Yuma County, Arizona Obits
Date: 1879-03-21;
Paper: Arizona
Weekly Journal Miner
SMITH- At Yuma,
A.T. , March 6th 1879
about 6 o'clock p.m., Orlando E. Smith of inflammation of the bowels.
Date: 1871-03-18;
Paper: Weekly
Arizona Miner
J.W. Jones, a
pioneer of this
Territory, died at Arizona City, Yuma County, February 20.
Date: 1878-04-05;
Paper: Arizona
Weekly Journal Miner
Mark Hopkins,
Treasurer of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, died at Yuma on Friday last, March
29, 1878.
Date: 1891-08-07;
Paper: Tombstone
Epitaph Prospector
George Bateman,
well known on the
Pacific coast died at Yuma last Friday, aged 65 years.
Date: 1898-03-16;
Paper: Arizona
Weekly Journal Miner
George Thompson,
one of the best
known and most highly respected miners of Yuma county, lost his life
last Wednesday morning in the Fortuna mine by suffocation from gas created by the
explosion of
blasting powder. He and his partner were working on the fourth level of
the mine and had fired a number of shots, one of which went off
prematurely, and in his frantic effort to escape the falling rock and
danger of the shots that would immediately follow, Thompson ran into a
drift from which, there was no escape from the fumes arising from the
powder. His partner, Sullivan, escaped in another direction and
thinking Thompson was safe did not pay any attention to his absence or
some time. Finally, thinking something was wrong, he began an
investigation and soon discovered Thompson in an unconscious
condition. He died a few hours later.
Date: 1891-06-03;
Paper: Tombstone
Epitaph Prospector
Dr. De Corse, a
prominent citizen of
Yuma died of heart disease last Monday.
Date: November 25,
1894 Paper:
Tombstone Epitaph Prospector
Frank Burke, of
Yuma, who was with
Vic Wilson when he was killed by Evans and Sontag, died on Tuesday. He
was born in Yuma 30 years ago.
Date: 1890-06-07;
Paper: Tombstone
Epitaph Prospector
M. Walters
accidentally shot himself
through the bowels yesterday at the Pot Holes. He was brought here, and
Dr. J.H. Taggart called to attend him, but his wounds.
Date: 1891-12-09; Paper: Weekly Journal Miner
Col. Luis Huller Dead.
It was with great surprise, that Friday last that Col. Luis Huller
while on his way to Yuma, had died on the train just east of Tucson.
Middle aged, robust and in perfect health, he was the last whom it was
believed that death would summons so suddenly. The cause is said to
have been heart trouble. Col. Huller was to have met Gen. Luis Torres,
governor of Sonora and Lower California, also the inspector general and
chief engineer of the Mexican government here at Yuma, and together
with Col. D. K. Allen they were to have gone on Wednesday, either by
steamer or by small boats to the sulphur mines, the volcanoes and the
source of the Carter river. Col. Allen's late work was to be inspected,
his measurements, lines, monuments and surveys examined.
The great sulphur and alum deposits were to have been examined and a
decision given as to what would be the best plan to adopt for their
development. The proposed railroad lines from the sulphur mines the one
to Horse Shoe Bend in the Colorado, near its mouth, the one to Major
lake, and the one to El Rio, were each to be looked over and the one
preferred by the government to be decided upon Col. Allen's estimate as
to the cost of each of these lines are already in the official's
possession; also his recommendation as to allowing any interference
with the water that now flows through Carter river toward Salt on. and
out to the desert, as well as those which flow into Lake Julullu and
New river, were to have been carefully considered and a decision given,
that the president might place the matter before the Mexican
congress. The matter of giving permission or a
concession for a line of steamers from Yuma to the volcanoes via the
mouth of the Colorado was to have been one of the matters to be looked
into and which was included in Col. Allen's report. The line of the
Yuma and San Diego railroad was to have received particular
attention, especially that portion of it between the east end of the
Mt. Major range and Hall Hanlon's. The three proposed crossings of the
Colorado
would have been one of the matters for consideration, as well as the
establishment of a new town on the boundary line at Hanlon's. Col.
Huller's coming meant the expenditure of thousands of dollars below the
line, a portion of which would have found its way back to Yuma. Col.
