The Box Elder County News was started in April, 1894 by J.R. Hunter, publisher and editor. Edith B. Hunter, J.R.’s, wife became associate editor September 12, 1896. The Hunters sold the paper to Charles Pasco and Hyrum Standing in 1898, at which time “County” was dropped from the name. In 1900, Solomon C. Wixom purchased Pasco’s interest in the paper and later became managing editor in 1922. Wixom was posthumously installed in the Utah Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1968, and was identified then as one of Utah’s most capable journalists. *Summary from the Digital Archives at the University of Utah. Click on a name below to be taken to an image of the obituary | |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z | Name | Date of Obituary |
R | |
Ralphs, Eleda | August 30, 1906 |
Rasmussen, Mrs. Karen Maria | January 11, 1906 |
Rasmussen, Jennie | January 7, 1909 |
Rees, Mary Morgan | December 5, 1907 |
Richards, Hyrum | January 04, 1906 |
Rogers, Lewis | November 1, 1906 |
Rohwer, Julius E.C.M. | September 19, 1907 |
Romer, Karoline Kathrine Jensen | February 27, 1908 |
S | |
Simonsen, Elmer Fenily | October 5, 1905 |
Smith, Lewis | March 12, 1908 |
Smith, Richard | April 19, 1906 |
Snow, Minnie Loveland | December 13, 1906 |
Snow, Minnie Loveland (Funeral Services) | December 20, 1906 |
Spierman, Hans P | April 25, 1907 |
T | |
Taylor, Samuel | July 19, 1906 |
Thompsen, Mads | February 1, 1906 |
Thompson, William | February 15, 1906 |
V | |
Valentine, Jesse | January 10, 1907 |
W | |
Wade, Joseph David | October 1, 1908 |
Wade, Joseph David (Funeral Services) | October 8, 1908 |
Walker, Mrs. Heber | May 27, 1909 |
Walters, Mand | August 23, 1906 |
Watkins, Mrs. Winnifred Harris | January 25, 1906 |
Webb, Ernest | January 17, 1907 |
Wells, Lyman B | November 12, 1908 |
Wheatley, Thomas Sr | December 19, 1907 |
Wight, Hattie | March 21, 1907 |
Wight, Steven | January 9, 1904 |
Wight, Steven (another obituary) | January 14, 1904 |
Wilson, P.N. | February 6, 1908 |
Wilson, Peter N (Funeral Services) | February 13, 1908 |
Wixom, Annie J | December 26, 1907 |
Wixom, Arthur Houston | February 28, 1907 |
Wood, Amelia | August 9, 1906 |
Woolley, Mrs. Zina Rees | May 30, 1907 |
Wright, Mary J | July 22, 1909 |
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