Clark County, Wisconsin Obituaries and Death Notices

Anna Baehr
Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 28 May 1953

* A brief funeral service for Mrs. Arthur Baehr, 75, who died of a heart attack, May 17, were held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at the Zink Funeral Home. At 2:00 o’clock, the Rev. F. H. Sprengler conducted services at St. Peter’s Lutheran church, Dorchester. The Ladies’ Aid and Sewing Circle sang “Las Mich Gehen,” and “Asleep in Jesus,” and Herbert Juneau sang, “I’m But a Stranger Here.”

Mrs. Baehr was secretary of the Ladies’ Aid for 35 years and was also a member of the Sewing Circle.

Burial was made in the Dorchester Memorial cemetery. Six nephews of the deceased, Earl and Vernon Baehr, Withee; Arthur Baehr, Otto and Arthur Parge, Abbotsford; and Harold Pfalsgraf, Fond du Lac, served as pallbearers.

The flowers were in charge of six nieces: Mmes. Harold Pfalsgraf, Fond du Lac; Otto Parge, Abbotsford; Gordon Phaneuf, Marshfield; Paul Bedroske, Dorchester; and Earl Baehr and Tolvo Nevela, Withee.

Out of town relatives and friends attending included Charles Parge, of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada; Mrs. Albert Ewert and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pfalsgraf, Fond du Lac; Dr. and Mrs. R. Ewig and family, Waukegan; Mr. and Mrs. William Hoegel and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baehr, Milwaukee;

Earl Kramer, Key West, Fla.; Miss Mary Baehr, Duluth; Mr. and Mrs. George Baehr, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baehr, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baehr, Vernon Baehr, Mr. and Mrs. T. Nevela and sons, Mrs. John Brandt, Hewitt; Mrs. Wanda Miller, Eau Claire; and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Luhrsen, Mondovi.

Augusta Bahl
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 16 Jan. 1930

* Funeral services for Mrs. Augusta Bahl, whose death was chronicled in this paper last week, were held at the St. John’s Evangelical church Friday afternoon, January 10th, Rev. G. H. Hahn officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. The body was taken to the J. H. Dessloch home when in Colby from where the funeral procession started. Out of town people here for the funeral also stayed at the J. H. Dessloch home.

The deceased was born in Posen, Germany, on Nov. 23. 1850, thus reaching the age of seventy-nine years, one month and fifteen days. She came to the United States in 1868, and lived at Green Bay until 1888 when she came to Colby. Several years ago, she moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and lived with her daughter, Miss Wanda, who is employed there. She passed on to the distant shore January, 7, 1930, hypertention and auricular fibralation being the cause of her departure.

She leaves three daughters to mourn her death, her husband having preceded her to the heavenly goal. The three daughters are Miss Elizabeth, Milwaukee; Mrs. Frank Clabots, DePere, Wisconsin; Miss Wanda Bahl, Des Moines, Iowa.

Out of town people here for the funeral were Mr. Frank Clabots, DePere; Miss Wanda Bahl, Des Moines; Mrs. L. F. Diddle, Marshfield; and Mrs. Blaer and Mrs. Johnston, Abbotsford. Miss Wanda was the only daughter here for the funeral, the other two being ill at the time.

Friends and neighbors in Colby will remember her as a kindly old lady and faithful member of her church and a good Christian. Her cheerful, beautiful, helpful life, her devotion as wife and mother and her kindness to everybody will long linger as a fragrant memory to those who knew her well.

Wanda Bahl
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 1 Sept. 1949

* Burial services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the Colby cemetery for Miss Wanda Bahl, a former Colbyite, who died in Los Angeles, Calif., at the age of 65 years. Rev. F. P. Puhlmann of the First Evangelical and Reformed church will officiate. The body arrived Thursday and will lie in state at the Lulloff Funeral Home for a time before the services.

Miss Bahl spent most of her life in Colby and had been a teacher by profession. She left this vicinity for the West Coast about 25 years ago. There are no surviving relatives. Her parents were the Charles Bahls and two sisters died recently.

*** Note: In the original article, Wanda’s last name was spelled as Ball. Her dates of birth and death are from the California Death Index, 1940-1997.

Anna Bahn
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 15 Dec. 1932

* Mrs. Anna Bahn died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Marquardt, in the town of Bern near Milan, early Sunday morning, cerebrate hemorrhage being the cause of her departure. Funeral services were held in Milan Tuesday and burial took place Wednesday in Sheboygan. Mrs. Bahn was born in Sheboygan and reached the age of sixty-two years, nine months and twenty-four days. She is a former resident of the town of Green Grove.

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 22 Dec. 1932

Anna Bahn, whose maiden name was Anna Rahn and whose death was chronicled in the Phonograph last week, was born Feb. 15, 1870, at Sheboygan, Wis., thus reaching the age of sixty-two years, nine months and twenty-four days. She was married to Otto Bahn at Sheboygan, Wis., March 2, 1899. She had been a faithful member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Green Grove and passed away December 9th at 9:00 P.M., paralysis of the lower body of nine years duration being the cause of her death.

Funeral services were held at the Milan Lutheran church at Milan on December 13, Rev. G. Groh officiating, and internment was made December 14th at Sheboygan, Wis. The pall bearers were Wm. Lehman, Chas. Lehman, Herman Stauske, Robert Middlesteadt, Wm. Krause, Chas. Huhn. The flower girls were Bernita Bahn, Geraldine Bahn, Dorothy Marquardt, Marion Marquardt, Donald Marquardt, all grand children.

She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Fred Marquardt, of Athens, R. 2; Walter, Loyal; Mrs. A. Dordell, Wauwatosa; Edgar, Shawano. Also the following brothers and sisters: Wm. Rahn, Sheboygan; Ernest Than, Green Grove; Henry Rahn, Seymour, Indiana; Ida Rahn, Sheboygan; Mary Rahn, Evanston, Ill.

The deceased had been a faithful Christian, kind and gentle in her ways and a patient sufferer the past nine years.

Josiah Baker
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 8 Nov. 1934

* Josiah Baker, a Civil War veteran of Abbotsford, died at the home of his son, Seth, in that village last Thursday night, pneumonia being the cause of his death.

The deceased was born in Chautauqua county, N.Y., August 11, 1833, when there were only twenty-four states in the Union. He spent most of his boyhood at Counties Port, Pa., and in his early twenties he lived at Madison.

