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Tony Radosevich, 74, of Rt. 2, Mason, died at this residence Thursday. He was born March 15, 1910 in Madrid, N. Mex. He was a farmer for many years and also drove school bus for the Ondossagon school system. He worked for the Bayfield County ASCS and was the farmer's field man for northern Wisconsin. He was a member of Moquah's Men's Club, the Farmers Union and the Bayfield County Democratic Party. He married Pauline Motel in November, 1938 at Ino. She died in July, 1978.
Survivors include: three sons, Tracy of Medford, William of Hudson and Joseph of Benoit; two daughters, Mrs. David (Myra) Shippen of Bloomer and Miss Cheryl Radosevich of Shawano; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Also two brothers, Matt of Benoit and Edward of Hazelhurst; five sisters, Mrs. Steve (Lena) Gerbozy of Barnes, Mrs. Mary Kropp of Park Rapids, Minn., Mrs. Ann Porvick of Benoit, Mrs. Emily Carlson of Caledonia and Mrs. Ethel Bolka of Milwaukee. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.
Funeral services were Tuesday at 10 a.m.at the Schafer Funeral Home, Ashland, and 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Dauby, with the Rev. Fr. Gabrial Zepczyk officiating. Burial will be at the Ino Cemetery. Visitation was Monday after 4 p.m. at the Schafer Funeral Home with recitation of the rosary at 8 p.m. Monday.
The Iron River Pioneer January 10, 1985
NOTE: This article had mistakes, i.e. repetition of some of the text. It also names two funeral services 1/2 hour apart in separate locations.
Ellen Raisanen, 81, Herbster, died Tuesday, Nov. 12 [ 1985] at an Ashland nurshing home. She was born April 21, 1904 at Champion, Mich. She had been a resident of Chicago for many years and moved to Herbster in 1965.
She was preceded in death by her husband Hugo in 1976 and her two brothers, Victor and Reino Markkula, and her parents, Henry and Miina Markkula. Private funeral services were held at the Roberts Funeral Home, Ashland, on Thursday, with Pastor Dale Franson officiating. Burial was in the Herbster Cemetery.
The Iron River Pioneer November 21, 1985
RANBY, Chris
Posted By:Donna Bell Cross
Date: Saturday, 22 January 2000, at 8:45:01 p.m.
Chris RANBY, an engineer on Cook's logging road, was burned to death Saturday afternoon. His engine jumped the track while hauling a train of logs and fell over an embankment. Ranby was pinned in the cab. The body was taken to Ashland and a coroner's jury returned the verdict that the man's death was caused through the negligence of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Ashland railroad company in not having engine and track in safe condition for service.
The Bayfield County Press Saturday, December 9, 1899
Note: This item was extracted from the chit chat column of the paper, and is not a very full accounting. It seemed that even this fragment might be helpful to a researcher, however.
Reprinted from the "Iron River Pioneer" January 7, 1943, Iron River Memories Column by Beverly Thivierge
After a long illness, Ellen A. Rantala, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rantala, of Oulu, passed away Tuesday night. She was born in Oulu May 24, 1921 and lived all her life there. Besides her parents, she is survived by five sisters and six brothers, Private John Rantala, Ft. Riley, Kansas; Esther of Manitowac; and Edith, Gladys, Goldie, Marlene, Ernest, Carl, Henry, Marvin, and Arthur, all of Oulu; and her grandfather, Charles Juntila of Oulu.
The County Journal December 2, 2000
Luke Daniel Raspotnik, two month old son of Leonard and Susan Raspotnik, Rt. 2 Mason, died at his home on Monday. He was born Jan. 14, 1985 at Ashland.
Surviving are a sister, Venise; a brother, Leonard, at home, his maternal grandparetnts, Mrs. and Mrs. Albert A. Zifko, Rt. 1, Washburn; his paternal grandmother, Mary Raspotnik, Rt. 2 Mason; his maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Mabel Beesma, Herbster; aunts, uncles and many cousins.
Private funeral services will be held Thursday at the Schafer Funeral Home, Ashland. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Ashland.
The Iron River Pioneer March 14, 1985
REBEDAUX, Mrs. Peter
Posted By:Donna Bell Cross
Date: Friday, 21 January 2000, at 2:44:13 p.m.
Mrs. Peter Rebedaux died last Wednesday of consumption and was buried at La Pointe Saturday.
The Bayfield County Press Saturday, Feb 16, 1854
OBITUARY HALVOR REITEN
DEATH WAS SUDDEN
Well Known Harbor City Resident Expired at Home Here Sunday Evening.
The relatives and friends of Mr. Halvor Reiten were considerably shocked and grieved Monday morning to learn that he had suddenly expired at his residence on Second street Sunday evening. The news of Mr. Reiten's death was a great surprise to his many friends, for up to a short time before he passed away, he appeared to be in good health. Mr. Reiten was thirty-two years of age and had been a resident of Bayfield for a number of years being engaged in the business of saloon keeper on Broad street. He had been in poor health for some time and had spent several weeks at Hot Springs this winter where his health was very much improved. Death was due to hemorrhage. The sincere sympathy of the entire community is extended the bereaved family in this sudden calamity which has befallen them, the loss of a loving husband and kind father.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our thanks to the friends, and espeically the fraternal Order of Eagles, for the kindness shown during our recent trouble, the sickness and death of a kind and loving husband and father. Mrs. H. Reiten and Children
The Bayfield County Press Friday, February 4, 1910
OBITUARY DR. W. T. RHINEHART
The sad news reached Bayfield Wednesday of the death of Dr. W. T. Rhinehart, which occurred at Augusta Hospital, Chicago. Dr. Rhinehart was one of the best known and most famous physicians. His death takes away a man who has for years devoted much time to promoting the welfare of his fellow beings, a man known to practically every adult person in Bayfield, who grieve as deeply over his death as the near relatives, to whom the greatest sympathy is extended by the Press and its readers, and the scores of friends Dr. Rhinehart had in this city.
The Bayfield County Press Friday September 10, 1909
Hubert J. Rhoads, 83, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, a former resident of the Herbster and Port Wing area, died Tuesday, Nov. 12 [1985] at his residence. Mr. Rhoads retired in 1967 from Cooper Industries after 43 years of employment. He was a deacon at First Presbyterian church, Mt. Vernon.
Surviving are his wife Lillian; one son David, Utica, Ohio; one daughter, Joyce Ann Staats, Mt. Vernon; four grandchildren; five great-grandsons.
Funeral services were Friday at Flowers-Snyder Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon, with the Rev. James Sanko officiating. Burial was in Amity Cemetery, near Mr. Vernon. Visitation was at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Mt. Vernon, or Hospice of Knox County, Ohio.
The Iron River Pioneer November 21, 1985
NOTE: The newspaper clipping has both Herbert and Hubert. It was been transcribed as originally written.
OBITUARY - OLGA [NELSON] RICH
Mrs. Olga (Nelson) Rich, former Mason resident, died Sept. 13 at Northridge, Calif. She was the widow of Michael Rich. She was born July 13, 1905 at Mason, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson. She attended school at Mason.
Surviving are a son, Dr. Anthony Rich, of California; a daughter, Betty Cert, Chicago; and two sisters, Ethel Maciver, MacIver, California, and Ann Nelson, Mason.
The Iron River Pioneer September 19, 1985
RICHARDSON
Posted By: Donna Bell Cross
An Early Settler Dies
Word was received here this week of the death of Mrs. L.M. Richardson (better known to old residents here as Mrs. L.M. Whittlesey) at her home in Toledo, Ohio, May 1, in the sixty-seventh year of her age. Deceased was born in Rochester, Mass., and came to Bayfield in 1854 where she resided till about eight years ago.
The Bayfield County Press May 11, 1901
AGED RESIDENT PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Josephine M. Ripley Succumbs to Lingering Illness Last Friday Morning at the Age of Eighty Years.
Mrs. Josephine M. Ripley, mother of Mrs. B. F. McNiel, of this city, passed away at the home of her daughter last Friday morning, Aug. 7th, at 1:10 a.m. after an illness extending over several months.
The deceased was born in Conneaut, Ohio, on July 29th, 1845. She was married to Luther Ripley, and to this union was born two sons, Albert and Ralph, and one daughter, Myrta, all of whom survive her. She is also survived by a brother, A. E. Wright, of Gentry, Arkansas, and a sister, Mrs. Frank Gear, of Cottage Hill, Florida. Her husband had preceded her to the life beyond in 1893.
At the time of her death Mrs. Ripley was eighty years and eight days old.
