Clark County, Wisconsin Obituaries and Death Notices

Clark County, Wisconsin Obituaries [F Surnames]
Transcribed by Marla Zwakman unless otherwise noted

Fay, William Wilbur (9 July 1892 – 16 Feb. 1960)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 25 Feb. 1960

* Funeral services for William Wilbur Fay of Colby, age 67, were held Friday afternoon at the Presbyterian church at Hixon with Rev. Wayne L. Grover officiating. Burial was made in Trinity Rest Cemetery at Hixon.

Mr. Fay died Tuesday evening, Feb. 16, in Sacred Heart Hospital at Eau Claire where he was taken January 13 after suffering a heart attack at the home of his brother, Edgar Fay, at Eleva.

Mr. Fay was born in Independence on July 9, 1892. At an early age he came with his parents to a farm at Hixton where he received his education. Before coming to Colby, he worked at La Crosse, Eau Claire, Marshfield and Black River Falls. He never was married.

Surviving are two brothers, Earl Fay of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Edgar Fay of Eleva; four nieces, Mrs. Clayton Afkend of Abbotsford, Mrs. Lester Johnson of Marshfield, Mrs. Robert Price and Mrs. John Westerso, both of Williston, N.D.; two nephews, Charles Fay, Jr., and Acey Fay of Williston, N.D. Three sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.

Edward Feala (26 Dec. 1879 – 21 Nov. 1967)
Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Wednesday, 22 Nov. 1967; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

* ABBOTSFORD – Edward Feala, 87, Abbotsford, died at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday at the Taylor County Memorial Hospital in Medford where he had been admitted earlier that evening.

Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church here with the Rev. Emil Hotnik officiating. Burial will be made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

The body will repose at the Polnaszek Funeral Home from 7 p.m. Thursday until the time of services. A general rosary service will be conducted there at 8 p.m. Thursday.

Mr. Feala was born Dec. 26, 1879, and had resided in the Abbotsford area most of his life. He was married to the former Christine Picha, who preceded him in death in 1962.

Survivors include two sons, Bernard, Mundelin, Ill.; and David, of Michigan; and two daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Dorothy) Sorenson, Cleo, Mich,; and Mrs. Bill (Leona) Fleming, Mundelin, Ill.

Fechhelm, Norbert (13 Aug. 1893 – 17 Feb. 1950)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 23 Feb. 1950

* Norbert Fechhelm, Marathon tavern owner, formerly of Colby, suffered a sudden heart attack while assisting a man into an automobile outside his tavern at 12:30 o’clock Friday morning and died before reaching the hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church in Marathon.

Mr. Fechhelm was born in Marshfield on August 13, 1893, thus reaching the age of 56 years. He was married on July 12, 1922, in that city to Miss Augusta Ekes who survives. The couple lived in Marshfield 20 years and on a farm near Colby and in Colby seven years before purchasing the Marathon tavern last November.

Surviving are his widow; three sons, Donald of Kenosha and Thomas and Kenneth, at home; three daughters, Miss Jean Fechhelm of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Gordon Thiel of Colby and Miss Joan Fechhelm, at home; three brothers, Alex Fechhelm of Marshfield, Fred Fechhelm of Mayville and Roman Fechhelm of Milwaukee; a sister, Mrs. John Cohn of North Fond du Lac and three grandchildren.

The deceased was a member of the Knights of Columbus.

Fecker Family Obituaries of Clark County, Wisconsin

Federwitz, Anna (26 July 1875 – 6 Apr. 1935)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 11 Apr. 1935

* Mrs. Adolph Federwitz, who made her home with her son, Charles Gaier, for some time, died on her farm home near Marshfield Saturday morning at eleven o’clock as the result of an attack of pneumonia last fall. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. L. J. Lang officiating, and burial was made in the Colby cemetery.

The deceased was born in Austria on July 26, 1875, thus reaching the age of fifty-nine years, eight months and twenty days. She came to the United States in 1903 with her first husband, Frank Gaier. They settled at Oshkosh, residing there a year before going to Marshfield. After the death of Mr. Gaier, six years ago, Mrs. Federwitz made her home for some time with a son, Charles, at Colby.

She was married again at Marshfield, on Sept. 13, 1933, to Adolph Federwitz, who survives. She is also survived by the following children: Charles Gaier, Colby; Mrs. Frank (Laura) Petrack, Marshfield; Christine Gaier, Chicago; Frank Gaier, Milwaukee; and one stepson, Wilbur Federwitz, Marshfield.

There are eight grandchildren.

Feit, Mary (1869? – 20 Oct. 1946)
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 25 Oct. 1946

* Funeral services were held at Wenceslaus Catholic Church at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday for Mrs. Joseph Feit, 77, former Milladore resident who died Sunday morning at the home of a son, William, in Minneapolis. Mrs. Feit had not been ill, and members of the family were not aware of her death until they went to awaken her.

The body lay in state at the Junction City Funeral Home, where a rosary service was held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Oscar Cramer was in charge of the funeral rites and burial took place in Hillside Cemetery at Marshfield.

Mrs. Feit was born Mary Kocain, at Manitowoc, and was married to Joseph Feit in that city 61 years ago. They later moved to Milladore Township, where they operated a farm. Mr. Feit died 20 years after their marriage.

Several years ago Mrs. Feit returned to Manitowoc, and later moved to Minneapolis, where she had spent the past few years at the home of her son. She was a member of the Western Bohemian Fraternal Association at Manitowoc.

Surviving are three sons: James, Milladore; Edward, Unity; and William, Minneapolis; ? grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren; and a brother, Frank Kocian, Manitowoc.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Anna Pacourek, of Marshfield, by a son, Joseph, of Milladore, and also by a sister and three brothers.

***Note: There are two different spellings for the name Kocian, Kocain. This is the way it was in the original article at the time of transcribing.

Feldbrueger, Grace (24 Oct. 1909 – 9 Jan. 1960)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 14 Jan. 1960

* Funeral services for Mrs. Herman Feldbrueger, the former Grace Olson, were held at St. John’s Catholic church at Waukesha Tuesday morning. She passed away on Saturday, Jan. 9, 1960, at the Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital at Sauk City. She was born on October 24, 1909, at Abbotsford to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olson. She was a graduate of Cherokee Grade School and Colby High School.

