Obituaries 1945-1949

1945

PERRY M. BINGHAM, 43, of Alexander [Idaho] died in Alexander 22 Jan 1945. He was born at Brigham City, Utah 23 Aug 1901. Survivors: his wife Hertha Bingham, two daughters, Lois & Nolah Bingham, one son, Gordon Bingham. Funeral in Soda, Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

EARL F. VERHAM is reported missing in European Operation. He was born in Soda 5 Aug 1919.

WILLIAM W. ATKINSON, 75, died 26 Jan 1945 at Boise [Idaho]. He was born 8 Oct 1869 at Hagerville, Ont. Canada, a son of Wm. W. and Anne Basford Atkinson. He married Rose Wiedrick 10 Dec 1890. She died in Jan 1912. To this union one daughter and one son was born. On May 3, 1916 he married Ida Hulser of Boise. Surviving, his widow, a daughter Mrs. Pearl Bolin, a son Orliff Atkinson, one sister Mrs. David Jepson. Mr. Atkinson was an uncle of Mrs. Bernice Pickren & the only brother of Mrs. Ruth Strachan. Funeral services in Boise.

EDWIN RAYMOND GARDNER, 56, died 30 Jan 1945 in a hotel in Green River, Wyo. He was born 10 July 1888 in Fish Haven [Idaho] to George E. & Caroline Affleck Gardner. Funeral 2 Feb 1945 in Montpelier [Idaho]. Survivors – his widow Mrs. Ethel Shupe Gardner, two daughters, Mrs. Bernice Bills, Mrs. Alice Jensen; three sons, Merlin, Lester & Ferrel Gardner; five sisters, Mrs. Lillian Strong, Mrs. Myrtle Gorton, Mrs. LaRue Johnson, Mrs. Arvilla Bassett, Sut Gardner; three brothers, L. H. Gardner, William & Alva Gardner.

JOSEPH DANIEL GARNER, 74, died at his home in Caldwell [Idaho] 10 Feb 1945. Funeral services were held in Soda 14 Feb 1945. Burial in the Fairview Cemetery in Soda. Joseph Daniel was born 25 April 1870 at Tooele, Utah. He married Martha Bower at Cookville, Utah 7 Jan 1902. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Bower Garner, a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Prine, three sisters & one brother.

MRS. ROSETTA GUBER YOST, 69, DIED 8 Feb 1945 at her home in Lund [Idaho]. Funeral 12 Feb at Lund. Burial in Lund Cemetery. Survivors, her husband, four sons, John A., Oscar A., Fred W., Arthur & Herman F. Yost; four daughters, Mrs. Ida Thacker, Mrs. Nellie Blackburn, Mrs. Edna Darlington, Mrs. Evelyn Johnson.

DAVE IRVING died 20 Feb 1945 in Clayton [Idaho]. He was born 19 May 1864 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland. Former resident of Soda. Burial in Clayton

WILLIAM J. “BILLY” HOPKINS, 82, died 23 Feb 1945. Funeral services held 25 Feb in Soda. Burial in the Fairview Cemetery in Soda. William John Hopkins was born 8 March 1862 at Ebbyvale, Mammoutshire (sic), South Wales, England, a son of Thomas & Christianna Summerhill Hopkins. He married Rosanna Pierce in Logan Temple on 24 Sept 1896. She preceeded (sic) him in death 6 April 1922.

HATTIE J. HIGGINSON, 88, died at the Caribou Hospital at Soda 26 Feb 1945. She was born 22 Sept 1856 at Brobridge Parish of Stroud, England, a daughter of George and Louisa Taylor. Burial in Chesterfield [Idaho]. She married William T. Higginson 10 Feb 1873 at Goshen, Utah. Mr. Higginson died Nov. 1914.

MRS. EARL BLACKBURN, 39, died in the Ontario [Oregon] hospital 13 Feb 1945. Funeral services 18 Feb in Nyssa, Ore. Burial in the IOOF Cemetery in Vale [Oregon]. She was born 26 Sept 1905 at Grace, Ida. Her maiden name was Clara Amelia Black. She married Earl Blackburn 15 Sept 1925 at Ogden, Utah. Survivors: Her husband, three children, Keith Blackburn, Betty Blackburn & Harold Blackburn.

JASPER PERKINS died 16 March 1945 at his home in Farmington, Utah. Burial 21 March 1945 in Chesterfield [Idaho] Cemetery. Survived by his widow, four daughters & one son, Mrs. Ida Dayton, Mrs. Evelyn Lindsay, Mrs. Will Rigby & Mrs. John Price and Norris Perkins.

FRANK ERVIN ELLIS, 74, died in Pocatello [Idaho] 25 March 1945. He was born 18 Jan 1871 at St. Mary’s Mo, a son of Willis York and Margaret Ervin Ellis. He married Elizabeth Collins at Paris, Idaho 5 Nov 1900. Survivors – his widow, five sons and daughters, Francis C., Fred N. & Leland E. Ellis, Mrs. C. R. Sutherland, Mrs. C. O. Strand, also a brother, George W. Ellis. Funeral 27 March 1945 in Pocatello.

ROBERT K. LALLATIN was killed in action on Iwo Jima 8 March 1945. He was born 11 March 1925 in Soda Springs. Survived by his parents, five sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Relia Nichols, Mrs. Janet McConkie, Mrs. Robert Thompson, Irene Lallatin, Gwen Lallatin, Jay Lallatin, Mark Lallatin, Darrell Lallatin.

JOHN WELSEY GLAUNER, 76, died 8 March [1945] at Wendell, Idaho. Burial in the IOOF Cemetery at Hagerman [Idaho]. Funeral 11 March [1945]. He was born 14 Sept 1868 at Fort Scott, Kans. He married Emma Arminta Sharp 14 May 1894. Seven children were born to this union., Wesley, Roy, Evilena (sic), Sarah, Johnny, Jonathan & Frank, Elvalena, Jonny (sic) & Jonathan preceeded (sic) him in death; one brother William Glauner, three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Eliason, Mrs. Emma Holman & Mrs. John Miller. One sister, Mrs. Elly Ward preceeded (sic) him in death.

LIONEL RICHARDS died in action March 14, 1945 in France. He was married 16 March 1944 at Idaho Falls. He is survived by his parents, his wife & three sisters, Jerry, Diane, Jeanne, and grandfather Joe E. Lau.

JOSEPH BANKS, 80, Bancroft [Idaho] died 7 April 1945 in Caribou hospital. Funeral 10 April in Bancroft. Burial in Spanish Forks Cemetery (sic), Utah 11 April 1945. Survivors – his wife Mrs. Jane Banks, two sons & four daughters, Leo J. Banks, W. Merrill Banks, Mrs. Bessie Clark, Mrs. Dale White, Mrs. Mary Mickelson, Mrs. Erma Jorgensen.

HYRUM WILFORD (BILL) NAEF, died 11 April 1945 in Calif. Funeral 16 April in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda. He was a brother-in-law to Sirren Bybee. He was born at Mapleton, Idaho 7 Aug 1898, a son of Hyrum & Elizabeth Ann Baker Naef. In June 1945 he married Fern Bybee in Soda Springs. She preceeded (sic) him in death 20 June 1927. One son was born to this union – Boyd. Surviving, a son Boyde (sic), his father, three sisters and three brothers, Mrs. W. G. Christensen, Mrs. Edna Luker, Mrs. Thelma Van Leuven, Alvin Naef, Wallace Naef, Lawrence Naef.

ANDREW ALLAN BREESE, 65, died 30 April 1945 in Pocatello [Idaho]. He was born 1880 at Brigham City, Utah, a son of Jonas & Anna Allan Breese. He married Martha Andrews at Paris, Idaho 12 May 1904. Survivors – his widow & one son, Dr. J. E. Breese.

MRS. ZELDA G. SHELTON of Pocatello [Idaho] died 4 May 1945 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rene Coppard. She was born 17 Jan 1874 at Decatur, Ill. a daughter of Rollin & Jean Carr Maltby. She married Chancy N. Shelton in 1894 at Rocky Ford, Colo. Survivors, her husband & daughter & two sisters [and a brother?] – Harvey Maltby, Mrs. C. R. Cornelius, Mrs. Robert Pollack. Funeral 8 May in Pocatello. Burial in Pocatello.

MRS. SINA SORENSON YOUNG, 30, of Pocatello [Idaho] died 7 May 1945 from a car accident. She died in Lava Hot Springs [Idaho]. Body was taken to Pocatello. She was born 30 Dec 1914 at Dingle, Bear Lake Co [Idaho], a daughter of Andrew G. & Sarah Jane Weaver Sorenson. Survivors, her parents, six brothers & sisters, Eldon C. Sorenson, [sic), Arnold & Francis Sorensen (sic), Mrs. Sarah Kunz, Mrs. Dean Allen, Mrs. Leola Norman.

HEBER J. CHATTERTON, 54, died in Soda Springs 9 May 1945. Funeral 12 May 1945 at Arimo [Idaho], burial in Arimo. Born at Logan, Utah 2 May 1881 to Heber C. and Elma Louise Colpit Chatterton. Survivors: Kenneth Chatterton & two daughters.

MOSE HANSEN, 54, died 12 May 1945 at Salt Lake City [Utah]. Burial was in Axtell Cemetery at Axtell, Utah. Born 22 Jan 1891 at Axtell, a son of J. C. and Anna Sorenson Hansen. Survivors: two sisters & two brothers, Mrs. Marie Thompson, James & Aaron Hansen, Anna Follett.

JOSEPHINE MARY COPPARD, 84, died in Soda Springs 4 June 1945. Funeral 6 June in Soda. Interment in Fairview Cemetery. She was born 8 Sept 1860 in Dubuque, Ia., a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Antone Curin. She married Thomas Coppard at Idaho Spring, Colo. 1876. Mr. Coppard died 1928. Survivors, one son, Rene. Two daughters preceeded (sic) her in death.

MRS. EMMA ELIASON WHITE, 57, of Bancroft [Idaho] died 14 July 1945 in Soda Hospital. Born 9 Dec 1887 in Providence, Cache, Utah a dau of John E. and Anna Mary Barbara Fuhrinian Eliason. She married J. Roe White 1 Oct 1920 in Logan Temple. Survivors: husband, two daughters, Mrs. LaVerl Parnell, Mrs. Marguerite McClain – brothers & sisters, J. E. Eliason, Mrs. T. M. Corbett, Mrs. Joseph C. Call, Mrs. Thomas P. Gunnell, Mrs. Lillis Kelly, Mrs. Vick (sic) Millward, John G. Eliason & Mrs. J. C. Walker.

FRANK J. FRYAR, 54, died 3 Aug 1945 at Pocatello [Idaho]. Funeral 6 Aug 1945 at Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda. He was born in Soda Springs 5 July 1891 a son of Issac (sic) & Frances J. Tigret (sic) Fryar. Survived: brothers & sisters, Lee Fryar, Reed Fryar, Mrs. Emma Allendorf.

