CARL AHLSWEDE From Der Nord Westen, 27 Nov. 1902: Death Thurs. last week of 48-yr. old Charles Ahlswede, a resident of Town Kossuth, of Bright's disease. He is survived by his widow and 4 children. The funeral was held Sun. afternoon. JOHANNA AHLSWEDE The funeral of Mrs. Sophia Ahlswede was held from the Baptist church at Kossuth yesterday and was largely attended. Mrs. Ahlswede died at the home of her son, Charles, in the town of Kossuth, Sunday at the age of 80 years. She had been a resident of the county for 49 years and was well known in this city. Manitowoc Daily Herald, May 17, 1899 P.2 ******* (Note: Although the first names are different, I believe this is where this obit goes. Sophia d. 1899 and was 80 years old. That would put her birth in 1819, and in the cemetery list of burials, it shows Johanna Ahlswede as born in 1819/died in 1899. Due to the age of the tombstone, it may have been mis-read in the transcriptions)
MATHILDA AHLSWEDE Mrs. Edward Ahlswede, Sr., 75, died at her home at Rockwood, Town of Kossuth, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock following a heart attack. She had been in good health and death was unexpected. She was a life-long resident of Kossuth, born Dec. 25, 1863. Her maiden name was Mathilda Kiehn. She was married to Mr. Ahlswede Dec. 28, 1884. He died May 31, 1931. Survivors are three sons, Louis E. of Chicago, Edward and Richard of Kossuth, two sisters, Mrs. Julius Behrman, Kewaunee county, and Mrs. August Affeld, 1316 S. 13th street, Manitowoc, and three grandchildren. One son, Hugo V., died in Milwaukee in 1931. The body will lie in state at the Pfeffer Funeral home until 10 a.m. Tuesday when it will be removed to the Kossuth Baptist church. The Rev. Lewis Behrendt of Sheboygan will conduct the funeral services at the church at 2 p.m. and burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, February 13, 1939 P.2
ALMA ANTHOLD Mrs. Alma Anthold, 91, of Shady Lane Home and formerly of Rockwood, died Monday, November 5, 1990, at Holy Family Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church. Rev. Bruce Huffer will officiate with burial at First Baptist Church Cemetery. She was born June 27, 1899, in the Town of Kossuth, daughter of the late August and Sophie Ruty Kiehn. She attended schools in the Town of Kossuth and she was a Stenographer for Schlei Dray Line Company for many years. She married Erwin Anthold, December 5, 1931, in the Town of Kossuth. She was a member of Rockwood Homemakers Club, First Baptist Church and the Francis Creek and Rockwood Senior Citizens. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law; a daughter and son-in-law; four grandsons and a granddaughter; other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Erwin, two brothers, Edwin and Hugo Kiehn, a grandson, Steven James Rogers. Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home, Manitowoc, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and then at the church from noon on Saturday until the time of services. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church.
CAROLINA ANTHOLT From Der Nord Westen, 19 Jan. 1905: Death in Town Kossuth on Wed. last week of 83-yr. old Mrs. Carolina Anthold (line sliced off at bottom of page). She is survived by 2 sons and 3 daughters, as well as 31 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. The funeral was held Fri. afternoon.
