Arthur Baetz, 85, editor and publisher of the former weekly Two Rivers Reporter-Chronicle, and a member of one of the community’s most prominent pioneer families is dead.
Death came to the retired newspaperman unexpectedly of cerebral hemorrhage at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after he was stricken two hours earlier at his home. He had been living a quiet life of retirement since he discontinued a printing business in the early 1940s.
Funeral Saturday
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, the Rev. Richard H. Trump, of Grace Congregational Church, officiating.
Interment will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Baetz was born at Two Rivers Feb. 7, 1874, a son of the late Andrew and Sophia Depping Baetz, who immigrated from Germany and settled in Two Rivers in 1848. The father established soon afterward a wagon works and blacksmith shop which was later known as A. Baetz and Sons Co., which flourished in the area for many years.
In the 1880s, Andrew Baetz became mayor of Two Rivers, holding the post for several terms. Arthur Baetz and his older brother, the late Conrad Baetz, who later became mayor and then postmaster of Two Rivers for many years, were associated with the father.
With brother Conrad Baetz continuing the operation of the A. Baetz and Sons Co. after the retirement of the father, Arthur Baetz, who attended the public schools here and was graduated at 16 from Two Rivers High School, later entered the employ of the Hamilton Mfg. Co. He was the firm’s chief expeditor for many years.
Purchased Paper
Interested in journalism since youth, having taken extension courses at the University of Wisconsin, Arthur Baetz purchased the Two Rivers Weekly Reporter from the late Fred M. Althen in 1921. The paper was founded in March of 1905.
In 1924 Mr. Baetz acquired the Two Rivers Weekly Chronicle from his old friend, the late Publisher Noel Nash, who had been in failing health. The Chronicle was founded in 1872 and for years earlier was published by the late William F. Nash, father of Noel. Mr. Baetz combined the two weekly papers under the masthead Two Rivers Reporter-Chronicle, operating the plant until the summer of 1928, when the paper was purchased by the late Mark R. Byers of La Crosse, becoming a daily newspaper.
Following his retirement from the publishing business, Mr. Baetz served as a correspondent for Milwaukee newspapers and wrote frequent stories of old days in Two Rivers for The Reporter. He continued in the job printing business with his son, Arthur Byron Baetz, for some 10 years when he retired. Mr. Baetz lived his entire life at the Baetz homestead at 16th and Monroe streets, which embraced a large area for the wagon making business and blacksmithing.
Mr. Baetz was 21 years old when he was accepted as a member of the Two Rivers Lodge of Masons, No. 200. He was also a charter member of the Two Rivers Rotary Club and early member of the Two Rivers Elks Club as well as the Milwaukee Press Club. In his young manhood he was a member of the club composed of business professional men
known as the Iroquois Club.
Leaves Wife, Four Children
Surviving are his wife, the former Ella Estey of Appleton, a former Two Rivers public school teacher whom he married Sept. 2, 1902; three daughters, Mrs. John O’Connor of Two Rivers, Mrs. Richard Brown of New York City, and Mrs. Andrew L.M. Bixler of Wilmington, N.C.; a son, Arthur Byron, a graphic arts teacher in Superior; a sister, Mrs. Ida Streeter of Shady Lane Home, Manitowoc, and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 25, 1959 (page 2) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
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Funeral services for Arthur Baetz, 85 (above) of 1819-16th St., Two Rivers editor and publisher of the former Two Rivers weekly Reporter-Chronicle who died Tuesday night, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Richard H. Trump officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Active pallbearers will be Harold Liebich, Earl Boehringer, Morton Saunders, Hugo Rose, Thomas Baetz and Seymour S. Althen. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Schroeder, George Booth, Roland C. Bleser, Roger Kahlenberg, Donald C. Dean and Val F. Hall.
