Thursday, March 13, 1980, p. 6 & 20
Emmett Gordon Savage, 86, Wickenburg, died Mar. 9, 1980.
Born June 16, 1893, in Greeley, Kansas, Mr. Savage enlisted at the age of 21 in the U.S. Regular Army Reserve on Nov. 21, 1914, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He was first assigned to the Cavalry Unit, then to Fort Bliss, Texas, for advanced horsemanship, and was transferred to the Eighth Field Artillery Unit in 191
He served at Nogales in pursuit of Pancho Villa after the Columbus, New Mexico, raid and served in France during World War I from 1918-1919 under General Pershing.
Mr. Savage was honorable discharged with the rank of sergeant of June 4, 1920, and began working in Montana and Colorado as a surveyor and in the mines.
On May 8, 1924, he married Marie Stevenson at Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. The couple moved to Globe and many other mining towns, and Mr. Savage owned and operated several mines in Yavapai and Maricopa Counties. He then retired in Wickenburg.
He was a deacon in the First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Elks Lodge No. 2160, a member of VFW Post 2862 and of the American Legion, Kellis-Draper Post No. 12. Mr. Savage was also active or associated with the Wickenburg Shrine Club, the El Zaribah Temple, Phoenix, the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Phoenix, the York Rite of Freemasonry, Prescott, the Royal Arch Masons, Chapter 15, Wickenburg; the Order of the Eastern Star, Hassayampa Chapter, and the Thayer Lodge No. 149, Thayer, Kansas.
Survivors include daughter, Mrs. Doris Bates, Castle Hot Springs, son Duane Savage, High Rolls, New Mexico; a son Gordon Savage, was killed in World War II; a sister, Emma Mossell, Humboldt, Kansas; and a sister, Eva Burris, Independence, Kansas; and three grandchildren.
Thursday, March 13, 1980, p. 6 & 20
Emmett Gordon Savage, 86, Wickenburg, died Mar. 9, 1980.
Born June 16, 1893, in Greeley, Kansas, Mr. Savage enlisted at the age of 21 in the U.S. Regular Army Reserve on Nov. 21, 1914, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He was first assigned to the Cavalry Unit, then to Fort Bliss, Texas, for advanced horsemanship, and was transferred to the Eighth Field Artillery Unit in 191
He served at Nogales in pursuit of Pancho Villa after the Columbus, New Mexico, raid and served in France during World War I from 1918-1919 under General Pershing.
Mr. Savage was honorable discharged with the rank of sergeant of June 4, 1920, and began working in Montana and Colorado as a surveyor and in the mines.
On May 8, 1924, he married Marie Stevenson at Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. The couple moved to Globe and many other mining towns, and Mr. Savage owned and operated several mines in Yavapai and Maricopa Counties. He then retired in Wickenburg.
He was a deacon in the First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Elks Lodge No. 2160, a member of VFW Post 2862 and of the American Legion, Kellis-Draper Post No. 12. Mr. Savage was also active or associated with the Wickenburg Shrine Club, the El Zaribah Temple, Phoenix, the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Phoenix, the York Rite of Freemasonry, Prescott, the Royal Arch Masons, Chapter 15, Wickenburg; the Order of the Eastern Star, Hassayampa Chapter, and the Thayer Lodge No. 149, Thayer, Kansas.
Survivors include daughter, Mrs. Doris Bates, Castle Hot Springs, son Duane Savage, High Rolls, New Mexico; a son Gordon Savage, was killed in World War II; a sister, Emma Mossell, Humboldt, Kansas; and a sister, Eva Burris, Independence, Kansas; and three grandchildren.
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