Rock Springs Miner, Jun 15, 1952
REX ERLEWINE
Editor's Note: The following account of the death of Rex C. Erlewine of Pismo Beach, Calif., former Rock Springs chief of police, was published in the Pismo (Calif.) Times:
Many residents of Pismo Beach and surrounding coastal communities, state, county and local police officers from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties paid their last respects Thursday (June 5) to Rex C. Erlewine, 55, assistant chief of police of Pismo Beach.
Business houses in Pismo Beach closed during the hour of the service. The post office, and all offices at the city hall were closed and graduation ceremonies at Pismo Beach elementary school were delayed until late in the afternoon.
Businessmen, city and county officials and police officers were eloquent in their praise of the deceased, lauding him as a friend, a gentle man and one of the best peace officers this area has ever had.
Chiefs of police from Pismo Beach, Santa Monica, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande and Guadalupe served as pallbearers.
The services were held in Arroyo Grande and burial was in the district cemetery midway between Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach and not far from Erlewine's ranch home. The Santa Maria Elks lodge conducted graveside services.
Erlewine died early Sunday (June 1) of injuries incurred on Saturday at the Santa Maria fairgrounds.
The parade through Santa Maria in which Erlewine had played a prominent part had just ended and the rodeo at the fair grounds was about to get underway when a horse became frightened and broke away from a fence where it was tied.
Dragging a rail, the horse ran against Erlewine, throwing him to the ground. He suffered a crushed skull either by impact of the horse's hoofs or by the rail. He never regained consciousness.
Erlewine was president of the Los Grandes Riders who he had led in the parade. (The Times showed pictures of Erlewine on his white horse that were taken along the line of parade only a short time before the accident).
Rexford Charles Erlewine was born Aug. 27, 1896 in Grant, Neb. and formerly lived in Rock Springs, Wyo., where he served as chief of police for several years. The Erlewines moved to Pismo Beach six years ago. He was a past exalted ruler of the Rock Springs Elks lodge.
Survivors are his wife, Frances; a son, Jack Erlewine of Casper, Wyo., an airlines pilot; a sister, Mrs. Eunice Beatty of Seattle and a brother, Dale Erlewine of Ogalala, Neb.
REX ERLEWINE
Editor's Note: The following account of the death of Rex C. Erlewine of Pismo Beach, Calif., former Rock Springs chief of police, was published in the Pismo (Calif.) Times:
Many residents of Pismo Beach and surrounding coastal communities, state, county and local police officers from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties paid their last respects Thursday (June 5) to Rex C. Erlewine, 55, assistant chief of police of Pismo Beach.
Business houses in Pismo Beach closed during the hour of the service. The post office, and all offices at the city hall were closed and graduation ceremonies at Pismo Beach elementary school were delayed until late in the afternoon.
Businessmen, city and county officials and police officers were eloquent in their praise of the deceased, lauding him as a friend, a gentle man and one of the best peace officers this area has ever had.
Chiefs of police from Pismo Beach, Santa Monica, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande and Guadalupe served as pallbearers.
The services were held in Arroyo Grande and burial was in the district cemetery midway between Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach and not far from Erlewine's ranch home. The Santa Maria Elks lodge conducted graveside services.
Erlewine died early Sunday (June 1) of injuries incurred on Saturday at the Santa Maria fairgrounds.
The parade through Santa Maria in which Erlewine had played a prominent part had just ended and the rodeo at the fair grounds was about to get underway when a horse became frightened and broke away from a fence where it was tied.
Dragging a rail, the horse ran against Erlewine, throwing him to the ground. He suffered a crushed skull either by impact of the horse's hoofs or by the rail. He never regained consciousness.
Erlewine was president of the Los Grandes Riders who he had led in the parade. (The Times showed pictures of Erlewine on his white horse that were taken along the line of parade only a short time before the accident).
Rexford Charles Erlewine was born Aug. 27, 1896 in Grant, Neb. and formerly lived in Rock Springs, Wyo., where he served as chief of police for several years. The Erlewines moved to Pismo Beach six years ago. He was a past exalted ruler of the Rock Springs Elks lodge.
Survivors are his wife, Frances; a son, Jack Erlewine of Casper, Wyo., an airlines pilot; a sister, Mrs. Eunice Beatty of Seattle and a brother, Dale Erlewine of Ogalala, Neb.
