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John "Jack" and Hilda Sylvia (Maki) While


John "Jack" While was the third son of James and Eliza (Allen) While. He was born in Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire England on March 28, 1907. He married Hilda Sylvia Maki on January 20, 1934 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He died March 31, 1975 in Rock Springs, Wyoming and buried in the Rock Springs cemetery. His father James was killed in 1921 in the Hanna No. 4 mine.

Hilda (Maki) While was born on February 11, 1911 in Hanna, Wyoming. She died on December 9, 1993 in Rock Springs. She was buried next to John While in the Rock Springs cemetery.

​They had two children.

1935

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Hanna Jack and Hilda (Maki) While (UPCCEM, Mrch 1935)
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Hanna Jack and Hilda (Maki) While (UPCCEM, Mrch 1935)

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