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David Vinton Bell

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David Vinton Bell

Birth
Bellwood, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
12 Jun 1943 (aged 79)
Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA Add to Map
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The Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Tuesday, June 15, 1943: FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DAVID V. BELL WILL BE WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for David V. Bell, 79, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Temple. The body will be taken to the temple at 11 o'clock.
Services will be in charge of the Knights Templar.
Immediately following the services the body will be taken to Rawlins for interment. Rawlins Masonic lodge No. 5. A. F. and A. M. will conduct graveside services. Mr. Bell who was a past grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming and past high priest of the Grand chapter of royal Arch Masons of Wyoming, was a member of Rock Springs Maita Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, and the Rawlins lodge No. 5 as well as Korean Temple at Rawlins.
Pallbearers will be Soren G. Jensen of Green River, past grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming; John L. Kykes, S. F. Ramsay, Guy L. Stevenson, Albert Walters and Richard S. Webster all past commanders of Rock Springs lodge No. 12 A. F. and A. M. Honorary pallbearers will be E. E. Carver, Green River, Kenneth Darling, A. V. Elias, Claude Elias, John W. Hay, Sr., Eugene McAuliffe, George B. Pryde and Frank Tatman.
Mr. Bell died Saturday at Wyoming General Hospital. He had been a resident of Rock Spring since 1908 when he became superintendent of the Green River water works, Rattlesnake Water company and the Union Pacific Water Company. He had been assistant superintendent for four years prior to that time with headquarters in Rawlins. He became associated with the Union Pacific in 1889 and became foreman of the company's water service in 1893 with headquarters in Rawlins.
He was retired from service Feb. 1, 1933.
Mr. Bell is survived by his wife, two sons, four daughters, 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. His children are Orren Bell of Roselle Park, N. J., Carl, Cheyenne; Mrs. Louis Haller, Pocatello, Idaho; Edna Bell, Denver; Ada Bell Black, Cody, and Margaret Bell, Chicago. All members of the family excepting Orren Bell will be in Rock Springs for the funeral.
Mr. Bell was born June 15, 1863, on a farm near Elizabeth Furnace, Blair county, Pa.
The Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of the funeral and burial arrangements

Additional Notes: David was born on Bellemeade Farm, Bellwood, Pennsylvania. His first wife died shortly after childbirth and that son, David V. Bell Jr. (60837440) is buried in Utah.
The Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Tuesday, June 15, 1943: FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DAVID V. BELL WILL BE WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for David V. Bell, 79, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Temple. The body will be taken to the temple at 11 o'clock.
Services will be in charge of the Knights Templar.
Immediately following the services the body will be taken to Rawlins for interment. Rawlins Masonic lodge No. 5. A. F. and A. M. will conduct graveside services. Mr. Bell who was a past grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming and past high priest of the Grand chapter of royal Arch Masons of Wyoming, was a member of Rock Springs Maita Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, and the Rawlins lodge No. 5 as well as Korean Temple at Rawlins.
Pallbearers will be Soren G. Jensen of Green River, past grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming; John L. Kykes, S. F. Ramsay, Guy L. Stevenson, Albert Walters and Richard S. Webster all past commanders of Rock Springs lodge No. 12 A. F. and A. M. Honorary pallbearers will be E. E. Carver, Green River, Kenneth Darling, A. V. Elias, Claude Elias, John W. Hay, Sr., Eugene McAuliffe, George B. Pryde and Frank Tatman.
Mr. Bell died Saturday at Wyoming General Hospital. He had been a resident of Rock Spring since 1908 when he became superintendent of the Green River water works, Rattlesnake Water company and the Union Pacific Water Company. He had been assistant superintendent for four years prior to that time with headquarters in Rawlins. He became associated with the Union Pacific in 1889 and became foreman of the company's water service in 1893 with headquarters in Rawlins.
He was retired from service Feb. 1, 1933.
Mr. Bell is survived by his wife, two sons, four daughters, 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. His children are Orren Bell of Roselle Park, N. J., Carl, Cheyenne; Mrs. Louis Haller, Pocatello, Idaho; Edna Bell, Denver; Ada Bell Black, Cody, and Margaret Bell, Chicago. All members of the family excepting Orren Bell will be in Rock Springs for the funeral.
Mr. Bell was born June 15, 1863, on a farm near Elizabeth Furnace, Blair county, Pa.
The Wildermuth mortuary is in charge of the funeral and burial arrangements

Additional Notes: David was born on Bellemeade Farm, Bellwood, Pennsylvania. His first wife died shortly after childbirth and that son, David V. Bell Jr. (60837440) is buried in Utah.


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