Del Norte Prospector dated June 25, 1954
George T. “Cap” Wharton, resident of South Fork for the past 28 years, died Wednesday at Saint Joseph’s hospital. He was 90 years of age.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday—tomorrow—at Evergreen Chapel, with interment n the Del Norte cemetery. Rev. H.N. Johnson of the Emmanuel Chapel, South Fork will officiate.
“Cap”, as everyone knew him, had farmed in the South Fork district since moving from Ordway in 1926. Before moving there he had operated at South Fork during the summer and spent winters at Ordway. He had many friends in the South Fork-Baxterville and Del Norte area.
He is survived by his widow, Edna, a son, William of Longview, Wisconsin; two daughters, Mrs. Jane Kuhns of Alamosa, and Mrs. Eva Jacobs of South Fork, 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Two stepsons and two daughters preceded him in death: Roy passed away in 1952; Vivan was killed at Pearl Harbor; Gwendolyn Hamilton died in 1935; and Sarah Bell Wharton died in 1931.
Pallbearers are to be Lawrence Fleming, Myron Cochran, Orville Chapman, Joe Kenyoun, Jack Carson, and Stanley Walker.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
George T. “Cap” Wharton, resident of South Fork for the past 28 years, died Wednesday at Saint Joseph’s hospital. He was 90 years of age.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday—tomorrow—at Evergreen Chapel, with interment n the Del Norte cemetery. Rev. H.N. Johnson of the Emmanuel Chapel, South Fork will officiate.
“Cap”, as everyone knew him, had farmed in the South Fork district since moving from Ordway in 1926. Before moving there he had operated at South Fork during the summer and spent winters at Ordway. He had many friends in the South Fork-Baxterville and Del Norte area.
He is survived by his widow, Edna, a son, William of Longview, Wisconsin; two daughters, Mrs. Jane Kuhns of Alamosa, and Mrs. Eva Jacobs of South Fork, 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Two stepsons and two daughters preceded him in death: Roy passed away in 1952; Vivan was killed at Pearl Harbor; Gwendolyn Hamilton died in 1935; and Sarah Bell Wharton died in 1931.
Pallbearers are to be Lawrence Fleming, Myron Cochran, Orville Chapman, Joe Kenyoun, Jack Carson, and Stanley Walker.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
Del Norte Prospector dated June 25, 1954
George T. “Cap” Wharton, resident of South Fork for the past 28 years, died Wednesday at Saint Joseph’s hospital. He was 90 years of age.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday—tomorrow—at Evergreen Chapel, with interment n the Del Norte cemetery. Rev. H.N. Johnson of the Emmanuel Chapel, South Fork will officiate.
“Cap”, as everyone knew him, had farmed in the South Fork district since moving from Ordway in 1926. Before moving there he had operated at South Fork during the summer and spent winters at Ordway. He had many friends in the South Fork-Baxterville and Del Norte area.
He is survived by his widow, Edna, a son, William of Longview, Wisconsin; two daughters, Mrs. Jane Kuhns of Alamosa, and Mrs. Eva Jacobs of South Fork, 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Two stepsons and two daughters preceded him in death: Roy passed away in 1952; Vivan was killed at Pearl Harbor; Gwendolyn Hamilton died in 1935; and Sarah Bell Wharton died in 1931.
Pallbearers are to be Lawrence Fleming, Myron Cochran, Orville Chapman, Joe Kenyoun, Jack Carson, and Stanley Walker.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
George T. “Cap” Wharton, resident of South Fork for the past 28 years, died Wednesday at Saint Joseph’s hospital. He was 90 years of age.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday—tomorrow—at Evergreen Chapel, with interment n the Del Norte cemetery. Rev. H.N. Johnson of the Emmanuel Chapel, South Fork will officiate.
“Cap”, as everyone knew him, had farmed in the South Fork district since moving from Ordway in 1926. Before moving there he had operated at South Fork during the summer and spent winters at Ordway. He had many friends in the South Fork-Baxterville and Del Norte area.
He is survived by his widow, Edna, a son, William of Longview, Wisconsin; two daughters, Mrs. Jane Kuhns of Alamosa, and Mrs. Eva Jacobs of South Fork, 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Two stepsons and two daughters preceded him in death: Roy passed away in 1952; Vivan was killed at Pearl Harbor; Gwendolyn Hamilton died in 1935; and Sarah Bell Wharton died in 1931.
Pallbearers are to be Lawrence Fleming, Myron Cochran, Orville Chapman, Joe Kenyoun, Jack Carson, and Stanley Walker.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
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