Detail View: NNRy and KCC NMD Employee Profiles: Beatrice Clara (Williams) Looser
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Employee Name:
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Beatrice Clara (Williams) Looser
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Profile Number:
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EP-02-0040
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Primary Job Title:
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Telephone Operator
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Division:
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KCC, Nevada Mines Division
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Years Worked:
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ca. 1912-1932
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Description:
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Beatrice Clara (Williams) Looser completed 20 Years of Service in 1932. All twenty years, she was employed as a telephone operator for the Nevada Mine Division of the Kennecott Copper Corp.
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Born:
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June 7, 1897
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Died:
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September 11, 1970
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Hometown:
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Calumet, MI
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Burial Place:
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Ely City Cemetery, Ely, NV
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Personal Biography:
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Beatrice was born in Calumet, Michigan to her parents Joseph Williams (born in England) and Clara Beatrice Williams (also born in England).
On December 14, 1917, Beatrice married Thomas Looser in Ogden, Utah. He was a carpenter and worked for the Nevada Mine Division of the Kennecott Copper Corp. Her brother James was a locomotive engineer for the NMD and her brother Edward was a shovel operator for the Copper pit.
At the age of 41, Beatrice became a widow and continued to work as the telephone operator while raising their daughter Beverly. Her mother, Clara also lived with Beatrice in Ruth, Nevada.
The obituary for Beatrice Clara (Williams) Looser is in the Reno gazette dated 9/12/1970.
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