FRANK L. AUGUSTINE Frank Augustine, 64, retired farmer, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Parks Shee, Berwyn, Ill. The body will reach Manitowoc late today and may be viewed at the Pfeffer funeral home after __ p.m. Funeral services, in charge of the Rev. Paul Blaufus of the St. John’s Evangelical church, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the National cemetery at Kellnersville. Mr. Augustine was born in Kewaunee county, June 12, 1874. He married Miss Barbara Weber, and operated farms in Kewaunee county and in the town of Mishicot until 1912 when Mrs. Augustine died. He located in Florida for 15 years and in recent years made his home with his children. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Shee, Mrs. Rueben Kleman, city, and Marion, Chicago; son, Lloyd, Brookfield, Ill.; step-son, Frank Pavolleh, Mishicot; and a sister, Mrs. Theresa Krizenesky, Brillion. Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, June 16, 1938 P. 2 ******** (Frank Augustine/d. 15 June 1938/age 64 yrs. 3 da./from record of St. John's United Ch. of Christ, Manitowoc) ******** (Note: birth year doesn't match tombstone) JENNIE AUGUSTINE Jenie Augustine birth: 30 March 1900 Kossuth, Wis. death: 9 October 1900 Kossuth, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin burial: Kossuth, Wis. residence: 1900 Kossuth, Wis. father: Frank Augustine mother: Barbara Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968 *Note: She was placed here because her parents are here.
EDWARD BLAHNIK Edward M. Blahnik, 77, of 527 N. 10th St., Manitowoc, died Wednesday evening at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a heart attack. Private funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Claude LeClair will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Blahnik was born Aug. 3, 1990, at Cooperstown, son of the late Wenzel and Mary Echtner Blahnik. As a young man he operated a cheese factory at Polifka’s Corners and later operated a garage at Kellnersville in partnership with his brother. He was also employed at Lakeside Packing Co., Manitowoc, as a machinist, prior to his retirement in 1962. He married Clara Seibel June 25, 1915 Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Milton Hanson, Mrs. Ray Luebke and Mrs. Harlan Larson of Manitowoc and Mrs. Roy Oquist of Ludington, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Chizek, of Kellnersville, and 12 grandchildren. Manitowoc Herald Times, January 25, 1968 P. M19 ******** Edward M. Blahnik, 77, 527 N. 10th St., Manitowoc, passed away Wednesday evening at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a heart attack. Mr. Blahnik was born Aug. 3, 1890 at Cooperstown, son of the late Wenzel and Mary Echtner Blahnik. He married Clara Seibel June 25, 1915. When a young man he operated a cheese factory at Polifka's Corners and later operated a garage at Kellnersville in partnership with his brother. He was employed at Lakeside Packing Company prior to his retirement in 1962. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Milton Hanson, Mrs. Ray Luebke and Mrs. Harlan Larson of Manitowoc and Mrs. Roy Oquist of Ludington, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Chizek of Kellnersville and 12 grandchildren. Private funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc, with the Rev. Claude LeClair officiating. Burial was in the Kossuth Cemetery. Denmark Press - Thursday, Feb. 1, 1968 - page 5 ******** (b. 3 Aug 1890/d. Jan 1968/SSDI)
FRANK BLAHNIK Frank W. Blahnik, 82, retired Kellnersville Businessman died early Tuesday morning at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc, where he had been a patient since suffering a stroke at his home at Kellnersville on Saturday. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating. Burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Blahnik was born Feb. 14, 1880, in the Town of Cooperstown, son of the late Wencel and Mary Echtner Blahnik. On June 26, 1907, he married Katherine Kubsh. Prior to his marriage he was employed as a machinist at Milwaukee. Mr. Blahnik operated a garage at Kellnersville from 1920 to 1947. He was also a carpenter, working with several local contractors. He was employed by Manitowoc Shipbuiding, Inc. from 1942 to 1945. Mr. Blahnik was a former treasurer of the Town of Franklin for four years and a former director of Kossuth Mutual Fire Insurance Co. He was also a former board member of Kellnersville Joint School District No. 9 and for many years was an active member and former chief of Kellnersville Volunteer Fire Dept. He was a well-known musician in the Kellnersville area, playing with the White Star and Evening Sgar bands for many years. His wife preceded him in death in February 1958. Survivors include four sons, Clarence, Lester and Edward of Kellnersville and Emil of Manitowoc; a daughter, Mrs. George Lemberger of Rt. 2, Cato; a brother, Edward of Manitowoc; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Cizek of Two Rivers and Mrs. Joseph Chizek of Kellnersville; 12 grandchildren and three geat grandchildren. A son, Victor, three brothers and five sisters preceded him in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Manitowoc Herald Times, February 27, 1962 P. 9
JOSEPH BLAHNIK Joseph Blahnik, 72, former Manitowoc county carpenter, died this morning at a home for the aged in Milwaukee. He was born in Cooperstown in 1877, and moved to Milwaukee a year and a half ago. Funeral services will be held at the Husar funeral home in Kellnersville at 2 p.m. Thursday and burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. Survivors are two brothers, Frank of Kellnersville and Edward of Manitowoc; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Kirtek of Maribel, Mrs. Anna Schufletowski of Tomahawk, Mrs. Emma Cizek of Two Rivers, Mrs. Julia Cermak of Chicago and Mrs. Clara Chizek of Kellnersville. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from 6 p.m. Wednesday until time of services. Manitowoc Herald Times, April 19, 1949 P. 2
KATHERINE BLAHNIK Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Blahnik, 74 of Kellnersville, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. Burial will be Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Blahnik, nee Katherine Kubsh, was born Jan 9, 1884 in the Town of Franklin, daughter of the late Matt and Anna Randa Kubsh. June 26, 1907, she was married to Frank Blahnik and shortly after they moved to Kellnersville, where he operated a garage since 1920. Survivors are her husband; a daughter, Mrs. George Lemberger of Rt 2Cato, four sons, Clarence, Lester and Edwared of Kiel and Emil of Manitowoc; two brothers, Wencel of Rt 1 Whitelaw, and Joseph of Rt 4 Manitowoc; 10 grandchildren. A son, Victor died in 1931 and a brother Matt and a sister, Mary preceded her in death. Friends may call at the funeral home. Manitowoc Herald Times - February 4, 1958
MARY BLAHNIK KELLNERSVILEL WOMAN DIES AT AGE OF 80 Mrs. Mary Blahnik, 80, nee Mary Echtner, passed away Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Chizek, Kellnersville. Death was attributed to complications resulting from her advanced age. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Husar and Wachal funeral home in Kellnersville. Burial will be made in the Kossuth National cemetery. The deceased was born Dec. 12, 1854 in Bohemia. She came to America and settled with her parents in Cooperstown in May, 1873. On October 2, 1873, she was married to Mr. Blahnik, who died 5 years ago. The deceased is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Math Kvitek of Cooperstown, Mrs. Anna Schufletowski of Tomahawk, Mrs. Robert Cizek of Menchalville, Mrs. Joseph Cermak of Chicago, Illinois, and Mrs. Joseph Chizek of Kellnersville; three sons, Joseph of Milwaukee, Frank of Kellnersville, and Edward of Manitowoc; two brothers, Martin Echtner of Spruce, Wis., and Jacob Echtner of Green Bay; a sister, Mrs. Anna Steffel of Spruce, Wis.; twenty-seven grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the Husar and Wachal funeral parlors in Kellnersville. Manitowoc Herald Times, May 10, 1934 P. 16
VICTOR F. BLAHNIK YOUTH KILLED IN CATO AUTO CRASH VICTOR BLAHNIK KELLNERSVILLE, DIES INSTANTLY County Resident Sustained Fracture of Skull When He is Thrown Against Building Hurled head foremost into a brick building at the side of the road when the car he was driving figured in a collision with an automobile driven by a Chicago man at the juncture of Highways 148 and 10 at Cato early this morning, Victor Blahnik, 19-year-old Kellnersville youth suffered a fracture skull which caused instant death while Sylvon Swetlik, his 15-year-old companion, escaped with a broken collar bone and cuts and bruises. The latter is at the hospital here but will soon be able to return to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Swetlik. The two youths were returning to their homes at Kellnersville after visiting at Valders and were proceeding north on Highway 148 and had reached the intersection when their car collided with a large sedan driven by A.T. Scheurmann, vice-president of Percy Wilson & Co., of 100 N. La Salle street, Chicago, as the latter was proceeding east on Highway 10. The impact of the collision threw the light coach of Blahnik a distance of about 40 feet and completely wrecked it while the La Salle sedan of Scheurmann proceeded eastward for about 100 feet before crashing into a tree at the side of the road. Instantly Killed When Herman Klann, residing near by, reached the scene of the accident immediately after it occurred he found young Blahnik clear of the car and against the brick hotel building at the side of the highway. The youth was dead when Klann reached him and it is presumed that death was instantaneous as the youth struck the building with his head when he was thrown clear of the car. Swetlik was also thrown from the car and was on the highway when found. The force of the collision must have been terrific as tow concrete posts on the hotel veranda were torn down when the car struck them and other damage was caused the building. The car was completely demolished and was so badly wrecked that parts of it were strewn for considerable distances along the side of the road. Chicagoans Escape Occupants of the Scheuermann automobile escaped with cuts and bruises, Robert Dart, a companion of Scheurmann, sustaining a leg gash and bruised back. The other occupant of the car, Miss Florence Meyer, also of Chicago, escaped without injuries. The three informed Deputy Sheriff A. F. O’Leske that they were on their way to Chicago after spending the week-end on a fishing trip at Sturgeon Bay. Failed to Halt? Cars approaching Highway 10 on Highway 148 are expected to stop as Highway 10 is the through arterial and it was said that Blahnik neglected to bring his car to a halt. He was part way across the intersection when the cars met. After an investigation, Coroner W.G. Kemper decided that no inquest would be held and the occupants of the Scheurmann car were permitted to continue on their way. Worked at Kellners ville Victor Blahnik would have been 19 years of age on July 8. He was born at Kellnersville and spent his entire life there, working in his father’s garage since graduating from the county schools four years ago. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blahnik, he is survived by four brothers, Clarence, Emil, Lester and Edward and one sister, Alice, all of Kellnersville. Funeral services will be held from the family home at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon with interment in the National Cemetery at Kellnersville. Manitowoc Herald News, June 29, 1932 P. 2
WENZEL BLAHNIK (d. 1929) Kellnersville News Mr. Blahnik, aged retired resident of the village passed away Saturday, his death being due to infirmities of old age. Burial was held at the National Cemetery, two miles east of here on Tuesday. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Frank of this village and Edward of Manitowoc and three daughters, Mrs. J. Chizek who resides here, Mrs. Kvitek of Cooperstown and Mrs. Robert Chizek of Francis Creek. Manitowoc Herald News - Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1929 - page 9
BESSIE TESARIK BRADACH Mrs. Bessie Tesarik Bradak(sic), 65, former county resident, died Sunday at Nokomis, Ill. The body will arrive in Manitowoc Wednesday afternoon and funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. Mrs. Bradak nee Bessie Cermak was born in Kossuth in 1881 and in 1904 was married to Fred Tesarik. He died in 1927. She left here 12 years ago to locate at Nokomis where she was married to Mr. Bradak in 1945. He died in February. She was a member of the Z.C.B.J. lodge of Polikas (sic) Corners. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Lydia Davidson of Dayton, Ohio; son, Reuben; sister, Mrs. Frank Turznik of Chippewa Falls and a grandchild of Chippewa Falls. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, April 29, 1946 P. 2
KATHERYN CHIZEK BEMMANN Kathryn Chizek Bemmann, died Monday, December 25, 2000. A Memorial Service will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, December 29, 2000, at the Jens Family Funeral Home, 1122 S. 8th St., Manitowoc. Officiating will be Deacon William Klein. She was born October 29, 1931, in Manitowoc County (Kellnersville). Kathryn graduated from Lincoln High School, in 1949, attending Marquette Medical School as one of three women in a class of over 100. She received her M.D. in 1956 and was the only woman to complete the Residency in Psychiatry in 1961, also at Marquette and the Milwaukee Sanitarium. Her career in medicine was inspired by her childhood experience as a polio patient. She married attorney Irving Stewart Bemmann, May 3, 1958, in Wauwatosa. She served as a founding Medical Director of Waukesha Memorial Hospital's Psychiatric Unit and also founded Women and Families' Psychotherapy Resources, a clinic in Waukesha. She also worked at the Milwaukee Psychiatric Hospital and Waukesha County Mental Health Center. She served as Clinical Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin from 1964 until her death. Dr. Bemmann was a passionate crusader in women's health, serving as President of the American Medical Women's Association in 1994, and was currently serving as Chair of AMWA Foundation. She received numerous awards and honors for her work, including: Distinguished Service Award, Medical College of Wisconsin Dept. of Psychiatry; Wisconsin "Woman of Distinction Portrait Life Casts"; "Woman of Distinction Award", YWCA, Waukesha; Distinguished Service Award, Medical College of WI/Marquette Medical Alumni Association; Community Service Award, AMWA; Founder's Day Award, University of WI: Woman of the Year, Women's Center; Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; CAROL Award, Waukesha Jaycees. She was a Board of Director's member of the American Medical Women's Association at the time of her death. She served on working committees of the American Psychiatric Association in areas of ethics in psychiatric education and constitution and bylaws. She held offices in the WI Psychiatric Association including chairing the Committee on Women, and headed a task force on sexual misconduct of psychiatrists. She was instrumental in passage of the nation's first felony law in this area. She was active in community education regarding breast cancer, domestic violence, and sexual assault. She crusaded tirelessly in these areas, helping to establish several programs. She authored numerous publications in the area of trauma and sexual assault. She served as consultant, to law enforcement officials and judges, assisting with training personnel in working with victims. Agencies included the Sexual Assault Resource Center of Waukesha County, Sexual Assault Treatment Center at Milwaukee, Waukesha County Battered Women Task Force, State of WI Domestic Abuse Council, Wisconsin Medical Examining Board and others. In 1995, she relocated to Manitowoc to assist Dr. Diana Lampsa with programs at Great Lakes Psychiatric Center. In Manitowoc, she continued her community efforts through energetic involvement with the Domestic Violence Center. More recently she was an avid supporter of the Brain Foundation, Ltd., and its "Brainstorm follies". Survivors include three sisters, Emma Schenian, Helen (Rudolph) Mleziva, and Irene (Edwin) Shimon; and two sisters-in-law, Rose (Joe) Chizek and Marcella (Louis) Chizek. Many nieces, nephews, cousins, grandnephews and grandnieces also survive her. She was preceded in death by her best friend and husband, Iry in 1994; her brother, Joe Chizek, in 1999; her brother, Louis Chizek, in 1974; her mother, Celia Cigler Chizek, in 1968; and her father, Frank Chizek in 1954. She will be sadly missed by her many friends, and colleagues throughout the country, as well as her beloved cats, Lexie, Ellie, Mitts, and Morty. Friends may call at the Jens Family Funeral Home, Manitowoc, Friday, December 29, 2000, from 2 p.m. until the time of service at 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Dr. Bemmann's name to the American Medical Women's Association Foundation, 801 North Fairfax St., Alexandria, Virginia 22314, or the Manitowoc Domestic Violence Center. Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Wednesday, December 27, 2000 pg. A3 ******** (29 Oct 1931/25 Dec 2000/SSDI)
MINNE KOTYK BUDWEISER From Der Nord Westen, 16 July 1903: North Main St. resident Mrs. Chas. Budweiser suffered a stroke Sat. morning from which she died a few hours later. The deceased, a daughter of Town Cooperstown resident Anton Koty(sic), reached the age of 31 and is survived by her husband and 2 children. The funeral was held Mon. morning in Town Kossuth. ******** Minnie Katyk Budweiser birth: 16 June 1872 Cooperstown death: 11 July 1903 Manitowoc, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin burial: French Creek residence: 1903 Manitowoc father: Anton Katyk mother: Franciska spouse: Charles Budweiser Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
KAREL CASENSKY (Order for Proof of Will.) STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In the Matter of the Estate of Charles Casenski (sic), deceased-In Probate. An Instrument in writing, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Charles Casenski of the town of Kossuth, in said County, having been delivered into said Court: And John J. Hynek, of the town of Franklin in said County, having presented to said Court his petition in writing duly verified, representing, among other things, that said Charles Casenski died testate, at said town of Kossuth, in said County, on the Ninth (sic) day of May 1905; that said Instrument is the Last Will of said deceased and that John J. Hynek is named therein as Executor, and praying that said Instruemnt be proven and admitted to Probate and that letters Testamentary be thereon issued to John J. Hynek. It is ordered: That said petition and the matters therein be heard, and proofs of said Last Will and Testament be taken, at a Special term of said County Court, to be held at the Probate office in the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday, the ?th day of June, 1905, at 10 o'clock A.M. And it is Further Ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week previous to the time of said hearing, in the Manitowoc Pilot, a newspaper published in said Manitowoc County. Dated May 18, 1905. By the Court, John Chloupek, County Judge. A.P. Schenian Attorney. Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, June 1, 1905 P. 5 ******** (Order for Proof of Will.) STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In the Matter of the Estate of Charles Casenski (sic), deceased-InProbate. An Instrument in writing, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Charles Casenski of the town of Kossuth, in said County, having been delivered into said Court: And John J. Hynek, of the town of Franklin in said County, having presented to said Court his petition in writing duly verified, representing, among other things, that said Charles Casenski died testate, at said town of Kossuth, in said County, on the Ninth day of May 1905; that said Instrument is the Last Will of said deceased and that John J. Hynek is named therein as Executor, and praying that said Instrument be proven and admitted to Probate and that letters Testamentary be thereon issued to John J. Hynek. It is ordered: That said petition and the matters therein be heard, and proofs of said Last Will and Testament be taken, at a Special term of said County Court, to be held at the Probate office in the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday, the 20th day of June, 1905, at 10 o'clock A.M. And it is Further Ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week, previous to the time of said hearing, in The Manitowoc Pilot, a newspaper published in said Manitowoc County. Dated May 18, 1905. By the Court, John Chloupek, County Judge. A.P. Schenian Attorney. Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, June 8, 1905 P. 8
ANNA CASINSKY FIND MOTHER DEAD IN BED Children of Mrs. Chasinsky, Kossuth Woman, Makes Ghastly Discovery Overtaken by an attack of heart failure during the night, Mrs. Chasinsky, a well known Kossuth woman was found dead in bed by her children. They entered the mother's room when she failed to appear for the breakfast meal. Mrs. Chasinsky had been in poor health for some time but there was no indication that her condition was at all serious. The dead woman, who was 40 year of age, was a sister to Joseph Cenefeldt, the Branch farmer who was in a serious runaway accident here Tuesday afternoon and he received the first news of the death in this city. Mrs. Chasinsky had been twice married, her last husband dying a year ago.There is a family of children. Manitowoc Daily Herald - Wed., July 11, 1907 ******** Death in Town Kossuth on Tuesday last week of Mrs. Chafinsky.(sic) The deceased, who was 40, was found dead in bed that morning. A heart attack during the night had ended her life. Der Nord Westen, 18 July 1907 (Note: She is Anna Casinsky on 1900 census for Kossuth twp. Date of death would have been Tuesday, 9 July, 1907./ Wis. Death Index: Chasensky, Anna/Death Jul 09 1907 Manitowoc.)
JOHN WAYNE CASTRO John W. Castro, age 25, of Cato, Wis. died Friday, April 15, 2005 at Theda Clark Medical Center, Neenah, Wis., following a car accident. John was born July 10, 1979 in Two Rivers, Wis., son of Armando Castro and Susan Olson. He was a member of Emanuel United Methodist Church, Two Rivers and worked at both Jagemann Plating Co. of Manitowoc and Novy's Sandblasting of Whitelaw. He enjoyed motorcycle riding, was a Harley Davidson enthusiast, fishing, woodworking and drawing. Survivors include his fiance Jennifer Boltz of Cato; his father Armando Castro, Sr. and his fiance, Lynn Holdorf of Manitowoc; his mother, Susan Olson of Two Rivers; two daughters, Tiana Juanita and Abbeygale Marie Castro of Manitowoc and their mother Adrienne Zastrow; paternal grandfather Jose Castro, Sr. of Kewaunee; maternal grandmother Gladys White of Green Bay; brothers and sisters, Wendy and Jim Walker and their daughter Stephanie of Green Bay, Roberto Castro of Green Bay and his son Justin Schneider of Francis Creek, Armando Castro, Jr., his daughter Morgan Taylor Castro and his girlfriend Wanda Gates of Manitowoc, Robin Castro and her children Jason Alan and Alexandra Faith Yarbrough of Manitowoc and several other cousins, aunts, uncles, relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother Juanita D. Castro and maternal grandfather Ole Olson. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at Emanuel United Methodist Church, Two Rivers. Rev. Sonia Alvarado will be officiating with burial to follow at a local cemetery. The family will greet family and friends at the Klein and Stangel Funeral Home on Monday, April 18, 2005 from 5 to 9 p.m. and again on Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church. Herald Times Reporter April 2005 ******** John W. Castro, age 25, of Cato, Wis., died Friday, April 15, 2005 at Theda Clark Medical Center, Neenah, Wis., following a car accident. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at Emanuel United Methodist Church, Two Rivers. Rev. Sonia Alvarado will be officiating with burial to follow at a local cemetery. The family will greet family and friends at the Klein and Stangel Funeral Home on Monday, April 18, 2005 from 5 to 9 p.m. and again on Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church. Herald Times Reporter April 2005
CHARLES CENEFELS Charles Cenefels, 65, former county resident, died last week at his home in Milwaukee. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. John Walker will officiate and burial will be in the Bohemian National Cemetery, Kossuth. He was born in Kossuth in 1886 and when a young man moved to Milwaukee. He was employed in that city as a carpenter and never married. Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Katie Kunz of Manitowoc and 13 nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Monday. Manitowoc Herald times - Monday, Jan. 2, 1952 - page 6
JOSEPH CENEFELS (d. 1943) Farmer Burned Badly in Fire Joseph Cenefelt, 70, Kossuth bachelor farmer living three miles northwest of Rockwood, is at the Holy Family Hospital suffering from first, second and third degree burns, sustained early Monday morning when he tried to save two tin pails filled with money from the burning granary in his farm. In a short period of consciousness at the hospital, Cenefelt said he lost $1000 more which was in a sealed envelope in the burned home. Cenefelt was given blood plasma this afternoon in an effort to save his life. His condition is described by his physician as critical. The plight of the aged Kossuth farmer was discovered by Maynard Wacholz, 16, a farmer boy who with a boy companion, was returning to his home father up the road after attending a dance. By that time, the flames had destroyed the small farm home and spread to the barn and granary. As the two boys drove along the town highway they noticed the flames and drove into the barnyard. Just at that moment they saw Cenefelt come out of the burning granary with the two pails filled with badly charred currency under his arms. Cenefelt collapsed in the yard from shock and burns. Wacholz and his companion placed the injured Cenefelt in their car and drove rapidly to the hospital here. They did not learn from Cenefelt how the fire in the home started. Manitowoc Herald Times - Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1943 - page 1 ******** Burns which he suffered early Monday morning when his home caught fire from some unknown cause, caused the death today at the Holy Family Hospital of Joseph Cenefelt, 71, Kossuth farmer. Cenefelt, with his clothing aflame, was found in the barnyard by two boys returning to their homes from a dance. They took him to the home of his nephew, Ladimir Kunz nearby, who brought Cenefelt to the hospital. Since then the injured farmer had only short lapses of consciousness. He was born in the Town of Kossuth in 1872 and spent his entire life on the farm three miles northwest of Rockwood. He never married. Survivors are a brother, Charles of Milwaukee and a sister, Mrs. Katie Kunz of route 2, Manitowoc. A sister, Mrs. Adolph Cisler Sr., of Branch died a week ago Wednesday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home, the Rev. C.H. Phipps officiating. Interment will be in the Kossuth National Cemetery. The body may be viewed Friday noon until the hour of the services. Manitowoc Herald times - Thursday, Nov. 18, 1943 - page 2
MARIA CENEFELS INSANE WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE; ANOTHER ESCAPES Mary Cenefeld (sic), an Insane Woman Confined at the County Asylum Commits Suicide by Hanging During the Exictement, Lizzie Schaler, Another Patient, Escapes. Mary Cenefeld, age 63 years and a patient at the county asylum, committed suicide last night by hanging herself in an unused closet in the basement. Strips torn from an old bed spread and her apron tied together were used by the old woman in lieu of a rope. These were tied to a steam-pipe and around the woman’s neck. The deed was committed during the afternoon and the woman was not missed until supper-time. Immediately when she was missed men were sent out in the surrounding country on the supposition that she had probably escaped. Shortly afterwards her body was found in the closet by one of the nurses. Mary Cenefeld had been confined in the county for two years and was previously confined in the state Asylum at Oshkosh for 2-1/2 years and was considered incurable. Her home was near Francis Creek in Town Kossuth where her son Joseph now lives... Manitowoc Daily Tribune, January 14, 1910 P. 2 ******** APRON AS A ROPE TO HANG SELF With a rope manufactured from her apron and a sheet which she had torn into strips and wound tightly together, Mrs. Mary Cenefeld, a Francis Creek woman who has been an inmate of the county insane asylum for more than two years, committed suicide at the institution Thursday night by hanging, her dead body being found in an unused closet in the basement. Mrs. Cenefeld was a widow, 63 years of age and is survived by one son, Joseph Cenefeld, a farmer at Kossuth, who has take charge of the body and arranged for burial at Francis Creek. One daughter, Mrs. F. Cezler, Kossuth, also survives. The Reporter - Tues., Jan. 18, 1910 ******** APRON AS A ROPE TO HANG SELF Mrs. Cenefeld, Insane at Asylum Ends Life by Hanging FORMER RESIDENT OF FRANCIS CREEK With a rope manufactured from her apron and a sheet which she had torn into strips and wound tightly together, Mrs. Mary Cenefeld, a Francis Creek woman who has been an inmate of the county insane asylum for more than two years, committed suicide at the institution Thursday night by hanging, her dead body being found in an unused closet in the basement. Mrs. Cenefeld was a widow 63 years of age and is survived by one son, Joseph Cenefeld, a farmer at Kossuth, who has taken charge of the body and will arrange for burial at Francis Creek. One daughter, Mrs. P. Cezler, Kossuth, also survives. Mrs. Cenefeld, whose insanity was characterized by suicidal tendencies, disappeared Thursday evening in the excitement attendant upon a search which was being made for another patient of the asylum who was missing. Later, when her absence was discovered, search was made for Mrs. Cenefeld and employes were sent out through the grounds and with teams along the highways in belief that the woman had wandered away and might suffer from exposure. The search was futile however, but some time later attendants visiting the basement found Mrs. Cenefeld's body hanging in the closet, the woman evidently having been dead an hour or more when found. Coroner Falge was notified and after inquiry deemed an inquest unnecessary. Committed to the Northern Hospital for insane at Oshkosh in 1905, Mrs. Cenefeld remained there two and one-half years when she was transferred to the county asylum here as an incurable patient. Despite suicidal tendencies, which had made no attempts to injure herself until Thursday night when she succeeded in ending her life. She had torn the sheet from her bed into strips which she tightly bound with her apron, making a strong rope and placing this about her neck, swung the end over a water pipe and thus hanging, ended her life. Superintendent Goedjen immediately reported the case which is one of very few of its kind which have occurred at the local asylum. No blame attaches to the asylum authorities who keep from all patients knives or any other instrument which might be used for inflection of self injuries. With 250 patients to look after and care for, the work of the asylum superintendent and attendants is hard and trying. Mrs. Cenefeld was not one of the violent patients. The body will be taken to Francis Creek tomorrow and the funeral will probably be held on Sunday. Manitowoc Daily Herald - Fri., Jan. 14, 1910
JOSEPH CENEFELT Joseph Cenefelt, 78, lifelong resident of the county and a farmer in Cooperstown for years, died last night at the Holy Family hospital, where he has been a patient since August 5. He suffered a stroke on the farm. He had been in failing health for several years. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the home. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. Mr. Cenefelt was born in Kossuth in 1861 and in 1884 married Miss Mary Reznechek. They located on a farm in Cooperstown, which Mr. Cenefelt operated until failing health forced him to give up charge of the farm to his only son, Charles. Mrs. Cenefelt died 18 months ago. Survivors besides the son are a sister, Mrs. J.J. Stangel of Hillsboro, Oregon, and five grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the Cenefelt home from Saturday evening until the hour of services Sunday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, August 11, 1939 P.2
MARY CENEFELT Mrs. Joseph Cenefelt, 73, nee Mary Reznechek, town of Cooperstown, died at the Two Rivers hospital Tuesday morning following a long illness. She had been a patient at the hospital for three weeks. Funeral services are expected to be held Saturday at one o'clock from the Knutson funeral home in Denmark. Burial will be held in the National cemetery in the town of Kossuth. Mrs. Cenefelt was born in the town of Kossuth January 12, 1865. On June 25, 1885 she was married to Joseph Cenefelt. Two children born to the couple died in infancy. Survivors include the husband; and adopted son, Charles, on the home farm, and five grandchildren. Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, January 26, 1938 P.2
ANTON CERMAK PIONEER OF TOWN KOSSUTH DIES, AGED 80 Death came to Anton Chermak, one of the oldest residents of the Town of Kossuth, yesterday afternoon at the age of eighty years, having been a resident of the village in which he died the past forty-two years. Funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from the home of Adolph Polifka and burial will take place at the National Cemetery, a Chicago speaker having been engaged to take charge of the services. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J.A. Polifka, H. Tzrznik and F. Pesarik, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive. Manitowoc Herald News - Friday, Oct. 19, 1923 - page 6 ******** Notes from Polivka's Corners Anton Chermak, an old and well known resident of this place, died Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Tesarik. Mr. Chermak was born in Bohemia in 1843 being past 80 years at the time of his death. He came to this country with his family in 1881 and settled on a farm in Town of Kossuth. After the death of his wife, twenty-two years ago, he disposed of his farm and lived a retired life, making his home with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Polivka. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J.A. Polivka, Mrs. Harry Tvorznik, Boyd, Wis., and Mrs. Fred Tesarik, Francis Creek; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the home of his grandchild, Mr. Adolph Polivka, interment at the National Cemetery, D. J. Psenks of Chicago, officiated. The funeral was largely attended. Manitowoc Pilot - Thurs., Oct. 25, 1923
EMILIE CERMAK Consumption took the life Mon. of Emma Chermak, daughter of Kellnersville resident Anton Chermak. The funeral was held Wed. in Kellnersville. Der Nord Westen, 13 July 1905 ******** Miss Emma Chermak (sic) passed away at her home at Kellnersville on Monday, her demise resulting from a pulmonary disease with which she had been ill for a long time. The deceased was 17 years of age. The funeral was held Wednesday. Manitowoc Pilot, July 13, 1905 ******** Notes From Kellersville. Miss Emma Chermak (sic) aged 17, died Monday after suffering for many months from pulmonary tuberculosis. The funeral was held Wednesday, interment being at the National Cemetery. Dr. Iska of Chicago conducted the funeral services. Manitowoc Pilot, July 20, 1905 ******** Emma Chermak birth: 2 November 1887 Wisc. death: 9 July 1905 Kossuth, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin residence: 1905 Kossuth father: Anton Chermak mother: Annie Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
VACLAV CERMAK From Der Nord Westen, 07 May 1903: Death of Wenzel Chermack, a resident of Kellnersville, about 30 yrs. of age, who lived on the farm of his father Anton Chermack. The deceased went hunting Sun. noon and when he didn’t return for the evening meal a search was begun with the help of neighbors. About midnight his lifeless body was found and brought home. He suffered from epilepsy and it is believed that he had an attack and expired with no help available. There were no wounds on the body. A coroner’s jury was impaneled and the members were given a charge that their finding be in accordance with the facts. He leaves his parents and 3 sisters. ******** Wenzel Cermak birth: 12 January 1873 Bohemia death: 3 May 1903 Kossuth, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin residence: 1903 Kossuth father: Anton Cermak mother: Elizabeth Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
ANNA CERMAKOVA From Der Nord Westen, 12 Dec. 1901: Death in Kellnersville on Sat. of 51-yr. old Mrs. Anton Chermack following a long illness. She leaves her husband and 6 children.
