George Hugh Gunn, 82, Casper, died October 26. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. in Casper last Thursday with graveside services in Lusk at 2:00 that afternoon. The Rev. Robert Boutwell and the International Order of Odd Fellows conducted the services.
He was born to Hugh George and Mary Emily "Emma" (Schneider) Gunn on November 26, 1887, in Scotland, Bon Homme, South Dakota.
January 1, 1917 he was united in marriage with Sidna Brown in Scotland, Bon Homme County, South Dakota. The young couple then went to Brownsville, Texas by train for the rest of the winter, returning to Scotland in early summer, then in 1918 they moved to the Lusk area of Wyoming and homesteaded. They farmed and raised their children there until selling the ranch in 1941, and moving to Casper.
Preceding him in death are his parents, a young son Frank Finley "Frankie" Gunn, a brother Frank Finley Gunn, and sister Mrs. Marguerite Jane Gunn Beecher.
Survivors include his widow Sidna of the family home, one son Hugh George Gunn of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; three daughters, Mrs. James Dupes (Dorothy Ann), Billings, Mont.; Mrs. Florence Marie Brenner and Mrs. Mary Jane Kennelly, both of Casper; one sister Mrs. Marie Emily Cary of Scotland, Bon Homme, South Dakeota and one brother, Alexander "Alex" Gunn of Hat Creek; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Thanks to www.niobraracountylibrary.org. for the information of his Obituary (The Lusk Herald November 5, 1970) with more information added in from the Gunn family history and submitted by Loy Frisks Simmons.
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He was born to Hugh George and Mary Emily "Emma" (Schneider) Gunn on November 26, 1887, in Scotland, Bon Homme, South Dakota.
January 1, 1917 he was united in marriage with Sidna Brown in Scotland, Bon Homme County, South Dakota. The young couple then went to Brownsville, Texas by train for the rest of the winter, returning to Scotland in early summer, then in 1918 they moved to the Lusk area of Wyoming and homesteaded. They farmed and raised their children there until selling the ranch in 1941, and moving to Casper.
Preceding him in death are his parents, a young son Frank Finley "Frankie" Gunn, a brother Frank Finley Gunn, and sister Mrs. Marguerite Jane Gunn Beecher.
Survivors include his widow Sidna of the family home, one son Hugh George Gunn of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; three daughters, Mrs. James Dupes (Dorothy Ann), Billings, Mont.; Mrs. Florence Marie Brenner and Mrs. Mary Jane Kennelly, both of Casper; one sister Mrs. Marie Emily Cary of Scotland, Bon Homme, South Dakeota and one brother, Alexander "Alex" Gunn of Hat Creek; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Thanks to www.niobraracountylibrary.org. for the information of his Obituary (The Lusk Herald November 5, 1970) with more information added in from the Gunn family history and submitted by Loy Frisks Simmons.
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George Hugh Gunn, 82, Casper, died October 26. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. in Casper last Thursday with graveside services in Lusk at 2:00 that afternoon. The Rev. Robert Boutwell and the International Order of Odd Fellows conducted the services.
He was born to Hugh George and Mary Emily "Emma" (Schneider) Gunn on November 26, 1887, in Scotland, Bon Homme, South Dakota.
January 1, 1917 he was united in marriage with Sidna Brown in Scotland, Bon Homme County, South Dakota. The young couple then went to Brownsville, Texas by train for the rest of the winter, returning to Scotland in early summer, then in 1918 they moved to the Lusk area of Wyoming and homesteaded. They farmed and raised their children there until selling the ranch in 1941, and moving to Casper.
Preceding him in death are his parents, a young son Frank Finley "Frankie" Gunn, a brother Frank Finley Gunn, and sister Mrs. Marguerite Jane Gunn Beecher.
Survivors include his widow Sidna of the family home, one son Hugh George Gunn of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; three daughters, Mrs. James Dupes (Dorothy Ann), Billings, Mont.; Mrs. Florence Marie Brenner and Mrs. Mary Jane Kennelly, both of Casper; one sister Mrs. Marie Emily Cary of Scotland, Bon Homme, South Dakeota and one brother, Alexander "Alex" Gunn of Hat Creek; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Thanks to www.niobraracountylibrary.org. for the information of his Obituary (The Lusk Herald November 5, 1970) with more information added in from the Gunn family history and submitted by Loy Frisks Simmons.
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He was born to Hugh George and Mary Emily "Emma" (Schneider) Gunn on November 26, 1887, in Scotland, Bon Homme, South Dakota.
January 1, 1917 he was united in marriage with Sidna Brown in Scotland, Bon Homme County, South Dakota. The young couple then went to Brownsville, Texas by train for the rest of the winter, returning to Scotland in early summer, then in 1918 they moved to the Lusk area of Wyoming and homesteaded. They farmed and raised their children there until selling the ranch in 1941, and moving to Casper.
Preceding him in death are his parents, a young son Frank Finley "Frankie" Gunn, a brother Frank Finley Gunn, and sister Mrs. Marguerite Jane Gunn Beecher.
Survivors include his widow Sidna of the family home, one son Hugh George Gunn of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; three daughters, Mrs. James Dupes (Dorothy Ann), Billings, Mont.; Mrs. Florence Marie Brenner and Mrs. Mary Jane Kennelly, both of Casper; one sister Mrs. Marie Emily Cary of Scotland, Bon Homme, South Dakeota and one brother, Alexander "Alex" Gunn of Hat Creek; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Thanks to www.niobraracountylibrary.org. for the information of his Obituary (The Lusk Herald November 5, 1970) with more information added in from the Gunn family history and submitted by Loy Frisks Simmons.
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