Obit: Greene, Elma (1895 - 1978)

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Surnames: Greene, Welter, Thomson, Schanke, Lengas, Hinebaugh

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/30/1978

Greene, Elma (16 July 1895 – 21 November 1978)

Born in Illinois but a Town of Fremont resident for nearly 50 years, Elma Greene, 83, was buried in that township after funeral services, Friday, November 24. With the Rev. Frank Hinebaugh officiating, services were held from the Chili United Methodist Church. The Gilbertson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Greene passed away at 5:30 a.m., November 21, in Neillsville Memorial Hospital. She was born on July 16, 1895, in Woodstock, Ill. It was there in early 1917, that she married Russell Greene. The couple moved to Clark County in 1929.

Surviving Mrs. Greene are four sons, Charles of La Crosse, James of Dodgeville, Wayne of Marshfield and Gerald of Nekoosa: five daughters, Mrs. Richard (Elaine) Welter of Maple Park, Ill., Mrs. Mary Thomson of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Walter (Jean) Schanke of Carson City, Calif., Mrs, Harry (Helen) Lengas of Holden, Mass., and Gladys Greene of Los Angeles, Calif.; and 21 grandchildren. Preceding her in death was her husband, who died on December 19, 1962.