Obit: Herian, Perry A. (1907 - 1965)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Herian, Meyer, Wileman, Feckhelm, Kitzman, Wright, Svetlik, Horswill, Skroch, Becker, Wasserburger, Miller, Kelly

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) December 30, 1965

Herian, Perry A. (17 August 1907 - 23 December 1965)

Funeral services were held Monday forenoon from St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Neillsville for Perry A. Herian, 58, of Fort Atkinson, who died Thursday in University Hospital, Madison.  The Rev. Bernard T. Kelly officiated with burial being made in the parish cemetery.

Mr. Herian was born August 17, 1907, in Neillsville.  He attended Neillsville schools and later worked as a body repair man for the Svetlik Motor Co., for several years. After leaving Neillsville in 1952, he worked in La Crosse and Fort Atkinson.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sadie E. (Meyer) Herian of Fort Atkinson; and three brothers, Louis of East Troy, John of West Bend and Robert of Milwaukee.

Pallbearers were: Frank Svetlik, Robert Horswill, Everett Skroch, Henry Becker, Leo Wasserburger and Otto Miller.

People from out of town attending the funeral were Mrs. Sadie Herian and Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Wileman of Fort Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Herian of East Troy; Robert Herian of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. John Herian of West Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Feckhelm of Unity; Paul Kitzman of Delavan; and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Wright of Chippewa Falls.