Obit: Wilkins, Lottie (1863 - 1931)

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Surnames: WILKINS SCHRAUFNAGEL BLISH

----Sources: COLBY PHONOGRAPH (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 12 Nov 1931

Wilkins, Lottie (16 Jan. 1863 - 8 Nov. 1931)

Mrs. Ed. Wilkins, a former Colbyite, living here about forty years ago, died in Orlando, Florida, and the remains will be brought here for burial. The deceased was born in Sauk county in 1863 and came here with her parents when thirteen years of age, living here for several years when she moved to Cherokee and lived there for seven years. She also lived in Abbotsford for eight years. She was married in Colby to Ed. Wilkins in 1880. Besides her husband, age eighty-three, her departure to the distant shore is mourned by one daughter, Mrs. Allie Schraufnagel of the town of Hull, and three sons, one in Florida, one in Stetsonville, Wis., and one in Montana.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the F. W. Lulloff Funeral parlor, Rev. F. M. Blish officiating, and internment will be made in the Colby cemetery.

*** Note: Mrs. Wilkins’ first name, and dates of birth and death are from the Colby Memorial Cemetery index on this site.