Obit: Awe, Henry O. (1885 – 1973)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Awe, Brecker, Laabs, Molle, Harper, Youngblood, Spowell, Miller

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 15 Feb 1973

Awe, Henry O. (3 JAN 1885 – 11 FEB 1973)

Funeral services for Henry Otto Awe, 88, were held at 1:30 p.m. yesterday, Wednesday, February 14, 1973 at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home, Owen. Harold Miller of the Jehovah Witness Congregation conducted the service, and burial was made at Riverside.

The deceased, a resident of route 1, Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), died Sunday, February 11, 1973 at the Memorial Hospital, Neillsville.

Mr. Awe was born January 3, 1885 in the town of Longwood (Clark Co.), and was married May 28, 1910, at the town of Green Grove Church, to the former Rose Brecker, who survives him. They had been married 62 years. He farmed in the town of Longwood area from 1910 to 1970, and then moved to route 1, Withee.

In addition to his wife, survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Albert (Alvina) Laabs, route 1, Owen, Mrs. Albert (Lena) Molle, Medford, Ray (Alma) Harper, Corning, California, and Mrs. Alfred (Ruth) Molle, route 1, Withee; two sisters, Mrs. Emily Youngblood, Richmond, California, and Mrs. John (Gertie) Spowell, Sunnyvale, California; 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were two brothers and a sister.

 

 


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