Obit: Neville, James (1870 - 1954) 
 

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Neville, Cox, Syth, Wehrman, Barney, Wills, Hatton, Leketas 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) October 28, 1954 
 

Neville, James (24 April 1870 - 20 October 1954) 
 

Funeral services were held for James Neville, 84, who died at the Clark County Hospital at Owen on Wednesday, October 20.  Services were held October 23, from St. Mary’s Catholic Church.  The Rev. Fr. Peter Leketas officiated.  Interment was in the parish cemetery. 
 

Mr. Neville was born April 24, 1870, in Canada and moved to the Town of Weston in Clark County with his parents when he was one year old.  He received his elementary education in the Mound School.  During his boyhood he worked in the woods and on various farms and spent most of his life in Clark County.   
 

He is survived by one brother, William, of Neillsville. 
 

Pallbearers were William Neville, Jr., Leo Neville, Laurence Cox, Arnold Syth, John Syth and Simon Wehrman. 
 

Out of town persons attending services were: Mr. and Mrs. Mike Barney and son, Eau Claire; Mr. and Mrs. Nelan Wills, Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Evan Hatton, Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Neville, Rib Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Cox and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Wehrman, Mr. and Mrs. John Syth, Mr. and Mrs. George Syth, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Syth, all of Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Neville and children, Madison; Mr. and Mrs. William Neville, Jr., Granton.