Obit: Haugen, Kaia (1878 - 1972)

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

Surnames: Haugen, Laines, Ludovic, Beede, Johnson, Maus, Brummeter, Bieneck, Appleyard, Schlinkert, Wesenberg, Dodte, Ingold, Wall, Scott, Yons

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 6/08/1972

Haugen, Kaia (18 January 1878 - 1 June 1972)

Funeral services for Mrs. Kaia C. Haugen, 93, of Neillsville, who died June 1, were held Saturday, June 3, at 1:30 p.m. from the United Church of Christ. The Rev. George E. Yons officiated and burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery. The Georgas Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Haugen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Laines, was born January 18, 1878, in Iowa. She received her education in North Dakota schools. Her marriage to Paul Haugen, who died January 15, 1957, took place May 2, 1900 in Morreston, N.D. The couple farmed in North Dakota and also lived in Minnesota before moving to a farm north of Neillsville in 1926. After the death of her husband, she made her home with a daughter, Mrs. Adelaide Ludovic. Mrs. Haugen was a member of the United Church of Christ and of its Sewing circle.

Survivors include three children, Mrs. Adelaide Ludovic and Hiram Haugen of Neillsville and Mr. C. W. (Murel) Beede of Eau Claire; a sister, Mrs. J. P. (Alma) Johnson of Two Harbors, Mn; and seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Paul Bieneck, Fred Appleyard, Clarence Schlinkert, Emil Wesenberg, Bernard Dodte and Roger Ingold. Ellis Wall sang “Come, Ye Disconsolate” and “Jesus Savior, Pilot Me.” He was accompanied by Mrs. Jess W. Scott.

Those from out of town who attended the services were: Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Beede of Eau Clare, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Maus and family of Rice Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ludovic and family of Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Garry Brummeter of Menomonie and Mrs. J.P. Johnson and Daryl Johnson of Two Harbors, Mn.