CHARLES ANTHOLT Charles Antholt, 84, of route 5, Manitowoc, retired Kossuth farmer, died this morning at the home of his son, Erwin, in Rockwood. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Pfeffer funeral home, the Rev. J.C. Schweitzer officiating. Burial will be in the Baptist cemetery in Kossuth. He was born in the county in 1862 and in 1884 married Miss Minnie Schwendener. They located on the Kossuth farm. Mr. Antholt retired 24 years ago and his wife died in 1938. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. William Meusel and Mrs. Frank Strentenberger both of Milwaukee; three sons, Arthur of Cedarburg and George and Erwin of Rockwood; 14 grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Sunday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, May 10, 1947 P.2
CAROLINA BOCK MRS. CAROLINA BOCK, RESIDENT OF COUNTY FOR 62 YEARS, IS CALLED BY DEATH, 67(sic) YRS. OLD Death claimed one of the oldest residents of Manitowoc county last night when Mrs. Caolina Bock, widow, passed away at her home near Silver Creek at the advanced age of 87 years. Mrs. Bock had been a resident of Manitowoc county for more than sixty-two years continuously, having come here in youth. Born in Germany 87 years ago, Mrs. Bock came to Manitowoc with her husband resided on a farm in the town of Kossuth for a long term of years. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Bock made her home on N. Twelfth street in this city until some months ago when she took up her home on a farm near Silver Creek which she purchased. Deceased was the mother of nine children, four of whom survive, being William of the town of Manitowoc, Otto of Crandon, Henry of Rhinelander and Charles of Suckow, Mont. The funeral will be held Tuesday from the home at Silver Creek and interrment (sic) will be at the Baptist cemetery at Kossuth, the funeral leaving the home at noon. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Saturday, August 7, 1915 P.1
JULIUS BURKE From Der Nord Westen, 22 Mar. 1906: Death in Town Two Rivers on Sunday, following a 7-year illness, of Julius Burke. The deceased was born 01 November 1828 in West Prussia and came to America in 1867. He first settled in Milwaukee, but shortly removed to Two Rivers and filled the position as mechanic in the tannery of the Wisconsin Leather Co He leaves a widow, 6 sons and 5 daughters. The funeral took place yesterday from the German Baptist Church in Kossuth.
LINNA BURKE Death notice in Der Nord Westen, 24 Apr. 1884: Mrs. Linna Burke (nee Meyer) died from consumption on 20 Apr. in Wausau. She was 27 yrs. 1 mo. 10 days old. Last year she married Julius Burke of Two Rivers and they moved to Wausau. Her body was brought by rail to Manitowoc and then taken to Kossuth for burial last Tues. in the Baptist Cemetery. A brother and sister preceded her in death not more than six months ago.
AUGUSTA KASCH Mrs. Augusta Casch (sic) has been granted a widow's pension of $8 per month. Manitowoc Daily Herald, February 28, 1899
EMMA KASCH From Der Nord Westen, 08 Oct. 1908: When John Kasch, a Town Kossuth farmer, returned to his residence from his fields, he found his wife sitting dead in an armchair. She still had her 2 small children in her lap, both playing without any awareness that their mother had just passed. Doctors were called but there was nothing to be done. The lady had done wash that day and the doctor guessed that she had burst a blood vessel and had died from internal bleeding. The deceased leaves her husband and 5 small children. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon.
AUGUST KIEHN HEART ATTACK PROVES FATAL August Kiehn Dies At Farm Home In Kossuth August Kiehn, 67, died suddenly of a heart attack this morning as he prepared to leave the farm home in the town of Kosuth to work in the fields. Mr. Kiehn, who spent his entire life on the homestead, route 2, Manitowoc, where he was born, had not been in the best of health the past week, but was able to continue work. His son, Edwin, had left a few minutes before to go to a nearby farm. Funeral Friday Mrs. Kiehn, when her husband was stricken, summoned a physician. He died, however, before the arrival of the doctor. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the Kossuth Baptist church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Kiehn was born in Kossuth in 1868 and married Sophia Rutz in 1898. They continued to reside on the homestead farm. Widow Survives Survivors are the widow; a daughter, Mrs. Erwin Arnthold, route 2, Manitowoc; a son, Edwin, Kossuth; three sisters, Mrs. Mathilda Ahlswede, route 2, Manitowoc, Mrs. Julius Behrmann, Kewaunee, Mrs. Emma Affeldt, city; and one grandchild. The body may be viewed at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home from Thursday noon until Friday at 10 a.m. when it will be taken to the Baptist church in Kossuth. Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, May 27, 1936 P.2
