Obit: Harrop, J. Sherman (1883 - 1959)

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Surnames: Harrop, Faivre, Arneson, Weitzman, Haas, Wooldridge

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 09/03/1959

Harrop, J. Sherman (15 Mar. 1883 - 28 Aug. 1959)

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the First Presbyterian church in Abbotsford for J. Sherman Harrop, age 76, who died Friday evening at his home in the town of Holton. Rev. Lawrence Faivre officiated and burial was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

Mr. Harrop was born on March 15, 1883, in Iowa county. For the past 43 years he had farmed in the town of Holton. His marriage to the former Trena Arneson took place at Benton, Wis., on April 16, 1915. He was a member and former trustee of the Presbyterian church and a former board member of his district school.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Claire Harrop of Madison and Jack Harrop at home; two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Doris) Weitzman of Stetsonville and Mrs. Elmer (Evelyn) Haas of Colby; five grand children; a sister, Mrs. Floyd Wooldridge of Arens; a brother, Earl, of Whitewater. Seven brothers and sisters preceded him in death.