Collected Obits (H-M) Garfield, Eagle, Lake Counties, Colorado Contributed by Donna L Drummond Donated to the Archives Nov, 1998 See the USGenWeb Notice at the bottom of the file. Newspaper Articles - Obituaries H - M Garfield - Eagle - Lake Counties Copied by Donna L Drummond These Newspaper Articles include a marriage or two! Even a few births! As well as obituaries and deaths! These articles were transcribed from clippings so the dates of publication are missing. HANAHAN, Mrs. Minnie. New Castle. Mrs. Minnie Belle Hanahan, 104, who died Monday morning in the E. Dene Moore Memorial Home, had lived in the New Castle area since 1908. She was the widow of Robert Henry Hanahan, a railroader employed in the Minturn roundhouse prior to his death in 1908. The Hanahans moved to Minturn after their marriage in Colorado Springs in 1898. Mrs Hanahan was born at Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, June 6, 1867, and spent her childhood there, in Kansas and Minneapolis, Minn. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Helen Gray of Denver and Miss Hazel Hanahan of Rifle; three Grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. HANCOCK, Hattie. Hattie May Hancock, widow of Ira Hancock of Frutia, a former widely known Glenwood Woman's funeral will be held Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 1:30 PM in the Silt Congregational Church with the Rev. Walter Klein officiating. Burial will be at New Castle. Mrs. Hancock, 85, died at 6:50 AM in the Fruita Hospital after an illness of three months. She was born May 14, 1884 at Eureka, Kansas. Her parents, Garfield County pioneers, came to this area when she was small child. She lived in various parts of the county and graduated from Garfield County High school. Her marriage was at Antlers on May 25, 1902. Her husband was a stone mason and contractor. The couple resided in Glenwood Spring for several years while their children were in school in the 1930's. They later moved to Silt where Mr. Hancock died in 1945. Mrs. Hancock had lived since then in Fruita with a daughter, Mrs. A. H. 'Wilma' Bierschied. Other survivors include daughters, Mrs. R. A. ' Frances' Smith, Greeley and Mrs. David 'Ethelmae' Grear of Denver and Ross of Lamar, 14 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild, a brother and sisters. Mrs. Hancock was a member of Silt Congregational Church. In 1938 she received the Tom Brenneman Good Neighbor Award for her ever ready aid to neighbors in illness or trouble. Numberous other relatives and close friends are still resident in this area. HARDING, John B. New Castle. John B. Harding, 78, a retired timberman- farmer died at 2:40 PM Thursday in Clagett Memorial Hospital. He had been ill for a year. Mr. Harding came to New Castle with his family in 1896, traveling from Colorado Springs, in a covered wagon pulled by a team of horses. He was born in Cloud County, Kansas, July 7, 1886, and accompanied his family to Colorado Springs eight years later. He married Nora Edith Head in New Castle on Dec. 12, 1912. He is survived by his wife; five sons, Churchill, Lewis and Greoge, all of Sacramento, Calif., John and Fredrick, both of Avon, Colorado; five daughters, Mrs. Edward Senor, New castle, Mrs. Elizabeth Near and Mrs. Clayton Watt, both of Fruita, Mrs. Dale LaFever, Springfield, Oregon, and Sister Mary Borgia, Denver; 25 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Sowder Funeral Home of Rifle will be in charge of arrangements. HARRIS, George P. New Castle. George P. Harris, 63, a retired rancher and a resident of the New Castle area for most of his life, died Tuesday in Glendora, Calif., following a long illness. Mr. Harris had lived in California since his retirement. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, American Legion Post 150, and the Elk Creek Grange. Born in New Castle, he attended New Castle schools and Colorado University in Fort Collins. He married the former Gladys Dunbar at Glenwood Springs. He is survived by his wife; three sons, Robert Harris of New Castle, George 'Teddy' of Oregon, and Ronald, a student at Denver University; two daughters, Mrs. Garr 'Patsy' Potter of Denver and Mrs. Larry 'Nancy' Knill of Glendora; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Sample of Glenwood Springs, Mrs. Mike 'Helen' Brennan of Rifle and Miss Marea Harris of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.; and 16 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 PM Sunday in St. John's Episcopal Church. The Rev. W. O. Richards will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Burdge Mortuary of Glenwood Springs. HARRIS, Miss Marea. Rifle. Miss Marea Vaughn Harris, 77, of the E Dene Moore Memorial Home, a member of a pioneer New Castle family, died at 1:10 PM, Sunday in the Clagett Memorial Hospital. A resident