OBITUARIES:  Celina (Labrie) ROBARGE, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Celina (Labrie) Robarge (wife of Norbert Robarge/Roberge, daughter of 
John Labrie and Perpetue Demers)

Rice Lake Chronotype Feb 23, 1927 obituary (Rice Lake, Barron County, WI)

"Mrs. Norbert Robarge.  Mrs. Norbert Robarge, aged 72, sister of Mrs. Louis 
Gagner, Sr., and a former resident of Rice Lake, passed away at her home at 
Cornell, Wis., yesterday.  The remains are being shipped to Rice Lake this 
evening, and the funeral is to take place Thursday morning at St. Joseph's 
church.  A more extended obituary will be published next week."

Rice Lake Chronotype March 2, 1927

"It is claimed by old residents here that Mrs. Norbert Robarge, whose death 
was mentioned last week, was the first white girl born in this locality, if 
not in the entire county.  She was born on a farm east of Rice Lake, January 
27, 1855, her maiden name being Miss Celina Labrie."