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- Howard C[oon] LOOFBORO, 89,
of 7219 E. Schmidt Road, Fort Atkinson, died
- Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1996, at Mercy
Hospital, Janesville.
- He was born Aug. 23, 1907, in Welton,
Iowa, the son of Wade and Eusebia
- (COON) LOOFBORO. He
was a graduate of Welton High School and had attended Milton
College. He married Ida GRANT in Welton on Dec. 12,
1937. They farmed in the Milton area until 1950, when they
moved to the Fulton area and continued farming. In the late
1960s, they returned to the Milton area and he worked at the
Burdick Corp. for eight years until his retirement. He was
a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Fulton
Masonic Lodge #69, and the Eastern Star.
- Survivors include his wife, of Fort
Atkinson; a daughter, Dorothy (Thomas)
- ECKWRIGHT,
Edgerton; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and
nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a son, Ronald
LOOFBORO, in January 1992 and a brother, Wesley.
- Funeral services were held Monday,
Dec. 23, 1996 at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
- Church. Rev. George Calhoun officiated.
Interment was in the Milton Junction Cemetery. Henning Funeral
Home, Milton, assisted the family. [Thursday edition, p. 4]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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