Obit: Barrett, Dorothy (1903 - 1980)

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

Surnames: Barrett, Stam, Porath, Higgins, Stolp, Tande, Staples, Becktal, Carey

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 4/17/1980

Barrett, Dorothy (31 January 1903 – 9 April 1980)

Mrs. David (Dorothy) Barrett, 77, died Wednesday, April 9, in her Merrillan home. The deceased was born in Merrillan on January 31, 1903, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stan. She later married David Barrett.

Survivors include her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Kathryn) Porath of Inver Grove Heights, Mn., and Mrs. Jeanette Higgins of Fairfield, Calif.; two sons, Donald Stolp of Milwaukee and Harvey Stolp of Lawton, Okla.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Fay (Evelyn) Tande of Alma Center; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Staples of Merrillan and Mrs. Marjorie Becktal of Hales Corners; 20 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son and one daughter.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, April 13, from the Merrillan Methodist Church with the Rev. Calvin Carey officiating. Burial was made in the Oakwood Cemetery, Merrillan. The Jensen Funeral Home of Hixton, was in charge of arrangements.