Obit: Weideman, Margaret #2 (1907 - 1956)  

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Surnames: Weideman, Sprengler, Amacher, Behrents, Kalepp, Kieser, Olsen, Runzheimer, Weller, Anderson, Gasch, Hughes, Lueth, Pupp, Voelker, Kuenzi, Zink, Schultz, Melvin, German, Hempfner, Weiler, Whitney, Rosenbaum, Burgs, Patzwald, Zich, Schulk, Vonloh, Syring, Klettner, Petrie, Radtke, Busse, Haas, Bramucker, Metcalf 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 04/19/1956 
 

Weideman, Margaret (21 Jan. 1907 - 14 Apr. 1956)  
 

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Henry Weideman, 49, who was killed instantly when struck from the rear by a car, while walking on Highway 29 Saturday evening. Final rites were conducted at Christ Lutheran church at 2:00 o’clock, with the Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiating. 
 

Two favorite hymns of the deceased, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," 
and "Beautiful Savior" were sung by the Sunday School teaching staff, composed of the Misses Carol Amacher, Joyce Behrents, Shirley Kalepp, Dorothy, Marilyn and Muriel Kieser, Delores Olsen, Karen Runzheimer, and Connie Weiler. 
 

Pallbearers for the internment, made in the Abbotsford cemetery, were Gerhard Anderson, Walter Gasch, Frank Hughes, Ed Lueth, William Pupp, and Roland Voelker. 
 

The many beautiful floral tributes were carried by the Misses Donna Anderson, Gladys Kuenzi, Lenora Lueth, Lucianne Pupp and Sandra Zink, Abbotsford; Dorothy Gasch, Colby; Dorothy, Nancy, and Mary Hughes, Marathon; and Mrs. Clyde Schultz, Edgar.  
 

Mrs. Weideman was born Margaret Alice Melvin in Jackson county, Jan. 21, 1907, and received her education at Black River Falls and at Eau Claire State College. She taught for 11 years in Clark and Marathon county schools.  
 

After her marriage to Henry Weideman, which took place at Wausau May 6, 1936, the couple took up residence at their present home east of Abbotsford, on Highway 29. Two daughters were born to this union, both of whom survive their mother. 
 

Mrs. Weideman was active in school, community and church work. She served as president of the Parent-Teachers’ Association at the time of her death. She was a member of Lutheran Ladies’ Aid and had served on the board of education at Christ Lutheran church. She was bookkeeper for the Hull Telephone Company for the past year. 
 

Survivors are her husband, two daughters, Joanne, 18, and Hazel, 12, her mother, Mrs. Lydia Melvin, Abbotsford; three brothers and three sisters: Mrs. Harley (Loretta) German, Curtiss; Mrs. George (Elizabeth) Hempfner, La Crosse; Mrs. Roland (Genevieve) Gasch, Francis and Archie Melvin, all of Abbotsford; and Capt. William Melvin, of Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. 
 

Her father died in 1945 and an infant sister also preceded her in death. 
 

Mrs. Weideman and her daughter, Joanne, were walking from home to Abbotsford, Saturday night, near 8:00 o’clock when the accident occurred which cost the life of the mother. Miss Weideman suffered a badly bruised right leg. Elroy V. Weiler, 25, driver of the car, which was also headed west, told authorities he had swung out to pass another car and did not see the pedestrians until he struck them. Both cars were traveling west and in the same direction the Weideman’s were walking. The accident happened about one-half mile east of here.  
 

Among the relatives and friends who were here from away were Mr. and Mrs. Harley German and Mr. and Mrs. Donald German, Curtiss; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin German, Medford; Mr. and Mrs. George Hempfner, La Crosse; Neal Melvin, Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rosenbaum, Mrs. Effie Burgs and Miss Eleanore Burgs, Black River Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Patzwald, Eau Claire; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Zich, Fall Creek; Miss Frieda Weideman, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schulk, Fenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vonloh and son, Kenneth, Eagle River; Mrs. Paul Syring, Mrs. Ethel Klettner, Mrs. Walter Petrie, and Mrs. Richard Radtke, Wausau; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Busse and Mrs. Tillie Weideman and daughter, Arlene, Dorchester; Mr. and Mrs. William Haas, Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weideman, Curtiss; Mr. and Mrs. Art Weideman, Abbotsford; Mrs. Al Bramucker, Edgar; and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes, Marathon; Ralph Metcalf and Freeman Metcalf, Hayward.