FRED SCHLEUNES

Fred Schleunes

From Sheboygan county marriage records: 
Fred Schleunes and Minnie Mueller (v.8 p.74)
Jan. 23, 1901 in German Reformed Church, Town of Rhine
Fred Schleunes
Son of John Schleunes and Kathrena Hack
Born Town of Schleswig, Manitowoc County
Minnie Mueller
Daughter of Jacob Mueller and Eva Katharine Gerlach
Born Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County
Witnesses Karl Rudolph, Gertrude Mueller, Frank Mueller and Katie Mueller
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1901 Wedding - Minnie Miller to Fritz Schleunes
Last week Wednesday, Mr. Fritz Schleunes of Kiel and Miss Minnie Miller
of the Town of Rhine were married at the Reformed Church in the Town of
Rhine. The young couple has settled near Mill Home where Mr. Schleunes
owns a farm. Best Wishes on your life path.
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Fred Schleunes (v.38 p.491)
Nov. 10, 1866-Nov. 21, 1944
Husband of Minnie Mueller
Son of John Schleunes and Catherine Haag (both born Germany)
Born Town of Schleswig –farmer 
Died from “hemiplegia, 3 days –cerebral hemorrhage”
Buried at Schwartzwald Cemetery
(NOTE: At one time Schwartzwald was in Manitowoc co..it is now in Sheboygan co.
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F. Schleunes Passes Away
Fred Schleunes, aged 78, a life-long resident of the town of Schleswig, 
died at his farm home near Cedar Lake at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Mr. Schleunes was born on the present farm home on November 10, 1866, 
the son of John and Catherine Haag-Schleunes.
He leaves to mourn, his widow, nee Minnie Mueller, and two sons, Harold 
on the homestead, and Albert, who resides with his wife and two children 
Sharion and David at Davenport, Iowa. He also leaves one brother, John 
F. Schleunes of Portland, Oregon. Three brothers, Henry, August, and Carl, 
and one sister, Caroline Steffen have preceded him in death.
The body can be viewed at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home Thursday afternoon 
and evening, and on Friday from 11 o'clock until time of services at 2 p.m. 
at the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church at Schwarzwald. The Rev. 
William Schultz will officiate, and burial will be made in the adjoining 
church cemetery.
(1945 handwritten on the obituary-no newspaper named)
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Minnie Schleunes nee Mueller (v.43 p.199)
March 26, 1871-Feb. 16, 1950
Daughter of Jacob Mueller and Catherine Gerlach
Born Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County
Died from “paralysis of the bowels due to mesentery thrombosis”
Buried at Schwartzwald Cemetery, Town of Schleswig
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Mrs. Fred Schleunes Dies Thursday Morning
Mrs. Fred Schleunes died at the St. Nicholas hospital early Thursday
morning after an illness of only two weeks duration. She was born
in the town of Rhine on March 26, 1871, so reached the age of 78 
years.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the St. John's
Evangelical and Reformed church at Schwarzwald, with the Rev. William
Schultz in charge. Burial was in the church cemetery.
She was married to Fred Schleunes in January 1901. The couple lived
on the homestead farm in the town of Schleswig, one-half mile south
of Cedar Lake on R. 2, Kiel, since that time. Mr. Schleunes died in
November, 1944. Four brothers and four sisters also preceded her in
death.
The survivors include two sons, Harold on the homestead fram, and
Albert of Manitowoc, and three grandchildren.
(1950 handwritten on the obituary-no newspaper named)
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Fred is a brother to August in entry above