He enlisted in Company C of the thirty-seventh regiment of the Wisconsin infantry as a musician. He was married July 25, 1865 to Miss Elizabeth Bliss of New York and three months later he was discharged from the army at Delancy House, D. C. After the war they located at Loyal, and in 1908 at Arpin. Mrs. Baker died in 1911, and in 1918 Mr. Baker moved to Abbotsford to reside with his son. He is survived by nine children and an adopted daughter, Elmer Baker, Arpin; Mrs. Byron Pedrick, Dancy; Mrs. Elizabeth Lincoln, Monrovia, Ca.; Charles Baker, Puyallup, Wash.; Newell Baker, Menasha; Alvin Baker, Mosinee; Arthur Baker, Marinesco, Mich.; William Baker, Melrose; Seth Baker, Abbotsford, and Mrs. Arthur Yeske, Tavera. There are ninety-seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Mary Bandow
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 19 May 1949

* Mrs. Mary Bandow died Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Marshfield hospital at the age of 73 years. Funeral services are being held this Thursday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. N. B. Beschta officiating, and burial will be made in the Colby cemetery. Pall bearers are Ambrose Sterzinger, William Sterzinger, Robert Sterzinger, Albert Hoffman, Carl Schilling and Lyle Kilty.

Mrs. Bandow, nee Mary Helmes, was born in Calumet, Mich., January 3, 1876. She moved to Colby with her parents when two years of age and lived here most of her life. On May 16, 1899, she married Wm. Bandow in Colby. Her husband died in March, 1929.

Mrs. Bandow is survived by two sons and two daughters – Rev. Ambrose Bandow of Neenah, Clement Bandow of Rockford, Ill., Mrs. Fred Boden of Milwaukee and Mrs. Melvin Kilty of Edgar. Also surviving is a brother, Kasper Helmes.

Margaret Bangle
----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Tuesday, 20 Oct. 1992; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

OWEN – Margaret Bangle, of Owen, died at 10:50 p.m. Monday at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield.

Maurina Funeral Home, Owen is in charge of arrangements.

Margaret Bark
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 13 Mar. 1952

* Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Bark, 79, who died at her home Tuesday evening at 6:35, after a lingering illness, will be held Friday afternoon at the Christian Assembly of God church. The body will be taken from the Zink Funeral Home Friday at 12:30 and will lie in state at the church until 1:30 when the the Rev. Orin Babler will conduct last rites. Internment will be made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

Mrs. Bark was born Margaret Gowans at Leary, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1872. She was married to Craig Foy at Sussex, April 2, 1896. To this union a son and two daughters were born. In 1901, the family moved to a farm west of Medford where they resided until 1918 when they moved to the village of Abbotsford.

Mr. Foy died on Dec. 23, 1923, and the son, James, Aug. 6, 1920, and daughter, Jean, June 6, 1938.

Mrs. Foy was married to Harry Bark on April 22, 1925 and they made their home at Abbotsford since that time.

She is survived by Mr. Bark, her only daughter, Mrs. Fred (Marie) Rose, of Chicago, who has been here caring for her mother the past five weeks.

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 03/13/1952

Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Bark, 79, who died Tuesday, were held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the Christian Assembly of God church. The Rev. Orin Babler, assisted by Rev. George Samuelson, Waupaca, and Mrs. Elmer Jensen, of Abbotsford, conducted the services. Internment was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

Pallbearers were Axel Johnson, Elmer Jensen, Martin Larson, Albert Leichtnam, Al Rogers and Alex Thede.

In charge of the floral offerings were Mmes. Henry Erlei, Charles Rayner, Al Rogers and Ed Sybeldon.

At the church services, Mrs. Babler, Mrs. Reuben Mantik, and Mrs. Jensen sang, “Nearer My God to Thee,” “Beyond the Sunset,” and “The Old Rugged Cross,” with Mrs. John Remus as piano accompanist.

Relatives and friends from away who attended the funeral, were from Chicago, Waupaca, Fond du Lac, Rib Lake, Medford, and Dorchester.

Fred Barts
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 21 Mar. 1935

* Fred Barts, a prominent farmer of the town of Frankfort, died Monday, March 18, at 11:30 p.m., dropsy and cancer of the stomach of three years duration being the cause of his departure to the heavenly goal. Funeral services will be held at the home at 1:00 o’clock Friday and at 2:30 at the Zion Ev. Lutheran church, Rev. O. Hoffmann officiating, and internment will be made in the Colby cemetery.

The deceased was born in Seehausen, Germany, August 29, 1866, thus reaching the age of sixty-eight years, six months and seventeen days. He came to the United States with his parents when five years of age and settled in Sheboygan county and came to this locality twenty-two years ago. He was married to Mary Schramm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Schramm, on June 6, 1892, in Sheboygan. One daughter, Mrs. Carl Meinke, nee Olga, preceded him in death eighteen years ago.

He is survived by his widow and two sons, Harvey and Armin Barts, both of Colby. Also three brothers, Frank, William and Rudolph Barts, all of Sheboygan.

The deceased was held in high esteem by his neighbors and friends and he held the office of town treasurer for many years. He was of a congenial and peaceful disposition and his death was just as peaceful as he lived for he quietly passed away without pain or suffering. His fine Christian life, his cheerful, helpful disposition, his devotion to his family and his kindness to everybody will long linger as a fragrant memory in the hearts of his widow, sons and all who knew him.

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 28 Mar. 1935

Funeral services for Fred Barts, whose death was chronicled last week, were held at the Zion Lutheran church Friday afternoon, Rev. O. Hoffmann officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. The pall bearers were Rudolph Wiersig, Walter Wiersig, Ewald Wiersig, Wm. Graumann, Herman Behrens and Ed. Kroeplin. The flower girls were Lila Barts, Annie Strassburg, Inez Kroll and Erna Meinke.

Out of town people here for the funeral services were Mrs. Wm. Schramm, Mrs. Art. Wagner, Mr. Wm. Strassburg, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Strassburg, Jr., Miss Annie Strassburg, Mr. Wm. Barts, Mr. Arno Barts, Mrs. Ella Grunewald, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kroll and children, Joan and Nancy, all of Sheboygan, Mr. Walter Hansmann of Elkhart Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Voss of Kiel, Wis.

Albert Barwineck
----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Monday, 27 Aug. 1984

* Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church for Albert H. Barwineck, 83, of 1205 S. Chestnut Ave. He died at 4 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was admitted Aug. 2.

The Rev. Robert C. Reinhardt will officiate. Burial will be in Hillside Lutheran Cemetery. Carla Barwineck, a granddaughter, will be the soloist, and Bruce Jenesma will be the organist.

