GRAVE LOCATION - Block D Lot 14 Grave 9
Haskell Funeral Home marker
Mary Jane Beeler Blakey
Born 1 Apr 1865, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Parents William Beeler & Jane Thompson
Md Richard Brigham Blakey
Died 15 Dec 1921, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
GRAVE LOCATION - Block D Lot 14 Grave 8
Haskell Funeral Home marker
Richard Brigham Blakey
Born 27 Sep 1855, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Parents Richard John Blakey & Caroline Gasten
Md Mary Jane Beeler
Died 5 Mar 1922, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
GRAVE LOCATION - Block A Lot 17 Grave 2
STONE SAYS Our Darling
Charles H. Bookout
Born 24 Jul 1903, Foss, Washita, Oklahoma
Parents Marion Leonard Bookout & Nellie Rose Surdam
Died 25 Feb 1919
GRAVE LOCATION - Block A Lot 17 Grave 1
Haskell Funeral Home marker
Marion Leonard Bookout
Born 16 May 1872, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas
Md Nelllie Rose Surdam (div)
Died 14 May 1949, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyomingother source states born Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas
GRAVE LOCATION - Block A Lot 16 Grave 1
STONE SAYS Father, Grandfather
Melvin Mexico Bookout
Born 10 Oct 1907, Obar, Quay, New Mexico
Parnets Marion L. Bookout & Nellie Surdam
Married Iris O. Bone, 29 May? 1929, Blackwell, Oklahoma
Died 28 Apr 1993, Columbus, Stillwater, Montana
GRAVE LOCATION - Block J Lot 13 Grave 1
Richard Sessions Boyce
Born 14 Jan 1944, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents Golden Boyce & Emma Sessions
Died 16 Jan 1944A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Golden Boyce in the Lovell hospital on Saturday. It lived but a few hours. Burial was made in the Byron cemetery.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block K Lot 13 Grave 6
On the same stone as Terry LaVar Heath
Terry Lee Boyce
Born 28 Jun 1961, Powell, Park, Wyoming
Parents Melvin Sessions Boyce & Lillie Faye Miller
Died 1 Aug 1961, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried ThursdayInfant Rites Today
Funeral Services for Terry Lee Boyce, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Boyce, will be held in the Haskell Funeral home Thursday (today) with Bishop Mark Robertson officiating.
Terry Lee was born in the Powell hospital June 28. Death was stated to be the result of respirational difficulties. Doctors stated that the infant most likely was born with the disorder.
Terry Lee is survived by his parents, two brothers, Melvin Richard, 4, and David Wayne, 3 and a sister, Melanie Fay, 2. The family lives at 526 Ore. ave.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block C Lot 2 Grave 10
Haskells Funeral Home marker
Caroline Murray Bradshaw
Born 10 Nov 1868, Spanish Forks, Utah, Utah
Parents Richard Murray & Martha Ann Hicks
Md William Henry Bradshaw
Died 16 May 1905, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
GRAVE LOCATION - Block C Lot 2 Grave 12
Haskells Funeral Home marker
Mary Eliza Holliday Bradshaw
Born 15 Apr 1871, Sulligent, Lamar, AL
Parents John Holliday & Martha Agnes Wren
Md William Henry Bradshaw
Died 14 Oct 1924, Byron, Big Horn, WyomingIn April 1903 Mary and 3 sisters and two brothers came to northwestern Wyoming from Alabama.
Apr. 27, 1903, Mary, three sisters and one brother moved to Wyoming. They arrived in Byron May 2 and lived with their brother Dan who had been here for some time.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block C Lot 2 Grave 9
Haskells Funeral Home marker
William Henry Bradshaw
Born 30 Apr 1860, Salterville, Weber, Utah
Parents Thomas Bradshaw Jr. & Hannah Hobson
Md Caroline Murray
Md 2) Mary Eliza Holladay, 18 Sep 1906, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Died 5 Nov 1926, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
GRAVE LOCATION - Block D Lot 14 Grave 1
Funeral Home marker
Irene Anderson Branegan
Born 30 May 1918
Biological parents Walter Benema & Lois Irene Lindsay
Parents Rapheal Andrew Anderson & Lois Irene Lindsay
Md 1) Mr. Betz
Md 2) Robert J Branegan
Died Apr 1993, Salt Lake County, Utah
GRAVE LOCATION - Block D Lot 14 Grave 2
WAR RECORD - PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Robert James Branegan
Born 16 Oct 1916, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Son of Robert Brannegan Sr. & Estella Buckley
Md Irene Anderson
Died 5 Mar 1980, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada
Buried TuesdayRobert Branegan Jr.
Robert Branegan Jr., a former Byron resident, was a member of the LDS Church. He died at age 63 Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nev., of injuries sustained in an auto accident.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Branegan Sr. During World War II he served in the Army.
Survivors include his wife, the former Irene Anderson of Cold Springs, Nev.; two sons Joe Betz and LeRoy Betz and a daughter, Mr. Lorna Wyetts, all of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Byron Cemetery with Haskell Funeral Home in charge.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block F Lot 10 Grave 7
STONE SAYS married 6 Feb 1959, (no wife listed)
Ellis Allred Brinkerhoff
Born 1 Apr 1935, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Son of Edward Warren Brinkerhoff & Vera Allred
Md Maxine Snell, 6 Feb 1959, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho
Died 14 Jun 1982, Cokeville, Lincoln, Wyoming
Buried SaturdayEllis and Kevin Brinkerhoff
Ellis A. Brinkerhoff, 47, and his son, Kevin, 13, were killed Monday, June 14, 1982, in an automobile collision with a truck at an intersection 10 miles north of Cokeville, Wyoming.
