OBIT: Prescott Courier, 9 May 1971: Moved to Flagstaff from Riverton, Wyoming in 1964 and to Prescott in 1966. Was a member of the United Methodist Church of Prescott, the Rotary Club, Elks Lodge, Geologist Society of American and the AINE:
Survivors included his wife, Jahala; 5 sons, Christopher, Robert, Jessie, Frank and Doran; a daughter, Melanie Sue, all of Prescott; his parents, 2 brothers, Hillis of Burle; Wisconsin and Gary of Moorcroft, Wyoming and a sister, Mrs. Betty Perry of Siren, Wisconsin
NEWS ARTICLE: Prescott Courier, 7 May 1971: Was killed in a plane crash into a cotton field near Coolidge, Pinal, Arizona. Had lived in Prescott for 5 years.