of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. for 32 years, Miss Harris was employed as a postal clerk there. She returned to Western Colorado following her retirement in 1959. Miss Harris was born at New Castle April 9, 1894, and attended schools there. She earned a bachelor and masters degree at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, and taught school at New Castle, on Piceance Creek, in Grand Valley and Montana before moving to Pennsylvania in 1929. She was a member of the Episcopal Church. HEPLER, Dr. A. H. Dr. A. H. Hepler answers last call. Beloved physician of New Castle section succumbs to Heart attack aggravated by a recent fall. Body shipped to Kansas home. Dr. A. H. Hepler, well known and popular physician of New Castle, passed away early last Monday morning at a local hospital, after a short illness, leakage of the heart, aggravated by a fall from a ladder on February 24, being the cause of his demise. Abraham H. Hepler was born in Pennsylvania, and was 57 years, 11 months and 25 days old when the end came. He had been a practicing physician in Garfield County for the past several years, first locating at Silt, and then moving to New castle, where for several years he and his wife have aided in many community enterprises for the general good, and in his death the communities which he served have suffered a distinct loss. Funeral services were held at New Castle at 1:30 and were very largely attended, the people of the village and the entire country side attesting the high esteem in which the community physician was held by those who knew him intimately and to whom he had ministered. The body was shipped Tuesday afternoon to his former home at Manhattan, Kansas, accompanied by Mrs. Hepler and by his brother, who is also a doctor, who came from his home in Columbus, Kansas, arriving only a short time before his brother passed away. Funeral services and interment will be held at Manhattan under the direction of the Masonic fraternity. HESS, James F. Glenwood Springs. James Franklin Hess, 65, for years a New Castle resident, died Wednesday in an Englewood hospital following an illness of a week. Mr. Hess was born Aug. 2, 1898, in Oklahoma, and moved as a child to New castle. He was a retired farmer and moved to Littleton two years ago. He served with the army in World War II. Surviving are his wife, Hazel of Littleton; two sons Merlin of Orange Calif., and Wesley of Grand Junction; four bothers, Alfred of Glenwood Springs, John of New Castle, Fred of Sunnyside, Utah, and Oren of Portland, Oregon, and Nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Saturday in Farnum Mortuary chapel with the Rev. James Wheeler officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery in New Castle. HESS, John H. New Castle. John Henry Hess, 88, a resident of New Castle, since 1898, died at 7:30 PM at Valley View Hospital at Glenwood Springs after an illness of three days. Mr. Hess, a farmer, was born Feb. 17, 1878, in Dark County, Ohio, and spent his childhood in Kansas Territory. He married Rose Olive Williams in Glenwood Springs, on June 20, 1914. His wife survives. Services will be at 2 PM Friday at the Congregational Church here with the Rev. Walter Klein officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Farnum Mortuary. Survivors include a son, Alvin Hess of Eagle; two step daughters, Mrs. Oren Hess of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Karl O. Larson of New castle; a grandchild; five step grandchildren; 22 step great grandchildren and a step great great grandchild. HESS, Mrs. Rose Olive. New Castle. Mrs. Rose Olive Hess, 97, of New Castle, died at 7:10 AM. Sunday at Palisades Nursing Home where she had been a patient since last November. She was born Feb. 1, 1877, at Indianola, Iowa, and she moved with her parents to Greeley in 1879. The family moved to Breckenridge in 1880 and to Glenwood Springs in 1885. She married John H. Hess on June 19, 1914, at Glenwood Springs, they moved to a ranch on Garfield Creek soon after their marriage and resided there until they retired in 1942 and moved into New Castle. Mrs. Hess was a member of the Congregational Church and of the Rebekah Lodge at New Castle. She was previously married Alexander Mattiessen. Mr. Hess died in 1966 at Glenwood springs. Survivors include one son, Alvin Hess of New Castle; two daughters, Mrs. Oren (Dorothy) Hesz of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Karl (Hazel) Larson of Grand Junction; five grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; and five great great grandchildren. HILLARD, A. Albert R. 