Obit: Hughes, Owen (1847 - 1938)

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Surnames: Hughes, Hoover, Briggs, Treat, Peterson, Ouimette, Green, Wing, Hoffman

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 12/01/1938

Hughes, Owen (31 Dec. 1847 - 20 Nov. 1938)

Last rites for Owen Hughes were held at the Presbyterian church at Abbotsford Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 23, Rev. E. H. Hoover officiating, and internment was made in the Abbotsford cemetery where the Masonic order had charge of the rites and which were conducted by O. R. Briggs of Colby. All past masters of the Abbotsford lodge F. & A.M. acted as pall bearers and were Harry Treat, Nels Peterson, Nels Ouimette, Ralph Green, F. B. Wing and Chas. Hoffman.