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- Bessie [Florence] RICE, 102,
died Saturday, June 20, at Edgerton Long Term Care
- Hospital.
- She was born April 4, 1885, in Harmony
Township, the daughter of William L. and
- Alice (GRISWOLD) CRANDALL.
She married Grant RICE on Aug. 15, 1907; he died in
1966. She lived all her life in this area and taught school
in her early years; was a member of the First Congregational
Church U.C.C., the Ladies Aid of the Church and the Rural Community
Club.
- She is survived by one son, Gordon
of Whitewater; one daughter, Mrs. Ardis (Harold)
- BAUER;
five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
- Funeral services were held Tuesday,
June 23, at Albrecht Funeral Home, Milton, with
- burial in the Milton Cemetery. [Thursday
edition, p. 24]
- Mrs. Lucille B[lanche] SAUNDERS,
76, of Parkview Terrace Apartments, died
- Sunday, June 21, in her home after
a short illness.
- She was born Aug. 14, 1910, in Pittsville,
Wis., the daughter of John and Pearl
- ROBINSON HOFER.
She married Harold SAUNDERS Jan. 23, 1931, in Rockford,
Ill. She lived in Milton one year coming from Beloit. She
was a homemaker and formerly employed by Caravilla Nursing Home.
- She is survived by her husband; three
sons, Roger (Betty) SAUNDERS of Milton,
- Russell (Wanda) SAUNDERS of
Fort Worth, Texas, and James (Janice) SAUNDERS of Beloit;
12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert
HOFER of Pittsville and John HOFER of Pittsville;
four sisters, Mrs. Lillian ZIEMENDORF of Pittsville, Leona
HOFER of South Beloit, Viola (Allen) HANSON of
St. Francis, and Ruth (Orvin) HANSON of Janesville; and
nieces and nephews.
- She was preceded in death by her parents
and three brothers, Leslie, Harold and
- Albert.
- Services were held Wednesday, June
24, at the Hanson Funeral Home, Beloit, with
- Rev. Dr. Larry Correll officiating.
Burial was in the East Lawn Cemetery. [Thursday edition,
p. 24]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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