Pallbearers will be Carl Hoff, Ernest Karau, Vilas Luepke, Fritz Lau, Martin Mancl, and Rick Griebel.

Visitation will be from 3-9 p.m. today, and until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Hansen Funeral Home, and then at the church from 10 a.m. until services.

He was born Nov. 4, 1900 in Lindsey, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert (Emma Zierke) Barwineck. He moved to Schofield with his parents at an early age and received his elementary education in schools there. He graduated from Wausau High School and the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point.

After graduation he taught school at Stratford and Spencer for 13 years, then lived in Thorp a short time before coming to Marshfield. He was employed at Kelly Tire Service here and later by the Wood County Milk Association as a milk inspector until his retirement.

Mr. Barwineck served as Immanuel Lutheran Church Sunday School superintendent for about 20 years. He started the kindergarten and nursery classes, and organized a special class for retarded children. On Oct. 29, 1967 he was honored by Immanuel Lutheran Church for 35 years of service.

He married Flora Dittman Oct. 25, 1924 in Spencer. She died July 26, 1976.

A member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, where he was a choir member for 40 years, Mr. Barwineck is survived by a son, Jerry of Marshfield; a daughter, Mrs. Allan (Jacky) Dittner of Manfield, Ohio; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was also predeceased by a brother and a sister.

Memorials may be given to Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Flora Barwineck
----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Monday, 26 July 1976

* Mrs. Albert H. Barwineck, 73, of 1205 S. Chestnut Ave., died at 7:50 a.m. today at St. Joseph’s Hospital, where she had been admitted on Thursday. She had been in ill health the past six months.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church with the Rev. James E. Murray, associate pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Hansen Chapel from 2-9 p.m. Tuesday and at the church from 11 a.m. Wednesday until service time.

The former Flora Dittman was born July 3, 1903, in Spencer and received her education in the Spencer schools. She lived at Spencer and Thorp before coming to Marshfield in 1934.

Her marriage to Albert Barwineck took place Oct. 25, 1924 at Spencer. He survives.

She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and its Ladies Aid.

In addition to her husband she is survived by a son, Jerry, Marshfield; a daughter, Mrs. Allan (Jacky) Dittner, Lincoln, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. Ervin (Esther) Hoops, Spencer, and Mrs. Herman (Erna) Plath, Marshfield and five grandchildren.

A brother preceded her in death.

Memorials may be designated to American Cancer Society or Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Joseph Franklin Bates
The Clark County Press, (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 4 March 1943 - Submitted By: Kyle M. Condon

Joseph Franklin Bates, son of Lewis Noble and Nancy Adaline Bates, was born in New Boston, Mercer County, Ill., Nov. 27, 1854. He departed this life March 1, 1943, at the age of 88 years, three months and four days. He moved with his parents from Illinois to Big Grove, now Ashland, Pottawattamie County, Ia., where he resided until August of 1883, when he, with his parents, moved to Kingman, Kansas.
On Dec. 30th, 1894, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy E. Kenady. This union was blessed with five children. A son, Andrew N., died in infancy and a daughter, Elnora, Mrs. Elmer Blocher, also preceded her father in death.
In 1910, he, with his family, moved back to Pottawattamie County. In Nov., 1919, he moved onto a farm in Dewhurst Township, Clark County, where he resided until his death.
His family was given first place in his life at all times. He possessed a kindly disposition and was always ready and willing to assist his neighbors and friends. He leaves to mourn his death, his wife and daughters, Mary A., at home; Effie, Mrs. Fred Meyer, Rochester, Minn., and Annie, Mrs. Albert Anderson, of Alma Center, eleven grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Leaner Dorrance, of Rago, Kansas, and other relatives and a host of friends.
Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at two p.m. at the Schiller-Terhune Funeral Home, the Rev. Obed Asp officiating. Burial will be made in the Dells Dam Cemetery.

Lucy Bates
The Clark County Press, Submitted by Kyle M. Condon

MRS. LUCY KENNEDY BATES
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Bates, 79, former resident of this county, were held Sunday afternoon, March 18, at the Schiller- Terhune funeral home. The services were conducted by the Rev. G.W. Longenecker, pastor of the Congregational church. Burial took place in the family lot in the Dells Dam cemetery.
The deceased was born on June 12, 1865, near Hopkinsville, Ky., and died on March 13, 1945, in Milwaukee. When 18 years of age, she moved to Kingman, Kansas, and in 1894 she was married to Joseph F. Bates, who preceded her in death in March, 1943. They moved to Iowa in 1910, and in 1919, came to the town of Dewhurst, Clark county, where she resided until September, 1944. Then she went to Milwaukee with her daughter. She was a good mother and was loved by her family and friends.
She is survived by three daughters, 11 grandchildren and one brother. Her surviving daughters are: Mary Bates, Milwaukee;
Effie, Mrs. Fred Meyer, Rochester, Minn.; Mrs. Albert Anderson, Alma Center. Two children are deceased: Elnora, Mrs. Elmer Blocher, and one son, Andrew.

Godfrey Baumgart
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 30 July 1948

* Godfrey Baumgart, 65, Unity, Wis., passed away Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 o’clock at his home in Unity. The cause of death was cancer and dropsy.

Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 from the Lulloff Funeral Home where the body will lie in state, and at 2 o’clock at the Zion Lutheran Church. Rev. O. Hoffman will officiate at the services. Burial will be made in the Colby cemetery.

Mr. Baumgart was born February 22, 1883 in Germany and came to the United States in 1884 with his parents. They lived in Colby for a number of years, then moved to the farm north of Unity where he made his home until 1945 when they purchased a home in Unity.

He was married in 1903 to Minnie Prange in Colby.

Mr. Baumgart was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Colby.

Surviving besides his wife are 4 sons, Ted and Orville of Colby; Fred of Owen and Ervin of Wisconsin Rapids; and one daughter, Helen, of West Bend. There are also two brothers, Charles of Fifield and Otto of Colby; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Mathieson of Watsonville, California and Mrs. F. W. Lulloff of Colby; 6 grandchildren also survive.

One son preceded him in death.

----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 6 Aug. 1948

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 from the Lulloff Funeral Home and 2 o’clock from the Zion Lutheran Church for Godfrey Baumgart who passed away last Wednesday afternoon at his home in the village. Rev. O. Hoffman officiated at the services and burial was in the Colby cemetery.

Pallbearers were Emil Pokallus, Frank Punke, John Max, Angus Lamont, Paul Pokallus and John Sorenson.

