Obit: Holmes, Gertrude (1882 - 1973)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Holmes, Qualley, Hammond, Spry, Opelt, Rasmussen

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 5/03/1973

Holmes, Gertrude (2 October 1882 - 29 April 1973)

A native of the Town of Lynn, Miss Gertrude R. Holmes, 90, of Granton, died Sunday afternoon, April 29, in Neillsville. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon from the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton, with the Rev. Elmer Rasmussen officiating. Interment was in the Lynn Cemetery.

Miss Holmes was born October 2, 1882, in the Town of Lynn, began her education in schools there, and later attended Neillsville High School and the Stevens Point Normal School. She taught in the Town of Lynn, in Granton, and also at the South Carolina Mission School. Miss Holmes, who was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, is survived by an uncle and several cousins.

Pallbearers were Richard Qualley, John Hammond, Robert Spry and Max Opelt.
           

 

 


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