Obit: Harper, Alice (1867 - 1956)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Harper, Mendel, Kayhart, Silkey, Asplin, Nulton  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) November 1, 1956 
 

Harper, Alice (7 April 1867 - 26 October 1956) 
 

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Christie Methodist Church for Mrs. Alice Harper, 89, who died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Zella Asplin of Greenwood. 
 

The body reposed at the Georgas Funeral Home until noon Monday, when it was taken to the church.  The Rev. Ethel Nulton of Greenwood officiated and internment was in the Town of Weston Cemetery. 
 

Mrs. Harper was born April 7, 1867, in Calumet County to Hiram and Harriett (Mendel) Kayhart.  Her parents moved to Dorchester when she was five years of age.  Here she received her education and on October 25, 1886, was married to George Harper at Neillsville.  They resided at Christie, which had been her home for 55 years.  Since the death of her husband she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Zella Asplin. 
 

She was a member of the Christie Methodist Church. 
 

Mrs. Harper is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Henry (Hattie) Silkey of Neillsville and Mrs. Zella Asplin of Greenwood; five grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. 
 

She was preceded in death by her husband, one brother and two sisters.