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George Garfield Hansel

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George Garfield Hansel

Birth
Garber, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Death
2 Jul 1944 (aged 30)
Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.8494459, Longitude: -111.7937686
Memorial ID
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George (W)Garfield HANSEL 14JAN1914-2JUL1944.Island.Park,Fremont.Co,ID
..Crushed by fall of tree.
He married 1939.Rexburg,Madison.Co,ID Una Olive McKenna
CHILDREN:
-1 Lois Catherine HANSEL m Bernard L. WILLIAMSON
-2 LaVere G. HANSEL m Sarah Dorlee Higley-Lived:Elko NV, Sweetwater WY
-3 Merrill J. HANSEL FEB1944-APR1944

From The Post-Register (Idaho Falls, ID) - Wednesday July 5, 1944:
Struck on the head by a falling tree, George G. Hansel, Rexburg bulldozer operator, died Monday, as a result of the accident which occurred in the Island Park county. According to the coroner's report, the bulldozer which Mr. Hansel was operating struck a rotted tree which fell towards the driver, fracturing his skull.
Fellow workers took him seven miles in a truck to the Stoddard sawmill camp and Dr. H.B. Rigby, Rexburg, who happened to be at his ranch in that vicinity, was summoned, but the worker died four hours after the accident.
Mr. Hansel is survived by his widow and two children, three and four years old.
George (W)Garfield HANSEL 14JAN1914-2JUL1944.Island.Park,Fremont.Co,ID
..Crushed by fall of tree.
He married 1939.Rexburg,Madison.Co,ID Una Olive McKenna
CHILDREN:
-1 Lois Catherine HANSEL m Bernard L. WILLIAMSON
-2 LaVere G. HANSEL m Sarah Dorlee Higley-Lived:Elko NV, Sweetwater WY
-3 Merrill J. HANSEL FEB1944-APR1944

From The Post-Register (Idaho Falls, ID) - Wednesday July 5, 1944:
Struck on the head by a falling tree, George G. Hansel, Rexburg bulldozer operator, died Monday, as a result of the accident which occurred in the Island Park county. According to the coroner's report, the bulldozer which Mr. Hansel was operating struck a rotted tree which fell towards the driver, fracturing his skull.
Fellow workers took him seven miles in a truck to the Stoddard sawmill camp and Dr. H.B. Rigby, Rexburg, who happened to be at his ranch in that vicinity, was summoned, but the worker died four hours after the accident.
Mr. Hansel is survived by his widow and two children, three and four years old.


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