MARY W. KILLEN

Mrs. Mary Killen, of 515 North Fourth street, widow of Walter N. Killen,
Cato lumber and grain merchant and later a Manitowoc bank director, died
early today at the Holy Family hospital. She was taken seriously ill at
her home last Friday.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., from the Frazier mortuary
chapel in charge of the Rev. C.H. Phipps of the Presbyterian church. Burial
will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Mrs. Killen, nee Mary Wederman, was born at Clarks Mills. She spent her
early life in that village and in Kaukauna. She later was employed in the
Killen general store at Cato where she met Walter Killen to whom she was
married in 1914.
Mr. Killen, for years postmaster at Cato, and engaged in the lumber,
mercantile, hay and grain business and the manufacture of cheese boxes
sold out his interests in Cato in 1921 and Mr. and Mrs. Killen moved to
this city. Here he became a bank director and later retired from active
business life. He died Nov. 21, 1932.
Mrs. Killen, since locating in this city was active in church and charitable
circles. She was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Missionary and
Ladies Aid societies of the church. Her affiliations also included membership
in the Eastern Star and Kings Daughters.
Survivors are four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Robinson and Mrs. Flora Engler,
both of Wausau, Mrs. Katherine Killen, Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Jacob Wilhelm,
Marshfield; and several nieces and nephews.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Friday noon until the hour
of the services Saturday afternoon.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Thursday, October 20, 1938 P. 2
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[d. 10-20-1938/age 74 yrs./cause: cerebral hemorrhage/bur. on W.W. Killen lot]