Penrose Cemetery

Notes


Robert Carroll

GRAVE LOCATION - Block B Lot 12 Grave 2

in the same cement as Alice Emma Carroll and Hazel M. Carroll

Robert Carroll
Born 25 May 1871, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah
Parents Patrick O'Carroll & Margaret Euphemia Robinson
Md Alice Emma Murray, 20 Sep 1893, Vernal, Unitah, Utah
Died 24 Sep 1942, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried Friday

Early Byron Settler Dies in Salt Lake City
Robert Carroll, one of the earliest setters of the Big Horn Basin died of a heart attack in Salt Lake City hospital. Mr. Carroll was 73 years of age at the time of his death and has been in poor health for the past several years.
Robert Carroll was born May 25, 1870 at Heber City, Utah. When still a young man he moved together with his parents to Vernal, Utah where he married Alice Murray in 1893. In the spring of 1901 at which time they moved to Penrose. In January of 1929 the Carroll family moved to Salt Lake City where they made their permanent home. Mrs. Carroll died in the fall of 1933 and was buried at Penrose.
During his lifetime, Mr. Carroll has beeen an active worker in the LDS church and has always been more than interested in the welfare of the community in which he lived. He was the father of six children, five of whom are still living. He leaves behind him Mrs. Alex Tvedtnes of Penrose, Mrs. Willis L. Jacobsen and Mrs. G.B. Whitecar of Salt Lake City; Mrs. J.E. Clifton of Magarth, Canada and a son Merrill of Thermopolis; seventeen grandchildren and one great grand-child.
Funeral services will be held in the LDS church at Byron Friday afternoon at one o'clock. Interment will be made in the Penrose cemetery.


Alice Emma Carroll

GRAVE LOCATION - Block B Lot 12 Grave 1

in the same cement as Robert Carroll and Hazel M. Carroll

Alice Emma Murray Carroll
Born 9 Oct 1875, Salina, Sevier, Utah
Parents Richard Murray & Martha Ann Hicks
Md Robert Carroll, 20 Sep 1893, Vernal, Uintah, Utah
Died 12 Aug 1933, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried 18 Aug 1933

Mrs. Alice E Carroll, 53, of 1155 Zenith Avenue and the wife of Robert Carroll, died in a local hospital Saturday at 8:03 pm of complications following an operation.
Mrs. Carroll was an acitve member of the L.D.S. Church and a member of the Relief Society of the Wilford L.D.S. Ward
She is survived by her husband, one son and four daughters.


James Floyd Cowley

GRAVE LOCATION - Block A Lot 9 Grave 6

in the same cement as Sarah Ellen Cowley and Irvin H. Cowley
STONE SAYS Father

James Floyd Cowley
Born 23 Jul 1884, Farmington, Davis, Utah
Parents James Heap Cowley & Rinnie Carlton Floyd
Md Sarah Ellen Hindle, 24 Dec 1907, Penrose, Big Horn, Wyoming (died 1947)
Died 26 Oct 1984, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana
Buried 30 Oct 1984, Tuesday

(he was the 1st of 13 children born to his parents)

James Floyd Cowley
James Floyd Cowley, 100, died Friday, Oct 26, 1984, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George E. Davis, in Billings.
Born in Farmington, Utah, the son of James Heap and Rinnie C. Floyd Cowley, he moved with the family to Byron. Wyo. On Dec. 24, 1907, he married Sarah E. Hindle and they lived in Byron, Idaho and Utah, later returning to Wyoming. Mrs. Cowley died in December, 1947.
Mr. Cowley was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sains, serving as counselor in bishoprics, and as ward clerk, home teacher and secretary in High Priest Quorums.
Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Davis; four sons, Roland F. of Gresham, Ore., Norman H. of Blackfoot, Idaho, Evan H. of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Frank H. of Byron; a borther, Marion of Powell; two sistes, Pauline Monk of Lovell, and LaRu Stevens of Salt Lake City; 20 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services were held Tuesday at the Latter-day Saints Stake Center in Billings, with burial in the Penrose, Wyo., Cemetery.


Sarah Ellen Cowley

GRAVE LOCATION - Block A Lot 9 Grave 7

in the same cement as James Floyd Cowley and Irvin H. Cowley
STONE SAYS Mother

Sarah Ellen Cowley
Born 4 Oct 1883, Accrington, Lancashire, England
Daughter of John Hindle & Mary Ann Simpson
Md James Floyd Cowley, 24 Dec 1907, Penrose, Big Horn, Wyoming
Died 8 Dec 1947, Powell, Park, Wyoming
Buried Thursday


