Obit: Haigh, Edna C. (1898 - 1967)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Haigh, Buker, Neibu, Horn, Schwarze, Meinhardt, Franz, Decker, Brick, Noah, Bream, Kurth, Van Dreser, Claflin, Romundson, Poppe, Sturtz, Kasserkert, Wasserburger, Henning, Geisler, Galstad, Dushek

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/30/1967

Haigh, Edna C. (30 November 1898 - 22 November 1967)

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the Georgas Funeral Home for Mrs. Clarence Haigh, 68, of Neillsville, who died November 22 in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield. Rev. William Dushek of the Methodist Church officiated. Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Mrs. Haigh, the former Edna C. Buker, was born November 30, 1898, in the Braun Settlement, near Greenwood. She attended rural school there. On March 30, 1920, she was married to Clarence Haigh in Greenwood. The family moved to Neillsville in 1951.

She is survived by her husband; two sons, Owen C. Haigh of Neillsville and Deward D. Haigh of Reno, Nev. Other survivors include a brother, George Buker of Greenwood, and a grandson.

Pallbearers were: Charles Wasserburger, Ronald Henning, Ray Van Dreser, Harry Meinhardt, Erwin Geisler and Orlin Schwarze. Wilfred Galstad, accompanied by Miss Marilyn Galstad, sang, “I’m but a Stranger here” and “Abide with me.”

People from out of town here for the service were: Clark Haigh, Derrick Neibu of River Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Horn, Mrs. Gust Horn, Mrs. Herbert Horn, Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Schwarze, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meinhardt, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Franz, Erwin Schwarze, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Buker, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Schwarze, Eleanore Schwarze, Arno and William Decker, Mrs. Otto Schwarze, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Franz, Alvin Brick, Mrs. Marie Meinhardt, Bethel B. Schwarze, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Horn, all of Greenwood; Mrs. Alfred Haigh, Mrs. Oscar Noah, Mr. and Mrs. Arno Bream, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Haigh, Barbara and Dale, all of Alma; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kurth of Cochrane; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Van Dreser of Stevens Point; William Claflin of St. Louis Park, Minn.; Bill Romundson of Rosholt; Mrs. George Poppe of Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sturtz, Sr., of Loyal; and Mr. and Mrs. John Kasserkert of St. Paul, Minn