'Butch' Hilliard, a former resident of Eagle County, died in Calif. July 14, 1at the age of 75. Father Thomas Stone conducted a service in the Miller Chapel in Eagle Tuesday and burial was in New Castle. Mr. Hilliard was a butcher by profession, and worked in Eagle and Minturn, moving here from New Castle in the 1920's. He had been in poor health for several years and for the past two had made his home in California because of poor health. Mr. Hilliard is survived by his wife, Mame; two sons, Richard of Cayucos, Calif.; Clark, of San Clemente, Calif. two daughters, Mrs. Ben 'Ethel Mae' Ault of Orangevale, Calif., and Mrs. Ed 'Alberta' Nesthouse of Amarillo, Tex., and several grandchildren. HINER, Leonard E. New Castle. Services will be held here Saturday for Leonard E. 'Steamer' Hiner, 53, who died Wednesday in Mountain View Nursing Home at Glenwood Springs. The Rev. Walter Klein will officiate at 2 PM, rites in the Congregational Church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Sowder Funeral Home. Mr. Hiner had been a patient at the nursing home for 14 months. A hard rock miner, he had lived in New Castle since 1926, except for a six year period in San Francisco. He was born at Meeker on Oct. 11, 1912, and spent his early life there. Surviving are two sons, Brocklin and John and a daughter, Miss Sandra Hiner, all of California; a brother H. C. Hiner of Rifle; three sisters, Mrs. Ollie McNeece of Port Angeles, Wash., Mrs. Jay Fitzpatrick of San Francisco, and Mrs Robert Well of Grand Junction. HINER, Mrs. Ruth I. Rifle. Mrs. Ruth Isabelle Hiner, 74, 750 1/4 Railroad Ave. Rifle and New Castle for 31 years, died Saturday at Rifle Community Hospital. She was born near Buena Vista, Colo. She was the wife of the late Hartsel Hiner. She is survived by two sons, Clyde and Leonard E. of Rifle, three daughters, Mrs. Ollie McNeese, Port Angeles, Wash.; Mrs. Jay Fitzpatrick, San Francisco, Mrs. Robert Weller, Grand Junction; a brother, Robert Nash, Battsville, Ohio; and two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Basham, Montrose, and Mrs. Chet Knolton, Craig. There are also 16 grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 2 PM at the Chirstian Church with the Rev. Otto B. Duckworth officiating and burial will be in Highland Cemetery, New Castle. Peltier-Sower Funeral Home is in charge. HUNT, William. Funeral Services for William Hunt will be Dec. 29. William Arthur Hunt of New Castle passed away Dec. 25 at his home in New Castle after a brief illness. He had been a resident of New castle for 61 years. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec 29, at 2PM, in the Congregational Church in New Castle and burial will be in the Highland Cemetery. The American Legion Post of New Castle will conduct graveside services. the Farnum Mortuary has charge of the arrangements. The Rev. Walter K. Klein will officiate. Mr. Hunt was born February 8, 1891, at New Castle and spent his early childhood in Missouri. The family returned to New Castle when he was 10 years old. He was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and served in the army during World War I. Mr. Hunt was married to Anna Doyle in 1916 in New Castle. Mrs. Hunt passed away at New Castle in 1950. He is survived by the following relatives; three nieces, Mrs. Harold 'Vergie' McDaniel of Denver, Mrs. Irene Lindsay of Denver and Mrs. Nathan 'Lois' Shaken of Denver; two nephews and one niece in Calif.; one half-brother, Harry E. Gregor of Bakersfield, Calif., and his step father, C. B. Swofford of Denver. One brother, C.R. Hunt precede him in death. HOLMES, Marion. In memory of Marion Holmes, date of birth November 22, 1895. Date of death June 21, 1961. Place and time of service The Foursquare Church, New Castle, Colorado, June 25, 1961, 3 PM. Clergyman: Rev. Lola Brown, Place of interment; Highland Cemetery, New Castle, Colorado. Arrangements by Farnum Mortuary, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. HOUGH, Mrs. Flora. New Castle. Mrs. Flora Hough, 74, a resident here for 15 years, died at 11:30 AM Thursday at the Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. Born Jan. 6, 1896 at Delaward, Okla., she spent her childhood there. She married Edward Hough in Phoenix. Her maiden name was Flora Randall. Mrs. Hough had lived in Rifle before moving to New Castle. Surviving are a son, Jennings Hough of Missouri, three daughters, Mrs. F. L. 'Virginia' Prendergast of Eagle, Mrs. Ethel Page of Sao Paul, Brazil, Mrs. Darlene Hafner of Salt Lake City; two brothers and twelve grandchildren. HYLTON, Asa. New Castle. Asa Hylton, 77, a resident of New Castle for seven years, died at 6 AM, Friday in the Valley View Hospital following a long illness. Mr. Hylton was born March 4, 1887, at Floyd, VA., and was a graduate of New Rockford High in North Dakota and Phillips University. He married Veree Nicholson on January 14, 1917 at Hobbart, Oklahoma. Mr. Hylton was a retired manager for the United Lumber Co. and was a Carbondale resident before moving to New Castle. Survivors include his wife; two sisters, Mrs. R. L. Page of Morton, Tex., and Mrs. John Rickerd, Chowchilla, Calif. and a brother, Picie Hylton, Arkansas City, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM, Sunday at Farnum Chapel in Glenwood Spgs. The Rev. Walter K. Klein will officiate. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery in New Castle. HYLTON, Mrs. Veree. New Castle. Mrs Ethel Veree Hylton, 79 died at the E Dene Moore Memorial Home in Rifle Monday afternoon. She was born Ethel Veree Nicholson on March 18, 1890, in Madison County, Iowa and lived there until the age of 16. The family moved to Fredeick, Okla., and she was married at Hobart, Okla., on Jan. 14, 1917 to Asa Hylton, he died in 1964. They came to Colorado in 1939 where Mr. Hylton was manager of a lumber yard. They later moved to New Castle, Glenwood Springs, and Carbondale, returning in 1955 to New Castle to make their home. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star. JACKSON, Jay. New Castle. Jay Jackson, 73, a resident of New Castle for 26 years, died early today at his home. A retired farmer, Mr. Jackson had lived in eastern Colorado and at McDonald and Colby, Kansas before moving to the Western Slope. He was a member of Progressive Chapter 396, Order of Eastern Star, Masonic Lodge 383 at McDonald and a former member of the IOOF Lodge here. He was born June 13, 1888 at Beaver City, Nebraska. He was married June 7, 1907 at Colby to Julia Beeson. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Loris of New Castle, and Roy of St. Francis, Kansas, two daughters, Mrs. Gwen Harwerth of McDonald and Mrs. Herschel 'Vera' Rhea of Mankato, Kansas, two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Hughes of McDonald and Mrs. Jessie Argabright of Atwood, Kansas; twelve grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were incomplete today at Farnum's Mortuary in Glenwood Springs. JACOX, Mrs. Julia D. New Castle, Mrs. Julia D. Jacox, 82, a resident of New Castle since 1968, died at 7:10 AM Tuesday in Clagett Memorial Hospital, Rifle. Her marriage to Charles Frank Jacox took place in 1931 at Carnery, Neb. The couple lived in several Colorado communities and Mr. Jacox was employed in road construction by A. R. Massey Construction Co. They moved to New Castle and then in 1944 went to Denver where Mr. Jacox died in 1961. Mrs. Jacox made her home at Silt from 1961 until coming again to New castle. She was previously married to H. C. Kinney at Cheyenne, Wyo., in 1904. They lived at Springfield, Ill., where Mr. Kinney worked for the railroad. In 1912 they returned to Cheyenne where he continued his career with the railroad. Julia Dienls was born March 9, 1999, at Scottsbluff, Neb. She attended Nebraska schools. Surviving are a son, Walter Kinney of Sacramento, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Richard 'Ethel' Hunter of Sacramento, Mrs. John 'Mildred' Pearson of Conifer, and Mrs. Bert 'Daisy' Roletto of New Castle; 13 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Services and burial will be in New Castle. JOLLEY, Malcolm. New Castle. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM. Tuesday for Malcolm Jolly, 70, a well known western Colorado woolgrower who died late Saturday night following a brief illness. The Rev. Otto Duckworth will officiate at rites in the Congregational Church in New Castle. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Farnum's Mortuary. Mr. Jolly was a past president of the Colorado River Woolgrowers assn. He was also a member of the Eagles Lodge and the Last Squad of Glenwood Springs. Mr. Jolley was born in Kanab, Utah, on Oct 26, 1895. He graduated from high school there and later attended Brigham Young Academy at Provo, Utah. He married Myriel Tibbets in Glenwood Springs in 1925. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Richard of New Castle; two brothers, Herb Jolly of Rifle and Hugh Jolley of Provo; and three sisters, Mrs. Ida Anderson, Las Vegas, Nev. Mrs. Pearl Daniels of Provo, and Mrs. Lila Wullstien of Salt Lake City. (Note: Note mentioned in the obituary is another brother, Henry Jolley Glenwood Springs, Co.) JOLLEY, Arthur. Arthur J. Jowell, 66, a resident of Silt since 1923 died at 1:45 PM, March 20, 1968 at Clagett Memorial Hospital in Rifle. He was born January 15, 1902 in Graycliff, Mont. He married Connie Scott in Glenwood Springs in 1934. She is surviving. He is also survived by five sons, Jack and Jim of Aspen, Jerry, Steven and David of Silt; one daughter, Clara Ann MacDougall of Oakland, Calif.; three brothers, Clifford and Mel of Silt and Jason of Price, Utah; and two sisters, Mrs. Tennie Martin of Steamboat Springs and Mrs. Vivian Rescorla of Gunnison. Funeral services were held at 2 PM sat. March 23, 1968, at Farnum Mortuary. Rev. Otto B. Duckworth officiated with burial at Highland Cemetery in New Castle. KING, John. New Castle. Services for John King, 82, will be at 2 PM, Friday at the Congregational Church here. