Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 20, 1940
Blacker Services To Be Today From LDS Church
Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the L.D.S. church in Rock Springs for Edward George Blacker, 65, of Superior who died at 8:20 p.m. Friday in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he had been a patient for two days. Bishop Cecil James is to officiate.
Born May 24, 1875 in Wales, Blacker entered service of the Union Pacific Coal company 10 years later at Almy. He had been in the employ of the coal company since that time with the exception of an eight-year period, 1911 to 1918, when he served as state mine inspector for the No. 2 district of southern and western Wyoming.
He is survived by two sons, Edward George Jr., of Rock Springs and Hiram of Laramie; and three daughters, Mrs. William McPhie, Mrs. Clifford Anderson and Mrs. Farrell Wilde, all of Reliance.
His two sons, three sons-in-law, a nephew, Grant William of Salt Lake City, and a cousin, DeLos Gardner of Afton, are to act as pallbearers.
Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary.
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22 Aug 1940, Star Valley Independent
George Blacker Dies at Salt Lake City
Edward George Blacker, 65 years of age, of Superior Wyoming passed away Saturday, at 8:20 in the Salt Lake hospital of a stomach hemorrhage. His death came as a shock to his relatives and friends.
Mr. Blacker was well known in the valley and has made many trips in to visit his sisters and brothers. He was a fluent speaker as well as a gifted singer and he and his first wife have sung together at numerous socials and entertainments at Kemmerer and other places for years. He was called to speak at funerals on many occasions and has given consoling remarks at 69 funerals.
At one time he was State Mine inspector and at the time of his death was mine inspector at Superior.
The funeral was held at Rock Springs Tuesday where friends and relatives gathered from far and near to pay their respects to him.
The casket and rostrum were banked with beautiful flowers. He was buried at Rock Springs by the side of his first wife who preceded him in death only a year and three months.
He is survived by a wife and five children and five sisters and brothers; Thomas and Will Blacker, Marie Gardner, Marintha Williams and Fannie Cazier.
The following relatives from Afton went to Rock Springs Tuesday to attend the funeral; Mrs. Maria Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cazier, Mr. and Mrs. Delos Gardner, Ed Wilkes, Mrs. Lincoln Gardner and Elna, Maxine and Genevieve Gardner.
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Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1940
Death of E.G. Blacker
Edward George Blacker passed away in a Salt Lake City hospital on August 16th. Born at Mountain Ash, Wales, May 24, 1875, he came with his parents to the United States at an early age, his first work being at Almy, Wyoming, as a miner in November, 1885, under Reuben Fowkes, Mine Foreman. He served as State Coal Mine Inspector from 1911 to 1918, and returned to the Coal Company at Cumberland, remaining there until that property was abandoned, thence being transferred to Superior. He carried certificates as Foreman, Gas Watchman and Shot Firer. He was appointed Mine Superintendent at Cumberland February 1, 1928, succeeding the late William McIntosh.
Services were held from the L.D.S. Church with burial in Mountain View cemetery afternoon of August 20th.
Surviving are the widow, two sons and three daughters.
Blacker Services To Be Today From LDS Church
Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the L.D.S. church in Rock Springs for Edward George Blacker, 65, of Superior who died at 8:20 p.m. Friday in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he had been a patient for two days. Bishop Cecil James is to officiate.
Born May 24, 1875 in Wales, Blacker entered service of the Union Pacific Coal company 10 years later at Almy. He had been in the employ of the coal company since that time with the exception of an eight-year period, 1911 to 1918, when he served as state mine inspector for the No. 2 district of southern and western Wyoming.
He is survived by two sons, Edward George Jr., of Rock Springs and Hiram of Laramie; and three daughters, Mrs. William McPhie, Mrs. Clifford Anderson and Mrs. Farrell Wilde, all of Reliance.
His two sons, three sons-in-law, a nephew, Grant William of Salt Lake City, and a cousin, DeLos Gardner of Afton, are to act as pallbearers.
Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary.
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22 Aug 1940, Star Valley Independent
George Blacker Dies at Salt Lake City
Edward George Blacker, 65 years of age, of Superior Wyoming passed away Saturday, at 8:20 in the Salt Lake hospital of a stomach hemorrhage. His death came as a shock to his relatives and friends.
