Obit: Kalepp, Adolph Gustav (1874 - 1955)

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Surnames: Kalepp, Sprengler, Kieser, Kattre, Sauter, Ritz 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 12/29/1955  
 

Kalepp, Adolph Gustav (30 Jan. 1874 - 25 Dec. 1955) 
 

Funeral services for Adolph Gustav Kalepp, 81, who died Christmas morning, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Zink Funeral Home. Many relatives and friends attended the 2:00 o’clock rites conducted by the Rev. F. H. Sprengler, of Christ Lutheran church. 
 

During the services, the Misses Dorothy and Marilyn Kieser sang "Rock of Ages," and "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." 
 

Six grand sons served as pallbearers for the internment made in the Dorchester cemetery. They were Lavern, Donald, Lloyd, Harold, Jr., Du Wayne, and Gerald Kalepp. 
 

Six grand daughters carried flowers: the Misses Bonnie, Bernice, Shirley, Hazel and Jane Kalepp, and Mrs. Harold Kalepp, Jr. 
 

Mr. Kalepp was born in Saxony, Germany, Jan. 30, 1874 and when he was six years old he came with his parents from Germany and settled on a farm east of Dorchester. He resided here until he moved to Abbotsford about 25 years ago and operated a tavern which has been taken over by his son, Norman, and son-in-law, Gilbert Kattre. 
 

On Oct. 12, 1902, he was united in marriage to Minnie Sauter, of Dorchester. To this union, eight children were born. 
 

Mr. Kalepp had been in ill health for more than four years and death came at his home at 3:00 a.m. Sunday. 
 

Surviving him are his widow and five children: William, Harold, Norman, and Mrs. Gilbert (Alice) Kattre, all of Abbotsford, and Clarence, of Dorchester, one sister, Mrs. Rose Ritz, North Bend, Oregon; and one brother, Herman Kalepp, Butte, Mont.; 16 grand children and one great grand child. 
 

Three children, Dorothy, Gladys, and Gordon, preceded him in death in infancy. Three sisters and two brothers also preceded him. 
 

Relatives and friends attending the funeral came from Green Bay, Milwaukee, Park Falls, Wausau, Spencer, Athens, Dorchester, Hammond, Marshfield, Edgar and Abbotsford.  

 

 


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