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Tom Martin, age 65, 902
Bartlett Street, Waupaca, died on Monday Nov 3 [1980] at 1:01 pm at St
Elizabeth=s
Hospital in Appleton.
A self-employed painter,
Mr. Martin was born on Feb 1, 1915 in the Town of Nepeuskum, Winnebago
County the son of James and Tillie Schmidt Martin. He was married Feb
28, 1938 in Shawano to Sally Peterson, who survives.
Other survivors include
two daughters, Mrs. Shirley (LaVern) Cady, Tigerton and Mrs. Darlene
(Allen) Anderson, Tigerton; two brothers, Orville, New London, and
Morris of Clintonville; a sister, Miss Vivian Martin of New London;
seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death
by one daughter.
Funeral Services will be
held on Friday, Nov 7, at 1pm at the Holly Funeral Home , Waupaca, with
Rev Barry Shaw, Pastor, United Methodist Church officiating. Burial
will be in the Big Falls Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Orville
Roehl, Roger Fietzer, Karl Schuelke, Lyle Cady, Raymond Ziehl and Lee
Poehlman.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 9pm on Thursday at the Holly Funeral Home
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Mrs. Sadie Ruppenthal, age 72 of Big Falls, died suddenly at her home
Saturday, September 13 [1980].
The former Sadie A Krohn, she was born June 4, 1908, in
the town of Wyoming, Waupaca County, and was the daughter of the late
Robert and Louise Krohn. She was married to Art A Adams on September 2,
1927, in the town of Wyoming. They owned and operated Adams IGA Store in
Big Falls for 13 years. Mr. Adams preceded her in death in November 1961.
In June 1964 she married Clarence Ruppenthal in the town of Dupont. She
has lived all of her life in the Big Falls area. She was a member of St
Peter=s
Lutheran Church, Big Falls, and was a charter member of the church ALCW.
Survivors include her husband Clarence; one son, Kermit Adams of Marion;
four daughters, Mrs. William (Marvel) Buccholz of Wheaton, MN, Mrs. Roy (Burnetta)
Tischhauser of Appleton, Mrs. David (Sharon) Bostwick of Brown Deer, Mrs.
John (Peggy) Pockat of Shell Lake; 16 grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; three brothers, Harvey Krohn of Antigo, Ervin Krohn,
Route 1 of Marion, Cecil Krohn of Big Falls; one sister, Mrs. Cora Russart
of Sussex. One brother preceded her in death.
Services will be held Tuesday at 2pm at St Peter=s
Lutheran Church, Big Falls. With the Reverend William R Lavann. Burial
will be in the Big Falls Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 9pm today and on Tuesday from 8:30am until noon
at the Rhodes and Bell Funeral Home in Marion.
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Debra Lynn Knaup, age 18
of Route 1, Iola, died Saturday at Wausau Hospital North as a result of
injuries suffered in a one car accident in Marathon County on July 24
[1975].
The Marathon County
Sheriff=s
Department said Mrs. Knaup was injured when the car she was driving went
out of control when she swerved to avoid hitting a deer on highway 40
about a mile south of Highway 29 in the town of Eldren, Marathon
County. The car went into a ditch and struck a large rock on the
drivers side. Miss Knaup was thrown from the car. Two passengers in
the car were also injured.
Funeral services will be
held at 1:30pm Tuesday at St Peter=s
Lutheran Church, Big Falls. The Rev Leonard A Domke will officiate.
Burial will be in Big Falls Cemetery.
Friends may call after
4pm today at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola.
Miss Knaup was born
October 26, 1957, in Iola. She lived in the town of Harrison, Waupaca
County and graduated from Rosholt High School last spring. She was a
student at the Mercy Medical Center School of Nursing, Oshkosh.
Survivors include her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Knaup, Route 1, Iola; maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Emma Byersdorf, Big Falls; and one brother, Dennis Knaup, Route 1,
Iola.
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Stevens Point
Daily Journal - November 5,1976
LaVern Knaup
LaVern Knaup, 45, Iola, died early this morning at St. Michael's
Hospital after a prolonged illness. Funeral arrangements are pending at
the Voie Funeral Home, Iola.
Stevens Point
Daily Journal - November 6,1976
Knaup Services
Funeral services for
LaVern Knaup, 45, Iola, who died Friday morning at St Michael
Hospital after a prolonged illness, will be held at 10:30am Monday at St
Peter
s Lutheran
Church in Big Falls with Rev Leonard A Domke officiating. Burial will
follow at Big Falls Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
Voie Funeral Home, Iola.
Mr. Knaup was born Nov 7,
1930, in Iola, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Knaup. He was married July
24, 1954, to Margaret Beyersdorf in Big Falls and worked as a mechanic
at Bake-Rite Bakery, Plover.
Survivors include his
wife; a son Dennis of Iola; and a sister, Mrs. Edwin [Loretta] Matson of
Los Angeles, California. He was preceded in death by his parents, a
daughter and a brother.
