Obit: Holt, Carrie (1859 - 1956)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Holt, Cross, Foster, Sischo, Begley, Joyce, Wilson, Peterson, Fulmer, McKimm, Seidelman, Harcey, Wilsman, Schaefer, Buchholz 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) May 3, 1956 
 

Holt, Carrie (10 October 1859 - 28 April 1956) 
 

Funeral services were conduced Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Christie Methodist Church for Mrs. Carrie Holt, 96, who died Saturday at the home of her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holt of Greenwood. R1.  
 

The body, in charge of the Georgas Funeral Home, was taken to the church Tuesday noon, where it reposed for an hour prior to services. The Rev. Frank B. Harcey officiated.  Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery. 
 

Mrs. Holt was born October 10, 1859, at Stone Bank, to William and Mary (Cross) Foster.  She received her rural education at Stone Bank and, following her marriage to Albert J. Holt on October 16, 1878, at Oconomowoc, they farmed in Pierce County before coming to Clark County in 1883.  They settled on a farm in the Town of Weston, which had been her home since. 
 

Since the death of her husband in 1901, Mrs. Holt has made her home with her children. The past several years she has been cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Holt.  
 

Mrs. Holt, who had both of her hips broken in two separate falls, was active up to last fall, and since that time was confined to her bed.  On her 96^th birthday she received birthday greetings from President and Mrs. Eisenhower. 
 

She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Jennie Sischo, and Mrs. Marion Begley of Neillsville; Clarence Holt, Mrs. William (Vera) Joyce, Greenwood; and Earl Holt of Neillsville; a brother, David Foster of Milwaukee; 20 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. 
 

Pallbearers were all grandsons of the deceased: Donald Holt, Ernest Begley, Merton Holt, James Holt, Lyle Sischo and Wilbur Joyce.  Flower ladies, granddaughters, were: Mrs. Robert Wilsman, Audrey, Joyce and Nancy Holt. 
 

Mrs. George Schaefer and Mrs. Fred Buchholz, accompanied by Miss Martha Buchholz, sang two selections. 
 

Out of town relatives attending the rites were: Ira Holt, St. Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Verlyn Holt, Beloit; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joyce, all of Milwaukee; Mrs. E. A. Peterson, Muskegon, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Holt, Elmwood, Wis.; Earle D. Fulmer, George and Carrie Fulmer, Athens; Raymond McKimm, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Holt, Marshfield; George and Laura Fulmer, Alfred and Hattie Fulmer, Oconomowoc; Harold Holt, Sheboygan; Robert Holt, Platteville; Mr. and Mrs. William Seidelman, and Mrs. Mike Seidelman, Chippewa Falls.