Obit: Will, Jerome #2 (1914 – 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Will, Miller, Sterr, Ladd, Reynolds, Fitzgibbons

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 18 Mar 1971

Will, Jerome (20 AUG 1914 – 13 MAR 1971)

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 15, 1971 at the First Lutheran Church in Beaver Dam for a former Clark County resident, Jerome W. Will, 56, of route 1, Beaver Dam, who died early Saturday at the Lutheran Hospital in Beaver Dam, following a short illness.

The Rev. Russell Miller, pastor of the parish, officiated, and burial was made at Loyal.

Mr. Will was born August 20, 1914 in Colby, and was married May 24, 1940 to Ethel Sterr of Loyal. The couple made their home in the Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.) area until 12 years ago, when they moved to Beaver Dam, where they had since made their home. He had been employed as a salesman for the Agrico Chemical Company.

For several years, in the late 1930's, he resided in Owen and was employed by his brother, Foster Will.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother in infancy.

He was a member of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, the B.P.O.E. Elks Club of Beaver Dam, and the Old Hickory Country Club of Beaver Dam.

Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Alan (Rebecca) Ladd, Wonewoc; Mrs. Russell (Peggy) Reynolds, Taycheedah, and Josephine Will, Madison; two grandchildren; a brother, Foster Will, Owen, and a sister, Mrs. Dolores Fitzgibbons, Skokie, Ill.