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Section 10, Township of Dayton, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - September 19, 1977
William Fisher
 
William Fisher, 87, Route 1, Waupaca, died Saturday at Riverside Hospital, Waupaca.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Holly Funeral Home, Waupaca, where friends may call after 4 p.m. today. Burial will be in Rural Cemetery.

Mr. Fisher was born Sept. 1, 1890, in the Town of Lanark, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fisher. He married Loretta Tiechert on Sept. 16, 1920, in Stevens Point. She died June 18, 1962.

He was a member of Stevens Point Lodge 93, Odd Fellows, and Barbara Rebekah Lodge.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ronald (June) Booth, Sussex, and Mrs. Thomas (Lois) Lang, West Allis; one sister, Mrs. Stella Gerston, in California; and nine grandchildren.

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Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin -January 25, 2008 pg 6
Kenneth E. Hurlbut Jr.
 
Kenneth E. Hurlbut Jr., 75, Waupaca, a Stevens Point native, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.
 
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Waupaca, with the Rev. Nathan Liedtke officiating. Burial will be in the spring at Rural Cemetery in the town of Dayton in Waupaca County.
 
Visitation will be at the church from 10 a.m. Monday until the services.
 
A memorial fund has been established in his name.
 
Holly Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at www.hollyfuneralhome.com.
 
Hurlbut was born Dec. 13, 1932, in Stevens Point, a son of the late Kenneth and Elizabeth (Swan) Hurlbut.
 
He was married to Marjorie Schmahl on June 11, 1955, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Waupaca. She died March 10, 2007.
 
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a teaching degree and later added master's degrees in mathematics and administration.
 
He began his 33-year teaching and coaching career at Wisconsin Rapids High School. In 1967, he moved to Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill., and there also became the head football coach. In 1975, he retired from coaching and teaching to become the full-time coordinator of athletics.
 
In 1988, he and his wife retired to the Chain O' Lakes in Waupaca County.
 
He became involved in local Waupaca politics and served as chairman of the town of Dayton, a Waupaca County Board member and a board member of the Lake District.
 
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Waupaca.
 
Survivors include one daughter, Susan (Brian) Feest, Appleton; one son, Mark (Karen), Muskego; two sisters, Shirley (Earl) Newby, Kenosha, and Betty (Robert) Kessler, Waupaca; two brothers, Dave (Jan), Lakewood, and Rick, Waupaca; and four grandchildren.

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Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin - July 25, 2008 pg6
Michael J. Abhold

Michael J. Abhold, 52, Fremont, brother of an Almond man and an Amherst woman, died Monday, July 21, 2008, at Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca.
 
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Holly Funeral Home in Waupaca. Burial will be at Rural Cemetery in the town of Dayton in Waupaca following the service.
 
Visitation will be at the funeral home from 11 a.m. Friday until the service.
 
Condolences may be offered online at www.hollyfuneralhome.com.
 
Mr. Abhold was born Jan. 11, 1956, in Neenah, a son of Vera (Hinz) Abhold and the late Howard Abhold Sr.
 
He was married to Jean Anderson.

Survivors include his wife, Jean Anderson, Tustin; his mother, Vera Abhold, Fremont; his siblings, Pat (Lisa) Spaulding, Wisconsin Rapids, Kenneth Abhold, Fremont, Larry (Louise) Abhold, Almond, Sharon (Ron Riley) Hamm, Waupaca, Laura Conlon, Iola, Danny Abhold, Menasha, Sandy (Mark) Elias, Amherst, Keith (Tally) Abhold, El Paso, Kelly (Pam) Abhold, Weyauwega, Tom (Cindy) Abhold, Waupaca/Scandinavia, and Angel (Victor) Hood, Fremont.
 
He was also preceded in death by one sister, Elizabeth Abhold; and two brothers, Chuck Abhold and Howard Abhold Jr.

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Waupaca County Republican -Waupaca, Wisconsin -  June 19, 1885

DIED - DAYTON

In this city on the 18th inst. Roena, wife of the late Lyman Dayton, aged 83 years.

Deceased was the mother of William and Laurette Dayton of this city, and she had lived in Waupaca county over 35 years, she with her husband settling Dayton in 1850. She was a kind mother, an exemplary christian woman and loved by all who knew her. From the effects of an accident in falling a few years ago she never fully recovered, but her life's work is over-she has gone to meet her reward.

Rev. Chas. Baker of Marshfield will preach the funeral sermon at the residence, at 1 p.m., Saturday and the remains will be laid at rest in the Rural cemetery beside her late husband, who was buried there about eight years ago. Rev. Baker also preached the funeral sermon on that occasion.

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Marion Advertiser - Marion, Wisconsin - Friday, January 3, 1902

Ira McCrary of Rural, was killed by a falling tree, Saturday morning. He was a brother of Geo. McCrary of this place. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs. Pantridge of Waupaca, also two brothers and two sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McCrary and daughter Margie attended the funeral

 

Appleton Post Cresent
Appleton, Wisconsin
1965
Hansena Anderson
(Note from family: Her husband
Wm. Anderson died Oct 1965 in CA)

Waupaca Post
Waupaca, Wisconsin
Violet Handschke

The Milwaukee Journal
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 31, 1979
Clarence Pray

The Milwaukee Journal
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 20, 1974
Leila Pray



Newspaper Unknown
Herbert E. Radley

Newspaper and obituary date unknown
Richard Barlow