Thursday, October 9, 2025

Obituary - Margaret Rebecca Anderson Dominiske

Local Woman Stricken On Bus And Dies

Mrs. Joseph F. Dominiski of 314 D street, aged 43 years, died in the Carbon County Memorial hospital at Rawlins Monday one hour after she was taken from an eastbound transportation bus. She was stricken as the bus entered Rawlins and was removed to the hospital at once.

Mrs. Dominiski left early Monday for her old home in Ohio. She had been in ill health for several months suffering from a serious heart condition. The trip to the home of her parents was planned in an effort to prolong her life.

Decedent with her family had lived in Rock Springs for the last five years. Prior to that time she lived at Reliance for ten years. She was born in England November 29, 1887 and came with her parents to America when she was three years old. The family of her father and mother settled in Ohio. Her maiden name was Rebecca Margaret Anderson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson who survive her. She was married to Joseph Dominiski at Walsenburg, Colorado in 1904.

Mrs. Dominiski is survived by her husband, two sons, J.C. Dominiski of Reliance, and Leo L. Dominiski of this city; one daughter, Mrs. Milton Friel, also of Rock Springs; one grandson and one granddaughter; a sister, Mrs. Albert Reese of Rock Springs; and four sisters and one brother who live in Ohio with her parents.

Funeral Today

Funeral services were held today at two p.m. from the home on D street and from the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion at two-thirty p.m. Rev. R. Emmet Abraham of Green River, a former rector of the church, officiated. Mrs. Dominiski was of the Episcopalian faith.

Many friends of the family from Rock Springs and Reliance were in attendance and there were many floral tributes. Pallbearers were William Reese, Galen Van Valkenburg, Henry Lance and Clyde Moss, of Rock Springs, Robert Jolly of Winton, and William Stark of Reliance. Interment in charge of the Rogan Mortuary was in Mountain View cemetery.

--Rock Springs Rocket, Oct 2, 1930

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