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George Gavin

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George Gavin

Birth
Fayette, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
12 Nov 1934 (aged 77)
Willow Lake, Clark County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Willow Lake, Clark County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
Plot
sec 14 lot 17 gr 6
Memorial ID
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Services are Held for Clark Pioneer
WILLOW LAKE, Nov. 15 – (Special) Funeral services were held here yesterday for George Gavin, Clark county pioneer who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Katie Bergstresser, Monday.
Mr. Gavin was born Fayette, Wis. in 1857. He came to Clark county and filed on land in the fall of 1882. The following year he moved his family to the homestead three miles south of Willow Lake. For several years he engaged in farming and the sale of land. He moved to town in 1924.
Mrs. Gavin preceded her husband in death more than a year ago. Surviving are three children; Mrs. Katie Bergstresser of Willow Lake; James Gavin of Vienna and Mrs. Wendell Erbes of Rochester, Minn.
Funeral service were conducted at the St. Mary’s Catholic church with the Rev. Father Coyne officiating.

The Daily Plainsman (Huron, South Dakota) Thursday, November 15, 1934.
Services are Held for Clark Pioneer
WILLOW LAKE, Nov. 15 – (Special) Funeral services were held here yesterday for George Gavin, Clark county pioneer who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Katie Bergstresser, Monday.
Mr. Gavin was born Fayette, Wis. in 1857. He came to Clark county and filed on land in the fall of 1882. The following year he moved his family to the homestead three miles south of Willow Lake. For several years he engaged in farming and the sale of land. He moved to town in 1924.
Mrs. Gavin preceded her husband in death more than a year ago. Surviving are three children; Mrs. Katie Bergstresser of Willow Lake; James Gavin of Vienna and Mrs. Wendell Erbes of Rochester, Minn.
Funeral service were conducted at the St. Mary’s Catholic church with the Rev. Father Coyne officiating.

The Daily Plainsman (Huron, South Dakota) Thursday, November 15, 1934.


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