Notes for Claude V. Carlson: Uncle Vernon was killed in an unusual accident. He and his friends had been to a movie where the hero said, "Take off my boots when I die". After the show the kids went home to get their toy guns. One of them got his dad's gun and shot Vernon, who made the same request to take off my boots when I die.
I thought Tom had been killed when shot but on reviewing the dates I had put together I concluded that it had to be Vernon who was shot.
More About Claude V. Carlson: Burial: 1925, Newcastle, Wyoming Lot 41 B 3.