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- Joshua L. CLARKE, 71, of route 2, Janesville, died
Tuesday night in Mercy hospital
- where he had been two weeks for treatment. Funeral services
will be held in the Milton S.D.B. church at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon, October 10, Rev. J. L. Skaggs officiating. Burial
will be in Milton cemetery where the I.O.O.F. will have charge.
- Joshua, son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. CLARKE, was
born June 19, 1859, at
- Berlin, Wis., but has resided in the vicinity of Milton the
past thirty years.
- Mr. CLARKE was married twice, his first wife being
Ella VEDDER, and they had
- one son, Lewis. Some time after her death, Mr. CLARKE
married Mary Louise JORDAN, who, with their seven children,
survives him. The children are William Aden CLARKE, Battle
Creek, Mich.; Jorden Lee CLARKE, Chicago; Lucy A., Mary
A., Nancy M., and Alice, all at home, and Una L. (Mrs. Merritt
VAN HORN), Milton. Seven grandchildren, a sister Mrs.
Nancy CRESSON, Whitewater, and a brother Phineas CLARKE
of Janesville also survive. Two brothers Giles and William CLARKE
died a number of years ago. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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