Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin) 23 July 1936

William Fearer Succumbs at 68, formerly a telegraph operator with the Milwaukee Road, died early today at his home, 618 Stockton Ct., after two years’ illness.

Survivors are the widow; a son Henry at home; a daughter, Mrs. Newell Erickson, Madison; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Guynn, Traer, Ia, and Mrs. Emma Brooke, Oregon, Ill.; three brothers, Lewis, Compton, Calif., Charles, Canada, and Parker, Grundy Center, Ia.

The body was taken to the Dyrud Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Dyrud Funeral Home, the Rev. Harry C. Kunnert officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison Wisconsin) 24 July 1936

Fearer Funeral to Be Saturday

Funeral services for William C. Fearer, 68, of 618 Stockton Ct., formerly Milwaukee Road telegraph operator who died Thursday, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Dyrud Funeral Home, the Rev. Harry C. Kuhnert officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Contributed by Jane Edson

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