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Milton Courier

September 1978

Milton, Milton Twp., Rock County, Wisconsin

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George Henry [Carl] JENNINGS, 87, life-long Milton area resident, died
Wednesday, Sept. 20, at Mercy Hospital, Janesville.
JENNINGS, of 318 Chicago Street, was born Jan. 17, 1891, at Johnstown and later
farmed in the Milton area until retiring in 1961.
He was married to Julia MAWHINNEY Nov. 4, 1914, and they marked their 60th
anniversary in 1974. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and Rural and Village Club.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Paul of Janesville, and Harold of McFarland; four
daughters, Mrs. Marjorie WENHAM and Mrs. Norma J. FREEMAN, both of Milton, Mrs. Rosalie WAGNER, Beloit, and Mrs. Audrey MEYER, Stoughton; 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, Milton,
with burial in Milton Lawns Memorial Park, Janesville.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church. Albrecht Funeral
Home was in charge of arrangements. [Thursday edition, p. 16]

Jesse J[ames] SAUNDERS, 86, of 1024 Sunset, died Thursday, Sept. 21, at
Mercy Hospital, Janesville.
Born Sept. 8, 1892, in Johnstown Township, Rock County, and a lifelong area
resident, Mr. SAUNDERS farmed in the area for some time and then was a sales representative for Schadbolt & Boyd, Milwaukee. He was a member of Seventh-Day Baptist Church, a 32nd degree member of the Masonic Lodge 161, and a former member of IOOF Lodge, Rebekah Lodge and Milton Grange.
Surviving are his wife, the former Ruth M. RASMUSSEN; and cousins.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Albrecht Funeral Home with burial in Milton
Cemetery. [Thursday edition, p. 16]
 
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