Obit: O’Leary, Russell P. (1904 -1976)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: O’Leary, Putman, Pierce, Kopp, DeLong, Fitzmaurice, Jenswold

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

O’Leary, Russell P. (21 May 1904 – 16 October 1976)

A lifelong resident of the Town of Mentor, Russell P. O’Leary, 72, of Humbird, died Saturday October 16, at Memorial Hospital in Black River Falls following a lingering illness. Services were held Tuesday from the Georgas-Gesche Funeral Home with the Rev. Walter Jenswold officiating. Burial was in the Town of Mentor Cemetery, rural Humbird.

Russell O’Leary, son of Peter and Emma Putman O’Leary was born May 21, 1904, in the Humbird area and was educated in schools there. Upon completing his formal education, he farmed in the Town of Mentor all his life. He was preceded in death by his first wife.

On April 2, 1946, he was married to the former Unita Pierce in Neillsville.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, Unita, include three children, Alton O’Leary and Mrs. Raymond (Cornelia) Kopp of Humbird and Donald Pierce of Two Rivers; two sisters, Mrs. Earl (Velva) DeLong of Withee and Mrs. Jake (Viola) Fitzmaurice of Humbird; and eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.