Obit: Harmening, Wilfred (1899 - 1972)

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

Surnames: Harmening, Holcomb, Badia, Henning, Britt, Dass, Wolf, Petkovsek, Podobnik, Hass, Kalsow, Humlie

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 7/20/1972

Harmening, Wilfred (2 September 1899 - 17 July 1972)

Funeral services for Wilfred Harmening, 72, of Willard, who died Monday in Neillsville are to be held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. from the Hill Funeral Home in Greenwood. The Rev. William Humlie of Trinity Lutheran Church, Loyal, will officiate and burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Harmening was born September 2, 1899, in the Town of Berry in Dane County where he grew to manhood. He was employed at the Truck Union Transfer Company in Madison for 47 years and retired because of failing health. His marriage to the former Hazel Holcomb took place March 17, 1951, at La Crosse. The Harmenings lived in the Rock Dam area for approximately the last seven years.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a daughter, Mrs. Dan (Shirley) Badia of Northport, N. Y.; a son, Steven Harmening of Hiawatha, Ia.; two sisters, Mrs. Leola Henning and Mrs. Eleanor Britt of Madison; and 11 grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: Fred Dass, Gordon Wolf, Tony Petkovsek, Emil Podobnik, Robert Hass, and Martin Kalsow.