Obit: Hallowell, Olga (1889 - 1971)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Hallowell, Johnson, Oestreich, Paschke, Kline, Hebert, Catlin, Christenson, Rossow, Olson, Mickelson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 2/11/1971

Hallowell, Olga (13 November 1889 - 29 January 1971)

Funeral services for Mrs. Olga Hallowell, 81, Marshfield, who died January 29, at the Marshfield Convalescent center, were held February 1 at 2 p.m. from the Roycraft Funeral Home in Loyal. The Rev. Conrad Mickelson officiated and burial was made in the Pine Grove Cemetery.

Mrs. Hallowell, the former Olga Johnson, was born November 13, 1889, in Milwaukee. Her marriage to Charles S. Hallowell took place March 5, 1917, in Clark County. He died on July 2, 1954.

Survivors include five children, Norman Hallowell of Orlando, Fla.; Mrs. Ralph (Ruth) Oestreich, Loyal; Mrs. John (Helen) Paschke, Greenwood; Howard Hallowell, Marshfield; Mrs. Leon (Viola) Kline, Marshfield; 24 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. She is further survived by two brothers, Harold Johnson and Sigward Johnson, both of Loyal; and by two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd (Julia) Hebert and Mrs. Ann Catlin, also of Loyal.

Pallbearers were: Mike Oestreich, Allen Christenson, Clifford Hallowell, Gary Hallowell, John Paschke, Jr., and Gust Paschke. Mrs. Mavis Rossow sang “In the Garden” and “What a Friend we have in Jesus” accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Gladys Olson.