Oscar Gutke's funeral

Tuesday Evening, February 23, 1932
The Ogden Standard-Examiner

Services Set For Wednesday
Gunshot Wound Leads to Death of Former Railway Man

Funeral services for Oscar Julius Gutke, 60, will be held at twelve o'clock noon Wednesday in the Kirkendall-Darling chapel, with Bishop Arthur Halverson in charge. The body arrived Monday afternoon in Ogden from Reno, Nev., where Mr. Gutke died Sunday morning.

Friends may call at the chapel this evening from seven until nine o'clock and Wednesday until time of services. Interment will be made in the Mountain View cemetery.

Mr. Gutke's death was due to general septicemia, following an accidental gunshot wound in the leg. He was born on March 31, 1871, in Sweden. When seven years old he was brought to Salt Lake City. Ogden had been his home the greater part of his life, though four years were spent in Mexico in railroad work. His railroad career began and ended in Ogden. He had worked for the Southern Pacific as brakeman and conductor and for the O. U. R. & D Co. as switchman. After having completed twenty-five years of service he was retired from that company about six years ago and four years ago moved to Reno, which had been his home since. Surviving are the widow, of Reno; two daughters, Mrs. Marie G. Sheranian, wife of Dr. N. H. Sheranian, Murray; Mrs. Doris G. Smith, Oakland, Calif., wife of Professor Rulan Smith at California University; one son, Alan L. Gutke, Richmond, Calif., and two sisters. Mrs. Julia M. Brixen, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Minnie F. Price, McCammon, Idaho.

The Ogden Standard-Examiner
Thursday Evening, February 25, 1932

FUNERALS
Services for Oscar J. Gutke, former Ogden resident, who died in Reno, Nevada, last Sunday, were held Wednesday noon in the chapel of the Kirkendall-Darling mortuary, conducted by Bishop Arthur Halverson. The opening prayer was given by A. J. Anderson. Speakers were Lester B. Scoville, H. E. Lund and Bishop Halverson. Benediction was given by F. W. Chambers. Robert Greenwell, Mrs. F. L. Scoville and Mrs. James Martin sang. The accompanist was was Mrs. Elizabeth Halverson, who also played the prelude and postlude. Bishop Halverson gave the dedicatory prayer at the graveside in the Mountain View cemetery. The pallbearers were former railroad associates and other friends, I. E. Pribble, Roy Linton, Steve Miller, C. K. Winans, W. H. Stone and George Boyle. Women of the Relief Society gave attention to the flowers.