----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 12/ /1967

McConnell, Isabelle (1878 - 1967)

GREENWOOD, CLARK COUNTY--Mrs. Robert McConnell, 89, died at 5:20 a.m. Monday, Dec. 25, 1967, at the Memorial Home in Neillsville, where she had resided the past four years.

Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Hill Funeral Home here, with the Rev. David Logue, pastor of Zion-Immanuel United Churches of Christ, officiating. Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

The body will repose at the funeral home from Wednesday afternoon until the time of services.

The former Isabelle Peterson was born Aug. 5, 1878, at Neillsville, and at the age of five years came with her parents to Greenwood. Her marriage to Robert McConnell, who preceded her in death May 19, 1966, took place June 12, 1907, at Greenwood.

The couple farmed in the Greenwood area until 1943, when they retired and moved to the city of Greenwood. Mr. McConnell had been a resident of the Memorial Home at Neillsville since Dec. 28, 1963.

Survivors are a son, Roy McConnell, Beloit a daughter, Mrs. Arnold (Edna) Hubert, Milwaukee three grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Ole (Mabel) Sather, on Oct. 21, 1962 a son, Lester two brothers and a sister.