Obit: Grantham, Oliver (1882 - 1957)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Grantham, Stone, Alverson, Wilson, Thompson, Pomeroy 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) March 28, 1957 
 

Grantham, Oliver (5 February 1882 - 25 March 1957) 
 

Oliver W. Grantham, 75, of Wauconda, Ill., father of Mrs. Albert Wilson of Neillsville, died Monday evening in Neillsville.  He had been a hospital patient for two weeks.  
 

The body reposed at the Georgas Funeral Home from Tuesday evening until Wednesday, when it was taken to Wauconda for services and burial on Friday. The Rev. N. Pomeroy of Wauconda will officiate at the Federated Church.  Burial will be made in the Wauconda Cemetery. 
 

Mr. Grantham was born February 5, 1882 at Wauconda and was the son of the late Richard and Nellie (Stone) Grantham.  He received his education at Cary, Ill., and for 23 years was employed as custodian at the Wauconda grade school.  He also worked for a lumber yard there for several years. 
 

On March 2, 1904 he was married to the former Orpha Alverson at Cary, Ill. She survives him. 
 

Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Albert (Fern) Wilson of Neillsville; Mrs. Robert (Ruby) Thompson, Lancing, Ill.; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.