LANDER NV Archives Obituaries.....[STAMATZ, George 1/24/1956] ************************************************ Copyright. All rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nv/nvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marcena Thompson Nevada State Journal Reno, Nevada Sunday Jan. 29, 1956 Col. 7 George Stamatz George Stamatz Dies Recently Battle Mountain - Jan. 28, 1956 - George Stamatz, Sr., 66, died at Battle Mountain General hospital Jan. 24, after a lingering illness. Mr. Stamatz was born in Austria and came to America at the age of 8, accompanied by an uncle and aunt. He grew to manhood in Sioux Falls, S. D. and later worked in mines in Arizona before coming to Nevada 19 years ago. He worked for many years at Copper Canyon Mining company and later for Barium Products Lts. Survived by his widow, Elsie, a son, George Stamatz Jr., a star athlete at Porterville Jr. College.