Dodge County Wisconsin Obituaries and Death Notices

Dodge County, Wisconsin
Obituaries and Death Notices

Rosetta Beaver
Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Wednesday, 5 Sept. 1990; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Loyal – Services for Rosetta Beaver, 82, formerly of Loyal, who died at 5:55 p.m. Tuesday at Neillsville Memorial Home, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Loyal.

The Rev. Roman Kaiser will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be at Rinka Funeral Home, Loyal, from 3-9 p.m. Friday with a Parish Council of Catholic Women rosary service at 3:15 followed by an American Legion Auxiliary service at 7 and a prayer service at 8.

She was born April 3, 1908, in the town of Westford, Dodge County, to the late John and Lucy (McGrath) Ryan. She attended St. Anthony’s Grade School and High School.

She was married to Bernard Beaver Dec. 29, 1927, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. He died Jan. 8.

She and her husband lived in Marshfield until 1975. They then moved to Loyal where she had worked for the Loyal Canning Factory.

She was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church and the American Legion Auxiliary.

She is survived by three sons, Richard of Loyal, Bernard of Milwaukee and Ronald of Oak Creek; one daughter, Mrs. Jack (Sylvia) Pickett of Spencer; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Klimmer of Stevens Point, Gladys Ryan of Loyal and Mrs. Isabelle Kennow of Marshfield; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was also predeceased by five brothers and three sisters.

Anton Klimmer
----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Friday, 23 June 1978; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

LOYAL – Services have been set for Anton Klimmer, 82, Route 2, Loyal, at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Chili. He died at 12:55 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield.

The Rev. Lawrence B. Berger, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery in Loyal. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion Post.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Rinka Funeral Home in Loyal where a rosary will be recited at 8.

He was born Aug. 11, 1895 in the town of Loyal and attended Pelsdorf School and Loyal Grade School. On Nov. 25, 1926 he married Grace Ryan in Fox Lake.

After marriage he worked as a mechanic in the Loyal area for six years and later farmed in the town of Loyal until 1958. Then he worked for Scheckleman Implement Shop in Chili for five years.

He was a member of St. Stephen’s Catholic Church and the American Legion Post, having served in the U.S. Army during World War I from July 22, 1918 to July 24, 1919.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Orville of Spencer and Melvin, Stevens Point; two sisters, Mrs. Anita Herdrich, Greenwood, and Mrs. Eva Riggins, Milwaukee; five grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren. He was predeceased by one daughter, Adeline, and one brother, Art.

Mrs. Christian Raasch
The Waukesha Freeman (Thursday, 23 Jan. 1913) page 6; submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Mrs. Christian Raasch died Wednesday night, Jan. 15, 1913, at her residence in Oconomowoc, death being caused by pneumonia.
Mrs. Raasch was born in Germany in 1830, and was married there. About 1860 Mr. and Mrs. Raasch came to America, locating in Sauk county, Wisconsin; they also resided a few years in Neosho and Ashippun. They had lived in Oconomowoc nearly a score of years. She leaves, besides her husband, nine children: Herman, Oconomowoc; Mrs. Kruckenberg and Mrs. Isaacs, Edgerton; Adolph Raasch, Brownsville, Wis.; Christian and Otto Raasch, Waupun; Mrs. Anna Smeling, Janesville; Richard Raasch, Minneapolis; and Paul Raasch, Chicago.
The funeral was held Sunday from St. Paul's Lutheran church, with burial in La Belle cemetery.

T. D. Roberts
----Source: Wisconsin Weekly Advocate, 18 Oct 1900 - Sub. by Jan Stypula

Randolph, Wis., Oct. 17 - T. D. Roberts, a prominent Welshman of this town, is dead at his home here, aged 57.

Lucy Ryan
Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Wednesday, 6 Dec. 1950; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Loyal – Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Ryan, 71, Loyal, who died at her home Tuesday at 6 p.m. after suffering a heart attack, will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock.

The Rev. Norbert King will officiate and burial will be made in the parish cemetery. The body is reposing at the Myre Funeral Home.

Mrs. Ryan, nee Lucy McGrath, was born Oct. 19, 1879, at Waupun. She received her education in the Waupun schools.

On June 8, 1897, she was married to John Ryan at Waupun and moved to Randolph, where they lived until 1910. They lived at Cambria from 1910 until 1918 when they moved to a farm on the outskirts of Loyal, where she had made her home ever since.

Her husband preceded her in death March 4, 1946. Mrs. Ryan was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church and of the Altar Society.

She is survived by 12 children, Mrs. Tony (Grace) Klimmer, Loyal; Mrs. Edward (Nellie) Searvogel, Loyal; James, Randolph; Charles, Wauconda, Ill.; William, Merrill; Mrs. Arthur (Margaret) Searvogel, Randolph; Mrs. Bernard (Rosetta) Beaver, Randolph; Mrs. Henry (LaVerne) Degenhardt, Randolph; Henry, Gladys, Lawrence, at home; Mrs. Wilder (Isabel) Kennow, Wausau; 42 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

One brother, Robert McGrath, Waupun; and two sisters, Mrs. Johanna Madigan, Beaver Dam; and Mrs. Mary Sloper, Waupun, also survive.

