Show funeral held for local locell rancher missing F earlier arlier funeral services were held in vernal wednesday at 10 am a m for alva leroy hatch 78 3 willow creek rancher whose body was found one mile west of farmington I 1 N M wednesday of last jcck eek mr hatch had been missing since october 1959 lie aly died of natural causes lie ile had boarded a bus at 1 JO 30 p in an october 20 at los angeles to visit his daughter daught erv mrs rodney Ifor rocks at durango colo while in california lie he had been staying with another daughter mrs mabry it II goad long 13 beach bac i when lie he did not arrive at his destination police were contacted and an in tion lion begun family members said that mr hatch liked to roam around and prospect there were relatives in the area they said that perhaps mr mir hatch was planning on visiting when presumably he had a heart attack in view of the fact that mr hatch still had personal papers and about 20 in cash when he was found foul play was wag ruled out an autopsy was held to continued on page 8 missing mig givinn t t continued from nun page I 1 determine the cause of death mr hatch was born bom in vernal july 23 1881 a son eon of jeremiah and Lp elizabeth lizabeth winn hatch he to married martha edmunds A aug 24 1009 1905 at grand junction colo she died jan 5 1923 the funeral was held in vernal 3rd ard ward chapel under the direction of bishop samuel 0 woolley burial was in the family cemetery at the hatch ranch at wil low creek about SO 40 miles southwest of vernal t survivors ro clude two sons on and fivos daughters alva leroy hatch jr ilaw lins hn wyo jerry M hatch blanding mrs owen E martha jones sunset mrs george alice powers othel lo 10 wash mrs 11 pamela goad long lone desch deach calif mrs rodney phoebe horrocks Hor Ifor rocks durango colo and mrs dallas mildred massey price two brothers and three sisters abraham and golden hatch both of ouray mrs perry rowena johnson John fion and mrs pearl dark clark both of vernal and mrs lacy Il hamilton amilton du chesne cheale 31 grandchildren ant and 13 greatt grandchildren |