Rock Springs Miner, Jun 15, 1952
REX ERLEWINE
Editor's Note: The following account of the death of Rex C. Erlewine of Pismo Beach, Calif., former Rock Springs chief of police, was published in the Pismo (Calif.) Times:
Many residents of Pismo Beach and surrounding coastal communities, state, county and local police officers from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties paid their last respects Thursday (June 5) to Rex C. Erlewine, 55, assistant chief of police of Pismo Beach.
Business houses in Pismo Beach closed during the hour of the service. The post office, and all offices at the city hall were closed and graduation ceremonies at Pismo Beach elementary school were delayed until late in the afternoon.
Businessmen, city and county officials and police officers were eloquent in their praise of the deceased, lauding him as a friend, a gentle man and one of the best peace officers this area has ever had.
Chiefs of police from Pismo Beach, Santa Monica, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande and Guadalupe served as pallbearers.
The services were held in Arroyo Grande and burial was in the district cemetery midway between Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach and not far from Erlewine's ranch home. The Santa Maria Elks lodge conducted graveside services.
Erlewine died early Sunday (June 1) of injuries incurred on Saturday at the Santa Maria fairgrounds.
The parade through Santa Maria in which Erlewine had played a prominent part had just ended and the rodeo at the fair grounds was about to get underway when a horse became frightened and broke away from a fence where it was tied.
Dragging a rail, the horse ran against Erlewine, throwing him to the ground. He suffered a crushed skull either by impact of the horse's hoofs or by the rail. He never regained consciousness.
Erlewine was president of the Los Grandes Riders who he had led in the parade. (The Times showed pictures of Erlewine on his white horse that were taken along the line of parade only a short time before the accident).
Rexford Charles Erlewine was born Aug. 27, 1896 in Grant, Neb. and formerly lived in Rock Springs, Wyo., where he served as chief of police for several years. The Erlewines moved to Pismo Beach six years ago. He was a past exalted ruler of the Rock Springs Elks lodge.
Survivors are his wife, Frances; a son, Jack Erlewine of Casper, Wyo., an airlines pilot; a sister, Mrs. Eunice Beatty of Seattle and a brother, Dale Erlewine of Ogalala, Neb.
REX ERLEWINE
Editor's Note: The following account of the death of Rex C. Erlewine of Pismo Beach, Calif., former Rock Springs chief of police, was published in the Pismo (Calif.) Times:
Many residents of Pismo Beach and surrounding coastal communities, state, county and local police officers from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties paid their last respects Thursday (June 5) to Rex C. Erlewine, 55, assistant chief of police of Pismo Beach.
Business houses in Pismo Beach closed during the hour of the service. The post office, and all offices at the city hall were closed and graduation ceremonies at Pismo Beach elementary school were delayed until late in the afternoon.
Businessmen, city and county officials and police officers were eloquent in their praise of the deceased, lauding him as a friend, a gentle man and one of the best peace officers this area has ever had.
Chiefs of police from Pismo Beach, Santa Monica, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande and Guadalupe served as pallbearers.
The services were held in Arroyo Grande and burial was in the district cemetery midway between Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach and not far from Erlewine's ranch home. The Santa Maria Elks lodge conducted graveside services.
Erlewine died early Sunday (June 1) of injuries incurred on Saturday at the Santa Maria fairgrounds.
The parade through Santa Maria in which Erlewine had played a prominent part had just ended and the rodeo at the fair grounds was about to get underway when a horse became frightened and broke away from a fence where it was tied.
Dragging a rail, the horse ran against Erlewine, throwing him to the ground. He suffered a crushed skull either by impact of the horse's hoofs or by the rail. He never regained consciousness.
Erlewine was president of the Los Grandes Riders who he had led in the parade. (The Times showed pictures of Erlewine on his white horse that were taken along the line of parade only a short time before the accident).
Rexford Charles Erlewine was born Aug. 27, 1896 in Grant, Neb. and formerly lived in Rock Springs, Wyo., where he served as chief of police for several years. The Erlewines moved to Pismo Beach six years ago. He was a past exalted ruler of the Rock Springs Elks lodge.
Survivors are his wife, Frances; a son, Jack Erlewine of Casper, Wyo., an airlines pilot; a sister, Mrs. Eunice Beatty of Seattle and a brother, Dale Erlewine of Ogalala, Neb.
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