CHARLES CHIZEK Charles Chizek, 80, of Kellnersville, died Thursday afternoon, April 21, at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Ronald Reiier (sic) will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Chizek was born March 30, 1903, in the Town of Franklin, son of the late Frank and Lena Hynek Chizek. He was a lifelong resident of Kellnersville, and had been employed with Fricke Block Company for many years. Survivors include two sisters and a brother-in-law, Mrs. Erwin (Marie) Wenzlaff of Route 1, Whitelaw, and Libby and Hubert Mallien of Green Bay; two nephews, Robert Wenzlaff and Gerald Lambert and a niece, Mrs. Donald Suchan. A brother, Edward, preceded him in death. Friends may call at Saur Funeral Home 5 o’clock to 9 o’clock this Friday afternoon and Saturday until the time of service. Herald Times Reporter, April 22, 1983 P. 3 ******** (1 Apr 1903/Apr 1983/SSDI)
CLARA CHIZEK Mrs. Clara Chizek, age 97, a former Kellnersville resident, died Thursday evening, March 5, 1992, at Shady Lane Home in Manitowoc. The former Clara Blahnik was born October 4, 1894, in the town of Kossuth, a daughter of the late Wencil and Mary Echner Blahnik. She attended local schools and also attended the county Normal School in Oshkosh. Mrs. Chizek taught grade school in the Collins area after graduating from Oshkosh County Normal. She married Joseph Chizek on May 10, 1920. Mr. Chizek died April 26, 1966. In the past, Mrs. Chizek was active in community affairs in Kellnersville. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Jean and Roman R. Kolby of Manitowoc and Ruth and Herbert Holler of Green Bay; three grandchildren; six great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren also survive. She was preceded in death by twelve brothers and sisters. Private interment was held at Kossuth National Cemetery, Saur Funeral Home in Kellnersville assisted the family with arrangements. Herald Times Reporter, March 9, 1992 P. B8
EDWARD CHIZEK Edward J. Chizek, 67, a resident of the Shady Lane Home for the Aged, Manitowoc, was found pinned behind the steering wheel of his 1965 model car which had crashed head on into a concrete culvert two miles northwest of Larrabee on a town road Monday afternoon. Dr. Theodore Teitgen, County coroner, said Chizek was subject to dizzy spells and may have been trying to get off the road at the time. The culvert was partially hidden by bushes, he added. Chizek died instantly of crushing chest injuries. He was apparently on his way to work at the cemetery in Larrabee area when the accident occurred. He had lived at Shady Lane Home for two years and lived in rural Whitelaw before that. Mr. Chizek was born Aug. 11, 1899 in the Town of Franklin, son of the late Frank and Lena Hynek Chizek. He married Helen Mirinovsky May 20, 1929 and the couple farmed in the Town of Franklin until 1944 when they moved to a farm in the Town of Kossuth. He was employed by Hamilton Mfg. Co., Two rivers, for seven years and retired in 1962. Mrs. Chizek preceded him in death Nov. 27, 1964. Survivors include a brother, Charles, Kellnersville; two sisters, Mrs. Erwin Wenzlaff, Rt. 1, Whitelaw, Mrs. Hubert Mallien, Green Bay; a niece and two nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 pm last Thursday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersvile, the Rev. Donald T. Stannard officiating and burial was in Kossuth National Cemetery. Pallbearers were Otto and Joseph Krainek, Edwin Shimon, Edward Rozum, Victor Shimek and Frank Hruska. Denmark Press - Thursday, Aug. 5, 1966 - page 6 ******** Ed Chizek, 67, of Manitowoc, formerly of Whitelaw, was found dead Monday in his car on a rural Manitowoc County road after it had crashed into a concrete culvert railing. Stevens Point Journal, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 1966- page 5 ******** (b. 11 Aug. 1899/d. Aug. 1966/SSDI)
FRANK CHIZEK Frank Chizek, 80, retired sawmill operator and farmer, died early this morning at his home in the village of Kellnersville. He was born in Kossuth in 1865 and in 1898 married Miss Lena Hynek. The located on a farm near Kellnersville and he also operated a sawmill for 59 years. He retired from farming in 1929. Survivors are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Erwin Wenzlaff of Taus, Mrs. Alrick Lambert of Green Bay; two sons, Edward of Polifkas Corners, Charles of Kellnersville; three sisters, Mrs. Paul Cherney and Mrs. Elizabeth Havlovitz of Kellnersville; Mrs. Joseph Sleger, of this city; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville, with burial in the National cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Sunday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, October 27, 1945 P.2
HELEN CHIZEK Mrs. Edward Chizek, 58, former Rt. 1, Whitelaw resident, died early Friday morning at Manitowoc County Hospital where she was a patient the past three years. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, the Rev. Milos Strupl officiating. Burial will be in the Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Chizek was the former Helen Mirinovsky, born Jan. 17, 1906, in the town of Franklin, daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Mirinovsky. She was married May 20, 1929, to Mr. Chizek. The couple settled on a farm in the town of Franklin. In 1944 they moved to a farm in the town of Kossuth. Survivors are the husband, a sister, Miss Marie Mirinovsky of Chicago; one niece and two nephews. Friends may call at the Saur Funeral Home from 3 p.m. Sunday until time of services. Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, November 27, 1964 P.5
JOSEPH C. CHIZEK Joseph Chizek, 91, a former Kellnersville resident, who resided at Shady Lane Home, Manitowoc, died Saturday evening, April 26, at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc. Private funeral services will be Tuesday morning at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. Burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery with military graveside services accorded by Kubale-O’Connell V.F.W. Post 6179. Mr. Chizek was born March 16, 1895 in the Town of Franklin, son of the late John and Catherine Cherney Chizek. He was a World War I Veteran serving overseas in France and was a Bugler with a Field Artillery Unit. He married Clara Blahnik, May 10, 1920 and the couple then resided in Kellnersville. Mr. Chizek was a carpenter and home builder for many years. He was a well known musician having played the bass horn for several area dance orchestras. Mr. Chizek devoted much time to his greenhouse and took great pride in his flower and vegetable garden. Survivors include his wife, Clara of Shady Lane Home, Manitowoc; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jean and Roman R. Kolby of Manitowoc and Ruth and Herbert Holler of Green Bay; two brothers, Victor of Manitowoc and Anton of Newton; a sister, Mrs. Barbara Shimon of Manitowoc; four grandchildren, Jerry Kolodzeske, Wayne Kolbyb, Mark Holler and Janine Whiteacre; four great grandchildren and a great great grandchild. He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Friends may call at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Monday. Manitowoc Herald Times - Monday, April 28, 1986 - page 15 ******** (16 Mar 1895/Apr 1986/SSDI)
MAGDALENA CHIZEK Mrs. Lena Chizek, 84, of Kellnersville, died at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc, where she had been a patient seven weeks. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Kalisek of St. Joseph Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Chizek, nee Lena Hynek, was born March 10, 1880, in the Town of Franklin, daughter of the late Simon and Kathryn Mazanec. In 1898, she was married to Frank Chizek and the couple operated a farm and saw mill near Kellnersville until 1929, retiring and moved to a home in the village. Mr. Chizek died in 1945. Survivors are two sons, Edward, of Polifka Corners and Charles, at home, two daughters, Mrs. Erwin Wenzlaff, of Rt. 1, Whitelaw, and Mrs. Hubert Mallien, of Green Bay, three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 25, 1964 P. 11
ADOLPH CISLER Adolph Cisler Sr., 75, lifelong resident of county and city, died last night at the Holy Family hospital. He had been living with a daughter, Mrs. D. P. Wadzinsky of 1138 South 23rd street. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. He was born in Kossuth in 1870 and in 1891 married Miss Margaret Cenefelt. They located on a farm in Kossuth, 12 years later moved to Branch and 12 years ago to Manitowoc Rapids. Mrs Cisler died in 1943. For the past year he had been living with his daughter in this city. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Wadzinsky, Mrs. Louis Larson and Mrs Herman Larson, all of this city; four sons, Adolph Jr. of the city, John of Valders, Joseph of Branch, Charles of route 5, Manitowoc; two brothers, Charles of route 5, Manitowoc, John of Branch; 20 grand- children and two great-grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Wednesday noon until the hour of services. Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, July 9, 1946 P. 2
ANNA CISLER Name: Cisler, Anna D.: 3/23/1878 B.: Reg. D.: 12/28/1878 Sex: F/W Age at Death: 4 Mo. B.P.: Kossuth D.P.: Kossuth Cem.: Kossuth Ch.: Inf. & Address: Rev. Jos. Maly, Franklin Spouse: F.: Vencl Zisler M.: Cause of Death: Add Info.: Farmer's Daughter Pg. #: 289
ANNA CISLER (d. 1933) MRS. CISLER DIES MONDAY Resident of County for 70 Years; Rites Thursday Mrs. Joseph Cisler, Sr., 83, died Monday at 10 p.m. at her home at Branch. She was a resident of Manitowoc county for over 70 years. Mrs. Cisler, whose maiden n ame was Anna Oswald, was born in Bohemia, March 12, 1849 and came to this county at the age of 12. She was married to Joseph Cisler in 1866. Mr. Cisler died five years ago. That family resided at Branch for the last 35 years. The survivors are four sons, Joseph and Charles of Franklin, Adolph of Manitowoc Rapids and John of Branch; two daughters, Mrs. Anton Trochell and Mrs. Anna Konop both of Manitowoc; 34 grandchildren and one great great grandchild. The body will be removed from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei Funeral home to the residence at Branch Wednesday. The funeral will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. from the residence with Speaker Henry Cizek in charge. Burial will be in National Cemetery at Branch. Manitowoc Herald Times - Tuesday,, Jan 10, 1933 - page 2
EDWIN L. CISLER Edwin L. Cisler, 72, of Route 1, Whitelaw, died Thursday morning in Holy Family Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Roy Crain will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Cisler was born April 21, 1907, in the Town of Franklin, son of the late Charles Sr. and Anna Fogeltanz Cisler. He farmed in the Town of Franklin, and never married. Survivors include four brothers, Charles of Route 1, Whitelaw, and Emil S., Clarence and Victor of Manitowoc; a sister, Mrs. Edward (Florence) French of Maribel and three nieces, Mrs. William (Veronica) Siehr of Manitowoc, Mrs. Gary (Mary Ann) Swetlik of Green Bay and Mrs. Thomas (Judy) Reedy of Manitowoc. Friends may call in Saur Funeral Home 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday until the time of service. Herald Times Reporter, April 27, 1979 P. 3
ELEANOR (EBERT) CISLER Mrs. Eleanor Cisler Ebert, 81, of 1423 North 6th St., Manitowoc, former Whitelaw resident, died Wednesday afternoon, August 8 , at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, and 10 a.m. at St. Michaels Catholic Church, Whitelaw. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Daniel Felton and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Ebert, nee Eleanor Petska was born Feb. 26, 1903, in the Town of Cooperstown, daughter of the late Leonard and Julia Cigler Petska. She married John Cisler in Dec., 1922. He preceded her in death in 1936. On Oct. 7, 1944, she married Joseph W. Ebert. He preceded her in death on Dec. 7, 1977. Mrs. Ebert was employed at the former Maple Crest Sanatorium as a cook for many years. Mrs. Ebert was a member of Whitelaw Senior Citizens. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Raymond and Rose Marie Cisler of Manitowoc; three daughters and sons-in-law, Lorraine and Paul Dirkman of Kellnersville, Lenora and Edward Sheahan and Inez and Kenneth Jurgens of Manitowoc, 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert, and a sister, Rose Krall. Friends may call at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday until the time of services. Prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Friday evening led by Deacon Candidate Donald Schneider. Herald Times Reporter, August 9, 1984 P. 3 ******** (26 Feb 1903/Aug 1984/SSDI)
GERTRUDE M. CISLER Mrs. Gertrude Marion Cisler, 71, of 2006 Rankin St., Manitowoc, died Tuesday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a lingering illness. Private funeral services will be Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Gervase Zanotti will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Cisler, nee Gertrude Kusse, was born Apr. 16, 1901, at Manitowoc, daughter of the late Edward Kusse and Anna Taicher Kusse. She attended I.D. Wood Business College, Manitowoc, for two years. She was married to William Cisler in 1950, at Waukegan, Ill. He preceded her in death in Jan. 13, 1970. She had worked for Schenian & Mayer, Attorneys, from 1926 to 1970, when she retired. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and former Sunday school teacher and a member of the Rebecca Lodge. (Suvivors omitted for privacy.) There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc-Two Rivers, Wis. June 12, 1973 ******* (b. 26 Apr 1902/d. Jun 1973/SSDI)
JOHN CISLER (d. 1936) DOCTORS FACE TRAVEL TROUBLES: COUNTY SNOWED IN. MARIBEL—A call from the John Cisler Jr., farm home near Branch Tuesday afternoon brought Dr. J. H. May from Maribel to the cab of a county plow. It was impossible for the physician to drive a car on blocked roads. The physician reached the Cisler home at 5:30 o’clock Tuesday to find John Cisler Jr., seriously ill with pneumonia. It required nearly three hours to make the trip each way. Mr. Cisler died last night. Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, February 5, 1936 P. 1 ******** CISLER, John Jr.—Aged 39. Lived near Branch. Born Kossuth 1896, married to Eleanor Petska 1922. Survived by widow, son, daughter, parents, four sisters. Funeral Saturday 1:30 p.m. from Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. Interment Kossuth cemetery. Body at funeral home. Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, February 7, 1936 P. 15 ******** …In Manitowoc county, Dr. J. H. Maribel (sic) rode in the cab of a county snow plow for four hours to reach the home of John Cisler, Jr., ill with pneumonia. Cisler died a short time before the doctor arrived. Stevens Point Daily Journal, Thursday, February 6, 1936 P. 1
JOSEF CISLER Joseph Cisler, 72, town of Franklin farmer, died at the farm home Monday afternoon after a lingering illness extending back to last October. He was taken seriously ill last week with a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Thrusday at 1:30 p.m. from the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville, the Rev. Frank Junek officiating. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. Mr. Cisler was born in 1867 in Kossuth, the son of Joseph and Annie Cisler. In 1887 he married Miss Mary Oswald and they located on the farm in Franklin where they since resided. Survivors are his widow; two sons, Wencil, Miladore, Wis., Alvin, city; five daughters, Mrs. Annie Krall, Mrs. Wencil Hynek, Mrs. Edward Naidl, all of Franklin, Mrs. Frank Zalc, Waukesha, Mrs. Joseph Svatek, Reedsville; sister, Mrs. Anton Trochlell, city; three brothers, John and Adolph, Manitowoc Rapids, Charles, Franklin; 20 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, January 24, 1939 P.5
JOSEPH CISLER (d. 1927) RESIDENT OF CO. 75 YEARS PASSES AWAY Joseph Cisler, a resident of Manitowoc county for almost three quarters of a century, died at the family home in the town of Manitowoc Rapids yesterday afternoon at 4:15. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon from the home with burial at Cizek’s cemetery. Paul Cherney, at the request of the deceased, will deliver the funeral oration. Joseph Cisler was born in Bohemia February 24, 1844, and was eighty-three at his last birthday. He came to this country at the age of ten with his parents, the family settling in the town of Kossuth where he grew to manhood and was married before he reached his majority to Miss Annie Oswald, who with six children survives him. The family remained in the town of Kossuth until thirty-three years ago when a home was taken up in the town of Manitowoc Rapids. Mr. Cisler was never in politics and never held any public office, devoting all of his time to his farm and his home. The children are Joseph Jr., and Charles of Franklin, Adolph of this city and John of Manitowoc Rapids, Mrs. Anton Trochleil, Sr., and Mrs. Joseph Konop of this city. Thirty-six grandchildren and thirty-three great grandchildren also survive. Manitowoc Herald News, Thursday, March 17, 1927 P. 2
MARGARET CISLER Mrs. Adolph Cisler Sr., 75, died at the home of her son, Joseph, at Branch early this morning after a short illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at two o’clock from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home, with burial in the Kossuth National cemetery, the Rev. F. C. St. Clair officiating. Born July 13, 1868 at Kossuth, Maggie Cenefeld married Mr. Cisler 52 years ago, and the couple resided on a farm in Kossuth for 12 years, then moving to a farm at Branch. Ten years ago, they retired and have lived at Manitowoc Rapids. Survivors include the widower, seven children, 19 grandchildren, two brothers and a sister. Children are Mrs. Lois Larson and Mrs. Hiram Larson of Manitowoc, Mrs. D. P. Wadzinsky of San Diego, Calif., Adolph Jr., of Manitowoc, John of Valders, Joseph of Branch and Charles of route 5, Manitowoc. Brothers are Joseph Cenefeld of Kossuth and Charles Cenefeld of Milwaukee; sister is Mrs. John Kunz of Manitowoc. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from noon Thursday until time of the services Friday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, November 10, 1943 P. 2
MARIE CISLER (d. 1946) Mrs. Wencel Cisler, 76, of 1015 Huron street, died early today following a brief illness. Born Marie Jezek in Bohemia in 1869, she came to Manitowoc at the age of 17 years and in 1890 was married to Mr. Cisler. They located on farms at Melnik and Branch and 36 years ago came to this city where Mr. Cisler was employed at the Rahr Malting company. He died nine years ago. Mrs. Cisler was a member of the Z.C.B.J. lodge. Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Joseph Lindauer, Mrs. Frank Khail Jr., Mrs. Joseph Rezek and Mrs. Ray Schlais all of this city; two sons, Fred and William of this city; 22 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home, the Rev. F.C. St. Clair officiating. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Tuesday evening until the hour of the services. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, Janaury 7, 1946 P.2
MARIE CISLER (d. 1949) Mrs. Joseph Cisler, 79, died Tuesday night at the town of Rockland farm home of her son in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Svatek, follwoing a lingering illness. Services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Reedsville funeral home and at 9:30 at St. Mary Catholic church with the Rev. William Koutnik officiating. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. Born Mary Oswald in the town of Franklin in 1870, she was married to Joseph Cisler in 1887, following which the couple settled on a farm in that section of the county. Since her husband's death in 1939 Mrs. Cisler had been making her home with her daughter. Surviving, in addition to the daughter, Mrs. Svatek, are four other daughters, Mrs. Joseph Reznichek of Cato, Mrs. Wenzel Hynek of Whitelaw, Mrs. Edward Naidl of Four Corners and Mrs. Frank Zalc of Waukesha; one son, Alvin of Manitowoc; two brothers, Frank Oswald of Reif Mills and George Oswald of Manitowoc; 20 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, December 28, 1949 P.2
RENEE CLAIR CISLER Renee Clair Cisler, infant daughter of Joseph and Tammy Cisler, of 14524 Krueger Road, town of Gibson, passed away very unexpectedly Thursday, October 15, 1998, at the Two Rivers Community Hospital. Private Graveside Services were held on Monday, October 19, 1998, at the Kossuth National Cemetery. Rev. Theodore Hendricks officiated. Renee Clair is survived by her loving parents, Joe and Tammy; her maternal grandparents, Vernon and Rita Kliment, Whitelaw; her paternal grandparents, Bernard and Carol Cisler, Larrabee; her aunts and uncles, Tracy and Andy Wallace, Whitelaw, Terri and Pat Brouchoud, Mishicot, Barb and Steve Mirsberger, Manitowoc, Michael and Karen Cisler, Manitowoc, Tom and Mary Cisler, Larrabee, Chris and Amy Cisler, Manitowoc; great aunts and uncles, cousins, and many close family friends. Renee Clair was preceded in death by her maternal great-grandparents, Anton and Sylvia Kliment and Joseph and Leona Multerer and by her paternal great-grandparents, Joseph and Agnes Cisler and Pascal and Libby Brouchoud. The Lambert Funeral Home, Mishicot, is assisting the family with funeral arrangements. Herald Times Reporter, October 20, 1998 P. A2
WENCIL CISLER WENCIL CISLER DIES SATURDAY Lived Here 27 Years: Funeral To be Held Tuesday Wencil Cisler, 67, a resident of the city 27 years, died Saturday afternoon at the home, 1015 Huron street, after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home in charge of the Rev. F.C. St. Clair of St.James church and a speaker from the Z.C.B.J. lodge, of which Mr. Cisler was a member. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. Mr. Cisler was born in Bohemia in 1869 and came to this county at the age of 16. He settled in Kossuth and in 1890 married Miss Mary Jezek. Twenty-seven years ago they located in this city. Mr. Cisler was employed at the Rahr Malting compnay. Widow Survives Survivors are this widow; two sons, Fred W. and William E., both of this city; five daughters, Mrs. George Nelson, Claybanks, Wis., Mrs. Joseph Lindauer, Mrs. Frank Khail Jr., Mrs. Joseph Rezek, and Mrs. Ray Schiels, all of this city; four brothers, Joseph, George and Jacob, all of Chicago, John, Lena, Wis., and 21 grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the funeral home until the time of services Tuesday. Manitowoc Herlad Times, Monday, April 12, 1937 P.2
WILLIAM E. CISLER William E. Cisler, 70, of 2006 Rankin St., Manitowoc, died Tuesday Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Gervase Zanotti will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Cisler was born July 20, 1899, at Branch, son of the late Wencel and Mary Yezek Cisler. He married Gertrude Kusse May 30, 1950. Mr. Cisler had been a mason before his retirement 10 years ago, and was a member of the ZCBJ Lodge. Survivors include the wife; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Rezek of Manitowoc and Mrs. Emma Khail of Monterey, Calif. A brother and three sisters preceded him in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Thursday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. January 14, 1970 ******* (b. 20 July 1899/d. Jan. 1970/SSDI)
ALVIN CIZEK Funeral services for Alvin Cizek, 68, of Reif Mills, who took his life Monday, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Paul Blaufuss will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Cizek was born Nov. 22, 1897, in Town of Kossuth, son of the late Henry and Mary Zivney Cizek. He married Lillian Fingoust Nov. 16, 1934. The couple farmed at Reif Mills and for four years was salesman for Terp Mobile Home Sales. Survivors are the wife and two sisters, Mrs. John Lensmire, of Rt. 2, Marathon, and Mrs. Kermit Schuette, of Albuquerque, N.M. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, May 17, 1966 P. 3
ALZBETA CIZEK Death in Town Kossuth Friday of 78-year old Mrs. Elisabeth Cizek of old age debility. The funeral was held Sunday. Der Nord Westen, 04 June 1908 ******** Wife of Jan Cizek, and mother of my grandmother's father. (sent in from researcher)
ANNA CIZEK Mrs. Joseph A. Chizek, 69, of Rt. 1, Whitelaw, died Friday afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Henry E. Stammer will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Chizek was born Nov. 29, 1890 in the Town of Kossuth, daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine Bai Stipek. She was married to Mr. Chizek July 12, 1910 and the couple would have celebrated its golden wedding anniversary this year. They settled on the homestead farm in the Town of Kossuth which they operated until retirement 10 years ago. Survivors include the husband, two sons, Raymond of Mishicot and Elmer of Manitowoc; brother, Joseph Stipek of Rt. 1, Whitelaw; and two grandsons. A brother and three sisters preceded her in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2:30 p.m. Monday. Manitowoc Herald Times - Saturday, May 28, 1960 - page 11 ******** At the home of the bride's father, Mr. Jos. Stipek at noon Tuesday, Miss Anna Stipek was united in marriage to Jos. Chizek of Kellnersville by Jus. F.W. Meisnest. The young couple are well known and popular here and have the well wishes of a large circle of friends. They will reside on the groom's farm near Kellnersville. The Reporter - Tues., July 19, 1910
ANTON CIZEK Death in Town Kossuth, where he was living with his son, of 91-year old Anton Cizek on Tuesday. The deceased, who was born in Bohemia, came to Manitowoc County in 1852 and settled on a farm in Town Kossuth. He leaves 4 children. The funeral will be held this morning. Der Nord Westen, 04 Apr. 1907 ******** DIED: Anton Cizek, aged ninety-one years, died on Tuesday, April 2, at the home of his son Wenzel, town of Kossuth. He is survived by four children. The funeral was held in Kossuth last Thursday morning. Manitowoc Pilot, Wis., Thursday, April 11, 1907 pg. 1 ******* Anton Cizek birth: 1816 Bohemia death: 2 April 1907 Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin residence: 1907 Kossuth father: George Cizek mother: Barbara spouse: Mary Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
EDWARD CIZEK SR. Edward Cizek, Sr., 86, of Denmark died Sunday morning at a Green Bay hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m Wednesday at Knutson Funeral Home, Denmark, with the Rev. J. H. Thomsen officiating. Burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Cizek was born Man. 17, 1877, in the Town of Kossuth, son of the late Joseph and Mary Schara Cizek. He married Jessie Sholok Oct. 31, 1898, at Watertown, S.D. The couple moved back oto Wisconsin and lived in Manitowoc and Brown counties. They were residents of Denmark the last 24 years. Among survivors are his wife; two sons Edward Jr. of Denmark and Eugene of Winchester, Wis.; four daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Emily) Beimborn of Neenah, Mrs. George (Jessie) Toppe of Florence, Wis., Mrs. Vernon (Mayme) Johnson of Winchester, and Mrs. Walter (Evelyn) Nechiel of Alliance, Ohio; three brothers, Joseph of Manitowoc, Robert of Francis Creek and Louis of Appleton; 19 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Three sons and a daughter preceded him in death. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Two Rivers Reporter, May 6, 1963 P. M-13
ELLA CIZEK From Der Nord Westen, 12 Feb. 1903: A small child of Mr. Cizek died Wed. last week in Town Kossuth. The funeral was held Friday. (Wis. Death Index: Cizek, Ella/Death Feb 04, 1903/Manitowoc/ Vol 4, Pg 0198/Per death notice, "Wed. last week" was 4 Feb 1903.