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Mr. King a retired farmer, died Tuesday at Clagett Memorial Hospital in Rifle following a brief illness. he was a native of Hungary, entering the United States in1895. He was a former Paonia resident. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Pressler King; a daughter, Hattie Kunze of Paonia, a step-son Arnold Pressler of New castle and several step grandchildren. The body is at Farnum's Mortuary in Glenwood Springs. KISSELL, Mrs. Susanna. New Castle. Services for Mrs. Susanna Kissell, 93, pioneer of this area who died Tuesday in a Delta nursing home, will be held at 2 PM, Saturday at the Burdge Mortuary, Glenwood Springs. The Rev. Paul Kreuzenstein will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, New castle. Mrs. Kssell lived for 67 years in New Castle. she had been staying at the Delta home for nearly two years. During her lifetime she also lived in Peach Valley and Redstone. She was the former Susanna Liewellyn, born Nov. 11, 1865, in Bevier, Missouri. She became the wife of William Kissell Sr. on Oct. 2, 1880. Mr. Kissell and their four children; Edward, William, Etheland and Fred, all preceded Mrs. Kissell in death. Survivors include nine grandchildren, Chester, Harold and Jack Kissell of Palisade, Edward and William Kissell of Dragerton, Utah, Howard Kissell of Sunnyside, Utah, and Mrs. Douglas Walck of Glenwood Springs. There are 17 great grandchildren and several great great grandchildren. KUERSTEN, George. Funeral services for George Edward Kuersten, 32, of New Castle will be held Saturday, July 28, in the Congregational Church in New Castle. Mr. Kuersten died at 3:30 PM, Tuesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver following heart surgery. The Rev. Harry Brownlee will officiate at the 2 PM, service and interment will be in Highland Cemetery in New Castle. The Farnum Mortuary has charge of the arrangements. George Edward Kuersten was born January 13, 1930, at Wilmington, Calif., and spent his childhood in Denver, Colorado, where he was graduated from South High School. He was married to Ruth Dawson at Venal, Utah, on August 5, 1953 and was employed as a truck driver for the Crystal River Trucking Co. Mr. Kuersten was a member of the Undenominational Christian church and had been a resident of New Castle for the past eight years. Survivors in addition to his widow, Ruth Dawson Kuersten of New Castle, are; three daughters; Linda, Georga Ann and Carolyn Kuersten, all at home; one son, Paul Kuersten; five sisters; Mrs. Harold 'Marion May' Bohm of Coos Bay, Ore.; Mrs. Richard 'Berniece' Wright of Wilmington, Delaware; Mrs. Silas 'Verginia' Arnold of Denver, Mrs. James 'Dorothy' Hine of Waco, Texas, and Mrs. Cloewel 'Vera' Trozler of Littleton; two brothers, Robert Kuersten and Fred Kuersten both of New Castle and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kuersten of New Castle. LABRANCH, Lowell. New Castle. Funeral services will be held here Friday for Lowell W. La Branch, 30, a rancher, who died at 5:15 AM, Wednesday at the home of a friend in New Castle. LaBranch had remained overnight in town because he was feeling ill. Coroner Jack Farnum said death was due to anoxemia, of lack of oxygen, due to a long standing ailment. LaBranch was the son of Mrs. George Connolly of New Castle and Perry LaBranch of Corona, Calif. two half-brothers, Perry and Chris Connolly, and half-sister, Bonnie Connolly, live in New Castle. He was born in Phoenix and had lived in Manchester, Ill. and Lusk, Wyoming before moving to New Castle at the age of 9. He served in the Navy from 1949 until 1953, and was a member of the American Legion at Lusk. The Rev. W. O. Richards will officiate at 2 PM rites Friday in St. John's Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Farnum Mortuary. LABRANCH, Perry. Perry LaBranch, 52. Funeral services for Perry LaBranch, 52 will be held at 2 PM, Saturday in the St. John's Episcopal Church here. Mr. LaBranch had been a resident of New Castle for most of his life, but had lived for a short time at Corona, California, Phoenix, Rangely and Victorville, Colorado. He died at 11 AM, Wednesday at his home after a long illness. He was born in New Castle on January 9, 1912. He was a member of the New Castle Episcopal Church and a Barber by trade. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Aaron Wurts of New Castle; a son, Perry Connolly, two brothers, Lowell LaBranch of Moab and James Wurts of Denver; and a sister, Mrs. Paul Ganley of Buckeye, Arizona. LALLY, Miss Maggie. (Eagle County Examiner), MARRIAGE: 14 Jan. 1899. William Donovan of Red Cliff & Miss Maggie Lally of Leadville were married Tues by Father Sales. LIVELY, Dale E. Dale Elvan Lively, 15, a resident of New Castle all his life, died at his home at 8:40 AM on Thursday, March 25, 1971, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Glenwood Springs on August 17, 1955. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Lively of New Castle, and two brothers, Lex Lively of New Castle and Waldo Lively of Carbondale. Two brothers preceded him in death. Rev. Bill Glasscock officiated at services in the Four Square Church, New Castle, on Sunday, March 28, at 2:30 PM, burial was in Highland Cemetery, New castle. LYKE, Clara. Clara Lyke, 84, a resident of Tacoma, Washington, for a number of years, died at 10:20 PM, July 17, 1970 there following a lengthy illness. Clara Richel was born Feb. 3, 1886 in Kansas. She was married to John Lyke on Feb. 3, 1907 at New Castle, Colorado. He preceded her in death on Sept. 8, 1938, at Four Mile. She previously resided in New Castle and Four Mile, Colorado. Survivors are a daughter, Lita Pearson, Tacoma, Wash., a brother, Ralph Richel, New Castle, Colo., three sisters, Zelma Prechtl, Rifle, Colo. Edna Learn, Silt, Colo. and Bernice Hagerman, Orting, Wash., four grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Two sons and one daughter preceded her in death. Funeral services were held at 2 PM, Tuesday, July 21, at the Congregational Church in New Castle, Colo. Rev. Walter Kline officiated, burial was in Highland Cemetery. LYKE, Martin D. Martin D. Lyke, 55, of New Castle passed away at his home on Thursday, Dec. 9. He had been a resident of New Castle since his birth on April 1910. A rancher by profession, he was a World War II Veteran having served in the U. S. Army. Surviving are his mother, Clara Lyke of Tacoma, Washington, and one sister, Mrs. Lita Pearson also of Tacoma. Services were held this morning at 10 AM at the Farnum Chapel in Glenwood Springs with the Rev. Walter Kline officiating. Burial was in Highland Cemetery in New Castle. MC CORNICK, Mrs. Maudelle. An elementary school teacher in Garfield County for more than 50 years, died at 12:30 AM today at the Glen Valley Nursing Home after an illness of 11 months. She was 83. Mrs. McCornich received one of the first life teaching certificates given out in the state. Among the schools she taught were Garfield Creek, Mann Creek, Harvey Gap, Peach Valley, New Castle and Silt. A Native of Peru, Kansas, she moved to Villa Grove, Colorado in 1880 with her family. She attended Denver Normal school and Utah and Brigham Yound Universities. She married William H. McCormick, a rancher, in Glenwood Springs on June 19, 1920. He died in 1948. Mrs. McCormick was a member of the New Castle and Silt Congregational Churches and the New Castle Reading club. Survivors include a brother, Hal E. Urquhart of Salt Lake City, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Services will be held at 11 AM Monday at the Silt Congregational church, with the Rev. Roger Green of Fruita officiating. Burial will be in New Castle Cemetery. Burdge Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. MC MAHAN, James C. James Clarence McMahan, 86, of Limon died at 3:30 AM, Monday at Evergreen Nursing Home. The retired mercantile and grocery store owner had been a resident of New Castle for many years before moving to Limon. He was born March 10, 1885 at Eureka, Kansas. On Jan. 31, 1912 he married Grace Hall at New Castle. She survives. Mr. McMahan was a member of the Foursquare Church of New Castle. Surviving are a son James on Limon, a daughter, Mrs Kenneth Garten of Limon, and a sister, Mrs. Lucy Simillion of New Castle. MC NEAL, Bill. 56, of New Castle died June 27, 1973 at Valley view at Valley View Hospital. He had been ill for the past eigth years. Burial was in Rosebud Cemetery here. Bill Mc Neal, 56, of New Castle, Colorado died at 8:30 PM Wednesday, June 27, 1972 at Valley View Hospital after an illness of eight years. A crusher operator, he had made his home in the New Castle community for 50 years. Born May 29, 1917 at Warrensburg, MO. Bill Mc Neal spent his younger years in Missouri before moving to Colorado. He married Mae Rapini at Grand Junction on December 4, 1943. She died in Glenwood Springs on June 9, 1962. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Mc Neal of New Castle; a son, Kenneth A. Mc Neal of Haywood, Calf., a step son, James Rapini of Danville, Calif. and three brothers, Johnnie Mc Neal of New Castle, Robert Mc Neal of Bremerton, Wash. and Carl McNeal of Glenwood Springs. One brother, Avid Mc Neal, proceeded him in death on March 21,1973. Graveside services were held Saturday morning at 10 AM, with Rev. M. J. Blenkush officiating. Burial was in Rosebud Cemetery with the Farnum Mortuary in charge of the arrangements. MC NEAL, David G. Funeral services will be held for David E. McNeal, 59, of New Castle, at 10 AM, March 24, 1973, who died March 21, 1973 at 6 AM at St Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction after a lengthy illness. Rev. Walter Klein will officiate at the services at the Congregational church in New Castle and burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in New Castle. Born June 8, 1913, at Johnson County, Missouri, he spent his childhood in Eastern Colorado and Missouri. He married the former Nola Parrish on November 12, 1934, in New Castle and served in the Navy during World War II, and has been a resident of New Castle for 45 years. