Obit: Jenks, Laura (1857 - 1934)

Contact: Marsha Hosfeld
Email: marsha@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Jenks, Goodsell

----Source: ABBOTSFORD TRIBUNE (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 4 Jan. 1934

Jenks, Laura (Aug. 1857 - 3 Jan. 1934)

WIFE DIES ON DAY OF HUSBANDS FUNERAL

Judge Aldro Jenks of Dodgeville passed away at his home Monday, January 1. Mr. Jenks was 79 years of age and has long been prominent in Masonic circles. He was buried Wednesday.

A few hours after the burial of Mr. Jenks, His wife, aged 76 also passed away.

They had celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary last June.

Judge and Mrs. Jenks were the parents of Maxwell Jenks of this village.

*Transcriber note: The Wisconsin Genealogy Index (www.wisconsinhistory.org) shows that Mrs. Jenks was Laura Goodsell. Month and year of birth for both is from the 1900 Census; year confirmed by the Wisconsin Genealogy Index.

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