Obit: McCorison, Ethel Melissa (1875 – 1964)

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Surnames:  McCorison, Allen, Kamps, Dafoe, Litchfield

  ----Source:  Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark Co., Wis.) 7/9/1964)

 McCorison, Ethel Melissa (1875 – 1964)

CONDUCT FINAL RITES FOR MRS. J. L. MCCORISON

Funeral services were held at 10:00 o’clock this morning for Mrs. J. L. McCorison at the Hansen Chapel in Marshfield.  Pastor Wesley Dafoe of the First Methodist Church officiated.  Later burial took place at Riverside cemetery in Ladysmith where Rev. Floyd Litchfield, Pastor of the Methodist Church of Ladysmith, conducted the graveside rites.

Mrs. McCorison passed away Monday morning at the Memorial Nursing Home in Medford where she had been a resident the past year.  Prior to that time she had made her home in Owen for two and one half years with her son, Mr. and Mrs. John McCorison.

The former Ethel Melissa Allen was born February 3, 1875, in New London, Ohio, and received her education there and at Ashland, Wis.  Her marriage to J. L. McCorison, who preceded her in death on July 13, 1939, took place April 25, 1897, at Ashland.

After their marriage, the couple lived at Ashland and Ladysmith before going to Marshfield in 1926.

Mrs. McCorison was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the D.A.R. and a past matron of  Eastern Star.

Survivors include five sons, George McCorison, Denver, Colo.; the Rev. J. Lyle McCorison, Topsfield, Mass.; Frank McCorison, Claim Lake; John McCorison, Owen; and Lewis McCorison, San Diego, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Norman (Margaret) Kamps, Marshfield; 18 grandchildren, and several great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, a son, and a sister.