Obit: Jacobson, Joseph (? - 1970)

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

Surnames: Jacobson, Schwanebeck, Fluegel, Freedlund, Gergarcy, Nathan, Neeley, Gehre, Wilborn, Hiles, Jenson, Sherwood, Keller

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 6/04/1970

Jacobson, Joseph (? - 25 May 1970)

Joseph Jacobson, 75, died May 25, in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where he had been a patient for the last month. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from St. Paul’s Church in the Town of Sherwood with the Rev. Keller officiating. Burial was made in Sherwood Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Theresa, a daughter, Mrs. Lester Schwanebeck, and five sons, Russell and Jerry of Rt. 1 Pittsville, Laverne of City Point, and Richard and Earl of Rockford, Ill.

Pallbearers were: Charles, Ivan and Wayne Schwanebeck and Arnold, Raymond, and Lee Schwanebeck. Mrs. Betty Sherwood of Pittsville was the soloist, accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Chester Freedlund.

Those from out-of-town who attended the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. George Fluegel, Mrs. Rugne Freedlund, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Gergarcy and daughter, Frances, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nathan all of Rockford, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neeley of Boscobel; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gehre and Mrs. Amanda Wilborn of Nekoosa; Mr. and Mrs. George Hiles of Pittsville; and Ed Bills, Herb Jenson and son, Ormin, of city Point.