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William A. Lawler

Posted 2009-10-18 by Pat Wilson
Long-Time Arizonan Dies
Requiem High Mass for William A. LAWLER, 71, long-time resident of Arizona who died Tuesday {June 12, 1962) in a Phoenix hospital, will be tomorrow in St. Francis Xavier Church, 4715 N. Central. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Friends may call at Grimshaw Mortuary, 334 W. Monroe today.

A native of Kansas City, Kansas, Mr. LAWLER, who came to Arizona in 1894 with his parents, resided in Phoenix, Bagdad and Prescott. He was an employe of the Santa Fe Railroad and later worked for the Arizona Highway Department during the administration of Gov. George W. P. HUNT. Mr. LAWLER was active in the Eureka mining district in Yavapai County. His father, the late Michael A. LAWLER, was under-sheriff of Yavapai County eight years. His uncle, the late John F. LAWLER, discovered the Hillside mine.

He is survived by five cousins; Michael L. LYNCH and John W. LAWLER, both of Prescott, Mrs. A. H. McLELLAN, and Sister Mary DeSALES, both of Phoenix, and Mrs. L. CURTIS of Vernon.

Obituary published in the Arizona Republic, Thursday, June 14, 1962.




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