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Hobbs, M. K. (ed.) / The Wisconsin alumni magazine
Volume 27, Number 10 (Aug. 1926)
Alumni news, pp. 348-350
Page 350
THE WISCONSIN ALUMNI MAGAZINE August, 1926 ex '26 Alta CARNCROSS, Madison, to E. W. 1924 NEESE, Anderson, Ind., July 6, at Eau Claire. Mr. Neese is connected with the National Real EstateJournal. Chicago, where he and Mrs. Neese' now make their home. 1926 Serena FORBERG, Hubbard Woods, 1921 Ill., to Glen JENKINS, Sparta, June 29. Mrs. Jenkins is a graduate in the Pharmacy Course. Mr. Jenkins is an instructor in the pharmacy depart- ment. 1926 Lynda Fuller, Antigo, to George PARKER, Galesburg, Ill., June 25. Mr.,Parker, who received his master's degree from the University in June, has accepted a position as chemist at Carrollville. Mr. and Mrs. Parker make their home in Racine for the present. ex '26 Pauline GRAVENOR, A I b a n y, to ex '26 Thomas SAVERY, Chicago, June 15. They reside at 471 W. -South St. Kalamazoo, Mich. 1926 Hazel HENDRICKSON to Eldon John- son, both of Madison, July 10. After a wedding- trip through the East, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will be at home at 324 Norris Ct. Mr. Johnson is con- nected with the Pennsylvania Oil Co., Madison. 1926 Margaret Hill to E.verett HOCKINGS, both of Burlington,' June 24. They will reside in Milwaukee. 1926 Halcyon LALLIER, Madison, to Paul 1923 BARENSCHER, Church's Ferry, N. D., in June. They are at home at 312- 17th-St., Milwaukee. Mr. Barenscher is connected', with the engineering division of the T. M. E. Ri. and L. Company of Milwaukee. 1926 Katherine REID, Wellsburg, W. Va., 1925 to William GILES, Madison, June 22, at the A pha Xi Delta house, Madi- son. Mr. and Mrs. Giles are at home, at 1039 Pierce Ave., Marinette, where Mr. Giles is in charge of laboratories of the Ansul Chemical Company. ex '26 Margaret WILLIAMS, Lorain, 0., to 1923 Orville FEHLHABER, Wausau, June 14. Mr. an Mrs. Fehlhaber will live in Madison while Mr. Fehlhaber is com- pleting his work in the law school.' ex '27 Vera ABRAMS, Madison, to Samuel Schwid, Milwaukee, June 13. They are at home in Madison. ex '27 Grace BURROUGHS, Wilmette, Ill., to Robert Robertson Jr., Chicago, June 2. Mr. Robertson is connected with Chicago Herald-Examiner. ex "27 Ruth DONOVAN, Madison, to Thomas 1921 BURKE, West DePere, July 7. They will be at home after August 15 at Mineral Point. ex '27 Marion HARMON, Oshkosh, to John Babcock, Neenah, June 24. ex '27 Constance WALTZ, Decatur, Ill., to 1923 Conrad ELVEHJEM, McFarland, June 30. They are at home in Madison, where Mr. Elvehiem is engaged as an instructor in the agricultural chemis- try department of the University. ex '28 Marjorie LOVE, Chicago, to Harold Hollister, Milwaukee, in June. Mr. and Mrs. Hollister will be at home in Madison after September 1. Mr. Hollister is assisting in the education department of the University and is studying for his doctorate. ex'28 Martha ASHBROOK to Frank WoY 1926 both of Madison, June 22. ex'28 Beatrice Cox, Hillsboro, to Oscar 1925 Anderson, Marinette, in June, at Madison. They are at home in Mari- nette, where Mr. Anderson is a chem- ist with the Marinette and Menomo- nie Paper Mills Company. Faculty: Margaret Baker, Nevada, Ia., to Benjamin HIBBARD, Madison, June 12. Mr. Hibbard, who received his doctor's degree from the University in '02, is professor of agricultural eco- nomics. Professor and Mrs. Hibbard arg at home at 2235 Hollister Ave., Madison. BIRTHS 1908 To Mr. and-Mrs. William LEISERSON, 2343 Warren St., Toledo, 0., a son, Philip Day, June 15. 1909 To Dr.. and Mrs. Roland FISHER 1909 (Frances ALBERS), Wausau, a son, David Clark, June 6. ex 13 To Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer LAW- 1922 RENCE (Lenore WILLIAMS), 204 N.Vita Ave., Beaver Dam, a son, Richard Mortimer, June 13. 1914 To Mr. and Mrs. Louis SHANHOUSE, Rockford, Ill., a son, William Miller, July 10. 1916 To Mr. and Mrs. Jay TIFFANY ex '19 (Margaret RUSTON), Pocatello, Idaho, a son, Warren Irving, July 5. 1916 To Mr. and Mrs. Crawford WHEELER, Tulsa, Okla., a son, George Dwight, April 15. 1917 To Mr. and Mrs. John LAUGHLIN, Marmain Apts., South Bend, Ind., a son, John Francis, June 12. 1917 To Mr. and Mrs. Omar B. WRIGHT 1918 (Catherine CRONIN), Belvidere,- Ill., a son, Omar B. Jr., April 20. 1923 To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd BURKEY 1923 (Eleanor ANDERSON), Pullman, Wash., a-daughter, Doris Elaine, June 2. DEATHS GEORGE SHAFER, '80, city health officer and sealer of weights and measures, Menomo- nie, succumbed, on July 3, to what is thought to have been a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Shafer, who came to Wisconsin from Ohio, received his legal education at the-Uni- versity, and thereafter practiced law in Menomonie for many years. About thirty years ago he traveled as a collector for the International Harvester Co. About 12 or 15 years ago, when he retired from this work, he .bcame city health officer and sealer of weights and measures. Mr. Shafer was a Civil War veteran.. His widow and one daughter survive him. DR. LAUREL E. YOUMANS, '87, one of the most widely known physicians of Waukesha county, died at a Milwaukee hospital on July 8, after a long illness.