Mr. Blacker was well known in the valley and has made many trips in to visit his sisters and brothers. He was a fluent speaker as well as a gifted singer and he and his first wife have sung together at numerous socials and entertainments at Kemmerer and other places for years. He was called to speak at funerals on many occasions and has given consoling remarks at 69 funerals.
At one time he was State Mine inspector and at the time of his death was mine inspector at Superior.
The funeral was held at Rock Springs Tuesday where friends and relatives gathered from far and near to pay their respects to him.
The casket and rostrum were banked with beautiful flowers. He was buried at Rock Springs by the side of his first wife who preceded him in death only a year and three months.
He is survived by a wife and five children and five sisters and brothers; Thomas and Will Blacker, Marie Gardner, Marintha Williams and Fannie Cazier.
The following relatives from Afton went to Rock Springs Tuesday to attend the funeral; Mrs. Maria Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cazier, Mr. and Mrs. Delos Gardner, Ed Wilkes, Mrs. Lincoln Gardner and Elna, Maxine and Genevieve Gardner.
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Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1940
Death of E.G. Blacker
Edward George Blacker passed away in a Salt Lake City hospital on August 16th. Born at Mountain Ash, Wales, May 24, 1875, he came with his parents to the United States at an early age, his first work being at Almy, Wyoming, as a miner in November, 1885, under Reuben Fowkes, Mine Foreman. He served as State Coal Mine Inspector from 1911 to 1918, and returned to the Coal Company at Cumberland, remaining there until that property was abandoned, thence being transferred to Superior. He carried certificates as Foreman, Gas Watchman and Shot Firer. He was appointed Mine Superintendent at Cumberland February 1, 1928, succeeding the late William McIntosh.
Services were held from the L.D.S. Church with burial in Mountain View cemetery afternoon of August 20th.
Surviving are the widow, two sons and three daughters.
Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Aug 20, 1940
Blacker Services To Be Today From LDS Church
Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the L.D.S. church in Rock Springs for Edward George Blacker, 65, of Superior who died at 8:20 p.m. Friday in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he had been a patient for two days. Bishop Cecil James is to officiate.
Born May 24, 1875 in Wales, Blacker entered service of the Union Pacific Coal company 10 years later at Almy. He had been in the employ of the coal company since that time with the exception of an eight-year period, 1911 to 1918, when he served as state mine inspector for the No. 2 district of southern and western Wyoming.
He is survived by two sons, Edward George Jr., of Rock Springs and Hiram of Laramie; and three daughters, Mrs. William McPhie, Mrs. Clifford Anderson and Mrs. Farrell Wilde, all of Reliance.
His two sons, three sons-in-law, a nephew, Grant William of Salt Lake City, and a cousin, DeLos Gardner of Afton, are to act as pallbearers.
Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary.
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22 Aug 1940, Star Valley Independent
George Blacker Dies at Salt Lake City
Edward George Blacker, 65 years of age, of Superior Wyoming passed away Saturday, at 8:20 in the Salt Lake hospital of a stomach hemorrhage. His death came as a shock to his relatives and friends.
Mr. Blacker was well known in the valley and has made many trips in to visit his sisters and brothers. He was a fluent speaker as well as a gifted singer and he and his first wife have sung together at numerous socials and entertainments at Kemmerer and other places for years. He was called to speak at funerals on many occasions and has given consoling remarks at 69 funerals.
At one time he was State Mine inspector and at the time of his death was mine inspector at Superior.
The funeral was held at Rock Springs Tuesday where friends and relatives gathered from far and near to pay their respects to him.
The casket and rostrum were banked with beautiful flowers. He was buried at Rock Springs by the side of his first wife who preceded him in death only a year and three months.
He is survived by a wife and five children and five sisters and brothers; Thomas and Will Blacker, Marie Gardner, Marintha Williams and Fannie Cazier.
The following relatives from Afton went to Rock Springs Tuesday to attend the funeral; Mrs. Maria Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cazier, Mr. and Mrs. Delos Gardner, Ed Wilkes, Mrs. Lincoln Gardner and Elna, Maxine and Genevieve Gardner.
