Cashton's oldest male resident, Peter E. Mitby, 92, died Saturday at his home in Cashton following a short illness.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Coon Prairie Lutheran church, the Rev. Nordahl Hjermstad officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.

Mitby was a stockholder and director of the Bank of Cashton since its organization being one of the oldest bank directors in the state. In village affairs, he served as a village board member for many years, and also represented the village as supervisor on the county board.

He was an active member of the North Coon Prairie church located three miles south of Cashton, and he served the congregation as a trustee for many years.

Mitby was born in Norway March 20, 1858. On September 2, 1880, he arrived in La Crosse, WI from Toten, Norway. He was the oldest of a family of 14 children, seven boys and seven girls, and was the first of the group to come to America.

When he reached La Crosse he found himself penniless. He borrowed $2 from a friend and went to Cashton. At that time there were only three stores in the village, three homes and six... MISSING REST OF OBITUARY

Source: La Crosse Tribune of La Crosse, Wisconsin ~ 2 January 1951