Surnames: Prouty, VanGorder, Warner

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 10/31/1946

Prouty, Rebecca (28 JUL 1864 - 20 OCT 1946)

Funeral services were conducted last Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Owen Congregational Church for Mrs. Rebecca Prouty, 82, who died of old age complications Sunday, Oct. 20, 1946, at her home at Owen (Clark Co., Wis.).

The Rev. R.O. Reimers had charge of the rites and interment took place in the East Thorp Cemetery.

Mrs. Prouty was born at Rosendale, July 28, 1864, and was married Jan. 1, 1884, to Vernon Prouty, who died June 7, 1920. She was a emmber of the Congregational Church and of the Women’s Relief Cops, Asbra Welcome Chapter, for 45 years.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mae VanGorder, Withee, and Mrs. Nettie Warner, Chippewa Falls; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A son, Warren Calvin, died at the age of 10, and a daughter died in infancy.