Obit: Tofte, Jess C. (1890 - 1961)
Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon
Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Tofte, Christiansen, Knudsen
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) October 5, 1961
Tofte, Jess C. (26 February 1890 - 29 September 1961)
Jess C. Tofte, 71, World War I Veteran and resident of Owen and Withee for the last seven years; died September 29 of a heart condition and complications in a Marshfield hospital.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Nazareth Lutheran Church, Withee. Burial was made in the church cemetery. The Rev. Beryl Knudsen officiated.
Mr. Tofte was born in Denmark February 26, 1890, and came to this country as a youth. He was married to Miss Lillian Christensen at Racine on December 5, 1945. They lived there until 1954, when they moved to Withee. A year ago they moved to Owen.
His wife, two nieces and a nephew survive.
He was a member of the Nazareth Lutheran Church of Withee.
|
© Every submission is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Show your appreciation of this freely provided information by not copying it to any other site without our permission.
Become a Clark County History Buff
|
|
A site created and
maintained by the Clark County History Buffs
Webmasters: Leon Konieczny, Tanya Paschke, Janet & Stan Schwarze, James W. Sternitzky,
|