Mrs. Sarah Ellen Hindle Cowley, 64, died in Powell last Monday at 3:00 p.m.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cowley were held Thursday at 1:00 p.m. in the Byron ward chapel with Bishop Walter Stevens conducting. The chorus sang, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives," conducted by Mrs. Fannie Wolz. Invocation was by Fritz Winzenried. Bishop Ervin Lynn of Lovell read the obituary and told of the devotion and life of the deceased. A solo, "Ill Take You Home Again, Kathleen," was rendered by Wallace J. Montague of Billings. Remarks on the life and activities of Mrs. Cowley was given by Bishop James B. Wasden of Penrose. A tribute was read by Mrs. Nellie Vail. A duet "Face to Face" was rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Edd Johnson of Lovell and the benediction was by Bishop Frank Jones.
Sarah Ellen Hindle Cowley was born Oct. 4, 1883 at Accrington, Lancashire, England, the daughter of Mary Ann Simpson and John Hindle. She had six brothers and three sisters.
Her mother died when she was five years of age and her father when she was 21 years old. She was a dressmaker by trade and by this she made her livelihood.
She first heard the Gospel in England when she was a young lady. She knew it was the true gospel of Christ and what she had been looking for and she received joy and comfort from all its many teachings. She walked many a mile to attend cottage meetngs and conference. She was baptized Oct. 3, 1907 in Accrington, England, by E.M. Fjelstead, and confirmed the same day by William A. Jones. She came from England to the United States October 17, 1907, coming to the home of Elsie Shumway in Penrose. She had become acquainted with Miss Shumway (now Mrs. Henry Hopkin) by correspondence. The name having been given to her by one of the elders, who was from Burlington, Wyo., she was invited to come to their home. Having a desire to come to the land of Zion, she accepted the invitation and came to Penrose. Shortly after her arrival she med Floyd Cowley and there were married December 24, 1907, at the Wm. Blackburn home in Penrose, by Bishop Fred Kohler of Byron.
They wee endowed in the Satl Lake temple of the LDS church on June 2, 1909. To this union were born six children, one daughter, Beatrice, and five sons, Roland, Norman, Evan, Frank and Ervin, who died in infancy.
She was acitve in various organizations in the Penrose ward for several years, along with her husband.
Her life was devoted to her husband, children and home and in them she received the sweet glory of womanhood. She taught the gospel by precept and example, and instilled in the hearts of her children the desire to live the Gospel and keep God's compandments. Her children shall rise and call her blessed.
Surviving are her hausband, one daughter, four sons, two brothers and one sister in Rhode Island, and nine grandchildren.


Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Cowley and four children of Missoula, Mont., came down for their sister-in-laws services last Thursday. Others attending were Gant Taggart and Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Welling of Cowley, Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Grant Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Nielson of Cody, Mrs. Glen Averett of Kane, Wallace J. Montague of Billings, Mr. and Mrs. David Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cozzens of Powell, Mrs. J. W. Lord and Mrs. Joe Cubbage of Garlnad, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wasden, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Tvedtnes, Mrs. Minnie Blud, Mrs. Fred Hopkin and daughter Mrs. Mary Harder, Daphne Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones, Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. George McBlain of Penrose, Mr. and Mrs. Alden Anderson of Willwood, Mr. and Mrs. Don Parkin of Willwood, Mr. and Mrs. J. Edd Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. John Moody, Mr. and Mrs. Orin Jones of Lovell.


Alvin S. Johnson

GRAVE LOCATION - Block C Lot 9 Grave 2

on the same stone as Sofe C. Johnson
STONE SAYS LDS

Alvin Smith Johnson
Born 24 Dec 1889, Georgetown, Garfield, Utah
Parents George Washington Johnson & Henrietta Goulding
Md 1) Derinda Shurtz, 29 Feb 1912, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Md 2) Sofia Christina Wasden, 2 Dec 1920, Livingston Park, Montana
Died 20 Nov 1974, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried 25 Nov 1974


Derinda S. Johnson

GRAVE LOCATION - Block A Lot 6 Grave 2

Derinda Shurtz Johnson
Born 3 Feb 1893, Escalante, Garfield, Utah
Parents Peter Shurtz & Harriet Moody
Md Alvin Johnson, 29 Feb 1912, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Died 15 Dec 1918, Garland, Park, Wyoming
Buried 19 Dec 1918


Alvin S. Johnson

GRAVE LOCATION - Block C Lot 9 Grave 2

on the same stone as Sofe C. Johnson
STONE SAYS LDS

Alvin Smith Johnson
Born 24 Dec 1889, Georgetown, Garfield, Utah
Parents George Washington Johnson & Henrietta Goulding
Md 1) Derinda Shurtz, 29 Feb 1912, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Md 2) Sofia Christina Wasden, 2 Dec 1920, Livingston Park, Montana
Died 20 Nov 1974, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried 25 Nov 1974


