Obit: Palms, Harry Booth (1892 - 1964)

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Surnames: Palms, LeGault

----Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark Co., Wis.) 8/20/1964

----Palms, Harry B. (1892 - 17 AUG 1964)

PLAN SERVICES TODAY FOR HARRY B. PALMS, 71

Funeral services for a former Owen resident, Harry B. Palms, will be held this afternoon, Thursday, August 20, at Zion Lutheran Church at Greenwood. Services will be at 2:00 o’clock with Rev. Orval Egert officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Palms, who left Owen some 20 years ago, died unexpectedly at his home in Sterling, Ill., at 2:30 Monday afternoon. Death was due to a heart attack. He was 71 years of age.

Harry Booth Palms was born August 29, 1892, and received his education in the Greenwood schools. His marriage to Margaret LeGault took place December 27, 1915, in St. Paul, Minn.

After their marriage he was employed in the lumber business and served here for many years as manager of the O & N Lumber Company yard. Later he and his wife resided at Loyal, Menomonie and Kansas City, Mo., prior to moving to Sterling, Illinois.