EMMA CIZEK Mrs. Emma Cizek, 85, who had been making her home the past 22 years with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Erhardt Mueller of 3303 Monroe St., Two Rivers, died early Saturday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital. She had been in failing health the past three months. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Klein and Stangel, Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Merlin Melby of First Lutheran Church, Manitowoc, officiating. Burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Cizek, nee Emma Blahnik, was born Sept. 30, 1878, in the Town of Cooperstown, a daughter of the late Wencel and Mary Echner Blahnik. She was married in 1906 to Robert Cizek. For a number of years she was employed as a cook at the M and M Lunch at Two Rivers. Besides the daughter, Mrs. Mueller, she leaves her husband, of Francis Creek; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Chizek, of Kellnersville; a brother, Edward Blahnik, of Manitowoc; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Two daughters, four sisters and three brothers preceded her in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, August 22, 1964 P. 14
HARVEY CIZEK Two Are Missing, Others Wounded …..Seaman 2/c Harvey Cizek, 22 (photo), was aboard a minesweeper at the time he was reported missing. Born in Maribel, he spent his youth in the village of Denmark and was graduated in 1940 from the Denmark high school. He enlisted in the navy Nov. 2, 1942. In a recent letter the Cizeks had from their son, he told of participating in the D-day action in France… Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, October 11, 1944 P. 2 ********* Memorial Rites for Harvey Cizek Denmark—Memorial services were held Sunday at the Zion Evangelical church for 2/c water tender Harvey J. Cizek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cizek Sr. who was killed in action. Out of town relatives and friends were: (names omitted for privacy). Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 16, 1945 P. 5
HENRY CIZEK Writes Instructions For Funeral Before Killing Self Manitowoc, Wis.— Before firing a shotgun charge through his heart which ended his life Sunday morning, Henry Cizek, 62-year-old Kossuth farmer, left complete instructions for his funeral even penning the sermon to be delivered over his body. The suicide note was found Sunday by a son Alvin in his father's room in the farm home. In the note were instructions to notify the coroner that the body was to be taken to the Husar and Wachal funeral home in Kellnersville and funeral services held there instead of at the family home. A malady with which the deceased had suffered for many years brought on a spell of despondency ever since he returned home last week from a visit to a physician in Manitowoc. Mr. Cizek arose as usual Sunday morning, and after his son left the house to do the chores, he is believed to have taken the shotgun to the garage where be ended his life. Mr. Cizek was an officer of the Z. C. B. J. lodge, an organization of Bohemians at Kossuth. He often officiated at funeral services of other members who passed on, and in the conduct of these rites he followed a religious routine which so impressed him that he wrote one of for his own funeral. This copy was found in the envelope with a notation that Anton Rott, a close friend of the deceased and a member of the Z, C. B. J. lodge, officiate at the funeral services using the script written by the dead man. Surviving are the widow; a son Alvin of Reif's Mills; two daughters; four brothers, and three sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Husar and Wachal funeral home in Kellnersville with interment in the Kossuth National cemetery. From The Sheboygan Press Tuesday, April 17, 1934 Page 21 (sent in by family researcher/see contributors page)
JAN CIZEK (d. 1894) From the Files of the Pilot - Twenty-Five Years Ago - 1894 John Cizek of Kossuth, brother of Wenzel Cizek of this city, died at his home on Monday of this week, aged 70. He was a resident of Kossuth for forty years. Manitowoc Pilot - Thurs., Feb. 13, 1919 ******** (First Publication March 22, 1894.) IN PROBATE-MANITOWOC CO. COURT. In the matter of the estate of John Cizek, deceased, An instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of John Cizek of Kossuth in said county, having been delivered in said court: And Elizabeth Cizek, widow of said deceased, of Kossuth in said County, having presented to said court her petition in writing duly verified, representing among other things, that said John Cizek died testate, at Kossuth in said County, on the 11th day of February 1894; that said instrument is the last will of said deceased and that no one is named therein as executor; and praying that said instrument be proven and admitted to probate and that letters of administration with will annexed, be thereon issued to Adolph Chloupek. It is ordered: That said petition and matters therein be heard, and proofs of said last will and testament be taken, at a special term of said county court, to be held at the Probate Office in the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday, the 17th day of April 1897, at 10 o'clock a.m. And it is further ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks once each week, previous to the time of said hearing in the Manitowoc Post, a newspaper published in said Manitowoc county. Dated March 29, 1894. By the Court, F.E. Manseau, Couuty (sic) Judge. Manitowoc Post, Thursday, March 22, 1894 P. 12 ******** Jan Cizek, husband of Alzbeta (Cermak) Cizek and father of Anton B. Cizek. My great-great grandfather - my grandmother's father's father. (sent in from researcher)
JAN CIZEK (d. 1914) WELL KNOWN MUSICIAN OF COUNTY DEAD John Chizek Played with Band for 26 Years John Chizek of Whitelaw, well known as a musician by reason of his 26 years membership with the Kellnersville's band, died at his home Tuesday after an illness that covered a period of two years. Mr. Chizek resided on a farm at Whitelaw and had been engaged in farming for years. Decedent was 49 years of age and is survived by a widow and eight children. His aged mother, two brothers and three sisters, also survive. One sister, Mrs. Jos. A. Sleger, resides at Rapids. The funeral will be held from the late home and interment will be at the Kellnersville cemetery. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Thursday, October 8, 1914 P.4
JESSIE CIZEK Mrs. Jessie Cizek, 82, formerly of Denmark, died Monday at a Menasha nursing home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Knutson Funeral Home, Denmark, the Rev. J. H. Thomsen officiating. Burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Cizek was born June 5, 1882, at Watertown, S. D., daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Cizek Shoulak. She was married to Edward Cizek Oct. 30, 1898, at Watertown and the couple came to Wisconsin, living at Whitelaw and Maribel before establishing residence in 1930 at Denmark. Mr. Cizek died in 1963. Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Marvin Beimborn of Neenah, Mrs. George Toppe of Florence, Wis., Mrs. Vernon Johnson of Winchester, Wis., and Mrs. Walter Ziechel of Alliance, Ohio; two sons, Edward of Denmark and Eugene of Winchester; a sister, Mrs. Annie Zastrow at Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada; 19 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and a great great grand- child. Friends may call at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, October 6, 1964 P. 7
JOSEPH CIZEK SR. JOSEPH CIZEK SR., 95, KOSSUTH PIONEER, DIES, BEGAN CAREER OF FARMER IN COUNTY IN 1852 - Funeral Services On Wednesday; Was Active Almost Until His Death Joseph Cizek, Sr., 95, who came into Manitowoc County with his parents on foot as a child in 1852, died Sunday at the home of his son, Joseph Jr., in the town of Kossuth. He had been active up until a little more than a year ago. Since then he had been confined to his bed. He would have been 96 years old Feb 12. In spite of the hardships of early pioneer life, when the elder Cizek helped to hew out a farm with the aid of oxen, he actively engaged in farming until 1910, a span of 58 years. Even after retirement he helped with chores for many years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 A.M. from the son's home in the town of Kossuth, Anton Rott officiating. Interment will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. The deceased was born in Trem, Bohemia, in 1838. At the age of 14 years he with his family started for America, the journey by sailing vessel requiring 12 weeks on the stormy Atlantic before New York was reached. IN COLLISION More troubles beset the emigrants on the way to Chicago. The passenger train on which they were riding collided with a freight train and many persons aboard the train were killed. They boarded a boat at Chicago and proceeded to Milwaukee where the women and the children remained and the men and boys walked to Manitowoc county to purchase land. That was in 1852. After locating a homestead in Kossuth, they returned to Milwaukee by boat, loaded the families and provisions on ox carts and began the long journey northward to the new home. Locating near Kellnersville, the Cizek family cleared the land for the erection of a log cabin and worked many weeks to clear sufficient land so that the solid could be tilled. Later Mr. Cizek acquired his own farm near Polifka's corners which is now operated by his son. He had the misfortune to lose his buildings in a fire but they were rebuilt. MARRIED IN 1864 In 1864 Mr. Cizek married Marie Shara who preceded him in death in 1924. After giving up active farming the elder Cizek still assisted his son in the operation of the farm. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Anna Spevacek, Ravenna, Neb.,; Mrs. Rose Cizek, Kossuth; and Mrs. John Steiner, Rockwood; five sons, Edward, Denmark; Henry, Reif's Mills; Robert, Menchalville; Joseph Jr., on the home farm, and Louis of Kaukauna; a brother Wencel Cizek of Glendale, California; 35 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. The body is to be removed to the home Tuesday from the Husar and Wachal parlors at Kellnersville. Manitowoc Herald-Times, Monday, January 15, 1934 ******** Notes from Kossuth On may 30, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Chizek Sr., celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. At 6 o'clock pm, Mike Kellner Jr., performed the marriage ceremony before a large host of relatives, neighbors and friends. Then a sumptuous supper was served. The tables were beautifully decorated with ferns, carnations and tulips. At one table with Mr. and Mrs. Cizek, sat all their sons and daughters and their wives and husbands. Another table was surrounded by the grandchildren, twenty in number. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cizek are old and well known residents of Kossuth. They are both enjoying good health and it was the wish of all their guests that they may live happily on to celebrate their diamond anniversary. A midnight supper was served at 12 o'clock. Then the guests departed for their homes. Among those form outside at the celebration were Mr. and Mrs. Schlice and family, Mr. and Mrs. Drum and son of Manitowoc, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Kellner of Maribel, Mr. Beer and son, Charles of Green Valley, Mr. and Mrs. M. Kellner Jr. of Kellnersville, Messrs. Jos. Stipek and Jos. Neidl of Branch and Mrs. Shoulak of New London. Manitowoc Pilot - Thurs., June 11, 1914 ******** Joseph Cizek, a pioneer resident of the county voted for his sixty-fifth time yesterday in the town of Kossuth. He appeared at the polls early and required no assistance in marking his ballot, chatted with the clerks and inspectors for a moment and then went on about his business. He is past eight-seven and says that he has never failed to exercise his right of franchise. He is active, keenly interested in the affairs of the day and has a daily schedule of chores to perform, claiming that hard work is conducive to long life and happiness. One of his duties is to take the milk to the creamery every morning and weather never makes any difference with the old gentleman. Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, September 3, 1924 P. 2
JOSEPH CIZEK (d. 1929) Joseph Cizek, 61, Kossuth Resident, Dies on Saturday Joseph Cizek, 61, who has been a resident of Kossuth since his birth, passed away Saturday afternoon at four o’clock, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Otto Krainik. Death ended a period of eleven years’ illness. Born in Kossuth in 1857, the deceased followed farming until he retired several years ago. He was married to Miss Rose Cizek who survives him together with one daughter, Mrs. Krainik, one grandchild, a brother Anton, residing in Virginia and a sister, Mrs. Annie Shimek of this city. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at ten o’clock from the home in Kossuth with burial at the National cemetery. Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, April 15, 1929 P. 2 ********* (Note: Tombstone birth date does not match obit)
JOSEPH A. CIZEK (d. 1966) Joseph A. Cizek, 78, formerly of the Town of Kossuth and who for six years lived with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cizek of 818 S. 20th St., Manitowoc, died Thursday at Manitowoc County hospital where he was a patient since November. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Paul Blaufuss will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Cizek was born August 9, 1887 in the Town of Kossuth, son of the late Joseph and Mary Shara Cizek. He married Anna Stipek July 12, 1910 and the couple farmed in the Kossuth township until 16 years ago. His wife died in 1960 and then Mr. Cizek came to Manitowoc. He was a member of the ZCBJ Lodge 99 of Polivka Corners. He is survived by a son, Elmer, two brothers, Louis of Appleton and Robert of Francis Creek; two grandsons and two great grandchildren. A son, two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death. Friends may call this Friday evening at the funeral home. Manitowoc Herald times - Friday, Feb. 11, 1966 - page 5 ******** (b. 9 Aug 1887/d. Feb 1966/SSDI)
KATERINA CIZEK Mrs. Katherine Chizek, 71, native of Bohemia and a former resident of the Town of Kossuth, died at seven o’clock this morning at the home, New York Avenue and Tenth St. She had been ill for a year and one half. The body will lie at the Husar Funeral Home, Kellnersville from Friday afternoon until Saturday at 2 p.m. when the funeral services will be conducted. Burial will be in the Bohemian National Cemetery east of Polivka’s Corners. Mrs. Chizek, who before her marriage was Katherine Cherney, was born in Bohemia, Oct. 19, 1866. She came to this county at the age of 20 and was married to John Chizek in 1887. They lived on a farm in Kossuth. Mr. Chizek died in 1914 but Mrs. Chizek continued to live on the farm until moving to this city 11 years ago. The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Simon, Whitelaw, Route 1 and Mrs. Mary Cisler, Manitowoc, Route 5; five sons, Paul, John, Anton and Victor, all of Manitowoc and Joseph, Kellnersville; two brothers, Paul Cherney of Kellnersville and Jacob of Bohemia; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Burich, Cadott, Wis., Mrs. Barbara Burka, Whitelaw, Route 1, Mrs. Mary Eska and Mrs. Theresa Jilek, Bohemia and 13 grandchildren. Manitowoc Herald Times - Thursday, Nov. 18, 1937 - page 11
LILLIAN CIZEK Mrs. Lillian Cizek, 77, of Manitou Manor, Manitowoc, formerly of 6808 Reif Mills Lane, Whitelaw, died Monday morning, April 9, 1991 at Holy Family Medical Center, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. Rev. William J. Eberhardy will officiate with burial at Kossuth National Cemetery. The former Lillian Fingoust was born August 14, 1913 in Manitowoc, daughter of the late Fred and Adeline Skor Fingoust. At the age of seven she made her home with Mr. and Mrs. John Kolarik in Cooperstown and attended Green Street School. In November of 1939 she married Alvin Cizek. He preceded her in death May 16, 1966. She lived in Reif Mills until two years ago when she moved to Manitowoc. She was a member of Manitowoc Senior citizens. Survivors include a brother and sister-in-law, James and Betty Schneider of Manitowoc; two nephews, Scott and John Schneider and other relatives and friends survive. Friends may call at Saur Funeral Home, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Manitowoc Herald Times - Tuesday, April 9, 1991, - page 3
MARY CIZEK (d. 1924) Pioneer Woman of Kossuth Dies Mrs. Mary Cizek died at the family home in the town of Kossuth yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, death being due to infirmities incident to old age. She was seventy years old and is survived by a number of children and grand children. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock from the home and burial will be at the National cemetery. Manitowoc Herald News, October 2, 1924 P. 11 ******** (Mary (Shara) Cizek, wife of Joseph Cizek, mother of my grandmother's mother. This stone is on the west side of the tree.)
MARY CIZEK (d. 1947) Mrs. Henry Cizek, 75, of Reifs Mills, died Tuesday at the Two Rivers Municipal Hospital, ?? a five weeks illness. Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm Friday at the Husar Funeral Home, Kellnersville, ? Cerney officiating. Burial will be in the Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Cizek, nee Mary Zivney was born in Kewaunee in 1872 and in 1903 was married to Mr. Cizek. They located on a farm in the Town of Kossuth, near Reifs Mills. Mr. Cizek died in 1934. She was a member of ZCBJ Lodge of ? Corners. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. John Lensmire of Manitowoc and Mrs. Kermit Schuette of Reifs Mills; son, Alvin on the home farm; brother, Wencil of Portland, Ore., seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the funeral home until the hour of services. Manitowoc Herald Times - Dec. 31, 1947
ROBERT CIZEK Robert Cizek, 88, a former Town of Kossuth and Francis Creek resident, died Sunday morning at Family Heritage Home, Manitowoc, where he had been a patient for one year. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Charles Freuden will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Cizek was born Aug. 14, 1883, in the Town of Kossuth, son of the late Joseph and Mary Shara Cizek. He married Emma Blahnik Nov. 6, 1906. Mr. Cizek was a cheesemaker and operated a general merchandise and grocery store at Menchelville for several years. His wife preceded him in death in 1964. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Erhardt (Irma) Mueller, of Two Rivers, a brother, Louis, of Boulder Junction, Wis., four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Two daughters, three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 9 o'clock this Monday evening and Tuesday morning until the time of service. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. September 13, 1971 ******* (b. 14 Aug. 1883/d. Sept. 1971/SSDI)
ROSE CIZEK Mrs. Joseph Cizek, 71, of route 1, Whitelaw, died Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Otto Krainik of route 1, Whitelaw, following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville with burial in the Kossuth National cemetery. Mrs. Cizek, nee Rose Cizek, was born in Kossuth in 1875 and in 1895 was married to Mr. Cizek and they located on a farm on route 1, Whitelaw. Mr. Cizek died 18 years ago. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Otto Krainik; sister, Mrs. Anna Spevacek of Lead, S.D.; four brothers, Edward of Denmark, Robert of Two Rivers, Joseph of Whitelaw and Louis of Boulder Junction, Wis.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Tuesday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, August 4, 1947
ALTON AND EVELYN DANIELSON Mr. and Mrs. Alton R. Danielson, 69 and 60, respectively, died Saturday afternoon at home on Rt. 2, Manitowoc, as the result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Private funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Charles R. Freud?? will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Danielson was born Dec. 14, 1902, at Scandinavia, Wis., son of the late Nels and Josephine Danielson. He was formerly employed at Mirro Aluminum Co., Manitowoc. He married Mrs. Danielson June 20, 1942. Surviving Mr. Danielson are four brothers, George of Manitowoc, Leonard of Scandinavia, Norman of Two Rivers and Harold of Milwaukee, a sister, Mrs. Mildred Nelson of Wittenberg, Wis., and several nieces and nephews. Two sisters preceded him in death. Mrs. Danielson, nee Evelyn Pech, was born June 10, 1911, in the Town of Gibson, daughter of the late Jerry and Mary Pech. Surviving Mrs. Danielson are two brothers, Irving of Manitowoc and Alvin of Rt. 1, Whitelaw, a niece and nephew. There will be no visitation. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. February 7, 1972 ******* (b. 14 Dec. 1902/d. Feb. 1972/from SSDI)
EARL J. DEETS Earl J. Deets, 65, of Kellnersville, died unexpectedly Monday, June 9, at his home. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Gregory Meyer will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Deets was born May 29, 1915, at West Lima, Wis., son of the late Grover and Lydia Jordan Deets. He married Golda Olson April 9, 1938, at Dubuque, Iowa. He was a cheesemaker by trade and operated a cheese factory at Cato for several years retiring in 1977. Survivors include his wife, Golda; two sons and daughters-in-law, John and Judy Deets of Kellnersville, and Ronald and Emily Deets of Route 2, Manitowoc; two daughters and a son-in-law, Sue Ann and Richard Reindl of Branch, and Marilyn Marquardt of Manitowoc; a sister and brother-in-law, Evelyn and Donald Gillette of LaCrosse; 10 grandchildren and a great granddaughter. A brother, Dale, preceded him in death. Friends may call at Saur Funeral Home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday until the time of services. Herald Times Reporter, June 10, 1980 P.3 ******** (b. 29 May 1915/d. June 1980/from SSDI)
GOLDA M. DEETS Golda M. Deets, age 96, formerly of 1113 Main St. Kellnersville, died Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Manitowoc Health and Rehabilitation Center of Manitowoc. Golda was born on August 19, 1918 in Dodgeville, daughter of the late Henry and Jenny (Skyberg) Olson. Golda graduated from the Ridgeway High School and the Iowa County Teachers College. On April 9, 1938, Golda was married to Earl J. Deets in Dubuque, IA. He preceded her in death on June 9, 1980. She worked as a teacher in the town of Wyoming Valley for five years and then the couple operated a cheese factory in Cato for several years moving to Kellnersville in 1961. Golda taught school in Kellnersville and Clarks Mills and retired in 1983 from the Herald Times Reporter. She was a member of the KBA and the Kellnersville Senior Citizens. Golda enjoyed her family, crocheting, and going for coffee in the morning at the K-City Diner. Survivors include her four children, Jack (Judy) Deets, Shawano, Ronald (Emily) Deets, Chilton, Sue Ann (Richard) Reindl, Branch, Marilyn Marquardt, Kellnersville; 10 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, one great great granddaughter; one sister, Delores Davis, Ridgeway, WI; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends also survive. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Jenny Olson; her husband, Earl J. Deets; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Milton (Hazel) Olson, Walter (Vera) Olson, three brothers-in-law and two sisters-in-law, Bernette Davis, Dale (Helen) Deets, Evelyn (Donald) Gilette. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 9, 2015 at the Reinbold & Pfeffer Family Funeral Home, 1124 Main St., Kellnersville. Sr. Gerri Krautkramer will officiate with burial to follow at Kossuth National Cemetery, town of Kossuth. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 9 a.m. until the time of service at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in her name would be appreciated. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at Manitowoc Health and Rehabilitation Center for all their special care and compassion given to Mom. Manitowoc Herald Times - Feb. 7, 2015
JAN DOUBEK HEAT CLAIMS FIRST VICTIM IN THIS CITY John Doubek, Green St. Man Dies After Prostration From Heat SUNDAY BROKE ALL RECORDS FOR HEAT Prostrated by the extreme heat Sunday, John Doubek, a Greenstreet man and reitired farmer died from the effects of the prostration a few hours later and his death is the first fatality recorded from heat prostrations in the city for the year. Several prostrations have occurred but the victims have recovered. Mr. Doubek, who up to a year ago was one of the well known prominent farmers at Greenstreet and had lately retired, was at work on an elevator structure being erected by farmers at Maribel on Sunday and during the day had complained of suffering from the heat. Doubek, with others at work on the structure, consumed much ice water and cold drinks during the day and it is believed that this had effect on his condition when he was overcome by the heat. Doubek was overcome while still at work and was removed to a near by home and physicians summoned and every attention was given him but he failed to recover and death came within a few hours, his heart having been affected. Mr. Doubek was 63 years of age, well and favorably known in the county and city. He made his home with his wife and a son at Greenstreet and another son residing at Clarks Mills, also survives. The body was removed to the home and the funeral will be held from there. Doubek was a carpenter and had been engaged to assist in building an elevator at Maribel and owning to the desire to rush the work, the men employed had made an effort to continue in face of the terrible heat with the result that Doubek was overcome. Sunday broke all records for heat when the mercury climbed to 98 and 100 in the shade and held about the mark all day. The hot spell set in Saturday morning and there was no relief during the night and Sunday opened with the thermometer going up by leaps and bounds. The torrid zone covered wide territory in the state and in Milwaukee, nine prostrations were reported with one death. A light wind from the west did little to relieve the situation and later into the night the humidity was intense and today opened with the same brand of weather but before noon the wind had shifted and the mercury took a drop that made life bearable. The heated spell continuing over 60 hours without break caused much suffering. Manitowoc Daily Herald - Mon., July 3, 1911 ******** Notes From Greenstreet: On Sunday morning our vicinity was greatly shocked to hear of the sudden death of a well known resident, John Doubek. The deceased was overcome with the heat at noon on Saturday at Maribel where he was employed. On taking him home immediately, medical aid was summoned, but of no avail. Death came to relieve the sufferer at an early hour the following morning. Mr. Doubek was born in Bohemia, fifty eight years ago, coming to this county with his parents in 1854 and later settling on a farm which he possessed until recently. He is survived by a wife, two daughters, Mrs. Sam Rouiller of Mishicot and Mrs. John Shuster of Chicago, and two sons, Frank of Clarks Mills and Julius, aged 12, The remains were interred at the Bohemian National cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. The family have the sympathy of all who know them. Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, July 6, 1911 pg. 8 ******** Notes From Cato: Frank Doubeck, the local miller, was at Maribel July fourth, in attendance at his father's funeral, John Doubeck, a stout heavy man who always enjoyed good health. Until a year ago Mr. Doubeck, Sr., conducted his farm in Cooperstown. While working at a new farmers elevator Mr. Doubeck was overcome by the heat last Saturday, his death occurring Sunday morning. He is survived by a widow and five children. Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, July 6, 1911 pg. 8 ******** No. 34 First publication Aug. 14th. 1911. Petition for Administration. STATE OF WISCONSIN MANITOWOC COUNTY COURT. In Probate. In the matter of the estate of John Doubek, deceased, intestate. On reading and filing the petition of Mary Dubek, of the town of Cooperstown, in said county, representing among other things that John Doubek an inhabitant of said county, on the 2nd day of July, A.D. 1911, at the town of Cooperstown, died intestate, leaving estate to be administered, and that the said petitioner is the widow of said deceased, and praying that administration of said estate be to Matias Ourada granted. It is ordered, that said petition be heard at a general term of said county court to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of September, A.D. 1911, at 10 o'clock A.M. at the office of the county judge, in the city of Manitowoc, in said county. Ordered further, that notice of the time and place so appointed, be given to all person interested, by publication hereof for three weeks successively, prior to said day of hearing, in the Manitowoc Daily Herald, a daily newspaper published at the city of Manitowoc, in said county. Dated at Manitowoc, the 11th day of August, A.D. 1911. By the court, John Chloupek, County Judge. A.P. Schenian, Attorney. Manitowoc Daily Herald, August 25, 1911 P. 3
MARY DOUBEK Mrs. John Doubek, 89, lifelong resident of the county, died Sunday morning at the home of her son, Julius, at 1125 North 18th street. Mrs. Doubek, nee Mary Kadletz, was born in Franklin in 1855 and 71 years ago was married to Mr. Doubek. They located on a farm near Greenstreet in the town of Franklin where Mr. Doubek died in 1911. Later Mrs. Doubek moved to Maribel and two years ago came to this city to reside with her son. Survivors are two sons, Julius of this city and Frank of Clarks Mills; daughter, Mrs. John Suster, of Desplaines, Ill., sister, Mrs. Matt Ourada of this city; 10 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. Interment will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. The body may be viewed after 7 o’clock tonight at the funeral home. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, January 15, 1945 P. 2 ******** (NOTE: Birth date in obit does not match tombstone)
JOSEPH FIDLER Joseph Fidler To Be Buried In Kossuth Joseph Fidler, former resident of Maribel who lived on a farm at Milladore for the past ten years, died Tuesday afternoon at the Marshfield, Wis., hospital where he had been a patient. He was 48 years of age. While located at Maribel Mr. Fidler was employed as a section man for the North Western road. The deceased was born in Cooperstown in 1884. In 1912 he was married to Miss Ella Shimon of Branch who survives him with nine children, Marcella, Eleanor, Mary, Helen, Rose, Viola, Edward, Harvey and an infant son. Three brothers, John of Alabama, Frank and Adolph of this city, and four sisters, Mrs. Charles Hoppe, Milwaukee, Mrs. J. Kubichek and Mrs. Emil Petska of this city, and Mrs. Frank Kvitek of Maribel and his aged mother also survive. The body is to be brought to the Husar undertaking parlors at Kellnersville, where funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. with interment in the National cemetery in Kossuth. The remains may be viewed there from Thursday evening until Saturday morning. Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, February 2, 1933 P.11
ALZBETA FROLICK Mrs. Wenzel Frolik died Thurs. last week from grief over the death of her husband the week before. She was 80 yrs. old. Her funeral was held Sun. afternoon. Der Nord Westen, 12 June 1902 ******** From the Files of the Pilot - Twenty-Four Years Ago - 1902 Mrs. Wencel Frolick, aged 80 years, died last Thursday. She was buried on Sunday. It is said, grief over the death of her husband which occurred but a few days previously, caused her sudden death. Manitowoc Pilot - Thurs., June 10, 1926 ******** Elisabeth Spebacek Frolik Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968 birth: 22 June 1827 Bohemia death: 5 June 1902 Manitowoc, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin burial: Francis Creek, Wis. residence: 1902 Manitowoc, Wis.
