Obit: Austin, Lucy (1907? – 1977)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Austin, Purgett, Barager

----Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 07 Dec 1977

Austin, Lucy (1907? – 1 Dec 1977)

Lucy (Purgett) Austin, age 70, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 1977 in Rochester, New York. She was taken to the hospital earlier suffering from a severe headache, which proved later to be a blood clot on the brain. She passed away shortly after arriving at the hospital.

Mrs. Austin had returned to the area in the late summer and early fall to visit her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Purgett, and also attend the Redville Community Reunion on Labor Day, September 4, 1977. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Purgett, who settled in the Redville area in 1916, and as such was very interested in the recent articles on that community, which have been appearing in the Owen Enterprise. She enjoyed the articles, and also contributed some of the information which became a part of them.

Lucy Purgett Austin had a close connection with the Barager family, as she baby sat with the Barager children, including Jim Barager, when they were little.

A complete obituary will be published for Lucy Austin next week.

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Obit: Austin (Purgett), Lucy May #2 (1907? – 1977)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Austin, Purgett, Trott, Memmel

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

Austin (Purgett), Lucy May (1907? – 1 Dec 1977)

Mrs. Lucy May (Purgett) Austin of Rochester, New York passed away on Thursday, December 1, 1977.

Services were held for Mrs. Austin on Saturday morning, December 3, 1977 at the Thomas Trott Funeral Home at 9:30, with burial at the Webster Rural Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, Ormal; a son, Richard, a daughter, Mrs. Ida Memmel; a brother, Ray Purgett of Owen, Wisconsin; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Lucy Purgett was born in Indiana and moved with her parents to the little community of Redville in 1916. Her she attended school, first at the Redville School, then the White School on County T.

Early this fall, Lucy Austin came back to the area and Redville for the second annual Redville Community Reunion, staying with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Purgett. She had greatly enjoyed the visit and the reunion, and also enjoyed article that appeared in the Owen Enterprise on her home community, Redville.