Obit: Seltrecht, Henry (1896 - 1967)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Seltrecht, Qualley, Lautenbach, Haberman, Verotsos, Papenthein, Christensen, Sharratt t, Moldenhauer, Brinkmeier, Rosandich, Paun, Keller

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/7/1967

Seltrecht, Henry (21 December 1896 - 31 August 1967)

Henry Seltrecht, 70, of Rt. 2 Granton, died last Thursday in Neillsville after being found unconscious in his farm yard. Funeral services were held Monday from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sherwood. The Rev. E. T. Keller of Pittsville officiated. Burial was made in the Sherwood cemetery.

Mr. Seltrecht was born December 21, 1896, in Dubuque, Ia. He attended school there and was a veteran of World War I.

He was married on August 19, 1925 to the former Lenore Qualley. They farmed in the Town of Sherwood and for 10 years operated the Nasonville store. He later returned to his farm.

He is survived by a son, Robert, of Gilmanton; a daughter, Mrs. Norman (Betty) Lautenbach of New Berlin; six grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Louise Haberman of Menomonee Falls, Mrs. John Verotsos and Mrs. Carl Papenthein, both of Dubuque, Ia.

Pallbearers were: Victor Christensen, Roland Sharratt, Alfred Moldenhauer, Glenn Brinkmeier, Joe Rosandich and Louis Paun.

Funeral arrangements were made by the Gilbertson Funeral Home in Granton.