MATT FROLICK Matt Frolick, 56, farmer and shipyards worker of Rt. 5, Manitowoc, died Saturday night at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Frank Svatek will officiate and burial will be in the Kossuth National Cemetery. The deceased was born Sept. 8, 1896, in the town of Franklin, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wencil Frolick. Twenty years ago he took up farming near Manitowoc and for the past 10 years was employed at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., yards at Manitowoc. He never married. Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Joseph A. Zeman of Kossuth, a brother, William of Rt. 5, Manitowoc, and several nieces and nephews Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday. The rosary will be recited at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, June 1, 1953 P. 19
THERESA FROLICK Mrs. Wencil Frolick, 75, nee Theresa Decker, of route 5, Manitowoc, died Thursday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Zeman of route 1, Whitelaw, following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at the Husar funeral home in Kellnersville and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic church in Kellnersville, the Rev. Joseph Svatek, officiating. Burial will be in the Kossuth national cemetery. She was born in 1873 in the town of Franklin, and in 1891 was married to Wencil Frolick. They resided on a farm in Franklin until 16 years ago when they moved to route 5, Manitowoc. Survivors are the husband; daughter, Mrs. Zeman of route 1, Whitelaw; two sons, Matt and William of route 5; two brothers, Matt of Rockwood and John of Menchalville; three sister, Mrs. Charles Klein of Brockfield, Ill., Mrs. Anna Eis of Racine and Mrs. Tony Matchenbach of Livingston, Mont.; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the Husar funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday. Manitowoc Herald Times, October 22, 1948 P. 2
VACLAV FROLICK LONG YEARS OF LIFE Wenzel Frolik Dies at Age of 82—Wife May Soon Follow A long and useful life ended Monday with the death of Wenzel Frolik at the home of his son on Chicago street, and another life, that of his aged wife, hangs tremblingly in the balance as the result of the shock of the demise of her companion. Mr. Frolik was 82 years of age and a native of Bohemia. He came to America thirty five years ago and was a prosperous farmer of the county for many years, living near Kellnersville. During the past two years he made his home in this city. Six children mourn his loss. They are Mrs. Mary Kremer, Mrs. Anna Petska, Mrs. Rosa Kremer, Frank Wenzel and Joseph Frolik. The funeral will be held Thursday. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Tuesday, June 03, 1902, Page 1 ********* From Der Nord Westen, 05 June 1902: Death here Mon. of Wenzel Frolic at the advanced age of 82. He came from Bohemia to America 35 yrs. ago and settled on a farm in Kellnersville. About 2 yrs. ago he moved to Manitowoc. He is survived by his widow who is so distraught over his passing that one fears for her life He is also survived by 6 children. His funeral will be held today. ******** Wenzel Frolik Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968 birth: 7 December 1821 Bohemia death: 2 June 1902 Manitowoc, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin burial: Francis Creek, Wis. residence: 1902 Manitowoc, Wis. spouse: Elisabeth Spebacek
WENCIL FROLICK Wencel Frolick, 84, of Manitowoc, former Town of Franklin farmer, died late Friday afternoon at the Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 9:15 a.m. Monday at the Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, and 9:30 a.m. at st. Joseph Catholic church in the village. The Rev. Frank Svatek will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Frolick was born in Bohemia, Feb. 19, 1868. At the age of 10 months he accompanied his parents to this county and the family settled on a farm in the Town of Franklin, this county. In 187 he married the former Theresa Decker and the couple engaged in farming in the Town of Franklin until 1930 when they moved to Manitowoc. Mrs. Frolick preceded her husband in death four years ago. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joe Zeman of the Town of Kossuth; two sons, William and Matt of Manitowoc; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Friends may call at the Saur Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Sunday until the hour of services. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday. Manitowoc Herald Times - Saturday, Sept. 6, 1952 - page 2
WILLIAM P. FROLICK William P. Frolick Sr., 85, of Herman Road, Manitowoc, died Thursday afternoon, May 26, at Holy Family Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Ronald Reimer will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Frolick was born Jan. 25, 1898, in the Town of Franklin, son of the late Wencil and Tressy Decke Frolick. He married Agnes Kocian Aug. 17, 1929. He had been employed with Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., until his retirement in 1962. Survivors include his wife, Agnes; three sons, William J. Frolick Jr., John (Hans) Frolick and Robert Frolick and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Jean McKeehan and Mrs. Leo (Marjorie) LeClair of Manitowoc; a sister, Mrs. Clara Zeman of Route 2, Manitowoc; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. An infant daughter, Celestine, his parents and a brother, Matt, preceded him in death. Friends may call at Saur Funeral Home 6 o’clock to 9 o’clock this Friday evening and Saturday until the time of service. Herald Times Reporter, May 27, 1983 P. 3 ******** (25 Jan 1898/May 1983/SSDI)
NORMAN E. HAELFRISCH Norman E. Haelfrisch, 62, of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, died Tuesday afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at United Methodist Church, Mishicot. The Rev. Lee Downs will officiate with burial in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Haelfrisch was born Dec. 27, 1913 in the Town of Rockland, Manitowoc County, son of Adolph Haelfrisch and the late Frieda Rusch Haelfrisch. He married Eleanor Kipping? Oct. 19, 1937 at Reedsville. The couple operated a farm in the Town of Kossuth since 1949. He was a supervisor for the Town of Kossuth for six years and treasurer of the former Meadow Brook School for two years. Survivors include his wife, three sons, Gary, of Francis Creek, Brian, a student at University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and Wallace, at home, five daughters, Mrs. Bernard (Patricia) Shedal, of Mishicot, Mrs. Merle (Sharon) Aerts, of Rt. 2, Greenleaf, Mrs. Wayne (Janice) Peterson, of Cedarbur , Mrs. Carol Lutterman, of Two Rivers and Mrs. John (Cynthia) Frederick, of Milwaukee, his father Adolph Haelfrisch, of Reedsville, three brothers, Clarence and Frederick, of Rt. 1, Reedsville, and Raymond, of Reedsville, four sisters, Mrs. Lester (Loretta) Krueger, of Brillion, Mrs. Wilmer (Myrtle) Krueger, of Manitowoc, Mrs. Gottlieb (Helen) Diener, of Reedsville and Mrs. Royal (Florence) Schultz, of Rt. 1, Reedsville, and nine grandchildren. His mother and a brother Clifford, preceded him in death. Friends may call at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, after 4 p.m. Thursday until 11 a.m. Friday and at the church from noon Saturday until the time of service. Herald Times Reporter, March 3, 1976 P. 5 ******** (27 Dec 1913/Mar 1976/SSDI)
ADOLPH HAVLINEK Adolph Havlinek, 77, a former Reif Mills resident, died Wednesday afternoon at Maple Crest Nursing Home, Whitelaw. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. John Haen will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Havlinek was born Dec. 9, 1892, in the Town of Kossuth, son of the late Joseph and Dorothy Havlovitz Havlinek. Survivors include a brother, Frank, of Two Rivers, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph Stipek, of Rt. 1, Whitelaw. Two sisters preceded him in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 o’clock this Thursday afternoon until the time of service. Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, October 8, 1970 P. 17
DOROTHY HAVLINEK Mrs. Dorothy Havlinek, 93, of Reif Mills died Thursday morning at the Park Lawn Nursing Home, Sheboygan, following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. Dr. Henry E. S?ammer of Melnik Presbyterian Church will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Havlinek was born in Bohemia Feb. 11, 1865, daughter of the late Peter and Anna Str?d?l Havlinek. She came with her parents to the United States as an infant, and the family settled near Reif Mills. About 70 years ago she was married to Joseph Havlinek. The couple farmed near Reif Mills. Mr. Havlinek died 43 years ago. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Stipek of Rt. 2, Manitowoc, and Mrs. Anton Stipek of Manitowoc; two sons, Adolph on the home farm and Frank of Two Rivers; six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. A daughter, Mary, preceded her in death. Friends may call at the funeral home. Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, June 13, 1958 P.17
JOSEPH HAVLINEK WAS VICIOUS RUNAWAY Joseph Havlinek has a Narrow Escape From Death Joseph Havlinek a Franklin farmer had a remarkable escape from death in the city on Thursday when his team got beyond his control on Commercial street and in the runaway which followed he was dragged along underneath the over-turned wagon for nearly a block before the team was stopped. Havlinek was in the city to secure a load of seed peas and had backed the team up to the Madson store on Commercial street when they were frightened and got away overturning the rig in the mix-up. In some manner the driver was thrown under the rig and was dragged along the pavement receiving injuries that cut his face and lacerated arms and legs. He was taken into a Commercial street place and a physician was called in and later the man was removed to his home. A companion of Havlinek's was uninjured. Manitowoc Daily Herald, March 29, 1907 p.1 ******* POLIFKA’S CORNERS The funeral of the late Joseph Havlinek of Reif Mills was held here Wednesday at the National cemetery. Mr. Havlinek was well known and his death was a shock to all friends. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Saturday, March 27, 1915, Page 4
******** Order for proof of will. STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In the matter of the estate of Joseph Havlinek, Deceased. In Probate. An instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Joseph Havlinek of Kossuth, in said County, having been delivered into said Court: And Dorothy Havlinek, of the Town of Kossuth in said county having presented to said court her petition in writing duly verified, representing, among other things, that said Joseph Havlinek died testate, at the Town of Kossuth, in said County, on the 21st day of March, 1915; that said instrument is the Last Will of said deceased and that Dorothy Havlinek named therein as Executrix refuses to accept said trust, and praying that said instrument be proven and admitted to Probate and that letters of administration with the will annexed be thereon issued to Adolph Havlinek. It is ordered: That said petition and the matters therein be heard, and proofs of said Last Will and Testament be taken at a regular term of said County Court, to be held at the Probate Office in the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday, the fourth day of May, 1915, at 10 o'clock A.M. And it is Further Ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week, previous to the time of said hearing in the Manitowoc Pilot, a newspaper published in said Manitowoc County. Dated Manitowoc, Wis., April 1st, 1915. By the Court, John Chloupek, County Judge. Kelley & Ledvina, Attys. Manitowoc Pilot, April 15, 1915 P. 4
******** (1900 Kossuth census:(only Joseph Havlinek on census) Joseph age 39; Doroty age 36; Annie age 11; Adolph age 8; Tena age 5; Mary age 3; Frances (mother) age 84) (1910 Kossuth census:(only Joseph Havlinek on census) Joseph Havlinek age 50; Doretha age 47; Anna age 21; Adolph age 18; Cristina age 15; Mary age 13; Frank age 8)
ADOLF HERAN Notes From Branch: Adolph Heran, a well known young man of Rief (sic) Mills, passed away at the family home last week on Thursday, of pulmonary tuberculosis. Deceased was 29 years of age. Interment was at the National cemetery near Kellnersville, Mr. Nespor of Manitowoc performing the last sad rites. The family have the sympathy of the community in their sad affliction. Manitowoc Pilot, April 22, 1909
BARBORA HERAN KELLNERSVILLE: Mrs. Herein (sic) Dead Mrs. Herein aged 50 died at her home in the town of Kossuth last Monday morning after a long illness. Deceased is survived by a husband and five children. Funeral took place Wednesday at the national Cemetery. Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, March 3, 1904 pg. 8 ******** BRANCH: Mrs. John Herayn (sic) Dead Mrs. John Herayn passed away at her home Monday morning of a lingering sickness of three years at the age of forty nine. She leaves a husband, five sons, Joseph, Frank, Adolph, Charles and John and two daughters, Mrs. Chas. Swetlik of Kellnersville and Christina. Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, March 3, 1904 pg. 8
FRANK HERAN (d. 1915) Order to Hear Petition For Administration. STATE OF WISCOSIN (sic)-Manitowoc County Court. In Probate. In the matter of the Estate of Frank Heran, deceased, intestate. On reading and filing the petition of Mary Heran, an inhabitant of said county, on the 25th day of March A.D., 1915, at the town of Kossuth died intestate, leaving estate to be administered, and that the said petitioner is the widow of said deceased and praying that administration of said estate be to Wencel Khail granted. IT IS ORDERED, that said petition be heard at a special term of said County Court to be held on Tuesday, the 18th day of May A.D., 1915, at 10 o'clock A.M., at the office of the County Judge, in the City of Manitowoc, in said County. ORDERED FURTHER, that notice of the time and place so appointed, be given to all persons interested, by publication hereof for three weeks successively, prior to said day of hearing in the Manitowoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper published at Manitowoc in said County. Dated at Manitowoc, the 14th day of April, A.D., 1915. By the Court, John Chloupek, County Judge. Kelley & Ledvina, Attys. Manitowoc Pilot, April 29, 1915 P. 4
FRANK HERAN (d. 1999) Frank J. Heran, age 89, formerly of 9523 Post Rd., Whitelaw, died Thursday evening, December 2, 1999, at Shady Lane Nursing Care Center. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, December 6, 1999, at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Reifs Mills. Msgr. Alfred Schneider will celebrate the Mass of Christian Burial with burial to follow Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Heran was born April 10, 1910, in the town of Kossuth, son of the late Frank and Mary Khail Heran. He attended the Palm Grove School, in the town of Kossuth. On October 28, 1936, Frank was married to the former Rose Decker, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Kellnersville. The couple farmed in the town of Kossuth until their retirement. Rose preceded Frank in death on May 14, 1998. Frank was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, a former member of the Happy Hoppers Dance Club, and was a former officer of the Kossuth National Cemetery. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, John and Geraldine Heran, Whitelaw; one daughter and son-in-law, Jeanette and John Van Dyke, Cato; 12 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Lillian Hablewitz, Manitowoc; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends survive. Frank was preceded in death by one sister, Emma Andres. Relatives and friends may call at the St. Augustine Catholic Church, Reifs Mills on Monday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. The Reinbold and Pfeffer Funeral Home, Kellnersville, is serving the family. Frank’s family would like to thank the staff of Shady Lane Nursing Care Center for the kind care and compassion given to him during his stay at Shady Lane. Herald Times Reporter, December 4, 1999 P. A2 ******** (10 Apr 1910/2 Dec 1999/SSDI)
JAN HERAN Polifka's Corners news: The funeral of the late John Heran of Reif's Mills was held here at the National cemetery Friday. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Saturday, March 18, 1916 P.5
KAREL HERAN Notes From Branch: Charles Herain (sic), a well known youth of Kossuth, died of consumption at the home of his father last Thursday. The deceased was eighteen years of age and had been sick about one year. Interment took place at the National cemetery at Kellnersville. Manitowoc Pilot, March 29, 1906 P. 8
MARIE HERAN Mrs. Mary Heran, 73, of Reif Mills, died Friday evening at Fairhills Convalescent Home, Rosecrans, where she had been a patient more than three months. She suffered a stroke about four months ago. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Monday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, with the Rev. Harold W. Bowman officiating. Burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Heran, nee Mary Khail, was born Feb. 7, 1884 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wencil Khail. In November, 1908, she came to this country and settled in Manitowoc. Jan. 26, 1908 she was married to Frank Heran and they settled on a farm in the Town of Kossuth. Mr. Heran died in March, 1914. She continued to operate the farm until 23 years ago when her son took over. She continued to make her home there. Survivors include a son, Frank on the home farm; a daughter, Mrs. John Andres of Rt. 1, Whitelaw; two brothers, Frank and Emil of Manitowoc; two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Havlichek of Manitowoc and Ms. James Brousek of Chicago and three grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 pm Sunday. Manitowoc Herald Times - Sat., Jan. 18, 1958
ROSE HERAN Rose C. Heran, age 84, formerly of 9523 Post Road, Whitelaw, died Thursday morning, May 14, 1998, at Shady Lane Nursing Care Center, Manitowoc. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, 1998, at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Reifs Mills, Wis. Msgr. Alfred Schneider will officiate with burial to follow at Kossuth National Cemetery, town of Kossuth. She was born August 7, 1912, in the town of Cooperstown, Manitowoc County, daughter of the late Martin and Mary Mazanee Decker. Rose grew up in the town of Cooperstown and attended the local schools. She married Frank J. Heran on October 28, 1936, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Kellnersville. Rose and her husband Frank farmed in the township of Kossuth all of their lives. For the past three years, Rose has lived at Manitou Manor in Manitowoc. She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Reifs Mills. Survivors include her husband, Frank, Manitowoc; one son and daughter-in-law, John and Geraldine Heran, Post Road, Whitelaw; one daughter and son-in-law, Jeanette and John Van Dyke, rural Cato; one sister, Lillian Hablewitz, Manitowoc; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren. Rose was preceded in death by her parents; one brother and three sisters. Relatives and friends may call at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Reifs Mills, from 9:30 a.m. Saturday until the time of service at 11 a.m. The Reinbold & Pfeffer Family Funeral Services, Kellnersville, is assisting the family with arrangements. Herald Times Reporter, May 15, 1998 P. 2 ******** (7 Aug 1912/14 May 1998/SSDI)
ANNIE HERDINA Mrs. George Herdina, 60, of Manitowoc Rapids, died this morning at the Holy Family hospital Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home, the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating. Burial will be in the National cemetery in Kossuth. Mrs. Herdina, nee Anna Kuhl, was born in Franklin in 1884 and in 1905 she was married to George Herdina. They located on a farm in Manitowoc Rapids. Survivors are the husband; three sons, George Jr., on the home farm, Wencel of Kossuth, Raymond in the U.S. Navy; two daughters, Marie at home, Mrs. George Decker of route 2, Manitowoc; five brothers, George of Manitowoc Rapids, Joseph of Branch, Frank and Michael of this city, John of Manson, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Anton Nikolai of Mishicot, Mrs. Frank Busker of Libertyville, Ill.; and three grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Sunday at 1 p.m. until the hour of service. Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, August 19, 1944 p.2
GEORGE HERDINA (d. 1956) George Herdina Sr., 81, a native of the Town of Kossuth and retired farmer of Rt. 1, Cato, died Thursday afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Urbanek and Schiel Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Gervase Zanotti will officiate and burial will be in the Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Herdina was born Dec. 20, 1874, son of the late John and Margaret Oswald Hrdina. In 1905 he married the former Annie Kutil and the couple farmed at Kossuth four years before moving to the present farm in Manitowoc Rapids. Mrs. Herdina died in 1944. Survivors include two daughters, Miss Marie Herdina at home and Mrs. George Decker of Rt. 2, Manitowoc; two sons, George Jr, on the home farm and Wenzel of Rt. 5, Manitowoc; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A son, Raymond was killed aboard the destroyer Drexler during World War II when a plane suicide dived the the (sic) ship off Okinawa. Friends may call at the funeral home until the hour of service. Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, April 13, 1956 P.15
GEORGE HERDINA (d. 1979) George Herdina, 72, former Route 1, Cato resident, died Monday morning in Holy Family Skilled Nursing Facility, Manitowoc, where he had been a patient the past six years. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. John Haen will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Herdina was born Sept. 16, 1906, in the Town of Manitowoc Rapids, son of the late George and Annie Kutil Herdina. He had operated a farm in the township until his illness. Mr. Herdina was a member of Branch Volunteer Fire Department. Survivors include a brother-in-law, George Decker of Manitowoc; two uncles, Mike Kutil of Manitowoc and John Kutil of Manson, Wash.; an aunt, Mrs. Frank (Mae) Busker of Mundelein, Ill., nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. Friends may call in Saur Funeral Home 6 o’clock to 9 o’clock this Tuesday evening and Wednesday until the time of service. Herald Times Reporter, February 20, 1979 P. 3 ******** (16 Sep 1906/Feb 1979/SSDI)
MARIE HERDINA Miss Marie Herdina, 47, of Rt. 1, Cato, died early Thursday morning after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville with interment in Kossuth National Cemetery. Miss Herdina was born Nov. 24, 1911, in the Town of Manitowoc Rapids, daughter of the late George and Annie Kutil Herdina. She attended the Branch Elementary School and resided on the family farm all her life. She was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond F., who was killed in World War II. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. George Decker of Rt. 2, Manitowoc; two brothers, George of Rt. 1, Cato, and Wenzel P. of Rt. 1, Whitelaw and four nephews and six nieces. Friends may call at the funeral home ___(too light) __the hour of service. Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, October 22, 1959 P. 21
RAYMOND HERDINA Father Learns Son is Missing Machinist’s Mate second class Raymond F. Herdina is missing in action in the Pacific theater of war, according to word received from military authority by his father, George Herdina Sr., route 1, Cato. Herdina was aboard a destroyer reported sunk in the Okinawa campaign. He enlisted in the Navy in October, 1942, and has served outside the United States since May, 1943. He was trained at Great Lakes, Ill. Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, June 16, 1945 P. 3 ********* Sailor Lost as Destroyer Sunk After reviewing the facts relative to the disappearance of Raymond Frank Herdina, 23, machinist’s mate second class, USNR, previously reported missing in action, Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of navy personnel, has informed George Herdina Sr., route 1, Cato that his son lost his life as a result of enemy action on May 28. Herdina was aboard the USS Drexler, a destroyer, reported sunk in the Okinawa campaign. His death brings the total of World War II dead in Manitowoc county to 162. He was born at Manitowoc Rapids on April 23, 1922. After attending the Branch school he entered Lincoln high school from where he was graduated in 1941. He learned a trade at the Vocational school, and later was employed at the Kaufman Mfg. company and the Manitowoc Shipbuilding company. He enlisted in the navy on Oct. 13, 1942, and after boot training at Great Lakes, Ill., was assigned to the U.S. naval base in Cuba in April, 1943. In November, 1944 he was transferred to the Drexler, and left California for the east Pacific in March of this year. Besides his father, he leaves two brothers, George Jr., at home; Wencil of Kossuth and two sisters, Marie, at home; and Mrs. George Decker, route 2, Manitowoc. Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, August 8, 1945 P. 3
BARBORA HOFMAN Mrs. Barbara Hoffman is Summoned After Illness of Nine Days Death struck a swift and unexpected blow on the home of Anton Damman, route 3, Town of Two Rivers today taking with it the life of Mrs. Barbara Hoffman, aged 77, who was taken ill with pneumonia nine days ago. Mrs. Hoffman, living in solitude at Branch, sold her home less than three weeks ago and left to make her home with the Damman’s for the rest of her days. Mrs. Hoffman is survived only by a sister, Mrs. Mary Najenmik, Town of Two Rivers. Mrs. Hoffman, nee Peters, was born in Bohemia, March 9, 1850 and after marrying there in 1871, removed to this country at the age of 27 years, taking residence in Oconto. Shortly after a move took them to this city and was followed by removal to Branch where Mrs. Hoffman has lived more than 33 years. Mr. Hoffman passed away 31 years ago. Funeral services will be held from the Damman home Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Henry Cizek to be in charge and burial will take place in the National Cemetery in the Town of Kossuth. Manitowoc Herald News - Tues. April 19, 1927 - page 6
JAN HOFMAN Mr. John Hoffman (sic) died last Thursday. Mr. Hoffman had been ill for the last two years. He was born in Bohemia fifty years. For the last few years he resided in this village. The remains were taken to Kellnersville for burial on Sunday last. Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, March 19, 1896 P.3
ELMER R. HOLDORF Elmer R. Holdorf, 80, of 2209 Hilltop Drive, Green Bay, died Monday, May 8, 1989 at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay. Funeral services will be 10 am Thursday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Two Rivers. Rev. Paul Schumacher will officiate with burial at Kossuth National Cemetery, Town of Kossuth. Mr. Holdorf was born January 12, 1909 at Manitowoc, son of the late Herman and Lena Erdmann Holdorf. He married the former Mabel R. VandeHey on October 3, 1929 at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Manitowoc. Mr. Holdorf was a postal clerk at the United States Post Office in Manitowoc for 37 years, retiring 25 years ago. He was a member of Moose Lodge in Green Bay. Survivors include his wife, Mabel; a son and daughter-in-law, Jerome and Emily Holdorf of Two Rivers; a daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and Robert Singleton of Groveland, California; four brothers and three sisters-in-law, Herman and jean Holdorf of Appleton, Alvin Holdorf, Edwin and Joyce Holdorf and Earl and Jean Holdorf, all of Manitowoc; a sister and brother-in-law, Erna and Merlin Liebsziet of Appleton; eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. He was preceded in death by two granddaughters and two sisters. Friends may call at Klein and STangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, 5 pm to 8 pm Wednesday. Memorial service will be held at 6:45 Wednesday evening. Manitowoc Herald Times - Tues., May 9, 1989
MABEL R. HOLDORF Mabel Rose Holdorf, age 93, a former Manitowoc resident, currently residing at North Ridge Medical & Rehabilitation Center, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, 2006, at North Ridge. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 27, 2006, at St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church, Two Rivers. Officiating at the Mass of Christian Burial will be the Rev. William G. O'Brien, with burial to follow in Kossuth National Cemetery, town of Kossuth. Mabel was born April 19, 1912 in Antigo, a daughter of the late Henry and Rose (Timmers) VandeHey. On Oct. 3, 1929, she married Elmer Holdorf at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Manitowoc. He preceded her in death in 1989. Mabel worked for the Clean Towel Service of Manitowoc for many years until her retirement. She loved to play cards, crotchet, travel, and years ago, enjoyed bowling. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law: Jerome and Emily Holdorf of Two Rivers; one daughter and son-in-law: Dorothy and Robert Singleton of California; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She is further survived by a sister: Elaine Theroux, Green Bay; several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two granddaughters, four sisters and three brothers. The family will greet relatives and friends at St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church, Two Rivers, after 9:30 a.m. Friday morning until the time of Mass at 10:30 a.m. There will be no visitation this evening. Deja & Martin Funeral Chapels of Two Rivers, is assisting the Holdorf family with funeral arrangements. The Holdorf family would like to extend a special thank you to the entire staff of North Ridge Medical & Rehabilitation Center, for the excellent care and compassion extended to Mabel. Herald Times Reporter January 2006 ******* (19 Apr 1912/25 Jan 2006/SSDI)
