OBITUARIES:  Anselm Sylvestre "Sam" COUTURE, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Anselm Sylvestre ("Sam") Couture

Rice Lake Chronotype Oct 13, 1937 obituary (Rice Lake, Barron County, WI)

"Anselm Couture. Funeral services for Anselm "Sam" Couture, this city, were 
held Monday at 9 a.m. from St. Joseph's Catholic church with the Rev. B. 
Niggemann officiating.  Mr. Couture passed away at 10 a.m.  Friday of 
heart trouble.  Six grandsons acted as pallbearers, Clarence and Lloyd 
Burton, Du Wayne and Marvin Benson of Spooner, Alfonzo and Raymond Mitchell 
of Minneapolis.  Mr. Couture was born May 4, 1854, in Canada.  The family 
came to Rice Lake and lived here nine years before moving to what is now 
Sarona.  He financed the building of Beaver Brook school which is still 
standing.  The family then moved to a farm near Dobie and stayed five 
years before returning to Rice Lake where Mr. Couture entered partnership 
with Charles Mercier in a handle factory.  He later bought a livery stable 
from M.G. Howard in Cameron and managed it three years before moving back 
to Rice Lake.  He dealt in real estate until recent years.  He was married 
Oct. 29, 1876, to Miss Delina Morneau, who preceded her husband in death.  
Mr. Couture is survived by four daughters, Mrs. John Mitchell (Alice) of 
Minneapolis; Mrs. Wm. Burton (Cordelia), Rice Lake; Mrs. Roy Benson 
(Calista), Spooner, and Albertine, this city, and two sons, Wilfrid and 
Archie, at home; four brothers, Louis of Duluth, Abraham of Denver, Arsene 
of Montreal and Edmund of Alta, and one sister, Leah, of Canada; 20 
grandchildren and five great grandchildren.  Four daughters and three sons 
preceded their father.  Those from a distance at the funeral included: 
Raymond Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell and family, Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Roman Green, Mr. and Mrs. Nap Couture, Dick 
Nafstade, all of Minneapolis; Olamine and Cemilda Couture of Duluth, and 
Lida and Yvonne Burton of Cumberland."