Rock Springs Miner, Sep 28, 1947
MRS. JOHN PARK
Funeral services for Mrs. John Park, 75, prominent Rock Springs resident and co-owner of the Park hotel, were held Thursday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Robert Midgley of the Green River Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery.
Mrs. Park died suddenly of a heart attack early Tuesday morning at her home. Although she had not been well for several weeks her death was unexpected.
Minnie Muir Park was born May 15, 1872, in Lonaconing, Md., but spent the first eight years of her life in Scotland. Her parents, the late David and Christina Muir, returned to the United States in 1880 and after living in Pennsylvania for four years came to Rock Springs to live when she was 12 years old. She was married to John Park here in 1892. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Park opened a rooming house business at the present site of the Park hotel. In 1908 they built the Elk hotel on the same site which they later moved to a point on Elk street to make way for the building of the present Park hotel building.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Park were known for their many charitable acts during their lives.
Mrs. Park was active in club, church and civic activities and both she and her husband were active in political affairs of Rock Springs and Sweetwater county in their younger years. Both were of the Republican political faith. John Park died here on March 6, 1931.
Mrs. Park is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ernest B. Hitchcok and Mrs. James F. Davis, both of Rock Springs. Two grandsons, Robert Hitchcock and John Davis, and three granddaughters, Jean and Ruth Hitchcock and Myrn Davis, also survive. She is survived by one brother, Attorney W.A. Muir of Rock Springs, and three sisters, Mrs. W.B. Ross, Mrs. Frank Bowman and Mrs. D.A. Morrison, a nationally known newspaper and magazine writer who writes under the name of Florabelle Muir, all of Los Angeles. Mrs. Bowman and Mrs. Morrison came to Rock Springs for the funeral and burial rites.
MRS. JOHN PARK
Funeral services for Mrs. John Park, 75, prominent Rock Springs resident and co-owner of the Park hotel, were held Thursday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Robert Midgley of the Green River Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery.
Mrs. Park died suddenly of a heart attack early Tuesday morning at her home. Although she had not been well for several weeks her death was unexpected.
Minnie Muir Park was born May 15, 1872, in Lonaconing, Md., but spent the first eight years of her life in Scotland. Her parents, the late David and Christina Muir, returned to the United States in 1880 and after living in Pennsylvania for four years came to Rock Springs to live when she was 12 years old. She was married to John Park here in 1892. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Park opened a rooming house business at the present site of the Park hotel. In 1908 they built the Elk hotel on the same site which they later moved to a point on Elk street to make way for the building of the present Park hotel building.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Park were known for their many charitable acts during their lives.
Mrs. Park was active in club, church and civic activities and both she and her husband were active in political affairs of Rock Springs and Sweetwater county in their younger years. Both were of the Republican political faith. John Park died here on March 6, 1931.
Mrs. Park is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ernest B. Hitchcok and Mrs. James F. Davis, both of Rock Springs. Two grandsons, Robert Hitchcock and John Davis, and three granddaughters, Jean and Ruth Hitchcock and Myrn Davis, also survive. She is survived by one brother, Attorney W.A. Muir of Rock Springs, and three sisters, Mrs. W.B. Ross, Mrs. Frank Bowman and Mrs. D.A. Morrison, a nationally known newspaper and magazine writer who writes under the name of Florabelle Muir, all of Los Angeles. Mrs. Bowman and Mrs. Morrison came to Rock Springs for the funeral and burial rites.
Rock Springs Miner, Sep 28, 1947
MRS. JOHN PARK
Funeral services for Mrs. John Park, 75, prominent Rock Springs resident and co-owner of the Park hotel, were held Thursday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Robert Midgley of the Green River Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery.
Mrs. Park died suddenly of a heart attack early Tuesday morning at her home. Although she had not been well for several weeks her death was unexpected.
Minnie Muir Park was born May 15, 1872, in Lonaconing, Md., but spent the first eight years of her life in Scotland. Her parents, the late David and Christina Muir, returned to the United States in 1880 and after living in Pennsylvania for four years came to Rock Springs to live when she was 12 years old. She was married to John Park here in 1892. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Park opened a rooming house business at the present site of the Park hotel. In 1908 they built the Elk hotel on the same site which they later moved to a point on Elk street to make way for the building of the present Park hotel building.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Park were known for their many charitable acts during their lives.
Mrs. Park was active in club, church and civic activities and both she and her husband were active in political affairs of Rock Springs and Sweetwater county in their younger years. Both were of the Republican political faith. John Park died here on March 6, 1931.
Mrs. Park is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ernest B. Hitchcok and Mrs. James F. Davis, both of Rock Springs. Two grandsons, Robert Hitchcock and John Davis, and three granddaughters, Jean and Ruth Hitchcock and Myrn Davis, also survive. She is survived by one brother, Attorney W.A. Muir of Rock Springs, and three sisters, Mrs. W.B. Ross, Mrs. Frank Bowman and Mrs. D.A. Morrison, a nationally known newspaper and magazine writer who writes under the name of Florabelle Muir, all of Los Angeles. Mrs. Bowman and Mrs. Morrison came to Rock Springs for the funeral and burial rites.
MRS. JOHN PARK
Funeral services for Mrs. John Park, 75, prominent Rock Springs resident and co-owner of the Park hotel, were held Thursday at the Congregational church. The Rev. Robert Midgley of the Green River Congregational church conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery.
Mrs. Park died suddenly of a heart attack early Tuesday morning at her home. Although she had not been well for several weeks her death was unexpected.
Minnie Muir Park was born May 15, 1872, in Lonaconing, Md., but spent the first eight years of her life in Scotland. Her parents, the late David and Christina Muir, returned to the United States in 1880 and after living in Pennsylvania for four years came to Rock Springs to live when she was 12 years old. She was married to John Park here in 1892. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Park opened a rooming house business at the present site of the Park hotel. In 1908 they built the Elk hotel on the same site which they later moved to a point on Elk street to make way for the building of the present Park hotel building.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Park were known for their many charitable acts during their lives.
Mrs. Park was active in club, church and civic activities and both she and her husband were active in political affairs of Rock Springs and Sweetwater county in their younger years. Both were of the Republican political faith. John Park died here on March 6, 1931.
Mrs. Park is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ernest B. Hitchcok and Mrs. James F. Davis, both of Rock Springs. Two grandsons, Robert Hitchcock and John Davis, and three granddaughters, Jean and Ruth Hitchcock and Myrn Davis, also survive. She is survived by one brother, Attorney W.A. Muir of Rock Springs, and three sisters, Mrs. W.B. Ross, Mrs. Frank Bowman and Mrs. D.A. Morrison, a nationally known newspaper and magazine writer who writes under the name of Florabelle Muir, all of Los Angeles. Mrs. Bowman and Mrs. Morrison came to Rock Springs for the funeral and burial rites.
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