Obit: Schwarze, George (1877 - 1961)
Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: SCHWARZE KUHLMANN

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 6/ /1961

  GEORGE W. SCHWARZE

     b. 4/18/1877 d. 6/21/1961)

George William Schwarze, 84, lifelong resident of Greenwood, died of a heart ailment at his home Wednesday after being in ill health for several years.

Mr. Schwarze was born April 18, 1877, in the town of Warner. As a young man he was employed as a woodsman. He was married at Tony on December 26, 1901, to the former Frieda Kuhlmann. They farmed four miles northwest of Greenwood. Following his retirement in 1936 they moved to the city, where he had resided ever since.

Surviving are his wife four sons, Harvey of Owen, Ewald and Orlin of Greenwood, and Richard of Newcastle, Wyo., a daughter, Miss Eleanor Schwarze, at home a brother, Otto Schwarze of Greenwood a sister, Mrs. Sidney (Augusta) Green of Pueblo, Colo. 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the Hill Funeral Home, The Rev. Orval Egbert, pastor of the Zion United Church, officiated. Burial was made in the Greenwood cemetery.

Pallbearers were Otto and Elmer Windom, George Stark, George Buker, Guy Richmond and Louis Kebl. Mrs. Daniel Olson sang.

AT SCHWARZE FUNERAL

People from out of town who attended the funeral of George Schwarze Saturday were: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Schwarze of Owen Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Green of Pueblo, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kier, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schiferl, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Wingert, Mr. and Mrs. William Gordon, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wingert, all of Marshfield Mrs. Amanda Swoverland, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Moser and Mrs. Frank Kudinger, all of Ladysmith Mr. and Mrs. John Erickson, Mrs. Ivan Hemminger and Mrs. Norman La Rose, all of Holcombe Mr. and Mrs. Edward Michels of Conrath Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swoverland of Duluth, Minn. Mrs and Mrs. Richard Schwarze and Mr. and Mrs. William Cattles of Newcastle, Wyo. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krapf of West Allis Miss Ardith Schwarze and Mrs. Kathryn Marden of Milwaukee Mrs. Jack Kruger and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schweiger, all of Loyal Mr. and Mrs. Norman Meinhardt, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Churkey and Charles and Elroy Churkey, all of Owen Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Loberg and family, Mr. and Mrs. William Gerlach, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Haigh and Mr. and Mrs. WAllace Boyer, all of Neillsville Mrs. Christiana Leonard of Elgin, Ill., Robert Lewis of Kaudeauna Mrs. Ruth Strassburg of Marion Mrs. Otto Anklam of Big Falls Mrs. Marvin Ernst and Mrs. A.L. Schwarze of Weyauwega Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leonard of Gilman Donald Schwarze of Beaver Dam Mrs. Bertha Swoverland and Mr. and Mrs. Geral Lentz of Menomonie

(Interesting Note: Years after George Schwarze died, his youngest son, Orlin, told how his father had a log barn which burned to the ground.  A new one was built and before it was even a year old, it was struck by a tornado and demolished.)