SGT. KENNETH MORELAND, 25, of Charleston, W. Va., husband of Martha Tigert Moreland, was drowned 8 Sept 1945. Buried in Charleston.

JOE NELSON, 76, died 13 Sept 1945 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda.

WALTER HENRY LEWIS, 83, father of Walter Diggs Lewis of Soda died 15 Sept 1945 in Pocatello [Idaho]. He was born 27 Dec 1861 a son of Megys B & Sarah Barton Lewis. Survivors, son Diggs & a daughter, Mrs. Opal Russey. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery in Pocatello.

MRS SODINE HORSLEY MOORE, 73, died 25 Sept 1945 in Soda. She was born 13 March 1872 at Soda Springs to Herbert & Sarah Edghill Horsley. She married Jesse Moore 50 yrs ago, 20 June 1888 at Blackfoot [Idaho]. Survivors – her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Viola Lauritson & Mrs. Jessie Gagon, one daughter, Mrs. Cassie Piar preceeded (sic) her in death. Funeral 27 Sept 1945. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda.

JOHN DAY REESE, 22, son of Mr. & Mrs. Bert Reese of Wayan [Idaho] was killed in a hunting accident 27 Sept 1945. He died enroute to Soda hospital. He married Mamie Goodwin at Soda Springs in July 1943. Survivors, wife, a son 1 ½ yrs old, two sisters, Mrs. Eleanor (sic) Von Berg (sic) & Mrs. Lucille Hirsbrunner. Funeral 1 Oct 1945 in Soda, Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda.

FUNERAL SERVICES were held 3 Dec 1945 in Grangeville [Idaho] for JACK THIRKILL, son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Thirkill.

HOMER WOODALL, 57, died 6 Oct 1945 at Soda. He was born in Soda Spring [sic) 15 March 1889 a son of Christopher T. and Ellen Doyle Woodall. His wife died 17 Nov 1928. Survivors: two sons, Max E. Woodall & Homer J. Woodall. Funeral 10 Oct 1945 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

DR. CYRIL A. RICH, 53, of Lava Hot Spring (sic) [Idaho] died 14 Oct 1945 in Pocatello [Idaho]. He was born 27 Aug 1892 in Porterville, Utah, a son of Landon & Mary Florence Bratton Rich. 29 May 1918 he married Dorothy N. Agee in Memphis, Tenn. His wife died 5 June 1943 and on 25 July 1944 he married Patricia Ann Whitley. Survivors: his widow, a son & a daughter, Joseph E. Rich & Mrs. Dorothy Lorraine Piedmont, a brother & three sisters, George Rich, Mrs. Phoebe Spackman, Mrs. Florence Atkinson, & Mrs. Etta Hayes. Funeral & burial in Salt Lake Memorial Mausoleum [Utah].

GEORGE JENSEN SKINNER, 64, died 4 Nov 1945 in Ogden, Utah. He was born 11 May 1881 in Ovid, Idaho. On Oct 11 1904 he married Zina Young in Paris [Idaho]. Surviving, his widow, sons & daughters, Allen D., Loren J. Skinner, Mrs. Nita Martinett, Claude V. Skinner, Mrs. Gloria Durtschi, brothers & sisters, William J. Skinner, Mrs. Earl Sibbett, James Skinner, Mrs. Gladys Jensen, Mrs. Jane Criddle, Woodard J. Skinner, John J. Skinner, Mrs. Bee Wright. Funeral held 7 Nov 1945 in Soda. Interment in Fairview Cemetery in Soda.

ADOLPH THOMAN, 64, died 4 Dec 1945 at his home. Funeral 7 Dec 1945 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda. He was born 9 March 1881 in Fergus Falls, Minn., a son of Adolh (sic) and Hannah Thoman. Aug 5, 1914 he married Virgie Estes at Pocatello [Idaho]. Survivors: his widow, one brother & a sister, Alfred Thoman, Mrs. Tillie Stanley.

1946

MARYLIN SMITH, 15, dau of Mr. & Mrs. Elmer T. Smith, died in Soda 22 Feb 1946 from an auto (/pedestrian) accident. She was born June 4, 1920 at Montpelier [Idaho] to Elmer T. and Sarah T. Smith. Survivors: her parents, & a sister Helen. Funeral services 26 Feb 1946 at Montpelier.

HENRY BOLTON, 71, died 28 Feb 1946 at his home here. Funeral 3 March 1946 at Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. He was born in Logan, Utah 20 Sept 1874 to Henry and Mary Jane Smith Bolton. Survivors: his widow, Rose Bolton, two sons, Harry & Robert Bolton, one daughter, Mrs. Olga Davis. A son, Romain preceded him in death 7 yrs ago.

MRS JOHN GLAUNER, 68, died 1 March 1946 in Gooding [Idaho] hospital. Funeral was held 5 March at Hagerman [Idaho]. Emma Arminta Glauner was born 16 June 1877 at Preston [Idaho] to George W. & Lucinda A. (Bair) Sharp. She married John Glauner at Soda in 1893. To this union 7 children were born, four of whom survive. Mr. Glauner preceeded (sic) her in death 7 March 1945. Survivors, three sons Wesley, Ray and Frank Glauner, one daughter Sarah, one brother Lessil Sharp. 4 sisters, Elizabeth Bowles, Lola Paulson, Florence Campbell, Fern Cooper.

HENRY ANDREW VOLLWEILLER, 58, of American Falls [Idaho], a brother of Louise Vollweiller of Soda died 8 March 1946 at the home of his son Arthur Vollweiler. Burial in the Grove City Cemetery at Blackfoot [Idaho].

HENRY VERHAM SR. died 8 March 1946 in Soda. Funeral services 12 March 1946 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. He was born 5 Jan 1882 in Amsterdam, Holland, a son of Abraham & Hilegina Atsema Verham. He married Mary A. Anderson at Soda 29 June 1911. Survivors – three sons Henry J. Verham, Jr., William A. , Earl F. Verham, two brothers, Wm & Abe Verham, 4 sisters, Mrs. Cobina Meachem, Mrs. Jennie Thompson, Mrs. Elsie Trampton, Mrs. Hellegina Boeve Hodrlem (sic)

MRS. FRED J. CHRISTENSEN, 26, died in Burley hospital. Funeral 3 April 1946. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda. Velma Howell Christensen was born in Logan, Utah 30 Aug 1919, a daughter of Leslie & Margaret Howell. Survived by her husband, a daughter Eloise, four sisters, Mrs. Rita Wicker, Mrs. Rosella Hulse, Mrs. Mary Williamson, Mrs. Delta Waldron; two brothers, Thomas & Loyal Howell.

EDD SIMONSON, abt 62, father of Mrs. Lillie Ellis, died at his home 1 April 1946. He was born at Bear River City, Utah. Survivors – Mrs. Lillie Ellis, Orlando & George Simonson, Orval Simomson, Mrs. Betty Thomas, Von Simonson, Mrs. Roma Black, Mrs. Juanita Ballard – one brother & one sister, Lorenzo Simonson & Mrs. Annie Lavina Christensen. Funeral in Logan

CECELIA LYNN SKINNER, 3, died 6 April 1946 in Soda hospital. Funeral 8 April 1946. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survivors, her parents, Mrs. & Mrs. Charles Skinner, a brother, Max C. Skinner, a sister Ila Kathleen Skinner, her grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Grant Cummings.

LINDA MARSHALL, 4 day old daughter of Kenneth & Isabell Marshall died 12 April 1946 at Caribou hospital. Funeral 13 April 1946 in the Sunset Cemetery in Twin Falls [Idaho].

VELOY ROSE SMITH, 12, died in the Caribou County Hospital 29 April 1946. She was born 2 Oct 1933 in Logan, Utah, a daughter of Edwin M. & Veneta Rose Smith. Funeral 1 May 1946 in Soda. Burial in the Logan, Utah, Cemetery. Survivors: her parents, two sisters Arnetta Iona Smith, Cheryl Kay Smith, 4 half brothers & sisters, Edwin B. & Von Fred Smith, Emma Jean Lakey, Enid K. Smith, her grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Smith & Leigh Rose.

ELLEN N. DAVIS, wife of Ray N. Davis – sister in law (sic) of Alvin Davis, died 4 June 1946 in Logan, Utah. Funeral 7 June 1946 in Logan, burial in Logan Cemetery,

GEORGE W. BARNES, 52, died 11 June 1946 in Soda. Funeral 14 June 1946 in Soda. George W. Barnes was born 4 April 1894 at Soda Springs, a son of Charles W. and Alice M. Barnes. A sister Mrs. Clara Bates preceded him in death.

EVERETT (NUGGETT) WILSON, 41, died 21 June 1946 in Caribou hospital. Funeral 24 June 1946 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda. He was born in Thurman, Iowa in 1905 to Francis Marion & Bertha Perkins Wilson. Survived by 4 brothers, Elmer S., Ernest, Elden & Leo Wilson and uncle Ira Perkins & a (sic) aunt Mrs. Pearl Brewer.

VIRGIL SKINNER, 3 yr old son of Mr. & Mrs. Brigham Skinner of Conda [Idaho], was killed 25 June 1946 (ran into a truck). He was born at Conda 22 Feb 1943 a son of Brigham & Barbara Shrives Skinner. Survived by parents & two brothers, Ivan & Boyd.

MRS. A. J. WILLARD, 41, died in Ogden [Utah]. She was born in southern Utah 23 Nov 1904, a daughter of David J. and Ivy Thompson Coombs.

CLARENCE MUIR, 45, OF Gray [Idaho] died 26 July 1946 in the Caribou hospital. Funeral 29 July 1946 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda. He was born 1 March 1901 at Gray, a son of Olive Atkinson and George Muir. His mother preceded him in death. In 1923 he married Rhoda Schneider in the Logan Temple. Survivors: his widow, three sons – Darrell, Merlin and Gay, his father Geo. Muir, three brothers, Geo. Jr., Hazen, & Bert Muir, a sister Mrs. Irene Stocks.

GEORGE DOULL JR., 78, died 24 July 1946 in the Caribou hospital. Funeral 28 July 1946 in Soda. Burial in the Fairview Cemetery, He was born in Canada 7 Oct 1867 a son of Mr. & Mrs. George Doull Sr. His father was born in Scotland & his mother in Canada. He married Laura Swanson in Arco in 1899. Survivors – two sons – Harold B, Lawrence G. Doull; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Curtis & Mrs. Jeanette Konroth

RAY ALBISTON DAVIS, 38, of Pocatello [Idaho], died 28 July 1946 in Pocatello. He was born 29 May 1908 in Alexander, Ida. a son of Wesley C. & Laura Albiston Davis. He married Frances Fern Palmer 25 Oct 1943 in Pocatello. Survivors – his wife, a daughter, Sharon Rae Davis, a brother Ralph E. Davis & a sister, Mrs. Glen Ackerman. Funeral in Pocatello 30 July 1946. He was a nephew of Mrs. Len Cooley.