Surviving are her husband, four sons, Gerald of Wausau, Dennis of Waunakee, Duane of Philadelphia, Penn., Robert of Cedarburg, three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Betty) Sallee of Waunakee, Mrs. Eugene (Sarah) Stanek of Grafton and Joanne, at home, her mother, Mrs. Fred Olson of Colby; twelve grand children, two brothers, Laurence Olson of Chippewa Falls and Bryon of Colby, four sisters, Mrs. Harold Strebe of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Mrs. Norbert Ven Rooy of Colby, Mrs. Ben Reil of Oshkosh and Mrs. Herman Totzke of Stratford. She was preceded in death by her father, Fred Olson, two years ago and one brother in infancy.

Ferguson, Bernard Rollin (24 Jan. 1917 – 25 July 1944)
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 4 Aug. 1944

Bernard Ferguson Dies at Racine, Wis.
Son of Rev. Ferguson, Pastor of Unity Methodist Church; Was 1st Lieutenant in Army Before Medical Discharge

* Bernard Rollin Ferguson, the son of Rev. and Mrs. Mansel B. Ferguson, was born January 24, 1917, in Marshall township, Richland county, Wis., and died at St. Luke’s hospital, Racine, Wis., on July 25, 1944, after two weeks in the hospital, during which time he underwent two major operations. Like Methodist preachers’ sons, he received his education in the cities where his father served. He graduated from the grade school to the high school in Viroqua, Wis., and completed his high school education at the Barron high school where he graduated in 1934. He entered Hamline University in St. Paul, majoring in economics, and following his love of music he made music his minor, receiving his bachelor of arts degree in 1939. After graduation from the university he accepted a position in the office of a company in Minneapolis, which position he held he answered the call of his country and was inducted into the Army at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Mar. 7, 1941. From here he was assigned to the six weeks quartermaster course at Camp Lee, Va., and then in June of ’42 he entered officers candidate school at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Ordinance department on Sept. 19, 1942. In October he was assigned to the Rossford Ordinance depot, Toledo, Ohio, where he served in administrative and personnel. He received his promotion to 1st Lieutenant on May 13, 1943. Preparatory to being sent to a port of embarkation, pending overseas service, he was given a medical check-up and assigned to Pervy Jones General hospital, Battle Creek, Mich., for further examination of his eyes which resulted in his being released from active duty and returned to inactive status, effective Oct. 31, 1943, where he was retained in the Officers Reserve subject to recall to active duty. Since Jan. 1944 he was employed by a firm in Racine.

His love of God and nature took him to the great outdoors, to the forests and the streams for his hobbies. His hobby of learning to fly an airplane gave him the contact with nature and God from the air.

He leaves to mourn his loss, his parents, Rev. and Mrs. M. B. Ferguson of Colby; his sister, Mrs. Vera Neff of Sparta, seven aunts, six uncles and a host of friends.

The military funeral service was held at the Methodist church in Richland Center on Friday, July 28, and internment was at the Woodstock cemetery, where the salute was given and taps were played by the military guard. Rev. T. Sidney Beavin, pastor of the Richland Center Methodist church was in charge and the Rev. R. Harold Gee, district superintendent of the central district of LaCrosse and the Rev. E. E. Clark of Sparta participated in the service. The Groves trio, friends from the Viroqua circuit, Mr. and Mrs. James Grove and Hubert Grove, brought the ministry of music. Miss Elizabeth King accompanied. Those who attended from Colby and Unity were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Meacham, Mrs. Fred Huttom, Mrs. J. Dessloch, Mrs. Wm. Berry and Mrs. Theo Domer.

Fiebig, Eva (23 Feb. 1874 – 7 Feb. 1949)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 10 Feb. 1949

* Mrs. Herman H. Fiebig died at her home in Abbotsford on Monday morning at 2:40 o’clock at the age of 74 years, coronary thrombosis being the cause of her death. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church in Abbotsford, Rev. George G. Griffith, officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery.

The deceased was born Feb. 23, 1874, in Sheboygan county. She attended the Plymouth schools and was married to Herman H. Fiebig on May 18, 1892. They lived in Plymouth until 1900 when they moved to Abbotsford. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church and the American Legion Auxiliary.

Surviving besides her husband are four sons and one daughter – Alfred W. of Milwaukee, Edgar A. of Sheboygan, Roger M. of La Crosse, Gilbert L. of Green Bay and Mrs. Clara Louise Stephen of Milwaukee. Two children preceded her in death. She had eight grand children.

Fierke, Eleanore Ann (22 Aug. 1904 – Dec. 1951)
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 3 Jan. 1952

* Funeral services for Mrs. Victor Fierke, 47, town of Deer Creek, Taylor County, who died at home after several years’ illness, were held on Thursday afternoon at St. Peter’s Lutheran church, Dorchester. The Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiated and burial was made in the Dorchester Memorial cemetery.

Eleanore Ann Hennlich was born in the town of Holton Aug. 22, 1904, and on Aug. 11, 1926, married Victor Fierke at Dorchester. She lived in the town of Deer Creek after her marriage.

Surviving are her husband, two sons and four daughters, Donald Fierke, of Milwaukee; Mrs. Dale Ridderbusch and Mrs. Charles Loucks, Abbotsford, and Billy and Marlyn Fierke and Mrs. Irve Klieforth, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hennlich, Dorchester; four brothers, Joseph Hennlich, Dorchester; William and Hans Hennlich, Milwaukee; Anton Hennlich, Curtiss; a sister, Miss Gretchen Hennlich, Milwaukee; and three grand children.

Fink, Carl (1 Oct. 1870 – 10 Feb. 1933)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 16 Feb. 1933

* Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Carl Fink, age 62, at the Christ Lutheran church at Abbotsford, the Rev. John Brandt officiating, and burial following in the Abbotsford cemetery. The deceased died Friday of cancer, after an illness of five months. He was born in Milwaukee Oct. 1, 1870. At the age of thirteen years he accompanied his parents to a farm near Curtiss and he was married in the town of Hull, in Marathon county, March 21, 1897, to Miss Bertha Prange, who survives him with six children, Sara, Goldene and Gilbert at home, Chris Fink and Mrs. Louis Kauffmann of Abbotsford and Mrs. Forest Stone of Unity. He leaves a brother, Louis Fink of Colby, and a sister, Miss Clara Fink of Boyd. He has lived at Abbotsford since 1926.

