Obit: Worden, Neva #2 (1903 - 1971)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Worden, Frayette, Sinclair, Brueske, Reinart, Van Wie, Brazale, Turco, Kristek, Losey, Johnson, Olson, Preston, Ely, Richardson, Branstiter, Schrimper, Emberson, Brandt, Straughn, Awe, Gross

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 9/30/1971

Worden, Neva (29 December 1903 - September 1971)

Funeral services for Mrs. Wesley (Neva) Worden, 67, of Rt. 3, Greenwood, who died at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, were held Saturday, September 25, at 2 p.m. from the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Owen. The Rev. LeRoy Gross officiated and burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery. The Hill Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Worden, the former Neva Sinclair, daughter of Ernest and Hariett (Frayette) Sinclair, was born December 29, 1903, in the town of Beaver. She received her education in the La Tart School. Her marriage to Wesley Worden took place November 5, 1920, at Loyal. The couple farmed in the townships of Beaver and Warner. Mrs. Worden was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at Greenwood.

Survivors, in addition to her husband, include three sons, Kenneth of Owen, Robert of Greenwood, and Warren of Oconto; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her father, Ernest Sinclair, a sister, Mrs. Arthur (Stella) Brueske, and a brother, Ervin Sinclair of Huntington Beach, Calif.

Pallbearers were Earl Richardson, Robert Branstiter, Don Branstiter, Garwin Schrimper, Vilas Emberson and Nyle Brandt.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Richardson, Mrs. LeRoy Gross and Mrs. Marilyn Straughn sang, “In the Glory of His Presence” and “Until”, accompanied by Mrs. Lydia Awe.

People from away who attended were the Rev. and Mrs. Warren Worden, Oconto; Harvey Sinclair, Santa Ana, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. George Reinart, Tomah; Mrs. Maud Van Wie, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Van Wie, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Brazale, Milwaukee; David Worden of Fort Carson, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Turco and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kristek, Zion, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Losey, Hancock; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Losey, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Olson, Port Edwards; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Preston, Wisconsin Rapids; and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ely, Baldwin.