Obit: Owens, George Sylvester (1868 - 1955)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Owens, Alderman, Kauth, Russell, Groskreutz, Clark, Ewers, Black 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) December 8, 1955 
 

Owens, George, Sylvester (1868 - 15 November 1955) 
 

George Sylvester Owens died at Jefferson hospital November 15, 1955, age 87 years.  A stroke was the cause of death. 
 

He was born in Richland County, 1868, and was married to Rachel Alderman of Richland County in 1894.  Born to this union were five daughters.  One daughter Mary died at the age of 14.  His wife died 27 years ago. 
 

Mr. Owens was a farmer all his life, was a resident of Clark County for many years.  He was a brother of the late Harry Owens of Granton. 
 

He leaves four daughters: Mrs. Herbert Kauth, Milwaukee; Mrs. Della Russell, Lynxville, Wis.; Mrs. Edith Groskreutz, and Mrs. William Clark, Fort Atkinson; one brother, Fred Owens, Richland Center; two sisters, Mrs. Ada Ewers, Richland Center, and Mrs. Esther Black, Des Moines, Ia.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ethel Owens, and her son, Clyde of Neillsville, and many nieces and nephews.  He had 11 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. 
 

He was interred in Jefferson, Wis.