Memorial – Trooper George Rees
Trooper George Dee Rees
July 13, 1918 – July 2, 1960
A 12-year-veteran with the Utah Highway Patrol at the time of his death, 41-year-old Trooper George D. Rees died on July 2, 1960, when his patrol vehicle was struck by a fleeing felon in a stolen car. Trooper Rees was survived by his wife, Maree, and a son, Michael, age 15.
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