William Wallace COUSINS

                   SOURCES:
    1. Family Birth Record of COUSINS;
    2. Family Records
    3. Ordinances performed in LANGE Temple for Children Nos. l, 5, 6, 7, 8 and for spouse of no. 7.
    4. Ancestral File
    5. IGI

    Funeral Services for Cal Cousins held April 7

    Calvin (Cal) Cousins, 95, passed away Friday, April 2, at l:30 p.m. of a
    massive coronary thrombosis at Kimberly Manor, Rock Springs, Wyo. He had made
    his home there for the last three years.

    Funeral services were held at Kemmerer on Wednesday, April 7, at l p.m. at the
    Kemmerer LDS Church with Bishop Bruce Hymas conducting. Family Prayer at the
    Lincoln Mortuary was by a grandson, Fred Maughan. Opening Prayer was by Douglas
    Stubbs, Speaker was Bishop Roy Wainwright, Closing Prayer was by William Ball,
    and Dedication of Grave was by Dr. Calvin Hunter. Music at the services was
    furnished by the Singing Mothers and vocal duet, Frieda Little and Mary
    Groutage. Songs included "Lord's Prayer," Peace I Leave with Thee" and "My God
    and I." Interment was in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.

    Pallbearers were Dick Reed, Larry Reed, George Hunter, David Hunter, Jr.,
    Calvin Hunter and Fred Maughan.

    Calvin Lyman Cousins was born April 6, 1875, at Ottumwa, Iowa, to William
    Wallace Cousins and Minnie Louise Dombach. He had one brother, Frank, and one
    sister, Beatrice. At 18 yeasr of age Cal started working as a switchman for the
    Union Pacific Railroad in Rock Springs. During this period he became the first
    Fire Chief of that city. He married Mary Robertson McPhie on July 15, 1896 in
    Rock Springs. Later he was transferred with his family to Pocatello, Idaho,
    where he became the night yard master. Later he was transferred to Kemmerer,
    Wyo., to also serve as night yard master. He left the Union Pacific and moved
    to Diamondville where he worked for the Diamond Coal and Coke Co. as master
    mechanic from 1903 to 1927. He later served as a deputy sheriff under Sheriff
    Earl Ellsworth. Upon retiring at the age of 75, Cal spent most of the remainder
    of his life in Diamondville pursuing his many hobbies. He became quite a
    photographer and printer, and one of his talents was writing poetry. His wife
    preceded him in death on Sept. 17, 1966.

    Survivors include six children, Ben and John of Pocatello, Idaho, Robert of
    Evanston, Wyo., Marion Lyons and Lucille Hunter of Kemmerer, and Florence of
    Rock Springs. He is also survived by 21 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren
    and three great-great-grandchildren. Four other children -- Frank, Walter,
    Margaret and Alma -- also preceded him in death.

    Friends and relativves attending services from out-of-town include Mr. and Mrs.
    Ben Cousins and John Cousins, Pocatello, Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cousins,
    George Blakeslee, Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Rudger Davis, Mr.
    and Mrs. C.E. Potter and Mrs. John Roltz, Evanston, Wyo., Mr. and Mrs. Fred
    Maughan and children, Scott, Michele and Christine, Twin Falls, Idaho, Mrs.
    Lavaughan Bullock, Denver, Colo., Dr. Calvin J. Hunter, Pueblo, Colo., Mr. and
    Mrs. Dave Hunter and daughter, Becky, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Arthur Wright,
    Aurora, Colo., Mrs. Agnes TGurner, Cedar City, Utah, George Hunter, Jackson,
    Wyo., Mr. and Mrs. Al Brown, Bondurant, Wyo., Mrs. Harry Lawrence, Jack Connor,
    Ray Venta and Mrs. Mike
                  

                       NOTES:  Child #l was 17 years old when died.