Mrs. O. F. Pruett.
Mrs. O.F. Pruett, long-time resident of Northfield, died Saturday, Feb. 17, at the home of her daughter in LaCrescent.
The funeral service was conducted at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, Feb. 19, in the Bierman funeral chapel. The Rev. Richard G. Douglas was in charge. Burial was in Oaklawn cemetery, with six grandsons and great-grandsons as pallbearers. They were George Terry, George Terry, Jr., M. L. Zimmerman, Charles Messner, Louis Von Wald, Earl Von Wald.
Attending the funeral from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Punderson of Rochester, Robert Punderson of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dick of Red Wing, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Longueville and family of LaCrescent, Mrs. and Mrs. Arthur Ellingboe of Dennison, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Benson of Cannon Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin Holt of Farmington.
Mrs. Pruett was born Aug. 17, 1862 at Ellenburg, N.Y, one of ten children of Jeremiah and Johanna Hubbard. When she was two years old she came with the family to Fond Du Lac, Wis., crossing the Great Lakes with their household goods and stock on a sailing vessel. In Wisconsin the father and older sons established a shingle mill and stagecoach inn.
Mrs. Pruett often recounted for her children interesting tales of pioneer Wisconsin, of the Winnebago Indian uprisings and massacres, and of travel by covered wagon and ox team.
As a young woman she taught in the schools of Traer, Iowa. In 1888 she married Oliver F. Pruett. In 1899 they moved to Hancock, Minn., and built a home on the prairie.
In 1910 they moved to Northfield, buying the old Hibbard house and acreage east of Northfield, in the present location of the golf course.
While in Northfield, Mrs. Pruett was a member of the Methodist church. She was an active church worker until confined by arthritis.
Her parents, all her brothers and sisters, and one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Punderson (Gertrude), preceded her in death. Mrs. Punderson died in 1937. Surviving are Mr. Pruett, three daughters, Mrs. Charles Messner, Sr., (Hazel), of Northfield, Mrs. Arthur Ellingboe (Della) of Denison, and Mrs. Paul Longueville (Mary) of LaCrescent;
ten grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
(The Northfield News, February 22, 1951, p. 4)
Mrs. O.F. Pruett, long-time resident of Northfield, died Saturday, Feb. 17, at the home of her daughter in LaCrescent.
The funeral service was conducted at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, Feb. 19, in the Bierman funeral chapel. The Rev. Richard G. Douglas was in charge. Burial was in Oaklawn cemetery, with six grandsons and great-grandsons as pallbearers. They were George Terry, George Terry, Jr., M. L. Zimmerman, Charles Messner, Louis Von Wald, Earl Von Wald.
Attending the funeral from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Punderson of Rochester, Robert Punderson of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dick of Red Wing, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Longueville and family of LaCrescent, Mrs. and Mrs. Arthur Ellingboe of Dennison, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Benson of Cannon Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin Holt of Farmington.
Mrs. Pruett was born Aug. 17, 1862 at Ellenburg, N.Y, one of ten children of Jeremiah and Johanna Hubbard. When she was two years old she came with the family to Fond Du Lac, Wis., crossing the Great Lakes with their household goods and stock on a sailing vessel. In Wisconsin the father and older sons established a shingle mill and stagecoach inn.
Mrs. Pruett often recounted for her children interesting tales of pioneer Wisconsin, of the Winnebago Indian uprisings and massacres, and of travel by covered wagon and ox team.
As a young woman she taught in the schools of Traer, Iowa. In 1888 she married Oliver F. Pruett. In 1899 they moved to Hancock, Minn., and built a home on the prairie.
In 1910 they moved to Northfield, buying the old Hibbard house and acreage east of Northfield, in the present location of the golf course.
While in Northfield, Mrs. Pruett was a member of the Methodist church. She was an active church worker until confined by arthritis.
Her parents, all her brothers and sisters, and one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Punderson (Gertrude), preceded her in death. Mrs. Punderson died in 1937. Surviving are Mr. Pruett, three daughters, Mrs. Charles Messner, Sr., (Hazel), of Northfield, Mrs. Arthur Ellingboe (Della) of Denison, and Mrs. Paul Longueville (Mary) of LaCrescent;
ten grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
(The Northfield News, February 22, 1951, p. 4)
Mrs. O. F. Pruett.
