Obit: Offord, Selma (1903 – 1975)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Offord, Stats, Obrycki, Baehr, Harp, Richmond, Pszeniczny, Vetterkind, Thiel, Pitts, Buck, Gorsegner

---------Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 03 Sep 1975

Offord, Selma (27 MAY 1903 – 30 AUG 1975)

At 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, September 2, 1975 funeral services for Mrs. Jesse Offord, 72, were conducted from the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home, Owen. The Rev. Donald Stats of the United Church of Christ, Owen, officiated, with burial being made at Riverside Cemetery.

Casket bearers were Timothy Obrycki, earl Baehr, Fred Harp, Delbert Richmond, Raymond Pszeniczny, and Glen Vetterkind.

Mrs. Offord, the former Selma Thiel, passed away August 30th, 1975 at Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley. She was born May 27, 1902 in the Town of Reseburg (Clark Co., Wis.), where she received her education. On October 31, 1922, in a ceremony performed in Thorp, she was married to Jesse Offord, who preceded her in death, passing away December 20, 1972. Since her marriage, and up until the time of her husband's death, they had resided in the Town of Reseburg, where they farmed.

Her passing is being mourned by a son, Arlis, Withee; a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Evon) Pitts, Withee; a brother, Herman Thiel, Owen; two sisters, Mrs. pearl (Amanda) Buck, Viola and Mrs. Agnes Gorsegner, Neillsville; 12 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.