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Walter Edward Lorfeld

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Walter Edward Lorfeld

Birth
Meeme, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
25 Oct 1941 (aged 48)
Osman, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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WALTER E. LORFELD

Walter Edward Lorfeld, 48, a lifelong resident of the town of Meeme, died suddenly Saturday evening of a heart attack at his farm home near Osman. He had been in the best of health, and was just finishing the evening chores when stricken.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday from the home at 1:30 and from St. James Evangelical and Reformed church in Spring Valley at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Carl Schmahl will offiicate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be cousins of the deceased; Alfred Lorfeld, Herbert Lorfeld, George Lutze, William Heckman, Erwin Wunsch and Alfred Hauenstein.

Mr. Lorfeld, the son of Mrs. Cecilia Lorfeld and the late David Lorfeld, was born on January 2, 1893, in the town of Meeme. For many years up to the time of his death he operated his farm near Osman. He married Rose A. Wippermann of the town of Mosel, Sheboygan county, on April 9, 1917, and has one child. Mrs. John Stevenson of Manitowoc.

Mr. Lorfeld was for many years school clerk of District No. 3, town of Meeme, and at the time of his death was secretary of the Osman Co-operative Dairy Association.

Survivors in addition to his widow, mother, and daughter are one brother, Arthur, town of Meeme, and three sisters; Mrs. Walter J. Berger of Madison, Mrs. Cranston F. Heckman of Spring Valley and Mrs. Francis Schultz of Neenah. The body may be viewed at the Lorfeld home after 6 p.m. today. The casket will not be opened at the church.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, October 27, 1941 P. 2

WALTER E. LORFELD

Walter Edward Lorfeld, 48, a lifelong resident of the town of Meeme, died suddenly Saturday evening of a heart attack at his farm home near Osman. He had been in the best of health, and was just finishing the evening chores when stricken.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday from the home at 1:30 and from St. James Evangelical and Reformed church in Spring Valley at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Carl Schmahl will offiicate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be cousins of the deceased; Alfred Lorfeld, Herbert Lorfeld, George Lutze, William Heckman, Erwin Wunsch and Alfred Hauenstein.

Mr. Lorfeld, the son of Mrs. Cecilia Lorfeld and the late David Lorfeld, was born on January 2, 1893, in the town of Meeme. For many years up to the time of his death he operated his farm near Osman. He married Rose A. Wippermann of the town of Mosel, Sheboygan county, on April 9, 1917, and has one child. Mrs. John Stevenson of Manitowoc.

Mr. Lorfeld was for many years school clerk of District No. 3, town of Meeme, and at the time of his death was secretary of the Osman Co-operative Dairy Association.

Survivors in addition to his widow, mother, and daughter are one brother, Arthur, town of Meeme, and three sisters; Mrs. Walter J. Berger of Madison, Mrs. Cranston F. Heckman of Spring Valley and Mrs. Francis Schultz of Neenah. The body may be viewed at the Lorfeld home after 6 p.m. today. The casket will not be opened at the church.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, October 27, 1941 P. 2



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