Obit: Kaitschuck, William E. (1894 - 1983)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Kaitschuck, Jehl, Schultz, Anderson, DeGroate, Wolff

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/2/1983

Kaitschuck, William E. (1 February 1894 – 30 May 1983)

William E. Kaitschuck, 89, a former Neillsville resident, passed away on Monday, May 30, in a Madison nursing home.

The deceased was born on February 1, 1894, In Wis. Rapids to Edward and Hannah (Jehl) Kaitschuck. He later married Olga Schultz. He worked for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad for most of his life. Prior to moving to Madison in 1980, he made Neillsville his home.

Surviving him is a daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Anderson, Mt. Prospect, Illinois; a son, Clarence, Clinton, Arkansas; a sister, Mrs. Clara DeGroate, Palos Park, Illinois; a grandson, and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife on June 5, 1981.

Funeral services are to be held this Friday, (June 3) at 10:30 a.m. from St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neillsville with Vicar John Wolff officiating. Burial was to be made in the Neillsville City Cemetery. (Visitations were to be held at the Gesche Funeral Home on Thursday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and again one hour prior to services at the church.) Gesche Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.