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Emerson Hugh R 810824 np
Graveside Rites Planned for Hugh Emerson; Newman - A graveside service will be held today, Monday, at 2 p.m. at Hills
Ferry Cemetery for longtime Newman resident Hugh R. Emerson.  Emerson, 82, died Thursday following a long illness.
A native of Wisconsin, he had lived in Newman for 40 years and was an Army veteran of World War I. He was a retired
ware-houseman who had been employed by the Carnation Co.   He attended Northland College in Wisconsin before
enlisting in officer training in 1918. He then graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1920 with a degree in
agriculture; and farmed in that state until 1928. For the next t two years he sailed the Pacific as a marine fireman.
After working in Wisconsin as a plant disease control superintendent, he moved to Newman in 1942 to work on the
Guayule rubber project under the U.S. Forest Service.   Friends may visit at the Evans-Krieger Funeral Chapel through
Monday morning. He was a member of the Sierra Club, American Forestry Association, Save the Redwoods League,
Newman Post 110 of the American Legion, and the Orestimba Presbyterian Church. He also was active in alcohol
prohibition work. Survivors include two sons, David Emerison of Nevada and Crague Emerison of San Jose, and four
grandchildren. Remembrances should be sent to the donor s favorite charity.