GUY C. HURST
Guy C. Hurst, 80, Retired, Dies at Two Rivers
TWO RIVERS—Guy C. Hurst, 80?, of 1625 25th St., retired Hamilton Mfg. Co.
department head, former city councilman and school commissioner and a member
of a family prominent in the community’s early history, died at Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital at 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Hurst, whose father, the late William Randolph Hurst, was Two Rivers’ mayor
in 1884, city clerk in 1894 and postmaster from 1889 to 1894, was in failing
health for the past several months. He had been a patient at the hospital for
more than a month.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Deja & Martin Funeral Chapels
here, the Rev. Gervase J. Zanotti, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Manitowoc,
officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery here.
Born at Two Rivers
Guy C. Hurst was born in Two Rivers, Oct. 31, 1878, a son of the late William
Randolph and Nancy Rogers Hurst. He attended the Two Rivers elementary and high
schools. As a young man he went to work for the Mann Brothers Pail factory in
Two Rivers and for a number of years was foreman of the welding department. He
entered the employ of the Hamilton Mfg. Co. Jan. 6, 1913 and for many years up
to this retirement in July of 1949, he was foreman of the Welding dept. in the
firm’s Steel Plant.
Active since young manhood in civic affairs, Mr. Hurst first became a school
commissioner in 1920, serving two terms. He was a member of that board when
Washington High School was planned and constructed, completed in 19__. ___ __
__ __ in 1951 when he was elected to the City Council, which chose John E. Dever
as its new manager. He served two terms. During his period of service on the City
Council Mr. Hurst had served on the Municipal Advisory Recreation Board first as
a Council representative and later as a citizen member. He also served as a Council
representative on the Two Rivers Municipal Hospital Board.
Many Remember Him
Many of the younger generation of the community remember Mr. Hurst as the
interlocutor in numerous local minstrel shows, particularly those staged by the
Cocobola Camp, Modern Woodsmen of America. He was also a member of the Golden Age
Club, the Hamilton Management Club and the 30-Year Club of the Hamilton company.
Mr. Hurst is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Altmeyer, also a member of
a widely known Two Rivers business family, whom he married in Two Rivers Aug. 14,
1902, three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Dennison, Muskegon Heights, Mich., Mrs. Frank
Harris of Madison, and Mrs. George Stangel of Two Rivers; two sons, Alden of
Mayville, Wis. and Maynard of Two Rivers; a brother, Harry R. Hurst of Two Rivers,
a nephew, William Randolph Hurst of Two Rivers; 17 grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral chapels after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, July 20, 1959 P. 2
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Guy C. Hurst, 80, Retired, Dies at Two Rivers
TWO RIVERS—Guy C. Hurst, 80?, of 1625 25th St., retired Hamilton Mfg. Co.
department head, former city councilman and school commissioner and a member
of a family prominent in the community’s early history, died at Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital at 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Hurst, whose father, the late William Randolph Hurst, was Two Rivers’ mayor
in 1884, city clerk in 1894 and postmaster from 1889 to 1894, was in failing
health for the past several months. He had been a patient at the hospital for
more than a month.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Deja & Martin Funeral Chapels
here, the Rev. Gervase J. Zanotti, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Manitowoc,
officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery here.
Born at Two Rivers
Guy C. Hurst was born in Two Rivers, Oct. 31, 1878, a son of the late William
Randolph and Nancy Rogers Hurst. He attended the Two Rivers elementary and high
schools. As a young man he went to work for the Mann Brothers Pail factory in
Two Rivers and for a number of years was foreman of the welding department. He
entered the employ of the Hamilton Mfg. Co. Jan. 6, 1913 and for many years up
to this retirement in July of 1949, he was foreman of the Welding dept. in the
firm’s Steel Plant.
Active since young manhood in civic affairs, Mr. Hurst first became a school
commissioner in 1920, serving two terms. He was a member of that board when
Washington High School was planned and constructed, completed in 19__. ___ __
__ __ in 1951 when he was elected to the City Council, which chose John E. Dever
as its new manager. He served two terms. During his period of service on the City
Council Mr. Hurst had served on the Municipal Advisory Recreation Board first as
a Council representative and later as a citizen member. He also served as a Council
representative on the Two Rivers Municipal Hospital Board.
Many Remember Him
Many of the younger generation of the community remember Mr. Hurst as the
interlocutor in numerous local minstrel shows, particularly those staged by the
Cocobola Camp, Modern Woodsmen of America. He was also a member of the Golden Age
Club, the Hamilton Management Club and the 30-Year Club of the Hamilton company.