- Dr. Youmans was born at Mukwonago, on February 26, 1863, the son of Dr. H. A. Youmans. He received his preliminary edu- cation in the public schools, Carroll Academy and Wayland Academy. He received the degree of Bachelor of Letters from the Uni- versity in 1887 and the degree of Medicine from Rush Medical College in 1890. Follow- ing his graduation from the medical school, he associated himself with his father in the practice of medicine in Mukwonago, and on the death of the latter continued the practice there. He was a member of the Waukesha Medical Society and the Wisconsin State Medical Society, and a Fellow of the Ameri- ican Medical Association. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Oak Sanatorium, a member of the State Legisla- ture for one term, and at one time a member of the Board of Visitors of the University; director and for a time president of the Citi- zens Bank of Mukwonago; member and at one time president of the Waukesha County I- istorical Society; member of the Wisconsin State Historical Society and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. During the World War he served in the Medical Corps at Camps Oglethorpe and Grant and Fort Sheridan. His and his father's practice represents a continuous service to the com- munity for more than eighty years. He is survived by his two sons, Henry A. Youmans, editor of the Waukesha Freeman; Dr. John-B. Youmans, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan; and a daughter, Mrs. Earl Giese of Chicago. Louis C. MEYER, '89, died at his home in Sheboygan on June 10, as the result of a stroke which he suffered the previous day. After graduation from the Pharmacy Course, Mr. Meyer was a practicing druggist in Sheboygan and also served as relief drug- gist in various parts of the state. Later he returned to Sheboygan and became manager of the Bock Dru Company, a position which he held until July, 1925, when illness forced him to give up his duties. Mr. Meyer was a member of the Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the RoyalArcanum. Immediate members of his family who survive him are his wife, three children and a sister. Dr. RAYMOND G. OWENS, ex'14, veterin- arian, died in Milwaukee on May 24, after six days illness from pneumonia. He had attended the University and was a graduate of Chicago Veterinary College. He is sur- vived by his widow and three children. , The body of RUDOLF HOHLFELD, '23, son of Professor and Mrs. A. R. Hohlfeld, was brought back to Madison and buried here on July 12. Mr. Hohlfeld, while on a geological expedition in South America, met his death last winter through drowning in a branch of the Amazon river. Interment was at Forest Hill cemetery. Former classmates, fraternity brothers, and teammates of the former Wis- consin athlete were the pallbearers. ALAN PALMER DECKER, ex'28, died at his home in Janesville on July 5, after 17 months of illness. He attended the University for just one semester. DARRELL WOLF, ex'28, died at his home, 626 Langdon St., Madison, on June 13. He attended the University the first semester of 1925. ALBERT G. NASH, L. S. fellow, Cleburne, Texas, and WALTER H. HAYDEN, graduate student, Akron, 0., were drowned somewhere in the vicinity of Second Point on June 1. High winds and rough water caused their canoe to capsize. No one saw the accident or knew of their plight until some~hours after the accident happened. The bodies of both were recovered and sent to their respective homes for burial. LOUIS MUNROE, '83, died at St. Mary's Hospital, Racine, July 3. After graduation from the University, he was associated with the Racine Woolen Mills and later engaged in the retail lumber business in that city. Mr. Monroe was actively interested in the Ma- sonic organization in his home city and it was under the auspices of this organization that he was buried. THOMAS F. KEEFE, ex'98, division manager of the Wisconsin Power and Light plants and operations in southern Wisconsin, died very suddenly at his home in Beloit on July 5. Death was due to heart failure. After attendance at the University, he en- tered public utilities work. For several years he was associated with the Wisconsin Tele- phone Company and later with the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. Before going to Beloit, Mr. Keefe managed utilities of the Insull interests at Baraboo, Mineral Point and Ironwood and had been head of the pub- lic relations division at Madison. He leaves his widow and three children. Faculty ANNABEL'LAMMEL, assistant instructor in economics at the University from -1916-17, was killed in an accident near Oshkosh when a Soo Line train hit the automobile which she was driving. Miss Lammel was employed as an accountant by the Waite Grass Carpet Company. She was a graduate of Lawrence College and obtained her master's degree at Columbia. Edith Adams Marian Atxtell Merriam Hanna Hazel Hendrickson Halcyon Lallier 7ohnson Barenscher 350 Katherine Reid Giles
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