Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
February 16, 1962
Hold Rites for Mrs. MARY ACTON
Funeral services for Mrs. MARY ALICE ACTON, 91, of Wittmann, were held in the Wickenburg Chapel at 2 p. m. Tuesday with the Rev., Bert FOLLMAR, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery.
Mrs. Acton died in Phoenix February 8.
Surviving is a son, Norman C. ACTON of Wittmann.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
Friday December 21, 1962
NOBLE ANDERS Killed In Car Wreck Monday
NOBLE ROY ANDERS, 19-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Houston ANDERS, and his friend, WILLIAM BRADLEY WILSON, Jr., 38, of Moab, Utah, were killed in a one-car automobile accident on Highway 180 about 27 miles north of Flagstaff Monday afternoon. According to Paul METZKE, half-brother of the Anders youth, the two men had apparently been in Flagstaff and were returning to Grand Canyon where they were employed by a mining firm. Highway Patrolman Roy LAMBERTSON was quoted as saying that he 1961 sedan, believed to have been driven by Wilson, apparently went out of control, left the road, flipped end over end for 264 feet, then flew through the air for another 144 feet, coming to rest in some trees. Both victims, he said, were found 125 feet from the wreck. Young ANDERS was born May 24, 1943, in Wickenburg and attended school here. He had recently been employed by the Western Golden Uranium Mining Co. of Grand Canyon. Surviving are the parents; a sister, Margaret; and two half brother, Harold Paul METZKE and Emery Arthur METZKE, all of Wickenburg. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) in the Wickenburg chapel with the Rev. Robert JENKINS, past of the first Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Wickenburg Cemetery.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 9, 1962
Walter Ault of Congress Died
WALTER McCORMICK AULT, 57, a resident of Congress, died enroute at Community Hospital Monday following a heart attack suffered at the Congress service station where he worked. Funeral services are pending.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
April 27, 1962
Boy Dies, Girl Critical After Auto Accident.
A 17-year-old California boy is dead and an 18-year-old Poston girl is in critical condition at Community Hospital as the result of an automobile accident at 10 p.m. Monday 4 miles west of Aguila. The two were enroute from their homes, where they spent Easter, to Tempe where they were attending Arizona State University.
The boy, FREDERICK BENJAMIN of Granada Hills, Calif., died at 6:20 p. m. Tuesday. His body has been shipped to Van Nuys, California, for services and burial.
The car, driven by Benjamin, went off the road. In attempting to get back on the highway, the car went across the pavement and rolled over, according to Highway Patrolman Don MILLER of Wenden.
There were three glass jars in the car each containing a snake. In one jar there was also a live owl and in another a live mouse, apparently as food for the snakes. Only one jar containing a king snake was broken and that snake escaped. The other two jars, containing a king snake and a red racer, the owl and the mouse, were not broken, said Miller. They were delivered to ASU at Tempe.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
June 22, 1962
Man Found Dead
Body of a man identified as ANTON BISELY, 76, of Prescott was found dead beside a trash dump one and a half miles north of Morristown on the Castle Hot springs Road early Wednesday afternoon. Coroner R.L. WESTALL estimated that death occurred Tuesday evening.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
February 16, 1962
Hold Funeral For KENNETH BOEVERS
Funeral services for KENNETH BOEVERS, 64, prominent Wikieup rancher and farmer, were held in the Wickenburg Chapel at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Rev. Dean McMANN officiated.
Mr. Boevers died in Community Hospital at 1:30 a. m. Sunday after a long illness.
Born in Algona, Iowa, November 10, 1897, Mr. Boevers attended college in Iowa and Oklahoma and graduated from the Colorado A & M College. He taught high school in New Mexico, Peoria, Arizona, and Duncan, Arizona, and for 13 years was the Greenlee County agent for the University of Arizona extension service. For the past 25 years Mr. Boevers has been ranching and farming near Wikieup.
Surviving are the widow, Sylvia; a daughter, Mrs. James McNULTY of Bisbee; two brothers, Maurice of Lafayette, Calif., and Don of Sacramento, Calif.; and two grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
August 31, 1962
ERNEST BOYNTON Rites August 24
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. august 24 in the Arizona funeral Home in Phoenix for ERNEST H. BOYNTON, a resident of Wickenburg for the past two years, who passed away August 22 in a Phoenix hospital. He had been ill health for many years. Born July 14, 1902, in Sewaren, New Jersey, Mr. Boynton attended the Paulin School and the Stevens Technical Institute. He lived in New Jersey until none years ago when he came to Arizona for his health, residing first in Phoenix and then, for five years, on a ranch out of Morristown. Two years ago he moved to Wickenburg. Mr. Boynton is survived by his widow, Alta; a son Ernest A. of North Plainfield, New Jersey; his mother, three brothers and three grandchildren, all residing in New Jersey. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Scott SIEGLE of Wickenburg and cremation followed.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
November 9, 1962
Services Friday for JIM P. BROWN
Funeral services for JIM P. BROWN, respected town employee and Exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge, are scheduled to be conducted today (Friday) by military personnel from Luke Air Force and members of the Elks Lodge. The time and place of the service were not available when The SUN went to press. Mr. Brown died of a heart attack while working in the Wickenburg Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. As park maintenance man for the town, he had been raking the cemetery grounds. Born in Donaldsonville, Georgia, October 2, 1903, Mr. Brown entered the navy as a young man and served in that branch of the service for 30 years. He first retired in 1946 and then was recalled to duty during the Korean conflict. He retired again 1953 as a Lieutenant. He came to Wickenburg six years ago and had been caring for the town parks since May of 1959. Surviving are the widow, Nellie, and one brother, Ashley E. BROWN of Tallahassee, Fla.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
August 17, 1962
JOE BURNS Summoned
JOE BURNS, 89, was found dead in his home in Morristown Wednesday evening. He had been in ill health for several months and Coroner R.L. Westall says death was from natural causes. Burns had resided in Morristown for more than 37 years.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
August 24, 1962
Funeral services for JOE BURNS of Morristown were held in the Wickenburg Chapel last Saturday afternoon with the Rev. James WILSON, Presbyterian minister, officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Surviving are two sons, Woodrow of Mentor, Ohio, and Charles of Oakland, California; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Woodrow was here for the services.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
December 7, 1962
Services Held for Mrs. CAMERON
Graveside rites were conducted at the Wickenburg cemetery December 5 for Mrs. RETA CAMERON, 84, who died in a Phoenix rest home December 3. The Rev. Robert JENKINS, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated. Mrs. Cameron was born in Pawhuska, Okla., January 1, 1879, and had resided in Arizona for 68 years. From 1898 until 1921 she lived on what is now known as the Nel Cooper Ranch at Wagoner, she came to Wickenburg in 1921. Survivors include one son James, Jr., who resides on the Rincon Road; one daughter, Mrs. Chester LATHAM of Phoenix; seven grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Her husband was JAMES A. CAMERON Sr., who died in Wickenburg many years ago.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
November 23, 1962
Wednesday rites for Mrs. CAMPILLO
