Obit: Pipkorn, Fred (1907 - 1971)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Pipkorn, Krall, Theil, Machon, Haavisto, Mikelson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 1/07/1971

Pipkorn, Fred (10 May 1907 - 1 January 1971)

Funeral services for Fred Pipkorn, 63, of Rt. 1 Spencer, who died early January 1, at Owen, were held Tuesday, January 5, at 2 p.m. from the Roycraft Funeral Home in Loyal. The Rev. Conrad Mikelson officiated and burial was made in the Beaver Cemetery.

Mr. Pipkorn was born May 10, 1907, in the Township of Unity, and he was educated in the Oak Grove Schools. He worked on the farm where he was born and raised until 1964 when he entered the Clark County Hospital in Owen.

Survivors include six brothers, Oscar of Riplinger, Bernard of Clintonville, and Otto, Leo, Adolph, and Louis all of the Clark County Hospital in Owen, and four sisters, Mrs. Hattie Krall of Marshfield, Mrs. Rudolph (Adeline) Theil of Wisconsin Rapids, Mrs. Marvin (Velda) Machon of Wisconsin Rapids, and Mrs. Emil (Dora) Haavisto of Owen.