Adam Pryde

The Lovell Chronicle: April 23, 1964

Funeral services for Adam Pryde, 74, who died in North Big Horn hospital Saturday night following a heart attack in his home, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Byron LDS chapel. Bishop Clifford Powelson will officiate and burial will be in the Byron cemetery under the direction of Haskell Funeral Home.

A retired employee of Marathon Oil Co., Mr. Pryde was born Oct. 9, 1889 in Walsenburg, Colo., the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pryde. He was married to Mrs. Vida Madsen Lynch Jan. 29, 1920 in Cody. She preceded him in death Sept. 30, 1951. He served in the US Navy from 1918 to 1921. Mr. Pryde was a member of the LDS church.

Surviving are four sons, George, Edward and Wayne, all of Byron and Richard of Lovell; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Braugh of Warren, Mich., Mrs. Mary Corbridge of Casper and Mrs. Betty Schock of Mesa, Ariz.; two stepsons, Cletus Lynch of Midland, Tex, and Thomas Lynch of Byron; two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Neville and Mrs. Janet Heasler of Lovell and 18 grandchildren.