Obit: Nosbisch, Michael (1889 – 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Nosbisch, Rushman, Brost, Reigel, Gottschalk, Spoden

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 11 Jun 1975

Nosbisch, Michael (10 Oct 1889 – 8 Jun 1975)

Michael Nosbisch, 85, Colonial Nursing Home, Colby, died Sunday, June 8, 1975.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday (today) at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Colby, with Rev. Francis P. Rushman officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Nosbisch was born October 10, 1889 in North Washington, Iowa. He married Christina Brost in North Washington on April 23, 1918. The couple farmed in Iowa until moving to Edgar in 1920, and farmed there until 1938, when they moved to the Town of Colby, farming there until 1957, when they retired and moved to Colby. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1968.

Mr. Nosbisch was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and for the past one and one-half years had been a resident of the Colonial Nursing Home.

Survivors include two sons, Vincent, Milwaukee, and Lavern, Colby; three daughters, Mrs. Victor (Lavona) Reigel, Milladore, Florentine Nosbisch, Neillsville, and Mrs. Arnold (Alverna) Gottschalk, Colby; one brother, George, living in Iowa; 12 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

His parents, Michael and Margaret (Spoden) Nosbisch, five brothers, seven sisters, and his wife and one daughter preceded him in death.

Arrangements were made by the Lulloff Funeral Home.