Washoe County NV Archives News
Lachman, Edmund Edmund March 8 1923
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Reno Evening Gazette - March 8, 1923

Lachman accident victim at El Paso 

  The sad news of the accidental death at El Paso, Tex., yesterday of Edmund 
Dayton Lachman, Reno man and well known mining engineer, was received last 
night by relatives.  Details of the accident were not available but it was 
understood that he lost his life when his automobile plunged into the Rio 
Grande river when it skidded from an embankment near El Paso.  Leon S. Mayer, 
a brother-in-law, left Reno last night for El Paso, where funeral services and 
interment will take place.
  Mr. Lachman was born in Reno forty-five years ago.  After attending the 
elementary schools, he became a student at the University of Nevada, 
graduating with the class of 1897.  He had not lived in Reno for about twenty 
years, although he paid annual visits to his relatives here.  He was one of 
the popular students at the state university, where he studied mining 
engineering, graduating with the bachelor of science degree.
  Mr. Lachman was a member of the Mason fraternity, being affiliated with Reno 
lodge No. 13, F. & A. M. and of the Reno consistory of the Scottish Rite.  He 
also was a member of the Elks having transferred his membership from Reno 
lodge to El Paso, where he had been connected for several years as president 
of the Western Woodenware Company.  Besides his widow and three children, he 
is survived by his mother, Mrs. Harriet Lachman; a sister, Mrs. Leon S. Mayer; 
two brothers, Joseph and Sol J. Lachman, and a niece, Miss Selma Mayer.
  

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