Surnames: Keller, Zuraff, Ayen

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 05/10/1951

Keller, John (19 FEB 1899 - 28 APR 1951)

John Keller, 52, son of Mrs. Edith Keller, passed away April 28, 1951, after an illness of five weeks in the hospital.

He was born Feb. 19, 1899 at Sherwood, Wis. In 1903 he moved to Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.) with his parents, where he has resided until his death.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Edith Keller, two sisters, Mrs. Bernard (May) Zuraff of Thorp, Mrs. Albert (Anna( Ayen) of Mount Horeb, and six brothers, Frank, Anton, William, Joseph, Matthew, of Thorp, and Henry of Greenwood, seven nephews and nine nieces. His father and one sister preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held at St. Bernard’s Church at Thorp on Tuesday morning, May 1st. He was laid to rest in St. Bernard’s Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Bernard Zuraff Jr., John Orzechowski, Andrew Pawlak, Stanley Welciak, Albert Wink Jr., Henry Hodorowski, nephews of the decease.

Those from our of town who attended the funeral of John Keller were Mrs. Albert Ayen, Mount Horeb, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keller, Greenwood, Mrs. Clara Frank, Emma Siepold, Rennie Sipold and daughter Viola, and Oscar Siepold from Antigo, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Van Dreel and Mr. and Mrs. John Sazama, Colby, Wis.