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Jessie Wokasch (Williams)

Jun 4

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HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD — 4/15/1985
Jessie Wokasch

Jessie Wokasch of 1704 Williams St. died at St. Peter’s Community Hospital early Monday morning after an illness of several weeks. She was 70.

Born in Marysville Jan. 13, 1915, to William and Anna Williams, she attended schools in Marysville and in Helena.

She married Lloyd Wokasch in Helena on Oct. 8, 1936. They made their home in Helena since 1942.

Mrs. Wokasch was a member of the Marysville Pioneers.

Surviving is her husband; a daughter, Wanda Lee Powers of Freemont, Calif.; four brothers, Russell and Will Williams of Helena, Charles of Fairfield and Roger of Sequim, Wash.; three sisters Gladys Wendstrom and Helen Smigaj, both of Helena, and Lottie Rector of Pendleton, Ore.; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Retz Funeral Home.

HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD — 4/16/1985

Jessie Wokasch pallbearers
Funeral services for Jessie Wokasch will be conducted Thursday at 11 am at the Retz Funeral Chapel with the REv. George Harper officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Wokasch died early Monday morning at St. Peter’s Community Hospital. She was 70.

Pallbearers will be Gary Smigaj, Bill Whyte, George and Don Larson, Ronnie Schatz and Bob O’Connell.

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Excerpt from the “Diary of the Sweet-Wilson Expedition”

May 25

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From the “Official diary of the Sweet-Wilson expedition into the frozen tundra of the far north, 1946,” located in the Alaska Historical Collection.

A few miles down the road cameras again began clicking with three gold prospectors as their subjects. These gentlemen were employed by the Yukon Gold Corporation to test sidecreeks of the Delta River in order to determine whether or not the area would be worth large-scale operations. The Yukon company expects to put in a big dragline here but will have spent $3000-4000 conducting tests such as this before any amount of gold is taken out.

The gentleman wearing long boots is Lloyd Wokasch, 37, of Helena, Mont., who commented that after all this posing he probably could get a job in Hollywood as a stand-in for Gene Autry’s horse. Lloyd formerly worked for the Caird Engineering Works in Helena, and came to Alaska last May, with his brother, Leonard, by driving up the Alcan with a truckload of mining machinery intended for the Yukon company’s Delta River project. The two had done a little mining in Montana and had always wanted to see Alaska, so they took a testing job for the summer.

Leonard, 27, still wearing his OD pants, spent four years with the 43rd Division, as a private, and fought his way from New Guinea to Tokyo. He plans to return to Montana next fall but may come back in 1947 to do some prospecting on his own. “There are thousands of acres the old-timers never touched,” he says. “They couldn’t have found all the gold in Alaska. Now we’ve got roads so we can drive farther into the bush, taking more equipment and staying in longer. Besides, at least we know now a lot of places where not to look.” Len says it costs $3-4000 to outfit and prospect for one summer in Alaska, and even if you hit some colors you’ll probably have to come back again & again to show enough to attract the interest of a mining company. The profit, of course, comes not from what you pan but from the sale or lease of land in which you can prove there is paying gold.

(Pages 107-108).
Download a copy of these pages: The official diary of the Sweet-Wilson Expedition

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Lloyd H. Wokasch

May 17

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HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD — Jul. 6, 1998

WOKASCH, Lloyd, H. age 89, formerly of Helena. Graveside services will be at 2pm. Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Friends may pay their respects at Retz Funeral home Monday from 2:00-8:00 pm. Memorials may be made to Marysvil
2 CONC le Pioneer Society, Marysville, MT, 59640.

Lloyd Wokasch
Lloyd H. Wokasch, age 89, died July 1, 1998, in Port Angeles, Washington.

Llody was born on March 24, 1909, in Hymore, South Dakota, to Joseph and Wilhemina (Elfert) Wokash [sic]. After attending schools in Fairmont, Minnesota, Lloyd moved to Montana in 1935.

Lloyd married Hessie [ed: Jessie?] Williams of Marysville in 1936. He worked at the Schatz Ranch, Marysville Mines, Caird Engineering and Armour Metals as a machinist. Lloyd did custom rock picking in the Helena area after his retirement. Lloyd moved to Sequim, Washington, in 1994 to be with his daughter and son-in-law.

Lloyd is preceded in death by his spouse, his parents, a brother, Leonard, and a sister, Luverna. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law Wanda and Kenneth Power of Sequim, Washington; a sister Pearl Barnett, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota; two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at Retz Funeral Home Monday from 2 to 8 pm. Graveside services will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens Tuesday at 2pm.

Memorial contributions may be made to Marysville Pioneer Society, Marysville, MT, 595604.

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Minnie Catherine Wokasch (Elfert)

May 17

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Mrs. Wokasch of Fairmont Dies at 79

Mrs. Minnie Catherine Wokasch, 79, of 615 No. Hampton St. died Sunday noon at the Fairmont Community Hospital. Death was due to a stroke.

Mrs. Wokasch had been in failing health for the past year, suffering a stroke Dec. 3. She has been hospitalized since.

Mrs. Wokasch was born March 15 , 1887 in Clayton Center, Iowa. Mrs. Wokasch moved with her parents to Minnesota and Martin County as a child, the family settling in Westford Township.

She married Joseph Wokasch March 19, 1908 in Fairmont. They spent their first two years of marriage in Highmore, S.D. then they returned to Martin County and farmed near Granada until 1918 when they moved to Fairmont. She has resided here since Mr. Wokasch died in August 1952.

Mrs. Wokasch was a member of the St. John’s United Church of Christ, its Ladies Aid, the Royal Neighbors and the Woman’s Relief Corps.

Surviving are four children, Lloyd of Helena, Mont., Miss Luverna Wokasch and Leonard of Fairmont and Mrs. Albert Barnett of Mankato; four grand-children and four sisters, Mrs. Thomas Wokasch, Mrs. Lenore Hoppe, Mrs. Herbert Maloof Fairmont and Mrs. Clude Curry of Portland, Ore.

Funeral services will be 2pm Wednesday at the St. John’s United Church of Christ. Burial will be at Fairview Memorial Park.

Visitation at the Olson Funeral home is from Tuesday until time of family services at 1pm Wednesday.

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