Sofe C. Johnson

GRAVE LOCATION: Block C Lot 9 Grave 3

on the same stone as Alvin S. Johnson
STONE SAYS LDS

Sofe Christina Wasden Johnson
Born 27 May 1901, Gunnison, Utah
Daughter of James B. Wasden & Tilda Christenson
Md Alvin S. Johnson, 2 Dec 1920, Livingston, Park, Montana
Died 11 Feb 1997, Cody, Park, Wyoming
Buried 15 Feb 1997, Saturday

Sofe C. Johnson
May 27, 1901 - Feb. 11, 1997
Sofe C. Johnson, 95 - year-old Worland resident, died at the West Park Hospital in Cody Tuesday, Feb. 11 1997.
Mrs. Johnson was born May 27, 1901, in Gunnision, Utah, to James B. and Tilda Wasden. She moved with her family at the age of 3 1/2 to Penrose, Wyo. where the lived on the family homestead. She attended school in Penrose and then attended for two years at the Big Horn Academy in Cowley.
She was married to Alvin S. Johnson in Livingston, Mont. on Dec. 2, 1920, and they made their home in Basin. In 1922 they moved to Lovell, Wyo. where they raised their family. During the summers they enjoyed going to the sawmill in the Big Horn Mountains. They were sealed in the Manti Temple in July of 1925.
Mrs. Johnson was very active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she was called to serve in many music positions and various leadership positions including the Stake Relief Society.
She was a member of the singing mother which traveled to Billings, Mont., where they sang on a radio station for several years. She felt education as important and loved learning and keeping her mind sharp.
Mr. Johnson died on November 20, 1974, in Lovell. Mrs. Johnson moved to Worland in the fall of 1988.
She is survived by six sons, George W. and Edward W., both of Cody, Wyo., Calvin of Pleasant Grove, Utah, Jerrold of Tulsa, Okla., Alvin Smith Jr. of Carson City, Nev. and Louis of Pleasant Grove, Utah; three daughters, Edna Taylor of San Clemente, Calif., Alva Lowe of Worland, Annella Barnes of Addy, Wash.; a brother, Brooks F. Wasden of Medford, Ore.; a sister, Elna Blood of Cody; 57 grandchildren; 146 great-grandchilden; and 28 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Lois; two brothers; and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997, at 10 a.m. at the Worland Wyoming Stake Center. Visitation will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Relief Society Room at the church. Presiding at the service will be Bishop Michael B. Ostler. Burial will be in the Penrose Cemtery at 2 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the missionary fund of their ward or the donor's choice.
Bryant Funeral Home of Worland is in charge of arrangements.


Edward W. Jones

GRAVE LOCATION - Block B Lot 6 Grave 1

Edward Wheatley Jones
Born 25 Nov 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Parents Edward Evans Jones & Letitia Wheatley
Md 1) Lucy Grace Tucker, 26 Aug 1897, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Md 2) Rose Susannah Nazer, 24 Oct 1936, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana
Died 13 Feb 1954, Cowley, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried Tuesday

Funeral Services Held For Edward Jones
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Cowley Ward chapel for Edward Jones with Bishop Robert Peterson, officiating.
The quarterre sang "O, My Father" with the opening prayer being given by Elmer S. Eyre. Obituary was given by Nellie Vail, followed by a song, "In the Garden of Tomorrow" by Vern Wilcock. Sentiments were given by Donnetta D. Willis. The sermon was given by Harry Tippetts. The quartette sang "Sometime We'll Understand" and the closing prayer was given by Elroy Lewis, Sr.
Burial was in the Penrose cemetery and the grave was dedicated by Bill Stevens.


Lucy Grace Jones

GRAVE LOCATION - Block B Lot 6 Grave 2

Lucy Grace Tucker Jones
Born 30 Oct 1871, Morgan, Morgan, Utah
Parents James Tucker & Betsey Jane Christensen
Md Edward Wheatley Jones, 25 Aug 1897, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Died 16 May 1936, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried 19 May 1936, Tuesday

Mrs. Edward Jones died suddenly of heart trouble at her home Saturday morning. At the time of her death she was alone, Mr. Jones was preparing to take her to Lovell to receive medical aid as her condition was not considered serious.


