Obit: Mohr, Lydia (1887 - 1933)

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Surnames: MOHR BACON BYERS CHURCH OLSTEAD MATHEWSON

----Sources: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 10/05/1933

Mohr, Lydia (12 JAN 1887 - 28 SEP 1933)

Mrs. Leonard Mohr passed suddenly away at her home here (Owen, Clark Co., Wis.) last Thursday afternoon from an apoplectic stroke.

Funeral services for the mourned departed were held at the First Congregational Church at 2:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. W. P. Powell officiating. Interment was made at Riverside Cemetery.

Deceased was born at Five Points, Wis., Jan. 12, 1887. She was married to Leonard Mohr at Jump River, Wis., Dec. 12, 1906. For some time after her marriage she resided at Abbotsford and came to Owen in 1909.

She leaves to mourn, her husband, three children, Bernice, Daniel and Howard; her father, C. H. Bacon; four sisters, Mrs. Alpha Byers of Everett, Wash.; Mrs. Nora Church of Maple Valley, Wash.; Mrs. Ed Olstead of Beloit and Mrs. C.L. Mathewson, Owen, Wis. Also three brothers, Chris and Cornelius Bacon of Owen and Albert Bacon of Eau Claire.

The funeral services were largely attended by friends and relatives who came to pay their last respects to the departed. She was an earnest worker of her church, being president of the Congregational Ladies Aid and only a week before her death she started as a Sunday School teacher. Her religion was always a great comfort and consolation to her.

She was devoted to her home circle and its members and gave unstintingly of her time and attention to the comfort and welfare of her family. She was a kind and generous neighbor, and was attached to her friends. She was loyal to her responsibilities and appreciative of the blessings which came to her. Her many friends extend their sincere sympathy to her husband, children and other relatives in their bereavement.

Those from out of town who attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Norris Olstead and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Olstead, Gust Brolin, Mrs. Carl Brolin and Clarence Olstead of Beloit; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Studebaker, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Machlett of Eau Claire; Mrs. Donnelly of Thorp; Mrs. Armand Christopherson of Stanley; Mr. and Mrs. John Blastic of Ladysmith; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mohr of Stevens point, Mrs. Stella Bohn of Cornell and Mrs. E. S. Miller of Menomonie.

 

 


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