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- Omer F. Divers
- Sergeant Omer Ferguson Divers Sr. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I. As a young man living in Salida, Colorado, he built wireless stations, rode motorcyles, flew airplanes before he joined the service. He enlisted 10 Apr 1918 in San Diego, CA transferred to Love Field near Dallas, Texas to the aircraft mechanics school. He later became one of the first flying Radio Sergeants in the Army Signal Corps (later AAF). He was on the ship to go to Europe when he many others came down with influenza during the deadly Great Flue Epidemic. He recovered just as the war ended. Received Honorable Discharged 17 Mar 1919. Buried at Prescott National Cemetery, AZ. Sect. 2 Row J. from fold3.com
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- Ona Wood
- Sister of Eva (Wood) Leslie who was born in Ridgeway, Colorado, October 24, 1892. She passed away of pneumonia in 1907.