Obit: Wiese, Frank (1880 –1968)

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Surnames: Wiese, Hodnik, Elfert, Lucas, Kust, Wunsch, Fredrickson, Schommer, Morehouse, Miller, Kramer, Calmes, Hallada

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 07 Mar 1968

Wiese, Frank (20 SEP 1880 – 01 MAR 1968)

Frank Wiese, 87, Abbotsford, died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, Friday, of injuries sustained when he was struck by a car Sunday evening, Feb. 25, while crossing Highway 13 in Abbotsford, near his home.

Funeral services were held Monday morning at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Emil Hodnik officiating at the 10 o'clock mass of requiem. Burial was made in the Abbotsford Cemetery.

A rosary service was held Sunday evening at the Polnaszek Funeral Home, where the body lay in state.

Pallbearers were six grandsons: Ted Calmes, Jim Hallada, Val Lucas, Jerry Schommer, Mike Wiese and Ronald Wiese.

Mr. Wiese was born Sept. 20, 1880 in Germany, and was three years old when his parents came tot eh United States and settled on a farm near Dorchester. His marriage to Maria Magdalena Elfert took place at Dorchester Sept. 1, 1908. After their marriage the couple farmed in the Abbotsford area until 1937, when they retired and moved to Abbotsford.

He is survived by eight children: three sons, Clarence, new Berlin, Kenneth, West Allis, and Francis, Abbotsford; five daughters, Mrs. Val (Amelia) Lucas and Mrs. Frank (Helen) Kust, Milwaukee, Mrs. Ervin (Esther0 Wunsch and Mrs. Norbert (Margaret) Fredrickson, Butler, and Mrs. Nick (Evie) Schommer of Abbotsford; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Wiese preceded her husband in death March 27, 1965. A brother and a sister also preceded him in death.

All of the children attended the funeral of their father. Other relatives included Mr. and Mrs. Romaine Morehouse and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Miller of Mora, Minn., Frank Elfert and Mrs. August Kramer and son-in-law and daughter of Faribault, Minn., and others from Owen, Antigo, Marshfield, Stanley, Dorchester, Colby, Abbotsford and surrounding area.

 

 


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