Ellis was born April 1, 1935, in Lovell, the son of Warren and Vera Allred Brinkerhoff. He attended Lovell schools and spent much of his life in Lovell before moving to Powell.
He married Maxine Snell Feb. 6, 1959, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was working for Marathon Oil Co. at the time of his death.
Kevin was born Nov. 13, 1968, in Missoula, Mont., and had lived in Powell all of his life.
Both were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Their survivors include Ellis' wife; mother, Vera Brinkerhoff of Lovell; a son Todd Snell; one daughter, Andrea; five brothers, Gerald and Floyd of Lovell; Kendall of Panguitch, Utah. Arnold of Powell and Gary of Pleasant Grove, Utah; four sisters, Merica Monk of Greendale, Wisconsin, Arlene Collins of Livingston, Montana, Glenda Asay of Lovell and Karen Simonsen of Bountiful, Utah; four half brothers, Clark of Cedar City, Utah. James of Worland, Lavell of Cheyenne, and Joseph of Soda Springs, Idaho,; and two half sisters, Lillian Hinkle of Lovell and Myrtle Meacham of Byron.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Powell LDS chaple. Burial will be in the Byron Cemetery with Haskell Funeral Home in charge.
Two die, three injured in accident
COKEVILLE (UPI) - A father and son were killed and three other people were injured Monday in an collision 10 miles north of Cokeville, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
The patrol said Ellis Brinkerhoff, 47, of Powell, and his 13-year-old son Kevin, were killed in the accident that occurred at about 3:35 p.m. Monday at Border Junction on the Wyoming-Idaho border.
The patrol said the station wagon driven by Maxine Brinkerhoff, 43, failed to stop at a stop sign at the junction of U.S. highways 30 and 89 and collided with a cab-over driven by James R. Smith, 54, of Woodland Park, Colo.
Neither Mrs. Brinkerhoff or Smith were injured in the accident, the patrol said.
Several passengers in the Brinkerhoff vehicle were taken to area hospitals for treatment. Carol Abbott, 37, of Jefferson City, Mo., was taken to a Montpelier, Idaho, hospital with possible neck injuries, and Todd Brinkerhoff, 20 and Chuck Pickering, 19, also of Powell, were flown to the University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block F Lot 10 Grave 6
Kevin Ellis Brinkerhoff
Born 13 Nov 1968, Missoula, Missoula, Montana
Son of Ellis Brinkerhoff & Maxine Snell
Died 14 Jun 1982, Cokeville, Lincoln, Wyoming
Buried Saturday
Ellis and Kevin Brinkerhoff
Ellis A. Brinkerhoff, 47, and his son, Kevin, 13, were killed Monday, June 14, 1982, in an automobile collision with a truck at an intersection 10 miles north of Cokeville, Wyoming.
Ellis was born April 1, 1935, in Lovell, the son of Warren and Vera Allred Brinkerhoff. He attended Lovell schools and spent much of his life in Lovell before moving to Powell.
He married Maxine Snell Feb. 6, 1959, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was working for Marathon Oil Co. at the time of his death.
Kevin was born Nov. 13, 1968, in Missoula, Mont., and had lived in Powell all of his life.
Both were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Their survivors include Ellis' wife; mother, Vera Brinkerhoff of Lovell; a son Todd Snell; one daughter, Andrea; five brothers, Gerald and Floyd of Lovell; Kendall of Panguitch, Utah. Arnold of Powell and Gary of Pleasant Grove, Utah; four sisters, Merica Monk of Greendale, Wisconsin, Arlene Collins of Livingston, Montana, Glenda Asay of Lovell and Karen Simonsen of Bountiful, Utah; four half brothers, Clark of Cedar City, Utah. James of Worland, Lavell of Cheyenne, and Joseph of Soda Springs, Idaho,; and two half sisters, Lillian Hinkle of Lovell and Myrtle Meacham of Byron.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Powell LDS chaple. Burial will be in the Byron Cemetery with Haskell Funeral Home in charge.
Two die, three injured in accident
COKEVILLE (UPI) - A father and son were killed and three other people were injured Monday in an collision 10 miles north of Cokeville, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
The patrol said Ellis Brinkerhoff, 47, of Powell, and his 13-year-old son Kevin, were killed in the accident that occurred at about 3:35 p.m. Monday at Border Junction on the Wyoming-Idaho border.
The patrol said the station wagon driven by Maxine Brinkerhoff, 43, failed to stop at a stop sign at the junction of U.S. highways 30 and 89 and collided with a cab-over driven by James R. Smith, 54, of Woodland Park, Colo.
Neither Mrs. Brinkerhoff or Smith were injured in the accident, the patrol said.