Flower girls were Donna Baumgart, Darlene Flink, Garnette Kowalk, Betty Kowalk, Arlyle Sachse, Lucille Gottschalk, Audrey Hederer, Shirley Young, Clare Eder, Hildegard Augustine.

Out of town persons attending the funeral were Miss Helen Baumgart, West Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matheson, Watsonville, California; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Punke, Park Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Max Prange, Fond du Lac; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Prange and son, Digeland, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baumgart, Fifield; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baumgart, Owen; Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Baumgart and Mr. and Mrs. F. Majeski, Mr. Antone Majeski, Wisconsin Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Baumgart, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baumgart and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Baumgart, Mr. Ted Baumgart, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lulloff, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sell, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Eder, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sachse and Arlyle, Mrs. Fred Baumgart, Mrs. Anna Wiedenhoeft, Mrs. Fred Kowalk and family, Miss Audrey Hederer, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Draeger, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Pokallus, Mrs. Martha Weller, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Prange, Mrs. Anna Prange and Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. C. Augustine, all of Colby.

Beaver Family Obituaries of Clark County, Wisconsin

Ellen Beawer (16 Sept. 1934 - 11 Dec. 1934)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 13 Dec. 1934

* Ellen Zoa Beawer passed away to the distant shore on Dec. 11 at 11:30 p.m. at the home of her grand father, W. D. Fuller. Ellen Zoa was born Sept. 16, 1934, thus reaching the age of 56 days. She was sick with whooping cough and pneumonia. She leaves to mourn her death her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beawer, two sisters, Marjorie and Irene Wilma, and her grand parents, W. D. Fuller and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Beawer.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:00 o’clock at the house and at 2:00 o’clock at the M. E. church, Rev. C. Paul Nulton officiating.

Anna Becken (22 Nov. 1892 – 24 May 1949)

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 2 June 1949

* John W. Hildensperger, Marathon county coroner, Tuesday termed as suicide the death of Mrs. Anna Becken of Curtiss, age 55, who kicked the screen out of a fourth floor window at St. Mary’s hospital at about 10:20 o’clock Sunday night and leaped to her death.

Her crushed body was found about 10 minutes after she was discovered missing from her room on the southeast corner of the hospital. Earlier in the day she had asked to be transferred to the room so that she could have a better view.

Mrs. Becken, the mother of three children, had been ailing for about 15 years. She was in the hospital to undergo a major operation.

She is survived by her husband, Gustave Becken, two daughters, Mrs. Maxine Potonick and Mrs. Jeanne Pawson, and son, Wesley Becken.

The body was taken to a funeral home in Owen.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Curtiss Norwegian Lutheran church, Rev. G. E. Borreson officiating, and internment was made in the parish cemetery.

*** Note: Mrs. Becken’s date of birth is from the cemetery index for Curtiss St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Hoard Township, Clark County, Wisconsin.

Peter Becker
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 19 Mar. 1953

* Funeral services for Peter Jacob Becker, 82, who died early Saturday morning were held Tuesday afternoon at the Zink Funeral Home at 2:00 o’clock. During the services, which were conducted by the Rev. F. H. Sprengler, of Christ Lutheran church, the Misses Dorothy and Marilyn Kieser sang “Rock of Ages,” and “Nearer My God to Thee.”

Internment was made in the Abbotsford cemetery. Pallbearers were one grand son, Gerald Becker, of Phillips, and five nephews: Clarence Becker, Neillsville; Harold and George Becker and Melvin and John Poppy, Jr., of Marshfield.

The flowers were carried by Mmes. George Becker, Clarence Becker, Harold Becker, Melvin Poppy and John Poppy, Jr.

Near relatives from away attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Becker and Mrs. John Poppy, Sr., of Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker, Sheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barkley and Adam Hilegman, Merrrill.

A large number of other relatives and friends from Marshfield also attended the rites.

Peter Becker was born Jan. 23, 1871, in Sheboygan and in early life moved to Marshfield and attended public schools there. On Aug. 1, 1906, he was married to Ida Marie Barkley.

While in Marshfield, Mr. Becker did landscaping and continued in that field after they moved to Abbotsford, about seven years ago.

For the past four years, Mr. Becker had been in poor health and was hospitalized on several occasions. He and Mrs. Becker made their home with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Anderson, and it was there that he died early Saturday morning.

Surviving besides his widow are his daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Mabel) Anderson, and two sons, Elmer, of Phillips, and Robert P. Becker, of Marshfield; four grand children and five step grand children; one sister, Mrs. John Poppy, and one brother, Fred Becker, of Marshfield; and another brother, Henry, of Sheboygan.

A daughter, two sisters and three brothers preceded him in death.

Anna Beels
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 28 Apr. 1944)

Mrs. Harry Beels Dies at Chili Home
Funeral Services Were Held at Rozellville Monday Morning; Former Resident of Spencer Community.

* Mrs. Harry Beels, age 54 years, who had resided in Clark and Marathon counties most of her life, died Friday afternoon at her home in Chili, the victim of a heart attack. She had been in poor health for the past two years. Funeral services were held at St. Andrews Catholic church at Rozellville Monday morning, the Rev. John Neises officiating. Internment was made in the family lot at Rozellville.

Mrs. Beels, nee Anna Beining, was born in Rozellville Jan. 16, 1890. She received her education at Rozellville and was married at St. John’s Catholic church in Marshfield 35 years ago. For two years after their marriage the couple lived in Marshfield, then spent 10 years at Spencer, six at Rhinelander, moved to Granton 17 years ago and three years ago, took up their present residence at Chili. Mrs. Beels is survived by her husband, two sons, and three daughters: Harold Beels of Chili; Alfred Beels of San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Art (Mary) Brandl and Mrs. Art (Lucille) Schultz of Marshfield and Mrs. Roman (Esther) Brill of Chili. Also 12 grandchildren survive, as do a sister, Mrs. August Schlagenhaft of Marshfield, and three brothers, Albert Beining of Rozellville, George Beining of Milwaukee, and Henry Beining, serving in the armed forces in New Guinea.

Henry Behrens (5 Oct. 1846 - 27 Nov. 1932)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 1 Dec. 1932

* Henry Behrens, father of Herman Behrens, and a former Colbyite, in fact, one of our early pioneers, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Meiers, at Neenah, on Sunday evening, November 27th, arterio sclerosis being the cause of his departure to the Great Beyond. Funeral services were held at the Colby M. E. church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. S. E. Bushendorf officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery.

