Obit: Lockman, Viola (1885- 1967)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Lockman, Barnes, Bohnhoff, Ambelang, Wetzel, Cook, Karl, Sollberger, Schulz, Heineck, Burtness

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/9/1967

Lockman, Viola (12 June 1885 - 4 February 1967)

Mrs. Frank Lockman, 81, of Memorial Home died Saturday in Neillsville. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from Calvary Lutheran Church in Neillsville, of which she was a member. The Rev. E. G. Burtness officiated and burial was made in the Columbia Cemetery, in the Town of Hewett.

Mrs. Lockman, the former Viola Barnes, was born June 12, 1885, in the Town of Pine Valley, and had been a livelong resident of the Neillsville and Columbia area.

On September 10, 1908, she was married to Fred C. Bohnhoff, who died in 1918. Her second marriage took place December 16, 1925, to Frank Lockman, who died in 1954. Both marriages took place in Neillsville.

She is survived by a son, Wilson Bohnhoff of Rt. 2 Neillsville (Columbia area).

Pallbearers were: Harry Ambelang, Otto Wetzel, Leslie Cook, Richard Karl, William Sollberger and William Schulz.

“I Know of a Sleep in Jesus” and “Abide With Me” were sung by Mrs. Roger Heineck, accompanied by Mrs. E. G. Burtness.