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Mac Allen Emerson

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Mac Allen Emerson

Birth
Olivet, Eaton County, Michigan, USA
Death
16 Jan 1987 (aged 80)
Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
Plot
section 2 row L space 42
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Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
January 29, 1987, page 17

Services for Mac Allen Emerson were conducted last Wednesday morning, at the Wickenburg Funeral Home. Burial followed at the Wickenburg Cemetery. Emerson died suddenly on January 16.

He moved to Wickenburg in November 1967 following his retirement from the National Weather Service. A recipient of the Department of Commerce Silver Medal of Award for Meritorious Service, Emerson began his career in 1927. He served in St. Paul, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois and Anchorage, Alaska.

When he retired in December 1966, he had been stationed in Anchorage for 22 years and had served as regional director of the Alaskan Region for the last eight of those years.

Emerson was both an active member and past president of the Wickenburg Sportsmen's Club and was particularly interested in trap shooting activities.

Born in Olivet, Mich. on May 14, 1906, Emerson is survived by his wife of 59 years, Marie E., of Wickenburg; three daughters, Jeannine (Milton G.) Johnson, of Asheville, N.C., Margaret (James F.) Knappen, of Salinas, California, and JoAnn McAlduff, of Wickenburg; 11 grandchildren and one brother, Harley C. Emerson, of Ft. Myers Beach, Fla. He was preceded in death by his sister, Lula D (Emerson) Crawford and a granddaughter.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
January 29, 1987, page 17

Services for Mac Allen Emerson were conducted last Wednesday morning, at the Wickenburg Funeral Home. Burial followed at the Wickenburg Cemetery. Emerson died suddenly on January 16.

He moved to Wickenburg in November 1967 following his retirement from the National Weather Service. A recipient of the Department of Commerce Silver Medal of Award for Meritorious Service, Emerson began his career in 1927. He served in St. Paul, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois and Anchorage, Alaska.

When he retired in December 1966, he had been stationed in Anchorage for 22 years and had served as regional director of the Alaskan Region for the last eight of those years.

Emerson was both an active member and past president of the Wickenburg Sportsmen's Club and was particularly interested in trap shooting activities.

Born in Olivet, Mich. on May 14, 1906, Emerson is survived by his wife of 59 years, Marie E., of Wickenburg; three daughters, Jeannine (Milton G.) Johnson, of Asheville, N.C., Margaret (James F.) Knappen, of Salinas, California, and JoAnn McAlduff, of Wickenburg; 11 grandchildren and one brother, Harley C. Emerson, of Ft. Myers Beach, Fla. He was preceded in death by his sister, Lula D (Emerson) Crawford and a granddaughter.


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