Obit: Hill, Ida (1883 - 1955)

 

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Surnames: Hill, Kangas, Craig

 

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 10/06/1955

 

Hill, Ida (14 SEP 1883 - 4 OCT 1955)

 

Death came quietly to Mrs. Ida Hill, 72, at her home in the city (Owen, Clark Co., Wis.) Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1955, when she succumbed to a heart condition.  She was 72 years of age, having been born Sept. 14, 1883, in Finland.

 

Friends may call tonight at Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home where her body is lying in state.  Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at two o’clock from Bethany Lutheran Church, Owen.  Rev. J. Saarinen will officiate with burial being made at Riverside Cemetery.

 

Serving as pallbearers will be Elmer Venet, Frank Stone, John Kujala, Kauno Niemi, Yelmer Heikkinen, and Frank Luoma.  In charge of the floral offerings will be Winnie Venet, Mary Maki, Elsie Zelinas and Lilly Kile.

 

The deceased, nee Ida Kangas came to America when a young lady of 20 years and two years later was united in marriage to her husband, the late Walter Hill, who preceded her in death in 1924.  The couple first made their home at Hubbell, Mich., living there until 1919 when they moved to a farm north of Withee.

 

Survivors are a brother, Charles of Withee; sons, Carl, Withee; Benhardt and Rueben, Owen; Everett of Pine City, Minn.; a daughter, Senia Craig, Prescott, Arizona, and seven grandchildren.

 


Charlie Kangas Male 38 1901 1882 Ahtari Married White Head Finland Finland
Hulda Kangas Female 37 1901 1883 Ahtari Married White Wife Finland Finland
William Kangas Male 15 1905 MI Single White Son Finland Finland
Anni Kangas Male 12 1908 MI Single White Son Finland Finland
Toivo Kangas Male 4 1916 WI Single White Son Finland Finland
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Walter Hill Male 39 1903 1881 Finland Married White Head Finland Finland
Ida Hill Female 36 1903 1884 Finland Married White Wife Finland Finland
Senji Hill Female 12 1908 MI Single White Daughter Finland Finland
Kaarlo Hill Male 10 1910 MI Single White Son Finland Finland
Benkart Hill Male 7 1913 MI Single White Son Finland Finland
Everdte Hill Male 5 1915 MI Single White Son Finland Finland
Armas Hill Male 3 1917 MI Single White Son Finland Finland
Ruben Hill Male 2 1918 MI Single White Son Finland Finland
Peter Yenkst Male 40 1908 1880 Poland Married White Head Poland Poland

 

[Postcard showing Tornado Destruction, 21 Sep 1924]   [Postcard showing the destruction of the Kangas Farm]  [1924 Cyclone /Tornado]

 

 

   1920 Plat Map showing Sec. 7 & the Hill Farm

 

 


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