Obit: Jake, William Harry Jr. (1913 - 1970)

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

Surnames: Jake, Haskins, West, Schecklman, Wallace, Albee, Turner, Riley, Dushek

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 5/28/1970

Jake, William Harry Jr. (23 September 1913 - 23 May 1970)

William Harry Jake, Jr., 56, of Neillsville, was dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital, Saturday, May 23. Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Georgas Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. William Duschek officiated and burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Mr. Jake was born September 23, 1913 in Westfield, to William and Mable (Haskins) Jake, Sr. he received his education here and graduated from Neillsville High School. On November 27, 1937, he was married to the former Blanche M. West in Neillsville. He worked for the old Neillsville Bottling Company and during World War II was employed at the Badger Ordnance Company. He was employed by the Neillsville Milk Products Cooperative for 18 years; worked for the Model Laundry and the Neillsville Dairy and more recently was employed at the Nelson Muffler Corporation.

He was a member of the Neillsville Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years and would have retired as a fireman Monday evening.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Steve; and a daughter, Mrs. James (Jacelyn) Schecklman, both of Neillsville; his father, William Jake, Sr.; four sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Wallace of Neillsville, Mrs. Dana (Iva) Albee of Cambria, Mrs. Wilbur (Ina) Turner of Kirkland, Ill., and Mrs. Roger (Margaret) Riley of Hortonville; two brothers, Orville Jake of Neillsville and Harley Jake of Steilacoom, Wash.; and three grandchildren.