Fink, Raymond John Herman (17 Dec. 1906 – 20 June 1934)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 28 June 1934

* Raymond John Herman Fink, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fink, passed away last week Wednesday evening, cancer of the liver, of two years duration, being the cause of his departure to the distant shore. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Zion Lutheran church, Rev. O. Hoffmann officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. The pall bearers were Harold Kasper, Edmund Rahn, Lawrence Neuman, Louis Schulz, Riley Neuman and Bernard Neuman. The flower girls were Eleanor Wiegman, Bernita Neuman, Goldine Fink, Bernita Wiegman, Evelyn Kaufman and Ethel Kaufman.

The deceased was born in Colby, Wisconsin, December 17, 1906, thus reaching the age of twenty-seven years, six months and three days. He is survived by his parents, one brother, Walter F. Fink of Owen and two sisters, Mabel M. Fink and Lucille F. Fink, at home.

The out of town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Anton Braun and son, Harold, of Sheboygan, Mrs. Chas. Fink and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kaufman and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Christ Fink, all of Abbotsford, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Neuman and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Neuman, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Stowe and son, Mr. Wm. Roohr, Jr., all of Unity, Mr. Frank Nagel and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kasper of Dorchester, Mr. Henry Rahn of Neillsville.

The deceased was a congenial young man of good habits and will be sadly missed by a host of friends besides his parents and many relatives.

Firnstahl, Barbara (21 Aug. 1860 – 12 Feb. 1935)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 14 Feb. 1935

* Mrs. Paul Firnstahl quietly passed on to the distant shore Tuesday evening at 6:30 after a lingering illness of several years. Funeral services will be held Friday morning, February 15th, at 9:30 o’clock at St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. L. J. Lang officiating, and internment will be made in the Colby cemetery.

The deceased, whose maiden name was Barbara Weix, was born in Leroy, Dodge County, Wisconsin, Aug. 21, 1860, thus reaching the age of seventy-four years, five months and twenty-two days. She came to Colby in 1878 and was married to Paul Firnstahl in Colby on April 25, 1880. She is survived by her husband and five children, namely: Adeline and Lona of Wausau, Gorman of Seattle, Wash., Otto of Albana, Minn., and Isy of Colby. Three sisters and five brothers also mourn her death: Mrs. Anna Welsch, Mrs. Regina Roller and Mrs. John Budde, all of Beaver Dam, Mike Weix of Colby, Martin Weix of Leroy, Xavier Weix of Oconomowoc, Lawrence Weix of Colby and Mike Weix of Colby.

The deceased is numbered among the early settlers of this community, coming here when there were no roads and hardly a trail from Colby to their farm. She saw the land they owned cleared into a fine farm on which they lived until fifteen years ago when their son, Isy, purchased the place. Since that time, Mr. and Mrs. Firnstahl lived in the city of Colby.

She was a faithful member of St. Mary’s congregation and the Christian Mothers Society. Like all early pioneers, none ever entered her home without a warm welcome nor left without feeling the warmth of genuine hospitality. While she always enjoyed the hospitality of her friends, she always considered the welfare of her family the most important and no sacrifice was too great to administer to the needs or happiness of the members of her family.

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 21 Feb. 1935

Funeral services for Mrs. Paul Firnstahl were held at St. Mary’s church Friday morning, Rev. L. J. Lang officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. Pall bearers were the following nephews: Emil Umhoefer, Emil Weix, Dr. F. A. Weix, Ruddy Weix, Marcel Weix and Herbert Firnstahl. Out of town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bartik of Plainfield, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Firnstahl of Loyal, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Firnstahl of Chicago, Dr. and Mrs. F. F. Firnstahl of Wisconsin Rapids, Xavier Weix of Oconomowoc, Mr. John Welsch, Mrs. John Budde, Mrs. John Roller and son Boldwin, of Beaver Dam, John Fuecht, Martin Weix, Andrew Oshsner, George and Miss Margaret Oshsner, and Allie Schmidtbauer of Leroy, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schraufnagel, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schraufnagel and Henry Schraufnagel of Glidden, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maul of Owen, Emil Weix of Medford, Marcel Weix of Dorchester, Frank E. Bachhuber, Mrs. Gregory Umhoefer and son, Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rogan, Mrs. Margaret Curtis and Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Frawley of Wausau.

Firnstahl, Otto Francis (8 Oct. 1886 – 19 Jan. 1949)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 27 Jan. 1949

*** Note: The beginning of this article was cut off and was not available at the time of transcription.

• a few days previously, a heart attack being the cause of his departure. Funeral services were conducted at St. Cecelia’s Catholic church in Minneapolis and internment was made in the Resurrection cemetery.

Mr. Firnstahl was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Paul Firnstahl and was born in the town of Hull on October 8, 1886, thus reaching the age of 62 years. He received his education in the Colby schools. He was married to Miss Cecelia Holwick and they lived most of their married life in various cities in Minnesota.

Surviving are his widow; six children, Margaret, Kathleen, Kenneth, Donald, Robert and Mrs. Wm. (Dolores) Ballinger, all of Minneapolis; two brothers, I. M. Firnstahl of Colby and Gorman Firnstahl of Seattle, Wash.; and two sisters, Miss Lona Firnstahl of Wausau and Mrs. Adeline Firnstahl of Owen. One daughter, Bernice, preceded him in death.

*** Note: Mr. Firnstahl’s first and middle names are from his World War I Draft Registration Card, and his date of death is from the Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002.

