October 4, 1945, page 1 (Pinedale Roundup) 

Mrs. W. J. Alexander - Victim of  Heart Attack

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the Community Hall in Pinedale, for Mrs. Wm. J. Alexander who passed away very suddenly at her ranch home near Cora at six o'clock Sunday evening, September 30.

Her death came as a shock to her family and friends for she apparently had not been in ill health.  Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage which occurred while she was gathering wood chips.  By the time her family reached her side, she had become unconscious and death came within a few minutes. 

Mrs. Alexander was indeed a kindly person and was loved by everyone who knew her. Life for her centered about her family and friends.  She was a wonderful mother and grand-mother and shall be sadly missed within the family circle. 

Services were conducted by Rev. A. G. Ware at the Methodist Church at Rock Springs. Two beautiful hymns, "The Old Rugged Cross" and "No Night There" were sung by a ladies' quartet including Mrs. R. E. Clark, Mrs. Armand Allard, Mrs. Gordon Shaul, Mrs. Lyman Rosendahl, accompanied by Mrs. Madge Funk at the piano.

Ora Elsie Yarger was born January 21, 1883 at Hillsboro, Ohio.  At the age of fourteen she came her parents to Daniel in 1897 where they settled on a homestead on Green River.

She was married to William J. Alexander on January 6, 1909.  Together they homesteaded their ranch near Cora. She is survived by her husband and their eight children; four daughters, Louise, Mrs. Roy Troxel of Boston, Massachusetts; Jeanette, Mrs. Cecil Talmadge, Richfield, Utah; Ruth, Mrs. Charles Bryant of Cora; and Dorothy, Mrs. Guy Decker, Jr, Richfield, Utah. Four sons: Dan and Charles William of Cora; Edgar of Rock Springs; and Robert, who is a senior in Pinedale High School.

She is also survived by her elderly mother, Mary E. Yarger, who resides at Winton; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Franch of Winton and Cora Davison of Big Piney; and four brothers: Albert A. Yarger of Coquille, Oregon; Grover A. and Walter F. Yarger of Daniel; and Jasper Yarger of Pocatello, Idaho. There are also fourteen grandchildren in the Alexander family.

Interment was made in Pinedale cemetery with Bob Lozier, Fred Clodius, Carl Jorgensen, Lester Mocroft, Pat Dew, and R. E. Clark serving as pallbearers.