MARVIN GARRETr
ALVIN FOWLKES
High School wrestlers, both from Alvin Fowlkes, 145 pounds, is a senior at Hulett
in state wrestling competition High School. He placed third in both the regional
and state meets. He is the son of W'flfreda Fowlkes,
105 pounds, took first in regional Aladdin, and Robert Fowlkes, Douglas.
going on to win his division at Five boys from Hulett reached state competition.
~eet pinning his opponent in the near Their coach, Steve Bollenbach, was himself a state
e of 13 seconds. The son of Mr. and Mrs. champion.
Marvin is a sophomore.
held
Nitcy
for Susie Nitchy, 89,
P.m., May 3 at the
Church at Hu-
Was in the New Haven
Under the direction of
Northeastern Wy-
Chapel of Sun-
died at Lookout
in Spearfish,
Jan. 21. 1891, at
to Aaron and
Wiebe. She
North Dakota
married to Paul
;Burke, N.D.
to a ranch
west of Hulett.
husband worked for
in the early 1920's,
a
at
Haven and Hulett.
she hauled
Flour Mill
the ranchers in the
and New Haven
a member of the
Church of Jesus
Day Saints in
survived by four
Gray of Alva,
of Gillette, Mae
Baker of Osh-
Gerhard Wiebe
City, Utah; one
Corona, Ca. ;
23 great
a; and two great--
He was born Feb. 15, 1917, at
the Wood homestead northwest
of Hulett to. Charlie and Alta
{Wallace) Wood. He attended the
Elkhorn school.
On Nov. 14, 1941 he married
Evelyn Howard. In February,
1945, he entered the Armed Ser-
vices and served in the Asiatic
Pacific Theatre. He was dis-
charged in February, 1946.
For 24 years, until his retire-
ment in 1978, he was custodian at
the Hulett School.
He was a member of Roy
Montgomery Legion Post No. 80
at Hulett, the Odd Fellows
Lodge, and the Community Bap-
tist Church where he served as
deacon. He was an honorary
member of Devils Tower FFA
Chapter.
He is survived by his wife,
Evelyn, of Hulett; one daughter,
Mrs. Leonard {Carolyn) Hook;
two brothers, Kicker and John
Wood, all of Hulett; seven sisters,
Grace Kendall, Ina Lawrence,
Myrtle Hewer, Mona Waugh, all
of Hulett, Elsie Chesier of Hot
Springs, SD, Mary Jones of Eng-
lewood, Calif., and Audry Perkins
of Phoenix, Ariz. ; and two grand-
children.
He was preceded in death by
his parents and two brothers.
A memorial has been estab-
fished for the Hulett Ambulance
Fund.
Charles Kokesh
rites held
Mass of the Christian burial for
Charles H. Kokesh, 63, lifelong
resident of the Sundance area,
was held Friday at 10 a.m. at St.
Paul's Catholic Church in Sun-
dance. He died April 29 at
Regional Rapid City Hospital.
Burial was in the Black Hills
National Cemetery near Sturgis,
SD, with full military honors.
A memorial has been estab-
fished for the Sundance Ambu-
lance Fund.
He was born June 9, 1916, to
Hugh and Louise Moiler Kokesh
at their ranch home nine miles
east of Sundance. He attended
Crook County rural schools and
worked on the ranch until he
entered the Army Air Corps in
February, 1942. He served in the
Burma India Theatre as a Master
Sergeant aircraft mechanic serv-
icing aircraft flying over the
"hump."
He was discharged November,
1945, and returned to his ranch at
Sundance where he lived until the
time of his death•
He was a member of St. Paul's
Catholic Church which he helped
to build in the early 1950's, the
Crook County Farm Bureau, the
National Cattlemen's Associ-
ation, The Wyoming Cattlemen's
Association, the National Rifle
Association and the VFW.
He is survived by one daugh-
ter, Patricia Kokesh, Denver,
Colo.; three sons, Charles, San
Mate
