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Kirk W. Brown

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Kirk W. Brown

Birth
Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA
Death
12 Oct 1969 (aged 19)
Sublette County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Eden, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.103611, Longitude: -109.446671
Plot
Section 63 Plot D
Memorial ID
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 25, 1969
KIRK W. BROWN

Funeral services for Kirk W. Brown, 19, Big Piney, who died Friday about 1 a.m. following a hunting accident, were held Tuesday afternoon at Farson Community Hall.

President Vernon Stringer of the Farson Branch, Lyman Stake, LDS Church, officiated. Interment was in Eden Valley Cemetery at Farson.

Active pallbearers were Val Jones, Milton Williams, John Watterson, Steve Griffin, Steve Cohen and Ed Burton.

Honorary pallbearers were Kelly Brown, Kim Brown, Robert Brown, Marvin Buckindorf, Harold Hueller, Ray Buckindorf, Lloyd and Boyd Meeks, Dave Smith, Emil Stout, James Eaton, Richard Williams, Bill Meyer and Chris Grafton.

Mr. Brown's death occurred approximately 10 miles northwest of the Merna Post Office, 25 miles north of Daniel Junction in Sublette County.

Mr. Brown died of blood loss and exposure after he accidentally stabbed himself in the right thigh while cleaning an elk. His body was recovered Saturday evening. Sublette County Coroner Richard Tanner and Sublette County Sheriff's officers conducted the investigation.

Mr. Brown was born Aug. 12, 1950, in Logan, Utah, the son of George M. and Lois Ann Thornock Brown. At the time of his death he was a derrick man for Rhoden Drilling Co.

He married the former Susan Meyer at Farson Sept. 28, 1968. He had resided in Farson since 1959, moving to Big Piney last December.

In addition to his wife, Susan, Big Piney, and his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Kelly, Kim and Robert, all of Farson; two sisters, Debra, Farson, and Mrs. Harold (Kelesta) Hueller, Sheboygan, Wis.; his paternal grandfather, Mariner Brown, Woodruff, Utah; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thornock, Randolph, Utah; father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Meyer of Farson, and several aunts and uncles.

He was a graduate of Farson High School with the class of 1968 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints.
Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 25, 1969
KIRK W. BROWN

Funeral services for Kirk W. Brown, 19, Big Piney, who died Friday about 1 a.m. following a hunting accident, were held Tuesday afternoon at Farson Community Hall.

President Vernon Stringer of the Farson Branch, Lyman Stake, LDS Church, officiated. Interment was in Eden Valley Cemetery at Farson.

Active pallbearers were Val Jones, Milton Williams, John Watterson, Steve Griffin, Steve Cohen and Ed Burton.

Honorary pallbearers were Kelly Brown, Kim Brown, Robert Brown, Marvin Buckindorf, Harold Hueller, Ray Buckindorf, Lloyd and Boyd Meeks, Dave Smith, Emil Stout, James Eaton, Richard Williams, Bill Meyer and Chris Grafton.

Mr. Brown's death occurred approximately 10 miles northwest of the Merna Post Office, 25 miles north of Daniel Junction in Sublette County.

Mr. Brown died of blood loss and exposure after he accidentally stabbed himself in the right thigh while cleaning an elk. His body was recovered Saturday evening. Sublette County Coroner Richard Tanner and Sublette County Sheriff's officers conducted the investigation.

Mr. Brown was born Aug. 12, 1950, in Logan, Utah, the son of George M. and Lois Ann Thornock Brown. At the time of his death he was a derrick man for Rhoden Drilling Co.

He married the former Susan Meyer at Farson Sept. 28, 1968. He had resided in Farson since 1959, moving to Big Piney last December.

In addition to his wife, Susan, Big Piney, and his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Kelly, Kim and Robert, all of Farson; two sisters, Debra, Farson, and Mrs. Harold (Kelesta) Hueller, Sheboygan, Wis.; his paternal grandfather, Mariner Brown, Woodruff, Utah; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thornock, Randolph, Utah; father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Meyer of Farson, and several aunts and uncles.

He was a graduate of Farson High School with the class of 1968 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints.


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  • Created by: A Bell Relative First cousin
  • Added: Nov 22, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31631548/kirk_w-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Kirk W. Brown (12 Aug 1950–12 Oct 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31631548, citing Eden Valley Cemetery, Eden, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA; Maintained by A Bell (contributor 46518784).