Marriage 26 Sep 1900, Manitowoc, Vol 05, Pg 0146 Vitus Wiegert to Emma Klaun.
1910-1930 census' children: Emma, Arnold, Ruth, Richard, Lydia, Gertrude, Josephine, Gerhardt, Erwin, Vitus, Hugo.
Wisc. Births Records:
Emma Johanna Mary - 11 Apr 1901 - Cato
Arnold William - 27 Sep 1902 - Cato
Ruth - 28 Jan 1904 - Cato
Richard - 2 May 1905 - Cato
Lydia - 7 Sep 1906 - Cato
Despondency Lead to Death of Vitus Weigert
TOWN OF CATO MAN WAS HEAD OF THE EQUITY
Body is Found in Barn; Funeral Will Be Held On Tuesday Afternoon
Despondency over financial matters was blamed today by relatives for the suicide some time last night of Vitus E. Wiegert, 59, town of Cato farmer and for the past 12 years manager of the Farmers Equity warehouse in Whitelaw. His lifeless body was found hanging in an obscure corner of the hay-barn on his farm this morning by a son and a neighbor when they instituted a search.
His widow and grown children today said that for some time Wiegert had worried about not only his own financial condition, but also about the Equity warehouse at Whitelaw, which was in his charge. This coupled with a general rundown condition which has afflicted his health for the past few years is believed to have unbalanced Wiegert's mind. The fact that he did not return to the farm home from the barn at a late hour last night did not worry the family. On previous occasions he had dozed off in the barn and did not return to the house until a late hour.
Became Alarmed
However, when Wiegert was not in the house when his wife and sons arose this morning they became alarmed and summoned neighbors who instituted a search. Hugo Wiegert and a neighbor started a search of the barn. Behind a pile of hay in one corner of the barn the body was found hanging by the neck from a rafter. Dr. Gerald Rau, Two Rivers, the coroner was notified and visited the Wiegert farm in Cato. He decided that there was no necessity for an inquest.
The deceased was born in the town of Manitowoc Rapids and moved with his parents to the town of Cato when a boy of ten years. He later took up farming and established a farm on Route 1, Cato.
He was married there in 1900 to Miss Emma Klann who survives with four sons, Vitus Jr., Erwin and Hugo, at home, Arnold of Portland, Oregon, five daughters, Mrs. Frank Bursek and Mrs. Arthur Flessert, Route 5, Manitowoc, Mrs. Isaac Hanson and Mrs. Kenneth Larson,
Route 4, Manitowoc, and Mrs. George Esse, Milwaukee, and a brother, Ernst of Valders.
Funeral Tuesday
When the Farmer's Equity was organized at Whitelaw some 12 years ago Mr. Wiegert was chosen as the manager and this position he continued to fill. Mr. Wiegert served for several terms as a Cato town officer. Records at the court house disclose that he was assessor of his town for a ten year period from 1913 to 1923.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the farm home in Cato in charge of the [missing a line] Rev. Koch of Reedsville. Interment will be at the Whitelaw cemetery. The remains will be removed to the home Monday afternoon from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Sat. 15 Jul 1933, p. 4
(obit appears to have cemetery wrong, he is buried with his wife Emma at Clarks Mills)
1910-1930 census' children: Emma, Arnold, Ruth, Richard, Lydia, Gertrude, Josephine, Gerhardt, Erwin, Vitus, Hugo.
Wisc. Births Records:
Emma Johanna Mary - 11 Apr 1901 - Cato
Arnold William - 27 Sep 1902 - Cato
Ruth - 28 Jan 1904 - Cato
Richard - 2 May 1905 - Cato
Lydia - 7 Sep 1906 - Cato
Despondency Lead to Death of Vitus Weigert
TOWN OF CATO MAN WAS HEAD OF THE EQUITY
Body is Found in Barn; Funeral Will Be Held On Tuesday Afternoon
Despondency over financial matters was blamed today by relatives for the suicide some time last night of Vitus E. Wiegert, 59, town of Cato farmer and for the past 12 years manager of the Farmers Equity warehouse in Whitelaw. His lifeless body was found hanging in an obscure corner of the hay-barn on his farm this morning by a son and a neighbor when they instituted a search.
