(1863 - 1950)
Mrs. John MacFarlane, 87, of 57 West Irving street, Oshkosh, wife of the late John MacFarlane, former Manitowoc newspaper editor and publisher, died Friday afternoon following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mallery and Seefeld funeral home, Oshkosh. The Rev. Lowel Raykdal of the First Methodist church, Oshkosh, will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery, Manitowoc, Monday afternoon.
Mrs. MacFarlane, nee Minnie Abrahamson, was born in Bergen, Norway, in 1863 and came to Racine, Wis., with her parents when a child. She was married to Mr. MacFarlane in 1896. The latter, a veteran newspaper editor in that city, came to Manitowoc in 1900 to take over the Citizen Publishing company, publishers of the Manitowoc Daily News and the Weekly Citizen. He died in 1916.
During her residence in Manitowoc Mrs. MacFarlane was an active member of the St. Paul Methodist church and the various church societies. She moved to Oshkosh in 1923 to make her home with a daughter, Jean, language teacher in the Oshkosh high school. In Oshkosh she was a member of the First Methodist church, various church societies, and a honorary member of the Athena club, a hierary organization, and the Faith Hope and Charity Circle.
Survivors are a daughter, Jean of Oshkosh, and a son, George J., of Manitowoc.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, December 9, 1950 P. 2
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▪ died: 12-08-1950 at Juneau, Dodge Co., WI
▪ age: 87 years
▪ buried on Mrs. John MacFarlane lot
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(1863 - 1950)
Mrs. John MacFarlane, 87, of 57 West Irving street, Oshkosh, wife of the late John MacFarlane, former Manitowoc newspaper editor and publisher, died Friday afternoon following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mallery and Seefeld funeral home, Oshkosh. The Rev. Lowel Raykdal of the First Methodist church, Oshkosh, will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery, Manitowoc, Monday afternoon.
Mrs. MacFarlane, nee Minnie Abrahamson, was born in Bergen, Norway, in 1863 and came to Racine, Wis., with her parents when a child. She was married to Mr. MacFarlane in 1896. The latter, a veteran newspaper editor in that city, came to Manitowoc in 1900 to take over the Citizen Publishing company, publishers of the Manitowoc Daily News and the Weekly Citizen. He died in 1916.
During her residence in Manitowoc Mrs. MacFarlane was an active member of the St. Paul Methodist church and the various church societies. She moved to Oshkosh in 1923 to make her home with a daughter, Jean, language teacher in the Oshkosh high school. In Oshkosh she was a member of the First Methodist church, various church societies, and a honorary member of the Athena club, a hierary organization, and the Faith Hope and Charity Circle.
Survivors are a daughter, Jean of Oshkosh, and a son, George J., of Manitowoc.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, December 9, 1950 P. 2
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▪ died: 12-08-1950 at Juneau, Dodge Co., WI
▪ age: 87 years
▪ buried on Mrs. John MacFarlane lot
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