Mr. Meitner, a resident of the town of Richfield about six miles north of here for the past 33 years, died suddenly November 16 at 7:30 p.m. He had been sawing wood at the home of a neighbor during the afternoon. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
He was born September 28, 1877, in Austria, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wenzel Meitner. The family moved to America when he was a year old, settling at Waterloo, Wis. Mr. Meitner was married on April 24, 1901, to Christina Schultzen, who survives him with seven children.
They are, besides Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Alma Birkholz, Vesper, Mrs. Rosalie Knoll, Arpin; Franklin C. jr., Arpin; and George, Irene, and Christie, at home. Five grandchildren, a brother, Wenzel, of Arpin, and one half-brother and three half-sisters, including Mrs. Anna Haumschild, LaCrosse, Mrs. Mary Ratt, Madison, Mrs. Louisa Nolan, Chicago, and John Schram, Waterloo, also survive.
Wisconsin Rapids (Wisconsin) Daily Tribune, Friday, November 18, 1938
Mr. Meitner, a resident of the town of Richfield about six miles north of here for the past 33 years, died suddenly November 16 at 7:30 p.m. He had been sawing wood at the home of a neighbor during the afternoon. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
He was born September 28, 1877, in Austria, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wenzel Meitner. The family moved to America when he was a year old, settling at Waterloo, Wis. Mr. Meitner was married on April 24, 1901, to Christina Schultzen, who survives him with seven children.
They are, besides Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Alma Birkholz, Vesper, Mrs. Rosalie Knoll, Arpin; Franklin C. jr., Arpin; and George, Irene, and Christie, at home. Five grandchildren, a brother, Wenzel, of Arpin, and one half-brother and three half-sisters, including Mrs. Anna Haumschild, LaCrosse, Mrs. Mary Ratt, Madison, Mrs. Louisa Nolan, Chicago, and John Schram, Waterloo, also survive.
Wisconsin Rapids (Wisconsin) Daily Tribune, Friday, November 18, 1938
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