Several passengers in the Brinkerhoff vehicle were taken to area hospitals for treatment. Carol Abbott, 37, of Jefferson City, Mo., was taken to a Montpelier, Idaho, hospital with possible neck injuries, and Todd Brinkerhoff, 20 and Chuck Pickering, 19, also of Powell, were flown to the University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block J Lot 9 Grave 7
Haskells Funeral Home marker
Beulah Anne Asay Brown
Born 20 Jul 1922, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents Andrew Dutton Asay & Essie Sessions
Md Gerald Wilbur Brown, 21 Jul 1937, Thermopolis, Hot Springs, Wyoming
Died 9 Jan 1960, Powell, Park, Wyoming
Buried 13 Jan 1960, WednesdayLast Rites Held for Mrs. Beulah Brown
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. in the Byron LDS chapel for Mrs. Beulah Brown, 37, Byron. Bishop Joseph W. Doty officiated.
The Singing Mothers chorus sang, "The Old Rugged Cross," for the opening number. They were directed by Mrs. Lou Wolz and accompanied by Cody Neville.
The invocation was given by Clifton Asay. Mrs. Angus Vail read the obituary. Mrs. Gary Stevens sang, "Beyond the Sunset," accompanied by Mrs. Walter Stevens. The sermon was given by John J. Welch.
For a closing number, the Singing Mothers sang, "The Lord's Prayer." George Abraham gave the benediction. Prelude and postlude music was played by Mrs. Charles Hessenthaler.
Pallbearers were Wilwood Griffin, John Tippetts, Frank Cook, Lynn Beddes, Hubert Yates, Leon Yates and Jess Henrich.
Interment was in the Byron cemetery. The Haskell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Wayne Lynn gave the grave dedication.
Beulah Brown was born July 20, 1922 at Byron, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Asay. She was married to Gerald Brown, July 21, 1937 in Thermopolis.
Survivors, include her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Gary Mumford, Lovell, Linda and Carol; two sons Charles and Jerry and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Cook, Lovell and Mrs. Lena Holcomb, Thermopolis.
Mother - Daughter Killed In Weekend Auto Mishap
A tragic highway accident claimed it's second life Wednesday, when 17 year old Nadine Brown, died at St. Vincents hospital, Billings of injuries suffered when the car she was a passenger in collided with a 21 ft. oil storage tank being transported on the back of a truck and the Eagle Creek bridge, about nine miles west of Powell, near Ralston.
Killed instantly was Beulah Brown, 37 , Byron, mother of Nadine. Eight other ocupants of the station wagon were injured, six of which were members of the Gerald Brown family.
Nadine along with her father, Gerald Brown, 49, and a younger sister, five year old Carol were transferred to St. Vincent's hospital from War Memorial hospital at Powell Sunday.
Others injured in the mishap were Betty Brown, 24, Cody, possible broken pelvis and sever bruises to the thighs. Dorothy Brown, 14, broken pelvis. Jerry Brown, 13, broken collar bone and broken pelvis, Linda, 11 broken pelvis, Charles Brown, 9 , possible skull fracture, Carol Brown, 5, fractured right leg and chin. Gerald Brown, 49, the father, received chest and head injuries and lacerations.
A grandson, Gerald Mumford 3, Lovell, was the least injured in the auto with only bruises.
Investigating highway patrol officers stated, that the car driven at the time by the father, plowed into the side of an oil storage tank on the back of an oncoming truck just as the truck was leaving the Eagle Creek bridge, about nine miles west of Powell, near Ralston, then struck the side of the bridge sending the timbers into the auto.
Two of the Brown children were thrown from the auto along with the family dog. They were found near the creek bed. The officers stated that the animal had to be disposed of at the scene.
The injured were transported to the Powell hospital by ambulance, patrol cars and automobiles of passerbys.
Officers stated that the truck belonging to the Harris Trucking Company, Cody, was driven by Robert Slater, 29, Cody. Slater was not injured. They said that flagmen were stationed both in front and in back of the west bound truck.
No skid marks were found at the scene of the accident, but later investigation disclosed that this may have been due to a broken brake fluid line. The demolished car showed the loss of brake fluid in the right rear brake drum. Patrolmen stated that the emergency brake handle was found pulled all the way out.
Blood for the injured Brown family was rushed to the hospital from Lovell, Cody, Greybull and Worland by the highway patrol, game warden, Jim Coyner and Park county Undersheriff Leonard Whitney. Later blood was flown in from the center at Cheyenne. Blood donors were called from the Northwest Community College basketball game Saturday night.
The death of Mrs. Brown and Nadine raised Wyoming's highway toll for the year to four, one below this same date a year ago.
Mrs. Brown was born July 20, 1922 at Byron, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Asay. She was married to Gerald Brown July 21, 1937, in Thermopolis.
Surviving are her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Gary Mumford of Lovell, Linda and Carol; two sons Charles and Jerry and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Cook of Lovell and Mrs. Lena Holcomb of Thermopolis.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brown were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the LDS Chapel in Byron, with Bishop Joseph Doty officiating.
