Obit: Northup, Mabel #3 (1884 - 1964)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Northup, Cole, Gault, Karl, Koehler

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) January 23, 1964

Northup, Mabel (1 October 1884 - 15 January 1964)

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the Georgas Funeral Home for Mrs. Mabel Northup, 79, of Rt. 1 Neillsville, who died here January 15.  She had been in poor health for several years. The Rev. W. C. Koehler of the united Church of Christ officiated.  Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Mrs. Northup, the former Mabel Gault, was born October 1, 1884, in Dodge County. Her parents were the late E. A. and Elsie (Cole) Gault, Sr.  She came with her parents to Clark County in 1898.  The family located on a farm in the Town of Grant.

On June 3, 1908, she was married to the late Percy L. Northup, who died in 1956.  Following their marriage they lived in the Town of Grant and later farmed for several years in the Town of York.  They later moved onto a small place in the town of Grant, where she has made her home with her son, Raymond, since the death of Mr. Northup.

She is survived by the son, Raymond, at home; and a daughter, Mrs. Clifford (Amber) Karl of Neillsville; a brother, Forrest Gault of Neillsville; and three grandchildren.

Mrs. Northup was a member of Golden Link Lodge, No. 78, Royal Neighbors of America.