∼10 Feb 1955 Reno Evening Gazette
Babbitt Resident 13 Years Passes
"Hawthorne - Hugh Archer Puffer, a resident of Babbitt for more than 13 years, died Sunday evening, Feb. 6, at Fort Miley Hospital, San Francisco, where he had been under treatment for 11 months.
Mr. Puffer, born at Glendive, MT on May 22, 1897, spent his early life in that state and in North Dakota. He received his schooling at Williston, ND and in Wisconsin, until he joined Company E of the National Guard unit of Williston. He went to the Mexican border uprising with this outfit and later served with the same unit in England and France during World War I, receiving his honorable discharge on March 11, 1919, after more than four years of service.
On Aug. 1, 1919, Mr. Puffer was married to Gladys M. Levitte of Glendive, Mont., and the couple resided in Willinston until moving to Babbitt in 1941 when Mr. Puffer took employment as a locomotive engineer at the naval depot, a position he held until the time of his death.
Surviving in addition to his widow are one daughter Mrs. Geraldine Esterby of Babbitt; two sons, Clayton P. Puffer of Las Vegas and Willard Puffer of Los Angeles; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Braun of Appam, ND and Mrs. Cora Archer of Minneapolis, Minn.
Relatives from North Dakota, Michigan, California and possibly Canada are expected for the funeral which will be conducted in Hawthorne on Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Services will be at the First Baptist Church with the Veterans of Foreign Wars conducting military rites."
∼10 Feb 1955 Reno Evening Gazette
Babbitt Resident 13 Years Passes
"Hawthorne - Hugh Archer Puffer, a resident of Babbitt for more than 13 years, died Sunday evening, Feb. 6, at Fort Miley Hospital, San Francisco, where he had been under treatment for 11 months.
Mr. Puffer, born at Glendive, MT on May 22, 1897, spent his early life in that state and in North Dakota. He received his schooling at Williston, ND and in Wisconsin, until he joined Company E of the National Guard unit of Williston. He went to the Mexican border uprising with this outfit and later served with the same unit in England and France during World War I, receiving his honorable discharge on March 11, 1919, after more than four years of service.
On Aug. 1, 1919, Mr. Puffer was married to Gladys M. Levitte of Glendive, Mont., and the couple resided in Willinston until moving to Babbitt in 1941 when Mr. Puffer took employment as a locomotive engineer at the naval depot, a position he held until the time of his death.
Surviving in addition to his widow are one daughter Mrs. Geraldine Esterby of Babbitt; two sons, Clayton P. Puffer of Las Vegas and Willard Puffer of Los Angeles; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Braun of Appam, ND and Mrs. Cora Archer of Minneapolis, Minn.
Relatives from North Dakota, Michigan, California and possibly Canada are expected for the funeral which will be conducted in Hawthorne on Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Services will be at the First Baptist Church with the Veterans of Foreign Wars conducting military rites."
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Cora Augusta Puffer Archer
1883–1980
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Chauncey Wesley Puffer
1884–1893
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Elsie Beulah Genevieve Puffer Luchsinger
1886–1929
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Luther Edwin Puffer
1889–1908
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Mary Olive Puffer Bruun
1890–1957
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George Henry Puffer
1893–1952
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Martin Cornelius Puffer
1894–1912
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Charlotte Juliet Puffer Barrett
1895–1949
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Florence R. Puffer
1898–1898
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