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- Miss [Julia] Lois GOODRICH,
80, Milton, a great-granddaughter of Joseph
- GOODRICH,
one of the first settlers in Milton, died Saturday, Dec. 30,
of an apparent heart attack while visiting in the home of friends.
- Funeral services were held at 1:30
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, in the First
- Congregational Church, Milton, the
Rev. J. W. Emigholz officiating. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery.
- Born Nov. 14, 1887, in Felding, Ill.,
the daughter of Joseph and Jeanettie COE
- GOODRICH,
she came with her family to Milton as a child and resided most
of her life in the GOODRICH family home. She was educated
in Milton schools and Whitewater State Teachers College, and
she taught in Milton, Sioux Falls, Iowa, and Beloit until her
retirement. She was a member of the Congregational Church in
Milton.
- Surviving her are cousins, including
Mrs. Milton DAVIS and Mrs. Anne BERGH of
- Milton, Mrs. W. D. BLISS, Milwaukee,
Mrs. Ernest LUNDE of Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Margaret
KRUGER of Rockford. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
- Rev. James L[eRoy] SKAGGS, 89, retired Seventh Day
Baptist minister who served
- the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church from 1924 to 1932,
died early Monday, Jan. 1, at Caravilla following a long illness.
Rev. SKAGGS had been a resident of Caravilla since Nov.
1, 1967.
- Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, in
the Milton Seventh Day
- Baptist Church, the Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial
was in the Milton Cemetery with grandsons, Justin, David and
John CAMENGA, Philip and Timothy BOND and James
A. SKAGGS, as pallbearers.
- Born in Boaz, Mo., May 28, 1878, he was the son of LeRoy
and Rosanna PEARCE
- SKAGGS. He was educated at the Milton Academy and
Milton College and took his theological training at the Crozer
School of Theology and Alfred Theological School at Alfred, New
York.
- He was married to Hettie WHITNEY July 11, 1900, in
Berlin, Wis.
- During his 39 years in the ministry he served pastorates
in New York, New Jersey
- and Wisconsin, and he retired in 1947 while serving as pastor
of the Salem, West Virginia Seventh Day Baptist Church. He and
his wife returned to Milton in 1958. She died in 1963.
- Surviving are three sons, Allison E., Battle Creek, Mich.,
Prof. Leland SKAGGS, long
- associated with Milton College, and Rev. Victor SKAGGS,
Plainfield, N.J.; two daughters, Mrs. Evalyn CAMENGA,
Beaver Dam, and Mrs. Margaret BOND, Shiloh, N.J.; 13 grandchildren;
10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Harriet GRANT,
Caravilla, Janesville. [Thursday edition, p. 4]
-
- [Note: Rev. SKAGGS was the 12th pastor of the Milton
SDB Church, serving from 1924-1932.]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Alfred A[mos] CRANDALL, 82,
Milton, died Saturday, Jan. 6, in Colonial Manor
- Nursing Home, Janesville, where he
had resided since February, 1967.
- Funeral services were held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 9, in the Albrecht Funeral Home,
- Milton Junction, the Rev. Addison Appel,
Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist Church, officiating. Burial
was in the Milton Cemetery with Marshall FISHER, Charles
PRESS, Werner GEHRI, Wayne GUNDERSON, Harley
SHADEL and Clarence MURPHY as pallbearers.
- The son of Henry and Lucinda CRANDALL
was born at North Loup, Neb., Feb.
- 26, 1885, coming to Milton at the age
of 12. He attended the old Milton high school and played football
on the Milton College team. He was married to Corabelle E. CRANDALL
May 14, 1907, at Dodge Center, Minn. When first a resident of
Milton, he was employed for about 10 years at the DUNN
and BOSS Department store, and later farmed for several
years in the Otter Creek area. He was also employed for 40 years
as an interior decorator with F. L. SHADEL and Son, Inc.,
Janesville, until his retirement in 1955. Mrs. CRANDALL
died in 1963.
- Surviving are three daughters, Mrs.
Paul (Cleone) VAN HORN, Milton; Mrs. Victor
- (Gwendolyn) LOOFBORO, Milwaukee,
and Mrs. Edmar (Wanda) HANSON, Milton Junction; nine grandchildren,
nieces and nephews.
- He was also preceded in death by two
brothers, Harry and Will CRANDALL, and
- two sisters, Mrs. Byrd COON
and Mrs. Maude HURLEY. [Thursday edition, p.
1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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