Obit: Mike, Jesse Allen (1905 - 1977)

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

Surnames: Mike, Goodvillage, Whitepine, Selmser

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/13/1977

Mike, Jesse Allen (16 June 1905 – 5 January 1976)

Funeral services were held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Jesse Mike home on Rt. 2 Neillsville, for Jesse Allen Mike, 71, who died January 5 in a fire at his home in the Town of Levis. The Rev. James Selmser officiated, and burial was in the Indian Cemetery in the Town of Levis. (Dells Dam Cemetery). Arrangements were made by the Georgas-Gesche Funeral Home.

Jesse Mike was born June 16, 1905, in Clark County to John and Kate Goodvillage Mike. His marriage to the former Josephine Whitepine took place October 29, 1929, in Neillsville. She died February 22, 1961.

A veteran of World War II, Mr. Mike was with the 128th Infantry from October 15, 1940, until April 8, 1945, serving in the Pacific.

Survivors include two brothers, Thomas Mike of Wisconsin Rapids and Peter Mike of Owen, and six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.