Hilsabeck, Willard (1868-1947)

HILSABECK, SIMCOX, NUGENT, DIGHTON, FISCUS, HOOVER, KNUTSON, OLSON, STOUT, HANSON

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Date: 10/18/2014 at 05:17:27

Times Republican
Marshalltown, IA [11-6-1947] p. 15

WILLARD HILSABECK DIES IN WISCONSIN

Liscomb---(Special)---Willard Hilsabeck, 79, formerly of Marshall county, died Sunday at a hospital in Marinette, Wis., word was received here Thursday. Services were held in Marinette Tuesday with burial at Woodlawn cemetery there. Mrs. Lewis Simcox, a niece, and Charles Nugent, brother-in-law, both of Liscomb, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dighton, Union, nephew and niece of Hilsabeck, attended the service. Son of Martin and Isabelle Fiscus Hilsabeck, he was born at Ferguson Oct. 22, 1868. He was married to Lizzie Hoover at Ferguson where they lived a number of years. They also lived on a farm near Liscomb before moving to a farm near Amberg, Wis., 31 years ago. Besides his wife, he leaves six children, Earl of Menomonee, Mich.; Mrs. Gilbert Knutson in Canada; Floyd, Sturgis Bay, Wis.; Mrs. Bernard Olson, Menomonee, Mich.; Howard, Tembine, Wis., and Mrs. R. Stout of Brighton. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. John Hanson of Waterloo and a brother, Nelson of Toledo.