MATHIAS BECKER
Mathias Becker
From Manitowoc county marriage records: Mathias Becker and Martha Kaiser (v.6 p.326) Nov. 23, 1895 in civil ceremony in the house of P. Kaiser, Town of Schleswig Mathias Becker Son of Philipp and Anna Maria Becker Born Hesse Darmstadt, Germany –mason Martha Kaiser Daughter of Peter Kaiser and Johanna Strob Born Town of Schleswig Witnesses Henry Becker, Peter Kaiser, Helen Becker and Bertha Witte ********* From Manitowoc county death records: Mathias Becker (v.34 p.688) Jan. 5, 1867-Jan. 30, 1942 Husband of Martha Kaiser Son of Phillip and Maria Becker (both born Germany) Sander at furniture factory Died from “coronary sclerosis –chronic hypertension and diffuse arteriosclerosis” Buried at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Kiel ********* Mathias Becker, aged 75, well-known resident of this city, passed away at his home here Friday at 6:25 p. m., after being in ailing health for the past year. Mr. Becker was born in Germany on January 5, 1867, the son of Philip and Marie Becker. In May, 1884 he immigrated to this city, where he was a mason contractor and built homes and other buildings here. In 1891 he went back to Germany, for six months. On Novemher 23, 1895, he married Martha Kaiser of Millhome. The family had lived here since. For the past 25 years he was employed in the finishing department of the A. A. Laun Furniture Company here. Survivors are his widow; five daughters; 21 grandchildren, two of whom live at the Holy Family Convent at Silver Lake; and two great-grand-children. Funeral services were held at 9:30 o’clock Tuesday morning at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, and at 10 o’clock at the Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic church, with interment in the church cemetery. (no newspaper named, 1942) *********** From Sheboygan county death records: Martha Becker nee Kaiser (v.76 p.278) Widow [of Mathias Becker] Feb. 15, 1877-Jan. 14, 1961 Daughter of Peter Kaiser and Johanna Strube Born Wisconsin Died from “pulmonary edema leading to cardiac failure” Buried at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Kiel *********** Mrs. Martha Becker, 83, of R. 2, Elkhart Lake, former long-time resident of Kiel, died Saturday night at St. Nicholas Hospital where she had been a patient for three months. She was born Feb. 15, 1877, in Millhome, a daughter of the late Peter and Johanna Kaiser. She attended school at Millhome and married Mathias Becker on Nov. 23, 1895. Following the marriage they moved to Kiel where Mr. Becker was employed as a mason and later by the Kiel Furniture factory. He preceded her in death on Jan. 30, 1942. Mrs. Becker continued to live in Kiel until a year ago when she moved to the home of a son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Nick (Norma) Dickrell of R. 2, Elkhart Lake. She was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Kiel, its Christian Mothers Society and the G.U.G. Germania Society. Survivors, in addition to Mrs. Dickrell, are another daughter, Mrs. Fred (Margaret) Widerholdt of Milwaukee; two brothers, Henry and Robert Kaiser, Kiel; 21 grandchildren an 56 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by four daughters. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Kiel following brief family rites at 9:30 a.m. at Meiselwitz Funeral Home. The Rev. George Kiefer, pastor, will be celebrant of the requiem high Mass and burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Tuesday. The Christian Mothers Society will recite the rosary at the funeral home at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Sheboygan Press, Mon. Jan. 16, 1961, p. 10, c. 4 ************ Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Becker, 83, of R. 2, Elkhart Lake, who died Saturday, were held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Kiel, following brief rites at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home. The Rev. George Kiefer, pastor was celebrant of the requiem Mass and burial was in the church cemetery. The Christian Mothers Society of the church attended the funeral in a group. Pallbearers were Clarence, Cletus, Leo, Nicholas and Roman Dickrell and Glenroy Greuel. Sheboygan Press, Thurs. Jan. 19, 1961, p. 16, c. 2
ALFRED BELITZ
Alfred Belitz
Alfred Belitz - Son of Henry Belitz - he became a prominent physician at Pepin, WI
Ricki Belter
Ed Bensen