Obituary: Thomas SKAR, d. 9 March 1937, Washburn Co., WI. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Nance Sampson 15 February 1999 ==================================================================== SKAR, Thomas Funeral services of Thomas Skar who passed away from heart trouble on March 9 (1937), were held at the M. E. Church in Birchwood on Friday, Rev. H. W. Parisius, Rice Lake, officiating. Interment in Woodlawn cemetery. The pallbearers were Robert Cronholm, Frank Fohr, Adoph Setterlun, Herb. Knapmiller, Paul Carah and Nels Nelson. Mr. Skar was born in Bogn, Norway on April 3, 1868, and was the eldest of 14 children. He came to this country with his family on November 8, 1905 and settled on a farm three miles southeast of Birchwood where he resided until the fall of 1915 when he moved into town. He operated a blacksmith shop here. H was married in 1890 and to this union seven children were born, namely Gena, Mrs. Gilbert Braaten, Fargo, N. Dak.; Bertha, Mrs. Robert Cronholm, Lockport, Ill.; Helga, Mrs. Louis Frosli and Einar, both of Birchwood; Gudrun, Mrs. Walter Triniberger, Granton, Wis.; Thonetta, Mrs. Odin Wang, Black River Falls, Wis.; and Thorvald, Edgewater, Wis. Besides his wife and children he is survived by two brothers, Mike Skar Birchwood and Harold Skar, Norway; four sisters, Mrs. Thora Bratrud, Kensett, Iowa; Mrs. Henry Bratrud, Hanlontown, Iowa; Anna Skar, Mason City, Iowa; and Guri Skar, Norway; ten grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Harold and Guri Skar reside on the home farm in Norway. The large attendance at the funeral attested the high esteem in which Mr. Skar was held in this community. His integrity and industry won him many friends. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cronholm and family, Mrs. Gilbert Braaten, Fargo; Mrs. Walter Triniberger, Granton; Mrs. Adin Wang, Black River Falls; Mrs. Thora Bratrud, Kinsett, Iowa; Mrs. Henry Bratrud, Honlontown, Iowa; Mrs. Geo. Linflatt, Hanlontown, Iowa; Harold Bratrud, Kensett, Iowa; and Thomas Bratrud, Kensett, Iowa. --Taken from the Washburn County Register, Shell Lake, Washburn Co., WI, 18 March 1937.