Obit: Daines, Chester (1890 - 1968)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Daines, Brockley, Pavloski, Fuller

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/09/1969

Daines, Chester (27 June 1890 - 29 December 1968)

Funeral services were held at 1:30 January 2, 1969, for Chester Daines, 78, who died of pneumonia at Victory Memorial Hospital in Stanley on December 29, 1968. The Rev. David Fuller conducted the service. Burial was made in the Butler Cemetery.

Mr. Daines was born in Vernon County on June 27, 1890. He married Anna Brockley of Valley on December 31, 1913. As a young man he worked as a buttermaker in Valley and Livingston. He also worked for 10 years in Wisconsin Rapids at the Kraft Cold Storage Company. The family farmed in the Thorp area for about 35 years. Mr. Daines retired two years ago. He served on the Clark County Board of Supervisors and was a member of the conservation committee for 10 years.

Survivors are his wife; and five children: Mrs. Clarence (Sadie) Pavloski of Wisconsin Rapids, Ronald of Thorp, Tom of Milwaukee, Bob of Yorba Linda, Calif., and James of Menomonie. Also surviving are four brothers, 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. His grandsons served as pallbearers.