Obit: Mayer, Tony (1899 -1976)

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

Surnames: Mayer, Gillis, Genteman, Kaiser, Laufenberg, Rayhorn, Dimmitt, Zimmerman, Bemis

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 10/21/1976

Mayer, Tony (1899 – 14 October 1976)

Funeral services were held Monday at 10:30 a.m. from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Fairview, for a Town of Mentor native. Tony Mayer, 77 of rural Humbird, who died Thursday at Black River Memorial Hospital. Burial was in the church cemetery.

The Rosary was recite Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home, Augusta, where the body of Mr. Mayer was in state. A vigil Bible Study was conducted afterward by the Knights of Columbus.

Mr. Mayer was married to the former Georgia Gilles on June 12, 1928. They farmed in the Town of Mentor. He had served on the Mentor town board since 1936 and was board treasurer for 20 years. He also held various offices with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS).

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include two sons, Norman and Anthony, both of rural Humbird; four daughters, Mrs. William Genteman and Mrs. Bernard Kaiser, both of Loyal, Mrs. Bernard Laufenberg of Alma Center and Mrs. Jeffrey Rayhorn of Marshall, Mn.; two brothers, Theodore of Fairchild and Joseph of Humbird; three sisters, Mrs. George Dimmitt, Mrs. Albert Zimmerman and Mrs. Percy Bemis, all of Humbird; and 39 grandchildren.