Obit: Butler, Elnora (1852 - 1935)

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Email: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Butler, Randall, Blanchett, Wilding, Merrill, Owens, White

----Sources: Neillsville Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 10 Jan. 1935

Butler, Elnora (18 Jan. 1852 - 5 Jan. 1935)

Elnora Randall was born near Fond du Lac, Wis., Jan. 18, 1852and died in Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 5, 1935, very near the age of 83 years.

She grew to womanhood on the farm of her parents and came with them to Clark County about 60 years ago, settling about three miles east of Neillsville, Wis.

She was married to William Wallace Butler in Neillsville about 50 years ago, and to this union four children were born, two of them have preceded their mother in death as has also Mr. Butler, who passed on in the year of 1918.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. C. J. Blanchett, of Milwaukee, Wis., one son, C. A. Butler, of Minneapolis; one brother, Jerry Randall, of Fond du Lac; three sisters, Mrs. M. E. Wilding, of Neillsville, Mrs. Addie Merrill, of Fond du Lac, Wis., and Mrs. Lane Owens, of Sioux Falls, S. D. and one grandson.

Funeral services were held at the Lowe Funeral home Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock, the Rev. P. B. White officiating, and burial took place in the local cemetery.