Obit: Gehrt, Otto Emil (1892 - 1960)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Gehrt, Krueger, Mohr, Berger, Marden, Harcey

----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., WI.) February 17, 1960

Gehrt, Otto Emil (11 January 1892 - 15 February 1960)

Neillsville - Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Georgas Funeral Home here for Otto Emil Gehrt, 68, of R 2, Neillsville, who died early Monday at Marshfield. The Rev. Frank B. Harcey, pastor of the United Church of Christ, will officiate, and burial will be made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

The body will repose at the funeral home until the time of the services.

Mr. Gehrt was born Jan. 11, 1892, to Herman and Amelia (Krueger) Gehrt at Neillsville and received his education at the Silver Crest School.  He lived in Clark County all his lifetime and farming was his occupation on a farm in the Town of Pine Valley.

Survivors include four sisters: Mrs. Christian (Mary) Mohr, Miss Martha Gehrt, Mrs. Arthur (Elsie) Berger and Mrs. Charles (Emma) Marden, all of Neillsville and a brother, Willie, R 2, Neillsville.