People

Notebook by Bob Leathers with contributions from April Avery and many families, friends
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Many of the wonderful people associated with the history of the Hanna Basin have left us. Over time - friends, relatives and the media - have shared remembrances of them. This page is dedicated to all the wonderful people that were at some time a part of the Hanna Basin - may they always be remembered. Thank you to all the folks that have contributed to this effort.
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Burial at the Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery. 1912 (McNulty Collection)

Hanna Basin People Remembered by Family and Friends

A

Remembering: Ainsworth, Elizabeth and Albert
Remembering: Allen, Arthur Silvo and Ida (Lehtinen) [nee Alanne]
Remembering: Angwin, Joseph and Susannah (Cox)
Remembering: Anderson, Donna Jean
Remembering: Anderson, Victor and Boberg, Frank and Gabriel
Remembering: Annala, Susie
Remembering: Arthurs, Peter
Remembering: Attryde, James and Pamela (Dexter)

B

Remembering: Bailey, William
​Remembering: Baillie, W. D.
Remembering: ​Bateman, Mary Lucas
Remembering: Bedford, John "Stub" and Veva
Remembering: Bedford, LaVonne
Remembering: Bedford, Roy Sr.
Remembering: Boam Ronald "Ronnie
Remembering: Briggs, Alexander and Anne (McKay)
Remembering: Briggs Elizabeth Ann
Remembering: Briggs, Stairs and Alma Ruth Briggs
Remembering: Brooks, Edward Sidney
Remembering: Brooks, Charles M
Remembering: Buckingham, John Carl
Remembering: Buckingham, Richard Carl
Remembering: Buckendorf, George F. and Frieda J.
Remembering: Burton, Joseph Emma and F. G. [Frank George]
Remembering: Butler, T. H

C

Remembering: Campbell, John Alexander
Remembering: Campbell, Miss Emily
Remembering: Cardwell, Robert: "Uncle Bob" and Anna "Aunt Anna"
Remembering: Case, James W.
Remembering: Choate, Julian
Remembering: Clark, Mary Ellen
Remembering: Clarkson, John, Mary and Robert
Remembering: Cook, Thomas and Martha
Remembering: Cole, John
​Remembering: Cox, John and Ann​​
Remembering: Cox, Richard and Elizabeth
Remembering: Cox, Joseph and Mary
Remembering: Cox, Robert
Remembering: Cox, Charles H.
Remembering: Crawford, Jack Judge
Remembering: Crawshaw, Jack
Remembering: Crawshaw, Sam
Remembering: Cruickshank, George Jr.
Remembering: Cummings, Robert and Sarah (While)
Remembering: Cummings Boys - Roy, Dennis and Robert

D

Remembering: D'Andrea, Sam
Remembering: Dean, Fred
Remembering: Dexter, John Robert
Remembering: Dexter, Leonard
Remembering: Dickinson, Samuel
Remembering: Dickinson, Sarah
Remembering: Duffey, Basil and Francis (While) (Buckingham) Duffey

E

Remembering: Ekman, Nels
Remembering: Erickson, Carl
Remembering: Eskeli, Wayne
Remembering: Evans, David John
Remembering: Evans, Evan E. and Sarah 
Remembering: Evans, Evan Richard "Red" and Clara C.
Remembering: Evans, John B. and Caroline (Jones)
Remembering: Evans, John S. and Mary Ann (Jones) With Carbon Babies
Remembering: Evans, Joseph "Joe" and Katerine W.
Remembering: Evans, Taylseine "Tally"
Remembering: Evans, Willie Christopher

F

Remembering: Film, Albert "Abbie" and Margaret (Briggs)
Remembering: Ford, Mary and F. E.
Remembering: Freeman, William "Bill"

G

Remembering: Gillespie, Lucille Belle
Remembering: Glad, Jacob,

H

Remembering: Hanna, Mark
Remembering: Hapgood, Alfred "Shorty" Sr.
Remembering: Hapgood, Alfred Jr.
Remembering: Hearne, Jack,
Remembering: Hemsley, Thomas,
Remembering: Hietamaki [Maki], Isak
Remembering: Hughes, William W. and Catherine
Remembering: ​Huhtula, Ida

I

Remembering: Isaac, Charles L.
Remembering: Isaac, Clinton "Dewey" Sr. and Louise "Lovie" (Watkins)
Remembering: Isaac, James

J

Remembering: Jackson, Joseph,
Remembering: Jackson, Mark and Lucille
Remembering: Johnson, Elias
Remembering: Jones, David B.
Remembering: Jones, Evan "Snapper" and Anna Maria
Remembering: Jones, "Gwen" Mrs. John Deacon
Remembering: Jones, John Paul and Margaret,
Remembering: Jones, John "Jonnie" Albert and Yvonne "Bonnie" (Potter)
Remembering: ​Jones, John T.
Remembering: Jones, David and Mary Ann (Hallier)
Remembering: Jones, William D.
​​​Remembering: Jussila, Sulo
Remembering: Jussila, Tauno
Remembering: Jussila, Weikko

K

Remembering: Kattelus, Matti and His Sons Matti and Juha
Remembering: Kerr, John
​Remembering: Kitching, Muriel and Jimmy
​Remembering: Klaseen, Anna
​Remembering: Klaseen, Matilda
​Remembering: Kroger, Aro John
​Remembering: Kotila, Charles
Remembering: Kuhns, Edward and Mary Ann (While) (Raite) Kuhns