DEWEY BELL, 47, died 8 Aug 1946 near Soda on Largelliere ranch. Services were held 10 Aug in Central, Ida. Burial in Central Cemetery. Robert Dewey Bell was born in Logan, Utah 29 June 1899, a son of Neil S. and Emma Ramswell Bell. Survivors – two brothers, Neil & Dick Bell, two sisters, Mary Bell and Mrs. Jennie Cummings.

CARL OWEN GUSTAVESON, 24, son of Mr. & Mrs. Carl R. Gustaveson, died 10 Aug 1946 five miles west of Chesterfield [Idaho] (electrocuted). He was born 3 Oct 1921 in Chesterfield, a son of Carl and Lucina Sessions Gustaveson. He married Edna Dunagin in Liverpool, England Feb 1946, Funeral in Bancroft [Idaho] 13 Aug 1946. Burial in Bancroft Cemetery. Survivors, his wife – 4 sisters Mrs. Lucina Whitworth, Mrs. Daphnae Byington, Nordelle Gustaveson, Mrs. Evelyn Byington.

THOMAS P. ROMANS died 29 Aug 1946 in Caldwell, Idaho. He was born in Freport, (sic) Ohio 18 April 1874. Services held 3 Sept 1946, Burial in Caldwell. In 1902 he married Jennie Horsley of Soda Springs. She died 1917 at Wendell [Idaho]. 24 Mar 1920 he married Gladys Thompson at Portland, Ore. He was a former resident of Soda.

SARA DOLES, 59, died in Montpelier [Idaho] 10 Sept 1946, Services 13 Sept 1946 in Montpelier. Burial in Montpelier. Sara Jane Doles was born 2 Sept 1887 in Montpelier to James and Sena Christofferson. Survivors, 4 sisters, Mrs. Annie Cochran, Mrs. Martha Barnes, Mrs. Letie Sarbach, Mrs. Minnie Dray; one brother J. E. Christofferson.

HOMER W. WOODALL, 57, died at his home 7 Oct 1946. Services held 10 Oct 1946 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda [account in 10 Oct paper which is missing]

ELMER O’NEAL WILCOX, 44, of Conda [Idaho] was accidently (sic) shot 18 Oct 1946 in Georgetown Canyon. Funeral service held 21 Oct 1946 in Soda. Burial was in Paris [Idaho] Cemetery. He was born in Paris 1902 a son of Mr. & Mrs. George Wilcox. Survivors – his parents & his widow, Mrs. LaVera Smith Wilcox & two sons Larry 12 & Elmer 20, and a brother & sister, Dean Wilcox & Arvella Wilcox.

HARRY K. HOSICK, 61, died 3 Nov 1946 in Pocatello [Idaho] hospital. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda. Funeral services 6 Nov 1946 in Soda. He was born 13 April 1885 at LeRoy, Kansas a son of William C. & Bell Baldwin Hosick. He married Muriel Phelps 20 May 1909 in Yates Center, Kan.

LESLIE STEWART, 54, died 6 Nov 1946 in the Caribou hospital. Funeral services 10 Nov 1946 at Soda. Burial in Soda. She was born at Fairview, Utah 23 June 1892 to Hyrum & Sophia Tucker Stewart. Survivors – brothers & sisters, Ined Fryar, Jay Stephenson, Laron Norstrom, Glen Norstrum (sic), Annetta Lloyd, Orphia Mae Comish, Elma Beck, Leon Norstrum (sic).

MRS LOUISE DOROTHY LAU HORSLEY died 6 Nov 1946 at the home of her daughter, Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Balls. Funeral services 10 Nov 1946 in Soda. Burial in Soda. She was born 28 Jan 1865 in Providence, Utah to Daniel F. & Dorothea Zollinger Lau. She married Thomas H. Horsley in Logan Temple 20 Oct 1887. Mr. Horsley & a daughter Elsie Skinner preceeded (sic) her in death in 1942. Survivors – 8 sons & daughters – Mrs. Zina Balls, Milton L. Horsley, Everett L. Horsley, Lt. Comdr. Grant E, Horsley, Mrs. J. Leslie Rollins, Dr. Lee H. Horsley, Dorothy & Gadys (sic) Horsley.

SAMUEL GEORGE HUMPHREYS, 68, died 13 Nov 1946 at Montpelier [Idaho]. He was born 5 March 1878 in Paris [Idaho] a son of Samuel and Mary Ann Clifton Humphreys. He married Christena Sorenson 3 July 1902 at Paris. Survivors, his widow – eight daughters, Mrs. Nettie Jewett, Mrs. Myrtle Overgard, Mrs. Marjorie Rushton, Mrs. Grace Knutti, Mrs. Jean Gunderson, Mrs. Eleanor Harris, Mrs. Bernice Davis, Mary Ann Humphreys; four sons, Jesse O. Humphreys, Lewis W., O’Donald, Howard Dean Humphreys – 12 sisters & 2 brothers. Funeral is in the Dingle ward 16 Nov 1946 Burial?

JOSEPH HORACE STOCKING, 69, died (drowned in Portneuf river) 26 Nov 1946 near Pocatello [Idaho]. Funeral 1 Dec 1946 in Burley [Idaho]. Burial at Ft. Harriman, Utah 2 Dec 1946. He was born 3 Nov 1879 in Harriman, Utah a son of John J. and Hannah Cook Stocking. In 1898 he married Jane Butterfield in Harriman. Surviving, his widow, five sons and daughters, R. C. Stocking, Rulon H. Stocking, Mrs. Luella Court, Mrs. Lucy Hayes, Mrs. Pearl Merrill; two brothers, James L. and G. A. Stocking.

MRS. ISABEL MC CLEOD TOLMIE, 87, died 31 Dec 1946 in a Pocatello [Idaho] hospital. Graveside services 3 Jan 1947 in Soda. Interment in Fairview Cemetery in Soda. She was born 20 May 1859 in Inverness, Scotland a daughter of Alexander & Ellen Gray McCleod. She married Donald Tolmie in June 1882 at Rockford, Ill. Mr. Tolmie died 1906. Survivors, 8 sons & daughters: George E. Tolmie, Normah M. Tolmie, Donald W. Tolmie, John A. Tolmie, Mrs. Hannah H. Vosatka, Mrs. John Garo, Mrs. H. A. Hansen, Mrs. J. J. Conway.

1947

ELLEN NIELSEN GILES, 73, widow of David F. Giles died Jan 1, 1947 at Provo, Utah. She was born

8 Feb 1873 in Spanish Fork, Utah, a daughter of Hans & Johanna Petersen Nielsen. She married David F. Giles 28 Jan 1892 in Provo. Mr. Giles died 28 Jan 1942. Survivors: a son & six daughters- Bishop D. Charles Giles, Mrs. Helen Hogan, Mrs. Grace Ruggles, Mrs. Vera Jenkins, Mrs. Hazel Clark, Mrs. Oralynn Jones & Mrs. Lynn Nielsen, Alfred Nielsen, Mrs. N. B. Johnson, Mrs. June Clark.

MRS. MARY ANN REESE, 81, died 8 Feb 1947 in a Logan [Utah] hospital. She was born 8 Oct 1865 in Salt Lake City [Utah], a daughter of John & Elizabeth Wright Farmer. She married Edwin Reese in Salt Lake Temple April 1886. Survivors: her husband, 9 sons & daughters, T. Edwin Reese, E. L. Reese, Golden R. Reese, Mrs. A. W. Jones, Mrs. Sam Sharp, Mrs. Walter J. Smith. Funeral 13 Feb 1947 in Logan.

MRS. BILL JOHNSON, 73, died 10 Feb 1947 in Soda. Funeral 13 Feb in Soda. Interment in Fairview Cemetery. Lou Hamilton was born at Midway, Utah 25 March 1873 a daughter of Andrew & Martha Shelton Hamilton. She married Bill Johnson 10 July 1914. Survivors – her husband, one son, two daughters, Don Snyder Byron, Mrs. Grace Bartnett, Mrs. Lucile Craig. One daughter, Mrs. Dora Airgi preceeded (sic) her in death.

MRS. LUCY FRANCES CHESTER MARRIOTT, 71, died 25 Feb 1947 in a Pocatello [Idaho] hospital. Born 19 May 1875 in Montpelier a daughter of William & Susan Popple Chester. She married Lorenzo Spiers Marriott in Soda Springs 1895. He preceeded (sic) her in death. Survivors: 4 sons and a daughter, Lorin C., Leonard M., Melbourne J., & Ralph J. Marriott. Mrs. Albert S. Davis; 4 brothers, William H. Chester, Fred R. Chester, W. J. Chester, Colin A. Chester. Funeral 28 Feb 1947, Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda.

GEORGE W. BYBEE, 32, died 26 Feb in Salt Lake City [Utah]. Funeral in Grace [Idaho] 3 March 1947. Burial in Grace Cemetery. He was born in Grace 12 June 1914 a son of George & Sylvia Green Bybee. On April 5 1940 he married Lydia Bell of Soda in Brigham City [Utah]. Survivors: his widow & three daughters, Georgene, Lynda, & Judy, his mother & 4 sisters Mrs. Carline Haglund, Mrs. Eunice Jacobsen, Mrs. Viola Winschell, Mrs. Beatrice Mauch.

MRS. CAROLINE BUEHLER KUNZ, 89, died 6 March 1947 in Montpelier [Idaho]. A native of Thun Canton, Bern, Switzerland. She was born 27 April 1857, a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ulrich Buehler. She married Christian Kunz in Logan Temple. He died 1931. Surviving 4 sons & six daughters, Frank Kunz, Seth Kunz, Dr. Seymour Kunz, Anthon Kunz, Mrs. Ida Bass, Mrs. Charlotte Harris, Mrs. Adeline Countryman, Mrs. Lyvia Barlow, Mrs. Maggie Mittlesteadt, Mrs. Zina Fuit. Services in Montpelier.

WILLIAM WILEY TINGEY, 66, died 14 March 1947 at Centerville, Utah. He was born 5 Aug 1880 at Centerville, a son of Thomas & Henrietta Alzina Call Tingey. He married Sarah Ireta Dewey 19 Dec 1906 in S.L. Temple. Bishop of Grays Lake [Idaho] 18 yrs. Survivors – his widow, two sons & three daughters: Dilbert R., Keith L., Mrs. Verda L. Vias, Mrs. Dorothy Pearson, Miss Enid Rae Tingey. Two brothers Wesley E., Gilbert R. Tingey, a sister Mrs. Thrusa F. Adams. Funeral 19 March 1947 in Centerville. Burial in Centerville.

LILITH MARIE WILLIAMS SMITH, 37, of Grace [Idaho] died 21 Mar 1947 in Soda Springs hospital. She was born 12 Oct 1909 at Grace, a dau of John & Margaret Green Williams. She married W. Samuel Smith in Logan Temple 1 June 1927. Survivors: her husband, two sons & a daughter, Warren & Calvin NaVall Smith, Mrs. Beverly Ann Nelson, four brothers & sisters, Erwin Williams, Wendell Williams & Willard Williams, Mrs. Fred D. Burton, Mrs. Ray Green, Kaysville [Utah]. Funeral 26 March 1947 in Grace. Burial ?

