Phoebe Forcier Tolman 

contributor: Richard LaBrosse

 
1943 

Mrs. Sam Tolman Funeral Held on Monday P.M. 
 

Mrs. Phoebe Tolman, 58, passed away at her home at 1307 North Jackson street, Milwaukee on Sept. 25th, the cause of her sudden death being chronic myocarditis. The body was brought to Oconto Falls for burial and taken to the home of her brother, Fred Forcier by the Flatley funeral car.

Mrs. Tolman was born Phoebe Forcier at Bay settlement, Brown County on July 1, 1875. After her marriage to Sam Tolman, they resided in Oconto Falls until 17 years ago when they moved to Gwinn, Michigan. Her husband died on Nov. 11th nearly four years ago, and two children a boy and a girl died in infancy. Survivors are four sons Wesley, Orville, Samueal and Raymond of Guinn, Michigan, one sister, Mrs. Charles Leemon and three brothers, George and Fred of Oconto Falls and Joseph out west.

Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. V. T. Nearhoof on Monday afternoon at the M.E. Church. Internment took place at Woodlawn Cemetery, Messrs. John Waldron, Louis Sceling, George Clevland, Wm Murphy, Oscart Heaney and Thomas Daffy.

Out of town folks at the rites included; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Charn, Mrs. ??? Larsen and Margaret Forcier of Neenah; Mr. And Mrs. Chas. Leemonand two daughters, Mrs. Olice Ketchum and Miss Lina Gonion, Mrs. M. M. Deane and Rollo Tolman of Milwaukee; Mrs. Elisa Rederman, Mrs. Emil Mundt and Mrs. Jessie Radke of Advance.


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