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Show Services Held For Well-Known Engineer and Former Resident j Funeral services for H. C. :,"eniier. nationally known engineer engi-neer and a former resident of Preston who was born and raised here, were held in the Palm Chapel of the Strong-Thorne mortuary mort-uary at Albuquerge, New Mexico, Monday, August 27, according to details received this week. Mr. Neuffer died Friday, August Aug-ust 23, following an illness of two-days.. two-days.. He suffered a heart attack early Tuesday night and contracted contract-ed pneumonia. He died at 5:25 a. in., Friday at the Veterans' hospital. hos-pital. Mr. Neuffer was 49. Mr. Neuffer was active in local, civic, and veteran circles, and engineering en-gineering groups in Albuquerque, and was a nationally known engineer. engi-neer. Designed Coolidge Dam He designed Coolidge dam in Arizona and was chief engineer on the project which was built by the reclamation Bureau. He was the chief irrigation engineer for the United Pueblos Agency at Albuquerque Albu-querque until 1936 when he resigned re-signed to accept a partnership with W. R. Holway, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Okla-homa, consulting engineer. The firm maintained offices at both partner's home towns. Mr. Neuffer was national American Amer-ican Legion executive committeemen committee-men from New Mexixco and past commander of the New Mexico state Legion department. He was active in Community Chest affairs for many years and was serving his second term on the board of directors. This year he was elected Community Chest president, and last fall directed the 1939 campaign. Born In Preston H. C. Neuffer was born October 12, 1891, in Preston. He was educated edu-cated in Idaho public schools and was graduated from the University of Idaho in 1915 with a BS in civil engineering. He was an engineer from 1915 to 1917 in Franklin county and then went to New Mexico Mex-ico as assistant engineer for the U. S. Irrigation service. He enlisted in the U. S. army during the war and served as a second lieutenant in the 134th Field Artillery, engineer's division. He did not go overseas. After the war he returned to the Indian Service, and in 1922 was transferred as chief engineer to the Levee Drainage and Irrigation Irriga-tion district in Palo Verde Valley, Mexico's Governor Miles. He was a member of the American Ameri-can Society of Civil Engineers, past president of the state sections honorary Sigma Tau, engineering fraternity; Lead Avenue Methodist Church, Temple . Masonic Lodge and Ballut Abyad Shrine Temple. He is survived by his wife, a son, Bruce, student in the New Mexico Millitary Institute, and a daughter Virginia, a junior student at Albuquerque High. His parents Mr. and Mrs. John Nuffer of Preston Pres-ton and six brothers and three sisters all of Preston also survive. James G. Brawn, pastor ,of the First Methodist church, officiated at the services and final rites took place at the Fairview Memorial Creamatory, with Temple Lodge No. 6,. A. F. & A. M. and the Hugh A. Carlisle American Legionpost in charge. Blythe, California. In 1924, Mr. Neuffer started the Coolidge dam. At that time the Arizona dam was the largest in the world. He was transferred from this project in 192B. He represented the Department of Interior on construction work on the Middle Rio Grande' Conser-vance Conser-vance district in 1929. He was suaervising engineer, fTth district, Indian Irrgation service, from 1930 to 1936. He designed Albuquerque's new city sewage disposal plant and also proposed a plan for a Jemez dam and reservoir to supply water For that city. His firm recently designed the large Vineta hydroelectric ' dam near Oklahoma City. Mr. Neuffer was a member of the Unemployment Compensation Board, being appointed by New |