MARCUS CHARLES MEDFORD died 22 March [1947] at his home in Grace [Idaho]. He was born 9 May 1904 at Thatcher [Idaho] a son of Charles Mack and Louise Peterson Medford. He married Vera Greaves 11 Sept 1932 at Logan [Utah]. Survivors: his wife, his mother, brothers & sisters, Rulon Medford, Mrs. Lytha Ellis, Mrs. Belle Smith, halfbrother Freeman Medford, Funeral in Grace 27 March 1947

GEORGE WALTERS died 23 March 1947 in Salt Lake [Utah] hospital. Born 30 July 1882 at Red Oak, Iowa. Survivors, his wife, two sons, Loren & Harold. Funeral 28 March 1947 in Grace. Burial in Fairview Cemetery Odd Fellows section in Soda.

JOHN LYNN SMITH, 17 months, son of Mr. & Mrs. John Smith died March 1947. Funeral 25 March 1947. Burial in Thatcher [Idaho] Cemetery.

DANIEL BALLS, 81, died 29 March 1947 at Davisville [Idaho]. He was born 12 April 1865 at Chedesson, England. He married Mary Eliza Davis 26 Nov 1886 in Logan Temple. She preceeded (sic) him in death. Survivors: six sons & daughters – Earl, Kenneth, Mrs. Frank Harris, Mrs. Mel C. Brown, Mrs. Shirley Brown, Mrs. Louis Bitton. Funeral 1 April 1947 at Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

GEORGE A. TURNER, 55, died 6 April 1947 in Blackfoot [Idaho]. He was born 30 Nov 1891 in Lago [Idaho]. Funeral 10 April 1947, Burial in Ogden [Utah] City Cemetery. Survivors: daughter, Mrs. Louise T. Lewis, brothers & sisters, William, Henry &Heber Turner, Mrs. Annie M. Thomas, Mrs. Amy A. Phillips.

GEORGE ALBERT PHELPS, 63, died in Soda Springs 6 April 1947, a son of Chris & Elizabeth Phelps. He was born 27 Sept 1888 in Yates Center, Kans. He married Bessie Alvene Culver 8 Jan 1906 in Kansas. Survivors – his widow, two sons, Darrel N., Chris H. Phelps, a daughter, Mrs. Helen P. King. Burial Soda

MRS. ELIZA HARRIS CHUGG SCHMIDT died 7 April 1947 at the home of her daughter Mrs. Argenta Ellis. She was born in England 24 April 1864. She married Wm. Chugg in 1880. They were the parents of nine children, eight are now living. Mr. Chugg died 1908. In 1915 she married John Henry Schmidt who died in 1932. Survived by her eight children, Mrs. Lizzie Buckley, Mrs. Argenta Ellis, Harris Chugg, Vern Chugg, Mrs. Estella Ross, Mrs. Martha Strutt, Mrs. Ethel Skinner, Wayne Chugg.

MAXINE RIGBY, 4 mo. old dau of Max & Fay Rigby died April 1947. Funeral held 19 April 1947 at Grace, Ida. Burial in Grace Cemetery.

MARY V. HUBBARD died 19 April 1947 in Logan, Utah. She was born in Grace, Idaho 7 May 1904 the daughter of Alma E. & Mana Hubbard. Survivors: her mother, brothers – Wesley, DeLos, John & Robert, one sister, Harriet Trollson. Funeral 22 April in Grace. Burial?

WILFORD EARL CHATTERTON, 67, died 25 April 1947 in Soda. Funeral 29 April 1947 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda. He was born 7 Jun 1889 in Logan, Utah, a son of Wilford & Mary Ellen Chatterton. Survivors – his widow, Ruby Chatterton, three sons, Sheldon, Don & Blain Chatterton, two sisters, Mrs. L. G. Parkinson, Mrs. Jessie Packard.

ENOCH W. HANSEN, 81, died 28 April 1947 at Pocatello [Idaho]. He was born 30 Oct 1865 at Soda
Springs, a son of Hans R. and Amelia Christoffersen Hansen; He married Caroline Robison 8 Nov 1884. She died 21 Aug 1931. He then married Marie Rodriguez. Survivors – his widow & seven sons and daughters. Will E. Hansen, George D., Mrs. Willis Higley, Peter Mc & Chris H. Hansen, Mrs. R. P. Hansen, Mrs. Joe Anchana, six brothers & sisters, Peter Hansen, Hans A. & Frank H. Hansen, Mrs. Irene Baker, Mrs. Annie Tarr, Mrs. Josephine Murphy.

LEO S. COLLINS, 64, died 9 May 1947 in Soda. Funeral 14 May 1947. Burial in Pocatello [Idaho] City Cemetery. He was born 25 Oct 1882 at Lago [Idaho], a son of Fred W. and Malissa Flitcher (sic?) Collins.

Surviving are one brother & 3 sisters – Arthur Collins, Mrs. Lutie Poulson, Mrs. Maude Andrus & Mrs. Vera Gregoire.

MRS. ELIZABETH COLLINS ELLIS, 70, of Pocatello, a sister of Mr. (Leo) Collins, died 12 May 1947 in Pocatello [Idaho]. Mrs. Ellis was born 4 April 1877 in Lago [Idaho]. She married Frank E. Ellis 5 Nov. 1900 at Paris, Ida. Mr. Ellis died 26 March 1945. Her husband is buried in Soda. Survivors – five sons & daughters: Francis Ellis, Fred & Leland Ellis, Mrs. Carl Southerland, Mrs. C. O. Strand. Burial?

THOMAS EDGAR PHELPS, 57, died 7 June 1947 in Lava Hot Springs [Idaho] hospital. He was born 25 Nov. 1887 in Yates Center, Kan., a son of Christian & Elizabeth McDonald Phelps. He married Della Cooper in Pocatello [Idaho] 1922. Survivors, his widow & two sisters, Mrs. Earl F. Guy & Mrs. Muriel Hosick. Funeral 9 June 1947 at Lava & burial in the Lava Hot Springs Cemetery.

MARTIN CHRISTIAN WISTISEN, 68, of Bancroft [Idaho] died (June 1947). Funeral 4 June 1947 in Bancroft. Burial in Bancroft Cemetery. He was born 12 Dec 1898 in Gjelleriys, Denmark, a son of Nels Christian & Kirstine Petersen Wistisen. He married Helga Jorgensen 16 March 1913 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Survivors – his widow, one son, Raoul Wistisen, four grandchildren.

MRS. GUS STOOR, 50, died 27 June 1947 at Soda. Funeral 1 July 1947 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Irene Graham Stoor was born 19 Nov 1896 at Big Cottonwood, Utah, a daughter of George and Matilda Graham. She married Gus Stoor 19 Oct 1912 at Idaho Falls. Survivors: her husband, a son & daughter, Elmer Stoor, Mrs. Al Evans, three sisters & one brother, Mrs. Iva Minor, Mrs. Edith Jensen, Mrs. Dora Rinehart and Orville Graham.

MRS. SARAH ANN OAKEY LUDLUM, 95, died 3 July 1947 in Liberty, Idaho at the daughter of her daughter, Mrs. O. W. Hymas. She was born 8 May 1852 in Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England. She married W. W. Sterrett 16 June 1867 at the age of 15. They were parents of four children, Joe, Sim, Tom and Ada. Joe died at the age of 16. Later she married Albert Humberg. In 1886 her husband was killed in a mine. On Dec. 24, 1887 she married S. B. Ludlum. She was the mother of 12 children, 6 boys & 6 girls. Funeral 5 July 1947 in Paris, Idaho. Survivors, three sons & daughters, Simeon Sterrett, Tom Sterrett, Mrs. Ada Harris, Albert E. Humberg, Jr., Mrs. Emma Jane (Orson) Hymas, Mrs. Annie Perry, Mrs. Millie Stuckie.

CAROL JOY NYLANDER, 9 yr old daughter of Mrs. Irvin Rose of Soda and Verne Nylander of Calif.

was (sic) drowned 20 July 1947 at Rawlings, Wyo.

MRS. CECILE DE ANGELIS died July 1947. Funeral 2 Aug 1947 in Soda. Burial in the Fairview Cemetery in Soda. She was the mother of Robin Martin and the only daughter of Mrs. Katherine Nichols. Funeral was also held 17th of June 1947 [This should probably be July, not June], in Pasadena, Calif.

I. H. RONBACK, 70, died 5 Aug 1947 at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Delbert Tingey at Gray, Idaho. Funeral 8 Aug 1947 in Gray. Burial? Isaac Helmer Ronback was born in Baden, Sweden 2 Feb 1877. He had no relations in this country.

MRS. JANE ANN WINTER EVANS, 89, died 19 Aug 1947 in Salt Lake City [Utah] at the home of her daughter Mrs. William A. Jones. She was the daughter of Thomas W. and Jane Ann Golightly Winter & born 9 July 1858 in Salt Lake City. She married William T. Evans 30 Oct 1877 in Salt Lake City. He died 3 Aug 1917. Survivors, 3 daughters & three sons, Mrs. William A. Jones, Mrs. W. H. Miller, Miss Polly Evans, Lawrence Evans, Charles T. Evans and William H. Evans of Soda. One brother & one sister, John R. Winter and Mrs. Rogers.

MRS. BRIDGET SHEEHAN HARRINGTON, 61, mother of Mrs. Milton Bowman died 25 Aug 1947 in Pocatello (Idaho]. She was born 4 Jan 1886 in Ireland a dau of Mike and Mary Murphy Sheehan. She married Michael Harrington 6 June 1909 in Salt Lake City [Utah]. Survivors, her husband, Mrs. Milton Bowman, Mrs. Leona Hansen and Mrs. Ralph Hammack.

WM N. GREEN, 96, died 1 Sept 1947 on the Heber Allen ranch. Graveside services 3 Sept 1947 in Soda.

JAMES BIGLER, 81, of Salt Lake City [Utah] died 1 Sept in Salt Lake City. He was born 24 March 1866 at Nephi, Utah, a son of Jacob G. and Amy L. Chase Bigler. Oct 1887 he married Amy L. Witbeck in Logan Temple. She died 10 May 1916 in Soda Springs, Survivors, two sons & four daughters: J. Glen Bigler, Mrs. Alice Lyman, Alma J. Bigler, Mrs. A. N. Johnson, Mrs. D. O. Thygerson, Mrs. Venice Turner, a sister, Susannah Goldbrough. Funeral service held in Salt Lake City 4 Sept 1947 & additional services at Nephi the same day. Burial in Vine Bluff Cemetery at Nephi.