NANCY MARIE HOLDORF Nancy M. Holdorf, 16, of Route 1, Two Rivers, died Monday. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Two Rivers. The Rev. Paul Schumacher will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Miss Holdorf was born Nov. 23, 1961, in Two Rivers, daughter of Jerome and Emily Popelars Holdorf. She was a Junior student at Washington High School, Two Rivers, and was employed with Stoer Dairy. Survivors include her parents, three sisters, Mrs. Bruce (Geraldine) Chaltry of California, Mrs. Scott (Cindy) Hildebrand of Two Rivers and Mrs. Terrance (Sandra) Bauch of Manitowoc; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Holdorf of Fremont, Calif., and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ella Popelars of Francis Creek. Friends may call in Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, after 6 o’clock this Wednesday evening, where a memorial service will be at 7:30 o’clock. Herald Times Reporter, July 19, 1978 P. 3
ANNA HOSTAK Mrs. Anna H. Hostak Kostka, 95, a resident of Park Lawn Nursing Home, Manitowoc, died Wednesday, February 26, at the home. Funeral services will be 9:30 am Monday at Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home and 10 am at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Leo J. Schmitt with burial to follow at Kossuth National Cemetery, Town of Kossuth. Mrs. Kostka was born July 3, 1890 at Melnik, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Joseph and Frances Shimon Hulletz. She married Edward Hostak and he preceded her in death in 1947. Later she married Frank Kostka Sr. and he preceded her in death in 1980. Mrs. Kostka was a member of Holy Innocents Catholic Church and a charter member of the Gold Star Mothers. Survivors include a daughter and a son-in-law, Alice and Lester Seagle of Menahsa; two step sons and step daughters-in-law, Frank Jr. and Lucille Kostka of Two Rivers, and Wayne and Joann Kostka of Sheboygan; two step daughters and a step son-in-law, Ruth Valinski of Two Rivers and June and Alvin Wacek of Two Rivers; a granddaughter, three great grandchildren; 15 step grandchildren, several step great grandchildren and other relatives and friends survived. Friends may call at Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 2 pm to 5 pm Sunday afternoon. Manitowoc Herald Times - Wed., Feb. 26, 1986 - page 23
JOSEPH HOSTAK Joseph Hostak, 78, residing near Denmark, died early today following a stroke. He had been in failing health the past two weeks. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville, the Rev. Jaroslav Vrany officiating. Burial will be in the National cemetery near Polifkas Corners. He was born near Melnik in 1869 and in 1889 married Miss Julia Bohacek. They operated a farm until 1930, when it was taken over by his son, Wencel. Mr. and Mrs. Hostak moved to Denmark. Mrs. Hostak died nine years ago. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Edward Straka of Gibson; two grand- children and two great grandchildren Two sons, Wencel and Edward, preceded him in death. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Sunday afternoon until the hour of services. Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, June 28, 1947 P. 2
JULIA HOSTAK Mrs. Joseph Hostak, 69, was found dead in bed Thursday morning at her home in Denmark by her husband. A heart attack was the cause of death. She was born Nov. 8, 1869 in the Town of Cooperstown and was married Aug. 28, 1888. The couple resided on a farm in Cooperstown until eight years ago when they retired and moved to Denmark. Her maiden name was Julia Rohacek. The surviving relatives are the widower, one daughter, Mrs. Edward Straka, Maribel, Route 1; two sons, Edward, Oconto Falls, and Wancel, Whitelaw; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Hessel, Green Bay, and Mrs. Anna Drasner, Francis Creek; and three grandchildren. The funeral will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the Knutson Funeral home at Denmark with burial in the National cemetery in Kossuth. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. November 25, 1938 P. 2
QUIDO HOSTAK Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holetz departed for Oconto Falls to attend the funeral of their grandchild, the child being a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hostak. Manitowoc Daily Herald - Mar. 14, 1914 ******** MELNIK News: Sad news was received here by relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Hostak of Oconto Falls, of the death of their infant son last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Hostak were well known young people of this place. Their many friends here extend sympathy. Manitowoc Daily Herald, March 19, 1914 P. 4
QUIRIN HOSTAK IT MAY HAVE BEEN UBOAT THAT SANK THE ESCANABA It may have been a U Boat that ended the career of the Coast guard Cutter, Escanaba, disclosed yesterday by the Navy to have sunk with all hands except two of the crew, after an explosion. The 718 ton vessel was torn amidships by an explosion that could have been caused by a torpedo, a mine or some internal mishap, while on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. The Escanaba before entering Atlantic convoy duty, was used on the Great Lakes. In the fall of 1941, she was brought to the yards of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding company here and was made ready for sea duty. She left here in May, 1942. The names of three additional coast guardsmen lost when the Escanaba sank were learned today. One victim was the son of former county residents. Quirin D. Hostak, 24, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hostak, Oconto Falls, was one of those lost. His parents formerly lived in Melnik, this county. Quirin entered the Coast Guard in December, 1941. He was a graduate of Oconto Falls High School and attended Lawrence and Carroll college. Two other coast guardsmen lost were Leonard Delsart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Delsart of Maplewood, Door county and Clarence (Bud) Christiansen, son of the Mr. and Mr. Erwin Christiansen of Kenosha. At Washington, Navy Secretary Knox went out of his way to dispel today any ideas the public may have that the U Boat is licked simply because Atlantic sinkings have fallen off sharply. In fact he virtually forecast a new Axis submarine offensive in the Atlantic. Progress in the Allied anti-submarine campaign at present is “very satisfactory” he told a press conference yesterday but hastened to add that “realistically we know they are going to do something.” “I would say”, the Navy secretary declared, “that the lull in fighting out there now must indicate some change in the plans of the Germans.” There was mourning among marines of the Great Lakes after the Navy announced the Escanaba had blown up. One of the best known crafts on the lakes, the Escanaba was considered as a savior of the inland seas. Her rescue and salvage accomplishments were legion and the property and lives she saved not only paid for her many times over but left her enshrined in the hearts of sailing men. The Escanabaa on one mission would rescue a lake freighter worth perhaps $1,500,000 and on the next would pick up an overturned dinghy and a couple of Sea Scouts. Hundreds of matter-of-factly written assistance reports on file in Chicago Coast Guard headquarters give only an inkling of the battles with high winds, ice and paralyzing cold fought successfully by the Escanaba and her crew to rescue fishermen, pleasure boat sailors and freighter crews and their craft from the elements and shoals. Hundreds more letters of prais and commendation bespeak the gratitude of boat owners and crews and their loved ones who were permitted to make re-payment for the work of the ship only in thanks-not money. Once in 1941, she bucked and thumped the ice packs at the Straits of Mackinac day and night to free eight lake steamers caught at one time. As an ice breaker she opened the Straits every year. Yachtsmen held a deep attachment for the Escanaba for her work annually in patrolling the Chicato-Mackinac race. In February, 1941, the Escanaba fought a severe gale and heavy fog in a 33 hour crossing from her home port, Grand Haven, Mich., to Chicago where she proudly displayed the anti-aircraft guns, mine tracks and depth charge “Y” guns with which she had converted from a peacetime rescue boat to a ship of war. Manitowoc Herald Times – June 19, 1943 – page 3 – ******** Twenty-two Gold Star Mothers of Manitowoc and Two Rivers attended the Armistice Day service and dedicatory ceremony of the Hostak monument in Military Park, Oconto Falls on Thursday. The marble monument was presented by the late Edward Hostak and Mrs. Hostak, now of Manitowoc, in memory of their son, Quirin, who died in June, 1943 when the SS Escanaba was engaged with the enemy in the North Atlantic. The monument was dedicated by Chaplain R.L. Greene of the Eick-Sankey post of the American Legion. Mayor Roland LeComte presided and the address of the day was given by Atty. Robert Hummer, past commander. The Hostaks resided in Oconto Falls for many years before coming to Manitowoc. Mr. Hostak died a year and a half ago. Manitowoc Herald Times - Nov. 12, 1948
WANCLE HOSTAK Funeral services for Wencel Hostak, 49, Cooperstown farmer, who died Wednesday at his farm home near Melnik, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Husar Funeral Home, Kellnersville, with interment in the Kossuth National Cemetery. He was born in the Cooperstown homestead in 1896 and in 1930 married Miss Frances Kolarik and they located on the homestead. Survivors are his wife; father, Joseph Hostak, Sr., of Denmark, brother, Edward of Oconto Falls, sister, Mrs. Edward Straka of Melnik. The body may be viewed at the funeral home. Manitowoc Herald Times - Friday, Nov. 2, 1945 - page 2 ******** Notes from Melnik The marriage of Miss Frances Kolarik to Worele Hostek was solemnized on Monday, 11 am at the Manitowoc County Court House by acting Municipal Judge E.S. Schmitz. After the ceremony the happy couple left on a honeymoon trip to Fond du Lac, Waupun, Wisconsin Dells, Madison and Milwaukee. Both are well and favorably known young people of this locality and on their return from the honeymoon trip will make their home on a farm in this vicinity. The correspondent wishes them good luck on their pathway of life together. Manitowoc Pilot - Thurs., Aug. 21, 1930
DOROTHEA HRDINA Name: Hrdina, Dorothea D.: 8/16/1878 B.: Reg. D.: 12/28/1878 Sex: F/W Age at Death: B.P.: Kossuth D.P.: Kossuth Cem.: Kossuth Ch.: Inf. & Address: Rev. Jos. Maly Spouse: F.: John Hrdina M.: Margaretha Hrdina Cause of Death: Add Info.: Farmer's Daughter Pg. #: v.1 p.290
JAN HRDINA John Hardina birth: 14 April 1834 Bohemia death: 13 October 1900 Manitowoc, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin burial: Kossuth, Manitowoc Co. residence: 1900 Manitowoc Co., Wis. spouse: Margaret Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
JOSEPH HRDINA Name: Hrdina, Joseph D.: 3/23/1878 B.: Reg. D.: 12/28/1878 Sex: M/W Age at Death: 14 Yrs. B.P.: Kossuth D.P.: Kossuth Cem.: Kossuth Ch.: Inf. & Address: Rev. Jos. Maly Spouse: F.: John Hrdina M.: Margaretha Hrdina Cause of Death: Add Info.: Farmer's Son Pg. #: v.1 p.288
MARKETA HRDINA Notes from Polivka's Corners Mrs. John Herdina of Branch died at the advanced age of 90 years. She was interred here at the National Cemetery last Sunday. Manitowoc Pilot - Thurs., Dec. 4, 1919
ANNA HRUSKA Mrs. Joseph Hruska, 76, died last night at the farm home of her son, Anton, in the town of Franklin. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 at the Husar Funeral Home at Kellnersville, the Rev. Frank Junek of the Melnik Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be in the Kossuth National Cemetery. The body will lie in state after 6 o’clock this evening at the Husar Funeral Home. Mrs. Hruska was born Anna Dvorak in the town of Kossuth on April 28, 1864. She was married in 1881. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. John Becker of the town of Franklin; three sons, Anton, Joseph and Frank Hruska of Polivka’s Corners; a brother, Joseph Dvorak of Francis Creek, five grandchildren and three great grand- children. Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, July 6, 1940 P. 2
ANTON HRUSKA Anton Hruska, 73, lifelong resident of the Town of Franklin died Saturday morning at the Francis Creek Rest Home where he had made his home the past eleven months. Funeral services have been tentatively set for Tuesday morning at the Saur Funeral Home in Kellnersville with burial at the Kossuth Bohemian National Cemetery. Complete details will be announced Monday. Survivors are a sister Mrs. John Decker of Kellnersville and two brothers, Joseph and Frank of the Town of Franklin. The deceased never married. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Saturday, July 23, 1955 P. 11
FRANK HRUSKA Frank Hruska, of Western Village, green Bay, formerly of Kellnersville, died Sunday, May 6, at Western Village, Green Bay. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Parkside Funeral Home. The Rev. William Plank will officiate with burial to follow at Kossuth National Cemetery, Town of Kossuth. Mr. Hruska was born August 9, 1899. Mr. Hruska farmed in the Kellnersville area many years, until his retirement. He married the former Mary Hodeck on October 26, 1926. Survivors include his wife, Mary. There will be no Monday evening visitation at the funeral home. Friends may call at Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning until the time of services. Herald Times Reporter, May 7, 1984 P. 3
JOSEPH HRUSKA Joseph Hruska, 85, who spent all his life on the same farm in Franklin, died Saturday afternoon following a three months’ illness. Mr. Hruska had been living a retired life in recent years, the farm now being operated by his son, Anton. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Husar funeral home in Kellnersville. Anton Ro?? will officiate. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. Mr. Hruska was born in Franklin in 1856 and in 1880 married Miss Ann Dvorak. They located on the homestead farm. Mrs. Hruska died two years ago. Surviving are three sons, Anton, Joseph and Franklin, all of Franklin township; daughter, Mrs. John Decker, of Franklin; sister, Mrs. John Zahorik, of Taus; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the funeral home. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, March 30, 1942 P. 2
MARY HRUSKA Mrs. Mary Hruska, 79, of 1640 Shawano Ave., Green Bay, formerly of Kellnersville, died late Friday evening, Jan. 18, at St. Mary Hospital, Green Bay. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Monday at Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. William Plank will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery, Town of Kossuth. Mrs. Hruska was born Feb. 2, 1905, at Cooperstown, daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Brikop Hodik. She was married to Frank Hruska, Oct. 26, 1926. He preceded her in death May 6, 1984. Survivors include a brother, Charles Hodik of Maribel nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Friends may call at Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, 9 a.m. Monday until the time of services. There will be no Sunday evening visitation. Parkside Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements. Herald Times Reporter, January 20, 1985 P. 3
BARBARA HURKA Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara Hurka, 89, of Visalia, Calif, former resident of the Kellnersville area, who died Tuesday at a Visalia hospital, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, and at 10 a.m. at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Reif Mills. The Rev. John Haen will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Hurka was born June 28, 1878, in Czechoslovakia, daughter of the late Simon and Theresa Veracka Cherney. She came to the United States when 21 years of age and settled at Cadott, Wis. She was married to Wencel Hurka in the Town of Franklin and the couple farmed in the township until 1943 when he died. She then resided with her children and had been living with her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Monroe, when she died. Survivors include two sons, Edward of Manitowoc and Emil of Milwaukee, four daughters, Mrs. Antoinette Muthers of Milwaukee, Mrs. Frederick (Barbara) Matzka of Gross Pointe Woods, Mich., Mrs. John (Anne) Monroe and Mrs. Paul (Violet) Mueller of Neenah, a sister, Mrs. Theresa Jikova of Czechoslovakia, eight grand- children and six great grandchildren. A son and several brothers and sisters preceded in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday where at 8:30 p.m. the Rosary will be recited. Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, December 9, 1967 P. 2
VACLAV HURKA Order for proof of will. STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In the matter of the estate of Vaclav Hurka, Deceased. In Probate. An instrument in writing, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Vaclav Hurka of town of Franklin in said county having been delivered into said court: And Wencel Hurka of town of Franklin in said County, having presented to said Court his petition in writing duly verified, representing, among other things, that said Vaclav Hurka died testate, at town of Franklin in said county, on the 9th day of November 1912; that said Instrument is the Last Will of said deceased and that Wencel Hurka is named therein as Executor, and praying that said Instrument be proven and admitted to Probate and that letters testamentary be thereon issued to Wencel Hurka. It is ordered: That said petition and the matters therein be heard, and proofs of said Last Will and Testament be taken, at a special term of said County Court, to be held at the Probate office in the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday, the 31st day of December 1912, at 10 o'clock A.M. And it is further Ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week, previous to the time of said hearing, in the Manitowoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper published in said Manitowoc County. Dated November, 29, 1912. By the Court, John Chloupek, County Judge. Manitowoc Pilot, December 5, 1912 P. 4
WENCEL HURKA Wencel J. Hurka, 71, Franklin farmer, died Sunday night at the farm home, following a three months illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Husar funeral home in Kellnersville, with burial in the Kossuth National cemetery. Mr. Hurka was born in Bohemia in 1872 and came to this county with his parents. In 1900 he married Miss Barbara Cherney and they located on a farm in Franklin. Survivors are the widow; four daughters, Mrs. Ralph Muthers, Mrs. John Monroe, and Barbara, of Milwaukee; and five grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the funeral home until the hour of the services. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, April 12, 1943 P. 2
JAN HYNEK JOHN HYNEK SR., ONE OF OLDEST SETTLERS OF COUNTY, PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 80 YEARS John Hynek, Sr., one of the oldest pioneers of Manitowoc county, died Sunday at the advanced age of nearly 80 years. Mr. Hynek, who was a native of Bohemia, came to Manitowoc 75 years ago, at the age of five and located on a farm in the town of Franklin with his parents and at his death resided on the same farm with his son. He was born Jan. 12, 1838. Mr. Hyenek is survived by a widow, thirteen children, 48 grandchildren and eight grandchildren all of whom attended the funeral, held yesterday with the exception of one son in North Dakota, who was unable to be here. Charles Hynek of this city is a son. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Thursday, September 20, 1917, Page 5 ******** Notes from Kellnersville Mr. John Hynek died at his home at Kellnersville on Sunday evening, Sept. 19, after a long illness. Mr. Hynek was seventy-nine years of age, having been born at Bohemia in Austria Jan. 12, 1838. He came to American when nineteen years of age and immediately moved to this vicinity. He took up a farm at Kellnersville where he spent all of his life and still lived there as a retired farmer at the time of his death. His death is mourned by the large circle of friends he had made through his cheerful and peaceful disposition. He is survived by his wife; seven sons, John of Lankin, North Dakota, Jacob of Stangelville, Wis., Joseph of Lena, Wis., Wencel of Kellnersville, Charles of Manitowoc, Anton and Frank of Racine and by six daughters, Mrs. Menchal of Menchalville, Mrs. Sladky of Denmark, Mrs. Stefl of Menchalville, Mrs. J. Polivka of Manitowoc, Mrs. Frank Shimon of Whitelaw and Alvina of Kellnersville. The funeral was held Wednesday, Sept. the nineteenth. The following relatives from outside were in attendance at the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Anton Hynek of Racine, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hynek of Manitowoc, Mr. Jos. Hynek of Lena, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Polivka of Manitowoc and Mr. and Mrs. Sladkey of Denmark. Manitowoc Pilot - Thurs., Sept. 20, 1917 ******** Menchelville news: John Hynek, Sr., the father of Mrs. Stephen Menchal, of this place; died at his home at Kellnersville last Sunday afternoon. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the National cemetery at Kellnersville. Deceased was 80 years of age and is survived by a wife and thirteen children. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Friday, September 21, 1917 p.3
MARIE HYNEK Mrs. Mary Hynek, 86, a resident of the county for nearly four score years, died Sunday morning in this city. She spent most of her life on the homestead farm near Kellnersville. Taken ill seven weeks ago she came here to reside with her daughter, Mrs. George Wyszynski. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. from the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville, the Rev. Frank Junek officiating. Interment will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. Mrs. Hynek, nee Mary Ourada, was born in Bohemia in 1852 and at the age of seven came to this county with her parents. Fifty-eight years ago she was married to John Hynek and they located on a farm near Kellnersville. Her husband died 21 years ago. Since then, she made her home near Kellnersville where she was known as “Little Grandma” Hynek. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. George Wyszynski, city, Mrs. Frank Shimon, Whitelaw, Mrs. Joself (sic) Polifka, city; three sons, Frank, Menomonee Falls, Wis., Anton, Racine, Charles, Manitowoc Rapids; three step-daughters, Mrs. Joseph Stefl, Wayside, Mrs. Frank Sladky, Denmark, Mrs. Steven Menchal, Menchalville; three step-sons, Wencel, Kellnersville, Jacob, Stangelville, John, of Strattman, Minn.; step-brother, Joseph Pivonka, Pilson, Kewaunee county; 21 grand- children, six great-grandchildren; 39 step-grandchildren, and 64 great-stepgrandchildren. The body is at the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville. Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, December 27, 1938 P. 10 ******* (Note: B. year doesn't match tombstone)
ALF IVERSON Alf Iverson, 61, of 1402 S. 10th St., Manitowoc, died unexpectedly Monday evening at home after suffering a heart attack. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Manitowoc, with burial in Kossuth National Cemetery. The Rev. Vernon Anderson will officiate. He was born June 4, 1901, at Wallen, Mich., son of the late Edward and Anna Anderson Iverson. He married Mamie Wilda June 17, 1933 at Manitowoc. He was a mate on the Ann Arbor Railroad Carferry line for more than 20 years. Among survivors are his wife; four daughters (names omitted for privacy); a step-son, a step-daughter; step-mother Mrs. Edward Iverson of East Jordan, Mich.; a step-brother Iver Iverson of East Jordan, Mich.; a step- sister, Mrs. Sanford Hibbard of Frankfort, Mich.; 20 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, until 10:30 a.m. Thursday when the casket will be moved to the church and the body will lie in state until time of service. Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, October 9, 1962 P. 7
MAYME IVERSON Mrs. Frank (Maymie) Konecny, 74, of 1606 S. 10th St, Manitowoc, died Sunday afternoon at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. Edmund E. Olson will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Konecny, nee Maymie Kubsch, was born Feb. 22, 1900, in the Town of Kossuth, daughter of the late Matt and Josephine Naidl Kubsch Sr., living at Manitowoc most of her life. She was married to Frank Konecny Dec. 5, 1969, at Manitowoc. She was a member of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid Society of the church, Order of Eastern Star, Royal Neighbors, VFW Auxiliary, Otto–Oas Post No. 659, GUG Germania Society and Senior Citizens. Survivors include her husband, Frank, a son, Lester Wilda, and a daughter, Mrs. Henry (Dolores) Klenke, of Manitowoc; four step-daughters, Mrs. Raymond (Ann) Schmidt of Manitowoc, Mrs. Allan (Betty) Eastman of Grand Rapids, Mich., Mrs. Paul (Cora) Rezachek, of Minnesota and Mrs. Wayne (Alice) Gulseth, of Milwaukee; three brothers, Edward and Victor Kubsch, of Manitowoc, and Clarence Kubsch, of Two Rivers; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Paul and Mrs. Earl (Olive) Schmitt of Manitowoc; 26 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Her first husband, Adolph Wilda, preceded her in death in 1928 and her second husband, Alf Iverson, died in 1964. Three brothers and a sister also preceded her in death. Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 5 to 9 o’clock this Monday afternoon and at the church from noon Tuesday until the time of service. Eastern Star Memorial service will be at 7:30 o’clock Monday evening. Memorials may be made to St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church. Herald Times Reporter, Monday, September 30, 1974 P. 14
FRANK JEDLICKA Frank Jedlicka, about 55 years old, was found dead at 10 o’clock this morning in a log house in which he lived alone one mile west of Menchalville. Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county coroner, said that Jedlicka apparently suffered a heart attack while he was preparing to retire Sunday night as he was partly dressed. The body was found by William Kvitek, Menchalville storekeeper, for whom Jedlicka had promised to do some cement work today. Jedlicka was last seen Sunday afternoon in the village of Menchalville. Jedlicka resided near Menchalville for many years and in recent years, had been employed as a handy man. Only near relative is a brother Thomas who resides in Manitowoc. The body was taken to the Husar funeral home. Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, July 7, 1943 P. 2
GEORGE JEDLICKA FORMER NATIVE OF COUNTY DIES THIS WEEK AT IRONWOOD George Yedlichka (sic), 51, formerly a native of this county, but who has been engaged in farming near Ironwood, Mich., died there this week. The remains arrived here this morning and were taken to the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home from where services will be held Monday afternoon at two o’clock with interment in the National cemetery at Kossuth. Rev. Blaufus will officiate. Four brothers survive. They are Thomas of this city, Frank of Menchalville, Anton of Pennsylvania and John of Ladysmith. The deceased never married. The remains may be viewed Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. Manitowoc Herald News, February, 20, 1932 P. 2
MARIE JEDLICKA Menchalville news: Mrs. Mary Yedlicka (sic) nee, Psutka, died at the home of her son Frank Monday night, aged 75. Death was due to infirmities incident to old age. The funeral will be held at the National Cemetery at Polivka's Corners Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Yedlicka was born in Bohemia and came to this country with her parents while a little girl. She was married here forty-nine years ago to John Yedlicka. Six children were born to the couple, five of whom are living. The husband died six years ago. The children who survive are Anton and George of Willow River, Minnesota, John of Ladysmith, Wis., and Thomas and Frank of Menchalville. Manitowoc Herald News, May 25, 1922 P. 8
ALBERT JOHANEK Albert Johanek, 88, resident of Manitowoc County, died Sunday morning at Fair Hills Convalescent Home, Maribel, where he resided for the past 18 months. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, with the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating. Burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery, Town of Kossuth. Mr. Johanek was born Feb. 27, 1871, in the town of Kossuth, son of the late Albert and Margaret Buffka Johanek. He married the former Rose Sykora in June 1898. She preceded him in death in August, 1945. Prior to his retirement 20 years ago, he owned and operated a blacksmith shop at Branch. Survivors include a son, Leoonard of Branch, two sisters, Mrs. Anna Hercill of Apple Valley, Calif, and Mrs. Dorothy Musial of Manitowoc and two grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday until the hour of service. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, June 29, 1959 P. 11
