Obit: Strebe, Libbie Bell #2 (1892 - May 1953)

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Surnames: Strebe, Oates, Goelden, Brown, Jacobus, Rindfleisch, Moore, Hart, Goetz, Kilty, Bergman, Junod, Garrow, Johnson, Domrow, Schade, Berlin, Tuxharn, Berryman, Carlson, Eichsteadt, Stewart, Lenhard, Bergmann, Forrell, Zell, Pacourek, Stadler, Hoeft, Hebert 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 05/14/1953 
 

Strebe, Libbie Bell (8 Jan. 1892 - 13 May 1953)  
 

Funeral services for Mrs. Abe Strebe, 61, of Wausau, who died Wednesday evening, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Presbyterian church at Abbotsford, Wis. The body is at the Zink Funeral Home.  
 

Burial will be made in the Abbotsford cemetery.  
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 05/21/1953 
 

Funeral services for Mrs. Abe Strebe of Wausau, a former resident here, who died Wednesday, were held Saturday afternoon in the Presbyterian church at 2:00 o’clock. The Rev. Arthur Oates, D.D., of Marshfield, officiated and burial was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.  
 

Pallbearers were Harold Goelden, Duane Strebe, Robert and Vilas Strebe, Richard Brown and Richard Jacobus. 
 

Nancy Rindfleisch, Marlene and Judy Strebe, Darlene Moore, Mary Hart, Janice Goetz, Mrs. William Goetz, Mrs. Robert Kilty, and Mrs. Robert Bergman were in charge of floral arrangements. 
 

Among those who came here for the services were Miss Mary Jane Junod, Eau Claire; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garrow, and Mrs. Frank Johnson, Ogema; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strebe, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strebe, Vilas and Clarence Strebe, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Domrow, George Strebe, and Emil Schade, all of Sheridan; Mr. and Mrs. Obed Moore, Darlene, and Dallas Moore, Marinette; 
 

Mr. and Mrs. Ward Brown, Menominee, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hart, Stevens Point; Miss Mary Hart, West Allis; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore, Mr. and Mrs. James Berlin, and Mrs. Leonard Tuxharn, Wisconsin Rapids; 
 

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore, Mrs. James Berryman, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eichsteadt, and Mr. and Mrs. Delno Stewart, Port Edwards; Mr. and Mrs. Matt Brown, Mr. and Mrs. August Lenhard, Mrs. Ida Lenhard, Mrs. Joyce Bergmann, Athens; Kenneth Strebe, Madison; 
 

Marlene Strebe, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Strebe, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Forrell, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Zell, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pacourek, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Strebe and Kit and Judy, and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Stadler, Owen; Mrs. Ted Hoeft, Chippewa Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Edgard Lenhard, Athens; and Mr. and Mrs. William Rindfleisch, Nancy and Billy, and Mr. and Mrs. William Goetz and Janice of Spencer. 
 

Mrs. Strebe, the former Libbie Bell Moore, was born Jan. 8, 1892, in the town of Hull, Marathon county, and received her education there.  
 

Her marriage to Abe Strebe, of Abbotsford took place Sept. 30, 1908, in the town of Hull. After their marriage, they operated a farm for 28 years in the town of Holton, Marathon county. They also resided for eight years at Fairchild, and for nine years at Marshfield. For the past nine months, they lived at Wausau.  
 

She was a member of the Women’s Benefit Association of Abbotsford, for 33 years.  
 

Survivors include her husband, two sons, Clyde, Marshfield, and Eldred, Owen; two daughters, Mrs. Edgar (Laura) Lenhard, Athens; and Mrs. William (Ethel) Rindfleisch, Spencer; 17 grand children; three great grand children; four brothers, Joseph, Wisconsin Rapids; Roy, Port Edwards; John, Everett, Wash.; and Obed, Marinette; five sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Lizzie) Hart, Stevens Point; Mrs. Charles (Gladys) Brown, and Mrs. Strebe’s twin sister, Mrs. George (Liddie) Brown, Abbotsford; Mrs. Ward (Pearl) Brown, Menominee, Mich.; and Mrs. Charles (Beatrice) Hebert, Yakima, Washington.