ELDEN SKINNER, 22, son of Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Skinner of Conda [Idaho] was killed 8 Sept 1947 in an accident in Anaconda Cooper (sic) [should be Copper] Mining Co. at Conda. He was born 21 July 1925 at Conda, a son of Theodore & Rose Caulkins (sic) Skinner. Survivors, his widow, parents & two brothers & a sister: Dallas, Brian and Loraine Skinner, [Grandfather and Grandmother Calkins and Grandfather Skinner.] He married Jean Smedley, dau of Mr. & Mrs. I. B. Smedley in 1944. Funeral services 11 Sept 1947. Burial in the Fairview Cemetery in Soda.

ALBERT JOSEPH ALBISTON died 4 Oct 1947 in Boise [Idaho}. He was born in Soda Springs 11 May 1903. Survivors, three brothers, William, George and Ace Albiston. Funeral in Boise. Burial in the Cloverdale Cemetery in Boise.

GILBERT T. PETERSON, 35, was killed 8 Oct 1947; shotgun accident in Montpelier [Idaho]. Funeral 12 Oct 1947 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Gilbert Thatcher Peterson was born in Provo, Utah 31 Jan 1912 a son of Nels J. and Hager Jane Thatcher Peterson. Survivors his father, two brothers, Armond Peterson, Stanley Peterson, a sister Mrs. Norma Mathews.

JOHN EMIL ELIASON, 82, died 24 Oct 1947 in Logan [Utah]. He was born 7 Jan 1865 at Logan a son of Andreas Peter and Annie Marie Elison (sic). He married Barbara Fuhriman 9 March 1887 in Logan Temple. Mrs. Eliason died 10 Sept 1926. 24 Jun 1940 he married Ida Turner in Logan Temple. Survivors, his widow, one son, Joseph G. Eliason, six daughters, Myrtle Call, Marie Kelly, Mabel Corbett, Evelyn Millward, Effie Gunnell, Lola Walker; one brother Moses W. Eliason; one sister Amanda Eliason. Funeral 27 Oct 1947 in Logan. Burial in Logan Cemetery.

SYLVANUS CHESTER WADELL, 97, of Chesterfield [Idaho] died 4 Nov 1947 at Pocatello [Idaho]. He was born in Boone Co. Ill, 25 June 1850 a son of Thomas M & Mary Jane Stickney Wadell. He married Winifred Smith 18 Aug 1875 at Midway, Utah. She died 5 Dec 1932. Surviving, two sons – F. L. Wadell, R. S. Wadell; five daughters, Mrs. Frank Witt, Mrs. Nellie Bowen, Mrs. George Hagen, Mrs. M. Lawrence Berry, Mrs. John Robriell. Funeral 7 Nov 1947 at Chesterfield. Burial in Chesterfield Cemetery.

JAMES F. (JIM) WOODALL, 63, died 13 Nov 1947 in Logan, Utah. He was born in Independence Mo. on 16 Nov 1883, a son of Christopher & Ellen Woodall. He married Vella Davis at Soda Springs. She died in 1920 and 1930 he married Emily Sophia Riggs of Logan. Surviving – his widow, two sons & two daughters, James F. Woodall, Henry Woodall, Mrs. Virginia Hansen, Mrs. Edith Bolton – two brothers & one sister, Wallace Woodall, Christopher Woodall, Winifred Louise Gulick. Funeral 17 Nov 1947 in Logan. Buried in Logan City Cemetery.

M. EZAR SORENSON, 58, died at the Caribou hospital 19 Nov 1947. He was born at Ovid, Idaho 11 May 1889 a son of Martin & Sarah Walton Sorenson. He married Ida J. Petersen 8 Jun 1910 in Salt Lake City Temple. Survivors, his widow, father, five daughters, Mrs. Alta Johnson, Mrs. Ruth Roghaar, Mrs. June Balls, Mrs. Fern Balls, Alene Sorenson - 8 brothers & sisters – Roy [or Ray] Sorenson, William Spencer & Russell Sorenson, Earl Sorenson, Jess Bird. Funeral in Grace [Idaho] 21 Nov 1947, Burial in Ovid Cemetery.

MRS. ANNA NELSON OLSON, 81, died at her home in Lund [Idaho] 19 Nov 1947. Mrs. Olson was born in Solleran, Sweden 31 Jan 1866 a daughter of Bas Nils & Marita Olsson Anderson. She married Erick Olson 12 April 1898 in Salt Lake Temple. Mr. Olson died 8 April 1920. Survivors, a son & two daughters – Henry M. Olson, Mrs. Lillie Olson Adams, Mrs. Sylvia E. Elizabeth Bower, a brother Nils Lyon in Sweden.

HARVEY WARREN HIGLEY, 80, died 8 Dec 1947 in Logan, Utah. Funeral 11 Dec at Logan. Burial in Logan City Cemetery. He was born 17 Jun 1867 at Tooele, Utah a son of Freeman D. & Eliza N. Scheney Higley. He was married to Marian Ann Sharp. She died 5 Aug 1935. He then married Elizabeth G. Wilson 5 May 1936 in Logan Temple. Survivors: his widow, four sons & daughters, J. Warren Higley, Mrs. Bertha Gummersall, Mrs. Rosa Gerber, Mrs. Edith Hartley, a step son Oswald Clark; seven brothers & sisters, Alfred Higley, Luther Higley, Harriet Ball, Mrs. Millie Huffacker, Mrs. Laura Glauner, Mrs. Minnie Davenport, Mrs. Lillie McKenzie.

MRS. SARAH ANN WRIGHT BENNETT, 91, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Roscoe Heats in Smithfield, Utah 9 Dec 1947. She was born 21 Oct 1956 a dau of Wm. T and Maria Brown Wright. 30 Oct 1876 she married Hyrum J. Bennett. Mr. Bennett died in 1922. Survivors : six sons & daughters, Harold B. Wright, Mrs. Maria Simmons, Mrs. Leonora McGregor, Mrs. Mildred Keller, Mrs. Laura Robbins, Mrs. Veda Heats – four brothers & sisters Mrs. Lizzie Webb, Maggie & G. L. Wright, Samuel B. Wright. Funeral 13 Dec 1947 in Smithfield. Burial in Franklin City Cemetery.

MRS. VERL BLOXHAM, 23, died Dec, 27, 1947 Boise, Idaho. Survived by her husband, two sons and a daughter, her parents Mr. & Mrs. Lee Hatch; 3 brothers – Alton, Lloyd & Thomas Hatch. Services in Bancroft, Idaho Burial ?

PETER AUGUST WESTERBERG, 70, died 24 Dec 1947 at his home in Grace [Idaho]. Funeral service 28 Dec in Grace. He was born in Sweden 16 Oct 1877 a son of Erick E. Westerberg & Carline Olson. He married Annie Bergquist 18 March 1905 in Logan Temple. Survivors – his widow – five sons & daughters, Fernando & Dean Westerberg, Mrs. Zelda Adams, Mrs. Caroline Crosley [or Crosby] & Mrs. Delora Sant, a sister Mrs. Esther Larson Burial?

1948

MRS. EMELINE C. BINGHAM MCBRIDE, 75, mother of Mrs. Ted Stephens died 3 Jan 1948 in her home at View, near Burley [Idaho]. She was born 14 Oct 1872 at Huntsville, Utah a daughter of Perry E. and Clarissa Allen Bingham. Jan 23, 1845 she married William A. McBride in Salt Lake Temple. She was the oldest of a family of 19 children. Mr. McBride died 1939. Survivors are ten sons & daughters, Mrs. Edris Smith, Mrs. Edith Burgess, Clarence McBride, Mrs. Dortha Stephens, Lewis McBride, Alvin, Leroy, Clarissa & Jesse McBride & Mrs. Martha [can’t make out surname]. Funeral 11 Jan at View. Burial in the Mountain View Cemetery.

MRS. GLADYS MAE WINSCHELL GAUTCHER, 52, died 17 Jan 1948 in Pocatello [Idaho]. Funeral 20 Jan in Pocatello. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda Springs. She was born 28 Jan 1895 in Ivins, Idaho a daughter of William & Dora Gates Winschell. She married Edward Gautcher 26 Nov 1941 in American Falls [Idaho]. Survivors – her husband, six brothers & sisters, Mrs. E. W. Billingsley, E. W. Winschell, F. W. Winschell, Harry Winschell, Mrs. Harold Nourse, Mrs. Louis Burroughs.

MRS. MARY AMELIA WALTON RAMSON (sic) [should be Ransom], 49, sister of Mrs. Ula Bevins, died at a Preston [Idaho] 22 Jan 1948. Burial in Preston Cemetery 26 Jan. She was born 19 June 1898 at Cleveland, Idaho a dau of Charles & Amelia Jorgensen Walton. She married Milo A. Ransom 24 Sept 1914. Survivors – her husband, her father Charles Walton, six sons & daughters. Mrs. Lorene Conlin, Joseph W. Donald, M., Odell, Earl, & Betty Walton Ransom; Nine brothers & sisters, Alfred Walton, Mrs. Lucy Moser, Loren Walton, Mrs. Laura Wakeman, Mrs. Sarah Moser, Mrs. Myrtle Turner, Samuel Walton, Everett Walton, Mrs. Uula (sic) Bevins.

OLEF CHRISTENSEN, 70, died 4 Feb 1948 at his farm home just east of Montpelier [Idaho]. He was born in Brigham City, Utah 27 April 1877 to Nielse & Christina Jorgensen Christensen. Survivors – his widow, Mrs. Rosella Kofoed Christensen, a daughter, Mrs. Reuben Godfrey, five sons Oscar Christensen, Glen, Edgar, Reed and Neil Christensen, a brother, James Christensen Buried?

EUGENE E. GATES, 74, died in Lava Hot Springs [Idaho] hospital 8 Feb 1948. He was born 19 Sept 1873 in St. Paul, Minn. Survivors are his widow Winnifred Gates, four sons and three daughters, Nathan C. Gates, Artell Gates, Ferris Gates, Aha Gates, Miss Eulala Gates, Miss Fala Gates, & Nada Gates. Funeral 11 Feb 1948 in Soda Springs. Burial in Smithfield, Utah.

ELIZABETH JANE COOK DALTON, 87, died 4 Feb 1948 at her home (in Grace [Idaho]). She was born at Willard, Utah 2 Nov 1860 to George & Hannah Burrows Cook. She married John A. Dalton 22 Jan 1880 in Salt Lake Endowment house. Survivors – her husband, ten sons and daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall, Mrs. Elsie Hubbard, George M. & Raymond Dalton, Mrs. Pearl Peterson, Acel N. & Clyde Dalton, Mrs. Jennie Brown, Floyd Dalton, Mrs. Rozilla Tolman. Burial in Grace Cemetery

W.H. MENDENHALL, 74, died 4 Feb 1948 at his home in Thatcher [Idaho]. He was born at Dayton [Idaho] 21 Nov 1873 a son of Thomas & Louisa Smart Mendenhall. He married Naomi Herd 20 Sept 1893 in Logan Temple. Surviving are seven of his nine children, Vernon, Lovell, Murat & Millen Mendenhall, Mrs. Ruth Stephenson, Mrs. Elsie Callahan, Mrs. Naomi Saunders, four brothers & sisters, Lorin Mendenhall, Mrs. Ada Webster, Mrs. Nettie M. Handy & Leo S. Mendenhall. Funeral in Grace. Burial?

