Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, January 31, 1934 P.11
Henry Baetz, Inventor, Dies At 69
Won Fame As a Heating Engineer. Body Will Be Brought To City From St. Louis For Burial Here. Henry Baetz, 69, nationally known heating engineer and son of the late Mayor Andrew Baetz, pioneer of Two Rivers, died at St. Mary's hospital in St. Louis at 5:30 Tuesday afternoon. He had been confined in the hospital in that city for several weeks, following an attack of illness last November.
Funeral arrangements have not been definitely completed, but it is understood that services will be held in Two Rivers at two o'clock Saturday afternoon, with interment in the family lot in Pioneers' Rest cemetery. The Rev. Thomas A. Hawkes will officiate. A nationaly known authority on heating systems for more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Baetz in later years contributed numerous articles in well known trade journals. For many years he manufactured the "Baetz Heater" at St. Louis, his home, and the system is installed in many of the largest buildings in the country. Among them are the St. Louis Union Depot and the U.S. Navy dirigible hangar at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Educated Here
Born in Two Rivers August 18, 1865 (sic), a son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baetz, among the earliest settlers in this city, Henry Baetz spent his boyhood days here, receiving his education in the public schools and the high school. At the age of 21 he left Two Rivers with Henry Bohn, a boyhood chum, to seek his fortune.
He went to Detroit where he secured a position of traveling salesman for the Huyette & Smith blower company of that city. Later he was made resident salesman and located at St. Louis. Several years later Mr. Baetz established his own business in the manufacture of hot air ventilation systems and after became associated with the Skinner Brothers Manufacturing company of St. Louis. It is recalled that less than a year ago the courts directed that firm to pay Mr. Baetz a large sum for his patents. An inventive genius he was enthusiastic and aggressive.
Henry Baetz had been greatly attached to his old home town. He was familiar with anecdotes and incidents of old Two Rivers, and at one time wrote a series of articles of historic merit when the Reporter was published weekly. These stories drew much favorable comment among the older residents of Two Rivers.
Fond of Two Rivers
Fond of his native city, Mr. Baetz came here every summer with his family. He owned the first automobile to be viewed on the city's streets in the early days, and always made the trip from St. Louis by automobile. Scores of Two Rivers residents received their first automobile ride from Mr. Baetz.
It is also recalled that in the pioneer days, three of Mr. Baetz' boyhood companions, Joseph Koenig, Frank Eggers and Louis Wilkens, all deceased, went to St. Louis to return on their first auto ride to this city.
In 1900 Mr. Baetz was married to Evelyn Finan of St. Louis, who survives him with two daughters, Mr. H. Bezzenberger of Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss Evelyn Baetz of St. Louis, and two sons, Hall, of Los Angeles, California, and Attorney Emerson Baetz of St. Louis. He also leaves two sisters, Miss Lizzie Baetz and Mrs. Joseph Streeter of this city, and two brothers, Postmaster Conrad Baetz and Arthur Baetz, also of this city. There is also one grandchild.
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Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, January 31, 1934 P.11
Henry Baetz, Inventor, Dies At 69
Won Fame As a Heating Engineer. Body Will Be Brought To City From St. Louis For Burial Here. Henry Baetz, 69, nationally known heating engineer and son of the late Mayor Andrew Baetz, pioneer of Two Rivers, died at St. Mary's hospital in St. Louis at 5:30 Tuesday afternoon. He had been confined in the hospital in that city for several weeks, following an attack of illness last November.
Funeral arrangements have not been definitely completed, but it is understood that services will be held in Two Rivers at two o'clock Saturday afternoon, with interment in the family lot in Pioneers' Rest cemetery. The Rev. Thomas A. Hawkes will officiate. A nationaly known authority on heating systems for more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Baetz in later years contributed numerous articles in well known trade journals. For many years he manufactured the "Baetz Heater" at St. Louis, his home, and the system is installed in many of the largest buildings in the country. Among them are the St. Louis Union Depot and the U.S. Navy dirigible hangar at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Educated Here
Born in Two Rivers August 18, 1865 (sic), a son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baetz, among the earliest settlers in this city, Henry Baetz spent his boyhood days here, receiving his education in the public schools and the high school. At the age of 21 he left Two Rivers with Henry Bohn, a boyhood chum, to seek his fortune.
He went to Detroit where he secured a position of traveling salesman for the Huyette & Smith blower company of that city. Later he was made resident salesman and located at St. Louis. Several years later Mr. Baetz established his own business in the manufacture of hot air ventilation systems and after became associated with the Skinner Brothers Manufacturing company of St. Louis. It is recalled that less than a year ago the courts directed that firm to pay Mr. Baetz a large sum for his patents. An inventive genius he was enthusiastic and aggressive.
Henry Baetz had been greatly attached to his old home town. He was familiar with anecdotes and incidents of old Two Rivers, and at one time wrote a series of articles of historic merit when the Reporter was published weekly. These stories drew much favorable comment among the older residents of Two Rivers.
Fond of Two Rivers
Fond of his native city, Mr. Baetz came here every summer with his family. He owned the first automobile to be viewed on the city's streets in the early days, and always made the trip from St. Louis by automobile. Scores of Two Rivers residents received their first automobile ride from Mr. Baetz.
It is also recalled that in the pioneer days, three of Mr. Baetz' boyhood companions, Joseph Koenig, Frank Eggers and Louis Wilkens, all deceased, went to St. Louis to return on their first auto ride to this city.
In 1900 Mr. Baetz was married to Evelyn Finan of St. Louis, who survives him with two daughters, Mr. H. Bezzenberger of Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss Evelyn Baetz of St. Louis, and two sons, Hall, of Los Angeles, California, and Attorney Emerson Baetz of St. Louis. He also leaves two sisters, Miss Lizzie Baetz and Mrs. Joseph Streeter of this city, and two brothers, Postmaster Conrad Baetz and Arthur Baetz, also of this city. There is also one grandchild.
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