Joseph Gresl Sr., 80 (photo), retired Cato farmer, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Pritzl at Appleton, following a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Michael's Catholic church, Whitelaw, the Rev. J.W. Husslein officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Gresl was born in Austria in 1867 and his family moved to Kansas.
He married Miss Sophia Grall there in 1888 and they came to Cato to locate on a farm. The couple observed their golden weddding in 1938.
Mrs. Gresl died four years ago.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Harvey Denk of this city, Mrs. Pritzl of Appleton and Mrs. Alois Griesbach and Mrs. Theodore Schmit of Greenville, Wis.; six sons, Frank of Goodrich, Wis., George of Appleton, Wilbert and Oscar of this city, Joseph of Cato and Alfred of Greenville; 51 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
The body may be viewed at the Valley funeral home, Appleton.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 28, 1947 P.2
Joseph Gresl Sr., 80 (photo), retired Cato farmer, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Pritzl at Appleton, following a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Michael's Catholic church, Whitelaw, the Rev. J.W. Husslein officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Gresl was born in Austria in 1867 and his family moved to Kansas.
He married Miss Sophia Grall there in 1888 and they came to Cato to locate on a farm. The couple observed their golden weddding in 1938.
Mrs. Gresl died four years ago.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Harvey Denk of this city, Mrs. Pritzl of Appleton and Mrs. Alois Griesbach and Mrs. Theodore Schmit of Greenville, Wis.; six sons, Frank of Goodrich, Wis., George of Appleton, Wilbert and Oscar of this city, Joseph of Cato and Alfred of Greenville; 51 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
The body may be viewed at the Valley funeral home, Appleton.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 28, 1947 P.2
Family Members
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Frank Joseph Gresl
1889–1966
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Elizabeth Rosaline "Elsie" Gresl Pritzl
1893–1988
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Mary Gresl
1895–1916
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Sophia Gresl Griesbach
1895–1981
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George John Gresl
1901–1987
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Barbara Agnes Gresl Schmit
1904–1994
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Joseph Oscar Gresl
1906–1997
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Caroline Julianna Gresl Denk
1909–1993
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Alfred Hugo Gresl
1911–1993
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Wilbert Leander "Bill" Gresl
1913–1996
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Oscar Roman "Butch" Gresl
1915–1994
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