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Cemetery:           Albion Prairie Cemetery, Albion, Dane Co., Wi.
Name:               Josie And Lias P. SAUNDERS
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SAUNDERS, Josie
10 May 1884- 16 Apr 1968
Dau of Chris and Mary (LARSON) CHRISTIANSON.
Married Lias P. SAUNDERS on 05 Apr 1905 in Albion, Dane Co., Wi.
Obit is from the Edgerton Reporter, Edgerton, Rock Co., Wi. Thurs 18 Apr 1968:

MRS. LIAS SAUNDERS Mrs. Lias P. Saunders, 83, lifelong area
resident who had made her home here with her daughter, Mrs.
Donald (Violet) Lord, the past year, died Tuesday, April 16,
in Memorial Community hospital after a brief illness. Josie
Christianson was born May 10, 1884, at Busseyville, the
daughter of Chris and Mary Larson Christianson, and was
married April 5, 1905, in Albion. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders
operated a farm in the town of Albion until retiring to
Albion in 1927. He died in 1963. Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Lord and Mrs. Harlin Watson, both of
Edgerton; two sons, Lawrence and Harold, both of Beloit; 19
grandchildren; 43 great grandchildren. Services are being
held at 2 P.M. today in the Ellingson Funeral Home, with
burial in Albion Prairie Cemetery. Pallbearers are Sidney
Watson, James, Larry, Roger, Richard and Earl Saunders. Fr.
Wayne Turner officiated. Mrs. John Barron was organist.
Memorials in Mrs. Saunders' name may be made to the Albion
Historical Society.
 

"The Janesville Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Tuesday,
Apr. 16, 1968, p 2.

Edgerton - Mrs. Lias P. Saunders, 83, lifelong area resident
who made her home here with a daughter, Mrs. Donald Lord,
the past year, died this morning in Memorial Community
Hospital after a brief illness. Jose Christianson was born
May 10, 1884, at Busseyville, the daughter of Chris and Mary
Larson Christianson, and was married April 5, 1905 in
Albion. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders operated a farm in the Town of
Albion until retiring to Albion in 1927.  He died in 1963.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lord and Mrs. Harlan
Watson, both of Edgerton; two sons, Lawrence and Harold,
both of Beloit; 19 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Ellingson Funeral
Home with Burial in Albion Prairie Cemetery.  Friends may
call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. tomorrow. Memorials in
her name may be made to the Albion Historical Society. 

 
 
SAUNDERS, Lias P.
09 Oct 1882- 31 Jul 1963
Son of George LeRoy and Elizabeth C. (DRAVES) SAUNDERS.
Married Josie CHRISTIANSON on 05 Apr 1905 in Albion, Dane Co., Wi.
The Janesville Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Thursday,
Aug. 1, 1963, p 2. 

Edgerton - Lias Saunders, 80, Rte. 1, Edgerton, died
after a heart attack Wednesday evening in his home in Albion
Township. He was born Oct. 9, 1882, in the Town of Albion.
He married Josie Christianson April 5, 1905, in Edgerton.
Mr. Saunders farmed in Albion Township until 1925 when he
moved to Edgerton and was employed by the Highway Trailer
Co.  In 1932, he returned to Albion Township and operated a
mink ranch for 10 years.  He was a member of a former
Edgerton concert band. Surviving are his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. Violet Lord and Mrs. Harlan Watson, both of
Edgerton; two sons, Lawrence and Harold, both of Beloit; 19
grandchildren, and 29 great grandchildren.  A sister
preceded him in death. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday
in the Jones-Spear Funeral Home, the Rev. Albin Tippins
officiating.  Burial will be in Albion Prairie Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday. 

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