Funeral services for Mrs. D. P. McWilliam, who died Wednesday, June 18, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. H. Breitkreutz in Evansville, were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church with Rev. Elmo F. Randolph officiating. Kenneth A. Babcock gave the song service. Burial was in Milton Cemetery, pallbearers being James Craw, Theodore Ils, Vincent Burtness, Joe Hoffman, Roy Harris and Jerry Leaming, all grandsons of Mrs. McWilliam.
The former Josephine Davis was born in Jackson Center, Ohio, Nov. 29, 1881, the daughter of Ervin F. and Sarah Davis. She was married to D. P. McWilliam in Montour, Iowa, on Aug. 26, 1879. They lived at Grand Junction, Iowa, until 1901 when they came to Milton. Mr. McWilliam died April 10, 1941.
She was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church and the Kings Daughters, and was a member of the Milton WRC until it disbanded.
Survivors are three sons, Ervin and Darwin of Milton and Arthur of Bend, Ore. Four daughters, Mrs. E. B. Crandall, Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. R. O. Dunwell of Boy River, Minn.; Mrs. M. A. Tifft of Plainfield, N. J. and Mrs. B. H. Breitkreutz of Evansville; 18 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren; also one brother, Earl F. Davis, Beloit. Two daughters preceded her in death.