SOPHIE KIEHN Mrs. August Kiehn, 79, lifelong Manitowoc County resident, died Sunday after a lingering illness at the home of a son in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Anthold, of ???????, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Harvey Rakow will officiate and burial will be in the Baptist Cemetery in the town of Kossuth. The former Sophie Rutz was born March 28, 1874, in the town of Two Rivers. Following her marriage Feb. 16, 1898, the Mr. Kiehn the couple settled on a farm in Kossuth. The husband died in 1936 and for the past 2 1/2 years Mrs. Kiehn had made her home with the Antholds near Rockwood. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anthold, of Rt. 5, Manitowoc; a son, Edwin of Rt. 1, Valders; a brother, Alex of Manitowoc and five grand- children. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Tuesday. Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, January 11, 1954 P. 13
MARIA KRUEGER Mrs. John Krueger, widow of one of the early settlers of the town of Two Rivers, died last Friday of old age at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. Rauch, whose home is on the Town Line Road. She was buried yesterday from the little Baptist chapel in the town of Kossuth, where she had been accostumed to attend religious services. The Chronicle, Tues., 30 Aug. 1904, page 1, col. 3
MARGARETHA LINLOGE From Der Nord Westen, 16 Jan. 1896: Death Sun. in Town Kossuth, of Mrs. Margarethe Lindloge, mother of Mr. Conrad Jaeckel. The deceased, who about 74-1/2 yrs. of age, came to Manitowoc Co. in 1844, thus making her one of the oldest pioneers in our county. She married in the same year to John Jaeckel, who has been dead about 30 yrs. They had 12 children of whom 6 survive. After Mr. Jaeckel died, and following a 2-yr. widowhood, she married Mr. Lindloge in 1858, but the latter was killed during the war and she was widowed once again. Her death is attributed to old age debility. The funeral took place Tues. at the cemetery of the Baptist Congregation in Kossuth.
ANNA LUECKER From Der Nord Westen, 28 Dec. 1899: Death in Centerville on Christmas morning of Mrs. George Luecker who had been bedridden for a week following a bad fall. The deceased, whose the mother of Wilhelm Hess locally, was born in Bavaria in 1829, came to America in 1851 and married Mr. Hess in New York. Following Mr. Hess's death she married Mr. Geo. Luecker and they came to Manitowoc with their children. The deceased leaves two sons and a daughter.
MARIA MAGEE FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES AT CLEVELAND, O. Messages received by relatives today announced the death of Mrs. Mary Magee, nee Rohrbach, at Cleveland, Ohio, where she had made her home for two years. The body will be brought here tomorrow and taken to th (sic) home of a sister at Kossuth where funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2, interment being at the Kossuth Baptist cemetery. Mrs. Magee was a daughter of Mrs. Martin Rohrbach, of Kossuth, who with three sisters and four brothers survive her. They are Mrs. Robert Miller, Kossuth; Mrs. Jacob Ebert, of Brillion and Mrs. H. Eckhart of Rock Island, Ill., and August, William, Ernst of Kossuth and Fred of Brillion. One son William, also survives at Cleveland, O. The funeral will be held from the home of Robert Miller at Kossuth. Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, April 11, 1921 P.1
MARY AHLSWEDE MILLER Mrs. Mary Ahlswede Miller, 80, widow of the Rev. John Miller, former pastor of the Kossuth Baptist church, died at 7 o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gustave Kohlmeier, Greenleaf, Route 2, in the Town of Cooperstown. Mrs. Miller had lived with her daughter for the last two years. She had been in ill health for some time. The body will lie in state at the Pfeffer funeral home from Friday morning until Saturday morning when it will be removed to the Kossuth Baptist church where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Miller, whose maiden name was Mary Rolzenthal, was born March 29, 1859 in the Town of Kossuth. She was married to Carl Ahlswede Feb. 17, 1878. Two daughters and two sons were born to the couple. She was married the second time Sept. 14, 1912 to the Rev. Miller. He died six years ago. The survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Kohlmeier, two sons, Charles Ahlswede, city, and Benjamin Ahlswede, Kossuth, one brother, Willaim Rolzenthal, of Kossuth, 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, January 26, 1939 P.2 ******* (NOTE: Buried with Ahlswede)
