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IN WYOMING’S DAIRY CEWillard lleninsrerAFTON. WYOMING. THURSDAY SE1SERGEANToDird In St■ and112.50eachdtlCkSnnuni-s 1st -meni the Thetg of-unityenta-srtor,hair-es to n for, andrizes.totheiroped;ivenNa-Of IIis (pon- the the newy tor thei innbergustleliaears;reatainsCLariaiberThe Osmond Ward chapel was filled to capacity on Monday at 1:00 p. m. September when relatives and friends met to pay honorto Sergeant Wilford Heninger, who was killed in an accident while flying an army plane at WendoverField. Utah.Wilford has made a splendid record while in the army and completed a course that was an honor to his name. He answered the last callon September 21 while in line of duty.Services were under the direction of Bp. Leslie Harrison.Musical numbers were rendered by the following: Vocal Solo1 here s a Star Spangled Banner rerts Waving Somewhere” by Mary Beth e to | Chadwick. Vocal Solo by Arch 1866 Gardner. ‘‘Cornin’ In On a Wing!om- an.d a Proyer. Mixed quartet ‘‘Inthe Garden”Tributes were paid to Wilford by Wm. Cassity, W. I. Gardner, John tried Stumpp and Bp. Leslie Harrison. 'The Invocation was offered by ^ake BP Otto A Harrison and the Bene-lley, diction by Allen Hunsaker,they The large array of flowers thatiing banked the stand and rostrum were ne. carried by cousins of Wilford.Hey, The casket was draped with amon large American Flag, and the mem-1876 bers of the American Legion were and PaH bearers and also acted as a the guard of honor.Interment was in the Afton cemetery. iThe entire bomber crew, of which 1900 Wilford was a member, came in gan j to pay their last respects to him. iless j They arrived Saturday, expecting earl the funeral to be held then. They were unable to remain for the services, on account of the War Department not granting their request to stay. The crew had to leave late Sunday for Wendover. They expect to start overseas very soon.Wilford was a rear gunner and the members of the crew paid high tribute to him, and did all they possibly could to make the loss easier on the bereaved family.The following crew members came: Pilot, Lt. C. A. Bohnisch, Co-pilot Lt. J. S. Gif fin, Bombardier, Lt. H. W. Spink, Navigator Lt. H. J. Ede, Engineer, Staff Sgt. WT. L. Leverich Asst. Engineer, Sgt. K. E. Hall, Radio operator, Staff Sgt. B. A. Ohler, Gunner, Sgt. W. E. Klein, Gunner Staff Sgt. S. N. Dale.-V-
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Afton Star Valley Independent
Afton, Wyoming, US
Thu, Sep 30, 1943
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