XAVIER BERKLEY Xavier Birkle (co. death record v.15 p.8) Widowed Died July 16, 1917 at age 76, born 1841 No parents listed Tinsmith born Germany Died at the Manitowoc County Insane Asylum Died from "arteriosclerosis
senile dementia" Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, City of Manitowoc From Bob Domagalski: Birkle, Xavier (Old Oiler) husband of Katherine Lorenz [married July 6, 1874 at Catholic Church, Charlesburg, Town of Brothertown, Calumet County] son of Joseph Birkle and Genefeva Ringwald, born Hoffstetten, Offenburg, Baden arrived in US via New York in July of 1861 operated the linseed mill in the Bull Pen. “My mother used to make me deliver a loaf of bread to Alte Ole (Old Oiler) who lived up the street and got his name because he made linseed oil. He seemed like a giant to me; his features were grotesque and he had a very large nose. He was always cooking herbs to make a black salve for his nose; later we found out he had cancer. The mill where he made the linseed oil was down the hill in what was called the Bull’s pen; the foundations are still there. In those days it used to cost $4.00 to make a gallon of good linseed oil. Alte Ole had been married at one time and he had a number of children. He and his wife did not get along. One morning as she took the cows to pasture, she kept looking back toward the mill. Suddenly it was all aflame. People said she had lit it. She left soon for Chicago.” from “The Settlement”, October 1979, Monica Kustermann Wagner On June 5, 1901, Xavier, who was listed as a widower, purchased the house at 101 South First Avenue and lived there until Feb. 23, 1909 from his death record in Manitowoc County, it shows he died at the County Insane Asylum died from “arteriosclerosis –senile dementia”) buried at Evergreen Cemetery, City of Manitowoc Birkle, Katherine nee Lorenz ( -wife of Xavier Birkle [married July 6, 1874 at Catholic Church, Charlesburg, Town of Brothertown, Calumet County] daughter of Leonard Lorenz and Mary Huberti)JOHN BOFSKE Funeral services for John Boffke (sic), 73, a resident 12 years of Manitowoc County Hospital who died Friday after a heart attack, were at 10 a.m. Saturday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc. Burial was in Manitowoc County Cemetery. Manitowoc Herald Times, February 22, 1958 P. 11
FRIEDERICKA BREIDRUCK Fredericke Breiderick May Become County Charge Failure of a brother who is now located in Los Angeles, Cal., to pay the monthly maintenance fee for the care of Fredericke Breiderick(sic) may be the cause of placing the cost of her care onto the county, this being the alternative in case the relative cannot be prevailed upon to support her. The woman has been living with Carl Wernecke, a town of Newton farmer, and the pay for her care was provided by the brother who at the time of arrangements was made lived in Milwaukee. He is in arrears in the payment for two years back and Mr. Wernecke has given notice to probate court that he is desirous of being relieved of the care. The women is 51 years of age and has no relative except the brother. The case was continued and an endeavor will be made to get into communication with the woman's relative. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wed., Apr.10, 1907 page 2
LEO BRIETZMAN Leo Breitzman, 72, died Sunday after a long illness at Manitowoc County Hospital. Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. Clement P. Kern will officiate and burial will be in Manitowoc County Cemetery. Mr. Breitzman was born at Stevensville, Door County. He never married. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Minnie Buckman, of Rock Creek, Ohio. Manitowoc Herald Times, June 30, 1958 P. 19