B. NIEPHAUS BODY OF FORMER LOCAL MAN HERE FOR INTERMENT B. Niephaus Dies at St. Joe, Michigan, Burial Here Friday The body of Balthasar Niephaus, a former resident of Kossuth, whose death occurred at St. Joe, Michigan yesterday will be brought here for burial and the funeral will be held from the home of his son Fred Niephaus, Kossuth, Friday afternoon. Mr. Niephaus was 80 years of age, having been born in 1837. He was a pioneer of Manitowoc county and but ten years ago took up his home at St. Joe. Mr. Niephaus is survived by his aged widow and two sons, Fred of Kossuth and Henry of St. Joe, Mich. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wednesday, October 24, 1917 | Page 5 *********** The remains of Balthaser Niephaus arrived here yesterday to be interred. They were accompanies by his widow and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Niephaus and children of St. Joseph, Mrs. F. Puls, Mrs. Emil Puls and Mrs. R. Kreckel of Milwaukee. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Friday, October 26, 1917 | Page 3
E. NIEPHAUS Mrs. B. Niephaus, formerly a resident of Kossuth, died yesterday at Chicago, and the remains were shipped here to the Frazier mortuary last evening. The deceased was 79 years of age and is survived by two sons, Fred and Henry. Burial will take place from the Kossuth Babtist (sic) church on Saturday, Rev. H. Palfenier officiating. Manitowoc Herald News, Friday, June 15, 1928 P.2
BERTHA ROHRBACH AGED PIONEER OF COUNTY IS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Bertha Rohrbach, resident of the county for more than seventy- five years, passed away early this morning on the old homestead on the Town Line road on which she had lived for more than sixty years. A sudden stroke wore heavily on her years and she passed soon after being stricken. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon, at the Baptist church on the Town Line road, the Rev. Palfemer officiating. Mrs. Rohrbach, nee Glare, was born in Germany June 1, 1846, and came to this country with her parents at the age of six years. At the age of nine, living in the country near Kossuth, she was sent to work to help support the family which was experiencing the early day hardships so common with those who pioneered the county. Nine years later, at the age of eighteen, she was married to Martin Rohrbach, who passed away thirteen years ago. Four sons, Fred, Ernest, August and William, and three daughters, Mrs. Henry Eggert, Mrs. Robert Mueller and Mrs. Jacob Emmett, and thirty- two grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren survive. A brother, Ernest Glare of Dodge Center, Minn., and a sister Mrs. Charles Minschnit (sic) of Chicago, also survive. Manitowoc Herald News, Thursday, January 5, 1928 P.9
JOHN ROHRBACH (d. 1917) The sympathy of friends is extended to Mr. and Mrs. John Rohrbach, Route 7, in the death of their two year old son, John Jr. The child died from diphtheria after a short illness, aged two years, eight months. The funeral was held yesterday with burial at the Baptist cemetery in Kossuth. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, April 16, 1917, Page 3
ANDREAS RUTZ From Der Nord Westen, 30 Oct. 1909: (Saturday dateline) Death Thursday last week, from old age debility, of Andreas Rutz, an old and well-known resident of our county on his farm in Town Two Rivers. The deceased was born in Switzerland, came to America in 1848, and was married in 1856. He settled on the above mentioned farm where he lived the rest of his life. In addition to his widow, he is survived by 8 children of the 10 born to the couple. The funeral was held Sunday.
MARGARETHA SCHMIDTMAN From Der Nord Westen, 14 June 1900: Death on Mon. (11 June) in Town Kossuth of 90-yr. old Mrs. Margarethe Schmidtmann of old age debility. She had been a resident of our county since 1848. Her funeral took place yesterday in the Baptist Cemetery of Two Rivers.