Obit: Mathison, Albert #2 (1877 - 1961)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Mathison, Helwig, Hohl, Behrens, Wuethrich, Olson, Larson, Hoeft, Peterson, Syth, Carlson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) February 16, 1961

Mathison, Albert (21 January 1877 - 7 February 1961)

Funeral services were held February 9 from Grace Methodist Church for Albert Mathison, 84, life long resident of Greenwood.  The Rev. Gene Carlson officiated.  Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were: Fred Hohl, Fred Behrens, Allen Wuethrich, Henry Olson, Peter Larson and Otto Hoeft.  Jo Ann Peterson sang, "Nearer My God to Thee" and "What a Friend we Have in Jesus," accompanied on the organ by Mary Syth.

Mr. Mathison was born January 21, 1877, in Greenwood.  After the death of his parents he and his sister, Annie, continued to reside on the family farm, southeast of the city until 1944, when they retired and moved to the city, making their home with another brother, Henry.  He died in September, 1955, and they went to reside in the Clark County Home of the aged here.  Annie died in December 1955.  Mr. Mathison never married.

He died February 7 in Marshfield, where he had been a hospital patient for 13 days.

Attending the funeral from away were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Mathison of Wauwatosa, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Helwig of Eau Claire, several relatives from Eau Claire and a number of friends from Loyal.