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ANDERSON, EDWARD, Route 1, Box 193, Sturtevant
Age 67. Passed away Nov. 20 at his home, Mr. Anderson was born in Denmark on June 27, 1885. e was a farmer. Surviving are his wife, Olive Helen Anderson; three sons, Francis E., Kenneth A. and Arthur H., all of Racine; three daughters, Mrs. Earl (Maxine) Petersen, Mrs. William (Mary Louise) Griffin, both of Racine and Mrs. Viola Swindle of Michigan; one brother, John Anderson, of Racine; one sister, Mrs. Petra nelson of Kenosha. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon, 2 o'clock, in the Krug Funeral Home, Rev. E. Ray Morack officiating. Burial will be in the Sylvania Cemetery. Friends may call at the KrugFuneral Home Saturday afternoon and evening and until service time.
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ANDERSON, MRS. EDWARD (OLIVE), Route 1, Box 193, Sturtevant, Wis.
Age 64. Passed away July 8, in St. Lukes Hospital, Mrs. Anderson was born July 10, 1888 in Sylvania, Racine County. Surviving are three sons, Francis, Kenneth and Arthur; three daughters, Mrs. Earl (Maxine) Petersen, Mrs. William (Mary Louise) Griffen, Viola Swindle, all of Racine; one brother, Arthur Roberts, Racine; 22 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 10, 2 p.m. in the Krug Funeral Home, Rev. E. Morack officiating. Interment will be in the Sylvania Cemetery. Friends may call at the KRUG FUNERAL HOME, 1406 Lincoln St., this afternoon and evening and until time of services on Friday.
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BAILEY, MRS. ALICE E. Michaels Manor, Silver Lake, Wis.,
Age 80, Passed away Oct. 14 in Silverlake, Wis. She was born in Sommers on Aug. 13,1876, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William R. Bush and had lived her life in Sommers Township. On March 3, 1898 she was married to William M. Bailey who preceded her in death on July 2,1946. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Etta Bailey of Sommers and one niece, Mrs. Raymond kirk of Kenosha, Wis., Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. in the Hansen Funeral Home, Kenosha. Interment will be in Sunset Ridge cemetery, Kenosha. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the Hansen Funeral Home, 6019 7th Ave., Kenosha, Wis.
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PIONEER RESIDENT OF SOMERS IS DEAD
Mrs. Isabelle Bailey, 82, Dies Early Today; Sons Survive.
SOMERS, Wis., Feb. 27-- One of the oldest pioneers of the town of Somers, Mrs. Isabelle Bailey died (can't read) o'clock this morning at the home of her son, William M. Bailey, following an illness of several weeks, aged 82 years. She was the daughter of the late Richard and Ellen Rothwell and was born in the town of Somers on Jan. 2 1846, living there all her life. She was united in marriage with Alexander Price Bailey, who preceded her in death on Sept. 1, 1923. Two sons were born-- William M. of Somers and Leroy S. of Paris, both of whom survive, Other survivors are one sister Elizabeth Grimshaw; one granddaughter Orilla Bailey; several nieces and nephews. In her death Somers loses one of its oldest residents whose passing will be mourned by all who knew her. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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BAILEY, LE ROY F. Somers, Wis.,
Age 73, Passed away this morning at his home in Somers. Born in Paris Township, Kenosha County, Nov. 6, 1874, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a well known farmer in Kenosha County. Spending the greater part of his lifetime on the Bailey homestead in Paris Township. Mr. Bailey retired from farming three years ago and moved to the Village of Somers. On Oct. 14, 1896, he was married to the former Etta Bush. Surviving are his wife, Etta; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Kirk of Kenosha; three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday, 2 p.m., at the Hansen Funeral Home, 6019 Seventh Ave., Kenosha. Burial will be at Sunset Ridge Cemetery, Kenosha. Friends may call at the Hansen Funeral Home after noon on Sunday.
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W.N. Bailey Dies Of Heart Attack At Somers Home
William Norman Bailey, 73, died this morning following a heart attack while mowing his lawn. The son of the late Alexander Price Bailey and Isabelle Lee Bailey, was born in the town of Paris, Highway 41. He was united in marriage to Miss Alice Bush on March 3, 1898. The couple moved across the road to the Town of Somers. For many years Mr. Bailey was president of the Paris-Somers Telephone Company and was the director of the company for more than 20 years. Survivors are his widow; one brother, LeRoy Bailey of Somers; one niece, Mrs. Raymond Kirk, Kenosha and two cousins, Mrs. Minnie A.G. Ozanne of Somers and Miss Jessie Lee, Long beach, Calif. Funeral services will be announced later.
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BAKER
Joseph Baker, aged 76, of Yorkville, died this morning at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born in Yorkville on Oct. 30, 1853, and was one of the country's prominent farmers. Surviving are three brothers, Samuel of Somers, Augustus of Omaha,Neb., and Frank of Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Hause of Ohio. Mr. Baker was a member of the Modern Woodman. Funeral services will be held Monday at 9 o'clock at St. Sebastians church, Sturtevant, with burial in Calvary Cemetery, Racine. Friends wishing to view the body may do so on Sunday at Thronson Funeral Home.
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Sturtevant's oldest 'Valentine' Mrs.Maria Burns, 96, Dies
For many years Feb.14 was more than Valentine's Day in Sturtevant. It marked the birthday of the village's oldest resident, Mrs. Maria Burns.
