Obit: Zaske, Robert Lee (1938 - 1938)

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Surnames: Zaske, Huntley, Dixler, Thalacker, Scharnberg

----Sources: Neillsville Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 26 May 1938

Zaske, Robert Lee (4 March 1938 - 20 May 1938)

Robert Lee Zaske, son of Gilbert and Marian Huntley Zaske, was born in Neillsville March 4, 1938, and passed away at 7:50 a.m. Friday, May 20, 1938, at the Grover Huntley home, 184 S. Clay Street. His age was eleven weeks. Death was caused by pneumonia which developed from whooping cough.

He leaves to mourn his early departure his parents; one brother, Gene; and four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Huntley of Neillsville and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zaske of Westfield, Wis.

Funeral services were held from the Grover Huntley home 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. Wilson M. Bixler officiating. Burial was made in the Neillsville Cemetery.

Those from a distance who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zaske, Margaret Zaske, Beatrice Zaske, Mrs. Nora Frank, Mrs. Thalacker, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Scharnberg, all of Westfield, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Zaske of Portage.