From Manitowoc county marriage records: George Luebke and Lena Schnell (Man. 5-11) Married March 17, 1881 in civil ceremony, Town of Newton George Luebke Son of Herman Luebke and Wilmette Lagaua Farmer in Town of Liberty –born in Liberty Lena Schnell Daughter of Johann Schnell and Eustine Rochl Born Town of Liberty Witnesses Louis Schnell and Wm. Luebke ******** From Manitowoc county death records: George Luebke (Man. 39-191) Husband of Lena [Schnell] March 1, 1860-Dec. 4, 1945 Son of Herman Luebke and Fredericka Dragner (both born Germany) Born Town of Liberty –farmer Died from “acute myocardial failure, 30 minutes –rheumatic endocartitis, chronic, 50 years –myocardial degeneration, 10 years –arteriosclerosis, 20 years” Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, City of Manitowoc
JOSEPH SCHNETTLER
Joseph Schnettler
Joseph Schnettler, 75, of St. Nazianz died Friday afternoon at St.Nicholas hospital in Sheboygan after he had submitted to an operation. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Gregory's Catholic church at St. Nazianz, the Rev. Fintan Holzknecht officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be removed to the homestead farm, the William L. Christel home on route 2, Valders, at 6 o'clock this evening and will lie in state there until the hour of the funeral. Mr. Schnettler was born July 14, 1866, in Sheboygan, and when he was two years old the family moved to St. Nazianz and settled on the homestead which the Christels now operate. Mrs. Schnettler, the former Gertrude Meyer of Green Bay, died in 1912. Mr. Schnettler is a charter member of the St. Gregory's Holy Name society and the society will recite the rosary at the Christel home Sunday at 8 p.m. Surviving are seven children, John Schnettler and Mrs. Christel of Valders route 2; Nick and Joseph Schnettler Jr. and Mrs. Leonard Anhalt of Sheboygan; Sister Felicitas, O.S.F., of Beaver Dam, and Mrs. August Klingeisen of Manitowoc route 1; one brother, Nick Schnettler of St. Nazianz; two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Biskobing of Plymouth and Mrs. Therese Kutz of Milwaukee; and 27 grandchildren. Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, September 20, 1941 p.4 ********* Schnettler, Joseph (July 14, 1866-Sept. 19, 1941 –husband of Gertrude Meyer [married May 18, 1897 at St. Gregory] –son of John Schnettler and Regina Lubeley –born City of Sheboygan, with his family moving to a farm near St. Nazianz in 1868 –farmer –on Nov. 28, 1902 purchased his father’s farm at 16404 Christel Road –in 1906 the current house that stands on this farm was built –his wife Gertrude lived on this farm until her death in 1912 –Joseph lived and worked on this farm until selling to his son-in-law William L. Christel on Feb. 27, 1929 –in 1929 retired from the farm and moved to St. Nazianz –on June 6, 1929 purchased the vacant lot at 203 East Birch Street and had a house built –lived here until his death in 1941 –died from “pulmonary embolism following operation for infected and enlarged prostate –had enlarged prostate containing stones”) (From entry in the St. Gregory Cemetery in St. Nazianz) ******** Another photo of Joseph Schnettler sent in by Bob DomagalskiThe glass negative of Joe Schnettler that the above photo was made from. *********** (Joseph Schnettler - son of Johannes Schnettler and Regina Lubelei Schnettler. I believe the picture is of a Schnettler after comparing it to a picture of his parents and where he would have been living at the time. from researcher/see contributors page)
Joseph Schnettler
J. Schoen
FRANK SCHOETZEL
Frank Schoetzel
BERTHA (GREVE) SCHOETZEL
Bertha (Greve) Schoetzel
From Calumet county marriage records: Marriage of Frank Schoetzel and Bertha Greve (v.3 p.59) May 1, 1888 in civil ceremony in Town of New Holstein, Calumet County Frank Schoetzel Son of George C. Schoetzel and Magdalena Gerlach Store keeper in Schleswig, Manitowoc County Born Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County Bertha Greve Daughter of Frederick Greve and Catharina Reinbold Born Town of New Holstein, Calumet County Witnesses William Gerlach and Anna Greve
