Obit: Winkel, Ida (1891 - 1957)

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Surnames: Winkel, Grosshuesch, Klessig, Schreiber, Bauer, Glenzer, Singstock, Carnahan, Hake, Buss, Ebert, Fuge, Heller, Harsch, Raymond

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 31 Jan 1957

Winkel, Ida (10 Sept. 1891 - 25 Jan. 1957)

Mrs. Ida Winkel died at 4:00 Friday at the Marshfield, Wisconsin Hospital, where she had been taken after suffering a brain hemorrhage Wednesday night, at the age of 65 years. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the First Evangelical and Reformed church, Rev. V. O. Grosshuesch officiating, and internment was made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery. Karen Klessig and Penny Schreiber, accompanied by Miss Rena Bauer, sang "Jesus Savior Pilot Me" and "My Faith Looks Up To Thee."

Pall bearers were Fred Glenzer, Herman Singstock, Charles Carnahan, Walker Hake, Frank Buss and William Ebert. Flowers were in charge of Janice, Carol and Mardell Winkel.

The former Ida Fuge was born on September 10, 1891, in Calumet county where she was married to William Winkel in December, 1910. They lived in Appleton and Rice Lake for a time and then spent 24 years on a farm in the town of Green Grove. They then returned to Rice Lake. Since a divorce seven years ago, she had been living in Colby while he remained in Rice Lake.

Other survivors are a son, Alex, of Owen; four grand children; a brother, Edwin of Appleton; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Heller of Appleton and Mrs. Arthur Harsch of Chilton. Her parents, a son and a daughter preceded her in death.

Mrs. Winkel was well known here for her friendly and courteous tendencies as well as for her fine Christian character. Her many friends were sorry to hear of her sudden death.

Out of town relatives here for the funeral were Mrs. Minnie Heller and Edwin Fuge of Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harsch and Mrs. Walter Harsch of Chilton and Mrs. Clyde Raymond of Wausau. Friends here were from Medford, Owen, Curtiss and Wausau.

 

 


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