Obit: Konecny, Joseph F. (1871 - 1961)
Contact: Linda Mertens
Email:
mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Konecny, Welch, Rankl, Rauscher, Pope, Loos, Lehnertz, Gokey,
Kuehnast, Rauscher, Hinke, Sorenson
----Source - Anna Johnson's Scrapbook
Joseph F. Konecny (8 May 1871 - 10 Dec 1961)
NOTE: Dates are from cemetery web site
Funeral services for Joseph F. Konecny, pioneer resident of the town of Holton,
were held from Salem Evangelical United Brethren church Wednesday afternoon. The
Rev. Harold Welch, pastor officiated at the rites at 2 PM. Mrs. Jerome Rankl was
organist, and played accompaniment for Mrs. Frank Rauscher and Mrs. Orlean Pope
who sang “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Beyond the Sunset.”
Masonic services were held in the church with Sherman Loos of Colby orator.
Funeral rites of the Order of the Eastern Star, with Mrs. W. P. Lehnertz, worthy
matron, in charge were held at 7:45 PM Tuesday in Fuchsgruber Funeral parlors,
where the deceased lay in state.
Mr. Konecny, 90, died about 7:00 AM Sunday in a Wausau nursing home where he had
been a patient the past two years. His death was attributed to the complications
of his advanced age.
Burial was held in Dorchester Memorial Cemetery under the direction of
Fuchsgruber Funeral Service which had charge of arrangements. Pallbearers,
Masonic brethren of the deceased, were Vane Gokey, Jr., Wilbur Kuehnast, Frank
Rauscher, Alfred Hinke, M. S. Sorenson and W. P. Lehnertz.
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