She was a lady who was held in high esteem by all her neighbors and friends and her passing has cast a gloom over the entire community.
The funeral service was held at the residence on Sunday, August 9th, Rev. A. G. Young officiating. The interment was in the City Cemetery.
The Iron River Pioneer Thursday, August 13, 1925
Passed Away Quietly Tuesday Morning--Funeral Will be Tomorrow Afternoon
Mrs. Mary E. Ripley, one of Iron River's few remaining pioneer residents, passed away last Tuesday morning [February 23, 1937], at 4:50 o'clock at her home on George street, following an illness which extended over a period of about ten weeks. She stumbled over some unknown object in the shed off the kitchen in her home, on the twelfth day of last November, and suffered a fracture of the upper third of her right thigh bone, and she had been confined to her bed ever since. The fracture was set and every possible care given to the aged patient, but it seemed that nature could not lend the necessary asistance needed for the bones to knit, and the patient gradually became weaker with each passing day until finally the end came.
The deceased was 82 years of age last November 9th--three days before she suffered her fateful fall. Mary Patrick was born on November 4, 1854, in Birmingham, Mich., where she spent her girlhood days. [Note: discrepancy in birth date is as published in original article] On March 30, 1876, she married Byron Ripley at Port Austin, Michigan, and while newlyweds the couple migrated to North Dakota, where Mr. Ripley operated a stage line and provided transportation of a kind that was common in the prairie states in those days before the railroads and the automobiles. He sold out that business and moved to Superior, where the family lived for two years before coming to Iron river in 1891. The family has resided here ever since.
On March 30th of last year, Mr. and Mrs. Ripley celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage, and the occasion was a memorable one to many Iron River people, who joined to honor these old and respected fellow-townsmen upon that notable and happy occasion. The celebration was set off by a large gathering of friends at the Community Hall, where Mr. and Mrs. Ripley received their friends and a formal program was carried out in which many former residents, old friends of the family, joined with local residents.
Mrs. Ripley has been a life-long Christian woman, and has been active in all worthy movements. She has always been a good neighbor, and possessed a broad, humanitarian spirit which knew no bounds. It was charactaristic of her that, when an Iron River mother died when giving birth to a child, she adopted the motherless infant and raised her to womanhood with all the solicitude and love which a fond mother could give. In her declining years she was amply rewarded by the knowledge that this young woman appreciated what was done for her and in turn lent aid and comfort to her to the very last. It is but proof again that the average person gets out of life what they put into it.
The sympathy of the Iron River folks go out to "Uncle By" Ripley, for they know that he will now be very lonely regardless of the fact that he has a philosophy of life that shuts out most of the darkeness that enshrouds the average person at times.
Besides her husband, the deceased is survived by one son, George W. Ripley, of Aberdeen, Washington, one daughter, Mrs. Iver (Eleanor) Carlson, of Duluth, and two grandchildren, Elizabeth and John Byron Ripley, of Aberdeen, Washington.
The funeral will be held tomorrow (Friday) afternoon from the family residence on George street. Short services will be conducted by Rev. Talmage Hartman, pastor of the Congregational church, and there will also be brief services at the grave. Interment will be at the City Cemetery.
THE IRON RIVER PIONEER, BAYFIELD COUNTY, WISCONSIN Thjursday, February 25, 1937
ROBEDAUX, Peter
Posted By:Donna Bell Cross
Date: Thursday, 2 December 1999, at 10:36:07 p.m.
ROBEDAUX --At his home on Madeline Island, Monday, July 2, 1888, Peter Robedaux, aged 92 years. Deceased was born near Montreal, Canada, in 1796, and when only fourteen years of age entered the employ of the Hudson Bay Fur Company and visited the then far distant waters of the Columbia river in Washington territory. He remained in the employ of this company for twenty-five years and then entered the employ of the American Fur Company with headquarters at LaPointe. For fifty odd years he resided on Madeline Island, opposite Bayfield, and the streams tributary to the great lakes not visited by him can be numbered by the fingers on one's hand. His life until the past few years has been one crowded with exciting incidents, many of which would furnish ample material for the ground work of a novel after the Leather Stocking style.
