Obituaries
Don Simpson
From the text of Saratoga Sun- November 8, 1945
Don Simpson was one of the most respected and best liked men in the Platte Valley. He was born in Ft. Collins, Colorado, October 9, 1906, the son of Mr. And Mrs. Arthur E. Simpson.
He spent his boyhood in Ft. Collins, attending the grade school and high school there, and also taking several years at Colorado A. & M. College at Ft. Collins, studying forestry. Later he lived for a time in Laramie, and also spent a couple of winters in Arizona.
In the early 1930s, he filed on homestead land in the Mullen creek section in the upper valley and was employed for a time as a “dude wrangler” at the A bar A ranch.
During this period he met Miss Mabel Haugland, who was residing with her family in the Encampment area, and they were married at Greeley, Colorado, on November 8, 1931.
The couple continued to reside in the upper valley for a couple of years, and then, in 1933, they left for New Hampshire, where Mr., Simpson was employed for about a year with a livestock firm. Returning to Wyoming, they spent the next three summers near Dubois, Wyoming, where he was again employed as a wrangler, at the CM ranch.
Returning to the Platte Valley, Mr. Simpson received his appointment as a State game warden in 1940. He had continued in this work since, he and Mrs. Simpson making their home in Saratoga. He had taken a deep interest in his work, making a comprehensive study of game management and wildlife propagation, and rated by State game and fish commission officials as one of the most reliable men in the Department.
Besides his wife, only immediate survivors are two brothers, Gordon Simpson of Seattle, Washington, and Robert Simpson of Omaha; also two nieces
From the text of Republican-Tuesday November 6, 1945
Funeral services for Don Simpson, 39, will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon from the Presbyterian Church in Saratoga. Masonic services with the Fev. J. B. Stevenson of Saratoga will be conducted and burial will be made in the Saratoga Cemetery under the direction of Rasmusson Mortuary of Rawlins.
Mr. Simpson was born on Oct. 9, 1906 in Fort Collins, Colo. He spent practically all of his younger life in that city, attending Colorado A. & M. College. He had resided in the Saratoga region for the past ten years and had been a game warden for the past five years.
He was a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge and the Snowy Range Fish Propagation Association.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mabel Simpson of Saratoga; stepmother, Mrs. Arthur Simpson of Fort Collins; two brothers, Gordon Simpson of Seattle and Robert Simson of Omaha.
Bill Lakanen
From the text of Republican –Tuesday November 6, 1945
Funeral Services for William Lakanen, 44, will be held at 3 o’clock tomorrow, Wednesday afternoon, from the Presbyterian Church in Rawlins. The Rev. William Marshall will conduct the service and burial will be made in the local cemetery under the direction of Rasmusson Mortuary.
Mr. Lakanen was born on July 6, 1901 at Glenrock, Wyoming. He spent the greater part of his life in that community. For the past 10 years he had been employed as a game warden for the State Game and Fish Commission and had been in this district for three or four years.
He was a member of the Rawlins Lions Club, Isaak Walton League, and Snowy Range Fish Propagation Association.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs., Carol Lakanen of Rawlins; his father, Andrew Lakanen of Glenrock; mother, Mrs. Hannah Lakanen of Beaverton, Ore; and two brothers, Oscar Lakanen of Beaverton and Pfc. Henry Howard Lakanen of Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.