Rock Springs Miner, May 15, 1955
GEORGE BAXTER
George Baxter, 57, resident of Reliance 33 years, died at his home there Saturday, May 7. He had been afflicted with a heart condition for several years and had been bedfast since March.
Mr. Baxter was store manager for Union Pacific Coal company in Reliance since the early 1920s until the store was closed there a little more than a year ago.
George Dewey Baxter was born Aug. 21, 1897, in Ogden. Before going to Reliance he married Mattie Whittaker in Ogden who with two daughters and five grandchildren survive.
His daughters are Mrs. Ivan (Lois) Woodburn of Ogden and Mrs. Ronald (Afton) McMillan of Rock Springs. Three brothers, Edward, Lawrence and William Baxter, all of Ogden, also survive.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the L.D.S. church with Bishop William Gibbs of Reliance in charge.
Pallbearers were William Banks, who was associated with Mr. Baxter in the store at Reliance for many years; Hugh Harrigan, James Kelley, Eugene Lane, William Sellers and Luke Harrigan of Green River.
The body was taken to Ogden for burial.
Rock Springs Miner, May 15, 1955
GEORGE BAXTER
George Baxter, 57, resident of Reliance 33 years, died at his home there Saturday, May 7. He had been afflicted with a heart condition for several years and had been bedfast since March.
Mr. Baxter was store manager for Union Pacific Coal company in Reliance since the early 1920s until the store was closed there a little more than a year ago.
George Dewey Baxter was born Aug. 21, 1897, in Ogden. Before going to Reliance he married Mattie Whittaker in Ogden who with two daughters and five grandchildren survive.
His daughters are Mrs. Ivan (Lois) Woodburn of Ogden and Mrs. Ronald (Afton) McMillan of Rock Springs. Three brothers, Edward, Lawrence and William Baxter, all of Ogden, also survive.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the L.D.S. church with Bishop William Gibbs of Reliance in charge.
Pallbearers were William Banks, who was associated with Mr. Baxter in the store at Reliance for many years; Hugh Harrigan, James Kelley, Eugene Lane, William Sellers and Luke Harrigan of Green River.
The body was taken to Ogden for burial.
Family Members
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Joseph Samuel Baxter
1875–1954
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Elizabeth Victoria Baxter
1877–1880
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LeRoy R. Baxter
1879–1936
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John Allen Baxter
1881–1941
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Cassius Clinton Baxter
1883–1951
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Aeolia Catherine Baxter Jessop
1885–1921
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Edward Henry Baxter
1888–1963
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James Blaine G Baxter
1890–1923
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Franklin Horrocks Baxter
1892–1953
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Lawrence Arthur Baxter
1895–1959
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William McKinley Baxter
1901–1964
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