Obituary: Fred Reau SPAFFORD, d. 2 Feb. 1937, Washburn Co., Wisconsin ==================================================================== 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 14 February 1999 ==================================================================== SPAFFORD, Fred Reau Funeral of Fred Reau Spafford was held in Shell Lake last Friday afternoon, services being conducted at the Raas Funeral Home by Rev. L. Lockhart. Mrs. W. B. Raas and Miss Fern Lockhart sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In The Garden". Interment in Shell Lake cemetery. Fred was a son of the late Mrs. Frank Spafford, Sr. He was born in Shell Lake on Oct. 14, 1911 and had been an invalid all of his life. Death came at a hospital in Chippewa Falls on Feb. 2, 1937. He is survived by three brothers, Frank, Spooner, Lee and Ray, Minneapolis; three sisters, Mrs. F. E. Rickford, Verona, N. D.; Mrs. N. A. Stouffer, Ashland, Wis.; Mrs. A. S. Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Those from out-of-town who attended the funeral of Fredreau Spafford were Mrs. F. E. Rickford, Verona, N. Dak.; Ray and Lee Spafford of Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stouffer, Ashland, Wis. --Taken from the Washburn County Register, Shell Lake, Washburn Co., WI, 4 February 1937