ALVIN JAMES DAVIS, 45, died 18 Feb 1948 in Soda Springs. He was born 22 Nov 1902 in Soda Springs, a son of William J. and Rhoda Nelson Davis. His grandfather William C. Davis, founder of Davisville [Idaho], now Alexander [Idaho]. 1926 he married Erma Hagland in Salt Lake [Utah]. Survivors: his widow, his mother, two sons & a daughter – Ronald & Jerry Davis, Mrs. Dean Smith, two brothers, Ray N. & J. Glenn Davis, a sister, Mrs. Arminta Adams. Funeral 21 Feb 1948. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. .

LEWIS SUMNER POND, 67, died 23 Feb 1948 at his home in Grace [Idaho]. He was born 10 Nov 1880 in Richmond, Utah a son of Lewis S. and Julia Ann Whitti Pond. He married Hattie Greaves 16 Dec 1903 in Logan Temple. She died in 1943. Survived by two sons & 3 daughters, Miss Julia Pond, Mrs. LaVerna Fowler, Keith Pond, Mrs. Aletheia (sic) Lasley, Chase Pond; eight brothers & sisters, Dr. Casper W. Pond, Mrs. Flora Wright, Mrs. Myrtle Turner, Joseph H. Pond, Mrs. Clara Bergstrom, Mrs. Eugenia Bean, Mrs. Teressa Dunn, Mrs. Abigail Gardner. Funeral 26 Feb 1948. Burial in Grace Cemetery.

BILLIE LEE DAGGETT, 5 mo. old son of Mr. & Mrs. James Daggett died 19 Feb 1948 in Soda. Funeral 22 Feb in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Born in Soda. Survivors – his parents, five sisters; two brothers: twin Betty Lou, Dorothy, Pattsy, Capitola, Clarabelle, Kelly and Bobby.

MATT OBERG, 61, died 17 March 1948 in Soda Springs. Funeral 20 March 1948 in Soda. He was born 1886 at Portom, Finland. Survivors his wife, Hulda, a daughter Mrs. Ruth Stoor.

JOHN DAVID LEWIS, 83, father of Elmer “Whitey” Lewis, died 23 March 1948 at his home in Paris, Idaho. He was born 1 Sept 1964 in Salt Lake City [Utah], a son of Joseph & Elizabeth Ann King Lewis. On Oct. 1, 1885 he married Lucy Smedley in Logan Temple. She died in Aug 1942 at Paris. Survivors, 6 sons, Jesse Lewis, Ezra & Wilford Lewis, Parley Lewis, Elmer Lewis, Elizo Lewis, two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Wallentine, Mrs. Reva Yaussi [could be Jaussi]. Burial in Paris Cemetery.

EMMA ELIZABETH HANSEN BENSON, wife of Daniel Benson died in Firth [Idaho] 2 April 1948. She was born 30 Jan 1889 at Newton, Utah, a dau of James & Laura Hansen. She married Daniel Benson in Logan Temple 3 Dec 1908. Survived by husband & three daughters & 4 sons – Mrs. Julia Kingsford, James A., Virgil & Harvey Kingsford. Arnold Benson, Mrs. Lucile Anderson, Mrs. Annie Micholich. Funeral 6 April in Grace [Idaho]. Burial in Grace Cemetery.

NEPHI OLIVER NELSON, 53, died 11 April 1948 near Soda Springs. Burial in the Fairview Cemetery. Funeral 15 April 1948. Nephi Oliver Nelson was born 23 March 1895 in Salt Lake City [Utah], a son of Nels & Olive Severna Olson Nelson. Survivors: his widow Josephine Weaver Nelson & five stepchildren, Cleone Stoor, Max Weaver, Wanda Carlos, Margaret & Sarah Weaver; two sisters, Mrs. Lilly Lindstrom, Mrs. Thelma Harrison.

MRS. ANNA MARIE GULBRANSEN, 76, died at the home of a daughter Mrs. C. H. McLain in Idaho Falls [Idaho], 11 April 1948, Funeral 15 April. She was born in Kongavinger, Norway 3 Jan 1872 a daughter of Ollie & Randine Arnesen Andersen. She married Otto Gulbransen in 1900. Survivors, her husband, seven sons & daughters, Mrs. C. H. McLain, Mrs. Laroy Roper, Mrs. Lynn Kirkbridge, Oscar Gulbransen, Mrs. Oliver McLain, Mrs. George Delar, Elmer Gulbransen; two brothers – Hans Winger & Emil Andersen. Burial in Thatcher [Idaho] Cemetery.

PVT. TEZ CAMPBELL, 28, son of Mrs. Lydia M. Campbell died in France, 24 Dec 1944. Brought from France & re-buried in Fairview Cemetery 18 April 1948. He was born 4 Aug 1916 at Felt, Idaho a son of Jared Edward & Lydia May Loveland Campbell. Survived by his mother & the following brothers & sisters; Edward, Fay & Vere Campbell, Otto B. Campbell, Mrs. Lawrence Potter. He was a nephew of Grace Beus & Roy Campbell. His father died 1937.

TED R. HORSLEY, 55, died 28 April 1948 in Soda. Terrence Russell Horsley was born 29 Oct 1892 at Soda Springs, a son of Thomas W. & Minnie Horsley. 17 June 1916 he married Florence Page at Butte, Mont. He and his wife were (div) [divorced]. Survivors: his parents, two daughters, Mrs. Helen Tigert, Mrs. Olive Patterson; two brothers – Capt. John R. Horsley & L. C. Horsley, one sister, Mrs. H. I. Rutherford, Funeral 2 May 1948. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

JAMES GLEASON, 64, died 28 April 1948 in Soda. Little is know (sic) of him. He worked for Ephraim Williams then Abe C. Anderson. Buried in Fairview Cemetery 29 April 1948.

GLEN F. PERKINS, son of Mr. & Mrs. Ira Perkins, will be buried in the Fairview Cemetery 14 May 1948, He was born 2 Jun 1925 at American Falls [Idaho]. He married Lois Bybee 25 Sept 1943. He was killed in action 22 Dec 1944 in Belgium. Survivors: his widow, parents, four sisters, Mrs. Clara Ellis, Mrs. Rilla Ayers, Mrs. Mabel Dyer, Mrs. Darlene Tedford, and brother Delvin Perkins. His brother Calvin was killed in North Aferica (sic).

EDGAR H “EDDIE” DUBACH, 22, son of Mrs. August Blanford was killed 27 May 1948 by lightening (sic). Edgar H. Dubach was born 13 Nov 1925 at Soda Springs. Survived by his mother & stepfather, one sister, Mrs. Vera Smith. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

CHRISTEN W. CHRISTENSEN, 69, died in Bancroft [Idaho] 22 May 1948. He was born 11 Jan 1879 at Helsted, Denmark, a son of Lauritz M. & Jensine Eskildsen Christensen. 22 Nov 1901 he married Cynthia Helen Fox. They were the parents of 10 children, Eight of whom are still living. Mrs. Christensen died in Dec 1936. 30 Aug 1938 he married Violet May Comish. Survivors: his widow, eight sons & dau. Arves L. Christensen, Mrs. Arneita [not sure of this name], Kynaston, Verl S. Christensen, Orvil, George R. Christensen, Mrs. Helen Green, Mrs. Leora Booth, Mrs. Colleen Keller; three brothers Andrew E., Lawrence, & Peter M. Christensen. Funeral in Grace 25 May. Burial in Downey Cemetery.

C. A. STOOR, 61, was killed 24 May 1948 in Soda. (In the collapse of the Caribou Club). Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

From Soda Springs Sun
May 27, 1948 issue

Final Rites for Mr. [C. A.] “Gus” Stoor are being Held this afternoon at two o’clock at the Soda Springs ward chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Stoor was a member of the Lutheran church.

Mr. Stoor was a native of Portom, Finland, born Dec. 20, 1886 a son of John and Johanna Jestgiver Stoor. The family came to Soda Springs in 1893. He lived Henry Gray’s Lake before returning to Soda Springs. He married Irene Graham 35 years ago in Idaho Falls. She died in July, 1947. Surviving are a son and daughter, Elmer Stoor and Mrs. Idella Evans, both of Soda Springs; five grandchildren; three brothers and a sister, Roy Stoor, Salt Lake City; John Stoor, Blackfoot; Emil Stoor, Wayan and Mrs. Hilda Kunz, Bern; also the following half-brother and half-sisters; Vern Stoor, Soda Springs, Mrs. Elsa Doring, San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. James G. Hopper, Pocatello; Mrs. Anna Kunz, Bern and Mrs. Edla Whitehead, Rigby.

MRS. LAURA M. DAVIS died 30 May 1948 in Weiser [Idaho]. Funeral 2 June 1948 in Pocatello [Idaho]. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. She was born 29 Nov 1876 at Plum Creek, Pa. a dau of David R. and Keziah Hopkins. She married Albert C. Davis at Paris [Idaho] in 1897. Mr. Davis died in 1932. Survivors: six sons & daughters, Reese, Nolan, Clark Davis, Mrs. Archie Helm, Mrs. Walter Williams, Mrs. Joseph Weatherman; two brothers & a sister, Hyrum & Nephi Hopkins & Mrs. Annie Hamilton.

CALVIN PERKINS, son of Mr. & Mrs. Ira Perkins, died 14 Feb 1943 in Africa. Military Services 16 Jun 1948 in Soda. He was born 26 Oct 1917 at Soda Springs. Survivors – same as Glen Perkins [above].

MICHAEL HARRINGTON, 61, died 20 Jun 1948 in Soda. He was born in Ireland. His wife, Bridget Harrington preceeded (sic) him in death abt a year ago. Survivors: 3 daughters – Mrs. Leona Hanson, Mrs. Louise Bowman, Mrs. Margaret Hammack. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery [possibly in Pocatello, Idaho]

MARION CLARK of Conda [Idaho] was killed in plane crash 14 July 1948 near Soda (north of Soda). Funeral 18 July 1948 in Soda (military services). Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

LEON RIGGS, of Conda [Idaho] was killed in plane crash 14 July 1948 near Soda (north of Soda) (died in Soda). Funeral 18 July 1948 in Soda (military services) Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

MRS. R. N. MASSIE died 23 July 1948 in Soda. Freda Adams Massie was born 2 Dec 1905 at Cove, Oregon, a daughter of Harvey & Phoebe Steers Dahlstrom. She married R. N. Massie at Downey, Idaho 17 June 1939. Survivors, her husband, a daughter Patsy Adams, 22, her mother Mrs. Phoebe Grant, one brother John B. Dahlstrom, two sisters Miss Irene Dahlstrom, Mrs. Belle Bean. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello [Idaho]

CHARLES HOLSTEN died 27 July 1948 in a (sic) accident. Funeral 30 July 1948 in Central [Idaho]. Burial in Central Cemetery. He was born in Sweden 1 Sept 1883 a son of Chas. & Christina Anderson Holsten. He married Lucy Monroe in 1915. Survivors: his widow, one son Richard Holsten, three daughters, Mrs. Lola Gibson, Mrs. Gladys Hunter, Mrs. Ruth Peterson, One sister, Mrs. Ella Hammond, one brother Walter Holsten.

