----Source: Clark County Republican & Press (Neillsville, Wis.) 05/06/1920

Carpenter, Magdalene (13 Sep 1878 - 28 Apr 1920)

Magdalene Carpenter, well known here, died in the hospital at Oshkosh April 28th, 1920, aged nearly 42 years. She was born in the town of Fremont, Clark County, Wis., Sept. 13, 1878. She attended school in Neillsville and became a successful teacher. For some time before her death she had been working in a factory in Oshkosh. She is well remembered here as a high school student and won many friends by her good disposition and faithful work.

She leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carpenter, who formerly lived here and now reside in Oshkosh; three sisters: Mrs. Abbie Secord of Duluth, Mrs. Sarah Carter of Burley, Wash., and Miss Sylvia Carpenter at home, and one brother, Wm. Carpenter of Marshfield, also a daughter, Helen Wood, living with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter.

The funeral was held Saturday at Granton.