The Haskell Funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services for Nadine Brown will be held Thursday, today, at 2 p.m. in Byron at the LDS chapel.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block J Lot 9 Grave 3
Dora Mae Awalt Brown
Born 22 Feb 1955, Pearsall, Frio, Texas
Daughter of Roy Shiners Awalt & Helen May Manson
Md Charles Wilbur Brown, 30 Apr 1982, Basin, Big Horn, Wyoming
Died 6 Aug 1986, Lander, Fremont, Wyoming
Buried 11 Aug 1986, MondayDora Mae Brown
Dora Mae Brown, 31, died Wednesday afternoon in a head-on collision 20 miles east of Farson, Wyoming. She was born February 22, 1955 in Pearsall, Texas, the daughter of Roy S. and Helen Mae Manson Awalt. She married Charles W. Brown April 30, 1982 in Basin, Wyo. and they have made their home in Lovell since then. She owned and operated a Day Care Center and was a member of the Lovell Child Protection Team. She enjoyed working in ceramics and was an avid hunter and camper.
Survivors include her husband of Lovell, her mother Mrs. Helen Mae Gandy of Seguine, Texas, one son, Travis and three daughters, Tammy, Becky and Tonya all of the family home, and two brothers, Lester Awalt of Port Lavaca, Texas and Roy Awalt Jr. of Powell, Wyoming. Funeral services will be Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the Lovell, Wyoming Stake Center with Bishop Robert Hawley officiating. Burial will be in the Byron Cemetery. Haskell Funeral Home of Lovell is in charge of arrangements.Highway crash claims area women
Dora Brown of Lovell was killed last Wednesdy afternoon in a head-on collision 20 miles east of Farson, in Sublette County, as an oncoming vehicle pulled into her lane in attempt to pass a truck on state highway 28.
Wyoming Highway Patrolman Tom Adams of Farson, who investigated the accident, said Brown, 31, and Judy Kukowski were traveling west on Highway 28 at about 2:30 p.m. when a vehicle driven by Robert Warne of Buffalo attempted to pass a truck and collided with the Brown vehicle.
Brown, Kukowski and Warne were each pronounced dead at the scene by Sublette County Coroner Bill Meyer, according to Patrolman Adams. He said a passenger in the Warne wehicle, a transient hitchhiker whose corect name and address had not been determined, was injured in the crash and hospitalized with a possible broken leg and several lacerations.
Adams said Brown was traveling in a 1984 Renault Alliance which was on loan from a company in Billings, but indications at the scene were the Kukowski and not Brown was diving at the time of the accident. He said the passenger apparently left the vehicle through the windshield and the driver was also ejected from the car.
Kukowski, whose home address was listed as Green Bush, Minn., had been living in Byron in recent months.
Among the survivors of Dora Brown ar her husband Charles, a son Travis, and three daughters, Tammy, Becky and Tonya, all of the home address in Lovell.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block A Lot 18 Grave 4
STONE SAYS Age 1 MO, does not give birth date
Elaine Brown
Born 1 Feb 1920, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents Eben Ray Brown & Marie Easton
Died 2 Mar 1920, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming ( 1 month old)
GRAVE LOCATION - Block J Lot 9 Grave 6
Haskells Funeral Home marker
Gerald Wilbur Brown
Born 15 Apr 1914, Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming
Parents William Marion Brown & Hattie Bell Deysert
Md Beulah Ann Asay, 21 Jul 1937, Thermoplis, Hot Springs, Wyoming
Died 23 Jan 1960, Billings, Yellowstone, MontanaThird Member of Brown Family Dies
A traffic accident which occurred Jan. 9, west of Powell claimed it's third life Saturday. Gerald Wilbur Brown, 45, Byron, an oil field worker, and fathrr of the nine member family which was riding with him at the time of the crash, died in a Billings hospital Saturday.
His wife Beulah, 37, was killed at the time of the crash and a daughter, Nadine, 7, died Jan. 13 in the Billiings hospital of injuries she received.
Funeral services for Gerald Brown were conducted Tuesday afternoon in the Byron LDS chapel. Bishop Joseph Doty officiated. Burial was in the Byron Cemetery with the Haskell Funeral home in charge.
Surviving are two sons, Gary and Charles of Byron; four daughters, Mrs. Beverly Mumford of Lovell, Dorothy, Linda and Carol, all of Byron; one brother William, Cody; one sister, Mrs Lucille Willis, Andover, S.D., three half brothers and two grandchildren.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block J Lot 9 Grave 5
Haskells Funeral Home marker
Harriett Nadine Brown
Born 9 Jun 1942, Thermopolis, Hot Springs, Wyoming
Parents Gerald Wilbur Brown & Beulah Ann Asay
Single
Died 13 Jan 1960, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana
Buried 14 Jan 1960 ThursdayServices Held for Nadine Brown, 17
Funeral services for Nadine Brown, 17, Byron, were held from the Byron LDS chapel, Thursday, Jan. 14. Bishop Joseph W. Doty officiated.
Nadine died at St. Vincent's hospital, Billings, Jan. 13 of injuries she received in a traffic accident on Jan, 9. Burial was in the Byron cemetery.
Prelude and postlude music was played by Mrs. Charles Hessenthaler at the organ. The Seminary Girls Chorus sang, "Sweet Hour of Prayer," with Mrs. Lloyd Allen conducting.
The invocation was given by Harold I Hopkinson. Mrs. Chon Mangus gave the obituary. The high school girsl chorus sang, "The Lord's Prayer," with soloist Joe Pinney, they were accompanied by Miss Cody Neville.
Lloyd Allen gave the sermon, after which the Seminary Girls Chorus sang the closing song, "Nearer My God to Thee". The benediction was given by Wayne Lynn.
