Obit: Herrick, Jack #3 (1878 - 1965)

 

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

 

Surnames: Herrick, Pintar, Petkovsek, Hallowell, Holmes, Murphy, Hawley, Smith, Susa, Nikolai

 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) December 30, 1965

 

Herrick, Jack (27 July 1878 - 28 December 1965)

 

Jack Herrick, 87, of Willard, died Tuesday morning in Neillsville of pneumonia.  He had been admitted to the hospital the day before.

 

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from the Hill Funeral Home in Greenwood.  The Rev. Wm. Nikolai of Willard will officiate. Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery. A general rosary will be held today (Thursday) at 8 p.m.

 

Mr. Herrick was born July 27, 1878, in Yugoslavia.  Mr. Herrick came to the United States from Yugoslavia July 4, 1900, living in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Houston, Tex., before settling in Mineral, Kans.  He was married to the former Anna Pintar on July 26, 1902, in Scamon, Kans. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1952, and last year celebrated their 63rd

 

The Herrick’s came to Willard in 1914, where they had lived since on a farm. Mr. Herrick was a supervisor for the Town of Mead for 15 years.  He was a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge.

 

Survivors include his wife and 13 children: Mrs. Andrew (Ann) Petkovsek of Peoria, Ill., Mrs. David (Eve) Hallowell of Camarillo, Calif., Mrs. Earl (Mary) Holmes of Studio City, Calif., Jack, Jr., of Stillwater, Minn., Florian of Colby, Mrs. Dean (Frances) Murphy of Marshall, Ill., Charles of Greenwood, M/Sgt Edward of Austin, Tex., Mrs. Harold (Lucille) Hawley of Milwaukee, Mrs. Oliver (Donna) Smith of St. Paul, Minn., and Robert and Mrs. Cletus (Joan) Susa of Willard. Twenty five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren also survive.

  

 

 


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