Obit: McLane, Jack Francis (1888 - 1973)

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

Surnames: McLane, Murphy, Carskaden, Fuller, Epding, Milbriner, Brown, Johnson, Schiller, Scheel, Skroch, Hughes, Schiesel, Brady

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 2/15/1973

McLane, Jack Francis (9 December 1888 - 11 February 1973)

A Town of Weston native, Jack Francis McLane, 84, of the Merchants Hotel, died here February 11. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Georgas Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles D. Brady of St. Mary’s Catholic Church officiating. Interment was in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Marshfield.

Mr. McLane was born December 9, 1888, in the Town of Weston and was educated there, attending the Mound School. He was the son of John and Elizabeth (Murphy) McLane. After homesteading in Plentywood, N. D., he moved to Montana and then to Kansas City, Mo., where he helped his sister to operate a grocery store. He returned to Clark County 26 years ago.

Mr. McLane was an active baseball player and fan. He was employed at the Merchants Hotel by the Epdings and the Schillers for many years, and for the past 14 years by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Scheel.

He is survived by a sister, Sarah, of Kansas City, Mo.

Pallbearers were: Herb Scheel, Robert Schiller, Art Murphy, Bernard Murphy, E. P. Skroch and William Hughes. Mrs. John Schiesel was the organist.

Those attending the services from out of town were: Frank Carskaden of Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Verna Fuller of Shakopee, Minn., Art Epding of Wausau, Mrs. A. F. Milbriner of Marshfield and Mrs. Leota Murphy, Bud Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Murphy, Gary Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Johnson and Arnold Johnson,  all of Greenwood.