His widow and grown children today said that for some time Wiegert had worried about not only his own financial condition, but also about the Equity warehouse at Whitelaw, which was in his charge. This coupled with a general rundown condition which has afflicted his health for the past few years is believed to have unbalanced Wiegert's mind. The fact that he did not return to the farm home from the barn at a late hour last night did not worry the family. On previous occasions he had dozed off in the barn and did not return to the house until a late hour.
Became Alarmed
However, when Wiegert was not in the house when his wife and sons arose this morning they became alarmed and summoned neighbors who instituted a search. Hugo Wiegert and a neighbor started a search of the barn. Behind a pile of hay in one corner of the barn the body was found hanging by the neck from a rafter. Dr. Gerald Rau, Two Rivers, the coroner was notified and visited the Wiegert farm in Cato. He decided that there was no necessity for an inquest.
The deceased was born in the town of Manitowoc Rapids and moved with his parents to the town of Cato when a boy of ten years. He later took up farming and established a farm on Route 1, Cato.
He was married there in 1900 to Miss Emma Klann who survives with four sons, Vitus Jr., Erwin and Hugo, at home, Arnold of Portland, Oregon, five daughters, Mrs. Frank Bursek and Mrs. Arthur Flessert, Route 5, Manitowoc, Mrs. Isaac Hanson and Mrs. Kenneth Larson,
Route 4, Manitowoc, and Mrs. George Esse, Milwaukee, and a brother, Ernst of Valders.
Funeral Tuesday
When the Farmer's Equity was organized at Whitelaw some 12 years ago Mr. Wiegert was chosen as the manager and this position he continued to fill. Mr. Wiegert served for several terms as a Cato town officer. Records at the court house disclose that he was assessor of his town for a ten year period from 1913 to 1923.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the farm home in Cato in charge of the [missing a line] Rev. Koch of Reedsville. Interment will be at the Whitelaw cemetery. The remains will be removed to the home Monday afternoon from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Sat. 15 Jul 1933, p. 4
(obit appears to have cemetery wrong, he is buried with his wife Emma at Clarks Mills)
Marriage 26 Sep 1900, Manitowoc, Vol 05, Pg 0146 Vitus Wiegert to Emma Klaun.
1910-1930 census' children: Emma, Arnold, Ruth, Richard, Lydia, Gertrude, Josephine, Gerhardt, Erwin, Vitus, Hugo.
Wisc. Births Records:
Emma Johanna Mary - 11 Apr 1901 - Cato
Arnold William - 27 Sep 1902 - Cato
Ruth - 28 Jan 1904 - Cato
Richard - 2 May 1905 - Cato
Lydia - 7 Sep 1906 - Cato
Despondency Lead to Death of Vitus Weigert
TOWN OF CATO MAN WAS HEAD OF THE EQUITY
Body is Found in Barn; Funeral Will Be Held On Tuesday Afternoon
Despondency over financial matters was blamed today by relatives for the suicide some time last night of Vitus E. Wiegert, 59, town of Cato farmer and for the past 12 years manager of the Farmers Equity warehouse in Whitelaw. His lifeless body was found hanging in an obscure corner of the hay-barn on his farm this morning by a son and a neighbor when they instituted a search.
His widow and grown children today said that for some time Wiegert had worried about not only his own financial condition, but also about the Equity warehouse at Whitelaw, which was in his charge. This coupled with a general rundown condition which has afflicted his health for the past few years is believed to have unbalanced Wiegert's mind. The fact that he did not return to the farm home from the barn at a late hour last night did not worry the family. On previous occasions he had dozed off in the barn and did not return to the house until a late hour.
Became Alarmed
However, when Wiegert was not in the house when his wife and sons arose this morning they became alarmed and summoned neighbors who instituted a search. Hugo Wiegert and a neighbor started a search of the barn. Behind a pile of hay in one corner of the barn the body was found hanging by the neck from a rafter. Dr. Gerald Rau, Two Rivers, the coroner was notified and visited the Wiegert farm in Cato. He decided that there was no necessity for an inquest.
The deceased was born in the town of Manitowoc Rapids and moved with his parents to the town of Cato when a boy of ten years. He later took up farming and established a farm on Route 1, Cato.
He was married there in 1900 to Miss Emma Klann who survives with four sons, Vitus Jr., Erwin and Hugo, at home, Arnold of Portland, Oregon, five daughters, Mrs. Frank Bursek and Mrs. Arthur Flessert, Route 5, Manitowoc, Mrs. Isaac Hanson and Mrs. Kenneth Larson,
Route 4, Manitowoc, and Mrs. George Esse, Milwaukee, and a brother, Ernst of Valders.
