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Question: I'm trying to find obituaries for my great grandparents who died years before i was born!.!?
my great grandfather horace donner died in 1965 and my great grandmother died in 1980!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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http://www!.ancestry!.com --Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997
(Would this be your great-grandfather!?!?)
Name: Horace C Donner
Age: 69
Sex: M (Male)
Birth Date: abt 1896
Death Date: 23 Dec 1965
Location: Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County
Certificate: 036490

Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907
Horace C Donner
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1896
County: Chippewa
Record Number: DX2425
Reel Number: 0319

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Horace Donner
City: Not Stated
County: Chippewa
State: Wisconsin
Birthplace: Wisconsin;United States of America
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1896
Race: Caucasian (White)
Roll: 1674588
DraftBoard: 0
Age:21
Height: Short ; Build: Medium
Eyes: Brown ; Hair: Black
Marital Status: Single

Social Security Death Index
Name: Horace Donner
SSN: 398-07-8406
Last Residence: Wisconsin
Born: 19 Apr 1896
Died: Dec 1965
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951)

http://www!.familysearch!.org
Horace Donner
Birth: 19 Apr 1896 ; Stanley, Chippewa Falls, WI
Death: 23 Dec 1965
Marriage: 22 Jun 1926 to
Pauline REISER
Birth: 14 Aug 1906 ; Stanley, Chippewa Falls, WI
Death: June 1980, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin

Horace's parents:
Father: Wilson DONNER --Born: 28 Mar 1855; Western Star, Summit And Medina, Oh; Died: 23 Apr 1928 , Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wi; Married: 14 Sep 1881, Chippewa Falls, to:

Mother: Margaret Ann SELLERS --Born: 16 Sep 1861, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Died: 16 Oct 1938 , Chippewa Falls, WI

Horace's GRANDPARENTS:
Maternal: Abel SELLERS & Agnes MCMASTERS
Paternal: Samuel DONNER & (!?) WALTZ


Social Security Death Index
Name: Pauline Donner
SSN: 392-58-2617
Last Residence: 54729 Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Born: 14 Aug 1906
Died: 28 June 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (1968)

Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997
Name: Pauline S Donner
Death Date: 28 June 1980
Location: Chippewa (May be abbreviated)
Certificate: 014811Www@QuestionHome@Com

Look them up in the social security death index http://ssdi!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.com/ and see what town they lived in at the time of death!. Then look for newspaper files from that town!. Go to your local library to find out where the nearest historical society is and they can no doubt help you find what you're looking for if it exists!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Local Newspapers!. The library in the area where they lived may have them in their archive, probably on microfiche!.

You have just made me feel VERY old!. )))(((:-(
I was born in 1966!.

Good luck with your research!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Do you know what towns they lived in when they died!? You might try the library and see if you can look at the obits on the old newspapers that they have on those film rolls!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

you need to know what town they lived in so you can look in their local paper!. and if you know what date they died will help too!.Www@QuestionHome@Com