Funeral services for Mrs. AURORA CAMPILLO were held in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church at 9 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. D.F. O’SULLIVAN officiating. Burial followed in the Garcia Cemetery. Mrs. Campillo died in Community Hospital Sunday afternoon. Born May 5, 1890, in Florence, Ariz., Mrs. Campillo came to Wickenburg while still a small child. Her home was east of town on the Phoenix highway. Surviving are the husband, Antonio, one daughter, Mrs. Allen HERSHKOWITZ, and two sons, Manuel MACIAS, Sr., and Raymond MACIAS, all of Wickenburg. Another son Frank MACIAS died her October 22. Also surviving are seven grandchildren. 10 great-grandchildren, a brother and a sister, Frank RODRIGUEZ and Mrs. Virginia ENRIQUEZ, both of Phoenix.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona September 28, 1962
O. W. CARPENTER Rites Saturday
Funeral services for ORVILLE W. CARPENTER, 67, were held in the Wickenburg Chapel last Saturday afternoon with burial following in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Dr. Charles Poling officiated. Mr. Carpenter died suddenly of a heart attack September 20 at his home at 330 North El Recreo Drive. Born in Warsaw, Missouri, December 25, 1895, Mr. Carpenter later lived in San Diego, Calif., where he was a Civil Service employee of the navy Air Base transportation department. Upon his retirement he and his wife moved to Wickenburg and built their home 5 years ago. The wife, Lillian, is the only immediate survivor.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
June 6, 1962
Hold rites for JAMES CRAYNE
Graveside rites were conducted in the Wickenburg Cemetery at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning for JAMES E. CRAYNE, 73, who died in Community Hospital last Saturday morning. R.B. SULLIVAN, lay reader of St. Albans Episcopal Church, officiated. Mr. CRAYNE was born in Kentucky on June 2, 1889. He resided in Oregon and later in Washington before moving to Wickenburg 6 years ago. In the northwest he owned an apartment house and worked in a furniture store. Surviving are the widow, Dixie, one stepson, Jack CRAYNE of Wittmann; the father J.F. CRAYNE of Toppenish, Washington, who was 96 years old on Sunday; one brother, C.C. CRAYNE of Gridley, Calif.; two sister, Mrs. Henry KORTER of Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. Jack GREER of Tucson; and a nephew, Ben CRAYNE of Wickenburg.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
September 14, 1962
Wittmann Rites for JOHN G. DAY
Funeral services for JOHN GOULD DAY held in the Wittmann Community Chapel Wednesday with the Rev. Ed Hill officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Day died last Saturday morning in Community Hospital here. Mr. Day was born in Hartford, Wisconsin, November 11, 1896. He was employed as an electrician for leading Hollywood motion picture studios before moving to Wittmann six years ago to operate Day’s Rock Shop. He was a Mason and a veteran of World War I. Surviving are the widow, Irene; one daughter, Mrs. Frances WILLIAMS of San Francisco; and three sisters in Wisconsin.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
October 10, 1962
DeBerry Rites were Saturday
Funeral services for JOSEPH W. DeBERRY were held in the Wickenburg Chapel last Saturday afternoon with the Rev. d. F. O’SULLIVAN, pastor of St. Anthony’s Catholic church, officiating. Burial followed in the Wickenburg Cemetery with Rev. O’SULLIVAN and members of the Elks Lodge conducting graveside rites. Mr. DeBerry, who had lived in Wickenburg for the past 11 years, died in community Hospital at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday of last week. Born in Mineral Wells, Texas, May 17, 1913, Mr. DeBerry moved to Douglas, Ariz., in January of 1937. He came here in 1951 to become bartender of La Cabana. He was a charter member of the local elks Club. Surviving are the widow, Virginia; four children, Joann, Barbara and Sue of Wickenburg, and Joe Pat DeBERRY of Eldorado, Kansas; four sisters, Mrs. Chloe HESS and Mrs. Marvin DAVIS of Mineral Wells, Texas, Mrs. Fannie M. WHATLEY of Graford, Texas, and Mrs. Marie Lee BOST of Phoenix; and two brothers, James of Mineral Wells and Raymond of Denver, Colorado.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
June 22, 1962
Tragic Death of GEOFFREY DRAPER Shocks Friends
This entire community was saddened and shocked Friday morning of last week when GEOFFREY W. DRAPER, 18-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Raymond DRAPER, was instantly killed in a tragic traffic accident. The parent, traveling in one car, and Geoffrey, traveling in a new Austin Healey car which his parent had just given him as a high school graduation present, left their home on Prescott Highway early that morning to go to La Jolla, Calif., for a month’s vacation. At about 1 ½ miles west of town at 5:15 a.m. the boy’s car, which was in the lead, went out of control and into the path of an eastbound semi-truck. According to Highway Patrolman B. C. IRWIN who investigated the accident young Draper was driving went when he car went off the right hand side of the highway. When the car was turned back on the highway it slid sideways across the center line into the path of the big truck. Draper was killed instantly and his car was completely demolished. The Orange Empire truck, which was loaded with groceries, was also seriously damaged but its driver, Robert A. GESKA of Riverside, Calif., was uninjured. Bob DYAR of the highway patrol reserve, who was on duty, stopped the parent’s car before it reached the scene of the accident. Private graveside rites were conducted at 5 p.m. that same day in the Wickenburg Cemetery by Dr. Charles S. POLING. GEOFFREY DRAPER was born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 21, 1944. Later the family resided in New Hampshire and came here from there 13 years ago. He graduated from the Wickenburg Elementary School in 1958 and for the past four years attended the Southern Arizona School for Boys at Tucson from which he graduated May 18. At the later school he was voted the best all-around sportsman, was president of the Letter men’s Club and the Senior Class. He lettered in football, polo, softball, tennis and rifle marksmanship.
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Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
Friday January 26, 1962
Mrs. FRANCES FRANKLIN, 55, a Wickenburg resident for 20 years died in Community Hospital last Saturday evening. Rosary was held in the Wickenburg Chapel Monday evening and funeral services were conducted by Rev. D. F. O’Sullivan in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mrs. Franklin was born in Tucson on June 25, 1906. She had lived in Wickenburg since 1942. Surviving are two sons, Bill Franklin of Wickenburg and Leonard Franklin of Phoenix; two daughters, Mrs. Irene Montoya of Peoria and Mrs. Margaret Douglas of Bagdad; the mother, Mrs. Rita Pablos of Phoenix; three sisters, Mrs. Manuel Macias, Sr. of Wickenburg, Mrs. Annie Bosquez of Phoenix, and Mrs. Mary Garcia of Avondale; two brothers, Michael Pablos and Ben Pablos, both of Phoenix, and 14 grand children.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
December 21, 1962
Funeral Saturday for DON FREELAND
A telegram to The Sun Wednesday reported the sad news of the death of DON FREELAND, former resident of Wickenburg, which occurred at 2 a.m. June 12. Mr. Freeland had been in ill health a long time and recently was a patient in the City of Hope hospital in California. Funeral services are to be held this Saturday, June 16, at 2 p.m. from the Niland Morturary, 535 North pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach, California.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
January 19, 1962
Rites Monday In Globe For Mother of Henry FRICK
Funeral services forMRS. MARY HELEN FRICK, 78, mother of Henry Frick of Wickenburg, were held in Globe last Monday morning. Burial was in the Globe Cemetery.
Mrs. Frick, who had resided in Globe since 1916, died January 12 in Tuba City while visiting in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Eino JACOBSON. She was born in Odebolt, Iowa, and had been an Arizona resident since 1913.
Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Jacobson, the son, Henry FRICK, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 23, 1962
WIKIEUP WOMAN DIES OF ACCIDENT INJURIES
Mrs. ROBERT GABLE, 36, of Wikieup died in Community Hospital Thursday afternoon of last week from injuries received in an automobile accident on the Alamo Crossing road about 24 miles from Congress March 14.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
February 2, 1962
Former resident Dies in Prescott
Funeral services were held in Glendale Friday of last week for MARION THOMAS GADBERRY, 92 years old, who died January 23 in the Pioneers Home at Prescott where he had resided for the past 10 years. Burial was in Glendale’s Resthaven Cemetery.
Mr. Gadberry was born Texas in 1869, came to Arizona in 1888, and resided in Wickenburg for many years. Mrs. Gadberry died here in 1950.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Lillie NICHOLSON, and a great-niece, Mrs. Richard F. SMITH, both of Wickenburg.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 30, 1962
Rites held for ROY R. GEORGE
Funeral services for ROY R. GEORGE, 69, were held in the Wickenburg chapel at 11 a.m. Wednesday with Don Wilson of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. George died at 7:30 o’clock last Sunday morning in his home on the Richard SALTONSTALL Ranch out Constellation Road. He had been in ill health for a long time. Born in New Mexico January 20, 1902, Mr. George came to Wickenburg in 1926. Here he was a rancher but for a time was in the maintenance division of the State Highway Department, working out of Wickenburg, and was also custodian and bus driver for the Wickenburg public schools several years ago.
Surviving are the widow, Cassie; two daughter, Mrs. Dan RUSSELL of Bagdad and Mrs. Frances Peace of Sunnyslope; a sister, Mrs. J.A. SLATER of Truth of Consequences, N.M.; a brother, Jack GEORGE of Flagstaff and four grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 2, 1962
O.K. Gilliam of Aguila Summoned
OSCAR KENNETH GILLAM, age 73, prominent resident of Salome for the past 13 years passed away Tuesday evening, February 27, while being brought to Community Hospital here in the Salome ambulance. In Salome, Mr. Gilliam was engaged in real estate and mining. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Wickenburg Chapel with the Wickenburg Elks Lodge in charge. Burial will probably take place in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Surviving relatives were expected to arrive here Thursday morning from California to complete funeral arrangements.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 9, 1962
O.K. GILLAM Rites were held Friday
Funeral services for O. K. GILLIAM of Salome were held in the Wickenburg Chapel Friday afternoon of last week with members of the Elks Lodge officiating, burial followed in the Wickenburg Cemetery with members of the Masonic Lodge conducting graveside rites.
Mr. Gillam died suddenly February 27. He was born in Tennessee 73 years ago and had resided in Nevada and Arizona for the past 20 years. He had been in the oil, mining and real estate business for many years. For the past 12 years he was associated with Mrs. Edna ECKELS in the real estate business in Salome. Only immediate survivor is a brother, Fred R. GILLAM of Downey, California.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 16, 1962
Rites held for Mrs. ALTA GOOCH
Funeral services for Mrs. ALTA GOOCH were conducted by Rev. Robert JENKINS in the Wickenburg Chapel at 3 o’clock last Saturday afternoon. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mrs. Gooch, who had lived here for the past 14 years, died in Community Hospital at 1:46 a.m. last Friday. Born in Bennett, Missouri, January 14, 1904, she moved to Phoenix in 1926. She made her home here with her daughter, Mrs. Laura MADREL, on the Phoenix Highway.
Survivors are two daughter, Mrs. MADRIL and Mrs. Let MYERS of Eloy; two sister, Mrs. Bessie FAYLOR and Mrs. Carrie ROSS of Phoenix, four grandsons and two great-grandsons.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
April 20, 1962
Rites Pending for JOHN GRAY
JOHN GRAY, whose wife died here just last March 30, died in Community Hospital at 6:20 p. m. Wednesday. Funeral services had not been arranged when The SUN went to press.
Mr. Gray, who was born in Indiana January 4, 1889, came to Arizona 11 years ago from Oregon. He lived in Yarnell 4 years, operated a service station in Aguila 4 years and came here 3 years ago.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Fred GARDNER of Medford, Oregon, three sisters and two brothers in Indiana and Missouri; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
April 6, 1962
Funeral for Mrs. Maude Gray was held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. MAUDE GRAY were held in the Wickenburg Chapel at 3 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Dean McMann officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery.
Mrs. Gray died at 11:20 p.m. Friday of last week in Community Hospital following a heart attack. Born in Roseburg, Oregon, May 24, 1889. Mrs. Gray came here with her husband 11 years ago. They lived near Charles Steak House on the Phoenix highway. Surviving are the husband, John; one daughter, Mrs. Fred H. GARDNER of Medford, Oregon; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
March 16, 1962
Death Summons Woman Once Befriended by Many
In 1951 the people of Wickenburg donated generously to make life a bit easier for Mr. & Mrs. George Greer. Their plight was brought to public attention through The SUN by Deputy Sheriff Clyde HALL who found them living in a small shack on the desert west of town with very little food, no water, a few boxes for furniture and no heat.
People donated furniture by the truck load. Others went out and repaired the shack. Great quantities of food were contributed. Wood was hauled to them for a wood burning stove which was also donated. Some people sent cash and Nick Gaunt, then manager of the Valley National Bank here, set up a special account for the Greers which was administered by Deputy Hall.
When Mrs. Greer died, Deputy Hall bought Mrs. FLORENCE GREER a bus ticket to her native state of Oregon. But welfare officials there, Hall now recalls, sent her right back.
Recently Mrs. Greer had been living in a cabin at the Cactus Ranch operated by Mr.& Mrs. Ben SMITH near Morristown.
One day last week Mrs. Greer had a slight stroke. On Saturday, when Mrs. Smith hadn’t seen her for about 24 hours, she went to the cabin to investigate. There was no answer to her knocking and all doors were locked.
Deputy Sheriff George Gugel was notified and went to investigate. He broke a window, entered the cabin and found Mrs. Greer face down on the floor and unconscious. An ambulance was called and she was rushed to Community Hospital. There Mrs. Greer died at 11 p. m. Sunday.
Those who knew Mrs. Greer say she was 75 years old and that she had no known survivors.
Wickenburg Chapel planned a simple funeral service on Thursday afternoon of this week with burial in the Wickenburg Cemetery.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 23, 1962
Services Were Held Thursday for Mrs. Greer
Mrs. FLORENCE GREER, the woman who was befriended by a community 10 years ago in her time of need, was not forgotten at the time of her death. At 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon of last week the Rev. Dean McMANN, pastor of the St. Albans Episcopal Church, conducted simple but dignified funeral rites for her in the Wickenburg Chapel. Present were eight of the friends she had made while residing at the Cactus Ranch near Morristown. There was a nice coffin and there were flowers. Mrs. Greer died in Community Hospital March 11. It was in 1951 that Deputy Sheriff Clyde HALL found her and her husband in a shack on the desert west of town in need of food, clothing, fuel, and bedding and other necessities of life. The community responded in an appeal and made life worthwhile for the couple. Hall hauled water to them for more than a year. Mr. Greer died and Mrs. Greer had since lived alone on her welfare checks.
