Obit: Greenwood, Joseph F. (1856 - 1935)

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Surnames: GREENWOOD NOVAK GEDEK

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 21 Feb 1935

Greenwood, Joseph F. (5 Mar. 1856 - 17 Feb. 1935)

Funeral services for Joseph F. Greenwood, age 79, of Abbotsford, who died at the hospital at Owen Sunday morning of heart trouble, after an illness of four years, were held Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock at St. Bernard’s Catholic church, Rev. John Novak officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery.

The deceased was born March 5th, 1856, at Quebec, Canada, and came to Fond du Lac at the age of fifteen years from Canada. In 1885 he was married at Oak Center to Miss Mary Gedek, and the family has resided the last seven years at Abbotsford, Wis. The deceased is survived by his widow, one son, George Greenwood of Chicago, and three sisters and a brother, residing in Canada.