Obit: Hautamaki, Alma J. #2 (1882 - 1960)

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Surnames: Hautamaki, Koski, Sommers, Leverty, Jacobs, Schnoor, Kivviko

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 06/30/1960

Hautamaki, Alma J. #2 (6 SEP 1882 - 21 JUN 1960)

Mrs. Matt Hautamaki, who had been ill and confined to her home here for the past several months, passed away June 21^st, 1960.  Funeral services were held Friday afternoon from the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home.  Rev. William Prusi of Negaunee, Mich., conducted the final rites.  During the service three Finnish hymns were sung by Jacob Saari of Negaunee, Mich.  Burial was made at Riverside Cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers were Jacob Winamaki, Einar Finnila, Arvi Finnila, Solomon Laakso, Victor Mattila and Henry Pertunen.  Carrying the floral offerings were Mrs. Arne Bjornstad, Mrs. Theodore Jensen, Mrs. Ensio Bjorn and Mrs. William Kangas.

Mrs. Hautamaki, the former Alma Josephine Koski, was born Sept. 6, 1882, in Finland.  She came to America when she was 21 years of age, and on Aug. 20, 1904, was united in marriage to Matt Hautamaki at Negaunee, Mich.  Seven years later the couple came to Clark County, settling on a farm in the Town of Longwood.  They farmed three different farms in the township until their retirement in 1948 when they moved to Owen.

Her passing is mourned by her husband, two sons, Charles and Robert, both of Owen; four daughters, Mrs. Wesley (Selma) Sommers, San Diego, Calif., Mrs. Ellen Leverty, Bloomington, Ill., Mrs. L.L. (Sylvia) Jacobs, Waukegan, Ill., and Mrs. Lorance (Ruth) Schnoor, Owen; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.  One daughter, Mrs. William (Lila) Kivviko, preceded her in death.

Friends and relatives attended the funeral services from Owen, Withee, Curtiss, Colby, Spencer, Greenwood, Jim Falls, Westboro, Ogema, Negaunee, Mich., Chicago, Ill., Waukegan, Ill. and San Diego, Calif.  One daughter, a resident of Bloomington, Calif., was unable to attend the services.