Fischer, Minnie (1847 – July 1932)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 21 July 1932

* Mrs. Minnie Fischer, a former resident of the town of Green Grove, died at Arcadia, California, at the age of eighty-four years. She was born in Buffalo, New York in 1847, and from there she moved to Manitowoc county, town of Schlessvic, in Wisconsin, where she married Herman Fischer. She lived there forty-three years and moved to Green Grove in 1912 and lived with her sons, the Fischer brothers, until four years ago when they moved to California. Her husband died twenty-seven years ago. She is survived by eleven children – Louis, Plymouth; Charles, Edward and Mrs. Fred Beckman, Kiel; Herman, Manitowoc; Mrs. H. F. Knor, Madison; Mrs. Theo Hake, Colby; Oscar, George, Walter and Clara, California. Also thirteen grand children and twenty-one great grandchildren. Funeral services and burial took place at Kiel, Wis., on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Theo Hake, Mrs. Geo. Pflanzer and son, Teddy, and Mrs. Wm. Dallman and daughter left Saturday to attend the funeral.

Fischer, Walter H. (7 Apr. 1898 – 23 Mar. 1945)
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 30 Mar. 1945

* Walter H. Fischer, aged 46, who operated a farm near Chili, took his own life some time Friday afternoon in the bedroom of his home. He had been confined to an institution previously for about eight months. He used a .22 calibre rifle to inflict the head wound. Ray Kutsche, sheriff, and H. L. Brown, coroner of Clark county were called to the Fischer home and pronounced the death a suicide. The deceased was unmarried and was born in Hewitt April 7, 1898. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ray Garrison of Wisconsin Rapids and Mr. Ed Silvanus of Burlington.

Fisher, Ella H. (23 Nov. 1886 – 3 Aug. 1953)
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 13 Aug. 1953

* Mrs. Frank J. Fisher, Milwaukee, died Aug. 3. She had been ill for a month.

The former Ella H. Adrian was born Nov. 23, 1886, at Freedom, the daughter of Peter and Alice Adrian, and was married June 22, 1909, at Colby.

In addition to her widower, Mrs. Fisher is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Donald Carling, Marshfield; four grand children, Donna, Wayne, Calvin and Liana Carling; three sisters, Mrs. James E. McCoy, Marshfield; Mrs. Otto E. Gumz, Route 1, and Mrs. Clarence E. Rouse, Stevens Point; five brothers, John Adrian, Appleton; Matthew Adrian, Milwaukee; Sylvester Adrian, Montello; and Miles and Arch Adrian, both of Marshfield.

Fitzgibbon, John J. (27 Dec. 1854 – 30 Dec. 1931)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 7 Jan. 1932

* John J. Fitzgibbon, a former Colbyite, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. M. Jackson, in Hettinger, N.D., Wednesday, December 30, lobar pneumonia being the cause of his departure. Funeral services were held at the Colby M. E. church Sunday, January 3rd, Rev. F. M. Blish officiating and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. The pall bearers were John Atkins, Perry Conrad, Bernard Schommer, William Roth, Emil Fasbender and C. J. Kraus.

The deceased was born in Stuebensville, Ohio, on December 27, 1854, thus reaching the age of seventy-five years and three days. He was married to Clara Knight at Casco, Wis., in 1875 and resided on a farm there until they moved to a farm in Marathon county, two and one-half miles east of Colby, about thirty years ago. The past six years of his life were spent at the homes of his children. He is survived by three daughters, two sons and one brother, Henry, of Menasha.

Out of town people who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fitzgibbon of Oshkosh, Mrs. William Merrit and son, Earl, of Oshkosh, Mrs. Tim Cain of Casco, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Boedecker of Kewaunee, Wis., and Mrs. F. M. Jackson of Hettinger, N.D.

Flannery, Susan (? – 11 Sept. 1904)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wisconsin) Thursday, 22 Sept. 1904

* Mrs. T. M. McMonagle was called to Milwaukee, last week to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Thos. Flannery, who died on Sunday, Sept. 11th.

*** Note: Her first name is from Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907.

Fleming, Bruce Thomas (25 Aug. 1879 – 20 July 1945)
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 3 Aug. 1945

* Bruce Thomas Fleming of Waupun, son of the late Frank and Nellie Fleming of Jefferson, Wis., and a former resident of Unity, passed away on July 20, 1945, at the Clark and Swartz hospital in Waupun, following an operation. He was born in Jefferson on Aug. 25, 1879, and was married to Stella Hake on June 10, 1903. To this union was born five daughters and one son, Frank John, who passed away in infancy while living in Unity. He was a member of the Methodist church, the Odd Fellow lodge and Encampment. For the past few years he has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business and prior to that was employed by the state of Wisconsin for 18 years. He leaves to mourn, his wife and daughters, Mrs. Bert C. Brown of Waupun; Mrs. Harry Sterken of Gary, Ind.; Mrs. Don C. Lazaron of Chicago, and the Misses Gladys and Frances at home; four grandchildren, Robert, Lawrence and James Brown and Lynn France Lazaron. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. George Jerome of West Allis and Mrs. Carrie Miller of Jefferson.

Services were held at the Beyer Funeral Home on July 23 conducted by the Waupun Order of Odd Fellows. Internment took place at the Rock River cemetery at Jefferson.

Flick, Jacob R. (d. 14 Sept. 1867)
Jackson Couny Banner [Black River Falls, Jackson County, WI]
Saturday, September 21, 1867, page 3, column 3
SAD ACCIDENT - A MAN SHOT WHILE WATCHING FOR A DEER
We are indebted to Mr. E.D. Maxon, of Alma, for the particulars of an accident that occurred near the northern border of that town on Friday of last week. Mr. Jacob FLICK, a German, was watching for a deer in that locality. He unfortunately had on a deerskin cap. A young man named Johnny HURST was hunting for deer at the same time, and seeing what he supposed to be one, fired and inflicted so severe a wound in the head of Mr. FLICK that he died in about three-fourths of an hour. The unfortunate man leaves a wife and eight children to mourn his loss. We have frequently taken to caution hunters about being careful? This is a sad warning. Learn a lesson from it.

ACCIDENTS - About two weeks ago a man by the name of Jacob Flick was accidentally shot and killed by a man named Hurst, while hunting deer, in the woods north east of Augusta. Flick had on a deer-skin cap at the time and while passing through the brush, was taken for a deer by Hurst, and immediately fired upon, with the result as above stated. Our western exchanges are full of accidents resulting in a measure from carelessness on the part of hunters. Will these individuals profit by these sad experiences and be more careful in the future. The preserving of a man's life is worth considerable caution, even, if in the exercise of it hundreds of deer escape the aim of their eager pursuers. Eau Claire Free Press - Thursday, September 26, 1867, p.3.