Funeral Tuesday
When the Farmer's Equity was organized at Whitelaw some 12 years ago Mr. Wiegert was chosen as the manager and this position he continued to fill. Mr. Wiegert served for several terms as a Cato town officer. Records at the court house disclose that he was assessor of his town for a ten year period from 1913 to 1923.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the farm home in Cato in charge of the [missing a line] Rev. Koch of Reedsville. Interment will be at the Whitelaw cemetery. The remains will be removed to the home Monday afternoon from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Sat. 15 Jul 1933, p. 4
(obit appears to have cemetery wrong, he is buried with his wife Emma at Clarks Mills)
1910-1930 census' children: Emma, Arnold, Ruth, Richard, Lydia, Gertrude, Josephine, Gerhardt, Erwin, Vitus, Hugo.
Wisc. Births Records:
Emma Johanna Mary - 11 Apr 1901 - Cato
Arnold William - 27 Sep 1902 - Cato
Ruth - 28 Jan 1904 - Cato
Richard - 2 May 1905 - Cato
Lydia - 7 Sep 1906 - Cato
Despondency Lead to Death of Vitus Weigert
TOWN OF CATO MAN WAS HEAD OF THE EQUITY
Body is Found in Barn; Funeral Will Be Held On Tuesday Afternoon
Despondency over financial matters was blamed today by relatives for the suicide some time last night of Vitus E. Wiegert, 59, town of Cato farmer and for the past 12 years manager of the Farmers Equity warehouse in Whitelaw. His lifeless body was found hanging in an obscure corner of the hay-barn on his farm this morning by a son and a neighbor when they instituted a search.
His widow and grown children today said that for some time Wiegert had worried about not only his own financial condition, but also about the Equity warehouse at Whitelaw, which was in his charge. This coupled with a general rundown condition which has afflicted his health for the past few years is believed to have unbalanced Wiegert's mind. The fact that he did not return to the farm home from the barn at a late hour last night did not worry the family. On previous occasions he had dozed off in the barn and did not return to the house until a late hour.
Became Alarmed
However, when Wiegert was not in the house when his wife and sons arose this morning they became alarmed and summoned neighbors who instituted a search. Hugo Wiegert and a neighbor started a search of the barn. Behind a pile of hay in one corner of the barn the body was found hanging by the neck from a rafter. Dr. Gerald Rau, Two Rivers, the coroner was notified and visited the Wiegert farm in Cato. He decided that there was no necessity for an inquest.
The deceased was born in the town of Manitowoc Rapids and moved with his parents to the town of Cato when a boy of ten years. He later took up farming and established a farm on Route 1, Cato.
He was married there in 1900 to Miss Emma Klann who survives with four sons, Vitus Jr., Erwin and Hugo, at home, Arnold of Portland, Oregon, five daughters, Mrs. Frank Bursek and Mrs. Arthur Flessert, Route 5, Manitowoc, Mrs. Isaac Hanson and Mrs. Kenneth Larson,
Route 4, Manitowoc, and Mrs. George Esse, Milwaukee, and a brother, Ernst of Valders.
Funeral Tuesday
When the Farmer's Equity was organized at Whitelaw some 12 years ago Mr. Wiegert was chosen as the manager and this position he continued to fill. Mr. Wiegert served for several terms as a Cato town officer. Records at the court house disclose that he was assessor of his town for a ten year period from 1913 to 1923.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the farm home in Cato in charge of the [missing a line] Rev. Koch of Reedsville. Interment will be at the Whitelaw cemetery. The remains will be removed to the home Monday afternoon from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Sat. 15 Jul 1933, p. 4
(obit appears to have cemetery wrong, he is buried with his wife Emma at Clarks Mills)
Family Members
Children
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Emeline J. Wiegert Bursek
1901–1985
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Arnold W. Wiegert
1902–1959
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Ruth Wiegert Esse
1904–1988
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Richard Wiegert
1905–1924
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Lydia M. Wiegert Flessert
1905–1980
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Gertrude Wigert Hanson
1908–1995
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Josephine Wiegert Larson
1909–1994
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Gerhard Wiegert
1911–1920
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Erwin S Wiegert
1913–1978
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Vitus Wiegert Jr
1914–1970
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Hugo L Wiegert
1916–1987
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