Obit: Horswill, Libbie (1885 - 1980)

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

Surnames: Horswill, Seang, Bowen, Wall, Noble

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 3/13/1980

Horswill, Libbie (25 January 1885 – 6 March 1980)

A resident of Neillsville since 1920, Libbie Horswill, 95, passed away in Neillsville Memorial Home on Thursday afternoon, March 6. Born on January 25, 1885, in Columbus to Edward and Sophia (Seang) Bowen, the deceased received her education in that community. As a young girl, she moved with her parents to the Longwood area. On January 28, 1903, she married, she married Ricard M. Horswill in Black River Falls ceremonies and the couple resided there for several years before returning to Longwood and farming until 1920. It was at that time that they moved to Neillsville. Several years ago, the deceased, due to failing health, became a resident of Neillsville Memorial Home.

Surviving her is one daughter, Mrs. Laura Wall, West Palm Beach, Florida, two sons, Hugh of Janesville and Merlin of Hales Corners, fourteen grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, three sons, one daughter and several grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon, March 8, from the Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville with burial in the city cemetery. The Rev. William Noble of the Neillsville United Methodist Church officiated.