Jacob Flick was husband of Margaret Ann Miller Flick
According to the 1870 Wisconsin, Clark Co. census (Humbird - p 171-172), Jacob wasn't listed, nor were daughters Augusta or Adaline. Jacob is listed as "dead" on Augusta's 1870 marriage registration to Arthur William Rice. He was shot in an hunting accident per A Commemorative Biographical Record of Clarion Co. pgs.1638, 1639
1860 US Census has family listed in Pine Valley, Clark Co., WI.

Submitted by Sherrie Smith - Corlissbss@aol.com

Flick, Margaret A. (3 June 1833 - 20 May 1910)
"Fairchild Observer", Submitted by Sherrie Rice Smith, Corlissbss@aol.com

Mrs. Margaret Ann Flick died at the home of her son John, in Fairchild, Eau Claire Co., Wis., Friday, May 20, 1910, aged 76 years, 11 months and 21 days. The funeral was held Tuesday forenoon from the M. E. Church, burial taking place by the side of her husband in the Houghtonburg Cemetery. Mrs. Flick had been sick only about one week, but her advancing age made it impossible to withstand the ravages of disease.
Her life was unceasing in its hardships and hard work. Very few of the pleasures of life were hers. About one years ago she sold the farm she had lived on so many years and prepared to take life a little easier.Margaret Ann Miller was born in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1833. In May 1851 she was married to Mr. [Jacob] Flick and in 1855 came to Dane County, Wis. In 1859 they moved to this locality (Humbird, Clark County, Wis.), where she has since lived. Eight children were born, seven of them survive her as follows: Mrs. Caroline Lane, Mrs. Emma Shaver, John, Jacob R., Charles, and Jesse Flick, and Mrs. Lilly Lane.

Flink Family Obituaries of Clark County Wisconsin

Forrest, Esther Doris (6 May 1906 – 21 Dec. 1946)
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 27 Dec. 1946

Mrs. Eric Forrest Passes Away

* Funeral rites were conducted this week at Colby and Unity for Mrs. Eric Forrest, 40, formerly of Marshfield, who died at 12:10 a.m. Dec. 21 at a Milwaukee hospital.

The Rev. J. A. Olson conducted the 12:30 o’clock service at the Lulloff Funeral Home and the 1 o’clock service at the Unity Lutheran Church. Burial was made in the Colby cemetery.

Mrs. Forrest, the former Esther Doris Ewert, was born at Unity May 6, 1906, and was married to the late G. Milford Loos in November 1923. On August 14, 1937 she married Eric Forrest, an employee of the Soo Line in Milwaukee. She was a graduate of Unity High School with the class of 1923.

Mrs. Forrest, who lived in Milwaukee the past four months, is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Gene (Marjean) Coaty, Marshfield; and Audrey at home; a granddaughter, Barbara Jean; and 11 brothers and sisters; Mrs. Anna Ewert, Decatur, Mich.; Miss Minna Liepert, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Clara Firnstahl, Niles, Mich.; Mrs. Harriet Peterson, Neillsville; Mrs. Alma Flink, Unity; Mrs. Hulda Keith and Mrs. Anna Schreiber, Dayton, Oh.; Herb Liepert, Pleasant Valley, Canada; Oscar Ewert, Marshfield, Charles Ewert, Unity; and Herman Ewert, Tripoli.

Two sisters, Mrs. Ida Meisner and Mrs. Hannah Stowe, and two brothers, William Liepert and Gustave Ewert, preceded her in death.

Foss, Albert W. (26 Sept. 1896 – 22 June 1988)
----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Thursday, 23 June 1988

* Albert W. Foss, 91, Abbotsford, died at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Hospital Hospice Care Unit, Marshfield, where he had been admitted June 19.

Services will be after 4 p.m. Friday at the Rux Funeral Home, Colby. The parish rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, followed by a Veterans of Foreign Wars service at 8:15 p.m., both at the funeral home.

He was born Sept. 26, 1896 in March Rapids, to August and Julia Foss. He attended the Loyal schools.

He married Minnie Siebarth Nov. 6, 1919 at St. John’s Catholic Church, Marshfield. She died in December 1966.

He was a veteran of World War I, serving in France and Germany. They farmed in the town of Spencer, where he also worked as a carpenter.

He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the VFW Post No. 2227 of Colby.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William (Loretta) Stargardt of Owen, and Mrs. Harvey (Pearl) Olson of Abbotsford; 32 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his parents, his wife, two brothers, one sister, and two grandchildren.

Foster, Frances B. (26 Oct. 1884 – 25 June 1973)
---Source: Scrapbook of Clarabelle Foster - Contributed by Mary Burton

Funeral services for Mrs. Frances B. Foster, age 88 and a resident of Stanley, will be held Thursday 11 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, Stanley, with Father John Pinion officiating. Mrs. Foster died at Victory Memorial Hospital Monday evening.

She was born in Marathon County, Wis., on October 26, 1884, the daughter of John and Barbara Peterschick. She came to the Edson area when she was a young girl, and on April 14, 1902 was united in marriage to August Foster at Sacred Heart Church, Edson. They were the first couple married at Sacred Heart Church after it was built.

They farmed in Edson until 1917, and then moved to the Town of Worden where they lived and farmed until 1947. They then moved to Stanley. He passed away on April 5, 1950. She lived in the Stanley-Boyd area ever since. She was a member of Holy Family Parish.

Surviving are two sons, Raymond and John of Stanley; four daughters, Mrs. Jack (Anne) Heiting of Ladysmith, Mrs. James (Julia) Tobin and Mrs. Ralph (Dorothy) Schrenk both of Milwaukee; and Mrs. Bernard (Lorraine) Benzschawel of Boyd; one sister, Sister Mary Mathilda of Manitowoc; a half-sister, Mrs. Marcella Roberts of Ladysmith; two half-brothers, Louis of California and Albert of Minnesota; 46 grandchildren and 85 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one son Joseph, and one daughter Regina.

