Obit: Lamont, Angus E. #2 (1882 - 1963)

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Surnames: Lamont, Riplinger, Cattanach, Sullivan

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 08/08/1963

Lamont, Angus E. #2 (22 FEB 1882 - 5 AUG 1963)

Funeral services for Angus Lamont, 81, of Colby, who died at the Leahy Nursing Home at Abbotsford at 5 p.m. Monday, will be held this morning, Aug. 8, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Colby, at 10:30 a.m.

The Rev. John B. Pinion will officiate at the services and burial will be made in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Rosary services were held by the Christian Mothers Tuesday evening and by St. Mary's congregation Wednesday evening.

The body has been in state at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby since Tuesday evening.

Mr. Lamont was born in the town of Colby in Clark County on Feb. 22, 1882. He was married tot eh former Katherine Riplinger on April 14, 1909, at St. Mary's Church at Colby. Before and after his marriage, he worked as a railroad construction worker in many parts of the county, operating a steam shovel, until 1919, when the couple settled on a farm south of Colby.

They moved to Colby in 1936 where he worked as a rural mail carrier and as a partner in Lamont's Service Station.

He is survived by his wife, tow sons, Malcolm of Abbotsford, and Angus D. Jr. of Colby, and a daughter, Mrs. Bert C. (Katherine) Cattanach of Owen. There are 13 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren.

A sister, Mrs. D.E. Sullivan of Fond du Lac, also survives.

He was preceded in death by a son, David, who died at the age of six months, and five brothers and two sisters.