Funeral services for Mrs. F. W. Gartman, 85, will be held at 10 a.m. Sat. at Gerend's Funeral Home and at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Name Church.
Rev. Anthony J. Knackert, pastor, will be the celebrant of the requiem high mass. Burial will take place on the family lot in Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs. Gartman, widow of a pioneer Sheboygan County cheesemaker, died Thurs. at St. Nicholas Hospital after a protracted illness.
Nee Lena Wolf, she was born Feb. 22, 1869, at Holy Cross in the Town of Belgium [Ozaukee Cnty]. Her marriage to Mr. Gartman was solemnized at Holy Cross on Apr. 21, 1891.
The couple resided in the Town of Wilson where Mr. Gartman operated a cheese factory at Weeden's Station until 1813 (sic, 1913) when they came to Sheboygan to reside.
Mr. Gartman died Oct. 2, 1943.
Mrs. Gartman, a resident of the Anna M. Reiss Home for the past nine years, was a faithful member of Holy Name Church and the St. Ann's Altar and Christian Mothers' Society of the parish.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. George (Leona) Thull, Detroit MI, Mrs. George (Henrietta) Fredricks and Mrs. Roy (Madeline) Head, Sheboygan; two sons, Walter F., Sheboygan, and Dr. William J., Milwaukee; 16 grandchildren [Gertrude and Gerald Gartman; Thomas Head; Donald and Wesley Thull; Roman, Sylvester Mersberger; Barbara and Mary Gartman] and 22 grandchildren (sic).
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Louis, and a daughter, Mrs. Katherine Mersberger.
The body will lie in state at the funeral home until the hour of services.
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Funeral - Sheboygan Press, Sat, Apr 24, 1954
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Gartman, widow of F. W. Gartman, who passed away Thurs., were held this morning at 10:00 at Gerend's Funeral home followed by a requiem high mass at 10:30 o'clock at Holy Name church. Father Anthony J. Knackert, pastor, was the celebrant and burial took place on the family lot in Calvary cemetery. The mass was sung by the school children with Miss Roseann Wagner as organist.
Members of the St. Ann's Altar and Christian Mothers society, led by Father Harold C. Petronis, curate, recited the rosary at the funeral home Fri. evening. The society attended church services in a body.
Pallbearers were Walter Gartman, Jr., Jack Hammes, William Marotz, Roman and Sylvester Mersberger and Joseph Rollinger, all grandsons of deceased [or husbands of granddaughters].
Funeral services for Mrs. F. W. Gartman, 85, will be held at 10 a.m. Sat. at Gerend's Funeral Home and at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Name Church.
Rev. Anthony J. Knackert, pastor, will be the celebrant of the requiem high mass. Burial will take place on the family lot in Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs. Gartman, widow of a pioneer Sheboygan County cheesemaker, died Thurs. at St. Nicholas Hospital after a protracted illness.
Nee Lena Wolf, she was born Feb. 22, 1869, at Holy Cross in the Town of Belgium [Ozaukee Cnty]. Her marriage to Mr. Gartman was solemnized at Holy Cross on Apr. 21, 1891.
The couple resided in the Town of Wilson where Mr. Gartman operated a cheese factory at Weeden's Station until 1813 (sic, 1913) when they came to Sheboygan to reside.
Mr. Gartman died Oct. 2, 1943.
Mrs. Gartman, a resident of the Anna M. Reiss Home for the past nine years, was a faithful member of Holy Name Church and the St. Ann's Altar and Christian Mothers' Society of the parish.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. George (Leona) Thull, Detroit MI, Mrs. George (Henrietta) Fredricks and Mrs. Roy (Madeline) Head, Sheboygan; two sons, Walter F., Sheboygan, and Dr. William J., Milwaukee; 16 grandchildren [Gertrude and Gerald Gartman; Thomas Head; Donald and Wesley Thull; Roman, Sylvester Mersberger; Barbara and Mary Gartman] and 22 grandchildren (sic).
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Louis, and a daughter, Mrs. Katherine Mersberger.
The body will lie in state at the funeral home until the hour of services.
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Funeral - Sheboygan Press, Sat, Apr 24, 1954
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Gartman, widow of F. W. Gartman, who passed away Thurs., were held this morning at 10:00 at Gerend's Funeral home followed by a requiem high mass at 10:30 o'clock at Holy Name church. Father Anthony J. Knackert, pastor, was the celebrant and burial took place on the family lot in Calvary cemetery. The mass was sung by the school children with Miss Roseann Wagner as organist.
Members of the St. Ann's Altar and Christian Mothers society, led by Father Harold C. Petronis, curate, recited the rosary at the funeral home Fri. evening. The society attended church services in a body.
Pallbearers were Walter Gartman, Jr., Jack Hammes, William Marotz, Roman and Sylvester Mersberger and Joseph Rollinger, all grandsons of deceased [or husbands of granddaughters].