OBITUARY
Price Willhite, operator of the Willhite Oil and Cabins on
the north edge of Humboldt, passed away Tuesday, January 30 at his home. He was
taken suddenly ill the Saturday night previous to his death and his death was
attributed to a blood clot. Funeral services will be at the Skaugstad funeral
home at t o’clock Friday afternoon and at the funeral parlors at New Ulm,
Minn., at 2 o’clock Saturday. He will be laid to rest in the cemetery at New
Ulm.
Mr. Willhite was born December 11, 1872 at Olney, Illinois. He was wed to Mary Kalrider in 1894 and five children were born to this union. Mrs. Willhite passed away in 1924. In 1931 Mr. Willhite and Carolyn Jacobson were wed. She preceded him in death March 11, 1944.
He leaves to
mourn his death his sons, Daniel and Raymond of Hector,
Minn., Clarence of New Ulm, Minn., and two daughters. Mrs. Adolph (Ada)
Mack of New Ulm and Mrs. Hugo (Bernice) Apitz of Hector, Minnesota;
three step children, twenty-four grandchildren, one great grandchild, two
brothers, Joe of Brookville, Ind. and Albert of Freeport, Illinois
and three sister(s), Mrs. Raymond (Grace) Riggs of Arthur, Ill., Mrs.
Lynn (Anna) Burnell of Holme, Ill., and Mrs. Wilmar (Alice) Bennett of
Dundas, Ill.
The Humboldt Republican ~ 2 Feb 1945 ~ Fri, Page 1 Price Willhite Obituary
Transcribed by RBH (with minor corrections)

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