Mrs. O.F. Pruett, long-time resident of Northfield, died Saturday, Feb. 17, at the home of her daughter in LaCrescent.
The funeral service was conducted at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, Feb. 19, in the Bierman funeral chapel. The Rev. Richard G. Douglas was in charge. Burial was in Oaklawn cemetery, with six grandsons and great-grandsons as pallbearers. They were George Terry, George Terry, Jr., M. L. Zimmerman, Charles Messner, Louis Von Wald, Earl Von Wald.
Attending the funeral from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Punderson of Rochester, Robert Punderson of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dick of Red Wing, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Longueville and family of LaCrescent, Mrs. and Mrs. Arthur Ellingboe of Dennison, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Benson of Cannon Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin Holt of Farmington.
Mrs. Pruett was born Aug. 17, 1862 at Ellenburg, N.Y, one of ten children of Jeremiah and Johanna Hubbard. When she was two years old she came with the family to Fond Du Lac, Wis., crossing the Great Lakes with their household goods and stock on a sailing vessel. In Wisconsin the father and older sons established a shingle mill and stagecoach inn.
Mrs. Pruett often recounted for her children interesting tales of pioneer Wisconsin, of the Winnebago Indian uprisings and massacres, and of travel by covered wagon and ox team.
As a young woman she taught in the schools of Traer, Iowa. In 1888 she married Oliver F. Pruett. In 1899 they moved to Hancock, Minn., and built a home on the prairie.
In 1910 they moved to Northfield, buying the old Hibbard house and acreage east of Northfield, in the present location of the golf course.
While in Northfield, Mrs. Pruett was a member of the Methodist church. She was an active church worker until confined by arthritis.
Her parents, all her brothers and sisters, and one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Punderson (Gertrude), preceded her in death. Mrs. Punderson died in 1937. Surviving are Mr. Pruett, three daughters, Mrs. Charles Messner, Sr., (Hazel), of Northfield, Mrs. Arthur Ellingboe (Della) of Denison, and Mrs. Paul Longueville (Mary) of LaCrescent;
ten grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
(The Northfield News, February 22, 1951, p. 4)
Mrs. O.F. Pruett, long-time resident of Northfield, died Saturday, Feb. 17, at the home of her daughter in LaCrescent.
The funeral service was conducted at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, Feb. 19, in the Bierman funeral chapel. The Rev. Richard G. Douglas was in charge. Burial was in Oaklawn cemetery, with six grandsons and great-grandsons as pallbearers. They were George Terry, George Terry, Jr., M. L. Zimmerman, Charles Messner, Louis Von Wald, Earl Von Wald.
Attending the funeral from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Punderson of Rochester, Robert Punderson of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dick of Red Wing, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Longueville and family of LaCrescent, Mrs. and Mrs. Arthur Ellingboe of Dennison, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Benson of Cannon Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin Holt of Farmington.
Mrs. Pruett was born Aug. 17, 1862 at Ellenburg, N.Y, one of ten children of Jeremiah and Johanna Hubbard. When she was two years old she came with the family to Fond Du Lac, Wis., crossing the Great Lakes with their household goods and stock on a sailing vessel. In Wisconsin the father and older sons established a shingle mill and stagecoach inn.
Mrs. Pruett often recounted for her children interesting tales of pioneer Wisconsin, of the Winnebago Indian uprisings and massacres, and of travel by covered wagon and ox team.
As a young woman she taught in the schools of Traer, Iowa. In 1888 she married Oliver F. Pruett. In 1899 they moved to Hancock, Minn., and built a home on the prairie.
In 1910 they moved to Northfield, buying the old Hibbard house and acreage east of Northfield, in the present location of the golf course.
While in Northfield, Mrs. Pruett was a member of the Methodist church. She was an active church worker until confined by arthritis.
Her parents, all her brothers and sisters, and one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Punderson (Gertrude), preceded her in death. Mrs. Punderson died in 1937. Surviving are Mr. Pruett, three daughters, Mrs. Charles Messner, Sr., (Hazel), of Northfield, Mrs. Arthur Ellingboe (Della) of Denison, and Mrs. Paul Longueville (Mary) of LaCrescent;
ten grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
(The Northfield News, February 22, 1951, p. 4)
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