Obit: Bealer, Louise (1882 - 1975)

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

Surnames: Bealer, Lehnerr, Wickersham, Barth, Omholt, Duerr, Grottke, Faber, Noble

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 5/29/1975

Bealer, Louise (28 January 1882 – 20 May 1975)

Funeral services were held Thursday from the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton, for Mrs. Louise Bealer, 93, who died Tuesday, May 20, at her home on Rt. 1 Chili. The Rev. William Noble of the united Methodist Church officiated, and burial followed in the Yolo Cemetery.

Mrs. Bealer, the former Louise Lehnerr, was born January 28, 1882, at Monroe. Since the time of her marriage to Paul Bealer, she had lived on a farm in the Town of Fremont. Mr. Bealer preceded his wife in death.

Surviving are four sons: Ernest of Coeur D’Alene, Id., Oscar and Edwin of Chili and Raymond, address unknown; two daughters, Mrs. Leona Wickersham of Marshfield and Mrs. Edward (Lena) Barth of Chili; and seven grandchildren. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Lovina Omholt of Manteca, Calif.

Pallbearers were Ernest Barth, Garth Barth, Harold Wickersham, Glen Wickersham, John Wickersham and Arnold Duerr.

“The Old Rugged Cross” and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” were sung by Mrs. Henry Grottke, Jr. Mrs. Norman Faber was the organist.