Obit: Binning, Borghild (1890 – 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Binning, Moore, Nelson, Firnstahl, Graham

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 03 Nov1976

Binning, Borghild (23 Jan 1890 – 30 Oct 1976)

Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 2, 1976 at 1:30 p.m. for Mrs. Henry (Borghild) Binning, age 86, Unity, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Unity.

The Rev. Elton Moore officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Binning died October 30 at the Colonial House of Colby, where she was a resident for the past eight months.

She was born January 23, 1890 in Unity.

The former Borghild Nelson married Henry Binning on June 20, 1910 in Unity. The couple farmed in Unity all their married life.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and its ladies aid. She was church organist for many years.

She is survived by her husband; four sons, Lester, Marshfield; Russell, Pecatonica, Illinois; Robert, Milwaukee, and Ray, Unity; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Inga Firnstahl, Marshfield, and Mrs. Ruby Graham, Mosinee.