Obit: Young, Bert (1876 - 1964)

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Surnames: Young, Clouse, Boldt, Verhalen, Butterbrodt, Rogstad, Kuehling

----Source: The Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark County, WI) 06 Feb 1964

Young, Bert (07 Oct 1876-02 Feb 1964

Bert E. Young, 87, of Loyal passed away early Sunday morning, Feb. 2 at his home in Sarasota, Florida.

Mr. Young was born October 7, 1876 at Argyle and married Cecelia Clouse July 1, 1916 at Loyal. Prior to his first marriage he worked as a street-car conductor at Milwaukee and after his marriage he farmed in the town of Loyal until his retirement in 1950. After retiring he lived in various places in the Loyal area.

His second marriage took place at Loyal, September 20, 1951 to Mrs. Lida Boldt.

He is survived by his wife who is a patient at a hospital at a hospital in Florida after suffering a heart attack; one son, Calvin of Marshfield; and four daughters, Mrs. Edgar (Edith) Verhalen, Mrs. William (Louella) Butterbrodt, Mrs. Vernon (Hazel) Rogstad, all of Loyal and Mrs. Norman (Norma) Kuehling, Unity. His first wife died in 1947, and one son also preceded him in death. He is survived by two step-children, Mrs. Frank (Gertrude) Degenhardt, Loyal and James Boldt, Milwaukee. Fourteen grandchildren and one brother, James of Neillsville, and two sisters, Mrs. John (Wilda) Sweeney of Bonita Springs Florida and Mrs. Clara Thurber, Macomb, Illinois. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.

The body will lie in state at the Myre Funeral Home beginning Wednesday morning. Funeral services will be held at the Loyal Methodist Church Thursday, February 6 at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Paul Doering officiating. Burial will be made in the Loyal Cemetery.

Mr. Young was a member of the Loyal Methodist Church. The past few years he has spent the winters in Florida.