The above picture of Mr. Baetz (overinked) is an oil painting, the work of Richard Yelmene, Two Rivers Washington High School art student, which marked his first commission in portraiture. Yelmene had completed the painting on the day of the death of Mr. Baetz, who had posed for the painter several times recently.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 26, 1959 (page 23) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
Death came to the retired newspaperman unexpectedly of cerebral hemorrhage at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after he was stricken two hours earlier at his home. He had been living a quiet life of retirement since he discontinued a printing business in the early 1940s.
Funeral Saturday
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, the Rev. Richard H. Trump, of Grace Congregational Church, officiating.
Interment will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Baetz was born at Two Rivers Feb. 7, 1874, a son of the late Andrew and Sophia Depping Baetz, who immigrated from Germany and settled in Two Rivers in 1848. The father established soon afterward a wagon works and blacksmith shop which was later known as A. Baetz and Sons Co., which flourished in the area for many years.
In the 1880s, Andrew Baetz became mayor of Two Rivers, holding the post for several terms. Arthur Baetz and his older brother, the late Conrad Baetz, who later became mayor and then postmaster of Two Rivers for many years, were associated with the father.
With brother Conrad Baetz continuing the operation of the A. Baetz and Sons Co. after the retirement of the father, Arthur Baetz, who attended the public schools here and was graduated at 16 from Two Rivers High School, later entered the employ of the Hamilton Mfg. Co. He was the firm’s chief expeditor for many years.
Purchased Paper
Interested in journalism since youth, having taken extension courses at the University of Wisconsin, Arthur Baetz purchased the Two Rivers Weekly Reporter from the late Fred M. Althen in 1921. The paper was founded in March of 1905.
In 1924 Mr. Baetz acquired the Two Rivers Weekly Chronicle from his old friend, the late Publisher Noel Nash, who had been in failing health. The Chronicle was founded in 1872 and for years earlier was published by the late William F. Nash, father of Noel. Mr. Baetz combined the two weekly papers under the masthead Two Rivers Reporter-Chronicle, operating the plant until the summer of 1928, when the paper was purchased by the late Mark R. Byers of La Crosse, becoming a daily newspaper.
Following his retirement from the publishing business, Mr. Baetz served as a correspondent for Milwaukee newspapers and wrote frequent stories of old days in Two Rivers for The Reporter. He continued in the job printing business with his son, Arthur Byron Baetz, for some 10 years when he retired. Mr. Baetz lived his entire life at the Baetz homestead at 16th and Monroe streets, which embraced a large area for the wagon making business and blacksmithing.
Mr. Baetz was 21 years old when he was accepted as a member of the Two Rivers Lodge of Masons, No. 200. He was also a charter member of the Two Rivers Rotary Club and early member of the Two Rivers Elks Club as well as the Milwaukee Press Club. In his young manhood he was a member of the club composed of business professional men
known as the Iroquois Club.
Leaves Wife, Four Children
Surviving are his wife, the former Ella Estey of Appleton, a former Two Rivers public school teacher whom he married Sept. 2, 1902; three daughters, Mrs. John O’Connor of Two Rivers, Mrs. Richard Brown of New York City, and Mrs. Andrew L.M. Bixler of Wilmington, N.C.; a son, Arthur Byron, a graphic arts teacher in Superior; a sister, Mrs. Ida Streeter of Shady Lane Home, Manitowoc, and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 25, 1959 (page 2) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
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Funeral services for Arthur Baetz, 85 (above) of 1819-16th St., Two Rivers editor and publisher of the former Two Rivers weekly Reporter-Chronicle who died Tuesday night, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Richard H. Trump officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Active pallbearers will be Harold Liebich, Earl Boehringer, Morton Saunders, Hugo Rose, Thomas Baetz and Seymour S. Althen. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Schroeder, George Booth, Roland C. Bleser, Roger Kahlenberg, Donald C. Dean and Val F. Hall.
The above picture of Mr. Baetz (overinked) is an oil painting, the work of Richard Yelmene, Two Rivers Washington High School art student, which marked his first commission in portraiture. Yelmene had completed the painting on the day of the death of Mr. Baetz, who had posed for the painter several times recently.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 26, 1959 (page 23) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
Arthur Baetz, 85, editor and publisher of the former weekly Two Rivers Reporter-Chronicle, and a member of one of the community’s most prominent pioneer families is dead.
