Pueblo-Fremont County CO Archives Obituaries.....Towner, Emmett Eugene December 19, 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Janet King JPerdue192@aol.com February 4, 2009, 8:48 pm Pueblo County - Dec 1960 EMMETT TOWNER SUCCUMBS SUNDAY OF HEART AILMENT Emmett Eugene Towner retired Canon City resident and former Mill Operator at the Ideal Cement Co., died Sunday afternoon in Pueblo from complications of a heart condition. Failing about one year his condition has been serious the past month. Born February 15, 1897 in Boise, Idaho. Mr. Towner moved to Colorado from Grandview, Idaho in 1942. He was a World War I veteran and preferred the Protestant faith. About a week ago he moved with his wife Erma to Pueblo where he had established a new home. The couple was married Feb. 23, 1925 in Mountain Home, Idaho. Mrs. Towner survives as do six children, Emmette Lee Towner of Norfolk, Virginia, Elmer J. Towner and Mrs. Thomas Martin of Canon City; Mrs. William Hamilton of Pine, Colorado; Mrs. Randolph Perdue, Indianapolis, Indiana and Mrs. John F. Davis, Charlotte, North Carolina. Also surviving are two brothers, Marvin and Richard Towner both of Grandview, Idaho and 11 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending direction of Holt Mortuary. Additional Comments: Emmett Towner was born to Mansfield and Alice (Goyn) Towner in Boise, Idaho. His parents had married in Loveland, Colorado in 1874 but took up a homestead in Idaho in 1883. Manfield couldn't get water to irrigate his land so made his living driving frieght wagons. The year (1898) Emmett was born Mansfield lost his leg in a accident on one of the wagons. Mansfield carved his own wooden leg. Emmett's parents moved back to Colorado and lived near Alice's family in Collbran. They were back in Idaho by 1910. Emmett was drafted in 1918 and had to walk ten miles to his enlistment. He wore a brand new pair of cowboy boots that had to be cut off his feet upon his arrival. He never owned another pair. Emmett was on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when WW I ended. Emmett broke horses and rode in rodeos. He proposed to his wife in a letter and sent her money to ride the train to Idaho from Colorado. They spent their early years on Mansfield Towner's ranch. Emmett tried his hand at ranching but lost everything during the depression. He moved back and forth between Colorado and Idaho trying to make a living at various jobs. Emmett and Erma had six children. He rolled and smoked bull durham cigarettes which coupled with a bad heart took it's toll on his health. He died at 63 years. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/pueblo/obits/t/towner221gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb