Obit: Brehm, Hugo (1885 - 1963)

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Surnames: Brehm, Rosin, Dulmes, Talcott, Abrahamson

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 12/5/1963

Brehm, Hugo (8 NOV 1885 - 30 NOV 1963)

Funeral services for Hugo Brehm, 78, Colby, who died at his home, Saturday, Nov. 30, 1963, were held at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m.

The Rev. James Hagen officiated at the services. Burial was made in the Colby Memorial Cemetery.

S.L. Loos, chaplain of the Colby Lodge, F & A.M., officiated at Masonic rites.

Pallbearers were Ed Graumann, Paul Draeger, Frank Goeltz Jr., Harold Klessig, Howard Bane and Earl Salter.

Hugo Frederick Brehm was born at Colby Nov. 8, 1885. When he was still quite young, the family moved to Edgar where they lived for a few years. They then moved to Athens, and Mr. Brehm later engaged in farming in the town of Hull in Marathon County. In 1916 he was married to the former Hortense Rosin of Colby. He continued farming until his retirement three years ago.

He was a member of the Colby Methodist Church, Colby Lodge No. 204 F. & AM, and the Abbotsford Chapter, No. 185 of the Order of Eastern Star, where he served as a past patron.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. LaMonte Dulmes of Adell, Wis., and one granddaughter. Also surviving him are three brothers, Gust Brehm of Colby, Ewald Brehm of Athens, and Alex Brehm of Neenah, and two sisters, Mrs. Myron Talcott of Wausau and Mrs. Ella Abrahamson of Stillwater, Okla.

Those attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. LaMonte Dulmes and Patricia Ann, Adell, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brehm, Neenah, Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Brehm, Athens, Mr. and Mrs. Anna Bassler, Lomira, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schaller, Chippewa Falls, Joe and George Konecny, Dorchester, and many friends and relatives from the towns of this area.