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- Mizpah BENNETT WHITFORD,
91, a retired teacher, died Wednesday, June 1,
- at Caravilla Nursing Home in Beloit.
A longtime resident of Milton, she had lived at Caravilla since
Oct. 1986.
- Mrs. WHITFORD was born Sept.
26, 1896, in Lima Township, the daughter of
- James B. and Dollie BROWN BENNETT.
A graduate of Milton High School, she attended Milton College
and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was a graduate
of Whitewater State Teachers College.
- She taught in Lima Center, Milton and
Waukesha before going to Janesville to teach
- at Washington School where she was
honored for 38 years of teaching. She was a member of the Milton
Women's Club and the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Milton.
- She was married to J. Fred WHITFORD
on Nov. 2, 1958. He died in 1965. Five
- sisters, Zela, Geneva TALBOT,
Ardis, Constance SUTTON, Dorothy NEILS and two
brothers, Leslie and Harold also predeceased her. Mrs. WHITFORD
is survived by a sister, Clarice BENNETT (Harold) BURDICK
of Raytown, Mo.; a brother-in-law, Dr. Charles F. SUTTON
of Peoria, Ill.; nieces Constance BURDICK (Lowell) THOMAS
of Grandview, Mo., and Mary NEILS KNUDSEN of Colgate;
nephews Frank (Sandra) NEILS of Neenah and Walter NEILS
of Janesville. She is also survived by several grandnieces
and nephews.
- Funeral services were held Saturday,
June 4 at the Seventh Day Baptist Church with
- Pastor Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial
was in Milton Cemetery with Kenneth BABCOCK, Erlo NELSON,
Kenneth OCHS, Leland SKAGGS, Ralph SCHULTZ
and Louis SUNBY as pallbearers. Albrecht Funeral Homes
handled the arrangements. [Thursday edition, p. 24]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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