EGIC, Peter

Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg Arizona April 22, 1971 Pete Egic - The body of a Morristown man was found in the desert Sunday. Pete Egic was found by Maricopa Sheriff’s Deputies about three miles from his abandoned vehicle. Egic was employed at the Anderson Mine, located ten miles from Morristown. Egic was last seen alive at 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning April 11. He left the mine that morning to go into the desert on a prospecting trip. He was expected to return sometime Monday. Mr. Anderson of Phoenix, owner of the mine found that Egic had not returned Monday, but believing that he had simply planned to stay longer, Anderson returned to Phoenix. Friday, Anderson again went to the mine and found that Egic had not come back. The Maricopa county Sheriff’s Office was notified and a search begun. Egic’s vehicle was found about 6 ½ miles south of Morristown. Deputies then tracked Egic and found the body beneath a clump of trees. At first it was assumed that Egic had died of over exposure. However, a later report indicated that death was due to a heart attack. ------------------- Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg Arizona April 29, 1971 Peter Egic - Graveside services were held at the Morristown Cemetery April 22 for Peter Egic, caretaker for the Anderson Mine near Morristown the past 18 years. He died April 18 while on a prospecting trip in the desert. He was born in McKeesport, Pa., and came to Morristown in 1953 from Dayton, Ohio. He was awarded two Purple Hearts while serving with the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions in the Normandy invasion and at Bastogne during World War II. He is survived by a brother Michel of Phoenix and three sisters out of state.