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Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1940
Death of E.G. Blacker
Edward George Blacker passed away in a Salt Lake City hospital on August 16th. Born at Mountain Ash, Wales, May 24, 1875, he came with his parents to the United States at an early age, his first work being at Almy, Wyoming, as a miner in November, 1885, under Reuben Fowkes, Mine Foreman. He served as State Coal Mine Inspector from 1911 to 1918, and returned to the Coal Company at Cumberland, remaining there until that property was abandoned, thence being transferred to Superior. He carried certificates as Foreman, Gas Watchman and Shot Firer. He was appointed Mine Superintendent at Cumberland February 1, 1928, succeeding the late William McIntosh.
Services were held from the L.D.S. Church with burial in Mountain View cemetery afternoon of August 20th.
Surviving are the widow, two sons and three daughters.
Blacker Services To Be Today From LDS Church
Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the L.D.S. church in Rock Springs for Edward George Blacker, 65, of Superior who died at 8:20 p.m. Friday in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he had been a patient for two days. Bishop Cecil James is to officiate.
Born May 24, 1875 in Wales, Blacker entered service of the Union Pacific Coal company 10 years later at Almy. He had been in the employ of the coal company since that time with the exception of an eight-year period, 1911 to 1918, when he served as state mine inspector for the No. 2 district of southern and western Wyoming.
He is survived by two sons, Edward George Jr., of Rock Springs and Hiram of Laramie; and three daughters, Mrs. William McPhie, Mrs. Clifford Anderson and Mrs. Farrell Wilde, all of Reliance.
His two sons, three sons-in-law, a nephew, Grant William of Salt Lake City, and a cousin, DeLos Gardner of Afton, are to act as pallbearers.
Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery under direction of Rogan Mortuary.
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22 Aug 1940, Star Valley Independent
George Blacker Dies at Salt Lake City
Edward George Blacker, 65 years of age, of Superior Wyoming passed away Saturday, at 8:20 in the Salt Lake hospital of a stomach hemorrhage. His death came as a shock to his relatives and friends.
Mr. Blacker was well known in the valley and has made many trips in to visit his sisters and brothers. He was a fluent speaker as well as a gifted singer and he and his first wife have sung together at numerous socials and entertainments at Kemmerer and other places for years. He was called to speak at funerals on many occasions and has given consoling remarks at 69 funerals.
At one time he was State Mine inspector and at the time of his death was mine inspector at Superior.
The funeral was held at Rock Springs Tuesday where friends and relatives gathered from far and near to pay their respects to him.
The casket and rostrum were banked with beautiful flowers. He was buried at Rock Springs by the side of his first wife who preceded him in death only a year and three months.
He is survived by a wife and five children and five sisters and brothers; Thomas and Will Blacker, Marie Gardner, Marintha Williams and Fannie Cazier.
The following relatives from Afton went to Rock Springs Tuesday to attend the funeral; Mrs. Maria Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cazier, Mr. and Mrs. Delos Gardner, Ed Wilkes, Mrs. Lincoln Gardner and Elna, Maxine and Genevieve Gardner.
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Union Pacific Coal Company Employes’ Magazine, Sep 1940
Death of E.G. Blacker
Edward George Blacker passed away in a Salt Lake City hospital on August 16th. Born at Mountain Ash, Wales, May 24, 1875, he came with his parents to the United States at an early age, his first work being at Almy, Wyoming, as a miner in November, 1885, under Reuben Fowkes, Mine Foreman. He served as State Coal Mine Inspector from 1911 to 1918, and returned to the Coal Company at Cumberland, remaining there until that property was abandoned, thence being transferred to Superior. He carried certificates as Foreman, Gas Watchman and Shot Firer. He was appointed Mine Superintendent at Cumberland February 1, 1928, succeeding the late William McIntosh.
Services were held from the L.D.S. Church with burial in Mountain View cemetery afternoon of August 20th.
Surviving are the widow, two sons and three daughters.
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Sarah Ann Blacker Nisbet
1876–1926
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Mary Blacker Wilkes
1878–1909
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Thomas Blacker
1880–1957
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Maria Blacker Gardner
1883–1967
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Isaac Blacker
1884–1886
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William John Blacker
1886–1978
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Merintha Althera Blacker Williams
1888–1966
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Hyrum Blacker
1891–1921
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Fannie Blacker Cazier
1893–1968
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Kemuel K Blacker
1897–1932
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