Death came to the retired newspaperman unexpectedly of cerebral hemorrhage at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after he was stricken two hours earlier at his home. He had been living a quiet life of retirement since he discontinued a printing business in the early 1940s.
Funeral Saturday
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, the Rev. Richard H. Trump, of Grace Congregational Church, officiating.
Interment will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Baetz was born at Two Rivers Feb. 7, 1874, a son of the late Andrew and Sophia Depping Baetz, who immigrated from Germany and settled in Two Rivers in 1848. The father established soon afterward a wagon works and blacksmith shop which was later known as A. Baetz and Sons Co., which flourished in the area for many years.
In the 1880s, Andrew Baetz became mayor of Two Rivers, holding the post for several terms. Arthur Baetz and his older brother, the late Conrad Baetz, who later became mayor and then postmaster of Two Rivers for many years, were associated with the father.
With brother Conrad Baetz continuing the operation of the A. Baetz and Sons Co. after the retirement of the father, Arthur Baetz, who attended the public schools here and was graduated at 16 from Two Rivers High School, later entered the employ of the Hamilton Mfg. Co. He was the firm’s chief expeditor for many years.
Purchased Paper
Interested in journalism since youth, having taken extension courses at the University of Wisconsin, Arthur Baetz purchased the Two Rivers Weekly Reporter from the late Fred M. Althen in 1921. The paper was founded in March of 1905.
In 1924 Mr. Baetz acquired the Two Rivers Weekly Chronicle from his old friend, the late Publisher Noel Nash, who had been in failing health. The Chronicle was founded in 1872 and for years earlier was published by the late William F. Nash, father of Noel. Mr. Baetz combined the two weekly papers under the masthead Two Rivers Reporter-Chronicle, operating the plant until the summer of 1928, when the paper was purchased by the late Mark R. Byers of La Crosse, becoming a daily newspaper.
Following his retirement from the publishing business, Mr. Baetz served as a correspondent for Milwaukee newspapers and wrote frequent stories of old days in Two Rivers for The Reporter. He continued in the job printing business with his son, Arthur Byron Baetz, for some 10 years when he retired. Mr. Baetz lived his entire life at the Baetz homestead at 16th and Monroe streets, which embraced a large area for the wagon making business and blacksmithing.
Mr. Baetz was 21 years old when he was accepted as a member of the Two Rivers Lodge of Masons, No. 200. He was also a charter member of the Two Rivers Rotary Club and early member of the Two Rivers Elks Club as well as the Milwaukee Press Club. In his young manhood he was a member of the club composed of business professional men
known as the Iroquois Club.
Leaves Wife, Four Children
Surviving are his wife, the former Ella Estey of Appleton, a former Two Rivers public school teacher whom he married Sept. 2, 1902; three daughters, Mrs. John O’Connor of Two Rivers, Mrs. Richard Brown of New York City, and Mrs. Andrew L.M. Bixler of Wilmington, N.C.; a son, Arthur Byron, a graphic arts teacher in Superior; a sister, Mrs. Ida Streeter of Shady Lane Home, Manitowoc, and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 25, 1959 (page 2) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
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Funeral services for Arthur Baetz, 85 (above) of 1819-16th St., Two Rivers editor and publisher of the former Two Rivers weekly Reporter-Chronicle who died Tuesday night, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Richard H. Trump officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Active pallbearers will be Harold Liebich, Earl Boehringer, Morton Saunders, Hugo Rose, Thomas Baetz and Seymour S. Althen. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Schroeder, George Booth, Roland C. Bleser, Roger Kahlenberg, Donald C. Dean and Val F. Hall.
