Obit: Turner, Gene (1926 - 1982)

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

Surnames: Turner, Anderson, Harrison, Erickson, Egleston, Schmidtke, Triska, Schoenfeld, Lindquist

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/04/1982

Turner, Gene (1 July 1926 – 22 January 1982) With Flag

Members of the Turner family and others from the Neillsville area attended the Tuesday, January 26, funeral services for Gene Turner, 55, of Rockford, Illinois, who died of a hart attack on January 22.

Turner was born on July 1, 1926, in Chicago to Mr. and Mrs. Grant Turner. He lived in Rockford for 45 years after leaving the Granton area. On Oct. 15, 1955, he married Vana R. Anderson in Rockford ceremonies. He was employed by Spector Freight Company for 26 years; was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving from 1940 to 1955; and he was a partner in G&H Motors in Rockford. He was a member of the Teamsters.

Surviving him, besides his wife, is a daughter, Mrs. Brian (Gail) Harrison, Rockford; his mother Mrs. Eskil (Arlene) Erickson, Loves Park, Ill., a sister, Mrs. Jack (Beverly) Eggleston, Stanton, Calif; an aunt, Mrs. Esther Schmidtke, Neillsville, plus several other aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held from the Fred Olson Mortuary in Rockford with the Rev. Lareau Lindquist of the First Evangelical Free Church officiating. Burial was made in Rockford’s Scandinavian Cemetery.

Attending the services from the Neillsville area were Mr. and Mrs. Orville Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Turner, Harriet Triska, Larry Turner, Donald Turner and Milton Schoenfeld.