John B. LaFroce
Marriages
Emma Schrupp - March 1, 1918
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - December 17, 1926
RANCHMAN FALLS DEAD IN SADDLE
JOHN 8 , LAFORCE , PROMINENT CITIZEN NEAR McCOY , DIED THREE DAYS AFTER KICK FROM HORSE . AB a result ot what was considered an unimportant injury at the time , when he was kicked by a hone three days before , John D . Laforce . one of the most prominent ranchmen in the McCoy section , died suddenly Friday , December 3 , while riding horseback . On Tuesday he had been engaged la highway work and when one of hla horse * fell be was struck in the chest by else of its hoofs , while he was attempting to assist It to its feet For a day or two he felt too ill to work , but Friday , when one of his neighbors . Thomas Wohler , needed help In driving some cattle to McCoy to be shipped, Mr. LaForce decided to assist him . The party of men were riding together when Mr . LaForce leaned over and fell from his saddle . When the others alighted and went to him , he was dead . It Is believed that a blood vessel was broken when he was kicked by the horse , and that the exertion while the cattle were being gathered caused internal hemorrhage . John B . LaForce was born January 19 , 1881 , In Jasper , Mo ., and he had been a resident of Colorado since 1900 , when he located near Eagle . The following year he came to Routt county , first being with a brother , Leslie M . La Force , at a ranch on Red Dirt Pass , between Toponas and McCoy . Later he resided at Yampa for a time , and in recent feats he had been In the ¦ McCoy neighborhood . He was formerly Interested in the McCoy store , bat for several years prior to his death had been located on the former Stifle ranch , a few miles down the Colorado river from that point . On March L 1918 , Mr LaForce was united in marriage with Miss Emma Schrupp , and to this union were bora five children , Stella , Wilms . John, Jr „ Marjorie and Walter , In addition to his wife and children , he is also survived by two sisters and eight brothera , Leslie M . LaForce , of near Glenwood Springs , Colo . ; Mrs. Griselda Ferrell of Nashville . Mo . ; Arthur LaForce , of Knowfes , Okla . ; Mrs . Hudah Hadey of Yampa ; James of Clinton . Mo . ; Charles of Los Angeles ; Edward , who is in Wyoming ; Dr . Herman LaForce of Carthage . Mo . ; Walter of Kansas City , and Rane , who is at Frisco . Utah . The funeral was held Sunday , being very largely attended , as deceased was one of the most highly regarded citizens in the northern Eagle county and southern Routt county neighborhood . Earl Brooks was In charge of the service , which was at McCoy , and Rev , Mark D . Boyd of Oak Creek preached a funeral sermon . A quartet sang , Beautiful Isle of Somewhere , and Some Day We'll Understand. The body was laid to to rest in the McCoy cemetery . —Routt County Sentinel .
