived in the Rock Springs area for 18 years. She had lived in the United States for 41 years. Mrs. Sikora is survived only by her husband. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 25, 1953 ALBERT SABO JR. Funeral services for Albert Sabo Jr., 56, were held Saturday at the North Side Catholic church followed by burial in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Friday night. Pallbearers were John Copyak Sr., Frank Kershisnik Sr., Urban Mrak, John Mrak, Mike Palko and Michael Timko. Mr. Sabo was found dead at his home Friday afternoon. Death was due to a heart attack. He had suffered with a heart ailment for several years. He was born June 7, 1897, in Austria and was brought to Rock Springs by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sabo Sr. when a young boy. Survivors are his father, Albert Sabo Sr.; one brother, George Sabo of Boise, Idaho, and five sisters, Mrs. Roy Rosene and Mrs. Ernest Jelosek, both of Rock Springs, Mrs. H.T. Pottorff and Mrs. John Smith, both of Los Angeles and Mrs. William Gildroy of Everett, Wash. His mother and three sisters preceded him in death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Oct 25, 1953 PAUL DUGAS Paul Dugas, 42, a one-time resident of the Rock Springs area, died Friday, October 16 in an Evanston hospital and was buried Wednesday in St. Joseph’s cemetery following the funeral mass at the South Side Catholic church that morning. Although Mr. Dugas had suffered with a heart ailment for several years, pneumonia was the immediate cause of death. He was born Sept. 27, 1917 in Rock Springs a son of Paul and Mary Kachir Dugas. Survivors are one brother, William Dugas of Wenatchee, Wash., and nine sisters, Mrs. Edward (Amelia) Conzatti of Centralia, Wash.; Mrs. Louis (Margaret) Kladianos of Superior, Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Goyen of Rexburg, Idaho; Mrs. Stephen (Anna) Yedinak of Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. Fren (Josephine) Sheets of Driggs, Idaho; Mrs. Howard (Louise) Kelly of Portland, Mrs. Ralph (Helen) Farnsley of Compton, Calif.; Mrs. George (Emma) Drebick of Bremerton, Wash.; Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Cristando of Hudson, Wyo. Friends who served as pallbearers were Joseph Miskulin, William McIntosh, George McIntosh, Carl Samietz and John Samietz, all of Superior, and John Yekinak Jr. of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Oct 28, 1953 Graveside Services Held for Nix Infant Rev. Marshall A. McKinnie of the First Baptist church conducted graveside services in Mountain View cemetery Tuesday afternoon for John Hubert, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Nix of 4 Harding court. The infant was born Monday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. Mrs. Nix is a daughter of Mrs. Stanley Preece of 4 Harding court. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 1, 1953 DEE MERLE AVERY Funeral services for Dee Merle, two-year-old son of Donald and Beatrice Hostar Avery, were held Friday at the O’Neal O’Donnell mortuary in Salt Lake City, followed by burial in Mount Calvary cemetery there. Dee Merle was born Oct. 22, 1951, in Rock Springs. From birth he was afflicted with a congenital heart condition and had been hospitalized both here and in Salt Lake City most of his life. His parents moved from Rock Springs to Salt Lake City only ten days before his death in hope that a lower altitude would benefit their son. He was released from a Salt Lake hospital on his second birthday and up until his death was thought to be improving. He died Monday night at his home at 1000 Denver street in Salt Lake City. Dee Martin was a grandson of Louis Hostar and Merle Avery and a great-grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kolman, all of Rock Springs. His parents and an older brother, Donald, survive. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 6, 1953 Springs Man Shoots Self With .22 Pistol Louis Paparelli, 72, was found dead in his bachelor’s quarters at the rear of 220 McClellan street in Rock Springs at noon Thursday, having shot himself through the mouth with a .22 pistol. Sweetwater County Coroner J. Warden Opie said the time of death was around 4 a.m. Thursday. There will be no inquest. Papparelli had been in poor health for some years, and spent considerable time at hospitals both here an din Denver. Eight-year-old Katherine Tomasini, who lives at the front of the building, found the body at noon after a caller knocked at Paparelli’s door and no one answered. Katherine then went back and pushed the door open. The dead man was clutching the .22 pistol, the barrel of which he had placed in his mouth. Paparelli was last seen at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when he talked to Mrs. Lydio Tomasini at the front of the house before going back to his rooms. A retired coal miner, Paparelli has lived in the Rock Springs area for the past 50 years, and no relatives are known in this country. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 7, 1953 Paparelli Rites To Be Today Funeral services for Louis Paparelli, 72, who was found dead in his home in Rock Springs Thursday morning after he had apparently shot himself about 4 o’clock that morning, will be held in this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Rogan chapel with the Rev. B.B. Byus officiating. He had made his home at the rear of 220 McClellan street and is survived by two sisters, both living in Italy. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 8, 1953 MRS. SEPTIMUS REAY Funeral services for Mrs. Septimus Reay, 57, of Reliance were held Tuesday at the L.D.S. church. Bishop William Gibbs of Reliance conducted the service and burial was in the Canadian Legion plot in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Reay died Saturday, October 31, at Sweetwater Memorial hospital where she had been a patient since the preceding Wednesday. She was stricken ill 20 years ago and had been an invalid most of the time since then. At one time she was hospitalized here for six months. Mrs. Reay was born Agnes Shaw Aug. 11, 1898 in Parkinsville county, England. Feb. 8, 1919 she married Septimus Reay in Palton parish church in County Durham, England. She and Mr. Reay came to the United States, arriving July 4, 1925. They went directly to Lionkol, then a flourishing coal camp in the Rock Springs area where Mr. Reay’s older brother, Thomas Reay Sr. and his family at that time lived, and had since lived in this community. Mrs. Reay was a charter member and past president of the Canadian Legion social club and a past guardian of Neighbors of Woodcraft. She also was a member of the Reliance L.D.S. Relief society. Besides her husband, Mrs. Reay is survived by two sisters and one brother who live in England. Friends who served as pallbearers were John Brown, George Mitchell and Jack Timlin, all of Rock Springs; Jack Korogi and William Wardlaw, both of Reliance and Andrew Strannigan of Winton. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 8, 1953 MRS. JOSEPH VISINTAINER The funeral mass for Mrs. Preccede Visintainer, 83, widow of John Visintainer, was said Wednesday morning at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. S.A. Welsh said the mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary Tuesday night. Mrs. Visintainer, a resident of Rock Springs for 53 years, died Saturday, October 31, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. She had been in ill health at her home at 522 Evans street for several months and was taken to the hospital early that morning. She had suffered a paralytic stroke late the preceding night. She died seven and one-half hours after she had passed her 83rd birthday. Mrs. Visintainer was born Preccede Preotti in Gardo, Trento, Austria, Oct. 30, 1870. She came to the United States in 1899 and arrived in Rock Springs Jan. 1, 1900. One year later, Jan. 1, 1901, she married Joseph Visintainer whom she had known in Austria. They were married in Rock Springs. Mr. Visintainer died here March 23, 1934. Mrs. Visintainer is survived by four sons, Silver J., Florie and Herman, all of Rock Springs, and Renaldo of Seattle; one daughter, Mrs. Hilda Frederick of Cheyenne; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two sisters who live in Austria. Mrs. Visintainer was a naturalized citizen of this country. Friends who served as pallbearers were Charles Bonomo, A.L. Barker, Emmett Menghini, Edward Morgando, Pete Stockich and Joseph Varady. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 8, 1953 JOHN KATANA The funeral mass for John Katana, 74, was said at the north Side Catholic church Saturday followed by burial in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Friday night. Pallbearers were Mike Bartolic, Emil Blazevich, Philip Crnich, John Fermelia, John Katana and Albert Druzich. Mr. Katana, resident of Rock Springs since 1929, died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital Wednesday. He was a retired coal miner and made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Victor Starkovich, at 212 Thomas street. He was born June 24, 1879 in Yugoslavia and came to the United States in 1902, locating first in Roslyn, Wash. After living in Dawson and Gallup, N.M., the family moved to Rock Springs 24 years ago. Besides his daughter, Mary Katana Starkovich, Mr. Katana is survived by two sons, Jack of Cheyenne and Antone of Superior and seven grandchildren. A brother and sister live in Yugoslavia. Mrs. Katana died here last February 9. Mr. and Mrs. Katana were married in 1908 in Yugoslavia. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 15, 1953 MRS. LOUIS MUIR The funeral mass for Mrs. Louis Muir, 29, was said at the South Side Catholic church Saturday morning. The Rev. S.A. Welsh said the mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers were four of Mrs. Muir’s brothers, Patrick, jack, James and Barney McGarvey and two brothers-in-law, Peter Muir Jr. of Rawlins and David Muir. Rosaries were recited Friday night at the Villanova funeral home. Mrs. Muir died late Wednesday afternoon in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. She had suffered from a heart condition for several years. Catherine McGarvey Muir was born May 15, 1924 in Melrose, Iowa, a daughter of Mrs. Patrick McGarvey of Rock Springs and the late Mr. McGarvey who died here in 1944. When she was seven years old the family moved to Rock Springs where she has since resided. She was educated in the schools here and graduated from high school in 1943. After her graduation she was employed in the auditing department of the Union Pacific Coal company until her marriage to Louis Muir Dec. 5, 1945. Mrs. Muir is survived by her husband and two children, Kaylou, 7, and Louis, 5; her mother and 11 brothers and sisters, Mrs. Mary G. Galassi of Superior, James and Barney McGarvey, who are in military service; Mrs. Governor (Sheila) Hamm, Evelyn, Connie, Peggy, Patrick, Jack, Thomas and Jerry McGarvey, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 15, 1953 JOHN A. BRUCE John A. Bruce, 62, former Rock Springs resident, died in Denver Tuesday, November 3. Funeral and burial services were held in Rock Springs Saturday, November 7. The Rev. B.B. Byus of the Methodist church conducted the service at the Rogan mortuary in the afternoon and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. The American Legion, Archie Hay post, conducted the graveside services. Pallbearers were William Bateman, Edward Delaney, Frank Ferlic, Dwight Jones, William M. Preece and William Wiggen. Mr. Bruce serviced in the medical corps in World War I. He was born March 14, 1891 in Evanston. Several years later he came with his mother and sister to Rock Springs and lived here until 1919 when they went to Denver. Their home was on West Flat. Survivors are one sister, Nettie Bruce Decker, and two brothers, Frank and Austin Bruce, and three nephews, all of Denver. Frank Bruce accompanied the body to Rock Springs and was present for the funeral and burial rites. While here he was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. James X. Harris at their home at 422 M street. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 15, 1953 BENJAMIN SAMUEL MARTIN Benjamin Samuel Martin, 48, was found dead in his living quarters in Thermopolis early Monday. It is thought that he died sometimes Sunday, November 8, of a heart attack. When advised of his death, his brother, Houston Martin of Rock Springs went to Thermopolis and brought the body to Rock Springs for funeral and burial services. Sam Martin, as he was known, had lived in Rock Springs and Superior for several years. He was born Nov. 6, 1905 in Curranville, Kan., a son of Samuel and Victoria Brown Martin who moved to Superior in 1920. With exception of a few months in 1927 when he lived in Seattle he lived in Wyoming since first coming here 33 years ago. He worked for the Rock Springs Fuel company in its Superior mine, the Blairtown mines and in the mines of the Owl Creek Coal company in Gebo. The last time he worked in Superior was during the winter of 1942-43. Mr. Martin’s survivors are four brothers, Houston of Rock Springs, Edgar of Walkerville, Mont., and Dan and James Martin, both of Butte, Mont. