Obit: Slock, Raymond F. (1898 – 1977)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Slock, Swanson, Combs, Klueg, Bublitz, Olson, Volk, Melin, Sluzewski

----Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 21 Dec 1977

Slock, Raymond F. (6 May 1898 – 21 Dec 1977)

Raymond F. Slock, 79, of Withee died at 6 a.m. on December 14, 1977 at the Thorp Care Center.

Services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First United Church of Christ in Owen. The Rev. Loren Swanson, pastor, officiated. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery near Withee.

Mr. Slock was born May 6, 1898 in Milan, Illinois, and married Essie Combs October 6, 1927. He came to the town of Hixon in 1912 and farmed there until 1973, moving to Withee.

He served as supervisor on the Hixon Town Board and was town assessor for several years. He was a member of the First United Church of Christ.

Survivors are his wife; two brothers, August of Thorp and Louis of Eau Claire; and one sister, Mrs. Bernard (Clara) Klueg, Jerseyville, Illinois.

Pallbearers were Glen Bublitz, Orlando Olson, John Volk, Edward Melin, Owen Melin and Robert Sluzewski.