Henry Behrens was born October 5, 1846, in Germany and came to the United States at the age of twenty-seven years. He was married at Scranton, Penn., April 2, 1875, to Miss Wilhelmine Gideon, who died Feb. 13, 1925. He is survived by three daughters, two sons, twenty-three grand children and six great grand children. F. W. Lulloff, funeral director, autoed to Neenah Monday after the body.

Mrs. Henry Beisner (1892? - 13 June 1952)
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 19 June 1952

* DORCHESTER – Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Beisner, 60, who died in a Medford hospital Friday morning from injuries suffered when a tornado razed the barn on her home early that morning, were held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran church at Dorchester. The Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiated and burial was made in Memorial cemetery, Dorchester.

Below Family Obituaries of Clark County Wisconsin

Henry Bender (28 Jan. 1849 - 6 Aug. 1933)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 10 Aug. 1933

* Henry Bender, father of Harry Bender, principal of the Colby high school, suffered an apoplectic stroke Wednesday morning, August second, and passed on to eternal rest on Sunday morning, August 6th, 1933, having reached the age of eighty-four years, six months and nine days. Short funeral services were held at the F. W. Lulloff funeral parlors Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock and regular services were held at Viola. Rev. S. E. Bushendorf of Colby officiated at Colby and Rev. Bailey at Viola where internment was made in the family lot. F. W. Lulloff, funeral director, autoed the remains to Viola.

Mr. Henry Bender was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, January 28th, 1849. When he was five years of age his parents, William H. and Mary Bender, moved to Wisconsin and settled on a pioneer farm in the midst of the virgin forest of the town of Forest, Richland county. He was reared on the home farm and upon reaching manhood became a pioneer farmer in the same township. February 22, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Taylor of Viola. His wife died fourteen years later leaving no children. April 22, 1886, Mr. Bender married Miss Belle Kintz, also a resident of Richland county. To this union five children were born. The mother died in 1907.

Mr. Bender continued to be actively and successfully engaged in farming until 1909, when, at the age of sixty, he retired and moved to Viola, Wisconsin, where he lived for about three years. Previous to retiring from the farm, Mr. Bender was married to a widow, Mrs. Blount, of Evansville, Wisconsin. He moved to Evansville about 1912 where he made his home for about eighteen years. After the death of his wife he went to Colby, Wisconsin, to live with his son, Harry. Here he passed the remaining five years of his life.

Mr. Bender was an active member of the United Brethren church most of his life. A Christian man, a kind father, a good neighbor, he was loved and respected by all who knew him. He leaves to mourn his loss one brother, Ephraim of Viola; four children: Clarence of Hammond, Indiana; Harry of Colby, Wisconsin; Mrs. Code Kanable of Boaz, Wisconsin; and George of Athens, Wis.; and ten grandchildren.

Mary Benjamin (24 Mar. 1850 - 31 Oct. 1931)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 5 Nov. 1931

* Mary Elizabeth Benjamin died at the A. F. Krepsky home in Colby, where she had been staying with Hattie Krepsky, Saturday morning, Oct. 31st, at six o’clock in the morning, cancer being the cause of her departure to the Great Beyond. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, 1931, at the Colby M. E. church, Rev. F. M. Blish officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. The pall bearers were John Pribnow, Sr., B. A. Hanson, R. A. Baum, R. G. Salter, Wm. Wilde and Carl Holtzhausen.

The deceased was born March 24th, 1850, in Ohio, thus reaching the age of eighty-one years, seven months and seven days. She was married to William Meach Sept. 9, 1866, who passed away on Dec. 23, 1881. She was married a second time to G. T. Benjamin on Nov. 18, 1866, who died Dec. 24, 1925. Two children survive – Elmer Meach of Colby and Mrs. S. R. Smith of Vancouver, B. C., Canada.

The deceased is also survived by one sister, Mrs. L. L. Doolittle of Long Branch, Wash., one brother, Fred Sission of Tacoma, Wash., six grand children and five great grand children.

“God touched him with His finger, he slept,” the poet wrote. So may we say of this life – “God touched her with His finger, and she slept,” but not until a beautiful life was lived, a noble example of patience, fidelity to truth and faith were given. Not until visions of a heavenly life, in Jesus Christ, had cheered and illuminated the valley of the shadow. And now, that she sleeps, memory takes up the harp of life, smiting the strings finds that her virtues melt into music. So it ever is, when a life is nobly and divinely lived.

Frederick Bennett (26 July 1876 – 22 Dec. 1952)
Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Tuesday, 16 Dec. 1952; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

UNITY - Funeral services for Frederick Bennett, 76, Town of Brighton, who died at his home Sunday evening will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Methodist Church. The Rev. Harvey Schall will officiate and burial will be made in the Unity cemetery.

The body is reposing at the funeral home.

Mr. Bennett was born July 26, 1876, at Bakeville. On May 1, 1901, he was married to May Harris. She died Oct. 16, 1907. His second marriage was to Madge Hanawalt, June 7, 1911.

He is survived by his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Fred (Pansy) Brandt, Hixton; Mrs. Albert Jeske, Town of Brighton; Mrs. Donald Smart, and Mrs. Harold Ruppert, Town of Hull; and two sons, Ralph, Fond du Lac, and Merton, Town of Brighton; eight grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Eunice Bennett, Madison.

Three brothers and sisters preceded him in death.

Nels Bennett (11 Apr. 1859 - 29 Aug. 1935)
Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 5 Sept. 1935

* Nels J. Bennett, a resident of Unity since 1901, died at the Marshfield hospital last Thursday where he was taken for medical treatment a week ago. Funeral services were held at the Trinity Lutheran church at Unity, Rev. J. A. Olson officiating, Sunday afternoon.

The deceased was born in Sweden April 11th, 1859, thus reaching the age of seventy-six years. He was married in 1887 to Mrs. Bennett who survives him. He also leaves two daughters and a son, namely: Mrs. Hilma Smiley and Arthur Bennett of Fond du Lac and Mrs. Mary Flink of Unity.

Wilhelmine Benz (3 Nov. 1848 - 29 Dec. 1933)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 4 Jan. 1934

* Mrs. Wilhelmine Benz, nee Roder, died at the home of her son, Frank Benz, at Abbotsford Friday afternoon, double pneumonia being the cause of her departure after an illness of four days. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Christ Lutheran church at Abbotsford, Rev. John Brandt officiating, and burial was made at Sherry.

The deceased was born November 3, 1848, in Germany, and she was married September 19, 1872, in Germany, to August Benz, who died in April 1929. They came to America in 1885 and eight years ago located at Abbotsford. Mrs. Benz is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William Nehring, of Cambria, two sons, William of Nekoosa and Frank of Abbotsford, a brother, August Roeder of Markesan, and Mrs. Louis Marti of Sherry whom she cared for since infancy.