Note from Mrs. Gunnell: (12 Aug 1948, 19 Aug 1948 & 26 Aug 1948 papers are missing.)

The body of 2nd Lt. Everett M. Hale, son of Mrs. Rosetta M. Hale was returned for military service 25 Sept 1948 at Grace [Idaho]. He was killed 27 May 1944 in France. Survivors, his mother, four brothers, Franklin J. Hale, Harriman Hale, Rodney Jay Hale, Harold J. Hale, five sisters, Zella Christensen, Bessie Twiggs, Rosetta Smith, Helen Lupher, Geneil Grover.

GRAVESIDE SERVICES held at Chesterfield [Idaho] Cemetery 10 Oct 1948 for Staff Sargeant (sic) Orson G. Anderson. He was killed 12 May 1943 in the Aleutian Islands. He was born 8 May 1919. Survived by his mother, Mrs. McKinley S. Holt of Soda, brothers & sisters – James R. Johnson, Ruth Christensen, Laura Brown & Doris Johnson. LaVara Rodgers & Jane Kern.

MRS. DORA MARGARET WOODHEAD LARKIN, 87, died at Thatcher [Idaho] Oct 1948. She was born 30 April 1861 in Salt Lake City [Utah] a daughter of George W. and Carolyn Lane Woodhead, 8 Feb 1881 she married William H. Larkin in Ogden [Utah]. He preceed (sic) her in death. Survivors, a son W. Royal (Bus) Larkin, a daughter, Bessie Larkin. Funeral 20 Oct 1948 at Thatcher

MCKINLEY S. HOLT died 16 Oct 1948 near Soda Springs (on Bill Corbett ranch). Funeral was 19 Oct 1948 in Soda. He was born at Soldier, Kansas 21 Feb 1897, a son of J. W. Holt and Roxie Cockern Holt. Burial?

DOYLE BARGER 18 mo. old son of Mr. & Mrs. William Barger of Conda [Idaho] died 21 Oct 1948 after drinking fuel oil. Funeral 24 Oct 1948. Burial?

MRS. JOHN NAGY died at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 1 Nov 1948 while visiting a daughter. She was born 19 Sept 1891 at Budapest, Hungary. Survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. William Fabry, two sons Arthur J. Nagy, Raymond Nagy; three daughters, Mrs. Donald Fauquet, Mrs. Frad Ault, Evelyn Nagy, a foster daughter, Mrs. Emerson Haines, a sister Beatrice Fabry, three brothers, Victor, William & George Fabry, two sisters, Mrs. Irene Bryan & Mrs. Rose Morris, Mrs. Tessie Smith, Mrs. Jean Appleby. Body arrived in Soda 2 Nov 1948, funeral 6 Nov in Soda Burial?

BANARD JOHN WHITE, 85, of Thatcher [Idaho] died 12 Nov 1948 at the home of a daughter. He was born 1 Dec 1852 at Avon, Utah a son of Banard & Elizabeth Ann Walters White. He married Mary Ann Nelson 14 Dec 1882 in Endowment house in S.L.C. [Salt Lake City, Utah] His wife preceeded (sic) him in death 5 Dec 1936. Survived by seven sons & dau. Banard George White, Mrs. Elva Pond of Thatcher. Funeral held in Thatcher 16 Nov 1948.

THE BODY OF FAY SKINNER arrived 29 Nov 1948 from overseas. Services held 30 Nov 1948. He was born in Conda [Idaho] & killed in Italy on Mother’s Day 1944. His parents are Mr. & Mrs. William G. Skinner. Burial?

FUNERAL SERVICES for PFC Keith Lallatin, son of Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Lallatin were held 22 Dec 1948. He was killed in action in Iwo Jima 3 March 1945.

MRS. ETHEL BROWN ROPER, wife of Mr. Simpson Roper, died 27 Dec 1948 in Soda Springs. Services held 30 Dec 1948 in Grace [Idaho] Burial in Preston [Idaho]

1949

JABES (sic) BALLS [should be Jabez], 77, died 1 Jan 1949 near Soda. Mr. Balls was born Oct 5, 1871 at Hyde Park, Utah, a son of John and Sarah Baxter Balls. He was one of 12 children, all of whom are deceased except one brother, Charles Balls. Burial in Soda. Funeral 3 Jan 1949 in Soda

MRS. JAMES SIBBETT – GENEVIEVE HOCKING SIBBETT – died at the age of 66 in Idaho Falls [Idaho] 3 Jan 1949. She was born in Cornwall, England 25 May 1882. She married James L. Sibbett. To this union ten children were born, all of which survived except one, Eugene Sibbett, who died in infancy. Her husband died 1922. Survivors: sons & daughters – Mrs. John Muir, Mrs. Louie Johnson, Douglas Sibbett, Arthur Sibbett, Lloyd Sibbett, Russell Sibbett, Glade Sibbett, Bill Sibbett, Glenn Sibbett, brothers & sisters – Richard Hocking, Ernest Hocking, Lester Hocking, Moore & Mrs. Frank Gilbert. Funeral 6 Jan 1949 in Soda. Burial in Soda.

VER NELL MANHART FRANDSEN, 22, died in a car accident 5 Jan 1949 in Riverdale near Ogden, Utah. She was born in Thatcher [Idaho] to Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Manhart. Survivors: her husband, Sherman M. Frandsen, a daughter and a son also her father and mother; one brother Clifford and one sister, Cleo Mickelson. Burial?

MARY A. MUNRO died 5 Jan 1949; funeral 8 Jan. She was born 27 April 1967 in Franklin, Ida a daughter of John and Mary Ann Heath Baird. She married James Munro in Oct 1887. Survived by 3 sons, Lee, Alvin & Ezra; 3 daughters Sylvia, Mabel & Viola. Burial in Soda.

EVERETT H. HINES died 12 Jan 1949 [in Soda]. Funeral 15 Jan. He was born 5 Feb 1884 at Cedar Vale, Kans. a son of John A. and Maria Robinson Hines. He married Hattie A. Bennett 8 Dec 1908. Surviving – his widow – 3 daughters & 3 sons, Donna Minton, Anne Hamblin, Veda Shufeldt, Dean Hines, Encil and William Hines. Burial in Soda. Two children John B & baby Hines had died before.

HERBERT DENNIS COLLINS died 30 Jan 1949 in Ogden [Utah]. Funeral 3 Feb 1949; burial in Grace [Idaho] Cemetery. He was born at Grace 14 Nov 1884 a son of Hyrum D. and Elizabeth Bennett Collins. He married Lucy Munoz 1 Aug 1916 in Cokeville, Wyo. Survivors: his widow, sons & daughters, Charley Herbert Collins, Joseph Dennis Collins, Mrs. Flora Black, Mrs. LaRene Evans, Mrs. Mickey Norman & Isabelle Collins – two sisters, Mrs. Velda Crappett, Mrs. Ora Elliot.

EVAN A. REID, 45, died 5 Feb 1949 about 20 miles north of Soda (perished in cold & exhaustion – He was attempting to reach the Harley Wood Ranch.). He was born 14 Jan 1904 a (sic) Lakeview, Ore. a son of Andrew Reid & Cora E. Reid. His mother lives in the Panama Canal Zone with his only sister, Rita, wife of Major John Bagley U.S. Army. His father is deceased. Funeral 8 Feb in Soda. The body was shipped to Los Angeles for burial.

MRS. DEBORAH MARY DAVIS LINDSAY, 49, died 11 Feb 1949 in Soda Springs. She was born 28 Oct 1899 at Soda Springs the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Davis. She married Willard Lindsay 17 Aug 1926 at Paris [Idaho]. Survivors, seven brothers & sisters; Uther J. Davis, George O. Davis, Wm. H. Davis, Ellis Davis, Edith Davis, Mrs. L. C. Ruud & Mrs. Grant Madsen. Funeral 16 Feb 1949. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

ELDRED HARRIS, small son of Vard & Leola Matkin Harris died in Lago [Idaho] 8 Feb 1949. He was born 1 April 1946 at Lago. Survivors – his parents, two brothers, George & Jack, one sister Julia, grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Guy Harris, Mr. & Mrs. George Matkin. Burial?

VERL JEPPSON died 8 Feb 1949 in Grace [Idaho]. Funeral 17 Feb in Grace. Burial in Grace.

DIANE RIRIE, 3 yr old dau of Mr. & Mrs. W. F. Ririe, died 24 Feb 1949 at Lander, Wyo. Funeral 28 Feb in Lewiston, Utah. She is survived by her parents & four sisters, Geraldine, Loretta, Marilyn & Carol.

MOSES VASCO MUIR, 70, died 28 Feb 1949 at Rockland, Idaho. Funeral 5 Mar 1949 Burial? Mr. Muir was born 16 Nov 1878 a son of Moses and Mary V. Call Muir. He married Elizabeth Grant in 1906 in Logan Temple. Survivors – his widow – following children: Abe L. Muir, Mrs. Mary Peterson, Mrs. Louise Thomason, Mrs. Alice Knight, Mrs. Zelma Manning, & Carol Muir, Leland J. Muir, Mrs. Leona Ward, Elmo Muir.

AUGUST LAWRENCE ERICKSON, 33, died 22 March 1949 following a (sic) auto accident on Conda highway. Funeral 26 March in Soda. He was born in Logan, Utah 19 April 1915 a son of August & Eleanor Mattson Erickson. Survivors, his widow Vera Jean Kelly Erickson, his parents, brothers & sisters, Robert Erickson, Lowell Fred Erickson, Mrs. Eva A. Smith, Mrs. Eleanor Anderson. Burial in Soda.

MRS. JOSEPHINE WINBERG SODERMAN, 74, died 29 March 1949 at her home in Soda. Funeral 3 April. Mrs. Soderman was born 7 Aug 1874 in Portom, Finland a dau of Isaac & Margaret Winberg. She married Abraham Soderman 24 Nov 1896. Survivors: her husband, one son, John Soderman, one daughter, Edna Soderman, one son preceeded (sic) her in death. Buried in Fairview Cemetery in Soda

EDNA PAULINE LARSEN, 53, died 30 March 1949 in Soda hospital. Funeral 4 April in Soda. Burial?

Survivors: 2 brothers, three sisters; William Larsen, Albert Larsen, Minnie Phelps, Annie Wagner, Josephine Dalrymple. Burial in Montpelier Cemetery.

