Obit: Hancock, Clinton F. (1899 - 1982)

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

Surnames: Hancock, Austin, Illbeck, Carter, Bathke, Havnik, Kennedy, Scott

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/23/1982

Hancock, Clinton F. (12 June 1899 – 16 December 1982)

Clinton F. Hancock, 83, Merrillan, died Thursday, December 16, at his home.

He was born in Pray on June 12, 1899, to John and Eva (Austin) Hancock. He married Lillian Illbeck in Winona, Minnesota, on December 26, 1929. He was employed by the State Department of Natural Resources for 50 years prior to his retirement. The couple lived in the Town of Knapp, Jackson County, and in Black River Falls before moving to Merrillan.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Royal (Janice) Carter of Grasston, Minn., and Mrs. Richard (Laurine) Bathke of Rice Lake; three sons, Carroll of St. Louis, Francis “Bud” of Milwaukee and Lee of Merrillan; one brother, Donald of Minneapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Lou (Dorothy) Havnik of Belfield, N.D. and Mrs. John (Genevieve) Kennedy of Longview, Wash.; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services were held Monday afternoon in the Merrillan United Methodist Church with the Rev. M. Lynn Scott officiating. Burial was in the Oakwood Cemetery in Merrillan. The Jenson Funeral Home at Hixton was in charge of the arrangements.