ANTON CICHE Kewaunee County Man Found Hanging in Room Anton Ciche, 70, a Kewaunee county patient at the county mental hospital, was found hanging from his bed, when attendants went to call him for breakfast shortly after 6 o’clock this morning. He had answered a first call earlier but when no response was received to a second call his room was entered. Ciche had tied a bedsheet around his neck and suspended himself from the bed post. He has been a patient here for 28 years. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at 9 o’clock at the St. Mary Catholic church here with the Rev. John Landowski officiating. Burial will be in the Manitowoc county cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Monday afternoon until the time of services Tuesday morning. Manitowoc Herald Times, March 19, 1949 P. 4 ******** Funeral services for Anton Ciche, 70, who died Saturday morning will be held at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at 9 o’clock at the St. Mary Catholic church. Burial will be in the county cemetery. Survivors are a brother, John of Kewaunee; three sisters, Mrs. Joe Brezinska of Kewaunee, Mrs. Louis Winkler and Mrs. David Cohen of Chicago. Manitowoc Herald Times, March 21, 1949 P. 2
HENRY FISCHER Funeral services for Henry Fischer, 74, retired farmer who died Wednesday night, took place today from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. Mr. Fischer operated a farm for many years in the town of Manitowoc Rapids. Manitowoc Herald Times, February 20, 1943 P. 2
KETTEL GERALDSON COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS…COUNTY ASYLUM FOR THE CHRONIC INSANE: The following deaths occurred…Kittle Geraldson, May 27, 1919, aged 86, of Abscess of the ear… Manitowoc Herald News, December 26, 1919 P. 6 ******** This appears to be his wife, as he is named as her husband: Thea Olson Geraldson Wisconsin, Death Records Name Thea Olson Geraldson Event Type Death Event Date 1905 Event Place Manitowoc Rapids, Manitowoc, Wisconsin Residence Place Manitowoc Rapids, Gender Female Age 59 Marital Status Unknown Race W Occupation Housewife Birth Date 14 Apr 1846 Birth Year (Estimated) 1846 Birthplace Norway Burial Place Manitowoc Rapids, Wis. Father's Birthplace Norway Spouse's Name Kittel Geraldson ******* Kittel Gjeruldsen, son of Gjeruld Halvorsen and Marit Salvesdatter, b Sept 1833 Norway. Immigrated 1871. Farmer in Manitowoc Rapids. m 13 Oct 1872 Manitowoc County to Thea (Thalia), daughter of Ole Nilsen Fasland and TeIjer Tergersdatter, b 14 April 1845 Norway, d 18 March 1905 bur Gjerpen. Children: *Josefine Marie Othelia b 20 Sept 1873; Gusta Oliva Thomine b 6 July 1876, d 6 Sept 1877; Gusta Oliva Thomine b 13 Nov 1878, m *Osul Osulsen; Orvin Trevenius b 4 Aug 1881, d 4 Jan 1903; Eugene Melwin Guiles b 21 April 1884, d 24 April 1906. "Manitowoc-skogen; A Biographical and Genealogical Directory of the Residents of Norwegian Birth and Descent in Manitowoc and Kewaunee Counties in Wisconsin from the First Settlement to 1900"; by Robert A. Bjerke pg. 120-121
OTTO GRIM Otto Grimm, 78, former Reedsville resident, died early Tuesday morning at Manitowoc County Hospital where he had resided 36 years. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, with the Rev. Paul H. Blaufuss officiating. Burial will be in Manitowoc County Cemetery. Mr. Grimm was born Aug. 6, 1884, at Independence Iowa, son of the late Fred and Emma Grimm. He came to Reedsville as a young man with his parents and engaged in farming. He never married. Surviving are three brothers, Adolph, Reinhardt and Anton Grimm, of Reedsville. Friends may call at the funeral home. Two Rivers Reporter, March 27, 1963 P. T-5
ALBERT HABEC Albert Habeck, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Habeck of Two Rivers, died at the county hospital, where he had been a patient for twelve years, yesterday. He was born March 21, 1888 at Two Rivers, and is survived by his parents. The funeral was held this morning from the Pfeffer undertaking parlors and burial was made at the county cemetery. Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, June 10, 1925 P. 2
HARRY HANSON Funeral services for Harry Hansen, 76, a native of Denmark, Wis., who died Tuesday at Manitowoc County Hospital, were at 11 a.m. Friday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Gevase Zanott officiated and burial was in Manitowoc County Cemetery. Two Rivers Reporter, March 2, 1957 P. M13
CHRISTIAN KAPPING co. death index v.31 p.31 d. 23 Feb 1937 1:00 am./age 81 yrs./single/ cause: Hypostatic Pneumonia; chronic nephritis & General arterio sclerosis parents not listed.
FRANZ KAPPING co. index v.27 p.517 d. 31 Dec 1932 11:55 am./age 69 yrs/born Manitowoc/single cause of death: Careimionia of stomach & General Arterial sclerosis parents not listed.
