Mrs. Ella Baetz, 84, of 1619-16th St., Two Rivers, widow of Arthur Baetz, publisher of the former Two Rivers Weekly Reporter and for years active in social, fraternal and church circles, died early Tuesday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital where she had been a patient since Jan. 6. She had been in failing health for a number of years.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Richard H. Trump, pastor of Grace Congregational Church, Two Rivers, officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mrs. Baetz, nee Ella Estey, was born April 7, 1876, at New Brunswick, Canada, a daughter of the late John and Margaret Shaw Estey. When she was eight years old the family brought her to Appleton.
Mrs. Baetz attended the Appleton Public Schools and was graduated from Appleton High School. She enrolled at Wisconsin State College at Oshkosh where she received a degree for teaching. She also attended summer sessions at Lawrence College, Appleton. She began her teaching career at the Fourth Ward School at Appleton and came to Two Rivers in 1900 to teach in the Two Rivers public graded school. She was married Sept. 2, 1902, to Arthur Baetz at the Appleton Congregational Church. Mr. Baetz died in Two Rivers Feb. 24, 1959.
Mrs. Baetz was a charter member of the Two Rivers Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, as well as the Ladies of the Roundtable and the Two Rivers Ladies Charitable Assn. She was also affiliated with the Ladies Aid Society of grace Congregational Church, the Elks Auxiliary and the Royal Neighbors of America. Earlier she was a member of the Manitowoc County Council of Social Agencies.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. John J. O’Connor of Two Rivers, Mrs. Richard Brown of New York, N.Y., and Mrs. Andrew Bixler of Miquon, Pa.; a son, Arthur Byron of St. Paul, Minn., two sisters, Mrs. Olin Mead and Mrs. John Laird of Appleton; three grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 1, 1961 (page 15) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Richard H. Trump, pastor of Grace Congregational Church, Two Rivers, officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mrs. Baetz, nee Ella Estey, was born April 7, 1876, at New Brunswick, Canada, a daughter of the late John and Margaret Shaw Estey. When she was eight years old the family brought her to Appleton.
Mrs. Baetz attended the Appleton Public Schools and was graduated from Appleton High School. She enrolled at Wisconsin State College at Oshkosh where she received a degree for teaching. She also attended summer sessions at Lawrence College, Appleton. She began her teaching career at the Fourth Ward School at Appleton and came to Two Rivers in 1900 to teach in the Two Rivers public graded school. She was married Sept. 2, 1902, to Arthur Baetz at the Appleton Congregational Church. Mr. Baetz died in Two Rivers Feb. 24, 1959.
Mrs. Baetz was a charter member of the Two Rivers Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, as well as the Ladies of the Roundtable and the Two Rivers Ladies Charitable Assn. She was also affiliated with the Ladies Aid Society of grace Congregational Church, the Elks Auxiliary and the Royal Neighbors of America. Earlier she was a member of the Manitowoc County Council of Social Agencies.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. John J. O’Connor of Two Rivers, Mrs. Richard Brown of New York, N.Y., and Mrs. Andrew Bixler of Miquon, Pa.; a son, Arthur Byron of St. Paul, Minn., two sisters, Mrs. Olin Mead and Mrs. John Laird of Appleton; three grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 1, 1961 (page 15) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
Mrs. Ella Baetz, 84, of 1619-16th St., Two Rivers, widow of Arthur Baetz, publisher of the former Two Rivers Weekly Reporter and for years active in social, fraternal and church circles, died early Tuesday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital where she had been a patient since Jan. 6. She had been in failing health for a number of years.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Richard H. Trump, pastor of Grace Congregational Church, Two Rivers, officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mrs. Baetz, nee Ella Estey, was born April 7, 1876, at New Brunswick, Canada, a daughter of the late John and Margaret Shaw Estey. When she was eight years old the family brought her to Appleton.
Mrs. Baetz attended the Appleton Public Schools and was graduated from Appleton High School. She enrolled at Wisconsin State College at Oshkosh where she received a degree for teaching. She also attended summer sessions at Lawrence College, Appleton. She began her teaching career at the Fourth Ward School at Appleton and came to Two Rivers in 1900 to teach in the Two Rivers public graded school. She was married Sept. 2, 1902, to Arthur Baetz at the Appleton Congregational Church. Mr. Baetz died in Two Rivers Feb. 24, 1959.
Mrs. Baetz was a charter member of the Two Rivers Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, as well as the Ladies of the Roundtable and the Two Rivers Ladies Charitable Assn. She was also affiliated with the Ladies Aid Society of grace Congregational Church, the Elks Auxiliary and the Royal Neighbors of America. Earlier she was a member of the Manitowoc County Council of Social Agencies.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. John J. O’Connor of Two Rivers, Mrs. Richard Brown of New York, N.Y., and Mrs. Andrew Bixler of Miquon, Pa.; a son, Arthur Byron of St. Paul, Minn., two sisters, Mrs. Olin Mead and Mrs. John Laird of Appleton; three grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 1, 1961 (page 15) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Richard H. Trump, pastor of Grace Congregational Church, Two Rivers, officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mrs. Baetz, nee Ella Estey, was born April 7, 1876, at New Brunswick, Canada, a daughter of the late John and Margaret Shaw Estey. When she was eight years old the family brought her to Appleton.
Mrs. Baetz attended the Appleton Public Schools and was graduated from Appleton High School. She enrolled at Wisconsin State College at Oshkosh where she received a degree for teaching. She also attended summer sessions at Lawrence College, Appleton. She began her teaching career at the Fourth Ward School at Appleton and came to Two Rivers in 1900 to teach in the Two Rivers public graded school. She was married Sept. 2, 1902, to Arthur Baetz at the Appleton Congregational Church. Mr. Baetz died in Two Rivers Feb. 24, 1959.
Mrs. Baetz was a charter member of the Two Rivers Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, as well as the Ladies of the Roundtable and the Two Rivers Ladies Charitable Assn. She was also affiliated with the Ladies Aid Society of grace Congregational Church, the Elks Auxiliary and the Royal Neighbors of America. Earlier she was a member of the Manitowoc County Council of Social Agencies.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. John J. O’Connor of Two Rivers, Mrs. Richard Brown of New York, N.Y., and Mrs. Andrew Bixler of Miquon, Pa.; a son, Arthur Byron of St. Paul, Minn., two sisters, Mrs. Olin Mead and Mrs. John Laird of Appleton; three grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times - February 1, 1961 (page 15) ... submitted by contributor "Shari Milks" (#49043446)
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