More about Mrs. Greer in the Wickenburg Sun, March 16, 1962.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
August 17, 1962
Services are Held for Mrs. Hamilton
Residents of the Wickenburg, Wittmann, and Yarnell areas were saddened Thursday of last week by the death of Mrs. LUCY HAMILTON, 78, known to most of her friends as “Mom.” She died soon after noon that day in Community Hospital after suffering a stroke. Mrs. Hamilton was best known in Wickenburg as the hostess for many years of the coffee Club which meets in Hamilton’s Café, on Frontier Street. She and her husband, Tom HAMILTON, operated the cafe for six and one-half years prior to moving to Yarnell in 1960. Born in France, February 8, 1894, Mrs. Hamilton came to the United States in 1910 and resided in New York City until 1946 when she and Mr. Hamilton moved to Wittmann. They came to Wickenburg in 1951. Surviving are the husband, one son, Roger Simond, Sr. of Sunnyslope; one daughter, Mrs. Marcella BLZAC of San Francisco; and two grandsons, Roger SIMOND, Jr., who is with the Air Force in Odessa, Texas, and Albert PERRY of San Francisco. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday. November 30 in the Wickenburg chapel with the Rev. James WILSON, Presbyterian minister, officiating, Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
October 19, 1962
Services Sunday for Mrs. HAMMON
G.B. HUTHMACHER of the “Church of Christ conducted funeral services for Mrs. MINNIE HAMMON in the Wickenburg Chapel at 1 o’clock last Sunday afternoon. Burial followed in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mrs. HAMMON, 78, died in arrest home in Reedley, Calif., Thursday afternoon of last week. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in June of 1884, Mrs. Hammon later lived in Brownsville, Texas, and moved here from that city 36 years ago. Her husband W.D. HAMMON, died here 5 years ago. She had lived in California for the past year and one-half. Survivors, include three sons, John William (Bill) of Mansfield, Ohio, Floyd of Blythe, Calif., and Davis W., Jr., of Oroville, Calif.; four daughter, Mrs. Mildred TAYLOR of Reedley, California, Mrs. Ruth HANNA of Ilo, Peru, Mrs. Ann FAUCY of Durham, N.H. and Mrs. Rose HARRISON of Fresno, Calif.; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Harkleroad, William Bruce
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
Friday, February 9, 1962
Rites pending for W.B. Harkleroad
WILLIAM BRUCE HARKLEROAD, 36, member of the Arizona Highway patrol, died at Community hospital at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday of a heart attack.
Mr. Harkleroad had testified in a trial in Judge R. L. Westall’s court at 1 p.m. and was on patrol on Highway 60 – 70 about 3 miles west of town with Patrolman Recruit Alan Hansen when he complained of being ill. Hansen rushed him to the hospital. Funeral services had not been arranged when The Sun went to press. A native of Phoenix, Mr. Harkleroad served 4 years in the Navy during World War II. He was a member of the Phoenix Fire Department for 11 years prior to joining the patrol in June 1959. All his patrol service was in Wickenburg area. Surviving are the widow Ethel; two daughters, Diane, 14, and Candy 12; the mother, Mrs. E.T. HARKLEROAD of Casa Grande; one sister, Mrs. Tom CARLTON of Casa Grande; and one brother, Roy HARKLEROAD of Phoenix.
February 16, 1962
Funeral services for W.B. HARKLEROAD were held at 2 p.m. last Saturday in the Paradise Chapel of Phoenix. Burial was in Memory Lane Cemetery there. Mr. Harkleroad, a member of the state highway patrol here since June 1957, died in the Community hospital February 7 following a heart attack.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
August 10, 1962
Kirkland Rancher Dies
Funeral services were held in Prescott Tuesday of ORVILLE E. HAZLEWOOOD, 65, who died on his ranch west of Kirkland last Saturday. He had been head of the Hazelwood Cattle Co. for the past 20 years.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
August 10, 1962
The burned body of ROSS HOGUE was found in his fire-gutted trailer Tuesday afternoon 3 miles north of Morristown on the San Domingo Wash Road. The fire apparently broke out the night before but was not discovered until about 3 p.m. by Robert WILLIAMS, a neighbor, says Sgt. Dave CARTER of the sheriff’s office. An investigation indicates that Mr. HOGUE died in the fire and there is no reason to suspect foul play, says Sgt. CARTER. Cause of the fire is unknown. Mr. HOGUE, about 75 years old, had lived in the Morristown area for about 12 years. Sgt. Carter says that Mr. Hogue had no known relatives.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 9, 1962
Services Tuesday for MAURICE HOLT
Funeral services for MAURICE HOLT were held in the Wickenburg Chapel at 3 o’clock last Tuesday afternoon with Dr. Charles S. POLING officiating. Burial followed in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Holt, who had been in ill health for about a month, was admitted to Community Hospital last Saturday morning. He died at 9:45 o’clock the following morning. Born in Paris, Mississippi, November 14, 1906, Mr. Holt was a farmer there until he came to Wickenburg in 1937. He and Mrs. Holt spent one year here and then returned to Paris for a year. In 1939 they came to Wickenburg again and have resided here since then. The Holt home is 2 ½ miles east of town off the phoenix highway. Mr. Holt had carried the mail on the Morristown to Castle Hot springs route since 1941. Surviving are the widow, Allie; one son, Keith of Winslow; the mother, Mrs. Ada L. HOLT of Memphis, Tennessee; two brothers, Horace of St. Augustine, Florida, and Emmett of Water Valley, Mississippi; three sisters, Mrs. Katheryn YOUNG of Memphis, Tennessee, Mrs. Christine HUTCHESON of Denton, Texas, and Mrs. Faye PIGFORD of Birmingham, Ala; and three grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
November 9, 1962
Services Monday for GRADY HOWELL
Funeral services for GRADY HOWELL were conducted in the Wickenburg Chapel Monday morning by the Rev. James Wilson, Presbyterian minister. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Howell, who first came to Wickenburg in 1918, died in community Hospital at 1:20 a.m. Friday of last week. Mr. Howell was born in Corsicana, Texas, December 7, 1898. He managed the Gamewell Motel, now the Restwell Motel, for seven years and was active for many years in the mining business. He spent 17 years in Phoenix in the bakery department of Safeway Stores. Surviving are the widow, Martha; one son, Bill, who is in the Air Force and stationed at Sacramento; one brother, Leslie of Sunland, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Lucille STORNS of Wickenburg and Mrs. Frances MARTIN of Los Angeles; and three grandchildren.