Services Held For Mrs. Jones Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. E. W. Jones were held Tuesday, May 19, at 2 p.m. in the Byron L.D.S. chapel. Bishop Frank Jones conducted the services. Ed Johnson, Oscar Jones, Grace Stevens and Lena Johnson furnished the singing with Arleen Jones at the piano. The first number was "Rock of Ages." Prayer was offered by Charles G. Anderson. Charles A. Welch was the first speaker and was followed by a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson. Dr. Thomas B. Croft paid high tribute to the deceased, after which the benediction was offered by Thomas Rogers. Interment was made in the Penrose cemetery.
Lucy Grace Tucker was Mrs. Jone's maiden name. She was born in the home of James and Betsy Tucker at Morgan, Utah, on the 30th of October, 1871 - and was reared to womanhood in that Utah community. In August, 1897, she was married to Edward W. Jones in the Mormon temple at Salt Lake City. The first five years of their married life was spent at Lehi, Arizona. From there they moved in 1902 to the then new country of northwestern Wyoming, first establishing themselves at Byron and later moving to Penrose, where they spent about thirty years on their homestead.
Mr. Jones, her husband, was the discoverer of gas in the river bottom lands south of Byron, and this discovry led to the opening of that region to the development of a successful oil industry. Mrs. Jones was a helpful campanion to her husband in all those history making days.
Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband and eight sons and daughters.
Though reared and married and scattered to homes of their own in remote parts, all of the members of the family were at the funeral except the one daughter, Mrs. Mellie Grace Kellar of Salt Lake City, who was unable to join the grief-sticken family at this time.
Mrs. Jones is also survived by fourteen grandchildren.


James Jones

GRAVE LOCATION - Block B Lot 4 Grave 7

on the same stone as Margaret M. Jones

James Jones
Born 10 Jan 1900, Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona
Son of Edward Wheatley Jones & Lucy Grace Tucker
Md 1) Margaret Marion, 3 Dec 1923, Powell, Park, Wyoming
Md 2) Margaret Louise Ilm, 24 Mar 1950 (divorced)
Md 3) Lorena White Threet, 8 Jan 1957, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana
Died 10 Sep 1975, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana

James Jones
James Jones, 75, died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1975 in St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings, Mont., following surgery. He had been in failing health for the past 8 years and had been in the hospital for three weeks.
He was born January 10, 1900 in Lehi, Ariz., the son of Edward and Lucy Tucker Jones. He moved to Wyoming when he was 3 years old with his parents and had resided in Big Horn County for 72 years. He retired from farming in 1965.
He married Lorena Threet January 8, 1957 in Billings. He was a member of the L.D.S. church.
He is survived by his widow, three sons, Edward and Robert both of Casper, and Lester Lee Jones of Laramie, two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Gullion of Powell and Mrs. Sharon Fisher of Casper, three sisters, Mrs. Grace Roesbery and Mrs. Letitia Garlock both of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mrs. Beulah Orr of Casper, 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Services were held Saturday, in the LDS Stake Chapel with Bishop Chester Christiansen officiating.
Burial was in the Penrose Wyoming cemetery with Haskell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.


Margaret M. Jones

GRAVE LOCATION - Block B Lot 4 Grave 6

on the same stone as James Jones

Margaret Marion Jones
Born 25 Sep 1906, Buffalo, Johnson, Wyoming
Parents Abraham Russell Marion & Charolette Baker
Md James Jones, 3 Dec 1923, Powell, Park, Wyoming
Died 15 Mar 1949, Powell, Park, Wyoming

Death Calls Mrs. Margaret Jones Following Surgery
Mrs. Margaret Jones, 42, passed away in the Powell Memorial hospital at 2 a.m., Tuesday, March 15th. Her death was directly attributed to pneumonia, following a major operation which she had undergone a week previous.
Mrs. Jones was the wife of James Jones, a farmer in the Garland community. She was the mother of five children and three grandchildren all of whom survive her.
The deceased was born Margaret Marion, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Marion of Buffalo, Wyoming, September 25, 1906. She was the younger of six children and has been preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one sister. She received her schooling in the Wheat Basin, Montana, and Powell schools.
Margaret Marion was married on December 3, 1923, to James Jones. The children of this couple are Mrs. Ruby Gullion, 23, of Powell; Eddie, 18; Junior Roberts, 10; Sharon, 7; and Lester Lee, 5 all of the home.
Coming from a distance to attend the funeral services for Mrs. Jones are a brother Russell Marion of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Grace Canterbury of Buffalo, Wyoming; a cousin, Mrs. Marion Skog of Billings; a niece, Mrs. Genevieve Crisp of Greybull; three sisters of Mr. Jones, Mrs. Ed Keller and Mrs. Letitia Garlock of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Beulah Orr of Casper; Mr. Jones brother Edward of Shoshoni.
Mrs. Bessie McManus, another sister of Mrs. Jones whose home is in LeGrand, Oregon, is unable to make the trip at this time.
(taken from the Powell Tribune, 17 Mar 1949, page 5)


Charles Choncie Mangus

GRAVE LOCATION - Block 0 Lot 28 Grave 10

right next to the stone of Violet Berthelson Mangus

Charles Choncie Mangus
Born 28 Jan 1899, Logan, Logan, West Virginia
Son of Joseph Cephus Mangus & Melinda Jane Chambers
Md Violet Berthelson, 21 May 1927, Basin, Big Horn, Wyoming
Died 29 marc 1983, Worland, Washakie, Wyoming
Buried 1 Apr 1983, Friday