Palbearers were Ray Hatch, Jay Robinson, Dean Hile, Clyde Griffin, Donald Asay, James Jensen and Kenneth Anderson. Walter Stevens dedicated the grave.
Nadine Brown was born Jan. 9, 1947 at Thermopolis, the daugther of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Brown.
************Mother - Daughter Killed In Weekend Auto Mishap
A tragic highway accident claimed it's second life Wednesday, when 17 year old Nadine Brown, died at St. Vincents hospital, Billings of injuries suffered when the car she was a passenger in collided with a 21 ft. oil storage tank being transported on the back of a truck and the Eagle Creek bridge, about nine miles west of Powell, near Ralston.
Killed instantly was Beulah Brown, 37 , Byron, mother of Nadine. Eight other ocupants of the station wagon were injured, six of which were members of the Gerald Brown family.
Nadine along with her father, Gerald Brown, 49, and a younger sister, five year old Carol were transferred to St. Vincent's hospital from War Memorial hospital at Powell Sunday.
Others injured in the mishap were Betty Brown, 24, Cody, possible broken pelvis and sever bruises to the thighs. Dorothy Brown, 14, broken pelvis. Jerry Brown, 13, broken collar bone and broken pelvis, Linda, 11 broken pelvis, Charles Brown, 9 , possible skull fracture, Carol Brown, 5, fractured right leg and chin. Gerald Brown, 49, the father, received chest and head injuries and lacerations.
A grandson, Gerald Mumford 3, Lovell, was the least injured in the auto with only bruises.
Investigating highway patrol officers stated, that the car driven at the time by the father, plowed into the side of an oil storage tank on the back of an oncoming truck just as the truck was leaving the Eagle Creek bridge, about nine miles west of Powell, near Ralston, then struck the side of the bridge sending the timbers into the auto.
Two of the Brown children were thrown from the auto along with the family dog. They were found near the creek bed. The officers stated that the animal had to be disposed of at the scene.
The injured were transported to the Powell hospital by ambulance, patrol cars and automobiles of passerbys.
Officers stated that the truck belonging to the Harris Trucking Company, Cody, was driven by Robert Slater, 29, Cody. Slater was not injured. They said that flagmen were stationed both in front and in back of the west bound truck.
No skid marks were found at the scene of the accident, but later investigation disclosed that this may have been due to a broken brake fluid line. The demolished car showed the loss of brake fluid in the right rear brake drum. Patrolmen stated that the emergency brake handle was found pulled all the way out.
Blood for the injured Brown family was rushed to the hospital from Lovell, Cody, Greybull and Worland by the highway patrol, game warden, Jim Coyner and Park county Undersheriff Leonard Whitney. Later blood was flown in from the center at Cheyenne. Blood donors were called from the Northwest Community College basketball game Saturday night.
The death of Mrs. Brown and Nadine raised Wyoming's highway toll for the year to four, one below this same date a year ago.
Mrs. Brown was born July 20, 1922 at Byron, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Asay. She was married to Gerald Brown July 21, 1937, in Thermopolis.
Surviving are her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Gary Mumford of Lovell, Linda and Carol; two sons Charles and Jerry and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Cook of Lovell and Mrs. Lena Holcomb of Thermopolis.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brown were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the LDS Chapel in Byron, with Bishop Joseph Doty officiating.
The Haskell Funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services for Nadine Brown will be held Thursday, today, at 2 p.m. in Byron at the LDS chapel.
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Nadine, age 17, died at the St. Vincent's hospital, in Billings, of injuries received in a traffic accident on Jan 9, her mother Beulah died at the time of the crash and her father Gerald died 23 Jan.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block A Lot 18 Grave 6
Haskells Funeral Home marker
Inez Brown
Born 24 Feb 1921, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents Eben Ray Brown & Marie Easton
Died 6 Mar 1924, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
GRAVE LOCATION - Block A Lot 18 Grave 12
Haskells Funeral Home marker
Mary Brown
Born 24 Nov 1922, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents Eben Ray Brown & Marie Easton
Died 28 Feb 1938
Buried 2 Mar 1938, Wednesday
Funeral for Brown Girl Wednesday
Funeral services were held for Mary Brown in the Lovell West Ward chapel Wednesday, Mar. 2, Bishop Frank H. Brown presiding. Benediction was offered by Bishop O. L. Allphin. The West Ward Relief Society chorus sang, "Sometime We'll Understand," "Prayer Perfect," and "The Lord's Prayer." Speakers were Thos. B. Croft, H. C. Carlton, and Bishop Frank H. Brown. Benediction was offered by R. L. Allphin and interment was made in the Byron cemetery.
Mary Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ray Brown, was born in Lovell, Nov. 24, 1922. At the age of 18 months she suffered a very severe attack of measles. Arthritis started when she was seven years old, and in spite of all medical science could do for her, she was forced to leave her classmates and school on her tenth birthday. She spent one year in a wheel chair and four years confined helplessly. Although for years she was never free from pain her mind was alert and active, and she developed a wonderful personality, and by means of the radio and close contact with the family and friends she acquired learning that was remarkable.
Monday evening Feb. 24, she left peacefully for heaven's home. She leaves to mourn her passing, her parents, four sisters, Mrs. Earl Chadwick, Mrs. Arnold Jones, and Jane and Ruth, and two brothers, Easton, who is on a mission in England, and a younger brother.
