Obit: Preston, Charles (1871 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Preston, Brockhaus, Nelson, Arquette

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 17 Aug 1972

Preston, Charles (14 Jan 1871 – 12 Aug 1972)

Charles Preston, 101, Colby, died Saturday at the Bethel Convalescent Home in Arpin, where he had been a patient the past four years. Previous to that, he had resided with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brockhaus of Colby.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Polnaszek Funeral Home, with Mr. Clarence Arquette conducting the service. Burial took place Wednesday in the Garden City Cemetery at Garden City, Minnesota.

Mr. Preston was born January 14, 1871 in Garden City, Minn., and in 1908 married the former Emma Nelson at Fergus Falls, Minn. She preceded him in death in 1963. A carpenter most of his life, Mr. Preston retired at age 80.

Surviving is a son, Charles Preston Jr. of Ceda Falls, Iowa. One brother and a sister preceded him in death.