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- Mrs. Elston SHAW passed away
in Wisconsin General Hospital, Madison,
- Wednesday night where she had been
a patient since April. Emma [Irene], the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford MAXSON was born in Farina, Ill., on October
30, 1902, spending her first years in that community. The family
moved to West Edmeston, N.Y., and then to Battle Creek, Mich.,
where she graduated from High School.
- She attended Milton College, graduating
with the Class of 1927 and on Christmas
- Day of that year she and Elston SHAW
were married, making their first home in Streeter, Ill. They
also lived in Port Huron, Mich., and Mansfield, Ohio, before
moving to Milton in 1935.
- From 1946 until the time of her death
she was Clerk of the Village of Milton, and from
- 1935 until 1948 she and her husband
operated a school supply and stationary store known as the E-N-E
Store. She organized the United Church Women of Milton and Milton
Junction and served as their first president. She was a deaconess
of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, a past president of
the Woman's Circle of that Church and a past president of the
Milton Woman's Village Improvement Club.
- She is survived by her husband, Elston;
a son, Edwin; three grandchildren, Dennis,
- Dawn Ann and Teresa; three sisters,
four brothers and her father.
- Funeral services will be held at the
Milton Seventh Day Baptist church, Saturday,
- January 10, at 2:30 p.m. Friends may
call at the Albrecht's Funeral Home, Milton Junction Friday night
from 7 until 9. Burial will be in the Milton Cemetery. [Thursday
edition, p. 1]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Dr. George I[ra] HURLEY, who
had practiced medicine in Eugene, Ore., 27 years,
- died New Year's Eve. Funeral services
were held the following Friday morning.
- Dr. HURLEY was born Feb. 1,
1877, at Humboldt, Neb. On July 6, 1904, he
- married Blanche M. BABCOCK at
Milton, sister of the late Dr. Lester M. BABCOCK.
- Dr. HURLEY had a long and distinguished
career in medicine. Graduating from the
- University of Illinois Medical School
in 1909, he started practice in Hoquaim, Wash., in 1910. During
World War I he served overseas. Later, he took a graduate course
at Harvard University, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1921.
Two years later he moved to Eugene where he practiced until his
retirement in 1950.
- He was a member of Central Presbyterian
Church, also of various medical and civic
- organizations as well as Veterans of
Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
- Dr. HURLEY graduated from Milton
College in 1903 with his wife, Abbie
- BABCOCK-VAN HORN, Dr. L. Arthur PLATTS and J. Fred WHITFORD.
Others in the class were the late Olney MOORE, Ray ROOD
and Edgar VAN HORN.
- Survivors are his wife; four children,
Muriel GRAY of Oswego, Margaret
- HUTCHISON
of Eugene, Susan BARKER of Medford and George Donald HURLEY
of Eugene; a sister, Cora HEMPHILL, Eugene; and seven
grandchildren. Among his nephews known in the Milton area are
Dr. George HEMPHILL, Dr. Paul HEMPHILL and Harry
TALBOT. [Thursday edition, p. 5]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Oliver M[arksee] CRANDALL, 94,
died at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, in Fort
- Atkinson Memorial Hospital where he
had been taken that morning from the Furseth Rest Home, Albion.
A former Milton Junction [resident], he had been at Albion since
last May.
- The youngest son of George G. and Mary
Ann BABCOCK CRANDALL, he was
- born Oct. 17, 1864, at Westerly, R.I.
The family came to Wisconsin in 1865 and located on a farm northwest
of Albion. Later they moved to Oakland and there Oliver became
a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church where he maintained
his membership until his death.
- In May, 1891, he married Emma SERNS
and they resided in Oakland until 1901
- when they moved to Milton Junction.
Mrs. CRANDALL died in February 1946. In the late fall
of that year he married Mrs. Cornelia I. JOHNSON of Cambridge
and lived there a couple of years before moving to Milton Junction.
She died here on Aug. 27, 1954.
- A number of nieces and nephews survive.
- Funeral services will be held in the
Albrecht Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30.
- Burial will be in Milton Cemetery.
- Friends may call at the funeral home
Thursday between 7 and 9 p.m. [Thursday
- edition, p. 5]
-
- [Note: Buried in Milton Junction
Cemetery]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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