Chon Mangus
C. Chon Mangus, 84, Byron, passed away at the Bethesda Care Center in Worland, Tuesday, March 29, 1983.
He was born January 28, 1899, at Logan, West Virginia, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cephus Mangus. A resident of Byron from 1912 to 1983, he was a retired farmer and oil field worker.
He was married to Violet Berthelson, May 21, 1927, at Basin. He was an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Peggy Havig, of Billings; three sons, Bert of Casper, Jay of Worland, and Wayne of Couselor, New Mexico; one sister, Bertha Hile of Lovell; three brothers, Clayton of Oak View, Calif., Grady of Alpine, Calif., and Anthony Mangus of Phoenix; 17 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are scheduled at 11 a.m. Friday at the Byron LDS Church under the direction of Bishop Charles Hessenthaler Jr.
Interment will be in the Penrose Cemetery.


Violet Berthelson Mangus

GRAVE LOCATION - Block 0 Lot 28 Grave 11

right next to the stone of Charles Choncie Mangus

Violet Berthelson Mangus
Born 8 Feb 1907, Penrose, Big Horn, Wyoming
Daughter of James Christian Berthelson & Botilda Gylling
Md Charles Choncie Mangus "Chon", 21 May 1927, Basin Big Horn, Wyoming
Died 27 Dec 1991, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried 31 Dec 1991, Tuesday

Violet Mangus
Violet Berthelson Mangus, 84, was born Febrary 8, 1907, in Penrose, Wyo., a little town that has all but disappeared except for the little cemetery up on the hill. She was the 6th child of James C. and Botilda Gylling Berthelson in a family of 13. Her growing up was that of a pioneer child.
She died Friday, Dec. 27, 1991 at the New Horizons Care Center in Lovell of natural causes.
Education was considered very important, and she graduated from the Big Horn Academy at Cowley in 1924. She attended the University of Wyoming for one year and then at age 18 came to Byron, Wyo. to become a teacher. She taught second grade for two years.
She married Charles Choncie Mangus on May 21, 1927, at Basin, Wyo. This marriage was solemnized at the Logan, Utah Temple in June, 1928. To this union were born four children, Mrs. Ray (Peggy) Havig of Billings, Mont., Bert Mangus of Casper, Wyo.; Jay Mangus of Worland, Wyo., and Wayne Mangus of Farmington, N.M. She loved her husband and family dearly.
Violet and Chon liked to dance. They made a handsome couple; he was dark, she was blonde, and he held her in a very special way.
Violet was once asked what she liked best, and she replied, "You name it and I like it." And she kept a mental interest to the end of her life. She loved people - the old, the young, and especially her families. She comforted them. Many stories came to her through letters and sentiments on beautiful cards.
One young grandson had the usual childhood fears. Though he lived far away, he would say to himself, "I'll just go and tell Gran, and she'll say, ''That's alright'," and he'd go to sleep.
Her letters went overseas, over the Earth, and strangely enough, it seemed she responded to needs and they were uplifted.
In the children that she taught, she had a deep, living, interest that went far beyound reading and writing, and she followed their progress through life and was proud of their accomplishments.
She never had anything she couldn't give away, and you would be surprised at the homes that had one of her treasures. Money was something to be shared, and she was generous to friend and stranger alike.
Violet and Chon always lived rich on a little. They were interesed in so many things; people, hills, rocks, flowers, antiques, or just going places, always with that side-by-side participation that Violet missed so much when Chon left. But they had 56 years of marriage and for that, she and her children were forever grateful.
Violet never wanted to be put on a pedestal. Her feet were of the earth. She just wanted to be known as one who loved her family and her fellowmen.
"Dad and I must have done somethings right; we have such fine posterity. Their paths are not without difficulty, but they walk with courage and kindness."
She is survived by a sister, Dixie McClure of Dillon, Mont., two brothers, Si Berthelson of Meeker, Colo. and Arnold Berthelson of Dell, Mont.; her four children and their spouses; 15 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1991 at 11 a.m. in the Byron LDS Chapel with Bishop Allan Clark officiating. Burial was in the Penrose Cemetery with Haskell Funeral Home in charge.


