Obit: Offord, Jesse H. (1895 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Offord, Sampson, Vetterkind, Baehr, Thiel, Pitts

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 28 Dec 1972

Offord, Jesse H. (13 JUL 1895 – 20 December 1972)

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, December 23, 1972 at the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home in Owen for Jesse Henry Offord, 77, route 1, Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), who died Wednesday, December 20, 1972 at Victory Memorial Hospital in Stanley.

The Rev. Kurt Sampson, pastor of the United Church of Christ, Owen, officiated, and burial was made at Riverside Cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers were Leonard Vetterkind, Glen Vetterkind, Lynn Vetterkind, Raymond Vetterkind, Walter Baehr, and Fred Baehr.

Mr. Offord was born July 13, 1895 near Marshall, and received his education in Dane County, Rice Lake, and Greenwood area schools. He came to the Withee area in 1920, and October 31, 1922, he was married at Withee to the former Selma Thiel, who survives him. He farmed in the town of Reseburg most of his life, and retired in 1965.

Other survivors include a son, Arles, route 1, Withee; a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Yvonne) Pitts, also of route 1, Withee; twelve grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

Three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.

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Obit: Offord, Jesse H. #2 (1895 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Offord, Sampson, Thiel, Pitts

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 28 Dec 1972

Offord, Jesse H. (13 JUL 1895 – 20 DEC 1972)

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home in Owen (Clark Co., Wis.) for Jesse Henry Offord, 77, route 1, Withee (Clark Co.), died Wednesday at the Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley.

The Rev. Kurt Sampson, pastor of the United Church of Christ in Owen, officiated, and interment took place in the Riverside Cemetery, rural Withee.

Mr. Offord was born July 13, 1895 near Marshall, Wisconsin, and received his education in Dane County, Rice Lake, and Greenwood area schools. He came to the Withee area in 1920 and on October 31, 1922, he was married at Withee to the former Selma Thiel, who survives him. He farmed in the town of Reseburg (Clark Co.) most of his life, and retired in 1965.

Other survivors include a son, Arles, route 1, Withee; a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Yvonne) Pitts, also of route 1, Withee; 12 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

Three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.