The Bayfield County Press, Saturday, July 7th, 1888
Lillian R. Robinson, 77, of Northern Lights Manor Nursing Home in Washburn, died on Feb. 22 [1985]at Bayfield County Memorial Hospital. She was born on Jan. 27, 1908, in Washburn, the daughter of Amil and Mary Scantland. She married Paul Robinson on Feb. 14, 1927, in Washburn. She and her husband were owners and operators of the Washburn Times for many years. She was a member of the St. Louis Catholic Church in Washburn, where she was actively involved in the St Ann's Society.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Irene L. Soderberg, Eugene, Oregon, and Mrs. Gordon (LaVerne) Hanson, Haines City, Fla.; three brothers, Virgil A. Scantland, Inglis, Fla., Rohan A. Scantland, Brooklyn, Mich., and Clifford A. Scantland, Kissimmee, Fla. She was preceeded in death by her husband on Feb. 27, 1969, and by her parents.
Funeral services were held on Monday, at 10 a.m., at St. Louis Catholic Church. Father John Slowey officiated. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery, Washburn. There was visitation on Sunday, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Bratley Funeral Home, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
The Iron River Pioneer February 28, 1985
Mrs. Alice Roffers, 75, 321 Washington Ave., Bayfield, died Monday at St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth. She was born July 1, 1910 at Ashland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Milanowski.
She married Roy Shefchik on Juyly 1, 1931 at Ashland. They farmed at Sanborn until 1938. They moved to Eau Claire. Mr. Shefchik died in 1953.
She married Fred Roffers in August, 1978 At Bayfield. He died in May, 1983.
She is survived by three sons, Roy Shefchik, Eau Claire; Dale Roffers, Roseville Minn., and David Roffers, Bloomington, MN; five daughters, Mrs. James (Beverly) Homsey, Milwaukee; Mrs. Willard (Faith Ann) Johnson, Menasha; Mrs. Duane (Sharon) Raether and Mrs. James (Lynda) Osborn, both of Augusta; and Mrs. James (Muriel) Erickson, Bayfield; 38 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are her mother, Mrs. John Milanowski, Ashland; a brother, Edward Milanowski, Ashland; and a sister, Mrs. Bernice LaBarge, Sterling Heights, Mich.
She was preceded in death by her father and a daughter, Marilyn Curry.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Schafer Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Father Andre Schludecker will officiate. Burial will be in St. Agnes Cemetery.
There was visitation Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Schafer Funeral Home with parish rosary at 7:30 p.m.
The Iron River Pioneer August 29, 1985
NOTE: The dates given are as represented in the newspaper clipping. If she married Fred Roffers in 1978, she was 68 years old, only seven years before her death. As there are grown sons with the Roffers name, this marriage date has to be in error.
Betty Hale Roslewski, 67, died Oct. 20 [1985] at the Home Hospital in LaFayette, Ind. She was born in Bayfield Feb. 28, 1918, daughter of Stanley and Gladys Knight Hale. The family lived in Bayfield, Wasburn and Iron River. She graduated from Bayfield High School in 1932. She married Arthur Roslewski in Miami, Fla. He died Feb. 18, 1970. Mrs. Roslewski worked in the office of Dr. Ben Klatch in LaFayette until her retirement in 1980. She belonged to St. John's Episcopal Church, Altar Guild, secretary American Legion Auxiliary Post 11, and was a member of the V. F. W.
Funeral services were Thursday, Oct. 24 at Soller-Baker Chapel, LaFayette, Ind.
She is survived by a son, William Roslewski of West Point, Ind.; a daughter Mrs. JoAnn Hanson of Blaine, Minn.; three grandchildren, a brother, Scott Hale, of Clearwater, Fla., two cousins Bill Knight of Oshkosh and Eleanor Knight of Washburn.
The Iron River Pioneer November 7, 1985
Was Member of 137th New York Regiment in War of Rebellion --Wife Preceded Him in Death by Four Days
Edward A. Ross, Bayfield county's oldest citizen, and one of its three surviving veterans of the Civil War, passed away last Thursday afternoon [ February 13, 1941] at his home on George Street-- just four days after his wife had passed awy from the same cause he died with--a parlytic stroke.
