------------------------------------------
OSCAR R. CASTLEMAN, SR.
DRAGERTON, Carbon County- Oscar Richard Castleman Sr., 88, died Thursday afternoon in a Dragerton hospital after a long illness. Born Feb. 14, 1890 in Rolla, Mo. Married Mary Luella Bechtel in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 2, 1944. Member of United Mine Workers Assn., Horse Canyon Local 8003.
Survivors; widow, sons and daughters, Mrs. Herman (Hazel) Dessent, Chicago; Mrs. Alfred (Margie) Leoni, Las Vegas, Nev.,; Mrs. Frank (Juanita) Minerich, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Maurice (Christina) Anderson, Latuda, Carbon County; Penny, Jack and Jim, Dragerton; Floyd, Ernest of Virden, Ill.; Richard, Auburn, Ill.; Claude and James, Springfield, Ill.; Oscar Richard Jr., with the U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Va.; 25 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. in Community Church at Dragerton. Burial in Price City Cemetery.
-published in The Salt Lake Tribune Feb 7, 1959
------------------------------------------
OSCAR R. CASTLEMAN, SR.
DRAGERTON, Carbon County- Oscar Richard Castleman Sr., 88, died Thursday afternoon in a Dragerton hospital after a long illness. Born Feb. 14, 1890 in Rolla, Mo. Married Mary Luella Bechtel in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 2, 1944. Member of United Mine Workers Assn., Horse Canyon Local 8003.
Survivors; widow, sons and daughters, Mrs. Herman (Hazel) Dessent, Chicago; Mrs. Alfred (Margie) Leoni, Las Vegas, Nev.,; Mrs. Frank (Juanita) Minerich, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Maurice (Christina) Anderson, Latuda, Carbon County; Penny, Jack and Jim, Dragerton; Floyd, Ernest of Virden, Ill.; Richard, Auburn, Ill.; Claude and James, Springfield, Ill.; Oscar Richard Jr., with the U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Va.; 25 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. in Community Church at Dragerton. Burial in Price City Cemetery.
-published in The Salt Lake Tribune Feb 7, 1959
Gravesite Details
Although not noted in the obituary, Oscar must have had a previous marriage, as his WW I draft reg. shows married with 4 children (1917) and 1910 , 1920 & 1930 census' shows him with wife
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement