Obit: Eggett, George (1886 - 1949)

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Surnames: Eggett, Sempf, Simmons

----Source: The Loyal Tribune  (Loyal, Clark County, Wis. 28 July 1949)

Eggett, George  (21 FEB 1866-20 JULY 1949)

George R. Eggett,83, of Greenwood, , died at St. Joseph’s hospital in Marshfield Wednesday noon, July 20. following an illness of about 10 days. Funeral services werew held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grace Methodist church in Greenwood, the Rev. Lee Holmes officiating. Burial was in the Greenwood cemetery.

Mr. Eggett was born on Feb. 21, 1866, in Kelk, England. He moved to Canada with his parents in 1883 and lived there for a year before moving to a farm southeast of Greenwood in 1884. On Aug. 25, 1895, he married Louisa Sempf. They had one son, Fred, who now lived in Venice, Cal. Mrs. Eggett died on Aug. 7, 1903.

On Aug. 5, 1907, Mr. Eggett married Lettie Simmons. They lived on a farm near Loyal, where he worked as a logger in addition to farming. His second wife died on Jan. 28, 1922.

Eggett moved to Marshfield in 1922 and lived there for seven years. He left Marshfield in 1929 and bought a farm near Humbird, where he spent the next seven years. In 1936 he returned to Greenwood and has lived there ever since.

Surviving Mr. Eggett, besides his son, Fred, is a sister, Miss Minnie Eggett of Greenwood.