Horace G. Maxson, who had been in ill health the past twelve years, died very suddenly Jan. 3rd in his home in Milton.
Funeral services were held in his home Saturday afternoon, Jan. 6th, Rev. Carroll L. Hill officiating and being assisted by Dr. Edwin Hill. Burial was in Milton cemetery, Du Lac lodge. I.O.O.F., of which he was a member, assisting at the grave. The pallbearers were W. K. Davis of Waukesha, Leman Rood of Edgerton, G. R. Boss, S. N. Lowther, J. N. Daland and Virgil Scott of Milton.
Out-of-town relatives who attended the service were Mr. and Mrs. Fern Fuller of Watertown and Miss Leta Fuller of Milwaukee.
Mr. Maxson was one of the twelve children of Varnum and Lura Maxson and was born July 17, 1856, in Maine Settlement, N. Y. Most of his early life was spent there except the years at Alfred University, N. Y. He joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church when 17 years old.
He came to Wisconsin in 1886 and married Fannie Fuller on September 23rd of that year. They have lived in Milton since, with the exception of two years, when they resided in Boulder Colorado, because of his health. Mr. and Mrs. Maxson were familiarly known as 'Ma' and 'Pa' Maxson.
Surviving are his wife and two brothers, Alton Maxson of Bellrun, Penn., and Hartley of Rochester, N. Y. Three sisters and six brothers preceded him in death.