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Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
June 22, 1962
Funeral Here For Ehrenberg Woman
Funeral services for Mrs. ANNA JENKINS, 43, of Ehrenberg were held in the Wickenburg Chapel Monday afternoon with the Rev. William ARRISON of Parker officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mrs. Jenkins died Thursday evening of last week in Community Hospital. She was born September 15, 1919, in Dubuque, Iowa. Surviving are the husband, George of Ehrenberg; and one sister, Mrs. Myrtle Ohern of Dubuque, Iowa.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
January 5, 1962
Johnson death is believed caused by gas asphyxiation
CLARENCE JOHNSON, 57 hear-old resident of Wagoner, was found dead in a room of a local motel at 10:39 a.m. Monday. Judge R.I. WESTALL, acting as coroner, said it appeared that death was caused by asphyxiation. Although the gas heater in the room was vented, says Chief of Police Dick SAVAGE, the room was closed tight. Judge WESTALL convened a jury to visit the scene of death and then recessed until a court reporter is available later in the week to complete an inquest. Mr. Johnson, a cousin of Bill NELSON of Wickenburg had checked in the motel December 30. Chief SAVAGE says it is believed that death occurred sometime the night of December 31. He was found when Mr. Nelson went to see him. Funeral services were scheduled to be held at 5 p.m. Thursday of this week in the Wickenburg Chapel with the Rev. Robert JENKINS officiating. Burial was to be in the Wickenburg Cemetery with the American legion conducting graveside rites. Mr. Johnson who was employed on the Nel Cooper ranch, is survived by one son, Clarence Wilbur JOHNSON, who is in the Air Force and station in the Pacific area.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
January 5, 1962
RITES FOR INFANT
Rev. James WILSON, Presbyterian pastor, conducted graveside rites at 2 p.m. Wednesday for the infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert KEENEY of Wenden. The baby was born in the Community Hospital December 30 and died there. January 1.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
April 6, 1962
JOHN KING was given graveside military honors
Members of the American Legion conducted graveside military rites in the Wickenburg Cemetery Wednesday afternoon for JOHN KING who died in the community hospital last Saturday evening following a heart attack. Rev. Dean McMANN previously conducted services religious rites in the Wickenburg Chapel. Mr. King, 73, had been a resident of Desert Cypress Trailer Ranch for the past seven years. Prior to that he was the maintenance man at the Castle Hot Springs Hotel for 12 years. He had been a resident of Arizona since 1912. Born in Tonnville, Pennsylvania, in 1889, Mr. King was a veteran of World War I and at one time was a logger in the Northwest. He had no known survivors.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
April 13, 1962
Lorenzo Lister Rites Pending
LORENZO D. LISTER, 86, died at 10:15 p. m. Wednesday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harold GAZA. Funeral services had not been announced when the Sun went to press.
Mr. Lister was born in Lebanon, Indiana, and was a farmer until he came to Wickenburg 15 years ago. His wife died in 1951.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. GAZA, Mrs. Robert DOZIER and Mrs. M. I. ROOT of Wickenburg, Mrs. Eugene BART of Madrid, Iowa, and Mrs. Curtis ALLEN of Polk City, Iowa; one son, Lorenzo LISTER of Polk City, Iowa; 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
April 20, 1962
Lister Rites were Held Here Monday
Funeral services for LORENZO D. LISTER were held in the Wickenburg Chapel at 2 p.m. Monday with Rev. Wayne JONES of Ajo, former pastor of the Assembly of God Church here officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Lister, 86, died in his home Wednesday evening of last week after a long illness. Here from out of town for the services were a daughter Mrs. Eugene BART of Madrid, Iowa, and a grandson, Jean ROOT, and Mrs. ROOT of Banning, California.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
July 13, 1962
Rites held for Mrs. EDITH LYNN
Funeral services were conducted in the Wickenburg Chapel Sunday afternoon for Mrs. EDITH WOERNER LYNN who died in Community Hospital at 1 p.m. Friday of last week, than two months after her husband, HAROLD F. LYNN died. Rev. James WILSON, Presbyterian minister, officiated. The body was then shipped to San Bruno, Calif., for burial in the Cypress Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Lynn was born January 13, 1900, in San Francisco. She traveled throughout the world with her late husband, a mining engineer. They moved to Wickenburg in 1954 when Mr. Lynn organized the Mohave Mining & Milling Co. of which he was president. He died here May 13. Only survivors are a sister-in-law, Mrs. Doris LYNN, and two nieces of Oakland, Calif.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
July 13, 1962
LESLIE M. MABEN Services Monday
Funeral services for LESLIE M. MABEN of Morristown were held in the Wickenburg Chapel at 5 p.m. Monday with R.B. SULLIVAN lay reader of St. Albans Episcopal church, officiating. Members of the American Legion conducted graveside rites in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Maben died Thursday morning of last week in the Veterans Hospital in Phoenix. Born May 7, 1892, in Rotan, Texas, and Mr. Maben was a veteran of the Army in World War I. He came to this area in 1948 and did ranch work at Forepaugh and later on the Shorty Lovelady Ranch at Hillside. He had resided in Morristown for the past three years. Surviving are two brothers, John of Fence Lake, N.M., and Leslie of Lubbock, Texas; two nephews, Jimbob MAYBEN of Morristown and George MAYBEN of Flagstaff; and two nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth RANSOM of Aztec, N.M., and Mrs. Ethel Mae SNOW of Long Beach, Calif.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
October 26, 1962
Thursday Funeral for Frank Macias
Rosary for FRANK R. MACIAS, Jr., was held at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening in the Wickenburg Chapel and the Rev. D.F. O’Sullivan conducted a funeral mass in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church at 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Macias, a native of Wickenburg suffered a heart attack while at the HK Cattle Co. Ranch at Buckhorn Springs 21 miles east of town at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon. His wife and Fred Ohlinger of Phoenix, his partner in the ranch operation rushed him to community Hospital. He died enroute.
The three had gone to the ranch on Friday of last week. Mr. Macias came into town Monday morning on business and returned. Mrs. Macias was born in Wickenburg December 3, 1912. He was a well known rancher and participated in rodeos throughout the state. For 14 years he was employed here by the Ste Highway Department, having retired from that position just a year ago last November. He was a member of the board of directors of the Wickenburg Soil Conservation District and also of the Bureau of Land Management District Grazing Board. It was only recently that Mr. Macias and Fred OHLINGER of Phoenix formed a partnership to purchase the Buckhorn spring ranch and form the HK Cattle Co. Surviving are the widow, Mary; the mother, Mrs. Aurora CAMPILLO; two brother, Raymond and Manuel, Sr.; and one sister, Mrs. Allen HERSHKOWITZ all of Wickenburg. Thirteen nieces and nephews also survive. Serving as pallbearers were Dwight PEMBERTON, Henry MOLINA, Bill STEWART, Bill GARCIA, Geo. HERSHKOWITZ , Wickenburg, and Henry OHLINGER of Phoenix. Honorary pallbearers were Bill FRANKLIN, Al BAUM, and Ben POLLMAN of Wickenburg, Lawton CHAMPLE of Castle Hot springs, Jewel TURNER of Buckeye, Tommy WALKER of Glendale, Stuart KRENTZ, Fred OHLINGER and Andy BETTWY of Phoenix, and Riley PHILLIPS of Morristown.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
May 11, 1962
Thursday Rites for Mrs. Malloy
Rev. D.F. O’SULLIVAN was scheduled to conduct a funeral mass in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church Thursday morning of this week for Mrs. MARGARET MALLOY, 56, who died at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in community Hospital after a long illness. Burial was to be in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mrs. Malloy, who was born in Illinois, had lived in Wickenburg for five years. Surviving are two sons, James MALLOY, sophomore in the Wickenburg High School, and William MARATTA who resides in California; and two daughters, Mrs. Michael WILSON of Phoenix, and Mrs. Emish LEE of California.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
April 13, 1962
PARKER WOMEN, INJURED IN ACCIDENT, DIES HERE
Mrs. ROBERTA McKNIGHT, 64, Parker school teacher, died in Community Hospital here Thursday night of last week from injuries received a few hours earlier in an automobile accident on Highway 72 near Hope. High wind caused the car to leave the road and then it turned over four times, says Highway Patrolman Bill REASER. This was the state’s 111th traffic death so far in 1962.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
