Obit: Markham, Ira (1886 - 1963)

 

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Surnames: Markham, Pierce, Anderson, Knoll, Sullivan, Mauer

                       

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) April 18, 1963

 

Markham, Ira (28 June 1886 - 14 April 1963)

 

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon for Ira Markham, 76, of Rt. 3, Neillsville, who died here Sunday.  The Rev. Lloyd Mauer of the Methodist Church officiated at services from the Georgas Funeral Home. Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

 

Mr. Markham was born June 28, 1886, in Wisconsin.  He received his education in rural schools and as a young man worked on the railroad for a few years.

 

On November 23, 1911, he was married to the former Mattie Pierce in Humbird. The family came to Clark County in 1928 and was engaged in farming. They retired in 1954, and since that time had made their home with their son Earl.

 

He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Victor (Iva) Anderson, Chili; Mrs. Henry (Mabel) Knoll and Nathan Markham, Granton; Mrs. Truman (Marie) Sullivan, Milwaukee; Roy Markham, Marshfield; and Earl of Neillsville.  Also seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren survive.

 

 


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