.....FOREVER IN OUR MEMORIES........

VERNON LOOPER

Double funeral services for Dean Walfrid Hammond and Vernon Wilson Looper were held Friday, Dec. 27, at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Thermopolis. Rev. Harley Pulis officiated at the double service. Kitty McMillen accompanied by Judy Pulis sang "God Understands" and "Sweet By and By". Burial for the boys was held at Riverside Cemetery in Thermopolis. Vernon Wilson Looper, 16, was born in Falcon Heights, Texas March 1, 1947, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Looper. He moved to Wyoming five and a half years ago with his parents and has lived in Thermopolis the past year. They moved in from Boysen where his father is employed by the Bureau of Reclamation. An excellent student of the Hot Springs County high school, he participated in extra-curricular activities, including being a member of the swimming team and the high school band. A young man with a warm personality, he was respected by his team and schoolmates. He is survived by his parents; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Snell, Dallas, Texas; a grandfather W.P. Rowin also of Texas; and a grandmother, Mrs. M.D. Looper of Irving, Texas.
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Pallbearers were schoolmates Darrel Mentch, Wayne Simpson, Randy Haratyk, William McCormick, Greg Voigt, and Larry Ireland. Honorary bearers were members ot the high school swimming team.
"Thermopolis Independent Record" Jan. 2, 1964

United Press International - "Casper Star-Tribune" Dec. 26, 1963 story:
TWO DIE AT THERMOPOLIS
Wyoming's record fatality toll today stood at 179 persons following a pre-Christmas truck-train collision at Thermopolis. Dean Hammond, 15, of Thermopolis died at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Christmas Day of injuries received when a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy passenger train rammed the side of the pickup truck in which he was riding Tuesday. Another Thermopolis youth, Vernon Looper, 16, was pronounced dead shortly after the mishap. Both victims were hurled from the truck, and authorities were unable to learn which was driving.

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