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BERNARD P. DAXON
[Thursday,] 16 July 1908 Rev. Father McNamara was called to Angora last Tuesday morning to officiate at the funeral of Bernard P. Daxon, a rancher living six miles east of that place. Deceased as a new comer and leaves a wife and small children.
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WILLIAM 'BILL' DAVID DOUGLASS
WILLIAM 'BILL' DAVID DOUGLASS BRIDGEPORT - William "Bill" David Douglass, 31, of Bridgeport, formerly of Denver, died June 18, 1995. A funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Joliffe Funeral Home at Scottsbluff with Dr. Barbara Blourock officiating. Burial will be in the Angora Cemetery. A memorial has been established. Friends may call at Joliffe Funeral Home at Scottsbluff today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The casket will be clased. He was born to Ronald and Vivian (Rose) Douglass. He was raised and educated at Mitchell and graduated from Mitchell High School. Following his graduation, he moved to Denver, where he was in hotel management in hospitality services. He moved to Bridgeport 1 1/2 years ago. He died due to complications of AIDS. He was a lifetime member of the Colorado Gay Rodeo Assocition and won numerous awards. He was active in raising money for many AIDS Foundations including Children With AIDS Projects, Horizon House at Lakewood, Colo., the Denver Nursing Project and the Colorado AIDS Project. He also served on the Nebraska State STD committee. Survivors includes his companion Kevin Hirsch of Bridgeport; mother and step-father Vivian and Edward Donnelly of Angora; father and step-mother Ronald and Sandra Douglass of Bridgeport; brothers and sisters-in-law Ronald and Tammy Douglass of Casper, Wyo., James and Teri Douglass and Robert and Michell Douglass, all of Torrington, Wyo., and Timothy and Jodi Douglass of San Diego, Calif.; sister and brother-in-law Kristy and Gene Knapper of Great Falls, Mont.; grandmother Violet Rose of Mitchell; six nieces and eight nephews. He preceded in death by his grandparents Virgil and Mardress Douglass and Grandfather "Tuck" Rose.
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MARY L. DOVE
Thursday, 16 December 1971 RITES SATURDAY FOR MARY L. DOVE ANGORA (T-HNS) - Funeral service for Mary L. Dove, 60, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Holechek-Christensen Funeral Home in Bridgeport. Mrs. Dove died unexpectedly Tuesday night at her ranch home south of Angora. Her death apparently followed a heart attack. She was born May 19, 1911 in Lincoln and lived in Chicago and Denver for many years before coming to Angora in 1946. She married the late Walter Vern Dove on January 8, 1950 in Bridgeport. He died August 11, 1970. Survivors include a brother, John Fox, of Waldron, Mich. The Rev. Orval Spencer rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Alliance will officiate and burial will be in the Angora Cemetery.
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W. VERNE DOVE
W. VERNE DOVE, ANGORA RANCHER, IS DEAD AT 85 ANGORA (T-HNS) - W. Vern Dove, 85, prominent Angora rancher died Tuesday afternoon at the Bridgeport Hospital. Mr. Dove had been in failing health for the past several months. He was born February 20, 1885 at Farmer City, Ill., and moved to Cairo with his parents as a child. He homesteaded in the Angora area in 1908 and had lived there all through the years. He married the former Mary L. Fox in Bridgeport on January 8 1950 and she survives. He was a member of Camp Clark Lodge No. Z85 AF and AM. In addition to his widow of the home, he is survived by two brothers, Cash M. of Pendleton, Ore., and Earl W. of Cairo. Members of the family request that persons desiring may designate their memorials to the Bridgeport Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Alliance with the Rev. Orval Spencer; rector, officiating. Burial will be in the Angora Cemetery. Friends may call all day Thursday at the Holechek Funeral Home in Bridgeport.
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Extract from Bridgeport Diary - Bridgeport, Cheyenne Co., NE - Friday, February 17, 1905
EMMA LOUISA IRVING, NEE DOLPH
MRS. EMMA LOUISA IRVING, NEE DOLPH Saturday morning our town people were shocked to hear of the death of Mrs. Frank Irving, who for the past three months has been making her home here. Mrs. Emma Louisa Irving, nee Dolph, was born in Spring Brook township Pa., September 18, 1855, and was married to Frank Irving, March 23, 1875. About seven years ago the family moved to Nebraska, and settled at Irving, which place was named after them, Mr. Irving being the first post master, and Mrs. Irving frequently assisting him in carrying the mail twenty-one miles to Cleman. Mrs. Irving had a long time been suffering from heart trouble and that she might be near the doctor, and also give her youngest daughter Laura, an opportunity to attend school is why she has been living in Bridgeport. The Funeral, which was very largely attended was held on Monday from the Presbyterian church, the service being conducted by Rev. Elmor Zimmerman, who took his tex from John XI-25. "I am the resurrection and the life." The pall bearers were Mark Spanogle, Clarence Mount, Elbert Scott, James Gaines, Jno. Clawges and R. H. Willis. Click Here to view image of the obituary.
Extract from Bridgeport Diary - Bridgeport, Cheyenne Co., NE - Friday, February 17, 1905
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