Obit: Northup, James L. (1939 - 1967)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Northup, Schoenherr, Schulist, Siracusa

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/28/1967

Northup, James L. (23 November 1939 - 24 September 1967)

Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Georgas Funeral Home for James L. Northup, 27, of Davis, Ill., who died Sunday of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

James L. Northup was born November 23, 1939, in Loyal, the son of Leland Northup and the late Grace (Schoenherr) Northup. He was a graduate of East High School, Rockford, Ill. For the last five years he had resided in Davis, Ill., where he was employed.

He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pecatonica, Ill., and the Winnebago County Farm Bureau.

On June 25, 1960, he was married to the former Loretta Schulist in Neillsville.

Mr. Northup is survived by his wife; three children, Leisa, Dawn and Lyndon, all at home; his father, Leland Northup of Beloit; a sister, Mrs. John (Jeanine) Siracusa of Rockford, Ill.; and a brother, Rodger of Grays Lake, Ill.

Funeral arrangements were made by the Georgas Funeral Home.