Obit: Westcott, May #2 (1877 - 1953)
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Surnames: Westcott, Ketchum,
Ruprick, Klink, Strozewski
----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood,
Clark Co., Wis.) 07 May 1953
Westcott, May (14 MAY 1877 - 20 APR 1953)
Mrs. May Westcott passed away at the Krohn Clinic at Black River Falls on
Wednesday, April 29, 1953, where she had been taken on Tuesday, April 21st. She
had suffered from a heart ailment.
May Ketchum was born at Millston on
May 14, 1877. On July 20, 1915 she was married to Herbert Westcott and they came
to Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.) immediately after their marriage. Mr. Westcott
ran a tavern here at the time and later he worked at the Big Store. After
leaving this job he operated a plumbing shop. He passed away on Dec. 21, 1945.
Mrs. Westcott is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Archie (Anna) Ketchum,
three nieces, Mrs. Tony (Gloria) Ruprick, Mrs. Wm. (Goldie) Klink, Mrs. Carl
(Genevieve) Strozewski, all of the Black River Falls area.
Funeral
services were held at the Ness Funeral Home on Friday, May 1, 1953 at 2:00 p.m.
and she was laid to rest in a cemetery at Millston.
The pallbearers were
Celan Gotter, Loyal; A.C. Buker, H.R. Baird, Chet, Shields, R.B. Mead and Henry
Vollrath, all of Greenwood.
Those who attended the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. Celan Gotter, Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Buker, Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Mead, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Vollrath, Mmes. O.J. Amundson, Otto Schwarze, Martha Meinholdt,
Alma Mason, Minnie Cox, Fred Hohl and Frank Clouse.
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