"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, May 23, 1974, p 16.
Byron R. Rood, 95, of 614 College St., longtime area resident, died Friday morning, May 17 in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, where he was admitted after taking a fall in his yard Wednesday afternoon.
He was born Oct. 2, 1878 at North Loup, Nebraska and had lived in the Milton area since 1899. He attended Milton Academy and while a student sang with the school's gospel group.
He was married to Lena Nelson July 6, 1904 at Dell Rapids, South Dakota and the couple farmed in the area until 1925 when they moved to Milton. For forty years prior to retirement, Mr. Rood was a meat cutter in Milton stores. He was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Surviving are a son, Leman of Edgerton; a daughter, Miss Nelsie Rood with whom he resided; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Martin Nelson and Miss Elsie Rood, both of Milton, and Mrs. Charles Harmon, Beaver City, Nebraska.
He was preceded in death by a son, Edward, in 1960 and his wife in 1962.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 20 at the church, Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial was in Milton cemetery with Erlo Nelson, Dr. Forrest Branch, Leland Skaggs, Charles Williams, Herb Crouch and Ken Ochs as pallbearers.
Byron R. Rood, 95, of 614 College St., longtime area resident, died Friday morning, May 17 in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, where he was admitted after taking a fall in his yard Wednesday afternoon.
He was born Oct. 2, 1878 at North Loup, Nebraska and had lived in the Milton area since 1899. He attended Milton Academy and while a student sang with the school's gospel group.
He was married to Lena Nelson July 6, 1904 at Dell Rapids, South Dakota and the couple farmed in the area until 1925 when they moved to Milton. For forty years prior to retirement, Mr. Rood was a meat cutter in Milton stores. He was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Surviving are a son, Leman of Edgerton; a daughter, Miss Nelsie Rood with whom he resided; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Martin Nelson and Miss Elsie Rood, both of Milton, and Mrs. Charles Harmon, Beaver City, Nebraska.
He was preceded in death by a son, Edward, in 1960 and his wife in 1962.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 20 at the church, Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial was in Milton cemetery with Erlo Nelson, Dr. Forrest Branch, Leland Skaggs, Charles Williams, Herb Crouch and Ken Ochs as pallbearers.
"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, May 23, 1974, p 16.
Byron R. Rood, 95, of 614 College St., longtime area resident, died Friday morning, May 17 in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, where he was admitted after taking a fall in his yard Wednesday afternoon.
He was born Oct. 2, 1878 at North Loup, Nebraska and had lived in the Milton area since 1899. He attended Milton Academy and while a student sang with the school's gospel group.
He was married to Lena Nelson July 6, 1904 at Dell Rapids, South Dakota and the couple farmed in the area until 1925 when they moved to Milton. For forty years prior to retirement, Mr. Rood was a meat cutter in Milton stores. He was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Surviving are a son, Leman of Edgerton; a daughter, Miss Nelsie Rood with whom he resided; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Martin Nelson and Miss Elsie Rood, both of Milton, and Mrs. Charles Harmon, Beaver City, Nebraska.
He was preceded in death by a son, Edward, in 1960 and his wife in 1962.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 20 at the church, Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial was in Milton cemetery with Erlo Nelson, Dr. Forrest Branch, Leland Skaggs, Charles Williams, Herb Crouch and Ken Ochs as pallbearers.
Byron R. Rood, 95, of 614 College St., longtime area resident, died Friday morning, May 17 in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, where he was admitted after taking a fall in his yard Wednesday afternoon.
He was born Oct. 2, 1878 at North Loup, Nebraska and had lived in the Milton area since 1899. He attended Milton Academy and while a student sang with the school's gospel group.
He was married to Lena Nelson July 6, 1904 at Dell Rapids, South Dakota and the couple farmed in the area until 1925 when they moved to Milton. For forty years prior to retirement, Mr. Rood was a meat cutter in Milton stores. He was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Surviving are a son, Leman of Edgerton; a daughter, Miss Nelsie Rood with whom he resided; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Martin Nelson and Miss Elsie Rood, both of Milton, and Mrs. Charles Harmon, Beaver City, Nebraska.
He was preceded in death by a son, Edward, in 1960 and his wife in 1962.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 20 at the church, Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial was in Milton cemetery with Erlo Nelson, Dr. Forrest Branch, Leland Skaggs, Charles Williams, Herb Crouch and Ken Ochs as pallbearers.
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