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William Hugh Mirise

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William Hugh Mirise

Birth
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Death
15 Nov 1966 (aged 72)
Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA
Burial
Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.599346, Longitude: -104.9475444
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Denver Post, Tuesday, November 15, 1966
W H Mirise

Services for William H Mirise, 72, 2418 S Lincoln St, retired secretary-treasurer of Denver Local 49 of the International Typographical Union, will be at 1pm Thursday at Moore Mortuary, E 17th Ave & Clarkson St. Burial will be in Chapel Hill.
Mirise died Sunday in St Luke's Hospital.
Born Nov 18, 1893, in Colorado Springs, he learned the printing trade there. He married Pauline V Kimmerling March 28, 1918 in Denver.
A Denver Post printer from 1927 to 1941, he left The Post to become Chief Executive of the Union Local. He retired from that job in 1961.
His successor, Paul Lewis, recalled that Mirise guided the union in years of post war expension of the printing trade and helped secure contracts including retirement programs for printers at newspapers and commercial print shops.
At the time of his death, Mirise held the post of treasurer of the Printing Industry Credit Union. A veteran of World War I, he was a Mason and an American Legionnaire.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anna Lee Hindes, Denver; two brothers, Frank, Colorado Springs, and John in California; a sister, Mrs. Mary McCutchan, Colorado Springs; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Denver Post, Tuesday, November 15, 1966
W H Mirise

Services for William H Mirise, 72, 2418 S Lincoln St, retired secretary-treasurer of Denver Local 49 of the International Typographical Union, will be at 1pm Thursday at Moore Mortuary, E 17th Ave & Clarkson St. Burial will be in Chapel Hill.
Mirise died Sunday in St Luke's Hospital.
Born Nov 18, 1893, in Colorado Springs, he learned the printing trade there. He married Pauline V Kimmerling March 28, 1918 in Denver.
A Denver Post printer from 1927 to 1941, he left The Post to become Chief Executive of the Union Local. He retired from that job in 1961.
His successor, Paul Lewis, recalled that Mirise guided the union in years of post war expension of the printing trade and helped secure contracts including retirement programs for printers at newspapers and commercial print shops.
At the time of his death, Mirise held the post of treasurer of the Printing Industry Credit Union. A veteran of World War I, he was a Mason and an American Legionnaire.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anna Lee Hindes, Denver; two brothers, Frank, Colorado Springs, and John in California; a sister, Mrs. Mary McCutchan, Colorado Springs; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.

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Colorado
Pvt 145 Spruce SQ
World War I

Gravesite Details

buried next to Pauline



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  • Created by: CJ
  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64361309/william_hugh-mirise: accessed ), memorial page for William Hugh Mirise (18 Nov 1893–15 Nov 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64361309, citing Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by CJ (contributor 46936035).