Person:James Smelser (9)

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James Henry SMELSER
d.8 Mar 1964
m. 6 Apr 1892
  1. James Henry SMELSER1904 - 1964
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Name James Henry SMELSER
Gender Male
Birth? 22 Sep 1904 Battle Mountain,Lander,Nevada
Marriage to Mary Louise Gibson
Death? 8 Mar 1964
Burial? 10 Mar 1964 Fallon,Churchill,Nevada

!CENSUS:Living with Aunt Rosalie and husband (father also) 1920
!CENSUS:1930 Oregon (Marion, Salem) E.D. 24, Sheet 7, Line 47 Lineman-Electrical Power

  Appears to be him

!BURIAL:ES p1-6

NEWSPAPER:unknown
JAMES SMELSER
Funeral service for James H. Smelser, 59, a resident of Fallon for 40 years, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the Austin Funeral Home in Fallon.

Rev. Joseph H. Pritchard of Epworth Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will follow in Fallon Cemetery.

Smelser's body was found Monday at a target range near Fallon. He apparently died of natural causes, authorities there said.

He was born Sept. 22, 1904, in Battle Mountain. A U.S. Civil Service electrician, Smelser was employed by military installations at Fallon and Hawthorne.

Survivors include his widow, Mary Lou, Fallon; a daughter, Marilyn; a step-son Charles Trueman, and a step-daughter, Sandra Trueman, all of Fallon.