George W. McCormick, Sr., who would have been 86 on June 30, died May 16 in a Wheatland hospital. At the age of five, he moved with his parents to Missouri and three years later, the family moved to Nebraska. He first came to Wyoming in 1890, going as far west as the old mining towns of Atlantic City and South Pass. He returned to Antelope County, Nebraska a short time later where, in 1894, he was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Ingalsbe. In the meantime he had bought the EAK brand of stock in Wyoming and for the next 30 years engaged in ranching in Wyoming and western Nebraska. For the past 27 years he had been a continuous resident of the state and at the time of his death was making his home with his sons at Glendo. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Lydia Hopkins; four sons, George, Roy, Addison and Ralph; three daughters, Mrs. Ed Ryder, Mrs. Ed Brown and Mrs. Harley C. Martin; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget May 22, 1952 and cemetery records.)
George W. McCormick, Sr., who would have been 86 on June 30, died May 16 in a Wheatland hospital. At the age of five, he moved with his parents to Missouri and three years later, the family moved to Nebraska. He first came to Wyoming in 1890, going as far west as the old mining towns of Atlantic City and South Pass. He returned to Antelope County, Nebraska a short time later where, in 1894, he was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Ingalsbe. In the meantime he had bought the EAK brand of stock in Wyoming and for the next 30 years engaged in ranching in Wyoming and western Nebraska. For the past 27 years he had been a continuous resident of the state and at the time of his death was making his home with his sons at Glendo. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Lydia Hopkins; four sons, George, Roy, Addison and Ralph; three daughters, Mrs. Ed Ryder, Mrs. Ed Brown and Mrs. Harley C. Martin; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget May 22, 1952 and cemetery records.)
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