Obit: Reeves, Catherine #2 (1875 - 1948)
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Surnames: Reeves, Watenpohl, Harry, Meach, Beschta

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 06/10/1948

Reeves, Catherine (2 June 1875 - 7 June 1948)

Mrs. Henry Reeves, Sr., Colby, died Monday night, shortly before midnight at St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged, at La Crosse.

Mrs. Reeves, the former Catherine Watenpohl, was born at Fairchild June 2, 1875, and moved to Colby with her parents when a young girl. She was married in Colby, July 25, 1893, to Henry Reeves. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1943.

Surviving, besides her husband, are four children, Henry, Jr., and Mrs. William (Neva) Harry, Colby; Harold, Abbotsford; and John, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There also are 12 grand children and five great grand children. Her sister, Mrs. Dena Meach, lives at Owen.

Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9:30 o’clock at St. Mary’s Catholic church, ar Colby, with the Rev. N. B. Beschta officiating at the Requiem High Mass. Burial will be made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery.

The body is lying in state at the Lulloff Funeral Home, where the general rosary service will be held Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Reeves was a member of the Christian Mothers’ Society of St. Mary’s church.

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 06/17/1948

Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Reeves, son, Michael, of Milwaukee, and Ronald Reeves, Madison, came Thursday and stayed with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reeves. They came to attend the funeral of their grand mother, Mrs. Henry Reeves, Sr., held Friday at Colby, Wis. They left again Friday afternoon.