Jake F. Mangus

GRAVE LOCATION - Block B Lot 19 Grave 6

on the same stone as Mary Ellen W. Mangus

Jacob Ferrell Mangus "Jake"
Born 22 Feb 1887, Logan, Logan, West Virginia
Son of Joseph Cephus Mangus & Malinda Jane Chambers
Md 1) Amelia Ellen Hutchison, 7 Nov 1905, Logan, Logan, West Virginia
Md 2) Ella Amanda Doss, about 1910
Md 3) Mary Ellen Watts, 7 Nov 1917, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Died 28 Aug 1967, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried 31 Aug 1967, Friday

Jake Mangus Funeral Friday
Funeral services for Jake Ferrell Mangus, 80, who died at North Big Horn Hospital Aug. 28, will be held Fridy at 10 a.m.
Bishop Max Jones will conduct services in the Big Horn Stake Center.
Mr. Mangus had been a resident of the Big Horn Basin for 42 years. He was a retired caretaker of the Stake Center.
He was born May 22, 1887 at Logan County, West Virginia, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Mangus.
He was married Nov. 7, 1917 to Mary Ellen Watts at Salt Lake City. He was a member of the LDS Church.
Survivors include his widow Mary of Lovell; two daughters, Mrs. Mazie Fitzgerald of Coral Gables, Fla. and Mrs. Norman Hoffman of Lovell; one son, Ferrell of Lovell; five brothers, Chon of Byron, Clayton of Ventura, Calif., Elmer and Tony of Cortez, Colo. and Gady of Los Angles, Calif. and one sister, Mrs. Bertha Hile of Byron. He has 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchldren.
Interment will be in the Penrose cemetery under the direction of Haskell Funeral Home.
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Rites Accorded Jake F. Mangus
Funeral services for Jake Ferrell Mangus were held Aug. 31 in the Big Horn Stake Center with Bishop Max Jones conducting.
Bill Hofman offered the opening prayer and the Singing Mothers sang "Who are Those Arrayed in White." The obituary was read by Mrs. Pat Crosby; Art, Ford, Scott and John Welch sang "Beyond the Sunset" and Wilmer A. Nicholls delivered the sermon. "Oh My Father" was sung by the Singing Mothers and the closing prayer offered by John Lee Mangus.
Pall Bearers were Wayman Moody, C.R. Mangus, Evan Asay, Parley and Jesse Watts and Heber Hile. Interment was in the Penrose Cemetery; Chester Christiansen dedicated the grave.
Jake Ferrell Mangus was born May 22, 1887 at Logan, Logan County, W. Wa., to Joseph Cephus and Melinda Jane Chambers Mangus. He was the second of his mothers's 16 children and oldest to grow up. He had three older half brothers and on half sister.
He grew up on a farm in the hills of West Virginia, where at the age of 15, he worked in the coal mines of that area to help provide for his family.
In 1905, he married Amelia Hutchison, and their daughter Macie was born a year later.
When John Moody, who later became his brother-in-law, came to their locality during an LDS mission, he converted Jake and his sisters, Maud and Bertha, and they came to Wyoming with him in 1911. Later, all the family moved to Penrose to live.
Mr. Mangus joined in the pioneer activities of the time, helping to build roads and canals. He worked on the Penrose dam, and also worked for various stockmen and farmers of the area. For some time he was ditchrider on the ELk Canal.
On Nov. 7, 1917, he married Mary Ellen Watts in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. A little later he homesteaded an 80-acre farm near the lake at Penrose. While here Henry and La Wana were born. Later they moved to Byron where Doris was born.
In 1926, they bought a small house near the sugar factory and Mr. Mangus worked at the factory for several years. During the time they lived here, Irene and Ferrell were born and two children, LaWana, then 16 and Irene, a babe, died. Years later, in 1951, Henry was killed in an oil well accident in Colorado, near Rock Springs.
From 1947 to 1949, Mr. Mangus worked on a thoroughbred farm in the San Fernando Valley of California. In 1950, they moved back to Lovell, and in 1951 moved to their present home.
He worked at building the Japanese Relocation Center at Heart Mountain. He was also employed by the city, the electric company and the telephone company. For some time he was assistant custodian at the Big Horn Stake Center.
Mr. Mangus, while at Penrose served as councilor in the MIA and in the Sunday School. At Lovell, he served as secretary of his High Priest Quorum and also as a ward teacher.
Mr. Mangus died at North Big Horn Hospital Aug. 28. of cancer.
Surviving are his widow Mary; two daughters, Macie Fitzgerald of Coral Gables, Fla. and Doris Hoffman of Lovell; one son, Ferrell of Lovell; 14 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.


Mary Ellen W. Mangus

GRAVE LOCATION - Block B Lot 19 Grave 5

on the same stone as Jake F. Mangus

Mary Ellen Watts Mangus
Born 7 Feb 1894, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado
Daughter of John Thomas Watts & Irene May Hawkins
Md "Jake" Jacob Ferrell Mangus, 7 Nov 1917, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Died 22 Jan 1972, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried Jan 24, Monday

Mary Mangus dies Jan. 22
Mary Ellen Watts Mangus, 77, died at the North Big Horn County nursing wing Jan. 22, where she had lived for the past eight months. She had lived in Big Horn County for 59 years.
She was born Feb. 7, 1894 at Manassa, Colo. to Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Watts. She was married Nov. 7, 1917 to Jake Ferrell Mangus in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was a member of the LDS Church.
She is survived by three children; Doris Hoffman, Ferrell Mangus and Macie Fitzgerald all of Lovell. One brother Jesse Watts of Cody, and two sisters Ella Wibing of Burlington and Dolly Oviett of Price, Utah. Nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 24 in the LDS chapel at Lovelll, under the direction of Bishop Walter Mayer. Burial was in the Penrose Cemetery with Haskell Funeral home in charge of arrangements.