The above picture of Mr. Baetz (overinked) is an oil painting, the work of Richard Yelmene, Two Rivers Washington High School art student, which marked his first commission in portraiture. Yelmene had completed the painting on the day of the death of Mr. Baetz, who had posed for the painter several times recently.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 26, 1959 (page 23) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
Death came to the retired newspaperman unexpectedly of cerebral hemorrhage at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after he was stricken two hours earlier at his home. He had been living a quiet life of retirement since he discontinued a printing business in the early 1940s.
Funeral Saturday
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, the Rev. Richard H. Trump, of Grace Congregational Church, officiating.
Interment will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Baetz was born at Two Rivers Feb. 7, 1874, a son of the late Andrew and Sophia Depping Baetz, who immigrated from Germany and settled in Two Rivers in 1848. The father established soon afterward a wagon works and blacksmith shop which was later known as A. Baetz and Sons Co., which flourished in the area for many years.
In the 1880s, Andrew Baetz became mayor of Two Rivers, holding the post for several terms. Arthur Baetz and his older brother, the late Conrad Baetz, who later became mayor and then postmaster of Two Rivers for many years, were associated with the father.
With brother Conrad Baetz continuing the operation of the A. Baetz and Sons Co. after the retirement of the father, Arthur Baetz, who attended the public schools here and was graduated at 16 from Two Rivers High School, later entered the employ of the Hamilton Mfg. Co. He was the firm’s chief expeditor for many years.
Purchased Paper
Interested in journalism since youth, having taken extension courses at the University of Wisconsin, Arthur Baetz purchased the Two Rivers Weekly Reporter from the late Fred M. Althen in 1921. The paper was founded in March of 1905.
In 1924 Mr. Baetz acquired the Two Rivers Weekly Chronicle from his old friend, the late Publisher Noel Nash, who had been in failing health. The Chronicle was founded in 1872 and for years earlier was published by the late William F. Nash, father of Noel. Mr. Baetz combined the two weekly papers under the masthead Two Rivers Reporter-Chronicle, operating the plant until the summer of 1928, when the paper was purchased by the late Mark R. Byers of La Crosse, becoming a daily newspaper.
Following his retirement from the publishing business, Mr. Baetz served as a correspondent for Milwaukee newspapers and wrote frequent stories of old days in Two Rivers for The Reporter. He continued in the job printing business with his son, Arthur Byron Baetz, for some 10 years when he retired. Mr. Baetz lived his entire life at the Baetz homestead at 16th and Monroe streets, which embraced a large area for the wagon making business and blacksmithing.
Mr. Baetz was 21 years old when he was accepted as a member of the Two Rivers Lodge of Masons, No. 200. He was also a charter member of the Two Rivers Rotary Club and early member of the Two Rivers Elks Club as well as the Milwaukee Press Club. In his young manhood he was a member of the club composed of business professional men
known as the Iroquois Club.
Leaves Wife, Four Children
Surviving are his wife, the former Ella Estey of Appleton, a former Two Rivers public school teacher whom he married Sept. 2, 1902; three daughters, Mrs. John O’Connor of Two Rivers, Mrs. Richard Brown of New York City, and Mrs. Andrew L.M. Bixler of Wilmington, N.C.; a son, Arthur Byron, a graphic arts teacher in Superior; a sister, Mrs. Ida Streeter of Shady Lane Home, Manitowoc, and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 25, 1959 (page 2) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
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Funeral services for Arthur Baetz, 85 (above) of 1819-16th St., Two Rivers editor and publisher of the former Two Rivers weekly Reporter-Chronicle who died Tuesday night, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Richard H. Trump officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Active pallbearers will be Harold Liebich, Earl Boehringer, Morton Saunders, Hugo Rose, Thomas Baetz and Seymour S. Althen. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Schroeder, George Booth, Roland C. Bleser, Roger Kahlenberg, Donald C. Dean and Val F. Hall.
The above picture of Mr. Baetz (overinked) is an oil painting, the work of Richard Yelmene, Two Rivers Washington High School art student, which marked his first commission in portraiture. Yelmene had completed the painting on the day of the death of Mr. Baetz, who had posed for the painter several times recently.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 26, 1959 (page 23) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
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