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- Mrs. Lillian A. PIERCE, 77,
former Milton resident, died Monday, July 7, at Rock
- Haven, Janesville, where she had resided
for the past year.
- Funeral services were to be held today,
Thursday, July 10, at 1:30 p.m. from Faith
- United Methodist Church, with Rev.
Richard Jones, United Methodist Church of Plattsville, officiating.
Burial will be in Fassett Cemetery, Edgerton.
- The former Lillian COOPER, was
born July 23, 1897, at Albion Prairie and was
- married to Mr. [Gailen A.] PIERCE
June 12, 1918, at Newville. They farmed for many years in the
Newville and Lake Koshkonong area prior to Mr. PIERCE's
death in 1951.
- Mrs. PIERCE had been an elementary
school teacher, housemother at Leota School,
- Evansville, and a nursing aide at Pinehurst
Sanitorium.
- She was a member of Faith United Methodist
Church and Faith Circle, and while in
- the Edgerton area a member and Sunday
school teacher there of the Methodist Church. She was also a
member of Milton Senior Citizens.
- Surviving are two sons, Gailen A. [Jr.],
Rt. 1, Milton, and Lowell, Lexington, Ky.; 10
- grandchildren; four great-grandchildren;
a brother, Maurice COOPER, and a sister, Mrs. Edith SHERMAN,
both of Newville. [Thursday edition, p. 8]
-
- [The middle initial of "A." given above is an
error; her middle initial was L.]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Funeral services for Mrs. Ray O. DUNWELL,
89, of 117 S. 2nd Street, Evansville,
- were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July
19 from Albrecht Funeral Home, with Rev. Earl Cruzan, pastor
of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church officiating. Burial
was in Milton Cemetery.
- Mrs. DUNWELL, who had made her
home in Evansville for the past 13 years, died
- Thursday, July 17.
- The former Belva J. McWILLIAM
was born July 23, 1885, in Grand Junction, Iowa,
- and moved to Milton about 1900, residing
there until 1920 when she moved to Boy River, Minn. She was
married to Ray O. DUNWELL Dec. 16, 1912, in Rockford,
Ill. He died May 1965.
- Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Arthur
EMERSON, Hamel, Minn., and two sisters,
- Mrs. Clara BREITKREUTZ, Evansville,
with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Bertha TIFFT, Lakewood,
N.J.; two granddaughters and a great-grandson. [Thursday
edition, p. 8]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Mrs. Margaret [A.] MANSUR, 79,
of 729 Hudson Addition, died of an apparent
- heart attack in her home Wednesday,
July 23, 1975.
- The former Margaret JONES was
born Oct. 24, 1895, at Emerald Grove, and was
- married to John R. MANSUR in
1915. He died in 1952.
- Mrs. MANSUR was a lifelong area
resident and a member of Emerald Grove
- Congregational Church.
- Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Theodore
RYE, Clinton; three grandsons and two
- great-granddaughters.
- Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday,
July 26 in Emerald Grove Church, with Rev.
- David Pease officiating. Burial was
in Emerald Grove Cemetery with Gerald DePORTER, Eldyn
FIELD, Charles BROEGE, Henry TEUBERT, Lloyd
JONES and David DEAN as pallbearers.
- Albrecht Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements. [Thursday edition, p. 4]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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