ANNA YOHANEK ONE DEAD IN KELLNERSVILLE FIRE AGED WOMAN LOSES LIFE IN BLAZE THAT DESTROY EIGHT BUILDINGS AND CAUSES LOSS OF $30,000 Fire of Unknown Origin Early Today Sweeps Through Business District of Town and Takes Toll of Life – Details Of Tragedy One person is dead and a property loss of $30,000 was caused in a fire which swept the business district of Kellnersville at an early hour this morning, destroying four buildings on the main street and four others adjacent and in the rear of the structures. The dead: Mrs. Anna Yohanek, aged 76, cremated in her home. Husband Makes Escape John Yohanek, husband of the dead woman, who discovered the fire, made his escape, but was unable to rescue his wife who occupied another room in the house. Firemen and volunteers were also prevented from entering the burning building because of the intensity of the fire which at the time of its discovery had made great headway in the room occupied by the Yohanek family. The Yohanek home in which it is believed the fire originated occupied the flat above the Stueber barber shop and Mr. Yohanek, who was aroused by the flames and smell of smoke, rushed from the building to give the alarm and was unable to get back in to aid his wife. Mrs. Yohanek is said to have been hard of hearing and failed to be aroused. “I was so excited by the fire that I rushed from the house to give the alarm, not realizing that Mrs. Yohanek might not have been aroused and then I was unable to return to the building because of the heat of the fire,” said Mr. Yohanek in an interview this morning while he was engaged in purchasing apparel to clothe himself with after his escape. Wachal Hall Burned Starting in the Yohanek home the fire spread to the barber shop and then to the dance hall and soft drink parlors conducted by Mrs. Mary Wachal and to an ice house and warehouse adjacent to the Wachal building, and all were completely destroyed. A warehouse owned by Charles J. Muench, a barn and two other sheds were also wiped out by the blaze. It was impossible to save anything from the burned structures owing to the rapidity with which the fire spread and the intensity of the heat from the frame structures. Five Departments Fight Blaze The fire was discovered shortly before 4 o'clock this morning and as soon as the danger was apparent calls for assistance brought firemen from Branch, Francis Creek, Menchalville and Maribel to assist the Kellnersville firemen while dozens of volunteers also helped in fighting the flames. One of the heavy losers in the fire is Emil Husar who conducted an undertaking parlor and furniture store and whose entire stock and equipment was destroyed with a loss estimated to be $5000 or more. Mrs. Wachal, owner of the buildings, housing the soft drink parlor and dance hall, which was also used as an opera house, is another heavy loser to the extent estimated at $10,000 or more. Herzog Loses Picture Outfit George Herzog, of this city, owner of the Strand theater, is one of the losers by the Kellnersville fire. Mr. Herzog furnished entertainment through medium of a picture show at Kellnersville weekly and his equipment was in the Wachal hall, where the show was held. Mr. Herzog loses his picture machine, some films, the screen and other equipment to the value of several hundred dollars. For years, Mr. Herzog has conducted a movie show in Kellnersville. Total Loss Over $30,000 Estimates today place the total loss from the fire at more than $30,000 and it is said that the loss is only partially covered by insurance. Officer William Braun of the county speed department, who was a visitor at Kellnersville this morning, said that the fire was under control at 8 o'clock and that further damage was not anticipated. Braun reports the eight buildings as a complete loss, and the main street of Kellnersville in that section a scene of debris and devastation. The heat was so intense from the blaze that iron bedsteads of the Husar furniture store were twisted masses of wreckage according to Officer Braun. Firemen battled the blaze for hours and succeeded in checking the flames which threatened to spread over a wide territory had they once reached a frame dwelling which was within ten feet of the Muench warehouse, on of the larger buildings destroyed. This was averted by almost superhuman effort of the firefighters who worked like Trojans in their effort to halt the spread of the fire and prevent greater loss. Fortunately there was little wind prevailing early this morning to fan the flames and this fact proved effective as an aid to the fire fighters. Find Skull of Woman As soon as it was possible search was made of the ruins of the Yohanek-Stueber building for trace of Mrs. Yohanek and the skull and a part of the torso of the woman were taken from wreckage after an hour's search, shortly before 9 o'clock. Mrs. Yohanek, the unfortunate victim of the fire, was seventy-six years of age and had been a resident of the town of Franklin practically all of her life, having come to America with her parents from Bohemia at the age of four years. Her maiden name was Anna Weichardt. The family had made their home in Kellnersville the past twelve years. Besides her husband, Mrs. Yohanek is survived by five children, Mrs. William Zeman, Mrs. Joseph Kohlbeck of this city, Mrs. William Korinek of Menominee, Wis., George Yohanek of this city and Joseph Yohanek whose whereabouts are unknown. The funeral of Mrs. Yohanek will be held at Kellnersville and the body will be interred at the Bohemian National Cemetery in the town of Kossuth. Fire Blow To Town The fire is a serious blow to Kellnersville and one of the worst disasters in many years in Manitowoc county. The burned district is east of the Catholic church property and one block east of the old Kellner hotel and on the opposite side of the street. The buildings which were burned were built closely together and only two structures in the block swept by the flames are left standing, this including the large store at the corner and one building adjacent to it. No Inquest Is Planned Authorities said that probably no inquest would be held into the death of Mrs. Yohanek, victim of the fire. The cause of the fire up to late today had not been determined although the general opinion is that it was due to a defective chimney or overheated stove. Manitowoc Herald News Monday, February 22, 1926 pg. 1 ******** FUNERAL OF FIRE VICTIM TOMORROW Funeral services for Mrs. John Yohanek, victim of the fire at Kellnersville, will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at Kellnersville and the burial will be at the Bohemian National cemetery. The remains of Mrs. Yohanek are at the Cherney hall but the casket will be sealed and not open to the public. Plans for rebuilding some of the burned buildings are under consideration. Manitowoc Herald News Tuesday, February 23, 1926 pg. 1 ******** WILD RUMORS CAUSE PROBE, PROVE FAKE Dr. W.G. Kemper, county coroner and the district attorney were called to Kellnersville yesterday by an urgent request for an investigation into the fire which caused the death of Mrs. Yohanek early Monday Morning. According to the story chips of bone had been found in the stove and because of the condition of the torso when it was found it was rumored that Mrs. Yohanek had been murdered and her body dismembered before the fire. The story gained a wide circulation possibly because it was so improbable and resulted in the official be-lug called. An investigation revealed that bone chips had been found in the stove but egg shells were also found and the explanation appears to be that garbage was burned in the stove. The official checked back on every detail and found no suspicious circumstances to warrant the spreading of the story in circulation. The fire and death are held to be accidental and Coroner Kemper said today no inquest would be ordered. Manitowoc Herald News Wednesday, February 24, 1926 pg. 2 ******** FIRE MARSHAL PROBES KELLNERSVILLE FIRE STATE SENDS AGENTS HERE TO INVESTIGATE Ugly Rumors Have Been Current Since Fire, Probe Ordered Investigation has been ordered by the State Fire Marshal of the fire at Kellnersville February 22, in which Mrs. John Yohanek, aged resident, lost her life and property loss of $50,000 was caused. The investigation is said to have been ordered notwithstanding that county authorities abandoned a probe previously started. A representative of the state fire marshal's office is at Kellnersville today, it is reported here, and the inquiry which is being made will be thorough and may lead to sensational developments it is rumored. Report has it that the demand for the investigation comes from Kellnersville. Ugly Rumors Afloat Since the fire ugly rumors have been afloat and prompted the district attorney and coroner here to direct an investigation which, however, it was said failed to substantiate any suggestion that the death of Mrs. Yohanek and the fire was due to any criminal cause. The investigation was sid to have been dropped although this fact the district attorney refused to confirm or deny. According to reports today it is said that the State is investigating not only the rapid spread of the fire which prevented entry to any of the burning buildings, but is also seeking to learn the facts concerning the condition of the body of Mrs. Yohanek, the burned victim. One report is that when the body was taken from the ruins the legs and arms were missing, only the torso and head being found and the report says that based upon this, sensational reports which have been circulated ate to be probed more thoroughly. Just what may be developed is problematical but the state ordered probe has caused a sensation. Didn't Call Inquest No inquest was called in the death of Mrs. Yohanek, the district attorney having deemed it unnecessary after the inquiry conducted by Coroner Kemper and the sheriff's office, representing the attorney. Dr. Kemper said today that he had considered an inquest but it was thought unnecessary. Mr. Yohanek, who escaped from the burning building, is advanced in age, being near 80. He said that his wife was a trifle deaf and evidently had not aroused as he was when he was forced to flee the house in his night clothing to save his life. It was impossible to return to the burning building so rapid was the spread of the flames. Manitowoc Herald News Tuesday, March 9, 1926 pg. 1 ******** FIRE-DEATH PROBE IS NOT YET CLOSED Fire Marshal Still At Work Today In Inquiry At Kellnersville Investigation by the state fire marshal into the fire at Kellnersville, which resulted in one death and a $50,000 property loss February 22, was still underway late this afternoon and it may be several days before any report is filed at Madison or action taken. Report from Kellnersville this afternoon said that the deputy fire marshal had interviewed many persons yesterday and had summoned others today but it was not known what the nature of the prove was. Three Factors In Probe A report says that three factors enter into the investigation of the state department. First, That an odor such as results from burning flesh was in evidence before the fire broke out. Second, That the charred remains of Mrs. Yohanek had all appearances as though the arms and legs had been severed from the body and were not burned, as reported in the first story. Third, That the rapidity with which the flames spread indicated that the fire was of an incendiary orgin. Found Bones In Stove In the investigation conducted by local authorities after the fire it is said that bones were found in a stove in the Yohanek home but it was said examination showed that they were bones of an animal and not a human. It is known that local authorities have been advised of the inquiry being made by the state but it is understood that they have not been called to assist at this time. Manitowoc Herald News Wednesday, March 10, 1926 pg. 1 ******** STATE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS PROBE OF KELLNERSVILLE FIRE REVEALS “STARTLING” INFORMATION TODAY Details Lacking but Madison Report Indicates Sensational Developments in Case Soon “Startling” facts have been discovered by William Gruenwald, deputy state fire marshal, in investigation of the fire at Kellnersville February 22 in which Mrs. John Yohanek lost her life, according to State Fire Marshal Stanley Smith at Madison who is quoted by an Associated Press leased wire dispatch to the Herald-News today. “Preliminary reports” indicate Mrs. Yohanek may have met death through foul play, declared Stanley Smith, state insurance commissioner and fire marshal. Deputy Fire Marshal William A. Gruenwald of Green Bay, Mr. Smith said, has not completed an investigation begun on March 2 at the instigation of the state fire marshal. “Some startling information has been discovered by the deputy,” Mr. Smith asserted. “We are not in a position to disclose this information at the present time. There are some very suspicious circumstances involved in the death of this woman.” May Exhume Body Deputy Marshal Gruenwald was reported from Kellnersville today to have left there for Manitowoc but efforts to locate him were unavailing late this afternoon. The district attorney is said to have stated that no warrants have been issued in the case and that there was nothing which he cared to make public at this time. It is reported that he may ask that the body of Mrs. Yohanek be exhumed for examination in connection with facts which have been developed. Coroner W. G. Kemper said today that while he believed, when the original investigation was conducted that the limbs of Mrs. Yohanek had been burned from the body in the fire, he would not say that they might not have been severed before burning. However, Dr. Kemper said that his suggestion that an inquest be called did not meet approval of the district attorney who deemed such act-on unnecessary and the coroner had no authority in the matter unless supported by the district attorney. Send Bones To Madison Deputy fire Marshal Gruenwald has been working on the investigation since March 2, according to the Madison report and has been at Kellnersville the past two days. It is said that Gruenwald has forwarded to Madison bones found in a stove of the Yohanek home and the report on these may determine action in the matter. Manitowoc Herald News Thursday, March 11, 1926 pg. 1 ******** ASK WARRANT IN FIRE-DEATH PROBE STATE FILES REQUEST WITH DIST. ATTORNEY Also Asks That Body Of Mrs. Yohanek Be Exhumes For Examination Formal request for a warrant charging arson and murder against a Kellnersville man in connection with the fire and death probe growing out of the death of Mrs. John Yohanek, aged resident of the town February 22, was made to the district attorney today by deputy state marshal, William Gruenwald, but up to late this afternoon no action had been taken. Another request which Mr. Gruenwald said he had made of the district attorney was for an order to exhume the body of Mrs. Yohanek and for a postmortem. This request is also held in abeyance, it is said. Claims Strong Evidence “Our investigation, we believe, warrants the issuing of papers for the arrest which we have asked,: Mr. Gruenwald said but he declined to reveal any of the facts which he said had been established by the probe. “ The case has been investigated under orders of the State of Wisconsin on its own volition and not through any complaint that was filed from Manitowoc or Kellnersville,” declared the deputy fire marshal. Fail To Trace Bones One peculiar fact revealed today is that the bones alleged to have been found in the stove of the Yohanek home and which it was said had been forwarded to Madison for examination, have not been received there, this being established by inquiry at the state department. The examination of these bones, if they were found to be those of a human, would complete the chain of circumstantial evidence which it is rumored the investigation has established. Mr. Gruenwald declined to comment upon this phase of the matter today. What State Found According to report one of the developments of the probe has revealed the Mrs. Yohanek, who daily was about the village and in her yard to feed her chickens, was not seen for nearly two days before the fire which destroyed the home. Other reports of findings through the probe are that a meat saw was found in the debris of the fire a short distance from the torso of the dead woman; that a five gallon oil can of the Standard Oil company, which residents deny any knowledge of, was in the debris; that indications point to the starting of the fire in the entry way of the building occupied by the Yohanek couple; that legs and arms of the dead woman were not found with the torso. A John Doe examination is another possibility in connection with the case should a warrant not be issued in compliance with the demand of the state, it was reported this afternoon. The state is said to believe that an error was made by local authorities in not conducting an inquest and holding a postmortem inquest on the body of Mrs. Yohanek. Warrant Is Opposed From reliable sources today it was indicated that the district attorney was not wholly satisfied that the request of the state deputy fire marshal for a warrant should be complied with and the official may decide not to act at this time. Just what proceeding would then be instituted by the state department is not known but indications are that the matter would not be permitted to rest in this event. Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon no warrant had been issued in court. Deputy Fire Marshal Gruenwald was in conference with the district attorney this afternoon. Manitowoc Herald News Friday, March 12, 1926 pg. 1 ******** EXPERTS TO FILE REPORT IN 2 WEEKS INQUEST IN YOHANEK CASE IS ADJOURNED Insurance Dept. Head Here To Press Inquiry At Kellnersville [Associated Press Leased Wire] MADISON, April 26 – The body of Mrs. John Yohanek, 79, was exhumed and examined at Kellnersville and the finding will be placed before a coroners jury. The woman's body was found in her home here Feb. 22. W. Stanley Smith, state insurance commissioner, and Dr. Edward Miloslavich, Milwaukee pathologist, went to Kellnersville yesterday to examine the body. University of Wisconsin medical experts are examining the vital organs. It was reported unofficially here that the body was found to have been mutilated. To determine definitely whether death came before of after the fire which consumed the building in which the body was found, authorities have called Drs. Edward Miloslavich, Milwaukee, and Edward Bunting and Eugene Sullivan to examine the lung tissue. There are indications that the body was mutilated with an axe or meat cleaver. There is a sharp gash across the abdomen, which because of the clean edge, examiners said could not have been caused, in their opinion, bu the fire. In addition to this it was found that the right thigh bone had been cut cleanly, and that the left arm bone had been severed in a similar fashion just above the elbow. The examining physicians said after the autopsy, that it would be difficult to prove the real cause of death if no asphyxiation was found. The postmortem was ordered by Mr. Teitgen upon request of Stanley W. Smith, state insurance commissioner and William Gruenwald, deputy fire marshal. The head of an axe, found near the woman's body, when it was discovered, following the fire in the Yohanek home, has been taken by Mr. Miloslavich for examination to determine if it had human blood on it before the fire. The university experts who conducted the postmortem are Drs. E.H. Bunting and W.E. Sullivan. Dr. Bunting said a report would be made within the next two weeks. Inquest into the death of Mrs. John Yohanek, aged victim of the Kellnersville fire of February 22, whose body was exhumed Saturday for postmortem, in which state officials took part, had been adjourned from day to day, pending report of Drs. Bunting and Sullivan of the state university and Dr. Miloslavich of Marquette University who were summoned in the case. As soon as the report is received it will be submitted to the coroner's jury which is composed of the following Kellnersville residents, Joseph Hurka, Edward Yohanek, Harry DeYoung, Emil Ziegler, Joseph Chizek, Frank Pies. Fire Marshal Is Here Stanley Smith, state fire marshal under whose orders investigation of the Kellnersville fire was made and at whose instance Deputy Fire Marshal William Gruenwald demanded a warrant in his report, was present at the postmortem, accompanied by Mr. Gruenwald and it is said that Dr. Miloslavich, of Marquette, was ordered here by the state insurance commissioner after Drs. Bunting and Sullivan had been called by the district attorney and Coroner Kemper here. State insurance officials have been insistent that the Kellnersville case be reopened for investigation. Coroner W.G. Kemper empaneled the jury for the inquest after the order for exhuming the body had been issued and after the body had been disinterred it was removed to Kellnersville, two miles, where it was submitted to examination by the experts. The body, of which the torso and brain alone remain, was later interred again. The vital organs were taken to Madison where the work of examination will be continued at the university laboratory. The skull was inspected to determine whether there was any evidence of injury and the torso was closely inspected. It is reported that a gash was found in the fight side of the body but it is possible this may have resulted from the body falling with the floor when the floor gave way in the fire. No Statement Made No statement of the investigation was given out here or made at Kellnersville and it was ordered that the inquest be held open until report is received from Madison when the experts will probably appear before the jury if that is deemed necessary in addition to the report to be filed. The inquest is subject to call of the district attorney. It is probable that Deputy Fire Marshal Gruenwald will be a witness. It is not believed that the report for the coroner will be available for two or three days. Mrs. Yohanek's burned body was found in the ruins of the Kellnersville fire February 22 when several buildings were burned with a loss of $50,000. At the time of the fire no coroner's jury was summoned, it being held by the district attorney that no inquest was necessary. Later, however, the report of the investigation by the insurance department, the order to exhume the body was issued. Manitowoc Herald News Monday, April 26, 1926 pg. 1 ******** STAINS ON AX MAY DECIDE ISSUE IN YOHANEK CASE PROBE AT KELLNERSVILLE If Human Blood Charge of Murder May Be Filed Whether a coroner's jury will pass upon the question of crime in connection with the death of Mrs. John Yohanek, aged Kellnersville woman whose body was taken from the ruins of buildings burned there February 22, will depend largely upon the report of Dr. Miloslavich, of Marquette, who today is completing his examination and test of stains alleged to have been found upon an axe taken from the ruins and near the body of Mrs. Yohanek. If the stains are found to be made by human blood, the issue of murder will be clearly drawn it is believed. The axe was found by Deputy Fire Marshall William Gruenwald in his investigation and search of the ruins at Kellnersville and has been in possession of the state insurance department and was turned over to the Marquette expert at Kellnersville Saturday when the coroner’s jury was summoned. Dr. Miloslavich was expected to complete his tests today, a Milwaukee report said and would establish whether Mrs. Yohanek died before or during the fire. Test Lungs Also Another important factor in the tests to be made by the experts will be furnished by examination of the lungs of the dead woman which will establish whether traces of carbon monoxide exists. It is said that this substance would probably be present if she was burned to death, but absent if she died before the fire. According to report the axe was taken from the ruins of the fire at a point near where the torso of Mrs. Yohanek was found and directly under the spot where the bed upon which she rested when the floor of the second story crashed and carried the body down, was located. It is said that bones, believed to have been those of the burned woman were found near the axe. New Theory Advanced The finding of a deep gash across the abdomen and side, covered, it is reported by a band of cloth has developed a new theory in the case but no information as to this angle of the investigation has been made public. In the report filed by the deputy fire marshal at Madison and with the district attorney here it is said this feature was stressed. Smith Follows Probe Insurance Commissioner Stanley Smith who asked the reopening of the case and a postmortem after investigation by Deputy Marshal Gruenwald had been completed, is said to be following the inquiry now underway closely and will attend the inquest when it is called here. Mr. Smith from the report filed, is said to believe that the Kellnersville fire was of incendiary origin and indicates crime and he insisted upon action in the case. Prof. Matthews of the University who made the examination of bones found in the fire, is also said to have asked for a postmortem and inquest. Manitowoc Herald News Tuesday, April 27, 1926 pg. 1 ******** MRS. YOHANEK DID NOT DIE IN FIRE WOMAN DEAD BEFORE BODY WAS BURNED BY FIRE IS STATEMENT OF PATHOLOGIST AT MILWAUKEE Newest Sensation in Kellnersville Case Today and Warrant May Be Issued By District Attorney It Is Said [Associated Press Leased Wire] MILWAUKEE, April 28 – Mrs. John Yohanek died before her body was burned in her home at Kellnersville on February 22. This statement was made Tuesday night by Dr. Edward Miloslavich, Milwaukee pathologist, after chemical examination of samples of blood taken from the woman's exhumed body Saturday. The finding of Dr. Miloslavich strengthens contentions of the state fire marshal's office that the woman was slain, probably with the axe found beside her charred body, before the store building over which she lived was burned. Dead Before Body Burned “I am certain that she did not die of asphyxiation and I am equally sure that she was not burned to death,” Dr. Miloslavich said. “She was dead before the body was burned. There was absolutely no trace of carbon monoxide in the blood,” Dr. Miloslavich continued. “Had death been due either to asphyxiation of burning it would have been present in considerable quantities.” Axe Stains Not Conclusive Dr. Miloslavich also examined the blood stained axe in an effort to determine whether the blood might have been that of the aged woman. But his findings in this particular were inconclusive. Dr. Miloslavich is awaiting the findings of Dr. Edward Bunting of the University of Wisconsin who is making an examination of lung tissue taken form the exhumed body. That a warrant in the Kellnersville case may be issued tonight was indicated by District Atty. Clarence Teitgen at Sheboygan this afternoon, according to report to the Herald-News from that city where the district attorney is engaged in court. No official report had been received by the district attorney but when advised of the Associated Press dispatch, quoting Dr. Miloslavich, he said that when he returned he would take the matter up and probably issue the warrant although he did not indicate who the warrant would name. May Mean Double Crime The statement of Dr. Miloslavich is the most sensational development of the inquiry which was opened Saturday with the exhuming of the body of Mrs. Yohanek. It supports the theory of the fire marshal's office as to foul play in the case and may mean a double charge of murder and incendiarism as the contention has been that Mrs. Yohanek may have been hacked to death and the fire started to cover the crime. It is not probable that the inquest which was called Saturday will be resumed until the report of Drs. Bunting and Sullivan have been received, together with that of Dr. Miloslavich but in event that a warrant is issued tonight or tomorrow the inquest may be called at once. Manitowoc Herald News Wednesday, April 28, 1926 pg. 1 ******** Photo ******** NO ARREST UNTIL REPORT FILED NO WARRANT UNTIL REPORT IS OFFICIAL District Attorney Is Engaged In Court At Sheboygan No warrant will be issued in the Kellnersville fire case until the official report of medical experts of the University, Drs. Bunting and Sullivan, and Dr. Miloslavich, of Marquette, have been filed. This may be several days it is said. Absence of the district attorney from the city on a case in Sheboygan county circuit court banned any information here today as to plans which he might have but at Sheboygan he is said to have stated that no complaint would be filed until the report of the medical men had been completed. Drs. Bunting and Sullivan at Madison are making examination of vital organs of Mrs. Yohanek, fore victim who it was declared by Dr. Miloslavich at Milwaukee after his investigation, did not meet her death in the fire. Expert Positive Statement Dr. Miloslavich, Marquette university pathologist, is positive in his statement that Mrs. Yohanek could not have died in the fire and says that there was no trace of carbon monoxide in the lungs which would have been the case, absolutely, under death by fire. While convinced that the stains on the axe in the ruins are blood, Dr. Miloslavich said that owing to the extreme heat and exposure, it was impossible to establish this and the tests were unconvincing. He intimates, however, his opinion that the bones of the arms and legs were severed by some instrument. The Herald -News today, through courtesy of the Sheboygan Press presents some additional pictures of scenes surrounding the Kellnersville mystery fire and death case. Manitowoc Herald News Thursday, April 29, 1926 pg. 1 ******** NOTHING NEW IN YOHANKE CASE TODAY No new developments have occurred in the Yohanek Kellnersville fire victim case. The report of Drs. Bunting and Sullivan had not been made up until 2 o'clock this afternoon and as far as could be learned, was not expected today. No warrant in connection with the case had been issued and there was no indication that any would be asked or issued today. Maintains Innocence John Yohanek, the aged husband of the fire victim, continues to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Kohlbeck, North Eighth Street, and while he had been kept informed of all the steps in the case it is said he maintains his innocence, holding to his first story that his wife was the victim of fire. Since the fire Mr. Yohanek has not been interviewed by an official of either the county or state either directly or indirectly, say relative with whom he makes his home. The report of Drs. Bunting and Sullivan will probably be made early next week and upon the test of that report will depend the future action in the case. The inquest will not be resumed until the report is received here. Manitowoc Herald News Saturday, May 1, 1926 pg. 1 ******** REPORT THAT WARRANT MAY BE OUT TODAY Another Rumor Says that State Experts Ready To Report Reports were current today that a warrant would be issued in the Kellnersville fire-death case in which Mrs. John Yohanek lost her life within twenty-four hours but no confirmation of the report was obtainable. The rumor