8GRAVE LOCATION - Block J Lot 14 Grave 8
Alvana Lucy Noe Burington
Born 16 Jun 1879, New Tazewell, Claiborne, Tenneesee
Parents Wootson Noe & Mary Thompson
Md William Hays Burington, 21 Sep 1906, New Taxwell, Claiborne, Tenneesee
Died 19 Dec 1941, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried MondayFuneral Services for Mrs. Wm. Burrington
Funeral services were held in the Byron chapel Monday afternoon for Mrs. William Burrington, who passed away Friday morning after an illness of several months.
The service was conducted by Walter Stevens. The opening musical number, "If We Could See Beyond Today," was by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stevens. Invocation was by Leo J. Neville. Words of comfort were spoken by Fritz Winzenried, the theme of this talk being "Let not your hearts be troubled." A favorite song, "Oh, My Father," was sung Mrs. Vernon Condie. Remarks were made by Frank Jones. Violet Mangus, as a representative of the Relief Society, gave the obituary and read a poem written in memory of Mrs. Burrington by Rose Mangus of Bountiful, Utah. The closing song was sung by the quartette, "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go, Dear Lord." The benediction was by John Jensen, Pallbearers were Matt Cozzens, Jack Corbett, H. P. McKay, Kirk Sessions, Alvin Sessions, and John Jensen. The floral displays were taken care of by the Relief Society ladies. Burial was made in the Byron cemetery.
Alvena Lucy Noe Burrington was born Jan. 16, 1880 at New Tazwell, Tenn., the daughter of Woodson and Mary Co Noe. She met and married William Hayes Burrington on Sept. 21, 1906. To this union one child was born, Hazel Burrington Leslie, now living in Byron. The family lived in Utah a number of years and then came to Wyoming in the interest of Mrs. Burrington's health. Here in Byron they made thier home and became a part of the comunity life. She never counted her frail body a handicap, but sewed and cooked and kept a lovely home for her family. She was a familiar figure at quiltings, showers and social life, and was loved for her cheerfulness. She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, her daughter Hazel and husband, Harry Leslie, three sisters and brother still living in the family place at New Tazwell, and many friends.
GRAVE LOCATION - Block C Lot 9 Grave 14
Haskells Funeral Home marker
Rufus Warren Burrington
Born 26 May 1870, Deepcreek Township, Tooele, Utah (some say 30 Mar 1875)
Parents Haze William Burrington & Rebecca Hannah Star
Md Sarah Diana Cozzens, Nov 1906, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming (died 1949)
Died 26 Aug 1923, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming (some say Rock Springs, Wy -24 Aug)
GRAVE LOCATION - Block C Lot 9 Grave 16
Haskells Funeral Home marker, marker is broken some letters missing as of Mar 2000
Warren Junius Burrington
Born 21 Jun 1915, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents Rufus Warren Burrington & Sarah Diana Cozzens
Died 15 Jan 1933, Byron, Big Horn, WyomingPowell Boy Perishes In Sunday's Strom
High School Lad Yields To Elements After Battling All Day With Cold And Exposure. Lost With Sheep
Juneus Burrington, a 17-year-old Powell High school boy who made his home with the Joe Cozzens family, lost his life in the bitter cold and blinding snowstorm of last Sunday. He was assisting his uncle Joe with the sheep Sunday morning, when he somehow got separated from Mr. Cozzens and wandered away from camp and despite an all day search by four men on horseback he with his dog and the flock of bucks they wee tending could not be found.
The Cozzens sheep camp was located at the time directly south of Powell on the Willwood, toward McCullough's Peaks and about one mile above the main irrigation canal. It was to this camp that Mr. Cozzens, a well known Powell flockmaster, had journeyed with his nephew on sunday morning, leaving their home near Ralston about daybreak and arriving at the sheep camp on the Willwood at somewhat past eight o'clock. The weather was not severe at the time, and although both were dressed in their ordinary winter wraps, yet no preparations were made to withstand such a sudden blizzard as came upon the valley at about nine o'clock that morning. The purpose of their errand was to dirve a bunch of fifty bucks from the camp across the Willwood bridge and thence on up this side of the river to their home ranch. Mr. Cozzens handled the car and planned driving toward the Willwood community house, a distance of a couple of miles, while the boy on foot with the dog would go along with him and togethr they would drive the sheep The boy went ahead with the sheep while Mr. Cozzens was delayed for a few minutes at camp with the idea of catching up with him in the car. The arrangements were merely the ordinary routine of trailing a small bunch of sheep and seemed to involve no prospect of hardship, but then of a sudden the storm began raging with such fury that, when Mr. Cozzens came along in the car a few minutes, perhaps a half hour, later, to overtake Juneus with the sheep there were no signs of them. He could not find any trace of them at the time and he at once went back to camp to get a horse so he could the better search for them. All day he kept up the frenzied search for the boy and the sheep. Others, including Solon Cozzens, Paul Phillips and Bill Sayler, were also out hunting with him all day on horseback. Doubtless they were at times close upon him and the sheep, because the Willwood country is a narrow stretch and they covered the locality with thoroughness. The theory now is held by Mr. Cozzens that the boy followed the sheep too much to the west, later making a turn to the left and back above the camp, traveling with the storm, southeasterly. The boy had doubtless become bewildered at the time and lost his sense of directions. He went faster than did the searchers. The sheep were found two days later about three miles southeast of the camp. Just where Juneus Burrington travelled all day Sunday in his half frozen, half exhausted condition, floundering about among the snowdrifts and facing a biting wind, is known only by the faithful dog that was his constant companion in his struggle for life and kept faithful vigil over his frozen body after he had given up the struggle. He probably spent several hours under the Roan Wash bridge. Mr. Cozzens doesn't believe that Juneus remained with the sheep in that storm more than an hour or so Sunday morning. He believes he left them to find his way back to camp. In his bewilderment he journeyed to the east and sourth above Roan Wash. His body was found about a stone's throw from the highway on the upper Willwood bench, a half mile from the Richard Vogel ranch house.