Bertha Benzman (27 Oct. 1863 - 18 Feb. 1932)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 25 Feb. 1932

* Funeral services for Mrs. William Benzman, whose death was chronicled in the Phonograph last week, were held at the Zion Lutheran church in Colby Sunday afternoon, Rev. O. H. Hoffmann officiating, and internment was made in the family lot at Dorchester. The pall bearers were F. Baumgart, W. Strathman, E. Kadig, J. Biell, F. Lindner and Mat Schmidt. The flower girls were Irene Kramer, Leona Daellenbach, Dorothy Hoeft, Aneta Daellenbach, Lorayne Daellenbach, Alice and Margaret Dallenbach.

Mrs. Benzman, whose maiden name was Bertha Marie Dierberg, was born October 27th, 1863, in Pommern, Germany, thus reaching the age of sixty-eight years, three months and twenty-two days. She was married in Germany to Herman Steinke November 14, 1884, and in 1896 they came to the United States with their family. After living in New Jersey for one year, they moved to Wisconsin and located at Dorchester where Mr. Steinke died in 1911. She was married to Mr. William Benzman in Dorchester on January 21, 1913. In 1919 they moved to Colby where they made their home ever since. Mrs. Benzman passed on to the distant shore on Thursday morning, February 18th, diabetes, of three weeks duration, being the cause of her death.

Besides her husband, she is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Emma Kramer, Dorchester; Mrs. Martha Daellenbach, Dorchester; W. Steinke, Curtiss; Mrs. Olga Hoeft, Abbotsford; Mrs. Hertha Lyons, Watersmeet, Michigan; Herman Steinke, Colby; Arthur Steinke, Colby; Anna Steinke, Chippewa Falls.

The out of town people here for the funeral were Alfred Kramer, of Pittsville; Edith, Emma and Edwin Bremer, Mr. and Mrs. Kalkofen and Mr. and Mrs. Kings, all of Summit Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lyons, Watersmeet, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Steinke and family, Curtiss; Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Kramer and family, Dorchester; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Daellenbach and family, Abbotsford; Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Hoeft and family, Milan; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Benzman, Milan; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woempner and family, Abbotsford; Otto, Herman and Mrs. Fetzlaff, Dorchester.

Mrs. Benzman had always been a faithful member of the Lutheran church and was always ready to lend a helping hand in time of need – both in acts of kindness and in words. The floral offerings surpassed in profusion which disclosed the esteem in *** Note: The rest of the article is cut off and not available at the time of transcription.

Ruth Bernsee (1935? - 27 Oct. 1952)
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 30 Oct. 1952

* Miss Ruth Berness, 17, was killed instantly and Donald Scheibe, 20, was seriously injured when their car skidded off a town road. Scheibe, driver of the car, and Miss Bernsee, a passenger in the front seat, were thrown from the car when it went out of control, while Dick Hoffman, 19, and Miss Marion J. Habermeyer, 20, remained in the car as it rolled over twice before striking the ditch. They received only minor injuries.

The accident occurred about 2:00 a.m. Monday, in the town of Holton, on the road one mile north, and about two and one-half miles east of Highway 13.

Mr. Scheibe was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield, where his condition is serious. He suffered a broken back and internal injuries.

Both girls were employed at the Coffee Shop and attended a farewell party for Dick Hoffman at his home Sunday evening. Dick had been enlisted in the Marines and left Monday for service.

An inquest will be held, but no date has been set.

Funeral services for Miss Bernsee were held this afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Holway Lutheran church and burial was made in the Pine Tree cemetery.

She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Klovning, Curtiss, 2 sisters, Miss Bertha Bernsee, Marshfield, and Mrs. Wilbur (Marge) Thorne, town of Mayfield; two half sisters, Esther and Jane, and a half brother, John Klovning. Her father preceded her in death.

Mabel Berry (27 July 1889 - 10 Nov. 1949)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 17 Nov. 1949

* Funeral services for Mrs. William L. Berry, who died at her home last Thursday morning at the age of 60 years after an illness of two years, were held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Lulloff Funeral Home and at 2:00 0’clock at the Methodist church, Rev. F. J. Smith officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. Audrey Whitney and Annabelle Klaar, accompanied by Miss Rena Bauer, sang “Moment by Moment.” Pall bearers were Charles Lindboe of Stetsonville, Harvey Bitter of Abbotsford, C. R. Whitney, Harry Bender, C. A. Nelsen and Fred Schwierske. Flowers were in charge of Mrs. Monroe Bunnell, Mrs. Goerge Brown, Mrs. William Garbrecht and Mrs. Jack Weideman, all of Abbotsford, Mrs. Abe Strebe of Marshfield, Mrs. Joe Moore of Wisconsin Rapids, Mrs. Harry Bender, Mrs. Frank Jackson and Mrs. Harvey Meacham, all of Colby.

The deceased, the former Mabel Hanson, was born in Marsailes, Ill., on July 27th, 1889, and was married to William Berry in Dorchester on May 16th, 1908. They lived in Abbotsford until 11 years ago when they moved to Colby where Mr. Berry operated the Midget City Meat Market until two years ago. Mrs. Berry was a member of the Methodist church, of the WSCS, American Legion Auxiliary and the WBA lodge.

Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Walter Berry of Loyal, three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Kratochweill (Joyce) of Muscoda, Mrs. Allen (Birdell) Brehm of Whiting, Ind., and Mrs. Ben (Lenore) Riplinger of Rockford, Ill.

Mrs. Berry was a good Christian, always ready to lend a helping hand wherever needed, and of an affectionate disposition, bright and winning in her ways, so that friendship’s circle was to her a large one.

Out of town relatives here for the funeral were Mrs. Harry Feezor and Mrs. Ann Nelson of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Rudolph Bakke of DeForest, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Horn of Sheboygan, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoffman of Stevens Point, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Braun and children of Granton, Mrs. Archie Elefson of Cambridge, Minn., Mrs. Arthur Almberg, Mrs. Cody Hoekstra and Mrs. Ellis Bloom of Forest Lake, Minn., and Mrs. Al Bugland of Marine in St. Croix, Minnesota.

William Berry (11 Feb. 1883 - 30 May 1953)
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 4 June 1953

* William L. Berry, 65, died Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby, with the Rev. Harvey Schall officiating. Burial was made in the Colby cemetery.

Operator of a meat market at Colby, Mr. Berry retired in 1949 and had been living with his daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Joyce) Kratochwill, Muscoda.

