Obit: Markwardt, Fannie (1895 - 1976)

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

Surnames: Markwardt, Johnson, Appleyard, Lea, Imig, Mattson, Clark

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/15/1976

Markwardt, Fannie (23 September 1895 – 11 July 1976)

A Neillsville resident since 1941, Mrs. Henry (Fannie) Markwardt, 80, died Sunday, July 11, following a brief illness. Funeral services were to be held Wednesday at 1;30 p.m. from the Georgas-Gesche Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Clark of the United Church of Christ officiating. Burial was to be in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Mrs. Markwardt, the daughter of Charles B. and Katherine Johnson Appleyard, was born September 23, 1895, in Jefferson and came to Neillsville rea in 1901 with her parents. She received her education in Neillsville area schools, then did domestic work locally until her marriage to Henry M. Markwardt. The Markwardts were married August 20, 1924, in Neillsville, and then farmed in the towns of York, Pine Valley and Weston before moving to the city in 1941.

Survivors, in addition to her husband, include one daughter, Mrs. Keith (Evelyn) Lea of Stevens Point; two sisters, Mrs. Mayme Imig of Neillsville and Mrs. Anne Mattson of Burlington; one brother, Fred Appleyard of Neillsville; and two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

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Obit: Markwardt, Fannie #2 (1895 - 1976)

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

Surnames: Markwardt, Jacobs, Walters, Tobin, Langreck, Krause, Cherry, Mueller, Scheffer Heldt Woller, Bablitch, Lubinski, Shidel, Lea Seif, Appleyard, Acheson, Hickethier, Jacobson, Mattson, Johnson, Hinkelmann, Schiltz, Chase, Erpenbach, Moen, Smith, Heineck, Clark

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/22/1976

Markwardt, Fannie (23 September 1895 - 11 July 1976)

Funeral services were held July 14 from the Georgas-Gesche Funeral Home for Mrs. Henry (Fannie) Markwardt, 80, of Neillsville, who died July 11. The Rev. Gary Clark of the United Church of Christ officiated, and burial followed in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Walter Johnson, Arden Hinkelmann, Herb Schiltz, Roy Chase, Tony Erpenbach and Ray Moen.

Kendall Smith sang “In The Garden” and “How Great Thou Art.” Mrs. Mary Heineck was the accompanist.

Among those attending the services were the following from out of town: Mrs. Jesse Jacobs and Howard Walters, Pittsburgh, Tx.; Mrs. Clara Tobin and Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Langreck, Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Neil Krause, Owen; Mr. and Mrs. Len Cherry, Janesville; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mueller and Elizabeth Mueller, Livingston; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Sheffer, Humbird; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heldt, Athens; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Woller, Mrs. A.W. Bablitch and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lubinski, Stevens Point; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shidel, Idyllwild, Ca.

Mrs. Jesse Lea, Amherst; Mrs. Louis Seif and family, Wisconsin Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Appleyard and family, Rice Lake; Larry Appleyard and Russel Acheson, Eau Claire; Mr. and Mrs. Leland Appleyard, Sparta; Mrs. Truman Hickethier, Winona, Mn.; Mr. and Mrs. George Jacobson and Mrs. Anne Mattson, Burlington; and Nancy Seif, Berlin.