Hoeft Family Obituaries of Clark County, Wisconsin
Transcribed by Marla Zwakman unless otherwise noted
Hoeft Family Obituaries of Clark
County, Wisconsin
Transcribed by Marla Zwakman unless
otherwise noted
Hoeft, Dorothy (14 Aug. 1858 – 15 Apr. 1952)
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 17 Apr. 1952
* Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothea Hoeft, 93, who died Tuesday at the home of her son, Emil, in the town of Holton, will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby where the body is lying in state.
Internment will be made in the Holton cemetery.
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 24 Apr. 1952
Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothea Hoeft, who died April 15, were held Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby, with the Rev. F. H. Sprengler, of Christ Lutheran church in charge. Internment was made in the town of Holton cemetery.
The pallbearers were Otto, Louis and Albert Hoeft, Frank Schultz, and William Kleiman, of Abbotsford, and Henry Zolltheis, Cleveland, Wis.
Relatives from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zolltheis, Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Zolltheis, Sheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pudleiner, Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hoeft and daughter, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harley and family, Chippewa Falls.
Dorothy Zolltheis was born Aug. 14, 1858, at Howard’s Grove, Sheboygan county. She was married in Sheboygan county, Oct. 21, 1883. Most of her married life she lived on a farm in the town of Holton. At the time of her death, April 15, she was making her home with her son, Emil.
She is survived by three sons, Emil, town of Holton; Ed, Abbotsford; Theodore, Chippewa Falls; and one daughter, Elsie, at home. There are six grand children and seven great grand children.
Preceding her in death were two children, Ida and George. Mr. Hoeft died in 1937.
Hoeft, Frederick Johann (3 Jan. 1875 – 29 Sept. 1951)
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 4 Oct. 1951
* Funeral services for Fred Hoeft, 76, who died Saturday, Sept. 29, at St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield, where he was a patient the last three weeks, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby. The Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiated at the rites at 2:00 o’clock, after which burial was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.
The pallbearers were Fred Giese, Ben Graffunder, Anton Kramer, Ed Krause, Henry Parge and Joe Zugier.
The flowers were carried by the Misses Arlene Graffunder, Audrey Hoeft, Shirley and Hazel Kalepp, Nancy Laack, and Betsy Underwood.
Among the relatives from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hoeft and their son-in-law and daughter, of Chippewa Falls; Harvey Hoeft, Kenosha; and Mrs. Emil Hintz, Marshfield.
Frederick Johann Hoeft was born Jan. 3, 1875, in Sheboygan. When only a small child his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Hoeft moved to a farm in the town of Holton. He grew to manhood here and was a farmer. He and his brother, Louis, made their home together.
He is survived by two brothers, Louis and Otto, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Anna) Schultz, and Mrs. William (Ida) Kleimann, all of this community. His parents, two sisters, Lizzie and Emma, and brother, Gust, preceded him in death.
Hoeft, Gustav Frederick (29 Jan. 1849 – 15 Oct. 1932)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 20 Oct. 1932
* Gustav Frederick Hoeft, one of the early pioneers of the town of Holton, died of heart disease Saturday, October 15th, and funeral services were held at the Lutheran church at Abbotsford Tuesday afternoon, Rev. J. Brandt officiating.
The deceased was born Jan. 29th, 1849, at Schneidermuhl, Provinz Peren, Germany, thus reaching the age of eighty-three years, eight months and seventeen days. He served as a soldier in the field artillery of the German army during the war of 1870 to 1871. In Nov. 1872, he came to America and settled in Sheboygan county, Wis., and March 1st, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Maria Freida Zollthers of Sheboygan. In 1881, they came to the town of Holton, Marathon county, five miles northeast of Abbotsford, as pioneers and settled in the wilderness which at that time surrounded this country. During the half century he lived on the farm, he improved it to a modern farm.
He leaves to mourn his departure, his wife and eight children, namely: Frederick and Elizabeth, at home; Mrs. Wm. Klerman, Holton; Mrs. Frank Schultz, Holton; Gustav, Abbotsford; Otto and Louis, at home in the town of Holton and one daughter who preceded him in death. There are eleven grand children and seven great grand children and three brothers, August, Theodore and Rudolph, all of Holton.
