Obit: Harris, Joseph B. (1883 - 1951)

Contact: Linda Mertens
Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Harris, Gereau, Casey, Piehl, Zimmerman, Jenkins

----Source - Anna Johnson’s Scrapbook

Joseph B. Harris (19 March 1883 - 1951)

Joseph B. Harris, 68, died at his home in the town of Hoard Sunday, and funeral services were held from a Medford funeral home Wednesday at 2:30 p. m., with burial in Evergreen cemetery there. The Rev. W. Gereau officiated the rites, and pallbearers were nephews of the deceased, Lynwood Harris, John Harris, Albert Casey, Frederick Piehl, Edwin Piehl, and Martin Piehl.

Mr. Harris was born in Medford March 19, 1883, and had resided there and in this community all his life. He never married, and was a brother of the late Fred Harris of this community (Dorchester, Clark Co., WI). Survivors include a brother and four sisters: Irvin Harris, Curtiss; Mrs. Ada Peihl, Medford; Mrs. Carrie Casey, Eau Claire; Mrs. Mamie Zimmerman, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Lenora Jenkins, Cheyenne, Wyo.