Obit: Capelle, Martha (1901 – 1974)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Capelle, Humlie, Blado, Campbell, Herdrich

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Loyal, Wis.) 18 Jul 1974

Capelle, Martha (1 MAR 1901 – 15 JUL 1974)

Mrs. Phillips (Martha) Capelle, 73, Division Street, Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.), died at 6:05 a.m., July 15, 1974 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, of complications due to a hip injury suffered a a car door bumped her Sunday evening, July 7.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 17 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Loyal, with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery. The Rev. William Humlie officiated.

The Rinka Funeral Home, Loyal, was in charge of arrangements.

The former Martha Blado was born March 1, 1901, in the Town of Loyal and received her education in Loyal schools and also the Dodgeville Schools.

She was married on December 22, 1921 to Phillip Capelle, who preceded her in death February 22, 1971. They operated a farm in the Loyal area until their retirement in 1961, when they moved to the city of Loyal.

She was a member of the ALCW of the Trinity Lutheran Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William (Ada) Campbell, Eau Claire, and Mrs. Bob (Dorothy) Herdrich, Eau Claire; two sons, Delmer, R. 1, Loyal, and Calvin, Eau Claire, and eight grandchildren.