El Paso Death Notices

El Paso Officer Missing After Plane Crashes Into Gulf

Capt. Mark Anthony of El Paso was reported by the Army Monday as one of the three fliers still missing after and Army Catalina Boat crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola, Fla., according to an Associated Press dispatch. Seven Army officers and enlisted men were rescued an hour after the crash when search planes found them 45 miles off-shore on the life rafts. Others missing are Major William I. Ripley of Shalimar, Fla., and M/Sgt Raymond Murdough of Crestview, Fla.,

Search for the missing three is being continued. News that Captain Anthony was still missing was received from the Red Cross Monday by Mr. and Mrs. Gschwind, of Ysleta, parents of Captain Anthony’s wife, Mrs. Celia El. Anthony. Mrs. Anthony left here two weeks ago to join her husband who has been stationed with the 611thA.A.D.U., Squadron D at Eglin Field, Fla. Mrs. Anthony was reported to be living 50 miles from Eglin Field but her parents had been unable to contact her late Monday night. Captain Anthony has three sisters living in El Paso. They are Mrs. Irene Sanchez, 2607 Louisville Street; Mrs. Carlotta Williams, 4003 Cumberland Street, and Mrs. Dora Sandoval, 2324 North Piedras Street. He has a sister, Mrs. Laura Pulice of Carlsbad, and six brothers who are living on the West Coast. Captain Anthony served in the European Theater during the war as a B-7 pilot. Prior to entering the AAF on Sept 12, 1942, Captain Anthony was employed by S.H. Kress Co. in El Paso. ---El Paso Times, November 2, 1946 submitted by Jeanette Aguirre

Abilene Reporter News, September 12, 1926, transcribed by, Amanda Jowers

A telegram received by Victor Behrens announced the death of his sister, Miss Mildred Behrens, at El Paso. Miss Behrens is also a niece of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Behrens. Her mother, Mrs. F. E. Behrens, and aunt, Mrs. W. J. Behrens, were at her bedside at the time of death. The remains will pass through Abilene on the Sunshine Special at 10:50 Sunday morning en route to Farmington, Iowa, her former home, for burial

William Taylor Hutchinson

The funeral services of W. T. Hutchinson, who died on Tuesday of last week, were held Monday afternoon at the undertaking parlors of Nagley & Kaster. Interment was made in Evergreen cemetery, a military escort from Fort Bliss being in attendance. Hutchinson, who had lived in El Paso several years, was a United States pensioner, having seen service in the Philippines. He had been in poor health for a number of years. He is said to have been 32 years of age. Nothing is known of Hutchinson's relatives, and pending their location, Mrs. Emma Chaffee is acting as administrator of his estate. Funeral services Monday were conducted by Rev. R. T. Hanks of the Baptist church, of which Hutchinson was a member.

September 26, 1910, El Paso Herald Submitted by Kathie Marynik

Bodies of Five Soldiers Shipped To Former Homes After military funerals from the Peak Undertaking chapel, the bodies of the following soldiers who died at the base hospital at Ft. Bliss have been shipped: Francis Downing, aged 18, private, troop M, 314 cavalry; to Groveton, N. H., Friday. Frank Dutcher, aged 25, died Oct. 24; private, battery A, 82nd field artillery; to Greeley Center, Neb., Friday. Paul P. Shelton, aged 20, died Oct. 23; corporal headquarters, 82nd field artillery; to Effingham, Ill., Saturday noon. Willred Fillion, aged 20; died Oct. 18; private battery B, 82nd field artillery; burial at Ft. Bliss Saturday at 11 a.m. Leslie W. Fleeman, aged 18, died Oct. 25; private battery B, 82nd field artillery; shipped to his father, L. W. Fleeman, at Dallas, Saturday. El Paso Herald Home Edition El Paso, Texas October 26, 1918 submitted By D Donlon