James C. Berthelson

GRAVE LOCATION - Block 0 Lot 28 Grave 5

STONE SAYS Pioneer Patriarch, Big Horn Stake, 1905-1929

James C. Berthelson
Born 14 Jun 1858, Voel, Aarhus, Denmark
Parents Christian Berthelson & Annie Sorenson
Md Mary or Maren Jensen, 14 Aug 1877
Md Botilda Gylling, 16 Dec 1893, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado
Died 3 Jun 1929, Penrose, Park, Wyoming
Buried 6 June 1929

Penrose Pioneer First Victim of Spotted Fever In County This Season
Rocky Mountain spotted fever claimed its first Park county victim on Monday evening of this week, when J.C. Berthelson, a highly regarded resident of the Penrose locality, succumbed to its ravages after 10 days of illness. The burial of this pioneer of the Shoshone valley occurs at the Penrose cemetery this afternoon with all of the living children -four sons and six daughters - present at the sad rites.
Mr. Berthelson was not an old man in point of age, but was old in experience. A story of his pioneer experiences in Utah before coming to Wyoming with his family in 1905 - twenty-four years ago - would be an interesting and proper accompaniment to this account of his death, but the Tribune is promised these details for later issue.
Of the surviving family, consisting of the wife and ten children, there are two of the sons and four of the dauhgters married and the others residing at the home. The Berthelson ranch is a well know land mark, just sourth of the Penrose bridge, where Mr. Bertherslon and his family have beeen carring on their farming pursuits through a quarter century of Pioneer life, and just at a time when the fruit of life's toil seemed promising of a greater success and remuneration, death comes in this litttle ancticipated manner to close his life's history. Mr. Berthelson would have reahed his 71st birthday this month.
(taken from the Powell Tribune, 6 June 1929)
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LARGELY ATTENDED BERTHELSON FUNERAL AT PENROSE THURSDAY
There was an especially large crowd of oldtime friends of the Shoshone valley in attendance at the funeral service in respect to the memory of J. C. Berthelson, who died at Penrose on Monday of last week. Fellow pioneers from the communities of Cowley, Lovell, Byron, Powell and Garland came to join with the people of Penrose in giving his remains honored burial. At these services held in the Penrose Mormon church, the life history of this hard working pioneer was reviewed. It was related that he was born on the 14th day of June 1858, in Voel, ...kaberg, Denmark, and immigrated to Utah in 1877, bringing with him his young bride, Mary Jensen. They settled in Fountain Green, that state, where they resided for a number of years, engaged in the poultry business and farming. In 1882, they went with a colony of neighbors to the San Louis valley in Colorado, making the trip in wagons. The wife died from burns received in the explosion of a kerosene lamp in 1893 at Sanford, Colorado, leaving Mr. Berthelson with two motherless children, three others having previously died.
At a later date, Mr. Berthelson was married to Botilda Gyeling, a former acquaintance who had come to America from Denmark. To this second marriage twelve children were born, eight of whom are living.
It was in the spring of 1905 that Mr. and Mrs. Berthelson and their family moved to Penrose in the Shoshone valley of northwestern Wyoming, where their pioneer life was to continue for another quarter of a century. Mr. Berthelson, through his many years of homestead development in three western states, has played his part well in the reclamation of arid lands, the building of canals and helping his neighbors in the solution of many problems incident to western irrigation enterprises. It is well said of him; "He endeared himself in the hearst of all who knew him because of his gentle disposition, and the wisdom and spirit of his counsel and teachings. His recored of kind deeds and diligent service will long live after him."
Besides his widow, Botilda G. Berthelson, the death of Mr. Berthelson is mourned by four sons and six daughters, also fifteen grandchildren. Four of the unmarried younger children, Arnold, Edna, Herman and Dolly are still at home in comforting conpanship to thier mother; the others are James C. Berthelson of Shelly, Idaho; Mrs. A.L. Carmean of Salt Lake City; Dr. J.G. Berthelson of Alamosa, Colorado; Mrs. Roy Mangus of Hyattville, Wyoming; Mrs. Z. Reed Millar of Blackfoot, Idaho; Mrs. C.C. Mangus of Lovell, Wyomng.
(taken from the Powell Tribune, 13 June 1929)


Botilda B. McBlain

GRAVE LOCATION - Block 0 Lot 28 Grave 7

Botilda Gylling Berthelson McBlain
Born 17 Feb 1876, Aarhus, Denmark
Daughter of Jens Peter Gylling & Petronella Anderson
Md 1) J. C. Berthelson, 16 Dec 1893, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado (died 1929)
Md 2) George McBlain, 15 June 1931, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana
Died 31 Aug 1962, Powell, Park, Wyoming

