Surnames: Deauchamp, Western, Miller

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 11/09/1950

Deauchamp, Mathilda (8 NOV 1875 - 6 NOV 1950)

Mrs. Joseph Deauchamp, 74, died at the Stanley hospital on Monday, where she was a patient for the past week. She suffered a stroke of paralysis about a week ago at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sisco here, where she was staying. Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at 2:00 p.m., Rev. Shaw officiating. An obituary will be published next week.

(Follow on in 11/16, 1950 Thorp Courier)

Funeral services for Mrs. Mathilda Deauchamp, 74, were conducted by Rev. Leland Shaw, pastor of Methodist at the Thorp Funeral Home at 2:00 o’clock Thursday afternoon, Nov. 9th. Mrs. Deauchamp passed away at the hospital at Stanley on Monday, Nov. 6th, 1950 of a stroke which she suffered on Oct. 21.

Mathilda Western Deauchamp was born Nov. 8th, 1875 in Richland County, Wis., the daughter of Erick and Marie Western. She lived there until her marriage to Joseph Deauchamp on Oct. 26, 1896. They resided on a farm there until about 1902 and then came to Thorp (Clark County), Wis. Later they lived in Madison, Wis., and Marshfield, before coming back to Thorp to make their home.

She is survived by her husband Joseph Deauchamp, three children, Mayme, Marshfield; Fred, Minneapolis; and Tom, Milwaukee; Also one sister, Mrs. Hannah Miller, Stanley, wis., two brothers, Albert Western, Madison, Alfred Western, So. Milwaukee; five grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

She was laid to rest in the East Thorp Cemetery.

Out of town persons who attended Mrs. Deauchamp’s funeral on Thursday were: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Western, Mrs. Gust Western, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Western, Mrs. L. Parisius, Mrs. Branvold, Norman, Elroy and Paul Branvold, Mrs. H. Miller and Otto Miller, Stanley; Albert Western, Mr. and Mrs. W. Western, Mrs. J. Lithabohn, Mrs. T. Hussum, Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Johnson and Ruth Lorraine, Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Western, Mrs. Evelyn Deauchamp and daughter Donelda, Pat Kelly, Milwaukee; John Kronenberg and son Harold, Beaver Dam; Mr. and Mrs. Myron Dahm and children, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Loveland and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Dahm, Mrs. Wm. Deworth, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Broem, all of Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Holden, Ellsworth.