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Mary E. NcNeal, three sons, William, Ronald, and Fred McNeal, three daughters, Pauline Eccher, Shirley Wagner and Linda Reser, four brothers, John, Robert, William and Carl McNeal and eight grandchildren. MARGETTS, Tracy. Glenwood. Tracy Boyd Margetts, four-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Margetts, of New Castle, died at Valley View Hospital this morning. Surviving are his parents, a sister, Ronda Gail Margetts; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Harris of New Castle, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Margetts of Salt Lake City. The Rev. Paul Cox will officiate at graveside services at Highland Cemetery in New Castle. Farnum Mortuary is in charge. MASSIE, Frances. Frances Bell Massie, 88, a New Castle resident since 1929, died at 8:57 AM, Tuesday, June 1, 1971, at E. Dene Moore Nursing Home in Rifle. She had been a resident there since September, 1968. Born July 15, 1882 at Olean, NY, she married James Massie on July 10, 1907 at Oakland, Kansas. He preceded her in death, as did two sons, John in 1968 and Keneth in 1967. She was a member of the Congregational Church. Survivors are three grandchildren, including Dallas Massie of Colorado Springs and Mrs. William Agnes of Pueblo; 14 great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild. Funeral services will be held at the Congregational Church at 2:30 PM on Thursday, June 3, with Rev. Otto B. Duckworth officiating. burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Sowder Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. MASSIE, James K. New Castle. James K. Massie, 59, was found dead Friday in a driveway near the school, about 150 feet from his house. He had apparently fallen during the night and had frozen to death in the 12 below zero weather. Mr. Massie had been living alone, as his mother is in Clagett Memorial Hospital at Rifle. No other details are known, but death apparently occurred about 1 AM. Services will be at 2 PM, Sunday at the New Castle Congregational Church, with burial in Highland Cemetery, arrangements are being made by Farnum's Mortuary of Glenwood Springs. Other survivors include a son, Dallas Massie of Colorado Springs, a daughter, Mrs Frances Agnes of Pueblo, and a brother, John Massie of Fort Worth. There are 11 grandchildren and one; great grandchild. Mr. Massie was a native of Aspen and had been a resident of New Castle since 1919. METHOD, David V. (Eagle County Examiner), MARRIAGE: Married David V. Methold & Miss Hattie Benson both Eagle July 27, 1899. MILLER, Homer. New Castle boy dies in Junction. Homer Miller, 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Miller of New Castle passed away Friday evening at 8 o'clock in Grand Junction at the Woodbury Sanitarium. He had been an inmate of the sanitarium for the past month, suffering from tuberculosis. The remains were taken to the Krohn Funeral Home and there prepared for shipment on train No. 16 to the home at New Castle, where the funeral service and burial took place. MILLER, Mrs. Lida. New Castle. Mrs Lida Miller, 90, a resident of New Castle since 1883, died early today at Moffat Nursing home in Lyons. Services will be in Rifle and burial in New Castle. Mrs. Miller had been in the nursing home since November. She came to New Castle from Kansas with her family by covered wagon when she was four years old. She was born Sept. 11, 1879, at Cherokee County, Kansas. The family lived south of New Castle and she spent her childhood there. On December 25, 1904, she married Hugh Miller at New Castle. He died in 1935. Among survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Thomas 'Lena' Tallister of San Pablo, Calif., and Mrs. Bele 'Anna May' Coombs of Longmont; six gradnchildren; and five great grandchildren. MINKEL, Dr. Roger Merritt. (New Castle) From the Glenwood Post. 65, of New Castle. died Dec. 29, 1972 at Grand Junction, where he had been hospitalized briefly. Dr. Robger Merritt Minkel, died Dec. 29, 1972, born Aug. 25, 1907 at Waverly, Iowa. and resided at Fort Dodge, Iowa during his early years. Married Dorothy Carolyn Doak on Sept. 6, 1936 at Fort Dodge. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 'SKELETON THAT OF BROTHER LOST 47 YEARS.' MORLEY, Earl. Newspaper article: dated September 14, 1940. Special to the Gazette - Pine Bluff, September13, - A tiny skeleton found in the bed of the White River near Meeker, Colorado last June has been accepted by Roy R. Morley of Pine Bluff as the object of his 47 year search for his older brother, Earl. Mr. Morely, now head of the Ice Department of the Arkansas Power & Light Co., has been notified by Chester Mead of Rio Blanco County, Colorado, that the skeleton was found 20 miles from Lost Gulch last June. Mr. Morley was two years of age when he and his brother, three years and eight months old, respectively accompanied their father, K. C. Morley, dispatcher for the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, New Castle, Colorado, and their mother on a deer hunt 25 miles northwest of New Castle at G. V Springs, later named Lost Boy Gulch because of the Morley boy's disappearance. On the morning of September 21, 1892, Mrs. Morley and her two sons went up the side of the mountain for a nap. When Mrs. Morley awoke, her sons were gone. Roy was found half way between the spot where they slept, and the camp, but was unable to explain Earl's fate. Once the mother believed she heard Earl cry. Bloodhounds followed a trail for five miles to a recently abandoned campsite, believed that of Indians. the trail ended there. Soon after the children's disappearance, a drunken Indian made a statement which indicated he might have kidnapped the boy and that the boy was living at Salt Lake City, Utah, but after the Indian sobered up, he told officers that anything he had said was 'liquor talk'. Old Shoes as identification - Old high topped, laced, peg soled shoes, not made since 1895, were used in identifying the skeleton as that of the Morley child. The child's mother, now a resident of McGehee, identified tentatively a shoe sent here by airmail by Sheriff Mead, and Maj. Charles T. Cahill, official of the United Shoe Machinery company, Boston, Mass., sent a similar shoe here to illustrate the type sold in 1892. Members of the family believe that the boy's body was washed downstream to the spot where the skeleton was found, or that he was kidnapped by Indians and thrown over the cliff when the search became too hot. The family has buried the skeleton on its lot at New Castle. 'Letter to the Mayor of New Castle': 1201 Bayou Drive, Talllulah, Louisiana 71282 September 12, 1969 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR NEWCASTLE, COLORODO DEAR SIR: This rather unusual request is being sent to you with the sincere hope that you can refer me to the proper agency or authority in your city where I might obtain certain information. The attached copy of an Old newspaper article explains the background of my request. In 1892 my grandfather, Kirk G. Morley was an agent in New Castle for the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. He took his family on a deer hunt. His son Earl, at the age of three, was lost. As you can see by the article, some 47 years later, a skeleton was found which was accepted by the family as the lost child. this skeleton was buried there in New Castle. I have in my possession a very eloquent and rather sad letter written by my grandfather a few weeks after his son was lost. This letter is the basis of an article I am preparing for publication concerning the entire incident...which brings me to the point. It is my understanding that the general site of the boy's disappearance is now called officially 'Lost boy Gulch'. Is this true? Also, as stated in the article enclosed, the skeleton was buried there in a family plot where three other Morley children are buried. Is there anyone or any agency I might contact who could confirm the location of the gravesite? Since my work prohibits me from making a special trip to New Castle, any assistance you might render would be greatly appreciated. The story in itself is worthy of publication in a periodical with national circulation. As the author, I am not certain that my ability is commensurate or can do justice to such a bounty of fine material. May I hear from you? Yours very truly signature Kirk R. Morley "The Highland Cemetery records state that on Lot 579, there are three unmarked graves. Children of Morley per family and friends. Also burial of shoe and bone from boy lost in 1892. At foot of other graves. Marked by a red stone. Lot in name of K. ------------------------------------------------------------------ MURRAY, John Leslie. John Leslie Murray, 77, of Taos, New Mexico, a retired artist, died Monday at 11:15 PM in Veteran's Hospital where he had been a patient for four years. Farnum Mortuary of Glenwood Springs has charge of arrangements. Mr. Murray, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., was born Oct 28th 1890. He served four years as a gunners mate second class in the Navy during World War I. 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