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Clarke Turner

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Clarke Turner

Birth
Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
7 Nov 1974 (aged 75)
Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Pittsville, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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PITTSVILLE — Services have been set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pittsville Evangelical Free Church for Clarke Turner, 75, of route 1, Pittsville, who died at St. Joseph ‘s Hospital in Marshfield at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. He had been hospitalized since Oct. 24.
The Rev. Dan Carlson, pastor, will conduct the services, with burial to follow in Mound cemetery.
Visitations may be made at the Hansen Chapel in Marshfield from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today (Friday) and at the church from 11 a.m. Saturday until time of services.
Mr. Turner was born Feb. 18, 1899, in Beloit and was educated in Pittsville. where he first took up farming. His marriage on June 2, 1924, at Pittsville was to the former Lena Van Dan, who survives him. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary in June of this year.
After their marriage they farmed near Pittsville until 1965, at which time Mr. Turner worked for Fur Foods until 1969. In March, 1970, they moved to Hillsboro, where he was employed at the Kickapoo Oil Company until retiring in 1973 and moving back to Pittsville.
Surviving him are seven daughters; a brother, Leland, Oshkosh; 27 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Two sisters preceded him in death.

Marshfield (Wisconsin) News-Herald, Friday, November 8, 1974
PITTSVILLE — Services have been set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pittsville Evangelical Free Church for Clarke Turner, 75, of route 1, Pittsville, who died at St. Joseph ‘s Hospital in Marshfield at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. He had been hospitalized since Oct. 24.
The Rev. Dan Carlson, pastor, will conduct the services, with burial to follow in Mound cemetery.
Visitations may be made at the Hansen Chapel in Marshfield from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today (Friday) and at the church from 11 a.m. Saturday until time of services.
Mr. Turner was born Feb. 18, 1899, in Beloit and was educated in Pittsville. where he first took up farming. His marriage on June 2, 1924, at Pittsville was to the former Lena Van Dan, who survives him. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary in June of this year.
After their marriage they farmed near Pittsville until 1965, at which time Mr. Turner worked for Fur Foods until 1969. In March, 1970, they moved to Hillsboro, where he was employed at the Kickapoo Oil Company until retiring in 1973 and moving back to Pittsville.
Surviving him are seven daughters; a brother, Leland, Oshkosh; 27 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Two sisters preceded him in death.

Marshfield (Wisconsin) News-Herald, Friday, November 8, 1974

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