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KEWAUNEE JUDGE DIESJudge Parker’s Death Caused By Pneumonia—Funeral Held onSunday.Maynard Ti Parker of Algoma, and county judge of Kewaunee county,GN/• I1died at tils home In Algoma on FrI- 1 *1day morning of last week, cause of death being pneumonia.Judge Parker was born in New Hampshirp on October 30, 1850, and came to Algoma in 1850. He was ad- I :j£ mitted to the bar in 1879 and formed £c a law partnership with John Karel, is father of Judge Karel of Milwaukee. 21 He held many offices, being city at-1 torney and Mayor of Algoma „ for anumber of years, and represented Ke-1 ^J Uwaunee in the assembly at one time. :a In 1911 he was appointed judge of in Kewaunee county by Gov. McGovern, r and he has twice been elected by the a people of Kewaunee county to sue- ^ceed himself. j ^In 1880, Mr. Parker was united in jvJ Lmarriage to Miss Mary Overbeck, ,.c daughter of the late Rev. Henry Ov- -r erbeclc. To this happy union were j e horn three children viz: Miss Mabel and Edgar of this city and Miss Lee I v* Archer of Racine, all of whom and -lthe widow survive. ' 11Funeral services were held Sunday, _uafternoon in the yard at the home of the deceased, and for blocks along the street the curb was* lined with automobiles and rigs. The Masonic ifraternity took charge of the body after the services at the house*.At the house the Masonic service •Iwas brief consisting simply of the laying of the apron upon tlie coffin. The line of march continued from the house to the cemetery where the .very impressive Masonic burial services were hold, Williard E. Gaede of this city officiating.The following Masons from Sturgeon Bay Lodge were in attendance: C. L. Nelson, W. A. Lawrence, Theo. Swanson, W. It. Higgins, Allen Higgins, L. H. Meverden, Millard Tufts, Dr. F. C. Huff, J. 15. Johnson, H. W. Walker, Judge J. Dehos, W. E. Gaede, With the Sturgeon Bay delegation }was C. C. Davis of Centralia, 111., grand master of the grand veil of the grand chapter of Illinois.Relatives in attendance from outside were Mr. and Mrs. Lee Archer of Racine; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Over-.|beck and son Phil of Sturgeon Bay; Mr. and_ Mrs. P. M. White of Birch-'wood, Dr, and Mrs. S. Gelse of Gardner; J. Voilmer of Nelson, R. J. * I White of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs.i • • * - ** * *** *• # %* ,/George Fowles, Sr., and Mr. and• • • • *»* » « . *• i * .# i • • *»’ * t v r* • * . •,.Mrs George Fowles, Jr., of Maplewood; Mr, and Mrs. Eli Anderson of Clay Banks.. It is worthy of note, that Judge Parker is the sixth county judge in Kewaunee county who bus died while holding the office-—Miller, Rooney, Kwapil, Rogers, and Parker. Judge George W. Wing is and has been for many years the only surviving ex-f . . f . t * i lt;«. • * * {County Judge of Kewaunee, and since 1899, the only man to survive lila term of office.:cM\IT.!lt;P:ao],fiVisaP-3i3!V:lt;■fTJ1YIIrt4ri3f
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Sturgeon Bay Door County Democrat
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jul 02, 1915
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