Obit: McParland, Melissa (1868 - 1952)
Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: McParland, Wright, Frese, Schmidt

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 01/01/1953

McParland, Melissa (8 FEB 1868 - 26 DEC 1952)

Mrs. Peter McParland, who left Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.) about twenty-five years ago, passed away at the Mount Sinai Hospital at Milwaukee on Friday, Dec. 26th, 1952 at the home of her son William there where she had been residing. She had reached the age of 84 years, 10 months and 10 days.

Melissa Wright was born on Feb. 8, 1868 at Ionia, Ill. She came to Thorp with her parents about seventy-seven years ago and resided on a farm near here. On May 18, 1892, she was united in marriage to Peter McParland at Colby, who passed away at Thorp at the age of 52 on Oct. 29, 1911. She raised a family of two boys in the village of Thorp and after disposing of her home here had been spending her time with them and other relatives.

She is survived by two sons, William of Milwaukee and Leland of Cudahy, Wis., two sisters, Mrs. John Frese of Thorp and Mrs. Wm. Schmidt of Cornell.

The body of the deceased arrive here on Sunday last and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Leland Shaw at the Thorp Funeral Home at 10:00 o’clock on Monday morning, Dec. 29. Hymns were sung during the service by Margie and Jean Cook, accompanied by Mrs. Sherman Alger. Interment took place in the family lot in the East Throp Cemetery. Pallbearers were John G. Bogumill, John Hickman, D. D. Stookey, Kenneth Lindquist, Stanley Glamkowski and Wm. S. Wagner.