Mrs. Burns died Thursday four days before her 96th birthday. In 1950 she sold her Sturtevant home and lived with two daughters, Mrs. Leslie Merrill and Mrs. Albert Sewell in Racine. Born near Sturtevant but for more than 90 years Mrs. Burns watched Sturtevant grow from a settlement to a municipality. She lived in the same house at Wisconsin Ave. and Highway 11 from her marriage in 1880 until four years ago. Mrs. Burns was the daughter of the late Thomas and Julia Lee. The home where Mrs. Burns was born on Feb. 14,1859 one mile west of Sturtevant on Highway 11, now is occupied by a nephew, Lawrence Lee and family. For eight years before her marriage to James Burns, Mrs. Burns did the housekeeping duties for her father and brothers. Her mother died when she was 13. The home in Sturtevant where Mrs. burns lived for 70 years after her marriage was adjoined by an Indian tent settlement for several years. A wagon trail passed in front of the house. During her life in Sturtevant Mrs. Burns saw three schools burn down, the first train through the village, highways and streets laid over old wagon trails and the village grow from a few homes to a village of 1,176 persons in 1950.
Her husband, who died in 1935, was an employee of the Milwaukee Railroad at Sturtevant for 57 years.
During World Wars I and II, Mrs. Burns gave much of her time to the Red Cross to knit sweaters and socks for the men in service. Her Stutevant home was a gathering place, not only for the annual Valentine's Day-birthday party, but for other social events as well. "Our home was always a place where friends dropped in , and where the girls were always free to entertain their pal's", Mrs. Burns said in an interview a few years ago. She was a member of St. Sebastian's Church at Sturtevant, and the Altar Society. In addition to two daughters, she is survived by two grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 8:15 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, 803 Main St., and at 9 a.m. in St. Sebastians Church, father aurelian, O.F.M., officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
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Submitted by Marie Hosdil
[newspaper source unknown. Handwritten note has date as 1937]
Mrs. J. Iva Clark, 55, Dies at Caldwell
Mrs. Iva Sargeant Clark, 55, died Monday at her home in Caldwell. She is survived by her husband, Ben; two daughters, Irene (Mrs. Harold Carr) of Chicago, and Dorothy (Mrs. Robert Scobie) of Milwaukee, and two brothers, Lester Sargeant of Mukwonago and Ray Sargeant of Everett, Wash. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 at the residence.
DRIVER
Barbara the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.John Driver died last night at their home, No.937 Tenth St., of Diptheria and the funeral took place this afternoon.
March 28,1893
OBITUARY-DRIVER
The community was pained to learn this morning of the death of Mrs. Jeanette Driver, wife of John M. Driver, in the 37th year of her age. Her demise occurred at 2 o'clock this morning at the family residence on Tenth street, of heart failure, produced by child birth. The child survived the mother but a short time. Mrs. Driver was formerly a Miss Irvine, of Oshkosh, and was a lady beloved and respected by all who knew her. She was kind hearted generous and of an amiable disposition and always the life of the society in which she moved. She was a devoted mother and an indulgent wife and her untimely death has caused a pang of sorrow in the entire community and heartfelt sympathy is expressed for the bereaved husband and four children who survive her. She was a sister of Will Irvine, a well known Madison newspaper man and Miss Irvine of Milwaukee. The funeral will take place from her late home on Tenth street Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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December 8,1880
DIED:
Mrs.John Driver, December 2nd of blood poisoning. Her remains will be taken to Chicago for interrment.
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THE DEATH OF THOMAS DRIVER (front page)
Passed Away At Advanced Age of Eighty-One Years.
WAS LEADING MANUFACTURER
Settled Here In Year 1851-Commenced as a Poor Carpenter-
Built Up Immense Manufacturing Plants-Useful Life Ended
Another old and honored citizen has passed away. Thomas Driver died at his home, No.938 Washington avenue, at 2 o'clock this morning, at the advanced age of 81 years. Although his demise was expected it cast a pang of sorrow throughout the community where he had been so well known and identified with the manufacturing interests, for nearly half a century. Deceased was born on the Island of Westray of the Orkney Islands, June 28, 1818, and was the son of Thomas and Mary (Dearness) Driver, both of whom were natives of the same Island. After acquiring a common school education Mr. Driver began work, at the age of fourteen, at the carpenter trade, which he followed for six years without receiving any compensation for his services. He than began to work for a boat builder, and here again not only received no wages, but paid for his board, and after his apprenticeship had expired, his employer said he would now charge him nothing for board. Thinking that quite liberal Mr. Driver stayed sometime longer. He than begain to work on his own account and build splendid boats, some of which are still afloat. When he decided to come to the United States some of his friends insisted that he should stay where he was, and he said that if they would insure him eighteen pence per day he would remain, not supposing he could do better here. At length having saved enough money to bring him to America, He sailed April 19,1851, reaching Quebec after four weeks. He arrived at Racine June 4,1851. He had borrowed $50, as he wished to have some money on his arrival here, but sickness consumed that. He had brought with him his wife and three children. The former name of his wife was Marion Mainland, a native of the Island of Westray.
OLD SETTLERS
You are earnestly requested to attend the funeral of Thomas Driver at the family residence, 938 Washington avenue, at 2 p.m. Thursday July 13th. Come early and recieve your badges.
A.P.DUTTEN Pres.
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