NameMary Olive CLARKE157
Birth29 Apr 1897, Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin
Death12 Jun 1982, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Burial15 Jun 1892, Milton Cemetery, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
FatherGiles Delos CLARKE (1861-1910)
Spouses
Birthabt 1894, Minnesota
DeathDec
OccupationFarmer, Book Agent
Marriage1 Jun 1914, Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
ChildrenArdwin Dale (1915-1938)
Birth9 Apr 1875, Caledonia, Boone Co., Illinois
Death4 Jan 1973, Evansville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Burial8 Jan 1973, Milton Cemetery, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
OccupationMoulder, Farmer, Dairy Operator
ReligionMethodist
Marriage18 Jan 1927, Illinois
Notes for Mary Olive CLARKE
Census: 8 Apr 1930 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Residence: 1982 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin

Mary Olive (Clarke) Holliday 1897-1982
"The Janesville Gazette", Monday, June 14, 1982.
Milton - Mrs. Mary C. Holliday, 85, of Route 1, died at home Saturday after suffering an apparent heart attack.
Born April 29, 1897, in Albion, she was a longtime Milton area resident.
Survivors include a daughter, Irene Kordatzky of St. Peter; two brothers, Harvey and Alvin Clarke, both of Milton; two sisters, Fern Clarke of Milton and Gladys Clarke of Tokoma Park, Md.; five stepdaughters, Helen Saunders of Golden Valley, Minn., and Gladys Tiffany, Esther Rasmussen, Ruth Mansur and Evalyn Millard, all of Janesville; two stepsons, Walter of Janesville and Ralph of Waupaca; one grandchild; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Milton Albrecht Funeral Home; burial will be in Milton West Cemetery. There will be no visitation..
Notes for Arthur L. (Spouse 1)
Mary Clarke's first husband.
He was age 20 when he married Mary Clarke in 1914.
Notes for Guy Wellington (Spouse 2)
Census: 7 FEB 1920 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 44, farmer
Census: 8 APR 1930 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 53, dairy farmer

"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Jan. 11, 1973.
Funeral services for Guy W. Holliday, 97, longtime Milton resident, were held Monday afternoon, Jan. 8 in First United Methodist Church, Milton, with Rev. William Riggs officiating.
Burial was in Milton cemetery with grandsons, Howard Tiffany, Robert Mansur, and Rollin Holliday, all of Janesville, Raymond Saunders, Minneapolis, Minn., Clifford Tiffany, Watertown, and Ernest Holliday, Appleton, as pallbearers.
Mr. Holliday died Jan. 11 in Continental Manor, Evansville, where he had been a patient for several weeks following a long illness. He had been afflicted with blindness for the past ten years and bedridden since fracturing a hip four years ago.
He was born April 9, 1875 in Caledonia, Ill. and was first married to Eva Handy in 1893. She died in 1921. He then married Mary Bliss on Jan 20, 1927.
He was a moulder by trade, employed by Fairbanks & Morse Co. at Beloit for several years before starting to farm near Roscoe, Ill. in 1907. He operated farms near Black River Falls and Afton before coming to the Will Waterman farm in Milton in 1912. In 1916 he bought the Vincent farm and began a dairy and home deliveries in the Milton area. He spent several winters in Florida following his retirement in 1945. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Rev. Ralph Holliday, Waupaca, and Rev. Walter Holliday, Janesville, former Edgerton and Janesville pastor, five daughters, Mrs. Ruth Mansur, Mrs. Esther Rasmussen and Mrs. Evalyn Millard, all of Janesville, Mrs. Helen Minks, Milaca, Minn., and Mrs. Gladys Tiffany, Edgerton; a step-daughter, Mrs. Irene Kordatzky, Milton; 24 grandchildren; one step-granddaughter, Mrs. Marianne Marty, Milton; 77 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren. A son, Howard, died in 1938.
Albrecht Funeral Home completed arrangements.

Note: the above obituary has his death date wrong. He actually died a week earlier on 4 Jan 1973.

Guy is buried with his first wife Eva in Milton cemetery. His second wife Mary is buried with her parents and son in Milton Junction cemetery.

The dairy operation was called Cedar Lawn Dairy.

A 1928 map of Milton Township shows a G. W. Holliday farm of 140 acres along the west side of section 35. The same farm is shown as owned by R. Vincent Estate in 1873.
Last Modified 16 Jun 2004Created 17 Jan 2012 using Reunion for Macintosh