Rock Springs Miner, Nov 25, 1956
HORACE M. AINSCOUGH
Funeral services for Horace M. Ainscough, 70, were held Tuesday at the Rogan Mortuary chapel. The Rev. David Rose of First Congregational conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery.
Friends who served as pallbearers were Richard Dupape, Leo Dominiske, Allen Gregory, Ben Hautala, Gene Lane and Tom Pulley.
Mr. Ainscough died Saturday, Nov. 17, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital.
He was a retired coal miner and had lived in the Rock Springs area 40 years. He was a member of United Mine Workers Local 8087 and had been a member since the first local was organized here.
Horace Michael Ainscough was born Feb. 1, 1886 in Hindley Lancaster, England and went to work in the mines there at the age of nine. He migrated to Canada in 1906 and worked in the mines in Nova Scotia, Montana and other mines in Wyoming before locating in Rock Springs.
Mr. Ainscough, a miner for 53 years, was the first U.M.W.A member to receive a pension check from the union's Bituminous Welfare and Retirement fund. The check was presented to him in person by President John L. Lewis at the climax of a ceremony at the union's International headquarters Sept. 9, 1948.
Survivors are his widow, Gwendolyn, whose home is at No. Six; one daughter and two sons, Mrs. Joseph Martin of Rock Springs, Jack Ainscough of Burbank, Calif., and Richard Ainscough who is serving in the navy in Fallon, Nev., and four grandchildren.
HORACE M. AINSCOUGH
Funeral services for Horace M. Ainscough, 70, were held Tuesday at the Rogan Mortuary chapel. The Rev. David Rose of First Congregational conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery.
Friends who served as pallbearers were Richard Dupape, Leo Dominiske, Allen Gregory, Ben Hautala, Gene Lane and Tom Pulley.
Mr. Ainscough died Saturday, Nov. 17, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital.
He was a retired coal miner and had lived in the Rock Springs area 40 years. He was a member of United Mine Workers Local 8087 and had been a member since the first local was organized here.
Horace Michael Ainscough was born Feb. 1, 1886 in Hindley Lancaster, England and went to work in the mines there at the age of nine. He migrated to Canada in 1906 and worked in the mines in Nova Scotia, Montana and other mines in Wyoming before locating in Rock Springs.
Mr. Ainscough, a miner for 53 years, was the first U.M.W.A member to receive a pension check from the union's Bituminous Welfare and Retirement fund. The check was presented to him in person by President John L. Lewis at the climax of a ceremony at the union's International headquarters Sept. 9, 1948.
Survivors are his widow, Gwendolyn, whose home is at No. Six; one daughter and two sons, Mrs. Joseph Martin of Rock Springs, Jack Ainscough of Burbank, Calif., and Richard Ainscough who is serving in the navy in Fallon, Nev., and four grandchildren.
Rock Springs Miner, Nov 25, 1956
HORACE M. AINSCOUGH
Funeral services for Horace M. Ainscough, 70, were held Tuesday at the Rogan Mortuary chapel. The Rev. David Rose of First Congregational conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery.
Friends who served as pallbearers were Richard Dupape, Leo Dominiske, Allen Gregory, Ben Hautala, Gene Lane and Tom Pulley.
Mr. Ainscough died Saturday, Nov. 17, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital.
He was a retired coal miner and had lived in the Rock Springs area 40 years. He was a member of United Mine Workers Local 8087 and had been a member since the first local was organized here.
Horace Michael Ainscough was born Feb. 1, 1886 in Hindley Lancaster, England and went to work in the mines there at the age of nine. He migrated to Canada in 1906 and worked in the mines in Nova Scotia, Montana and other mines in Wyoming before locating in Rock Springs.
Mr. Ainscough, a miner for 53 years, was the first U.M.W.A member to receive a pension check from the union's Bituminous Welfare and Retirement fund. The check was presented to him in person by President John L. Lewis at the climax of a ceremony at the union's International headquarters Sept. 9, 1948.
Survivors are his widow, Gwendolyn, whose home is at No. Six; one daughter and two sons, Mrs. Joseph Martin of Rock Springs, Jack Ainscough of Burbank, Calif., and Richard Ainscough who is serving in the navy in Fallon, Nev., and four grandchildren.
HORACE M. AINSCOUGH
Funeral services for Horace M. Ainscough, 70, were held Tuesday at the Rogan Mortuary chapel. The Rev. David Rose of First Congregational conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery.
Friends who served as pallbearers were Richard Dupape, Leo Dominiske, Allen Gregory, Ben Hautala, Gene Lane and Tom Pulley.
Mr. Ainscough died Saturday, Nov. 17, in Sweetwater Memorial hospital.
He was a retired coal miner and had lived in the Rock Springs area 40 years. He was a member of United Mine Workers Local 8087 and had been a member since the first local was organized here.
Horace Michael Ainscough was born Feb. 1, 1886 in Hindley Lancaster, England and went to work in the mines there at the age of nine. He migrated to Canada in 1906 and worked in the mines in Nova Scotia, Montana and other mines in Wyoming before locating in Rock Springs.
Mr. Ainscough, a miner for 53 years, was the first U.M.W.A member to receive a pension check from the union's Bituminous Welfare and Retirement fund. The check was presented to him in person by President John L. Lewis at the climax of a ceremony at the union's International headquarters Sept. 9, 1948.
Survivors are his widow, Gwendolyn, whose home is at No. Six; one daughter and two sons, Mrs. Joseph Martin of Rock Springs, Jack Ainscough of Burbank, Calif., and Richard Ainscough who is serving in the navy in Fallon, Nev., and four grandchildren.
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