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- [Mabel] Jeanette PLACE, 88,
was born on September 24, 1916 in Milton,
- Wisconsin and died on April 3, 2005
in a nursing home in Lafayette, La.
- Her maternal grandfather, William WHITTET,
was a builder of many of the homes
- and offices in Milton that still stand
today. Her paternal grandfather, George COON, was a
supervisor of insurance agents for the Northwestern Mutual Insurance
Co. in Milton Jct. As he traveled from city to city, he and
other Christian men met after supper in boarding houses to discuss
Biblical teaching. From these meetings the men founded the
organization known as the Gideons. Jeanette's father, Ross
COON, had a 45 year career as an insurance agent also
in Milton. Her mother, Maude WHITTET COON, was
a homemaker.
- During her youth, Jeanette enjoyed
Girl Scouts, her church youth group, snow skiing,
- and swimming at a local lake. She
attended Milton College [Class of 1938] and while a freshman,
she met and began dating her future husband, Dick PLACE,
who was a senior at Milton College [Class of 1935] majoring in
Chemistry. She taught history and English at the Harwood School
in Albuquerque, NM, a resident school for Indian girls. During
these days of teaching, her future husband, Dick, followed her
to New Mexico and worked for a pest control company. They returned
to Wisconsin and were married in 1939.
- At the beginning of World War II, Dick
enlisted in the Army and attended Biological
- and Chemical Warfare school in Alabama.
He and Janette were then stationed on Staten Island, NY where
Dick tested the water on troop ships to assure that the enemy
had not poisoned it. Jeanette worked in a hospital serving
and helping German POWs. After discharge from the Army, they
moved to Waukegan, IL where Dick began work as a Quality Control
Chemist for John-Manville Corp. In 1948 they were transferred
to Natchez, MS, where they resided for over 50 years.
- Jeanette was a member of the Christian
Science church. She remained very active
- in her church until the late 1990's,
serving as lay reader, librarian, member of the board of directors,
and annually attending national meetings in Boston and Atlanta.
She also was a Cub Scout Den Mother for five years, PTA room
mother and officer, and school band parent and chaperone. She
was on the Board of Directors of the Natchez Children's Home,
a position she held for over 35 years. In that position she
sponsored one of the resident children, tutoring them several
afternoons each week, having them in her home and taking them
on trips.
- Jeanette was a 45 year member of the
Pilgrimage Garden Club, served on the
- National Beautification Committee,
and was a founding member of the Natchez Musical Arts League.
As a member of the Garden Club, she participated each March
and October in the well-known Natchez Pilgrimage. She dressed
in antebellum costume and explained to tourists the history of
two antebellum homes owned by friends.
- She is survived by her son, Douglas
PLACE and daughter-in-law, Linda of Carencro,
- La. and two grandchildren, Elizabeth
PLACE of Birmingham, Ala., and William PLACE of
New Orleans, La.
- Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand
Dr., Lafayette, LA was in charge of funeral
- arrangements. [Thursday edition,
p. 4]
- Virginia [Grace] L. CLOCKER,
91, of St. Paul, MN, died Thursday, March 31,
- 2005 at St. Joseph's Hospital.
- She was born Dec. 25, 1913 in Milton,
the daughter of Norton and Grace
- LOWTHER.
She married Edwin CLOCKER on May 23, 1943. She graduated
from Milton Union High School and Milton College and attended
library school in Madison.
- She is survived by her daughter, Janet
CLOCK[ER]; and nieces, Doris DAVIS,
- Carolyn BROWN, Mary Ellen STEINKE,
Ginny OTTO and their families. She was preceded in death
by her husband, Edwin; her sisters, Elizabeth and Margaret, and
a niece, Margaret Ann.
- Memorial services will be held Saturday,
April 9, 2005 at 2 p.m. at St. Anthony Park
- United Methodist Church in St. Paul,
MN. Interment will be in Milton Cemetery on Tuesday, April 12,
2005 at 11 a.m. Rev. George Calhoun will preside. [Thursday
edition, p. 5]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Joan [Arlene] C. LAWTON, 86,
of Sparta, Tenn., died April 18, 2005.
- She was born May 15, 1918 in [Milton]
Wisconsin, to Wilmer and Darl RISDON
- CRANDALL.
She had been a homemaker.
- She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law,
Terry and Marjorie LAWTON of
- Walling, Tenn.; a daughter and son-in-law,
Dee and Tom SCHROEDER of Sparta, Tenn.; seven grandchildren:
Joe, Bill and Andre LAWTON, Heidi KENNEDY, Chris
COREY, Steve and Jeff KLESSIG and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ray LAWTON;
a grandson, James LAWTON; and a sister, Marjorie NELSON.
- Services were held Friday, April 22,
2005, at First United Methodist Church. Rev.
- Larry Burke and Rev. Susan Gardner
officiated. Whitson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
[Thursday edition, p. 4]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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