According to his death certificate, he was the son of William Henry Rensberger and Olivia Edgar Bright both born in Frankford, West Virginia. He lived at Ransberger Hill in Miami and was a laborer at the Carney Construction Company. He had lived in Miami for 32 years and in Arizona for 37. He died of internal injuries caused when he was struck by a truck on the highway west of Superior.
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Courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
Woodmen of the World conducted graveside services, and prominent state Woodmen officials were in attendance. He was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Lower Miami and the American Federation of Labor.
Source: Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
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Courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
He was 70 years old, and was a resident of Arizona for 27 years, and of the Globe-Miami area for 32 years.
He was employed by the Miami Copper Company and by the J.D. Halstead Lumber Company. He lived in a home on a hill above Claypool on the south side of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. He was killed instantly west of Superior when a truck backed into him while he was standing back of a parked truck on a construction job.
He was survived by his wife, Alice; a son, Walter H. Jr. of Miami; five daughters, Mrs. Olllie Carpenter and Mrs. Laura Beswetherick of Miami, Miss Marguerite of Lampac, Calif., Mrs. Ann Draeger of Superior, and Mrs. Callie Edwards of Eugene, Ore.; and a brother, Charles A Ransberger of Cleveland, Ohio.
Source: Arizona Record, Sept. 4, 1947, page 1; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
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Courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
Woodmen of the World conducted graveside services, and prominent state Woodmen officials were in attendance. He was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Lower Miami and the American Federation of Labor.
Source: Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
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Courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
He was 70 years old, and was a resident of Arizona for 27 years, and of the Globe-Miami area for 32 years.
He was employed by the Miami Copper Company and by the J.D. Halstead Lumber Company. He lived in a home on a hill above Claypool on the south side of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. He was killed instantly west of Superior when a truck backed into him while he was standing back of a parked truck on a construction job.
He was survived by his wife, Alice; a son, Walter H. Jr. of Miami; five daughters, Mrs. Olllie Carpenter and Mrs. Laura Beswetherick of Miami, Miss Marguerite of Lampac, Calif., Mrs. Ann Draeger of Superior, and Mrs. Callie Edwards of Eugene, Ore.; and a brother, Charles A Ransberger of Cleveland, Ohio.
Source: Arizona Record, Sept. 4, 1947, page 1; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
According to his death certificate, he was the son of William Henry Rensberger and Olivia Edgar Bright both born in Frankford, West Virginia. He lived at Ransberger Hill in Miami and was a laborer at the Carney Construction Company. He had lived in Miami for 32 years and in Arizona for 37. He died of internal injuries caused when he was struck by a truck on the highway west of Superior.
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Courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
Woodmen of the World conducted graveside services, and prominent state Woodmen officials were in attendance. He was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Lower Miami and the American Federation of Labor.
Source: Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
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Courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
He was 70 years old, and was a resident of Arizona for 27 years, and of the Globe-Miami area for 32 years.
He was employed by the Miami Copper Company and by the J.D. Halstead Lumber Company. He lived in a home on a hill above Claypool on the south side of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. He was killed instantly west of Superior when a truck backed into him while he was standing back of a parked truck on a construction job.
He was survived by his wife, Alice; a son, Walter H. Jr. of Miami; five daughters, Mrs. Olllie Carpenter and Mrs. Laura Beswetherick of Miami, Miss Marguerite of Lampac, Calif., Mrs. Ann Draeger of Superior, and Mrs. Callie Edwards of Eugene, Ore.; and a brother, Charles A Ransberger of Cleveland, Ohio.
Source: Arizona Record, Sept. 4, 1947, page 1; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
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Courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
Woodmen of the World conducted graveside services, and prominent state Woodmen officials were in attendance. He was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Lower Miami and the American Federation of Labor.
Source: Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
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Courtesy of Contributor LA Powers
He was 70 years old, and was a resident of Arizona for 27 years, and of the Globe-Miami area for 32 years.
He was employed by the Miami Copper Company and by the J.D. Halstead Lumber Company. He lived in a home on a hill above Claypool on the south side of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. He was killed instantly west of Superior when a truck backed into him while he was standing back of a parked truck on a construction job.
He was survived by his wife, Alice; a son, Walter H. Jr. of Miami; five daughters, Mrs. Olllie Carpenter and Mrs. Laura Beswetherick of Miami, Miss Marguerite of Lampac, Calif., Mrs. Ann Draeger of Superior, and Mrs. Callie Edwards of Eugene, Ore.; and a brother, Charles A Ransberger of Cleveland, Ohio.
Source: Arizona Record, Sept. 4, 1947, page 1; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ
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