Hugo O. Wangelin

Hugo O. Wangelin died Friday night, at his home in the Elmhurst tract, aged 35 years, 
5 months, 21 days.

He came here a little over nine years ago to fill the position of local manager for 
the Bishop Light & Power Company.  The place was not easy to fill, for one change 
after another had been made in it.  Mr. Wangelin performed his duties with such tact 
as to greatly improve the relations between the company and the people, and won the 
esteem of the public until probably no man in the valley had more friends than he.  
In doing this he served his employers so capably that his duties were gradually 
extended, as his merits became apparent, until he was virtually the service 
superintendent for the company throughout the county.  He was enterprising and 
progressive, and active in matters of public welfare.  Many feel the loss of a friend 
of high character, and the community has lost a citizen who will be missed in public 
undertakings as well as for his personal worth and solid rent.

His wife, herself ill with the prevailing disease, survives him, with their three 
children, Gaynor, Marjorie and Hugo, aged 9, 6, and 4 years.

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, October 31, 1918 - Front Page

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, August 29, 2004