Rock Springs Miner, Aug 27, 1950
MRS. THOMAS LAWES SR.
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas Lawes, Sr., 75, of 35 Third street were held Wednesday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Fred K. Swett conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Three brothers, John and Arthur Cheesbrough, both of Elk Mountain, and Ernest Cheesbrough of Laramie; Robert Johnson of Elk Mountain, Clark McKain of Green River and Woodrow Peterson of Stansbury, all members of the Lawes-Cheesbrough families, served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Lawes died Sunday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital following a short illness. She had been a resident of Rock Springs for 46 years. Born Lavinia Cheesbrough in Methley, England, on May 12, 1875, she came with her parents to this country at the age of six. The family located at old Carbon in Carbon county and lived there until 1904 when she came to Rock Springs with Mr. Lawes whom she married while a resident of Carbon county.
Survivors are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. William Chilton of Rock Springs; two sons, Thomas Lawes Jr., of Cheyenne and Joseph W. Lawes of Pinedale; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Will Martin of Denver who with Mr. Martin attended the funeral services, Mrs. Clarence Bonwell and Mrs. James Marr, both of Denver, and Mrs. Anna Luchte of Walla Walla, Wash.; four brothers, John and Arthur Cheesbrough, both of Elk Mountain and Joe and Ernest Cheesbrough, both of Laramie. All of her brothers with exception of Joe Cheesbrough attended the funeral services.
MRS. THOMAS LAWES SR.
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas Lawes, Sr., 75, of 35 Third street were held Wednesday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Fred K. Swett conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Three brothers, John and Arthur Cheesbrough, both of Elk Mountain, and Ernest Cheesbrough of Laramie; Robert Johnson of Elk Mountain, Clark McKain of Green River and Woodrow Peterson of Stansbury, all members of the Lawes-Cheesbrough families, served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Lawes died Sunday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital following a short illness. She had been a resident of Rock Springs for 46 years. Born Lavinia Cheesbrough in Methley, England, on May 12, 1875, she came with her parents to this country at the age of six. The family located at old Carbon in Carbon county and lived there until 1904 when she came to Rock Springs with Mr. Lawes whom she married while a resident of Carbon county.
Survivors are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. William Chilton of Rock Springs; two sons, Thomas Lawes Jr., of Cheyenne and Joseph W. Lawes of Pinedale; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Will Martin of Denver who with Mr. Martin attended the funeral services, Mrs. Clarence Bonwell and Mrs. James Marr, both of Denver, and Mrs. Anna Luchte of Walla Walla, Wash.; four brothers, John and Arthur Cheesbrough, both of Elk Mountain and Joe and Ernest Cheesbrough, both of Laramie. All of her brothers with exception of Joe Cheesbrough attended the funeral services.
Rock Springs Miner, Aug 27, 1950
MRS. THOMAS LAWES SR.
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas Lawes, Sr., 75, of 35 Third street were held Wednesday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Fred K. Swett conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Three brothers, John and Arthur Cheesbrough, both of Elk Mountain, and Ernest Cheesbrough of Laramie; Robert Johnson of Elk Mountain, Clark McKain of Green River and Woodrow Peterson of Stansbury, all members of the Lawes-Cheesbrough families, served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Lawes died Sunday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital following a short illness. She had been a resident of Rock Springs for 46 years. Born Lavinia Cheesbrough in Methley, England, on May 12, 1875, she came with her parents to this country at the age of six. The family located at old Carbon in Carbon county and lived there until 1904 when she came to Rock Springs with Mr. Lawes whom she married while a resident of Carbon county.
Survivors are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. William Chilton of Rock Springs; two sons, Thomas Lawes Jr., of Cheyenne and Joseph W. Lawes of Pinedale; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Will Martin of Denver who with Mr. Martin attended the funeral services, Mrs. Clarence Bonwell and Mrs. James Marr, both of Denver, and Mrs. Anna Luchte of Walla Walla, Wash.; four brothers, John and Arthur Cheesbrough, both of Elk Mountain and Joe and Ernest Cheesbrough, both of Laramie. All of her brothers with exception of Joe Cheesbrough attended the funeral services.
MRS. THOMAS LAWES SR.
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas Lawes, Sr., 75, of 35 Third street were held Wednesday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Fred K. Swett conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Three brothers, John and Arthur Cheesbrough, both of Elk Mountain, and Ernest Cheesbrough of Laramie; Robert Johnson of Elk Mountain, Clark McKain of Green River and Woodrow Peterson of Stansbury, all members of the Lawes-Cheesbrough families, served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Lawes died Sunday at Sweetwater County Memorial hospital following a short illness. She had been a resident of Rock Springs for 46 years. Born Lavinia Cheesbrough in Methley, England, on May 12, 1875, she came with her parents to this country at the age of six. The family located at old Carbon in Carbon county and lived there until 1904 when she came to Rock Springs with Mr. Lawes whom she married while a resident of Carbon county.
Survivors are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. William Chilton of Rock Springs; two sons, Thomas Lawes Jr., of Cheyenne and Joseph W. Lawes of Pinedale; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Will Martin of Denver who with Mr. Martin attended the funeral services, Mrs. Clarence Bonwell and Mrs. James Marr, both of Denver, and Mrs. Anna Luchte of Walla Walla, Wash.; four brothers, John and Arthur Cheesbrough, both of Elk Mountain and Joe and Ernest Cheesbrough, both of Laramie. All of her brothers with exception of Joe Cheesbrough attended the funeral services.
Family Members
Spouse
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
See more Lawes or Cheesbrough memorials in:
- Rock Springs Cemetery Lawes or Cheesbrough
- Rock Springs Lawes or Cheesbrough
- Sweetwater County Lawes or Cheesbrough
- Wyoming Lawes or Cheesbrough
- USA Lawes or Cheesbrough
- Find a Grave Lawes or Cheesbrough
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
