Obituary of Everett Jesse HARDING, 1875-1937
Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives August 19, 2000 by Susan
Harding < smaileh@applink.net >
***********************************************************************

USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced
in any format for profit or presentation.  Persons or organizations
desiring to use this material, must obtain written consent from the
contributor or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact
the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.  the submitter
has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file
permanently for free access.
***********************************************************************

(Everett Jesse Harding died Oct. 17, 1937.  Newspaper clipping from
family collection; newspaper and issue date unknown.)

Surnames: HARDING, EDMUNDSON, BOWEN, TAYLOR, BOSTROM
*************
Spanish War Veteran Dies
Everett Harding Succumbs to Pneumonia

Everett J. Harding, Bay City, Wis., veteran of the Spanish American War
and for a quarter of a century a pioneer mail carrier in Pierce county,
died at a local hospital at 12:50 o'clock Sunday morning.  Death was
due to pneumonia, which he contracted nine days ago.  He was born in
Florence township, September 26, 1875.  His wife Juliet Dot Harding,
preceded him in death January 24, 1931.

Mr. Harding had a host of friends, not only in Red Wing, but in Pierce
county.  As a rural mail carrier in Wisconsin, he acquired a large
acquaintance.

Surviving are seven children: Mrs. Albert Edmundson, Fort Atkinson,
Wis.; Mrs. Arnold Bowen, Elmwood, Wis.; Mrs. Arnold Harding, Donovan
Harding, Juliet and Jane Harding of Bay City; and Ralph Harding of Star
Prairie.  Two brothers, James of Bay City and Fay Harding of St. Paul;
and a sister, Mrs. Frank Taylor; and nine grandchildren are also left
to mourn his loss.

Mr. Harding was a member of the Spanish-American War Veterans and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.  He served as a member of Company G, 13th 
Minnesota Volunteers, during the Spanish-American War.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock
from the residence and later services will be conducted at the Bay City
Methodist church by the Rev. J.W. Bostrom.  Full military honors will
be paid.