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Amelia Elsie (Elsa E) Schuelke died March 6, 1901, of whooping cough, aged 8 months and 11 days, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schuelke. She leaves a father, mother, and
three brothers. Buried in Big Falls.
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Milo VanBuren
Hungerford, age 64, died December 3, 1953 at his farm home at
Ogdensburg. He was born on July 7, 1889 in Hancock. Survivors include
his widow; 12 children; William of Washington; Julia of Indiana; Ralph
of Menasha; Milo, Jr, Marilyn and Richard of Kaukauna; Elmer, Jerome,
Stanley, Arnold and Donald at home and Gordon, stationed with the array
in Georgia; four sisters, Margaret Berzill (twin) of Waupaca; Etta (Mrs.
Artie Morgan) of Ripon; Lillian (Mrs. William Heidaman) of Chicago; and
Ida (Mrs. Pat McHugh) of Oshkosh; and three brothers, Arthur of Michigan;
E Jay and Benjamin of Oshkosh. Funeral services were held at the
Swenson Funeral Home in Iola. Rev E W Quam of Our Savior=s
Lutheran Church, Iola, officiated and burial was in Big Falls Cemetery.
The six eldest sons were pallbearers.
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Baby of C Redeac died
January 12, 1906.
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Son of Dan Kitzman (Keachman)
The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Kitzman died March 15, 1905 of heart failure. This is the fifth
child they have lost and this is the last one. Buried Big Falls
Cemetery.
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Leo Gafney died March
25, 1905. Little Leo, son of Mr. and Mrs. E Gaffney of consumption, aged
two years and three months.
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Son of Poll died of
Meningitis, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Poll. Buried Big Falls Cemetery in
March 1905.
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Mabel Dediace
Little Mabel Dedeace
died of spinal meningitis May 1905. Buried Big Falls Cemetery.
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Glen McNinch died June
15, 1905 at the home of his brother John McNinch. He died of
consumption, he was a young man of 19. He leaves to mourn an aged
father of 81 years, three sisters and four brothers. Buried in Big
Falls Cemetery.
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Leonard Killborger was
drowned in the river at Albert Wiemann's.
He was 10 years of age, died August 1905. Buried Big Falls Cemetery.
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Levi Close died January
14, 1903, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Close of Granite City, age 13 years, 10
months and 22 days. He leaves a father, mother, six brothers and three
sisters. Buried Big Falls Cemetery.
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Walter Behrent, age 84
route 1, Iola, died Friday afternoon [June1974] at the Iola Hospital. In
failing health the last year, he had been hospitalized 10 days.
Mr. Behrent was a
lifelong resident of the town of Wyoming, Waupaca County, and farmed
there for many years. Born May 6,1890, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Behrent. Mr. Behrent, who was single, is survived by a brother,
Henry of Iola, and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
held Monday at 2pm at St Peter's
Lutheran Church, Big Falls, with the Rev Leonard A Domke officiating and
burial will follow in Big Falls Cemetery.
Friends may call after 3pm Sunday at the
Coie Funeral.
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Alma Much
Alma Emma Much, age 87, of Ogdensburg, passed away Monday, September
26, 2005, at Pine Manor Healthcare Center, Clintonville. She was born
September 2, 1918, in the Town of Union, Waupaca Co. daughter of the
late Albert and Emma (Price) Krueger. On January 27, 1937, she married
Fred W. Much at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, South Dupont. He preceded
her in death October 28, 1980. They farmed in the Town of Union for two
years. They then purchased a farm in the Town of Union where she had
lived until becoming a resident of Pine Manor Health Care Center in
February of this year. She was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church in
Big Falls. She had worked at Hanson’s Glove Factory in Clintonville.
Alma’s hobbies included gardening, sewing, crocheting and rug weaving. She is survived by her children: Severna Roe, Clintonville; Gene
Much, Clintonville; Vern (Phyllis) Much, Marion; Bill (Judith) Much,
Marion; Ray (Judy) Much, Manawa; Audrey (Greg) Rohde, Clintonville; 18
grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, a brother, Ervin (Mary) Krueger,
Ogdensburg; a brother-in-law, Arthur Klepps, Neenah; nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by an infant
son, a grandchild, three sisters and two brothers.
The funeral service for Alma will be held 11 a.m. Thursday,
September 29, 2005, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Big Falls with Rev.
Janice M. Kuder officiating. Burial will be in the Big Falls Cemetery.
The Cline-Hanson-Dahlke Funeral Home in Manawa is assisting the family
with arrangements.
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MRS. FRED MUCH SR.
Mrs. Fred Much Sr. [the former Amalia Lucht] died at the home of
her son George in the town of Union Monday morning [Oct. 13th, 1919]
following a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Much was born in Germany Sept.
16th, 1853 and has been a resident of Union the past thirty years.
Besides her husband, the deceased is survived by eight sons and three
daughters, Herman, Henry, Louis, Paul, George and Robert of the town of
Union; William of Wausau and Fred of Oshkosh: Mrs. Elmer Christianson of
Union, Mrs. Carl Spoo of Oshkosh and Mrs. Carl Tellock of Fremont.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon from the Big Falls church.