Lovell, Wyo. - Mrs. Botilda Berthelson McBlain, 86, of Penrose, Wyo., died at 8:10 a.m. Friday in a Powell, Wyo., hospital of a stroke. She was born in Denmark, Feb. 14, 1876, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jens Peter Gylling. She was married Dec. 16, 1893, to George McBlain in Manassa, Colo. Mr. McBlain has lived in the Lovell area since 1932. Surviving are her husband; three sons, Dr. J.G. Berthelson of Alamosa, Colo., Arnold Berthelson of Lima, Mont., and H.G. Berthelson of Meeker, Colo.; two daughters, Mrs. Violet Mangus of Byron and Mrs. Agnes B. Mangus of San Francisco; a brother, Walter Gylling of La Jara, Colo., 23 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the Byron LDS chapel, with Bishop Clifford Powelson officiating. Burial will be in the Penrose Cemetery.
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Born in Dennmark to Jens Peter Gylling and Petronella Anders Carlsson. Botilda was one of nine children and immigrated to America at age 17 with her sister Alina Albestine Gylling. On December 16, 1893 Botilda married James Christian Berthelson who had lost his wife in a fire earlier that year. James and Botilda had 12 children. After James Christian Berthelson died on June 03, 1929, Botilda Marie Gylling Berthelson married George Cooper McBlain on June 15, 1931 at Penrose, Wyoming. George and Botilda raised Dixie Doris McBlain McClure as their daughter.


George McBlain

GRAVE LOCATION - Block 0 Lot 28 Grave 8

George McBlain
Born 29 Apr 1888, Cross Roads, Banff, Scotland
Son of Hugh McBlain & Jennie Cooper
Md Mrs. Botilda Gylling Berthelson, 15 Jun 1931, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana
Died 27 June 1966, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Buried Thursday

George McBlain Funeral Today
Funeral Service for George McBlain, 78, retired Penrose farmer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, today, in Haskell Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Penrose cemetery. Mr. McBlain died Monday in the North Big Horn Hospital after an extended illness.
He was born Apr. 29, 1888, in Cross Roads, Scotland, and came to the United States in 1910. He moved to Wyoming in 1921.
June 15, 1931, he married Botilda Berthelson in Billings, Mont. His wife preceded him in death in 1962. They lived in Byron and Penrose.
Survivors include three step-daughters, Mrs. Violet Mangus of Byron, Mrs. Agnes Mangus of Bountiful, Utah and Mrs. Dixie McClure of California; two step-sons, Si Berthelson of Rio Blanco, Colo. and Dr. J. G. Berthelson of Alamosa, Colo.; a brother, Archie McBlain of Grinnell, Ia. and relatives in Scotland.


Botilda B. McBlain

GRAVE LOCATION - Block 0 Lot 28 Grave 7

Botilda Gylling Berthelson McBlain
Born 17 Feb 1876, Aarhus, Denmark
Daughter of Jens Peter Gylling & Petronella Anderson
Md 1) J. C. Berthelson, 16 Dec 1893, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado (died 1929)
Md 2) George McBlain, 15 June 1931, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana
Died 31 Aug 1962, Powell, Park, Wyoming

Lovell, Wyo. - Mrs. Botilda Berthelson McBlain, 86, of Penrose, Wyo., died at 8:10 a.m. Friday in a Powell, Wyo., hospital of a stroke. She was born in Denmark, Feb. 14, 1876, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jens Peter Gylling. She was married Dec. 16, 1893, to George McBlain in Manassa, Colo. Mr. McBlain has lived in the Lovell area since 1932. Surviving are her husband; three sons, Dr. J.G. Berthelson of Alamosa, Colo., Arnold Berthelson of Lima, Mont., and H.G. Berthelson of Meeker, Colo.; two daughters, Mrs. Violet Mangus of Byron and Mrs. Agnes B. Mangus of San Francisco; a brother, Walter Gylling of La Jara, Colo., 23 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the Byron LDS chapel, with Bishop Clifford Powelson officiating. Burial will be in the Penrose Cemetery.
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Born in Dennmark to Jens Peter Gylling and Petronella Anders Carlsson. Botilda was one of nine children and immigrated to America at age 17 with her sister Alina Albestine Gylling. On December 16, 1893 Botilda married James Christian Berthelson who had lost his wife in a fire earlier that year. James and Botilda had 12 children. After James Christian Berthelson died on June 03, 1929, Botilda Marie Gylling Berthelson married George Cooper McBlain on June 15, 1931 at Penrose, Wyoming. George and Botilda raised Dixie Doris McBlain McClure as their daughter.