Obit: Vinger, Palmer #3 (1897? - 1964)

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Surnames: Vinger, Olson, Thompson, Kavanaugh, Robinson, Strand, Ragatz

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 05/21/1964

Vinger, Palmer (1897? - 14 MAY 1964)

Palmer Vinger, 66, who has operated a real estate office at Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.) since 1923, died at 4 p.m. Thursday at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minn., following vascular surgery, which was performed on Tuesday.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in Our Savior's Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Arvid Myhrwold officiating. Burial was in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Vinger married Lydia Olson Dec. 5, 1917. They settled on a farm east of Colby and in 1921 moved to the Greenwood area. Since 1923 he has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business.

Mr. Vinger was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church, the Greenwood Masonic Lodge, Cloverbelt Real Estate Board, of which he was a charter member, and was also a member of the National Association, was a charter member of the Greenwood Rotary Club.

Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Richard Thompson and Mrs. William Kavanaugh, both of Greenwood; four brothers, Victory, Stanky; Chester, Argyle; Milcom, New Prague, Minn.; and Gerhardt, Minneapolis, Minn.; 3 sisters, Mrs. Clarence Robinson, Broadview, Ill.; Mrs. O.J. (Marie) Strand, Hollindale, Wis.; and Mrs. Ed Ragatz, Stanley; and four grandchildren.