November 23, 2012

Estberg



Estberg Family
(Source of Photo:  Larry & Linda Kopet USGenWebArchivesProjectWisconsin)


Estberg
Mr. M.S. Estberg, age 71, one of the oldest residents of Somers, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Lawrence, in Franksville, on Tuesday morning June 4, 1907, after an illness of some time. Mr. Estberg was a man well known and respected, having lived in Kenosha and Racine Counties for more than fifty years. He was a shoemaker by trade and kept a shoe store in the village of Somers for some years.
He is survived by one son, John Estberg of Chicago, and four daughters, Mrs. John Lawrence, Mrs. C.W. Bush of Franksville, Mrs. Albert J. Bishop of Somers, and Mrs. M. Martinson of Chicago.
The funeral services were held from the Methodist Church in Somers on Thursday afternoon, conducted by the Franksville Methodist pastor. Interment in the family plot in Oakwood Cemetery.
(Source: Racine Daily Journal, publication date June 18, 1907).


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