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- MHR note: He was a farmer and did trucking. He was in WWII in Australia.
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- Henry Russell ‘Russ’ Hedges
Lander – Private family funeral services for Lander area resident Henry Russell “Russ” Hedges, 81, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 2, in the Chapel of Mount Hope, Hudson’s Funeral Home, in Lander by the Rev. Gene Hagerman of Lander Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. today, April 1.
He died March 29, 2003, at Wind River Health Care and Rehabilitation Center.
Born Jan. 14, 1922, in Riverton, he was the eighth of 11 children of Jasper Newton and Rebecca Jane (Dimick) Hedges; and was raised in various places before he eventually returned to Wyoming.
He worked on ranches and timber until 1941, when he started working in the U.S. Forest Service’s construction division. Late, he was employed by Double Diamond in Dubois, building homes.
In 1942, he was drafted into the U.S. Navy and worked on the submarine tender, Orion. After World War II ended, he returned to Lander and was employed by various businesses, including Don Moller’s filling station, City Plumbing, and Stan Chambers’ home construction on the North Fork.
He owned and operated a plumbing business from 1948 to 1960, then sold it and worked for the Wyoming State Training School for three years; Archie Clay for three years; Hilpp Plumbing for about five years; and finished his career at City Plumbing in 1982.
A member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, he loved hunting, fishing, and being outdoors.
Survivors include two daughters, Lajuana Eckard and Sharon Aden of Riverton; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Irene Harris of Washington and Lorene Rous and Geraldine Dalton, both of Burley, Idaho; and brother, Donald Hedges, and his wife of Riverton.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and five brothers.
Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming. Tuesday, 1 April 2003.
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