August 17, 1962
Hold Rites Here
Funeral services were held her July 26 for VALENTINA LOUISE MORALEZ, 2 month-old daughter of Mr. Mrs. David MORALEZ of Congress. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. The baby died July 24 in Camp Verde.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
July 20, 1962
Wednesday Rites for TED MITCHELL
Funeral rites for TED MITCHELL were conducted by the Rev. Robert JENKINS, pastor of the First Baptist Church, in Wickenburg Chapel at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. MITCHELL died in his home on Santa Cruz Street Sunday morning after an illness of many years. Born in Bison, Kansas, February 7, 1904, Mr. Mitchell moved to Wickenburg in 1936. He operated a radio sales and repair shop in the shoe repair shop of his father, the late R.H. MITCHELL, in what was then the Hassayampa Hotel. He later moved into the Johnson Building where his radio and television shop is now located. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. R. H. MITCHELL, Wickenburg; three sisters, Ruth Mitchell of Wickenburg; Mrs. R.F. MEYER of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. R.S. TRUEX of Grand Bend, Kansas; one brother , Glenn A. of Wichita; and 10 nieces and nephews. Mrs. Lena Morrison of Santa Monica, California, sister. Mr. Mitchell’s mother was also here for the services.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
April 13, 1962
NELS MOURIDSEN Rites Thursday
Funeral services for NELS MOURIDSEN of Phoenix, a former resident here, were held at 10 o’clock Thursday morning in the Paradise Chapel in Phoenix with burial in that city. Mr. Mouridsen, who retired two years ago as the Remuda Ranch gardener for 23 years, died in a Phoenix rest home Monday. Mr. Mouridsen was born in Denmark 79 years ago. He served in the Danish Army before coming to Arizona 33 years ago. He had lived in Wickenburg for 23 years, retiring two years ago to move to Phoenix. Surviving are the widow, Andrea, who was also on the Remuda Ranch staff as housekeeper for 23 years; three daughter, Mrs. Reece VERNER, Mrs. Mattie WARE and Mrs. Arthur LYNCH, all of Phoenix; one sister, Mrs. Ted KREIL of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and nine grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
February 2, 1962
CHARLES NASSER Rites Thursday
Funeral services were scheduled to be held Thursday morning of this week in St. George’s Syrian Orthodox Church at Terre Haute, Ind., for CHARLES NASSER who died in Community Hospital at 8:10 a.m. Sunday of a heart attack following surgery performed Friday. Burial was to be in the Roselawn Cemetery in Terre Haute. Before the body was shipped to Terre Haute, services were held in the Wickenburg chapel at 1:30 p.m. Monday by the Rev. D.F. O’SULLIVAN, pastor of the St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. Born in Terre Haute October 22, 1910, Mr. Nasser moved to Phoenix with his family in the spring of 1951. That fall he purchased a grocery store on the California Highway from Mr. and Mrs. Walt Obaugh and renamed it Charley’s market. Last fall this business was changed to Charley’s Liquor Drive-In. Surviving are the widow, Thelma; three children. Charles, Jr. a student at Arizona State University, Carol and Eddie NASSER at home, the mother, Mrs. S. NASSER of Terre Haute, and two brothers, Kay of Phoenix and Johnny of Terre Haute.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
May 4, 1962
Sudden death of BERT NELSON saddens friends
Townspeople were shocked Thursday of last week when BERT NELSON, 17, popular High School athlete, was killed in an automobile accident at the corner of Mohave and North Madison Streets at 6:10 p.m. The boy’s death came just an hour before he was to be honored, along with his fellow athletes, at a banquet at Rancho de los Cabelleros. The banquet program was changed to make it a memorial to young nelson. Nelson had been at the ranch swimming with his team-mates and had just delivered Russell Cooley, Jr., to the Cooley home in Cassandro Tract before going to his home on the Phoenix Highway to dress for the banquet. As he drove east on Mohave Street, alone and still in bathing trunks in a 1960 Chevrolet station wagon belonging to his parents, Mr. & Mrs. William A. NELSON, there was a collision with a 1961 Falcon sedan driven by Walter Mathis. In the front seat with Mr. Mathis was his wife, and in the back seat were three of their children, Jason, 12, Doris, 8, and Keith, 6, Mrs. Mathis incurred minor injuries while other occupants of that car were uninjured. She was admitted to the Community Hospital. Mr. Mathis was driving south on Madison Street from his home toward town. According to Chief of Police Dick Savage, one of the three officers, who investigated the accident, Nelson was driving fast and Mathis did not heed a Yield Right-Of Way” sign on Madison at the point where that street intersects with Mohave. Officer Ralph Butler cited Mathis for failure to yield. Deputy Sheriff Melvin Reed was the investigating officer. Investigation indicated, says Chief Savage, that the two cars collided on an angle, that the Nelson car then spun complete around, rolled over three times and landed on its top. It was on the third roll, he says, that young Nelson was thrown out of the car for a distance of 25 feet. He was killed instantly. Both vehicles, says Savage, were a total loss. The vehicle driven by Mathis was owned by the United Placer Industries, Inc., of Scottsdale, the firm for which Mathis worked. Funeral services for Nelson were held in the Wickenburg Chapel at 5 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Robert Jenkins, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of which the boy was a member, officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Members of the W. Club were honorary pallbearers. On Friday afternoon of last week, at the request of his classmates, High School officials called a special assembly as a memorial service. Rev. Jenkins conducted the service and members of the senior class sang. Bert was short for ADELBERT PRESTON NELSON who was born June 9, 1944, in Henderson, Nev. He moved here with his parents in February, 1948. He graduated from the Wickenburg elementary School four years ago and was a senior in the High School at the time of his death.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
Jan 26, 1962
Services Thursday For Co-owner of Frontier Motors
HOWARD W. NESBIT of Phoenix, co-owner of Wickenburg Frontier Motors, Inc., died Saturday of last week in his home in Phoenix. Funeral services were scheduled to be held in Sunnyslope Thursday morning of this week with burial in the Resthaven Park in Glendale.
A corporation, of which Mr. Nesbit was a partner was formed in early May of last year to purchase Wickenburg Frontier Motors from Dan CUTBIRTH who had owned and operated the business for three years. John SEABORN is the president of the corporation and manager of the business. Mr. Nesbit was 46 years old.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
December 21, 1962
Rities for Parker Man Are Held Here
Funeral services were held in the Wickenburg chapel last Saturday morning for GLENN R. PARTRIDGE of Parker who died in Community Hospital December 12. Rev. James WILSON, Presbyterian minister, officiated and burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Partridge was born march 10, 1894, in Lincoln Neb., and had been a power lineman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in the Parker area for the past 10 years. Survivors ware the widow, Rose, Parker; and three brothers, Vern of Minden, Nebraska, Theodore of Woodriver, Nebraska, and Ned to Tucson.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 9, 1962
Mrs. ALTON POWELL Funeral Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. ALTON POWELL of Aguila were scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. Thursday of this week in the Wickenburg Chapel with Rev. Dean McMANN minister, officiating. Burial was to be in the Aguila Cemetery. Mrs. Powell, member of a family prominent in the state for many years, died in Portland, Oregon, Friday of last week following heart surgery. She had been in ill health for the past six years. Born August 21, 1904, in the state of Sonora, Mexico, she was said to be the first Caucasian child born in that state. She came to Arizona when she was 3 years old and, except for brief periods in California and Oregon where she taught school, had lived in this state all her life. She also taught school in Aguila, where she had lived since 1924, and in Paradise Valley. Surviving are the husband, Alton POWELL; one son Leon POWELL; and two grandchildren, all of Aguila; and the mother Mrs. Maggie ATKINS of Phoenix. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and of the Aguila Women’s Club.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
May 4, 1962
Mrs. Floyd GYGER’s Brother Summoned
L. H. PRALL, 67, brother of Mrs. Floyd GYGER, died April 26 in the Veterans Hospital at Temple, Texas. He was a resident of Lufkin, Texas. Funeral services were held Monday in Glendale with burial in Resthaven Park there.
