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Martha <I>Beesley</I> Turner

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Martha Beesley Turner

Birth
Emerald Grove, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
16 Sep 1965 (aged 91)
Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Pittsville, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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PITTSVILLE — Mrs. Harry Turner, 91, a resident of Rt. 1, Pittsville, since 1906, died at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Marshfield Convalescent Home where she had been a patient the last six weeks. Death resulted from the complications of advanced age.
Funeral service will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the United Church of Christ here, the Rev. James Zwerg officiating. Interment is to follow in Mound Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Hansen Funeral Home in Marshfield after the noon hour on Saturday.
Mrs. Turner, whose maiden name was Martha Beasley, was born in Emerald Grove, Wis., July 21, 1874, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beasley, and married Mr. Turner at Beloit on Aug. 23, 1893. They farmed in the Beloit area before coming to this community and she continued to live on the family term until her last illness.
Mr. Turner preceded his wife in death Sept. 5, 1946.
Surviving are two sons, Clarke, Pittsville, and Leland, Oshkosh; seven grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Mrs. Ivy Dow, died in 1964, and a sister, three brothers and two great-grandchildren also preceded her in death.

Wisconsin Rapids (Wisconsin) Daily Tribune, Friday, September 17, 1965
PITTSVILLE — Mrs. Harry Turner, 91, a resident of Rt. 1, Pittsville, since 1906, died at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Marshfield Convalescent Home where she had been a patient the last six weeks. Death resulted from the complications of advanced age.
Funeral service will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the United Church of Christ here, the Rev. James Zwerg officiating. Interment is to follow in Mound Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Hansen Funeral Home in Marshfield after the noon hour on Saturday.
Mrs. Turner, whose maiden name was Martha Beasley, was born in Emerald Grove, Wis., July 21, 1874, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beasley, and married Mr. Turner at Beloit on Aug. 23, 1893. They farmed in the Beloit area before coming to this community and she continued to live on the family term until her last illness.
Mr. Turner preceded his wife in death Sept. 5, 1946.
Surviving are two sons, Clarke, Pittsville, and Leland, Oshkosh; seven grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Mrs. Ivy Dow, died in 1964, and a sister, three brothers and two great-grandchildren also preceded her in death.

Wisconsin Rapids (Wisconsin) Daily Tribune, Friday, September 17, 1965


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