"Syd", as he was known had resided in the Alma-Fairplay area since the 1920's, and from 1927 to 1933 was employed as General Manager of the London Mining and Milling Company.  He was always interested in mining and worked in several of the larger mines of the area, but his main love was the London, which he managed during its greatest production years.  At the time of his hospitalization he was working on a gold mining venture in Summit county in which he had great hopes.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Stranahan Mortuary with Rev. E. P. Linnel in charge.  Mr. Vessy, of Colorado Springs, sang "Whispering Hope" and "God and I" and was accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Jack Roth.  Burial was in the Buckskin cemetery at Alma under the auspices of Doric Lodge, No. 25, AF&AM, of which he was a member.

                      Obituary

Sydney Joseph Gateley was born in Eastonville, Colo., on April 10, 1888, and passed away at the Fairplay Hospital Sunday, May 25, at the age of 70 years.

At the age of seven, he moved with his parents to Rifle, where he spent his boyhood.  As a young man he came to Leadville, and in Lake, Summit and Park Counties he spent the greater part of his life.

His great love of mining was the guiding factor of his life and throughout his younger years took him to many far places.

Syd was a member of Fairplay Doric Lodge No. 25.

Surviving are his wife, Geneva Springer; five step-children, Donna McVey of Laking, Kans., Harold Springer of Riverside, Calif., Doris Hill of Central City, S. Dak., Ruth Painter of Alma, and Clinton Springer of Fairplay.  One son, Wilson Gately and four grandchildren of Colorado Springs;  three brothers, Fred of Arvada, Glen of Chula Vista, Calif., Orville of Denver, two sisters, Grace Wells of San Diego, and Mary of Alma; one niece, Glenda Gately of Chula Vista, Calif.; and one nephew, Leo Wells of San Diego.  A daughter, Betty, preceded him in death.

The community joins in extending sympathy to the family in their loss.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete this morning

Ogden, who worked as a team with his wife, Mrs. Jean Carter Ogden, came to the University of Virginia in 1941 to set up an experimental project to find ways to help communities help themselves.  Their project developed into the Community Services of the Extension Division.

The Ogdens published a series of reports on their work, and selected issues were published in 1947 under the title "These Things We Tried".  They are the authors of the book "Small Communities in Action" and numerous other articles and reports.  He is also the author of books in education and dramatics and has written several plays.

Born Dec. 5, 1894, at Rockland, Mass., he was the son of the late Dr. Horace Greeley Ogden and Gertrude Mikels Ogden.  A graduate of Allegheny College, he did graduate work at the University of Rochester and New York University.  He served as a second lieutenant of infantry in the army during World War I.

He held positions in New York State in the field of industrial relations, and for a time taught English and dramatics in Rochester, N.Y., high schools.  From 1937 to 1938 he was field representative for the Association for Adult Education, and resigned to become director of adult education at Hull House in Chicago, Ill.

The Ogdens spent several months in 1953 studying adult education programs in West Africa and England at the invitation of the University of England.  They were awarded the Delbert Clark award in adult education by the West Georgia College for their work in small communities.

Besides his wife. he leaves a son by a former marriage to the late Helen Green Ogden, Horace Greeley Ogden of Arlington, Edward M. Ogden of Rochester, N.Y., and the Rev. Dr. Tarrence F. Ogden of Troy, N.Y.; and two grandchildren.