Mr. Hurst is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Altmeyer, also a member of
a widely known Two Rivers business family, whom he married in Two Rivers Aug. 14,
1902, three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Dennison, Muskegon Heights, Mich., Mrs. Frank
Harris of Madison, and Mrs. George Stangel of Two Rivers; two sons, Alden of
Mayville, Wis. and Maynard of Two Rivers; a brother, Harry R. Hurst of Two Rivers,
a nephew, William Randolph Hurst of Two Rivers; 17 grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral chapels after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, July 20, 1959 P. 2
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GUY C. HURST
Guy C. Hurst, 80, Retired, Dies at Two Rivers
TWO RIVERS—Guy C. Hurst, 80?, of 1625 25th St., retired Hamilton Mfg. Co.
department head, former city councilman and school commissioner and a member
of a family prominent in the community’s early history, died at Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital at 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Hurst, whose father, the late William Randolph Hurst, was Two Rivers’ mayor
in 1884, city clerk in 1894 and postmaster from 1889 to 1894, was in failing
health for the past several months. He had been a patient at the hospital for
more than a month.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Deja & Martin Funeral Chapels
here, the Rev. Gervase J. Zanotti, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Manitowoc,
officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery here.
Born at Two Rivers
Guy C. Hurst was born in Two Rivers, Oct. 31, 1878, a son of the late William
Randolph and Nancy Rogers Hurst. He attended the Two Rivers elementary and high
schools. As a young man he went to work for the Mann Brothers Pail factory in
Two Rivers and for a number of years was foreman of the welding department. He
entered the employ of the Hamilton Mfg. Co. Jan. 6, 1913 and for many years up
to this retirement in July of 1949, he was foreman of the Welding dept. in the
firm’s Steel Plant.
Active since young manhood in civic affairs, Mr. Hurst first became a school
commissioner in 1920, serving two terms. He was a member of that board when
Washington High School was planned and constructed, completed in 19__. ___ __
__ __ in 1951 when he was elected to the City Council, which chose John E. Dever
as its new manager. He served two terms. During his period of service on the City
Council Mr. Hurst had served on the Municipal Advisory Recreation Board first as
a Council representative and later as a citizen member. He also served as a Council
representative on the Two Rivers Municipal Hospital Board.
Many Remember Him
Many of the younger generation of the community remember Mr. Hurst as the
interlocutor in numerous local minstrel shows, particularly those staged by the
Cocobola Camp, Modern Woodsmen of America. He was also a member of the Golden Age
Club, the Hamilton Management Club and the 30-Year Club of the Hamilton company.
Mr. Hurst is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Altmeyer, also a member of
a widely known Two Rivers business family, whom he married in Two Rivers Aug. 14,
1902, three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Dennison, Muskegon Heights, Mich., Mrs. Frank
Harris of Madison, and Mrs. George Stangel of Two Rivers; two sons, Alden of
Mayville, Wis. and Maynard of Two Rivers; a brother, Harry R. Hurst of Two Rivers,
a nephew, William Randolph Hurst of Two Rivers; 17 grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral chapels after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, July 20, 1959 P. 2
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Guy C. Hurst, 80, Retired, Dies at Two Rivers
TWO RIVERS—Guy C. Hurst, 80?, of 1625 25th St., retired Hamilton Mfg. Co.
department head, former city councilman and school commissioner and a member
of a family prominent in the community’s early history, died at Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital at 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Hurst, whose father, the late William Randolph Hurst, was Two Rivers’ mayor
in 1884, city clerk in 1894 and postmaster from 1889 to 1894, was in failing
health for the past several months. He had been a patient at the hospital for
more than a month.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Deja & Martin Funeral Chapels
here, the Rev. Gervase J. Zanotti, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Manitowoc,
officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery here.
Born at Two Rivers
Guy C. Hurst was born in Two Rivers, Oct. 31, 1878, a son of the late William
Randolph and Nancy Rogers Hurst. He attended the Two Rivers elementary and high
schools. As a young man he went to work for the Mann Brothers Pail factory in
Two Rivers and for a number of years was foreman of the welding department. He
entered the employ of the Hamilton Mfg. Co. Jan. 6, 1913 and for many years up
to this retirement in July of 1949, he was foreman of the Welding dept. in the
firm’s Steel Plant.
Active since young manhood in civic affairs, Mr. Hurst first became a school
commissioner in 1920, serving two terms. He was a member of that board when
Washington High School was planned and constructed, completed in 19__. ___ __
__ __ in 1951 when he was elected to the City Council, which chose John E. Dever
as its new manager. He served two terms. During his period of service on the City
Council Mr. Hurst had served on the Municipal Advisory Recreation Board first as
a Council representative and later as a citizen member. He also served as a Council
representative on the Two Rivers Municipal Hospital Board.
Many Remember Him
Many of the younger generation of the community remember Mr. Hurst as the
interlocutor in numerous local minstrel shows, particularly those staged by the
Cocobola Camp, Modern Woodsmen of America. He was also a member of the Golden Age
Club, the Hamilton Management Club and the 30-Year Club of the Hamilton company.
Mr. Hurst is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Altmeyer, also a member of
a widely known Two Rivers business family, whom he married in Two Rivers Aug. 14,
1902, three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Dennison, Muskegon Heights, Mich., Mrs. Frank
Harris of Madison, and Mrs. George Stangel of Two Rivers; two sons, Alden of
Mayville, Wis. and Maynard of Two Rivers; a brother, Harry R. Hurst of Two Rivers,
a nephew, William Randolph Hurst of Two Rivers; 17 grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral chapels after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, July 20, 1959 P. 2
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