James E. Churchill, 57, 940 Sharon Road died unexpectedly at 10:15 p.m. Friday in Mercy Hospital. For a number of years he had operated Churchill Welding and Repair Service and Churchill Sand and Gravel Co. on Sharon Road.
Born near Hanover April 22, 1904, he was the son of William E. and Martha McDonald Churchill. He married Ruth Gray in Rockford June 22, 1924. Mr. Churchill was a member of First Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, James, Jr., Richard and Bruce, all of Janesville; five grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Hazel Hensel, Janesville, Mrs. Violet Jackson and Mrs. Clara Nightengale, both of Milwaukee. A brother, Donald Churchill, and a sister, Mrs. Edna Balsley, preceded him in death as well as a half-sister, Mrs. Gladys Cullem.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Reining Funeral Home, the Rev. Donald Evans, First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday afternoon and evening.