L

Remembering: Lacy, Gene and Edna Pearl (While) (Lupton) Lacy
Remembering: Larson, Elmer
​Remembering: Larson, John and Carolina
Remembering: Leathers, Wilford "Leo" and Dorothy Jean (While)
​Remembering: Lee, Joseph
​Remembering: Lee, Mark and Edith Mae (While)​
​Remembering: Lee, Jack and Sadie (Lloyd)
​Remembering: Leino, Amelia - Part 1
Remembering: Leino, Amelia - Part 2
Remembering: Leino, Meimi
​Remembering: Lemoine, Joseph H, Clarence, Henry W. and Joseph E.
​Remembering: Lemoine, Roy
​Remembering: Love, Michael Vickers
​Remembering: Lucas, Bernard R.
​Remembering: Lucas, Leonard
​Remembering: Lucas, Richard
​Remembering: Lucas, William Clarence
​Remembering: Luoma, Arvo A.
​Remembering: Luoma, John
Remembering: Lyon, Annie
​Remembering: Lyon, Henry and Annie (Angwin)

M

​Remembering: Mamounakis, Mike
​Remembering: Mangan, Thomas
​Remembering: Matila Family
Remembering: Massey, James and Jeanie (Raite)
​Remembering: Mazame, John
​Remembering: McArdle, James and Catherine
​Remembering: McAtee, Edward
​Remembering: McAtee, William "Bill"
Remembering: McCartney, James "Jim" and Joyce (While)
​Remembering: McNees, John and Isabelle "Belle" (Tennant)
​Remembering: Mellor, Mildred
Remembering: Miller, James "Jim" and Carolyn (Buckingham)
​Remembering: Milliken, Earl Dee "Bud"
​Remembering: Milliken, Robert "Rob" and Gertrude "Gert" (Salo)
​​Remembering: Milliken, John Gaw Sr. and Hannah (Sutton)
Remembering: Milliken, John Gaw Jr.
Remembering: Milliken, Terry and Anita (Crank)
​​Remembering: Milliken, William Sutton and Rachel (Jones)
Remembering: Milliken, William S, Jr.
Remembering: Moody, John and Ellen
​​Remembering: Moffitt, W. H. "Ted" and Julia
​​Remembering: Morris, Heber
Remembering: Morris, Herbert "Sonny"
Remembering: Morris, Margaret Briggs

O

Remembering: Ojala, Gus and Sanna
Remembering: Ogee,  Clarence H. Deputy Sheriff of Hanna

P

Remembering: Palm, Jerry
Remembering: Pasanen, Andrew
​​Remembering: Peterson, Paul
​​​Remembering: Peterson, Raymond
Remembering: Pickering, George and Jane (Cox)
​​Remembering: Pickup, John James "Jack" and Elizabeth

R

​​​Remembering: Raite, Agnes Purdie
​​​Remembering: Reese, Mrs. M
​​​​Remembering: Reese, Lempi Mary: Mrs. Thomas Reese
Remembering: Rodda, Samuel
Remembering: Roop, Gordon and Violet "Vi" (While)
Remembering: Ross Paul and Jannette (Raite) 

S

​​​Remembering: Saari, John
​​​Remembering: Salo, Eugene F.
Remembering: Scarpelli, Frank Jr.
Remembering: Scarpelli, Joseph G.
Remembering: Scarpelli, Ralph
Remembering: Scarpelli, Sam
Remembering: Scarpelli, Tony
Remembering: Sharrer, Otto Guy and Matilda (Stebner)
Remembering: Sharrer, John "Jack" Leroy and Sue Elizabeth (Irwin)
​​​Remembering: Siltamaki, Robert
​​​Remembering: Stebner, Adolph
​​​Remembering: Sled, William
​​​Remembering: Sundquist. Matin and Elizabeth

T​​

Remembering: Taccalone, Tony
​​​Remembering: Tammila, Wester and Manda
​​​Remembering: Tate, Annie and John
Remembering: Tennant, Alexander "Alex" and Janet "Jess"
​​​Remembering: Tennant, Alexander and Mary (Gray)
Remembering: ​Tennant, James Wendl
Remembering: Tennant, Robert and Mary (Jones)
​​​Remembering: Toki, Oscar
​​​Remembering: ​Town, Mary and Thomas
​​​Remembering: Tuomimaki, Juho and his son Esaias
​​​Remembering: Turner, Lillian

V

Remembering: Varvandakis, Nick

W

​​​Remembering: Warburton, Mary
​​​Remembering: Wardell, Thomas
​​​Remembering: ​Watson, Beatrice
Remembering: While, Donald "Don" and Bettye (Munson)
Remembering: While, Gerald
Remembering: While, Edward "Breezy"
Remembering: While, Henry and Sarah (Roberts)
Remembering: While, Henry "Hank" and Mary (Shurter)
Remembering: While, James and Emma (Lord) (While) (Baum)
Remembering: ​While, James Jr.
Remembering: While, James "Jim" and Eliza Ann (Allen)
​​​ Remembering: While, James "Jimmy" and Mary
Remembering: While, Job "Jobe" and Millie (Marsh)
Remembering: While, Job "Jobe"
Remembering: While, John Sr. "Jackie" and Lousia (Roberts)
Remembering: While, John Jr. "Jack" and Janet "Jessie" (Tennent)
Remembering: While, John Robert "Sonny" While
Remembering: ​While, John "Jack" and Hilda Sylvia (Maki) 
Remembering: While, Robert "Bob" and Elsie (Lucas)
​​Remembering: While, Samuel "Sam" and Thomasina "Tommy" (Dickenson)
Remembering: While, William Henry "Bill"
Remembering: Williams, Eino
Remembering: Woolsey, Martha Ellen
​​​Remembering: Wright, William

Y

​​​Remembering: Young, Noah

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