Father: William F Mayer born Germany
Mother: Katherine Kinney born Ireland
Spouse: Frances Celia Sadlier
Rock Springs Miner, May 20, 1951
JOHN WILLIAM MAYER
Funeral services for John William Mayer, 81, former Burnt Fork resident, were held Monday in Ogden where he had lived since 1921.
Oldtimers of the Burnt Fork area will remember Mr. Mayer as “Ya??” Mayer. He was born Aug. 28, 1869 in Pittsburgh, Pa. [sic] At the age of 14 he joined the U.S. Army as a bugler in the 17th infantry. He saw service in the Indian campaigns, the Philippine insurrection, and the Spanish-American war. He retired from the army in 1908 as a master sergeant and went into the Burnt Fork country to live. After going to Ogden he returned to the active list in the army and served as military assistant in R.O.T.C. in the Ogden high school until 1944. He was a member of Ogden’s B.P.O. Elks.
Mr. Mayer is survived by his wife, three sons, Lester and Hugh, both of Ogden and John E. Mayer of Seward, Alaska; three daughters, Mrs. Verdi (Phyllis) T. Powell of Ogden, Mrs. George (Josephine) Peterson of Manila, Utah, and Mrs. John (Florence) Briggs of Dell, Mont., formerly of Burnt Fork; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Dominick S. Ferrero and Mrs. Elvo Moss, both of Reliance, are granddaughters and both of them attended the funeral services.
Mother: Katherine Kinney born Ireland
Spouse: Frances Celia Sadlier
Rock Springs Miner, May 20, 1951
JOHN WILLIAM MAYER
Funeral services for John William Mayer, 81, former Burnt Fork resident, were held Monday in Ogden where he had lived since 1921.
Oldtimers of the Burnt Fork area will remember Mr. Mayer as “Ya??” Mayer. He was born Aug. 28, 1869 in Pittsburgh, Pa. [sic] At the age of 14 he joined the U.S. Army as a bugler in the 17th infantry. He saw service in the Indian campaigns, the Philippine insurrection, and the Spanish-American war. He retired from the army in 1908 as a master sergeant and went into the Burnt Fork country to live. After going to Ogden he returned to the active list in the army and served as military assistant in R.O.T.C. in the Ogden high school until 1944. He was a member of Ogden’s B.P.O. Elks.
Mr. Mayer is survived by his wife, three sons, Lester and Hugh, both of Ogden and John E. Mayer of Seward, Alaska; three daughters, Mrs. Verdi (Phyllis) T. Powell of Ogden, Mrs. George (Josephine) Peterson of Manila, Utah, and Mrs. John (Florence) Briggs of Dell, Mont., formerly of Burnt Fork; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Dominick S. Ferrero and Mrs. Elvo Moss, both of Reliance, are granddaughters and both of them attended the funeral services.
Father: William F Mayer born Germany
Mother: Katherine Kinney born Ireland
Spouse: Frances Celia Sadlier
Rock Springs Miner, May 20, 1951
JOHN WILLIAM MAYER
Funeral services for John William Mayer, 81, former Burnt Fork resident, were held Monday in Ogden where he had lived since 1921.
Oldtimers of the Burnt Fork area will remember Mr. Mayer as “Ya??” Mayer. He was born Aug. 28, 1869 in Pittsburgh, Pa. [sic] At the age of 14 he joined the U.S. Army as a bugler in the 17th infantry. He saw service in the Indian campaigns, the Philippine insurrection, and the Spanish-American war. He retired from the army in 1908 as a master sergeant and went into the Burnt Fork country to live. After going to Ogden he returned to the active list in the army and served as military assistant in R.O.T.C. in the Ogden high school until 1944. He was a member of Ogden’s B.P.O. Elks.
Mr. Mayer is survived by his wife, three sons, Lester and Hugh, both of Ogden and John E. Mayer of Seward, Alaska; three daughters, Mrs. Verdi (Phyllis) T. Powell of Ogden, Mrs. George (Josephine) Peterson of Manila, Utah, and Mrs. John (Florence) Briggs of Dell, Mont., formerly of Burnt Fork; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Dominick S. Ferrero and Mrs. Elvo Moss, both of Reliance, are granddaughters and both of them attended the funeral services.
Mother: Katherine Kinney born Ireland
Spouse: Frances Celia Sadlier
Rock Springs Miner, May 20, 1951
JOHN WILLIAM MAYER
Funeral services for John William Mayer, 81, former Burnt Fork resident, were held Monday in Ogden where he had lived since 1921.
Oldtimers of the Burnt Fork area will remember Mr. Mayer as “Ya??” Mayer. He was born Aug. 28, 1869 in Pittsburgh, Pa. [sic] At the age of 14 he joined the U.S. Army as a bugler in the 17th infantry. He saw service in the Indian campaigns, the Philippine insurrection, and the Spanish-American war. He retired from the army in 1908 as a master sergeant and went into the Burnt Fork country to live. After going to Ogden he returned to the active list in the army and served as military assistant in R.O.T.C. in the Ogden high school until 1944. He was a member of Ogden’s B.P.O. Elks.
Mr. Mayer is survived by his wife, three sons, Lester and Hugh, both of Ogden and John E. Mayer of Seward, Alaska; three daughters, Mrs. Verdi (Phyllis) T. Powell of Ogden, Mrs. George (Josephine) Peterson of Manila, Utah, and Mrs. John (Florence) Briggs of Dell, Mont., formerly of Burnt Fork; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Dominick S. Ferrero and Mrs. Elvo Moss, both of Reliance, are granddaughters and both of them attended the funeral services.
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