Obit: Billington, Mary P. (1882 - 1959)

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Surnames: Billington, Sharp, Backus

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 09/03/1959

Billington, Mary P. (1882 - 25 AUG 1959)

The hand of death touched that of Mary Pearl Billington Tuesday Aug. 25, 1959, when she succumbed following a heart attack at a hospital in Valparaiso, Ind. where she had been the past three months visiting at the home of a daughter.  Previous to the heart attack which she first suffered 10 days previous to her passing away, she had fallen and sustained a fracture him.

She had been a resident of the Village of Withee (Clark Co., Wis.) for the past 47 years, and of this time the past 28 years she had served as the Owen Enterprise Withee correspondent.

Her death followed by less than four months that of her husband, the late Allen Billington, who passed away on the 27^th of April.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 o’clock Friday afternoon, Aug. 28, from the Methodist Church in Withee, of which she was a charter member, with the parish pastor, Rev. Cecil Ward officiating.  Mrs. Glen Buchanan accompanied the church choir at the organ.  Serving as pallbearers were John Blunck, Clinton Albert, George Funk, John Blunck Jr., Emil Hansen and Lloyd Murphy.  In charge of the floral offerings were Mesdames Roy Auberg, Clinton Albert, John Jalling and Miss Natalie Scherf.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wallace (Leone) Sharp, Fairfield, Mont., and Mrs. Norma (Mildred) Backus, Valparaiso, Ind., and four grandchildren.

Among the out of town relatives and friends here for the services were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wilhelm, Thorp; Mr. and Mrs. Truman Felton, Bruce; Mrs. Russell Haire, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Backus, Eau Claire; Mrs. Myrtle Munson, Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blaasch, Greenwood, and Mrs. Ida Replogle, Waupaca.