Obit: Hand, Earl A. (1895 - 1978)

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Surnames: Hand, Marquardt, Noble

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 5/18/1978

Hand, Earl A. (21 June 1895 – 13 May 1978)

Passing away at Neillsville Memorial Hospital, Saturday, May 13, Earl A. Hand, 82, a Town of Dewhurst resident, was buried Monday in Dell’s Dam Cemetery.

Hand, Rt. 2 Neillsville, was born on June 21, 1895, and worked his younger life in Illinois. He came to Neillsville in the early 1940’s and worked for the Pure Milk Association as a field man with the American Stores Dairy of Neillsville until retiring in 1967.

Hand left no survivors and was preceded in death by his wife, Margery (Marquardt) Hand, who he married in 1936 and she passed away on December 16, 1975. Also preceding him in death was a brother.

The Rev. William Noble of the Neillsville-Granton United Methodist Churches officiated at the graveside services with the Georgas-Gesche Funeral Home, Neillsville in charge of arrangements.