KING HILL — Services for William A. Southwick, 77, King Hill, who died Monday in a Boise hospital, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Glenns Ferry by the Rev. Larry Maxwell of the First Baptist Church. Interment will be at the Glen Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry with military honors.
Mr. Southwick was born Sept. 6, 1892, at Shelby, Miss. He moved with his parents to Oklahoma and attended schools there. He entered the U.S. Army in April of 1919 and served with the Medical Corps, Base Hospital 70 at Nantes, France. He was discharged in May of 1920. He married Florence Wrobbel. He moved to Grant, Neb., in 1921, later making his permanent residence in Idaho in 1936 where he was engaged in custom farm work with his brother. He was a member of the Glenns Ferry American Legion and the Veterans of World War I Barracks.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lea Etta Duffey and Mrs. Rebekah Geis, both of Kingfisher, Okla.; two brothers, Phillip Southwick of Grant, Neb., and Clyde D. Southwick of King Hill; a sister, Mrs. Zoa Sproule of Orangevale, Calif.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother and sister.
Smith mortuary is in charge of services.
The Idaho Statesman, July 9, 1970 Page 2-D
KING HILL — Services for William A. Southwick, 77, King Hill, who died Monday in a Boise hospital, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Glenns Ferry by the Rev. Larry Maxwell of the First Baptist Church. Interment will be at the Glen Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry with military honors.
Mr. Southwick was born Sept. 6, 1892, at Shelby, Miss. He moved with his parents to Oklahoma and attended schools there. He entered the U.S. Army in April of 1919 and served with the Medical Corps, Base Hospital 70 at Nantes, France. He was discharged in May of 1920. He married Florence Wrobbel. He moved to Grant, Neb., in 1921, later making his permanent residence in Idaho in 1936 where he was engaged in custom farm work with his brother. He was a member of the Glenns Ferry American Legion and the Veterans of World War I Barracks.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lea Etta Duffey and Mrs. Rebekah Geis, both of Kingfisher, Okla.; two brothers, Phillip Southwick of Grant, Neb., and Clyde D. Southwick of King Hill; a sister, Mrs. Zoa Sproule of Orangevale, Calif.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother and sister.
Smith mortuary is in charge of services.
The Idaho Statesman, July 9, 1970 Page 2-D
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