Obit: Mitchell, Sherman W. (1907 - 1969)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Mitchell, George, Bruckner, Hart, Sersch, Marvin, Dushek

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/14/1969

Mitchell, Sherman W. (11 May 1907 - 5 August 1969)

Sherman W. Mitchell, 62, of Rt. 1 Marshfield, died August 5, at the Veterans Hospital in Madison. Private services were held Saturday from the Gilbertson Funeral Home in Granton. The Rev. William Dushek, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Neillsville and Granton, officiated and burial was made in the Windfall Cemetery.

Mr. Mitchell was born May 11, 1907, at Olyphant, Ark., and moved with his parents to Iowa at the age of six and later to the Neillsville area, where he lived for a number of years. He had resided on R. 1 Marshfield, for the last eight years. He was married to Mary Bruckner of the Granton area. He was a veteran of World War II.

Pallbearers were: Richard George and Michael Hart, Richard Hart, Roy Sersch and Melvin Marvin.

Survivors include his wife; four sons, Dale of Chili, Gary of Granton, Kenneth of Auburndale, and Steve of Marshfield; four daughters, Mrs. John (Lois Jean) (all other names of daughters were missing from my copy).