Obit: Krause, Johanna (1875 - 1945)

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Surnames: Krause, Marquardt, Hoffmann, Kallien, Brunner, Dirks, Schmidt, Schuette, Haderlein, Schreiber, Ewan, Zeil, Tonn, Hoppa, Follstad, Klatt, Martens, Podlich, Benzmann, Hanneman, Haderlein, Laabs, Zahorka, Bunkelman, Haulehan, Huhn, Krueger, Fosse, Kramer, Mueller, Dubl, Lawrie, Peham, Strebe, Schultz, Hader, Blank, Hardy, Dehn, Dicks, Liebzert, Meinholdt

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 09/20/1945

Krause, Johanna (6 Feb. 1875 - 14 Sept. 1945)

Mrs. Johanna Krause died at the home of her son in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marquardt at 4:50 Friday morning, Sept. 14th, after an illness of 13 months. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran church in Colby, Rev. O. Hoffmann officiating, and internment was made in the Abbotsford cemetery. Pall bearers were Armo Kallien, William Brunner, Theodore Dirks, Alfred Schmidt, Art Schuette and Fred Kallien. Those in charge of the flowers were Geraldine Haderlein, Carmeletta Schreiber, Dorothy Ewan, Dolores Ewan and Delores Brunner.

Johanna Krause, nee Kallien, was born in Germany on Feb. 6th, 1875, thus reaching the age of 70 years, seven months and eight days. She came to the United States in 1893 and settled in Sheboygan where she was married to William Krause on October 19, 1895. They lived in Sheboygan until 1904 when they moved onto a farm near Milan, Marathon county. In 1928, they retired and moved to the village of Milan. Since the death of her husband in July, 1941, Mrs. Krause lived with her son in law and daughter who came to Colby in 1943.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Marquardt, four grand children, three great grand children and one sister, Mrs. Edward Zeil, of Milwaukee, Wis.

Out of town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ray F. Tonn and son, Thomas Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tonn, Miss Wilma Marquardt, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zeil, Mrs. George Hoppa, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Follstad and family and Mrs. Albert Klatt, all of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kallien, Mrs. Hulda Kallien, Mrs. Otto Martens and Wm. Podlich, all of Sheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Tonn and Mrs. Frank Tonn, Sr., of Curtiss; Mr. and Mrs. John Schreiber and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Benzmann, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schmidt and son, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hanneman, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haderlein, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Haderlein, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Laabs, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zahorka, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bunkelman, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Haulehan, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huhn and family, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Krueger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Al Fosse and Ernest Kramer, all of Milan; Mr. and Mrs. Hy Ewan and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ewan, Mr. and Mrs. Arno Kallien and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mueller and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dubl, all of Athens; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Lawrie, Mrs. H. Zeil, Mrs. A. Peham and Mrs. Frieda Strebe, all of Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schultz and Mrs. Carl Hader and daughters of Dorchester, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Blank and Mrs. A. Hardy of Wausau, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Huhn and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dehn of Westboro, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hoernke and Aurelia, Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Hoernke, and Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Dicks of Edgar; Mrs. Harry Liebzert and Mrs. Martha Meinholdt of Greenwood, Wisconsin.