Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 6, 1968 SANDY DAVIDSON Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at Rock Springs First Congregational Church for Alexander C. (Sandy) Davidson, 70, 1321 Lowell, Rock Springs, a retired coal miner, and prominent resident of the city, who died Wednesday, Dec. 27, at 1:35 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. In ill health several months, Mrs. Davidson had been hospitalized since Nov. 27. Mr. Davison, who came to the Rock Springs area in 1930, was retired from the Union Pacific Coal Co. in 1957. For the past five years, he and his wife have served as court bailiffs in the District Court at Green River. The deceased was born April 13, 1897, in Bensley, Scotland, the son of David and Mary Connel Davidson. He married Lura Irene Godfrey at Raton, N.M., Nov. 25, 1924. He came to the United States in 1922, living in Trinidad, Colo., and moving to this community in 1930. Mr. Davidson was a member of Rock Springs First Congregational Church, the Masonic Lodge, Mother No. 6, Kilswinning, Scotland; United Mine Workers of America, Local No. 3078; Union Pacific Old Timers Association and the Democratic Party. He was Dad Councilor of the Rock Springs DeMolay and leader of the former Union Pacific and City of Rock Springs Kiltie Band, for which he served as instructor for more than 30 years. Survivors are his wife, Irene, Rock Springs; one brother-in-law, Robert Charles Godfrey, Burlingame, Calif., and several nieces and nephews, including McKenzie Davidson, Rawlins. The Rev. Douglas Wasson officiated at services. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Boyd Lewis, Fred Kenny, Frank Silovich, Al Christian, James Songster and Steve Majhanovich. Honorary pallbearers were Andrew Stranningan, Jackson Forbes, Peter Vase, Willis (Dutch) Heikes, Mike Duzik, Don Anselmi, Paul Wataha, Dominick (Snooks) Ferrero, Robert H. Johnson, Mike Petrovich, Elmer Halseth, John Zakovich, Teno Roncalio, Don Brown, Cecil McPhie and John Wilson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 6, 1968 JOSEPH B. FEARN Joseph B. Fearn, 63, 18 Wardell Court, an operator at FMC Corp., died Wednesday at 2:35 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient five days. Mr. Fearn, who had lived in Rock Springs 40 years, was born Oct. 12, 1904, in Cumberland, the son of William and Jennie Parks Fearn. He married Mary Young June 10, 1926, at Kemmerer. The deceased was a member of Rock Springs First Congregational Church, the Masonic Order AF & AM, Lodge No. 12, and United Mine Workers of America, District No. 50, Local No. 13214. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Norma) McConnell, Rock Springs, and Mrs. James W. (Mary Jo) Johnson, Rawlins; two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Ruth) Kudar, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Irma Todd, Campbell, Calif.; one brother, Frank Parks, Ogden, Utah, and seven grandchildren, Patrick, Jane and Kathleen McConnell, all of Rock Springs, and Carol, Leanne, Paul and Bruce Johnson, all of Rawlins. Funeral services were conducted Friday morning at the First Congregational Church, the Rev. Douglas Wasson officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Edward King, Anton Pivik, Rudolph Carlson, T. Hudson Smith, Frank Dolinar and Richard Webster. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 6, 1968 MRS. JOHN R. MANN Mrs. John Russell (Clara C.) Mann, 83, Santa Ana, Calif., a former resident of Manila, Utah, and Green River, died Dec. 23 at the Palm Harbor Community Hospital in Garden Grove, Calif. Mrs. Mann, who moved to California from this area six years ago, was born March 17, 1884, in Nebraska. She and her husband, John Russell Mann, who died Dec. 10, 1957, at Manila, operated a ranch in the Sheep Creek area for many years. Survivors are three sons, Walter Mann and Russell Mann, Rock Springs, and Harry Mann, Santa Ana, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Lyn Fry and Mrs. Lucille Harbin, Santa Ana, Calif.; 10 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Rogan Mortuary Chapel in Rock Springs, Bishop Larry O. West of the Rock Springs LDS Second Ward officiating. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery in Green River. Pallbearers were Larry Mann, Neil Heikes, Stanley Echols, Bernell Lamb, Sid Casey and Alex Ringdahl. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 6, 1968 MRS. FRANCES V. SERDAHL Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Green River for Mrs. Frances V. Serdahl, 62, 169 K Street, Rock Springs, who died Monday at 4 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient the past 3 ½ weeks. She had been ill three years. The Rev. Dennis L. Serdahl, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Green River, Mrs. Serdahl’s son, officiated at services. She had lived in Rock Springs the past year. Mrs. Serdahl was born Frances Dahl Nov. 5, 1905, in Columbus, N.D., and attended schools in that area. She was married to Adolph E. Serdahl in 1925. He died Nov. 8, 1966. Before coming to Rock Springs, Mrs. Serdahl had made her home for several years in Oquawka, Ill. Surviving, in addition to her son in Green River, are two other sons, Robert Dean of Salt Lake City and Donald K. Serdahl of Galesburg, Ill.; four sisters, Mrs. Mable Stuart, Regina, Sask.; Mrs. Alvin (Lillian) Hurlburt, Radville, Sasl.; Mrs. Louis (Clara) Fuhr, Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Hilda Waterud, Glasgow, Mont.; three brothers, Otto Dahl, Opheim, Mont.; Joe Dahl, Paso Robles, Calif., and Delmar Dahl, Powers Lake, N.D.; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Burial was in Galesburg, Ill. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 6, 1968 MRS. ROY ROBINSON Mrs. Roy Robinson, 60, Laramie, the former Lucille Booker, a native of Rock Springs, died Thursday, Dec. 28, in Laramie. She was born Dec. 25, 1907, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Armstead and Alice Booker, and attended schools in this city. She moved from Rock Springs to Hanna about 45 years ago and to Laramie several years later. Survivors are her husband, Roy, Laramie; seven daughters, Mrs. Leonard (Evelyn) Page and Mrs. Ray (Delois) Beaver, both of Rock Springs; Mrs. Milford, (Lorraine) Robinson, Superior; Mrs. Sharon Morris and Mrs. Marian Wilburn, both of Laramie; Mrs. Sandy Green, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Lavern Bolton, Cheyenne; three sons, Cecil, Philadelphia, Pa., and Robert and Roy, both of Laramie; 27 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday in Laramie. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 6, 1968 JOHN BOMBARDIERI John Bombardieri, 84, 30 K St., a retired rancher and resident of Rock Springs 55 years, died Dec. 31 at 7:20 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient one month. Mr. Bombardieri was born Dec. 9, 1883, in Tirano, Italy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. August Bombardieri. He is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Art (Josephine) Pentila, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Nick (Emma) Yerkovich, Salt Lake City, Utah. Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at Rogan Mortuary Chapel. Rosary was recited Wednesday evening at the mortuary. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Grover Peach, Leno Menghini, Emil Bertagnolli, Frank Dolinar, Leon Doan and Otto Canestrini. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 6, 1968 WILLIAM K. McCLELLAN William K. McClellan, 75, 708 N Street, died instantly Wednesday about 4 a.m. as the result of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in the head, according to Peter Vase, Sweetwater County Coroner. Mr. McClellan, a retired ranch employee, was born Sept. 30, 1892, at Mills and had live din Rock Springs 30 years. He was a veteran of World War I, having served in the United States Army. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Oyer Morgan of First Methodist Church officiating. Military graveside services were conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24, and burial was in the Legion Plot at Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Troy Tyrell, Ray Lorenzon, James Stark, Steve Babel, Frank Ferlic and Norman McElroy. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 13, 1968 MRS. JOHN HILL Mrs. John (Lizzie) Hill, 80, 107 Logan, Rock Springs, died Friday, Jan. 5, at 4:15 p.m. as the result of injuries sustained Dec. 29 in a pedestrian-automobile accident. Mrs. Hill was critically injured when she was struck by the right front of a car, according to Louis Muir, Rock Springs police chief. Mrs. Hill was born Dec. 7, 1887, at Alferton, Derbyshire, England, the daughter of Thomas and Eliza Rhodes Fletcher. She attended schools and was a teacher in England before coming to Rock Springs in 1921. She was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. Survivors are one sister, Mrs. Aaron (Lydia) Deneley, Rock Springs; two nephews, Aaron W. Deneley and Herb Sharp, both of Rock Springs, and one niece, Mrs. Roger (Margaret) Hamilton, Belmont, Calif. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, the Rev. J. Den Foley officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were James Hamilton, Dwight Jones, Ambrose Hamilton, Fred Russold, Oliver Sains and Walter Short. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 13, 1968 JOHN D. EPPS John D. Epps, 67, a lifetime resident of Rock Springs, died Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient since Tuesday. He had been in ill health the past 15 years. Mr. Epps was born Jan. 22, 1900, in Rock Springs, the son of John D. and Nina Epps. He attended schools in Rock Springs and was active in all types of sports, including many bouts as a middleweight prize fighter in his younger days. Mr. Epps had been employed at the freight depot of the Union Pacific Railroad. The last job on which he worked was the construction of the A Street overpass. He was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother. Survivors are one sister, Mrs. Clinton (Estella) Randolph, Rock Springs; one brother, Roy Epps, Los Angeles, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at Rogan Chapel, the Rev. Carl Procida of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jack Bivens, Hugh Crouch, Thomas Crider, Ray Aho, Anno Aho, Ortho Matson and Lee Bush. Honorary pallbearers were Larry Bates, Milton Calhoun, Earl Dotsey, Amos Page, Joe Hasley and Amos Jackson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 13, 1968 JOHN WALLACE Funeral services were conducted Friday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church for John Wallace, 73, 717 Muir, Rock Springs, who died Monday at 6:15 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient 12 days. Mr. Wallace, a retired coal miner, was born Dec. 13, 1894, in Streator, Ill., the son of John and Maria Wallace. He had lived in Rock Springs 40 years. Survivors are one son, Kenneth Harlan Wallace, San Bernardino, Calif., several nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Stanley (Louise) Myska, Rock Springs, and several grandnieces and grandnephews, including Mrs. Herbert (Pauline) Brown and Joe Velikaneye, Rock Springs; Paul Velikaneye, a student in Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Theresa Demas, San Bruno, Calif. The Rev. Charles Hardy officiated at services. Rosary was recited Thursday evening at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in the family plot at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Isador Koritnik, Chris Gras, Emilio Georgis, James Georgis, Cyril Yenko and Stanley Myska. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 13, 1968 MRS. DOMIANO DELPERO Mrs. Domiano Dominick (Eufrosina) Delpero, 88, 5743 North Camillia, Temple City, Calif., a former resident of Superior, died Sunday in Temple City. Mrs. Delpero, who lived in Superior 38 years before moving to California 11 years ago, was born May 11, 1880, in Cloz, Italy, the daughter of George Zanoni. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Angelo (Noemi) Prevedel and Mrs. Charles (Olga) Burns, Temple City, Calif., and Mrs. Guido (Fina) Anselmi, West Covina, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Frieda Corazza, Denver, Colo., five grandchildren and several nieces. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died Dec. 29, 1956. Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Rock Springs, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Rosary was recited Wednesday evening at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Guy Rizzi, Jack Clark, Bruno Bettolo, Albert Anselmi, Robert Canestrini and Henry Albertini. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 13, 1968 Former Fort Bridger Man Dies on Coast Joseph Birleffi, 80, of Calistoga, Calif., former Uinta County Commissioner and former resident of Fort Bridger, died Wednesday evening in Calistoga. Mr. Birleffi was born in Rome, Italy, and moved to Fort Bridger, where he lived for many years before moving to California. Survivors are his wife, Battista, Calistoga; three sons, Americo and Gino, Calistoga, and Guy, Santa Rosa, Calif.; two brothers, Modesto, Rock Springs, and Victor, Hartville; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 17, 1968 A.N. Buchanan, Former Area Resident, Dies Archie Nelson Buchanan, 59, 495 South Day St., Powell, a former resident of Superior and Eden, died Monday at 2 p.m. in a Billings, Mont., hospital, where he had been a patient one week. Mr. Buchanan moved to Powell eight years ago from this area, where he had lived 35 years. He was an employee of the Soil Conservation Service. He was born Nov. 17, 1908, at Arma, Kan. Survivors are his wife, Gladys, Powell; two sons, Paul, Rock Springs, and John, Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Shelton, and Mrs. Betty Johnson, both of Pomona, Calif., and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at Rogan Chapel in Rock Springs, the Rev. Oyer Morgan of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 20, 1968 HJALMAR CARLSON Hjalmar Axel Carlson, 73, 916 Seventh St., a resident of Rock Springs since 1914 and retired businessman, died Friday, Jan. 12, at 9:50 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Carlson had been hospitalized two weeks and in ill health three years. Born Feb. 14, 1894, in Ryd, Sweden, the son of Carl and Emma Lindquist Peterson, Mr. Carlson came to the United States in 1913. He owned and operated Carlson’s Cleaning and Tailoring Shop for 24 years, retiring six years ago. Mr. Carlson was a veteran of World War I, serving in France. Mr. Carlson married Linnea Johnson of Rock Springs Dec. ?0, 1919, in Rock Springs. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Swedish Vasa Lodge. In addition to his wife, Linnea, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Ruth) O’Connell, Denver, Colo.; one son, Ray Carlson, Sunnyvale, Calif.; three brothers, Swan, Arvid and William, and two sisters, Nina and Astrid, all of Sweden; five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Douglas Wasson of First Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Chris Gras, Herbert Wall, Dale Dallas, Bruno Bettolo, James Warren and Henry Chadey. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 20, 1968 MRS. VICTOR KVASNAK Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church for Mrs. Victor (Annie) Kvasnak, 58, who died Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 5:05 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Kvasnak, the former Annie Giorgis, was born Sept. 15, 1911, in Rock Springs. She was a member of the Zevena Beneficial Society. Survivors, in addition to her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Lucille) Wolfe, Boulder, Colo., and Carol Kvasnak, Oakland, Calif.; her mother, Mrs. Joe (Lena) Giorgis, Rock Springs; two brothers, Joseph Giorgis and Dominick Giorgis, both of Rock Springs; two grandchildren, Kristi and Michael Wolfe, both of Boulder, Colo., and several nieces and nephews. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiated at services. Rosary was recited Friday evening at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in the family plot at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Val Kalan, Henry Chadey, Teno Georgis, Ben Boschetto, Albert Anselmi and Louis Barto. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 20, 1968 MARVIN TRIMM Marvin Whitten Trimm, 57, 211 Logan St., a resident of Rock Springs 14 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient five weeks. Mr. Trimm, a maintenance mechanic for FMC Corp. at Westvaco, was born April 19, 1910, in Brookhaven, Miss. He was a member of the Eastside Baptist Church, Monticello, Ark. Survivors are his wife, Pauline, Rock Springs; four daughters, Mrs. Charles (Ann) Starrett, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs. William (Annette) Sanson, Cascade, Md., Mrs. Larry (Bonnie) Kizer, Pine Bluff, Ark., and Kathy Marlene Trimm, Rock Springs; one brother, J.E. Trimm, Monticello, Ark.; three sisters, Mrs. A.J. Short, Union Church, Miss.; Mrs. John H. Riley, Independence, Mo., and Mrs. Tom Riley, Little Rock, Ark.; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at Rogan Chapel, the Rev. Carl Procida of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in the family plot at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Edward Harnice, Roy (Dutch) Shockley, Edward King, Jerry Grissom, Perl Ager and A.D. Williamson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 27, 1968 Feith Baby Dies in Utah Hospital Joseph Michael Feith, two-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Feith, Clinton, Iowa, former residents of Rock Springs, died Monday, Jan. 22, in a Salt Lake City hospital. The child was born Nov. 22, 1967, in Clinton, Iowa. He is survived by his parents, Clinton, Iowa; one sister, Lisa, Clinton, Iowa; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kosovich, Murray, Utah, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Feith Sr., Rock Springs, and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Graveside services were conducted Tuesday at Murray City Cemetery by the Rev. Paul Schmidt, Christ Lutheran Church, Murray, Utah. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jan 27, 1968 Frances Aimone Dies Friday in Evanston Mrs. Joseph (Frances) Aimone, 81, of Fort Bridger died Friday in an Evanston hospital. Mrs. Aimone was born Jan. 22, 1887, in Italy, the daughter of Peter and Catherine Costanza Cerva. She was married to Joseph Aimone May 25, 1912, in Kemmerer. He preceded her in death Feb. 25, 1957. The deceased was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Survivors are six sons, Ben, Kemmerer; Fred, Carter; Marion, Felix and Martin, all of Fort Bridger, and Chelest, Pomeroy, Wash.; four daughters, Mrs. William (Leona) Dunning, and Mrs. Ralph (Olympia) Harvey, both of Evanston, and Mrs. Cecil (Edith) Syme and Mrs. Victor (Isabel) Hoffman, both of Las Vegas, Nev.; one sister living in Italy, 31 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Requiem mass will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Helen’s Catholic Church in Ft. Bridger. Rosary will be recited Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the Bills Funeral Home in Evanston. Burial will be in the Fort Bridger Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary chapel Sunday evening and at the church in Fort Bridger Monday from 10 a.m. until service time. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 3, 1968 ROBERT L. FRANCIS Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at Rogan Chapel for Robert L. Francis, 79, 419 Walnut, who died Monday at 6:20 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Francis, a lifelong resident of Rock Springs, was born June 12, 1888, at Cedar Mines, Iowa, the son of John T. and Mary Jane Leonard Francis, and came to Rock Springs with his parents when he was a baby. A retired brakeman for the Union Pacific Railroad, the deceased was a member of the Knights of Pythias for 60 years, the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen and the Union Pacific Old Timers Association. Survivors are two sons, Leonard H. Francis, Rock Springs, and Robert K. Francis, Alliance, Neb.; two daughters, Mrs. Eldon (Margaret A.) Brummett, Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Ray (Jean B.) Campbell, Kremmling, Colo.; one sister, Mrs. Rachel Shinazy, Rock Springs; one niece, Mrs. John Jamieson, Rock Springs, 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, and one son, John. Mrs. Howard Moffitt, Christian Science reader, conducted services. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery, where graveside service were conducted by the Knights of Pythias. Pallbearers were Marvin Johnson, Frank Angeli, Harry Sellers, Angelo Anselmi, Finis Mitchell and Arne Oja. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 3, 1968 ANTHONY BEHRING Anthony Behring, 75, 334 A St., a resident of Rock Springs 63 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 3:45 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient two months. Mr. Behring, a retired coal miner, was born Nov. 29, 1892, at LaSalle, Ill., the son of Henry Bernard and Marie Muckenschnable Behring. He came to Rock Springs May 10, 1905, with his parents. In 1906, he was employed as a coal miner in Union Pacific No. 7 mine, where he worked until 1910. From 1910 to 1914, he worked on ranches in the Pinedale area during the summers and in the mines in Rock Springs during the winter. Mr. Behring took a homestead on the Gros Ventre near Jackson in 1914, remaining there until 1918, when he joined the U.S. Cavalry during World War I, serving at Fort Bliss, Tex. He was discharged March 17, 1919, when he returned to Rock Springs to work for the Union Pacific Coal Co. He retired after 40 years of service. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, IOOF Lodge, American Legion, and United Mine Workers of America. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth, Rock Springs; three sons, Bernard and Conrad, both of Rock Springs, and Fred, Forteleza, Brazil; three daughters, Mrs. Eugene (Kathryn) Ashby, Everett, Wash.; Mrs. Russell (Marie) Chalfant, Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Homan, Cheyenne; three sisters, Mrs. Josephine Soulsby, Rock Springs; Mrs. Joseph (Bertha) Kintzely, Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Marie Walburn, Oakland, Calif.; two brothers, William, Pinedale and Ben, Fredericktown, Mo., and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at Rogan Chapel, the Rev. Douglas Wasson of Rock Springs First Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Alfred Russold, William Fletcher, James Parr, Sam Doan, Joseph McTee and George Chilton. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 3, 1968 MRS. VINCENT P. RONAN Funeral services for Mrs. Vincent P. (Mary Margaret) Ronan, 93, a former longtime resident of Rock Springs, were conducted Thursday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Rock Springs. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. William Snyder, West Falls, N.Y., Mrs. Ronan’s nephew, officiated at services. Mrs. Ronan died Sunday, Jan. 28, at 6:15 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver, Colo. She had lived in Rock Springs for many years before she moved to the Sacred Heart Home in Denver in 1964. She was the daughter of Bruno and Mary Snyder of Buffalo, N.Y. Her husband, Vincent, to whom she was married in Buffalo, N.Y., was Western Union dispatcher in Rock Springs before his death in 1952. She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Altar Society. Survivors, in addition to Msgr. Snyder, are her nephew and foster son, Cinvent Patrick Ronan, New Orleans, La.; a nephew, Norbert D. Snyder, Niagara Falls, N.Y., and one niece, Mrs. Veronica Covley, Buffalo, N.Y., and several grandnieces and grandnephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, three nieces, Mary and Grace Clifford and Mrs. Catherine Brady, and three nephews, Thomas Clifford and Clarence W. and Charles Snyder. Rosary was recited Wednesday evening at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in the family plot at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were John T. Antwiler, Ernest S. Fedel, Louis F. Barto, Joe Facinelli, A.L. Yugovich and Leno Menghini. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 3, 1968 MRS. ANDREW BONE Mrs. Andrew (Jessie J.) Bone, 90, of Evanston, a former longtime resident of Rock Springs, died Tuesday morning in an Evanston hospital. Born Sept. 25, 1877 in Townend, Scotland, Mrs. Bone was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Marshall Jamieson. She was married to Andrew Bone July 22, 1910, in Scotland. The couple moved to Rock Springs several years later. Mr. Bone died in 1953, and Mrs. Bone moved to Evanston five years ago. Survivors are one niece, Mrs. Arne (Doris) Oja, and one nephew, John A. Jamieson, both of Rock Springs, and several grandnieces and grandnephews. Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Douglas Wasson of First Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Claude Waterson, John Oja, Andy Radman, Arne Oja, John Brown and John Waterson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 3, 1968 JOSEPH KOLMAN Joseph Kolman, 93, a patient at Kimberly Manor and longtime resident of Rock Springs, died Thursday, Jan. 25, at 1:40 a.m. at Kimberly Manor. Mr. Kolman, a retired coal miner who came to Rock Springs in 1907, was born Jan. 26, 1874, in Sevnica, Austria. He married Mary Bobic May 28, 1899, in Austria. She preceded him in death in October, 1967. The deceased was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, Fraternal Order of Eagles, American Fraternal Union and United Mine Workers of America. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. William (Ann) Robertson, Lander, and Mrs. Frances Bowman, Huntington Park, Calif.; three sons, Albert T. Kolman, Rock Springs; Joseph Kolman, Los Angeles, Calif., and John Kolman, Whittier, Calif.; 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Hardy officiating. Rosary was recited Friday evening at Volsey Funeral Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Val Kalan, William Yugovich, Teno Georgis, Urban Mrak, Frank Peternell and William Shuster. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 3, 1968 JOSEPH SANTICH Joseph Marko Santich, 75, 1116 Tenth Street, a retired coal miner who had lived in the city 55 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 6:25 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Santich had been hospitalized since Dec. 16. Born Feb. 27, 1892, in Rogaznica, Omif, Yugoslavia, he was a member of the CFU Lodge, No. 374, United Mine Workers of America. Survivors are his wife, Rose, Rock Springs; one son, Jay, Rawlins; one daughter, Mrs. Eva Bensen, Rawlins, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rosary was recited Friday evening at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Sikich, Mike Sikich, Pete Sikich and Louis Groshel, brothers-in-law; Jay Santich, a grandson, and Donald Evezich, a nephew. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 3, 1968 MRS. JOSEPH F. WILMETTI Mrs. Joseph F. (Anna Josephine) Wilmetti, 67, 31 Hill, Superior, died Tuesday at 5 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient two days. She had been in ill health several months. A resident of Superior since 1920, Mrs. Wilmetti served as librarian in the county branch library for five years until last month, when she took a leave of absence. She operated the Superior Novelty Store for many years before becoming librarian. Mrs. Wilmetti was born May 7, 1900, at Fondo, Italy, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Magagna Cristanelli. She was married to Joseph F. Wilmetti in Superior in 1921. He preceded her in death May 29, 1945. The deceased was a member of St. Vivian’s Catholic Church, Superior, and the American Fraternal Union, No. 202. Survivors are two sons, Joe R. Wilmetti, and Robert Wilmetti, both of Rock Springs; two brothers, Virgilio Cristanelli, Denver, Colo., and Joseph Cristanelli, Ogden, Utah; four grandsons, two granddaughters, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Friday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Knights of Columbus and parish rosaries were recited Thursday evening at Vase Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Alfonse Bertagnolli, Fred Magagna, Leo Bertagnolli, Alfonse Dona, Joe Bertagnolli and John Endrizzi. Honorary pallbearers were Ed Magagna, Frank Mocellin, Victor Abram and Rudy Cristanelli. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 10, 1968 ROBERT TURNER Robert Earl Turner, 64, 737 Fourth Avenue, a resident of Rock Springs 20 years, died Monday at 8:55 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, shortly after he had been admitted. Mr. Turner, who worked as janitor at Mountain States Telephone Co. 16 years, was born Nov. 4, 1903, at Baxter Springs, Kan., the son of Eugene and Lena Banning Turner. He married Roberta Williams in Rock Springs in 1947. In addition to his wife, Mr. Turner is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Gust (Mary Jane) Kontrelos, Denver, Colo., and Shirley Roberta Turner, Lena Elizabeth Turner and Sandra Kay Turner, all of Rock Springs; one son, Tommy Earl Turner, Rock Springs; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Kirkpatrick, Baxter Springs, Kan., and Mrs. Joy Lumbley, Ironton, Mo., two brothers, Lee B. Turner and Clair Turner, both of Baxter Springs, Kan., and two grandsons, John and Michael Kontrelos, both of Denver. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at the R.L. Volsey Funeral Chapel, Vernon Shaw of the Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Levor Covert, Frank Margon, John Harris, Archie Armstrong, Alex Garbrecht and Wally Taucher. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 10, 1968 WILLIAM WELCH William L. Welch, 74, of Green River, a retired rancher, died Tuesday morning in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. He had lived in this area most of his life. Born May 16, 1893, at Burnt Fork, he was the son of Thomas A. and Mary Ann Stoll Welch. He is survived by one son, Thomas W. Welch, Salt Lake City; one daughter, Mrs. Philip (Fay) Boltz, Lehi, Utah; one sister, Mrs. William (Ethel) Kunz, Burlingame, Calif.; one brother, J. Fred Welch, Green River, and five grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Friday morning at St. Jolm’s Episcopal Church in Green River, the Rev. Dennis Berdahl officiating. Burial was in the family plot at Riverview Cemetery, Green River. Pallbearers were Francis Pearson, Fred Stoll, Louis Stoll, James Stoll, Glen McMillan and William Steinaker. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 10, 1968 STEVE KOURBELAS Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Ahepa Hall in Green River for Steve N. Kourbelas, 84, 291 North Third East, Green River, who died Thursday, Feb. 1, in Sweetater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient two days. A retired businessman and member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Green River, Mr. Kourbelas had lived in this area 64 years. He was born March 5, 1883, in Kalivia, Sparta, Greece. Mr. Kourbelas was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church, and the Ahepa Lodge, Green River. Survivors are his wife, Grace, Green River; two sons, Nick, El Cajon, Calif., and Thomas, Green River, two daughters, Mary, who is Deputy county assessor at Green River, and Tula, Salt Lake City, Utah; two sisters, living in Kalivia, Sparta, Greece; two grandsons and several nieces and nephews. The Rev. Lukas Kotzakis of the Greek Orthodox Church in Rock Springs officiated at services. Prayer services were conducted at Francom-Smith Mortuary in Green River Friday evening. Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery, Green River. Pallbearers were George Nomis, Harry Karician, Harry Pappas, Lawrence Marty, Glenn Hill and John Kalivas. Honorary pallbearers were Gus Sfiris, Steve Vrettas, Steve Nitse, Sam Kozas, Nick Tayias and Tom Chomokos. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 10, 1968 MARKO VRKLAN Marko J. Vrklan, 74, 702 Park Ave., a retired coal miner, died Saturday at 7:55 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient two days. A resident of Rock Springs since 1910, Mr. Vrklan was born April 24, 1893, in Lika, Yugoslavia, the son of Ivan and Ana Tomicic Vrklan. He was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Croatian Fraternal Union, No. 306, and United Mine Workers of America. Survivors are one sister and two brothers living in Yugoslavia; several nieces and nephews, and several cousins, including Mrs. James (Rose) Doak and Pete J. Sikich, both of Rock Springs. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Hardy officiating. Rosary was recited Monday evening at Vase Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were James Doak, Emil Blazovich, John Fermelia, Pete Sikich and Nick Nicksich. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 10, 1968 SERAFINO J. LENZI Serafino J. (Sarge) Lenzi, 61, 517 B Street, a native of this area, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 9:30 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital shortly after he was admitted. Mr. Lenzi, a maintenance man for the water department of Pacific Power and Light Co., was born Jan. 5, 1907, at Quealy. He is survived by his wife, Nellie Mae, Rock Springs; one son, Robert C. Lenzi, serving with the U.S. Navy; three brothers, Albert and August, Rock Springs, and Edward, Granite City, Ill.; one sister, Mrs. Ida Cassari, Rock Springs; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in the family plot at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jack Pritchard, Delbert Robinson, Frank Robinson, Thomas Hartt, Henry Likwartz and Steve Koler. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 17, 1968 MRS. ATTILIO PEDRI Funeral services for Mrs. Attilio (Carmela) Pedri, 63, 1219 Eleventh Street, a resident of Rock Springs 46 years, were conducted Wednesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. Mrs. Pedri died Saturday at 5:45 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient 22 days. Born July 20, 1904, in Revo, Tyrol, Austria, Mrs. Pedri was the daughter of John and Teresa Arnoldo Yori. She is survived by her husband, Attilio, Rock Springs; one son, Wayne, Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Louis (Olga) Groutage, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Joseph (Florence) Motto, Fort Collins, Colo., and one granddaughter, Bernadine Motto, Fort Collins, Colo. The Rev. Charles Hardy officiated at services. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Joe Motto Sr., Andrew Flaim, Guido Flaim, Louis Barto, Celestino Flaim and William Borzaga. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 17, 1968 JOHN APADOCA John Apadoca, a resident of Rock Springs three years, died Sunday at 5:35 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been taken for treatment of stab wounds in the abdomen earlier in the day. Mr. Apadoca, 58, lived at 128 Grant St., Apt. No. 3, with Joe Alfredo Martinez, 44, who was arrested and charged with first degree murder in the case. The deceased was a former longtime resident of Superior and Riverton. He was born Jan. 22, 1910, in Walsenburg, Colo. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Jesse (Emma) Portillo, Rock Springs, and Mrs. John (Cora) Hernandez, Indio, Calif.; two brothers, Ray, Denver, Colo., and Pete, Riverton; three sisters, Mrs. Josephine Valdez and Mrs. Harry (Rita) Tipton, Riverton, and Mrs. Mary Ann Manzo, Oakland, Calif.; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at St. Marguerite’s Catholic Church in Riverton, the Rev. Adolph Pate officiating. Rosaries were recited Tuesday at vase Funeral Home in Rock Springs and Wednesday in Riverton. Burial was in the Riverton Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 17, 1968 STEPEHN WILLIAM STARK Stephen William Stark, 22, hospital corpsman third class, first casualty from Rock Springs in the Vietnam War, Navy Medical Corps, was buried with full military honors in Rock Springs Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted at Rock Springs First Congregational Church, the Rev. Douglas Wasson officiating. Mr. Stark, 22, the son of Undersheriff and Mrs. James Stark and husband of Nema Rowland Stark, 331 Sixth St., Rock Springs, was killed in action Jan. 31 at Quan Nam, South Vietnam. He was struck in the chest by an enemy rifle bullet while aiding a wounded Marine. Born in Rock Springs Jan. 11, 1940, Steve Stark attended schools in this city and was graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1964. He married Nema Rowland in Rock Springs June 26, 1965. Before entering the service Jan. 11, 1966, he was employed as an orderly at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital in work which inspired his entry into the medical corps. He also was employed at the State Hospital in Evanston and at Stauffer Chemical Co. before entering the service. Mr. Stark, who won the Marine-Navy Life Saving Medal for assisting a wounded Marine in an earlier battle, had served six months on the front but volunteered for an extra tour of duty. Survivors, in addition to his wife and parents are one sister, Kathleen, Rock Springs; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Norrell, Marysville, Calif.; his maternal grandfather, William Peterson, Ontario, Calif.; two uncles and several cousins. His mother is the former Annabelle Paterson. Pallbearers at the funeral were John Ribovich, Richard Compton, Pat Rowland, John Compton, James Zelenka and Pat McKenzie. Military graveside services were conducted at Mountain View Cemetery, where burial was made in the family plot. Flags were flown in the city during the service. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 17, 1968 CLIFFORD HOPKINS Clifford Byron Hopkins, 73, 1414 11th St., a retired mechanic for the City of Rock Springs, died Sunday in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient nine days. Mr. Hopkins, a resident of Rock Springs most of his life, was born Nov. 1, 1894, in Hanna. He was a veteran of World War I, serving with the United States Army. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Helen) Schiller, Darien Center, N.Y.; one granddaughter, Debbie Schiller, Darien Center, N.Y., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at Rogan Chapel, the Rev. Dean Foley of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery, where military graveside services were conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. Pallbearers were John Ribovich, James Hansen, Oreste Frazzini, Stanley Myska, John Marietta and John Valco. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 24, 1968 CLETUS LEIGH Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Collins Funeral Home, Jasper, Ala., for Cletus E. Leigh, 45, of Springs Drive, No. 6 District, Rock Springs, who died Saturday at 8:40 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital shortly after he was admitted. Mr. Leigh, a resident of Rock Springs for 10 years, was bulk plant operator for Halliburton. He was born Aug. 27, 1922, in Greensboro, Ala., the son of Tress and Lola B. Adams Leigh. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army. Survivors are his wife, Tommie, Rock Springs; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tress Leigh, Jasper, Ala.; two daughters, Linda, Rock Springs, and Betty Carol, Oakman, Ala.; three brothers, Bill, Floyd and Dale, all of Jasper, Ala.; six sisters, Mrs. Dan (Hazel) Moore, Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Carol Jean Williams, Mrs. Minnie Hilgrenberg, Mrs. Odean (Verlene) Jackson; Mrs. William (Maxine) Thornton and Mrs. Larry (Mavis) Alread, all of Jasper, Ala., and several nieces and nephews. The body was taken to Jasper Tuesday morning for funeral services and burial in the Memorial Gardens. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 24, 1968 HENRY M. BEVERIDGE JR. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 14, in La Jolla, Calif., for Henry M. Beveridge Jr., 58, a former resident of Rock Springs, who died Feb. 9 at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, after a two week illness. The Rev. William Forshaw of La Jolla Congregational Church officiated at the service. Military graveside services were conducted at Park Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, Calif., where Mr. Beverdige was buried. Mr. Beveridge, a native of Rock Springs, was a graduate of Rock Springs High School. He took a correspondence course in accounting after his high school graduation. Enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1942, Mr. Beveridge served at Guadalcanal and the Solomon Island during World War II. He was assistant manager and accountant at the La Jolla Country Club at the time of his death. Survivors are his wife, Donna, La Jolla; one son, Richard Henry Beveridge, San Diego, Calif.; five daughters, all of La Jolla; his mother, Mrs. Henry (Mabel) Beveridge Sr., Rock Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Fitzgerald and Mrs. George (Cora) Berta, both of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Nick (Gertrude) Kourbelas, El Cajon, Calif.; five brothers, Arthur J., Jack C., Robert D., Wallace D. and George Beveridge, all of Rock Springs, one brother-in-law, Fred Lamons, Miami, Fla., one uncle and one aunt, Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan, Salt Lake City, Utah, and several grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Mrs. Henry Beveridge Sr., Mrs. Florence Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. George Berta, Jack Beveridge, Robert Beveridge and George Beveridge, all of Rock Springs, attended the services in La Jolla. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 24, 1968 RALPH FLOR Ralph (Alf) Flor, 88, 412 Bridger Ave., a resident of Rock Springs 68 years, died Friday at 11:35 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. He had been hospitalized one day. Mr. Flor, a retired rancher, was born March 15, 1879, in Brez, Tyrol, Austria. He had been a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles since Oct. 21, 1904. He is survived by his wife, Colomba, Rock Springs; two sons, Robert and Guido, Rock Springs; one daughter, Mrs. Dean (Velma) McCorkle, Long Beach, Calif.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at Rogan Chapel, the Rev. Charles Bartek of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church officiating. Rosary was recited Monday evening at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Pallbearers were Emil Bertagnolli, Robert J. Flor Jr., Paul Putz, Thomas Mason, Fred Toresani and David Henderson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 24, 1968 LEWIS E. BARTHOLOMEW Lewis Earl Bartholomew, 42, Jackson fire chief and son of Mrs. Ben Clinton of No. 6 District, Rock Springs, died of a heart attack Friday at 9:15 p.m. in Jackson. Mr. Bartholomew was participating in a donkey basketball game with other members of the Jackson Fire Department when he suffered the fatal attack. A graduate of Rock Springs High School, the deceased also was the son of the late Raymond Bartholomew Larsen who died in 1958. He was a veteran of World War II, during which he served in the U.S. Navy on a patrol craft rescue vessel from 1943 to 1946. After being discharged in 1946, he came back to Rock Springs to live and was employed at Van Gas Co., later transferring to Pinedale and Jackson. He was employed by the Farron Co. when he died. He is survived by his wife, the former Barbara Hill, Jackson; two sons, Tommy, in the U.S. Navy, and Lew Ray, Jackson; one daughter, Mary Virginia, Jackson; one granddaughter, Vandy; his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clinton, Rock Springs; one sister, Mrs. Ramona Cusato of San Jose, Calif.; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Osselton of Rock Springs, and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Military funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Elks home in Jackson and burial was in the Jackson Cemetery. The Rev. Joseph Moroney officiated. Rosary was recited Sunday at the Catholic Church in Jackson. Members of the Jackson Fire Department served as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 24, 1968 MAX H. McCURTAIN Max H. (Cactus) McCurtain, 52, 920 D Street, a native of Rock Springs, and owner of Cactus’ Emporium, died Saturday at 5:40 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been admitted Saturday morning. Mr. McCurtain was born June 14, 1915, in Rock Springs, the son of Alpha L. and Mabel Huston McCurtain. He was a veteran of World War II, when he served with the U.S. Army. The deceased was a member of the First Baptist Church; Excelsior Lodge, IOOF, which he served as past noble grand; BPO Elks, of which he was past exalted ruler; American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24; Rock Springs Masonic Lodge, AF & AM, No. 12; the York Rite, Scottish Rite and Korein Temple, Rawlins. Mr. McCurtain had been chairman of the Eisenhower Committee and chairman of the Sweetwater County Cancer Society. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. A.L. (Mabel) McCurtain; one brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William R. McCurtain; two nieces, two nephews and several aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by his father, A.L. McCurtain, who died in 1964; one brother, Alfred, who died in 1938, and one sister, Maxine, who died in 1941. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Rock Springs First Baptist Church, the Rev. Oyer Morgan officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery where Masonic and military graveside services were conducted by the Rock Springs Masonic Lodge and the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. Pallbearers were Stanley Graham, Joe Graham, Alfred Young, Keith Parks, C.J. Simkin and Harold Simkin. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 24, 1968 ROBERT D. MURPHY Robert D. Murphy, 81, 108 Third St., pioneer Rock Springs banker and life-long resident of the Rock Springs area, died Sunday at 7:15 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient three months. Mr. Murphy was born March 4, 1886, in Green River. His father, a native of Ireland, came to Wyoming in 1873. The elder Murphy ran a wagon train from Green River to Rock Springs in 1885. Robert Murphy was two years old when his family moved to Rock Springs. His father later was an engineer on Union Pacific Railroad. In this city Robert D. Murphy was graduated from Rock Springs High School, and then attended Notre Dame University at South Bend, Ind., two years. He returned to Rock Springs to begin employment in 1902 in Rock Springs National Bank. He worked as teller and cashier and later was named vice president and a member of the board of directors of the bank. He retired in 1955. He met Elizabeth Hasson while they both were working in the bank and they later were married about 1915. A tireless worker in Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Mr. Murphy was a charter member of the Rock Springs Lions Club, a former trustee of OLS Church, and served 33 years as recording and financial secretary of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 2441, which he joined in 1907 and of which he was a fourth-degree member. He was a trustee of St. Joseph’s Cemetery Assn., and was active in the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Murphy received the first Layman’s Award, presented by the Rock Springs Kiwanis Club, March 25, 1966. The citation called attention to Mr. Murphy’s daily visits to the sick of the community in the hospital and his attendance at almost every funeral service in the city. He attended daily mass at OLS Church, and though he walked with some difficulty, he was ready to assist at the altar as an acolyte when the younger boys were not present. The citation concluded, “His interest in children and youth projects is known and appreciated by the entire community.” The Most Rev. Hubert M. Newell, bishop of the Cheyenne Diocese, Catholic Church, was present for the presentation of the Layman’s Award to Mr. Murphy. He is survived by two sons, J. Gordon Murphy, San Francisco, Calif., and Robert D. Murphy Jr., Evanston; two daughters, Mrs. Herman (Mary) Urschel, Denver, Colo., and Sister Agnes Delores, Our Lady of Lourdes, Salt Lake City, Utah; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, The Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Parish and Knights of Columbus rosaries were recited Tuesday evening at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Members of Rock Springs Lions Club attended the service as a group. Knights of Columbus honor guards at the funeral mass were Thomas Hartt, Joseph Kamenski, Earl Lawless, Anton Yugovich, John Coypak Jr. and Frank Plemel. Pallbearers were Joe Melinkovich, Budy Cody, Mungo Brown, Eldon Spicer, Clarence Samuels and Louis Barto. Honorary pallbearers were Gaston Erramouspe, Oscar Olsen, Sam Kellogg, Joe Facinelli, Dr. Paul Kos and Judge Glen Stanton. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 28, 1968 Charles Vines, Retired Truck Driver, Dies Charles Vines, 54, of 412 Q St., Rock Springs, died Monday at 11 p.m. at Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, where he had been a patient five days. Mr. Vines had been in ill health the past eight years. Born Sept. 12, 1913, at Tulsa, Okla., he was a retired truck driver, having been employed many years by Bunning Transfer Co. He had lived in Rock Springs 35 years and married Marjorie Wilde here April 17, 1935. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. George (Harriet) Pankey, Rock Springs; Mrs. Glen (Pat) Hunter, Green River, and Mrs. John (Marilyn) Harper, Salt Lake City; his mother-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Wilde, Rock Springs, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Bill (Harriet) Trank, Riverton; 11 grandchildren, four niece and three nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie, who died May 12, 1957, and one son, Charles E., who died July 21, 1964. Funeral services are pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 2, 1968 MRS. ALBAN FABREGUE Mrs. Alban (Margaret M.) Fabregue, 75, 724 Euclid Ave., a native of Rock Springs, died Saturday at 4:40 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. In ill health since last July, she had been hospitalized 25 days. Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, The Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Rosary was recited Wednesday evening at Vase Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Mrs. Fabregue was born Nov. 20, 1892, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Michael and Mary Duff Freeman. She attended Rock Springs schools and was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Royal Neighbors and the American Legion Auxiliary. She served on the local election board for many years. Survivors are two sons, Gordon Tronquet, Rock Springs, and Louis Fabregue, Gardena, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Donald (Mary) Belcher, Pocatello, Idaho; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Ed Yori, Leno Zancanella, Silvio Zancanella, John Marietta, Charles Bonomo and Jim Kiriakos. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 2, 1968 CHARLES VINES Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Rock Springs LDS Church for Charles Vines, 54, of 412 Q St., Rock Springs, who died Monday at 11 p.m. at Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, where he had been a patient five days. Bishop Larry O. West officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Vines had been in ill health the past eight years. A retired truck driver, he was employed many years by Bunning Transfer Co. He was born Sept. 12, 1913, at Tulsa, Okla., and had lived in Rock Springs 35 years. He married Marjorie Wilde here April 17, 1935. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. George (Harriet) Pankey, Rock Springs; Mrs. Glen (Pat) Hunter, Green River, and Mrs. John (Marilyn) Harper, Salt Lake City; his mother-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Wilde, Rock Springs, and one sister-in-law, Mrs. Bill (Harriet) Trank, Riverton; 11 grandchildren, four nieces and three nephews. Pallbearers were Dean Gookin, Dick Morris, Fay Martin, Orson Kidman, Christian Bunning and Ken Ota. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 2, 1968 MRS. LAWRENCE PRESLEY Mrs. Lawrence (Margaret Ann) Presley, 54, 4510 Grove Place, Tacoma, Wash., a former resident of Reliance, died Feb 23, in a Tacoma hospital. She was born Oct. 31, 1913, in Reliance and moved to Tacoma in 1948. A retired registered nurse, Mrs. Presley was a graduate of Reliance High School and of the Wyoming General Hospital School of Nursing in 1936. Mrs. Presley was in Rock Springs in 1966 for the hospital nurses' reunion. She was a member of the Methodist Church and the Washington State Nurses' Association and has worked for the State of Washington. In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Lawrence L. Presley Jr., Tacoma; one brother, James Kelley, Reliance; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Roberts, Cokeville, and Agnes Kelley, Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Kelley and one sister, Mrs. William (Mary) Sellers. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Valley Chapel, Mountain View Funeral Home, Tacoma, the Rev. Paul Hamblin officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Memorial Park, Tacoma. Pallbearers were Garner Burchett, Norman Webster, O.F. Philbin, Karl Smith, Preston Partridge and James Kelley. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 2, 1968 MRS. ANTONE STARMAN Mrs. Atone (Antonia) Starman, 91, a resident of Rock Springs for 60 years, died Sunday at 6:45 a.m., at her home, 813 McKeehan. Mrs. Starman was born June 13, 1876, in Skofja, Loka, Yugoslavia. She was married to Antone Starman in 1926 in Rock Springs. The deceased was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church and SNPJ Lodge. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Adelle Loney, Reno, Nev.; one granddaughter, Mrs. Carolee Jenkins, Scottsdale, Ariz., and three grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Hardy officiating. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening at Volsey Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Pallbearers were Rudolph Dolence, Urban Mrak, William Brcko, Floyd R. Olson, Isidor Koritnik, and Jack Volsey. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 9, 1968 Laramie Army Man Dies In Germany LARAMIE, Wyo. (UPI)—The parents of an Army man who had been serving in Eriangen, Germany, say they have been informed their son died March ?, while serving with the 120th Medical Detachment. Dead was Horace Smallwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Smallwood of Laramie. Funeral arrangements were pending arrival of the body in the United States. Smallwood’s parents said they had no further knowledge as to cause of their son’s death. Smallwood, 26, was graduated from Washington State University at Pullman in June, 1965, with a degree in animal science. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 9, 1968 ANTONIO BASSANI Antonio Bassani, 72, 218 Grant St., a resident of Rock Springs since 1936, died Saturday, Mar. 2, at 11:40 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient eight days. Mr. Bassani, a retired coal miner, was born February 17, 1896, in Fastro, Belluno, Italy, the son of Angelo and Grovena Dalagno Bassani. He came to the United States in 1913, and moved to Rock Springs in 1936 with his wife, the former Tecla Toigo, whom he married in December 1921 in Albia, Iowa. He was employed by Gunn-Quealy Coal Co. until his retirement and was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church and united Mine Workers of America. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are two sons, Floyd and Merico, Rock Springs; one brother, Giovanni, Fastro, Italy; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Parish and Knights of Columbus rosaries were recited Monday evening at Vase Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Isadore Koritnik, Frank Dernovich, Gasper Bonatto, Urban Mrak, Anton E. Pivik and Emil Zueck. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 9, 1968 LT. DENNIS D. KING Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning in Provo, Utah, for Lt. Dennis D. King, 22, son of Hays King, Green River, who was killed Feb. 20 by hostile gunfire while on patrol with the U.S. Marines near Quang Nam, Vietnam. Lt. King was a 1964 graduate of Lincoln High School, Green River, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in February 1966. He went to Vietnam in July 1967. He attended Bringham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 1965-66, and married Greer DeWitt in July 1966 in the Manti LDS Temple, Manti, Utah. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lt. King was born in Clarksville, Ark. Survivors are his wife, Lakeside, Ariz.; his father, Green River; mother, Mrs. Willene Nelson, Elko, Nev.; two sisters, Mrs. Glenda Banks, Elko, Nev., and Mrs. Peggy Wilson, Stigler, Okla.; one uncle, Bruce King, Green River, and one aunt, Mrs. Hazel Rhodes, Rock Springs. Burial was in Provo, Utah. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 16, 1968 ROBERT CHARLES NEELY Robert Charles Neely, 24, son of Mrs. Elaine Eklund of Pinedale, was killed March 10 in an accident involving a military vehicle, eight miles west of Takh Li Air Base, Thailand, according to word received by his mother. Neely, who was a staff sergeant in the Air Force, in which he had served three years, was on assignment at the time of his death. Trained as a “trouble shooter” by the Air Force, he had been in Vietnam several times. He had suffered pulled ligaments in a jump into North Vietnam territory, where a tree broke his fall, and was off active duty six months at that time. On another occasion he suffered injuries when he was sprayed by burning fuel while helping to rescue two American soldiers who were trapped in a burning airplane. Born in Kemmerer, he had attended schools in Kemmerer and Pinedale, and was graduated from high school in Marsh Valley, Idaho. He entered service with the U.S. Paratroopers after graduation, and completed a three-year tour of duty in the United States and the Dominican Republic. He entered the Air Force on a reenlistment three years ago. Survivors, in addition to his mother, are his wife, Carol, and a son, Charles Ernest, three years old; one sister, Mrs. Jerry (Cheryl) Shaw of Spokane, Wash., and two brothers, Larry and Byron of Pinedale. Active in all sports, including football, basketball, track and wrestling in school, Sgt. Neely was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pinedale. Funeral services will be held in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, the family’s former home. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 16, 1968 JOHN H. RETFORD John H. Retford, 80, a retired carpenter and former longtime resident of Rock Springs, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 6:45 p.m. at Hill Haven Manor in Salt Lake City, Utah, following a long illness. Mr. Retford lived in Rock Springs about 65 years until 1 ½ years ago, when he moved to Salt Lake City. The deceased was born Jan. 11, 1888, in Lancashire, England, the son of Henry and Mary Ann Carter Retford. He married Jane Smith July 13, 1912, in Rock Springs. She died in 1940. Dec. 24, 1962, Mr. Retford married Edith Traher in Elko, Nev. She died in 1964. He was employed as a carpenter by Union Pacific Coal Co., until his retirement. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, United Mine Workers of America, Knights of Pythias, Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 151; BPO Elks, Lodge No. 624, and the Canadian Legion. He had served in the Territorials when he lived in England. Mr. Retford also was the bugler for the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24 for many years. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Al (Dora) Cavasher, Salem, Ore.; one brother, Dan Retford, Salt Lake City, Utah; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Dixon, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Tom (Mary) Orrell, Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Lily Jones, Price, Utah, and Mrs. Sarah McCormick, Rock Springs; three granddaughters, one grandson and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Retford was preceded in death by one daughter, Annie Thomas, who died in 1939. Funeral services were conducted Feb. 26, at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, Rock Springs, the Rev. Dean Foley officiating. Burial was in the Canadian Legion plot at Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Stuart, Joseph Seppie, Pat Borzea, John Reay, George Arnold and John Brown. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 16, 1968 GEORGE KRICHBAUM George Krichbaum, 60, 504 ½ Fourth Avenue West, Rock Springs, was found dead at his home, Saturday, March 9, at about 6 p.m. by Jerry Yardas and Charles Summers, friends, who had gone to Mr. Krichbaum’s home to borrow tools. According to Sweetwater County Coroner Peter Vase, Mr. Krichbaum died of a heart attack some time Friday afternoon. When Yardas and Summers knocked on the door and no one answered, they looked in the window and saw Mr. Krichbaum lying of the floor. In addition to Vase, officers of the Rock Springs Police Department and Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office also investigated. Mr. Krichbaum, a retired coal miner, was born Feb. 1, 1908, in Rock Springs. He attended Rock Springs schools and was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Army. Survivors are three brothers, Fred, Denver, Colo.; William, Tacoma, Wash., and Mark, Rock Springs; four sisters, Mrs. Jack (Rose) Strong, Mrs. Emma Sims and Mrs. Frank (Katherine) Burlech, Rock Springs, and Mrs. George (Louise) McCray, Angel Camp, Calif., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at the Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Douglas Wasson of Rock Springs First Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery, where military graveside services were conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. Pallbearers were Amase Wilcox, James Wilcox, Carl Engstrom, Roger Sims, Fred Sims and James Stark. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 16, 1968 GUY PASQUINI SR. Guy Pasquini Sr., 77, 2821 Grant St., Ogden, Utah, a former longtime resident of Rock Springs and Superior, died Saturday, March 9, at 2:20 a.m. at the Golden Manor Rest Home, Ogden, following a long illness. Mr. Pasquini, who moved to Ogden from the Rock Springs area 20 years ago, was a retired mechanic at Hill Air Force Base. Born July 24, 1890 in Tyrol, Austria, he was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Ogden, and Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 151, Rock Springs. Survivors are two sons, Guy Pasquini Jr., Clearfield, Utah, and Donald Pasquini, Ogden; one sister, Mrs. Abram Moser, Ogden, and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cisela, who died Aug. 11, 1936; one son, Franklin, who died March 7, 1931, and one daughter, Lola, who died Feb. 3, 1961. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, Rock Springs, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rosary was recited Sunday evening in Ogden. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Tony Ferdani, Harry Thuesen, Joe Seppie, Angelo Cordero, Leo Silvestri and Joe Dominiske. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 23, 1968 JOHN H. ALLEN John H. Allen, 63, a retired coal miner and resident of Rock Springs since 1941, died at his home, 527 Ridge Ave., Monday about 2 a.m., following a short illness. Mr. Allen, born Sept. 7, 1904, at Cumberland, was a former longtime resident of the Kemmerer area. He was the son of Thomas and Gladys Woolsy Allen. The deceased married Georgia Long Sept. 16, 1929, at Randolph, Utah. Survivors, in addition to his wife of Rock Springs, are four sons, Jeff, San Francisco, Calif.; Dallas, San Bruno, Calif.; Bryce, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Gary, Rock Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Robert (Ida) Reese, San Francisco; Mrs. Rose Gilpin, Nampa, Idaho, and Mrs. Walter (Sylvia) Seibkin, Rush Hill, Mo., 14 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one son, Douglas, who died in 1933. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Douglas Wasson of First Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Sains, Pete Turcato, T.H. Laurunen, L.J. Curtis, John Valco and Bill James Jr. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 30, 1968 MRS. JOE JACKOVICH Mrs. Joe (Margaret) Jackovich, 87, of 1030 Arapahoe, a Rock Springs resident 39 years, died Wednesday, March 20, at 2:15 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been hospitalized one day. Born June 12, 1880, in Yugoslavia, Mrs. Jackovch was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church and SNPJ Lodge. Her husband died Dec. 17, 1942. Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. William (Albina) Shalata, Mrs. George (Tillie) Marushack, Mrs. Vern (Mary) Sather and Mrs. Aldo (Georgia) Bertagnolli, all of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Clair (Frances) Crawford, Denver; one son, Steve Jackovich, Rock Springs; one brother, Peter Cernich, living in Yugosalvia; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiated. St. Monica’s Sodality, parish and St. Ann’s Altar Society rosaries were recited Friday evening at Rogan Mortuary. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Richard Matthews, Victor Starkovich, Edmund F. Sullivan, Roy Rosene, Elme Bertagnolli and Joe Agostini. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 30, 1968 MRS. MARY HONNESS Mrs. Edmund M. (Mary) Honness, 70, of 266 East Second North, Green River, died March 22 at 2:30 a.