A brother preceded her in death.

John N. Schraufnagle
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 21 Jan. 1892; transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Henry Schraufnagle was called to Leroy, Dodge county, Tuesday evening, by a telegram announcing the death of his father, John N. Schraufnagle.

The deceased was 74 years old, having been born in Germany in 1818. He settled in Leroy, where he died, 38 years ago, where he has resided ever since, one of the most respected citizens of the town.

August Schwantes
----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) 21 Sept. 1936; transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Spencer – Funeral services will be held Wednesday, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church for August Schwantes, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 12:30 a.m. Sunday at his farm home four miles east of Spencer, in the town of Brighton. The Rev. A. C. Stapel will officiate, and burial will be made in the North cemetery. A service at 1:30 p.m. will be held at home.

August Schwantes was born Dec. 9, 1874, at Mayville, Wis. For the past 40 years, he farmed in this vicinity, with the exception of about six years when he resided in the village of Spencer. On June 16, 1898, he was married to Miss Helen A. Cammers.

Surviving him besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Laura Manthe, Mrs. Myrtle Greeler, and two sons, Emil and Alvin, all of Spencer, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, four sisters, Mrs. Ida Pockat and Mrs. Anna Pockat, Marion; Mrs. Amelia Bruss, Colby; and Mrs. Minnie Greeler, Neillsville; one step-sister, Mrs. William Naedler, Granton; and three brothers, William, Colby; Otto, Clintonville; and Herman, Spencer; and three half brothers, Arthur, Minneapolis; Harry, New York; and Roy, Madison. One son preceded him in death.

Edward A. Searvogel
Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Tuesday, 2 Oct. 1962; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

LOYAL – Funeral services will be conducted here at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church for Edward A. Searvogel, 70, a former Loyal resident, who was found dead of a heart attack at his home at 2211 S. Maple Ave., Marshfield, about 6 o’clock Sunday evening.

The Rev. Norbert E. King will officiate and burial will be made in the parish cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the Loyal Legion Post.

Friends may call at the Myre Funeral Home. A general rosary will be held there at 8 o’clock tonight.

Mr. Searvogel was born in Waupun on Aug. 21, 1892. He was married to Nellie Ryan on June 18, 1930, at St. Anthony’s Church in Loyal. Mrs. Searvogel died in November of 1960.

He farmed in the Waupun area until several years before his marriage when he came to the Loyal area and lived here until five years ago when he moved to Marshfield. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church there. Mr. Searvogel was a veteran of World War I.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Janet) Gray, Milwaukee; a granddaughter, Gail, and a sister, Mrs. John (Winnie) Riel, Waupun.

Nellie Searvogel
Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Friday, 18 Nov. 1960; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Loyal – A former Loyal resident, Mrs. Edward Searvogel, 59, who had been making her home at 2211 S. Maple Ave., Marshfield, for the past four years, died at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.

Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 10 o’clock at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church here with the Rev. Norbert King officiating. Burial will be made in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the Myre Funeral Home beginning Saturday evening. At 8 p.m. Sunday a general rosary will be held.

The former Nellie Ryan was born at Randolph March 2, 1901. She came to Loyal with her parents in 1918. Her marriage to Edward Searvogel took place June 18, 1930 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church here and they made their home in Loyal until they moved to Marshfield four years ago. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Marshfield and its Altar Society.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Jane Kayhart of Milwaukee; six sisters, Mrs. Anton (Grace) Klimmer, Mrs. Henry (LaVerne) Degenhardt and Miss Gladys Ryan, all of Loyal; Mrs. Art (Margaret) Searvogel, Randolph, Mrs. Wilder (Isabel) Kennow and Mrs. Bernard (Rosetta) Beaver, Marshfield; five brothers, James Ryan, Randolph, Charles Ryan, Wauconda, Ill., William Ryan, Cudahy, Henry and Lawrence Ryan, Loyal; and one grandchild.

Helen Sell
Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Monday, 9 June 1967; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman

LOYAL – Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Myre Funeral Home here for Mrs. Helen Sell, 84, of Loyal, who died at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Bethel Convalescent Home in Arpin, where she had resided since June, 1966. The Rev. Paul Miller will officiate and burial will be made in the Beaver cemetery.

The former Helen Pieper was born on June 28, 1882, in Dodge County, and in the early 1900s came with her parents to Clark County. Her marriage to Herman Sell, who preceded her in death April 13, 1962, took place in 1907, in the town of Beaver, Clark County.

After their marriage, the couple made their home in the town of Beaver, where they had operated a farm.

Survivors are two sons, Fred Sell, Loyal; and Hilbert Sell, Sparta; two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Thelma) Porter, Loyal; and Mrs. Thomas (Adele) Edmundson, Cataract; a sister, Mrs. Tillie Korner, Curtiss; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a sister and four brothers.

John H. Wyman
Source: Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh , Wis.) Saturday, May 20, 1882; transcribed by Marla Zwakman
John H. Wyman, one of the most esteemed citizens of Juneau and one of the wealthiest farmers in the community, committed suicide, Friday afternoon, by shooting himself in the breast four times with an ordinary pocket revolver. He died instantly. Cause ascribed to temporary insanity.