Surviving are the wife, the Wickenburg sister, and three brothers from out-of-state.
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Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
March 20, 1962
Mrs. Coxwell’s Father Summoned
E. W. RANDOLPH of Long beach, California, father of Mrs. Roy COXWELL, died in that city last Saturday morning after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning at Mottells Mortuary in Long beach with burial in Westminster Memorial Park. Mr. & Mrs. Coxwell went to Long Beach immediately after receiving word of Mr. Randolph’s death.
Surviving are the widow and one other daughter, Thais RANDOLPH of Long beach, and two grandchildren, Royce Ann and Randy COXWELL of Wickenburg.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
April 20, 1962
BERT RITCHEY, SR. Rites Wednesday
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Robert JENKINS, Baptist minister, in the Wickenburg Chapel at 5 p.m. Wednesday for BERT RITCHEY, SR. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Ritchey died at 1 a.m.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona December 21, 1962 Robert Rodgers Rites Thursday Funeral services for ROBERT S. RODGERS, 70, were scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday of this week in the Wickenburg Chapel with the Rev. James Wilson, Presbyterian minister, officiating. Burial was to follow in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Rodgers, who had been ill for a long time, died Monday afternoon at 512 Weaver Street in the home of his son and daughter-in-law Mr. & Mrs. Art RODGERS, with whom he resided. Mr. Rodgers was a retired miner. He was born in Visalia, California, April 24, 1892, and had resided in Wickenburg since 1957. Survivors include three sons, Art of Wickenburg, Ralph of Fort Sumner, N.M., and John who is in the Air Force and stationed in Mountain Home, Idaho; one sister, Mrs. May KLINE of Phoenix; four grandchildren; and a stepson, Pat W. HAYES of Scottsdale.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
26 January, 1962
Rites In Kingman for T.J. Rodgers
Funeral services for THOMAS JEFFERSON RODGERS, 76, were held in Kingman Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in that city. Mr. Rodgers, a miner who resided in Alamo Crossing, died in Community Hospital Sunday morning. Mr. Rodgers was born in California July 1885. Surviving are the widow, May; one brother, Sherman RODGERS of Wickenburg, and one sister, Mrs. May KLINE of Phoenix. Art RODGERS of Wickenburg is a nephew.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
February, 2, 1962
Tuesday Rites for Mrs. Daisy Sanders
Funeral services for Mrs. DAISY SANDERS, former resident, were held in the Wickenburg Chapel Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Robert L. Jenkins, Baptist minister, officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mrs. Sanders, who lived here in the 30’s died January 27 in San Bernardino, California. She was 72 years old.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
April 27, 1962
Rites for Mrs. Schultz to be Saturday morning
Funeral services for Mrs. ANNA SCHULTZ, 83, Morristown area resident since 1925, will be held in the Wickenburg Chapel at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday). Burial will be in the Morristown cemetery. Mrs. Schultz died Wednesday evening in San Rafael, Calif., where she was visiting. Five daughters and one son survive.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
August 17, 1962
Rites Held Monday for Mrs. SHEFFIELD
Funeral services for Mrs. KATHRYN D. SHEFFIELD, 68, who died in her home at Yarnell Thursday of last week, were held Monday morning. The Rev. Scott SIEGLE conducted rites in the Yarnell Community Church and the Order of Eastern Star conducted graveside rites in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Born in Mason, Texas, Mrs. Sheffield moved to Arizona 45 years ago. She resided in Yarnell for 13 years. Her father, Major DOOLE, patrolled the Gila route for the Union forces in the 1860’s. Her husband John T. SHEFFIELD of Yarnell, survives.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
July 27, 1962
Thursday rites for Mrs. SHIELDS
Funeral services for Mrs. FLORENCE BELLE SHIELDS, 73, of Yarnell were scheduled to be conducted in Prescott at 2 p.m. Thursday of this week with Clark Ashby of the LDS Church officiating. Burial was to be in the Genung Memorial Park in Peeples Valley. Mrs. Shields died in her home in Yarnell Sunday. She was a pioneer resident having been born in Fort Grant July 4, 1887. Surviving are the husband, Frank W. SHIELDS; five sons, Louis Edward and William of
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Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
December 21, 1962
Saturday Rites for Mrs. Sticht
Funeral services for Mrs. PATRICIA (Trisha) STICHT, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Harold HEINE, were held in the Wickenburg Chapel last Saturday afternoon with the Rev. Dean McMANN of Scottsdale, former pastor of the St. Alban’s Episcopal Church here, officiating. Burial followed in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mrs. Sticht, 21, died suddenly in the home of her parents on the Rincon Road December 12. Born in Elmhurst, Illinois, December 3, 1941, she had resided here for the past four years. Surviving in addition to the parents, are the husband, Brian, and a 2 weeks old daughter, Kim, both of Wickenburg; a brother, Carl HEINE who is in the Navy in the Mediterranean; and two sisters, Mrs. Robert BEECROFT and Mrs. Roger PFLUNGER, both of Villa Park, Illinois.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
March 16, 1962
GEORGE THOMASON Rites on Wednesday
Graveside services were held at the Congress Cemetery Wednesday morning for GEORGE W. THOMASON, 78, of Congress who died Sunday. Born in Iowa, he later lived in Goldfield, Nevada, and moved to Congress in 1905. He was a miner. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lucille SMITH, big Bear lake, California; three sons, Earl of Las Vegas, Nevada, Ernest of Lucerne Valley, Calif., and Clyde of Chloride; a sister, Mrs. Belle SNYDER of San Diego; and six grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
November 23, 1962
Rites held for LOUIS VERSTREET
Funeral services for LOUIS VERSTREET were conducted by the rev. D.F. O’Sullivan in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church Monday morning. Burial followed in the Wickenburg Cemetery.
