Obit: Uhlig, George E. (1903 – 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Uhlig, Jensen, McCormick, Krause, Koerner, Brown, Waling, Johnson, Wagner

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 28 Apr 1976

Uhlig, George E. (14 Mar 1903 – 21 Apr 1976)

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home, Abbotsford, for George E. Uhlig, 73, Abbotsford.

The Rev. Lillian Jensen of the Assembly of God Church, Abbotsford, officiated. Burial followed in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Curtiss.

Pallbearers were Edward McCormick, John McCormick, Joe McCormick, Richard Krause, Robert Uhlig and Delbert Uhlig.

He was born March 14, 1903 in the Town of Hull, Marathon County.

He married Ella Koerner on July 27, 1927 in Curtiss. She died October 21, 1974.

After their marriage he farmed near Curtiss until moving to Harvard, Illinois, where he farmed. From Harvard He moved to Pittsville, where he farmed until his retirement in 1969, when he moved to Abbotsford.

He was a member of Abbotsford Senior Citizen’s Club.

Survivors include a son, Norbert, Neenah; five daughters, Mrs. George (Carol) Brown, Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Lester (Evelyn) Waling, Grygla, Minnesota, Mrs. Myrtle McCormick, Harvard, Illinois, Mrs. Harold (Delores) Johnson, Gays Mills, and Mrs. Dale (Paulette) Wagner, Colby; 20 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren and three brothers, William Uhlig, Colby, Alvin Uhlig, Abbotsford, and Emil Uhlig, Dorchester.