Mr. Ross was born in Broome county, in the state of New York, on the 5th day of September, 1840, and when the Civil War broke out he became a member of the 137th New York Regiment that saw considerable action in the great war. Ross escaped practically unscathed, and after the war, came west and settled at Chippewa Falls, where he resided for several years before coming to Iron River when this viillage was new. A carpenter by trade, Mr. Ross helped to erect many of the oldest structures in the village. He remained quite active in spite of his advanced years, and even after he was eighty-five years of age he carried the U.S. Mails to and from the depot to the local postoffice, and many will remember with some amusement how he would "bawl out" strangers who chanced to park their cars near the posoffice by mistake, and thus "interferring" with the dispatch of the United States mail.
Four years ago he made his fourth venture in the matrimonial field, wedding Mrs. Laura Ferguson, widow of the late Lester Ferguson, of this city, and this good woman passed away but a few days before he did. They were both cared for very attentively up to the last, and their deaths were but the natural result of nature's wearing-down process in old age.
Mrs. Ross' body was laid at rest in the City cemetery on Tuesday, and two days later the husband's remarkably long life ended peacefully, and on Saturday his body was laid at rest in the City cemetery, following services at the Congregational Church, conducted by the pastor Rev. Robert F. Black.
A firing squad of the Bayfield county American Legion post at Washburn attended the funeral and conducted a military funeral at the church and before the open grave.
The following well known citizens and neighbors of Mr. Ross were the pallbearers: Albert G. Johnson, H. O. Lund, Harry Olson, William Jeffery, Henry Kamrath and A.J. Vojacek.
Survivors of the deceased include a daughter, Mrs. Doria A. Robinson and grandson, Earl Robinson, at Superior.
An incident of more than passing interest was the presence of Nathaniel S. Johnson, of this city, at the funeral. He is one of the two remaining Civil War veterans in Bayfield county now living, the other being David Monroe of Washburn.
THE IRON RIVER PIONEER, BAYFIELD COUNTY, WISCONSIN Thursday, February 20, 1941
Ill for Many Weeks, Death Follows Paralytic Stroke on Sunday Morning
Mrs. Laura A. Ferguson-Ross, aged 69 years, passed away at her home on George street at about 3 o'clock last Sunday morning, Feb. 9th [1941]. A paralytic stroke which followed a general breakdown in health was the direct cause of her death.
Mrs. Ross was born at Pine Grove in Portage county, Wisconsin, on October 18, 1871. She came with her husband and older members of her family to Iron River many years ago. She was then the wife of Lester Ferguson, who passed away nine years ago, and the family lived on a "sand" farm two and a half miles northwest of this city for a long time.
Four years ago she married Edward A. Ross, one of the three surviving veterans of the Civil War residing in Bayfield county. Her husband, who celebrated his 100th anniversary of his birth last September, is critically ill, also from the effects of a stroke, and he is not expected to survive more than a few days.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Ross is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Ida Hanson, of this city; Mrs. Minnie Ashpole, Thompson, Ill.; Mrs. Nina Jackson, Dewitt, Iowa; and Mrs. Stella Jurgenson, Delmar, Iowa; five sons, Chester Ferguson, Clinton, Iowa; Roy Ferguson, Dewitt, Iowa; Walter Ferguson, Kent, Wash.; and Thomas and Harold Ferguson of this city, also one brother , John Culbertson, of Wescott, Wis.
The body was prepared for burial at the Lenroot Funeral Home, and at noon Tuesday was taken to the Congregational Church, and at 2 o'clock services were held, conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. F. Black and interment was in the family lot in the City Cemtery.
The sons, Chester and Roy, and daughter, Nina and husband, Mr. Jackson, all of Iowa were here to attend the funeral.
THE IRON RIVER PIONEER, BAYFIELD COUNTY, WISCONSIN Thursday, February 20, 1941
ROWE, Henry
Posted By:Donna Bell Cross
Date: Thursday, 2 December 1999, at 8:27:54 p.m.
"Just as we go to press we learn that Henry Rowe dropped dead from heart failure. Mr. Rowe has resided in this vicinity for a great may years. Mr. Rowe was a boat builder by trade and when not employed at his trade he followed the fishing business."
The Bayfield County Press, Saturday, Dec 22, 1900
"--Geo. Genery, a resident of Bayfield a number of years ago, came up from Munising, Michigan to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Henry Rowe. Mr. Genery is now in the light house service at Munising."