A native of Ironwood, Mich., he was born Feb. 11, 1883, and moved to Dorchester at an early age. After his marriage to Mabel Hanson, Abbotsford, on May 16, 1908, he opened a meat market in Abbotsford and operated it for 30 years. He moved his business to Colby in 1938.

His wife died Nov. 10, 1949. Surviving him are one son, Warner, Loyal; three daughters, Mrs. Kratchowill, Mrs. Ben (Lenore) Riplinger, Rockford, Ill.; and Mrs. Allen (Birdell) Brehm, Griffith, Ind.; and three grand children.

Two sisters, Mrs. Anna Nelson, Chicago, Ill.; and a brother, Edward, San Diego, Calif., also survive.

Irene Bessert (20 Mar. 1903 - 11 Aug. 1963)
----Source: Wausau Daily Herald (Wausau, Marathon County, Wis.) Monday, 12 Aug. 1963

* Mrs. Irene Lynn Bessert, 60, 1240 S. Eighth Ave., died at home at 3 a.m. Sunday after a lingering illness.

Funeral services will be held at Wesley Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Jerome Nagler will officiate and burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. The body is at the Helke West Chapel.

Mrs. Bessert was born in the town of Unity, Clark County, March 20, 1903, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ewert. Mrs. Bessert came to Wausau in 1941 and was employed at Marathon Battery Co. for many years. She married Harvey C. Bessert in Wausau Dec. 31, 1960.

Surviving besides the widower are a son, Rudolph Lynn, Unity, by a previous marriage; a step-daughter, Mrs. James McConn, Albuquerque, N.M.; three brothers, Edwin Ewert, 1110 N. Ninth Ave., Walter Ewert, Unity, and Myron Ewert, Poynette, and four grandchildren.

Clara Beyer (4 May 1898 - 25 Mar. 1979)
----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Tuesday, 27 Mar. 1979

* Neillsville – Mrs. August C. (Clara A.) Beyer, 80, Wisconsin Rapids, and formerly of Neillsville, died Sunday at Riverview Hospital, Wisconsin Rapids.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church at Globe. The Rev. Ralph O. Stuebs will officiate and burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. Tuesday and until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Gesche Funeral Home. There will be visitation an hour before services Wednesday at the church.

The former Clara A. Meihack was born May 4, 1898 in the town of Weston, Clark County, where she received her education. She was married to August C. Beyer June 3, 1917 in the town of Weston. After marriage they farmed in Weston 40 years. They moved to Neillsville in 1957 and to Wisconsin Rapids in 1976.

Mrs. Beyer was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Globe and its Ladies Aid.

Survivors include her husband; a son, Elmer, Wisconsin Rapids; a sister, Mrs. Mildred Beyer, Milwaukee; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A daughter, Florence, three sisters and a brother are deceased.

Emma Beyer (17 Feb. 1873 – 17 Feb. 1945)
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 23 Feb. 1945

* Mrs. Emma Beyer, aged 72 years, died of a heart attack Friday evening at her home in Colby. She was born in Germany Feb. 17, 1873, and came to the United States in 1891, settling in Chicago. She and her husband, Henry operated a cheese factory east of Unity for many years. Mr. Beyer died 10 years ago and five years later his wife moved to Colby to make her home. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Fred Weydert of Maple Park, Ill., and a son, Paul Beyer of Chicago.

Ambrose Beyerl (2 May 1892 - 2 Dec. 1930)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 11 Dec. 1930

* Funeral services for Ambrose Beyerl, whose death from blood poisoning at the Chippewa Falls hospital on December 2nd was chronicled in this paper last week, were held at the St. Mary’s Catholic church Saturday morning, December 6th, Rev. H. Lachnit officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery.

The pall bearers were Theodore Brill, E. R. Schultz, Fred Zassenhaus, Henry Schuh, Peter Apfelbeck, and Dr. F. A. Weix.

The deceased, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Beyerl, was born in the town of Colby, on May 2nd, 1892, thus reaching the age of thirty-eight years, six months and twenty days. He attended the rural school and also the St. Mary’s Catholic school and was married to Miss Eva Frane on June 4th, 1919, and made their home on the groom’s farm a few miles west of Colby.

He is survived by his widow, three sons and three daughters, the eldest being but ten years old. His departure is also mourned by three brothers and five sisters, namely: Frank Beyerl, Colby; Louis Beyerl, Colby; Henry Beyerl, California; Mrs. Lorence Weix, Mrs. John Schuh, Mrs. Joseph Schuester, Mrs. Alphonse Bauers, all of Colby, and Sister M. Rosina of Silver Lake convent.

He was a faithful member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, a hard worker, a devoted husband and a kind and indulgent father; to his friends the soul of fellowship. It was our good fortune to have known him long and well and we only knew him to esteem him more highly as the years passed by. Although he owned and conducted a large farm, he cleared many acres of land every year, and even though he did not come to town very often, we will miss his kindly smile and friendly greeting.

The deceased purchased the farm he owned when it was still a wild piece of land and by hard work cleared it into a splendid farm. At present, seventy acres are under plow.

The out of town people here for the funeral were Mr. Ray Youngbeck, LeRoy; Arnold Bauer, Beaver Dam; J. Demeber, Stratford; Mrs. Joe Frane, Minneapolis; Mike Philippi and Emil Umhoefer, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Burnet, Spencer; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lauer, Marshfield; Mrs. Anna Andrew, Leonard and Viola Andrew, Thorp.

Henry Beyerl (7 Jan. 1901 – 28 Nov. 1997)
Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Dec. 1997; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

CALIMESA, Calif. – Henry J. Beyerl, 96, of Calimesa, died Nov. 28, 1997, at Redlands Community Hospital in Redlands, Calif.

Services were at 10 a.m. Dec. 3 at Emmertson-Bartlett Memorial Chapel. Internment followed at Hillside Memorial Park in Redlands. Visitation was Dec. 2 at the memorial chapel.

He was a Colby native. He owned a chicken ranch and was a bookkeeper.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Beyerl of Calimesa; and his sister, Veronica Bauer of Marshfield.

William Bielke (25 Mar. 1864 – 15 Jan. 1936)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 23 Jan. 1936

* Funeral services for William Bielke, age seventy-one, who died at his farm home three miles east of Abbotsford Wednesday night, January 15th, were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. at the Christ Evangelical church, Rev. J. Brandt officiating, and internment was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

The deceased was born in Germany on March 25, 1864. At the age of 3 he came to America with his parents, who settled on a farm in the town of Rockland, Calumet county. In 1895 he was married to Miss Bertha Kobs, who preceded him in death on June 4, 1935. Mr. Bielke was a resident of Abbotsford for the past 23 years.

