Obit: Shanks, Hattie M. (1873 - 1959)

 

Contact:stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

 

Surnames: Shanks, Andrews, Schneider, Jones, Johnson, Robinson, Burch

 

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.)  08/27/1959

 

Shanks, Hattie M. #3 (25 AUG 1873 - 23 AUG 1959)

 

Mrs. Albert Shanks, 85, a lifelong resident of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), died Sunday morning in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, where she had been admitted Aug. 13 for eye surgery.  She had been ill since April.

 

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in Grace Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ethel Nulton officiating.  Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

 

The body will repose at the Hill Funeral Home beginning Tuesday afternoon.

 

The former Hattie May Andrews was born in Greenwood Aug. 25, 1873.  Prior to her marriage she taught school in the Greenwood area.  She married Albert Shanks on April 26, 1899, at Greenwood.  They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1949.  Mr. shanks, a former mayor of Greenwood, died May 3, 1949.

 

She was a member of Grace Methodist Church.

 

The survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Schneider, Enid, Okla., five grandchildren, and a brother, William Andrews, Owen.

 

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs. Freedom (Arva) Jones in 1934; by three brothers, Kenneth, Dougley and Frank Andrews, and by three sisters, Mrs. Anna Johnson, Mrs. Mame Robinson, and Mrs. Belle Burch.

 

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Obit: Shanks, Hattie May #2 (1873 - 1959)

 

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

 

Surnames: Shanks, Campbell, Andrews, Schneider, Nulton

 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) August 27, 1959

 

Shanks, Hattie May (25 August 1873 - 23 August 1959)

 

Mrs. Albert Shanks, 85, lifelong resident of Greenwood, died Sunday at 11:45 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, of pneumonia.  She underwent eye surgery there and had been a patient since August 13.

 

Funeral services are scheduled for this (Thursday) afternoon from the Grace Methodist Church.  The Rev. Ethel Nulton will officiate.  Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Shanks, nee Hattie May Andrews, daughter of Steven and Harriett (Campbell) Andrews, was born August 25, 1873, in Greenwood.  She was married to Albert Shanks April 26, 1899.

 

In 1949 they observed their golden wedding anniversary.  Mr. Shanks, a former mayor of Greenwood, died July 3, 1949.

 

Mrs. Shanks is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Schneider of Enid, Okla.; a brother, William Andrews of Owen; and five grandchildren.

 

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Obit: Shanks, Hattie May #2 (1873 - 1959)

Transcriber: at Shanks

 

Surnames: Shanks, Campbell, Andrews, Schneider, Nulton

 

----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 08/ /1959


Shanks, Hattie May (1873 - 1959)


GREENWOOD--Mrs. Albert Shanks, 85, a lifelong resident of Greenwood, Clark County, died Sunday morning, Aug. 23, 1959, in St. Joseph's Hospital at Marshfield, where she had been admitted Aug. 13 for eye surgery. She had been ill since April.


Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Grace Methodist Church with the Rev. Ethel Nulton officiating. Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.


The body will repose at the Hill Funeral Home beginning Tuesday afternoon.


The former Hattie May Andrews was born in Greenwood Aug. 25, 1873. Prior to her marriage she taught school in the Greenwood area. She married Albert Shanks on April 26, 1899, at Greenwood. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1949. Mr. Shanks, a former mayor of Greenwood, died May 3, 1949.


She was a member of Grace Methodist Church.


The survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Schneider, Enid, Okla. five grandchildren a a brother, William Andrews, Owen.

 

 


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