Obituary: Edith (BACKUS) JOST, d. 1940, LaCrosse Co., Wisconsin SUBMITTER: Rosemary Ward EMAIL: rosward@earthlink.net DATE: Nov 22, 1998 MRS. EDITH JOST TAKEN BY DEATH Former Chippewa Resident Dies in La Crosse: Funeral Here Monday Chippewa Herald Telegram Oct. 19, 1940 Word had been recieved in the city of the death of Mrs. Edith Jost, a former resident of Chippewa Falls, which occured in her home in La Crosse on Friday morning. Mrs. Jost was the daughter of the late William Backus, and was raised in this city, having attended local schools. After her marriage she moved to La Crosse where she had since resided. She is survived by two children, Dorothy and Ernest of La Crosse, and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Gardner of South Bend, Ind., and Mrs. Mary Eddy of Saskatchewan, Canada. Mrs. Alvina Bruce of this city is an aunt of Mrs. Jost. Funeral services will be held at Forest Hill cemetery in this city on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.