Six children survive: Louis, Harry, and Adolph, at home; Mrs. Wm. Schauer, Owen; Miss Mabel and Arthur, Milwaukee. There are three grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Charles Calkins, Antigo, also survives.

Among those from out of town present at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bielke and Miss Mabel Bielke, Milwaukee; William Meyer, Neenah; Mr. and Mrs. William Schauer and son, Owen.

Dorothy Biell (4 May 1864 - 7 July 1934)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 12 July 1934

* Mrs. John Biell, a resident of Colby since 1890, died Sunday morning at 1:20 at her home in Colby, diabetes of six weeks duration being the cause of her departure. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., Rev. Bushendorf officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. The pall bearers were Frank Schroeder, Fred Lindner, Paul Draeger, O. A. Hudson, George Fehlman and Fred Kroeplin. The flower girls were Lenore Baumgart, Mary Knebel, Mae Cody and Norma Engeldinger, Henrietta Draeger, Mildred Engeldow.

Mrs. Biell, nee Dorothy Anna Schrein, was born in East Prussia, Germany, May 4, 1864, thus reaching the age of seventy years, two months and four days. She was married to John Biell in Prussia, Germany, August 23, 1885. She and her husband came to the United States in 1890, coming directly to Colby and have made their home here ever since.

The deceased is survived by her husband and by a nephew, Arnold Sill, whom they reared.

The deceased lived a good Christian life and always performed her duties as she saw them. She was numbered among our early pioneers and never forgot the sunshiny disposition of the early settlers which won for her the friendship of all who knew her.

Mrs. Walter Billman (15 May 1881 – 29 Sept. 1931)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 1 Oct. 1931

* Mrs. Walter E. Billman died at her home in Colby at 3:15 A. M. Tuesday morning, heart trouble and complications of five weeks duration being the cause of her departure to the distant shore. Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon, September 30th, at 2:00 P.M., Rev. F. M. Blish, pastor of the Colby M. E. church, officiating, and burial will take place in Marshalltown, Iowa.

The deceased, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lowry, was born in Iowa on May 15th, 1881, thus reaching the age of fifty years, four months and fourteen days. She was married to Walter E. Billman in LaMoilee, Iowa, on November 29, 1900, and came here on March 1st, 1924. She was a faithful member of the Congregational church of LaMoilee, Iowa and of the Royal Neighbor Lodge.

She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Martha Lowry, Marshalltown, Iowa, her husband, Walter E. Billman, seven children and three sisters. The children are Clarence, Plainfield; Andrew, Granton; Wilbur, Granton; Mrs. Wm. Garbish, Colby; and Virgil, Emma and Ruth, at home. The sisters are Mrs. Alva Smith, Lusk, Wyoming; Mrs. Roy Collor, Montow, Iowa; Mrs. Tom Moore, Marshalltown, Iowa.

The deceased was a woman of strong Christian character; patient, loving and self-sacrificing. She was always ready to lend a helping hand in time of need – both in acts of kindness and in words. Life will never be quite the same to those who knew her for she was a devoted wife and mother and a kind neighbor and will be mourned by many friends as well as immediate members of her family.

Alfred Binning (Feb. 1878 – 4 Sept. 1947)
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 12 Sept. 1947

* Relatives received word Thursday of the death of Alfred Binning, resulting from a tractor accident earlier in the day.

Mr. Binning lived in this community as a young man and left some thirty years ago and has farmed near Byron since then. He was 69 years old last February.

He is survived by his wife, Cora, two sons and a daughter.

Funeral services were held Sunday at the South Byron Methodist church.

Relatives who attended the funeral from here were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Binning, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Binning, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Binning, Harley Thayer, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Binning, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Binning, Thorp; Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Binning, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Graham Thayer, Colby; Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cook and friends, and Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Cook.

Thomas Binning (9 Apr. 1886 – 9 Dec. 1948)
Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 17 Dec. 1948

* Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Swarthout Funeral Home, Spencer, for Thomas Henry Binning, Waterford, Wisconsin, who passed away Thursday, December 9, at a hospital at Waukesha. Mr. Binning had been in poor health for a number of years.

Rev. Raymond J. Fleming officiated at the funeral services. He was laid to rest in the Unity Cemetery in the Town of Brighton.

Thomas Henry Binning was born April 9, 1886 in the Town of Empire, Fond du Lac County and was married in Unity in June 1910 to Henrietta Lydickson, who preceded him in death in 1913.

He lived on a farm at Unity and later moved to Waterford, Wisconsin with his son Roy.

Pallbearers at the funeral were Herbert, Henry, and Floyd Binning, Al and Roy Justman and Pete Lydickson.

Mr. Binning is survived by one son, Roy, of Waukesha and two brothers, Elmer Binning of Greatham, Oregon and George Binning of Kannsville, Wisconsin. He is also survived by several nephews and nieces.

Elizabeth Bizer (1874 – 23 July 1931)
Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 30 July 1931

* Mrs. John Bizer, wife of Rev. John Bizer, pastor of the German Lutheran church at Medford, and former pastor of the St. John’s Ev. Lutheran church in Colby, died at the Marshfield hospital last Thursday evening, July 23rd, heart disease, with which she had been confined to the hospital for the past several months, being the cause of her departure. Funeral services were held at the German Lutheran church at Medford Monday afternoon, Rev. Herman Ballam of Cottage Grove, Minn., officiating, and burial took place in the Medford cemetery.

Mrs. Bizer, formerly Elizabeth Reichert, was born in 1874 in the town of Russell, Sheboygan county, living there until her marriage Oct. 10, 1894, to the Rev. J. Bizer, who survives and who was at the time in charge of a pastorate in Iowa. Following her marriage she went with her husband to the Iowa pastorate where they remained for several years, then moving to the town of Mosel, Sheboygan county, where they remained for eight years.

After living in Sheboygan county again for eight years she moved with the Rev. J. Bizer to his new pastorate which included Colby and Medford. For the past 25 years she has lived in Medford where her husband was pastor of the German Lutheran church.

Surviving the deceased besides her husband are: father, George Reichert, Medford; children Julius who is operating a farm near Medford and studying for the ministry; Alvin S., instructor of manual arts in the Marshfield Purdy junior high school; Eugene, Medford; Herbert, athletic coach in Friendship-Adams; Mrs. Paul J?, Medford, and Erma, student ? at the Marshfield hospital.