Obit: Bobb, Kenneth (1914 - 1961)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Bobb, Daniel, McBain, Peterson, Neis

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 07/20/1961

Bobb, Kenneth (25 JUL 1914 - 3(?) JUL 1961)

Funeral services for Kenneth Bobb were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 6 from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Thorp by Rev. Robert Olson, with burial in the Sylvan Cemetery, Town of Reseburg (Clark Co., Wis.). Serving as pallbearers were Gerald Asselin, Pete Asselin, Ed Bobb, Rodney Grimes, Donald Marshall, and Russell Hill.

Kenneth was born July 25, 1914 in the Town of Reseburg. He attended the Colby Rural School and Thorp High School, where he was a 1932 graduate. He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

He was united in marriage on Dec. 18, 1941 to the former Aline Daniel. He is survived by his wife; three children, Carolyn, Daniel and Anita; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bobb; and three sisters, Mrs. A.N. (Ruby) McBain), Mrs. L.L. (Alice) Peterson and Mrs. Phillip (Ardis) Neis. Kenneth was preceded in death by one sister, Irene, in 1948.

In addition to operating his farm in the Town of Reseburg, Kenneth was Clerk of the Town of Reseburg, Director of the Clark County R.E.A., a committee man for the county ASC, and a postal employee.

Out of town relatives attending the funeral were, Mr. and Mrs. A.N. McBain and family, La Crosse’ Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Petersen and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Neis and family, Albuquerque, N.M.; Mr. Rodney Grimes, St. Louis Park, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Newton Bobb, Ashland; Mr. and Mrs. Percy Marshall, Cadott; Mrs. Walter Klaar, Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Burrington, Wausau; Mrs. Albert Burrington, Spring Green; Mrs. Conrad Haas, Cadott; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jackson, Duluth, Minn.; Mrs. Henry Schultz, Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Orvin Moe, Spring Green; Mrs. Marie Newberry, Richland Center; Mrs. Donald Marks, Loves Park, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Theron Burrington, Rochester, Minn.; Mrs. William Owen and Mrs. Anton Neilson, Waukesha; Mr. Glen Owen, Whitewater; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Owen, Rockford, Ill.; Mr. Chet Hardy, Beloit; Mrs. Herb Wheeler, Big Foote; Mr. Perlie Hill and son, Menasha; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Briggs, Mrs. Harvey Zell, Mrs. Jerry Gauger, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. William Briggs, Bruce; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ebert, Owen; Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmer, Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Schmidt and Miss Mildred Schmidt, Rib Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Schmidt and family, Milan.