JOHN KELLY John Kelly, 61, died Monday at Maple Crest Sanatorium, Whitelaw. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Alverno. The Rev. Raymond Dowling will officiate and burial will be in the Manitowoc County Hospital Cemetery, Town of Manitowoc Rapids. He was born June 27, 1908, at Philadelphia, Pa., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Kelly. He never married. Friends may call at the Saur Funeral Home, Kellnersville, after 6 o’clock this Tuesday evening. Manitowoc Herald Times, November 4, 1969 P. 9
EUGENE LABUDDA Eugene LaBudda, 36, suffered a sunstroke Friday noon at the county asylum. He died Saturday at hospital Manitowoc Herald Times, July 13, 1936 p.1
RUDOLPH PADHOLA Rudolph Podhula(sic), 72, of 901 Buffalo St., Manitowoc, died early Sunday. He had been hospitalized April 15 after suffering a heart attack while in a downtown Manitowoc store. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Tuesday at the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, the Rev. F.C. St. Clair officiating. Burial will be in the Manitowoc County Cemetery. He was born January 13, 1885 in Manitowoc, son of the late Joseph and Anna Uhlir Podhula. He never married. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. John Sitkiewitz of Manitowoc and Mrs. Blanche Knickelbine of Waukegan, Ill. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this Monday evening. Manitowoc Herald Times, Mon., Apr 22, 1957 page M11
ALOIS POHL Alois Pohl was a cooper from Kupferhammer, near Neisse, Silesia. He arrived in America in 1894 aboard the "Moravia" from Hamburg. Alois was a nephew to the immigrant Bernhardt brothers of Door County. Alois lived in Minnesota and in Door County before he arrived in Manitowoc. He was a patient at the Manitowoc Asylum for nearly 50 years. ******** (NOTE: From researcher who sent this in: I doubt that he ever had a proper obituary, locked up as long as he was.
JOHN RATHE Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home for John Rathe, 80, who died in this city Saturday afternoon. Burial took place here. Mr. Rathe was a former farmer and stock raiser in the town of Two Creeks. Manitowoc Herald Times, June 12, 1950 P. 2
TILLIE STEPANI Miss Tillie Stephani (sic) 80, lifelong county resident, died Wednesday at County Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Manitowoc, with Ref. Alfred Pritzl officiating. She was born in Manitowoc County in 1874 and always resided here. Only survivors are nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Friday. Manitowoc Herald Times, August 20, 1954 P. 15
BOHUMIL SWERMA Bohumel Schwerma(sic), an inmate of the county asylum, died there on Saturday, Feb. 2, aged 52. Deceased is survived by his widow and four children who reside on the Eastside. The funeral was held at Manitowoc from the asylum. Deceased had been in the asylum four years. The Reporter, Fri., Feb. 25, 1924
CATHERINE TIFFNEY Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Tiffney, 94, who died in the city Sunday, will be held at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home, and at 8 o’clock at St. Mary Catholic church, the Rev. John Landowski officiating. Manitowoc Herald Times, January 3, 1950 P. 2
ALIDA TONNING Funeral services for Miss Alida Tonning, 79, who died in a local hospital Monday, were held at 1:30 this afternoon at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home with the Rev. R. B. Walden officiating. Burial took place in the Manitowoc County cemetery. Born in Norway in 1868, Miss Tonning came to this country when a young girl. She had been in this city for a number of years. Manitowoc Herald Times, August 25, 1948 P. 2
LAURENCE VARNO Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home, Manitowoc, for Lawrence (sic) Varno, 59, who died in Manitowoc Friday. He was a former resident of Two Rivers. Survivors are a brother, Napoleon of Minneapolis and two sisters, Mrs. Adelia Roth and Mrs. Archie Gloe Sr., both of Two Rivers. Manitowoc Herald Times, May 28, 1951 P.2
PAUL WERTER Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, for Paul Werter, 63(?), who died Monday night at the County Hospital. He was born in Germany in 1879 and came to the United States when a young man locating in Manitowoc, where he was employed as a painter. He never married. There are no immediate survivors. Manitowoc Herald Times, February 27, 1952 P. 14