Obituary:  Elwin "Pinky" BITNEY, d. 26 March 1983, Washburn Co., Wisconsin

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Elwin "Pinky" BITNEY, Shell Lake, died March 26 (1983) at the Veterans
Hospital in Minneapolis at the age of 74.

He was born in Shell Lake May 28, 1908 to Earl and Florence Wood Bitney and
spent his early life here.

He was a member of the U. S. Army from 1943 - 1963 and served in the Korean
War.

On Jan. 4, 1952, he was married to Babette Wolf in Zirndorf, Germany.

After retiring from the Armed services, Bitney was employed as a janitor at
Shell Lake High School and as a night watchman at the Shell Lake Boat Co.

He was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, Shell Lake.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Albert (Theresa) Stouffer, Shell
Lake, a granddaughter, Jessie Stouffer; four brothers, Chester of St. Paul;
Howard of Clayton, Ford of Hayward, Cal., and W. W. of Shell Lake; and three
sisters, Ellen Pinney and Verna Bitney, both of Shell Lake, and Eva Stivers 
of Hayward, Cal.

Funeral services were held March 30 at Salem Lutheran Church with Rev. Norman
Luecke officiating.  Burial was in Shell Lake Veterans Cemetery.

--Taken from the Washburn County Register, Shell Lake, Washburn Co., WI,
31 March 1983.