Obit: Aldinger, Pearl (1898 – 1955)

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Surnames: Aldinger, Abbott, Rush, Arndt, Kubaski, Dayton, Luepka, Buttke, Gaede, Hagerman, Grover

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) October 6, 1955

Aldinger, Pearl (23 December 1898 – 1 October 1955)

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday for Mrs. Pearl Aldinger, 57, of Humbird, who died October 1 at the St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Services were held from the Merrillan Methodist Church with the Rev. W. L. Grover officiating.  Interment was in the Merrillan Cemetery.

Mrs. Aldinger was born December 23, 1898 at Merrillan, to Elmus and Melissa (Abbott) Rush.  Her marriage to Edwin Aldinger took place November 16, 1921, at Merrillan.  Her entire life was spent in the Merrillan-Humbird vicinity.

She is survived by her husband and the following children: Mrs. William (Emma) Arndt, Neillsville; Harold of Fond du Lac; Eileen at home; Mrs. Ed (Iva) Kubaski, Humbird; Mrs. Earl (Marlene) Dayton of Chili; four sisters: Mrs. August Luepka and Mrs. Arthur Buttke of Alma Center; Mrs. Clarence Gaede, Merrillan and Mrs. Robert Hagerman of Pasadena, Texas; three brothers – Sam Rush of Merrillan and Ernest and Roy Rush of Black River Falls.  Other survivors are her mother, Mrs. Elmus Rush and seven grandchildren.

The body, in charge of the Georgas Funeral Home was taken Tuesday noon to the Merrillan church where it reposed until time of services.