The Bayfield County Press, Saturday, Dec 29, 1900
DEATH NOTICE MARTHA JEAN ROWLEY
PISTOL BULLET BRINGS AN OUTING TO FATAL FINISH
Bayfield Young Girl is the Victim of Accident Sunday--Is Instantly Killed
Perhaps the most tragic accident, resulting fatally, to occur in Bayfield or on the Bayfield Peninsula for a number of years, was that of last Sunday evening, when Miss Martha Jeanne Rowley, the seventeen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Rowley, of this city, met instant death by the accidental discarge of a revolver she was using in target practice. Miss Rowley, in company with her brother Russell, Lloyd Brigham, and John Maxson, had spent the afternoon along the shore south of the city. At intervals during that time the young people had indulged in target practice with a revolver and it was during one of these intervals that the shocking accident occured. About six o'clock the party decided to remain on shore and have lunch, whereupon Maxson and Russsell Rowley left for their homes to bring out the lunch. They had barely left, however, when the accidental discharge of the revolver sent a bullet through the young lady's heart, bringing instant death. At the time of the accident Mr. Brigham was attending to the large bonfire which had been built. The death of Miss Rowley all happened so suddenly that the exact cause of the accidental discharge of the gun is not know, for when the young man turned around to where whe was lying, she had already turned cold in death's grasp. Telehpone messages were immediately sent to the city and Mr. Rowley, father of the young lady, in company with her brother, Dr. Roy C. Rowley, and Dr. Mertens were summoned, but too late to be of any use other than to bring the remains to her home.
An inquest was conducted Monday afternoon by District Attorney E. C. Alvord, of Washburn. From the testimony presented the jury returned a verdict of acidental death, resulting from the accidental discharge of a revolver which was held in the hands of the deceased. It appears that the trigger of the revolver became entangled in the young lady's handkerchief, and it was while she was endeavoring to disengage it that the gun exploded.
The tragedy has been a great shock to Bayfield people, as Miss Rowley was a young lady of estimable character, sweet disposition, and had hosts of friends. Each citizen silently grieves over the tragic death of the deceased and mourns the loss of such spendid young womanhood.
The Bayfield County Press Friday, July 29, 1910
OBITUARY MARTHA JEANNE ROWLEY
DIED--Martha Jeanne Rowley, daughter of Mr. and Mr.s C. R. Rowley of Bayfield Wisconsin, born December 15th, 1893, died July 24th 1910. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at two 0'clock from Christ Episcopal Church, the Rev. Albion H. Ross of Ashland and the Rev. Samwell of this city officiating. The remains were interred in Greewood cemetery. Special music was rendered at the church bya choir consisting of Mesdames John Kiel, Roy Southmay, Curtis Horn, O.J. Vorous and Mr.s Donald Bell. Mrs. Herman Keyser, organist. The foral offerings were many and beautiful.
To mourn the loss of a beloved daughter and sister the deceased leaves her parents and two brothers, Roy C. andn Russell Rowley.
Martha Jeanne Rowley was born in Mazomana, Wisconsin, where the early yers of her life were spent. Later she resided at Sarta, Wisconsin, and came to make her hone in Bayfield with her parents about five years ago.
A young lady of beauthiful character, and the embodiment of everything good, her death brings sorrow to all and the greatest sympathy humanity can express is extended the grieving relatives,
"We picture death as coming to destroy;
let us rather picture Christ as coming to save.
We think of death as ending;
let us rather think of life as begining,
and that more abundant.
We think of losing;
let us think of gaining.
We think of parting,
let us think of meeting.
We think of going away;
let us think of arriving.
And as the voice of death whispers
"You must go fromearth,"
let us hear the voice of Christ saying
"You are coming to me."
CARD OF THANKS
Words cannot express how grateful we are to the manyh kind friends and neighbors who so generousl extendid their aid and sympathy in our recent bereavement, the loss of a loving daughter and sister. Especially do we desire to thank the Helpers Club, which so beautifully lined the grave, and the choir which sang at the funeral services. The kindess of all will never be forgotten by
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Rowley
and family
The Bayfield County Press Friday July 29, 1910
NOTE: The obituary makes reference to the choir consisting of "Mesdames John Kiel, Roy Southmayd, Curtis Horn, O.J. Vorous and Mr. Donald Bell." The dictionary definition of mesdames is "plural of madame", therefore the choir consisted of the wives of all of the above named, with the exception of reference to Mr. Donald Bell.
