Obit: Ferris, Earl (1895 - 1973)

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Surnames: Ferris, Elting, Smith, Loveland, Rollins, Radue, Wundrow, Grimsby, Foemmel, Kauffman, Faber, Montag, McCormick

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/29/1973

Ferris, Earl (21 May 1895 - 25 November 1973)

Earl Ferris, 78, formerly of the Chili area, died Sunday morning at the Havenet Nursing Home in Owen. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton, with the Rev. L. L. McCormick of Chili officiating. Burial was to be made in the Yolo Cemetery at Chili.

Born May 21, 1895, in Dousman, Mr. Ferris lived on a farm in the Town of Fremont until he entered the nursing home. The son of the late John and Margaret (Elting) Ferris, he is survived by a nephew, Harold Smith of Cleghorn, Ia., and a niece, Mrs. Leonard L. Loveland.

Pallbearers were to be Duane Rollins, Martin Radue, Rueben Wundrow, Alfred Grimsby, Walter Foemmel and Everett Kauffman. Mrs. Norman Faber was to be the soloist, and Mrs. Harold Montag, the accompanist.