Mr. Verstreet suffered a stroke at 9 a.m. Thursday of last week in his home at 152 Henderson Street. He was taken to community Hospital where he died at 1 o’clock that afternoon. Born in Belgium January 6, 1890, Mr. Verstreet came to United States in 1907 and settles in St. Charles, Ill., where he was in the cement block business until October of 1946 when he retired and with Mrs. Verstreet moved to Wickenburg. His hobby here for 10 years was taking care of the ground of St. Anthony’s Church. Surviving are the widow, Mary; a step-son, Frank LEVROUW of St. Charles, Illinois; and three nephews and one niece residing in Belgium.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
October 26, 1962
Funeral services for JOHN B. WANDS, Circle city postmaster and restaurant operator, were held Sunday afternoon for John B. Wands, in the Wickenburg Chapel with the Rev. James Wilson, Presbyterian minister, officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Wands, brother of Harry WANDS of Wickenburg, died in Community Hospital Thursday afternoon of last week. Born in Maryland, August 26, 1908, Mr. Wands first came to Arizona in 1946. He had been at Circle City since December 4. Surviving are the widow, Elizabeth; the Wickenburg brother; one son, Robert S. WANDS of Lakewood, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. Betsy SIMON of Lakewood and Mrs. June ANDERSON of Scottsdale.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
November 9, 1962
Joseph Webster Funeral Tuesday
Rev. James WILSON, Presbyterian minister, conducted funeral services in the Wickenburg Chapel Tuesday morning for JOSEPH C. WEBSTER, 69, who died in his home on Constellation Road last Sunday morning. Cremation followed with burial in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. WEBSTER was born in Kansas City, Missouri, February 19, 1893, and moved with his family as an infant to Waynesburg, Pennsylvania., where he was raised and resided for many years. He spent 23 years in Toronto, Canada, as district manager for the Gardner & Denver Co., dealers in heavy machinery and equipment. He and his wife, Pearl, moved to Wickenburg in December, 1958. Surviving, in addition to the widow, are a daughter Mrs. Thomas ROBLES of Chimbote, Peru; a brother, William H. WEBSTER of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania; and two sister, Mrs. John O’NIEL of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Reid PIERCE of Orlando, Florida.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ February 23, 1962
ELDERLY MAN DIES
JAMES WHITTEMORE, 91, died in Community Hospital at 12:33 a. m. Thursday. He has lived in the Carroll Apartments for about 4 years and had recently been residing in the home of Mrs. Gladys BOYER at 173 Apache Street. He was a retired railroad employee. Two daughters and a son in California and a brother in Virginia survive. Funeral arrangements had not been made when The SUN went to press.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona March 2, 1962 Saturday rites for JAMES WHITTEMORE Funeral services for JAMES M. WHITTEMORE, 91, were held last Saturday morning in the Wickenburg Chapel with the Rev. Wayman Mitchell, pastor of the foursquare Church, officiating. Following cremation the remains were buried in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Whittemore died in Community Hospital Thursday morning of last week. Born January 23, 1871, in North Carolina, Mr. Whittemore was a freight clerk for the “Southern pacific railroad from 1898 until his retirement in 1938. He spent most of that time in Redlands, California. He moved to Wickenburg six years ago. Surviving are a son, Marion WHITTEMORE of Santa Monica, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Eugenia STEWART of Brawley, Calif.; and Mrs. Ida Belle LaGASSE of Los Angeles; four grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
December 28, 1962
Death Summons Mrs. DOLLY WILEY
Mrs. DOLLY WILEY, 73- year old resident of Salome since 1935, a native Arizonan and well known throughout this section of the state, passed away at 4:47 a.m. Christmas day in Community Hospital here. She had been admitted to the hospital December 21 following a fall in her home which resulted in a broken hip. Mrs. Wiley was born at the Congress Mine 73 years ago. She then lived in Prescott for many years before moving to Salome in 1935. Her husband, George WILEY, died in Salome many years ago. There were no children. A nephew, Floyd RONDEAU of Phoenix, survives. Funeral services are pending.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
May 11, 1962
HILARY WILLIAMS Funeral Friday
Luke Air force Base personnel will conduct military funeral rites at 2 p.m. today (Friday) in the Wickenburg Chapel for HILARY L. WILLIAMS. Military burial rites will follow in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Williams died at 2:50 a.m. Monday in the Veterans Hospital in Long Beach, California. Born May 10, 1914, in San Antonio, Texas, Mr. Williams served 20 years in the air force before his retirement in 1957. He saw service in World War II and the Korean War. He moved to Wickenburg in 1960 and resided 6 miles east of the Phoenix Highway. Since coming here he had been a Civil Service employee at Luke Air Force Base. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Minnie WILLIAMS; one daughter, Mrs. Ray HODGSON of Wickenburg; one son Lt. William L. SMITH of Hill air Force Base, Kaysville, Utah; and four grandchildren, John, Raymond, Michelle and Janinne Hodgson of Wickenburg.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona January 19, 1962
Rites in Phoenix for R. A. WILLIS
R. A. WILLIS, 86, a resident of Wickenburg for 36 years died at 12:15 a.m. Wednesday in the home of a daughter, Mrs. N.F. Fraser, in Phoenix where he was visiting. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today (Friday) in the Mortensen-Kinsley Mortuary in Phoenix with Bruce Hunt, president of the LDS Church in Wickenburg officiating. Burial will be in the Mesa Cemetery. Mr. Willis was born in Kenora, Utah, October 3, 1876 and went with his family to Snowflake, Ariz., when he was 2 years old. He had lived in Wickenburg since 1926. Mr. Willis once operated a cotton ranch at Chandler, was active for years in the building trade, worked on Arizona’s highways for many years, starting when horses were used to pull equipment, and for nine years was the state livestock inspector here. Eight children survive. They are R.K (Kink) and Warren of Wickenburg; Marlin and Lester of Phoenix, Larry of Santa Cruz, Calif.; Arthur of Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. Aleta LUNDQUIST of Stockton, Calif., and Mrs. Leora FRASER of Phoenix. Also survive are a brother Heber WILLIS of Mesa, 14 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
Friday December 21, 1962
NOBLE ANDERS Killed In Car Wreck Monday
NOBLE ROY ANDERS, 19-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Houston ANDERS, and his friend, WILLIAM BRADLEY WILSON, Jr., 38, of Moab, Utah, were killed in a one-car automobile accident on Highway 180 about 27 miles north of Flagstaff Monday afternoon. According to Paul METZKE, half-brother of the Anders youth, the two men had apparently been in Flagstaff and were returning to Grand Canyon where they were employed by a mining firm. Highway Patrolman Roy LAMBERTSON was quoted as saying that he 1961 sedan, believed to have been driven by Wilson, apparently went out of control, left the road, flipped end over end for 264 feet, then flew through the air for another 144 feet, coming to rest in some trees. Both victims, he said, were found 125 feet from the wreck. Young ANDERS was born May 24, 1943, in Wickenburg and attended school here. He had recently been employed by the Western Golden Uranium Mining Co. of Grand Canyon. Surviving are the parents; a sister, Margaret; and two half brother, Harold Paul METZKE and Emery Arthur METZKE, all of Wickenburg. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) in the Wickenburg chapel with the Rev. Robert JENKINS, past of the first Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Wickenburg Cemetery.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
June 15, 1962
Withers Funeral Will be Friday
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. today (Friday) at the Wickenburg Chapel for ELWYN WITHERS of Wickenburg, who passed away early Tuesday morning in Community Hospital. The services will be conducted by Rev. Robert JENKINS of the First Baptist Church and burial will follow in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Withers was born in Canon City, Colo., June 6, 1902. He spent many years as a woodsman in the Oregon forests and for six years before moving to Wickenburg last August he was in charge of the sawmill for the Roseburg Lumber Co., in Roseburg, Ore. Surviving are the widow, Violet; a daughter Marilyn and son Larry, both at home, and two married daughters, Mrs. Betty Jo CORNELL of Yoncalla, Oregon, and Mrs. Shirley GARRISON of Eureka, Calif. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Frances NORTHEY of Albany, Ore., and a brother Charles LESTER of Eureka, Calif.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona August 31, 1962
Wednesday rites for JOSEPH YANEZ
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Wickenburg Chapel for JOSEPH YANEZ, 78, who died in community Hospital a t 5:11 a.m. Monday. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Rev. James WILSON, Presbyterian minister, officiated. Mr. Yanez had resided her for the past six years with his only daughter, Mrs. Margarita COX, at 69 North Lincoln St. Born May 6, 1886, in Havana, Cuba, Mr. Yanez came to the United States at the age of 16 and was a cigar maker in Chicago for 40 years. He resided in Deer Park, Washington, the eight years preceding his move here. The Wickenburg daughter is the only survivor.
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