Burial will be made in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Plombon Funeral Home, Stanley, from 2 p.m. Wednesday until the time of service Thursday. The Parish Vigil will be recited at the funeral home at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

*** Note: Her date of death is from the Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997)

Foster, Myra (7 July 1858 – 29 Feb. 1932)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 3 Mar. 1932

* Mrs. Amos Foster, a resident of the town of Colby for fifty years, passed on to the Great Beyond Monday morning at the age of seventy-three years, at the home of her son, Alvin, with whom she made her home, cancer being the cause of her death. Funeral services were held this Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. H. Lachnit officiating.

Mrs. Foster, nee Myra O’Neill, was born in Ohio, July 7, 1858, coming to Manitowoc county with her parents when a girl and to this community in 1881. She was married at Marshfield to Amos Foster on Nov. 18, 1882, and had always lived at the farm home up to the time of her death. Mr. Foster died six years ago.

Surviving children are three sons, Alvin of Colby, Walter of Milwaukee, Elmer of Merrill; four daughters, Mrs. Steven Price of Milan, and Mrs. Joseph Will of Colby, Mrs. Jack Hobelsberger of Marshfield, and Mrs. Pat Riley of Owen; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Runa of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Pat McNulty of Newton; two brothers, Frank and Patrick O’Neill, Manitowoc, and 26 grand children.

Mrs. Foster had always been a faithful Christian and a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church and of the Christian Mothers Society. Like all our early pioneers, she was a woman of generous impulses and never forgot the hospitable ways of the pioneer. But now she is gone and another name is stricken from the ever lessening roll of our old settlers.

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 10 Mar. 1932

Funeral services for Mrs. Amos Foster, whose death, after a two years’ illness from cancer, was chronicled in this paper last week, were held last Thursday morning at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. H. Lachnit officiating, and internment was made in the Colby Catholic cemetery. The pall bearers were Marcellus Foster, Woodrow Foster, Vernon Foster, Francis Wallace, Roger Riley and Jerome Will, six grand sons. The flower girls were Delores Will and Jenette Price, grand daughters.

The three sons and four daughters, with the exception of Walter, were at her bedside at the time of her death. Walter is confined in a hospital at Milwaukee and could not attend the funeral. The deceased is also survived by twenty-six grand children.

Those from out of town here for the funeral were Frank, Pat and Guy O’Neill, Timothy, Wisconsin; P. J. McNulty, Timothy; Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Riley and children, Owen; Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Foster, Merrill; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hobelsberger, Marshfield; Mrs. Mary Engel, R.N., Marshfield; Mrs. Louis Quast and son, Frederick, Mrs. Martin Hauge, all of Neillsville; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. O’Connor and Mrs. Louis Tauschek, all of Mosinee, Wis.

The deceased was a genial, home loving woman, enjoying her home and family with whom she was happy. She came to this locality with her husband – who preceded her in death in 1926 – about fifty-three years ago and purchased eighty acres of land from Frank O’Neill, only two acres of which were under plow, but, by hard and diligent work, the eighty acres were cleared and a fine farm was built. Later, about twenty years ago, another eighty was purchased from Tom Selves.

Francen, Nels (20 May 1854 – 22 Oct. 1951)
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Clark County, Wis.) Friday, 26 Oct. 1951

* Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby, with the Rev. F. Smith officiating, for Nels Francen, 97, who died Monday morning at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Francen. Burial will be made in the Colby cemetery.

Death resulted from a skull fracture suffered in a fall down stairs at his home Friday morning.

Mr. Francen was born May 20, 1854, in Sweden. He came to America in 1890, settling in Minneapolis. In 1900 they moved to a farm in the Town of Unity. Mrs. Francen died February 25, 1925. For the past six years he lived at the home of his son.

Besides his son, he is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Sadie Darnell, Minneapolis.

Frane, Theodore Joseph (27 Feb. 1906 – 19 Jan. 1960)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 21 Jan. 1960

* Theodore Joseph Frane of Curtiss, a native of Colby, died Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. at the age of 53 years, a sudden heart attack being the cause of his death. A rosary will be said Friday, Jan. 22, at 8:00 P.M. at the Haefer & Kraut Funeral Home at Owen. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the Holy Rosary church at Owen, Rev. Crubel officiating, and burial will be made in the Colby Catholic cemetery.

Mr. Frane was born on February 27, 1906, in the town of Colby. He married Florence Kniess on October 20, 1931, in Colby. He was engaged in farming all his life.

Surviving are his wife; nine children, Howard Frane of Curtiss, Mrs. Wayne (Marion) Knutz of Park Falls, Charles Frane of Owen, Ruthe Anne Frane of Ripon, Marlene, Glenn, Carol Jean, Patricia and Ronald, at home; six grand children; his father, Victor Frane of Wittenberg; three sisters, Mrs. Mathias Allar of Colby, Mrs. Myron Kniess of Cyrene, Missouri, Mrs. William Roohr of Medford, Oregon; five brothers, Art Frane, Alvin Frane and Donald Frane of Colby, Vincent Frane of Owen, Edward Frane of Royal Oak, Mich.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Mrs. Katherine Frane of Colby, a daughter, Virginia, and a son, Joseph.

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 28 Jan. 1960

Funeral services for Theodore J. Frane, who died of a heart attack at the age of 53 years, were held in Holy Rosary Catholic church at Owen Saturday morning, Rev. Hubert Crubel officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. Pall bearers were John Frane, David Frane, Peter Rizzi, John Michlig, Milton Meske and Solomon Krause.

People from out of town who attended the rites were Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Allar, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Frane and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Frane, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Frane and family, Mrs. C. J. Krause, Mr. and Mrs. John Frane, Mr. and Mrs. David Frane, Mr. and Mrs. Alois Gabriel, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Clement Mech, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Weber and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Schuh, all of Colby.

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Frane of Wittenberg, Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Beyerl of Marshfield, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Omelian, Jr., of Athens, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schuh of Curtiss, Mr. and Mrs. William Roohr, Jr., of Medford, Ore., Mr. and Mrs. Myron Kniess and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kniess and son, David, of Cyrene, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Frane and family of Owen, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kuntz of Park Falls, Miss Ruth Ann Frane of Ripon, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Witte and Mrs. William Roohr, Sr., of Unity, Mrs. Charles Kniess and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Majeske of Wausau, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Rifleman of Edgar and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Gulzinski of Thorp.

