Obit: Etta, Elmer James (1888 - 1956)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Etta, Stange, Legault, Humke, Stabnow, Tolleth, Volk, Svete 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) January 12, 1956 
 

Etta, Elmer James (23 April 1888 - 5 January 1956) 
 

Elmer James Etta, 67 years, son of he late J. Henry and Anna (Stange) Etta of Loyal, died at the King Hospital Thursday, January 5, at 11:30 a.m., where he had been a patient the past seven months.  He had suffered a stroke in 1949. 
 

Mr. Etta was born April 23, 1888, at Loyal.  He was married August 27, 1920, at St. Paul, Minn., to Esther M. Legault. 
 

Elmer Etta received his education in Loyal and was a graduate of the Wausau Business College.  He was in partnership with his father and his brother Oscar in the flour and feed business at Loyal.  He left Loyal in 1932 and operated his own business at Washburn, Wis., until his illness in 1949.  He was active in band work and was musician 2^nd Class in World War I, Headquarters Co., 32^nd Division.  He was elected city treasurer of Loyal in 1917 and was a former commander of the American Legion of Loyal. 
 

Besides his wife, Esther Etta of King, he is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. George (Valerie) Humke, and a son, Robert Etta both of Sterling, Ill.; one brother and four sisters: Mrs. Harold (Esther) Stabnow of Greenwood; Oscar Etta of Eau Claire; Mrs. Fred (Mable) Tolleth of Wisconsin Dells; Mrs. Perry (Maude) Volk of Loyal; and Mrs. Carl (Florence) Etta of Eau Claire. 
 

Funeral services were held Monday, January 9, at 9 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Greenwood. The Rev. Augustine Svete F. O. M. officiated.  Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.  Rosary services were held at the Stabnow Funeral Home Sunday evening at 8 p.m. 
 

Graveside services were conducted by the Wallis-Hinker Legion Post No. 238 of Greenwood.