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- RETIRED EVANSVILLE FARMER DIES FRIDAY
- Robert W. Higday, 63, Succumbs Suddenly At Home On West
Main Street
- Robert W. HIGDAY, 63, prominent resident and retired
farmer, died in his sleep at
- his home on W. Main Street early Friday morning. He had been
in failing health since January but had not been critically ill
recently. He paid a visit to his farm Thursday afternoon.
- Funeral services conducted by M. V. Allen were held at 4
p.m. Sunday in the
- Evansville Methodist church with the Rev. H. A. Graubner,
pastor officiating. Mrs. C. W. HAZLETT played the chapel
music and accompanied Mrs. William BOODE, who sang "Lead
Kindly Light."
- Burial was in Maple Hill cemetery with John W. GOLZ,
Hugh ROBINSON, William
- LEEDER, Walter GEORGE, George MABIE
and Potter PORTER serving as pall bearers.
- Son of the late George and Phoebe BULLIS HIGDAY,
he was born on the
- HIGDAY farm west of Evansville, Nov. 10, 1880, where
he grew to young manhood. He operated one of the two HIGDAY
farms in that vicinity until his retirement two months ago. He
was a member of the Knights of Pythias.
- He was married to Mina SHREVE, Viroqua, March 27,
1913. His parents, two
- sisters, Mrs. Charles CUSHMAN, and Mrs. John SHREVE
and a brother, John HIGDAY, preceded him in death.
- Surviving besides his wife is a sister, Mrs. Warren RODD,
Evansville and several
- nieces and nephews.
- Out of town friends and relatives who attended the funeral
were Raymond SHREVE,
- Youngstown, Ohio; Howard SHREVE, in the navy, Miss
Peggy POTTER, and Miss LaVonne JACKSON, Chicago;
Mr. and Mrs. Amos KEGLEY, Lake Beulah, Mrs. Lewis OLSON,
Hillsboro, Mr. and Mrs. Milo CUSHMAN, Grand Marsh; Mr.
and Mrs. Bela VAN GORDON, Taylor; Miss Nora OLSON,
Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Steiner HAUGEN, Orfordville, and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert ROWLEY, Whitewater. [p. 1, col.
3]
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- Courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery
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