The search for the Burrington boy Sunday was only abandoned that evening when it became too dark to make any further efforts in the storm of any use. With the renewal of the search Monday morning there was an army of fifty or sixty men taking part, most of whom were on horseback. The weather cleared Sunday night at midnight, and with modulating temperature the quest was made easier Monday.
Fred Hopkins found the body of the boy at about noon Monday. The dog was keeping watch over the dead boy's prostrate form laying huddled in the snow, and Mr. Hopkins says that the animal would not consent to his even so much as touching the body. Mr. Cozzens and other searchers were immediately notified and they came to convey the body to the Champion-Easton undertaking rooms at Powell, where it was prepared for burial at the Byron cemetery this afternoon.
After finding the body of the boy several searchers were of the opionion that they had passed the spot in their travels along the road and had see the same dog at a distance, but had thought the animal belonged to the Vogel ranch. Tracks wee found leading from the boy's body to a spot underneath the bridge over Roan Wash creek. There the searchers found plain signs that the boys had spent some considerable time. A sagebrush fire was ready to be kindled with torn leaves from an old magizine, but the boys's hands were doubtless too frozen to light the matches he had along with him. Signs showed where he had huddled the dog close to him in trying to get warm. He left one of his mittens behind him under the bridge when he abandoned that partial shelter and started to follow the road westward across the flat, and doubtless he observed a light sunday night at the Vogel ranch, for his tracks left the road directly northward to this house would have been an easy refuge for him, but it seems he was too much frozen and exhausted to walk that half-mile of distance. It is the opinion of the searchers that it was Monday morning before the brave lad finally gave up the struggle for life and lay down in sleep at the mercy of the elements. The tracks behind him were quite fresh and his body was not completely frozen.
Powell High School Student
Juneus Burrington was 17 years of age last June. He was an orphan boy, coming to Powell from Byron, a few years ago in the Joe Cozzens family. His parents, Rufus and Dianna Cozzens Burrington, died when he was a small boy and he came into the Cozzens home when 6 years of age to receive the affection and good rearing of Mr. and Mrs. Cozzens as though he were one of their own childrn. He was a resourceful lad, a good student at school, and was popular among his classmates because of his good natured, jolly likeable ways. He has an older brother Hayse in the United States naval service, and an older sister Edelean, who resides with the Dave Cozzens family at Salt Lake City, William Burrington of Byron and Mat, Joe and Paul Cozzens are his uncles living in this valley.
The body of this brave boy will be tenderly placed in a grave at Byron beside the final resting places of his mother and father. Several from Powell, including classmates of the high school, planned journeying to Byron today to pay thier respects to this bright promising young fellow and to extent their sympathy to the Cozzens family in this darkened hour of their lives.
Mrs. Cozzens was as a mother to this boy and Mr. Cozzens showered upon his nephew the same affection that he gave his own sons, Powell and Byron people have been deeply touched by the tragedy, and they have done all possible to lighten the burden of grief that rest upon the Cozzens household at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Cozzens were at the Tribune this morning on their way to Byron to the funeral and made known their sincere appreciation for the kindness and sympathy of Powell people at this time.
(taken from the Powell Tribune, 19 Jan 1933, page 1)
GRAVE LOCATION - Block J Lot 14 Grave 7
Haskells Funeral Home marker
William Haze Burington
Born 28 Nov 1877, Ibapah,Tooele, Utah
Parents Rufus Burrington & Rebecca Osborn
Md Alvana Noe, 1906
Died 23 Dec 1948, Powell, Park, Wyoming
Buried FridayMothers name may be Osmond
Funeral Services Held for Wm. Burrington
Funeral services were held in Byron Friday afternoon for William Burrinton who passed away Thursday morning at the Powell hospital.
The Byron double mixed quartette accompanied by Naomi Abraham sang the opening and closing numbers, "Through Deepening Trials," and "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go."
The invocation was offered by John Jensen. Mrs. Nellie Vail gave the obituary which had been prepared by Elizabeth Powelson and Hazel Leslie.
Nola Doty and Merrill B. Tew sang a duet "O My Father" accompanied by LeRose Doty.
Bishop Walter Stevens remarked on the many good qualities of Mr. Burrington; how quiet and unassuming he was, yet what a broad knowledge he had of the Gospel.
The funeral sermon was given by Bishop Frank Brown and he highly praised Hazel and Harry Leslie for the loving care they had bestowed on her father ever since his wife passed on seven years ago.
The Benediction was pronounced by George Abraham.
