Obit: Clough, Ross Conklin (1887 - 1973)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
 
Surnames: Bahrenburg, Clough, Miller, Parish

----Source: The Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 7/05/1973

Clough, Ross Conklin (29 SEP 1887 - 2 JUL 1973)

Medford - Funeral services were held here Wednesday afternoon at the Hemer funeral home for Ross Conklin Clough, 85 year old Perkinstown resident who died Monday at Memorial hospital in Medford, where he had been a patient for one day.

Rev. Henry Bahrenburg Jr., officiated and burial took place in the Perkinstown Community cemetery.

Mr. Clough was born September 29, 1887, in South Dakota and at age eight, moved to the Perkinstown area with his parents, and where he received his education.

He remained in the area until 1913 when he moved to Tomahawk where he was employed by the Tomahawk Tannery. In 1923 he moved to the state of Washington and worked in the lumber mills until 1934 when he returned to Perkinstown. Mr. Clough was employed by the forestry department until his retirement.

His marriage to Theresa Miller took place October 11, 1913, at Tomahawk.

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Roscoe, Madison and Henry, at home; one daughter Evelyn, Mrs. Chester Parish, Aurora, Ill., 10 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.