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ALLHOFF, BEN – Died 1901 - Stomach Complaint No Marker - Died Sept 19, 1901 On a Thursday afternoon at about 2:00 o'clock, Ben, who had been sick two weeks, was lying in the sun on the west side of the Trembath Boarding House and appeared to be suffering untold agony with stomach complaint. Shortly after saying he did not want to be moved to his room, he was discovered to be missing and about an hour later was found in the outhouse where he had fallen head first into the vault. Ben, about 35 years old, had worked as a helper at the Kendrick-Gelder Smelter. Burial took place from the undertaker's the next day.
CANNON, LESLIE ROGER – Died 1945 –Fell from Shenandoah-Dives Mine Skip Son of Leslie Arnold Cannon and Flossie Erma "Peggy" Malloy Cannon (Sturdevant) Brother of Maxine Cannon Murray, Margie Cannon McFadden May 21, 1928 - May 25, 1945 - Age 17 Years An accident at the Shenandoah-Dives Mine saddened the entire community. Leslie, who had just turned seventeen, was riding the mine skip from the 400 level to the upper mine workings, and fell to his death. He suffered a cranial fracture and numerous other broken bones and injuries, including a punctured lung. When he fell, the boy was alone in the skip, an elevator-like device.
Born at Harmon, Oklahoma, Les moved to Montrose, Colorado with his parents when he was four and to Silverton in 1935. His father, Leslie Arnold Cannon, was born in El Paso, Texas; his mother, the former Flossie Erma "Peggy" Molloy, was born in Seiling, Oklahoma. After his parents divorced, the father moved to California, and in 1941 Peggy, Les' mother, married Robert R. Sturdevant, a miner, in Silverton. At the time Les died, the family lived at 805 Empire. He was an earnest, hard working boy of high character, had many friends and was a favorite in the community.
Survivors were his mother, Mrs. Peggy Sturdevant, and sisters, Maxine and Marjorie Ann Cannon of Silverton; also his father, Leslie Arnold Cannon of Hydesville, California, who came to Silverton for his son's funeral. Also coming from out of town was his aunt, Mrs. Cora Byrd from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The funeral was held at the Congregational Church, Rev. Dan Percell of Durango officiating. Pallbearers were Art Candelaria, Bill Burke, Clee Robinson, Robert Nelson, Joe Salazar and Howard Hill. Honorary pallbearers were Lynn Murray, Bill Maguire, Jr., Layton Melburg, Carl Peterson, Gerald Glanville, Lynn Hadden, Norman Klements, Clyde Todeschi, Richard Maes, Gerald Swanson, and James Drobnick, all young friends of Les. Burial was at Hillside where, 46 years later in 1991, his mother, Flossie Erma "Peggy" Malloy Cannon Sturdevant, was buried beside him. |
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Sunshine pauses, shadows fall, Love's remembrance outlasts all. |