created some little sensation, however, indicating that Drs. Bunting and Sullivan, state pathologists who assisted in the postmortem of the exhumed body of Mrs. Yohanek had completed their investigations and report of findings and that they support the findings of Dr. Miloslavich, Marquette university pathologist. Up to 2:30 this afternoon no complaint had been filed. Another report that created interest was to effect that attorneys had been consulted on behalf of the aged husband of Mrs. Yohanek, whose name has been drawn into the investigation and that preparations were under way for a hard contest in event of any action in the case that might implicate Yohanek. Told Story To Authorities Mr. Yohanek, it was stated by relatives today, has told his story of the fire and the tragedy which claimed his aged wife to both the district attorney and the state fire marshal's deputy. At the time of the investigation by the district attorney Mr. Yohanek is said to have been summoned to the attorney's offices and questioned regarding the fire and later when Deputy Fire Marshal Gruenwald came here to open his investigation, the aged man was questioned by that official. No new developments in the case were reported today unless that report of the state pathologists has been received in which event action rests with the district attorney for reconvening of the inquest which has been adjourned from day to day subject to his call. Manitowoc Herald News Monday, May 3, 1926 pg. 2 ******** Just in passing may we suggest that a lot of the present “letting no stone unturned” activity in the Yohanek case might have been started much earlier. It would at least have been less messy. Manitowoc Herald News Monday, May 3, 1926 pg. 3 ******** ORGANS MISSING FROM THE BODY SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY BY DR. BUNTING AS INQUEST IN THE YOHANEK CASE IF REOPENED Mrs. Yohanek Not Fire Victim and May Have Been Dead For Some Time Before Fire—Warrant Soon In Case Only one verdict was believed possible by the coroner's jury investigating the death of Mrs. John Yohanek whose body was bound in the ruins of the Kellnersville fire February 22 when the inquest was resumed today—that of murder, and it is expected that a warrant will be issued within the next forty-eight hours in the case. New developments, the most sensational in the investigation, came with the testimony of Dr. C.H. Bunting, state pathologist, when the inquest was resumed following a second exhumation of Mrs. Yohanek's body at Kellnersville yesterday. This was: That some of the organs of the dead woman's body are missing, including the intestines, the pelvis and one of the kidneys. Possibility that these organs may be been secreted by burial in the ground or by throwing them into a nearby pond. Testimony that Mrs. Yohanek was dead before the fire and that death was not due to natural causes. Statement of experts that four wounds found on the abdomen were evidence of crime. Positive statement by Dr. bunting that death, in his opinion, was not due to natural causes but that the woman was murdered and the body dismembered and mutilated. Many Witnesses Called Eighteen witness had been summoned to appear at the inquest which was adjourned late yesterday until this afternoon. Dr. Bunting, who has been conducting examination of bones and organs submitted from the body of Mrs. Yohanek, arrived yesterday and as a precaution asked that the body again be taken up to establish that the missing organs were gone. Following this the state expert was examined at the inquest at the court house at 4 o'clock and submitted his report of findings to the coroner and district attorney and in questioning the above facts were brought out. Dr. Sullivan, who assisted Dr. Bunting in the examination at Madison, will not be summoned here at this time but will probably be a witness in the event of an arrest and trial. Legs and Arms Cut Off No trace of the legs and arms of Mrs. Yohanek, missing from the body, have been found and Dr. Bunting testified that there could be no doubt but that the limbs had been severed from the body and had not burned because the cuts were clean whereas had they burned off there would have been jagged edges. The theory was advanced that the limbs may have been buried with the missing organs from the body but the evidence of crime is so well established, it it claimed, that search for the missing parts of the body was not undertaken. “In my opinion death occurred before the fire. There is no evidence of death from natural causes and I believe death was due to unnatural cause,” Dr. Bunting testified. The physician cited four wounds in the abdomen as further evidence of crime committed. Confirms Miloslavitch Dr. Bunting's testimony as to the commission of a crime in the Kellnersville case confirms the report of Dr. Miloslavitch, Marquette University pathologist who was employed by State Fire Marshal Stanley Smith to assist with the postmortem at time the body of Mrs. Yohanek was originally exhumed. It was known Saturday that action would be taken to reconvene the inquest and that local authorities were convinced that a crime had been committed. The inquest is expected to be concluded this afternoon and a warrant is likely to be issued before night, it is said. Witnesses called to appear this afternoon included many Kellnersville people and Dr. V. Kellner of Maribel and Sheriff Kasten. A new theory was advanced today on the testimony before the inquest that the death of Mrs. Yohanek, if she was murdered, followed a quarrel that may have occurred at least two days before the fire on February 22 and in questioning witnesses this afternoon inquiries is being made as to the last time Mrs. Yohanek was seen outside of her home. May Mean Double Charge Two charges may be lodged against the person to be arrested in event a warrant is issued, one being for murder and the other for arson, the state fire marshal's department, which took up the investigation after the district attorney had permitted the body to be interred without inquest and declared there was no grounds for suspicion in connection with the fire, maintaining that the fire was of incendiary origin to hide the more serious crime which experts now declare was committed. John Yohanek, aged husband of the dead woman,k has not been called as a witness at the inquest. His story of the fire was told to the authorities however at the time of fire, Yohanek, against whom the finger of suspicion in the case has pointed, is said to have made preparation to defend himself if a warrant is issued and has retained attorneys. Manitowoc Herald News Tuesday, May 25, 1926 pg. 1 ******** YOHANEK HEARING JUNE 4 AGED HUSBAND OF DEAD WOMAN IS ARRESTED Murder Warrant Served On Kellnersville Man Here Climax to the Kellnersville fire-death probe was reached today when John Yohanek, aged husband of the woman whose body was found in the ruins of the fire February 22, was taken into custody, arraigned in municipal court and waived reading of the complaint charging first degree murder and was committed to jail. Yohanek's case was set for hearing June 4 and it is possible that at that time he may waive examination and be bound over for trial in circuit court which makes it possible to have the case taken up at the June term. Yohanek appeared in court accompanied by Attorney H. L. Markham and by his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Kohlbeck. He exhibited no emotion during the proceedings and maintained a calm demeanor until the breakdown of his daughter who wept as the court issued the order for commitment of her father to jail. His daughter's grief affected the aged prisoner and he too burst into tears as he was lead from the court room to his cell. Warrant Served Today A warrant charging that Yohanek “did willfully and of his malice aforethought kill and murder one Anna Yohanek”--in effect a charge of first degree murder—was signed by Judge Albert Schmidt after 4 o'clock yesterday during the progress of the coroner's inquest but was not served until this morning to permit of immediate arraignment of the defendant. The district attorney prepared the warrant following the testimony of Dr. C.H. Bunting given Monday but the court did not issue it until late yesterday. Prosecution in the case is the result of investigations started by the state fire marshal's department which suspected incendiarism in connection with the Kellnersville fire and later secured evidence of what was believed to have been a crime in the death of Mrs. Yohanek. Medical experts who conducted the postmortem declare that the legs and arms of the aged woman had been severed and that death occurred before the fire and it was later revealed that organs of the body were missing. Based upon these circumstances the inquest was ordered, a postmortem held and finding of the experts submitted to the jury which adjourned its sessions and convened yesterday for inclusion of the investigation. ******** Photo ******** It was 5:50 yesterday afternoon when the jury retired in the inquest after hearing a total of nineteen witnesses, but few of whom gave material testimony. The jury returned its verdict at 7:15, find that the death of Mrs. Yohanek was not due to natural causes, was probably due to violence and finding that John Yohanek, the aged husband was responsible. To Search For Limbs Sheriff Edward Kasten will make a search of the fire premises at Kellnersville and in a nearby pond for the missing limbs and organs of Mrs. Yohanek's body which, it has been suggested, may have been secreted by the murderer, if a crime was committed. The sheriff is arranging to conduct the search before the preliminary hearing June 4. Mr. Yohanek, anticipating a charge against him while the investigation was under way, retained Attorney Markham and when he was brought into court today, was accompanied by his legal advisor. It was requested by Attorney Markham that Mr. Yohanek as a prisoner at the jail should not be harassed by newspaper reporters and he insisted that any interview with his client should be held only in his presence. Mr. Yohanek is a Bohemian and is said to be little familiar with the English language so that interviews, in any event, would have to be through an interpreter. In statements following the fire, the aged defendant maintained that it was impossible for him tho rescue his wife because of the location and heat of the fire. Testimony At Inquest In the examination of witnesses at the inquest yesterday stress appeared to be made in the location of the fire at the time of its discovery and the theory is that the state will attempt to establish as one of its strongest chains in the link of evidence that Mrs. Yohanek, had she been alive, would have had a better chance of escaping the fire than did her husband because the flames attacked the part of the house he occupied first. The testimony of the experts is the real basis of the charge against Yohanek, however, coupled with the missing legs and arms and organs. Another line of questioning at the inquest was relative to the domestic relations of the aged couple to which several witnesses testified that they were unpleasant and two at least declared that Mrs. Yohanek had told them of abuse and beatings at the hands of her husband although efforts to substantiate rumors of brutal attacks upon the dead woman were not specifically established by the witnesses. Mrs. Kohlbeck, daughter of the defendant, was a witness at the inquest and denied that her parents had lived unhappily although she said that it was possible that they had their disagreements. She insisted that stories of privation and lack of food credited to the dead woman were untrue. Several witnesses were questioned regarding an odor which they claimed to have detected the night of February 21 while passing the Yohanek place but the matter was not gone into deeply. Witnesses who appeared at the inquest were as follows: Frank McGordy, Mrs. Charles Stokes, Emil Stradl, Henry Drashner, Emil Stueber, Adolph Swetlik, Emil Hussar, Joseph Shimek, Mrs. Mary Wachal, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Ourada, Mrs. Barta Mleziva, Mr. and Mrs. George Naidl, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Heier, Joseph Lensmeyer, Joseph Muench, Charles J. Muench, Dr. V. Kellner, Sheriff Edward Kasten, Mrs. Joseph Kohlbeck. Since the fire and death of his wife Mr. Yohanek has made his home with his daughter in this city. He was not present at the inquest yesterday. Manitowoc Herald News Wednesday, May 26, 1926 pg. 1 ******** STATE ESTOPS YOHANEK RISK CLAIM INSURANCE ON HOME IS HELD UP BY ORDER Company Was Asked To Replace Policy Burned In Fire Investigation ordered by the state fire marshal into the fire at Kellnersville, which has resulted in the arrest of John Yohanek, aged husband of Anna Yohanek, whose body was found in the ruins, is said to have led insurance companies to refuse the request of relatives of Yohanek to replace a policy which the aged man carried at the time of the fire on furnishings of the home. The original policy was burned in the fire and a request was made to the company to reissue and pay it but the petitioner was told that the matter would have to be taken up with the insurance department at Madison. It is said that no request was made there. Passes Good Night Yohanek committee to jail yesterday when he was brought into court on a charge of first degree murder passed a restful night at the jail it was said by attaches at the county prison today. The aged prisoner slept well and his appetite has been reasonably good since his commitment. Although he broke down in court Yohanek appeared to have regained his composure after reaching the jail and accepted his commitment as a matter of course and made no comment to officers. The fact that he is unable to speak English probably accounts for his silence, although no visitors have called at the jail except his daughter. Mr. Yohanek appears to be in robust health for his 80 years and has shown no special indication of being greatly troubled over his arrest. Preparation for defense in the case are being made by his attorneys. Manitowoc Herald News Thursday, May 27, 1926 pg. 2 ******** MRS. YOHANEK KILLED BY BLOW ON HEAD BEFORE FIRE STARTED? STATE EXPERT TESTIFIES TO THIS FINDING Hearing Adjourned in Yohanek Case Until June 14 That Mrs. John Yohanek, aged Kellnersville woman whose body was found in the ruins of the fire on February 22, met death from a blow on the head and that the body was mutilated and disemboweled after death and before the fire, was the testimony of Dr. C.H. Bunting, state pathologist, given in the preliminary hearing in the case of John Yohanek, eighty year old husband of the woman, who is facing a murder charge, in municipal court yesterday. Dr. Bunting siad that the blow did not cause immediate death and that the woman may have lived from thirty minutes to three hours after the blow. Hearing Is Adjourned The hearing was adjourned late yesterday afternoon until June 14 which may indicate that there will be no possibility of trial of the case at the June term of circuit court in event that Yohanek is held for trial. The adjournment came after Attorney W.B. Rubin for the defense had made a demand that the report fined by Dr. C.H. Bunting with the district attorney of his findings on the postmortem be presented in court as a part of the record. The district attorney declined to file the report and Attorney Rubin appealed to the court for a ruling on the point. Following a recess and a conference announcement was made that the hearing would be continued until June 14. No ruling was made on Rubin's demand. Only Two Witnesses Only two witnesses were called in examination yesterday. Following the testimony of Emil Hussar, Kellnersville undertaker, which was closed at noon, Dr. Bunting took the stand when court reconvened at 2 o'clock and was still testifying at 4:30 when adjourned. The witness reviewed his findings of the postmortem and outlined his opinion as to the manner of death of Mrs. Yohanek in his direct examination. The cross examination occupied more than two hours of the afternoon and was a battle of wits between the witness and Attorney Rubin as the latter sought to discredit the opinion of the expert. The testimony and cross examination was largely along technical lines, burdened with a mass of technical and medical expressions which the large audience followed even though much of it was not understood by the average listener. Dr. Bunting testified that in his opinion a knife, axe, and saw had been used in dismembering the body from which he said the legs and arms, the left side of the pelvis, the left kidney, large parts of the intestines and other organs had been removed. The physician said that four cuts had been found on the body, three on the abdomen and breast and another on the shoulder at the back. He believed, he said, that the cuts had been caused by a knife or other sharp instrument and that the legs and arms had been severed by a saw, axe or hatchet declaring that the bones were clean cut and that it would have been unusual for that condition if the parts had been burned. Clot On Brian As a basis of his opinion that death was caused by a blow on the head, Dr. Bunting said that a clot was found on the brain and embullation in the heart which were natural results of this. He admitted that the fire might have burned away the skull but said the brain was not scorched and that there was no evidence of fire causing the woulds on the body. Atty. Rubin, with remarkable skill in his cross examination, took up every detail of the physician's report of his findings and advanced several theories in explanation of the injuries and death of Mrs. Yohanek, in his questioning, one of which was that the body might have been come in contact with electric wires to cause the apertures in the flesh but Dr. Bunting would not concede this possible. Stress was laid by the witness upon the covering found over the woulds of the abdomen which he said gave evidence of having been placed there to hide the injury. Atty. Rubin's suggestion that the covering was part of the clothing worn by Mrs. Yohanek was discredited by Dr. Bunting's answers when he said that there was no covering to the back of the body and that the mass of cloth on the abdomen was four inches thick. To Impeach Witness The examination furnished many thrills in the battle between the examiner and witness and the climax was reached by demand of the attorney for the defense for the report of Dr. Bunting as part of the record for the purpose, he said “to possibly impeach the witness.” Another issue which Atty. Rubin raised in the examination was that the missing bones and organs might have been removed in the raking of the ruins or after the body had been recovered. The attorney also devoted much time to the opinion of Dr. Bunting as to the method and implement used in dismembering the body, if this actually took place. The court room was crowded throughout the day many being forced to stand. Atty. H.L. Markham who with Atty. Rubin is representing Yohanek, advised with Mr. Rubin throughout the examination and offered frequent suggestions in the questioning. At one stage when Atty. Rubin referred to the defendant as an “aged decrepit man” the district attorney interposed objection and other objections were made although the latitude of the examination was not greatly restricted. There were no serious ??? between the attorneys in the case until the demand of Atty. Rubin for the Bunting report when the district attorney refused to permit it to be entered. An attempt by Atty. Rubin to have the date the report was forwarded to the district attorney given was also balked. Trial In January? Indications are that the trial of the Yohaek case, if it reaches Circuit court will not be heard until the January term of that court. The June term opens next Tuesday and the calendar will be well along by that time the preliminary examination of Yohanek is completed. There is a possibility however that if the defense seeks immediate trial in event Yohanek is held, the court may take the case up at once. Manitowoc Herald News Saturday, June 5, 1926 pg. 1 ******** PLAN FIGHT TO RELEASE YOHANEK HABEAS CORPUS WRIT IF MEN HELD TO TRIAL Judge Kirwan Advised that Case May Go To Supreme Court That habeas corpus proceedings and an appeal to the supreme court may be made in an effort to secure the release og John Yohanek, aged Kellnersville man charged with murder of his wife in event that he is held for trial in the preliminary hearing in municipal court was intimated in circuit court this morning when Judge Kirwan, setting the calendar for the June term sought to determine whether there was possibility of trial of the Yohanek case, if he is held, at the present term. Judge Kirwan siad arrangements had been made to secure an outside judge to preside June 21 or 28 and made inquiry as to whether they might be addition of case to the calendar specifying the Yohanek case. While the district attorney said that he was prepared for trial of the case if Yohanek is bound over he informed the court that report had reached him that the defense would seek release of Yohanek on a writ of habeas corpus which would probably mean that the matter would go to the supreme court and defeat any chance of trial here at the term. Atty. H.L. Markham said that this plan had been discussed but not decided upon and that unless the step was taken, the trial might be set. May Try Case In Fall Judge Kirwan indicated that unless the case was taken up before June 28, in case of Yohanek being held, the case could not be heard until fall, at the earliest as an outside judge could not be secured. The preliminary hearing in the Yohanek case will be resumed next Monday and is expected to be concluded Tuesday sometime. Atty. W. Rubin, of Milwaukee, appears with Atty. H. L. Markham for Yohanek. Manitowoc Herald News Tuesday, June 8, 1926 pg. 1 ******** MAY TRY YOHANEK CASE IN JULY STATE EXPERT SAID READY TO COME AT ONCE Conference In Case On Today To Take Up Early Trial On again, off again, on again—maybe to stick this time. That appears to be the situation with regards to the trial of the Yohanek case in circuit court. Latest developments in the case will go to early trial, probably within ten days. A conference of attorneys in the case—District Atty. Teitgen and H. L. Markham—is to be held late today and it is understood that a definite trial date may be set. Bunting Ready To Come Latest developments in the case in which John Yohanek faces a charge of murder of his wife, came with reports received here that Dr. C. H. bunting, stat pathologist, reported ill in the East, would be able to come here to testify. The State had asked continuance of the case because of the illness of Dr. Bunting, star witness of the prosecution who it was expected would be unable to return for some time, but it was said today that Dr. Bunting will be able to appear as a witness soon after July 6, when the court is to rule on the continuance motion. A letter following a telegram said to have been received from Dr. Bunting, was expected today by District Atty. Teitgen. At a hearing Monday Judge Kirwin indicated that unless Dr. bunting was able to be here a continuance of the case would be granted and that the defendant would be admitted to bail under $8000 bonds. He set July 6 as the date for further arguments by the district attorney for continuance and at the time announced that Judge Fowler of fond du Lac would hear the case anytime in July or he might be able to be here in August or September. May Go To Trial Now No effort has been made to secure bail for Yohanek, it was stated by Atty. Markham today because of the new developments in the case. If the trial is to be taken up soon the plan will be abandoned. In event however of further delay, it is expected the bond will be provided. Manitowoc Herald News Wednesday, June 30, 1926 pg. 1 ******** Photo ******** MYSTERIOUS SAW FEATURES CASE STATE TO STRESS FACT THAT BLACKSMITH HAD MADE WEAPON FOR ACCUSED MURDERER ON TRIAL Jury Secured at 3:40 Yesterday Afternoon and Case Is Underway With Several Witnesses And Experts On The Stand Today ****** Progress Of Yohanek Trial Jury completed at 3:40 Monday afternoon. Two witnesses, Joesph Linsmeyer and Emil Husar, called before adjournment yesterday. Dr. Miloslavich, Deputy Fire Marshal William Gruenwald, Dr. C.H. Bunting here to testivy. Gruenwald and Bunting called to stand this morning bur Gruenwald will be recalled later. Axe and saw found at scene of fire introduced in evidence. ****** At least three experts will testify for the state in the trial of John Yohanek, charged with the murder of his wife at Kellnersville on February 22. Dr. Miloslavich of the medical department of Marquette University, Dr. C.H. Bunting, state pathologist, and William Gruenwald, state deputy fire marshal, have been subpoenaed and are the three that were present in court this morning waiting to be called to the stand. Mr. Gruenwald was on the stand for a short time just before the morning recess and it is understood will be recalled later. Dr. C.H. Bunting took the stand after recess and his cross examination had not been completed at noon. *** THE JURY Carl Wernecke Robert Schoreder Fred Wilke Richard Oestreich Herman Luedke Charles Hoeffner Herman Kline Arthur Dufano Carl Achmeichel Charles Wilkowski Philip Schaus Chester Plantico *** Jury Quickly Secured Rapid work was made of the selection of a jury to try John Yohanek when court reconvened yesterday afternoon and at 3:40 the twelve men who will decide his fate had been chosen. The special venire of twenty-four summoned from the body of the county, was not exhausted as both sides waived four pre-emptory strikes, each side exercising but eight of the twelve strikes permitted. After the jury had been chosen a short recess was taken and then the work of taking testimony was started. Only two witnesses were called yesterday, Joseph Linsmeyer, a county patrolman, testifying to his part in fighting the fire and the finding of the body. Nothing new was added to the story told at the preliminary hearing except that Linsmeyer said when he asked the defendant where his wife was, he threw up his arms, pointed to the fire and said, “In there.” Call Undertaker Emil Husar, the village undertaker, was the second man called to the stand and repeated the story told at both the inquest and the preliminary hearing and was cross questioned at length regarding the condition of the body when found, the method of handling it, the missing parts, and other details. Husar did not change his story as told at the other hearing and was on the stand less than and hour while at the preliminary hearing more than two hours was spent on him. Husar was recalled this morning when court was resumed at 9 o'clock but was on the stand only a short time. He was followed by Joseph J. Hurka, a storekeeper at the village, who told of the part he had taken in fighting the fire and in finding the body. Testimony regarding purchases made by Yohanek and his wife was ruled out as immaterial. Ed Yohanek, who is not a relative of the defendant, a member of the fire department at Kellnersville, retold the story of the morning of the fire and went into detail. He also explained how the chemical tanks were charged and said there was not enough pressure in a chemical tank so that the stream from one could do any injury to the body. Made Saw For Yohanek Frank Pies, village blacksmith, was the next man called and went into detail regarding his part in fighting the fire. He told of the finding of a saw blade in the fire ruins, the blade being without a handle and testified that the saw was the property of the defendant, ,e, Pies, having made it for him. (Continued on Page 2) Manitowoc Herald News Tuesday, July 13, 1926 pg. 1 ******** YOHANEK CASE ON; EXPERTS GIVE TESTIMONY (concluded from page 1) It was when the saw was introduced in evidence and offered as a state exhibit that Defendant Yohanek caused some surprise by his attitude. He snickered audibly and seemed to be amused at the whole proceeding. His son,k George Yohanek, is sitting with him and frequently talks to him in their native tongue, Bohemian. During the balance of the morning the aged defendant retained his calm demeanor but let nothing escape him. His daughters are also with him during all the time that he is in the court. Call Deputy Fire Marshal Just before the morning recess Deputy Fire Marshal Gruenwald, who was called to make the investigation of the Kellnersville fire and whose information resulted in exhumation of Mrs. Yohanek's body and the inquest in to the death, was put on the stand. His examination was short, the district attorney asking about the findings made by the investigation and regarding the discovery of the head of an axe in the fire ruins on March 22, a month after the fire. Gruenwald was not cross examined by the defense but it is understood will be recalled later to tell his story regarding clothing taken from the body at the time of exhumation. This clothing is said to have the odor of oil but because of the time which elapsed between the burial and the exhumation is can not be definitely determined that it is coal oil, gasoline or oil from the body because of the heat at the time of the fire. Bunting On Stand After the recess period this morning Dr. C.H.Bunting stat pathologist, was called by the state and repeated the story told at the inquest and the preliminary hearing reiterating his opinion that Mrs. Yohanek came to her death by a blow on the head and that the body was mutilated after death and before the fire. The doctor went into detail regarding the condition in which the body was found and gave the scientific reason for drawing his conclusions. He explained the effect of a blow upon the head upon the circulation of the blood and that fat embolism had been found in the lungs and heart. The doctor also recounted the parts of the body which were missing and at noon was still on the stand. Court was resumed at 1:30 this afternoon. At 2:30 this afternoon the cross examination of Dr. Bunting had been completed, with no apparent new developments. Dr. Miloslavich was on the stand at recess time, testifying as to the examination of the axe found in the ruins