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The Janesville Gazette

February 1962

Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

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Milton Junction - Wilferd [Theron] KNIGHT, 61, Rte. 1, Milton Junction, died
Sunday as a result of a heart attack suffered while attempting to get his car out of a snow drift on Highway 59, one mile west of Milton Junction. He was alone in the car at the time. He had taken his wife to Mercy Hospital, Janesville, where she is employed, and the car became stuck en route to his home at Charley Bluff.
Mr. KNIGHT was born June 21, 1899, in Garwin, Iowa, the son of John W. and
Elizabeth VAN HORN KNIGHT.
He was married to Iris ARRINGTON on Aug. 7, 1928. He was a member of the
Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church. He was a printer by trade, employed in recent years in Beloit.
Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Theodore SNYDER, Janesville; one son,
John, Edgerton; and four grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Milton,
the Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph officiating. Burial will be in Milton Cemetery. Friends may call at the Albrecht Funeral Home Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. [Monday edition, p. 2]
 
Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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James E[dward] CHURCHILL, 57, 940 Sharon Road, died unexpectedly at 10:15
p.m. Friday in Mercy Hospital. For a number of years he had operated CHURCHILL Welding and Repair Service and CHURCHILL Sand and Gravel Co. on Sharon Road.
Born near Hanover April 22, 1904, he was the son of William E. and Martha
McDONALD CHURCHILL. He married Ruth GRAY in Rockford June 22, 1924. Mr. CHURCHILL was a member of First Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, James, Jr., Richard and Bruce, all of Janesville; five
grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Hazel HENSEL, Janesville, Mrs. Violet JACKSON and Mrs. Clara NIGHTENGALE, both of Milwaukee. A brother, Donald CHURCHILL, and a sister, Mrs. Edna BALSLEY, preceded him in death as well as a half-sister, Mrs. Gladys CULLEM.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Reining Funeral Home, the Rev. Donald
Evans, First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday afternoon and evening. [Saturday edition, p. 2]
 
Courtesy of Jon Saunders

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