Pallbearers were Frank Jones, Roy Willey, Matt Cozzens, Farley Johnson, Ellis Powelson, Fritz Winzenried.
Even and anon amid the checkered scenes of this life we are called on to mourn the loss of some loved one. No one who grows to maturity can hope to escape it. Today we mourn the passing of William Hayes Burrington youngest of a family of four children. William is the last to go home.
He was born Nov. 28, 1877 at Inapah,Tooele County, Utah, the son Rufus and Rebecca Burrington. Both his father and mother passed on while he was a very young lad; his childhood was spent in and around the place of his birth. In 1900, at the age of 23 he went to Tazewell, Tenn., with a band of western horses. while there he met and fell in love with Alvana Noe. They carried on the courtship by mail until Sep. 21, 1906, when they were married. They were devoted to each other through the years, and though her health became very poor and they moved from place to place hoping to improve it; he was always patient and kind to her. In 1911, a baby girl was born to them; they were then living in Grouse Creek, Utah. They named her Hazel Lorene; and the couple shared their love and devotion with a third.
It was through William's brother, Rufus, that they came to Byron, Wyo. in 1916, where they have since made their home. He worked hard to make a living for his little family; worked first for Dan Neville. Later he was employed by C.A. Lewis with the sheep where he was always 100% dependable. He was trustworthy. honest, and his word was as good as his bond. His wife passed way Dec. 19, 1941. Soon after this he took the job of carrying the mail for Harvey Lindsay. He missed his wife sadly and has never ceased to grieve for her. His health has failed the last few years and he has made his home with his daughter Hazel and her husband, Harry Leslie, who are his only survivors.
He was a member of the LDS. Church, having beeen baptized Mar. 15. 1942, and he held the Melchezedic Priesthood at the time of his death.
Mr. Burrington has suffered greatly during the last few years. Everything was done for him that doctors could do. He was taken to the hospital some time ago, and passed away Thursday morning December 23, 1948. Surely there should be no grief in our hearts that he knows the sweet release from earthly duties and pain, and that he is now happy in the welcome he will receive frrom his wife and those who preceeded him on the way.
And even as they welcome him, those who grieve for his passing might say to him:
Oh, how sadly do we miss you,
More than loving tongues can tell,
But in Heaven we hope to meet you
For God doeth all things well.
Over there you will be happy
With the wife that you adored,
There you both will share the treasure
You so carefully have stored.
And as hand in hand you travel
On toward the setting sun
You shall go your way rejoicing
When your God shall say "Well done."OUR NEIGHBOR
Will Burrington was a wonderful neighbor
We were happy to call him our friend,
He lived a clean and useful life
But today his life came to an end.
Yes, it was the end of his mission here
But he will take up life anew,
And there with friends and loved ones
He will have a special work to do.
Will was quiet and unassuming
He didn't do things for show,
But was honest with his fellow man.
While he journeyed here below.
If the world was filled with men like him
There would be no wars and strife,
We would love our neighbers as ourselves
And live a more perfect life
If we could each follow the Golden Rule
As near as this man did,
There would be no regrets left in our hearts
Nothing we would want to keep hid.
He labored willingly with his hands
For he liked to till the soil,
And work for those he loved so much
His life was one of honest toil,
I never heard him speak an angry work
He was tolerant, kind and patient
And tried to erase others people's fears
Sometimes after his wife had gone
We visited with him in his home.
Hazel and Harry did all they could for him
Yet he seemed to feel so alone.
He took us out to see her grave,
And when he spoke her name,
Unshed tears filled his eyes
As he said "Life don't seem the same."
Hazel, please don't grieve too much
I am sure they are happy today,
They will live throughout eternity
We should rejoice it can be that way.
He has come to the end of his perfect day
As far as this life is concerned,
And I know he will be richly rewarded
With a beautiful mansion, well earned.
---Rose T. Mangus
GRAVE LOCATION - Block H Lot 15 Grave 2
Edna Christensen
Born 2 May 1918, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents William Christensen & Mary Betsy Sessions
Died 2 Dec 1918, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
GRAVE LOCATION - Block H Lot 15 Grave 3
Elda Christensen
Born 28 Apr 1911, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents William Christensen & Mary Betsy Sessions
Died 10 Apr 1923, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
GRAVE LOCATION - Block H Lot 15 Grave 7
Eina Christensen
Born 11 Oct 1907, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents William Christensen & Mary Betsy Sessions
Died 31 Oct 1912, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
GRAVE LOCATION - Block C Lot 1 Grave 3
STONE SAYS wife of Moroni Colvin, Rest in Peace, O, Heart that is empty, and aching for the loved one under the sod, Hold fast to those sweet words of comfort "That we will soon meet in heaven above"
Born 5 May 1884, Idapah, Tooele, Utah
Father James M. Hendry & Sarah J. Phillips
Md Moroni Colvin, 12 Oct 1904
Died 21 Oct 1905, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
GRAVE LOCATION - Block J Lot 16 Grave 2
Born 16 Dec 1943, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Parents John Richard Corbett & Loy Idella Sessions
Died 16 Dec 1943, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
BYRON BRIEFS
Barbara Corbett, infant daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Corbett on Friday, passed away Saturday. Graveside services were held at the Byron cemetery with Bishop W.G. Stevens officiating. Mrs. Corbett is in the Lovell hospital.