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Marion Advertiser - Marion, Wisconsin - November 2001
Lillie Erickson
Lillie E.L. Erickson, age 91, of the Homme Home of Wittenberg,
formerly of 210 W. Garfield Avenue (Camelot Apartments), Marion, died
early Saturday afternoon, October 20, 2001 at the Homme Home. Lillie
was born on March 30, 1910 in the Township of Wyoming, Waupaca County,
the daughter of the late William and Marie (Fremke) Schmidt. Lillie
grew up in the Clintonville area where she graduated from Clintonville
High School in 1929. She married Lloyd Huffcutt and the couple moved to
Chicago, IL. Later in life Lillie married Einar Erickson. The couple
resided in Chicago until Einar's death. In 1972 Lillie moved back to
Clintonville before moving to Marion in the Camelot Apartments where she
enjoyed playing cards with her friends. She was a faithful member of
St. John's Lutheran Church in Marion and volunteered occasionally at the
Marion Senior Center. Survivors include: her son, Lloyd (Peggy)
Huffcutt, Ingleside, IL; many nieces and nephews including Irene Spieth
who cared for Lillie until her death; one special Godchild, Wayne
Peterson, Elmwood Park, IL; many other family members. Lillie was
preceded in death by her parents, her husbands (Lloyd and Einar), 3
brothers (Herman, Rudolph and. Louis), and 5 sisters (Annie, Lydia,
Marie, Emma, and Sophia). Funeral services were held Tuesday, October
23, 2001 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Marion.
Rev. Roger Tellock officiated. Internment was in the Big Falls Cemetery
in Big Falls. The Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home, Marion, assisted
the family with arrangements.
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Louise Schmidt
Louise Schmidt, 98, died Friday morning, January 18, 1985, at the
Iola Hospital. Mrs. Schmidt was born July 24, 1886, in the Town of
Larrabee, Waupaca County, the daughter of the late Julius and Dorothea
Splittgerber. She married Herman C. Schmidt January 6, 1915 at
Clintonville and they farmed in the Town of Wyoming, Waupaca County
until 1943. From 1943 to 1957 they lived in Oak Park, Illinois. In
1957, upon Mr. Schmidt’s retirement, they moved to New London. He died
June 28, 1967. Mrs. Schmidt entered the Iola Nursing Home in 1982.
Survivors include three daughters: Mrs. John (Doris) Brockhaus, Shabbona,
Ill., Mrs. Carl (Verna) Much, Route 1, Marion, Mrs. Milton (Cordella
“Toby”) Aasen, Iola; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a daughter, four
brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday,
January 21, 1985 at Trinity Lutheran Church, New London with Rev. Donald
L. Gauerke officiating. Internment will be in the spring in Big Falls
Cemetery. The Voie Funeral Home, Iola, assisted the family with funeral
arrangements.
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Louis Schmidt
Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 17, 1968 at the Schroeder
Funeral Home in Marion for Louis Schmidt, 71, Tigerton, Rt. 2, who died
Monday as a result of injuries suffered Sunday when he was struck by an
automobile in the village of Big Falls. The Rev. Milton B. Leisman
officiated with burial in the Big Falls Cemetery. Mr. Schmidt was born
October 31, 1896, at Big Falls, the son of the late Mr. And Mrs. William
Schmidt. He never married and was employed as a farm laborer.
Survivors include on brother, Rudolph Schmidt, Marion; two sisters,
Lydia, Mrs. Ernest Jahsman, Symco and Lilly Erickson of Oak Park,
Illinois. Also many nieces and nephews.
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Herman Schmidt
Herman C. Schmidt, 408 W. Jennings St., New London, 77, passed away
Wednesday evening, June 28, 1967, at the New London Community Hospital.
He was born April 9, 1890 in Poland, Russia, and was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Schmidt. He came to the U.S. at the age of 2
years. His marriage to Louise Splittgerber took place Jan. 6, 1915, at
Clintonville. Mr. Schmidt spent 29 years as a farmer in the Town of
Wyoming where he served on the town board and the county board for 18
years. In1943 he moved to Oak Park, Ill., and after his retirement they
resided in the city of New London. He is survived by his wife; four
daughters, Mrs. John (Doris) Brockhaus, Shabbona, Ill., Mrs. George
(Mildred) Klotzbuecher, Weyauwega, Mrs. Carl (Verna) Much, Route 1,
Marion, Mrs. Milton (Cordella) Aasen, Bensenville, Ill.; two brothers,
Rudolph, Marion, Louie, Big Falls; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest (Lydia)
Jahsman, Symco, Lillie Erickson, Chicago; 6 grandchildren and 1 great
grandchild. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Saturday at St.
Peter’s Lutheran Church, Big Falls with the Rev. Richard Schroeder
officiating. Interment was in the Parish cemetery, Big Falls. The
Borchard & Moder Funeral Home, New London, was in charge of
arrangements.