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WING FAMILY OBITUARY
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Obituary For:
Benjamin Franklin Wing
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Publication Information
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Name of Publication:
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The Owl |
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Date of Article:
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September 1, 1911 |
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Page of Article:
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Page 1057 |
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City of Publication:
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Kawaunee |
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State/Country of Publication:
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Wisconsin |
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Obituary Data
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Surnames found in the Obituary:
Benjamin Franklin Wing, Albert E. Wing, Frank B. Wing.
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Obituary Text
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(Benjamin Franklin Wing, died at the home of his son, Frank B. Wing
at Abbottsford, Wisconsin, after a breif illness, June 5, 1911. His remains were brought to
Whitehall June 7, and services were held at the home of his son, Albert E., being conducted,
by the Rev. S. Batchelor, interment following in Lincoln Cemetery.)
The Whitehall Time-Banner thus speaks of him: "At Old Whitehall Mr. Wing was engaged
in several branches of business, including Mercantile, farming, grain buying, carpentering and
wagon repairing. He was for several years general business man of the place. When the railroad was built
and whitehall started he came here, engaging off and on in different lines of business. He owned
and conducted the american hotel at one time, and during the vicissitudes of the Trempealeau County
Messenger, Whitehall's first newspaper, he owned it practically. He also owned the big farm on which
the county asylum Stands. He established his sons Albert and Frank in business and of later years
he took life easy, spending much of his time with his children. Deceased was a man of much business
ability and reliable in bargaining with his fellow man. He entered with zest and energy into everything he
undertook, and was a genial friend and kind neighbor. For some years he had been deprived of his hearing
and many of his friends were deprived of his society by reason of his misfortune. Deceased
will be missed by his pioneer friends in this valley who many times profited by his kindly
advice cheerfully given during his long residence among them. |
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Repository Information
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Dale N. Wing
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