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. A native of the Green River-Rock Springs area, she had been hospitalized for two weeks. She was a lifelong resident of Sweetwater County. Born Dec. 22, 1897, in Rock Springs, she was the daughter of Barney and Mary O’Donnell Sweeney. Mrs. Honness, a registered nurse, was graduated from the Wyoming General Hospital School of Nursing in 1930. She was engaged in nursing at the hospital, now Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, for a number of years. Survivors are her husband, Edmund, Green River; four sisters, Anna Sweeney and Margaret Sweeney, both of Rock Springs; Mrs. Nels (Bella) Erickson, Mud Springs, and Mrs. Wayne (Rose Ann) Farley, Gallup, N.M.; two brothers, Hugh Sweeney and Barney Sweeney, both of Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Green River. The Rev. James Godley officiated. Knights of Columbus and parish rosaries were recited Wednesday evening at the Rogan Mortuary in Rock Springs. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Henry Lewis, Henry C. Kappes Sr., Val Kalan, Edward Riley, Fred Cruz and Emil Sedlacek. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 30, 1968 WILLIAM MILLIGAN Funeral services were held Saturday in Reno for William Milligan, 75, a former Rock Springs resident who died March 21 in Washoe Medical Center in Reno following heart surgery. Services were under the direction of Wadsworth Lodge No. 25, AF & AM. Cremation followed. Mr. Milligan was manager of Wyoming Distributing Co., formerly Utah Wholesale Grocery, in Rock Springs for 13 years, 1945-1958. He was a member of the Rock Springs BPO Elks Lodge No. 624, Billings Lodge No. 113 AF & AM, the Scottish Rite Bodies of Nevada, the Kerak Temple of the Shrine and Nevada Chapter No. 13 OES. He lived in Reno at 1760 Liston St. and worked in the wholesale grocery business. Mr. Milligan was born March 10, 1893 in Belfast, North Ireland. He moved from Ireland to Billings, Mont., in 1912 and opened a grocery store. Survivors are his wife, Mary F. Milligan, Reno; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Apedaile and Mrs. Tarmo (Eleanor) Hiibacka, both of Reno; a son, Jess Milligan, England; two brothers, Samuel and John, both of Ireland; a sister, Mrs. Ann Twiss of Ireland, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 30, 1968 AGNES M. CLEMENTSEN Mrs. Thomas (Agnes May) Clementsen, 87, a lifelong Wyoming resident, died March 21 at Kimberly Manor in Rock Springs. She was born May 31, 1880, in Carbon, the youngest daughter of William and Ann Mowe Sutton. The family moved from Carbon to a ranch on the Ham’s Fork, near Kemmerer, when Mrs. Clementsen was three years old. She first came to what now is Sublette County in 1895 and was married to Thomas L. Clementsen July 29, 1902, in Diamondville. They operated a ranch on the Green River until 1911, when they moved to Pinedale. There Mr. Clementsen was deputy sheriff. He died in 1918. A son, Lester, died in 1925. She was a member of Pinedale Chapter No. 39, Order of Eastern Star, and an honorary member of the Past Matrons Club. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Carroll R. (Tena) Noble and Mrs. Paul (Lillian) Allen; one son, Roy D. Clementsen, seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at St. Andrew’s in the Pines Episcopal Church in Pinedale, the Rev. Calvin Elliott officiating. Graveside services were conducted by the Pinedale chapter, OES. Burial was in the family plot in Pinedale Cemetery. Pallbearers were Carroll L. (Mike) Noble, James T. Noble, Richard R. Noble and Alvin B. (Benny) Pearson, grandsons, and Wayne Feltner and Dan (Bud) Alexander. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 30, 1968 MRS. MARY KORHONNEN Mrs. Aaro (Mary) Korhonen, 84, 1237 Lincoln, a resident of Rock Springs 76 years, died Monday, March 18, at 9:50 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient one day. Born Oct. 19, 1883, in Vaha, Kyro, Finland, Mrs. Korhonen moved to Rock Springs at the age of eight. Survivors are three sons, Toivo, Rock Springs; Reino, Cheyenne, and Uno, Torrington; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Ellen) Jeffs, Richland, Wash., and Mrs. John (Velma) Padoski, Dorchester, Mass., 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Her husband, Aaro (Finn Pete) Korhonen, died in August 1940 and one son, Waino A. Korhonen, died in May 1965. Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning at Trinity Lutheran Church, the Rev. Jack D. Heck officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Tim Nousi, E.M. Maki, S.W. Asiala, Arne Oja, W.E. Ranta and George Maki. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 30, 1968 RICHARD MAES Richard Maes, 64, of 227 H St., a sheepherder for Midland Livestock Co., died Thursday, March 21, at 2:30 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital after a 16-day illness. Mr. Maes, a resident of Rock Springs 37 years, was born Dec. 29, 1903, in Mora, N.M. He was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. He is survived by several brothers and sisters. Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at the Volsey Funeral Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Albino Simoncini, Bob Hernandez, John Arambel, Robert Arambel, Mike Arambel and Joe Arambel. Honorary pallberers were Dick Barrela, Pete Sanchez, Roger Galloges, Manuel Maes and Elias Espinoza. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 30, 1968 J.I. WILLIAMS Joseph I. Williams, 73, municipal judge and justice of the peace of Evanston, died Monday, March 18, in a Salt Lake City hospital after a two-month illness. He had been a member of the Wyoming Board of Education 21 years, 10 years of which he served as president. He was a retired storekeeper for the Union Pacific Reclamation Plant at Evanston. A member of the Wyoming Trustee Assn., he had been a member of the Evanston school board and was president of the group at one time. He had been an active worker in the Boy Scout program for at least 60 years and was a recipient of the Silver Beaver award. Mr. Williams also had been scoutmaster of a Rock Springs Scout troop during his residence in this city before moving to Evanston in 1939. Employed as a supply man for the Union Pacific Railroad, he worked in the yards in Rock Springs. He was bishop of the Rock Springs ward of the LDS Church for five years. Under his supervision, the old LDS Chapel on Blair Avenue, now the Rock Springs Fine Arts Center, was constructed in 1928. Always active in the LDS Church, Mr. Williams was president of the Woodruff Stake for several years. At the time of his death he was a member of the High Council of the Church. He was a veteran of World War I, belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was department chaplain of the American Legion of Wyoming. He also was secretary of the Union Pacific Old Timers Club No. 20. Born April 24, 1894, at Mill Creek, Utah, he was the son of the late William Freeman and Mary McAllister Williams. He married Jennie Duncomb May 31, 1917, in the Salt Lake Temple. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1967. Surviving are his wife, Jennie, Evanston; four daughters, Mrs. William Barbara) Walker, Bel Air, Md.; Mrs. Mary Berry, Evanston; Mrs. Lloyd (Ruth) Bingham, Mesa, Ariz., and Mrs. Floyd (Louise) Champneys, Pacifica, Calif.; 18 grandchildren, three brothers, Elmer, Portland, Ore., Ben and Charles, both of Salt Lake City, and one sister, Mrs. Edith Larson, San Jose, Calif. Funeral services were held March 21 in Evanston at the Evanston LDS Third Ward. Burial was in the Evanston City Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 30, 1968 Louis G. Jones Dies in Kemmerer KEMMERER, Wyo. (UPI)—Louis G. Jones, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, died Friday at the South Lincoln Hospital at Kemmerer. He was 94. Jones, who went to Cuba in 1898 with the Kansas Infantry, was hospitalized March 17. He had been transferred from the Kimberly Manor Nursing Home at Rock Springs. Jones was born in 1874 in Mound City, Mo., and following discharge from the Army after the war, he became town marshal for Kemmerer. He also had been a cell block captain at the state penitentiary at Rawlins and was a receptionist at the Capitol in Cheyenne. A requiem mass will be celebrated for Jones Monday at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church at Kemmerer. Burial will follow. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Mar 30, 1968 Sheridan Man Dies of Combat Wounds in Viet WASHINGTON (UPI)—The Defense Department said Friday Army S.Sgt. Donald Gearhart, 27, has died of shrapnel wounds received in combat. Gearhart was a member of the Army’s Green Berets. Gearhart was the son of George Gearhart of Sheridan, and a native of Buffalo, Wyo. He previously had been listed as missing in action following a “firefight with a hostile force,” the Defense Department said. He was wounded March 24. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Apr 6, 1968 BUD FISHER Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at Vase Funeral Home in Rock Springs for Dwight A. (Bud) Fisher, 49, 517 Walnut, general manager of Radio Station KVRS, who died Wednesday, March 27, at Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City. The Rev. Charles Bartek of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church officiated at the service. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, with military graveside services conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24, Rock Springs. Mr. Fisher was stricken Tuesday morning while at work at the station, and was taken by ambulance to Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. On advice of attending physicians, he was transferred to Holy Cross Hospital, where he underwent surgery Tuesday afternoon to correct a vascular disorder, which was hampering the use of his legs. His wife, Geraldine (Jerri) who had accompanied him to Salt Lake City in the ambulance, and his two sons, Terrence Dwight and Michael Dwight Fisher, Rock Springs, who went to Salt Lake City Tuesday afternoon were with him at the time of his death. Mr. Fisher, who had been a resident of Rock Springs and manager of KVRS more than 16 years, had been manager of station KRAL, Rawlins, before coming to his city. Earlier he had worked on the advertising staff of the Cheyenne Eagle-Tribune. Born Oct. 16, 1918, in Casper, he grew up in Cheyenne and was graduated from the high school there. He also was graduated from the University of Wyoming. In service with the Army Air Force during World War II, he was discharged with the rank of major. He was flying missions out of England, when his plane was shot down over France. Maj. Fisher, with the help of the French Underground, was able to pose for several months as a carpenter and a French peasant, gradually working his way afoot southward toward the Pyrenees and Spain. A bombardier, he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received in action, the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. The Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for heroism, is given to any member of the armed forces of the United States or of friendly foreign nations who, while serving in any capacity with the Air Force, distinguish themselves by heroism or extraordinary achievement, evidenced by voluntary action in the face of great danger and beyond the line of duty while participating in aerial flight. A member of the BPO Elks Lodge No. 624, Rock Springs, Mr. Fisher also was a member of Lions Club, which he served as secretary for many years, giving up those duties a year ago, and of Rock Springs Investment Club, of which he was elected president last month and which he had served earlier as secretary and vice president. Surviving, in addition to his wife and two sons, all of Rock Springs, are two grandchildren, one aunt and one uncle. Active pallbearers were L.M. (Bud) Rushmore, Ed Keller, Laurel H. Mosbey, Ernest Beardsley, Jens Thorne and Bill Roshek. Honorary pallbearers were Charles Richardson, David G. Richardson, Clyde Christ, Paul Crider, Duce Piaia, Lowell Merrell, Dr. G.G. Hamm and Edwin Soderlund. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Apr 6, 1968 ELIGIO DALPIAZ Eligio Dalpiaz, 60, 1402 11th St., died Friday, March 31, at 12:50 a.m. at his home. A resident of Superior and Rock Springs since 1929, he was born July 23, 1907, in Cloz, Tyrol, Italy. Mr. Dalpiaz was a retired coal miner. Surviving are his wife, Rena, Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Ted (Annette) Anderson, Brigham City, Utah, and Paula Jean Dalpiaz, Rock Springs; one son, Edwin Lee, Seattle, Wash.; three grandchildren, four sisters, Guiseppinia Dalpiaz, Anna Dalpiaz and Mrs. Pacia Salvadori, all of Cloz, and several nieces and nephews. A member of the Redman Lodge No. 5, he also was a member of the Societa Fratellanza Operia. Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at Rogan Chapel, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Rosary was recited at the chapel Sunday night. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Rudolph Prevedel, Adolph Floretta, Herman Albertini, Robert Canestrini and Guerino Rizzi. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Apr 13, 1968 HARRY CROFTS Harry F. Crofts, 57, a native of Rock Springs, died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in the head, Monday at 6:15 a.m. at his home, according to Peter Vase, Sweetwater County Coroner. Mr. Crofts, who had been ill for the past several years, since he had undergone surgery, had left a note. He was found lying on a divan in the living room of his home holding at 32-20 caliber pistol, according to authorities. The deceased was born Oct. 30, 1910, in Rock Springs, the son of Charles W. and Amelia Ann Thompson Crofts. He married Florence J. Moon March 30, 1932, in Rock Springs. He was a graduate of Rock Springs High School and a member of the First Congregational Church. For the past 12 years, Mr. Crofts had been employed as a clerk by FMC Corp. He was a former employee of the Union Pacific Coal Co., working for 22 years, and of the Colony Coal Co. for two years. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Charles W., Sunland, Calif., and Dennis Jay, with the U.S. Navy in San Diego, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Ian (Wilma Jean) Mackintosh, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., and Mrs. Bryce (Lana) Allen, Sunnyvale, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Jack (Clara) Brooks, Rock Springs; two aunts, Mrs. Fred (Nellie) Hood, Trinidad, Colo., and Mrs. Louis (Lillian) Stevens, Portland, Ore.; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at the First Congregational Church, the Rev. Douglas Wasson officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Clyde Crofts, Thomas Crofts, Gary Moon, Harry Horn, Bill Cummings and Jack Coke. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Apr 13, 1968 Resident Of Evanston 57 Years Dies Charles Maxwell Hartzell, 77, a resident of Evanston since 1911, died Friday in an Evanston hospital after a long illness. Born Dec. 18, 1890, in Lewistown, Mont., Mr. Hartzell was the son of Franklin and Lela Doty Hartzell. He married Edna McQueen July 3, 1916, in Ogden, Utah. Mr. Hartzell was a charter member of the BPO Elks Lodge No. 719, Ogden. He was a retired businessman. Survivors are his wife; two sons, Emerson and Charles E. and two daughters, Mrs. James (Ruth) Trout and Mrs. Thomas (Erma) Rasmussen, all of Evanston; one sister, Mrs. Ernest (Bess) Barney, Hemet, Calif.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Gilbert Bills Funeral Home, Evanston, where friends may call Monday and Tuesday until service time. Burial will be in the Evanston City Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Apr 20, 1968 MRS. LAWRENCE PARR Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Rock Springs LDS Church for Mrs. Lawrence (Vivian Kathryn) Parr, 48, 618 Rhode Island Ave., who died early Saturday morning in a Salt Lake City motel after she was shot two times in the chest. Mrs. Parr heard a knock at the door of her motel room Saturday shortly after midnight and answered it. When she opened the door, a man, whom she identified as a Negro before she died, shot her twice in the chest with a .22 caliber gun. Three other shots fired by the assailant went wild. She was dead on arrival at St. Mark’s Hospital at 12:30 a.m. Mrs. Parr, who had worked as secretary for the U.S. Geological Survey Office in Rock Springs for man years, was born May 8, 1919, in Louisville, Colo. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors. Survivors are her husband, Lawrence G. Parr, Rock Springs, post office employee; one son, Russell L. Parr, Rock Springs, and one brother, Lewis L. LaSalle Jr., with the U.S. Air Force at Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. Bishop Dee Ritchie of the LDS First Ward officiated at services. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were James A. Daniel Sr., Forrest O. Kessner, Frank R. Daniels, John Bunning Jr., Arne A. Mattila and Gerald R. Daniels. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Apr 27, 1968 MRS. WALTER J. WALLACE Mrs. Walter J. (Midori Ono) Wallace, 35, 4634 Kupreanof St., Anchorage, Alaska, a native of Rock Springs, died suddenly Friday, April 19, at 8 p.m. at her home. A resident of Anchorage four years, Mrs. Wallace had lived all her life in Rock Springs. She had visited in Rock Springs from March 18 to April 12, when she left to return home. She was born Jun 10, 1931, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Shogoro and Tome Ono of this city. A graduate of Rock Springs High School and the University of Wyoming with a bachelor of arts degree in education in 1953, she was married to Walter Wallace Oct. 22, 1962, in Denver, Colo. Survivors, in addition to her husband, Anchorage, and her parents, Rock Springs, are one sister, Yayeko, Rock Springs and one brother, George, Lander. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, Rock Springs. The Rev. Dennis Serdahl, Green River, officiated at services. Burial was in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jiro Okano, Antone Zupence, Tak Tanaka, Mike Yakomovich, Don McDonald and Don Stevens. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Apr 27, 1968 JAMES HANKING SR. James Hanking Sr., 83, 60 Berta, Superior, a retired coal miner, died at his home Sunday at 8 a.m., after an illness of several months. Born May 7, 1884, in Bratton, England, Mr. Hanking came to Superior in 1912. He attended schools in England. Survivors are two sons, William (Red) Hanking, Superior, and James Hanking Jr., Green River; four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Vase Funeral Home in Rock Springs, the Rev. Douglas Wasson of First Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in the Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Bernard Woodhead, Fred D. Hicks, Alfons Kennis, Edward Overy Jr., Henry Smith and Leo Bertagnolli. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 4, 1968 R.O. TAGNOLLI Raymond O. Tangolli, 51, a native of this area and a patient at Kimberly Manor, died Friday, April 25 at Kimberly Manor after an illness of two years. Mr. Tagnolli was born June 8, 1916, at Superior, where he lived until 1960. At that time he moved to Rock Springs. He was the son of Leone Gerolamo and Ernesta Tangolli. A veteran of World War II, when he served in the U.S. Army, Mr. Tagnolli was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church and Societa de M.S. Fratellanza Operia. He attended schools in Superior. Survivors are one brother, Ted, Rock Springs; one sister, Mrs. Gelendo (Carena) Martini, Ogden, Utah, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, who died Nov. 14, 1942, and his mother, who died June 10, 1960. Funeral services were held at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Hardy officiating. Rosary was recited Monday at Vase Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, where military graveside services were conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 4, 1968 S.H. PALMER Sherman H. (Speed) Palmer, 65, 729 Rugby, retired produce manager of Union Mercantile, died Thursday, April 25, in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. In ill health since February, Mr. Palmer had been hospitalized 19 days. Mr. Palmer was born July 25, 1902, in Sonora, Tex., the son of O.H. and Anne Dunnigan Palmer. He married Hazel Black April 12, 1923, in Bishop, Ariz. A resident of Superior and Rock Springs area 35 years, he was a graduate of New Mexico A & M, Las Cruces, N.M. In January 1967 he retired as manager of the produce department at Union Mercantil and Supply Co. in Rock Springs. Survivors, in addition to his wife, Hazel, are two daughters, Mrs. John (Deon) Crookston, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Charles (Betty) Wing, Charlotte, Mich.; one brother, Ralph, Fabens, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Gordon (Ethel) Jonsoni, Acala, Tex., and Mrs. Malcolm (Roberta) Leagay, Boston, Mass.; three granddaughters, Pat and Sally Crookston, Rock Springs, and Mary Wilcox, Charlotte, Mich.; one grandson, Marty Wilcox, Charlotte, Mich., and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday at Vase Funeral Home. Burial was in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jino Roccabruna, Earl Lawless, George Arnold, James Zelenka, Jack Spurgeon and Clarence Potter. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 4, 1968 FRANK DOLENCE Requiem high mass was held Saturday, April 27, at SS. Cyril and Methoidus Catholic Church for Frank J. Dolence, 67, 1010 Eighth St., who died Wednesday, April 24, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Parish rosary was recited Friday evening, followed by Knights of Columbus rosary, both at Volsey Funeral Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mr. Dolence, a native of Rock Springs, was born May 22, 1900. He married Albina Jesenko April 6, 1929, at Nampa, Idaho. Employed by the Union Pacific Railroad from 1918 until his retirement in 1958, he had been in ill health the past six years. He was preceded in death by his parents and five sisters. Survivors are his wife, Albina; one son, Frank; one daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Albina) Allen, and one sister, Mrs. Lucas (Albina) Miklancic, all of Rock Springs; one brother, Frederick G. Dolence, Bethesda, Md.; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. Pallbearers were Anton Amizich, Henry Bertagnolli, Chuck Demshar, Gilbert Smethurst, Joe Angelovic and Tom Kos. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 4, 1968 CECIL BROWN Cecil Glenwood Brown, 81, a resident of Farson 14 years, died Sunday, April 28, at his home after an illness of several weeks. A retired farmer, Mr. Brown was born Feb. 13, 1887, in Missouri. He is survived by his wife, Lela, Farson; two sons, Harding C. (Pat) Brown, Farson, and Clifford, Billings, Mont.; two daughters, Mrs. Cecil (Gwen) Cardwell and Mrs. Clair (Gladys) Van Hoozer, both of Billings, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday, May 3, in the Farson Community Hall, the Rev. Harold Stoddard of the Eden Valley Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in the Eden Valley Cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Meyer, Ora Wright, Floyd Henry, Paul Payne, Charles Stout and John Coppes. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 4, 1968 FLORIDA ZUECH Mrs. Oreste (Florida) Zuech, 51, 927 Eighth St., a native of this area, died Thursday, April 25, in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient three days. The former Florida Rose Rizzi, Mrs. Zuech was born April 1, 1917, in Superior. She had lived in this area all her life. Survivors are her husband, Oreste, Rock Springs; two sons, Frank, Ogden, Utah, and Albert, Salt Lake City, Utah; two daughters, Mrs. Dan (Nancy) Radakovich and Cheryll, both of Rock Springs; her mother, Mrs. Oliva Rizzi, Rock Springs; one sister, Thelma, Rock Springs; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rosary was recited Sunday at Rogan Chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Bettolo, Victor Menghini, Herman Prevedel, Harry Porter, Blaine Richards and George Radosevich. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 4, 1968 JACOB TAUCHER Jacob Taucher, 80, 920 Eighth St., a retired coal miner, died Wednesday, April 24, in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. In ill health since January, Mr. Taucher had been hospitalized two weeks. He was born July 5, 1887, in Yugoslavia and came to Rock Springs in 1906. Mr. Taucher was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the American Fraternal Union, Lodge No. 18; United Mine Workers of America and the Union Pacific Old Timers Association. Survivors are one son, Fred J. Taucher, Rock Springs; one daughter, Mrs. W.C. (Kathryn) Hill, Long Beach, Calif., three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, who died in 1947. Funeral services were held Saturday at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. Pallbearers were Carl Demshar, Joe Jereb, Art Taucher, Mike Arambel, John Yerkovich and John Shuster. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 4, 1968 Mrs. Morton, Former Local Woman, Dies Mrs. Gilbert (Elizabeth A.) Morton, 84, a former resident of Rock Springs, died Thursday in Riverside, Calif., where she had lived since 1963. Mrs. Morton moved to Rock Springs in 1908. She was born Nov. ?5, 1883, in Lonaconing, Md. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Peter, Riverside, Calif.; Mrs. John (Mary) Willson, Cheyenne; one brother, Robert H. Anderson, Saratoga, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert, who died Jan. 2, 1931, and one son, Milton, who died in September, 1957. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at Rogan Mortuary in Rock Springs, the Rev. Douglas Wasson officiating. Burial will be in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 4, 1968 Former Douglas Soldier Killed In Vietnam DOUGLAS, Wyo. (UPI)—Spec. 4 Richard Hill, 19, son of former Douglas residents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hill of Springville, Utah, was killed in action in Vietnam April 22. His death brings to 57 the number of Wyoming soldiers killed in the Southeast Asian conflict. Hill attended local schools and was graduated from Springville High School where his family moved two years ago. Survivors include his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Cole of Douglas. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 11, 1968 Tribal Council Member Dies At Age of 94 FORT WASHAKIE, Wyo. (UPI)—One of the first members of the Arapahoe Tribal Council at Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation died Thursday at the age of 94. Mike Goggles, Sr., was born in 1874, and had spent his life on the reservation. He also served as one of the first altar boys at the St. Stephen’s Catholic mission on the reservation. A retired rancher, Goggles also had worked as a store clerk. He is survived by four daughters, a son, 16 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were pending. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 11, 1968 JOHN ZUECK Funeral services were held Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church for John Zueck, 84, of 110 M St., Rock Springs. The Rev. Charles Bartek officiated. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mr. Zueck died Saturday morning, May 4, in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient the past month. Former owner and operator of Zueck Transportation Co., now operated by his son, Emil Zueck, he had been suffering a lingering illness. Born in Brez, Tyrol, Italy, Dec. 4, 1883, Mr. Zueck had been in the United States since 1901, living in Colorado a short time before coming to Rock Springs. He married Colomba Penasa in Rock Springs Nov. 18, 1905. They would have celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary this year. Mr. Zueck, employed first as foreman in one of the mines, entered the transportation business in 1908, with horse-drawn drays, at the present business location. He continued in that operation until his retirement five years ago. He was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Woodmen of the World, and Washakie Tribe No. 4, Order of Redmen. Surviving in addition to his wife and son are two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Emma) Stetich of Rock Springs and Mrs. Grant H. (Josephine) Secrist of Bountiful, Utah; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. One brother, Julius and two sisters, Mrs. Maria Diaz and Mrs. Catherina Graiff, preceded him in death. Pallbearers were five grandsons, Robert A. Zueck, Rock Springs; Capt. Grant E. Secrist, Gardena, Calif.; and Gary J. Secrist, Joseph Dean Secrist and William R. Secrist, all of Bountiful, Utah, and Joseph Stetich of Rock Springs, son-in-law of the deceased. Honorary pallbearers were Alfonse Bertagnolli, Herman Menghini, Emanuel Zancanella, Richard Canestrini, Rudolph Prevedel and Donato Tartar. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 11, 1968 DAVID BROWN JR. David Brown Jr., 58, 1001 Clark, Rock Springs, died Friday at 3:15 a.m., en route by ambulance to the Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital for treatment of an illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 10 a.m. in the chapel at Volsey Funeral Home, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Don Warren, Robert Stuart, Rockey McMann, Bill Mosley, Don Brown and Howard VanValkenburg. Mr. Brown, born Feb. 13, 1910, in Cumberland, Wyo., had lived in Rock Springs the past 52 years. He was a retired employee of Westvaco Chemical Co. He married Ethel Cook in February, 1931, at the Rock Springs Methodist Church. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are two sons, Theodore A. Brown and Herbert F. Brown, both of Rock Springs; two brothers, Herbert F. Brown, Green River, and Edward Allison Brown of Hoquiam, Wash.; three sisters, Mrs. Art Warren, Green River; Mrs. Josephine McMann, Rawlins, and Mrs. Janet Schwarzmann, Seattle, Wash., and four grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 18, 1968 JOSEPHINE LIKWARTZ Funeral services were held Tuesday at 8 a.m. at SS. Cyril and Methoidus Catholic Church for Mrs. Josephine Sophie Likwartz, 83, of 105 McClellan, Rock Springs. The Rev. Charles Hardy officiated. Mrs. Likwartz died Sunday at 2:45 a.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. She had been in ill health since March and had been a patient at the hospital for six days. She was born July 24, 1884, in Tarnov, Poland, the daughter of the late Bartholemew and Barbara Madey Hoynoski. She was married to Joseph L. Likwartz in Basnia, Poland, Feb. 14, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Likwartz had lived in Sheridan prior to coming to Rock Springs in 1922. Survivors are four sons, Michael J., Stanley P., Henry A. and Frank M. Likwartz, all of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Emilie) Bachlet, Sheridan, and Mrs. Marshall (Bernice) Thompson of Absarokee, Mont.; 12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Emanuel Zancanella, John Eddy, Steve Kohler, Frank Robinson, John Budak and Mario Temperini. Rosary was recited Monday evening at Vase Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 18, 1968 JAMES MARTIN JR. Funeral services for James Lee Martin Jr., 21, who was killed in a motorcycle accident late Friday afternoon, May 10, were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the First Congregational Church, the Rev. Douglas Wasson officiating. Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Mountain View Cemetery in Riverton. Pallbearers were Leon Lescoe, Mike Mosbey, Robert Easton, Hugh Williams, Steve Logan, Tom Georgis and Basil R. McCulley. Mr. Martin, whose death followed an accident at the Sweetwater County Fairgrounds race track, was born in Elkhart, Kan., Aug. 19, 1946, the son of James L. and Julia Louise Orth Martin. The family has lived in Rock Springs since 1959. Surviving in addition to his parents, are two sisters, Peggy Martin and Mrs. Weldon (Karen) Chivers, both of Rock Springs; two nephews, several aunts and uncles, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Orth of Elkhart, Kan., and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Adda Martin, Riverton. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 18, 1968 ELSIE WASHAM Elsie Laura Washam, 64, of Pinedale died Saturday at 9:50 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Miss Washam had been in ill health for several years. She was hospitalized 18 days. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Boulder school, the Rev. Lee Moore of the Pinedale Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Boulder Cemetery. A former resident of Rock Springs and Boulder, Miss Washam had resided in Pinedale the past four years. She was born Jan. 28, 1904, in Rock Springs, the daughter of the late James H. and Maude Miller Washam. Survivors are one brother, Harvey Washam, Rock Springs; one sister, Mrs. Mabel Mitchell, Mill Valley, Calif.; two uncles, Claude Miller, Wheatland, and John Miller, Rock Springs, and one aunt, Mrs. Minney Baker, Evanston. Pallbearers were Dennis and Finis Mitchell, Robert Ball, Kenneth Scott, Jim King and Elmer Faler. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 18, 1968 T.C. MEADOWS Thomas Calvin Meadows, 60, of 1197 East Railroad Ave., died Saturday in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, following a lengthy illness. Mr. Meadows, a retired coal miner, was born in Weir City, Kan., Dec. 23, 1907, and had been a resident of Rock Springs for the past 45 years. He had been hospitalized since April 28. Survivors are his wife, Natlee; one brother, Otis Wilkerson, Denver, Colo., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary. The Rev. Carl Procida of the First Baptist Church officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Amos Page, Pete Gatto, Slim Jackson, Mann Calhoon, Thomas Carter and Gene Bowman. Honorary pallbearers were Harvey Collins, Leonard Page, Jack Bevins, Earl Dotsey, Eli Koack and Clint Randolph. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 18, 1968 JULIA HOLMES Funeral services were held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home for Mrs. Julia Etta Holmes. The Rev. B.E. Carnes of the Rock Springs Church of Christ officiated. Graveside services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at Lakeside Cemetery in Canon City, Colo. Mrs. Holmes, 85, of 1225 Clark St., Rock Springs, died at her home Monday at 11:15 a.m., after a lengthy illness. She was the daughter of the late Andrew and Sarah Ferguson Childers, and was born April 6, 1883, in Memphis, Tenn. She had been a resident of Rock Springs since 1917. She was married to John E. Holmes in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1898. Mr. Holmes, and one son, Clarence, both died in 1958. Mrs. Holmes was a member of the Church of Christ and the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors are three sons, Charles Holmes, Rock Springs; Harry Holmes, Cedar City, Utah, and John A. Holmes, Rapid City, S.D.; one daughter, Mrs. Edythe B. Porenta, Rock Springs; 16 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 25, 1968 MARY B. BEYDA Funeral services were held Tuesday at 9 a.m. at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church for Mary B. Beyda, 77, of 1321 Liberty Drive, Rock Springs. The Rt. Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiated. Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. in St. Josephs Cemetery, Kemmerer. Rosary was recited Monday night at Vase Funeral Home. Mrs. Beyda died Saturday at 12:40 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. She had been in ill health since March 28, and had been hospitalized for 1 ½ months. A resident of Rock Springs since 1942, Mrs. Beyda was a former longtime resident of Kemmerer. She was born July 18, 1890, in Czechoslovakia, the daughter of the late Peter and Ann Warhol Besitka. She was married to George Beyda June 21, 1920 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Beyda died in 1949. Mrs. Beyda was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church and the National Slovak Society. Survivors are two sons, Michael and George R. Beyda, both of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Matthew (Julia) Wilde Jr., Ogden, Utah, and Mrs. Vernon L. (Eileen) Gentry, Boulder, Colo.; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Steve Koler, Tony Uzelac, Matthew Wilde Jr., Vernon L. Gentry, Leno Marietti and Harry Dubas. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 25, 1968 THELMA MAY ATWOOD Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary for Mrs. Thelma May Attwood, 50, 623 Broadway, Rock Springs. The Rev. Dean Foley, Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Attwood had been hospitalized 11 days. A longtime Rock Springs resident, she was born Jan. 29, 1918 in Mapleton, Ohio. Survivors are her husband, John F. Attwood; five sons, Richard Clark, Rock Springs; William Clark, Torrington; Robert Clark, Kemmerer, and John and Hollis Attwood, both of Rock Springs; three daughters, Miss Josephine Clark, Denver, Colo.; Miss Melody Attwood, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Daniel (Mary Ellen) Simmons, Lansing, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Catherine) McGovern, Rawlins, and Mrs. Ike (Pat) Brooks, Rock Springs; her mother, Mrs. Elisabeth Hower, Rock Springs; four brothers, Robert Hower, Los Angeles, Calif., and George, James and Jack Hower, all of Rock Springs, and one grandchild. Pallbearers were Kaiser Elich, Albert Battisti, Jack Hower, James Hower, George Bertagnolli and Ray Lorenzon. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 25, 1968 SARAH ANN RILEY Sarah Ann Riley, 79, a former longtime Rock Springs resident, died Friday, May 17 in Holy Cross Hospital, Rockville, Md. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Rock Springs, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Vase Funeral Home. Mrs. Riley, who had been in ill health since last August, had been hospitalized two weeks. She was born in Rock Springs Jan. 13, 1889, the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Lynch Lafferty. She was married to Sam Helms, who died in 1937, and later to Harry Riley, who died in 1942. Mrs. Riley attended schools in Rock Springs and was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Smith, Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Earl (Josephine) Hawkins, Rockville, Md.; 12 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Alvin Portwood, Lloyd Jackson, Rudolph Carlson, Clarence Daniels, Dick Schmidt and James Stark. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, May 25, 1968 CHARLES BROWN Charles H. Brown, 91, of 6778 Amherst, San Diego, Calif., died Saturday at 6 p.m. in Hartland Hospital in San Diego, where he had been a patient for five days. A resident of Rock Springs from 1910, until he moved to San Diego in 1962, Mr. Brown had been in ill health since January. He was born in Osnabruck, Germany, Feb. 27, 1877. Following his retirement as a machinist at the Union Pacific Coal Co., Mr. Brown was a stationary engineer for School District 4. His wife, Anna, died Oct. 18, 1961. Survivors are one son, Robert F. Brown, San Diego; his sister, Kruse, Osnabruck, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Carl Krusi, Union Congregational Church, Green River, officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Mike Gaviotis, John Balkie, Leo Gentilini, Roy Crookston, Richard Webster and John Stafford. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 1, 1968 JOHN COPYAK SR. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, for John Copyak Sr. The Rt. Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiated. Parish rosary was recited Tuesday, followed by Knights of Columbus rosary in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mr. Copyak, 81, resided at 1113 9th St., Rock Springs. He died Sunday at 4:14 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient the past two weeks. A retired coal miner, Mr. Copyak had been a resident of Rock Springs for 60 years. He was born Nov. 15, 1886, in Yakubany, Czechoslovakia. Mr. Copyak was a member of the United Mine Workers and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Kay) Croen, Torrance, Calif., and Mrs. Zeke (Ann) Snyder and Mrs. Margaret Nesbitt, both of Lakewood, Colo.; three sons, John Jr., Edward and George Copyak, all of Rock Springs; 10 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; one brother, Stephen, living in Europe, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Delbert Palleson, Bernard Woodhead, Gilbert Smethurst, Joseph Kamenski, Paul Chenchar and John Stevens. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 1, 1968 ALTA GRACE COHRN Alta Grace Corhn, 66, of 820 Connecticut Ave., Rock Springs, died Saturday at 12:20 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hspoital. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary, the Rev. Bemile E. Carnes, Church of Christ, Rock Springs, officiating. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Corhn, who had been in ill health the past few months, was born July 9, 1901, in Crittenden County, Kentucky. She had been a resident of Rock Springs for 16 years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edward (Imogene) Harnice and Mrs. Ray (Magdalene) Shockley, both of Rock Springs; three sons, Randolph and Dewaine Corhn, both of Rock Springs, and A.D. Corhn of Bakersfield, Calif.; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Fowler Sheldon, Bud Croft, Sonny Croft, Alan McGarvey, Vernon and Michael Shaw. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 1, 1968 MRS. DONALD A. BROWN Mrs. Donald A. (Genevieve Ann) Brown, 35, wife of the clerk of the District Court, Green River, died Friday at 9:10 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Her home was at 420 Andrew, Green River. Funeral services were held Monday morning at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Green River, the Rev. Dennis Serdahl officiating. Interment was in Riverview Cemetery. Mrs. Brown, who had been ill the past several months, was born in Rock Springs Jan. 16, 1933. She spent most of her life in Green River, where she attended grade schools and was graduated from high school. She attended Colorado Woman’s College two years before being married to Mr. Brown in Green River Nov. 16, 1952. Mrs. Brown taught music in the Green River elementary schools during the 1954-55 school year. A member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, where she was organist and choir director, she also belonged to the Order of Eastern Star. She was employed as secretary by the Wyoming Land Title Co., Green River. Surviving in addition to her husband are one daughter, Gayle Ann, a junior high school student in Green River; one son, Timothy Alan, also a student in Green River; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Dankowski, Green River; one brother, Lt. Michael John Dankowski, U.S. Marine Corps, stationed aboard the USS Enterprise, and her grandmother, Mrs. Hleen Coleman, San Diego, Calif. Pallbearers were B.L. Chapman, Mahlon Gurbb, Al Carollo Jr., C.W. Cargile, Richard Waggener and D.W. Hardy. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 1, 1968 EDWARDO J. MONDRAGON Funeral services Edwardo Jose Mondragon, 64, of 30 Broadway, Rock Springs, were held Saturday morning, May 25, at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Rosary was recited Friday night at Vase Funeral Home. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mr. Mondragon, who was employed as a sheepherder for the White Acorn Sheep Co., was found dead by his employer, John O. Bertagnolli, Monday at 6:10 p.m. Mr. Mondragon was born Nov. 4, 1903, at Taos, N.M. He had been a resident of Rock Springs for 15 years. He was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church and the SPMDTU Lodge. Survivors are his wife, Juanita, Rock Springs; his father, Manuel, Taos; two sons, Dan, Pullman, Wash., and Gus, with the U.S. Navy on the USS Brinkley Bass; two daughters, Mrs. Olmedo (Flora) Romero, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Adolph (Alice) Candelario, Las Vegas, N.M.; three brothers, Robert, Salt Lake City; Frank, Taos, and Levi, Leadville, Colo.; one sister, Mrs. Abram (Petra) Ortega, Questa, N.M.; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Tim Romero, Tom Hartt, Alex Mondragon, Claude Herrera, Manuel Ortega and Thomas Mondragon. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 1, 1968 EMILIO CASAGRANDA Emilio Casagranda, 69, of 621 Rugby Ave., Rock Springs, died Thursday at 7:20 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rosary was recited Sunday night in the Rogan chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mr. Casagranda, a retired coal miner, had been a resident of Rock Springs for 40 years. He was born July 15, 1899, in Trento, Tyrol, Italy. Surviving are one brother and three sisters, all living in Italy, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Joe Dominiski, Ed Magagna, Gary Allen, O.J. Berta, Leo Silvestri and Oreste Frazzini. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 1, 1968 MRS. JOHN V. TIMLIN Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion for Mrs. John V. (Ellen) Timlin, 84, of 823 Center St., Rock Springs. The Rev. J. Dean Foley officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Timlin died Saturday at 5 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient since April 6. Mrs. Timlin, a resident of Rock Springs since 1910, had been in ill health for several months. She was born in County Durham, England, Feb. 8, 1884, the daughter of the late James and Mary Keysor Daley. She was married to Carr Smith in County Durham, England, Dec. 13, 1908. Mr. Smith died in 1948. She was married to John V. Timlin Aug. 31, 1952, in Rock Springs. Mr. Timlin survives. Survivors, in addition to her husband are one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Healey, Salt Lake City; two sons, George Smith of Farson and James W. Smith of Fairview, Kan.; two stepsons, John and David Timlin of Rock Springs; 13 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Joseph Seppie, William Fleming, John T. Reay, Jack Healey and Dave and John Timlin. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 1, 1968 JOHN W. MANNING Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in Rogan Mortuary Chapel for John W. (Jack) Manning, 58, of Casper. The Rev. J. Dean Foley of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion officiated. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. The American Legion conducted graveside services. Mr. Manning died Sunday afternoon in Natrona County Hospital in Casper. A former longtime resident of Rock Springs, Mr. Manning was born July 21, 1910. Employed at Woods Men’s Store in Casper, he had been employed at Wolfe-Cohen Men’s store in Rock Springs before moving to Casper. Mr. Manning was a member of the BPO Elks, the American Legion and the American Legion 40 & 3. Surviving are his wife, Sally May, Casper; one sister, Mrs. Milford Eversole, Rock Springs, and two brothers, B.H. (Bud) Manning, Salt Lake City, and Wayne Manning, Laramie. Pallbearers were Thomas Delmastro, Jack Gosar, Elmer Meeks, Harry Janes, William S. Dyett and Elza Eversole. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 8, 1968 J.F. SAWTELL James F. Sawtell, 77, of 1413 Lowell St., Rock Springs, died Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. He had been hospitalized since May 2, but had been in ill health for several years. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the LDS Church, Rock Springs, Bishop Larry O. West officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Sawetell, a retired coal miner, had been a resident of Rock Springs since 1929. He formerly lived in Chariton, Iowa. Mr. Sawtell was born in Bevier, Mo., March 20, 1891. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Catherine Alexander, LaBarge, Wyo., Mrs. Erwin T. (Marvel) Groark, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Bruce (Jackie) Challman, Glendora, Calif.; two sons, Carl, Upland, Calif., and James of Rawlins; one sister, Mrs. L.E. (Nell) Rogers, Minneapolis; 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice, who died Julyl 5, 1967, and one daughter, Alyss, in 1935. Mr. Sawtell was a member of the LDS Church. Pallbearers will be Glen Shaw, Bill Rogers, Cecil Headd, Ralph Gilpin, Rex Headd and Morris Simpers. Friends may call at the Vase Funeral Home, 154 Elk St., Saturday until time of services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 8, 1968 MRS. GEORGE VARANAKIS Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church for Mrs. George (Florence) Varanakis. Prayer services were held Thursday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Varanakis, 79, died Monday in Sheridan Memorial Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She resided at 855 North Custer, Sheridan. She was born Feb. 10, 1889, in Nipptos, Greece. She came to America in 1916, and was a longtime resident of Reliance and Rock Springs before moving to Sheridan eight years ago. She was preceded in death by her husband, George, who died in 1943. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Mary) Mavrakis, Sheridan, and Mrs. Wilson (Jean) Rickman, Cheyenne; six grandchildren and two brothrs and one sister, living in Greece. Pallbearers were Joe Gaviotis, Tom Manatos, George and Harry Mavrakis, Spiro Varras and Mike Gaviotis. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 8, 1968 RICHARD J. HICKERSON Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Rock Springs LDS Church for Richard Joseph Hickerosn, 57, of 332 P St., Rock Springs. Bishop Larry O. West officiated. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hickerson died Sunday at 8:45 a.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient one day. A lifetime resident of Rock Springs, he was born Dec. 21, 1910, in Rock Springs. Mr. Hickerson, a retired carpenter, was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Rock Springs Art Guild. Surviving are his wife, Ansta, Rock Springs; one daughter, Mrs. James (Marilynn) Noble, Rock Springs; one son, Larry, Rock Springs; one brother, Sam, Cheyenne; two sisters, Mrs. William (Lillian) Welsh, and Mrs. Harry (Ruth) Fitchett, both of Rock Springs; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were James Daniel, Robert and Ted Welsh, Charles Phillips, Harry Fitchett Jr. and John F. Kemp. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 8, 1968 JOHN H. HUHTA John Henry Huhta, 76, 614 D St., Rock Springs, died Friday, May 31, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for two days. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Carl Procida of the First Baptist Church, Rock Springs, officiated. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, and the American Legion conducted military graveside services. Mr. Huhta, a resident of Rock Springs for the past 50 years, had been in ill health since February. He was born June 3, 1891, at Waasa, Laupua, Finland. He married Impie Simonson in Hanna, Wyo., May 11, 1919. A retired coal miner, Mr. Huhta was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the United Mine Workers. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are one daughter, Mrs. Tim (Elsie) Nousi, Rock Springs; one brother, Aleksi Huhdantaa, and one sister, Mrs. Martha Pontinen, both living in Finland; tow grandchildren, Tim J. Nousi, Rock Springs, and Mrs. M.E. (Janice) Spragg, Castle Air Force Base, Calif., and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were S.W. Asiala, Angelo Anselmi, Leonard Hansen, Emil Hannon, George Hiibacka and Arthur Pentila. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 8, 1968 J.H. McWILLIAMS Jasper Howard McWilliams, 92, of Big Piney died Wednesday at 1:50 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient nine days. A retired mail carrier, he was a longtime Big Piney resident. He was born April 9, 1877, in Rutledge, Mo., the son of Jasper P. and Mary Jane Eaton McWilliams. Mr. McWilliams left home when he was 16 years old and worked in Colorado as a cowboy. Mr. McWilliams, known as “Old Mac,” came to Wyoming in 1902 and worked on several ranches. He married Maude Bell Baldwin July 9, 1909, in Ogden, Utah. Mrs. McWilliams died Oct. 1, 1940. Mr. McWilliams leased his first ranch and then homesteaded until he sold the homestead and bought a freight outfit. He drove six to 22 head of horses using a single jerk line and usually pulled three wagons. During that period, he hauled all the coal for School District 12, as well and handling all kinds of freight. He received the mail contract from Big Piney to Mason, Wyo., in the early 1920s and held it for 27 years. Mr. McWilliams also helped pull the first oil derrick into the Big Piney area. The derrick was placed on Cretaceous Mountain. According to members of his family, Mr. McWilliams was a good horse trader and on one occasion left home with a team, wagon, saddle horse and very little cash, only to return with nine horses, $300 and the same team. Mr. McWilliams was a member of the LDS Church. He was preceded in death by four children. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Lorinda Whitman and Miss Shirley McWilliams, both of Big Piney; Mrs. May Wright, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Fern Moulton, Boise, Idaho; four sons, Ira and Jack, Big Piney; Austin, Emmet, Idaho, and Burley, Dillon, Mont.; 29 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Elementary School in Big Piney Monday. Bishop Walter C. Yose of the Big Piney LDS Church officiated. Interment was in the Big Piney Cemetery. Pallbearers were Eugene, Vern, Raymond, Ira and Korky McWilliams and Harry V. Wood. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 8, 1968 JOHN REBOL Funeral services were held Monday morning at Rogan Mortuary Chapel for John Rebol, 75, who died Friday, May 31, in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Rosary was recited Sunday night at the chapel. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mr. Rebol, who resided at 1406 Eleventh St., Rock Springs, had been in ill health for the past year. He was born June 17, 1892, in Bicje, Yugoslavia, the son of the late Tony and Elizabeth Rebol. He came to America in 1909, living first in Pueblo, Colo., until 1922, when he moved to Superior. A retired coal miner, Mr. Rebol worked for the Union Pacific Coal Co. in Superior until 1930, then moved to Rock Springs and began work at the Winton Mine. He married Frances Nuncija Nov. 26, 1913 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Pueblo. Mr. Rebol was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the SNPJ and the United Mine Workers of America. He was preceded in death by two sons and two daughters. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are one son, John L. Rebol, Santa Clara, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Christine) Rogers, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Howard Brown, Burley, Idaho; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Shore McTee, Richard Matthews, Isidor Koritnik, Frank ZUpence, Martin Mivsek and Cyril Yenko. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 8, 1968 MRS. FRED COX Mrs. Fred (Betty Rose) Cox, 38, of 6295 West Elm St., Phoenix, Ariz., died Sunday at 6:20 a.m. at Maryvale Hospital in Phoenix. Mrs. Cox died shortly after the birth of a daughter, Donna Marie. The infant also died. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Rosary was recited Wednesday night in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. A former longtime resident of Rock Springs, Mrs. Cox was born here Dec. 23, 1929, the daughter of Alphonse and Jeanette Thomas Dona of 720 Rhode Island Ave., Rock Springs. Mrs. Cox graduated from Rock Springs High School with the class of 1949, and Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing, Salt Lake City, in 1952. Following graduation from Holy Cross, she returned to Rock Springs and was supervisor of the pediatric ward at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital for three years. She was married to Fred Cox Oct. 24, 1954 in Rock Springs. A member of St. Vincent DePaul’s Catholic Church, Phoenix, she had resided in Phoenix the past eight years. Surviving, in addition to her husband and parents, are one son, Richard Guy, Phoenix; one daughter, Cindy Sue, Phoenix; a brother, Guy Dona, Rock Springs; one sister, Mrs. Leno (Jean) Ruffini, Rock Springs, and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Frank Tominc, Jack Connor, Louis Ruffini, Carl Frandsen, Ed Thomas and Clair Lamberson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 8, 1968 PAUL SHASSETZ Paul Shassetz, 55, Sheridan, died Saturday, June 1, at Sheridan. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Sheridan. Mr. Shassetz, a former resident of Rock Springs, left this city in 1945 to make his home in Sheridan. He was born Sept. 11, 1913, in Monarch coal camp, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shassetz. He father died in October 1925, following an auto accident. Paul Shassetz attended school in Monarch. When the coal mines closed in Monarch, he moved to Rock Springs and worked for the Union Pacific Coal Co. until his move to Sheridan. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Balen; three sons, Paul Jr., Johnny and Carl; one daughter, Patricia, and mother, Mrs. A.E. Boyak, Sheridan; stepfather, Andrew Boyak, Sonoma, Calif.; four brothers, John and Raymond Shassetz, both of Rock Springs; Andrew Shassetz, Cheyenne, and Archie H. Shassetz, Martinez, Calif.; one stepbrother, Eugene Boyak, Sonoma, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Emilia S. Elliott and Mrs. Tom Faccio, both of Anchorage, Alaska, and Mrs. Victor Frolick, Soldatna, Alaska; one uncle, Andrew Shassetz, Sheridan, and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 15, 1968 Pioneer State Stagecoach Driver Dies CASPER, Wyo. (UPI)—A pioneer resident of the state who first drove stagecoaches in the Glenrock area in the 1890s before turning rancher died here Thursday. Stuart M. Anderson would have been 101 June 23. Friends recalled that Anderson had been the oldest member of the Wyoming Pioneer Association and had attended the group’s last reunion at the state fair at Douglas in August. Anderson was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He retired from ranching in 1917. He is survived by his wife, Cora, several children and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 15, 1968 Arthur Ervin, 83, Dies in Evanston EVANSTON (Special)—Arthur (Bun) Ervin, 83, of Evanston died of a heart ailment Wednesday at his home in Evanston. He was born in 1885 in LaMar, Iowa, the son of George Arthur and Lonie Schipper Ervin. He married Harriett Wilson in 1904 in Evanston. She died May 29, 1953. He was a retired employee of the Union Pacific Railroad Co., having worked as a switchman. He was a member of the Union Pacific Old Timers Club No. 20 of Evanston and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Ogden Lodge No. 68. Surviving are one son, Clarence Ervin of Evanston; one daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Edna Mae) Workman, Salt Lake City; three grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Milton (Grace) Hardison of Evanston. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Gilbert O. Bills Funeral Home chapel, where friends may call prior to the services. Burial will be in the Evanston City Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 22, 1968 MRS. JOSEPHINE ARNOLDI Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church for Mrs. Josephine Arnoldi, 73, of 823 North Front St., Rock Springs. The Rev. Charles Bartek officiated. Rosary was recited Tuesday night in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mrs. Arnoldi died Sunday at 12:30 a.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient since May 30. A resident of Rock Springs the past three years, Mrs. Arnoldi was a longtime resident of Superior, moving there from Denver, Colo., in 1906. She was born in Denver Nov. 11, 1894. She was married to Joseph Arnoldi July 1, 1914, in Superior. Mr. Arnoldi died July 22, 1967. Mrs. Arnoldi was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Rock Springs. Survivors are one son, Joseph Jr., Rock Springs; three daughters, Mrs. Ted (Josephine) Snyder, Mrs. Frank T. (Florence) Halzknecht, and Mrs. Errol D. (Eleanor) Marlow, all of Rock Springs; one sister, Mrs. Kate Arnoldi, Rock Springs; one brother, Chris Talbot, Rock Springs; 12 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Serafino Joseph, Henry and George Zampedri, and Loy and James Arnoldi. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 22, 1968 MRS. JOSEPH SULENTA Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 22, at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church for Mrs. Joseph (Sima) Sulenta, 83, of 1240 Ninth, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. Entombment will be in the Sulenta Family Mausoleum in Mountain View Cemetery. Rosary was recited Friday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Mrs. Sulenta, a resident of Rock Springs for 59 years, died Thursday at 8:15 a.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient six days. She had been in ill health the past two years. She was born Oct. 27, 1885, in Podogora, Yugoslavia, and moved to Rock Springs in December 1909. She was married to Joseph Sulenta Jan. 7, 1910, in Rock Springs, Mr. Sulenta died Oct. 18, 1966. Mrs. Sulenta was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. Suriving are one son, Tony, Ewa Beach, Hawaii; five daughters, Mrs. Mike (Linda) Tomich and Marianne Sulenta, both of Rock Springs; Mrs. Joe (Donna) Pedroni, Castro Valley, Calif.; Mrs. Fred (Katherine) Petrich, Moraga, Calif., and Mrs. Tom (Ann) Butler, Stockton, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Metija Mrkusic, Auckland, New Zealand; one brother, Yuri Sumich, living in Yugoslavia; 13 grandchildren, including Mrs. Norvell (Roberta) Hall, Rock Springs; four great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be August Genetti, Joseph Yovich, Rudy Magagna, Emil Tomich, Norvell Hall and Thomas DelMastro. Honorary pallbearers will be J.M. McLennan, Marion Buchan, Matt Begovich and George Tomich. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 22, 1968 MRS. VERNA E. SPANI Mrs. Verna E. Spani, 72, of 611 Walnut St., Rock Springs died Sunday at 12:45 a.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for two days. A resident of Rock Springs since 1921, Mrs. Spani was born Oct. 8, 1895, in Pueblo, Colo., the daughter of the late Levant and Susan Williamson Rector. She was preceded in death by her husband, William T. Spani, who died April 26, 1959, and a great-granddaughter, Michell Dufour, who died April 13, 1968. Mrs. Spani was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Neighbors of Woodcraft and the Rock Springs First Congregational Church. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the First Congregational Church, Rock Springs, David Dickbernd, interim minister, officiating. Interment and graveside services were in the Salt Lake City Cemetery Thursday at 10 a.m. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Douglas (Marilyn) Givens, Beach City, Ohio; one son, Wayne, San Diego, Calif.; one sister, Gertrude Rector, Salt Lake City; eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were John W. Taylor Jr., Robert A. Landeen, James Bastalich, Ted Laurunen, Jack Kershisnik and John L. Dufour. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 22, 1968 LUCILLE CORDERO Funeral services were held Thursday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church for Mrs. Lucille Cordero, 66 of 320 I St. The Rt. Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiated. Interment was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Parish rosary was recited in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home Wednesday evening, followed by St. Monica’s Sodality rosary. Mrs. Cordero, a life-time area resident, died Tuesday at 2:30 a.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient 10 days. She had been in ill health the past two months. Mrs. Cordero was born March 8, 1902, in Sweetwater, Wyo., the daughter of the late Antone and Catherine Valero DeCora. She was married to Angelo Cordero June 11, 1927, in Rock Springs. Mrs. Cordero was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary and the Pocahontas Lodge. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. Edward (Minnie) Dolinar and Mrs. George (Doris) Jelaco, both of Rock Springs; three brothers, Barney and Louis DeCora, both of Rock Springs, and Tom DeCora, Bridgeport, Neb.; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Wally Olson, Mike and Frank Magnetti, Leo Silvestri, Tony Ferdani and Mike Jelaco. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 22, 1968 LESLIE HALL Leslie Hall, 68, a resident of Sheridan, died Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hall, who had been a patient at Kimberly Manor, was born Jan. 22, 1900. The body was taken to Sheridan for funeral services. Survivors are two sons, Bud Hall, Rock Springs, and Rob Hall, Green River. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 22, 1968 STEPHEN LUCAS Stephen Lucas, 66, of 820 Walnut, a retired coal miner and resident of Rock Springs for 35 years, died Tuesday at 9:05 a.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since April 17. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 22 at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Rosary was recited Friday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Interment will be in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, the FOE Aerie 151 conducting graveside services. Mr. Lucas was born Aug. 16, 1901, in Buxton, Iowa, the son of the late Stephen and Ellen Lucas. He married Mary DelPierre Nov. 7, 1925 in Chariton, Iowa. They moved to Rock Springs in 1933. Mr. Lucas was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 151, the United Mine Workers and Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are one son, Stephen C. Annandale, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Joe (Connie) Giorgis, and Mrs. James (Joyce) Mehle, both of Rock Springs, 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers are Ed and Ernie Dunn, Clinton Randolph, Monty Preece, Otto Canestrini and John Georgis. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 22, 1968 THEO SOTOS Funeral services for Theo Sotos, 90, of 107 Noble Drive, were held Tuesday afternoon in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Lukas Kotzakis officiating. Mr. Sotos died Sunday at 9:05 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. He had been hospitalized since April 1. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Sotos was born March 4, 1878, in Greece. He had resided in Rock Springs for 58 years, and was a retired Union Pacific railroad employee. Pallbearers were John Grilos, Tom and Nick Manatos, Joseph and Mike Gaviotis and Errol Marlow. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 29, 1968 TOM PULLEY Tom Pulley, 52, No. 6 District, Rock Springs, a controller of predatory animals for the federal government, was found dead by searchers Thursday afternoon near a rocky hill, about 25 miles north of Eden-Farson. Dick Tanner, Sublette County coroner, said Mr. Pulley died of internal injuries, apparently suffered when his horse kicked him in the abdomen. His riderless horse was discovered by Lyle Hendrickson, rider for the Little Sandy Grazing Assn., who reported to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Rahm at Eden. Rahm joined in the search for Mr. Pulley, and Mrs. Rahm summoned the Rock Springs Search and Rescue Unit. Mr. Pulley had been employed by the federal government for 19 years. He was born May 27, 1916, in Farson, and was a lifetime resident of that area. He married Elizabeth Noble Sept. 9, 1941, in Paris, Idaho. Mr. Pulley was preceded in death by a daughter, Joyce Kay Pulley, who died April 19, 1966; his father, Earl Pulley, who died June 20, 1951, and a brother, Clarence Pulley, who died Nov. 24, 1949. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are two daughters, Beth Lynn and Carol Ann Pulley, Rock Springs; one son, Sanford Thomas Pulley, Rock Springs; his mother, Amelia Edmunson, Pinedale; four brothers, Richard, Farson; Roger, Green River; John, Casper, and Kent Pulley, Sutherlin, Ore.; an aunt and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Rock Springs Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, the Rev. Dean Foley officiating. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were John Arambel, Troy Tyrrell, Barlow Kall, Harold Forshaw, Elza Eversole and Gene Hill. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 29, 1968 CHARLES J. EAGEN Funeral services for Charles James Eagen, 60, of 416 Cedar, who died Saturday, were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, the Rev. J.D. Heck officiating. The body was returned to Brunswick, Minn., for interment. Mr. Eagen, a retired Rock Springs businessman, died at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born April 3, 1908, in Belle Plaine, Minn., the son of Joseph Fredrick and Sue Pfenning Eagen. He had resided in Rock Springs since 1943, and operated Eagen’s Cleaners and Tailors for several years. Mr. Eagen was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. He was preceded in death by a son, Gary Wayne, who died in 1941; his father, who died in 1960, and a brother, Earl, who died in 1966. Survivors, in addition to his wife, Florence, are his mother, Sue Eagen, Rock Springs; a daughter, Mrs. Dwayne (Lila Mae) Smith, Dallas, Tex.; a brother, Edward, Sacramento, Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Thomas (Eva) Sullivan, Sacramento; Mrs. William (Laura) Quinzel, Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. John (Florine) North, Billings, Mont., and Mrs. Robert (Babe) Lathrop, Great Falls, Mont., and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Jack Woodsmall, Clarence Sorensen, Gerald Rohde, Vaughn Cross, Herbert Meyers and Wally Asiala. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jun 29, 1968 ANTONIO ROMERO Antonio Romero, 55, an employee of the Rife Ranch, died Sunday evening at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Romero, an area resident for several years, was born June 13, 1913, in New Mexico. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Rosa, of Cleveland, N.M. The body was returned to Cleveland for funeral services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 6, 1968 Former Springs Resident Dies In Laramie Funeral services for Mrs. Ole J. (Hildur Olivia) Johnson were held at Stryker Mortuary, Laramie, Tuesday with the Rev. James A. Youngquist, pastor of the Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery, Laramie. Mrs. Johnson, who died early Saturday morning, June 29, at her home, 709 South Third, Laramie, was born Nov. 7, 1894, in Rock Springs, the daughter of the late Hanna and Axel Johnson, early day residents of Sweetwater County. She moved to Laramie in 1925. She was a member of VASA lodge and the Royal Neighbors lodge. Survivors in addition to her husband are one daughter, Florence Larson, Riverton; two sisters, Mrs. Hjalmar (Linnea) Carlson and Mrs. Thomas (Axeline) Overy, both of Rock Springs, and four grandchildren. One son preceded her in death. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 6, 1968 Martinez Baby Dies Friday Judy Martinez, six-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Martinez, 385 Logan Avenue, Green River, was found dead in her crib Friday about 6 a.m. The child apparently had been dead since 3 a.m. Born May 20, in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, Rock Springs, the baby had been suffering a cold the past few days. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are one brother, David Jr., and one sister, Anna Maria; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Martinez of Green River and Mr. and Mrs. Mel Martinez of Kemmerer; great-grandfather, Onemico Martinez, Green River, and Mr. and Mrs. Damain Cordova of Green River. The family belongs to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Green River. Graveside services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary in Green River Sunday from 4 to 9 p.m. and Monday from noon until time of the services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 13, 1968 JOHN E. LEOSCO Funeral services for John E. Leosco Sr., who died Saturday morning, July 1, in St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, were held Tuesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiated. Parish and Knights of Columbus rosaries were recited Monday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Mr. Leosco, a retired coal miner, had been hospitalized in Salt Lake City for three weeks, but had been a patient at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital for one week prior to going to Salt Lake City. Born July 14, 1885, in Michae, Poland, he was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the United Mine Workers of America Local Union 8078, the Ukrainian Lodge, the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge, Kemmerer, and an honorary lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anastasia, who died Dec. 5, 1962. Survivors are one son, John F. Leosco, Rock Springs; four daughters, Mrs. Frank (Mary) Novak and Mrs. Max (Helen) Lebar, both of Rock Springs; Mrs. William (Bernice) Brozovich, Joliet, Ill., and Mrs. Stanley (Stella) Perkowski, Villa Park, Ill.; one sister, Maria, living in Poland; 12 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Leno Menghini, John Eusek, Floyd Bassani, John F. Antwiler, Art Taucher and Jack Lebar. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 13, 1968 W.C. DIEU William Curtis Dieu Sr., 70, of 745 Rugby Ave., Rock Springs, died Sunday morning at his home. A former longtime resident of Superior, he had been in ill health for one year. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Howard’s Mortuary Berkley Park Chapel, Denver, with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver. Mr. Dieu, who had been a resident of Rock Springs for the past six years, was born Nov. 19, 1897, in Thurber, Tex. He was a retired coal miner. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America and the Odd Fellows Lodge. Surviving are two sons, William Jr., Odessa, Tex., and Glenn Dieu, Redondo Beach, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Rose Nell Miller, Denver, Colo., seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 13, 1968 MRS. CARMEN GOMEZ Funeral services for Mrs. Carmen Gomez, 83, Rock Springs, were held Wednesday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary. Mrs. Gomez, a resident of the Rock Springs area for the past 25 years, died Saturday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past week. Mrs. Gomez, who resided at Kimberly Manor, was born July 18, 1887, in Valledona, Mexico. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Deperez, Laredo, Tex., and one brother, Julio Morena, Austin, Tex. Burial was in the local cemetery. Pallbearers were Jake Cordova, John Garcia, Pat Trujillo, C.A. Bustos, Emilio Santisteven and Vincent Martinez. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 20, 1968 PAUL ZEMBO SR. Funeral services for Paul Zembo Sr., 86, of 521 Fifth Ave. West, Rock Springs, were held Monday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rev. Thomas G. Ogg officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at Volsey Funeral Chapel. Mr. Zembo, a retired rancher and resident of the Rock Springs area for 66 years, died Thursday, July 11, in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. He had been in ill health for two years. Mr. Zembo was born March 11, 1882, in Ragyoer, Czechoslovakia, and came to the United States in 1901. He settled first in Danbury, Conn., where he worked in a hat factory. Mr. Zembo came to Rock Springs in 1902. He and his brother, John, owned a water well 28 miles north of Rock Springs, and sold water to ranchers driving cattle and sheep through the area. The two men dug the 225-foot-deep well by hand, and operated it for three years, selling it in 1905. Mr. Zembo homesteaded for Big Sandy area, and during five years on a ranch in the that period built several reservoirs, one of which still bears his name. After selling his homestead ranch, Mr. Zembo bought another ranch on the Little Muddy River, and operated it until 1948, when he sold it to his three sons and moved to Rock Springs. He was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. He married Katheryn Benko Feb. 13, 1908, in Danbury. Mrs. Zembo died in July 1947. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Frank (Anna) Radosevich, Mrs. Leo (Katherine) Kozola, Mrs. Tom (Elsie) Wilde and Mrs. Larry (Margaret) Gillespie, all of Rock Springs; three sons, Paul, George and John Zembo, Boulder; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Leo Kozola Jr., James Tibbles, John Valco, Ken Kozola, M.J. Smith and Pete Zupence. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 20, 1968 MRS. JACK BROOKS Mrs. Jack (Clara) Brooks, 69, of 1410 Elk St., a Rock Springs native, died Monday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past six weeks. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the First Congregational Church, Rock Springs. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Brooks was born in Rock Springs Jan. 8, 1899, the daughter of the late Charles W. and Amelia Thompson Crofts. She was married to Jack Brooks in the First Congregational Church, Rock Springs, Jan. 20, 1945. Mrs. Brooks had resided in Rock Springs all her life except for eight years from 1952-60 when she lived in Jackson. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Harry, Myric and Clyde Crofts and one sister, Charlene Crofts. Surviving in addition to her husband, are two aunts, Mrs. Louis Stevens, Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Nellie Hood, Trinidad, Colo.; her sister-in-law, Mrs. Florence Crofts, Rock Springs, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Pallbearers were Ed Taylor, Wilfred and Ed Bowker, James Stark, and Donald and David McIntosh. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 20, 1968 ROBERT L. MAY Funeral services for Robert Lee May were held Friday morning in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Interim Minister David Dickbernd of the First Congregational Church officiated. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Military graveside services were conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. Mr. May, 68, of 748 Rugby Ave., Rock Springs, died Monday at 8:35 p.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past four days. A retired coal miner, he had been in ill health several years. Mr. May was born Aug. 5, 1899, in Cullman County, Ala., the son of the late John and Mary May. He had resided in Rock Springs since 1947. Mr. May served in the U.S. Navy during World War I, and later in the Marine Corps. During World War II Mr. May was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. He married Marie Weldon in Alabama June 23, 1922. He was a member of the American Legion. Mr. May was preceded in death by one daughter, Dorothy May, who died July 16, 1965. Survivors, in addition to his wife, Marie, of Rock Springs, are two sons, Samuel E., Reliance and John T. May, Los Angeles, Calif.; one daughter, Donna Lee May, Denver, Colo.; one brother, Fred May, Trafford, Ala.; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 23, 1968 Youth Killed When Thrown From Pickup RIVERTON, Wyo. (UPI)—An 18-year-old Riverton youth was killed before dawn Monday when he was thrown from a pickup truck that veered off U.S. 26 when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel. The death boosted the 1968 Wyoming traffic fatality toll to 83, even with the figure on the same day last year. Dead is Roland McCullough. He was thrown from the truck he was driving when it rolled 2 ½ times in a barrow pit, coming to rest on its wheels. State police quoted passengers, James Barquin, 20, and Clifford Henry, 18, both of Pavillion, as saying McCullough fell asleep at the wheel. Barquin and Henry both received only cuts. They said McCullough awoke when the westbound truck veered off the highway and tried to pull it back onto the road. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 23, 1968 Cheyenne Man Dies of Viet Battle Wounds CHEYENNE, Wyo. (UPI)—Mr. and Mrs. Ed Braun received a telegram Saturday from the Department of Defense telling them their son had been seriously wounded in action in Vietnam. The Brauns received a second telegram Sunday telling them their son, a recipient of the Purple Heart Medal, was dead. He was 21. Braun, city civil defense director, said Monday his son, Edward, who went to Vietnam May 12, had wanted to join the Army since he was 17. “He was willing to go to Vietnam and proud to be in the Army,” Braun said. He said his son was a Private First Class. The soldier received the Purple Heart in Vietnam June 5 for valor in action which sent him to the hospital. His father said he had been out of the hospital “a week or two” when he was killed. Braun said the family had received no details on “where or how he was wounded, other than he was seriously wounded in action, of course.” --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 23, 1968 Stephen Kovacic Dies of Injuries From One-Car Crash Stephen Thomas Kovacich, 19, of 931 McKinley Ave., Rock Springs, died Sunday at 9:30 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital of chest and internal injuries suffered in a one-car accident 5.4 miles west of Green River on the Blue Rim Road north of Interstate 80 Sunday at 4 p.m. According to Sweetwater County Coroner Peter Vase and the Wyoming Highway Patrolman who investigated, Kovacich was a passenger in a car driven by James W. Demshar, 18, of 209 Gale, Rock Springs, when the eastbound vehicle, which was traveling between 30 and 40 miles per hour, went out of control and skidded off the north side of the dirt road into the borrow pit, turning over onto its top. The road was wet from a rain storm. Kovacich was thrown from the vehicle and pinned beneath it, according to Vase. Demshar was taken to Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital for observation and released Monday. On Fishing Trip The youths, who had left Rock Springs late Sunday morning on a fishing trip, were en route home when the accident occurred. Stephen Kovacich was born in Rock Springs May 21, 1949. His family lived in Casper and Cheyenne for several years and moved back to Rock Springs in 1966. He was graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1967. He ranked eighth scholastically in his graduating class of 200. While in high school he was a member of the Key Club and the National Honor Society. WWC Student He attended Western Wyoming College in 1967-68 and planned to enroll at the University of Wyoming in the fall. Mr. Kovacich was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, Rock Springs, and was employed as a parts man in his father’s auto parts business. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.T. Steve Kovacich, Rock Springs; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Kovacich, Rock Springs his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Mullis, Omaha, Neb.; his great-grandmother, Mrs. Heliene Juilfs, Omaha; three sisters, Mrs. Pamela Rose, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Virginia Kovacich, New Orleans, La., and Shelly Jo Kovacich, Rock Springs; an uncle, Henry Mullis, and an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Robertson, all of Omaha. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, the Rev. Dean Foley officiating. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s Cemtery. Friends may call at the Volsey Funeral Chapel, 100 Willow St., Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until time of services. The death of Stephan Kovacich and that of a Laramie woman brought the traffic fatality toll for 1968 to 81, compared with 83 on the same date last year. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 25, 1968 Della Barba Funeral Will Be Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Della Barba, 79, longtime resident of the Rock Springs area, will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mrs. Della Barba died Tuesday afternoon in San Jose, Calif., where she had been making her home for several years with her daughter, Mrs. Roy Werstlar. She was born Nov. 25, 1889, in Yugoslavia. Her husband, John Della Barba, a retired miner, died about four years ago. They had resided in the Blairtown-Quealy area for many years, and in Rock Springs for 50 years. She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, and the SNPJ Lodge. Survivors are six daughters, Mrs. Emma Partain, Rock Springs; Mrs. Ernest (Theresa) Echo and Mrs. Joseph (Rose) Sutherland, San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs. Ted (Mary) Dickenson, Watsonville, Calif.; Mrs. LeRoy (Katherine) Werztlar, San Jose, and Mrs. Edward (Amelia) Morrissey, Hawaii; one son, John Katich, Los Angeles, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Charles Brejcha, Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Volsey Funeral Chapel, 100 Willow St., Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Saturday until time of services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 27, 1968 MRS. JOHN DELLA BARBA Mrs. John (Katherine) Della Barba, 79, a long-time resident of the Rock Springs area, died Tuesday afternoon in San Jose, Calif., where she had been making her home for several years with her daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Werstlar. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Rosary was recited Friday evening at Volsey Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Della Barba was born Nov. 25, 1883, in Yugoslavia. Her husband, John, a retired miner, died about four years ago. They had resided in the Blairtwon Quealy area for many years, and in Rock Springs for 50 years. She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, and the Croatian Fraternal Union, No. 374. Survivors are six daughters, Mrs. Emma Partain, Rock Springs; Mrs. Ernest (Theresa) Echo and Mrs. Joseph (Rose) Sutherland, San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs. Ted (Mary) Dickenson, Watsonville, Calif.; Mrs. LeRoy (Katherine) Werstlar, San Jose, and Mrs. Edward (Amelia) Morrissey, Hawaii; one son, John Katich, Los Angeles, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Charles Brejcha, Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be George, Joseph and Victor Bertagnolli, Tommy Echo and Tony and Andy Radman. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 27, 1968 STEPHAN KOVACICH Funeral services for Stephan Thomas Kovacich, 19, of 931 McKinley, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, the Rev. Dean Foley officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Mr. Kovacich died Sunday at 9:30 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital of chest and internal injuries suffered at 4 p.m. in a one-car accident 5.4 miles west of Green River on Blue Rim Road north of Interstate 80. Mr. Kovacich was a passenger in a car driven by James W. Demshar, 18, of Rock Springs, when the eastbound vehicle went out of control and skidded off the north side of the road into the borrow pit, turning over onto its top. Mr. Kovacich was thrown from the vehicle and pinned beneath it, according to Peter Vase, Sweetwater County Coroner, and the Wyoming Highway patrolman who investigated. Mr. Kovacich was born in Rock Springs May 21, 1949. His family lived in Casper and Cheyenne for several years and moved back to Rock Springs in 1966. He was graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1967. He ranked eighth scholastically in his graduating class of 200. While in high school he was a member of the Key Club and the National Honor Society. He attended Western Wyoming College in 1967-68 and planned to enroll at the University of Wyoming in the fall. Mr. Kovacich was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, Rock Springs, and was employed as a parts man in his father's auto parts business. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. (Steve) Kovacich, Rock Springs; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Kovacich, Rock Springs; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Mullis, Omaha, Neb.; his great-grandmother, Mrs. Heliene Julifs, Omaha; three sisters, Mrs. Pamela Rose, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Virginia Kovacich, New Orleans, La., and Shelly Jo Kovacich, Rock Springs, and several aunts and uncles. Pallbearers were Jim McCurtain, Pete Douglas, Greg Hager, Paul Mackey, Jim Demshar and Jerry Seneshale. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Jul 27, 1968 AUGUST SUBIC Funeral services for August Subic, 62, of Reliance were held Thursday afternoon in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary, Bishop William Gibbs of the LDS Church officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Mr. Subic, a Rock Springs native, died Monday at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for six days. A retired coal miner, Mr. Subic was born in Rock Springs July 28, 1906. He was a member of the SNPJ Lodge, No. 9, Rock Springs. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Ivan (Dorothy) Christianson, Granger, Utah; three brothers, Frank, Rock Springs, and Rudolph and Edward Subic, Reliance, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Edward, Rudolph, Frank W., Robert and Frank Subic and Ronald Ardisoni. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 1, 1968 Charles S. Roy, 24, Dies Near Dong Tam Base, South Viet Charles Sullivan Roy, 24, engineman second class in the U. S. Navy and son of Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan (Jake) Roy of 604 E Street, Rock Springs, died in action in Vietnam July 23, his parents were notified Wednesday. Roy previously had been reported missing. His body was recovered from Song My Tho River, near Dong Tam Base, South Vietnam, July 24. Full details of his death were not received here. He had been serving aboard ship with the engineers corps. His was the second Rock Springs serviceman's death in Vietnam. Stephen W. Stark, 22, was killed in action Jan. 31 at Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Petty Officer Roy, was was a Navy career man, was born in Rock Springs Nov. 25, 1943, and had lived here all his life. He attended elementary schools and Rock Springs High School through his junior year before he enlisted in the Navy seven years ago. He had been in Vietnam since January of this year. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are three brothers, John R., Russellville, Ark.; Sp. 5 James N. Roy, serving with the U. S. Army in Hawaii and David M. Roy of Rock Springs; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Roy, Poteau, Okla.; three nephews, one niece, three aunts and three uncles. His mother is the former Mary Sutter. Funeral services, pending return of the serviceman's body to Rock Springs, will be announced later. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 3, 1968 MRS. ROSE MARIE YARDAS Funeral services for Rosa Marie Yardas, 82, of 1239 Ninth Street, Rock Springs, were held Monday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rudy Leonardi, grandson of Mrs. Yardas, served as commentator. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at Rogan Mortuary. Mrs. Yards, a Rock Springs resident for 41 years, died Friday afternoon at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient nine days. Mrs. Yardas was born Feb. 2, 1886, in Bresa, Austria, and came to the United States in August, 1912. She settled in Colorado and later moved to Superior and to Rock Springs in 1927. Her husband, Vinko Yardas, a retired coal miner, preceded her in death March 1, 1962. She was a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union, No. 306; the Slovenian National Benefit Society, No. 10, and SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Minnie) Stephenson, Superior; Mrs. Max (Elsie) Dolenc, Rock Springs; Mrs. Louis (Bernice) Besso, Hayward, Calif., and Mrs. Aldo (Irene) Leonardi, Ogden, Utah; five sons, Rudolph, James and Albert, Rock Springs; Stanley, San Diego, Calif., and Charles Yardas, Lander; one brother, Ivan Susanj, living in Yugoslavia; 21 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were James Stanley, Charles and Albert Yardas, Max Dolenc and Thomas Stephenson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 3, 1968 MRS. FRANK POTOCHNIK Mrs. Frank (Theresa) Potochnik, 83, of 808 D St., Rock Springs, died at her home Friday afternoon following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Monday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rev. Aloysius Potochnik, Canon City, Colo., officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Parish, St. Monica’s Sodality, St. Anne’s Altar Society, Sacred Heart of Mary and Knights of Columbus rosaries were recited Sunday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Mrs. Potochnik was born in the parish of Trata above Skofjo Loko in Yugoslavia Sept. 26, 1884, the daughter of the late John and Barbara Ursic. She came to the United States and Rock Springs in the fall of 1904, and was married to Frank Potochnik Sept. 26, 1905, in Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Mr. Potochnik died Dec. 6, 1944. Mrs. Potochnik was a charter member of the Sacred Heart of Mary Society, No. 86, of the American Slovenian Catholic Union (KSKJ), and served as the organization’s financial secretary 10 years and as recording secretary over 30 years. She was selected two times as a delegate to represent the local society at union conventions. She was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church from the time the parish was created, and secretary of St. Anne’s Altar Society for 32 years. Mrs. Potochnik was also a member of St. Aloysius society No. 18 of the American Fraternal Union. Mrs. Potochnik was named the Wyoming Catholic Mother of the Year in 1954. Survivors are three daughters, Sister M. Alverina Potochnik, Lemont, Ill.; Mrs. Frank (Mary) Perko, Palos Heights, Ill., and Mrs. Paul A. (Bertha) Kos, Rock Springs; two sons, Rev. Aloysius Potochnik, Canon City, Colo., and Cyril Potochnik, Rock Springs; nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Dr. Paul A. Kos, David Kos, Frank Wanner, James Crosson, Frank Perko and Matt Leskovec. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 3, 1968 I.R. CHRISTIANSEN Funeral services for Irving Raymond Christiansen, 56, of Pinedale and Jackson were held Thursday morning in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. J.D. Heck of the Rock Springs Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery, with the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24, conducting military graveside services. Mr. Christiansen died Saturday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient two days. A hunting guide, he had resided in the Pinedale area 10 years. Mr. Christiansen was born Nov. 17, 1911, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. James W. (Mildred) Simpson and Mrs. Robert (Elner) Green, Castro Valley, Calif.; Mrs. Sherman (Marie) Bailey, Dearborn, Mich., and Mrs. John (Esther) Miller, Moose Lake, Minn., one brother, Richard Christiansen, Tillamook, Ore., and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Jim Stark, Dave Aldred, Ron Hall, W.G. Matthews, Earl Lawless and Ken Darling. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 3, 1968 CAMILLO ALBERTINI Camillo (Garabaldi) Albertini, 80, a retired coal miner and resident of Rock Springs for the past 60 years, died Sunday afternoon at Kimberly Manor. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary, the Rev. Charles Bartek of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Albertini was born July 17, 1888, in Brez, Tyrol, Italy. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America and the Redmen Lodge. Surviving are three nieces, Mrs. Angelo (Perina) Kaumo and Mrs. Alex (Flora) Bertagnolli, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Pete (Rena) Sungren, LaBarge, and one nephew, Albert Anselmi, Rock Springs. Pallbearers were Louis Plancher, Angelo Kaumo, Alex J. Bertagnolli, August Kaumo, Albert Anselmi, and Robert Canestrini. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 3, 1968 Kaumos’ Infant Daughter Dies Michele Anette Kaumo, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Angelo Kaumo, 717 ½ N St., Rock Springs, died Thursday at 8 p.m. in Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City. She was born July 30, 1968, and taken to Salt Lake City Thursday morning. Surviving are her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Kaumo, her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tardoni, and her maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Josephine Tardoni, all of Rock Springs; two uncles, several great-aunts and uncles and cousins. Graveside service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, Rock Springs, officiating. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 10, 1968 MRS. PRISCILLA MONTOYA Mrs. Priscilla Angelina Montoya, 26, 827 Center St., a resident of Rock Springs since 1955, died Thursday July 25, at 8:40 a.m. in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for six days. Funeral services ere held Saturday morning July 27, at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Friday evening, July 26, in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Mrs. Montoya, who had been in ill health since Nov. 1966, was born Aug. 10, 1941, in Aguilar, Colo. She attended schools in Rock Springs and was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. She was married to Patrick R. Montoya Sr., in Rock Springs in August 1957. Mrs. Montoya, an assistant at the Open Door Day Care Center in Rock Springs, taught catechism at SS. Cyril and Methodius School prior to her illness. Survivors, in addition to her husband, are two sons, Patrick R. Jr., 9, and Franklin Angelo, 8, both of Rock Springs; her father, Alfonso R. Lamori Sr., Rock Springs; her mother, Mrs. Victoria Gonzales, Denver, Colo.; two brothers, Alfonso R. Lamori Jr., Santa Barbara, Calif., and Joseph Lamori, Denver, Colo.; one sister, Mrs. Ernest (Virginia) Cordova, Rock Springs; four half-sister, Lucille, Lena, Victoria and Geralyn Gonzales, all of Denver, and two half-brothers, Tony and Charles Gonzales, Denver. Pallbearers were Gabriel Lamori, Louis TOmjack, Jesse Gardea, Herman Gomez, Jake Cordova and Benny Sandoval. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 10, 1968 MRS. HOWARD E. DANIEL Funeral services for Mrs. Howard E. (Ruby) Daniel, 55, of 314 N St., Rock Springs, were held Thursday afternoon at the Rock Springs First Congregational Church, the Rev. David Dickbernd officiating. The Rev. Oyer Morgan assisted. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Daniel died Monday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient since June 14. Mrs. Daniel owned and operated the Desert Gardens Floral and Gift Shop in Rock Springs several years. She closed the business earlier this year. A resident of Rock Springs 26 years and a former resident of Superior, Mrs. Daniel was born Ruby Mae Rhett, Feb. 10, 1913, in Clarksville, Ark. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge, the Royal Neighbors, the Eagles Auxiliary and the Pocahontas Lodge. Survivors, in addition to her husband, are one son, James A. Daniel, a daughter, Mrs. Russell (Monetta) Parr; four grandchildren, James D>, Melinda Kay and Lee Ann Daniel, and Russell L. Parr, all of Rock Springs; six sisters, Mrs. Elva Wise, Bettendorf, Iowa; Mrs. Alta Ralph, Mrs. Vera Lou Daniel and Mrs. Alma Farris, Clarksville, and Mrs. Eula Bly and Mrs. Maggie Bly, Greenwood, Ark., and three brothers, James, Moab, Utah; Sherman, Sacramento, Calif., and Berl Rhett, Norman, Okla. Pallbearers were Richard Morris, William Welsh, John Tennant, Geno Tarufelli, Herman Albertini and A.H. DeCroo. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 10, 1968 CHARLES SULLIVAN ROY Funeral services for Charles Sullivan Roy, 24, engineman second class, U.S. Navy, were held Tuesday in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Oyer Morgan of the Rock Springs First Methodist Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Military graveside services were conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. Petty Officer Roy died in action in Vietnam July 23. His body was recovered from Song My Tho River near Dong Tam Base, South Vietnam, July 24. A Navy career man, Petty Officer Roy was born in Rock Springs Nov. 23, 1943, and resided in Rock Springs until he enlisted in the Navy seven years ago. He attended elementary school in Rock Springs and Rock Springs High School. Serving aboard ship with the engineers corps, he had been in Vietnam since January of this year. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan (Jake) Roy, 605 E St., Rock Springs; three brothers, John R. Roy, Russellville, Ark.; Sp-5 James N. Roy, serving with the U.S. Army in Hawaii, and David M. Roy of Rock Springs; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Roy, Poteau, Okla.; three nephews, one niece, three aunts and three uncles. Pallbearers were James Stark, Kenneth Darling, L.M. Rushmore, Earl Lawless, Jack Von Rembow and David Aldred. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 10, 1968 ANDREW W. TRAVELUTE Funeral services for Andrew W. (Andy) Travelute, 67-year-old Daniel area rancher, were held Wednesday morning at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Pinedale. The Rev. Gilbert Callahan officiated. The Rev. Charles Bartek of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Rock Springs, delivered the sermon. Interment was in Pinedale. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening at Our Lady of Peach Catholic Church. Mr. Travelute died Sunday morning at his home after a few months’ illness. A longtime Wyoming resident, he had been engaged in the retail business and later sold insurance and real estate in Rock Springs from 1924 to 1944. He was active in many civic organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, Knights of Columbus and was exalted ruler of the Elks Club while a resident of Rock Springs. He purchased the Todd Ranch at Daniel in 144, and until his death was a rancher in Sublette County, serving as president of the Green River Cattlemen’s Assn. He bred commercial Hereford cattle, Belgian horses and quarter horses. A member of the Pinedale Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Travelute served on the Sublette County Zoning Board. In the last few years he had renewed his interest in selling real estate. Born Jan. 14, 1901, in Marysville, Kan., to Henry and Elizabeth Travelute, he was married in Rock Springs in 1924. Surviving are his wife, Violet; two sons, Robert, Mt. Arlington, N.J., and John, Kansas City, Kan.; two daughters, Mrs. Vallia Hays, La Mesa, Calif., and Verona Wisniewski, Bloomfield Hill, Mich., 11 grandchildren, four sisters and four brothers. Pallbearers were Gene Pfisterer, Joe Hay and Paul Ziegler, Pinedale; Ed Magagna, Rock Springs; Von (Skip) Potter, Daniel, and Jack Thomas, Idaho Falls. Honorary pallbearers were Bob Miller Sr., Don Jewett and Phillip Marincic, Big Piney; Elton Cooley and Bobby Lozier, Pinedael; D.G. Richardson and E.L. Bertagnolli, Rock Springs; Jake Pfisterer, Bondurant, and Ralph Conwell, Daniel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 16, 1968 Resident Here 35 Years Dies In Rawlins John Apostolakis, 81, of 384 Harrison Ave., Salt Lake City, a former longtime resident of Rock Springs, did Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Carbon County Memorial Hospital in Rawlins. Mr. Apostolakis was visiting in the Rawlins and Saratoga area when he became ill. A retired coal miner, Mr. Apostolakis was born Oct. 26, 1886, in Caneda, Crete, Greece. He went to Hanna, Wyo., in 1912 and lived there 15 years before moving to Rock Springs, where he resided for 35 years. He moved to Salt Lake City in 1962. Mr. Apostolakis was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. Surviving are his wife, Anastasia, Salt Lake City; one son, Vasilios J. Apostolakis, and one daughter, Katina Athanasakis, both of Canea, Crete, both by a previous marriage; two brothers, Mike Apostolakis, Rock Springs, and Tony Apostolakis, Canea, Crete; five grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and several great-nieces and great-nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Rock Springs Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, the Rev. Lukas Kotzakis officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 17, 1968 MERICO BASSANI Funeral services for Merico (Buzz) Bassani, 43, 1233 Lincoln, Rock Springs, were held Monday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. The American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24, conducted military graveside services. Rosary was recited Sunday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Mr. Bassani was found dead Thursday afternoon in his car which was parked on the shoulder of Old Highway 187, 10 miles north of Rock Springs. Mr. Bassani, who had been employed in the oil field industry most of his life, was born in Consol, Iowa, Nov. 29, 1924. He had lived in Rock Springs since 1936 and was a graduate of Rock Springs High School. A veteran of the Navy, he served in the Pacific during World War II. He was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, American Legion and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Surviving are his wife, Ella; two daughters, Judy and Elaine, his mother, Mrs. Tecla Bassani, and one brother, Floyd, all of Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles. Pallbearers were Royce Goldman, Fred Moore, Steve Majhanovich, Robert Sains, Carl Rosene and Fred Marchetti. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 17, 1968 ELMER TYLER Funeral services for Elmer Tyler, 68, 118 Thomas St., were held Thursday morning at Rogan Chapel, the Rev. Nicholas Natelli of the First Congregational Church officiated. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Mr. Tyler, a longtime resident of Rock Springs and retired Union Pacific Railroad carman, died at his home Monday morning. He was born in Green River May 16, 1900. Surviving are his wife, Erma, and one son, Kenneth Tyler, both of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. E.F. (Shirley) Forni and Mrs. Jack (Betty) Wagoner, Glen Burnie, Md.; four brothers, Roy Tyler, Rock Springs; Harry Tyler, Nampa, Idaho; James Tyler, Ogden, and John Tyler, Pinedale; one sister, Mrs. Ellen Thompson, Osage, and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers were Gilbert Smethurst, George Okano, Henry L. Bertagnolli, Don L. Cox, Donald L. Tyler and Frank Robertson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 17, 1968 TOM COLETTI Tom Coletti, 85, of 311 Gale, a retired coal miner and resident of Rock Springs for 48 years, died Tuesday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Friday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Friday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Mr. Coletti was born Dec. 8, 1882, in Cafasse, Italy, the son of the late Dominick and Christina (Ravelli) Coletti. He came to Rock Springs in 1920. Mr. Coletti was a member of the United Mine Workers of America, the Italian-American Society, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by one son, Dominick. Survivign are his wife, Mary, Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. John W. (Christina) Barr, Monterey, Calif., and Mrs. Wallace S. (Minnie) Olson, Salt Lake City; two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Angelo Cordero, Tony Ferdani, Barney Ferrero, James Buston, Leo Silvestri and Andrew Peternell. Honorary pallbearers were Pete Delaurante, James V. Ferrero, Leno Ceretto, James Grosso, Mike Magnetti and M.V.A. Megeath. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 24, 1968 L.W. COVERT Funeral services for Levor William Covert, 50, of 724 Second Avenue West, Rock Springs, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Volsey Funeral Chapel. Mr. Covert died Monday afternoon at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been admitted for treatment of an illness. A resident of Rock Springs for nearly 50 years, Mr. Covert was born May 16, 1918, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He enlisted in the United States Army March 4, 1913, and was discharged with the rank of sergeant March 15, 1946. He married Sylvia Bann, Nov. 24, 1943, in St. Louis, MO. Mr. Covert was employed as a truck driving by Bunning Transfer Co. Survivors include his wife, Sylvia, Rock Springs; two sons, Thomas Alma Covert, Rock Springs, and Dennis Covert, serving with the US Navy aboard the USS Cailente in the Pacific; two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Ann Eden and Linda Sue Covert, both of Rock Springs; his mother, Mrs. Olive Lidia Covert, Idaho Falls, Idaho; a brother, Delbert J. Covert, Idaho Falls, and two sisters, Mrs. Eli (Emma) Penoff and Mrs. Joe (Lila) Motto, both of Rock Springs. Pallbearers will be Joe Motto Sr., Joe Motto Jr., Jack and Jim Penoff, Mike Zanetti and Ed Taylor. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 24, 1968 WALTER S. GURNEY Funeral services for Walter S. Gurney, 85, a lifetime resident of Wyoming, were held in Big Piney, the Rev. Melvin Thompson, his grandson, officiating. Burial was in the Big Piney Cemetery. Mr. Gurney died Aug. 16 at Kimberly Manor in Rock Springs. He had resided in Big Piney since 1942. Previously he had lived in Pinedale and LaGrange. Surviving are his wife, Hazel, Big Piney; three sons, Marshall, Big Piney; Melvin (Swede), Pinedale, and Jack, Cheyenne, and five daughters, Mrs. A.A. (Margaret) Thompson and Mrs. Elmer (Louise) Olson, both of Fort Collins, Colo., Mrs. Raymond (Jane) Kesslar, LaGrange; Mrs. H.M. (Josie) Humphrey, Cheyenne, and Mrs. Horace (Dorothy) Phipps, DeQueen, Ark. Pallbearers were Gordon Mickelson, George Grinstaff, Donald (Buzzy) Wassenburg, Mike Marincic, Phil Marincic Jr. and Robert Linn. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 31, 1968 JUDGE GLEN G. STANTON Funeral services for Judge Glen G. Stanton, 63, 1128 Adams Ave., were held Monday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Parish rosary was recited Saturday evening followed by the Knights of Columbus rosary in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Family rosary was recited Sunday evening at the Stanton residence. Judge Stanton died early Thursday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for one day. He had suffered a possible stroke and heart attack Wednesday afternoon at his home. Rock Springs Mayor Paul J. Wataha issued a proclamation Thursday asking that all business and governmental offices close during funeral services in respect to Judge Stanton. Judge Stanton was viewed as the favorite in a race for judge of the Second Judicial District in the Nov. 5 election following the primary election Tueday. Born Dec. 3, 1904, in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of the late Thomas J. and Rose Glennon Stanton, Judge Stanton was a graduate of Natrona County High School, Casper, and received his doctorate in law from the University of Wyoming and was admitted to the Wyoming Bar in 1930. He married Nan Werthein in Elk Mountain, Wyo., Aug. 21, 1930. They settled in Rock Springs, and Judge Stanton and his law partner, Walter A. Muir, practiced law here until 1955. He served as municipal judge in Rock Springs from 1935-50, and as Sweetwater County attorney from 1951-55. Judge Stanton was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Rock Springs, the American Bar Association, the Wyoming State Bar Association, the National Conference of State Trial Judges, Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, the American Judicature Society and the Knights of Columbus. He served as president of the Wyoming Judicial Conference in 1961-62, and as Wyoming delegate to the national convention of the National Conference of State Trial Judges in 1965. Surviving in addition to his wife, are two sons, Dr. John Stanton, Texas City, Tex., and Dr. Michael Stanton, Hamilton, N.Y.; his brother, C.J. (Mickey) Stanton, Casper; one sister, Mrs. Bert (Marie) Tetreault, St. Onge, S.D.; six grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Judge Donald Harkins, Joseph Galicich, Don Brown, John Tennant, Timothy Robinson, Thomas Delmastro, Joe Angelovic and Gordon Hein. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 31, 1968 SAVAS J. CARRILLO Funeral services for Savas J. Carrillo, 65, of 502 East Twenty-First St., Cheyenne, were held Friday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Jerome Logue officiating. Rosary was recited Thursday at 7 p.m. in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Interment was in Riverview Cemetery, Green River. Mr. Carrillo was killed instantly Tuesday morning when he was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific train, five miles west of Bitter Creek near mile post No. 761.75. A Union Pacific section foreman, Mr. Carrillo was supervising the operation of an electromatic tie tamper and failed to hear the approaching train. Mr. Carrillo resided in Rock Springs from 1928 until four years ago, when he moved to Cheyenne. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Cheyenne, the Union Pacific Oldtimers Association and the Brotherhood of Maintainers of the Way. Surviving are his wife, Victoria, of Cheyenne; two sons, Joe and Manuel Carrillo, both of Rock Springs; three step-sons, Gilbert and Richard Lara, Cheyenne, and Bobby Lara, Los Angeles, Calif.; six step-daughters, Mrs. Frank (Juanita) Schmidt, Cocoa Beach, Fla., Mrs. James (Mary J) DeSilva, living in Spain, Mrs. Sam (Mary H.) Holmes, Wamsutter, Mrs. Larry (Isabel) Palmer, Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Christina Lara, Cheyenne, and Mrs. Tony (Josephine) Perez, Point of Rocks; three brothers and one sister, all living in Mexico; 28 grandchildren, one great-grandson and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 31, 1968 URBAN F. TOUCHER Funeral services for Urban F. Toucher, 64, 12500 West Virginia Ave., Lakewood, Colo., were held Thursday at 9 a.m. at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rev. Thomas Ogg officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Lakewood. Mr. Toucher, a former longtime resident of Rock Springs, became ill suddenly Monday morning and was pronounced dead on arrival at Lutheran Hospital, Wheat Ridge, Colo. He was born in Rock Springs April 21, 1904, and resided here until 1953. An electrical engineer, Mr. Toucher was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Lakewood, and the Knights of Columbus. He married Mary K. Popernak in Sharon, Pa., June 3, 1930. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are one son, Urban J. Toucher, Oxnard, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Joan M. Haug, Leadville, Colo., Mrs. Patricia Heinville, Bryan, Tex., and Francine M. Toucher, Lakewood; a sister, Mrs. Marion (Mary) Buchan, Rock Springs; two brothers, John L. Taucher, Santa Ana, Calif.; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Gary Heinzle, Dick and Jamie Haug, and Paul, Urban and John Taucher. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Aug 31, 1968 A.L. MUNARI Antonio L. Munari, 71, 728 Rugby Ave., a retired coal miner and resident of Superior and Rock Springs for 48 years, died Sunday evening at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Munari was born Nov. 15, 1896 in Bieno, Tyrol, Italy. He was a member of the American Fraternal Union, the United Mine Workers of America, Local 8078, and the Societa Fratellanzo Operaia Di Mutuo Saccarso. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rev. Thomas Ogg officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary. Surviving are his wife, Mary, Rock Springs; three daughters, Mrs. Frank (Elia) Sabo, Hudson, Wyo.; Mrs. John (Doris) Lukac, San Francisco, and Mrs. Tony (Levia) Bosco, San Bruno, Calif.; one son, Harry Munari, San Francisco; two sisters, Anna and Alvera, both living in Italy; one brother, Ohn Munari, also living in Italy, seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Emil Blazevich, Leno menghini, Robert DeBortoli, John Deru, John Legerski and W.B. Normington. Honorary pallbearers were Leo Silvestri, Modesto Barleffi, Ettore Barloti and Rudy deGuio. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 7, 1968 MRS. JUNE MELENDREZ Funeral services for Mrs. June (Jerry) Carter Melendrez, 45, 128 J Street, Rock Springs, who died Aug. 29 in an Evanston hospital, were held Thursday afternoon at Rogan Mortuary Chapel, the Rev. Willis M. Adams Jr. officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Melendrez was born in Minneapolis, Minn., June 5, 1923, and moved to Rock Springs seven years ago. In ill health several years, she was hospitalized in Rock Springs two weeks before being transferred to the Evanston Hospital. Surviving are her husband, Rudolph, Rock Springs, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Carter, Minneapolis. Pallbearers were Hack Carter, Leonard Page, Gene Bowman, Mary Calhoun, Ray Berer and William Henry. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 7, 1968 MRS. LOUIS PALANCK Mrs. Louis (Meri) Palanck, 86, of 809 Rugby, died Thursday evening, Aug. 29, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital after a two-day illness. Funeral services were held Monday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Robert Marko officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Parish rosary was recited Sunday evening, followed by the Knights of Columbus rosary in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Mrs. Palanck was born Aug. 15, 1882, in Italy, and was a longtime resident of Rock Springs having come to this city in 1902. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis, who died in 1940. Mrs. Palanck was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Surviving are two sons, Edward of Rock Springs and Enrico, Long Beach, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Linda Pedri, Rock Springs; one granddaughter, Mary Ann Palanck, and several nieces and nephews, including Ed Yori and Emma Besso, both of Rock Springs. Pallbearers were Gilbert Smethurst, Leno Menghini, Silvio Pedri, Fred Roberts, Michael Megeath and Edward Yori. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 7, 1968 DAVID PIAIA David Piaia, 77, of 1311 Virginia, Rock Springs, died Friday noon, Aug. 30, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for two days. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Military graveside services were conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. Parish rosary was recited Monday evening, followed by the Knights of Columbus rosary in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. A retired miner, Mr. Piaia had resided in Rock Springs since 1917. He was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the United Mine Workers of America and the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. He was preceded in death by his wife, Santa, who died April 24, 1956. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ed (Wanda) Perotto, Green River; one son, Duce Piaia, Rock Springs; his brother, Carlo Piaia, Rock Springs; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Paul and Joseph Chenchar, Louis DeCora, Roy Shockey, Bruno Perotto and Nick DePaulo. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 7, 1968 MELVIN S. ROLLINS Funeral services for Melvin Scott Rollins, 19, were held Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Interment was in a Salt Lake City Cemetery. Mr. Rollins, a switchman for the Union Pacific Railroad, suffered chest and internal injuries when he was crushed between an engine and a washing platform in the Green River yards early Saturday morning. He died two hours after the accident in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Rollins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rollins, 3838 South 2215 East, Salt Lake City, was a former Rock Springs resident and had been working for the railroad since May 23, 1967. He was born Oct. 16, 1948 in Rock Springs and moved with his parents to Salt Lake City nine years ago. He was a member of the LDS Church. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are one sister, Mary Sue Rollins, Salt Lake City; one brother, Lewis Wayne, a sergeant in the Marine Corps, stationed at Dong Ha, Vietnam; his grandmothers, Mrs. H.E. Rollins and Mrs. M.J. Scott, both of Green River, and several aunts, uncles and cousins. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 14, 1968 JETTIE SIMMONS Funeral services for Jettie Simmons, 45, 32 Hill, Superior, were held Saturday morning, Aug. 31, at the First Congregational Church, the Rev. Nicholas Natelli officiating. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, the American Legion, Archie Hay Post 24, conducting graveside services. Mr. Simmons was killed in a one-truck accident 2.7 miles west of Rock Springs on U.S. 30 Saturday night, Aug. 24. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol Mr. Simmons’ eastbound vehicle, traveling at about 40 miles per hour, ran off the right side of the roadway, hit a sign and dirt embankment, then traveled 75 feet through the air, landing on its top. Mr. Simmons, who was employed as a machine operator at Allied Chemical Co., was born March 14, 1923, in Louisville, Ky. He was an army veteran of World War II, and had resided in Superior since 19?0. Mr. Simmons was a member of the Rock Springs First Congregational Church Usher Board, the United Mine Workers of America, District 50, and was serving his third term as a member of the Superior City Countil. Surviving are his wife, Juanita, Superior; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simmons Sr., Lowell, Mass.; six brothers, six sisters and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were James Lee, John Nosich, Ray Zampedri, Solomon Williams, Eugene Ferguson and Milford Robinson. Honorary pallbearers were Marko Shimatovich, Alfons Kennis, Gus Thomas, Tom Stevenson, Bill Englert and Leonard Page. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 14, 1968 BARNEY MARIETTA Barney Marietta, 67, of 308 D St., a native of Rock Springs, died Wednesday afternoon at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan of the Rock Springs First Methodist Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery, with graveside services conducted by the BPO Elks, Lodge No. 624. Mr. Marietta became ill Wednesday morning and was taken to the hospital for treatment. A retired yardmaster for the Union Pacific Railroad, Mr. Marietta was born in Rock Springs Sept. 8, 1900, the son of the late Dominic and Madeline Demichelis Marietta. He attended schools in Rock Springs and was a member of the BPO Elks and the Sweetwater County Democratic Central Committee. He was also serving as vice president of the Rock Springs Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons. A member of Rock Springs Gem and Mineral Club, he had been in charge of the lapidary displays at the Sweetwater County Fair for several years. Surviving are his wife, Mary, Rock Springs; a son, Ronald, Burbank, Calif.; four daughters, Mrs. Robert (Barbara) Livingston, Lawrence, Kans.; Mrs. John (Georgia) Radosevich, Rock Springs; Mrs. Forest (Kathleen) McBride, Tigard, Ore., and Mrs. Chris (Maryanne) Humphreys, Laramie; one brother, John Marietta, Rock Springs; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Jack Marietta, Barney, Pete and John Ferrero, Barry Heikes and Nell Heikes. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 14, 1968 G.F. COTTRELL George F. Cottrell, 77, of 117 Logan, Rock Springs, an area resident since 1929, died Wednesday night, Aug. 28, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for one day. Funeral services were held Monday morning at the Rock Springs First Methodist Church, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. A retired coal miner, Mr. Cottrell had been in ill health since July. He was a former longtime resident of Superior. Mr. Cottrell was born June 5, 1891, in Lucas, Iowa. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America, District No. 22. Surviving are his wife, Celia, Rock Springs; three sons, Harry F. Cottrell, Rock Springs; William Cottrell, Tempe, Ariz., and Roland Cottrell, Minneapolis, Minn.; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Cooper, Pasadena, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Ted (Audrey) Reglin, Florence, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Steve Myska Sr., John D. Tennant, Cliff Pliml, Ronald Walker, Tommy Cottrell and Tony Pivic. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 14, 1968 EUGENE H. HAWKS Funeral services for Eugene H. Hawks, 42, 716 Pennsylvania, Rock Springs, were held Wednesday morning at the Rock Springs LDS Church. Bishop Counselor Elwood Robins officiating. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens with graveside services conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. Mr. Hawks was found dead in his car which was parked on a side road 7.3 miles south of Rock Springs, near the Aspen Mountain Road, Sunday afternoon. Sweetwater County Coroner Peter Vase said Mr. Hawks died of carbon monoxide poisoning. A vacuum cleaner hose had been attached to the vehicle’s exhaust pipe and place in the car through the left rear window. Mr. Hawks was born June 5, 1926, in Rock Springs, and was employed by FMC Corp. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of the Rock Springs LDS Church, the United Mine Workers of America, District No. 50 and the American Legion. Surviving are his wife, Elsie, Rock Springs; one son, Eugene Andrew, Reno, Nev.; five daughters, Laura Lea, Reno; Donna Marie, San Francisco and Connie Sue, Debra Lynn and Barbara Rae, all of Rock Springs; four brothers, Gary and Conway Hawks, both of Rock Springs; Dave Hawks, Casper and Carl Hawks, Salt Lake City; three sisters, Mrs. Harold (Leda) Reach, Pinedale; Mrs. James (Denise) Johnston, Ogden, and Mrs. Louella M. Hawks, Rock Springs. Pallbearers were Lee Harns, Conrad Behring, Stanley Dolence, John Matkovich Jr., Eugene Baker and Glen Sadler. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 20, 1968 Pacheco Services To Be Saturday Funeral services for Terry L. Pacheco, seven-month-old son of Louis E. and Madeline Mascarenas Pacheco Jr., 114 Sherman, Rock Springs, will be held Saturday in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Charles Bartek of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church officiating. Rosary will be recited Friday at 7 p.m. in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. The infant died Wednesday afternoon in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Friends may call at the funeral home, 154 Elk St., Friday evening and Saturday until time of services. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 21, 1968 MRS. JOHN J. VASE Funeral services for Mrs. John J. (Sophie) Vase, 74, of 1102 Edgar, Rock Springs, were held Thursday morning at the Greek Orthodox Church, the Rev. Lukas Kotzakis officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Prayer services were held Wednesday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Mrs. Vase, a resident of the Rock Springs area for 45 years, died Monday afternoon at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 19, 1893, in Canea, Crete, Greece, and had lived in Superior from 1923 to 1928, when she moved to Rock Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, and two daughters, Mary and Mabel. Mr. Vase, a miner, was killed in a mine accident in 1942. Mrs. Vase was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ann Gerardi, Rock Springs; four sons, Angelo, Mike J. and Peter Vase, all of Rock Springs, and Steve Vase of Vallejo, Calif.; seven grandchildren; one brother and one sister, living in Greece, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Paul J. Wataha, Don Anselmi, John Tennant, Joseph and Mike Gaviotis and Tom Manatos. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 21, 1968 GEORGE BODNAR George Bodnar, 77, 149 Noble Drive, Rock Springs, died Thursday morning, Sept. 12, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for two weeks. Funeral services were held Saturday morning in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan of the Rock Springs First Methodist Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Bodnar, a former longtime resident of Superior, was born Feb. 3, 1891, in Hungary, and came to the United States in 1901. He had resided in Superior for 55 years before moving to Rock Springs last November. Surviving are a brother and sister, both living in Hungary. Pallbearers were Frank Holzknecht, Jim Stark, Steve Babel, Silvio Zancanella, Peter Vase and Mungo Brown. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 28, 1968 A.D. BURGER Funeral services for Archie D. Burger, 76, of 907 McKeehan Ave., Rock Springs, were held Monday at 10 a.m. in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, Harry Lias, of the Rock Springs congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Burger, who had been in ill health since April, died Friday afternoon in Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City. A retired plasterer and Army veteran of World War I, Mr. Burger had resided in Rock Springs since 1940. Mr. Burger was born April 15, 1892, in Edwardsville, Ill., the son of the late Jake and Barbara Kuhn Burger. Surviving are his wife, Lucille, Rock Springs; two sons, Gary Burger, Pueblo, Colo., and Claude Burger, Clovis, N.M.; a daughter, Mrs. Kent (Karen) Jones, Salt Lake City; his sister, Mrs. Phillip (Barbara) Bast, Edwardsville; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 28, 1968 CHARLES W. BOWEN Charles W. Bowen, 65, of Riverton, died Monday afternoon in Fremont Hospital, Riverton. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary, Rev. Jack Heck of the Rock Springs Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. A former resident of Rock Springs, Mr. Bowen had resided in Riverton for the past five years. Born Dec. 18, 1902, in Luling, Tex., Mr. Bown was a retired coal miner and cement worker. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby, who died Jan. 28, 1963. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Wesley (Sally) Urbanski, Riverton, and Mrs. Lester (Sue) Doak, Rock Springs; five sisters, Mrs. Walter (Etta) Gueldnar, Mrs. Harry (Florence) Wolfe, Mrs. Walter (Ruth) Broad and Mrs. John (Joyce) Johnson, all of San Antonio, Tex., and Mrs. F.M. (Mary) McGinty, Houston, Tex., and 11 grandchildren. Pallbearers were John Tennant, Cliff Robinson, William Englert, Clint Randolph, Gunnar Alborg and Joseph DeWester. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 28, 1968 LUCAS PORT Funeral services for Lucas Port, 79, 733 Fifth Ave. West, Blairtown, were held Wednesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary. Mr. Port, a retired coal miner and resident of the Rock Springs area for 56 years, died Monday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for 11 hours. A bachelor, Mr. Port was born Oct. 14, 1888, in Yugoslavia. He had been in ill health for the past year. Mr. Port was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. Pallbearers were James Kelley, Julius Teig, Frank Hokzknecht, Emil Blazevich, Robert Savela and John Gallagher. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 28, 1968 AUGUST BAKKA Funeral services for August A. Bakka, 64, 1412 Clark St., were held Tuesday morning in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, Bishop Larry O. West of the Rock Springs second ward LDS Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Bakka, a resident of Rock Springs for 40 years, died Saturday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for six days. A retired coal miner, Mr. Bakka was born Feb. 7, 1904 in Oakley, Wyo., the son of the Elias and Emma Lusty Bakka. He married Mary Madsen Aug. 15, 1928, in Kemmerer. Mr. Bakka was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, August Bakka, Riverton, and Walter Bakka, Denver, Colo.; a brother, Axel Bakka, Ogema, Minn.; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence (Amie) Johnson, Tacoma, Wash., and Mrs. Irwin (Linda) Drewlow, Malin, Ore.; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Albert Carollo, Dick Morris, Herbert Sharp, Jack Spurgeon, Arthur Cook and Dean Gookin. Honorary pallbearers were Sam Leckie, Jim Mullen, Ben Butler, Dave Rust, Walter Short and Henry Carson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Sep 28, 1968 MRS. WILLIAM WALTERS Mrs. William (Mary) Walters, 79, a former longtime resident of Rock Springs, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Walters, 7231 Grand Ball Way, Citrus Heights, Calif. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. J. Dean Foley of the Rock Springs Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Walters was born in Rock Springs April 18, 1889, the daughter of the late Noah and Elizabeth Walters. She attended schools in Rock Springs and was a member of the Royal Neighbors. She resided in Rock Springs until moving to Roy, Utah, in 1962. Mrs. Walters had made her home in California for the past two years. She was preceded in death by her husband, William, who died in July 1955. Surviving, in addition to her son and daughter-in-law, are two grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Ben Butler, Mrs. Ernest Fedel and Clarence Potter, all of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Clarice Casto, Salt Lake City, and several cousins. Pallbearers were Ernest Fedel, Herb Sharp, Elmo Bertagnolli, Richard Matthews, Richard Webster and Clarence Potter. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 5, 1968 ALEX J. BERTAGNOLLI Alex John Bertagnolli, 50, of 99 Railroad Ave., Rock Springs, was found dead in a mobile home at his ranch at Fontenelle, 26 miles north of Kemmerer, Wednesday morning. The body was taken to Salt Lake City Friday morning for cremation a Shrine of Memories Mausoleum. Private funeral services will be held in the chapel at Volsey Funeral Home following cremation. Interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Mr. Bertagnolli died as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound fired from a 30-30 rifle, according to Lincoln County Coroner Rudy Motoh. Mrs. Bertagnolli, who was in the main house adjacent to the trailer, heard the gunshot and discovered her husband's body. Mr. Bertagnolli was born in Rock Springs May 8, 1918, the son of the late Alex and Elizabeth Bertagnolli. He was a graduate of Rock Springs High School and received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Wyoming in 1939. He received a masters degree in geology in 1940. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Bertagnolli and his brother, Paul Bertagnolli, operated the Bertagnolli Sheep Co. He married Flora May Flaim January 18, 1960, in Las Vegas, Nev. Mr. Bertagnolli was a member of the FOE Eagles, BPO Elks and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Surviving are his wife and brother, both of Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 5, 1968 ROMAN LARRABASTER Funeral services for Roman Larrabaster, 64, of 418 Blair Ave., Rock Springs, were held Tuesday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Charles Bartek officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Rosary was recited Monday evening in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary. Mr. Larrabaster died Saturday morning in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for one day. He was born Aug. 1?, 1904, in Busturia, Spain. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Elvira) Holt, San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Martin (Virginia) Moss, Bozeman, Mont., and Miss Leona Larrabaster, Rock Springs, one brother, John B. Larrabaster, Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Joseph Angelovic, Ole Anselmi, Andy Dyett, Carl Hafner, Joseph Loisate and Candido Moses. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 12, 1968 RONALD HUTCHINSON Funeral services for Ronald David Hutchinson, 18, Rock Springs, were held Wednesday afternoon in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. T.G. Ogg of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Hutchinson died Saturday afternoon at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital of injuries he suffered when his motorcycle collided with an auto 3.4 miles east of the Green River east exit on U.S. 30 Saturday afternoon. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Hutchinson was westbound when he glanced over his shoulder to see another motorcycle, which was parked on the side of the road undergoing repairs, and his vehicle veered across the roadway into the eastbound lane, slamming into a car driven by Matthew S. Garrett, 67, Spokane, Wash. Mr. Hutchinson, born in Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1949, was employed as a construction worker at the new Western Wyoming College site. A 1968 graduate of Green River High School, Mr. Hutchinson had resided in Green River since June 1967. He had lived with Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Shafe while attending high school, and moved to Rock Springs recently. Surviving are his father, Dan Hutchinson, Everett, Wash.; his mother, Mrs. Florence Henderson, Pedro, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. James (Gilda) Durham, Napoleon, Ohio and Adessa Hutchinson, Pedro, and one brother, Danny Hutchinson, Billings, Mont. Pallbearers were Leonard Ortega, Don Birch, Hector Castillon, Bob and Rick Shafe and Nick Sanchez. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 12, 1968 MRS. WAFE SEALE Funeral services for Mrs. Wafe (Pearl) Seale, 81, of 413 Soulsby, a resident of Rock Springs for 39 years, were held Monday morning at the Rock Springs First Baptist Church, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Seale died Friday morning, Oct. 4, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for 12 days. She had been in ill health the past few months. Mrs. Seale was born Sept. 24, 1887, in Montevallo, Ala., and came to Rock Springs in 1929. A former school teacher, Mrs. Seale was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wafe, who died in 1962. Surviving are three sons, Robert Eddings and James Seale, both of Rock Springs and John Seale, Seattle, Wash.; a daughter, Mrs. Sanford (Ina Maude) Douglas, Vincennes, Ind.; three brothers, Reese Woolley, Gulf Shore, Ala.; Edward L. Woolley, Montevallo; 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were F.P. Cody, Bill McCurtain, Howard Routh, John Collins and Harry and Thomas Horn. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 12, 1968 MRS. PAUL ANDERSON Mrs. Paul (Maude M.) Anderson, 83, Pine Bluffs, Wyo., died Tuesday morning, Oct. 1, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arvo Mackey, 1325 Sage, Rock Springs. Mrs. Anderson, who was visiting in Rock Springs, had been in ill health for several years. She was born Nov. 11, 1884, in Cheyenne, the daughter of the late William and Barbara McIver. She was a longtime resident of Pine Bluffs. A former school teacher, Mrs. Anderson attended schools in Cheyenne. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, who died in 1962. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon, Oct. 4, at the Pine Bluffs Methodist Church. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Arvo (Doris) Mackey, Rock Springs; a son, James D. Anderson, Findlay, Ohio; three grandchildren, Paul Mackey, Rock Springs, Miss Jean Anderson, New York City, and Mrs. Niles (Kay) Bruno, Chicago, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were George and Paul Bruegman, Kenneth Deselms, and Orville and Glen Lerwick, all of Albin, and Virgil Reher, Pine Bluffs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 12, 1968 FRED GATTI SR. Funeral services for Fred Gatti Sr., 51, 1224 Eleventh St., Rock Springs, were held Tuesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Rosary was recited Monday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Mr. Gatti, a longtime resident of Rock Springs, became ill at work Friday morning, and was pronounced dead on arrival at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. He had been employed as a maintenance man at FMC the past 12 years. A resident of Rock Springs since 1929, Mr. Gatti was born March 5, 1917, in Dawson, N.M., and attended schools in Rock Springs. He married Cecelia Korfanta Dec. 29, 1935, in Manila, Utah. Mr. Gatti was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Italian American Society and the United Mine Workers of America, District No. 50. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a son, Fred Gatti Jr., San Diego, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Alex (Jene) Christie, San Diego; his father, Erminio Gatti, Rock Springs; five brothers, Primo Guy, John and Joseph Gatti, all of Rock Springs, and James Gatti, Edmonds, Wash.; one sister, Mrs. Mary Ferrero, Rock Springs; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Leo Silvestri, Angelo Cordero, Albino Simoncini, Quinto Costantino, Aldo Costantino and Tony Ferdani. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 12, 1968 W.J. MYERS Walter J. Myers, 60, a lifetime resident of the Rock Springs area, died Thursday, Oct. 3, in Veteran's Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City, where he had been a patient for three weeks. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan of the Rock Springs First Methodist Church officiating. Interment, with military graveside services conducted by the American Legion, was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Myers was engaged in the operation of the Ramsey Ranch near Rock Springs. Born Nov. 23, 1908, in Brown's Park, Colo., he was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are a brother, Frank Myers, Rock Springs, and three sisters, Mrs. Julia Scott and Mrs. Floyd (Betty) Tate, both of Rock Springs, and Mrs. William (Mary) Williams of Pinedale. Pallbearers were John Hay, Harold Lindsey, Raymond Graham, Matt Anderson, Larry Radosevich and William McCurtain. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 12, 1968 STEVE DEMOTAKIS Steve Demotakis, 73, 149 K St., Rock Springs, died Friday afternoon, Oct. 4, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for eight days. Mr. Demotakis, a longtime resident of Rock Springs, had been in ill health for several months. He was born Sept. 15, 1894, in Canea, Crete, Greece, and was a member of the Rock Springs Greek Orthodox Church. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Rock Springs Greek Orthodox Church, the Rev. Lukas Kotzakis officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Prayer services were held Sunday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Surviving are one brother, Siavaros, living in Greece; a nephew, George Fanos, Rock Springs; a grandniece, Mrs. Milan (Katherine) Pryich, Rock Springs, and a grandnephew, John Fanos, Evanston. Pallbearers were Mike J. Vase, Don Anselmi, Joseph Gaviotis, George Varras, John Doan and Gust Toms. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 12, 1968 Jones Infant Dies At Birth Friday The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Neale Jones, Farson, died at birth Friday at 1:20 a.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Survivors, in addition to her parents, are three brothers, Troy Neale, Steven Lee and Mark Aaron Jones, all of Farson; a sister, Nadine Joyce Jones, Farson; her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Jones, Farson; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Harmison, Lancaster, Minn., and several aunts and uncles. Funeral services and interment will be held in Big Piney. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 19, 1968 HARRY K. PORTER Funeral services for Harry Kimball Porter Sr., 51, of 101 Third St., Rock Springs, were held Friday morning at the LDS First Ward Church, Rock Springs, Bishop R. Dee Ritchie officiating. Graveside services and interment were in the Kemmerer City Cemetery. Mr. Porter died Tuesday afternoon while preparing to return home from a hunting trip to LaBarge Creek. According to Acting Sweetwater County Coroner Hugh Thomas, Mr. Porter, his son, Harry, and his son-in-law, Frank Zuech, were loading their truck, when Mr. Porter suffered a heart attack. He died en route to Rock Springs. Mr. Porter was born in Sublette Nov. 13, 1916, and resided on a homestead at Fontenelle Creek with his parents, William J. and Amelia Karlin Porter, until the family moved to Kemmerer, where he attended schools. Mr. Porter moved to Superior in 1940, and worked in the D.O. Clark Mine, until he purchased the Superior Service Station in 1950. He operated the station until 1958, and also drove a bus for School District No. 8. He moved to Rock Springs in 1961. He was employed as a bus driver for Zanetti Bus Lines in Rock Springs. He married Ella Kampman June 15, 1938, in Randolph, Utah. Mr. Porter was a member of the United Mine Workers of America, District No. 50. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are three sons, Harry Porter Jr., Sunset, Utah; David Porter, Kearns, Utah, and Patrick Porter, Sterling, Colo.; four daughters, Mrs. Frank (Suzanne) Zuech, Morgan, Utah; Mrs. Ralph (Rebecca) Cooper, Hawthorne, Nev., and Mrs. Al (Luella) Knudsena and Linda Porter, both of Rock Springs; four sisters, Mrs. Grace Reece, Trona, Calif.; Mrs. Cora Wormald, Cokeville; Mrs. Nina Vollmer, Aberdeen, Idaho, and Clara Harvey, Toppenish, Wash.; his mother-in-law, Mrs. Heidi Kampman, Rock Springs; 14 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were James Thomas, Ralph Cooper, Allen Knudsen, Frank Zuech and David and Patrick Porter. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 19, 1968 MRS. WILLIAM SMITH Funeral services for Mrs. William (Florence) Smith were held Wednesday afternoon at the Rock Springs Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, the Rev. Dean Foley officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Smith, a pioneer resident of Rock Springs, died at the age of 92 Saturday, Oct. 12, at Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne. She had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Everett Shores of Cheyenne, the past several years. Mrs. Smith was born Dec. 25, 1875, near Sheffield, England, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Crofts. She was married to William Smith Aug. 11, 1899, in Douglas City, Alaska. They lived in the Klondike area for six years prior to returning to Rock Springs. Here Mr. Smith was engaged in the laundry business until his death in 1937. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Episcopal Church and a past matron of Mountain Lily Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Shore, and Mrs. Seddon Taliaferro, Kemmerer; two granddaughters, Mrs. Rodney Kirkbride, Cheyenne, and Mrs. Thomas Grove, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and six great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Leslie Henderson, Bill Taliaferro, Herschel Pemberton, Harold Mortimer, Alton Hermansen and Homer Horton. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 19, 1968 MRS. JAMES FAUBION Mrs. James (Esta Mae) Faubion, 55, of 9218 Chestnut, Orangeville, Calif., died Saturday afternoon, Oct. 12, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for three days. Mrs. Faubion had been visiting with her husband, James Carl [sic] Faubion, in Green River, when she became ill. Mr. Faubion is on temporary assignment at Allied Chemical Co. The body was returned to Fair Oaks, Calif., for services and interment. A longtime resident of Orangeville, Mrs. Faubion was born March 5, 1913, in Childress, Tex. Surviving in addition to her husband are one daughter, Mrs. Mary Ruth Klush, Richmond, Calif.; two sons, James M. Faubion, Oakland, Calif., and Sgt. William Benton Faubion, serving with the U.S. Marines Corps in Vietnam; three brothers, Ray Benton, Los Angeles, Calif.; Hubert Benton, National City, Calif., and Leslie Benton, Honolulu, Hawaii; a sister, Lucille, Los Angeles, and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 26, 1968 L.M. (BUD) RUSHMORE Funeral services for Lawrence M. (Bud) Rushmore, 53, 1903 Coral St., Rock Springs were held Wednesday afternoon at the Rock Springs First Methodist Church, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan officiating. Interment, with military graveside services conducted by the Rock Springs American Legion, was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Rushmore, an active Rock Springs civic leader and businessman, died Sunday afternoon of a heart attack suffered while playing golf at Rolling Green Country Club in Green River. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. He had been a resident of Rock Springs over 30 years, and was president of Rushmore Furniture, Inc. Mr. Rushmore, who was the first president of the Western Wyoming College Board of Trustees and one of the persons involved in the original college movement, was serving his second three-year term on the college board. He was re-elected to the board last June. Mr. Rushmore was chairman of the campaign committee for the county-wide college expansion proposal, after serving as vice chairman of the Junior College Advisory Council. During the campaign in 1958, which resulted in the establishment of the college, Mr. Rushmore was chairman of the Citizens Committee to establish the college. He was vice chairman of the advisory committee, which worked for county-wide support for the college in 1964, and worked strenuously for the passage of the bond issue and mill levy increase. Dr. Charles Crandall, college president, said of Mr. Rushmore, “He had been a real educational leader in the community college development. He has been the force behind the board, the advisory council and the citizens committees in getting the elections through. If it hadn’t been for his perseverance and interest we wouldn’t be as far along with the college development as we are today.” Serving on the Commerce and Industry Advisory Council for the University of Wyoming, Mr. Rushmore was also a member of Gov. Stan Hathaway’s Committee for Employment of Youth. As chairman of the First Methodist Church Building Committee, he was instrumental in effecting the construction of the new church on Edgar street. Born March 20, 1915 in Glencoe, Okla., Mr. Rushmore first came to Rock Springs in 1936, working in merchandise retailing until entering the Army in 1943. He served with the infantry in the Pacific. Discharged in 1946 as a first lieutenant, he returned to Rock Springs and in 1947 opened the furniture store which he owned and managed at the time of his death. Active in civic affairs, he had served on the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce and was a past president of the Chamber, as well as a member of the Congressional Action Committee. A member of the American Legion, Archie Hay Post 24, he had served in all offices locally, and had also served as commander of District No. 1, a member of the National Foreign Relations Committee, department of child welfare chairman, post service officer, and member of the Boys’ State and State Oratorical Contest committees. Mr. Rushmore was the first president of Rolling Green Country Club, a member of the American Legion 40 and 8, Veterans of Foreign Wars, BPO Elks and a director of First Security Bank of Rock Springs. Survivors include his wife, Louise, Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Bruce (Karen) Sather, Woodland Hills, Calif. and Mrs. Biff (Nina) Dodson, Thousand Oaks, Calif.; his father, Chase Rushmore, Stillwater, Okla; one brother, Charles Rushmore, Perkins, Okla; six sisters, Mrs. Lester (Dorothy) Hunter and Mrs. M.L. (Florence) Leith, both of Oklahoma City, Okla., Mrs. Lester (Helen) Hrabe, Mrs. Homer (Gladys) Leith, and Mrs. Kenneth (Aileen) Shell, all of Glencoe, and Mrs. Earl (Marjorie) Wells, Anthony, Kan., and two granddaughters, Kelly Louise Sather, Woodland Hills, and Stephanie Ann Dodson, Thousand Oaks. Pallbearers were S.M. Boucher, Leo Delbridge, Dr. Charles C. Crandall, C.L. Nordstrom, Paul Petro and Albert Sarcletti. Honorary pallbearers were Floyd Bailey, Robert J. Bowden, Barney Ferrero, Robert H. Johnson, George Nelson and Eldon M. Spicer. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 26, 1968 HENRY VERSTRAETEN Funeral services for henry Verstraeten, 81, a resident of Rock Springs for 55 years, were held Friday morning in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Verstraeten died Tuesday afternoon at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for one week. A retired coal miner, Mr. Verstraeten had resided at Kimberly Manor Nursing Home since April 1966. He was born June 17, 1887, in Belgium, the son of the late Joseph and Dorothy Vonvanwager Verstraeten. He came to Rock Springs in 1912. Mr. Verstraeten was preceded in death by his wife, Leona, who died July 20, 1966. Surviving are one stepson, Richard Dupape, Rock Springs, and three grandsons, Raymond and Robert Dupape, both of Rock Springs, and Wallace Dupape, Los Angeles, Calif. Pallbearers were Richard Ainscough, Adam Medill, Eugene Cox, Al Barras, Richard Williams and Thomas Overy. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 26, 1968 ASA HILLIER Asa F. (Acie) Hillier, 78, 703 N St., Rock Springs, died Saturday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for five days. Graveside services and interment, conducted by the Rock Springs American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24, were held Tuesday afternoon at Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Hillier, a resident of the Rock Springs area for 25 years, was a retired sheep industry foreman. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Born Oct. 14, 19=890, in Montpelier, Idaho, he was an Army veteran of World War I, having served in the Philippine Islands and Siberia. Surviving are two brothers, George C. Hiller, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Gene Hillier, Ogden, Utah; two sisters, Mrs. Norma Linford, Ramon, Idaho, and Mrs. Neva Bauman, Ogden, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Alfred Russell, Bill Dorrence, John Lewis, Keith Parks, Larry Bowman and Gene Hillier. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 2, 1968 JOSEPH MONTOYA Funeral services for Joseph Emanuel Montoya, 18, Reliance, were held Monday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rev. Thomas Ogg officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Sunday evening in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home. Joseph Montoya died in Salt Lake City, Wednesday evening, Oct. 23, of injuries he suffered in an auto accident, which climaxed a high speed chase in Rock Springs earlier in the afternoon. He was flown to Salt Lake City by Sweetwater County Coroner Peter Vase, and died of multiple head injuries while en route from Salt Lake City airport to Holy Cross Hospital, according to Vase. Joseph was a passenger in a car driven by Ervin Gene Hutchinson, 17, Reliance, which was observed speeding by City Patrolman Al Roth. Roth attempted to stop the vehicle, which sped up and traveled for several blocks before sideswiping two parked cars at the intersection of Gale and Gobel Streets. Joseph Montoya was thrown onto the pavement. An inquest held Friday evening at the City Hall in Rock Springs found the police department was in now way to blame for the accident. Joe Montoya was born Nov. 26, 1949, in Rock Springs, the son of Louis and Adeline Sena Montoya. He was a life time resident of this city and Reliance, and attended schools in Rock Springs. He was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are four sisters Mrs. Albert (Louise) Morgan, Rock Springs, and Barbara, Patricia and Alice Montoya, all of Reliance; two brothers, Vincent Montoya, Reliance and Patrick Gene Montoya, Rock Springs, and several aunts and uncles. Pallbearers were Chuck Weimer, Joseph Bozner, Lawrence Martinez, Albert Morgan, Dennis Pineda, Donny Barber and Mickey Garcia. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 2, 1968 MICHAEL WARREN Funeral services for Michael Warren, 75, of 1325 Sage, Rock Springs, will be held Saturday morning in the chapel at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Warren died at his home Wednesday morning. A retired oil field worker and resident of Rock Springs for 41 years, Mr. Warren was born Dec. 10, 1892, in Martinsville, Ill. He moved to Rock Springs in 1927. Surviving is a stepbrother, J.O. McGuiness, Martinsville. Pallbearers will be Ray Lorenzon, Volders Courtier, William K. Elich, Floyd Tate, Clem Tomsik and Ralph Gilpin. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 2, 1968 MARGARET ELLEN JOLLY Margaret Ellen (Scott) Jolly, 45, of 103 M St., a lifetime Rock Springs area resident, died Wednesday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been admitted Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary, the Rev. Nick Natelli of the Rock Springs Congregational Church officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. She was born Dec. 25, 1922. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Norvel (Roberta) Hall, Rock Springs; her father, Robert A. Jolly, Rock Springs, and one sister, Mrs. George (Evelyn) Fagen, San Anselmo, Calif. Pallbearers will be Wayne Rogers, Dee Slaughter, James Stark, Otto Canestrini, Dick Morris and Henry Cook. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 2, 1968 MRS. EMMETT BRYAN Mrs. Emmett (Barbara Elizabeth) Bryan, 70, 439 White Mountain Addition, died Monday evening at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been admitted earlier Monday afternoon. Funeral services were held Friday morning at the Volsey Funeral Chape, the Rev. George ???son of the Green River First Baptist Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Bryan, a resident of Rock Springs for 35 years, was born Nov. ?, 1898, in Missouri. She was married to Emmett Earl Bryan in 1941 in Rock Springs. Mrs. Bryan, a registered nurse, was superintendent of nurses at Sweetwater County memorial Hospital from 19?? To 1941, and was a member of the Rock Springs First Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her husband, are one son, Dr. David Freeman, St. Louis, Mo.; a brother, Raymond Gregory, Kahoka, Mo.; her sister, Mrs. Jeanette Rice, living in California, and three grandchildren. Pallbearers were Dick Forsgren, Rudy Pivik, Jim and Teno Georges, jack Volsey and Ben Clinton. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 2, 1968 TONY RETEL Funeral services for Tony Retel, 55, of Rock Springs, were held Monday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Rosary was recited Sunday evening in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Mr. Retel, a construction industry pipefitter, died Thursday evening, Oct. 24, at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks. Mr. Retel’s home had been at Monroe Trailer Court, Green River, but the family moved to 1417 Lowell, Rock Springs, while he was hospitalized. He was a member of the Pipefiting Union No. 192, Cheyenne, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Rawlins. Mr. Retel was born June ?, 1913, in Reliance. Surviving are his wife, Mae Eva Retel, Rock Springs; two sons, Larry Retel, Big Lake, Minn., and S. Sgt. Anthony Retel, serving with the United States military in Okinawa; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Donna) Tanfield, Jeffrey City, and Mrs. Nick (Joan) Moser, Rock Springs; 14 grandchildren; one brother, Joseph, Rock Springs, and one sister, Mrs. John (Frances) Yenko, Rock Springs. Pallbearers were John Yenko, Joe Retel, Ernest Flahart, Fred yenko, Rodger Battisti and Harry Larsen. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 2, 1968 MRS. JACK CONNER Funeral services for Mrs. Jack (Nell) Conner, 69, of 202 Park Ave., Wheatland, were held Thursday afternoon at Schrader Funeral Home in Wheatland. Interment was in the Wheatland Cemetery. Mrs. Conner died Monday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for two weeks. In ill health the past year, she had made her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Logan, 104 Bellview Drive, Rock Springs, for several months. She was born in Bradshaw, Neb., Aug. 30, 1899, and had been a resident of Wheatland 50 years. Mrs. Conner was a member of the Wheatland Methodist Church. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Charles (Jean) Perry, Twin Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Alex (Ruth) Myska, Casper; Mrs. Jack (Bonnie) Brown, Boynton Beach, Fla., and Mrs. John (Ardath) Logan, Rock Springs; one son, James Frank Keefe, Denver, Colo.; one sister, Mrs. Frank (Violet) Scott, Veteran, Wyo., and one brother, Jasper Hampton, Casper. Pallbearers were Walt Lockman, Ed Creeley, Don Purcell, Laurel Smith, jim Harris and Frank Kuenher. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 2, 1968 Wife of Former Local Pastor Dies Word has been received in Rock Springs of the death of Mrs. O.P. (Emma) Avery, who died Oct. 20, in Claremont, Calif. She was the wife of the late Rev. O.P. Avery, who was minister of the Congregational Church here in the middle 1930s. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the chapel of her church in Claremont. The service was written by her son, the Rev. O.P. Avery, and was read by the minister. The Rev. Avery gave a eulogy of his mother’s life. Survivors are two sons, the Rev. O.P. Avery, Turkey, and Stanton Avery, California, and one daughter, Mrs. Martha J. Vander Veen, Sierra Madre, Calif., and six grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 9, 1968 IGNATZ MLINAR Funeral services for Ignatz Mlinar, 83, of 1028 Seventh St., were held Friday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rev. Thomas Ogg officiating. Parish and St. Anne’s Altar Society rosaries were recited Thursday evening in the chapel at Rogan Mortuary. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mr. Mlinar, a resident of Rock Springs for 61 years, died Tuesday evening at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for one day. A retired coal miner, Mr. Mlinar was born July 8, 1880, in Jere, Yugoslavia. He was a member of the Fraternal Union, the United Mine Workers of America, and SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. Surviving, in addition to his wife, Mary, are three sons, Charles F., Ignatz and Joe J. Milinar, all of Rock Springs; one daughter, Mrs. Louise Uremovich, Rock Springs; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Serafino and Herman Rauzi, Tony Pivic, Arnold Vonderkamp Jr., George McIntosh and James Gerrard. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 9, 1968 GUY E. BRINDELL Funeral services for Guy Emerson Brindell, 74, of Kimberly Manor, 1325 Sage, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan of the First Methodist Church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Brindell, a resident of Rock Springs since 1962, died Friday afternoon, Nov. 1, at Kimberly Manor. Born Dec. 10, 1893, in Monmouth, Ill., he was a retired employee of the Peoria, Ill., Methodist Hospital. Mr. Brindell was a member of the Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge, no. 15, Peoria. Surviving are one son, William Brindell, Evanston; a sister, Mrs. Florence Garrison, Altadena, Calif.; one grandson, Michael Brindell, Evanston, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were C.A. Bustos, Harry Thuesen, Emilio Santistevan, James Stark, Steve Babel and Joe Dominski. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 16, 1968 MRS. JOHN J. VERONDA Funeral services for Mrs. John J. (Sara Bonomo) Veronda, 80, who died Tuesday, Nov. 5, were held Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. The Rev. Robert Marko officiated. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dick Costantino, Arthu Hudachko, Robert Veronda, Albert Allais, Charles Bonomo and Fred Morgando, grandsons and nephews of the deceased. Mrs. Veronda, who had been a resident of Rock Springs the past 62 years, made her home at 440 Evans. She had been a patient in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital four days before her death. Born Oct. 16, 1888, in Foglizzo, Canavese, Italy, she was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. She was married to John Veronda July 2, 1910 in Rock Springs. Her husband, John, died April 7, 1967. A son, Arthur John, was killed in action in Germany Dec. 19, 1944. Mrs. Veronda was chosen as one of the Gold Star Mothers to unveil the Veterans of Foreign Wars monument in 1946, honoring service men killed in World War II. Surviving are three sons, Harry R. Veronda, Rock Springs; Charles Veronda, Scottsdale, Ariz., and George R. Veronda, Casper; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Catherine) Costantino, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Thomas (Dollee) Hudachko, Salt Lake City; two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Edith) Morgando and Mrs. Ettore (Savina) Allais, both of Rock Springs; nine grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Rosary was recited Friday at Rogan Mortuary chapel. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 16, 1968 THOMAS C. ATWOOD Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 9, in the chapel of Vase Funeral Home for Thomas C. Atwood, 83, 1325 Sage St., Kimberly Manor, who died Wednesday, Nov. 6, after a long illness. Mr. Atwood, a retired coal miner, had lived in Rock Springs the past 40 years. He was born Dec. 25, 1885, in Pennsylvania. A member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie No. 151, he also belonged to United Mine Workers of America. Survivors include one niece, Joann, living in National City, Calif. Pallbearers were members of the Order of Eagles. The Rev. Oyer C. Morgan of Rock Springs First Methodist Church officiated. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 16, 1968 T.E. SCHOFIELD Thomas Edward Schofield, 93, retired coal miner and railroad worker who had lived in Rock Springs 63 years, died Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital after a three-day illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday (today) at 2 p.m. in the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. The Rev. Dean Foley will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be George McNeill, William Wardlaw, Gordon Weir, LeRoy McComas, Ernest McTee and Mike Filipovich. Honorary pallbearers, all members of a group of retired men, of which Mr. Schofield was one, who called themselves the “Pit Committee” and who met daily at the Park Hotel for coffee, will be Thomas Smith, Ronald Judd, Matthew Bunten, Herbert Sharp, Edward Walsh, James Green, Ben Butler, Richard Orme, Andrew Strannigan and Ben Caine. Mr. Schofield, who was born Oct. 26, 1875 in Ashton Under Lyne, England, the son of the late Fredrick and Mary Ann Schofield, came to Rock Springs July 31, 1905. He married Margaret Jones in Taber, Albeta, Canada, and brought her back to Superior, where the couple made their home before moving to Rock Springs in 1920. A member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, he had been a choir member over 45 years. He also was a charter member of United Mine Workers of America, which he joined in 1905, and was a 50-year member of the IOOF. Until five years ago, he made regular visits to the hospital, to call on all persons confined there. Mr. Schofield was preceded in death by his wife Dec. 15, 1935, and by a daughter, Muriel, who died July 11, 1913. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. William (Doreen) Sims of Boise, Idaho; Mrs. Edward (Margaret) Hofeldt and Mrs. Thomas L. (Nettie) Miller, both of Rock Springs, and Mrs. John P. (Glenna Mae) Lillis, Wolfeboro, N.H; nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Jerry Smith of Wales and Albert Smith of Rock Springs; one sister-in-law, Mrs. George Flew, Reliance, and numerous nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 16, 1968 M.J. KOROGI Michael John Korogi, 84, of Salt Lake City, former longtime resident of Reliance, died Saturday, Nov. 9, at Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, where he had been a patient three weeks. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Vase Funeral Home, Elder Elwood Robins officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Andrew, Kenneth, Charles, Leslie, H. (Bud) and Jack Korogi, all sons of the deceased. Mr. Korogi was born Aug. 27, 1884, in Austria. A retired coal miner, he had lived in Salt Lake City since 1944. He was a member of the LDS church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth, who died Sept. 20, 1967. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lowell (Mary Lou) Patton, Santa Monica, Calif., and Mrs. Alex (Christina) Easton, Salt Lake City; six sons, Jack, Salt Lake City; H. (Bud), Mt. Pleasant, Utah; Charles W., Bountiful, Utah, and Leslie, Andrew and Kenneth, all of Rock Springs; one brother, John and one sister, Mary Lychak, both of Long Beach, Calif.; 22 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily-Rocket Miner, Nov 16, 1968 MRS. ANDREW HOHOSH Mrs. Andrew (Neoma M.) Hohosh, 74, of Golden Manor Nursing Home, 2325 Madison Ave., Ogden, Utah, former longtime resident of the Rock Springs area, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 9, at First Methodist Church, Rock Springs, the Rev. Oyer C. Morgan officiating. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery, Rock Springs. Pallbearers were Harold H., James D., Michael A. and Raymond F. Hohosh, all grandsons of the deceased, and Walter Short, Tom Mason and Paul Putz. Born March 17, 1894, in Clinton, Ind., Mrs. Hohosh had lived in Reliance from 1929 to 1938, and in Rock Springs from 1938 until 1950, when she moved to Salt Lake City. She attended schools in Clinton and was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving are one son, Raymond Hohosh of Rock Springs; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Andrew J. (Ona) Hohosh, Ogden, and four grandsons, Harold, James, Michael and Raymond J. Hohosh, all of Ogden. Her husband, Andrew, died July 27, 1953, and one son, John E. Hohosh died in infancy in 1914, and a second son, Andrew J. Hohosh, died July 10, 1965. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 16, 1968 MICHAEL WRIGHT Funeral services for Michael Wright, 66, former Rock Springs man, who died Wednesday noon at Riverton, will be held Saturday (today) at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. The Rev. Charles Bartek will officiate. Burial will be in the family plot at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. The rosary was recited Friday evening at Rogan Chapel. Pallbearers will be Ernest Lowseth, John Lowseth, Tom Lowseth, Thomas G. Hansen, John Gatti and William Welch. Mr. Wright, who had made his home in Riverton the past several years, was born in Larksville, Pa., Feb. 21, 1902. He came to Rock Springs in 1909. During his adult residence here, he was engaged in coal mining, and went to Riverton to become a guard at the State Prison Farm. A member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, he also belonged to United Mine Workers of America in Rock Springs. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Shore (Josephine) McTee, Rock Springs; Mrs. Ernie (Kathleen) Lowseth, Green River, and Mrs. Fred (Elizabeth) Chadd, Rawlins; one brother, Thomas Wright, Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 16, 1968 THOMAS B. MILLER Thomas Barker Miller, 76, 217 H St., retired coal miner, died Thursday, Nov. 7, in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Miller, who had suffered a lengthy illness, was born Sept. 15, 1892, in Trimdon, Durham County, England. His family moved to Louisville, Colo., in 1893, and a short time later to Wyoming, living in Old Carbon, Springvalley, Cumberland and Superior. He moved to Rock Springs 11 years ago. Employed by the Union Pacific Coal Co. from 1906 until he retired in 1957, he was a member of Superior United Mine Workers of America No. 2328. He was a veteran of World War I, having served in the Army, and was a member of American Legion Post 24, Rock Springs; past commander of Twin city Post, American Legion, Superior; a 32nd degree Mason in Kemmerer Lodge No. 30, AF&AM, and the Wyoming Consitory, Cheyenne. Mr. Miller married Irene Buchanan at Evanston Sept. 1, 1917. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Sept. 1, 1967. Surviving, in addition to his wife, Irene, Rock Springs, are one son, Thomas L. Miller, 1116 Clark, Rock Springs; one daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Betty) Davis, Rock Island, Ill.; three grandsons, James E. Miller, Minneapolis, Minn.; T. Lamar Miller Jr., Boise, Idaho, and Edward Richmond, Rockland, Ill.; and two granddaughters, Mrs. Clark (Nancy) Kumer, Rock Springs, and Mrs. Judy Fuhr, Rock Island, Ill. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the LDS Church, Bishop Larry O. West officiating. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Rock Springs. Pallbearers were John Clyde Daniels, Everett D. Daniels, Norman Dona, Victor Dona, Thomas Clark and Edward Hofeldt. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 23, 1968 CHARLES C. PETERSEN Charles C. Petersen, 83, of 427 Morgan St., Rock Springs, died Wednesday morning at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, a short time after he had been admitted. He had been in ill health the last few months. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Nicholas Natelli of First Congregational Church officiating. The body was sent to Omaha, where Masonic services were scheduled for Saturday morning at Crosby-Kunold Mortuary Chapel. Interment will be in Springwell Cemetery in Omaha. The son of the late Nels J. and Mary Knudtsen Petersen, he was born in Millard, Neb., April 21, 1884. Residing in Rock Springs since Nov. 3, he had previously been a resident of Green River, where he had made his home from 1923 to 1959. Then he went to Omaha, Neb., to live, returning to Rock Springs this month. He married Virginia Finlayson Jan. 14, 1921, at Omaha. A member of St. John’s Masonic Lodge No. 24, AF&AM, he also belonged to the International Association of Machinists Lodge No. 60, Omaha. Mr. Petersen was a retired machinist for the Union Pacific Railroad. He is survived by his wife, Virginia of Rock Springs; three sons, Charles Dale Petersen of Montebello, Calif.; and J. Vernon and Alfred (Pete) Petersen, both of Rock Springs; one brother, Fred, Los Angeles; six nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one son, Edward, in 1931. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 23, 1968 CHARLES W. BEMIS Charles W. Bemis, 84, of Thermopolis, former Rock Springs resident, died Sunday at 8:30 p.m. at the Hot Springs Memorial Hospital, Thermopolis. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Rogan Mortuary Chapel in Rock Springs, with the Masonic lodge in charge. Burial was in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Chris Gras, Bob Maxwell, Bob Stuart, John Hughes, Vern Murray and Dave Petrie. Honorary pallbearers were Joe Podbevsek, Tommy Smith, Bob Wilson and Louis Yakse. A retired coal miner, Mr. Bemis had lived in Rock Springs 50 years before going to Thermopolis eight years ago. He was born Oct. 6, 1884, in Sullivan, Ind. A Spanish American War veteran, he was a member of the Masons and of Local 2174, United Mine Workers of America. Surviving are two grandsons, Jerome Powell, Rock Springs, and Alme Powell of Longview, Wash., and one granddaughter, Ann Pebbles, Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 23, 1968 HARVEY J. WASHAM Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Vase Funeral Home for Harvey James Washam, 61, of 105 Blair Ave., who died Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient two weeks. The Rev. Nicholas Natelli of First Congregational Church will officiate. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. In ill health the past three years, Mr. Washam was a retired coal miner. He was born in Rock Springs Dec. 4, 1906, the son of the late James Harvey and Maude Miller Washam. He married Eileen Gunyan in Manila, Utah, Sept. 14, 194?. Surviving are his wife, Eileen, Rock Springs; two sons, James, Rock Springs, and Dennis, Reliance; one sister, Mable Mitchell, Mill Valley, Calif.; two uncles, Claude Miller, Wheatland, and John Miller, Rock Springs; one aunt, Minnie Baker, Evanston, one granddaughter and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Finis Mitchell, Fred Wire, Dick Pulley, Roger Pulley, Elza Eversole and Milford Eversole. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 23, 1968 GASPER P. KREK JR. Funeral services were held Monday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church for Gasper P. Krek Jr, 54, of 1438 West Wolfran, Chicago, Ill. Mr. Krek died Thursday Nov. 14, at 8:30 a.m. shortly after being admitted to Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. A former longtime resident of Rock Springs, he had undergone major surgery six weeks ago and was recuperating here with his family. He was born Dec. 31, 1913, at Skofja Loka, Yugoslavia, the son of the late Gasper and Anna Kozuh Krek Sr. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict, having served with the U.S. Army. He had made his home the past 25 years in Chicago, where he was employed as a bookkeeper by the Taylor Forge Co. Surviving are one brother, Frank T. Krek, Albuquerque, N.M.; three sisters, Mrs. Alex (Cecelia) Spence of Reliance, Mrs. Ernest (Ann) Dunn of Rock Springs and Mrs. John (Frances) Ruzicka of Sheridan; one aunt, Mrs. Kate Yurjavcic of East Palestine, Ohio, and several nieces and nephews. He was a member of St. Joseph’s KSKJ Lodge No. 122. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiated for funeral services. Rosary was recited Sunday in the chapel of Vase Funeral Home. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery with military graveside services conducted by the American Legion, Archie Hay Post No. 24. Pallbearers were Otto Canestrini, James Stark, Henry Telck, James Spence, Alex Spence Jr., and George Spence. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 30, 1968 RONALD JAMES KAUMO Funeral mass was conducted Wednesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church for Ronald James Kaumo, 18-year-old Rock Springs youth, who died Sunday at 7:45 p.m. in an accidental shooting while on a jackrabbit hunting trip 30 miles northeast of Rock Springs. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiated. Burial was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Rosary was recited Tuesday night at Rogan Chapel. Pallbearers were James Rafferty Jr., Larry Gil, Tommy Thomas, Frank Riskus, Mike Callahan and Lewis Kaumo. Officials who conducted the investigation into the youth’s death said he had been riding in the front of a pickup with his brother-in-law, Darwin Collins, 50, and Frank Gentilini, 31, when Collins said he spotted a jackrabbit in front of the vehicle. When the pickup stopped, Ronald picked up a loaded .22 bolt-action rifle, crossed in front of the truck, but lost sight of the animal. Coming back along the driver’s side of the vehicle, he told Donnie Collins, 16, riding in the back of the pickup that he would take his place and Donnie could ride in front with the men and get warm. Ronald asked Donnie for his woolen pull-on cap, which the younger boy handed over and then went around and got into the front seat. Ronald had rested the rifle against his chest as he leaned over to put on the cap, when the weapon accidentally discharged and the bullet entered his right cheek, near the base of the nose and lodge in his brain. The youth apparently was killed instantly. His companions put him in the truck and returned him to his home, where authorities were notified. Ronald was born in Rock Springs Sept. 25, 1950, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kaumo of 723 Ridge. He was a senior at Rock Springs High School. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are five sisters, Mrs. Thomas (Shirley) Thomas, Mrs. James (Norma) Ramsey, Mrs. Darwin (Pamela) Collins, and Kathryn Kaumo, all of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Dean (Beverly) Rafferty, Reliance; two brothers, Frank Jr. and Robert John Kaumo, Rock Springs, and several aunts, uncles and cousins. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 30, 1968 MRS. ONNOLEE CRUMB Mrs. I. Onnolee Crumb, 45, of Pinedale, died Nov. 23 at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, Rock Springs, where she had been a patient two days. Born Oct. 22, 1923, in Jamestown, N.Y., she was the daughter of Mrs. Hazel Temple Sheller of Pinedale and the late Jesse Sheller. She was married to David J. Crumb of Niobe, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1949. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three sons, Dale, Bryan and Mark, and one daughter, Deborah, all of Pinedale. Mrs. Crumb was a member of First Baptist Church. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Pinedale First Baptist Church, the Rev. W.W. Higgins officiating. Interment was at Pinedale City Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 30, 1968 MARTIN COMPTON Martin (Marty) Compton, 21, of 221 North Main, Richmond, Mo., formerly of Rock Springs, was killed instantly Sunday about 4 a.m. in a one-car accident four miles north of Richmond on U.S. Highway 10. According to patrol reports, Compton was alone in the car which apparently went out of control and struck a telephone pole. He is believed to have been killed instantly. Born in Rock Springs April 26, 1947, he attended Rock Springs High School before entering military service with the Army in September 1966. The son of Raymond A. and Thelma Hand Compton, formerly of Rock Springs, Martin Compton had served with the Army at DaNang, Vietnam, and was discharge din September this year. He was a former longtime resident of Reliance and Rock Springs, but went to Richmond, where his parents had moved about two years ago, when he was discharged. He was employed by the Ford Motor Co. in its Kansas City, Mo., factory. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are three brothers, Richard, of Rock Springs; Charles Ray, serving with the Army at Ft. Bliss, Tex., and Terry Lee, Richmond; one sister, Mrs. Susan Creason, Richmond; paternal grandmother, Mrs. R.A. Compton, Richmond; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Emma Hand, Maywood, Calif., and several aunts and uncles, one niece and one nephews. Funeral services were conducted at Sheppard Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon with military graveside services and interment in Richmond Cemetery. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 30, 1968 ELIZABETH McMURRY Mrs. Elizabeth (Betty) McMurry, 53, of 84 Pine St., Rock Springs, died Monday morning at Sweetwater County Hospital, where she had been a patient six days. She had been in ill health the past several months. Funeral services were held Friday at 10 a.m. at First Congregational Church, the Rev. Carl Krust of Green River Union Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Garden. Pallbearers were Sam Leckie, Vern McMurry, James and Andy Logan, Richard Telck and Dewey Gerrard. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Dec. 25, 1909, Mrs. McMurry was the daughter of the late Andrew and Agnes Stoddard Arnott. She had lived in Rock Springs 55 years. Mrs. McMurry was preceded in death by her husband Albert J. McMurry, Feb. 23, 1965. Surviving are one son, Jerry, Newport, R.I.; three sisters, Mrs. Robert J. (Barbara) Logan, Green River; Mrs. Burton (Nancy) Coolidge, Cheyenne, and Mrs. Wendell (Jean) Nickerson, Loveland, Colo.; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. McMurry was a member of First Congregational Church and of the Order of the Eastern Star. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 30, 1968 ANN F. MARTIN Funeral services for Mrs. Ann F. Martin, 84, who died Wednesday in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Vase Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Carl Krusi of Union Congregational Church, Green River, will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Martin, who had been hospitalized since Sept. 16, had been a resident of Rock Springs since 1919. She had been in ill health the past few years. Born in Minden, Neb., Oct. 11, 1883, she was the daughter of the late Larkin W. and Rachael Conner Worman. She attended Nebraska schools and was married to Jack M. Martin at Ft. Jackson, S.C., in 1919. He preceded her in death May 22, 1955. Mrs. Martin was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Rhoades of Rock Springs and Mrs. Walter (Allie) Dallard of San Diego; one brother, John Worman, Boulder, Colo.; one sister-in-law, Mrs. David (Mildred) Martin of Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers, all members of American Legion, will be David Aldred, George Arnold, John Dufour, LeVoyd Robertson, Earl McKenzie and Ralph Wolfe. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Nov 30, 1968 MARTHA AGNES FECH Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Agnes Fech, 30, who was found dead in her home Tuesday morning, will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec will officiate. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Parish and St. Monica’s Sodality rosaries were recited Friday night at Vase Funeral Home. Mrs. Fech’s body was found by her husband, George, when he returned from work to their home, 1024 Marchant St., Tuesday at 1:15 a.m. Mrs. Fech, the victim of smoke suffocation, apparently had fallen asleep while smoking in bed and the cigarette is believed to have ignited the bed. Mrs. Fech had left the master bedroom, apparently seeking fresh air after discovering the room filled with smoke, and had made her way to the adjacent bedroom, where she collapsed and died. Her husband found the doors locked from the inside and had to break the glass in the rear door to gain entry. As the house was filled with heavy smoke, he hurriedly opened the front door and bedroom window to clear it. A glass ash tray with cigarette butts was found on the smoldering bed. Sweetwater County Coroner Peter Vase attributed Mrs. Fech’s death to suffocation, apparently about 8 p.m. Monday. Two dogs also died in the smoke-filled house. Mrs. Fech, who was born in Lander Dec. 20, 1937, was the daughter of Walter and Lucille Frappert Kalasinsky of Rock Springs. She had resided in the Stansbury and Rock Springs area since 1945. A graduate of Rock Springs High School in 1956, she enlisted in the U.S. Navy WAVES for one year. She was married to George Fech in Rock Springs July 27, 1958. In addition to her husband and parents, she is survived by one brother, Walter R. Kalasinsky, and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mike (Susan) Fech, all of Rock Springs; several aunts and uncles, two nieces and three nephews. Mrs. Fech was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church and St. Monica’s Sodality. Pallbearers for the Saturday services will be Allen Roth, Notsi Galenski, Eric Dolence, Felix Simon, Stanley Jereb and David Ruggera Jr. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 7, 1968 SENA P. MEDILL Mrs. Sena P. Medill, 81, of 12319 Valleywood Driver, Silver Springs, Md., died at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Springs Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. The body was brought to Rock Springs Friday for funeral services, which will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Vase Funeral Home, the Rev. Dean Foley officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Frank Angeli, Dick Webster, Glen Heagney, Albert Kolman, Russel Waters and S.M. Boucher. Mrs. Medill, who had suffered a heart attack, had been hospitalized only one day before her death. A resident of Silver Springs the past seven years, she was a former longtime resident of Rock Springs. She was born Nov. 6, 1887, in Boelus, Neb., the daughter of Soren and Karen Jansen Smidt, and was married in 1907 in Green River to Joseph M. Sprowell, who died in 1936. She was married to Matthew W. Medill Aug. 14, 1932. Mr. Medill died Jan. 10, 1950. Survivors are two sons, George Sprowell of San Jose, Calif., and Glen Sprowell, Salt Lake City; three daughters, Mrs. Frank (Cecelia) McIlhardy of Juneau, Alaska; Mrs. Gertrude Kinniburgh of Rawlins and Mrs. Charles (Eloise) Kinaham, Silver Springs; one stepson, B.C. Medill, Rock Springs; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Jackson R. (Katie Medill) Forbes, Rock Springs; one sister, Carrie Sprowell, Redondo Beach, Calif.; former Sweetwater County Superintendent of public instruction; three brothers, James and Thomas Smidt, both of Montrose, Colo., and Hans Smidt, Rockville, Neb., and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Medill was a member of the Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Altar Society and the Order of Eastern Star, Mt. Lily Chapter No. 10, Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 7, 1968 MIKE J. PAULICH Funeral services for Mike J. Paulich, who died Nov. 30 at Kimberly Manor Rest Home, were held Thursday morning at Vase Funeral home, with interment in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Paulich was born in Bresanica, Yugoslavia, Oct. 6, 1888. A retired coal miner, he had come to the United States in 1913, and was a longtime resident of Rock Springs. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. John (Anna) Surovy of Altadena, Calif., and Franceka of Yugoslavia. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 7, 1968 A. ROBERT SAVELA Funeral services for Abraham Robert Savela, 69, 364 ½ H St., Rock Springs, who died Nov. 29 at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, were held Monday at 10 a.m. at Rogan Chapel. The Rev. Oyer C. Morgan officiated. Burial was in the American Legion plot, Mountain View Cemetery, with American Legion military rites. Pallbearers were Waino Matilia, Richard Karvonen, Lauri J. Bergren, Emil Hamminum, Pete Gasovich, Joe Fisher and G.E. Kessner. Mr. Savela, who had been hospitalized one day, was a retired coal miner. He was born in Carbon, Wyo., July 22, 1899, but had lived in Rock Springs since 1902. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America and the American Legion. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. R.M. (Fannie) Peterson of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. David G. (Mayme) Wilde, Rock Springs; one brother, Francis Elmer Savela, Rock Springs, and several nieces and nephews. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 7, 1968 FRANK A. PLEMEL Frank A. Plemel, 83, retired assistant cashier of Rock Springs National Bank, died in Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital Nov. 30 after an 11-day illness. Mr. Plemel, who lived at 917 Sixth St., had lived in Rock Springs 56 years. He was born in Albany, Minn., April 5, 1885. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Knights of Columbus formed the honor guard for services. Burial was in the family plot at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Richard Plemel, Ray Plemel, Dale Killian, Paul Hunter, William Hunter, James Hunter, Allen Mertens and David B. Snow. Honorary pallbearers were Lawrence Welsh, Matt Leskovec, Frank Dolinar, Joseph Melinkovich, John Eusek, Joseph Galicich, Charles Bonomo, John Hay Jr., Clarence Samuels, James Bastalich, Joseph Angelovic, Dr. R.R. Menghini, Elno Menghini, Robert Bowden, Leno Ceretto, Rudy Carlson and William Yugovich. Parish rosary, Knight of Columbus rosary and St. Monica’s and St. Ann’s rosary were recited Tuesday night at Rogan Mortuary Chapel. Mr. Plemel was active in many areas, serving as treasurer of Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus and holding a number of honorary as well as elective offices in the organization. Past district deputy of the Knights of Columbus, he was at the time of his death state historian for the State Council of Knights of Columbus. A life member of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 470, he played several instruments, but was best known as a tuba player. He also was organist at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church for many years. Mr. Plemel belonged to the Croatian Fraternal Union and the KSKJ Lodge. He had been associated with Rock Springs National Bank from 1914 until his retirement about 1961. Survivors include two sons, Ludwig Plemel of Rock Springs; Thomas Plemel, Cheyenne, bank examiner for Wyoming; two daughters, Mrs. Louis (Margaret) Metelko, Rock Springs and Mrs. John P. (Mary Theresa) Hunter, Casper; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one brother, Martin, St. Gregor, Saskatchewan, Canada, and one sister, Sister Mary Benedict, Bruno, Sask. Mrs. Plemel, whose maiden name was Katherine Young, preceded her husband in death in January 1963. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 7, 1968 O.E. BERTAGNOLLI Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion for O.E. Bertagnolli, 68, president of the board of directors and vice president of North Side State Bank, who died Nov. 29, in Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, where he had been a patient 10 days. The Rev. Dean Foley officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery with Masonic graveside services. Pallbearers were Christian Bunning, John Lucas Jr., Rudolph Anselmi, John Zakovich, Pete Zanetti, S.W. Asiala, Emil Bertagnolli and Leno Menghini. Mr. Bertagnolli, who lived at 113 First St., was taken ill in February, but apparently had recovered. However, he became ill two weeks ago and was taken to the Salt Lake City hospital. His wife, Albina, and his son, Dr. Andrew E. Bertagnolli of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were with him at the time of his death. Born in Hudson, Wyo., Aug. 5, 1900, he began employment at the bank of Hudson about 1915. Later he joined the Wyoming Board of Bank Examiners and worked with the board seven years. He came to North Side State Bank 35 years ago as an examiner, but because the bank needed a manager, he assumed those duties and made this city his home. At the time of his death he was president of the board of directors and vice president of the bank. About three years ago he completed an eight-year appointment by the Governor as a member of the Wyoming Natural Resource Board. A member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, he also was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 151; of which he was past president, and Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, Albina Silva Bertagnolli, whom he married in Rock Springs 30 years ago; two sons, Dr. Andrew E. Bertagnolli, a dentist, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and Edward J., a senior in Georgetown Dental School, Washington, D.C.; one grandson, Andrew Jr., Fort Lauderdale, and three sisters, Mrs. Phil (Evalina) Romero, Denver; Mrs. Tony (Gisella) LaJeunesse of Riverton, and Miss Barbara Bertagnolli, Hudson. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 14, 1968 STEVE A. VRETTAS Funeral services for Steve A. Vrettas, 77, of 95 North Second East, Green River, who died suddenly Saturday, were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Green River Ahepa Home. The Rev. Lukas Kotzakis officiated. Burial was at Riverview cemetery in Green River. Pallbearers were Arthur Kalivas, Tom Nomis, Gus Sfiris, Gus Kalivas, Harry Pappas and Nick Joyias. Honorary pallbearers included Gus Gatseos, Gus Gankas, Chris Athas, Luke Harrigan, Dr. A.T. Sudman and Jerry Perkopos. Born March 3, 1891 in Katerene, Greece, he had made his home in Green River since 1928. He had operated the Red Feather Café with his brother, Thomas, for many years. He was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church and a charter member of the Green River Ahepa Lodge. He is survived by two brothers, Thomas of Cleveland, Ohio, and Evangelos of Katerene, Greece; two sisters, Mrs. Olympia Gimas of Green River and Mrs. Helen Chalingas, Katerene; nephews, Nick Gimas of Green River, Gus J. Gimas of Denver, and Arthur, Pete and Frank Vrettas of Cleveland, Ohio; nieces, Tasia Nicolaou, Marika Aslane and Katherine Vrettas, all of Katerene; and several cousins. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 14, 1968 GEORGE M. FANOS Services for George M. Fanos, 83, of 131 M St., Rock Springs, who died Thursday after a brief illness, were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. The Rev. Lukas Kotzakis officiated. Burial was at Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Tom Manatos, Mike Manatos, Silvio Zancanella, Mike Gaviotis and Spiro Varras. Honorary pallbearers included Nick Manatos, Mike Manos, Matthew Mugas, Spiro Masat, Jerry Peskopos and John Putos. Born in Canea, Crete, Greece June 15, 1885, he was a retired employee of the Union Pacific Railroad. A resident of Rock Springs since 1910, he married Zoe Dimotakis Feb. 13, 1921, in Superior. She died Aug. 22, 1965. Survivors include a son, John of Evanston; two daughters, Mrs. Milan (Katherine) Pryich of Rock Springs and Julia Jelimes of Denver; one sister, Ann, who resides in Greece; five nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church and the Pan-Cretan Assn. --- Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 28, 1968 Nettie Lange, Former Springs Resident, Dies Word was received Friday in Rock Springs of the death of Mrs. Harry (Nettie) Lange of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Rock Springs. Mrs. Lange died Dec. 26 in the Golden Nursing Home in Mesa, where she had been a patient since October. Prior to that time she had made her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lodewich in Mesa. Mrs. Lange, who was 96 years old, Dec. 18, had been active until the last few months, when she needed constant care. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lodewich and a daughter living in Illinois, four grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in a Mesa mortuary, Monday and burial will be beside her husband in Portland, Ore. Mrs. Lodewich, the former Ruth Lange of Rock Springs lives at 536 Third St., Mesa. ---