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James LeRoy Bredeson

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James LeRoy Bredeson

Birth
Fayette, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
4 Aug 1981 (aged 85)
Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Blanchardville, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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James LeRoy Bredeson, 85, Rt. 2, Darlington, died early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 1981, in Darlington Memorial Hospital where he had been admitted Monday night. He had entered the Lafayette Manor Nursing Home a few days ago. Death was due to old age complications.

He was born in Fayette Jan. 10, 1896, to Louis and Clara Hanson Bredeson. He attended school in Fayette.

His marriage to Ida Mabel Erickson took place Feb. 18, 1920, in the Yellowstone Church parsonage. They farmed in rural Shullsburg until retiring and moving to Fayette in 1960. She died Nov. 21, 1979.

Surviving are two sons, Vernice B. Bredeson, Rt. 2, Blanchardville, and Russell, Darlington; three brothers, Glen, Argyle; Sherman, Darlington, and Archie, Monroe; a sister, Mrs. Blanche Evans, Beloit; six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents, one sister and six brothers.

Mr. Bredeson was a Private with Co. A of the 148th Infantry, U.S. Army, during World War I. He served in Belgium, France and Argonne. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Blanchardville, and the Darlington American legion Post.

Funeral rites will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, in the Trinity Lutheran Church, Blanchardville, with the Rev. Mark Ziemer officiating. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery, Blanchardville.

Visitation was held at the Saether Funeral Home, Blanchardville, on Wednesday, Aug. 5.

Source: The Blade-Atlas, Aug. 6, 1981 – page 12
(JnJSchober)
James LeRoy Bredeson, 85, Rt. 2, Darlington, died early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 1981, in Darlington Memorial Hospital where he had been admitted Monday night. He had entered the Lafayette Manor Nursing Home a few days ago. Death was due to old age complications.

He was born in Fayette Jan. 10, 1896, to Louis and Clara Hanson Bredeson. He attended school in Fayette.

His marriage to Ida Mabel Erickson took place Feb. 18, 1920, in the Yellowstone Church parsonage. They farmed in rural Shullsburg until retiring and moving to Fayette in 1960. She died Nov. 21, 1979.

Surviving are two sons, Vernice B. Bredeson, Rt. 2, Blanchardville, and Russell, Darlington; three brothers, Glen, Argyle; Sherman, Darlington, and Archie, Monroe; a sister, Mrs. Blanche Evans, Beloit; six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents, one sister and six brothers.

Mr. Bredeson was a Private with Co. A of the 148th Infantry, U.S. Army, during World War I. He served in Belgium, France and Argonne. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Blanchardville, and the Darlington American legion Post.

Funeral rites will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, in the Trinity Lutheran Church, Blanchardville, with the Rev. Mark Ziemer officiating. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery, Blanchardville.

Visitation was held at the Saether Funeral Home, Blanchardville, on Wednesday, Aug. 5.

Source: The Blade-Atlas, Aug. 6, 1981 – page 12
(JnJSchober)

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