Rock Springs Miner, April 20, 1952
Mrs. John L. Dykes

Funeral services for Mrs. John L. Dykes, 78, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Congregational Church. The Rev. Frank M. Blish will be conduct the rites and burial will be at the Dykes family plot at Mountain View Cemetery.

The body will be taken to the Dykes home at 110 South Front street late this afternoon.

Mrs. Dykes, pioneer Rock Springs resident, died at Sweetwater Memorial Hospital shortly after 8:30 Thursday night.

She had complained of not feeling well for several days but continued as usual with her household duties. Following the supper hour Thursday night, as she was talking with her daughter, Mrs. Morgan F. Roberts, she suddenly lapsed into unconsciousness. A doctor was called and she was taken to the hospital where she died shortly after entering. A cerebral hemorrhage was the cause of death.

OLD TIMER

Mrs. Dykes was one of the few remaining first residents of the city. She was born Elizabeth Nicholson in St. Louis, MO on March 7, 1874. When she was a year old her parents located in Blairtown, the forerunner of Rock Springs. At the time of the Nicholson family moved here there was nothing in Rock Springs but a small railroad station and a general store. By the time Elizabeth reached school age the first schoolhouse had been built in Rock Springs and she was one of its first pupils. As the town started to take shape the Nicholson family built thier home at the present site of the Park Hotel.

SAW TOWN GROW

So the daughter who was to become Mrs. John Law Dykes saw Rock Springs grow from a place with a railroad station, a store and a few scattered houses to a town of more than 10,000 inhabitants. She married Mr. Dykes 59 years ago.
Mrs. Dykes was the possessor of a 50 year membership pin in the city's Harmony Rebekah Lodge and had been a member of Mountain Lily Chapter, Order of Easter Star, for nearly 45 years.

Survivors are the husband, two sons: James Dykes of Rock Springs and John R. Dykes of Chester PA, five daughters: Mrs. Morgan F. (Elizabeth) Roberts, Mrs. Alex (Anna) Christie, both of Rock Springs, Mrs. William (Lettie) LaLonde of San Gabriel, CA, Mrs. Andrew (Hazel) Angelovic of Rock Springs, Mrs. George (Marie) Thow of Alhambra, Ca: one sister, Mrs. Lee (Nettie) Payne of Opal WY. She was proceeded in death by two infant sons: Archibald in 1896 and Henry in 1899.