----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 01/ /1963

Schwarze, Alfred J. (1890 - 1964)

GREENWOOD--Alfred John Schwarze, 73, Greenwood, Clark County, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 4 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, 1964, at his home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Zion United Church of Christ. The Rev. Orval Egbert will officiate, and burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the Hill Funeral Home until 11 a.m. Tuesday, and then at the church.

Alfred Schwarze was born July 28, 1890 in the Town of Warner. His marriage to Ella H. H. Wessel took place May 14, 1919 in the Town of Longwood. After their marriage the couple lived on a farm northwest of Greenwood until 1948, when they retired and moved to the city of Greenwood.

Mr. Schwarze was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ, a veteran of World War I, and a member of the Wallis-Hinker American Legion Post.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Irwin (Irma) Kessler, Waukesha a son, Elroy Schwarze, Arpin a brother, Arthur Schwarze, Greenwood and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, and seven brothers.