Posted on: Wood Co WI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/10508 Surname: BATES, HASS, ISAACSON, PIXLER, RIVERS, SKERVEN, WHITROCK, ZIMMERMAN, ZINDLER ------------------------- Delia SKERVEN Obit printed in the [Wisconsin Rapids] Daily Tribune Page 1 Column 5 Sept 12, 1952 Delia RIVERS BATES SKERVEN, 1894 - 1952 Mrs Joseph SKERVEN, 57, 521 Oak Street, died Thursday night at Riverview Hospital, just one half-hour after being admitted. She had been in poor health the past year and a half. Funeral services have been arranged for 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the First Methodist Church. The Rev. Milton Feldt is to officiate and burial will take place in Forest Hill Cemetery. Mrs SKERVEN, whose maiden name was Delia RIVERS, was born in the Town of Marion, Waushara Co, on December 8, 1894, the daughter of Mr and Mrs George RIVERS, the family later moving to Rudolph. She was married twice, first to Elmarion BATES in 1910 in Wisconsin Rapids. Her marriage to Joseph SKERVEN took place here on February 20, 1942. Survivors include her husband; one son Lester BATES; three daughters, Mrs Emil HASS, Rudolph; Mrs. George PIXLER, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Darrell WHITROCK, Kathwood South Carolina; two brothers, Harry RIVERS, Wisconsin Rapids, and Bernard RIVERS, Milwaukee, and seven grandchildren. There are seven stepchildren, Denzel, Arbie, Blaine and Joe SKERVEN, all of Wisconsin Rapids; Mrs Karl ZINDLER, Wautoma, Mrs Roy ISAACSON, Nekoosa, and Mrs Wayne ZIMMERMAN, Rudolph. Friends may pay their respects at the Higgins Funeral Home from 7 o'clock Saturday evening until 12:30 Monday afternoon and at the church from 1 o'clock until time of services. Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>