The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
R. |. RICHARDSON
WELL KNOWN HERE
DIES IN MADISON
Former President of Lasure Friction
Clutch Co. and Director Succumbs
TO Pneumonia On
Tuesday.

Watertown friends Of Ralph l..
Richardson will be sorry to hear Of
his death, which occurred in Madison
Tuesday evening, following an at
tack of pneumonia induced by Span
ish influenza. He had been sick but a
short while.
Mr.. Richardson was born in Car
thage, N Y in 1873, coming west when
young man. He was a stakeholder in
the Lasure Friction Clutch Co., which
removed here from Madison and was
it's former president and a director,
He was a frequent visitor in Water
town, where he was well known. He
was a candidate for sheriff of Dane
county at the primary election, but
was defeated. He belonged to the Ma
sonic order, being thirty-second de-
gree member. He is survived by his
widow and an adopted son.
The remains of Mrs. James O'Con-
nell, no died in a hospital in Sidney,
Montana, will be brought here for
burial Thursday and funeral services
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles FEEDER, 1116
River drive, at l o'clock Thursday af-
ternoon. The Rev. F. H. Eggers will
officiate. Interment will be in the Lu
theran cemetery. Decedent was born in
Germany March s, 1890 and came to
two years old. Anna FEEDER was mar
ried to James OConnell in 1908, who
with three children survive, Gertrude,
James, and an infant five weeks old.
Her parents, two sisters and two
brothers also survive.
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Private Arthur Huebner, Co. c,
124th Machine Gun Battalion, died in
France November 26 of pneumonia.
He was born in Lebanon November
%, 1891 and was employed on a farm
in Ixonia up to the time he was called
to Camp Grant in October, 1917, where
he was stationed until April, 1918,
when he left for overseas. While at
Camp Grant his mother died here and
he attended the funeral. He is sur
vived by his father, Christ Huebner,
COS Eighth street, three brothers and
three sisters, Otto, Ixonia, Walter,
Carl, Martha, Johanna and Alvina, at
home.
Mrs. Otto May died in her home in
the town of Shields early Tuesday
morning. She was born in the town of
WatertOwn February 4, 1878. Her
maiden name was Paulina VAIL. Her
mother, husband and two sons, Her
bert and Walter survive One sister
and one brother also survive The
funeral will take place on Friday af-
ternOon with services in the home at
1890 o'clock and at l o'clock in the
Lutheran church in Redwood. The
interment will be in the Lutheran
cemetery in this city.
Mrs. William j. Jones was called
to Pewaukee by the death of her sis
ter, Mrs. Albert Knuth, and newly
born baby. Mrs. Knuth was a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Zautner
Her maiden name was Ella Zautner,
she was % years old. The burial will
take place in Sullivan on Thursday
afternoon. She is survived by her
husband one son two years old, three
sisters and seven brothers,
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Uttech of Leb-
anon mourn the death of their son
Raymond, aged fourteen months,
which occurred Monday noon The
funeral will take place on Thursday
afternoon with services in the home at
1 o'clock and at 2 o'clock nj the Lu-
theran church in Lebanon. Interment
will be in the Lutheran cemetery in
Lebanon.
The death of Charles McAdams took
place in Milwaukee this week and the
funeral took place today. He was a
resident of Watertown at one time. He
was 70 years old and a brother of
Frank E. McAdams He is survived by
his widow and several children.