DOROTHY EVA ISAAC MCCALL, 37, died 7 April 1949 in (Soda). Funeral 11 April in Soda. She was born at Hay Spur, Idaho near Ketchum 13 Feb 1911 a dau of Mr. & Mrs. George Isaac. She married J. N. McCall. Survivors – her husband, her parents & twin daughters, June & Joan McCall – two sisters Kathleen Isaac, Mrs. Harold Noyer. Burial ?

JOYCE LYNN PARCELLI, 2 yrs old, dau of Mr. & Mrs. George Parcelli was killed by an automobile at Conda [Idaho], 25 April 1949. Funeral 28 April 1949. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda.

ALBERT JASON KNOLLIN, 87, died in Walla Walla, Wash. 4 May 1949. Funeral 7 May 1949 in Walla Walla, Wash. Burial will be in Kansas City 10 May. Survivors, his widow Cora W. Knollin, a dau Mabel Gail Knollin Kilpatrick, & Loyal Constant Knollin, James Charles Knollin. He was born 21 April 1862 in New York. He married 1 Jan 1891 Cora Wells a teacher of Pa. Survivors also include a sister Mrs. J. Harry Lewis, a brother Samuel Hamilton Knollin.

2ND LT. LIONEL M. RICHARDS, 23, who was killed 14 March 1945 in France. Funeral held in Soda 15 May 1949. He was born 12 Aug 1922 at Soda Springs a son of Lionel A. and Mayme Lou Richards. Survived by his widow now remarried, Mrs. John Toliver, his parents & three sisters Geraldine Nelson, Dianne & Jeanne Richards.

JOHN B. SOMSEN, almost 67, died 19 or 26 May 1949 in Soda. He was born 25 Nov 1882 at Boise [Idaho]. His wife preceeded (sic) him in death 1932. Funeral 31 May in Soda Burial in Cokeville, Wyo. Survivors two sons – Llewellyn Somsen & John S. Somsen – three brothers Harry Somsen, Frank Somsen & G. W. Somsen, a sister Olive Sharp.

MRS. LOREN NEFF died 8 June 1949 at Soda Springs. Mildred Irene Vonberg Neff was born 10 Feb 1906 at Neb. She married Loren Neff 30 Oct 1924 at Pocatello [Idaho]. Survivors, her husband, her parents Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Vonberg, five brothers – Louis, Orville, Kenneth, Arch and Ben – four sisters Nell Mullins, Elsie Stapleton, Dorothy Bennett, Josephine Rommell. Funeral 10 June 1949 at Soda Burial?

H. F. (HOWARD) PICKREN, about 73, died 9 June 1949 on Blackfoot River near Soda Springs. He was born 12 July 1876 at Plattsburg N. Y. a son of George Gilson & Sarah Elizabeth Pickren. He married Bernice Strachan 24 Jan 1899, fifty years ago, at Soda. Survivors, his widow Bernice & two children, J. Fred Pickren and Mrs. Wayne Evans. Funeral 12 Jun 1949 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

WALTER F. CHRISTOFFERSON, a Soda pioneer died 23 June at Raymond, Wash. Service held at Firth [Idaho]. Burial in the Grove City Cemetery at Blackfoot, Ida. He was born 30 Aug 1887 at Ten Mile Springs northeast of Soda Springs, a son of Chris & Bertha Christofferson. He married Myrtle Peeples 5 Mar. 1917 at Preston [Idaho]. She died 1933. Survivors: two sons Wayne Christofferson, Virgil Christofferson, a daughter Mrs. Bertha Presswoods, a sister, Mrs. T. A. Sterrett of Soda.

LOUISE MADSEN CALL died 7 July 1949. Funeral 9 July 1949 at Bancroft [Idaho]. She was the daughter of Asa and Cynthia Hulme Madsen born 28 Dec 1912 at Bloomington, Ida. She married Everett H. Call in 1934. Survivors: her husband, twin daughters, Cathryn and Carolyn, her father, Asa Hulme, a sister Leone Tingey. Burial?

JANETT SKINNER MUNRO, 56, dau of Hyrum Skinner & Elizabeth Ann Skinner died 13 Aug 1949 at her home near Soda Springs. She was born 9 Sept 1892 in Nounan, Idaho. She married Orren Munro in Paris, Ida 20 Dec 1910. To this union 8 children were born; one, Wilford William preceeded (sic) her in death 16 June 1931. Survivors: her husband – five sons, Orren Otto, Wilburn Hyrum, Forriest Marvil, Harold Devern, Dorrian Everett – two daughters, Illa Janett Barger and Mary Elizabeth – the following sisters Jane Foster, Harriet Thompson, Verle Monroe, Eugenia Crane, Erma Anderson & Pearl Schiffman – two half sisters Sadie Jewett & Leaha Huggard. Burial in Fairview Cemetery 16 Aug 1949.

LOUISE VOLLWEILLER, 64, died 22 Aug 1949 in Soda. She was born 12 Jan 1885 at Eppinign Germany the dau of Andress Vollweiller. Survivors, nieces & nephews, Hilda Vollweiller, Ann Anderson, Henry, Arthur & Karl Vollweiller and Esther Annen. Funeral services 25 Aug 1949 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.

HANS CHRISTIAN JOHNSON died 22 Sept 1949 in Logan, Utah. Survivors – his wife Millie Corbell Johnson – six children, Myrle Johnson, Ariel Johnson, LaMar Johnson, Jo Beth Johnson, Clair Johnson, Rue Johnson. Burial ?

ISAAC VIAS, 77, OF Wayne [Wayan, Idaho], died 24 Sept 1949 at Soda. He was born in Portom, Finland of Swedish parents on 3 March 1872. He married Maria Soderman 6 Jan 1901. To this union was born 8 children, five of whom died in infancy. Maria Vias died 20 Sept 1920. He married Meletha Chat Layland 26 Oct 1923. They had one son who died at birth. Survivors – his wife Meletha & three sons, Oscar, Ray and Alfred. One stepson Rex Layland, one foster son, Buster Vias. Funeral 27 Sept at Soda. Burial Soda.

JAMES DAVIS MCGREGOR, 66, died 29 Oct 1949 in Preston [Idaho]. He was born in Nound (sic) [Mound Valley] 14 July 1883. Survivors – his widow, ten sons & dau. including Mrs. Merna Clegg & D. Reed McGregor. Funeral 31 Oct at Mound Valley. Burial?

ELWIN REESE, 77, died 30 Oct 1949 at the home of a niece Mrs. Ann Pace in Clearfield, Utah. He was born in Wales in 1883. He married Mary Anna Farmer. Mrs. Reese died two yrs ago. 3 daughters also preceeded (sic) him in death. Survivors, Thomas J. Reese, Mrs. Louise Jones, E. L. Reese, Albert J. Reese, Mrs. Maggie Sharp, B. F. Reese, Richard F. Reese, Golden R. Reese, Mrs. Violetta Smith. Funeral & burial in Logan, Utah.

MRS. SARAH MYERS LLOYD, 71, died in Wellsville, Utah 2 Nov 1949. She was born in Wellsville 4 April 1878 a dau of Alma and Sarah Helen Wyatt Myers. She married William Thomas Lloyd in Logan Temple 7 Dec 1897. Survivors – her husband, ten sons & daughters, Russell, William, Alma, Dean, Oliver Lloyd, Mrs. Elizabeth Hogan, Mrs. Beatrice Hatch, Mrs. Nellie Rosedahl, Mrs. Gladys Walker, Kenneth Lloyd, three brothers – Abraham Myers, Edwin Myers, Oliver Myers. Funeral 5 Nov 1949 in Wellsville, Burial ?

MRS. LULA THATCHER THIRKILL, 80, wife of Frank E. Thirkill died 12 Nov 1949 at her home. Funeral 15 Nov 1949. She was born 22 Dec 1869 at Logan, Utah, dau of John B. and Rachel Davis Thatcher. She married Frank E. Thirkill 27 June 1888. Survivors – her husband, one son Howard E. Thirkill, 3 daughters Mrs. Rachel Gilgen, Mrs. Lula Barnard, Mrs. Plet Smith – brothers & sisters, Gilbert Thatcher, Nathan Thatcher, Mrs. Lettie Edlefsen, three half brothers & one half sister, Roy Thatcher, Frank Thatcher, Raymond Thatcher, Mrs. Mattie Sampson. Burial Soda.

HUGH FRANKLIN DORRIEN, 82, died 29 Nov 1949 at Boise [Idaho]. Funeral 30 Nov at Soda. He was born in Salt Lake City [Utah] 29 Mar 1867 and came to Soda in 1882. He married Elizabeth Horsley at Montpelier [Idaho] on 28 Feb 1888. His wife died 11 Jan 1909. He is survived by two sons, Bert Kingsley Dorrien, Hugh Cariton Dorrien & a sister, Mrs. Carolyne Eastman. Buried in Fairview Cemetery in Soda.

CHARLES MALONEY, 71, died at his home in San Diego, Calif. 14 Nov 1949. Services were 18 Nov 1949 in San Diego. Burial? Survivors, his wife, a sister Mrs. Kate Crowley.

EDWIN (TED) BEVINS, died 8 Dec 1949. Funeral 11 Dec 1949 in Soda. Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Soda.

JACK BEATY, 73, died 9 Dec 1949 in Idaho Falls [Idaho]. Funeral 13 Dec 1949 in Soda. Burial Fairview Cemetery. Jack Beaty was born in Fallon, Nevada 1 Nov 1876. He never married. He had no survivors.

JOHN ALMA DALTON, 91, died 11 Dec 1949 in Soda. Funeral 13 Dec 1949 in Grace [Idaho] Burial ? Mr. Dalton was born 26 Oct 1858 in Willard, Utah, a son of Mathew & Rozilla Whitaker Dalton. He married Elizabeth Jane Cook 2 Jan 1880 in Endowment House in S.L.C. [Utah]. Mrs. Dalton died 1947. Survivors – ten sons & daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall, Rozilla, Mrs. Elsie Hubbard, George, Raymond C. Dalton, Mrs. Pearl Peterson, Asel Dalton, Mrs. Jennie Brown, Clyde E. Dalton, Floyd Dalton; two brothers & a sister, Fred Dalton, Hymas Dalton, Mrs. Ada Holbrook.

JOHN D. WOODALL, age 82, died 25 Dec 1949 at Soda. Funeral 27 Dec 1949 in Soda. Burial ? Soda. He was born at Leesville, Missouri near Oceola 2 Nov 1867. The eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. I. M. Woodall. He married Amelia Watson of Salt Lake City [Utah] 31 Jan 1894 in Soda Springs. Amelia preceeded (sic) him in death 12 Dec 1943. Survivors, one daughter Winifred Rompel, one sister Mrs. W. R. Murphy & one brother, James F. Woodall. 2 brothers preceeded (sic) him in death, also his elder daughter, Melva who died 25 Dec 1905.

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