OBITUARY ROY CHARLES ROWLEY
Roy Charles Rowley, the youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. Roy C. Rowley of Ashland, formerly residents of Bayfield, died at their home in Ashland Monday morning last at three o'clock. The little fellow was an unusually bright lad, and although only about three years of age, he had endeared himself to many Bayfield people. All regret deeply his death and condole in hearfelt sympathy with the sorrowing parents. The first illness of the deceased appeared in the form of typhoid fever, which, however, later developed into more serious complications resulting in his death. The remains were brought to this city Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning at nine o'clock, funeral services were conducted in the Holy Family Church, and the remains laid at rest beside those of his departed aunt, Miss Jeane Rowley.
The Bayfield County Press Friday, January 13, 1911
RUDD, Charles P.
Posted By:Donna Bell Cross
Date: Friday, 12 November 1999, at 12:44:33 p.m.
DEATH OF C.P. RUDD. Charles P. Rudd died at St. Joseph's hospital Wednesday night, April 7, at 11 0'clock, of Bright's disease after many months of suffering. There was probably no man better known in this section of the country than " Col. Rudd" as he was generally called. He came to Bayfield from Kentucky in 1858 and bought an interest in the orininal town site of Bayfiled from the late Henry M. Rice and had been a resident of this place until his death. His first vote in Bayfield was cast for J.C, Breckenridge in 1860. He was admitted to the bar in Kentucky and was also admitted in Wisconsin but had not practiced law in late years. He held the office of president of the local lodge of Catholic Knights of Wisconsin for a number of years prior to the last year. He was one of the trustees who built the first Catholic church in Bayfield. His remains were taken to Kentucky for burial. He leaves a brother and sister in Louisville.
[Bayfield County Press Saturday April 19, 1897]
NOTE: dictionary definition "Bright's disease: a disease characterized by degeneration of the kidneys and imperfect elimination of uric acid from the system. [after Richard Bright, 1789-1858, English pysician]"
Mrs. Harold (Irene) Ruf, 78, of Cable, died Sunday at a Hayward hospital. She was born June 27, 1906 at Superior, the daughter of Fred and Ethel Pellerin. Mrs. Ruf attended Superior Public Schools and was graduated from Superior State Teachers College, teaching school in Superior, Iron River, Port Wing, Cable, and in the state of New Jersey. On July 2, 1931 she was married at Superior to Harold Ruf. He survives.
Surviving besides her husband are a niece in Pennsylvania; and two nephews in Florida. Funeral services were at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening at the Koerpel Funeral Chapel, Hayward, with the Rev. Joseph Jenkins officiatig. Private burial services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery, Cable. Visitation was from 5 p.m. until the hour of service at the funeral chapel on Tuesday.
The Iron River Pioneer June 6, 1985
Paul Runholm died on Nov. 28 as the result of an automobile accident in Seattle, Wash. He was the son of Eugene and Ruth Runholm, of Delta, and Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Waupun and Ashland. He was born on April 6, 1951, in Waupun. He graduated from Waupun High Scool, and earned a B.A. and M.S. degree from Stout State University at Menomonie. He worked in vocational rehabilitation for a number of years. He operated his own business in Seattle, manufacturing furniture. He had been employed at the Girl Scout Camp at Delta and the Pulp Hoist in Ashland during his school years.
He is survived by his parents; his wife, Joyce; two step-daughters; two sisters, Laurice Tice, Milwaukee, and Katheryn Beers, Flossmor, Ill; a cousin, Gene Yuhas, Ashland; an uncle, several nieces and a nephew. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at Seattle.
The Iron River Pioneer December 6, 1984
Pearl E. Ruppert, 72, Wentworth, died recently in her home. Born in Portland, Ore., she resided in the Superior area since 1956 and attended the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Surviving are two sons, Douglas and Lamont, both of Wentworth, a sister, Flora Parks of Portland; and three grandchildren. Visitation was at the Thompson-Hegstrom Funeral Home. A private graveside service was in Greenwood Cemetery, Bayfield.
The Iron River Pioneer January 10, 1985
RYAN, John
Posted By:Donna Bell Cross
Date: Saturday, 4 December 1999, at 12:02:55 a.m.
-John Ryan, of Ashland, was drowned at the Wisconsin Central ore dock in that place Sunday.
The Bayfield County Press, Saturday, July 7th, 1888
