Obit: Warns, Ethel (1903 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Warns, Whitbeck, Lavine, Burke, Thompson, Swartout, Wolf

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 04 May 1972

Warns, Ethel (13 APR 1903 – 25 APR 1972)

Mrs. Jack (Ethel) Warns, age 69, of 134 Columbia Street, Chippewa Falls, passed away at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, 1972 at Luther Hospital, Eau Claire, after a lingering illness.

She was born April 13, 1903 at Midway, Wisconsin, daughter of Ben Whitbeck, and Nina Swartout. She moved to Chippewa Falls in 1951, from Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), and was employed for 10 years at the Northern Colony, and also at Watermans. She was married to Jack Warns on March 4, 1924 in St. Bernard's Church at Abbotsford. Mrs. Warns was a member of the Auxiliary of World War I Barracks 2905, the St. Charles Altar Society, and a former president of the Altar Society of Sacred Heart Church in Withee. She was also a former 4-H Club Leader in Taylor and Clark Counties,a nd a member of St. Charles Church.

She is survived by her husband, Jack; two sons, Jack Jr. of Withee, and Bud Warns of Chippewa Falls; one daughter, Mrs. Melvin (June) Lavine of Chippewa Falls; one brother, Ted Whitbeck of Fairbanks, Alaska; three sisters, Mrs. Rosalie Burke of Marshfield; Mrs. Henry (Alberta) Thompson of La Crosse, and Blanche of California, and eleven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Whitbeck, four brothers and two sisters.

Funeral services were held Friday, April 28, at St. Charles Church, Chippewa Falls, with the Very Rev. Charles Wolf officiating. Interment was made in Forest Hill Cemetery at Chippewa Falls.

The St. Charles Altar Society said a Rosary at 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, and formed a Guard of Honor at the church Friday morning before and after the Mass.

The Auxiliary of World War I Barracks 2905 conducted their ritual service at the funeral chapel on Thursday evening.