Obit: Mortl, John #2 (1893 - 1971)

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

Surnames: Mortl, Fravert, Richmond, Camarin, Albert, Jackson, Butler, Meredith, Flitter, Jenni, Syth, Antrim

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 3/18/1971

Mortl, John (12 July 1893 - 18 March 1971)

Mortl, 77, of Greenwood died March 18, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield where he had been a surgical patient since March 2.

Mr. Mortl, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mortl, was born July 12, 1893, in Tyro, Austria. He came to the United States with his parents when he was three years old. They settled in Lincoln, Ill., where he received his education. Later he was employed there in a coal mine and in a blacksmith shop. In 1913, he joined the army and was in service for seven years. He was never married.

In 1922, he came to Clark County and farmed in Tioga until 1946. He came to Greenwood and in 1949 he was employed by the Clark Electric Cooperative. He retired in 1958. There are no known survivors.

Funeral services were held Saturday from the Hill Funeral Home. The Rev. Eugene Antrim, pastor of Grace United Methodist Church officiated. Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery. Graveside military rites were in charge of the Wallis-Hinker Legion Post, No. 238.

Pallbearers were: Einar Jackson, Clarence Butler, Thomas Meredith, John Flitter, Phillip Jenni and Richard Syth. Mrs. Elvera Fravert, Mrs. Jerald Richmond, Elmer Humke and the Rev. and Mrs. Pacifico Camarin sang, “In the Garden” and “Ivory Palaces,” with Mrs. Alvin Albert as organ accompanist.