Frane, Virginia Ann (23 Aug. 1934 – 25 Nov. 1934)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 29 Nov. 1934

* Virginia Ann Frane, the three months and two days old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Frane died Sunday morning, pneumonia being the cause of her departure to the distant shore. Funeral services were held on Tuesday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. Clement Haines of Dorchester officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. Besides the parents, a brother and sister survive and also the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Frane of Colby and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knies of Wausau.

Frank, William C. (2 Mar. 1901 – 9 Nov. 1988)
----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Thursday, 10 Nov. 1988

* Spencer – William C. Frank, 87, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Colonial House Living Center in Colby, where he had been a resident for 2 ½ years.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spencer. The Rev. William Ruhbusch will officiate. Burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in north Spencer.

Visitation will be at the Rux Funeral Home, Spencer, after 4 p.m. Friday.

He was born March 2, 1901, in Spencer, to John and Amelia Frank. He attended the Spencer Parochial School.

He farmed for many years in Dodge County before returning to Spencer in 1959 to live with his brother, Ernest.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Spencer.

He is survived by three brothers, Oscar, Ernest and Elmer, all of Spencer, and one sister, Mrs. Adelia Hass of Spencer.

He was predeceased by his parents, four brothers, and three sisters.

Franz, Albert F. (26 Feb. 1859 – 18 Oct. 1934)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 25 Oct. 1934

* Albert F. Franz, a prominent resident of the town of Holton, passed away last Thursday afternoon at 4:30 at his farm home one and one-half miles east of Abbotsford, heart failure being the cause of his departure to the distant shore. Funeral services were conducted at the home Monday at 1:30 P.M. and at 2:00 P.M. at the Christ Lutheran church at Abbotsford, Rev. J. Brandt officiating, and burial was made in the Colby cemetery. Pall bearers were Clarence Gosse, Hans Amacher, Albert Franz, Henry Franz, Charles Krone, Alvin Goldamer. The flower girls were Mildred Wiedenhoeft, Irma Balter, Dorothy Belter, Bernietta Krone, Ardyce Goldamer, Carol Franz.

The deceased was born Feb. 26th, 1859, in Nuerenberg, Germany, thus reaching the age of seventy-five years, seven months and eight days. He came to the United States in 1884 and lived at Lomira, Wis., until 1885 when he came to Colby and was section foreman on the Soo Line for many years before moving to the town of Holton. He was married to Amelia Schueller at Colby on Feb. 15, 1885. He had been in seemingly good health and died an instant death. He is survived by his widow and three children – Mrs. Albert Wiedenhoeft of Colby, Mrs. Aug. Belter of Wausau and Mr. Art. Franz of Bloomer. Also one brother, Mr. Gust Franz of Colby, and eight grand children and one great grand child.

Out of town people here for the funeral services were Mr. and Mrs. August Bauch, Mrs. Agnes Bornhoeft and Mr. Charles Gerth, all of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bedtke, Mr. Walter Kleinfeldt and Miss Mercedes Frome, all of Oshkosh, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bartell and daughter, Libby, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hemp, all of Neillsville, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schueller, Mr. Carl Schueller, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marg and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Groeke, all of Granton, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hasse, Mr. Julius Lange, Mrs. Herman Lange, Mrs. Andrew Camastral and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sill, all of Chippewa Falls, Mr. Wm. Stettler of Bloomer, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hendrich of Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Art Nelson and family of Chippewa Falls.

The deceased was a man who always performed his Christian duties, was a kind and indulgent husband and father, and, like all of the early pioneers, was of a very hospitable disposition. He had filled the various relations of life and filled them well.

Freund, Nick (12 July 1879 – 14 Jan. 1960)
----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Thursday, 14 Jan. 1960

* Neillsville – Nick Freund, a former Bakersville resident who had been making his home here since retirement from farming in 1946, died early this morning in Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. He was 80 years of age.

Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Joseph Eisenmapp in St. Mary’s Catholic Church here at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be made in Corpus Christi Catholic parish cemetery at Bakersville.

The body will lie in state beginning tonight at the Bergemann Funeral Home, where a combined parish and Holy Name Society rosary service will be held at 8:00 p.m. Friday.

Mr. Freund was born in Jonesboro, Ill., July 12, 1879, and received his education there. He was married in Iowa on Jan. 22, 1907 to Katherine Gerhartz who preceded him in death on Sept. 24, 1956.

The couple farmed in Iowa until 1916, when they moved to Bakersville. They became residents of Neillsville after their retirement from farming in 1946. Since the death of his wife, Mr. Freund had resided with his sons and daughters.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Susan) Feuerstein and Mrs. Ray (Mathilda) Burr, both of Neillsville; two sons, Edwin, Neillsville, and Walter, Marshfield; two brothers, Charles, Chicago, Ill., and Alfred, New York City, N.Y., a sister, Mrs. Mary Watt, Neillsville; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Neillsville while living in this city.

Fricke, Fred C. (12 May 1879 – 24 Oct. 1949)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 27 Oct. 1949

* Fred C. Fricke of Abbotsford, formerly of the town of Hull, died at the Marshfield hospital at 5:00 P.M. Monday. Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at the Presbyterian church at Abbotsford, Rev. F. J. Smith of Colby officiating, and internment will be made in the Colby cemetery.

Mr. Fricke was born on May 12, 1879, in the town of Hull where he received his education, and, with the exception of the last three years, lived there all his life. He was married to Nora Demand, who died several years ago.

Surviving are a daughter, Esther, of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Harry Demand of Abbotsford and Mrs. Herbert Warner of Saynor and a brother, Edward of Cherokee. One child preceded him in death.

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 1 Nov. 1949

Funeral services for Fred C. Fricke, age 70, were held at the Presbyterian church at Abbotsford Thursday afternoon, Rev. F. J. Smith of Colby officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. Pall bearers were Charles Boyer, George Heida, Ferdinand Haack, Ben Merwin, Ewald Wiersig and Anton Dreel.

Flowers were carried by Mrs. Chas. Ohlinger, Mrs. Orville Fricke, Mrs. Leslie Dickinson, Elizabeth Taleton, and Mrs. William Kuckuck.

