MAUDE W. DRAHEIM Mrs. John Draheim, 82, of Rt. 4, Chilton, died Wednesday evening at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Reedsville Funeral Home. The Rev. Allen Bowe of Kiel will officiate and burial will be in Niles Cemetery. Mrs. Draheim, nee Maud Woodcock, born Jan. 5, 1888, in Town of Rockland, daughter of the late Ferd and Alice Hammond Woodcock. She was married to John A. Draheim Dec. 31, 1907, at Reedsville, Survivors include two sons, Rex of Johnson Creek, and Bruce of Racine; two daughters, Miss Dorothy and Miss Pauline of Appleton; two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home until the time of services Saturday. Memorials are being established for the Manitowoc Historical Society for preservation of the Niles Presbyterian Church. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 6, 1970 DALLAS ELLIOTT SR. (Jan. 18, 1900-Nov. 24, 1942 first husband of Clara nee Gerber [in 1964, Clara remarried to Edward Jacob Boll] parents are marked as unknown on death record –veteran of World War I –baker born Frankfort, Kansas –died from “acute myocardial failure, 1 hour –asthma obesity –myocardial hypertrophy –chronic alcoholism”)
ANNA E. JOHNSON Mrs. Jesse Johnson, 84, of Rt. 1, Valders, died Tuesday afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Christianson Funeral Home, Valders, and at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church, Clark Mills. The Rev. Leander Nickel will officiate and burial will be in J.O. Tyler Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson, nee Anna McCarthy, was born July 26, 1886, at Minden, Neb., daughter of the late John and Hannah Cavanaugh McCarthy. She was married to Jesse Johnson Aug. 8, 1908, at Clark Mills. Her husband preceded her in death May 15, 1972. She was a member of the Chrisitan Mothers Society of St. Mary Church. Survivors include three sons, Lee, of Shawano, Merritt, of Roslyn, Pa., and Neil, of Rt. 1 Valders; a daughter, Mrs. W.J. (Lois) Rauch, of Racine; two sisters, Mrs. Otto Wagner, of Chilton and Mrs. Loretta Johnson of Manitowoc; nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Five brothers and four sisters preceded her in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday, where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. June 21, 1972
JESSE M. JOHNSON Jesse Johnson, 85, of Rt. 1, Valders, died Monday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Christianson Funeral Home, Valders. The Rev. Leander Nickel will officiate and burial will be in J. O. Tyler Cemetery. Mr. Johnson was born Nov. 20, 1886, in the Town of Eaton, son of the late J.M. and Lois Porter Johnson. He married Anna McCarthy Aug. 8, 1908, at Clark Mills. The couple farmed in the Town of Eaton. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Lee, of Shawano, Merritt, of Roslyn, Pa., and Neil, of Rt. 1, Valders; a daughter, Mrs. W.J. (Lois) Rauch, of Racine; a sister, Mrs. J.C. Wildershide; nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Three brothers preceded him in death. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Tuesday where a prayer service will be held at 8 p.m. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. May 15, 1972
EDWARD MCMUNN J. Edward McMunn, 74, retired Manitowoc County farmer, died unexpectedly of cerebral hemorrhage early Sunday morning at his home, 524 River Terrace, Kiel. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Niles Presbyterian Church, the Rev. A. M. Krueger officiating, with burial in the church cemetery. Mr. McMumm was born in the Town of Eaton on Feb. 15, 1881, a son of the late John and Gertrude Hoye McMunn. He married Amy Fowler of New London Jan. 2, 1912, and the couple lived in that city until 1921, moving to Eaton and operating a farm. They moved to Kiel three years ago. He is survived by his wife, a son, Harry of Rt. 2, Two Rivers; two daughters, Mrs. John Harrold of Waukesha and Mrs. Otto Bratz of Two Rivers; two brothers, Richard and Leonard of New Holstein; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Rickaby and Mrs. David Rickaby of Gleason, Wis., and Miss Lucy McMunn of New London; 15 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Friends may call at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home Kiel, after 1 p.m. Tuesday. The casket will be moved to the church at 1 a.m. Wednesday where the body will lie in state until the hour of service. (No newspaper named, 1955 handwritten on the obituary)
ALFRED SWENSON Alfred Swenson, 64, lifelong county resident, died Friday at his home in Eaton. Death was due to pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Norwegian Lutheran church at Niles. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Swenson was born at Eaton in 1878. He was a piano tuner. In 1910 he married Miss Hilma V. Sundberg. She survives with a son, Milton of California; six brothers, Olean and Ernest of this city, Emil of Two Rivers, Elmer of Valders, Arnold of Sheboygan, Oscar of Auburndale, Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Kraus of Oshkosh, Mrs. Emory Stayes, of Sibley, Iowa. The body may be viewed at the undertaking parlors of the Reedsville Coop association after seven o'clock tonight and will be moved to the Niles church Tuesday at 10 a.m. to lie in state until the hour of the services. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. January 9, 1943 P. 4
JOHN D. WOODCOCK From Der Nord Westen, 28 Jan. 1904: Death in Collins, Town Rockland, of old settler John Woodcock of pneumonia. The deceased was born in 1824 in New Brunswick, coming to America in 1849 and settling in Town Rockland where he has lived ever since. During the war he served with the 27th Regiment. He is survived by his widow, one son and 2 daughters. The funeral was held Sunday., ossw: