Obit: Wright, Bessie (1886 - 1971)

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

Surnames: Wright, Downer, Trachte, Sandberg, Lee, Dayton, Kuhl, Helm, Garbisch, Nickel

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 10/14/1971

Wright, Bessie (28 November 1886 - 6 October 1971)

Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Wright, 84, of Memorial Home, who died October 6, were held Saturday, October 9, at 2 p.m. from the Gilbertson Funeral Home in Granton. The Rev. Melvin Nickel of the United Methodist Church officiated and burial was made in the Windfall Cemetery.

Mrs. Wright, the former Bessie Downer, was born November 28, 1886, in the Town of York, where she spent most of her lifetime. Her marriage to Roy Wright took place February 27, 1913, at Granton. He died on November 25, 1959. Mrs. Wright had been a resident of Memorial Home for the last year and a half.

Survivors include several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Arnold Trachte, Carl Sandberg, James Lee, Donald Dayton, Wayne Kuhl and William Kuhl. “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” and “Nearer My God to Thee” were sung by Mrs. Roger Helm. Mrs. Lee Garbisch was the organist.