"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Apr. 8, 1971, p 1.
Rolland H. Maxson, Sr., 74, life-long Milton resident, died Sunday, April 4 in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, following a long illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 6 from the Albrecht Funeral Home with Rev. Carroll Hill, retired, officiating. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery with Carl Sunby, Hartley Summers, Carl Anderson, Elmer Anderson, Russell Burdick and Stanley Fox as pallbearers.
Mr. Maxson was born in Milton March 16, 1897, the son of William and Myrtle Bolser Maxson, and was a graduate of the old Milton high school and the University of Wisconsin where he received his electrical engineer degree in 1919. He was employed with the Burdick Corporation for 47 years, serving as chief engineer until retiring several years ago.
Mr. Maxson and the former Melva Thorngate were married on Sept. 17, 1919, at North Loup, Nebraska.
He was a recognized wild life expert, and his summer home, Quartermile, at Clear Lake, attracted many birds. Mr. and Mrs. Maxson planted more than 18 thousand trees on their property, starting in 1931 and making it a bird and wildlife sanctuary and a source of information on the migration habits of birds.
He was a veteran of service with the U. S. Navy in World War I.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Keith and Kenneth of Janesville; Rolland of Mission Viejo, Calif.; six grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Thorngate, Aiden, S.C., and Mrs. Katherine Rodolf, New York City; and a brother, Charles of Pomona, Calif.
