Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 01/30/1991
 

Krause, Alvin H. (1901 - 1991)

Alvin H. Krause, 87, Neillsville, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 1991, at Neillsville Memorial Hospital, Neillsville. Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 26, 1991, at 10 a.m. at Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton. Rev. Thomas LaChapelle officiated and burial was in Windfall Cemetery, Granton. Family and friends served as pallbearers.

Alvin H. Krause was born March 27, 1903, in the Town of Lynn, Clark County, to August and Clara (nee Schier) Krause. He received his education in the Town of Lynn. He worked in the Civilian Conservation Camps and for WPA Road Construction, and logging camps. On Dec. 2, 1936, he married Laurean Wilkens in Clark County. She survives. He worked for the Milwaukee Railroad that ran between Babcock and Lynn. He then worked as a carpenter and farmed in the Town of Washburn from 1948 - 1968. He moved to Granton and semi-retired in 1968. He entered the Memorial Home in Sept. 1990.

Survivors include his wife two sons, Leland Krause, Granton and Elmer Krause, Stevens Point one brother, Harvey Krause, Neillsville and four grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents, one brother, two sisters, and one grandchild.
Gesche Funeral Home, Inc., handled the arrangements.