Luis Huller was the father of the old International Company of Mexico,
as it was formerly known as Luis Huller & Co, He was also the
originator of the Yuma San Quentin and San Diego railroad to Yuma and
from the mouth of the Colorado to El Paso, Mexico can illy lose a man
who has done so much to advance her best interests of her northern and
northwestern borders.
— Yuma Sentinel.
Date: 1878-11-21; Paper: Arizona Weekly Star
Mrs Julia S.Porter, wife of Judge De Forrest Porter, of Yuma on the
12th instant, in the 29th year of her age. The Judge has the sympathy
of the people of the Territory, The remains were buried at
Yuma in the military cemetery.
Date: 1872-12-07; Paper: Weekly Journal Miner
Death of John Duff.
John Duff, an old and respected citizen of Yuma county, departed this
life, at Arizona City, on the morning of November 22. Deceased was well
and favorably known by citizens of every section of the Territory, many
of whom will feel sad over the news of his death. Being an officer of
Yuma County, the District and Probate courts adjourned, upon hearing of
his death; and the former Court passed suitable resolutions. The
remains of Mr. Duff were followed to the grave by large number of
people, and the stores of the city were closed, during the performance
of the last sad rites.
New York Times, The (NY) - August 23, 1980 Deceased Name: Roy Yerger,
72, a Former Editor Of International Herald Tribune
Roy Ralph Yerger, former assistant managing editor of The International
Herald Tribune in Paris, died of heart disease Thursday at the Yuma
(Ariz.) Regional Medical Center. He was 72 years old and had lived in
Yuma the last two years.
Mr. Yerger was born in Rochester and graduated from the University of
Rochester in 1928. He then joined the staff of The Rochester
Times-Union, and later became its news editor.
In 1935 Mr. Yerger joined the staff of The New York Herald Tribune and
was executive news editor when the newspaper ceased publication in
1966. He transferred to The International Herald Tribune at that time
and retired in 1973.
He is survived by his wife, the former Eloise Barrangon; two daughters,
Lucy Shipp of Yuma and Johanna Stobbs of Manhattan and Caracas,
Venezuela, and five grandchildren.
New York Times, The (NY) - December 30, 1981 Deceased Name: F.F.
McNaughton Dies at 91 Illinois Newspaper Publisher
F.F. McNaughton, a veteran of 60 years in newspaper publishing and
broadcasting, died today at the Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma,
Ariz., where he had lived since his retirement. He was 91 years old.
The founder of the McNaughton Newspapers, Mr. McNaughton was involved
in the purchase and development of 25 newspapers and a halfdozen radio
stations, including The Effingham Daily News and radio station WCRA in
Effingham, Ill., and The Pekin Times in Pekin, Ill.
A graduate of Tri-State College in Angola, Ind., Mr. McNaughton
received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School
of Journalism and took a job as a reporter on The New York Tribune.
In 1963, he was honored as a distinguished alumni of the journalism
school; in 1966 he received an honorary doctorate from Tri-State.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Joseph E. of Effingham and W.
Dean of Balboa Island, Calif.; a daughter, Lou Edith Soldwedel of Yuma,
Ariz.; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
New York Times, The (NY) - October 13, 1982 Deceased Name: Librado
Chavez, Farm Leader Was Father of Cesar Chavez
Librado Hernandez Chavez, a longtime advocate for migrant workers died
today. He was 100 years old. Mr. Chavez, who was the father Cesar
Chavez, the president of the United Farm Workers, died of a stroke at
Alexian Brothers Hospital shortly before 9 A.M., according to Marc
Grossman, a family friend.
Librado Chavez's father immigrated from Mexico to the United States in
1880 and settled near Yuma in southwestern Arizona, where Mr. Chavez
was born Aug. 17, 1882.
He had a small farm in Arizona but lost it to a bank in the Depression.
He moved his family to California, where he, his wife and their five
children worked as migrant farm laborers.
Mr. Chavez was active in three migrant worker unions that preceded the
United Farm Workers, which his son founded in the 1950's. He is
survived by his wife, Juana; two daughters, Rita and Vickie, and a son,
Librado Jr.