Obit: Howard, Margaret (1856 - 1941)

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Surnames: HOWARD MCBRIDE SCHOONOVER RIEGER

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wis.) 05/22/1941

Howard, Margaret (9 MAR 1856 - 19 MAY 1941)

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Grace Methodist Church for Mrs. Margaret Howard, 85, owner of the Central Hotel, in Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), who died at the hotel Monday, May 19, 1941. She had been in poor health for the past four months, and was taken home last week from Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, where she was a patient for three weeks. Death resulted from a heart ailment and complications.

The Rev. A.J. Abbot had charge of the services, during which Mrs. Chal Perkins and Miss Evangeline Sheets sang "The Old Rugged Cross," "Abide with Me," and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye." Mrs. John Meng was piano accompanist.

Pallbearers were John Arends, Adolph Schwarze, Charles Ludwig, August Noetzel, Elmer Johnson, and George Speich. Floral sprays were carried by Mrs. E.T. Burch, Mrs. P.W. Gullord, Mrs. Ole Carteron, and Mrs. William Seidelman.

Mrs. Howard, the former Margaret McBride, was born in Pandora, Ohio, March 9, 1856, and was married Feb. 17, 1876, at Pandora to William R. Howard, who preceded her in death in 1920.

For three years before her marriage, Mrs. Howard taught school. She had received her education at Pandora and Cincinnati, Ohio. For 15 years after their marriage, the Howards lived on the home farm in Pandora, then moved to Greenwood, where they purchased the Begley Hotel, now the Central Hotel, and Mrs. Howard had remained in this business until her death.

Mrs. Howard, a member of the Methodist Church since childhood, had been active in church work until recent years.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ida Schoonover, Madison, and Mrs. Beatrice Rieger, Chicago; a son, Ray Howard, Greenwood; a brother, Alexander McBride, Ottawa, Ohio; five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Russell Howard, and by five brothers and four sisters, as well as by her husband.

1910 Federal Census, Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

Household
W R Howard Head Male 52 Ohio
Margaurette Howard Wife Female 52 Ohio
Raymond Howard Son Male 25 Ohio
Beatrice Howard Daughter Female 18 Ohio
Flora Behringer Servant Female 17 Wisconsin
Frank Miller Boarder Male 27 Wisconsin
Mrs. Fern Miller Boarder Female 21 Wisconsin
Talford Bea Boarder Male 22 Wisconsin
Daniel P O'Riley Boarder Male 22 Wisconsin
John Arends Boarder Male 34 Wisconsin
Edward Arends Boarder Male 22 Wisconsin
Charles Clock Boarder Male 18 Wisconsin

1920 Federal Census, Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

Household
William R Howard Head Male 63 Ohio
Margaret H Howard Wife Female 63 Ohio
Charles R Howard Son Male 36 Ohio
Rose A Howard Daughter-in-law Female 34 Wisconsin

Aurthur Hannah Lodger Male 62 Wisconsin
Edward A Sinnett Lodger Male 57 Illinois