Obit: Telford, Mary (1902 - 1965)

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Surnames: Telford, Hendrichs, Biddle, Missling

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 10/07/1965

Telford, Mary (20 OCT 1902 - 3 OCT 1965)

Mrs. George (Mary) Telford, 62, route 1, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), died Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield following a lingering illness.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at holy Rosary Catholic Church in Owen. The Rev. H.L. Crubel officiated and burial was made in the Riverside Cemetery at Withee.

The former Mary Hendrichs was born Oct. 20, 1902 at Faribault, Minn. Her marriage to George Telford took place Feb. 16, 1926 at Stanley. The couple lived at Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.) until 1934 when they moved to a farm south of Owen.

Mrs. Telford was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church at Owen.

In addition to her husband, she leaves three sons, Alfred, Spencer; James, Milwaukee; and William, Owen; four brothers, Ted Hendrichs and Frank Hendrichs, Withee; Anton Hendrichs, Sheboygan; and John Hendrichs, Thorp; three sisters, Mrs. Charles (Lena) Biddle and Mrs. Robert (Willa) Missling, Thorp; and Mrs. Joe Hendrichs, Janesville; and six grandchildren.