FMC Bus Accident Memorial - Rock Springs WY
N 41° 35.207 W 109° 13.231
12T E 648325 N 4605427
This touching memorial in Railroad Park in downtown Rock Springs chronicles a horrible accident involving a bus-load of coal miners returning home from work.
Waymark Code: WMF4GD
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2012
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In Loving Memory
Barrie Gilfillan
Bob Park
John Bucho
Josephine Gilpin
Lola Legerski
Mac McKenna
Dedicated to all the individuals involved in the FMC bus accident
February 3, 1961
A Tragedy Remembered
On February 3, 1961 around 5:15 p.m., a bus loaded with FMC Corporation employees were returning home to Rock Springs. Approximately 5 miles west of Rock Springs a car passed the bus and lost control on the slippery highway. It crashed head on into an oncoming semi-truck. The truck then lost control and jackknifed into the path of the bus. The driver of the car was killed instantly and the resulting bus crash claimed the life of the bus driver, John Bucho, as well as Josephine Gilpin, Lola Legerski, Bob Park, Barrie Gilfillan and Mac McKenna. Many other passengers and the two truck drivers sustained permanent injuries.
The community responded remarkably. Special thanks to the City and Police Departments of Rock Springs, Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department, Wyoming Highway Patrol, Memorial Hospital staff, doctors and nurses and all the citizens of Rock Springs. Their support and concern will leave a mark forever in the hearts of the grateful and grieving survivors, and families of the victims.
The names of the passengers in the bus
Al Krza
Bill Wenneborg
Carl Klein
Henry Hafner
Josephine Gilpin
John Lucchi
Larry Hickerson
Louis Ruffini
Paul Petro
Roger Guest
Thomas Lavery
Allen Alstad
Bob Knudsen
Diana (Osborne) Ainscough
Howard Campbell
Joan Cederburg
John Majhanovich
Arien Lawrence
Mac McKenna
Peg O'Neal
Russ Hynes
Tom Bernatis
Barrie Gilfillan
Bob Park
Frank Narramore
Howard Van Valkenburg
John Bucho
John Schultz
Lola Legerski
Mary Porter
Roy Logan
Shirley Rogers
William Fleming
Bob Bertrand
Boyd Soltis
Guy Gatti
Jack While
John Herink
Judy (Gilpin) Carr
Louie Shitrar
Ole Anselmi
Roy Radakovich
Steve Sekerak
Memorial Stone donated by FMC Corporation
Plaque donated by United States Steel Workers Local 13214
Disaster Date: 02/03/1961
Memorial Sponsors: Memorial Stone donated by FMC Corporation - Plaque donated by United States Steel Workers Local 13214
Disaster Type: Technological
Date of dedication: Not listed
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
Relevant Website: Not listed
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