Mrs. Joyce Stieber of Colby, accompanied by Edward Pascoe, sang “Wonderful Words of Life” and “The Old Rugged Cross.”

Out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral included Esther D. Fricke of Chicago, Ill., R. S. Rich of Aurora, Ill., Mrs. Frieda Warner of Saynor, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fricke of Curtiss, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kramer of Wausau, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kramer of Wausau, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Breit of Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dickinson of Wausau, Miss Elizabeth Haleton of Schofield, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rein of Schofield and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Rein of Wittenberg.

Fritsch, Anna (27 July 1884 – 12 Feb. 1972)
----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Monday, 14 Feb. 1972 (Contributed by Ron Flink, email: rflink55@gmail.com - Transcribed by Marla Zwakman)

* Spencer – Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Catholic Church here for Mrs. John (Anna) Fritsch, 87, of Spencer, who died of an apparent heart attack at the Clark County Hospital at Owen, where she resided the past five years.

The Rev. Andrew Bofenkamp, pastor, will officiate and burial will be made in the Dorchester Memorial cemetery, Dorchester.

Visitations may be made at the Jasperson Funeral Home here beginning today. A general rosary will be recited there at 8 p.m. today (Monday).

The former Anna Younker was born July 27, 1884, in Dorchester, and was married Oct. 28, 1902, in Dorchester, to John Fritsch, who preceded her in death May 12, 1954. The couple resided in the Dorchester and Abbotsford area until moving to Spencer in 1913. She had resided there since that time.

Mrs. Fritsch was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church and was a past member of the Christian Mothers Society, National Catholic Society of Foresters, Royal Neighbors, and the Women’s Relief Corps.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. George (Lucille) Plockelman, Chicago; six sons, Lawrence, Spencer; Emery, Green Valley, Ariz.; Myron, Withee; Theodore, Green Bay; James, Stevens Point; and Robert, Sun Prairie; 21 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Bertha Miller, Eau Claire, and a brother, William Miller, Fifield.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two sons, a sister and two brothers.

Frome Family Obituaries of Clark County Wisconsin

Fuhrmann, Carl (15 Jan. 1854 – 12 June 1932)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 16 June 1932

* Carl Fuhrmann, an old pioneer of this section, having lived in Marathon county fifty-three years, passed away at his farm home east of Colby Sunday, June 12, at 8:20 A.M., cancer of the throat of three years duration being the cause of his departure to the heavenly goal. Funeral services were held at the Town of Frankfort Lutheran church, Rev. Nothbom officiating, Wednesday, June 15, and internment was made in the town of Frankfort cemetery. The pall bearers were Robert Heppner, Herman Podevels, Armond Bartz, Walther Wurthman, Ed Ruppert, Joe Sazama, Sr. The flower girls were Ruby Pacholke, Iris Thiel, Katherine Heppner, Charlotte Heppner, Marie Heppner, Bernice Heppner, Stella Heppner and Mrs. Edward Pacholke.

The deceased was born in Germany January 15th, 1854, thus reaching the age of seventy-eight years, four months and twenty-eight days. He came to the United States when seventeen years of age and to Marathon county fifty-three years ago and lived here ever since, thus being numbered among the early pioneers, who, by hard work and privations, built this fine country. He was married to Caroline Zimmerman at Caledone, Wisconsin May 20, 1879, and she and the following children survive: Mrs. R. O. Helms, North Bend, Oregon; Mrs. Ed. Hansohn, Visalia, California; Mrs. Andrew Schuller, Visalia, California; Mrs. Herman Ungerecht, Caledonia, Wisconsin; Mrs. John Pacholke, Colby; Mrs. Eugene Thiel, Colby; Ruth, at home; and one son, Albert, Butternut, Wisconsin. Also two sisters, Mrs. Carl Hoernke and Mrs. Ernest Hoernke, both of Edgar, Wisconsin.

The deceased was a kind and loving husband and father, a good Christian, and, like all our early pioneers, was a man who united sound sense with strong convictions and had generous impulses and hospitable ways.

Fuller, Georgianna (20 Nov. 1865 – 1 Feb. 1948)
----Source: Marathon County Register (Unity, Marathon County, Wis.) Friday, 6 Feb. 1948

* Funeral services for Mrs. Edmund C. Fuller, 82, who died at 8 o’clock Sunday morning at the home of her son, Edmund C. Fuller, 195 N. Grand Avenue, were held at 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Cole Funeral Home and at 2:30 o’clock at the Methodist Church in Unity. Burial was at Unity with the Rev. Lee Holmes, Loyal, officiating. The body lay in state at the Cole Funeral Home until the time of the services.

Mrs. Fuller, nee Georgianna Scott, was born Nov. 20, 1865, at Shiocton and was married October 22, 1882, at Grand Rapids to Edmund Clarkson Fuller. They lived at Rudolph and Grand Rapids until 1895, when they moved to a farm near Unity. Mr. Fuller died on April 14, 1922, and Mrs. Fuller resided at Unity until four years ago, when she moved to Neillsville.

Surviving are three sons, Elmer J. Fuller, Madison; Edmund C. Fuller, Neillsville and Ronald C. Fuller, Wisconsin Rapids; two daughters, Mrs. Gustav (Goldie) Carlson, Wakefield, Michigan; and Mrs. Bert (Mabel) Cummings, Pine City, Minnesota; 23 grandchildren and two brothers, Frank Scott, Shiocton, and John Scott, Pelican Lake.

One son and three daughters preceded her in death.

Fuller, Kathryn (24 June 1894 – 4 Dec. 1935)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 5 Dec. 1935

* Funeral services for Mrs. Marion Fuller, nee Patrick, age forty-one, of Unity, who died Wednesday of complications of diseases at the Wausau Memorial hospital, were held at nine o’clock Saturday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church at Colby, Rev. L. J. Lang officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery.

The deceased was born June 24, 1894, at Mitchell, Sheboygan county, and came to Unity in 1903 where she graduated from the high school. She was married to Marion Fuller at Colby on October 20th, 1920. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors, Women’s Catholic order of Foresters and the Christian Mothers society.

Besides her husband, four children survive, Natalie, Norman, Ayole, and an infant son born Nov. 26th. Also one brother, William Patrick, of Rockford, Ill.