Obit: Syth, Arthur Nelson #3 (1895 - 1975)

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

Surnames: Syth, Teel, Toburen, Cunningham, Bessie, Weik, Stuart, Christie, Verhulst, Cox, Schultz, Antrim

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/20/1975

Syth, Arthur Nelson (19 August 1895 – 10 February 1975)

Arthur Nelson Syth, 79, lifelong resident of Greenwood, died at 4:30 p.m. February 10 at the Sunnyvale Manor Nursing home in Wausau, where he was admitted February 7.

Mr. Syth, the son of James and Emma (Teel) Syth, was born in Greenwood August 19, 1895. He received his education in the Greenwood schools.

He was married in Wausau April 16, 1919, to the former Amelia Toburen, who died November 27, 1956. Mr. Syth was engaged in farming five miles south of Greenwood until he retired in 1959 and moved into the city of Greenwood and had resided here since.

On December 16, 1974, he fractured his hip and was taken to a Marshfield hospital and was a patient there until going to Wausau February 7.

He was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church.

Surviving, is a daughter, Mrs. Bernard (Alberta) Cunningham of Wausau, two granddaughters: Mrs. Kay Bessie of Boulder, Co., and Mrs. Jane Weik of Wausau.

Funeral services were held Thursday from Grace United Methodist Church in Greenwood. The Rev. Eugene Antrim officiated. Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were: Wilbur Stewart, Hugh Christie, Clarence Verhulst, Arleigh Syth, Lawrence Cox, and Erwin Toburen.

Gary Schultz sang, “How Great Thou Art” and “Beyond the Sunset,” accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Gary Schultz.