| Show joe garcia dies friday from hunting accident joe garcia 29 of monticello Montice died friday oct 12 from loss ot df blood after being accident accidentally any shot in the arm with a 30 30 rifle by his brother roque garcia 27 the accident occurred in a cab in on spring creek while the two men were preparing to go hunt in s g an inquest was held before a justice of the peace C R christensen to determine the cause of death the decision of the jury was that joe garcia met his death by accidental means and roque garcia was absolved of any criminal intent in the death of his brother joe ignacio ignacia Ign acir garcia was born jan 1 1922 a son of roque gar eta cia and To maseto archuleta gar cia in lumberton cumberton Lum berton I 1 N M he is survived by his wife polly herrera garcia and one child a daug ahter carmen also his mother three sisters rs magdalena benzan ares telesfora garcia mrs vincent torres and two brothers garcia monticello Montice and ralph garcia butte montana funeral services were under the direction of father sanders catholic c priest of Drag gerton the monticello american legion post assisting the garcia family came to la sal in 1923 and have lived in monticello since 1929 the men are both members of the local american legion and were in the service overseas in the last war joe spent two years in the states before being sent to the pacific theatre of war he spent some time in the aleutian island and was later sent to the marshal islands where he took part in the campaign and wa was wounded at okinawa following ow ng this he was shipped to sai pan for hospitalization and later discharged roque took his basic training at camp roberts california took part in two fighting campaigns in new guinea was in the invasion of luzon and the betak ing of bataan he was also with the occupation forces in korea for some time before be being ing dis charad among those from out of town attending the funeral services of joe garcia were his brother ral ph garcia from montana jim manzanares and two daughters from salt lake city an uncle and aunt mr and mrs mateo colorado and pacomio archuleta garcia and three sons from new mexico mrs J R lucero from new mexico 6 |
