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- Mrs. Walter B. COCKERILL, 76,
passed away at Edgerton Memorial Hospital on
- Saturday evening, June 21, after a
short illness.
- Clara Josephine, the eldest daughter
of Charles W. and Rosalie BALL FOX, was
- born on November 1, 1881, at Johnstown
Center, on the farm now owned by John REID.
- She attended the public schools of
Fort Atkinson and Milton Junction graduating from
- the old High School in Milton Junction.
Later she took the Normal school course of instruction at Whitewater
and taught at Hartland for five years, also at Otter Creek and
in the Paul and Bingham schools.
- In 1917 she married Walter B. COCKERILL
of Berlin, and resided on the home
- farm near that city for twenty-five
years. In 1943 she returned to Milton Junction to make her
home until her death.
- Mrs. COCKERILL was a member
of the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist
- Church, its Ladies Aid Society, and
of the Royal Neighbors of America.
- Mrs. COCKERILL is survived by
her husband; one sister, Mrs. Chester
- HERRINGTON
of Milton Junction; and numerous nephews and nieces. Two sisters,
Mrs. Fred GRAY and Mrs. Louis EMERSON preceded
her in death.
- Services were held on Tuesday, June
24, at 2 p.m. at the Albrecht Funeral Home,
- Milton Junction. The Rev. Victor
W. Skaggs officiated and burial was in Milton Cemetery. Pallbearers
were Louis SUNBY, Clifford JANKE, Jess BABCOCK,
Clinton GREEN, Leland SHAW and Clark TODD.
[Thursday edition, p. 6]
- Funeral services for Mrs. D. P. McWILLIAM,
who died Wednesday, June 18, at
- the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. H.
BREITKREUTZ in Evansville, were held at 2 p.m. Monday
in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church with Rev. Elmo F. Randolph
officiating. Kenneth A. BABCOCK gave the song service.
Burial was in Milton Cemetery, pallbearers being James CRAW,
Theodore ILS, Vincent BURTNESS, Joe HOFFMAN,
Roy HARRIS and Jerry LEAMING, all grandsons of
Mrs. McWILLIAM.
- The former Josephine [B.] DAVIS
was born in Jackson Center, Ohio, Nov. 29,
- 1881, the daughter of Ervin F. and
Sarah DAVIS. She was married to D. P. McWILLIAM
in Montour, Iowa, on Aug. 26, 1879. They lived at Grand Junction,
Iowa, until 1901 when they came to Milton. Mr. McWILLIAM
died April 10, 1941.
- She was a member of the Milton Seventh
Day Baptist Church and the Kings
- Daughters, and was a member of the
Milton WRC until it disbanded.
- Survivors are three sons, Ervin and
Darwin of Milton and Arthur of Bend, Ore. Four
- daughters, Mrs. E. B. CRANDALL,
Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. R. O. DUNWELL of Boy River, Minn.;
Mrs. M. A. TIFFT of Plainfield, N.J. and Mrs. B. H. BREITKREUTZ
of Evansville; 18 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren; also
one brother, Earl F. DAVIS, Beloit. Two daughters preceded
her in death. [Thursday edition, p. 6]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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