Obit: Ockerlander, John (1891 - 1954) 

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Surnames: Ockerlander, Waterman, Melvin, Reed, See 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 08/19/1954 
 

Ockerlander, John (1 Feb. 1891 - 14 Aug. 1954) 
 

Funeral services for John Ockerlander, 63, who died Saturday at St. Mary’s hospital, Wausau, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Helke Funeral Home. Internment was made in the Rest Lawn cemetery, at Wausau.  
 

Mrs. Ockerlander died Oct. 7, 1950, and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ockerlander, died July 19. 
 

Mr. Ockerlander was born in Milwaukee Feb. 1, 1891, and was married to Edith L. Waterman at Omaha, Neb., Oct. 1, 1914. In 1921, they came to a farm in the town of Mayville and lived there until 1941, when they moved to Wausau. 
 

He is survived by a son, Jack Ockerlander, Santa Monica, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Francis (Ruth) Melvin, Abbotsford; Mrs. James (Carol) Reed, Essex Junction, Vt.; and Mrs. Robert (Doris) See, Wausau; a brother, Lawrence Ockerlander, Madison; and five grand children.