contributor: Richard LaBrosse

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Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Calba were held Monday afternoon at the Morgan Evangelical church by Rev. H. Koch, with burial in the Morgan cemetery beside the body of her husband who passed away in February of this year. O’Neill’s Funeral Home was in charge.

Pall bearers were Wm. Rallof, Albert Wahl, Chas. Meyer, Wm. And Emil Schlorf and Fred Schroeder. The beautiful flowers were carried by six ganndchildren, Jeanette and Dorothy Calba, Anita and Patsy McDermid, Dale Grunst and Norval Calba.

Mrs. Calba passed away at her home in Morgan at 9:30 o’clock Saturday morning. She had been in frail health for a long time. She was born Mary Moore at Victory, Wisconsin on March 14, 1872. The family later moved to a farm near Bellevue. Her marriage to Joseph Calba took place in 1894, and they moved to the farm in the Town of Morgan in 1904.

Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Allen Murphy of Milwaukee and Mrs. Ray Grunst of Morgan, and Mrs Clarease Westcott of Abrams: Ernest of Morgan and Earl of Green Bay. A daughter, Mrs. Walther McDermid passed away in 1929. Mrs. Calba is further survived by a sister, Miss Bertha Moore and two brothers, Fred and Jesse Moore of Minneapolis, and eleven grandchildren.

Mrs. Calba was the oldest member of the Ladies Aid, being a charter member of the organization. She was a friendly, neighborly person and will be greatly missed by all.

The rites were largely attended by relatives and friends from Minneapolis, Green Bay, Fond du Lac and Milwaukee.

The bereaved have the sympathy of all in their sorrow.