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n. j. inuniiL, ?!lllrBY DEATH1IV\I 4* Vf \ 1 ‘ THE ] |Palmyra— c. *county superintendent of Jefferson f county schools for the past IS years x and prominent in educational circles; f here and in Milwaukee, db d in tielingrr Williams hospiMl, Milw i ikee,( ^at 4 p. m. Saturday after an illness t of two days. jThough his offices were in the city of Jefferson, the county seat, Mr.If Thorne had lived in Palmyra where. c he had once served as high schoolprincipal, '±J- -y. vArthur Thorne was the son of John s and Mary Anne J oil iff e Thorne and ( was horn in Jefferson in 1S59. Ilts c father was killed in the battle of! Vicksburg in the (‘nil w;ir when he! ft was four years old. The years until 0 he was old enough to shift for him- » self were spent in a soldiers’ home. s\\ Palimin Principal(J rad ua ting front Milwaukee * normal school, he taught in various s grade schools and district sc hools in \ the county. For several years he was p principal of Home and Palmyra high t* schools. ; tlMr. Thorne married Mrs. Ignore: Bigelow December 29, 1889. Surxiv-jj ing are his widow ; two step children,; si Mrs. Iva Bigelow Weaver, Milwau- irkee. and Prof O. II, Bigelow, White.; j water; two brothers, Frank and Will:?# Thorne and a sister, Mrs. Helen tl Kandall, all of California. clt;Funeral lv I liesda liFuneral services will be held Tues-j flt;day at 2 p. in. from the Methodist church. Burial w ill be in the familyplot at Melindy Prairie. The body will lfe in state in the church Tuesday morning. Masonic lodge in Jefferson will be in charge, with the Rev. J. F. Neff and the R • v. Mathews of Fort Atkinson officiating.Pall bearers will be principals of the high schools at Jefferson, Fort-Atkinson. Rake Mills, Watertown.and Waterloo.Treasury Deficitrr_______± i___i___J
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Janesville Daily Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Aug 26, 1928
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