when the body was exhumed. Manitowoc Herald News Tuesday, July 13, 1926 pg. 2 ******** YOHANEK PUT ON STAND TODAY EACH SIDE SCORES IN MURDER CASE TODAY AS TESTIMONY IN THE TRIAL DRAW TO CLOSE Defense Contradicts Every Conclusion Of State's Experts—Some Of Testimony Is Gruesome ***** Progress Of Trial State completes its case and defense is started. Yohanek continues to maintain calm demeanor and is apparently indifferent to the proceedings. Children defend their father and say nothing was amiss in the relation of the parents. Dr. Miloslavich corroborates deductions of Dr. Bunting. Gruenwald recalled to tell how statement from Yohanek was obtained. Testimony in the case may be concluded this afternoon with story of the aged defendant himself. ***** Bulletin At 2:30 this afternoon, John Yohanek, defendant, took the stand in his own behalf and was telling the story of his life through Attorney A.P. Schenian as interpreter. He went into the details with dates of his birth, arrival in this country, time of his marriage, the children of the family and other fact. The questioning was slow because the Interrogation would be put in English, repeated in Bohemian, answered in the same language and then translated into English for the court record. The examination was expected to occupy an hour or more but it is probable that evidence in the trial will be completed today. Before Yohanek was placed on the stand a deposition taken form Dr. MacCollum at the hospital was read by the court reporter showing that the doctor had treated Yohanek in March and that his condition at that time was weakened due to an injury to the leg and of other infirmities incident to advance age. Both the state and defense scored in this morning's trial of the Yohanek case drawing to a close at the court house today, the state when, in a deposition taken from John Yohanek by Deputy State Fire Marshal William Gruenwald the aged defendant admitted that in 1912 he had started a divorce action against his wife alleging cruel and inhuman treatment, failure to cook meals and slanderous statements. The case never came to trial, however, and the difference of the pair were adjusted, apparently through the efforts of their children. The defense scored when Dr. William Becker, Milwaukee pathologist, in an hour and a half on the stand, contradicted every conclusion of the state's experts, said that the limbs of Mrs. Yohanek might have fallen off and been consumed by the fire and the missing internal organs due to an explosion that propelled them from the body and caused them to be also consumed by the fire. He denied that death in a fire always results in carbon oxide in the blood and said the blood clot on the brain might have been due to the heat, a condition which is often encountered. Dr. Becker said he had much experience in such matter, having assisted at two fire catastrophes in which many people lost their lives, one the Iroquis theatre fire at Chicago. A recess was taken at 11:15 this morning until 2 o'clock this afternoon at which time a deposition taken from Dr. C.L.R. MacCollum at the hospital was to be presented and the aged defendant was to take the stand in his own defense. The defense is not expected to put on any other witnesses. Objection was made to the testimony of James Kuplic who acted as interpreter for William Gruenwald in interviewing John Yohanek following Gruenwald's investigation of the fire. The defendant denied all responsibility for the fire, Kuplic testified, but admitted he and his wife had not lived together happily. According to the testimony she had refused to cook meals, had accused him of intimacies with other women and was cruel. The defendant also said, the witness stated, that occasionally Mrs. Yohanek would indulge in a little drink and at such times she threatened to secure a separation from her husband. The defendant sat quietly through the testimony of both witnesses and exhibited no more than his usual interest in the proceedings. Among the witnesses called this morning was Mrs. Clausina Lueps, official government weather observer who testified that the record showed little or no wind on February 21 and 22 with the temperature slightly above zero. Deputy Fire Marshall Gruenwald was recalled and testified regarding the statement secured from Yohanek through Kuplic acting as interpreter. Dr. William Guttman was called and told of treating the defendant for a bruise to his foot which resulted from dropping a piece of wood upon the member. He said the hurt was painful but did not prevent the aged man from getting about. Tuesday's Proceedings John Yohanek, 82, the oldest man who has ever faced a murder charge in the state of Wisconsin and possibly in the country, continued to maintain a calm demeanor throughout the afternoon and failed to show any emotion when Dr. Miloslavich, one time assistant professor at the famous Jona University and now professor of pathology at Marquette University at Milwaukee corroborated. The testimony of Dr. C.H. Bunting, holding that Mrs. Yohanek came to her death by fracture of the skull, due to external violence, followed by a hemorrhage. The doctor was not cross-examined at any length and his answers to the direst questions of the district attorney were positive. Both Drs. C.H. Bunting and Edward Miloslovich were positive that death in the Yohanek case was due to violence and had occurred before the fire and that the body was dismembered before the fire. Dr. Bunting repeated the story of the removal of the internal organs and said the flesh near the missing organs was not charred. On cross examination he admitted his solutions were statements of opinion and said he did not claim to be infallible. A query by Rubin whether he had acted as a witness in the famous Sallstad case was checked by Judge Fowler. Dr. Miloslavich, in addition to corroborating the testimony of Dr. Bunting testified to an analysis of the blood taken from the body. This blood, he said, showed no traces of carbon oxide as it would have if the woman had not been dead before the fire reached her. He was unable to state positively that the blood found upon the axe was that of a human being because the heat had evaporated the protein in it. Barber Tells Of The Fire Emil Stueber, the barber who occupied the lower front section of the building used as the Yohanek home, said he knew nothing of the marital relations of the couple and had never been in the upstairs living rooms. He said he had often heard spinning wheel operating but had not seen the woman operating it. He told of the night of the fire and of his won movements from the time he closed his shop on Saturday night until he was called early Monday morning by a report of the fire. He said that there had been no fire in the barber shop stove Saturday night when he locked up at about 11 o'clock and that he was not back in the place again until after the report of the fire. Adolph Swetlik retold the story of the fire and said he had met the defendant near the burning building with his trousers over his arm, dressed in his underclothing and wearing felt slippers. His story regarding the fire was the same as that of other witnesses. Miss Antonio Naidl was called but was not allowed to testify that most of her information was hearsay. Says Parents Loved One Another Mrs. Joseph Kohlbeck, daughter of the defendant and the slain woman said that her parents loved each other and had not quarreled violently as reported. She said there had been trouble at rimes because her mother had refused to cook and that she had on several occasions talked with her mother about her attitude regarding the cooking. She said she had visited at the home at Kellnersville only a short time before the tragedy. She explained the couple had sold their farm and divided the proceeds, each receiving $2,100. Her mother, she said, had lost $900 in an investment which she made and had used up the other $1,200 in buying food and clothing over a period of years. Her mother was peculiar, she admitted, and had always kept her bed room door locked at night without apparent reason. She also said that her father was a sufferer from rheumatism and his one are at time is quite seriously affected. Dr. M. P. Andrews testified to treating Yohanek for eye trouble, having first fitted him with glasses in 1922. Later a cataract developed on one eye and the sight of the other eye became impaired. Mrs. Mary Wachal, owner of the dance hall, hotel, soft drink parlor and residence across from the Yohanek place, a building that was also destroyed in the fire of February 22, gave her version of the fire and of Sunday, the day before the fire. Her story did not vary from the statements made at the inquest and the preliminary hearing. Andrew Heier told of his part in fighting the fire and said that when he reached the scene and broke in the rear door the fire was shooting up the stairway and that it would have been impossible to reach the second floor by that route. Testified From His Notes Henry Menchel was called and when he kept glancing at something in his had the defense sprang a bit of surprise by demanding whether he had written out his answers in advance. He admitted he had written something to refresh his memory because he could not readily recall the events. At this point, Attorney Rubin read in the record page after page of the testimony taken at the preliminary hearing before Judge Schmidt to municipal court making occasional comments upon it. He was still engaged in this work when the court closed for the afternoon. Manitowoc Herald News Wednesday, July 14, 1926 pg. 1 ******** YOHANEK CASE CLOSES TODAY CASE, WHICH WAS SHORT ONE FOR A MURDER TRIAL, GIVEN TO THE JURY THIS AFTERNOON AT THREE All Evidence Against Kellnersville Man Is Circumstantial—Brief Charge And Equally Brief Closing Arguments ****** The Last Days Of Trial Testimony completed at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Each side allotted two hours for arguments to jury. Arguments started at 9 o'clock this morning. District Attorney Teitgen used one hour and thirty minutes, H.L. Markham for defense talked for forty-five minutes and William Rubin had thirty minutes left when court adjourned at noon. Court called again at 1:30 this afternoon and Rubin completed defense at 2 o'clock. Teitgen had thirty minutes of rebuttal and case went to jury, after hearing judge charge, at 3:10. ****** All evidence and testimony in the case of the State vs. John Yohanek, charged with the murder of his wife, was completed at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon and when the case was resumed this morning it was to hear the arguments of the attorneys and the charge of the judge to the jury this afternoon with the case going to the jury at 3 o'clock. Declaring that the state had all the means to frame a case and that the defendant was a helpless old man that the evidence was all built on suspicion and circumstantial evidence with the circumstantial evidence of little weight and not corroborated by the facts, the defense in the Yohanek murder trial reviewed the case from the start to finish in the two hours allotted and built up a doubt that any crime had been committed. Attorney H.L. Markham opened the argument for the defense, using forty-five minutes for a review of the testimony and pointing out that it was over two months before a warrant was issued and the arrest of Yohanek made. If Mrs. Yohanek had been murdered he declared it was strange no blood stain had been found on Yohanek's hands or clothing and if Yohanek had desired to cremate the body after committing the murder it was stranger still that he should leave the burning and call for help. He declared the family life was such as might have existed in any other family or similar conditions and that the quarreling could not have been serious or the landlord would have compelled their leaving of the place as they had lived in rent. The theory of the state was attacked from every angle and followed the opening argument of the District Attorney Teitgen who opened the statement for the state when the case was resumed at 9 o'clock this morning. Teitgen Stresses Experts Testimony District Attorney teitgen in opening the argument for the state presented a review of the testimony taken, stressing the conclusions, drawn by the state's experts after a thorough examination of the body after it had been exhumed. He discounted the evidence of the defense expert that the missing parts of the body could have been burned in fire or that the limbs could have been removed by any other means than cutting, holding throughout that Mrs. Yohanek's death was due to violence and that her body had been dismembered before the fire. He used an hour and a half to present a resume of the evidence to the jury, talking calmly and never growing dramatic over any of the incidents which have marked the trial. He had a half hour left for rebuttal when he closed at noon at the close of Attorney Rubin's address to jury. “The chain of circumstances in this case is consistent only with the theory that murder was committed,” the district attorney declared. “That fracture on the head caused death and that was not an accident, it was not suicide and it was not caused by fire. It was caused by a blow by a human agency and that human agency was John Yohanek,” the district attorney said to the jury. Claims Deliberate Murder He reconstructed the story and contended that Yohanek had killed the woman and then attempted to dispose of the body by dismembering it. Finding it too big a job he had decided upon firing the home to wipe out the evidence of the infamous and atrocious crime the district attorney pointed out to the jury. He attacked the theory of the defense witness, Dr. Becker, and said little credence should be placed on fanciful tales of what might happen but only happens in dime novels. The motive for the crime, he asserted, lay in the discord between the aged man and his wife. Attorney Rubin, who was brought here from Milwaukee to assist in the defense of the aged prisoner, asked where the knife was with which the cutting of the body had been done. He cited the state had not proved conclusively that it was Mrs. Yohanek's body that was found in the fire ruins as the body had been burned beyond recognition and there had been nothing by which identity could be established. He stressed the examination of Yohanek mady by the doctor, his weakened physical condition, his impaired eyesight and then demanded to know whay all the delay had occurred if it was believed a crime had been committed, why it had been necessary to twice exhume the body. He cited that it had not been established when, how or where the dismembering of the body had occurred, if the body had been dismembered and cited many illustrations to prove that the family life of the couple had been fairly peaceful. He stressed the fact no blood had been found upon Yohanek's hands or clothing and said the whole case of the state was constructed upon the flimsiest of circumstantial evidence. “I shall consider it almost an insult to your intelligence if on the first ballot you do not return a verdict of Not Guilty,” Rubin declared. “The stat's case is based on mere suspicion and it is preposterous to presume that the claim of the state that this old man, partially blind, his arms withered with age and one foot in the grave, should slay his wife is true. And no real motive has been shown.” Tells Story Of The Fire Recounting the events of Sunday and the night of the fire Yohanek said that because of an injury he had gone to bed at 6 o'clock on Sunday night. During the day he and his wife had not talked but she had prepared the meals which had been served at the usual time. He heard his wife retire about a half hour after he had gone to bed and did not hear her again. He was awakened at about 3 o'clock in the morning and was choking from smoke in the room. He sat on the edge of the bed for a moment, got up and opened the window and the, when the smoke became thicker, made his way to the kitchen downstairs where he discovered the fire. He said if he had been able to secure two pails of water the fire could have been put out at that time and the he immediately started to sum (Continued on Page 5) Manitowoc Herald News Thursday, July 15, 1926 pg. 1 ******** Photo ******** YOHANEK CASE CLOSES, GOES TO JURY AT 3 (concluded from pg. 1) mon help. He said he thought it was almost an hour before he secured assistance and that he had gone first to the Wachal place where a daughter of the family came down after repeated callings and accompanied him to the Swetlik home. Yohanek said he did not return to the burning home until later but said he told the others that his wife was in the burning building and believed they were trying to get her out. His original intention he said, had been to get a ladder and reach her bedroom window as it would have been useless to try to arouse her by rapping on the door. He said he had been in the district attorney's office two days after the fire and had remained with a daughter in this city until he was arrested. Mrs. William Zeman, Mrs. Kornek and Mrs. Joseph Kohlbeck and George Yohanek, children of Yohanek, testified to family conditions. George said he had left here thirteen years ago and returned to make Manitowoc his home last spring. He confirmed the statements of the other members of the family that the parents had gotten along fairly well together. With the testimony of the children the case closed yesterday afternoon. Yohanek Tells His Own Story When court was resumed yesterday afternoon and the deposition of Dr. C.L.R. MacCollum explaining the physical condition of the defendant John Yohanek, had been read into the record the defendant took the stand to tell the story of his life and of the night of the tragedy. Yohanek took off his coat and rolled up his shirt sleeves to show the jury the condition of his arms and while he exhibited considerable agility in performing the task, the arms appeared emaciated. Yohanke said he was past eighty one years of age, had been born in Bohemia and came to this country fifty-five years ago, a statement which does not check up with other facts stated, however, as he claims, it is said, to have lived on a farm for forty-six years and sold the farm fourteen years ago to move to Kellnersville. He was married here to Anna Weichard and made their home on a farm near Kellnersville, the old man engaging in the blacksmith business in addition to conducting the farm. Five children were born to the couple and one died years ago. The other four, a son and three daughters, are with the father in court here. He said the farm was sold fourteen years ago and at the time Mrs. Yohanek said she would work for him no longer and demanded a share of the property. She received a one-third settlement, $2,100 and some trouble was experienced in getting her to leave the old home. The differences were adjust however and they lived together at Kellnersville. He recalled the divorce proceedings misunderstandings that had afterwards been adjusted and the suit had been withdrawn. Asked the direct question whether he had murdered his wife his answer was an emphatic negative. He said he loved his wife but that conversation with her was difficult because of deafness with which she had become afflicted a number of years ago. He admitted that at times she would cook for him and at other times he would have to cook for himself and that she had left him for short periods but had always returned. Manitowoc Herald News Thursday, July 15, 1926 pg. 5 ******** FIND YOHANEK NOT GUILTY OF SLAYING WIFE Manitowoc--John Yohanek, 80, was found not guilty by a circuit court jury here last night of a charge of murder in connection with the death of his wife. Yohanek is the oldest man ever tried in Wisconsin on charges of murder. He was arrested a short time after the charred remains of Mrs. Yohanek were found in the ruins of the Yohanek home, at Kellnersville, which was destroyed by fire on the morning of February 22. The case was given to the jury late yesterday and only three ballots were taken, the verdict having been returned at 7:15. Tears streamed down the aged man's cheeks as his daughters, after hearing the announcement of the verdict, embraced him. Unable to understand English, he stood trembling before the court as Judge Chester Fowler, dismissed the jury, not knowing he was a free man. His daughter, overcome with joy, finally broke the news to him and then they all left the courtroom. The firt two ballots were 11 to 1 for aquittal, according to reports, but on the third ballot the vote was unanimously for acquittal. After hearing the report of the jury, Judge Fowler congratulated the jurymen, saying, "You have done your duty well. Had I been one of you I would have voted just as you did." Sheboygan Press Friday, July 16, 1926 pg. 1
ROSE JOHANEK Mrs. Albert Johanek, 66, lifelong county resident, died last night at the home in Branch following a lingering illness. Born Rose Sykora in Kossuth in 1880 she was married to Mr. Johanek in 1897. They located at Four Corners, where Mr. Johanek operated a blacksmith shop and after 12 years moved to Branch, where they have since resided. Survivors are the husband; son, Leonard of Branch; three sisters, Mrs. Emil Podrabsky of Whitelaw, Mrs. Adolph Podrabsky of route 2, Manitowoc, and Mrs. Frank Kutil of Branch. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home, the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Thursday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, August 7, 1946 P. 2
VOJTECH JOHANEK (First publication Oct. 3, 1895.) No. 66 STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In Probate. In the matter of the estate of Albert Johanek, deceased. An instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Albert Johanek, deceased, late of the town of Kossuth, in said county, having been delivered into said court: And John C. Kellner, of the city of Manitowoc in said county having presented to said court his petition in writing, duly verified, representing among other things, that said Albert Johanek died testate, at the town of Kossuth, in said county on the 23rd day of September 1895; that said instrument is the last will of said deceased and that said John c. Kellner is named therein as executor and praying that said instrument be proven and admitted to probate and that letters testamentary be thereon issued to said John C. Kellner. It is ordered that said petition and the matters therein be heard and proofs of said last will and testament be taken at a special term of said county court to be held at the probate office in the city of Manitowoc on Tuesday, the 29th day of October, 1895 at 10 o'clock a.m. And it is further ordered that notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week, previous to the time of said hearing in the Manitowoc Pilot a newspaper published in said Manitowoc county. Dated October 2, 1895. By the Court. J.S. Anderson, County Judge. Schmitz & Kirwan, Attys. Manitowoc Pilot, October 3, 1895 P. 2 ******** (First publication Oct. 3, 1895.) No. 66 STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In probate. In the matter of th estate of Albert Johanek, deceased. An instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Albert Johanek, deceased, late of the town of Kossuth, in said county, having been delivered into said court: And John C. Kellner, of the city of Manitowoc, in said county having presented to said court his petition in writing, duly verified, representing among other things, that said Albert Johanek, died testate, at town of Kossuth, in said county on the 23rd day of September 1895, that said instrument is the last will of said deceased and that said John C. Kellner is named therein as executor and praying that said instrument be proven and admitted to probate and that letters testamentary be thereon issued to said John C. Kellner. It is ordered that said petition and the matters therein be heard and proofs of said last will and testament be taken at a special term of said county court to be held at the probate office in the city of Manitowoc on Tuesday, the 29th day of October, 1895 at 10 o'clock a.m. And it is further ordered that notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week, previous to the time of said hearing in the Manitowoc Pilot a newspaper published in said Manitowoc county. Dated October 2, 1895. By the Court. J.S. Anderson, County Judge. Schmitz & Kirwan, Attys. Manitowoc Pilot, October 31, 1895 P. 4 ******** Albert Johanik [Vojtech] birth: 1839 Bohemia death: 23 September 1895 Kellnersville, Kossuth, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin burial: Kossuth, Manitowoc Co., Wis. spouse: Maggie Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
ERWIN JUNG Ervin Jung, age 65, of 2086 Manitowoc Rd, died unexpectedly Thursday evening December 10, 1992, in a Green Bay Hospital. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Church with the Rev. David Hatch and the Rev. Arthur Callesen officiating with burial to follow in the Kossuth National Cemetery, Manitowoc County. He was born August 26, 1927, in the Town of Franklin, son of the late John and Lucy (Barta) Jung. Ervin lived in Manitowoc County and was employed by Vernon Oswald until he moved to Green Bay in 1980. When he moved to Green Bay he resided with his sister Viola Gearl and was employed by Bark Industries. Ervin volunteered his time at the Bethesda Gift Store, Green Bay. He was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church and the Top of the Hill Club. He is survived by his sister, Viola Gearl, Green Bay. He was preceded in death by his brother-in-law, Erhardt Gearl. Friends may call at the Proko Wall Funeral Home, 1630 East Mason St., from 2-8 p.m. Sunday and after 9:30 a.m. on Monday at Our Savior Lutheran Church at the corner of Deckner and Henry St., in Green Bay. Herald Times Reporter, December 13, 1992 P. A2
ANNA LAVELLA (Johanek Lot) Notes From Kellnersville: Died on Monday evening, Mrs. August Lavalle nee Yohanek. Deceased was about twenty-two years of age. She was married about a year ago to Mr. Aug. Lavalle. She leaves an infant child. The cause of her death was consumption. May her friends ever remember her as one who enjoyed but little of this world's goods but plant of its sorrow, being one whom the angel of death cut off in the prime of life. The interment took place at the bohemian cemetery in Kossuth. Manitowoc Pilot, Wis., Thursday, October 5, 1899 pg. 7 ******** Annie Johanek Lavala birth: 21 June 1875 Franklin, Manitowoc Co. death: 3 October 1899 Franklin, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin burial: Kossuth residence: 1899 Franklin, Manitowoc Co. father: John Johanek mother: Annie spouse: August Lavala Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
GEORGE JUNG Notes from Polifka's Corners Mr. Geo Jung died at his home in Town of Franklin Saturday after an illness of several months. He was 69 years old. He is survived by his wife and two sons and two daughters, Albert, John, Mrs. Marry Zeman and Mrs. Emma Pilger. The funeral was held Monday. Interment at the National Cemetery near here. Manitowoc Pilot - Thurs., June 25, 1925
JOHN JUNG John Jung, 82, of Rt. 1, Whitelaw, died Monday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Charles R. Freiden wil officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mr. Jung was born May 16, 1889, in the Town of Franklin, son of the late George and Margaret Wattawa Jung. He married Lucy Barta June 13, 1921. The couple operated the Jung homestead farm in the Town of Franklin. Survivors include his wife, a son, Ervin, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Erhardt (Viola) Gearl, of Green Bay; a brother, Albert, of Whitelaw and a sister, Mrs. Mary Zeman, of Whitelaw. A sister preceded him in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. November 29, 1971 ******** BARTA-JUNG At Two Rivers Monday morning, Justice of the Peace Joseph Schroeder officiating at the marriage ceremony, Miss Lucy Barta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barta, Mishicot and John Jung of the Town of Franklin were wedded. A wedding reception was held at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jung will make their home on a farm in this county. Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, June 15, 1921 P. 9 ******** (16 May 1889/Nov 1971/SSDI)
KATIE JUNG Notes from Polivka’s Corners Mrs. George Jung died Sunday, Dec. 23rd and was buried Tuesday the 25th in the Free Thinking Cemetery. She was 90 years old. She is survived by one son, George and one daughter, Mrs. Reznicek. Manitowoc Pilot - thurs., Jan. 3, 1918
LUCY JUNG Mrs. John Jung, 72, of Rt. 1, Whitelaw, died Friday evening at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville. The Rev. Donald T. Stannard will officiate and burial will be in Kossuth National Cemetery. Mrs. Jung, nee Lucy Barta, was born Jan 9, 1900, at Mishicot, daughter of the late Frank and Ann Dvorak Barta. She was married to John Jung June 13, 1921. The couple farmed in the Town of Franklin, Manitowoc County. Her husband preceded her in death Nov. 29, 1971. Survivors include a son, Ervin, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Erhardt (Viola) Gearl, of Green Bay; two brothers, Otto, of Denmark and Edward, of Crivitz; and two sisters, Mrs. Frank Karl, of Kewaunee and Mrs. Mayme Barnard, of Coulee Dam, Wash. Three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. May 20, 1972
MARGARET JUNG Mrs. George Jung, 88, nee Margaret Wattawa, died Saturday afternoon at the home farm, now operated by her son, John, in Kossuth. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home, the Rev. C.H. Phipps officiating. Burial will be in the Kossuth National cemetery. Mrs. Jung was born in Bohemia in 1857 and accompanied her parents to this country when a child. Sixty-three years ago she was married to Mr. Jung and they located on the homestead farm. He died several years ago. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Zeman of Cooperstown, Mrs. Joseph Pilger of Francis Creek; two sons, Albert of Branch, John on the farm; brother, Simon of Reedsville; and nine grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the funeral home. Manitowoc Herald Times, May 14, 1945 P. 2