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. B.B. Byus of the Methodist church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were William Graham and Thomas Meniez, both of Reliance; Clarence Daniels, Lafayette Martin, a cousin; James Songster and Jack Sutton, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 15, 1953 BECKY LYNN TURCATO Graveside services for Becky Lynn, one-day-old daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. John Turcato of Rock Springs, were held in St. Joseph’s cemetery Friday. Rev. S.A. Welsh of the South Side Catholic church conducted the rites. Becky Lynn was born Tuesday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital and died shortly after birth. Besides her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Larry and Darrel, at home, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Turcato and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allison, all of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 22, 1953 ORESTE CRISTOFOLINI The funeral mass for Oreste (Rusty) Cristofolini, 31, was said at the South Side Catholic church Thursday morning. The Rev. Michael Butler said the mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Wednesday night. Pallbearers were Fred Boschetto, Raymond Grant, Fred Menghini, Silvio Pedri, Serafino Rauzi and Gino Roccabruna. Mr. Cristofolini died Monday night in Sweetwater Memorial hospital as result of a .32 caliber automatic pistol shots fired by Oscar Pori, 32, on the night of November 11 in Mr. Cristofolini’s place of business, the Fountain club bar. (Murder charges were filed against Pori by Glen G. Stanton, county attorney, in district court at Green River the morning after Cristofolini’s death). The shooting occurred at 10:30 p.m. and Mr. Cristofolnii was taken to the hospital where he underwent major surgery. He rallied and lived for five days. Early in the evening of the night he died he took a turn for the worse and later that night was taken into surgery. He died on the operating table. Oreste Cristofolini was born in Rock Springs Dec. 5, 1921. In 1922 his parents, Livio and Angelina Cristofolini, took him with them when they returned to their old home in S. Giacomo, Tyrol, Italy, where they still reside. The son returned to Rock Springs in 1938 and went into the United States army in 1941. He was given a medical discharge in 1942. From 1938 until 1946 he was in the employ of the Union Pacific railroad in Green River. Since 1946 he was in partnership with Leno Zadra. They first operated a filling station in the city and in 1951 purchased the Fountain club bar. In 1948 Mr. Cristofolini went back to Italy for a visit and while there married Cesarina Anesi, a niece of Joe Giovanini of Rock Springs and Camilio Cristofolini of Lodi, Calif. Shortly after their marriage they came to Rock Springs. Their home is at 326 O street. Besides his widow, his parents and two uncles in this country, he had three brothers, Livio Jr., August and Guido Cristofolini, and one sister, Aida, all of whom live in Italy. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 22, 1953 FREDERICK BERTRUN BRIDGES Funeral services for Bert Bridges, 73, resident of Rock Springs for 53 years were held Saturday afternoon at the Rogan mortuary chapel. Bishop William Gibbs of the L.D.S. church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Earl Crapo, a nephew; Clark Hamblin, Hans Harmon, William McWilliams, Michael Smith of Bitter Creek and Lee Stears. Mr. Bridges died Monday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital after a long illness. Before his forced retirement 16 years ago because of ill health, he was employed by the state highway department. Frederick Bertrun Bridges was born July 7, 1880, in Frisco, Utah. He is survived by his widow, Martha, a patient in the hospital here; one brother, Ted Bridges of Rawlins; three nieces, Mrs. Dean Romero of Rock Springs, Mrs. Ellen LaMarr of Rawlins and Mrs. Eva Brummett of Reno, Nev., and an ephew, Earl Crapo of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 22, 1953 MRS. ALEX TOTH The funeral mass for Mrs. Alex Toth, 51, of Superior, was held Saturday at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. William Delaney, pastor of St. Vivian’s Catholic church in Superior, said the mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Friday night. Mrs. Toth died Monday evening in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City. Members of her family had visited her in the hospital on Sunday before her death but had returned to Superior when it was thought that her condition was satisfactory. She had been ill for several years and her illness had necessitated periods of hospitalization. Her last hospitalization was seven weeks in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Toth was born Rose Biro, Feb. 5, 1902 in Hungary. When a girl she came to the United States with her parents, Louis Biro and the late Mrs. Biro. She married Alex Toth Dec. 24, 1918, in Sheridan. The family moved to Superior in 1938 where she had since resided. Survivors are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Rudolph Zorko, and two sons, Frank and John Toth, all of Superior. Her father, Louis Biro, lives in Nevada. Friends who served as pallbearers were Albert Hornsby Sr., George and Kenneth Race and Pete Smith, all of Superior, and George Bender and Mike Evans, both of Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 22, 1953 WILLIAM MORROW JR. Funeral services for William Morrow Jr., 49, of Superior will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Congregational church. Rev. Frank M. Blish will conduct the rites and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who will serve as pallbearers are Charles Dean, James Hanking, William Overy, Thomas Smith, Robert Woolrich, all of Superior and Dr. Ivan R. Willey, superintendent of the Superior schools. Mr. Morrow died Friday morning at his home on B hill in Superior. He had been ill for several months and was hospitalized in Denver for two months before returning to Superior two months ago. He was material clerk of the Union Pacific Coal company in Superior and had lived in the Rock Springs area for 27 years. He had served as a member of the Superior board of education for nine years. Born Dec. 8, 1903 in Diamondville, a son of Matthew and Mary Smith Morrow, he came here as a young man. He was married to Wilma Wall of Superior in 1929, the ceremony taking place in Rock Springs. Survivors are his widow and three daughters, Mrs. Vera Jones of Long Beach, Calif., who is unable to attend the funeral services because of the recent birth of a child and Shirley and Beverly Morrow, at home; his father Matthew Morrow Sr. and a brother, Ernest Morrow, both of Rock Springs, and two sisters, Mrs. Lyman Welch of Reliance and Mrs. Mary Robinson of Boise. Mr. Morrow had five grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 22, 1953 JULIAN WOODRUFF NIELSON Funeral services for Julian Nielson, 58, of Green River were held in the Green River L.D.S. church Saturday afternoon. Bishop Ross Blonquist was in charge of the services and the body was taken Saturday night to Ogden for burial. Mr. Nielson died suddenly Thursday morning while at work in the Union Pacific railroad yards in Green River. He was car foreman and had worked for the railroad in Green River since August 1924. He had been car foreman since 1941. Born March 11, 1895 in Huntsville, Utah, Julian Woodruff Nielson had lived in Green River 29 years. He is survived by his widow, Reva Stuart Nielson; three sons, Julian who lives in Washington state, Ray, a student at B.Y.U. and Stuart, a student at the University of Wyoming; a daughter, Betty, at home, and a brother, Hiram Nielson of Ogden. He was a member of Green River post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen and the L.D.S. church. Mr. Nielson was a World War I veteran. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 22, 1953 JOHN SKRAJNER Funeral services for John Skrajner, 65, resident of Rock Springs for 26 years, were held Thursday at the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the rites and burial was in the S.N.P.J. lodge plot. Mr. Skrajner died Monday night at his home at 914 Edgar street. He was a retired coal miner. Born Nov. 24, 1887 in Trebnje, Dolenjskno, Yugoslavia, he came to the United States as a young man. He was a member of United Mine Workers of America and S.N.J.P. lodge 10. He never married and had several relatives who live in Yugoslavia. The rosary was recited at the Rogan chapel Wednesday night. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 29, 1953 MRS. WILLIAM DAVIS Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Davis, 90, widow of William Davis and resident of Rock Springs for 65 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Methodist church. The Rev. B.B. Byus will conduct the services and burial will be in the Davis family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Hay Jr., Walter Lietz, Edwin V. Magagna, Sam Megeath, Thomas H. Smith and Robert Stuart. The body will be taken to the Davis home at 815 Young avenue early this afternoon. Mrs. Davis died at Sweetwater Memorial hospital early Thursday morning. She had been a patient there since October 19 when she was taken to the hospital for injuries incurred in a fall at her home. The following day she suffered a paralytic stroke from which she never regained consciousness. Born Margaret Roberts Feb. 9, 1863, in Angelsey, North Wales, British Isles, she came with her parents, Robert and Jane Roberts to Rock Springs in 1888. Feb. 9, 1889 she married William Davis, the ceremony taking place in Rock Springs. She was a member of the Methodist church. Mrs. Davis is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Davis and three granddaughters, Mrs. John Adams of Worland, Mrs. Robert Coppo of Butte, Mont. and Mrs. Robert Davis of Great Falls, Mont. A sister, Mrs. Anna Kendall of Long Beach also survives. Her husband, two daughters and one son preceded her in death. Mr. Davis died here in February 1929. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 29, 1953 MARLON JOSEPH PORTER Funeral services for Marlon Joseph Porter, 23, were held Thanksgiving morning at the North Side Catholic church. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec conducted the rites and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Arvo Mackey, John Mirich, Joe Rogers, Mario Temporini, Donald Tuttle and V.H. Ward. Mr. Porter was found dead in his garage at 1234 Tenth street Saturday afternoon, November 21. Carbon monoxide poisoning was given as the cause of death. He was an accountant in the general offices of the Union Pacific Coal company and had lived in Rock Springs after he was discharged from the navy in 1948. He was born Dec. 3, 1929 in Hackett, Ark., and enlisted in the navy in 1946. Educated in the Hot Springs, Ark., high school and Brynes business college in Hot Springs he was active in student body activities in both schools. Mr. Porter is survived by his widow, Mary Butkovich Porter, whom he married here in 1951; a one-year-old daughter, Tanya Carroll; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Porter, three brothers, Lindsey, Lieut. Gene Porter and James Porter, all of Hackett, Okla. [sic] His parents and brother, Lieutenant Porter, who is stationed at Ft. Campbell, Ky., attended the funeral services. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary Wednesday night. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 29, 1953 ANTON PAUKOVICH The funeral mass for Anton Paukovich, 83, was said at the North Side Catholic church Saturday. The Rev. Albin Gnidovec said the mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Members of the S.N.P.J. lodge served as pallbearers. Mr. Paukovich, resident of Rock Springs for 40 years, died Monday in a Bellingham, Wash., hospital. He was born May 5, 1870 in Austria and came to Rock Springs in 1906 where he worked in the mines until 1946 when he and Mrs. Paukovich moved to Salt Lake City. After living there for four years they moved to Bellingham in 1950. He was a member of S.N.P.J. lodge 10 and United Mine Workers of America. Survivors are his wife, Julie Kosak Paukovich, whom he married in Hamburg, Germany, in 1903; six daughters, two sons and 11 grandchildren. The daughters and sons are Sister Mary Sylvester of the Cathedral school in Salt Lake City; Mrs. William Krichbaum and Edward Paukovich, both of Bellingham; Mrs. Fred Krichbaum of Douglas, Mrs. Fred Cassari of Woodland, Wash.; Mrs. I. Richter of San Francisco; Mrs. Mark Moran of Salt Lake City and William Paukovich of Denver. The body, accompanied by Mrs. Paukovich, arrived in Rock Springs Thanksgiving morning. All his sons and daughters came to Rock Springs for the funeral and burial services. The rosary was recited at the Rogan mortuary chapel Friday night. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 29, 1953 ROSCOE STEWARD Graveside services for Roscoe, one-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Steward of 719 White Mountain addition, were held Saturday in Mountain View cemetery. The infant was born Tuesday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital and died shortly after birth. Besides his parents, Roscoe is survived by two sisters and a brother, Aquella, Diane and Curtis Lee, all at home. --- Rock Springs Miner, Nov 29, 1953 DAVID EDWARDS Funeral services for David Edwards, 73, were held Saturday afternoon at the L.D.S. church. Elder George Clark of the second ward conducted the service and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends and relatives who served as pallbearers were Thomas Miller and Nick Moser, both of Superior; Thomas Edwards of Stansbury, a nephew; Clifford Ammons of Las Cruces, N.M., and Ervin McWilliams of Ventura, Calif., grandsons, and Clark Hamblin of Rock Springs. Mr. Edwards, a life-long resident of southwestern Wyoming, died Tuesday night at Sweetwater memorial hospital. He was born April, 1880 in Almy, Wyo., and had lived in Almy, Cumberland, Superior and Rock Springs. He was a retired coal miner. Ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. Edwards moved to California where they lived for two years before returning to Rock Springs. The family home was at 1407 Ninth street. Mr. Edwards is survived by his widow, Ann Rowbottom Edwards, whom he married in 1900; three sons and three daughters, ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The sons and daughters, all of whom were in Rock Springs for the funeral and burial services, are Bernard R. of Riverton, LeRoy of Long Beach, Donald R. of Ventura, Calif.; Mrs. William McWilliams of Rock Springs, Mrs. John D. Moore of Canoga Park, Calif., and Mrs. O.M. Felthut of Bell, Calif. --- Green River Star, Dec 4, 1953 Frank Mahoney Killed When Truck Overturns Frank Mahoney, 66, of Manila, Utah, and who has lived most of his life in the Burntfork area, died when the truck in which he was riding left Highway 197, just south of the Blacksfork bridge, Wednesday afternoon. The truck was driven by William Jarvis, of Manila, who is reported critically injured. Thursday afternoon, Coroner J. Warden Opie was continuing his investigation of the fatality, which was Sweetwater county's 19th highway death of the year. Whether or not an inquest will be necessary is being determined by his investigation. Deputy Sheriff C. D. McWilliams was called to the scene of the accident by passersby, and he said that apparently the light truck went out of control on a sharp curve just south of the river bridge, 15 miles south of town, and the car plunged over a high embankment. Mr. Mahoney was the son of the late D. J. and Etta Mahoney, pioneers of the Henry's Fork valley, where he was born. For a time prior to World War I, the family lived in Pocatello, but after service in the armed forces during that conflict, Mr. Mahoney returned to Burntfork where for years he operated a blacksmith shop. Mrs. Ida Stoll, now of Lakewood, Colo., is an aunt. Of recent years, he has lived at Manila, Utah, and until recently has been employed by Elbert Steinaker. The body rested Thursday at Rogan mortuary, Rock Springs, pending funeral arrangements. --- Green River Star, Dec 4, 1953 Mrs. E. Singent Passed Away On Wednesday Elizabeth Mueller Singent, 78, widow of the late Edward Singent, passed away at the Sweetwater County Memorial hospital Wednesday after a long period of ill health. She had been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Carl Evers, in Green River, since Mr. Singent's passing in March of 1952. A short time before her death Wednesday she had been taken to the hospital. Mrs. Singent was much loved and respected by the great number of people who had grown to know her during her more than 60 years of residence in Green River, and many are the people who remember her kindnesses and friendship down through the years. Interested in the people around here and of a naturally friendly nature, Elizabeth Singent was active in the Altar Society of the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic); in the Neighbors of Woodcraft of which she was a charter member; in the American Legion Auxiliary, and in the Union Pacific railroad old Timers association auxiliary during the days when she was able to take part in their activities. Born Elizabeth Mueller in St. Louis, Mo., October 26, 1875, she was only 13 years old when she accompanied her parents to Green River, then a tiny railroad outpost on the frontier. She was to grow up here and to aid in making Green River a hospitable, good town in which to live. In 1895, she and Mr. Singent, who then was with the Oregon Short Line at Montpelier, Ida., were united in marriage at Green River. Five years later, in 1900, the young couple returned to Green River to make their home for the remainder of their lives. Of this union, three children, Joseph T. Singent of Omaha, Mrs. Carl (Edna) Evers of Green River, and Mrs. W. E. (Eileen) Longpre of Casper. Two children, James and Catharine, preceded their parents in death. Mr. Singent passed away on March 26, 1952. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. J. McNamara of Kemmerer, and two brothers, J. F. Mueller of Los Angeles, and Steven Mueller of National City, Calif. The funeral services are tentatively set for 9 a. m. Saturday morning at the Catholic church, the Rev. John Marley officiating. Burial will be beside Mr. Singent in Riverview cemetery. The body rests at the Rogan mortuary chapel in Rock Springs. --- Green River Star, Dec 4, 1953 Aged Man Buried Here on Monday Funeral services for Max Vigil, 82, of Green River, were held in the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic) here at 9 o'clock Monday morning, with the Rev. John Marley officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery under the direction of Francom-Villanova mortuary. Mr. Vigil had made his home in Green River with his niece, Mrs. Joe Chacon since retiring as a copper miner five years ago. He came to Green River from Megil, Nev. He was born in New Mexico May 2, 1871. Besides his niece here, he is survived by one son, Joe Vigil, of New Mexico; a sister, Lionedis Cordova of San Crestova, N. M.; a brother, Abalino Vigil of New Mexico; a grandchild, and a nephew, Julian Vigil of Green River. He passed away at Sweetwater Memorial hospital in Rock Springs Saturday, --- Green River Star, Dec 4, 1953 Hitch-Hiker Found Dead in Cab of Truck Anthony Andy Potkey, 37 of Carmen, Idaho, was found dead in the cab of a truck at Little America Tuesday evening, when the truck driver came out of the Little America restaurant after eating a lunch. Potkey had asked the driver, Dale Kidney, for a ride from Evanston to Rock Springs. An autopsy held under the direction of Coroner J. Warden Opie of Rock Springs found heart trouble having caused the death. According to the story told to the coroner and to Sheriff Mike Maher and Deputy Sheriff C. D. McWilliams, Potkey approached Kidney at Evanston and asked for a ride to Rock Springs, saying he was going to work in the mines. Potkey several years ago had worked at Rock Springs. He helped sand the road, which was slick, over The Sisters east of Evanston, and when the truck arrived at Little America, he declined Kidney's invitation to go into the cafe. When Kidney came back out he found his companion dead, and notified the sheriff's office. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 6, 1953 EDWARD JOSEPH KERANEN Funeral services for Edward Joseph Keranen, 58, were held Thursday at the Villanova funeral home. Rev. Frank M. Blish of the Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Raleigh Keranen, a son; Finis Mitchell, Woodrow McNeel of Afton, John Shuster, a son-in-law; C.S. Shults and Manifred Whitley. Mr. Keranen, a resident of Rock Springs from 1924 to 1947, died Monday in the Veterans hospital in Cheyenne. He had been ill since November of 1952 and for a year had been hospitalized in Jackson and Cheyenne. Born Jan. 5, 1895 in Lake Norden, S.D., he married Signe Tuhkanen in Candle, N.D., Oct. 21, 1921. Three years later they moved to Rock Springs where he was employed by the Union Pacific Coal company and the old Central Coal and Coke. In 1947 the family moved to Bondurant in Hoback basin where they established the Hoback Village tourist cabin camp and which the wife and son still operate. Survivors are his widow, one son, two daughters and three granddaughters. The son and daughters are Raleigh Keranen of Bodurant, Mrs. John Shuster and Jacqueline Keranen, both of Rock Springs. Two sisters, Mrs. Sophie Moilan of Hayti, S.D. and Mrs. William Moilan of Astoria, Ore., also survive. Mr. Keranen was a World War I veteran. Mrs. Keranen and their son, Raleigh Keranen, were with him at the time of his death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 9, 1953 Green River Girl Dies on Tuesday Mary Ruiz, 19-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mary Ruiz of Green River, died at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon in the Sweetwater Memorial hospital having been a patient there for six days. A senior in the Green River high school, she was born March 2, 1934 in Winton and came to Green River at the age of seven. She was a member of the Green River Catholic church. She was preceded in death by her father who died Sept. 9, 1942, and a sister that died in infancy. In addition to her mother, Miss Ruiz is also survived by four brothers, Louis, Ralph and Tony, all of Green River and Frank of Chateau, Mont. Five sisters also survive: Mrs. Elmer Ring and Mrs. James Merrill of Chateau, Mont.; Mrs. J.W. Mullinex, Mrs. Thomas Pantelogow, and Miss Trinidad Ruiz, all of Green River. She is also survived by her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B.O. Ramirez of Green River. Funeral services are pending. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 13, 1953 CLARENCE OAKLEY Final funeral and burial services for Clarence Oakley, 24, will be held early this week in Mr. Oakley’s hometown of Rhinelander, Wis. Accompanied by Mrs. Oakley and their daughter, Joy Lynn, and Mrs. Oakley’s mother, Mrs. A.C. Carter, the body was taken to Rhinelander after funeral services were held Saturday in the L.D.S. ward chapel. Elder George Clark of the second ward conducted the rites and friends who served as pallbearers were Clyde Daniels, Bernard Grove, Fred Groutage, Carlisle McPhie, John Radosevich and Don Stevens. Clarence Oakley died as result of an accident Tuesday night while hunting rabbits in Eden valley. John E. Radosevich and Dominick Ardissone, both of Rock Springs, and Edward Skorcz and Milton Freil Jr., both of Eden valley, were with Mr. Oakley on the hunting trip. The fatal shot was fired by Skorcz. County Coroner J. Warden Opie and Undersheriff George Nimmo investigated the shooting and pronounced it accidental. Mr. Oakley had lived in Rock Springs since May when he and his wife, Agnes Carter Oakley, a native of Rock Springs, and their small daughter came here to make their home. He was a meat cutter by trade and worked at the Pacific market after coming here. He was a Korean war veteran and while in service learned to operate International Business machines and just one day before his death had entered the accounting department of Union Pacific Coal company as an I.B.M. operator. Mr. Oakley was born April 16, 1929, in Rhinelander, Wis., a son of Harry and Elizabeth Quandt Oakley who survive. Besides his widow and daughter and his parents he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Harold Fredrick and Mrs. Vernon Lowther, both of Rhinelander. Honorary pallbearers were Lester Rawlins, Joe Radosevich, Albert Sellers, Archie Sawyer, Claude Thomas and Hugh Thomas. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 13, 1953 JAMES HOUGARD Funeral services for James Hougard, 62, were held Wednesday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Frank M. Blish conducted the rites and burial was in the Hougard family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were John D. Foster, Joe Gras, Ben Harvey, Richard Korvonen, Art Linden and Robert Stewart. Mr. Hougard, a life-long resident of the Rock Springs community, died Sunday, December 6, in St. Luke’s hospital in Denver. He had gone to Denver to visit his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. James Moore and on Monday before his death he was taken to the hospital. He had been ill for several weeks. James Hougard was born Dec. 31, 1890 in Wamsutter, a son of Peter and Petrea Hougard, pioneer Rock Springs residents. He was a retired coal miner and a member of United Mine Workers and aerie 151, Fraternal Order of Eagles. Survivors are two brothers, Peter Hougard Jr. of Chicago and Nels Hougard of Portland, six sisters Mrs. J.W. O’Donnell of Cheyenne, Mrs. Elsie Poole of Berkeley, Mrs. Dave Luse of Death Valley, Calif., Mrs. Moore of Denver and Mrs. J.C. Adkison and Mrs. E.H. Roeseler, both of Rock Springs. His parents and one brother, Harry Hougard, preceded him in death. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 13, 1953 MRS. PETER KARPPI Funeral services for Elizabeth Karppi, 86, widow of Peter Karppi and resident of Rock Springs for 51 years, were held Thursday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Frank M. Blish conducted the rites and burial was in the Karppi family plot in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were two sons, Paul Karppi of Oakland, Calif., and Peter Karppi of Rock Springs; two sons-in-law, Ray Gras of Dragerton, Utah, and Lawrence Williams of Green River; a grandson of Dragerton, Utah and a grandson-in-law, Jack Podbevsek Jr. of Rock Springs. Mrs. Karppi died Monday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital where she had been for a week. She was born Nov. 8, 1867 in Sonkajarvi, Finland. She married Peter Karppi in Finland and in 1902 they came with their five children to the United States, locating in Rock Springs where four more children were born. Mr. Karppi worked in the coal mines here for 40 years and was retired in 1943. He died July 22, 1952 and after his death Mrs. Karppi made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Andrew Smith of 722 Ludvig street. Besides Mrs. Smith she is survived by five daughters and two sons. They are Mrs. Robert Hovi of Svenson, Ore.; Mrs. Raymond Gras of Dragerton, Utah; Mrs. Burch Corneilson of Evanston, Mrs. Lawrence Williams of Green River, Margaret Karppi of Casper, Paul Karppi of Oakland and Peter Karppi Jr. of Rock Springs. Ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive. One son, William Karppi died here in 1929. Mrs. Karppi was a member of the Finnish Lutheran church. All her sons and daughters were in Rock Springs during her final illness and attended the funeral and burial services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 13, 1953 MRS. WILLIAM ACE The funeral of Mrs. William Ace was held Friday from the Congregational church followed by burial in the Ace family plot in Mountain View cemetery. The Rev. Frank M. Blish conducted the services. Mountain Lily chapter, Order of Eastern Star, also conducted its ritualistic service at the church. Pallbearers were Mrs. Ace’s two grandsons, Robert Taylor of Denver and John W. Taylor Jr. of Rock Springs; Rudy Anselmi, V.J. Facinelli, Harry Jones and Robert D. Murphy. Mrs. Ace died of a heart attack shortly before 6 o’clock Tuesday night at her home at 735 ½ Connecticut avenue. Had she lived until December 18, she would have been 83 years old. She was born Dec. 18, 1870 in Buffalo, Mo., and came to Rock Springs to live in 1907. In 1926 she and Mr. Ace went to Ogden to make their home and where Mr. Ace died in the late 1920s. Mrs. Ace was the mother of Mrs. John W. Taylor of Rock Springs and Bertha White of Laramie. She had four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Two sisters, Mrs. Leona Andrews and Mrs. William Tucker, both of Buffalo, Mo., also survive. Mrs. Ace returned from Ogden in May to make her home in Rock Springs again. She was a member of the Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 13, 1953 MRS. WILLIAM STEWART Funeral services for Mary Josephine Stewart, 23, wife of William Stewart of White Mountain addition, will be held at her old home in Paris, Ark., this morning followed by burial there. Mrs. Stewart died Thursday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital after a ten-day illness. Besides her husband she is survived by a son, Curtis Lee, and two daughters, Aquilla and Diane, at home. Her parents, four sisters and six brothers, all of Paris, Ark., also survive. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 13, 1953 Bedient Rites Today Funeral services for Channing E. Bedient, Green River resident for 55 years, will be held this afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Green River Congregational church with the Rev. Don E. Mills officiating. Burial will be in the Green River Riverview cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 15, 1953 Arthur Ameye Dies in Springs Funeral services are pending for Arthur Ameye who died Thursday in the Sweetwater Memorial hospital after a confinement of three days. He was 58 years old. A retired coal miner, he was born in Antwerp, Belgium, Aug. 27, 1895, and came to this country at the age of eight in 1903 when he went to Detroit. A few years later he came to Cody, Wyo., where he was married to Nellie Ellen in 1920. She preceded him in death in November, 1932. Sixteen years ago Mr. Ameye came to Rock Springs where he was employed in the Blairtown mine until his retirement when he moved to Pinedale where he has lived the past two years. In Rock Springs he was better known as “The Belgian” by his friends. A veteran of World War I, he is survived by one son, William of Lewistown, Mont.; one sister, Mrs. Michael Cools of Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada; and one brother, Emil of Norwood, Winnipeg, Canada. He was also preceded in death by his brother-in-law, Robert B. Allen, well known Rock Springs businessman who died July 10, 1953. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews. --- Green River Star, Dec 18, 1953 C. H. Bedient Passes Away; Buried Sunday Death cut again into the ranks of Green River old timers last Friday when Channing H. Bediant, 81, resident of Green River for 54 years, passed away at his home here. Mr. Bedient, a member of the Union Pacific Old Timers club, had retired from his work as a railroad machinist here in 1937. Born June 9, 1872, in Binghampton, N. Y., he moved to Nebraska with his family as a youth. On October 22, 1896, He was united in marriage with Georgia Peterson at Omaha, to which union was born three daughters and one son, One daughter passed away here in 1905. Mrs. Bedient died in July, 1947. Mr. and Mrs. Bedient came to Green River in 1899, he to serve the railroad until his retirement. They made Green River their home and raised their family here. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Austin (Eunice) Clark, and Mrs. Myrtle Hoover, each of Green River, and a son, G. H. Bedient, of Portland, Ore., and many other relatives and friends to whom his passing is a saddening loss. Final rites were at the Congregational church at 3 p.m. Sunday, the Rev. Donald Mills officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Riverside [sic] cemetery under direction of Francom-Villanova mortuary. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 19, 1953 Guy Rife Dies In Thermopolis Guy T. Rife, 73, Rock Springs rancher for many years, died Thursday afternoon in Thermopolis after a six weeks stay there. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Villanova chapel in Rock Springs, the Rev. E. Thomas Rodda officiating. Mr. Rife’s daughter, Mrs. Joe J. Jones of Salt Lake City, had been with him in Thermopolis during the 10 days prior to his death. Mr. Rife had planned to visit another daughter, Mrs. Darrell Mork, in San Francisco, Calif., for the winter. Born December 23, 1879, in Brown’s Park, Utah, Mr. Rife would have celebrated his 74th birthday this Christmas. He is survived by two daughters; a sister, Mrs. Raye E. Kidd of Dodge City, Kan.; and a nephew, Hilery Rife of Riverside, Calif. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 20, 1953 MRS. WILLIAM BAIR The funeral of Mrs. William Bair, 49, was held at noon Saturday from the L.D.S. church. Bishop James Sines of the first ward conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Wallace Beveridge, Max Gentilini, Gene Lane, Walter Lietz, James Reese and Glen Varley of Bitter Creek. Honorary pallbearers were Ira and Harvey Nelson, both of Ogden and uncles of Mrs. Bair; Lott Buxton, Rudolph Carlson, F.G. Cundy, Evans Reese and Pete Shinazy. Nona Jane Son was born March 31, 1904 in Manila, Utah. She married William Bair June 19, 1922, and had lived all her married life in Rock Springs. The Bair home was at 112 Blair avenue. She died early Tuesday morning at Sweetwater Memorial hospital after a lingering illness. Mrs. Bair is survived by her husband, one son, William, who is serving with the navy in Japan; three daughters, Mrs. Elaine Tankersley of Vallejo, Calif.; Mrs. LaVelle Braden of Bremerton, Wash., and Mrs. Nina Bishop of Crockett, Calif., and five grandchildren. All of her daughters and her daughters-in-law were in Rock Springs at the time of her death. Her son left Japan by plane the morning of her death but later was transferred to a boat and will not arrive on the west coast until this week. Also surviving Mrs. Bair are her mother, Mrs. Jane Tolton of Green River, former Rock Springs resident; two brothers, Arnold Tolton of Green River and Othneil Tolton of Heyburn, Ida.; five sisters, Mrs. Agnes Binning of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Ada Hastings and Mrs. Jean Larkin, both of Riverside, Calif.; Mrs. Althea Olsen of Green River and Myrtle Son of Santa Barbara, Calif. Mrs. Bair was a sister of Reta Tolton, who was one of the Girl Scouts who lost her life in the Newfork tragedy of 1928. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 20, 1953 MRS. GEORGE SOLTIS Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Soltis, 71, of Superior, widow of George Soltis, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the North Side Catholic church. Burial will be in the family plot in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Mrs. Soltis, resident of Superior for 43 years, died Thursday at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. Born in Czechoslovakia Sept. 8, 1882, she came to the United States in 1900. Mr. Soltis, a miner a Superior, died in 1928. Survivors are four daughters, four sons, 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The sons and daughters are George and Steve Soltis, both of Superior; Mrs. Mike Balen, Mrs. Katherine Manukas, Mrs. Jennie Kruger and Andy Soltis, all of Rock Springs; Mrs. Julian Sebastian of Kemmerer and John Hagrish of Garwood, N.J. One sister, Mrs. Sophie Kufas of Superior, and another sister and one brother who live in Czechoslovakia also survive. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 27, 1953 SINKO FUNERAL Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest Sinko, 44, were held Monday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Frank M. Blish conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were W.R. Dickson, Mark Greenwood, Dr. James T. Lane, A.J. McMurry, John Stafford and John Willson. Mrs. Sinko died Saturday, December 19, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. Death resulted from self-inflicted gunshot wounds suffered about 8:30 that morning at the Sinko home at 14 Wardell court. Mrs. Sinko had been in ill health for several months. Evelyn Goetz Sinko was born in Laramie Sept. 26, 1909, daughter of John and Margaret Goetz, Albany county ranchers. She was educated in the Laramie schools and the University of Wyoming. In 1930 she came to Rock Springs to teach in Washington school. Later she was transferred to junior high school where she taught until she married Ernest Sinko Aug. 27, 1939 in Laramie. Mrs. Sinko is survived by her husband, two daughters, Judith Mae and Barbara Ann; her mother, and one sister, Mrs. L.J. Wilson of San Jose, Calif. Her daughter, Barbara, was one of the city’s 1953 polio victims. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 27, 1953 JOHN GOETTINA John J. Goettina, 64, died Monday in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had been in ill health due to a heart condition for several months. Mr. Goettina had been a resident of Rock Springs since 1930 and had lived in Sweetwater county for 45 years. He lived in Quealy for many years where he was in the employ of Gunn-Quealy Coal company for 23 years. In 1930 he and his wife moved into Rock Springs where they had since resided. At the time of his death he was part-owner of the Belmont bar on Fifth street. Funeral services were held Thursday at the South Side Catholic church. The Rev. S.A. Welsh said the funeral mass and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The rosary was recited at the Goettina home at 614 Gobel street Wednesday night. Pallbearers were Marvin Emery, Pete Enrico, Finis Mitchell, John Matkovich, Ray Scott and Tom Seivert. Mr. Goettina was born Feb. 2, 1889 in Rockville, Colo. Survivors are his widow, Lena; one sister and three brothers, Mrs. Lena Antonio and Pete Goettina, both of Rock Springs, James of Salt Lake City and Mike Goettina of Berkeley, Calif. He was a World War I veteran and was a member of Archie Hay post of the American Legion. The Legion conducted graveside services. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 27, 1953 BOSHELL INFANT Short funeral services for an infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler W. Boshell of Superior were held Tuesday afternoon in the Rogan mortuary chapel. The Rev. G.M. Eads of the Superior Pentecostal church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. The infant was born Saturday, December 19, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital and died at birth. --- Rock Springs Miner, Dec 27, 1953 SHEILA DARLENE KIZZIRE Sheila Darlene Kizzire, six-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Kizzire of Granger, died Sunday, December 20, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. Funeral services were held at the L.D.S. church in Lyman Tuesday followed by burial in the Lyman cemetery. Bishop Grant Broadbent conducted the rites. In addition to her parents, the infant is survived by one sister, Dianne Lynn, at home, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Kizzire of Evanston and Walter S. Tanner of Lyman. Sheila Darlene was born May 27, 1953 in Sweetwater Memorial hospital. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 22, 1953 John Goettina Dies on Monday John J. Goettina, 64, of Rock Springs died Monday afternoon at Sweetwater memorial hospital. He was part-owner of the Belmont Bar and had been a resident of this community for 45 years. Born Feb. 2, 1889, in Rockville, Colo., Mr. Goettina resided at 615 Gobel street here. He was a member of the Eagles and the American Legion, and was a World War I veteran. He is survived by his widow, Lena, of Rock Springs; three brothers, his twin, Pete, of Rock Springs, Mike of Berkley, Calif., and James of Salt Lake City; and one sister, Mrs. Lena Antonio, of Rock Springs. Funeral services are pending. ---